Chapter 256 Red Leaf View
"Go forward and you will reach the capital city. Go along this path to the right and you will reach Fengshan."
The three of them stopped at a fork in the road.
At the turn of autumn and winter, the leaves are withered, the sky and the earth are bleak, the ancient loess road, the tea stalls on the roadside, the merchants and travelers coming and going, and the dust kicked up by the horses' hooves, all have a sense of the underworld.
But don't they, who are leading dusty horses and following donkeys loaded with pots, pans, mats and bedding, look like travelers?
"Canopy!"
A little kid appeared out of nowhere, about four or five years old, fair and tender, wearing brown clothes, pointing forward with a serious look on his face:
"Go forward!"
After saying this, he disappeared again.
The three of them looked at each other, smiled, and walked to the right.
"I hope that the treasures I have buried underground in the past six months have not been eaten by insects!"
"It would be best if the treasures that Luo buried were not dug up by some ignorant little thief!"
"Ha ha……"
The three of them were not worried.
Because it was buried so secretly.
However, just as they took the fork in the road and hadn't walked a few steps, Chen Niu appeared out of nowhere again, staring at them with a serious face, pointing at the Guanma Avenue behind them:
"Go this way!"
Lin Jue couldn't help but feel a little helpless.
Because Fengshan is a small place and somewhat remote, Chen Niu couldn't find Fengshan, so Lin Jue initially told it to go to the capital.
At this point I can only explain it:
"We are not going to the capital, but to Fengshan. We are just telling you to go to the capital. The capital is very close to Fengshan. Now that we are outside the capital, we should go to Fengshan."
"..."
Chen Niu was stunned for a moment, then he stretched out his hand and pointed to the road next to him:
"Go this way..."
"I've already said we're not going to the capital. We can already find the rest of the way. You don't need to show us the way."
Chen Niu was silent for a moment, his hand still raised, still pointing over there, looking at him and saying:
"Go this way..."
The sound became much quieter and somewhat weaker.
Lin Jue had no choice but to ignore him and ride on his horse, leisurely along the path towards Fengshan.
This made Chen Niu very anxious.
“Go this way!
"Go this way!"
The little devil simply didn't disappear, but circled around the few people, looking extremely anxious.
"Brother, don't you know the trick to cancel?" The younger sister rode side by side with him and asked.
"I don't know."
"There is a village ahead. Brother, why don't you let Chen Niu show you the way to the village? When you get there, it will naturally stop."
"good idea!"
Lin Jue said this, and then said to the little ghost beside him: "Chen Niu, Chen Niu, go to the village in front."
The little ghost was stunned for a moment, with a confused look on his face. Then he looked forward and saw a village. He then became alert and pointed ahead and said:
"Go forward!"
After walking another two or three miles, Lin Jue heard the words "Found it", and he finally breathed a sigh of relief and everything finally calmed down.
However, it is still forty miles to Fengshan.
Twenty miles of main road and twenty miles of small road.
The distance between Fengshan and the capital is roughly the same as the distance between Yishan and Yixian, except that the road is not as difficult to travel as Yixian, nor is it as remote and secluded as Yixian, but it is still a mountain far away from the city. In a place like the capital, if the distance is not far enough, it is difficult to leave a green mountain. Just the millions of people burning firewood and chopping wood are enough to cut down dozens of miles of forest.
The main road became a small road, and the small road became a mountain road.
Gradually, some mottled colors appeared on the roadside, and a large mountain range appeared in front of us.
Everyone changed from riding horses to leading horses and went up the mountain.
In late autumn and early winter, the leaves on the mountain have not yet fallen. Instead, the colors are at their brightest. When you walk deep into the mountain, all you see is golden yellow and deep red, interweaving into a brilliant color with great visual impact.
The weather was fine, the clouds parted and the sun shone through. The colorful forests on the mountain beside me were all shining, and it seemed that every leaf was shining. The maple forest was undulating because of the uneven mountain, creating different levels, and also casting straight shadows among the red leaves in the sun. The interweaving of light and shadow was beautiful.
