In order to accompany Zhao Jie to "investigate" the social form in Jingbo City, Ye Zhiran asked Yu Wanli for leave and did not return with the Lifeng City Party and Government delegation.

On this day, a high-end car slid out of the five-star hotel where Zhao Jie stayed, converged with the No. 1 car from the Jingbo Municipal Party Committee, and drove to the famous tourist attraction of Jingbo City, which is also a Buddhist resort, Asoka Temple.

Asoka Temple was built in the Western Jin Dynasty in Taikang three years, that is, in 282 AD, has a history of more than 1,700 years. Asoka Temple is famous at home and abroad, not only because of the beautiful mountains and rivers, the majestic palace, but also because it has a world-renowned relic pagoda.

Legend has it that during the reign of King Ashoka of the Mauryan Dynasty of India, the third largest assembly in the history of Buddhism was held in Philadelphia, compiling and sorting out the scriptures, Vinayas, and commentaries on the three Tibetan scriptures, and sending monks to spread Buddhism in all directions, making Buddhism a world religion. He also took out the Buddha's relics that had been given to King Ajata, the great pagoda of the royal palace, and divided them into 84,000 parts, "Let the feathers and ghosts, each with a light, and set up a pagoda." "In the Huaxia Kingdom, a total of 19 stupas were built. Of these 19 stupas, the only one that has survived is the relict pagoda of Asoka Temple.

Because of the enshrinement of Shakyamuni's true body relics, this temple has become a major shrine in the Buddhist community. In 1984, the State Council announced that Asoka Temple was a "key Buddhist temple in the Han region of the country".

Before going to the Asoka Temple, Qiu Shizheng wanted to clean the temple and not open it to the outside, but Zhao Jielian said that he didn't have to, in order to go to the temple to worship himself, he would keep good men and women out of the door, I am afraid the effect will be the opposite.

In this way, the four of them - Qiu Shizheng, Pei Feifei, Ye Zhiran, and Zhao Jie all wore sunglasses, and arranged more than 20 security personnel before and after they did not let tourists approach.

Among the four, only Ye Zhiran was a complete atheist, and others, such as Zhao Jie, did not believe in Buddhism. But after becoming the head of Zhao's enterprise, he unconsciously believed in the gods.

Entering the mountain gate, the hustle and bustle of the traffic on the road outside the gate suddenly disappeared, and the breeze between the jungle and bamboo was refreshing, which was completely detached from the world.

This temple is built between three mountains and has a beautiful scenery. Due to the early construction of the temple, the architectural structure of the ancient Buddhist resort is preserved. Everywhere reveals characteristics that are different from ordinary temples.

After the four of them entered the mountain gate, they passed through the Lotus Pond, the Hall of the Heavenly King, and the Hall of the Great Hero, and came to the Hall of Relics. See the relic's hall is five rooms wide, and the heavy eaves rest the mountain yellow glazed top building, which is about 13 meters high. The screen door in front of the palace is beautifully embossed. The eaves are square. It is the "Miaosheng Palace" plaque of the Song Xiaozong Imperial System, the yellow plaque on the lower eaves is written "Relic Palace", there are four protector carvings outside the back wall of the palace, the image is mighty and vivid, it is the work of the Tang Dynasty. In the middle of the hall, the vertical forehead is hung on the beam of the "Buddha top bright tower", it is the imperial book of Song Gaozong, and the horizontal plaque "bright and solemn" is hung in the south. In the middle of the hall is a stone tower with a height of seven meters, which places the Buddha shrine of "relics shining light" inlaid with seven treasures, and the statue of Shakyamuni reclining Buddha is placed behind the stone tower, which is about four meters long.

Ye Zhiran accompanied Zhao Jie to play with the mood of appreciating the ancient architectural style and appreciating the cultural relics, but Zhao Jie was different, as soon as he arrived at the gate of the relics hall, he bowed down and got rid of the image of a pious believer. Pei Feifei, who followed her side, was not far behind. also bow down.

