long moon smiles in the sky

At three o'clock, a watchman was sleeping and walking on the streets of Kaifeng with sleepy eyes. Suddenly, he felt a gust of cool wind blowing... The watchman shivered and quickened his pace to move forward.After walking a few steps, he heard the sound of "creaking creaking". Following the sound, the watchman looked forward and saw that the gate of a house was open in front of him. The door was slightly shaken by the night wind, so Only then will there be a creaking sound.

The watchman was slightly taken aback. He knew that this house was a small cloth workshop. There was only one widow living in it. Her surname was Wang. Her husband died three years ago. She ran the cloth workshop by herself and hired a few small workers to do business. not bad.It's just that the word of mouth is not very good. As the saying goes, there are many gossips in front of widows. This Wang family is a widow at a young age.Once, a local ruffian came to bother her, and Wang quarreled with him at the door. Seeing that she was about to suffer a loss, she was rescued by Luo Changfeng, the head of the Shunfeng Security Bureau who was passing by.It was originally a very simple matter, but for some reason, it was rumored that Widow Wang and Luo Changfeng hooked up together. Several times people saw Luo Changfeng coming out of the back door of Widow Wang's cloth shop.After coming and going, the news spread throughout Kaifeng City. Luo Changfeng was considered a man of status, a man of integrity, and a status in the world. Therefore, since then, no one dared to pay attention to the Wang family.

There are different opinions about the rumors about Wang and Luo Changfeng. Some say that in order to protect himself, Wang specially spread rumors and used Luo Changfeng's fame to drive away those ruffians.Some people also said that the Wang family and Luo Changfeng would have been good friends, and even Wang's husband died because of Luo Changfeng's persecution. Anyway, the matter of Wang's widow and Luo Changfeng has become a major topic of entertainment for the people of Kaifeng City.

Seeing that the door was open, the watchman thought a little unkindly, could it be that the widow was having an affair with her? Then Luo Changfeng was too impatient, he even forgot to close the door, right?Thinking of this, the watchman walked over, looked inside, and saw a black light, the watchman was holding a very bright wind lantern in his hand, walked a few steps, looked inside... the outside is the facade of the cloth workshop ,no one.The watchman was also a brave man, so he walked inside cautiously, passed through the cloth workshop, and behind him was the yard, where many dyed cloths were drying. After passing through layers of cloth curtains, the watchman walked into the well. In front of the several wing rooms, I saw a room in the middle with the door ajar and the lights on.

The watchman blew out the lamp and listened carefully.This watchman is not usually an honest person, and he is still a bachelor in his 30s. He has been coveting the beauty of the widow of the king for a long time.He thought in his heart, if Widow Wang didn't commit adultery, but just forgot to close the door, then it would be cheaper for him. If there is really a lover inside, he can use it as a threat in the future, maybe he will get a beauty, or Can steal money.

The more he thought about it, the better, the watchman walked to the door of Widow Wang with small steps, and listened carefully, but there was no sound from inside.The watchman wondered if he was asleep, and why did he smell a fishy sweet smell?While thinking, he poked his head and glanced at the door... At this moment, the watchman felt a chill rushing from his toes to his forehead, and couldn't help but took a step back and sat down on the ground. After being stupefied for a long time, he was so frightened that he turned over and crawled out. He wanted to stand up but his legs were weak from fright, and he shouted hoarsely while running, "Kill...kill! Kill..."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang arrived at the South Gate of Kaifeng in the middle of the night.

"Is that the White Clothes Temple?" Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao, looking at a rather luxurious villa on the hillside.

"Yeah." Zhan Zhao nodded, and said, "It used to be just a small villa, and I don't know who owned it. Later, it opened a white clothes temple. Because the place is remote, no one pays attention to it."

Bai Yutang nodded, and walked up the slope with Zhan Zhao, first found the dog hole that Xiaoliu had mentioned, then looked around, the two climbed up the courtyard wall and looked inside.

The yard was very big, both of them were very good at lightness kung fu, and they jumped onto a tall tree behind them.Standing on a high place and looking down... I saw that the houses of Baiyiguan were arranged in a well-shaped pattern. In the dead of night, almost all the lights in Baiyiguan were extinguished, and only sporadic fires came. A group of men in white clothes was patrolling past with torches.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced at each other—and the patrolling ones?

"Cat." Bai Yutang leaned over to rub Zhan Zhao, "Look at the tallest room at the farthest end."

Zhan Zhao looked along where Bai Yutang pointed, and saw that the westernmost part was a whole room with a high ceiling and a big door, which was higher than ordinary two-story houses.

"Ordinary temples are built like that." Bai Yutang is proficient in civil engineering, and whispered to Zhan Zhao, "No wonder it's called Baiyi Temple, so what is it really offering?"

"Do you want to go and see?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"That's not true." Bai Yutang smiled at Zhan Zhao, "White Clothes Conservation, then the one who made offerings should be the Great God in White Clothes, that is, fellow lovers. Of course, I must go and see it."

