Walking out of the Peach Blossom Forest, you will see people coming and going, which is no different from the world outside. There is also a bus stop sign next to the highway. Ding Qi and Xian Hao did not take the bus, but walked along the road towards Wucheng District. Not far ahead, they smelled a smell of wine. There is a winery opposite the road. There is a beautifully built gate tower with flagpoles standing on the wind, and the national flag fluttering in the wind.

This scene looks like an outside world. If there is such an outside world, it will not be almost the same as the outside world, right? This place is more like a legendary parallel world, but is there really such a parallel world in reality? Even if there is, can it be so easy to travel through time?

Ding Qi's feeling is no longer clear whether it is fantasy or science fiction. Anyway, it has come, so let's see the situation first.

After walking through the winery, I saw many construction sites and many completed properties. In recent years, the city has been extending to the surrounding area. The area of ​​the old city is limited, and many real estate development projects are distributed in the outer new urban areas, such as Yuling District and Jiangbei District of Jinghu City. The scale of Wu City is much smaller than that of Jinghu City. You can reach the center of the city by walking from the foot of Zhaoting Mountain on the outskirts of the city.

The first place they passed by when they entered Wucheng District was Laobei Gate, which had a street running through the old city from north to south. The road in the north of the city had obviously not been widened for many years. The trees on both sides of the road were very tall, and about one kilometer was moving forward. There was a sign on the sidewalk on the right side of the road, pointing to an alley between the houses, which read "Jiulin Zen Temple is three hundred meters ahead of this."

Ding Qi asked, "Can you go in and check it out?"

Xian Hao: "Since you are here, of course you should go and visit."

The two turned into the alley next to the road. The alley was paved with cement and stone slabs, with winding and undulating heights and slabs around. Some of them were obviously no longer living in. It was difficult to relocate the old city in small places. Many developers would rather start a property in the new city. Anyway, the distance was not far, so the contrast between the appearances of different places in the city seemed very strong.

After walking a few hundred meters in the alley, an open land suddenly appeared in front of me, which felt like the darkness of willows and flowers. They came to the gate of Jiulin Zen Temple. Jiulin Zen Temple does not charge tickets, and the Zen room on the side of the open space is a place for vegetarian food. Pilgrims can eat breakfast and lunch here, all of which are free large pots of vegetarian dishes and white rice. The rice, oil and other items used in the temple are basically donated by pilgrims.

There was a stall selling incense and candles in the open space in front of the temple gate. There was a person who looked the most eye-catching, holding a nine-ring tin stick, wearing a bright yellow monk's robe, a big red gold-lined cassock, and a hat like Tang Monk in the TV series on his head. He stood there, and there was a sign next to him: "Welcome to take a photo together, each time charges ten yuan."

Jiulin Zen Temple is open in the middle door and does not sell tickets. Two vegetarian meals a day are also provided to pilgrims for free. The pilgrims can just put money into the merit box, which is as casual as possible. However, if you rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and water to eat water, there is such a temple here, and residents who have nothing to do nearby can also find some small business. When you see this "monk" is not a monk in the temple, but a nearby residents.

Seeing Ding Qi and Xian Hao coming, the "monk" greeted: "Handsome guys and beautiful girls, come and take a photo. The background is the gate of Jiulin Zen Temple, so leave a souvenir!"

The vendor selling incense and candles next to him also greeted: "I have all the ones who go to the temple to burn incense. I have all the sets here, including twenty, eighty, and one hundred and eighty. Which one do you want?"

Ding Qi whispered: "We took a photo with three monks just now, and it seems that we didn't give any money."

Xian Hao covered his mouth and smiled, "There is a box of merit in the temple."

The layout of Jiulin Zen Temple is very strange. It does not have a separate mountain gate hall and front and back yards. The entire temple is open. The surrounding open space is equivalent to a courtyard, and the surrounding houses are equivalent to a courtyard wall. When you enter the temple, you will go directly to the main hall.

The layout of the main hall here is something Ding Qi had never seen before. From the front to the back, it was deep and narrow. After entering, the first thing he saw was the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva offering sacrifices. On both sides were the Ten Halls of Yanjun. There was incense on the incense table, and a small sign was erected. The yellow line was very dark. If you look closely, you would notice the handwriting on it: "Burn incense for free, and each person can only get three pieces."

Ding Qi and Xian Hao looked at each other, put all the cash they carried with him into the merit box, then took three incense sticks each, lit them on the oil lamp, and retreated to the back of the puddle in front of the incense table to worship. Neither of them knelt down and kowtowed, but raised the three incense sticks high above the top and bowed deeply. Then they heard three clear sounds of dang, dang, dang, dang.

