Chapter 2537

The next morning.

When Zijin Villa was still shrouded in a layer of faint white mist, Lin Wan'er, without any makeup, tied her long hair into a ponytail, put on an inconspicuous summer outfit, and went to Qixia Mountain alone.

Qiu Yingshan and Sun Zhidong both suggested letting bodyguards accompany her to ensure her safety, but they were all rejected by Lin Wan'er.

Great hermits hide in the city. For her, since she had decided to study in Jin Ling, she should start living in this city with confidence and boldness from now on.

A girl traveling alone, even if she is beautiful, will only attract attention, not suspicion.

But once this girl is followed by bodyguards, or followed by bodyguards in the dark, once seen by someone with ulterior motives, it will inevitably arouse the other party's suspicion.

Seeing her firm attitude, the two of them didn't insist anymore.

After going down the mountain, Lin Wan'er didn't choose to take a taxi. She checked the route on her mobile phone last night. From the north side of Zijin Mountain, there is a bus that goes directly to Qixia Mountain, and the journey takes about thirty minutes. She had been hiding and dodging before, so she didn't have much experience in real life. This time, she decided to stabilize in Jin Ling for a period of time, so she simply decided to integrate completely.

Half an hour later, Lin Wan'er had already gotten off the bus at Qixia Station and walked to the entrance of the Qixia Mountain scenic area.

This was Lin Wan'er's first time coming to Qixia Mountain, but she had heard her father mention when she was very young that the Lin family ancestors were buried in Qixia Mountain.

More than six hundred years ago, when Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty and set the capital in Jin Ling, the Lin family ancestors were officials in Jin Ling.

After the Jingnan Campaign, Prince Yan Zhu Di succeeded to the throne and decided to move the capital to Yan Jing, so the Lin family was also ordered to prepare to move north with the court.

The Lin family ancestor of that generation passed away on the eve of the capital move due to old age. When giving instructions for his funeral, he specified that he wanted to be buried with his wife who had been buried in Qixia Mountain for ten years. So his descendants buried him on Qixia Mountain.

According to the genealogy, the day after the Lin family ancestor was buried, the Lin family descendants moved north as a whole. Since then, until Lin Wan'er, in these six hundred years, the Lin family descendants had never been able to return to Jin Ling to settle down. So since then, no Lin family members had been buried here. The only ones left here were the ancestor couple.

Lin Wan'er hiked up the mountain and searched around, but didn't see any tombs or tombstones. She thought that after hundreds of years, it was impossible to know where the ancestor's tomb was on Qixia Mountain. After all, the time was too long, and even just exposure to the sun and rain was enough to make the tomb disappear.

Therefore, in Lin Wan'er's mind, this Qixia Mountain was the ancestor's tomb.

Lin Wan'er's canvas bag contained some high-quality Laoshan sandalwood incense. She originally wanted to find a quiet place on the mountain to worship her ancestors, but she didn't expect that there were warning signs prohibiting fireworks everywhere on the mountain, and there were surveillance cameras everywhere. Lin Wan'er knew that if she burned incense to worship here, not only would there be a risk of fire, but there would also be a risk of being caught.

Thinking of this, she planned to burn incense and worship at Qixia Temple on the middle peak of Qixia Mountain. Although it was a temple, the ancestors were buried here after all. Burning incense there could also be considered worshiping the ancestors.

Qixia Temple was built more than 1,500 years ago and is one of the four famous Buddhist temples in China, and also the most famous temple in Jin Ling and even the whole province.

Lin Wan'er is proficient in the I Ching and Eight Trigrams, and also respects Buddhism and Taoism. She naturally has great awe for such an ancient temple with a long history.

When Lin Wan'er arrived at the middle peak where Qixia Temple is located, Xiao Churan and Ma Lan had just arrived.

In fact, the two had parked the car long ago, but Ma Lan's legs were inconvenient, so she could only climb the stairs with crutches with Xiao Churan's help, which was how they managed to reach Qixia Temple with difficulty.

Because it was a workday, there were not many pilgrims and tourists coming to Qixia Temple in the morning. Lin Wan'er walked to the Mahavira Hall, but didn't rush in. Instead, she took out three sticks of incense from her handbag, lit them, and came to the incense burner outside the hall door.

Lin Wan'er held the three sticks of incense to her forehead with both hands, bowed slightly, and whispered in her mouth: "Lin family ancestors are above, Lin family unfilial descendant Lin Wan'er comes to worship. Now the Lin family direct line only has Wan'er left. For hundreds of years, the Lin family has experienced countless hardships. It is not easy for Wan'er to live to this day. I hope you two will know in the underworld, and don't blame my father and other ancestors and elders for not letting the Lin family branch out..."

As she spoke, Lin Wan'er was slightly startled and added: "Perhaps, they are already on the other side... meeting you two and explaining to you two in person..."

Speaking of this, Lin Wan'er's eyes were already slightly red.

For six hundred years, the Lin family predecessors had indeed walked extremely hard. In the middle, there were many national crises and many changes in the situation. Many of the wealthy and powerful families of that year had broken their inheritance in the middle. In Lin Wan'er's view, it was indeed very lucky for the Lin family to be passed down to this day.

After a moment of silence, Lin Wan'er inserted the three sticks of incense into the incense burner, then held back her tears, turned, and entered the Mahavira Hall.

Inside the Mahavira Hall, a ten-meter-high statue of Sakyamuni stood in the center.

On the ground in front of the Buddha statue, there were three cushions for pilgrims to kneel and worship. When Lin Wan'er entered, the pilgrim kneeling on the left cushion just stood up, so she walked forward, knelt down devoutly in front of the Buddha statue, put her hands together, closed her eyes slightly, and muttered in her heart: "Buddha is above, disciple Lin Wan'er, begs Buddha to bless the disciple, so that she can avenge her father's death in her lifetime. After the disciple takes revenge, she will definitely return to Qixia Temple to offer incense and reshape the golden body for you!"

Just when Lin Wan'er was making a wish devoutly, Ma Lan walked into the Mahavira Hall limping with Xiao Churan's help.

Because Ma Lan had a broken right leg, Xiao Churan helped her on her right side. At this time, the middle and right cushions were also empty, so Xiao Churan helped Ma Lan to the front.

Ma Lan had a cast on her right leg, so it was not easy to kneel and worship, so she simply stretched her right leg behind her, like an athlete starting a race, and knelt on her left knee. Although the appearance was funny, it could be seen that her heart was very devout.

Subsequently, Ma Lan opened her mouth with a devout face: "Buddha is above, please be sure to bless my live stream popularity to explode in three days, bless me to make a lot of money from live streaming and selling goods. In addition, please Buddha open your eyes and see how Qian Hongyan, that stinking woman, is showing off now! Letting such a person turn over, God has an unshirkable responsibility! 'Journey to the West' says that the Buddha in the West and the Jade Emperor have a very good relationship. I hope you can remind him. If he doesn't open his eyes, I beg you to open your eyes..."

Lin Wan'er was worshiping devoutly, but didn't expect a woman next to her to mutter so much, and the more she said, the more outrageous it became. Her willow-leaf eyebrows couldn't help but wrinkle together. After she finished making her wish, she couldn't help but open her eyes and look to the right, and then she saw Ma Lan muttering seriously there: "Buddha, you don't know, Qian Hongyan, that stinking woman, is not a thing at all! She was the one who pitted me to death..."

Xiao Churan couldn't help but look at her mother at this time, and reminded her in a low voice with an embarrassed face: "Mom... what are you saying here..."

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