Both Fu Hua and Yu Rui's eyes had not healed, so the task of cooking fell to Lin Rufei. For more than 20 years, his ten fingers have not touched the spring water, and he stared at the pots and pans. Gu Xuandu, a senior who didn't know how to live for hundreds of years, was no better than him. He began to want to help Lin Rufei. As a result, the two of them cooperated and successfully made completely inedible food.
For the first time, Lin Rufei knew that chicken soup can still be stewed so badly...
"How can this chicken be stewed like this?" Lin Rufei looked at the boiling iron pot in front of her with a frown. The chicken stewed by others was fragrant. As a result, when he stewed it, it tasted strange, not to mention the mouth, even I feel sick to my stomach after a while.
"It may be that the chickens are of different breeds." Gu Xuandu pretended to be calm, with a serious look on his face, "I think it must be because this chicken was raised in a bandit village and was contaminated with bandit spirit..."
Lin Rufei stared at Gu Xuandu's nonsense.
Probably because Lin Rufei's eyes were too obvious, Gu Xuan laughed twice: "Otherwise, let's eat something else?"
She can only eat something else, Lin Rufei thought lost, if this chicken soup is given to Fuhua Yurui, it is estimated that not only will it not replenish the body, but it may have to go down the mountain to find another husband for the two of them to come back...
After a long time, Lin Rufei realized why her chicken soup was simmered like this - he stuffed a whole chicken directly into the iron pot, including the chicken's internal organs. That is to say, he stewed things like chicken feces together with the chicken, and it's a ghost if it tastes good.
The few people who failed to cook, just ate dry food for more than ten days, Lin Rufei's eyes glowed green after eating, and the two maids finally regained their sight.
On the night of the restoration of Ming Dynasty, Fu Hua went to the cottage to catch a few rabbits and roasted them for Lin Rufei to eat. The rabbits in the mountains are very plump, marinated and sprinkled with the special seasoning of Floating Flowers, the roasted oil flowers are sizzling, exuding a strong meat fragrance, Lin Rufei swallowed her saliva when she smelled it. He doesn't like meaty meat very much on weekdays, but after eating so many naturally hard dry food, he is really greedy for meat.
Fu Hua smiled and cut the rabbit meat and handed it to Lin Rufei.
Lin Rufei ate happily, and Gu Xuandu, an unreliable senior, stood beside him and asked sourly, "Is it fragrant?"
Lin Rufei nodded.
Gu Xuandu said, "I want to eat it too."
Lin Rufei said righteously, "This rabbit was raised in a bandit village, so I'm afraid it's not a serious rabbit."
Gu Xuandu: "..." The vengeful little guy.
Fu Hua Yurui was inexplicable, not knowing why Lin Rufei suddenly said such a sentence.
Lin Rufei said again: "But it's serious or not, as long as it's delicious." After speaking, she smiled and took another bite.
Gu Xuan looked at Lin Rufei for a long time without saying a word, gritted his teeth with hatred, but couldn't find anything to refute, Lin Rufei smiled and gloated when he saw his rarely deflated appearance.
After Fuhua Yurui recovered from her illness, the four of them went on the road again. Although the horse they rode before was lost, fortunately, there were quite a few horses in the bandit village, enough for them to use.
But there is still a very troublesome problem, that is, they don't know the way without attracting money. The Xiliang Mountain is so big, even Yujian has to fly for more than ten days. How long have you been gone.
Gu Xuandu volunteered, saying that he knew the road on Xiliang Mountain, and Lin Rufei decided to trust him again.
After walking like this for half, Lin Rufei's heart was not let down until she saw the eye-catching avenue.
Gu Xuan realized that as time passed, the majesty of his senior became less and less valuable, and he felt a little depressed, and said, "Xiao Jiu, why don't you believe me? I'm your senior... Come, call me again?"
Lin Rufei stared straight ahead, ignoring it.
Gu Xuandu: "Ignore me?"
Lin Rufei said slowly, "It's so hot."
"Is the young master hot? Do you want to cut down your clothes?" Yurui thought that the young master was talking to herself, chewing candy corn and said vaguely, "It's getting hotter and hotter in this mountain, and I don't know how long it will take..."
