Early the next morning, Zheng Lang got up.

The days are getting hotter and hotter day by day, and people are more comfortable when they get up a little early and leave early.

Originally, I wanted Uncle Sun and Zheng San to go back, because they wanted to go to Linjiang Temple to have a look, and they stayed for another day.

Third Uncle Lu carefully instructed the Yang brothers and Ding Sheng to bring short knives, if Zheng Lang's guess was correct, it would not be a holy place for Buddhism, but a big thief cave. I also have to go to the state government to ask a few officials for protection. Zheng Lang smiled and said, "Lu Sanlang, don't be so nervous. It's not necessarily true, it's true, they are just greedy and cheating, so bold? ”

Do you dare?

I didn't believe it, so I immediately went to the house of the six-headed tiger alone and asked them if they dared to harm themselves?

But he acquiesced in the Yang brothers and Ding Sheng to bring weapons over.

When I opened the door, there were many people standing outside the door, I didn't think about it yesterday, but I heard about it today, and the people nearby thought about it, but it was not this group of people who had just moved over. Otherwise, there are so many children and maids in that house?

Zheng Lang didn't know, and he would definitely be even more depressed if he knew.

However, Xinzhizhou's brave entry into Danyang Lake yesterday has already left a deep impression on the people of Taiping Prefecture.

Seeing Zheng Lang come out, he said hello one by one.

"I've seen the doctor."

"I've seen Zhizhou."

"I've seen the champion."

"I've seen Taishou."

There are several names.

Zheng Lang gave his hands one by one, strictly speaking, this is his future jurisdiction over the people, and he is not bored, it will be like this for a long time in the future, at least after a few months, everyone will become familiar with it, just like the people of Zhengjiazhuang, and they will not make a fuss.

It was gentle, small, and calm, and it made the people let out a burst of admiration, and then began to comment on several of his students.

said that Wang Anshi said the most, and yesterday Wang Yi beat Wang Anshi's little ass, leaving a deep impression on the bystanders. And he took the initiative to apprentice to Zheng Lang, and actually asked Zheng Lang to agree, and dragged Sima Guang, and later scolded Fan Wei twice, which is very legendary. There are a lot of discussions about Lu Gong's writings, Lu Xianggong's son, can you not get people's attention?

But Zheng Lang was a parent official, so he consciously got out of the way, let them come to Taipingkou and get on the boat. At this time, Dangtu County was not as it was later, it was still several kilometers away from the Yangtze River, and the city site was still the same city site, but the state city was on the Yangtze River.

Get on the boat, go up the river again, come to Zuotianmen Mountain, before you arrive, where it is not good to stop the boat, moor the boat in a gentle place upstream. Five teenagers, plus Third Uncle Lu, and four guards, walked towards Tianmen Mountain.

There is also a small polder, the area is not known geometrically, most of it is the temple property of Linjiang Temple, there are mulberry hemp planted in the high place, as well as some beans, and a small amount of vegetable garden.

There are a few villages scattered in fragments, the people are busy, some of the early rice has begun to be harvested, with dazzling rice, the growth is not very good, the main introduction from the city has not been long ago, the variety has not been further improved, but it is better not to pick the land, so there are many people who plant.

There are a small number of women in the village, spinning and weaving cloth on reeds.

Some women are twisting silkworm cocoons, and in the north they can only twist silkworm cocoons two or three times a year, but they can twist silkworm cocoons four or five times a year in Jiangnan, and they can twist seven or eight times in Lingnan. Thinking of Lingnan, Zheng Lang sighed a little. It's not as easy as later generations think, look at the hot and humid climate in Jiangnan today, Lingnan is afraid that the environment is even worse because of the lack of people.

From time to time, one or two unacquainted dogs in the village came out and barked, and they didn't know the top spot. A few roosters stood on the branches of the low trees and crowed, not wanting these villages to be mostly temple properties, but also a quiet idyllic scenery.

Slowly walk to the foot of the left Tianmen Mountain, under the mountain is the Daxiong Treasure Palace, built for a long time, and later after seeking the life of Guanyin, the income of Linjiang Temple increased, and Zhishan spent a lot of money to renovate it again.

The momentum is very grand, about ten zhang high, the red wall, the yellow glazed tile, across a green and straight bamboo forest, can be seen from afar.

"What a majestic hall," Lu Gong wrote.

Divided into two, the situation in the temple is not clear at the moment, but this Daxiong Treasure Hall is indeed magnificent.