Not only Lin Jue and his junior sister couldn't help but turn their heads to admire and marvel, the rugged warrior also turned his head and stared at the roadside, silently taking in the painting.
Even the fox and the raccoon turned their heads, using their clear eyes to take in the beauty of the moment.
Then gradually ascend along with the beautiful scenery.
Every step made a crackling sound on the ground.
After climbing up one mountain, there is another higher mountain, but there is a natural chasm between the two mountains, and an iron chain and wooden bridge connects the two. The Taoist temple is on the other side of the bridge, decorated with red leaves like a painting.
The three of them came to one end of the chain bridge.
The mountain breeze was pleasant, red leaves were flying, the Taoist stepped on the fallen leaves and said softly to the three horses beside him:
"Please cross the bridge."
The wooden boards creaked and the iron chains shook.
Three people, three horses, two donkeys, and the fox that refused to walk on the wooden planks and insisted on walking on the iron chains, gradually walked into this late autumn painting.
"This place is more beautiful than when I came here this summer." Luo Seng walked with his horse and looked around. "It's not easy to find such a place and build this Taoist temple and this bridge."
"It is said that this Taoist temple was built by a master from Fuqiu Peak more than a hundred years ago. Probably because the capital was too crowded and there was no other good place to build a Taoist temple, he chose this place. Later, he accepted disciples here, but the talents of his disciples were very average, and they did not pass on all his skills. After only a few generations, the temple was empty."
Lin Jue walked in front and said to him:
"Our second uncle had seen that great master, and after he died, he took care of his disciples. He came here again more than ten years ago and saw that there was no one here, so he asked us to live and practice here."
"There are two big mountains around the capital. Jade Mountain is much closer than here, only 20 miles away from the capital. Why don't you go to Jade Mountain to build a Taoist temple?"
"Isn't there a Taoist temple on Yushan Mountain?"
"Yes, but looking at the world as a whole, how many famous mountains have only one Taoist temple?"
"I don't know. Maybe it's because Yushan is too close to the capital, making it inconvenient for cultivation. Or maybe, haha, there's some grudge between our seniors at Fuqiu Temple and the Taoist friends on Yushan?"
Lin Jue said with a smile, as if he was joking.
After walking across the iron chain wooden bridge, there is a square-shaped door with three ink characters faintly visible on a wooden plaque above it:
"Hongye Temple." The couplet below can no longer be seen clearly.
There was a large open space of hard rocks, very flat. A closer look revealed that it was not formed naturally, but was excavated by humans. At this time, it was covered with red and yellow leaves. Next to it was a rocky mountain, like the artificial mountains painstakingly built in the city gardens, but it was formed naturally. Small trees grew in the cracks, and the slender branches were hung with a dozen sparse leaves, all of which were red.
There are a few palaces, pavilions and wooden houses scattered in front of the open space. Although they are not surrounded by a courtyard, they are still somewhat elegant. The tiles are covered with yellow and red leaves, as if no one has been there for a long time.
It seems that the master has put a lot of effort into creating this place for him to settle down and practice meditation.
Although the spiritual energy here is not as abundant as that of Mount Yishan, and its spiritual charm is not as mysterious as that of Mount Yishan, it is also a rare and good place for spiritual practice.
It just benefited him and his junior sister.
The fox jumped onto the rocky hill, and the colorful beetle followed. One looked into the distance, and the other sniffed the red leaves on the small tree.
The three men parked their horses on the open space, unloaded their luggage, and walked towards a palace in front.
The century-old palace has a new lock.
Lin Jue took out the key and opened the lock.
It was dusty and empty inside.
The statue in the center of the altar is none other than the Master of Moving Mountains.
The junior sister took out the incense she bought on the road and gave three sticks to Lin Jue. The two of them held the incense and shook it. A little red star and a wisp of green smoke appeared, and they sincerely inserted it on the altar.
The first thing is to worship the ancestors.
After paying his respects, he turned and left.
When I went out, Luo Seng had disappeared.
The two were not surprised. They just took two shovels and walked towards the back mountain.
I don’t know if there was a road in the back mountain before, but there is no road now. Maybe the predecessor was not a stone repairman, otherwise there would be a stone road.
