Chapter 366: The Legend of Shanni Temple

On Tuesday, March 25, in the mountains of the upper reaches of the Tama River.

Maoli, Lan, Yamazaki, Meidaizi, Sonoko, and Conan wore tablecloths and walked along the dirt road to the mountain gate of Shanni Temple in the heavy rain, and then walked along the gravel road to the mountain mud in the middle of the mountain temple.

Maoli, Lan, Sonoko and Conan walked through the gate first, and Mei Daizi helped Yamazaki collect the tablecloths under the eaves.

Standing in the dark porch, Yuanzi smiled and said, "Ah, I'm finally saved."

Maori asked loudly, "Excuse me, is anyone there?"

A tall man came out holding a dim lantern and asked in a deep voice, "What are you doing?"

In the dim light, the four Maori could barely see the appearance of the man. It was an old bald monk with a long beard and long, uh, it should be a facial organ called a nose. Looking at the protruding face The nose was almost ten centimeters long, and the four of them were stunned.

When there was no answer, the old monk said sharply, "I ask you why you are here."

Maori said, "We..."

"Are you reporters?" Pointing at Yuanzi's camera hanging around his neck, the old monk shouted, "Go back, go back, this is not the place for you filthy people to come."

Mei Daizi, who was holding a boar's head, came in and asked, "What happened?"

"Ah, what, what is that?" The old monk who couldn't see clearly asked in horror.

"The boar's head." Mei Daizi smiled as she handed it over, "Look, it still has fangs."

"Ah!" Facing the fangs that almost poked his face, the old monk was startled by the boar's remains.

Yamazaki came in and called, "Mei Daizi."

"Yes." Mei Daizi withdrew her hand as she said, and then whispered to Yamazaki, "His nose is really interesting."

Mao Li asked: "Well, we happened to have a flat tire when we passed here, can we stay overnight?"

"Cough." The monk asked, "Do you want to borrow here?"

"Yes." Yamazaki said.

The monk smiled and said, "If you're staying overnight, let's talk about it earlier. I thought you were the ones who wanted to interview that."

"That?" Sonoko asked, "What is it?"

The monk covered his mouth and said: "No... nothing, just some legends here." Then he said, "Visit the temple, stay overnight, have a fast meal tonight and tomorrow morning, 20,000 yen for adults, and 20,000 yen for minors 15,000 yen, 10,000 yen for children."

"What, what?" Maori was taken aback.

The monk said with a smile: "Actually, our temple is also doing accommodation business. The scenery here is very beautiful. You will know if you stay a few more days." Then he laughed, "By the way, if you need an invoice, please contact Add 5,000 yen." Then he said in a deep voice, "Of course, if you don't live here, let me remind you that in this weather, it will take at least an hour and a half to walk to a place with a car."

"No, no, we live," Maori said, "Just the invoice." He took out his wallet as he spoke, it was more profitable than my office, and he didn't have to pay taxes. Then I clicked, and there are ten tickets left for 10,000 yen, 90,000 yen for accommodation, and car rental. How will I live this month?

Looking at Maori's money, the monk said with a smile: "It's fine if you want to live here. It's raining so much, and it's nothing to run into mountain torrents.

If you run into that guy..."

"That guy?" Lan asked with some fear, "What is it? A bear?"

"Bear? It's not that cute." The monk said, and then said gloomyly, "An ancient monster that loves rainstorms and dark nights, and specializes in plundering human souls, Wutiangou!"

"Ah." Mao Li, Lan and Yuanzi were startled together.

"Ancient monster Wutiangu?" Mei Daizi asked with a trembling voice, "Really?"

Conan raised his triangular eyes and kept people to stay. This story is too ridiculous. But I really didn't expect that Mei Daizi was also afraid of this.

Yamazaki heard that Mei Daizi was suppressing her great excitement, rubbed her forehead, and felt a headache.

The monk smiled and said, "Of course it's a legend, but many reporters have come here to bother me."

"Reporter? Maybe this is true." Mei Daizi smiled excitedly, "Stop, hold, brother, let's live."

"Huh?" Maori, Lan, Yuanzi, Conan, and the monk were all stunned.

"Okay," Yamazaki said with a smile, "Uncle, let me come out today."

"How embarrassing this is." Mao Li put away his wallet and smiled.

He took out his wallet and gave ten ten thousand yen to the monk. Yamazaki said with a smile, "I hope you can use this ten thousand yen." of soju.

"Well." said the monk.

Yamazaki said with a smile: "Add another 20,000 yen." He said and handed over another 20,000 yen.

"No problem." The monk put away the money and said with a smile, "Buddhism has always opened the door to convenience." He pressed the wall in the corridor next to him, and the entrance lit up, and then explained with a smile, "The electricity here We sent them ourselves, so we should be careful, and only open them all when there are guests." He said and blew out the lantern.

Yuanzi smiled and said, "In that case, the fee is reasonable."

