Since entering this Wuchang country, this Wang Xuance and others have enjoyed very high courtesy. Not only in Wangcheng, but also in the following prefectures, counties and county capitals, I heard that they were envoys of the Tang Dynasty, so they were naturally very courteous.

After a lot of observation in these days, they also deeply experienced the many relics of this Wuchang Buddha. Through this ruin, gently recalling the traces of history, I not only feel the prosperity and prosperity of Buddhism here, but also the emotion of the rise and fall of history and the impermanence of the cycle of the world. On this day, it was another sunny morning, the sky was blue, the clouds were white, the green trees, and the birds complemented each other.

I saw that this week, I pushed open the door of the post house, looked back at the beautiful sky, stretched my waist, and said to them in the room: "Big brother, it's a good day, where are we going?" ”

"This forbearance and humiliation immortal and Apollo Dragon Spring, we have also seen it, today, just by the way, we will go to this small stone ridge Buddha Shadow Cave to have a look." Wang Xuance replied to his words while packing up this thing.

"Okay, then I'll give an explanation to my brothers," Zhou Zeng said, and turned to leave......

When Zeng went to the brothers' room this week, he casually explained today's itinerary to the brothers. At this time, seeing that the time was still early, he stepped out of the gate of this post house. The moment he walked out of the door of this post house quite leisurely. Suddenly, a beggar, dressed in rags, with a broken bowl and a cane, turned his head and pretended not to see him, and walked past him......

Suddenly, he found that this back was so familiar, so he didn't have to think about it, so he hurried up to meet it, took the beggar by the shoulder with one hand, turned it around, and saw that it was not a familiar face in his heart.

Seeing this beggar, he was suddenly startled, stunned, and when he saw this big man, he hurriedly changed his smiling face: "Master, is there something wrong?" With that, he lifted the broken bowl in front of him......

Zhou Zeng looked at it, and then said with a smiling face: "I'm sorry, I recognized the wrong person" casually, and threw him a coin with the smallest local denomination. The beggar smiled happily and left......

After he pondered this matter carefully, he inadvertently raised his head again, but found that in the distance, there seemed to be someone staring at him, only to see the figure staring at him behind the wall, and suddenly saw him raise his head, so he shrank back, and then turned to leave......

This scene made Zhou Zeng very strange, what was going on. Why do you often encounter this situation along the way? Forget it, I can't care so much, so I shook my head and walked back to the inn. It happened that Chen Maocai also packed up his things and walked out of the post house, looking at Zhou Zeng's preoccupied appearance, he opened his mouth and asked, "You big fool, what's wrong?" ”

"You're a big fool" When he wanted to reason with him again, after thinking about it, he changed his tone and said to Chen Maocai seriously: "How do I feel about this paragraph, someone is always spying on us secretly?" ”

Hearing him say this, Chen Maocai seemed to feel something, but he really couldn't find any evidence, so he also said to him in a dignified manner: "This paragraph, I also found this situation, no matter where I go, it seems that there is always a pair of eyes looking at us."

"You guys, you also think too much, in this foreign country, the faces of our group of Tang people are not different from them at all, can you not let people look at them? Pack up and go. This Wang Xuance held the Qingyu Sword in his hand, and walked out of the post house as they discussed.

Hearing him say this, the two of them could not say anything, but they felt that he was right, after all, among the nations, they were very familiar with every king, and who else would dare to harm them. So, he beckoned his brothers and continued to hurry forward to see the Buddha Shadow Cave......

Along the spacious and straight official road, a group of about 30 people set off from the post house in a light car. Out of the city gate directly south of the city, and walk twenty miles to the southwest, which is the place that needs to be observed today---- Xiaoshiling

Because the country of Wuchang is mountainous, and the capital of this country, the city of Bishali, happened to be built on a flat land, surrounded by high mountains. This small stone ridge is the choke point in the southwest of it, so the geographical location is very important, plus over the years, Buddhism has withered here, and in order to reduce the harassment of the people to the defense army, so in the Buddhist temple of this small stone ridge, there are only a few old monks as left, if the people do not get permission, it is difficult to come to this small stone ridge. Wang Xuance and the others' observation was specially allowed by the king of Wuchang State, so there were no such restrictions.

At the foot of this small stone ridge, under Wang Xuance's signal, Chen Maocai immediately took out the passage document signed and approved by the king. As soon as the guards saw that they were envoys from the Tang Dynasty, they immediately let them into this small stone ridge.

Seeing such a smooth pass, Zhou Zeng was also quite happy, so while riding his horse to the mountain, he said to them quite mischievously: "I heard that the Buddha shadow in this Buddha Shadow Cave is not something that anyone can see, you all guess, can we see this Buddha shadow this time?" ”

"Yes, we are not far away, from Datang all the way to eat and sleep, just to worship the Buddha and pay respects, I think the Buddha will definitely take care of us" Xiao Liu took the lead in answering with a smile.

"As long as you kid can, what if, the Buddha feels that you are a wicked person and doesn't let you see it alone" Zhou Zeng couldn't help but snort at him.

"Cut, it's better than evil, how can I have a senior brother so fierce and vicious" Xiao Liu's casual remark instantly amused everyone......

"All of this is determined by heaven, not for you and me to decide, I just hope that this Buddha can feel our sincere heart and give everyone a surprise" Chen Maocai also said with his words......

Along the crisp mountain forest, accompanied by the tinkling of spring water, feel the caress of the breeze and bathe in the warm sunshine; It didn't take long to reach the top of this small stone ridge. The altitude of this small stone ridge is not too high, about 100 zhang.

On top of this hill there is a huge flat land, and of course, the Buddha Shadow Temple that is viewed today was built on this flat land. I saw that this Buddhist temple is quite unique, it is different from the Buddhist temples of the Tang Dynasty that are built of bricks and wood, and it is also different from most of the Buddhist temples in the five India that are mainly based on the Ashoka Pagoda. This Buddha Shadow Temple, looking from afar, is not only tall, but also has many pavilions. And the local materials are piled up from the stones on the top of this mountain. The houses are also ordinary dwelling style, only outside this mountain gate, the three Sanskrit gilt characters of the Buddha Shadow Temple, accompanied by the tall and thick pines and cypresses in front of the door, and the courtyard wall surrounded by stones, appear unique and unique.

The compiler said: Xiaoshiling, an important military town of Wuchang recorded in the records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty, is generally not open to civilians, but there is a Buddha Shadow Cave on it which is very famous, so there is this section ~

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