withered prosperity

Yan Hai glanced at Yun Ji, who nodded to him.

He opened the golden cage, the blood butterfly bumped a few times, and finally flew out of the cage.

"Let's go." Yun Ji changed into a narrow-sleeved black dress, and he hugged Yan Hai and put it on, his posture between the jumps was much lighter than that of the eager blood butterfly.

Xuedie flew farther than they imagined, in order to make Yan Hai more comfortable, Yun Ji simply hugged him horizontally.

Fortunately, he was much taller than Yan Hai, so this posture was not too weird. Yan Hai put one hand on his back, looked up at him by the moonlight, and then smiled slightly by himself.

"What did you think of?" Yun Ji saw him smiling from the corner of his eyes, and asked, "Are you laughing at me?"

"Yeah!" Yan Hai rolled his eyes, "I suddenly remembered that when the two of us sneaked into Shaohuafang last time, you insisted on grabbing my shoulders and climbing over the wall."

At that time, Yun Ji was full of reluctance, and stretched out his hand awkwardly to grab his shoulder. That scene is still interesting to think about.

Yun Ji didn't speak, but hugged him tighter.

The two chased the blood butterfly, passing through many eaves, all the streets and alleys, and finally even crossed the city wall.

After leaving Shangjing, they headed southeast all the way. After about half an hour, they followed Xuedie into a dense forest.

"What's wrong?" Yan Hai noticed a slight pause in Yun Ji's footsteps.

"This direction..." Yun Ji slightly bent his knees and jumped onto the tall ginkgo tree beside him.

This ginkgo tree is at least thousands of years old. It is taller than the surrounding trees, and it has a very wide view when standing on it.

They could clearly see a large area of ​​buildings not far away, all of which were arranged in an orderly manner with double eaves and verandas, and several tall towers were placed among them.

"What's that place?"

"Tianzhen Temple."

Yun Ji jumped off the tree and continued to follow Xuedie.

"It's so big?" Yan Hai asked suspiciously: "Didn't it mean that Buddhism and Taoism were regarded as heresy for many years before, and it was only gradually revived in recent years? When I was walking outside earlier, I basically never saw it. It is said that all the temples and Taoist temples were ordered to be demolished, how could there be such a large ancient temple outside Shangjing?"

"The history of Tianzhen Temple is not long, so it can't be regarded as an ancient temple." Yun Ji told him: "When the previous dynasty was at its peak, the royal family funded the construction of such a temple, and moved in many famous eminent monks at that time. There are thousands of people, and it is known as the number one Buddhist temple in the world."

"It's so eye-catching, shouldn't it be demolished?"

"Because every time you make a move, something bad will happen." Yun Ji sneered coldly. "It is said that this position is the root of the emperor's dragon veins. Once it is damaged, it will hurt the fate of the country. Although the emperors of the Yin family kept saying that they didn't believe it, they refused to use their own country to test their courage."

"I saw it on the top just now... I think there are some things that are very strange, but I can't tell..." Yan Hai said thoughtfully.

He had never been to this place before, and just took a look at it, and for some reason, it seemed familiar.

"Although Tianzhen Temple has been completely preserved, there were not many monks left in this temple at one time. Many years ago, there was a matter of stripping off the golden body of the Buddha in exchange for food. It was not until the incense was at its peak in recent years that it was completely renovated. .”

Hearing this, Yan Hai suddenly smiled, and Yun Ji looked down at him in puzzlement.

"I just think the world is strange." Yan Hai explained: "If Xue Die's lair is really in Tianzhen Temple, wouldn't it be ironic?"

The murderous blood butterfly and the Buddhist temple that saves the world coexist in one place...

"If there is a desire in a person's heart, even if there are gods and Buddhas, they may not be able to stop it, so what about these illusory idols made of clay and wood." Yun Ji stopped, and they were already standing outside the courtyard wall of the Buddhist temple. "But this place is indeed very suitable for hiding secrets."

The blood butterfly flew over the wall and entered the Tianzhen Temple.

"Do you want to go in?" Yan Hai asked him.

Yun Ji closed her eyes, as if she was listening.

"There's no one around." After a while, he opened his eyes and climbed over the wall with Yan Hai in his arms.

In the middle of the night, this corner of the Buddhist temple is very quiet, only occasionally the slight sound of chanting in the distance can be heard.

The surrounding houses are half-new and half-old, and each one has traces of repairs. Looking inside from the windows, you can vaguely see some statues of Arhats and the like.

Yun Ji quickly caught up with the blood butterfly again, following it meandering between the houses.

"It seems to be nearby." Yan Hai observed its flight route carefully, and said uncertainly, "But it can't find it..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw that blood butterfly suddenly got into a well in front of him.

They chased to the well and looked down.

A faint glint of water could be seen vaguely, as if it was just an ordinary deep well, but the blood butterfly that flew down disappeared within this short period of time.

"I'll go down and have a look." Yunji said, "You wait here, and if anything goes wrong, call me."

Yan Hai wasn't worried about what happened to him, but just told him not to go deep alone if he found anything.

"You stay here, how could I leave at will?" After Yun Ji finished speaking, he jumped down the well, leaving Yan Hai standing by the well alone.

The walls of the well were covered with slippery moss and some aquatic vines, but there was no hindrance to Yun Ji, who propped himself up and slowly moved down.

Yan Hai watched from above, and suddenly felt a little palpitation. If reason hadn't asked him to restrain himself, maybe he would have asked Yun Ji to come back up immediately.

Such a scene...

"What's the matter?" He saw Yun Ji standing near the water for a long time, and finally couldn't help asking.

Yun Ji looked up.

At this moment, the two of them couldn't help but recall something that happened in the past.

Time, place... There are many places that are very similar, but the positions of the two of them have been switched.

"You..." Yan Hai said with difficulty, "If you can't find it, come up!"

Yun Ji suddenly jumped up, but when he was only a palm away from the edge of the well, he seemed to have exhausted his strength and suddenly fell down.

Yan Hai's heart sank suddenly following him, and he grabbed his hand instinctively.

After he clenched it tightly, he belatedly remembered how Yunji could fall down...

"Thank you, young master, for lending a helping hand and saving me from danger." Yun Ji seemed to use his strength to crawl out of the well, and said such a sentence to him.

Yan Hai looked down at the two hands still clasped.

This was the first sentence he said to Yun Ji when Yun Ji rescued him from the cave on Feiyan Mountain, because Yun Ji called him a girl, and asked him if he was okay with a serious face but red ears , he thought it was interesting, he made a mistake at the first thought, and said this sentence in a woman's voice...

"That what..." Yun Ji's deliberate and even vicious behavior made Yan Hai feel a little embarrassed, so he hurriedly changed the subject: "Is there anything down here?"

"There is a hole the size of a fist, the hole is covered with powder, the blood butterfly should have entered from there." Yun Ji also let him go, and took advantage of the situation and said: "And the wall of the well below is surrounded by whole boulders, which is very strange. "

"You mean, there are man-made traces underneath?"

Yun Ji nodded: "There must be a darkroom underground."

"Even if there are other entrances, if you don't have a clue, I'm afraid it's not easy to find such a big place." Yan Hai looked around: "If you startle the snake, it won't be beautiful."

"I have a way."

"Why don't you ask Murongji to think of a way, maybe he can find something..." Yan Hai realized what Yun Ji said in the middle of speaking, and asked in surprise: "What can you do?"

"We don't need to scare the snake, we just need to wait for the rabbit."

"What do you mean?" Yan Hai suddenly came to his senses: "What do you know? Who... who is that 'rabbit'?"

"Mu Huaijin."