Chapter 401: Found the target! It’s getting weirder!
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 Shen Lian's reminder, thought about it carefully, and her eyes suddenly lit up: "That's really the case."
"Young Master, I once accompanied my family to a temple. After entering the gate, what I faced was the Buddha statue."
"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 of God, 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.
Shen Lian 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?
Shen Lian 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.
Shen Lian 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.
The space on the fourth floor is no smaller than that on 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.
Shen Lian recalled 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?
Shen Lian 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?
Shen Lian'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.
Shen Lian 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 towards 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?
Shen Lian became really 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 say anything, 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 found 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.
Shen Lian raised the corners 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 Shen Lian.
Shen Lian 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..."
Shen Lian thought for a while and suddenly raised the corner of his mouth: "Forget it then, we won't open the lock anymore."
"No more unlocking? Then we can't go in?" Sishe was stunned.
Shen Lian 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 Shen Lian.
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.
Shen Lian 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, Shen Lian 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."
Shen Lian 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 Shen Lian was slightly startled.
But the next moment, Shen Lian 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 in a hurry would build such a yard here?
Therefore, Qin Wenyuan didn't feel like someone was in a hurry.
Instead, a lot of thought was spent on relocating the entire courtyard that should have been outside to this place.
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."
Shen Lian 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."
Shen Lian 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.
so……
Shen Lian guessed: "Could it be that this courtyard was moved entirely from the lobby?"
"Or...restored from memory?"
"The restoration is okay, but if it is a complete migration, it will be terrible..."
Looking at this courtyard, Shen Lian felt more and more interesting.
I didn't expect that the Beidou Tower would give me so many surprises.
"Hey snake, look around."
Shen Lian ordered.
Sishe nodded quickly and started to check.
Shen Lian glanced at Tianji and saw that Tianji was not standing still and walked into a room at this time.
But it's a little different from Si Snake.
Sishe looked left and right, searching for any clues.
But Tianji didn't look sideways, as if he had a clear purpose.
This scene made Shen Lian raise his eyebrows slightly.
"strangeness."
He raised his feet and followed.
When I came to the room where Tianji entered, I saw Tianji standing in the room.
"Tianji, have you discovered anything?" Shen Lian asked directly.
Tianji shook his head and said calmly: "I can find nothing, but there is nothing."
Shen Lian narrowed his eyes, but didn't say much.
He looked around the room and saw that it seemed to be a child's room.
The bed is not big, so it doesn't look like it's for adults.
Moreover, the washbasin in the house is also a small washbasin, and there is also a small stool.
No matter how you look at it, it looks like it is for children under seven years old.
Kids room?
This shows that a child once lived in this house.
Who is the child?
Who has lived here?
A look of thought flashed through Shen Lian's eyes.
He knelt down and opened the cabinet.
But I found that the cabinet was empty and there was nothing in it.
Shen Lian glanced across the room again, then shook his head: "Nothing."
Maybe it was restored based on memory, maybe it was really moved as a whole, but after all, it is not the original courtyard. The furnishings are the same, but there are many things inside, and many of them are missing.
Shen Lian glanced at Tianji, then turned around and walked out of the room.
He went around to several other rooms.
First, we went to the main room, which is the master bedroom, where the master rests.
When you enter this room, you will see that this room has more things than the child's room.
There are plenty of wardrobes and dressing tables.
A big table was placed there, with tea cups on it and a few chairs.
It can be seen that when there are people in this home, it must be a man sitting at the table drinking tea and watching the hostess washing herself in the mirror at the dressing table.
In addition to these, Shen Lian also discovered that there were some clothes in the closet!
That's right, it's different from the children's room I saw before.
There is something in the cabinet in this room.
And it's clothes.
Shen Lian simply counted and found that there were five men's gowns and more than twenty women's clothes.
It can be seen that the male host must love the female host very much.
There are many clothes for the hostess.
Of course, these clothes are definitely not all clothes. After all, there are only clothes without pants and no underwear, so there must be something missing.
The clothes displayed here should only be a few representative ones.
But a woman's clothes are four or five times as much as a man's, and this shows how much the man loves his mistress.
Shen Lian picked up a man's gown, compared it, and said to himself: "It's slightly fatter than me, but shorter."
"More than seven feet."
Shen Lian suddenly raised his eyebrows.
Seven feet tall and slightly fat.
Why is this so similar to his previous description of Beichen's portrait?
Are you overthinking it?
There are many people in this world who are seven feet tall and slightly fat.
But seeing this mysterious courtyard on the top floor of the Beidou Tower, Shen Lian couldn't help but think about it.
Shen Lian narrowed his eyes and put the gown back.
In the absence of sufficient evidence, you must not make a subjective conclusion, otherwise, it is very likely to affect your subsequent judgment.