[Comprehensive] Tang Ji

After descending the hillside, looking over again, the village was bigger than what they had seen before.The closer you get, the more you feel this way.

This is the first time Sizi has seen a village other than Heiankyo.Whether it was the first time with Zhikong before, or after going to Dajiangshan alone, Sizi has never seen a decent village.

"Where is this place?"

Sizi took off his hood.

The morning light is slightly out, and the smoke rises from the chimney.

The air in the deep mountains and old forests carries a cold fragrance.When I got closer, I found that there was a temple on the mountainside behind the village, which seemed to have been abandoned for a long time.

"I don't know, but according to our itinerary, we must still be in Kinki."

As soon as the medicine seller finished speaking, a loud and distant bell sounded from the village.

The sound of the bell seems to carry incredible power, making people relax involuntarily.

"It came from that temple."

The medicine seller pointed to the temple and said.

"I thought it was an abandoned temple... so there are people in it?"

Sizi squinted and looked at the abandoned temple.

From the outside, it really looks like no one.If there are people, why don't they repair the facade?

Since you can feel that this village is unusual, why do you want to enter it?

How can such a thing be explained clearly?

Of course Sizi is curious, she is curious about everything.

Think about it, 12 years of life came to an abrupt end.And she has never been out of the palace in the past 12 years. What she has seen and heard only comes from books and the prince's brother and Jin Wang's brother.But how much could they tell her?It's just to pick some good ones and talk to her.

The insight in the true sense also began after coming to Heian-kyo.

"Do you think we're in danger?"

Very close to the village, Sizi suddenly asked the medicine seller.

The drug seller pretended to think about it, "I think it's better to let nature take its course."

Sizi nodded, "Well, then I believe you."

She has the Buddhist beads given by the holy monk's uncle, so she is not afraid.

"It's an honor to be here."

The two have entered the village.

The houses in the village are arranged closely.And if you look closely, these houses are very simple.

"The small villages in these barren areas have always been very simple."

As the drug seller said, he knocked on the door of the house closest to them first.

"Who?"

An extremely weak voice sounded from inside the door.

With the sound of slow footsteps, the wooden door creaked open, revealing a tense face.

It seems that there are conflicting emotions of being uneasy about something and looking forward to it.

"Excuse me, we are travelers passing by, come to ask for a bowl of water, is it convenient?"

The drug seller didn't seem to feel anything, and said his intention gently.

"Ah... it's for water..."

The man let go of the hand holding the door, showing a look of disappointment.

"Convenient...convenient..."

As he spoke, he walked back.

"

At this time, the bell on the mountainside rang again.

The man seemed to tremble.

Sizi and the drug seller were still standing at the door, the other party did not intend to invite them, and the two walked in without offense.

At this time, after the bell rang, various creaking sounds also sounded around.

The bell sounded like something was turned on, and it all started.

The other party came over with two bowls of water. Seeing that they were still standing outside the door, he slapped his forehead angrily.

"You two nobles, if you don't dislike it, come in, it's really bad hospitality..."

"Thank you so much."

The medicine seller took the bowl and walked in.

Sizi asked, "Old man, are there monks in the temple on the mountainside?"

When the old man heard her words, his face suddenly collapsed, looking very disturbed.

Then he looked outside, and seeing no one noticed, he quickly closed the door.Sizi realized that his hands were still shaking.

"But what's the problem?"

The old man seemed to be nodding his head, but he still shook his head and sighed with a wrinkled face: "That temple has long been abandoned!"

Abandoned temples, but the bells will ring.

Could it be an animal in the mountains?

But looking at the expression of the old man, it seems that it is not as simple as an animal.

It's true, it's freezing cold, where are the animals...

"Without monks, where would the bells come from?"

The drug seller asked nonchalantly.

The old man looked in the direction of the temple, and he seemed to be empty-handed and said in a low voice: "... there are monsters on it..."

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After the two drank the water, they headed towards the temple on the mountainside.

"Did you smell a ghost?"

Sizi grabbed a branch and climbed up, turned his head to ask the drug seller.

"Evil aura? What does Sizi think the evil aura smells like?"

"I don't know... Speaking of which, I still don't understand what Quan Weng said."

The medicine seller smiled, pointed his finger at the whole mountain and said: "Everything has a spirit, if it is said that the aura produced by things with spiritual intelligence is monster energy, then the whole mountain is full of monster energy."

