Chapter 14: Rongxia City
The plane slowly landed from the sky above Rong Xia Cheng, Zhu Jue leaned against the window, and the scene outside the window attracted all his eyes.
Zhu Jue came to Rongxia City at noon, and the landing of planes in this era naturally did not need runway buffering, but a vertical take-off similar to a helicopter after reaching the designated position.
At first, it was located at a height of hundreds of meters, Zhu Jue saw at a glance the large statue of the god that was draped in golden sunlight and exuded a holy and inviolable momentum, there was Guan Yu who was holding the Qinglong Yanyue Knife and stroking his beard in one hand, Qin Qiong who was standing on one foot with a double gong horizontally, and there was a boy on his back with many arms on his back, and a boy serving beside him, I don't know where the sacred Buddha statue is......
They stand at the pinnacle of the city, with gilded platforms beneath them, and beneath them are towers built on all sides with windows and blue glowing metal and stone, which at first glance do not look like they are used to inhabit people, but simply to worship the statues of these gods.
However, these towers do not stand on their own, but are connected to each other by arch-like passageways, surrounding a temple building that looks very imposing.
In front of the temple are two towers that are much thinner than their surrounding counterparts, with black inscriptions:
"Vow to save all sentient beings from suffering, and be willing to release mercy and light***. ”
Between the tower and the temple stands a giant statue of a god more than ten meters high, the face looks like a demon, there are fangs to vomit, but the body is wearing gilded armor, the right hand is against a long sword with a pestle on the ground, the index finger and middle finger of the left hand stand side by side and stretch forward, as if pointing to the demons and monsters in front of him, and the next moment he will swing the sword and slash down.
"Brahma Myongwang Temple! Take a picture! It's noon at this time, and it's a good time for pilgrimage!"
A passenger next to him was excitedly patting the seat, wanting his companion to take pictures quickly, and Zhu Jue quietly wrote down the name of the temple.
Crossing this building, the plane landed again, and gradually appeared in front of Zhu Jue's eyes is the real Rongxia City, different from the modern science and technology scenery of Yecheng, most of the buildings in Rongxia City are high-rise buildings that are glued together, the overall shape is square or circular, although the exterior of the superstructure is mounted with a large number of mechanical parts and giant pipes, and occasionally there are various colored lights flickering in it, but the decoration on the tall stone wall and the architectural style itself with a sense of simplicity have achieved a very perfect combination with it, as if this should be the case。
There were hundreds of white doves flying outside the window, and the speed of the plane slowed down again and again, and finally reached the interior of Rongxia City, where the window on Zhu Jue's side was facing the wide wall outside, and a large screen was hanging on it, in which a vague pixel figure was riding a tall horse running on the screen.
It is clear that they are all ancient images in Zhu Jue's time, but at this time, they seem to be a little strange and novel.
The height is lowered again, and all kinds of advertising signs begin to appear, what coastal bathing beach, Tianyi Wine Pavilion...... Most of them are written in Chinese, and there are some that Zhu Jue can't understand, like the words of other countries in Southeast Asia in the previous life, and after a while, Zhu Jue can't see much, because the plane is about to land, and there are air waves around it.
"Welcome to Rongxia City!"
With the broadcast in the plane, Zhu Jue got up and followed the people out, and when he got out of the plane, he found that the airport here was actually in an octagonal shape, one plane and one airport, and there was a stone fence carved with small statues of gods a hundred meters away.
took the airport's passenger car all the way to the airport to pick up the wind chimes, and while waiting, Zhu Jue dialed the contact number of the video provider's brother, and according to the agreement, he would come to pick up the plane.
Eventually, I met him on the side of the road outside the airport, a man who looked somewhat similar to the young man in the video.
"My name is Wu Jing, and you are from the Grotesque Studio...... Only one?"
Regarding the situation of the grotesque studio, Wu Jing also heard his younger brother talk about it several times, knowing that this is a very famous studio recently, I thought that a group of people would come to Hulala, but I only saw a strange cat with three tails around him, and the psychological gap is still a little big.
"Yes, I've always been in charge of the shooting work on our side...... Why don't we find a place to talk slowly?"
Zhu Jue didn't seem to spend his time explaining why he came to shoot alone, so he casually found an excuse and asked.
"Of course, my car is right next to me. ”
Pointing to a nearby taxi, Zhu Jue realized that he was driving a taxi.
No wonder you have to come and pick him up on weekdays......
Sitting in the car, Zhu Jue subconsciously looked at the environment in the car, most of the places were not much different from the taxis in Yecheng, and what caught his attention was the hanging ornament on the rearview mirror in the car.
A black mask with a string of colored beads.
"This is the habit of the people who run taxis on our side, and hanging something on the rearview mirror that has been lit in the temple can keep you safe. ”
As if noticing Zhu Jue's gaze, Wu Jing immediately said,
"My brother's name is Wu Rui, some time ago I just found a job in the statue hall to paint the statue and do maintenance, the salary of this job may be lower than my rental, but in our case, this kind of job is called a god worker, even if the salary is low, someone has to rush to do it, can accumulate good fortune, and the next life can be full of gold and jade....."
