Chai Yan took Cheng Jiu and Yu Tie out of the city early in the morning. After more than an hour of driving, the carriage arrived at a Taoist temple called Hongsha Temple.
Because there is a huge red rock nearby, it is named red sandstone, and this red sand temple is said to have existed for more than two hundred years.
"Sir, Hongsha has noticed."
As soon as the carriage stopped, Chai Yan, who was dozing in the car, heard Cheng Jiu's voice.
Chai Yan opened the curtains and took a look. It was indeed a red sand temple outside. However, the red sand temple looked very dilapidated. Even the gate of the temple was so rotten that it could not be closed.
"Let me go, is this also called a Taoist temple?" Chai Yan couldn't help but complain.
Cheng Jiu opened the car curtain and said, "Sir, Xiaokui said that not many people come to Hongsha Temple. It seems like this is true."
"Yeah, it's more shabby than I thought."
After saying that, Chai Yan took another look at the dilapidated gate, then let go and lowered the curtain and got out of the car.
When he was at Wangyue Tower, Chai Yan thought of a suitable profession to disguise himself in Muyue Kingdom. This profession was a Taoist priest!
Because the Taoist profession is very mysterious and hidden, it is very suitable for your purpose of going to Qingyuan Pass!
So Chai Yan began to inquire about where there were Taoist temples near the capital. It was a good idea to go to the Taoist temples before departure and learn how the Taoist priests spoke and behaved, so that his disguise could be more authentic.
What Chai Yan didn't expect was that Xiaokui actually knew a Taoist temple, which was the Red Sand Temple in front of him, because it was not far from Xiaokui's home and she often visited it when she was little.
Xiaokui talked a lot when talking about the Red Sand Temple, and the memories of her childhood came to mind one after another.
Xiaokui told many interesting stories from her childhood. She also told Chai Yan that the owner of Hongsha Temple had a baby, which was a big gourd. It was very big. She couldn't hold the gourd's butt with both hands when she was a child.
It's bigger than their pot.
Chai Yan became interested as soon as he heard this. Originally, he wanted to go to the market to buy a few Taoist robes, and then set out with a wooden sword or a bell magic weapon, but now he changed his mind. He hoped to see what he saw.
After getting the master's big gourd, carrying such a big gourd behind his back will immediately give people a feeling of being different and outstanding.
At the end of the chat, Chai Yan said that he would take Xiaokui to visit the Red Sand Temple, and after getting the big gourd, he would take her back home to see his family. But Xiaokui shook his head and refused, on the grounds that his family had already taken her there.
She was sold, so she would never go back to that home again, nor would she have anything to do with the family, so that her parents would not come back to harass her in the future, harass the Chai Mansion, and cause trouble for everyone.
Chai Yan said he respected Xiaokui's decision, but he also knew in his heart that Xiaokui still often sent money to his family in private, but he never really met his family.
Chai Yan guessed that Xiaokui was still blaming her parents for selling her into a beauty salon.
After getting off the car, Chai Yan left Yu Tie watching the carriage, and he and Cheng Jiu walked towards the Red Sand Temple.
Cheng Jiu looked at the incomplete walls and dilapidated gates everywhere, and couldn't help but said: "Sir, this Red Sand Temple is in such a state of ruin. Is it possible that no one is here anymore?"
"You're all here, let's go in and have a look." Chai Yan also had this idea.
The two of them came to the gate while talking.
Cheng Jiu immediately went up to call the door. Unexpectedly, as soon as he put his hand on the door, the two viewing doors fell inward, falling to the ground with two "snaps" and splashing a lot of dust.
"Oh my god, what kind of broken door is this?"
Cheng Jiu frowned and kept fanning away the dust with his hands with a look of disgust.
Chai Yan also raised his hand to fan away the dust coming from his face, and then stepped inside the door.
"Is anyone here?" Chai Yan called loudly.
Cheng Jiu also shouted: "Is there anyone there?"
The Red Sand Temple was silent, with no sound responding to Chai Yan and the others.
After the two shouted several times in succession, there was still no response.
Cheng Jiubian said: "Sir, it seems that this Taoist temple is indeed deserted. All the Taoist priests have fled."
"Don't worry, let's take a look inside..."
