My Weird Life

   Chapter 487 Catching Tiger Temple (12)

  The cement road extended a distance of one or two kilometers into the deep forest, and then stopped abruptly.

   the end of the road,

   is still a lush forest.

   A stone-paved road winds its way into the forest.

   Yun Nishang asked Jiang Yingying about the way forward, so she drove the black off-road vehicle up the dirt road, and staggered on the dirt road with potholes. After walking for more than ten minutes, the front finally suddenly became clear.

   Green pines and cypresses surround a small temple.

  The floor was made of cement in front of the temple.

  The three doors on the left and right of the small temple are open, and the words "Catch Hulang Temple" are written on the forehead of the door.

   The shape of the ridge and eaves of the gate tower is different from that of many newly built temples and temples. It can be seen that this temple has a history.

   The off-road vehicle stopped on the edge of the floor.

  Su Wu, Yun Nishang, and Jiang Yingying got out of the car one after another.

  In the right door of the temple, there is a table.

A plainly dressed old man was sitting behind the table. When he saw Su Wu and his party approaching the temple gate, he quickly stood up and peered through the door to observe the three people who were approaching. His eyes were hesitant, as if he wanted to say hello. He didn't dare to speak rashly.

  Jiang Yingying followed behind Su Wu, and when she saw the old man, she waved and wanted to speak.

Yun Nishang had already stepped forward before her, and said to the old man gently: "Hello, we have greeted the 'Zongshi unit', the folklorist who came to our Hulang Temple to visit and investigate, you should have received the news. right?"

"Hey, yes yes yes!" The old man nodded again and again, looked at Yun Nishang, then turned to look at Su Wu, stretched out his hand to shake hands with Su Wu, "I received a call saying that a folklore scholar came to investigate, a religious unit. and specifically told me,

   No matter what the two of you have, I will do my best to meet them!

   I saw you just now, but I still dare not recognize it,

   Really young and promising, young and promising! "

  The old man took Su Wu's hand and didn't let go, his eyes seemed to be glued to Su Wu's face, and he kept staring at Su Wu.

  Su Wu couldn't bear the enthusiasm of the old man, so he pulled his hand away from the other party and said with a smile, "We travel all over the country, conduct research and research, and eat and sleep in the wild, how can we be young and promising?

  Sir, stop joking,

   Let’s take a look at this temple first! "

   This old man should be the manager and caregiver of the Hulang Temple.

   After all, this temple is quite old,

  The buildings in the temples are also ancient buildings, which have certain historical value and naturally need someone to watch and protect them at all times.

   "Okay, then I'll lead you around first and see!"

  The old man had a warm expression and walked beside Su Wu, guiding him as a 'tour guide'.

   Jiang Yingying followed behind,

   Seeing that the old man didn't even notice that he was there,

   As if he couldn't see himself.

   She looked blankly at Su Wu in front of her, and finally couldn't help calling out, "Grandpa Li!"

   Hearing her calling, the old man turned around and noticed Jiang Yingying's presence, he grinned: "Yingying is here too, where's your grandfather? Why didn't you come with you?

  I collected some radishes in the vegetable garden today, you can bring some back to make soup later! "

   finished speaking,

  The old man turned to talk to Su Wu again.

   He seemed to have a special agreement with Su Wu, and he opened the chat box when he saw Su Wu.

  Jiang Yingying always thought that the old man who looked after the 'Hulang Temple' was a gentle but taciturn old man who liked to play chess.

   "How long has the uncle guarded this temple?

  Do you know anything about this temple? "

   Su Wu, who was walking in front, asked the old man.

The old man nodded again and again, as if he knew everything and said everything, and replied: "This Hulang Temple can be clearly defined as a temple in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. At that time, the local people built this temple for the purpose of Commemorating an immortal who solved the calamity for the people here.

  The fairy rode the tiger and solved some terrible and difficult things for the local people.

   Hence the name 'Catch Tiger Lang'.

  After the calamity was resolved, the 'Captain Tiger Lang' disappeared.

   Since then, wandering Taoist priests and monks who beg for alms have often stayed in this temple, and some Taoist priests have borrowed the name of "Tiger Catching Immortal" in this temple to subdue demons and eliminate demons everywhere.

   So he also left some magical tools for subduing and eliminating demons in the temple.

  —Those things were left by foreign Taoist monks and monks, and they were not owned by Huhulang himself. "

   "Solved something terrible?

  Do you know what happened? "Su Wu turned to look at the old man.

  The old man shook his head: "I'm not from that time, how can I know what happened to Hulang?

   Our local county annals recorded this event,

   But the specifics of the matter are also unclear. "

   "County Annals?

  Where can I find the local county gazetteer? "Su Wu then asked.

   "You should be able to find it at the county library, right?" The old man was also a little unsure about this.

   He accompanied Su Wu to the main hall of the temple.

   In front of the wall facing the door,

   A statue of a **** was erected.

  The statue was wearing a cloak made of water bird feathers, with a round face and big eyes, and sat slantingly on the back of a colorful tiger.

  The statue is carrying a sack, and the tiger is carrying a basket.

   There are white rice grains piled up in the basket.

