Dali Temple Conspiracy Records

Chapter 38 Sleepover
Because the time spent on the road was too long, when the three of them arrived at the mountain temple, it was already dusk, and they immediately decided unilaterally to stay in the temple for a night.

Miao Zhu was really unhappy.

Murong Ke heard that this mountain temple has a long history. Although the incense is not very strong at ordinary times, the nearby villagers are still used to come here to worship during the festivals.But none of the three of them expected that, as old as the temple, there would be temple blessings.

Miao Zhu is an old woman, at least seventy years old, with a stooped and short stature, skin wrinkled like tree bark, and she doesn't look easy to get along with.When she heard that they wanted to stay, she looked even more sour.

"The temple here is small and humble, so I can't entertain the three of you." His voice was as old as his appearance, and rough like gravel.

Murong Ke hurriedly said: "No, no, I don't need to trouble you to prepare anything, just lend us a roof."

The old woman said coldly: "Looking at the young man's attire, he seems to be from a wealthy family, but this old man is dirty and shabby, there is no place suitable for him."

"Hey, I really don't pick..."

Seeing this, Bai Sanxiu immediately started the policy of mourning: "Miaozhu mother-in-law, you see it's so late today, we can't enter the city even if we go back, not to mention these two young masters are road idiots, there is no way to find them in the dark." There is no way to go down the mountain. If you encounter thieves, wild animals or something, they are both helpless scholars, how can you deal with it? You can just let us stay overnight. We have our own food Yes, I promise not to disturb you, and the incense money will not be less."

No. [-] scholar who is crazy about roads: "Uh, yes, yes, the key is that we don't know the way, so we really can't walk."

No. [-] scholar who has no power to restrain a chicken: "..."

The old woman watched them for a long time, finally let go, and turned around tremblingly, "Then come in!"

"Thank you."

"Thank you mother-in-law!"

The mountain temple is not large in scale. The temple, which is three rooms wide and two rooms deep, is the largest building in the entire temple. For woodsheds and warehouses.The old woman lived in the main house by herself, while Murong Ke and Li Quan arranged to live in the west wing.The room is neat and tidy, but there are only the most basic furnishings, a bed, a table, and two long benches. They are very old. Fortunately, the bed has not fallen apart.

It was night, after a simple wash, the three of them went back to the house to rest separately.Bai Sanxiu is a woman, so she sleeps in the main house with the old woman.The main house is built with an earth kang. After all, the elderly are most afraid of severe cold, and the earth kang is also convenient for heating.Now it was the Ching Ming season, so naturally there was no more heating on the kang, but because it was still a little damp and cold at night, the old woman closed the doors and windows.

The mountain was humid, and the quilt was slightly damp, but Bai Sanxiu was not picky, so he fell asleep quickly.In the middle of the night, she woke up with dry mouth, got up and drank some water, then lay back on the kang and was about to sleep again, when she suddenly smelled a strange smell.

Originally, because the doors and windows were open for ventilation, when she entered the room in the evening, including before going to bed, there was no abnormality.Because the doors and windows were closed in the middle of the night and the air was not circulating, the strange smell came out faintly in the house.

At first glance, it is very similar to the dampness in the mountains at this time, and it is also a damp musty smell, but the smell in the house is more stale and stale. Compared with this, the normal humidity is much fresher.

Is it because there are too many old objects in the house?Bai Sanxiu wondered.But it's not a big deal to stay overnight and leave anyway.So she turned over and fell asleep again.

(End of this chapter)