Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 190 Avalokitesvara Temple

Look at the horse in front of you.

Although it was only the first time they met, Li Xiuyuan felt that this dragon horse seemed to have known him a long time ago, and there was an indescribable intimacy between them.

Although this feeling is a bit absurd, it really exists.

Only now did Li Xiuyuan take a serious look at the dragon horse.

But I saw that the dragon horse was completely white and flawless, shining in the dark night, the mane on its body was as bright and smooth as satin, and its sturdy body was different from ordinary horses, not only tall and mighty, but also slender, A horse's head looks like a dragon's head, except for two dragon horns.

Ordinary people can tell that this horse is extraordinary just by looking at it.

Not only is it a thousand-mile horse that is rare to see in a century, but it also shows magic everywhere.

The dragon horse neighed a few times, stood up, and slowly came in front of Li Xiuyuan, lowered its head, and rubbed against him affectionately, as if it had recognized Li Xiuyuan as its master.

"This kind of horse can only appear in paintings. If it is alive, it is impossible to appear at all." Li Xiuyuan touched the head of Longma and thought to himself.

However, after he stroked it, he felt that the dragon horse was flesh and blood, and it was not something illusory at all.

Perhaps only a master painter like Zhang Sengyou can do this.

"After my soul has returned to my physical body, carry me on your back." Li Xiuyuan said with his eyes moved.

The dragon horse neighed with joy.

Li Xiuyuan immediately returned to his body, and then walked out of the house with big strides. At this time, Longma was half kneeling on the ground, very spiritual, and motioned him to sit up.

"I, Li Xiuyuan, am not a weak scholar. There is no need to cater to me like this. I can easily sit on your horseback." Li Xiuyuan smiled, turned over and sat on it.

The dragon horse shook its head, its mane fluttered, and its sturdy body jumped up, like a white dragon about to soar into the sky.

The dragon horse carried Li Xiuyuan galloping up, he just felt his body sink, the dragon horse leaped lightly from the ground, flew more than ten feet high, easily crossed the eaves, and even landed on the roof.

The four hooves stomped on the ground without breaking a brick, as if the whole horse was light and weightless.

"Haha, what a dragon horse, it's really rare in the world. Since it can fly over the eaves, why don't you give me a ride around Hua County?" Li Xiuyuan laughed loudly.

The dragon horse neighed again and raised its front hooves. After understanding Li Xiuyuan's words, it immediately kicked its feet hard, and its sturdy body jumped out. It flew three to five feet away, and landed on the roof of the Qiao's lobby with ease. , and then stepped on the roof and continued to run forward without landing on the street, so it was incredible to carry Li Xiuyuan around Hua County like this.

Only now did Li Xiuyuan understand what a legendary treasure is, and what it means to cross mountains and rivers, like walking on flat ground.

"Ow!"

The dragon horse neighed like a horse neighing, but also more like a dragon chant. At this moment, the dragon horse let go of its iron hooves and ran on the roofs of Hua County's houses.

But Li Xiuyuan, who was sitting on horseback, didn't feel the bumps and fatigue at all.

With this divine steed under his crotch, if he was a peerless general in ancient times, he would definitely dare to take the head of the enemy general from among thousands of armies.

Because it was the middle of the night, most of Hua County was already fast asleep, and the scene of the dragon and horse galloping was hardly seen. Even if someone saw it, they would only see a white sound passing by. I felt dazzled, but I never imagined that it would be a horse running on the roof.

However, Master Qiao in Qiao's mansion saw this scene very clearly.

When he saw Longma carrying Li Xiuyuan out of the mansion, his face was filled with shock, and even his palms couldn't help trembling slightly.

"Zhang Sengyou's dragon horse is willing to be ridden by other people, how is this possible?" Master Qiao muttered to himself, feeling restless for a long time.

Since the ancestors of the Qiao family got the picture of the dragon and the horse, although they knew the magic of the picture of the dragon and the horse, no one had been lucky enough to ride the dragon and horse for hundreds of years. Trying to tame it forcibly, but the dragon and horse turned into a white light and entered the painting. It did not appear for 30 years.

