Chapter 104: Dormant and Squatting
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The site selection of the temple and the Taoist temple is somewhat similar to the site selection of the yin house, there are backing mountains, there are auxiliary mountains on the left and right, the south wind does not go to the high mountain due north of Foguang Temple, although the terrain is higher, you can see the Foguang Temple at a glance, but the monks of the Foguang Temple also know that you can see the inside of the Foguang Temple, and it is easy to be found by the other party when hiding there.
Nanfeng hides in the hill west of Foguang Temple, where the angle is not very good, and you can only barely see the scenery in the temple.
There is a large range of walls in the area where Foguang Temple is located, at the foot of the mountain is the place where the monk's house meditation room and the Daxiong Treasure Hall are located, there are hundreds of monks in Foguang Temple, there are more than 100 monks' rooms, distributed around the mountain road, go up along the mountain, go not far is the huge Daxiong Treasure Palace.
There is a winding path in the northeast corner of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and at the end of the path is the Foguang Zen Temple, which is 200 zhang away from the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and 300 zhang away from the monk's house at the foot of the mountain.
Covering an area of about 20 acres, Foguang Monastery is divided into two areas, east and west, and to the west is Tallinn, which is the cemetery where the ashes of the senior monks were placed after their deaths. To the east is the courtyard, there are eight two-story wooden buildings, living in all directions, there is a stone tower in the middle of these wooden buildings, the stone tower also has two floors, the same height as the wooden building, this stone tower is very narrow, and it is not inhabitable, according to its location, this stone tower is very likely to be the relics of the relics.
The stone tower has only one narrow entrance, no windows, and the entrance is on the south side, with a red wooden door and a locked door.
Those wooden buildings surround the stone tower, only a dozen zhang away from the stone tower, the wooden buildings have windows, although it is late at night, there are two wooden buildings on the second floor of the candlelight through.
The protection is so tight, if you want to quietly steal the relics, I am afraid that it is impossible, and you can only rob them openly, but those who have the ability to rob them openly are afraid that they are too lazy to attack the relics, and the relics are just Buddhist relics, and they are not attractive to Taoists and martial artists.
At three o'clock, a bell rang from the mountain.
The south wind heard the sound and looked up, only to see that the bell tower was hidden in the forest on the top of the mountain, from the bell tower you can look in all directions, fortunately did not run to the north mountain to hide, otherwise it will be discovered by the monk who hit the bell.
The bell rang, and the monks of Foguang Temple began to get up. The two rooms with lights and candles in the Buddha Light Monastery were also extinguished, which means that the people in those two rooms have not fallen asleep.
After a short time, the monks began to go to the main hall to conduct the morning class, and the monks wearing big red robes in the Foguang Monastery also left the Monastery and went to the main hall, and the south wind counted them, a total of sixteen people.
While everyone was conducting their morning lessons, two elderly monks were cleaning the residential area.
After the morning service, the monks in the monastery returned one after another, and together with the two monks who were cleaning the fallen leaves, they cleaned the western Tallinn.
While everyone was cleaning, Nanfeng cheered up, observed carefully, and kept the appearance of these eighteen people in mind.
After the cleaning was over, the monks returned to the wooden building, and Nanfeng secretly wrote down the residences of these eighteen people.
At breakfast, sixteen more people went to the canteen, and after eating, they returned to the Zen monastery, and the two who stayed behind went to the canteen to eat. These two are the two people who stayed in the Zen monastery to clean and clean during the morning class.
Because he didn't greet the fat man when he left, for fear that the fat man would be worried, Nanfeng quietly left, and did not forget to smooth out the fallen leaves in the previous squatting area before leaving.
When he returned to his residence, the fat man had woken up and was squatting in front of the stove to light the fire, "What are you doing?"
"I went to Foguang Temple and had a look. "The south wind passed through the stove and went to the east house to take off his shoes and put on the kang.
"Don't sleep, it's time to eat. The fat man said.
"I won't eat, you can eat yourself, I'm going to sleep for a while. "The south wind pulled the fat man's quilt.
When he woke up, it was late afternoon, and while he was sleeping, the fat man cleaned up the house and the outside, added a few shabby household items, and brought a set of bedding for Nanfeng, which should have been turned into, very old.
"I've left you food. The fat man was wiping the broken table in front of the kang with a rag.
"I'll go out and come back and eat. "The south wind goes down to the ground and wears shoes.
"Why are you going?" asked the fat man.
"Buy something. Nanfeng walked to the stove and saw that there was an extra water urn next to the door, so he scooped up water and washed his face.
"That's the water to drink. The fat man shouted.
Nanfeng didn't answer, walked out, went to the market and bought back pen, ink, paper, inkstone and some sundries.