   Seeing the shaped rice grains, Su Wu's pupils shrank.

   His gaze then fell on the handprint formed in the hands of the young **** statue—‘Heart Lamp Seal’!

Since he established the Zaojun Temple and re-established the 'Yinxi Mai Zaozhuang', there was no 'Heart Lamp Seal' in the world. It was also in order to commemorate Master that he accidentally discovered that this mudra could be used as the heart pulse. The many gods on the outline continue to light up,

   thus spontaneously forged this seal,

   Junior brothers and sisters all followed him to form such a seal.

so,

   The 'Tiger Tiger' who is currently enshrined in the main hall is very likely to be deeply related to the 'Yin Ximai Stove Team'.

   The face of the **** statue is that of a young man. From the appearance created by the **** statue, it is difficult for Su Wu to obtain any clues - after all, no matter who shaped the **** statue in Taiya ancient and modern times, it is impossible for the god's face to be shaped like a human being.

   There is a big taboo here!

   In this regard, Taiya’s habit of descending from the same lineage is much different from that of the Secret Treasure Domain.

   After the death of many Hutuktu in the secret storage area, they will leave gold and bronze statues in the world, and the faces of the statues are almost exactly the same as when they were alive.

  Su Wu can only judge from the details of this statue whether the young man is a descendant of the Yin Ximai Kitchen Class?

   Even his own junior brother?

  —dog leftover? !

  Before he left the Kitchen God simulation, he taught Gouzu the complete 'King Huyi Ming Wang's Practice Method of Relying on the Chakras'. If he truly masters the power of Huyi Ming Wang and convinces him to raise a fierce tiger, it is actually not difficult!

   Then this statue,

Could    be set up by local people to commemorate the leftover dog?

  Su Wu looked up at the tall statue, his thoughts were tumbling.

   "This clay sculpture has been repaired more than ten times in the middle, and it has been repainted with gold paint five or six times." The old man who guarded the Hulang Temple and Su Wu looked at the statue together and said with emotion.

   bowed his head,

  Su Wu saw a magic weapon enshrined in front of the statue,

   There is a round incense burner in front of it.

  The incense sticks burn in the middle of the furnace, and the aroma is curling.

  —He did not see the 'stone brazier' that the kitchen team must have to open a temple, indicating that this temple is indeed a normal mud temple, not a "strange mud temple".

   "How does the old man know how many times this mud tire has been repaired?" While asking the old man, Su Wu picked up a stick of incense from the incense burner, lit it on the head of the candle, and inserted it into the incense burner.

   He looked at the slowly burning incense stick,

  The old man's voice sounded in his ears: "Our ancestors have guarded this temple for generations, of course we are clear about this!

  When I can remember, this temple was guarded by my grandfather.

  My grandfather passed away,

When    father got old, he came to guard the temple.

   Wait until he's gone,

  I came back from working outside, and I am old, so I will guard the temple. "

   "Since this temple was built, your family has been guarding this temple?" Su Wu suddenly turned to look at the old man.

  The old man nodded calmly and said, "Yes."

   "Then your family has guarded this temple for so many years,

   Isn't there any written records or records? "

"Hi!

   How can there be so many people who were literate before?

   Not to mention leaving written records, there were very few who could write their own names before.

   This year, I started to record the damage and repair records of things in this temple, but you shouldn’t want to see this, right? "The old man shook his hand and said with a smile.

  Su was silent at one o'clock in the afternoon.

  The old man observed his expression. At this time, he took out a pack of cigarettes from his arms, took one out and handed it to Su Wu. Su Wu waved his hand and said, "I rarely smoke."

   He has basically never smoked now.

  The old man lit his cigarette,

   twitched halfway,

  The smoke covered his face,

   made his eyes look a little illusory.

He said while puffing clouds and mist, "Speaking of writing names, I remember that my grandfather told me one thing - this Li in our family, and the local 'Tangzhou Li' in Tangcheng, and the one who escaped later. 'Jujube plum' is not one share.

   The 'Li' in our family is 'Tiger Catching Li'.

   That tiger catching immortal asked my ancestor for help and gave his surname to my ancestor! "

plum!

  Su Wu closed his eyes.

  I thought of the master handing me a branch and asking me to write the names of 'Li Wu' and 'Li Yueshan' to him one by one.

  …

   "This white radish, crisp and sweet, stewed with mutton and stewed soup, it's delicious!"

   "Enough, enough, I can't finish it, Grandpa Li."

   "Take more, take more!"

After he just filled the plastic bags with big white radishes, the old man Li waved goodbye to Su Wu and his group. He leaned against the temple gate and watched Su Wu and his group get into the off-road vehicle. The black car drove into the road where they came. Gradually disappeared into the deep forest.

  The old man took out another cigarette,

   sandwiched between fingers, and did not ignite,

   There was some confusion in his eyes.

   Confused as to why he was so kind to that unfamiliar young man of folklore for no apparent reason?

   Is it because our two ancestors are related?

   Old Man Li was amused by the idea that suddenly appeared in his mind,

   He lit a cigarette, smoked it, and went to the backyard of the temple to see if the rice was cooked and ready for dinner.

   (end of this chapter)