Since then, the Qiao family has no idea of ​​forcibly taming the dragon horse.

Master Qiao is also a person who has read a lot of poetry and books. He knows very well that the reason why the dragon horse does not want you to ride is not because the dragon horse is unruly, but because he is not worthy of riding a dragon horse.

But today, Longma took the initiative to carry Li Xiuyuan on his back, willing to let him ride.

"Li Xiuyuan is just a mere boy. Even if he has tried this time, he is only a scholar. How can he tame dragons and horses?"

Master Qiao thumped his feet and said in the chest. You must know that he is also a scholar, but he can't be taken seriously by this dragon and horse.

Now that the dragon horse recognizes the master, how reconciled does this make him, not to mention, once the dragon horse recognizes the master, this picture of Seng Yao's dragon horse may not be able to keep.

Even if he didn't give it to Li Xiuyuan as a gift, Longma would go with Li Xiuyuan, so what's the use of holding an empty painting in his hand?
It should be noted that the dragon that Zhang Sengyou painted as the finishing touch is flying, and the dragon and horse will naturally run away. A painting cannot keep the dragon and horse.

Master Qiao was full of thoughts at the moment, but when he calmed down after a while, he thought to himself: "Although this Li Xiuyuan is just a boy, since he can let the dragon and horse recognize him, there must be something extraordinary about him. If he is ordinary and mediocre Li Xiuyuan wouldn’t even bother about it, if he let him ride like this, maybe this Li Xiuyuan can help me solve my troubles these days.”

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look forward to it.

If this is the case, it would be nothing for this Long Matu to give Li Xiuyuan gritted his teeth.

now.

After Li Xiuyuan rode a dragon horse around Hua County for a few laps, he had some fun, but he didn't forget his business.

While riding the dragon horse, he also found the location of Zhang Yuanwai and Zhang's residence.

The main purpose of coming to Hua County this time is to send Zhang Yingjie to reincarnate, and the current tentative plan is to reincarnate Zhang Yingjie to this mansion.

"It would be inappropriate to send Zhang Yingjie to Zhang's residence at night."

Li Xiuyuan wanted to ride a dragon horse to Zhang's mansion to deal with Zhang Yingjie's affairs first, but after thinking about it, he still felt that this matter could be postponed for a while.

At present, finding the soul for Miss Qiao's family is the most important thing.

And I am also a scholar, so there is no reason to be a thief in the middle of the night, and this matter is not urgent, thinking of this, I rode the dragon horse back to the yard of Qiao's house.

"It will be dawn soon. It must be bad for you to be seen by others. Go back. We will meet again next time."

He bid farewell to the Ryoma and motioned Ryoma to return to the painting.

After all, this is the picture of the dragon and horse of the Qiao family, not my own. Even if the dragon and horse are destined to be with me, I can't take it as my own.

The dragon horse neighed a few times, and looked at Li Xiuyuan with some reluctance. The iron hoof stepped in front of him again and again, but he was unwilling to leave.

Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "Go back, we still have time to meet, after I rescue Miss Qiao's family, maybe Master Qiao will be enlightened and give you to me as a gift."

Hearing this, Longma seemed to be in a better mood. After neighing for a while, he ran away, and finally turned into a white light and disappeared in the Qiao Mansion.

After Li Xiuyuan saw Longma leave, he turned around and went back to the house to rest for a while.

After dawn, he woke up the two guards who had slept all night, made some preparations, and left Qiao's mansion.

"Master Li, where are you going this early in the morning?"

The old servant at the gate of Qiao's mansion woke up early, and asked curiously when he saw that Li Xiuyuan and his party were going out.

"I was entrusted with the matter of loyalty, and I promised Master Qiao to help Miss Qiao find her soul. Naturally, I have to run around and search around. I can't just sit in your house and wait for Miss Qiao's soul to come back by itself. "After Li Xiuyuan finished speaking, he left with his guards.

