Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 14 Lanruo Temple

Lanruo Temple is located outside Guobei County, in the mountains near the official road leading to Guobei City.

It is not known who built this temple, but it seems that it has existed since before Li Xiuyuan was born. It is popular with the people, and this Lanruo Temple is the same. There are not a few pilgrims who come to burn incense and worship Buddha on weekdays. If it is on a special festival, the incense here is even more prosperous.

However, Li Xiuyuan is not interested in this temple, so he has never been to Lanruo Temple. He only reads and writes in Guobei County on weekdays, practices writing and martial arts, and manages the family business.

Accompanied by several clouds of smoke and dust, Li Xiuyuan arrived on horseback with Tieshan and other family members and guards.

"This is Lanruo Temple?"

Pulling the reins, he stopped his horse and went, only to see a majestic temple with a taste of time appearing in front of his eyes. This temple is not small in scale, stretching all the way into the mountains and forests. Even at this moment, there are quite a few Pilgrims come and go, burning incense and worshiping Buddha in the temple.

If it weren't for the plaque with the words "Lanruo Temple" hanging in front of the gate of the temple, Li Xiuyuan would never have imagined that this place would become a place where a thousand-year-old demon would occupy in the future.

"Leave one person to put the horse away, and the others will follow me in to have a look." Li Xiuyuan said.

"Yes, young master." Tieshan replied, leaving one person to take care of the horses, while the other guards followed Li Xiuyuan into Lanruo Temple.

At this moment, Lanruo Temple is prosperous. There are not only pilgrims worshiping Buddha and burning incense in the temple, but also monks who have ordained ordained. No matter how you look at it, this is a normal temple.

"If the young master wants to burn incense and worship Buddha, the young one can buy some joss sticks nearby," Tieshan said.

Li Xiuyuan waved his hand and said, "No, I'll just go here to have a look, it doesn't need to be so troublesome."

He didn't come to pray for gods and worship Buddha, but to see what is special about Lanruo Temple first. If there is any, he can find out in advance and prepare in advance. He doesn't want to see a real one near Guobei County in the future Thousand-year-old demon, when the time comes, the nearby villages and county towns will not be able to live in peace.

"That is?"

After wandering around Lanruo Temple, his eyes suddenly moved slightly, and he saw a tree standing on a higher ground in the temple.

A huge banyan tree with a towering crown, like a forest, has grown for hundreds of years. The branches of this banyan tree are tied with red ribbons on the crown, and there seem to be various wooden signs for blessings and wishes on them. It seems to be a sacred tree in the temple for pilgrims to make wishes and worship.

Maybe this tree looks nothing special in the eyes of others, but in Li Xiuyuan's eyes, it looks a little dignified.

"The thousand-year-old tree demon in Lanruo Temple, could it be that banyan tree?" Li Xiuyuan murmured in his heart.

If there is any one here that is most likely to produce a thousand-year-old tree demon, that banyan tree is the only one.

"Follow me over there to have a look." Li Xiuyuan said.

On the way, he asked a monk in the temple again, and asked, "My little master, where is the sacred tree in your temple, and how to get there?"

"The benefactor only needs to go straight forward, after reaching the Daxiong Hall, let him go, and the sacred tree is behind." The little novice said.

"Thank you."

Li Xiuyuan cupped his hands, and immediately strode forward.

He wanted to ascertain whether the divine tree was a thousand-year-old demon in the future, and if it was, he thought it would be best to find an opportunity to cut it down so as not to cause harm to one party in the future.

When he came to the front of the Daxiong Palace, he was about to bypass here and go to the back. Because he walked too fast, a pilgrim seemed to have just walked out of the Daxiong Palace, but he accidentally bumped into the pilgrim's body.

"Ouch~!" This pilgrim was a woman, who couldn't compare to Li Xiuyuan's strength at this moment, and she staggered and fell to the ground.

"Miss, be careful." Li Xiuyuan hastily stretched out his hand to grab it.

The woman immediately felt a strong arm protecting her, preventing her from falling.

"Ah~!"

After the woman reacted, she let out a coquettish cry, and hurriedly jumped away.

"Sorry, please forgive me for being a little frivolous in a hurry." Li Xiuyuan smiled awkwardly.

After he finished speaking, he took a slight look at the woman, but he saw that the woman was about twenty-nine years old, with a slender waist, delicate and charming, with light makeup on her pretty face, and she was extremely eye-catching among the crowd.

"lecher."

The woman blushed.

"Girl, I didn't do it on purpose, why do you have to do this?" Li Xiuyuan was agile, and immediately let go of this beauty, and then stepped back.

The woman immediately slapped him in vain, and couldn't help being angry and annoyed.

Li Xiuyuan was also a little embarrassed, after all, it was indeed his fault just now.

"Miss, miss, are you okay?"

At this time, a maid hurriedly ran over from the side and walked to the side of the woman.

"Xiaodie, I'm fine. It's getting late today, let's go back." The woman said, and at the same time glared at Li Xiuyuan with a blushing face, before slowly leaving with her maid Xiaodie.

As a woman, even if she is taken advantage of, everyone knows that she will not make a fuss, because it will only tarnish her innocence.

Li Xiuyuan smiled awkwardly, and cupped his hands as a gesture.

"The old monk would take the liberty to ask. Just now the old monk passed by here and saw the almsgiver's purple aura soaring into the sky. It is unspeakably expensive. It must be a distinguished guest. Dare I ask who is the benefactor's name and where does he live?"

At this time, an old monk in plain clothes came over with his hands folded, and when he saw Li Xiuyuan, he couldn't help asking.

"Master, you're being polite. Next up is Li Xiuyuan from Guobei County, a son of a merchant. He's not a distinguished guest." Li Xiuyuan replied with a smile.

Li Xiuyuan?
After hearing this name, the pretty woman who was about to leave stopped immediately and looked back at him in surprise.

The girl next to her, Xiaodie, said a little excitedly: "Miss, it's him, it's him, Li Xiuyuan from Guobei County, he is the person that Miss has been thinking about since she was a child."

"Li Xiuyuan?"

Sandalwood mouth moved slightly, saying this name, this pretty beauty's eyes lit up, she felt both surprised and happy, especially when thinking of the little conflict between the two just now, she felt that it was bestowed on her by the Lord Buddha. marriage.

"This servant girl is going to express Miss Li's feelings to Mr. Li, and I believe Mr. Li will definitely accept Miss's kindness." The servant girl Xiaodie said.

Qingmei hurriedly grabbed Xiaodie, then said with a blushing face, "No, there was a little misunderstanding between Mr. Li and I just now, if we go here at this time, it will surely arouse Mr. Li's disgust, so let's wait."

"Young Master Li is right in front of you. It is the fate between Miss and Young Master Li that we met today. If we wait any longer, what will happen if Young Master Li leaves today?" Xiaodie said.

"I'll keep a close eye on Mr. Li's whereabouts to see if he will stay in Lanruo Temple today or leave, and then we'll make plans." Qingmei said.

Fluttershy nodded.

At this moment, Qingmei blushed, she secretly glanced at Li Xiuyuan who was not far away, she felt her heart beating, and she couldn't control herself.

Li Xiuyuan felt a little bit at this time, and looked this way.

The two immediately looked at each other, and were stunned for a moment.

In the end, Qingmei was startled, she pulled Xiaodie beside her with a blushing face, and quickly left.

(End of this chapter)