Qin Wenyuan suddenly stepped forward, selected a smiling portrait, and suddenly took it down.
"what are you doing?"
Tianji asked a little annoyed.
Qin Wenyuan glanced at her and said calmly: "Such an important clue must be kept away."
"What? You want it?"
Tianji pursed her lips.
Seeing that Qin Wenyuan had put the portrait in his arms and refused to hand it over, she coldly snorted: "It's up to you."
Qin Wenyuan took a deep look at Tianji.
Tianji stopped herself from taking away these paintings.
What are you worried about?
Are you afraid that you will find out something through the portrait?
Or...this portrait has some relationship with Tianji, so Tianji doesn't want the portrait to be taken away?
strangeness?
Qin Wenyuan looked at Tianji.
When Tianji saw Qin Wenyuan looking at him with searching eyes, his expression changed slightly.
She snorted coldly: "What are you looking at?"
Qin Wenyuan did not hide his thoughts. He said calmly: "There is something wrong with you."
"There's something wrong with you."
Tianji snorted coldly, then turned around suddenly and said, "There's nothing interesting to see on the third floor. Let's go to the fourth floor."
With that said, she walked directly up the stairs.
"Tianji is restless."
"Normally, even if she deliberately changes the subject, she wouldn't be so blunt."
"Does this portrait really have anything to do with Tianji?"
"Could it be that the woman in this portrait, or the woman the portrait is based on, has something to do with Tianji? A friend? An elder?"
Qin Wenyuan was unsure.
But he knew that this was definitely a reasonable direction of speculation.
Along this direction, you may get some unexpected surprises.
But now here, it is obviously not the time to think about this, so Qin Wenyuan can only temporarily suppress his extremely active thoughts, wink at Si She, and let Si She follow Tianji every step of the way, so as not to let Tianji take advantage of them not paying attention.
When doing so, take away any important clues.
Several people came to the fourth floor.
When he reached the fourth floor, Qin Wenyuan raised his eyebrows slightly.
It's not that there's anything unusual about the fourth floor.
On the contrary, the fourth floor is more normal than the second and third floors.
This is the place where religious beliefs are most normal.
I saw a two-foot-tall statue of a god placed in the center of the fourth floor. This statue was exactly the woman in the scroll on the third floor.
She is very gentle.
Her eyes were gentle and compassionate, as if she were looking at everyone in the world with compassion.
The person who carved this statue is absolutely very skilled.
At first glance, one would think that Beidou Empress is definitely a compassionate and good believer.
The current expression of this statue is exactly the same as the smiling scroll that Qin Wenyuan just took away.
Qin Wenyuan felt that maybe this statue was carved according to that scroll.
In other words, the scroll was based on this statue of the god.
But no matter what, it seems to indicate one thing, that is, the scroll Qin Wenyuan took away seems to be somewhat unusual.
In front of the statue, there is no incense burner, only a few futons placed there.
The entire fourth floor was very empty.
There are only a few things.
The candlelight was slightly blown by the wind blowing from the window, causing the candlelight to sway up and down, and also caused the face of the statue to sway back and forth in light and darkness from time to time.
Qin Wenyuan looked at the statue, and suddenly, a bright light flashed in his mind.
He said: "I understand!"
"What?"
The snake was stunned for a moment.
Tianji also looked at Qin Wenyuan.
Qin Wenyuan said: "I want to understand something."
"When I first entered the Beidou Tower, on the first floor, I felt something was strange."
"Now, I finally figured out where the strange place is."
"strangeness?"
Sishe looked at Qin Wenyuan with some confusion: "Master, where are you?"
Qin Wenyuan suddenly raised his hand, pointed directly at the Buddha statue, and said, "It!"
"Buddha statue?"
Si She said unexpectedly.
Qin Wenyuan nodded slightly.
He said: "If you think about it carefully, on the first floor, there is an incense burner, a futon, and a merit box."
"Obviously, the first floor is for ordinary believers to worship and pray."
"I don't believe in gods and Buddhas, so I rarely go to temples or Taoist temples, so I just ignored this."
"Now that I see this statue, I suddenly realize that something is wrong."
"Normally speaking, when believers pray and worship, they must pray to the idol of their faith, hoping to communicate with the gods through the idol."
"But on the first floor, there is everything, but there are no statues of gods!"
