[Xianwuqian] Ming Bo passes away

Ling Bo also responded: "My lord, don't panic, speak slowly. Is Ling Tang really missing?"

Seeing this, the old people thanked the two and left together, leaving the young man to explain to the two.

"Alas." The young man sighed very worriedly, "My mother left home three days ago to go to Qiongshan to offer incense in the early morning. After the incense, I went to a relative's house. At first I thought my mother just went to a relative's house, and I was not anxious at first. However, my mother still did not return yesterday...it is very unusual, unlike my mother who returns in the last day... ...I just became anxious now, looking for relatives and friends everywhere, but there is no trace of my mother... I, I am afraid, whether something bad happened to my mother..."

Ling Bo listened, feeling a little strange, and couldn't help asking: "I don't know your father...?"

The young man shook his head and said, "My father has passed away long ago."

Ling Bo was taken aback: "Sorry."

"I don't know the son's name?" Long Ming, who was thinking at the side just now, raised his head and asked, "I'm going down to Long Ming."

"Ah, I'm sorry, I just forgot to report, I'm Li Xun." Li Xun scratched his head.

"Mr. Li." Long Ming clasped his fists together and said seriously, "I look at Mr. Li's attire as a Confucian scholar. However, I feel the smell of plaster all over your body, but I don't know why?"

"Huh?" Li Xun was taken aback, and the anxious expression on his face relaxed, "Well... because my mother respects Buddha very much, I want to be filial as a son, so I learned how to make statues. A few days ago, I took I made a Buddha statue in the image of my mother, and it has been sent to the holy temple in Qiongshan."

His mother also went to offer incense... Ling Bo was a little speechless, did he still ask his mother to worship him?

Long Ming's expression was also stagnant, and he said: "Master, this is so... Well, Mr. Li said that Ling Tang disappeared after going to the mountain to offer incense in the early morning three days ago. Mr. Master, maybe you can take the two of us to the temple to have a look, Xu There are some clues."

After hearing this, Li Xun showed a dazed expression, nodded his head hastily, and rushed towards the city gate.

How could he not see Mr. Li's temperament just now... Ling Bo and Long Ming looked at each other helplessly, and chased after him together.

Due to the time delay, people came back from outside the city one after another at this time, but they all wore unnatural expressions.

Ling Bo felt a little strange, when he saw an old lady walking slowly beside him, he stopped him lightly, and with a wink, he signaled Long Ming to follow Li Xun first, then turned his head and asked the old lady, "This old lady... Excuse me, why do you all look so strange when you come back?"

The old lady glanced at her, sighed and said: "Ah... I don't know which family did the evil, we went to the temple to worship, and the temple was filled with strange stench... Alas, the gods must be angry , punish me and wait..."

"...Thank you, ma'am." Ling Bo thanked the old lady, and chased forward in three steps at a time.

It is absolutely impossible for the gods to descend, and there must be some reason for it.Does it stink...

Long Ming and Li Xun did not go far together, Ling Bo quickly caught up with them.On the way to the mountain, Ling Bo also told Long Ming about this matter, after hearing this, the latter bowed his head in deep thought, obviously he also attached great importance to this matter, and did not take it as a trivial matter.

Because of the long journey, Ling Bo thought about it and asked about Li Xun's relationship with his mother.

When Li Xun heard Ling Bo's question, his expression paused, and then he became depressed: "I'm ashamed to say that my mother is actually my stepmother. Since my father's death, my mother's temper has gradually become bad. Occasionally... she beat and scolded me a little. However, my mother You have worked so hard to raise me for so many years, so what's the point of beating and scolding? I respect my mother very much. It's just that I really haven't been a good person, and now my mother has disappeared..."

"So, I'm sorry." Ling Bo said apologetically, without further words.But he couldn't help but wonder, really...is that all?

Long Ming listened at the side, squinting his eyes.

It took some time for the three of them to arrive at the temple, and people descended one after another, at this time there was no one in the temple.

Only slightly approaching the temple, the stench can already be felt.Aizhou is not a big city, but it is also very rich. Although this small temple cannot be called dilapidated, it can make people frown at first, and I don't know why.The entire temple is grayish in color, slightly smaller than the temples in the big city, and somewhat inconspicuous on the Qiongshan Mountain.In the temple, because of people's incense, the candle flames flickered, and finally it was a little brighter.It is also because of the New Year, which is also considered clean.There are four statues of gods in the temple, three of them are Buddhas, and the fourth one is a female statue with a slightly ferocious face and some obesity that looks like Guanyin Bodhisattva, but it is lifelike.

This, presumably... is the statue of his mother made by Mr. Li.

For some reason, Ling Bo always felt that the expression on the female statue's face was... frightened?

She had a bad feeling.

Pick up one, why did the hatred miss

I must have thought too much.Ling Bo shook his head, and walked into the temple with Long Ming.

