Because it was night and Chi Mu didn't bring an oil lamp, it took him an entire hour to reach the Hunchback Temple.
At this time, the door of the Hunchback Temple was closed and a faint fragrance filled the air.
Chi Mu estimated the height of the wall. It was at most two and a half meters high, so it was relatively easy to climb in.
He looked around and found a large stone.
Chi Mu moved the stone to the bottom of the wall, stepped on the stone, jumped with effort, then used both hands to exert force and soon squatted on the wall.
"This hunchback temple is so deserted at night. It's not even eight o'clock yet, and there's not a single room with an oil lamp on?"
Seeing the dark hunchback temple, Chi Mu couldn't help but be surprised.
Although there is no electricity and no entertainment here, it is not necessary to go to bed so early, right?
After Chi Mu observed that there was no one around, he jumped down from the wall and walked carefully in the Hunchback Temple.
He found the room that Cripple Li had entered during the day.
He put his ear to the door and listened, but there was no sound inside. To make sure that there was really no one inside, Chi Mu took a deep breath and knocked on the door.
He hid immediately after knocking on the door.
After waiting quietly for five minutes, no one opened the door, which showed that there was no one in the room.
"That's weird. Aren't these rooms where the monks live? Why is there no one inside?"
Although he had doubts in his mind, Chi Mu did not hesitate too much and immediately pushed open the door and entered.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
As soon as he entered, Chi Mu smelled a strong smell that was very pungent.
This smell is exactly the smell of the cigarette that Cripple Li smokes.
Because there was no lighting in the room, it was pitch dark when the door was closed, and I couldn't see what was in the room at all.
Chi Mu groped in the dark and finally found a few candles and a box of matches on a table in the corner.
He climbed to the window and looked out. After making sure that there was no one there, he quietly lit a candle.
In the dim light, Chi Mu could see the layout of the room clearly.
Here, there are five one-meter-high water tanks, which are exactly the same as the water tanks used to store water in rural areas. They are covered with wooden boards and nailed down.
There was a corner of the room with a few sacks thrown there.
Chi Mu recognized the sack at a glance, because it was the sack that Chi Mu saw Lame Li holding during the day, and there was a shriveled hand inside.
But now the sack is empty, there is nothing in it.
Chi Mu picked up the sack and took a look. There was a lot of dry soil inside, just like the sacks used by vegetable vendors to carry potatoes.
"What are these water tanks for? If they are for holding water, why do they have to nail the wooden poles shut?"
Chi Mu frowned, somewhat confused.
He took out the dagger from his pocket and tried to pry open the wooden board nailed to the water tank, wanting to see what was in the tank.
Because Chi Mu believed what he saw during the day, that the sack containing Lame Li was definitely filled with a corpse.
Now there are only empty sacks left in the room. It is very likely that the body was put into these water tanks by Lame Li.
At the same time, Chi Mu also confirmed that Lame Li and the monks in the hunchback temple were in the same group, otherwise there would not be five water jars placed here, and those monks were not blind.
After using the dagger to pry open the wooden cover a few times, Chi Mu gave up the idea of prying open the wooden cover.
There were so many nails on the wooden board that when he pried a few nails with a dagger, the tip of the dagger broke and it was impossible for him to pry through dozens of nails.
“Knock, knock…”
Chi Mu knocked on the water tank, wanting to know if there was anything stored inside.
Unfortunately, the cylinder is too thick and nothing can be determined from the sound.
Chi Mu was a little discouraged.
If I had known this would happen, I should have brought pliers.
"Forget it, let's go check out the other rooms in the temple."
Chi Mu sighed, blew out the candle, and left the room.
The huge temple was silent, with only the light sound of Chi Mu's footsteps, which seemed particularly strange.
After exploring several rooms, Chi Mu didn't find anything. He didn't even see any of the monks who were supposed to live in the Hunchback Temple.
"Eh...don't these monks live in the temple at night?"
There are only a few rooms in the Hunchback Temple. Apart from the room where the water tanks are stored, Chi Mu didn't see anything else strange.
I didn't even see a shadow of him.
He returned to the room where the water tank was stored. Just as Chi Mu was about to close the door and continue studying the water tank, a loud noise came from behind him.
"Bang!"
Chi Mu suddenly turned around and found that the door of the Hunchback Temple was open, but there was no one standing at the door, as if the door was opened out of thin air.
This scene gave Chi Mu goosebumps all over his body.
"Damn, is there a ghost in the middle of the night? This is still in a temple after all, with so many Bodhisattvas and Buddhas... Amitabha, Amitabha, Buddha bless you!"
Chi Mu looked at the open temple door and couldn't help swallowing.
Soon, a lot of gray mist suddenly emerged outside the temple gate and rushed straight into the Hunchback Temple.
Along with the fog, there were also the sounds of horse hooves and trumpets, just like the ancient war movies that Chi Mu had watched.
The sound of horse hooves and trumpets gradually approached, and the sound became louder and louder until it was finally shrill.
Chi Mu felt the whole ground was shaking.
"Could it be that these monks didn't even sleep in this temple? Otherwise, with such a loud noise, they should have woken up..."
Chi Mu's expression turned a little ugly. He only realized now that he was the only one in the huge hunchback temple.
Restraining his inner fear, Chi Mu relit the candle and walked towards the door tremblingly, wanting to see what the source of the sound outside was.
The gray mist continued to pour into the Hunchback Temple. As soon as Chi Mu came into contact with it, he felt a biting coldness.
The closer Chi Mu got to the gate, the more strange noises he heard.
In addition to the sound of horse hooves and trumpets, he also heard a lot of fighting and shouting. Although he couldn't hear what they were saying exactly, the sounds were extremely terrifying.
"Why is there a horn sounding on this broken mountain?"
Chi Mu stood in front of the hunchback temple with a candle in his hand. He looked out and was almost frightened to death.
I saw a thick gray fog in the woods not far away. In the fog, there was a group of skeletons wearing ancient battle robes, riding horses with only skeletons left.
They held unknown weapons in their hands and marched towards the Hunchback Temple in a mighty force.
Chi Mu was stunned and stood there at a loss as to what to do.
Faced with such a terrifying and powerful skeleton army, Chi Mu even forgot to escape.
As the skeleton army was getting closer, Chi Mu was patted on the shoulder and a soft hand grabbed him.
"Don't just stand there, move on!"
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