"On the fourth floor, there is no incense burner or fireworks, but there are statues of gods!"
"So you don't think this is strange? Why are there no statues of gods on the first floor?"
Sishe heard Qin Wenyuan's reminder, thought about it carefully, and her eyes suddenly lit up: "That's really the case."
"Master, I once accompanied my family to a temple. After entering the gate, the Buddha statue was directly facing me."
"And the Taoist temple is also facing the Sanqing Temple, so that all believers can see where to worship at a glance."
"So this Beidou Temple, there is no statue of gods, it is indeed... very strange."
The more Si She thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong.
If there is no idol, what can be used for believers to kneel down and worship?
As for believers, they really knelt down and worshiped the gods regardless of whether they had statues or not, and even contributed money for incense.
This is really weird.
Qin Wenyuan looked at the statue in front of him.
He felt that normally, this statue should be on the first floor.
But he happened to be on the fourth floor.
Why?
Moreover, there are several futons placed in front of the statue on the fourth floor.
Obviously someone is praying here.
Can believers come to the fourth floor at will?
Don’t you think it’s scary when believers run to the third floor?
Qin Wenyuan suspected that those believers could reach the second floor and browse books, but they would not have the chance to reach the third floor.
Let alone the fourth floor.
So, who are these futons for?
Beidou Temple staff?
Or is it some specific special people?
There are too few clues to determine.
Qin Wenyuan took a deep breath and glanced at Tianji from the corner of his eye.
Tianji was seen staring at the statue of Lady Beidou at this moment, not knowing what he was thinking.
He didn't bother Tianji, nor did he ask.
Instead, he walked around the fourth floor minding his own business.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The space on the fourth floor is no smaller than the third floor, but there is nothing here.
Except for a statue of a god and some futons, there was nothing there.
This makes the fourth floor seem too empty.
Qin Wenyuan thought about the floors he passed.
He found that except for the second floor, which was full of books, the rest of the floors were empty.
There are tables, merit boxes, incense burners, and futons on the first floor, but compared to such a large space, it only takes up less than 10% of the area.
Still small is a bit too much.
On the third floor, there are only some paintings hanging on the walls, but other than that, it is empty.
The fourth floor is what you see in front of you.
"It will definitely not be easy to build the Beidou Tower."
"But there is nothing in such a Beidou Tower. It is almost empty. It really doesn't make sense."
"If you want to squeeze in, two floors of these things are enough."
"But the Beidou Tower has five floors."
Why?
Qin Wenyuan was thinking, why build five floors?
Does it have any moral meaning?
Or do you just want to maintain the scene?
It's just that Beidou Temple is a false belief, and there is not enough stuff to fill it, so it is empty?
But this doesn’t make sense.
Isn’t it easy to find something to fill it with?
Build some furniture, use some rooms as quiet rooms, etc. It’s very stylish.
Just go to a temple or Taoist temple and copy it.
So, there shouldn't be enough stuff to fill it.
But they don't want to do it.
Do you think it's unnecessary and no one will come to check, or do you think someone won't allow it?
Qin Wenyuan's active brain was running at high speed again.
And this time, he had more on his mind.
In fact, there are abnormalities everywhere in this Beidou Tower, and something is wrong everywhere.
With his extremely active brain, he really couldn't stop even if he wanted to.
Qin Wenyuan took a deep breath and temporarily suppressed those thoughts. He looked at the fourth floor again to make sure there were no omissions, and looked at the stairs.
"Let's go to the fifth floor."
This tower only has five floors, so the fifth floor is the highest floor.
The first four floors are each more strange than the last.
What will happen to the fifth floor?
Qin Wenyuan really became curious.
He went straight up the stairs.
Sishe looked at Tianji and said, "Let's go."
After hearing this, Tianji took his eyes back from the statue of Beidou Empress.
She nodded silently, seeming to be even more taciturn than before.
This time, even Si She sensed that something was wrong with Tianji.
But seeing that the young master didn't say anything, he didn't speak, but stared at Tianji more closely.
The three of them climbed the stairs and soon reached the fifth floor.
When he reached the fifth floor, Qin Wenyuan raised his eyebrows slightly.
"This is?"
Si She was also a little surprised.
Including Tianji, everyone frowned.
Because when they first arrived on the fifth floor, they discovered a door.
Locked door!