Seeing Li Xiuyuan running away so early, the old servant felt that he was an honest person, and he should be able to get rid of his young lady's affairs.

"Young Master, we are newcomers to Hua County, where are we going to find Miss Qiao's soul?" On the way, the guard asked.

Li Xiuyuan said with a smile: "Since ancient times, there has been a good saying that there is a god standing three feet above the head. Since Miss Qiao's soul was lost in Hua County, she must be found in Hua County, and within a county, there will always be a few." It is a temple full of incense, if you go to the temple and ask, it is always right."

"Where shall we go to Chenghuang Temple?" the guard asked.

"No, I looked in Hua County. There are land temples, ancestral halls, and temples, but there is no Chenghuang Temple. The largest temple here is the Guanyin Temple." Li Xiuyuan said.

The absence of Chenghuang Temple means that this place is not within the jurisdiction of Chenghuang.

Just like Guobei County, there used to be a Town God's Temple, but after Li Xiuyuan was born, the incense in the Town God's Temple became worse day by day, and finally it was changed into a theater for singing operas.

Since the Avalokitesvara Temple here is the most popular place, it must be right to go to inquire about the news.

Where incense is at its peak, there must be ghosts and gods entrenched.

Since there are ghosts and gods, they must be familiar with local affairs.

Because Li Xiuyuan rode a dragon horse through Hua County several times in the evening, he knew some local conditions. After having a little breakfast with the guards on the street, he came to the Guanyin Temple.

Hua County is not big, and it is not as prosperous as Guobei County, but the strange thing is that the front of the Guanyin Temple is particularly prosperous, and there are already an endless stream of pilgrims coming in and out in the early morning.

In addition, there are many vendors selling incense, lamp oil, candle paper, and gold and silver ingots in front of the Guanyin Temple.

All kinds of sacrificial items are available here.

"There are so many people." Li Xiuyuan thought to himself.

But after paying attention immediately, he frowned slightly: "The people here are living in poverty, and their faces are so disheveled. Why is the incense in front of the Guanyin Temple so prosperous?"

In his opinion, only when the people are rich will they ask God.

If you can't even eat enough, how can you go to worship God.

But the situation here is the opposite. He saw a woman who took out dozens of pennies from her clothes in great pain, bought some incense and candles, and entered the Guanyin Temple.

I also saw a thin black man, dressed in tattered clothes, but he took out a dime of broken silver from nowhere, bought a lot of sacrifices, and hurried into the temple, preparing to worship the gods.

"Young master, there are more and more people this early in the morning. Let's go in quickly. I'm afraid it's too late, and the inside is full of people." Two guards protected the left and right, blocking the passing crowd.

Li Xiuyuan looked around, thoughtful in his heart: "This temple is a bit weird, it's not as simple as an ordinary temple."

After thinking for a while, he didn't waste any time and walked into the Guanyin Temple with his guards.

As soon as he entered the temple, he smelled a strong smell of incense.

The smell of incense here is several times stronger than that of Guo Beicheng's Town God's Temple.

"With such a strong smell of incense, could it be that Guanyin often appears to save sentient beings?" Li Xiuyuan thought in his heart.

Only when the temple is efficacious, can there be a scene of incense and incense. If it is not efficacious, no matter how magnificent the temple is, there will not be many people coming to worship.

People pray to God to ask God to do things, not simply to offer incense.

I looked around and found that there were no other god statues enshrined in the temple, and there was only one god statue enshrined in the spacious and tall hall.

A statue of Guanyin.

The Avalokitesvara lowered her brows and lowered her eyes, with a natural ecology, dressed as a woman, holding a baby in her hand, and it was a statue of Avalokitesvara delivering a child.

However, what caught Li Xiuyuan's attention was that the statue was three feet high, and the whole body was golden and bright. Judging from his years of experience in contact with gold and silver at home, the three-foot-high statue should be made of three kinds of metals, gold, silver and copper.

The inside is copper, the middle is silver, and the outside is gold.

Only in this way can the statue of Songzi Guanyin be built in such a grand, majestic and rich manner.

(End of this chapter)