my God

After Song Yan returned to the mountain, he told Taoist Yang some details about the mountain tour.

After pondering for a while, Daoist Yang said in a low voice: "It should be that there are wild immortals in the mountains who have become fine. Around temples and temples, there are often wild immortals who eavesdrop on scriptures or steal incense in order to improve their morality. It is not uncommon for such wild immortals to exist in the mountains."

"Then the old and the young we saw last night should be like this? No wonder Taoist Gao is afraid of them..." Song Yan couldn't help but click his tongue.

"Nowadays, many high-level masters are good at lecturing scriptures, praying for blessings, and doing things well, but it is difficult to fight against some kind of aliens with good morals, so basically they will be very polite when they see them, and try to make peace the most important." Yang Daochang explained.

"That's right," Song Yan nodded, "Nowadays, folk exorcising ghosts and demons basically negotiate terms with the other party first, and then do it if it doesn't make sense."

"It is our tradition to give courtesy first and then soldiers."

"It doesn't rule out that some people are too good to dare to do it casually."

"You child..." Daoist Yang pointed at Song Yan helplessly, "Master can tell you, don't rush to do anything when you encounter any situation in the future, if you know you can't beat it, just run away, you know?"

"Then don't you think I'm too worthless?" Song Yan asked with a smile.

Daoist Yang said with a straight face, "Life is the most important thing! What's the point of not being successful when life is gone?"

"Yes, I would like to obey Master's instruction!" Song Yan replied solemnly seeing Master's serious expression.

"Shouldn't the two from the Jade Emperor Pavilion be patrolling the mountain tonight?" Daoist Yang changed the subject when he saw that Song Yan was acting well.

"It's them."

"Just a proper reminder, don't run into that person in the mountain." Yang Daochang's seniority is there, and it's not easy to come forward in person, so this matter can only be left to Song Yan.

Song Yan immediately agreed: "Okay, I happen to have this plan too!"

Maoshi, noon and Youshi are three meals a day in Guanli, and it is exactly five o'clock in the afternoon, so Song Yan and his master walked towards the dining hall.

Meal time is when the temple is full of people. Because there are too many people, the order is divided. Naturally, the leaders of the temple and the specially invited Gao Gong masters eat first, followed by the low-level disciples and masters. Song Yan and several outside helpers.

Seeing that he had to wait for a while to eat, Song Yan walked up to Li and Li, and whispered, "It's almost enough to be on duty at night, and come back to sleep as soon as you go around!"

The two thought that Song Yan was afraid that they would be tired, so they hurriedly replied politely: "Okay, we will try to come back as soon as possible, so it won't affect your rest!"

Song Yan continued to hint to them: "Drink more water before leaving, don't go to the mountain spring, the water is too cold, drinking it at night will easily hurt your stomach!"

"Okay, I still have mineral water, bring a bottle yourself!" Seeing Song Yan caring so much about the two of them, Li Daoshi immediately replied with a smile at him.

Song Yan hesitated whether to speak more bluntly, but he was afraid that it would scare people when he said nothing, and it would not be good to let Fuxing Temple know, so he had to hint again vaguely: "The mountain here is too steep, and it is dark in the middle of the night. Yes, people with a normal mind will definitely not go up the mountain! You two go out the back door for a stroll and come back, don't be so determined to go around the whole mountain..."

"Understood, Senior Brother Song!" The two replied with a smile.

Song Yan felt that they didn't know at all... well, I can only hope that my worries are unnecessary.

***

In the evening, the two from Yuhuangge went out to patrol the mountains, while Song Yan and the other four simply washed up and went to sleep on the kang.

In the courtyard, there are patrolmen patrolling around, and they also knocked on the clapper according to the ancient rules.

Song Yan heard two knocks on the clapper outside the door, and said to himself: It's the second watch, and it's about time for those two to come back...

Then he fell asleep in a daze.

Early the next morning, when Song Yan opened his eyes, everyone except Daoist Yang was awake, and Daoist Yang was sitting on a chair with his brows furrowed.

"Master?" Song Yan called him softly, but Daoist Yang didn't realize that he was awake because he was in a daze.

"Huh?" Daoist Yang hurriedly looked at him and responded.

"What's wrong?" Song Yan sat down on the ground opposite him and asked in a low voice.

Daoist Yang pointed to the tip of the kang and said, "They didn't come back."

Song Yan turned his head to look, and was taken aback for a moment.

The quilts of the two were still folded inside the kang, obviously they had not been opened.

"It's impossible for anyone to patrol outside all night..." Song Yan looked at the master, and saw the uneasiness in the master's eyes.

"Let's go, let's go around the back mountain before breakfast!"

"it is good!"

The two immediately left the room and walked towards the courtyard wall behind.In order not to disturb the Fuxing Temple, the master and apprentice decided to climb over the wall directly.

When they came to the back mountain, they ran towards the water source without hesitation.

There was no sign of anything abnormal by the pool. Song Yan even bent down to smell the spring water, but found nothing.

He glanced at the nearby woods, and then at his master.