A monk sat in the hall, facing the gate, wearing a dark blue monk's robe, located on the right side of the incense table. He held several beads in his hands, and his eyes closed as if he was chanting. Ding Qi and Xian Hao did not react when they came in, and neither of them disturbed him. When Ding Qi and Xian Hao held the incense to worship, he picked up a hammer and knocked on the purple gold bowl in front of him.

Such a sudden sound often startles people, but Ding Qi and Xian Hao are not scared, and even feel very natural. The sound of the bowl is clearer and longer, as if echoing in the soul. Ding Qi even has an inexplicable feeling. The ten palaces of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in front seem to have looked at them.

Of course, the statues are all with their eyes open, but they are just clay and wooden bodies. When the sound of the bowl sounds, these statues seem to be "live", which makes Ding Qi feel like he is being watched by the eyes, and Xian Hao also feels the same.

After worship, they inserted the incense into the furnace. The monk who knocked on the bowl closed his eyes again, as if nothing had happened, and he didn't even turn his head to look at the two of them.

Ding Qi and Xian Hao did not disturb the monk's homework, but just nodded to him to express their gratitude, and then walked around Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva into the back hall. The front and back entrances of the main hall are one, and there is no courtyard in the middle. They are all in a narrow hall, divided into front and back entrances by arrangement.

But as soon as you enter the back hall, you feel that the light has become much brighter, as if you have traveled through the yin and yang realms. The back hall is more like a showroom, with portraits of the 33rd Zen ancestors hanging in turn on the pillar eaves on the left, middle and right sides, just like introducing the process of Zen teachings.

The first picture in the left hand is a portrait of the Zen patriarch Mokkaya, who saw the Buddha picking up a flower at the Lingshan Dharma Assembly. Zen Buddhism was passed down to Bodhidharma, the twenty-eighth patriarch Bodhidharma, who came to the east of the Middle Land and was the ancestor of Chinese Zen. He left his robe and bowl and passed it to Huineng, the sixth patriarch of Chinese Zen. The last picture of Huineng in the right hand in the back hall is exactly opposite to Kashyaya.

After visiting Jiulin Zen Temple, the two of them didn't speak for a long time, nor did they ask for directions. Ding Qi looked at the signs when he walked through each intersection. After walking for about ten minutes, he turned left and entered Binjiang Road. He finally asked Xian Hao, "What are you thinking, why don't you talk?"

Xian Hao seemed to breathe a sigh of relief when he spoke: "I don't know what I'm thinking, it seems that I'm thinking about something, and it seems that I haven't remembered anything. This feeling is indescribable..."

Ding Qi took out his cell phone and opened the album and said, "When Master Fahai took photos of us, we were obviously empty around us, but he took himself into the photo."

Xian Hao: "This master didn't say a word, but what does he mean? Color is emptiness, and emptiness is color?"

Ding Qi: "If you don't have the realm, you don't need to think too much... Hey, Zhiwei Tower has arrived in front!"

Zhiwei Building has three floors, with front door facing the street and back to Jushui River. The electronic clock hanging in the lobby shows the time at around 4 pm, and the date is two months faster than the outside world.

It’s not a meal time now, but there are several tables of diners in the lobby, so the business is obviously good. The two of them ordered a small private room on the second floor. Ding Qi took the recipe and looked through it. Xian Hao asked the waiter directly: "Can I order the dishes that are not on the recipe?"

The waiter replied, "Yes, as long as we can cook, you can tell me what dish it is first?"

When he heard this, Ding Qi stopped turning the recipe and looked up and said, "Come on the plate of fried peanuts, then on the plate of pepper-cooked eggs, and two kilograms of old cyanine."

The waiter smiled: "There is no problem with the food, but there are some old Chunhuang who sell bottles and some pots. Which one do you want?"

Xian Hao asked, "Is there any difference?"

Waiter: "The bottle sells fifty yuan per bottle, and the bottle sells five hundred yuan per pot, all of which are a pound."

Ding Qi and Xian Hao said together: "Then let's have the pot... two pots!"

The waiter asked Xian Hao again, "What else do you want to order, this beauty?"

Xian Hao: "I want to order two dishes, steamed crab paste and wild crucian seeds, can I make it?"

The waiter was stunned: "I have to go to the kitchen to ask. If I can do it, I will tell you the price again. Do you want to check it out or not."

After the waiter went out, Ding Qidao reminded: "You seem to have ordered skewers. Those two dishes are not from this book!"