Zheng Lang said: "The Buddha also needs to be packaged, otherwise where will it attract so many pilgrims?" ”

The word packaging is relatively new, but it is not difficult to understand, and the four little meditated for a while, and laughed knowingly.

At the door is a long couplet: self-surnamed, pure, Dharmakaya, all sentient beings have the same wonderful appearance of detachment, solemn Buddhas, unique evidence.

Zheng Lang looked at this couplet, and a hint of sarcasm flashed at the corner of his mouth, but he was wronged. The couplets have nothing to do with Zhishan, they have existed for a long time, and the original couplets even fell off the lacquer, so they were later reframed at the expense, so they look like they are new.

Entering the temple door, it is a statue of Shakyamuni Buddha several zhang high, the left hand is placed horizontally on the left foot, called the seal, the right hand hangs straight, called touching the ground, this is the knot and sits down. On both sides are ten Arhats, and behind them were originally three statues of scholars, but let Zhishan change it to an island Guanyin statue.

Donated some money, not much, but necessary, took out a handful of incense from the little monk's hand and put it in the incense burner to light it.

It was a hot day, and the farming was busy, and there were not many pilgrims in the main hall. However, there are some tourists, including some scribes, who are ready to climb to the top of the mountain to see the river view. And the Dharma Boundless Wheel of Dharma, which is also one of the attractions they want to see.

One of the scribes looked at their line, and the more he looked at it, the more puzzled he became, and finally came over and asked, "May I ask if your Excellency is Zheng Zhuangyuan of the new Zhizhou of Taiping Prefecture?" ”

"Exactly."

"I've seen Zheng Zhuangyuan," several scribes immediately bent down, admiring the name for a long time, if they are not young, they are younger than themselves, they can't be admired, there is nothing to blame in the three yuans, and they want to cultivate Confucianism, and they have done so many things.

The little monk on the side widened his eyes when he heard this, and then ran to the back.

Zheng Lang saw it, didn't make a sound, and gossiped with these scribes without a word, and walked to the back. There is a big hall in the back, this hall is all newly built after Zhishan, as the second hall, the middle is Shakyamuni Buddha, on the left is the pure glazed world medicine master glazed light Buddha, on the right is the Amitabha Buddha in the Western Elysium. There are two statues of Bodhisattvas on the side of the three Buddhas, and next to Shakyamuni Buddha are Manjushri Bodhisattva and Puxian Bodhisattva. Next to the Medicine Buddha are the Bodhisattva of Light and the Bodhisattva of Moonlight. Next to Amitabha Buddha is Guanyin Bodhisattva and Dashi Zhi Bodhisattva.

Compared with the Buddha statues in the previous Daxiong Treasure Hall, the nine Buddha statues in the second hall in the back are all extravagant, not only all of them are gilded, but also equipped with glass, Nanzhu, Huabiao, colorful, and decorated with a small amount of pearls and jade. The golden light is shining and the extravagance is compelling.

If it weren't for the presence of outsiders, Zheng Lang would say again: "It's good to have money." ”

Continue to walk inside, through an archway, obliquely grow some green bamboo, in the middle is a release pond, the water is very clear, in which there are a few small turtles crawling, and many copper coins thrown into by pilgrims, there is a rockery in the middle of the pool, the edge of the rockery is covered with moss, proving that it has existed for a long time.

Continuing to walk back, he was greeted by several big monks who walked down from the mountain, met him, and said, "But Lord Zheng?" ”

"Yes."

"I have seen Master Zheng, the poor monk is the abbot who knows goodness."

"I was looking for you."

"Please."

Take him to the mountain, which is near the foot of the mountain, and go up the mountain becomes steeper, and it is not easy to repair the buildings. On the mountain, build a few rows of Zen courtyards, white walls and green tiles, surrounded by pine and cypress, there are some secluded bamboos in the courtyard, from time to time there are mountain birds chirping, the environment is also very quiet.

Brought to the back row of meditation rooms, sat down, Zhishan asked a disciple with clear eyebrows to make tea, Zheng Lang Heshi said, "Thank you." ”

"I don't know if Master Zheng has something to do with finding a poor monk?"