Lin Rufei stopped talking again.
Gu Xuandu said: "Isn't it really irrational?"
Seeing that Lin Rufei was silent, Gu Xuandu turned around and climbed onto the horse behind Lin Rufei. He leaned into Lin Rufei's ear and said gloomily, "Xiao Jiu has heard the story of the dead head Buddha."
It will be late at this moment, it is dusk, and the mountain wind is blowing, making the treetops beside it rustling.
Then Gu Xuandu told a chilling story in Lin Rufei's ear.
It is said that a certain scholar was in a hurry to take the exam one day, and he was on his way in the Xiliang Mountains overnight, but suddenly it rained heavily. He happened to encounter a broken temple on the side of the road, so he entered the temple to take shelter from the rain. The dilapidated temple has been in disrepair for a long time. After entering the door, the scholar saw a broken Buddha statue. The scholar was a little scared, but it was raining too hard outside, so he had to bite the bullet and hide in the corner of the temple, intending to make do with the night. The scholar was very tired from the journey, so he quickly fell asleep. In his sleep, he saw a man in a cassock bowing to him and begging him for alms. past.
The next day the weather cleared up, the scholar opened his eyes in a daze, and found himself lying in the corner moved a position, he was floating in the air, and he could look down when he lowered his head. When he saw the whole temple, he Suddenly I noticed a familiar person lying in the corner of the temple, and when I looked carefully, I found that the person lying there was actually me! And the head seemed to have been cut off by someone, leaving only half of the body. The scholar was horrified and looked down at himself, only to find that his head was actually pressed on the Buddha statue.
After Gu Xuandu said the last sentence, a demonic wind suddenly broke out in the mountains and forests. The originally sunny day was covered with dark clouds in a short while, and it seemed that it was about to rain.
Lin Rufei turned her head to look at him, her eyes filled with reproach, thinking about how this senior could be so naive, it's fine to tell a ghost story, and she even made a cloudy day to scare people.
Gu Xuandu reluctantly defended: "I didn't do it!"
Lin Rufei clicked her tongue in disbelief.
Gu Xuandu: "..." He really didn't do it.
Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Fuhua and Yurui thought that it was about to rain, and said to see if they could find a place to shelter from the rain.
This summer is not like spring. The rain always comes when it says it is, and it is very willful.
"Hey, is there a temple there?" Yu Rui said suddenly, raising her hand and pointing into the deep forest.
Lin Rufei looked in the direction she pointed, and really saw a ruined temple. Seeing this scene, Lin Rufei turned her head and cast her gaze towards Gu Xuandu.
Gu Xuandu has an innocent face: "It really has nothing to do with me—"
"Master, can we go to that temple to take shelter from the rain?" Fu Hua asked.
The summer rain is coming fast. At this moment, there are already small raindrops hitting the leaves above their heads. Judging from this posture, it seems that it will be a heavy rain soon.
Lin Rufei said, "Also." He glanced at Gu Xuandu again, and the meaning of his eyes was already very obvious.
Gu Xuan couldn't speak clearly, thinking in his heart that he just wanted to scare Lin Rufei, who would have known such a coincidence. But things in the world are just like a book. When a few people entered the temple and saw the Buddha statue with its head cut off in the middle of the temple, Gu Xuan really jumped into the Yellow River and couldn't tell...
Taking advantage of Fuhua Yurui's efforts to collect firewood, Lin Rufei said to Gu Xuandu with a half-smiling smile, "It's not easy for you to get it out."
Gu Xuandu said: "With me... Forget it." He wanted to say that it had nothing to do with him, but the rain outside and the Buddha statue in front of him made him not believe it, so he didn't bother to explain.
Lin Rufei looked around and briefly looked at this very unexpected ruined temple.
The temple is not big, and there is such a headless Buddha statue in the middle. In front of the Buddha statue is a dilapidated merit box and two dusty futons. The traces of incense left in the past can be vaguely seen.
There was no window in the temple, only an old wooden door that couldn't be more old. Lin Rufei took out a piece of cloth from the Xuna ring, spread it on the ground, and sat down on the spot.
