After waiting for a stick of incense, I saw Chen Jiu appear at Donghua Gate with more than a hundred Dongchang eunuchs, Chen Jiu saw me and said, "Lord Lan, I'm sorry, it's a bit troublesome to gather people, so I've kept you waiting for a long time." ”

"Manager Chen, let's not be polite, I have already sent my family to fight the front station first, it's not early now, let's go."

Chen Jiu commanded the eunuchs to get on their horses, and our group marched out of the city.

Xiangshan is located in the western suburbs of the capital, more than 30 miles away from the capital, in addition to enjoying the maple, there is also one of the eight views of Yanjing, "West Mountain Clear Snow". Xiangshan has a long history, since the Jin Dynasty Ge Hong's Danjing, there are records. The emperors of Jin Shizong and Zhangzong of the Jin Dynasty built Xiangshan, and gave the name of the temple they built "Da Yong'an Temple", and Emperor Zhangzong also went to Xiangshan seven times to visit fortunately, leaving many relics such as Dream Spring. In the first year of Huangqing in the Yuan Dynasty (1312), Emperor Renzong gave 10,000 ingots to rebuild the Xiangshan Dayongan Temple, and renamed it "Ganlu Temple". In the second year of Wenzong Zhishun (1331), Yelu Alemi, a descendant of Yelu Chucai, founded Biyun Nunnery. Form "Eight Views of Xiangshan and Ten Views of Blue Clouds." ”

In the sixth year of Yingzong orthodoxy in the Ming Dynasty (1441), the eunuch Fan Hong invested more than 700,000 yuan, "donating the city materials, ordering the reconstruction, the palace, the pavilion, the corridor, the statue design, the new look, the regulation is magnificent, and it is a huge temple." The news is given to the Yong'an Temple. ”

Worried about the safety of the princess, we galloped all the way, and in less than half an hour, we saw the incense mountain like an incense burner in the distance. Xiangshan is 557 meters above sea level, there is a huge milk peak stone at the top of the highest peak, the shape is like an incense burner, at dawn and dusk, the clouds and mist are swirling, looking far away, just like the cigarette smoke in the furnace rises up, so it is called the incense burner mountain, referred to as Xiangshan. In ancient times, Xiangshan used to be an apricot blossom mountain, and the apricot blossoms bloom every spring, and the fragrance is overflowing, and now the mountain is full of maple trees, so in autumn, it is the first place to visit near the capital.

Our group came to the bottom of Xiangshan along the avenue, but saw a few horses tied to the trees below, it was Lao Liu and them, I came down and handed over the horses to Liu Lianjiang, and it happened that Chen Jiu also came over and said to me: "How about Brother Lan, your family members are not here." ”

"The horse is here, no one sees it, it is estimated that it has gone up the mountain, let's go up and have a look."

The eunuchs of the East Factory dismounted one after another, came to Chen Jiu's side and lined up, Chen Jiu began to arrange manpower, a total of more than 110 eunuchs, Chen Jiu arranged for ten people to dismount to guard the horses, and the way up the mountain, after the arrangement, we began to go up the mountain.

On the mountain road, go to a mountain gate not far away, after the mountain gate is Yong'an Temple, Yong'an Temple has a long history, according to records, there are two temples of Ji'an and Xiangshan in the Tang Dynasty. In 1186, the two temples were united, and Jinzhangzong gave the name "Great Yong'an Temple". The current Xiangshan Temple was rebuilt in the Yuan Dynasty and renamed "Ganlu Temple". The Ming Dynasty was rebuilt, called "Yong'an Temple".

When I arrived at the gate of the temple, there was no one at the door, the gate was closed, and the eunuch from Dongchang went up and knocked on the door. After a while, the door opened from the inside, and a small novice came out, and the little novice clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, may I ask the donor why he came to my temple." ”

"Little monk, we are here to find someone, quickly call your abbot, this is my family."

The little monk saw that it was from the government, so he was sloppy, and hurriedly said, "Later, I will ask the abbot of my family to come over." ”

After a while, the little monk came to the door with a monk in his fifties, fat head and big ears, and the monk said: "Amitabha, donors, the poor monk is the abbot of this temple, please ask the donor what is the matter here." ”

"Old monk, grinding and chirping, this is Lord Chen, the head of my family, and I haven't come to pay homage yet."

"Alright, don't scare the master." Chen Jiu said.

The abbot also saw that Chen Jiu was the person in charge, and hurriedly came over to salute: "The poor monk is empty, and I have seen Lord Chen." ”

"Excuse me, let me ask you, have you ever been here today?"

"My lord, we have a lot of people here every day, I don't know who Lord Chen is looking for."

"We're looking for two women, one in his teens, one in his twenties, and one in his twenties, have you seen them?"

"I've seen it, in the morning, there were so many people who came, but at noon they went up the mountain, and a few people came to find someone just now, what's going on today, my lord, why don't you come in first and sit down, the poor monk has homemade tea here."

"Forget it, let's go to the mountains and look for it."

The monk, seeing that we were leaving, showed a relieved expression, I was stunned, I didn't feel right, Lao Liu and they went, the monk never said, is there a problem here.

I stopped, came to the abbot and asked, "Abbot, where are the ones who came just now?" ”

"My lord, those people also went up the mountain and walked for a while."