Looking at this big monk, in his forties, he was fat and fat, and his appearance was not very evil. Coupled with his solemn and solemn appearance, he has the demeanor of a monk. Zheng Lang dropped his distracting thoughts and said: "Several mothers in my family love Buddhism, and they have been affected by it since childhood. ”

Wrong, he believes in Confucianism, not Buddhism, otherwise he wouldn't have made slanderous remarks outside just now. But there are not many people who know the inside story, and it is true that the eldest mother believes in Buddhism, and many people have heard about it. Zheng Lang didn't lie, as for being affected by something, it was very vague, what did it prove?

The purpose of saying this is to lower the vigilance of this great monk.

"The poor monk has also heard of several mothers of Zheng Shizhu, Amitabha Buddha, this is a matter of creation. If Zheng Shi mainly looks, the poor monk will take Zheng Shi over to have a look. ”

"Don't worry, I have another thing, the little lady of the Gao family fell to her death, the Gao family was not satisfied, so the people of the two counties have clashed many times, one state is Taiping Prefecture, and the other state is Jiangning Mansion, which is not easy to deal with. Yesterday, I came to Danyang Lake to have a look, but I didn't expect to encounter this incident again. In order to calm the conflict, I made a promise to take over the case again. However, Wang Zhizhou took over the case of the six brothers of the Zhang family, and the case has not yet been concluded, so the official has not yet taken office. So I came over and took a look. ”

"Amitabha, sin and sin, the poor monk has prepared to close the monastery many times, but the pilgrims have begged hard, closed it, opened and closed. When will this sin be over? ”

"Take me over to see the temple first."

What the Falun is, put it aside.

"Okay, Master Zheng, come with me."

Falun Temple is also newly repaired not long ago, on the edge of the Zen Temple, but did not go in, directly up the mountain, halfway up is a small temple, hit the bell temple. Further up, the mountain becomes steeper, but there are stone steps that lead to the top.

The time is almost July, there are some colorful wildflowers blooming on the mountain, a clear mountain stream flows down from the top of the mountain, the mountain road is very quiet, and when encountering a large drop in the mountain stream, you can clearly hear the crisp sound of "ding dong" when the mountain spring falls steeply.

Walking through the bell temple, a stone path leads to the top of the mountain, and a stone path leads to the side of the mountain, not far away, you can see a red wall, the red wall is very tall, and you can only see the roof of the Zen temple inside. A large vermilion iron door was ajar, and with their backs to them, it was also impossible to see inside.

Zheng Lang raised his head again and looked at the mountain. In addition to the front of the mountain, when you arrive at the Zen Temple, it is already the side and the back, the mountain is very steep, almost forming a cliff, people can not climb up and down at all, as Wang Zhizhou said, no one from above has the ability to slide down, that is not a slide, it is a dead end.

He asked, "Abbot, why did you think of setting up this temple here?" ”

"The poor monk just came to this temple, often heard some female benefactors chanting in front of the Buddha, after asking for the son, when the poor monk is young, not sensible, not to know that this is karma also, the previous life to do the bad karma, this karma to repay. The poor monk was disgusted and begged the abbot at that time to repair a temple and return the wishes of these female benefactors. The abbot was not very happy, I was more forceful, and there were many places under the mountain, and I went out of the Daxiong Treasure Palace. The mountain is treacherous, only there is a platform here, go in immediately, and Master Zheng will know. So at this platform, a small hall and three small meditation rooms were built to meet the wishes of some female donors. Some female donors have their wishes fulfilled, this is a minority, how heavy is the karmic retribution, so there is one by one? However, after the word spreads, there are many people who come to ask for children, and the occasional wish is even more magical. Speaking of this, he said: "Amitabha, sins and sins, but the terrain is too evil, and several things have happened one after another." The predecessor He Zhizhou came to persuade him, and the poor monk also obeyed, and invited Guanyin, a son of the child, to the west of the bamboo forest. ”

Pointing to the foot of the mountain, both sides of the Daxiong Treasure Hall are vigorous bamboo forests, did not see, standing on the mountainside at this time, see very clearly, there is a small temple in the west of the bamboo forest, two rows of meditation rooms behind. Zhishan said again: "But after moving there, no one made their wish. At the invitation of all the good women, I had to open the temple again. The poor monk had already become an abbot at that time, so he spent a lot of money to build some iron pillars and chains, just in case. But soon after the accident, in desperation, I asked someone to strengthen the chain again, this time it was safe for a few years, and the little lady of the former Gao family had an accident again. Amitabha, sins and sins. ”