Daoist Yang nodded, and the two immediately walked cautiously towards the woods.

Not long into autumn, the trees are still luxuriant, and many trees are still bearing fruit, showing their vigorous vitality in the morning light.

Song Yan and Yang Daochang pushed forward together a few meters apart, trying to check more carefully, but unfortunately, they went deep into the woods for a long time and did not find anything suspicious.

"It's almost time for breakfast, let's go back first." Although Daoist Yang frowned, he calmly made a decision.

Song Yan nodded, and exited the woods with his master, and then walked along the road back to the temple to see if there were traces of the two on the last stretch of the road.

There is still no gain along the way.When he came to the back door of the Taoist temple, Song Yan pushed it casually, but found that the door panel did not move at all. He pushed harder, but it still could not be opened.

The master and apprentice couldn't help but look at each other.Song Yan immediately grabbed the top of the wall with his hands and turned over, and then found that the back door was locked.

"Master, the door is locked." Song Yan frowned, staring at the door lock.

"Understood." Yang Daochang's voice was about to fall, and he also turned over.

"Master..." Song Yan glanced at the door lock, hesitant to speak.

"Go to the dining hall first and see if they are there!" Daoist Yang patted Song Yan on the shoulder.

Also, the dining hall is the most fully populated, so you should go and have a look first.

When the master and apprentice came to the dining hall, they found Wang Yanjun and Cui Yu waiting outside.

When the pair of brothers saw them, they rushed over and asked, "Where did you go? I haven't seen you since I woke up this morning!"

The matter of lying was naturally left to Song Yan, so he replied with a smile: "Master and I went out to practice."

"Where are the two fellow Taoists? Are you not with you?" Cui Yu looked behind them.

"The two of them haven't come back yet?" Song Yan faintly felt something was wrong.

"No! What's wrong?" Cui Yu said truthfully.

Song Yan didn't have time to answer him, so he hurriedly said to his master, "Master, I'll ask the people in the temple!"

Daoist Yang nodded and agreed with him to inquire.

Song Yan walked into the dining hall and found the squatter disciple who arranged for them to stay that day, and asked him if he had seen anyone from the Yuhuang Pavilion.

The squatter disciple was stunned for a moment, and then replied unhurriedly: "They left, saying they have something urgent to do."

"Gone?" Song Yan immediately expressed doubts, "They went out on duty last night and haven't come back until now. How could they leave?"

The squatter disciple said impatiently: "It's true, the people in the living room came to tell me just now! I will go to your room to take back their bedding after dinner later!"

Seeing that he didn't look like a liar, Song Yan had no choice but to go to the Daoist Yu in the living room again.It's a pity that Daoist Yu was not in the dining hall, and he didn't know if he left early or was too busy to have breakfast.

Song Yan was a little anxious and waited to find it again, but Yang Daochang called him over.

"Sit down and eat." Daoist Yang said.

"But……"

"The anxiety is too obvious." Yang Daochang lowered his voice and said again.

Song Yan was slightly taken aback, then immediately sat down and began to eat obediently.

From receiving the message from the Fuxing Temple to the various situations that are happening now, they are obviously weird. If the Fuxing Temple is really playing tricks, then Song Yan's eager and anxious appearance is indeed too conspicuous.

After a few people finished their breakfast, they went back to their room first.

Li and Li's luggage had indeed disappeared, but no one knew whether they had returned when they were both out.

"How can I just leave? I didn't even say hello..." Cui Yu muttered casually.

"Maybe there is an emergency in the temple, so hurry back!" Wang Yanjun didn't care.

Only Master and apprentice Song Yan looked at each other deeply again.

It just so happened that the group from the Mountain God Temple was patrolling the mountain in the morning, so Song Yan and Daoist Yang left their conversations on the road.

After walking out of the back door and far away from the Fuxing Temple, Song Yan said: "Master, the Yuhuang Pavilion is not very big, is it?"

"It's not much bigger than our temple." Daoist Yang briefly talked about the Jade Emperor Pavilion.

It was a small temple with only one shrine, and the Taoist priests in the temple didn't even have a dormitory. They had to go home to live in the evening and come to chant scriptures and burn incense in the morning.In addition to the temple owner, there are only two Taoist priests, Li and Li, among the clergy. They have one more "regular worker" than Song Yan's mountain temple, but there are no "temporary workers" to help, fearing that the rations will not be enough.

"So, our three groups of people are all from the small dojo, so it's easy to handle." Song Yan unceremoniously determined the nature of Fuxing Temple.

"Don't think about it, after all, we haven't found any evidence yet." Although Daoist Yang said so, his voice was much colder than usual.

They walked for a while, Song Yan stopped and said, "Master, have you found out? There are no birds singing or wild animals on the mountain."

"Hmm." Daoist Yang frowned even tighter.

Where will the birds and beasts go?Probably eaten.The birds and beasts have finished eating...

"Change with Cui Yu and the others at night, and we'll patrol the mountains."

"it is good!"

The master and apprentice immediately discussed the countermeasures, and then continued to carefully search for suspicious traces.

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