The two walked deep into the colorful forest and entered a secluded place.
Luo Seng was standing in the forest, holding a hoe.
But he stared at the ground, frowning.
"What's wrong, Luo Gong?"
"This place has been moved."
"Ok?"
Lin Jue hurried over to check, but saw nothing.
Luo Seng squatted down and turned over the fallen leaves on the ground: "We were clearly well hidden at the time, but the fallen leaves here are thinner than I thought."
"is it?"
"And the soil underneath is new soil." Luo Seng said, adding, "Newer than half a year ago."
Although Lin Jue still didn't see anything, he felt a little nervous when he heard what he said.
Don't let yourself get caught up in what you say along the way.
You have to know that when he went there, apart from the magic weapons he needed, he only took a few of the most important things with him, and buried everything else here.
But the fox didn't remind him.
Fuyao left his mark on these things.
"Just dig it up and see."
The three of them started digging without hesitation.
After digging up the humus soil, there was wet mud underneath, and below the wet mud was a layer of wood ash, and below that was stone bricks, and below that were lime, gravel, and sand, and then the things they had buried, all wrapped in oilcloth and oil paper or packed in boxes, or both.
During this process, Lin Jue and his junior sister still felt that there was nothing unusual, but Luo Seng could still find something wrong.
Everyone has their own strengths, and both of them chose to believe him.
However, after taking out the boxes and packages and counting them, nothing was missing. In fact, because Lin Jue sealed and stored them properly, even the spiritual energy did not dissipate at all.
"Why?"
All three of them couldn't help but ask questions.
"We buried the things here, and it will take us a while to find them. This place is so remote that ordinary people will not be able to find them unless they were seen by someone at the time." Lin Jue thought, "If someone really came here, it must be a ghost, not a human. It is very likely a ghost in the mountain."
"There are so many good things here. They dug them up and buried them back. It's impossible that they wanted to wait for us to come back and get more. That would be too greedy and stupid, and there's no need for that." Luo Seng looked at the treasures and alchemy furnaces opened by Lin Jue. "It must be a timid little demon. Seeing so many treasures, it knew that they were not buried by ordinary people. It was afraid that they would be found in mysterious ways, or it discovered the magic left by the Taoist priest, so it buried them back."
"That makes sense. Mr. Luo is indeed a county lieutenant." Lin Jue said, looking around, "It seems that there are other neighbors here."
"There is plenty of spiritual energy here. It's not far from the capital, and it's quiet enough. It's normal to have neighbors." The little sister looked around with him holding a shovel, "I wonder what it looks like."
"You'll know it later," Lin Jue said, "Just be more vigilant."
"Ah."
The three of them didn't think any more about it. They went in several trips and brought all the things back to the Taoist temple below.
Since I have just settled down here and just returned, I naturally have a lot of things to do and I am too busy to think about too much for the time being.
So they first opened the doors of the palaces and pavilions to ventilate them, and then brought brooms, dusters and rags to sweep away the dust one by one. As for the fallen leaves, they left them here for a few days to enjoy, so that the foxes and cats would have something to chase while they had fun.
By the time they finished cleaning the Tianweng Hall and several rooms, it was already dark. Fortunately, they had made preparations and bought pots, pans, mats and bedding on the way, which were enough for them to live out their days.
"This futon is rotten. We need to buy a new one."
"A lot of tiles over there are broken too. We need to fix them. We need to buy some new ones from the foot of the mountain."
"Some of the wall paint has fallen off."
"We should install a stone table and stone benches here so that we can eat and drink tea outside when the weather is nice."
The three of them looked at the Taoist temple and muttered to themselves. Even Luo Gong couldn't help but worry about it. When they got together, they talked about what they would be busy with in the next few days.
Fortunately, Lin Jue and his junior sister have accompanied several senior brothers along the way and helped them settle down, so they are already familiar enough with this kind of things.
"Brother, let's cook first!"
"rational."
Junior sister has her own plans on how to take care of and add to the Taoist temple. Now it is dark, the most important thing is to cook a meal and sleep through the night, everything else will be tomorrow's matter.
(End of this chapter)