The two women, from their clothes to their beautiful faces, were obviously different from ordinary tourists, naturally attracting countless eyes to chase, and some of the brave ones approached a little and were already blocked by the security guards. These people knew that the identity of the comer was not trivial, and it aroused great interest.

Qiu Shizheng asked, "Mayor Ye, don't you bow down?" ”

"Hmm. I don't believe in the ...... of Buddhism."

Zhao Jie glared at him when he got up, and said, "Believe it or not, you are not allowed to say blasphemous words in the temple, and the relics of my Buddha are enshrined here." It's not like any other temple. ”

Ye Zhiran shrugged his shoulders and stopped talking.

Pei Feifei said to Qiu Shizheng: "Leader, you bow down, and the Buddha will bless you with all things going smoothly." ”

Qiu Shizheng really bowed down in front of the threshold outside the hall, only Ye Zhiran was unmoved, looking at the four precious tablets on the walls on both sides of the platform in front of the hall, including the Tang Dynasty Wan Zhairong wrote, the priest Fan Chongshu's "Asoka Temple Resident Tian Tablet", the Song Dynasty for the temple "Chenkui Pavilion" completed and wrote the "Miaoxi Spring Inscription" tablet written by Zhang Jiucheng.

A big purpose of Pei Feifei's trip is to please Zhao Jie, so Zhao Jie worships the Buddha and she also worships the Buddha, and Zhao Jie gives alms.

There are tables and chairs placed on both sides of the entrance of the hall, there are monks sitting in the back to write the names of the pilgrims who give incense money, and the pilgrims who give 50 yuan of incense money, the little novice will write down the name respectfully, and when the monks do their homework in the future, in the sound of chanting, the names of these pilgrims will be enshrined in front of the Buddha statue, and the Buddha light will be touched.

Zhao Jie prepared cash before leaving, took 20,000 yuan in cash from the entourage, and threw it into the merit box.

Here, Pei Feifei followed suit, and also took out two stacks of brand-new renminbi and put them into the merit box.

Xiao Shami knelt in front of the Buddha statue with a puff, recited the scriptures for a while, and then stood up and asked the two female benefactors to leave their names, Zhao Jie shook his head and said: "No need, in front of my Buddha, all living beings are equal, if you leave your name, it will seem that you have worldly desires and are not pious enough." ”

Xiao Shami saw that the two female benefactors in front of him were bright and incomprehensible, like fairies descending to earth, and they were known to be no ordinary people, and at this time they heard Zhao Jie say such words, and they were even more shocked, and recited a few words of "Amitabha Buddha", and felt that the Buddha really had the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, and said: "Donor, please wait a while, I will go and tell the abbot." "All the way out.

Ye Zhiran couldn't help but shake his head and said, "If the Buddha really has such ability, why did Ashoka Temple rebuild it several times?" ”

Zhao Jie hurriedly glared at him and said, "Hey, if you say something like this again, I'm going to drive you out." ”

Ye Zhiran spread his hands, and then pointed to the little novice who rushed out and said, "Look at this situation, the abbot will come over in a while." ”

Qiu Shizheng said with a smile: "Asoka Temple is a thousand-year-old temple, if the abbot invites us to serve tea, we can also be contaminated with some Buddha gas." ”

Zhao Jie nodded, and said to Ye Zhiran again: "If the abbot invites us to serve tea, don't talk about it." ”

Belch? Am I such a person? Ye Zhiran was a little depressed.

Sure enough, after a while, two middle-aged monks came over and invited them to the meditation room to serve tea.

Ye Zhiran followed behind them and came to the wing room of Asoka Temple, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw two old monks with white hair, one of whom was none other than a bitter monk.

Ye Zhiran asked in surprise: "Master Kude, why are you here?" ”

The bitter monk asked rhetorically: "Amitabha, Lord Ye, you came to Ashoka Temple, why can't the monk come to Ashoka Temple?" ”

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