After coming back, Nanfeng relied on his memory to write down the looks and characteristics of those sixteen people.
Pouring the rest of the ink into the small gourd, Nanfeng simply ate something, said to the fat man, and went out again.
Back to the hiding place, Nanfeng began to look and observe, there are a total of eight wooden buildings, there are eighteen monks, the number of people living in the wooden buildings is not the same, some wooden buildings live three or four monks, and some wooden buildings only live one person.
Which monk lived in which wooden building had to be recorded, and the habits and habits of each monk had to be captured and summarized.
In the evening, the monks in the Foguang Monastery were about to go to the Daxiong Treasure Hall to conduct evening classes, and Nanfeng quickly recorded the time when the monks left.
The two monks who are still in charge of cleaning the fallen leaves today are still left, so it can be seen that the monks of the Foguang Monastery are on duty, and these two may be on duty today.
When I returned from the evening class, there was no movement in the monastery, and no monks walked around from outside, and when I arrived, the lights and candles in the wooden pagoda gradually went out, and finally only two rooms were still bright, and these two rooms with light were no longer the two rooms last night.
After a day's watch, Nanfeng was a little hungry, but he didn't feel tired, so he didn't rush back.
Soon it was morning class time, and two people stayed behind, and sixteen people went to the main hall, because of the characteristics of these people written down before, Nanfeng found that one of these sixteen people had not shown up yesterday, that is to say, the monks who lived in the Foguang Monastery were not eighteen, at least nineteen.
After the morning service, the monks returned, and Nanfeng confirmed again, yes, one of them he had not seen yesterday.
When it was time for breakfast, sixteen people went to the dining hall, and two stayed behind.
Nanfeng wrote down everyone's appearance and characteristics, and then returned to his residence to eat and sleep.
Regained his spirits, and went back to squatting.
The monks had a very regular schedule, and when they arrived, the lights would be turned off, and this time there were two more rooms with the lights on, and these two rooms were not the same as those of the previous two nights, but two new locations.
At breakfast, there were still sixteen people who went to eat, and the appearance and characteristics of the people had been written down, and once compared, it was found that there was a monk who was 'five feet three inches high, with a sixtieth birthday, small eyes, and walking outward'.
Clues are often hidden in the details, there are nineteen monks living in the Foguang Monastery, but they hide people's eyes and ears, creating the illusion that there are only eighteen people, and the other monk is hiding in the shadows, belonging to the strange soldiers, the role is to act as a backup for the two left-behind monks, if someone wants to get their hands on the relics, they will take the lead in determining the number of people in the Foguang Monastery, and then try to lure away or avoid the two monks who stayed behind, but what they didn't expect was that there was a monk hiding in the dark.
There are pros and cons to everything, and the same is true for this matter, Foguang Monastery has laid an ambush, which can detect the opponent in time and stop it. But there is also a big disadvantage in this matter, people have a heart of dependence, and the two monks who take turns guarding every day know that someone is secretly helping them to protect the relics, so it is easy to give birth to a heart of dependence and pin their hopes on others.
And the monk who was hiding in the shadows also had a slack heart because he was a backup, anyway, there were two fellow disciples in front of him to protect, and they dealt with something they dealt with.
Squatting is the most boring, but squatting is also the most helpless, if you really have the ability, just grab it and leave, where is it still so hard. But his own ability is insufficient, so he can only patiently observe, look for loopholes, and try to outwit.
Because he has not rested for a few days, the south wind began to be sleepy after entering the watch, just when he was drowsy, there was a shout from the bottom of the mountain, listening to the shouts of those monks, it seemed that a thief had sneaked into the scripture pavilion.
The Tibetan Scripture Pavilion is a place to collect scriptures, and the large Taoist temples have a place similar to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, and the thief sneaked into the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion to naturally come to the Eight Golden Bodies.
"It's stupid enough to rush to do it without even figuring out the situation. Nanfeng said to himself.
The thief was not only stupid, but also very unlucky, and was caught, and before the elder in the big red robe went to deal with it, the thief had already been beaten by a monk with a blue nose and swollen face.
Seeing the elder pacing slowly, Nanfeng wondered if this guy was deliberately delaying time and letting the monks under the mountain beat him a few more sticks.
When the elder arrived, he admonished him and ordered the thief to be released.
There are pros and cons to everything, and the appearance of the thief is tantamount to reminding the people of the Foguang Monastery that there are many people who are thinking about their eight-part golden body, so that the monks of the Monastery will be more alert.
But the good thing is that there is a change under the mountain, the doors of the wooden buildings around the stupa are opened, and a monk of the Zen Monastery appears at the door, paying close attention to the stupa, which means that the stupa is not empty, and the relics are inside.
At the second watch, the south wind returns, and it ends here today, and will come again tomorrow......