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"Pull it down." Li Yang said, "I feel like it's a building."

As soon as he reminded me, I said, "That's right, I also feel like a building. It has cornices and a tiled roof. It looks a bit like an ancient building in Kyoto, Japan."

Li Yang took a deep breath: "If you don't see it, you will know."

He raised his flashlight to shine a light on it, and in the darkness, a huge building appeared vaguely not far away.

When the building appeared, we were all stunned at the same time.It turned out that this is an ancient Taoist temple.

The Taoist temple looks like it has been around for a long time, and at first glance, it makes people feel a strong sense of antiquity.The tall wall outside is a mud wall painted with yellow paint. The entrance of the Taoist temple has cornices and bucket arches. The gate is bright red and is composed of two semicircular door panels on the left and right.There is a wooden sign on the top of the gate, with three gold characters faintly written on it, which should be the name of Guan.The weirdest thing is that there are two black cast iron lampstands on the left and right in front of the door.

Visually speaking, this Taoist temple is three stories high, and it looks majestic, but from a distance, it feels lifeless.It exuded a different kind of strange atmosphere, especially gloomy.

We looked at each other in blank dismay, walked slowly, and the three beams of flashlights kept shaking on the red gate.The closer I got, the more I felt the palpitations of depression, my heart was blocked, and I couldn't tell.

When we came to the door, we raised our heads, and Li Yang shone his flashlight on the blue wooden sign on the lintel, and read softly: "Concept of Yin and Yang."

Tongsuo muttered to himself: "Awesome! Have you ever heard of it? There is an ancient Taoist temple hidden in a modern building! This is such a big project, and you have to keep this secret from outsiders, how fucking awesome !"

Li Yang said: "I heard that there is such a temple in Taiwan, called Taichung Temple. The whole building is built in a luxurious office building, shaped like a white lotus, and its scale is much larger than the one in front of me. It is said to be more than 150 meters long. However, the old copper It is true to say that it is not something ordinary people can do to build such a building in secret."

Tongsuo said: "How about you two, let's stop here and go in and have a look."

Li Yang smiled: "If I just go back like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep every night. It's all here, don't look at it for nothing."

He walked to the door, hesitated for a moment, put his hand on the door, and looked at us: "I pushed the door."

"Wait." Tong Suo and I blurted out at the same time.

Tong Suo and I said at the same time: "You speak first."

Li Yang was a little anxious: "Which one of you said it was different. Old Liu, tell me first, why do you say wait?"

I rubbed my chest and said, "I always feel that something is wrong. I kind of...don't spray me if you say it... I have an ominous premonition that something is going to happen."

Li Yang waved his hand: "It's still the same sentence. If you are afraid, go back by yourself. We are acting voluntarily, not forced. I will definitely enter. How about you copper lock?"

Tongsuo said: "I'm not as timid as Lao Liu. I shouted and waited because I thought of a problem."

"what is the problem?"

"Before we go in, do you want to light the two ancient lamps in front of the door?"

"Fuck, what are you doing lighting the lamp?" Li Yang asked.

Tongsuo said: "I always feel that it doesn't make sense to put these two ancient lamps at the door. I don't know any Taoist rules, but there are many Taoist temples that I often travel to, and I have never seen such an arrangement. Putting lights at the door here , Does it have a special meaning, or can trigger some mechanism, in short, just try it and you will know."

"Take a rest, you won't come up with any bad ideas." For some reason, I was agitated: "Don't make troubles. Let's go in and take a look, and leave after reading."

Li Yang raised his flashlight to shine on the two ancient lamps, and he was startled when he saw them.The shape of the ancient lamp stand resembles a ghost, with fluffy hair sticking to the head like a skull, and the eyes are two black holes, looking straight ahead.With both hands in an offering position, the lampstand is raised above the head.

Copper Lock shined a flashlight on the lampstand, and under the light spot, you can see that there is more than half of the black and yellow lamp oil in it. When you smell it carefully, it smells faintly.Our faces changed, which means that not long ago, someone probably burned these two ancient lamps.

Li Yang scratched his head: "I also have a bad feeling, so don't turn on the lights, don't make extra trouble. Let's go in and have a look, and leave after a glance."

He pushed two red wooden boards, and it was easy to move.It's just that the door only opened a gap, and it can no longer be opened.He lay on the crack of the door, took a flashlight and looked in, the spot of light swept across, and vaguely saw a huge palace pillar inside, and it seemed that there was a great tripod, but the angle was limited, so he couldn't see anything anymore.

Li Yang took out a field folding knife from his pocket, leaned against the gate, put his right hand in, and pulled it back and forth, cutting something.

I asked what was wrong.

He said: "Someone tied the handle on the inside of the gate with a trouser belt. Damn it, we are not allowed to enter."

It didn't take long, and there was only a "click", and a black shadow fell to the ground.Li Yang pushed the door, and the heavy door opened in response to the sound. It is estimated that the door shaft has not been oiled for a long time, and the "creaking" friction sound is very sharp, which is especially harsh in the dark.

Pushing open the door, he picked up the black figure from the ground, and under the light of the flashlight, he could see that it was a long snakeskin belt.I saw this thing and laughed.