Mr. Zhuang recommended eight books. The one Ding Qi used to cast spells to open the Kunlun Realm is called "Shenyou". After they entered the Kunlun Realm, they also saw the places and characters in "Shenyou". However, the two dishes ordered by Xian Hao came from another book called "Lingshan".

"Lingshan" mainly tells the story of the Tang Dynasty. The protagonist is named Mei Zhenyi, who is the ancestor of Mei Yeshi, the leader of the two Kunlun leagues. These two dishes are what Mei Zhenyi likes to eat when she was a child.

Steamed crab paste is made of Jinao crab, a specialty of Qingyi Lake in Wucheng. After steaming, it is specially used to pick out crab roe crab paste and grind it into soup according to proportion. A plate of vegetables requires many crabs. What is more particular is the wild crucian seeds. The ingredients are not complicated, but they are the seeds of braised wild crucian carp, but the complexity is that the dish is specially eaten with seeds, and the fish cannot be seen with other fresh stems and leaves.

Wild crucian carp grows very slowly. The seeds are suitable for cooking with a fish weighing about half a pound, and they need fresh ones. When cooking, they do not specialize in making seeds, but several crucian carp are braised together. After cooking, they take out the seeds separately, and then process them with other side dishes and serve them on the table.

Of course, the dishes from the Tang Dynasty can be cooked in modern times... Just from the perspective of preparation and labor, these two dishes are not something that ordinary restaurants can take, so the waiter said he wanted to ask.

Xian Hao stuck out his tongue, his expression was so cute, and he smiled and said, "Didn't you tell me that the Kunlun world mentioned by Feng Junzi includes ancient and modern times, China and abroad, and should not be limited to one book. Besides, the books you have read mentioned the story of Luxury later. Didn't you see it now? I ordered two dishes, just want to try it like this!"

Ding Qi: "Steamed crab noodles, some restaurants now have recipes, but the crabs used are different. Last time Tian Xianglong treated me, I ordered a dish... But I have never seen wild crucian seeds before!"

Xian Hao: "You are talking about the restaurant outside, and this is Kunlun Realm and Zhiwei Building. The waiter didn't say it at the first time, which means there is a chance. Since you have arrived here, of course you have to try a special dish, otherwise where can you eat it?"

Ding Qi said in the same mood: "It's so right, why didn't I expect it? But these two dishes are probably not cheap."

Xian Hao: "I ordered all the wine that costs 500 yuan a pot, so I might as well be more generous. I will ask about the price later. As long as I can afford it, I will eat it. If I really can't afford it... then forget it."

The time was not long, and the waiter knocked in and said, "The kitchen said that those two dishes can be made."

Ding Qi was surprised and happy and said, "How much is it?"

Waiter: "Our boss said again, no money is charged, even if she gives it to the two of you for free."

There is also such a good thing! After ordering a plate of fried peanuts and a plate of pepper-crusted eggs, the restaurant owner actually gave away steamed crab paste and wild crucian seeds for free. How could he do this business? Ding Qi quickly stood up and said, "I'm so embarrassed. We don't know your boss. Can you express your gratitude in person?"

The waiter said, "That's it, I'll talk to the boss."

The waiter went out again. Time was not long. A woman pushed the door open and Yingying smiled and said, "Friend Ding, Friendly Daoist Xian, welcome both of you to Zhiweilou."

This person looks twenty-five or six years old, and his whole body exudes a mature smell. Her eyebrows are slightly bent, and the slender tips have a teasing charm. Her lips are pink, and the rosy lip line has a little tempting smell. The duck egg face is slightly pointed at the chin. The most important thing is the pair of eyes. Women with single eyelids sometimes look more charming.

Nowadays, many women are clamoring to lose weight every day. In fact, they are not fat, and skinny may not be aesthetic. If they are really a slim stick, they are not good-looking, let alone sexy. Look at her, the place where they should be slender, and the place where they should be full is full, and there is an indescribable charm.

Without introduction, Ding Qi and Xian Hao immediately recognized him. This person should be the boss’s wife of Zhiweilou and the Taoist companion of Mei Yeshi. Han Ziying in the book is a beauty and a fairy. The fairy mentioned here is not an adjective, she is originally a demon cultivator.

Ding Qi and Xian Hao quickly stood up and saluted: "Hello Boss Han! I have long been honored by Daqi. As expected, meeting is even better than being famous! But when you first met, you gave you two dishes like this. You are so polite! We are really embarrassed..."

Han Ziying: "I heard that the two of you met Feng Junzi and Luxue on Zhaoting Mountain yesterday. Can the Immortal Master be happy?"

