I'm not an old sword

So, after knocking twice on the door behind the "Thunder Gate" lantern and waiting for a few minutes, Lin Qingsu, who couldn't hear footsteps or any response, released the law, but couldn't feel anything from behind that door. excess emotion.

Only malice.

Closing his eyes, suddenly a mountain of malice roared like black mud and seemed to swallow him up.

Lin Qingsu opened her eyes suddenly, looked at the solemn red lacquered gate in front of her, cold sweat appeared on her forehead, she couldn't help taking a step back.

"What the hell is this place?!"

If he was "Old Sword", he would definitely go in, no matter what kind of monster it is, just kill it with one sword.

But now he is Lin Qingsu.

Breathing steadily, Lin Qingsu used the law to sense it again. The same thing was only the malice, anger, murderous intent, irritability... There was no extra emotion, and there was no one there.

Lin Qingsu turned around immediately.

But as soon as she turned her head, Lin Qingsu was stunned again when she saw the scenery at the foot of the mountain behind her.

Dark clouds covered the dim sky, and the cold wind howled.

The pattering raindrops fell, piercing through the forest and beating leaves, and in the blink of an eye, they turned into dense bean-like raindrops.

After hesitating for a while, Lin Qingsu could only see the foggy mountain in front of her, not to mention whether she should leave or not.

The weather changed suddenly. Although Japan is an island country, it is very common to say that the weather can change, but combined with the huge temple behind it that is full of malice, Lin Qingsu feels uneasy.

And looking at the huge statues on both sides, who didn't know whether they were Guanyin statues or Buddha statues, Lin Qingsu only felt that they were staring at her with malicious eyes.

But such a heavy rain down the mountain...?

Just when Lin Qingsu was hesitating, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps.

Lin Qingsu's hand immediately grasped the hilt of the sword at his waist.

Not long after, a person wearing a black overcoat and a bamboo hat hurried over from the rain and fog, and stepped up the steps to the foot of the Thunder Gate.

"you are?"

Hearing the voice, the man raised his head.

His face was tightly covered by a black cloth, only a pair of purple eyes were exposed.

It is a woman's eyes.

His eyes were sharp and gentle.

She didn't seem to have thought that there would be people here, looking at Lin Qingsu with surprise and vigilance in her eyes.

Lin Qingsu also became more vigilant.

She has beautiful eyes and looks like a great beauty.

A woman, a beautiful woman walking alone at night in the wild, is rare even in his peaceful era in later generations, let alone ancient times, not to mention, this is a peaceful period where monsters are rampant.

"who are you?"

The woman's voice was deliberately hoarse, as if she didn't want to be recognized.

"Pedestrians passing by who want to stay overnight." Lin Qingsu asked back: "Who are you?"

"The person who hides from the rain."

"It has been raining for so long, and this temple is on the mountain, although it is next to the official road..."

The purple-eyed woman asked back: "As a tourist, don't you know how to check the weather?"

As she said that, her eyes became sharp, and she stretched out her hand to hold the hilt of the sword at her waist without hesitation.

Lin Qingsu only felt that she was locked by a wave of energy.

As long as he makes a slight change, the opponent will never unhesitatingly strike the sword, and Lin Qingsu can feel that the opponent's strength is not weaker than her own.

"I just came to this island a few days ago."

There is no way, she showed her 'flaws' first, Lin Qingsu could only explain: "I am from Tang Dynasty, in order to avoid the chaos of war, I took a boat across the sea with others, but I encountered a storm on the way..."

"Tang people? Then you can speak the words of Tang people?"

Lin Qingsu then spoke Chinese and repeated what she just said.

Only then did the purple-eyed woman's piercing eyes feel a little relieved.

Seeing this, Lin Qingsu was also a little relieved. After possessing the law, he could vaguely feel the emotions of others. The vigilance of the other party did not seem to be fake, and being able to understand Chinese also showed that she should be human and her status is not low.

Lin Qingsu asked again: "I want to go to Ping An Jing, do you know where to go and how far to get there?"

"To the west, walk thirty miles along the official road." The woman replied.

Lin Qingsu breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the words, and was about to ask for her information, but she saw her sideways to make way for the exit.

"You had better..."

Noticing Lin Qingsu's suspicious gaze, the purple-eyed woman was about to explain, but when she heard the heavy rain behind her, she looked at Lin Qingsu's not-so-strong physique, hesitated for a moment, and then sighed.

"Forget it, let's go in."

Lin Qingsu refused to answer more and more, but the purple-eyed woman had already walked over and raised her hand to open the door.

Big boobs.

Although the coat was purposely held up high to conceal her figure, when she raised her hand, her arm moved slightly outward.

"Follow me."

After entering, the goal is a long and spacious street.

The raindrops are so dense that no gaps can be seen.

Glancing at the woman walking into the rain, Lin Qingsu gave up the idea of ​​using magic to block the rain after thinking about it, and followed her in.

The rain and fog were so heavy that the roads on both sides could not be seen clearly.

After walking through the long approach to the main temple, we finally arrived at another gate.

The purple-eyed woman knocked on the door.

Not long after, the sound of unhurried footsteps came from inside, and then the door was slowly opened.

The door was opened by an old man with a kind face and dressed in cassock.

Seeing the purple-eyed woman and Lin Qingsu, the old man was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "Are the two benefactors here to hide from the rain?"

"I want to inquire about something." The purple-eyed woman said, "I also want to stay overnight."