The stench in the temple was really unpleasant, Ling Bo couldn't help frowning, but he still approached the Buddha statue, pinched lightly with his fingers, and lit the remaining candles in the temple.The main hall suddenly brightened, candle shadows fell mottled on the surrounding red curtains, and the Buddha statues no longer looked hideous due to the light. Against the different tributes, it finally reflected the joyful atmosphere of the New Year.

Li Xun hurriedly ran into the hall, stomping on the blue bricks on the ground.His health didn't seem to be very good, he just climbed the mountain and ran for a few steps, and rested beside Long Ming for a while, panting, before pointing to the female statue and saying, "This... this is what I am doing next A statue made by my mother."

Long Ming nodded, walked slowly to Ling Bo's side, looked up at the female statue, and didn't say much.

Ling Bo glanced at Li Xun: "Ling Bo speculates that this is Ling Tang. Mr. Li will wait for the two of us to check first, and then think about it. Maybe Ling Tang just went to a farther place and will return soon."

Li Xun immediately shook his head and said, "It would be great if that's the case. However...there are not many relatives in my family, and my mother has no other places I haven't thought of to go to."

"..." Ling Bo was stunned for a moment, then stopped talking, and slowly walked around the hall to check with the light.

At this time, the light is brighter, looking up to observe the four Buddha statues, it is not as hideous and terrifying as before.The Buddha statue is smiling or compassionate as usual, and it looks a little old because of the time.And that female statue may have a very clear face due to the new molding. Looking closely at this time, the eyebrows are quite delicate.

For some unknown reason, Li Xun didn't speak out again.Long Ming was calm and steady, and Ling Bo didn't speak much on weekdays, so the hall became quiet, but the atmosphere was indescribably a little weird.

Xu Shi wanted to adjust the atmosphere, so Long Ming withdrew his gaze from looking at the hall, paused, and walked towards Ling Bo, his usually light footsteps on the green bricks were very loud.

"What does the Taoist think?"

Ling Bo shook his head, then raised his head to look at the female statue, finally did not suppress the uneasiness in his heart, and turned to Long Ming.

"From the perspective of the palace, there seems to be nothing wrong. I just hope that Ling Bo is worrying too much, and there is always some... ominous feeling. The stench in this palace..."

Long Ming's face was serious, but he looked at Li Xun intentionally or unintentionally, "To tell you the truth, the Taoist priest and Mr. Li, the stench in this temple...is really similar to the stench of corpses."

Although he somewhat guessed this possibility, Ling Bo still felt mixed feelings uncontrollably.Li Xun stood up anxiously when he heard it, "Could it be that my mother..."

Ling Bo paused, looked around the hall for a week, and asked Long Ming in a questioning tone: "So, where does Mr. Long think the stench comes from?"

With his arms folded and his chin resting on one hand, Long Ming hesitated for a while, then slowly glanced at the four statues, and said in an incomprehensible tone: "There is a place in the palace where you can hide... If you are the mother of Young Master Li, forgive Long Ming If you are disrespectful, you will really be killed... Among the four Buddha statues, it is not impossible."

Ling Bo finally couldn't help gasping, but for some reason, he turned his head slightly to see how Li Xun reacted.

Li Xun was startled when he heard the words, but he couldn't believe it. He took two steps forward, and the sound of his feet stepping on the green bricks was very clear but dull.

"This... the other three holy statues were all in the temple very early, and the statue of my mother was originally made by me... No matter how confused I am, I will definitely not put my mother into the statue!"

After Li Xun finished speaking, the three of them didn't know how to answer, and the atmosphere became stalemate.And because of Cai Cai's speculation just now, everything in the temple suddenly seemed very strange.The smiling faces of the four Buddha statues turned terrifying. The red candles were burning, and with the sound of crackling, the light seemed to be getting darker and darker inexplicably.

Ling Bo stood in the hall, looked out the door, but frowned—why did she feel a little uncoordinated at this time?

Thinking that it must be an illusion, Ling Bo looked at Li Xun and sighed: "Mr. Li, Mr. Long just said that this is a certain possibility, not that Lingtang was killed. However, it is really difficult to prove this conjecture."

Long Ming nodded, "According to the observation below, these four Buddha statues are all sealed. If you want to know whether there is something hidden in the statues, according to the current situation, the only way is to destroy them. However, these four Buddha statues must be indestructible."

Li Xun clenched his fists and walked to the statue of his mother. He seemed to be struggling to think for a long time before he turned around and said, "Although it's disrespectful...if it's just a small gap in the back of the statue, it should be nothing. hinder."

The two were startled, finally Long Ming nodded lightly, took out a dagger, and carefully opened the back of the four statues, but there was nothing inside.

While the two breathed a sigh of relief, they became worried again.Ling Bo looked at the open space outside the door again, with slightly frowned eyebrows, and said softly: "Fortunately, there is nothing in the statue. But I don't know, the evil that permeates the hall