The brass lock next to me was hairy from laughing: "Damn, what are you laughing at?"

I let out a long sigh of relief, feeling unspeakably tired: "This belt belongs to Li Damin, I know it."

Li Yang looked at me.Although he and Li Damin are brothers with relatives, in terms of the distance of the relationship, I am much closer than him.Li Damin's belt is said to be brought back by his mother when she went to Hong Kong, and it is also a world famous brand.This kid often flinches in front of me, showing off his waistband on purpose, and I nicknamed him Li Daodai.

Now seeing this belt, seeing things and thinking about others, I feel sad and have the urge to cry.

Li Yang seemed to have thought of something, he sighed: "Damin's life and death are uncertain, and his whereabouts are unknown, but at least it shows that he has been here before, and we are looking for the right direction."

Tongsuo suddenly said: "What does Li Damin mean by tying the belt to the doorknob? No outsiders are allowed in?"

Li Yang nodded: "Obviously."

Tongsuo smiled: "If you really want to get in, what's the use of a belt."

"Perhaps, this is an attitude he wants to express." I said: "Warning to those who come later, this place is dangerous, and the consequences are at your own risk."

Li Yang waved his hand and said, don't think so much, just go in.

The three of us walked into the red gate of the Taoist temple. Inside was a large hall, empty and poorly furnished.The main hall is supported by several pillars surrounded by two people. Due to years of disrepair, the surface paint is peeling off, revealing dark gray cement, which looks like the gray hair of an old man.There is a shrine in the center of the main hall, on which there is a lotus-shaped throne, but there is no statue on the seat.I don't know if there was no confession at all, or someone took it away.

In front of the shrine, there is an ancient turquoise tripod with a height of about 1.5 meters. The tripod has three legs and is supported on the blue stone floor.

I walked over to take a closer look, and there were many unknown patterns engraved on the surface of the ancient tripod, like a face, with two round eyes, expressionless, glamorous, and staring blankly ahead.

I saw it strangely, and was about to reach out to touch it.Li Yang stopped me: "Could it be that this is the Hunyuan Ding?"

"What is Hunyuan Ding?" I asked.

Tongsuo said beside him, "You never play games?"

"No time."

Tongsuo snorted: "Just you dawdling around every day, you don't have time, pretending to be a busy person. The Hunyuan Ding is a prop in Youli."

"Don't listen to his nonsense." Li Yang said: "I have read Taoist materials before, and the Hunyuan Ding is said to be an artifact used to save the dead."

"Extreme salvation?" I wondered: "Isn't transcendence a Buddhist concept?"

"Taoism also exists. As far as I know, a few branches of Taoism can engage in transcendence. The process and rituals are also quite complicated, such as fasting, setting up altars, and chanting scriptures. The Hunyuan Ding is a very important divine tool for transcendence. Burn it with fire, and the souls of the dead will no longer wander in the world, but will enter the afterlife."

I looked at the tripod, and there was a bronze lid on the tripod.The cover is covered with strange patterns, arranged in a very strange pattern, like a spiral lotus flower.After careful study, I felt that the pattern was meaningless and extremely weird.

Unable to resist my curiosity, I lightly stroked the lid with my hand, it was cold to the touch, and a thought suddenly came to my mind, what is in this tripod?

I held the handle of the brass ring on top, seeing that the two were not paying attention, I secretly tried to lift the lid up.Who knew that the broken lid was so heavy that I lifted it a few times, but it didn't budge.

Tongsuo and Li Yang were wandering around the hall with flashlights on.I simply put my foot on the tripod body, grabbed the copper ring with both hands, and pulled it out desperately.

There was only a "creak" sound, and the lid lifted a gap.

The voice was too sharp, and the two heard them approaching.Li Yang saw my movement, his expression was distorted: "***, what are you doing?"

Tongsuo was also a little annoyed when he saw me lift the lid: "Don't touch it if you don't understand."

I couldn't hold back my face when they said: "I didn't agree to enter the Taoist temple, you have to enter! You all look like ghosts. Now I just lift the lid out of curiosity, and you all attack it together. What do you mean! "

What Tongsuo wanted to say, Li Yang waved his hand, cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, be safe and don't be impatient. Old Liu, even if we come in to explore, it is scientific and planned. We need to be especially cautious in such a dangerous place. Alright, pay attention next time, let me see what's inside first."

He shone a flashlight through the cracks in the lid. It was dark, and although he couldn't see anything, he felt that there must be something inside, and it wasn't empty.Li Yang squinted his eyes and looked at it for a long time, but he couldn't find the right place. The gap I pulled out was too narrow, and he could only see it if he was standing directly opposite, and he couldn't peek at it from other angles.

Tongsuo was anxious at the side: "Whether you can do it or not, go away and let me see."

Li Yang didn't answer, and handed me the flashlight, then he stretched out his hands to grab the copper ring on the cover, put one foot on Ding, and pulled it out desperately.

He tried his best, the veins on his neck jumped up, and scolded Tongsuo: "What are you looking at, come and help!"

The two of them, one pulling and the other tugging, let out a low growl in their throats, and the lid really moved, and the gap became wider and wider.