As soon as Fuhua and Yurui returned to the temple, it started to rain heavily outside. The rain was overwhelming, like a pouring rain, accompanied by lightning and thunder, which sounded a bit terrifying for a while.
The three of them sat in the temple, surrounded by a bonfire, Lin Rufei looked at the faces of her two maids in the firelight, and suddenly smiled slyly: "Have you heard the story of the dead head Buddha..."
Gu Xuandu: "..." Xiao Jiu, you bastard.
Both Fu Hua Yurui honestly said they had never heard of it before, so Lin Rufei vividly repeated the story Gu Xuandu had told, accompanied by the roaring thunder and rain, which set off the ghostly atmosphere in the entire temple. dense. Although Fuhua Yurui has a very high cultivation level, she is a girl after all. After hearing Lin Rufei's story, her face turns pale, especially Yurui, who looks at the dead-headed Buddha from time to time, her arms shaking while holding Fuhua. nonstop. Fu Hua pretended to be calm, but she was actually a little flustered. She hugged Yu Rui tightly, and forced herself to calm down: "Don't... don't be afraid, there are no ghosts in the world."
Lin Rufei looked at the appearance of her maid, and finally understood why Gu Xuandu had such a bad taste. It was really interesting to watch others tremble because of their own stories.
He was not afraid at all, and said with a smile: "It's so late, it's time to rest, I'll go to bed first."
Saying that, he fell asleep, and he deliberately pulled the blanket to cover half of his face,
Gu Xuandu sat helplessly beside Lin Rufei, and found that this young master would be really overwhelmed if his mind was bad.
Fu Hua and Yu Rui comforted each other for a long time before leaning on each other's shoulders to calm down.
The sound of the wind and rain outside the temple is still the same, accompanied by the rolling thunder, it is destined to not have a good rest tonight.
Lin Rufei coughed a little in the middle of the night. When she woke up in a daze, she saw that most of the bonfire in the temple was already burning and was about to go out. Fuhua Yurui sat beside him dozing off. He didn't wake the two of them. After sitting up, he took the firewood next to him and put it into the bonfire. When he saw the fire rekindled, he sat back to the bed.
It was still raining outside, but fortunately the rain was much lighter, and it seemed like it was about to stop. The rain in summer has always been like this, it comes and goes quickly, but every time it rains, the weather will get warmer, and the smell of summer will gradually become stronger.
Lin Rufei drank some cold water and suppressed the itch in her throat. He couldn't sleep, so he leaned against the wall and stared at the Buddha statue in the temple in a daze. Gu Xuandu didn't know what he was doing at the moment, and he didn't see his figure. Lin Rufei was thinking about this, but suddenly noticed something. He snorted, stood up, approached the Buddha statue, and found that the Buddha statue turned around silently, originally facing the direction of the main entrance, but now it was facing himself. It stands to reason that ordinary people should be afraid when they see such a scene, but Lin Rufei immediately remembered Gu Xuandu, a nasty senior, so her expression did not change, she walked to the Buddha statue in a few steps, and looked carefully at the Buddha statue in front of her. .
During the day, she didn't take a closer look, but at this time, Lin Rufei took a closer look at the Buddha statue with the light of the fire. Although it is very dilapidated, it can be vaguely seen that the carving craftsmanship is very exquisite, and every detail on it is vivid, but it is a pity that the most wonderful part of the Buddha's head was cut off.
Many people who steal cultural relics will choose to cut off the Buddha's head, because this is the most valuable part of the Buddha statue. In the middle of the Buddha statue's body, there is a very inconspicuous thin line, which looks like it was cut by some sharp tool, destroying the integrity of the entire Buddha statue. Lin Rufei felt a little regret in her heart, and sighed softly, but heard a soft "donor" behind the Buddha statue. Looking around, she saw a monk in commoner clothes standing in the corner of the ruined temple, holding hands in his hand. Holding a broken bowl, a pair of black eyes were staring at him calmly like water.
This monk looks very handsome, with a dignified expression and a strict appearance, but he suddenly appeared in this dilapidated temple at this time, no matter how you look at it, it feels out of place.