"Okay, may I ask the abbot, are there any other tourists in your temple?"

"It's this time, and it's long gone. I don't know why adults ask. ”

"Abbot, since there is no one, your big temple, will it be the person we are looking for, who has gone the wrong way in your temple and got lost or something, or why don't we go in and find out." I asked the abbot aggressively.

"My lord, this is the Pure Land of Buddhism, it's not something you can come in casually, besides, how can you get lost here, our monks will look around."

Chen Jiu saw that the two of us were talking, and he also heard our conversation, so he came over and said, "Abbot, since you think it's okay, let our people check it, come on, go in fifty, check it around for me, you must look carefully." ”

I still wanted to stop it, but those eunuchs from Dongchang, who careless, swarmed into the temple, and said in a hurry: "Several adults, you are too unreasonable

Desecrate the holy places of Buddhism, and the Buddha will punish you. ”

"Abbot, what are you afraid of, don't you usually have a lot of pilgrims and tourists coming to this temple, don't you just treat us as tourists."

"You, you, are so reckless, I'm going to sue you."

"Bald donkey, you have so many problems there, there are not many people who can sue the head of our family." Chen Jiu's entourage, but also the fox fake tiger Wei's instructions that empty, I looked at the empty attitude, as if he felt that he was afraid of us entering the temple, I wondered if there was something wrong here, Xiangshan is not big, if the princess came to play, this temple would definitely come.

I pulled Chen Jiu aside and said to him: "Brother Chen, I see that this abbot is very suspicious, and has been blocking us from entering, if there is no ghost in his heart, how can he react so much, first control him, let him accompany us in, I think we have to focus on searching the temple, in addition, you send someone up the mountain to search, this mountain is not very high." We're going to be quick, and we'll be in trouble when it gets dark. ”

"Okay, Brother Lan is thoughtful, I'll arrange it now."

Chen Jiu divided the remaining eunuchs into four teams and searched in four directions, and there were still ten left, Chen Jiu arranged for them to guard, four to guard the gate, and six to accompany us to the temple, one was to protect us, and the other was to guard the abbot.

"Abbot, don't be angry, do you know who we're looking for?" I came to the abbot and said.

"No matter who you are, as long as you desecrate the holy place, you are guilty, and you are a sinner of my Buddhist family."

"Then let me tell you, what we are looking for is the princess, the abbot now you have to cooperate with us to find the princess, I will come to your temple with the guilt of Jing, and I will give you a thousand taels of silver."

As soon as he heard that he was looking for the princess, he didn't dare to be tough, and said with a smile: "A few adults, it's the old man who is presumptuous, I don't know that you are looking for the princess, and the old man must cooperate with the adults to find the princess." ”

"Well, abbot, how many monks and how many houses are there in your monastery?"

"There are a total of fifty-six monks in this temple, and there are one hundred and ninety-nine houses, I don't know why the adults are asking these things?"

"In this case, let's go to the Daxiong Treasure Hall now, you go and gather all the monks for me, I have something to say."

"Come in, gentlemen."

We entered the temple with the emptiness, this is the first time I stepped into the temple since leaving the Iron Buddha Temple, Yong'an Temple sits in the north and faces south, covers an area of 10,000 square meters, more than 160 meters long from north to south, 160 meters wide from east to west, there is the mountain gate of masonry imitation wood structure on the top of the mountain in front, and the stone book on the door of the single-arch coupon cave is "Yong'an Temple". There are bell and drum towers on the left and right in the mountain gate. The main hall is the Heavenly King Palace, the front hall, the Mahavira Hall and the back hall in turn. The major halls are hard mountain green glazed tile roofs, the momentum is majestic, and the ordinary temples are comparable. In front of the major halls, there are side halls built in the east and west. Behind the front hall, there is a north-facing stage, which is set up for the Buddhists to hold the ritual singing and worship the Buddha for the "Thousand Pan Meeting".

As far as the sky took us through the Heavenly King Palace, the front hall, and came to the back of the Daxiong Treasure Hall. In Buddhist monasteries, the main hall is the main hall, and there are also those called the main hall. The Daxiong Hall is the core building of the entire monastery, and it is also the place where monks concentrate on practicing in the morning and evening. The Mahavira Hall enshrines the Buddha statue of the Buddha Shakyamuni. Nobita is the virtue name of the Buddha. The main hall is splendid, there are still a few monks cleaning where, and there are also a few eunuchs from the East Factory looking around.

After summoning the few monks who were cleaning in the air, a few monks left the hall quickly, and I asked curiously: "Abbot, don't you have a bell here, why don't you ring the bell to gather." ”

"Adults don't know, at this time, you can't ring the bell, it's okay to have morning and evening classes, now is the time when you can't ring the bell, so I'll let them go separately to find it."

Chen Jiu and I were in the main hall, walking casually, Chen Jiu didn't have many opportunities to come to the temple, that is, he accompanied the emperor a few times, and he also served the emperor first, and he didn't have a chance to see it, so he asked me while walking. I also don't know much about the temple, we are only familiar with the allusions of our own religion and the statues of the gods worshipped, and we know a little about the Buddha statues in it, that is, about Shakyamuni.