When he came to the door, Zhishan didn't go in, and said: "There is a female benefactor inside, who just lived in yesterday, saying that she came from Jiangning Mansion deliberately, and the poor monk refused to agree, and begged hard, Amitabha." ”

Saying that, he knocked lightly on the door and said, "The female benefactor inside is here, and she asks to see her." ”

The iron door squeaked open, and three women came out of it, the young woman combed the common Chaotian bun of the Song people, her hair was pulled up five or six inches high, which was also the standard height, and some women could be pulled up two feet high, which also made Zheng Lang speechless. The bun is decorated with some golden jade hairpins, and she wears a pink pomegranate skirt made of silk around her. Just look at the dress, the family background is very rich, and the appearance is also very feminine. There is also a girl, combed in a double bun, tied with a white gauze skirt, combed with a double Luo bun, not very old, sixteen or seventeen years old, a small round face, blown to the brumble, white complexion, not very old, but Shuangfeng proud, compared to the mature sister, the appearance is not inferior to half a point, the eyes are also very smart, is staring at everyone with a pair of big black eyes. In addition, there is a little maid in the back.

Zhishan Heshi said: "Mrs. Wei, Mrs. Wei, the new Zhizhou of Taiping Prefecture came to take a look at the Zen Temple, and I would be disturbed." ”

Da Wei Niangzi, Xiao Wei Niangzi's eyes immediately flashed, Xiao Wei Niangzi covered her small mouth with her hand in surprise, and then stared at Zheng Lang. Da Wei Niangzi reacted quickly, walked over and asked, "But it's the champion." ”

"Exactly."

"Please come in."

Brought in, Zhishan stood outside the door in order to avoid suspicion.

There are three rooms, one is a small hall, and incense is burning in it, which is about the Wei family sisters, and the other two are the rooms of the female dependents. Zheng Lang didn't go in, and said to the three curious women, "You guys avoid it." ”

"Wow," the three women entered.

Zheng Lang raised his head to see, it turned out that this was a platform, the area was still very small, when Zhishan built this courtyard, he invited craftsmen to use scaffolding to cut off a section of the mountain wall to expand the space. Originally, the mountain wall here was very steep, but this cut is even steeper, and the three houses are built against the mountain wall.

The outside space is not very large, only a dozen square meters, there are more than a dozen iron pillars on the edge of the cliff, the craftsman is attentive, the iron pillars are not only thick, but also very deep, Zheng Lang tried to push it, but did not push. Ding Yi came over to push, but he didn't push.

There are many iron chains twisted on the iron pillar, and the outside is the big river hanging in the air, the river water is here, and the two mountains are sandwiched, and it is very turbulent.

Zheng Lang asked, "Can you come down from above?" ”

If you want to solve the case, you have to arrest people, capture them alive on the spot, where do people ambush? You can't lie in ambush on the mountain road, you are not blind, what will you do when you see where the officials are standing?

People either lay in ambush in the mountains or crept up from below. It's impossible below, only the way above can think of a way.

Ding Yi shook his head: "No, those who can climb the mountain here, there is only one road in the Daxiong Treasure Palace, when there are many tourists, they live in the middle, and there are three or two people in the temple, and the monks in the temple may not pay attention." Although it is steep, you can slide it down with a rope. But it takes a long rope of dozens of zhang, and if you hold it in your hand, the monks will definitely see it. That's the difficulty. ”

Suddenly, Ding Yi's eyes lit up, and he shook the iron pillar with his hand, but he shook his head again, if it was a false alarm, it would definitely make people laugh. If it's true, you can't find a few yellow flower girls to spoil them, even if you find a few girls to come over and spread it, it will also affect the reputation of the champion.

Zheng Lang paced a few steps, and Wang Anshi said, "Why don't they cast this iron pillar higher." ”

It is impossible to build the wall, in fact, when the iron pillar is cast, it is cast higher, and the iron chain is pulled into a net, and people will not stumble and fall.

Zheng Lang smiled, there is no possibility for people to stumble, what should these great monks do?

But Wang Anshi's words reminded him of a person, and his mind had been decided. Then he turned his head to look at the two houses, and the girl was sticking her head out, looking at her sneakily. smiled again and said: "Little lady, don't hide it, a little lady fell here some time ago, fell into the river, and there are no bones." I'm here to investigate this case, so can you let me go in and take a look? ”

The little girl hesitated, muttered a few words to her sister, and then said, "Doctor Zheng, wait a minute. ”

There were some of the woman's private belongings inside, which had to be cleaned up, and after a while, the girl said, "Please come in." ”

Walking in, the two houses were almost in the same form, a bed, some simple furniture, and an incense niche, nothing else, or some cabinets and luggage brought by the third daughter. However, in order to prevent the number of people from living, the bed is very large and can be squeezed.

