Chapter 137 Wanfu Temple
After collecting all these "socialist cancers" into his spatial storage, Pei Jiuyan arrived in a hurry.
He rode to the scrap yard, and before he could even stop his bike, he rushed in, grabbed Qin Suisui, and looked her up and down: "Honey, are you alright?"
Seeing the wounds on Qin Suisui's arm, he frowned, then looked at the old man and the young man lying on the ground, his tone colder than ever before: "Did they do this? What exactly happened?"
Qin Suisui pulled him over, whispered in his ear, and told him what had just happened.
Pei Jiuyan nodded: "I understand. I've already called the organization, and someone will be here to handle it soon. Let's go find Su Zhiqing first."
Qin Suisui didn't dare to go alone just now, but with Pei Jiuyan by her side, she felt much more confident.
It will take a while for the military personnel to arrive. We've already wasted so much time, so we should find Su Yunyi as soon as possible before we can feel at ease.
"Um... Sister, the milk candy you promised me..." After the two of them finished their whispered discussion, a weak, small voice came from the doorway.
Qin Suisui looked at the little boy and slapped her forehead: "Oh dear, I almost forgot! I'm so sorry! Here, take all this milk candy. Go home and eat!"
The two stones had become a handful, and the little boy's eyes narrowed with joy: "Thank you, sister!"
After saying that, she grabbed the milk candy and ran away.
Qin Suisui then pulled Pei Jiuyan along to go find someone.
"Wait a minute." Pei Jiuyan walked to the door, left a barely noticeable mark on the wall, closed the door, and led Qin Suisui into the factory.
It was past 12 o'clock, and the sun was shining brightly outside, making the factory building appear exceptionally dark in comparison.
Qin Suisui followed behind Pei Jiuyan, cautiously looking around. She didn't know what Pei Jiuyan had done, but soon discovered a hidden door behind a pile of pesticide bottles and battery cells.
She couldn't help but give Pei Jiuyan a thumbs up. Such a dirty and hidden place, it would probably take her a long time to find it. No wonder he's professionally trained! He's just different!
Pei Jiuyan, however, was not as optimistic as Qin Suisui. He looked at the hidden door and frowned more and more: "Wife, why don't you wait for me outside? The organization's people will be here soon."
Qin Suisui looked at him and shook her head firmly. Even if it were truly safer outside, she couldn't let Pei Jiuyan venture out alone. What if there was more than one person inside? Pei Jiuyan's injuries hadn't fully healed, and she still had a considerable amount of poison on hand, which could assist him if necessary.
Knowing her temperament, Pei Jiuyan didn't try to persuade her any further. He simply left a mark at the entrance of the secret room and then led Qin Suisui inside.
This was a secret passage about two people wide and two meters high, pitch black inside. Qin Suisui took out a flashlight from her cloth bag and handed it to Pei Jiuyan. Pei Jiuyan looked at her cloth bag with surprise, but didn't say anything. He held the flashlight in one hand and took her hand with the other, and quickly walked into the secret passage.
The secret passage looked very old, as if it had been built during the war. It was winding and twisting, and after about ten minutes, Qin Suisui was a little confused. Was this really the place?
The next second, Pei Jiuyan suddenly turned around, put his finger to his lips and made a "shh" gesture to her, and quickly turned off the flashlight in his hand.
Qin Suisui tensed up instantly. Sure enough, after walking less than ten meters forward and just turning the corner, a sliver of light peeked out. After taking a few more steps, she discovered that there was an exit outside!
If Qin Suisui remembered correctly, the secret passage should lead to the street behind the junkyard, but the exit they saw at this moment was not a street, but more like a desolate ancient village.
This place was one that neither she nor Pei Jiuyan had ever seen before, let alone her.
There were five steps leading up to the exit of the secret passage. As she stepped out of the steps, the blinding light instantly filled her eyes, causing Qin Suisui to close them uncomfortably. She slowly opened them again a few seconds later.
Once their eyes adjusted to the light, they discovered that outside the secret passage was a long path paved with oyster shells, overgrown with weeds on both sides, which, together with a few dilapidated wooden houses in the distance, made the scene look particularly desolate.
"Ayan, where is this place?"
Pei Jiuyan squinted at the distance, his voice carrying a hint of seriousness: "If I'm not mistaken, this should be the former site of Wanfu Temple."
Wanfu Temple?
Seeing the confused expression on Qin Suisui's face, Pei Jiuyan explained simply: "It was an ancient temple on Qiongtan Island a long time ago. It had a famous two-meter-tall gilded Buddha statue inside, but it was lost during the war. Later, it is said that someone saw it in a temple in Japan."
Qin Suisui quickly grasped the key words: "Japan? So it's because that Buddha statue came from here that they chose to hold the Emperor's Festival at Manpuku-ji Temple?"
Pei Jiuyan nodded, and the two of them remained silent, continuing to walk quietly toward the temple.
The village is very small. Apart from a few dilapidated and unrecognizable wooden houses, it is covered with dense vines, big trees, and weeds.
There was no proper path; the ground was completely covered with grass and vines. Pei Jiuyan quickly found traces of someone walking in the grass. He led Qin Suisui, stepping on the lush grass and vines, and walked step by step into the area.
Despite the temperature being over 30 degrees Celsius and it being midday, Qin Suisui felt increasingly chilly as she walked, and the hairs on her body stood on end.
She tugged at Pei Jiuyan's arm and whispered, "Jiuyan, when are the people from the organization coming?"
Pei Jiuyan patted her hand: "Don't be afraid, I'm here. They'll be here soon."
Qin Suisui nodded. Pei Jiuyan wasn't a reckless person; his insistence on going further in under these circumstances meant he must have discovered something.
Without making a sound, she slipped the dagger she was holding into Pei Jiuyan's hand, and then took out the slingshot that Paman had given her from her backpack.
After walking for about five more minutes, we turned a corner past a thick and lush banyan tree, and an ancient temple suddenly appeared before us.
The ancient temple looked just like the other houses next to it, extremely dilapidated, but Qin Suisui felt that it was particularly out of place, but she couldn't figure out why.
But when she stepped into the temple, she realized where this sense of unease came from.
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