Chai Yan said and walked into the main hall.
As soon as he entered the main hall, Chai Yan found that three incense sticks were still burning in the incense burner in front of the statue. More than half of the incense sticks were burned out, and only a length of his finger was left.
"Look, there's someone there." Chai Yan pointed at the incense burner.
Cheng Jiu looked at the incense burner and asked curiously: "Why doesn't anyone come out?"
Chai Yan said: "Maybe we didn't hear our voices inside."
Cheng Jiu shook his head and complained: "You can't even hear me shouting so loudly. How deaf is this person?"
After seeing the main hall, Chai Yan and Cheng Jiu came out of the back hall and continued walking inside.
Soon, the two came to the courtyard of the apse.
But there was no one in the back hall, it was empty inside and out, and they only got a reply when they called out.
"The ground here is quite clean. There should be people living there all the time." Chai Yan said, looking at everything around him.
Cheng Jiu nodded in agreement, but was very confused in his heart: "But where did he go?"
Chai Yan said: "Let's take a look separately. If there is no one there, we will have to look for it ourselves."
"Okay, sir, I'll go over there and have a look." Cheng Jiu agreed and quickly went to the rooms on the left side of the apse.
Chai Yan walked to the row of houses on the right.
Looking along the way, except for some shabby things, there was not even a ghost in the house.
At this moment, Chai Yan heard Cheng Jiu's cry: "Sir, someone lives in this house!"
Chai Yan heard the sound and rushed to Cheng Jiuna. When he arrived, he saw that it was indeed a room occupied by people. The bed was made, the quilt was folded, and there was a bowl of leftover rice and a bowl of leftover vegetables on the table in the room.
Cheng Jiu looked at the leftovers in the bowl and said, "Why are there just a few vegetable leaves, not even a piece of meat..."
Chai Yan was a little surprised and asked: "Don't you know? Taoists also have to eat fast. They cannot drink alcohol, eat meat, or be close to women."
"Ah?" Cheng Jiu asked nervously: "Sir, if we dress up as Taoist priests and go to Muyue Kingdom, we won't have to eat fast, right?"
Chai Yan smiled, shook his head and said, "Of course not. We are just pretending to be Taoist priests, and we are not real Taoist priests. However, we cannot eat meat and drink wine in front of outsiders. We have to come secretly, do you understand?"
"I understand! Your Majesty said that, and I feel relieved. I can still live without drinking. If I can't eat meat, I'm afraid my life will be lost." Cheng Jiu breathed a sigh of relief.
Chai Yan found a stool and sat down, and said to Cheng Jiu: "Just wait here, I should be able to meet someone when he comes back."
Cheng Jiu nodded, moved a stool and sat down.
Not long after, a series of footsteps suddenly came from outside the house.
Cheng Jiu stood up as soon as he heard this and said, "Sir, listen, we are back."
Chai Yan also stood up immediately and walked out of the house with Cheng Jiu.
At this time, a middle-aged man wearing tattered Taoist robes appeared in the courtyard of the back hall. His back was to Chai Yan and Cheng Jiu. He was unloading a hoe from his shoulder and leaning his head against a pile of piles on the wall.
Beside the debris.
When Chai Yan saw that there was still dirt on the hoe, he realized that the Taoist had probably gone out to do farm work just now, so he didn't hear his voice.
"This Taoist priest..." Chai Yan called out.
But when the voice fell, the middle-aged Taoist did not respond and continued to do his own thing with his back to the two of them.
"Taoist!" Seeing that the Taoist didn't respond, Cheng Jiu couldn't help shouting too, and his voice was very loud.
But the middle-aged Taoist still didn't react at all.
"Sir, is this person deaf?" Cheng Jiu whispered.
Chai Yan shook his head and said, "Don't talk nonsense. It's not good for others to hear you."
At this moment, the middle-aged Taoist suddenly turned around.
"Ah!" Chai Yan and Cheng Jiu suddenly appeared, frightening the middle-aged Taoist.
Immediately afterwards, the middle-aged Taoist began to make gestures and continued to make sounds of "Ahhh, ahhhh".
Cheng Jiu couldn't help but look at Chai Yan and whispered: "Sir, I really got it right..."