Lin Rufei said, "Why is the little master here?"
"Shouldn't I ask the donor about this?" The monk smiled, "This temple is the monk's usual residence."
Lin Rufei said, "Really, we didn't see you when we came in..."
The monk smiled and said: "The monk went out for alms just now, and came back when the rain stopped, but I didn't want to see a few donors..."
Lin Rufei said, "What did it turn into?" Don't turn it into a head or something.
The monk shook his head.
Lin Rufei looked at him with burning eyes.
The monk was stared at by Lin Rufei inexplicably, and said, "Why is the donor looking at me like this?"
Lin Rufei said, "I'm waiting for your next sentence."
The monk asked suspiciously, "The next sentence?"
Lin Rufei said, "You don't need me to give anything?"
The monk said: "If the donor is willing to give alms, then it is naturally the best."
"I don't want to." Lin Rufei said, "I have nothing."
The monk looked stunned for a moment, as if he did not expect Lin Rufei to be so stingy, even a little aggressive, he frowned slightly, just as he was about to say something, two shrill screams rang out beside him. It was Fuhua and Yurui who were awakened by the conversation between Lin Rufei and the monk. As soon as the two woke up, they heard the monk's sentence "If the donor is willing to give alms"...
It's almost exactly what happened in that ghost story.
The monk was puzzled and said, "What are their names?"
Lin Rufei said, "Maybe I'm afraid of you."
Monk: "… "
After Fuhua Yurui finished calling, she drew her sword and rushed in front of Lin Rufei, talking about the retreat of the demon, and kept gesturing at the monk. The monk was stunned by this scene. The bowl in his hand fell directly on the ground, making a harsh, crisp sound. He didn't even understand what the three people in front of him meant. Could it be that he was born so vicious, as if Is it scary like a Rakshasa
The two maids called for a while, but when they saw that the monk didn't respond, they stopped their movements and leaned forward suspiciously. Yurui boldly stretched out her finger, poked the monk's cheek, and said embarrassingly: " how can it be hot..."
This monk is also good-natured, and Yu Rui pokes him with a smile instead of anger: "I'm not hot, am I still cold?"
"Aren't you a ghost?" Yurui asked in a low voice.
The monk said, "Where am I like a ghost?"
Fuhua Yurui glanced at each other, and then at Lin Rufei at the same time, with a little helplessness in her eyes.
This monk seems to be really a person, but I don't know if it has anything to do with Gu Xuan.
Lin Rufei bowed to the monk with her hands folded, and sincerely apologized, saying that she didn't mean to offend, she just heard a ghost story, who knew that everything in the temple matched that ghost story.
After listening to Lin Rufei's explanation, the monk didn't care, but smiled: "I don't know what kind of story scares the two female donors into this look?"
Lin Rufei told Gu Xuandu's story again.
Who would have thought that after the monk heard the story, his black eyes moved slightly and said, "I don't know where the person who told this story to the donor is now?"
Lin Rufei didn't want to reveal the existence of Gu Xuandu, so she told a small lie: "I read it in an old book. The book is too old, and it doesn't have a cover. I don't know what it's called."
"So it is." The monk sighed slightly, showing a somewhat lonely look, "I thought..." He stopped talking, and softly recited Amitabha.
Lin Rufei was interested: "Does this story have anything to do with Little Master?"
The monk smiled and said: "I have an old friend who is surly and likes to tease people the most. When he has nothing to do, he uses this story to scare his beloved. Who knows that his beloved is not only not afraid, but also a sword against him. He chopped down the Buddha statue and cut the Buddha statue into two halves, causing the little monk to be severely reprimanded by the abbot."
Lin Rufei smiled and said, "That's interesting."
"It's really interesting." The monk said, "It's just a pity..."
There is no need to ask what the pity is, Lin Rufei has already guessed that the world is impermanent, and the old people and the old things will always be missed.
The monk said, "It's already sunny outside. If the donor wants to hurry, he has to go early. In another twenty days, there will be heavy rain in the mountains for several days. It is best for the donor to leave the mountain quickly."