Hearing what he said, Sizi heaved a sigh of relief.

"Come on, it's there, I see the sharp corner."

There is nothing to see in the dilapidated temple, but the bell is a bit of a concern.

The carved patterns on it are really not like what can appear in the temple.

—It was a big snake on fire.

Compared to saying that it is a sculpture, it is more like a big snake wrapped around the clock, and it became one with the clock under the fire...

"This touch... seems to be alive."

Sizi touched the snake pattern on the lower clock, and there was a warm touch under his fingers, and he could clearly feel something flowing through it.

Is it blood?

"There has been no one living here for a long time. It seems that the person who hit the bell is really a monster as the old man said..."

As if to confirm his words, the snake-shaped clock bumped into the long decayed long wood by itself, and the sound it made was just as powerful and grand as the one heard at the foot of the mountain...

"Let's do the math, the interval between each sound is the same."

The pharmacist looked interested.

"Really? When you say it like this, it seems to be the same. That's strange. Could it be that it has calculated the time by itself?"

"Who knows..."

Obviously the abnormal clock is right in front of him, but...it doesn't look like a monster.

The two did not go back, but temporarily stayed in the ruined temple.

The people in the village under the mountain are really weird.Except for the old man who gave them water, the other villagers seemed to have not seen them, and went about their own business.Everyone's face was expressionless, even a little cold.

This is so abnormal...

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The old man has no real name.Everyone called him Ananda before.

To be honest, Ananda is not from this village, but came here in adversity, and has taken root here ever since.Do the math, it's been three or four years.

When did the abnormality start to appear?

Ananda couldn't tell either.

When people are old, their minds are a bit muddy, and if they think about it carefully, they can't think of it.

Or put it this way: Suddenly one day I discovered that everyone has changed.

There are no presiding monks in the temple on the mountainside, but the bell rings at the same time every day, as if warning something.

At first I thought it was someone playing a prank, so a few young and strong people went to have a look, and found that the temple was so dilapidated that no one would play a prank here.

——The mountain god is angry!

—Don't talk nonsense!

Ananda often heard such words, and there was deep uneasiness in the words.

Ananda wanted to ask - what did you do?

But he couldn't ask.

Why can't you ask?

He didn't know either.

Although the bell rang every day, the villagers got used to it in the end, apart from being uncomfortable at the beginning.

Besides ringing, what else happened?

Nope - so why be afraid?

With this in mind, everyone spent a year like this.

Until one day, something strange happened in the village.

A person died.

The next day he lived, and the other died.

On the third day, another person lived, and another person died.

And so on and on and on.

Ananda did not have his turn.

He didn't know why either.

He may be special, so the villagers who have experienced this are very bad to Ananda.

Gradually, Ananda seldom came out.Try to get your food ready before the daily bell rings.

He began to hide by the window, watching who died again today.

It was such a bad feeling.

Ananda, who felt that he was special because it was not his turn to die, discovered that this kind of specialness was unnecessary.

Looking at the same thing every day is boring.

Everyone does the same thing, except that people die every day.

Ah Yan next door will go to fetch water at this time, so at this time tomorrow, Ah Yan will go to fetch water again.

Doing the same thing every day, Ananda didn't know if they felt this way.

Just seeing the expressions on their faces becoming more and more numb, Ananda finally made up his mind.

— This is a curse.

——Curse from the gods!

——What the hell did you do? !

When Ananda finally asked this question, no one could answer him.

No one will punch or kick him.

Because they are so cold and numb.

Even if people die, they don't care anymore...

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Sizi and the drug seller came back after not staying in the temple for long.

When I walked into the village, I happened to see a strange scene.

In Zhikong's words, it is novelty hunting.

Have you ever seen a bird emerge from a human body?

The skin without the slightest scar suddenly raised a point, and then it seemed that the sound of the skin opening could be heard, and a bird's beak broke through the skin and drilled out.After it got out of its whole body, what was left was a fist-sized blood hole.The blood is still rushing.

The disgusting unbearable smell immediately filled the whole village.But no one who passed by paid attention.

His son covered his nose and mouth, and his expression was tightly wrinkled.

The next scene made her gasp even more.

There are actually birds coming out of this blood hole...

Many, many...the roofs of the whole village are covered with black birds...

The author has something to say: The monsters that appear in this chapter: Daocheng Temple Bell and Inner Sparrow.

Adapted.

The length will not be too long, maybe the next chapter will end, at most three chapters.