The old man nodded to express his understanding and then looked at Lin Qingsu.

Lin Qingsu felt the old man first, and felt that the other party's emotions were very weak, but after it did exist, he gradually let go of his heart.

"I'm going to take shelter from the rain and want to spend the night here."

Lin Qingsu hesitated for a moment, thinking of the deep malice he felt just now, and asked, "I want to ask, has anything bad happened here recently?"

Both the old man and the purple-eyed woman were startled.

The old man looked at him suspiciously, and the purple-eyed woman looked back at him suspiciously again.

Seeing this, Lin Qingsu told him again what she had said to the purple-eyed woman.

"Amitabha."

The old man clasped his hands together and twirled the Buddhist beads lightly, as if he was reciting Buddhist scriptures for the companions on the same boat that Lin Qingsu said.

Feeling the old man's heavy heart, Lin Qingsu was a little ashamed.

The old man murmured for about half a minute, then slowly opened his eyes, and nodded apologetically to the two: "Sorry, I have delayed your time."

"It's okay." The purple-eyed woman shook her head with a soft tone.

Lin Qingsu thanked: "No, I should thank you for them."

"It's just my job."

The old man smiled heavily, and looked at the purple-eyed woman who covered herself tightly: "This benefactor who is unwilling to show his face should know what happened in the temple, but before you enter, I still want to advise you two One or two."

As he said that, the old man stood in front of them and said seriously: "If possible, I hope the two of you can go back."

Lin Qingsu became more and more curious when she heard this.

With such heavy rain outside, he didn't see any villages at all on the way here, but judging from the distribution of villages he saw during the five days he walked.

If there is no accident, the nearest shelter from the rain is about [-] miles away outside the capital of Ping'an.

Thirty miles away, even if people walk all the way, it takes more than three hours.

Not to mention normal people, even a strong and healthy soldier would catch a cold if he walked for more than three hours in a row under the heavy rain. In this day and age, if he catches a cold, his life is likely to be handed over. So what made the old man rather let They left in the rain and didn't want to take them in?

And the old man also slowly started his narration.

"Things have to start from a month ago."

"More than a month ago, a monk in this temple fished out a statue in the river below the mountain when he went out to fetch water."

"Although this temple is dedicated to Guanshiyin Bodhisattva, it also worships other gods."

"So, the monk brought back the statue, and although the workmanship of the statue is a bit rough, it has a sense of age, and it has been confirmed that it is indeed a noble god enshrined in this temple. We have no doubts, and will It is good to be enshrined and bathed in incense."

"But something happened that night."

"This temple is not well-known, and there are many tourists who come here to offer incense every day, and because it is some distance away from Heianjing, there are always some pilgrims who are too late to go back at night, or who want to stay for a few more days to seek peace and tranquility. The day is just catching up with the windy and rainy spring day, and there are especially many pilgrims who come here to offer incense and stay overnight."

The old man sighed heavily, his kind face was full of sadness and self-blame.

"As the host, although I was uneasy that day due to the accident, I didn't think too much about it because the year was approaching and the deadline was approaching. After I woke up near midnight, I went out to check if there was no abnormality, so I went back to rest."

"But when I woke up the next day, something happened."

The sadness on the old man's face became stronger: "All the pilgrims who stayed overnight, a total of nine people and 53 people, all died tragically."

Lin Qingsu's pupils suddenly shrank.

He didn't listen too carefully to what he said afterwards, because he could already think of it, and what the old man said was pretty much the same.

Because Sensoji Temple is a famous temple near Heian-kyo, most of the people who come here to offer incense are either rich or noble, and many of the people who died were noble people, so Heian-kyo attaches great importance to this matter, and has sent many people to investigate. At first, I suspected that it was done by the monks in the temple, but after interrogating him several times up and down, I didn't find anything unusual.

The most important thing is that the accompanying people brought a lot of attendants with high martial arts skills, and none of the monks in the temple knew martial arts.

There is no evidence, no motive, and no strength and ability. After the trial was fruitless, the officials finally determined the case as the work of ghosts and sent onmyoji to investigate.

And the Onmyoji decided to stay here at night when the crime happened after checking out any problems during the day.

After leaving by car during the day, he sneaked back to the temple at night and waited for the monsters to arrive.

But one night later, when the monks in the temple woke up, what they found was a horrified dead body placed outside the front door.

The same death as those tourists before.

The government sent several waves of Onmyojis and soldiers back and forth, and it was the fourth wave five days ago, but all of them died tragically without exception.

The old host persuaded: "Listen to my advice, you two should leave as soon as possible."

Lin Qingsu wanted to leave very much.

But the front is weird, and the back is the deep mountains and old forests that are dark under the heavy rain.

Not sure which is more dangerous.

And just when Lin Qingsu was hesitating, the purple-eyed woman suddenly turned around and looked at him.

"I'll take you to Heianjing first."

Lin Qingsu looked at him in surprise.

"You're still young."

Lin Qingsu was silent.

After possessing the "law", he can not only influence but also feel the emotions of others more clearly.

He could feel the sincerity in the woman's words.

But because of this, it made him a little uncomfortable. Although he didn't want to be a good person, it didn't prevent him from respecting good people.

And although the woman's eyes revealed a bit of adult heaviness, no matter how much tender skin she showed when she raised her hand, she couldn't be much older than him.

After thinking for a few seconds, Lin Qingsu sighed and patted the scabbard on his waist.

"I want to stay too."