Lin Rufei raised her eyes and looked, only to find that it was indeed bright outside the window. The time passed so quickly, Lin Rufei just felt that he had just said a few words to the monk, but it was already dawn, so he didn't bother to bother him anymore when he saw the monk making a gesture of seeing off guests. But after thinking about it before leaving, he asked Fuhua to take some more dry food, and respectfully handed it to the monk, and apologized for the misunderstanding last night.
The monk smiled docilely, and did not reject Lin Rufei's kindness. He took over the dry food, took out a Buddha bead from his pocket, and handed it to Lin Rufei, saying that Lin Rufei was destined with him, and this Buddha bead was counted as one. In return.
Lin Rufei took the beads and thanked the monk.
Under the monk's gaze, the three led their horses out of the ruined temple and walked to the muddy mountain road outside.
Gu Xuan, who had disappeared all night, suddenly appeared on the horse's back. Lin Rufei saw that his red shirt was stained with some dirt, and whispered, "Where did you go last night?"
Gu Xuandu said, "Go to catch the ghost."
Lin Rufei: "..." He understood. Gu Xuan didn't want to tell him why he was there, so he casually said catching ghosts. Fortunately, he asked seriously the first two times. He really thought what would happen to his senior. The magic of exorcism.
"I met a monk in the temple." Lin Rufei casually talked about what happened just now, "Broken temple, Buddha statue, if the monk was not a living person, I would have thought you made it."
Gu Xuandu: "...I'm not the kind of boring person."
Lin Rufei looked at him suspiciously.
Gu Xuan was seen helplessly: "Well, at least I wasn't that boring yesterday."
Lin Rufei said, "He also gave me a bead." He said, took the bead out of his cuff, looked at it carefully, but found the word Nanyin engraved on the bead, and said in surprise. , "This monk is actually from Nanyin Temple?"
Nanyin Temple is famous for its Buddhist teachings in the world. It is rumored that the Buddhist teachings practiced by the disciples can transcend grievances and calm demons. However, Nanyin Temple is located in a remote corner of Yaoguang Continent, and the number of disciples is not large, so although it is famous, it is true. Rare, I didn't expect that the handsome monk I saw just now was a disciple of Nanyin Temple.
Gu Xuandu also listened, without any intention of answering.
Lin Rufei said, "Have seniors heard of Nanyin Temple?"
Gu Xuandu said: "I've heard of it, but I don't like it very much. There are too many rules. I'm also abstaining from this and that. It's very troublesome."
Lin Rufei smiled and said, "Yes."
Because of the monk's warning, a few people did not dare to delay any further this time. Under the guidance of Gu Xuandu, they crossed Xiliang Mountain overnight, and finally arrived in the small town on the border of Xiliang Mountain before the rainy season. After more than ten days in the mountains, Lin Rufei's body couldn't bear it anymore. When she arrived at the inn in the small town, she slept hard for half a day before she managed to relieve her fatigue, but it was still a little soft. , no spirit. After waking up, he was a little hungry, so he wanted to find Fuhua and ask her to make some food for him. But who knew that before entering the house of Fuhua, I heard the worried chatter of the maids from the house.
"I'm really worried about the young master."... Huh? Why worry about yourself? Lin Rufei thought suspiciously.
"Yeah, I'm also worried. You said, was the young master scared in the temple that day?"
"I think it's possible, otherwise, how could talking to himself become so serious these few days, I was so scared that I thought he was evil."
"Should we still find a gentleman for the young master?"
"Don't, don't irritate the young master. I'll ask first if I can prescribe some tranquilizers first. This is a bit evil, so be careful."
"Well, I'm free today, so I'll go to the city and ask Langzhong."
Lin Rufei listened with a complicated expression, turned her head and looked at someone standing beside her.
Gu Xuan was looked at by Lin Rufei, but he still had a calm expression on his face. He even blinked at him and said coquettishly, "I look good, don't I?"
Lin Rufei said seriously, "It's good to look good."
Before Gu Xuandu could show his smile, he heard the young master, whose mouth became more and more powerful, say: "How can you be so ugly when you look ugly."
Gu Xuandu: "..."
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