Ding Qi was puzzled: "Are you talking about Mr. Feng? He is pretty good? Have you never seen him recently?"

Han Ziying: "The whereabouts of the Immortal Master are vague, and I haven't seen him for some days. The Immortal Master can invite two of you to taste tea and just two side dishes, of course you are welcome to try it."

The few chatted for a while, and the food and drinks were served soon. Han Ziying had something else to do, so she didn't continue to disturb the two of them for dinner. She said hello and went out. Before leaving, she took the door with her.

Xian Hao lowered his voice and said, "I heard that this woman is a monster, she is such a beautiful and sexy beauty."

Ding Qi nodded and said without comment: "The book says that her original body is Xiang Fei Musk, and now it has disappeared."

Xian Hao seemed to joke: "After all, people are still not as good as monsters. Who is beautiful or not?"

Ding Qi replied slowly: "If it were in the eyes of the two Kunlun leaders Mei Yeshi, it should be her. But if you ask me, of course it is you! Do you have any different opinions?"

Xian Hao glared at him and said, "My words are wrong! Eat vegetables and eat them, such a good dish, hurry up and try it while it's hot."

The two dishes ordered by Xian Hao were so delicious, and the fresh and fragrant taste in the mouth, which made people very awesome. Of course, the good dishes must be served with good wine. The two of them poured wine and drank each other, and the rhythm of eating and drinking could not stop. The two pots of wine were soon seen. The old cyan is very easy to eat, and the degree is not high, but the stamina is quite strong.

Ding Qi was already three points drunk, and then looked at Xian Hao's face opposite, with his pink flour, his figure, eyes, and his voice, and his drunkenness with a bit of seductive charm. Ding Qi had never seen her look like this, and he couldn't help but be moved...

Delicious, delicious wine, and beauty are all in front of him! Ding Qi felt for the first time in his life that the word "Qi" in his name can be interpreted in this way in life. Maybe it was because he felt it was too good, but he felt it was not so real. He couldn't help but recall some past events, and inexplicably added a hint of sadness.

Xian Hao was also drunk, but seemed to be more sensitive than usual. He immediately noticed such a subtle change from Ding Qi and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Ding Qi raised his wine glass, as if he was looking at the wine in the glass, but his eyes passed through the upper edge of the glass mouth and looked at Xian Hao, and his tone was a little murmured: "Because it feels so beautiful!"

Xian Hao joked: "You are so beautiful, are you trying to say something?"

Ding Qi suddenly turned around and shouted loudly outside the door: "Two more pots--!"

When the two of them finished drinking and went downstairs to pay, Ding Qi remembered that he had no money on him and put all the cash in the merit box of Jiulin Zen Temple. He took out his cell phone and said, "Can you pay with WeChat?"

This is a bit unconfidence-free. Who knows whether the mobile phones brought in from outside can be used here? It should not be a signal of the world. If you can't browse your phone, wouldn't this meal become a tyrant meal? Where is Zhiweilou? It would be fine if you don't know it. If you dare to come here to eat tyrant meal even though you know the details, wouldn't that be a tyrant meal?

The cashier smiled and said, "Of course, it's what era it is now!"

Ding Qi breathed a sigh of relief after successfully checking out on WeChat. The meal cost a total of 2,000 or more yuan, mainly for the four pots of wine. The two dishes ordered by Ding Qi were only a fraction of the time, while the two dishes ordered by Xian Hao were given by Boss Han. After leaving the gate and came to Binjiang Road, the breeze blew, and both of them were a little drunk and the spring scenery was beautiful.

It was almost time to go back. Ding Qi held Xian Hao with his steps a little floating. He walked to a secluded and deserted place by the Jushui River, and took out the door that Jing Wenshi almost opened because he drank too much, but fortunately, it was still opened.

On the other side of the portal is the large activity room on the second floor of the small building, and the hot pot is still placed on the table. When you walk through the portal and go back to the table, it makes you feel uncomfortable and dazed. They still maintain the posture of entering the portal.

Ding Qi reacted quickly and reached out to help her. Because Xian Hao's body was a little weak, he was a little unsteady in a trance and turned to him. He said it was to support him, but in fact it was to support him, so he let Xian Hao lean on him, but the hand seemed to have hugged her waist, which was completely subconscious.

This sudden action made Xian Hao feel a little uncomfortable. He twisted his body and stood up straight, then turned his head and said, "I'm coming out now?"

Ding Qi: "Yes, I'm back."

Xian Hao: "But the posture is a bit wrong!"
To be continued...