Zhan Zhao shook his head helplessly, after thinking about it, he thinks so, now that the night is so quiet, everyone who should sleep is asleep, and they can't find out anything, let's see which god this White Clothes Cult actually believes in.

The two performed lightness kung fu and climbed up to the roof of the main hall with a few vertical leaps. They lifted the tiles and looked inside, and saw that the ground below was empty and paved with red bricks.The two looked at each other, and hid behind the roof. When the patrolling people passed by, they jumped off the roof without a sound. wooden door.Bai Yutang looked up, waved his hand at Zhan Zhao, and pointed to the roof—meaning, let's enter from above.

Zhan Zhao nodded, and returned to the roof with Bai Yutang. The two of them removed a few more tiles and jumped into the hall.

There was no one in the hall, and when they fell to the ground, the two instinctively looked up at the roof.

"It's so tall." Bai Yutang shook his head. The door is tight and there is no window, which is actually a certain advantage. Even if you light a lamp in the house, no one will notice.Bai Yutang took out a fire pocket from his pocket, opened it, and blew on it.

Borrowing the light from Huozhezi, the two of them looked around, it was okay not to look, but after a glance, both of them frowned.I saw that this hall is not like ordinary Taoist temples or temples. There are no Vajras or Arhats around. Except for twelve large pillars, it is almost a wall.What's even more creepy is that the walls are covered with patterns, like murals.These murals are not Buddhist stories or Taoist legends, but human faces.The faces here are different in size, and they all cover their mouths and noses with white scarves, only showing a pair of eyes, staring at the center of the hall.Although there are only eyes, none of these portraits have the same expression. Some are angry, some are smiling, some are indifferent, some are frightened... But the common feature is that they all have some inexplicable malicious intentions. People can't help but get goosebumps all over their bodies.

"What is this?" Bai Yutang felt panicked looking at those eyes, and asked Zhan Zhao, "It's the same as what Xiao Liu described, a person who covered his face and only showed his eyes."

"What kind of sect is this?" Zhan Zhao asked, "Or what kind of god is it?"

Bai Yutang shrugged his shoulders, took a fire folder and approached for a closer look, and saw that the murals were both new and old. Judging from the colors, some were painted not long ago, while others were painted a long time ago.

"Yutang." Zhan Zhao suddenly called Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang turned around, and saw Zhan Zhao pointing to the front... There was a huge Buddhist altar directly in front of him, with futons on the ground, and on top of the altar, there seemed to be a huge statue, covered with a white cloth.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other and walked over.

"This thing is big enough." Bai Yutang looked up. Zhan Zhao lifted the white cloth, and saw the base of a Buddha statue, which was made of white material. Zhan Zhao reached out and touched it, looking at Bai Yutang, "Han Baiyu of."

"Such a big piece?" Bai Yutang was a little surprised, "What kind of Bodhisattva is carved? So big?"

Zhan Zhao looked up, lifted the white cloth and shook his head at Bai Yutang, "It's too high, I can't see clearly, why don't you take it off and have a look?"

Bai Yutang nodded, holding the fire folder in one hand, and the white cloth in the other, Zhan Zhao flew up, jumped to the height of half the Buddha statue, grabbed the white cloth and pulled it out, Bai Yutang pulled it underneath... "Wow! "With a sound, the white cloth fell slowly. When the two looked up, they couldn't help but let out a low admiration... Behind the white cloth was a huge statue of Avalokitesvara with thousand hands. The hands are lifelike, and on each hand, there is an eye staring at the center of the hall. Avalokitesvara's face is also covered with a white cloth, and the exposed eyes look down here, as if looking at the person in front of him, and The eyeballs are a faint red... indescribably weird.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang froze for a while, looked at each other, and at the same time thought of the white jade arm they found at the murder scene in the suburbs this afternoon.

"Cat, the exact same hand." Bai Yutang stretched out his hand and pointed to the hand behind the Thousand-Handed Avalokitesvara, "It feels like a small statue, exactly the same as this Thousand-Handed Avalokitesvara.

Zhan Zhao nodded, at this moment, he suddenly heard a commotion from outside the hall, "Who is it?"

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao have excellent hearing, and they can definitely spot anyone approaching within a few miles. The voice is muffled and far away, so it can be seen that they are not shouting at them, and the hall is so dense that it is impossible to be found .

But the two still quickly picked up the white cloth, each grabbed it at the end, jumped up, covered the Thousand-Handed Avalokitesvara with the white cloth first, and then Bai Yutang blew out the fire, jumped onto the top beam with Zhan Zhao, and carefully climbed from the roof out.

After the two got out of the roof, they looked towards the place where the noise was coming from, and saw several people fighting in the distance.To be exact, there were several men in white besieging a man in red.The man in red had extremely long hair, was dressed in bright red, and covered his face with a red square scarf.This person was very skilled, fending off those men in white, and said coldly, "Ye Yibai, come out!"

Hearing the voice, it was a woman. Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, smiled slyly, raised their hands and lightly touched their fists... tonight is really here!