"Oh, so there's still that story. ”
Zhu Jue scratched the chin of the wind chime, and listened to Wu Jing in the front seat talk about the concepts in these religions, but he didn't care much in his heart.
With the development of modern science and technology, human beings' exploration of self and various fields on this planet can be said to have broken through to a certain height, but even so, on the issue of faith, even if thousands of scientific methods are taken up to confirm the non-existence of gods, it still does not prevent these devout believers from pinning the ethereal afterlife on these same "dragons see the head but do not see the tail" existence.
"How did Wu Rui die? You seem to be saying in the newsletter that he died very ...... A little special?"
I wanted to say that it was miserable, but after thinking about it, it was a little inappropriate to say it in front of the family of the deceased, so I could only change my words temporarily.
"He was killed by a monster!"
Wu Jing, who had been a little hesitant in the communication before, finally said what he wanted to say in the car.
"He died in his own home, his flesh turned out, and there were wounds everywhere, it was almost ...... Do you mind if I play the Sutra and pray for him?"
Speaking of this, Wu Jing choked up a little again, raised his hand to put it on a button in the car, looked up at Zhu Jue through the rearview mirror and asked.
"It's okay, you can let it go. ”
In fact, Zhu Jue was a little concerned, but looking at Wu Jing in front of him with a sad look of a man crying, he really couldn't open his mouth to refuse, after all, he still had to rely on this man to get information.
Wu Jing, who was allowed, pressed the switch, and a scripture chant with a strange tone sounded in the car, not as calm and righteous as Zhu Jue imagined, but with some grievances and poignant emotions lingering in it.
"What kind of scripture is this, and how strange this tone sounds. ”
Wu Tong's voice came from the headphones, he and Li Qinglian had always been connected to Zhu Jue's filming equipment, and the scene they saw when the plane landed just now made them marvel for a while, and regretted not coming with Zhu Jue.
"I heard Wu Jing say that it was a scripture of death...... It sounds like a scripture for the prayer of the dead, and it seems normal to have a strange tone. ”
Li Qinglian said on the side.
Zhu Jue didn't listen to the discussion between the two, he only felt that his state seemed to be a little strange now, and listening to the chanting, his heart inexplicably became a little calmer.
It's just that this calm is not like an ancient well without waves, but a little coercive, calm before the storm....... It makes people feel depressed and inexplicably depressed.
However, for Zhu Jue, who was wandering around with a mental breakdown all day long, this state did not affect him much, and he turned his gaze to the car window and distracted himself by looking at the scene on the street.
As the taxi traveled between the cities, the interior of Rongxia City finally appeared in front of Zhu Jue's eyes.
On the way from the airport, Zhu Jue could still see a lot of modern buildings, and when he arrived at an intersection, Zhu Jue found that something was different.
At the intersection stands a flag-shaped signboard about 5 meters high, topped by a red and green sleeping dragon, which displays the names of the surrounding roads in addition to the traffic lights.
Zhu Jue came from the airport in the south, and the intersection on the west side showed Rongxia New Town, which looked almost the same in the sky before, but now when he arrived in front of him, Zhu Jue found that the street over there was the same as Yecheng, most of the taxis were going there, and the people were dressed similarly to Yecheng, and there were two cheongsam beauties several meters high on both sides of the street through virtual projection to make a welcome pose.
The intersection on the north side shows the Rongxia tourist attraction, Zhu Jue looked sideways, and saw a large number of pavilions and pavilions and many things with the ancient culture of Southeast Asia, there are a lot of taxis going over there, and the people inside are also a little mixed, there are tourists wearing down jackets, wearing color light headphones, taking pictures on all sides, and there are also wearing robes and horse coats, which should be specially dressed by locals in order to match the ancient style here, as well as monks wearing monk robes, hanging cloth bags, holding a brass bell, and wearing a novice hat.
The vehicle turned right, and Zhu Jue entered the east - Rongxia Religious District.
There are few tourists from other places here, and there are a large number of people wearing cotton coats, horse coats and monk's robes, and occasionally you can see many pedestrians wearing cloth cloaks, and I don't know what the origin is.
The buildings here are older than the other two, and although the streets are lined with 100-meter-tall buildings and loft corridors in the air, they should have been existing buildings in terms of color and exterior decoration.
"We can only drive here, Wu Rui's residence is further inside, and no cars are allowed to enter there, which will disturb the monks of Qing Xiu...... Are you okay?"
Wu Jing stopped the car on the side of the bluestone paved street and said.
"I'm fine, I'm just blown away by what I saw. ”
Zhu Jue didn't understand why Wu Jing suddenly asked him if he was okay, so he could only reply casually.