From the first to the fourth floor, no door was found.
Therefore, a door appeared on the fifth floor, and it was locked.
This discovery immediately made Qin Wenyuan smile.
Qin Wenyuan raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said with a smile: "Interesting, it seems that these five floors are different from the other floors. Maybe... there will be unexpected surprises."
The fifth floor of Beidou Tower.
As soon as you go up the stairs, you will see a closed and locked door.
"Master."
Sishe looked at Qin Wenyuan.
Qin Wenyuan chuckled: "It seems that these five floors are different from the other floors."
"The first floor is a place of worship, the second floor is the Sutra Pavilion. The third floor is portraits, and the fourth floor is statues of gods... So where is this fifth floor? What is hidden inside? I am really interested."
He said to Si She, "Go ahead and unlock the door."
"yes!"
Sishe didn't hesitate and glanced directly at the lock.
He checked it and then said: "Master, this lock is specially made. It is different from ordinary locks. It is difficult to open easily without a key."
"That's it..."
Qin Wenyuan thought for a while, then suddenly raised the corner of his mouth: "Forget it, we won't open the lock."
"No more unlocking? Then we can't go in?" Sishe was stunned.
Qin Wenyuan laughed, suddenly grabbed the handle of the knife at his waist, suddenly pulled out the big knife, and slashed at the closed door in front of him!
boom!
Then a bang was heard.
The closed door, a door, was directly smashed into pieces by Qin Wenyuan.
The smashed door was directly caught by the lock, swaying in mid-air.
Both Si She and Tian Ji were startled.
None of them expected Qin Wenyuan to be so cruel.
The lock is difficult to open.
So I simply didn’t open the door.
The door was broken open directly.
This really solves the problem fundamentally!
The corners of the snake's eyes twitched.
Tianji didn't know what to say either, her eyelids kept twitching.
Qin Wenyuan slowly put the knife back on the handle and chuckled: "Isn't this solved?"
"Let's go in and take a look and see what this mysterious fifth floor looks like!"
As he spoke, Qin Wenyuan entered behind the broken door.
The fifth floor is different from the other four floors.
There are candles burning on the other four floors all the time, as if they will stay on all night.
But the fifth floor was pitch black and nothing could be seen.
"Sisake, light the fire."
Qin Wenyuan ordered.
Sishe quickly took out the fire stick, found a candle, and used the fire stick to light the candle.
Soon, the candle's flame began to flicker.
The light dispelled the darkness and illuminated the five layers in front of me.
After seeing the scene in front of them, everyone was stunned.
Even Qin Wenyuan was slightly startled.
But the next moment, Qin Wenyuan suddenly raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said with a smile: "Interesting, this is really interesting."
I saw that these five floors were completely different from the four floors below.
This has absolutely nothing to do with Beidou Temple.
There is no element of Beidou Buddhism, there are no portraits of Beidou Empress, no books, and no statues of gods.
This... is a courtyard!
A very large yard.
This yard has everything it needs.
Many rooms.
The door to the room is open, and when you look in from the outside, you can see everything inside.
Tables, chairs and benches!
Wardrobe, dressing cabinet...
couch.
There was even a pot, some firewood, a water vat, a rice vat...
It can be said that the fifth floor in front of you is just like a courtyard where one person lives.
If this courtyard was outside, even in the mountains and jungles, they would think it was normal.
But this courtyard is now on the fifth floor of the Beidou Tower, which is really strange.
There is no daylight here. Who would be so busy that they would build such a yard here?
Therefore, Qin Wenyuan didn't feel like someone was in a hurry.
Instead, a lot of effort was put into relocating the entire courtyard that should have been outside here.
And in order to protect the yard, it was locked with a very complicated special lock.
It can be seen that Beidou Temple is deliberately protecting this place.
Then this place must be very special.
"Let's go in and have a look."
Qin Wenyuan did not delay and stepped directly into the courtyard.
Pushing open the courtyard door, he found that it was a very common and ordinary farmyard.
Moreover, the decoration and arrangement in front of him suddenly raised his eyebrows.
"This is not how Nanzhao people would arrange it."
"Instead, it's more like a courtyard commonly used by people in the Tang Dynasty."
Qin Wenyuan was on the road these days and passed by many villages. He had seen the arrangements of the people in Nanzhao, which were completely different from this one.