At this time, accompanied by the sound of "the lights are on, there are guests." and a sound of running, four young monks came out. The leader was a medium-sized monk, and behind him was a medium-sized fat man. It's a tall guy, and finally a short, fat guy.

"I'm sorry, I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm the abbot of this temple, Tianyong." The monk smiled, and then introduced one by one, "These four are practicing monks practicing in the temple. This is the abbot who has practiced the longest. Brother Kuan Nian, this is Tun Nian who has a big appetite, is good at cooking, and is a strong man. Xiu Nian is quite hardworking and smart."

"This is Uncle Mori, his daughter Lan, and this is Sonoko, Mei Daiko, and Conan." Yamazaki introduced, "I am Yamazaki."

After greeting each other, Abbot Tianyong said: "Then, Tun Nian and Mu Nian go to prepare dinner, and Kuan Nian and Xiu Nian show these guests a tour of the temple."

Yamazaki asked, "Can I borrow the kitchen?"

Abbot Tianyong smiled and said, "Alcohol is fine, we also drink a little during festivals, but meat is really not usable."

"That's really rude." Yamazaki unfolded the tablecloth and said to Mei Daizi, "Wrap it up, the temperature here is low, it doesn't matter if you leave it overnight."

"Oh." Mei Daizi said and put the boar's head in the tablecloth, and asked Yamazaki to wrap it up. Then, while Yamazaki was packing it, he borrowed a camera from Sonoko, took a few photos of the five monks, and then returned the camera to Sonoko.

"What's this for?" Sonoko asked softly.

"His nose, don't you think he looks like a lying Pinocchio?" Mei Daizi asked in a low voice.

"Really," Yuanzi said with a smile, "Just now I felt that there was something I hadn't remembered, and it was this."

Yamazaki wrapped the boar's head and handed it to Tun Nian, "There is no need to prepare meals for Mei Daizi and me."

After Mao Li gave the wine to Abbot Tianyong, Abbot Tianyong, Tun Nian and Mu Nian left.

Kuan Nian and Xiu Nian prepared slippers for Mao Li and his group, and took them for a stroll.

In the main hall, Kuan Nian and Xiu Nian first bowed to the enshrined Buddha statue, and Kuan Nian said: "This is the statue of the town temple Buddha of Shanni Temple, it is the ancestor spirit."

Lan said, "It looks very solemn."

Yuanzi smiled and said, "That's for sure."

Kuan Nian smiled and asked, "How about it, do you want to buy a seat here?" Then he quickly explained, "Just kidding, just kidding." Then he laughed, "I'm sorry, as an apology, let me show you Look at the beautiful scenery here." Then he and Xiu Nian bowed to the Buddha statue.

Walking out of the main hall, Conan suddenly found a room that was locked but not locked, so he asked, "Where is that place?" He said and ran over.

"Little brother, where is..." Before Kuan Nian finished speaking, Conan had already opened the door.

"Sorry, he's more curious." Yamazaki said.

"It's locked, is this a warehouse?" Maori asked.

"What, it's just a small room." Conan looked at the empty room and said, "It's just that the ceiling is so high."

Kuan Nian led everyone to the small room, and introduced: "This is the room for practicing. Monks who violated the precepts in the past will be locked up here for self-reflection."

"It's no wonder it's built so solidly," Maori said, touching the wall, "and it's also painted to prevent people from climbing on it."

"Hey, why is the color of the board in this corner different from that of other boards?" Conan asked, pointing to the corner opposite the door.

"Boy, what are you asking all the time?" Yuanzi said angrily, "It has nothing to do with you."

"This is because the incident broke the place, and the traces left by Senior Brother Mu Nian repaired afterwards." Xiu Nian said, and then asked, "Is that so, Senior Brother Kuan Nian?"

"The incident?" Maori asked.

"That incident happened before I came to this temple, so I don't know the details," Xiu Nian said, "It seems to be about Wutiangu."

"What?" Mei Daizi asked.

Kuan Nian said: "Don't talk about Xiu Nian, how can you tell the guests about this kind of thing."

Mei Daizi asked: "Hey, Wutiangou..."

"Did you hear the sound of water?" Kuan Nian said, "That's the place I want to show you, please follow me." Then he took the lead and walked out of the reflection room.

"Really." Mei Daizi complained, and followed behind Yamazaki.

Out of this room, from the stairs to the attic, everyone came to the balcony, Kuan Nian said: "It is night now, during the day the view is very good, and you can see far away. There is a waterfall next to it, and the water just flows from this It flows on the balcony, because there are many cherry blossoms upstream, and there are many petals in the water."

"Really." Lan looked at the running water on the balcony and said, "It's so beautiful."

Yuanzi smiled and said, "This construction is very distinctive."

Kuan Nian smiled and said: "Benefactors, be careful, it's very slippery here. Although the gaps are blocked and the handrails are reinforced, it's still very dangerous if you accidentally slip."

Soon after, Kuan Nian said: "Blessing benefactors, it's almost time. Tun Nian should have finished dinner. We can go to the dining room." Then he brought Mao Li and his party to the dining room. ...