At this time, Zheng Lang already knew in his heart. said: "Two little ladies, this case almost caused a major dispute, and this place is going to be closed soon, so you better go back." ”

"Why?" The young woman asked unwillingly. She had also heard of several cases in the past, all of which were accidentally stumbling and falling, but instead let the abbot in the temple keep a tight guard, and she spent a lot of money to donate incense to be able to live in.

Zheng Lang didn't know about some cases, but Linjiang Temple was famous, and he heard a lot of things, Zheng Lang saw the hesitation on the young woman's face, knew her thoughts, and said: "If the lady Wei wants to ask for a son, come in three months, if the abbot does not agree, I will beg for you, but this matter is related to the grievances of hundreds of fishermen in the two counties, and it was not easy to persuade it to be solved yesterday, and the reason why it can be persuaded to solve it is also one of the conditions." ”

Sima Guang was a little anxious, the teacher said good things, now you are safe, but your appearance is more attractive than a roasted lamb, in two days, you will be sure to eat no bones! Said: "You don't believe the words of the champion? ”

Zheng Lang had already walked out and said directly to Zhishan: "Abbot, the matter of the little lady of the Gao family has caused many things, and when I mediated yesterday, I promised to take over the case. At least give them a superficial explanation, so I'll ask you to seal this house off. ”

"Closed hospital?"

"Didn't you say many times that you wanted to close the hospital? The official does not want to close the hospital for a long time, after a month or two, when the official has handled the affairs of the two families, you will reopen the hospital again to reduce disputes. At the same time, the key will be handed over to the official for safekeeping, and if a female benefactor comes to beg, you can use it as an excuse. If you don't agree, hundreds of families will clash over this and take several lives, so the official has no choice but to order that your temple be sealed off and ruled by Qingjing! ”

If you don't agree, you have to agree.

Don't say anything extraordinary, and don't try to press me.

Zhishan agreed with some displeasure.

There is no way, Guanda. Just like a few years ago, He Zhizhou oppressed him and had to move his son Guanyin to the bottom of the mountain.

With three women, holding the key in their hands, they walked down the mountain, and Zheng Lang said to Zhishan again: "Take me to the view wheel." ”

The door was also locked, and Zheng Lang asked, "Why did you lock it?" ”

"Master Zheng, you can see when you go in."

The door was opened, and the three women followed suit, carrying their luggage. In the temple is a statue of Shakyamuni Buddha, but the bottom is hollowed out into a lotus shape, and the inside of the big Buddha can be seen, Zheng Lang asked: "Why hollow out?" ”

"The Buddhist house will eventually be empty. Master Zheng, look at the wheel again, and then know why it is locked. ”

Zheng Lang looked at it, except for the hollow part, the Buddha statue is surrounded by a gold-plated ** wheel on the shoulder, and the front end is located on the index finger of the Buddha statue, forming two fulcrums. In this way, the center of gravity is forward, so part of the Dharma wheel is trapped in the back and inside of the Buddha statue. The structure is very exquisite, and there is also a fulcrum at the back, which just forms a triangle to hold up the Falun. The Falun drooped forward slightly, and the Buddha's body stuck the Falun and would not let it continue to slide forward. But the latter fulcrum is not obvious, the gap is tight, and if you don't look closely, you can't see the existence of the gap. Moreover, this part of the golden wheel that falls into the Buddha's body also plays a visual role when it rotates, as if the Dharma wheel rotates out of the Buddha's body, which makes believers worship.

That is, the principle of mechanics, only three points, the resistance will be small, easy to rotate, but the three points are forced, the time is long, and the three points will gradually be smoothed out. Therefore, knowing goodness does not let it turn often, reducing wear and tear.

However, a new problem arises, how does it turn, you can't chant the Buddha, you turn it on its own. Or someone pushes, this is hollow out, someone inside pushes, you must see it, and no one pushes outside. Or the mechanics, and I don't see any gears. Or the wind blows, even less likely, is indoors, how the wind blows it. Besides, it is possible for such a big Falun to receive a hundred catties, what kind of wind can blow it?

So he asked curiously, "How does it turn?" ”