Chapter 127: The Four Heavenly Kings

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Longhua Temple is one of the oldest and largest ancient temples in the south of the Yangtze River, it has a history of more than 17oo years, the halls and pavilions in the temple are mostly the buildings of Tongzhi and Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, and maintain the format of the Song Dynasty Jialan Seven Hall System.

The temple is 194 meters long along the central axis, and there are six halls in turn, including the Maitreya Hall, the Tianwang Hall, the Daxiong Treasure Hall, the Three Temples, the Abbot's Room and the Tibetan Scripture Building.

Longhua Temple is different from other temples to worship Maitreya Buddha first, because Longhua Temple is Maitreya's human dojo, and legend has it that after the Buddha designated Maitreya as the successor of the Buddha, he had let Maitreya go to Taishang Laojun's Tushi day to practice, so Longhua Temple is also called "Tushi in the world".

The reason why Longhua Temple was chosen as a foothold is because Yang Meng came from the east to the lama in the battle, and had a lot of understanding of the Buddhist martial arts of Buddhism Tantra, and wanted to figure out one or two from these classics, rather than going to Jing'an Temple, which is famous for Shingon Tantra, because the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion of Longhua Temple is larger and more comprehensive, collecting various versions of the Tripitaka, Buddhist scriptures and various precious cultural relics.

This Longhua Temple's "Three Treasures of the Town Temple" refers to the 718 letters of the Tripitaka given by the Ming Dynasty during the Wanli period, a Buddha of Fan Jin Qianye Baolian and a golden jade seal given by the Emperor, if it were not for our early membership in Longhua Temple, it is difficult for ordinary pilgrims to see the true face of these three treasures. ”

Yang Meng and Ruoli smiled together, looking at Wang Yaqiao, who was more and more capable, and couldn't help but admire, "You are now handling so much information and affairs every day, and you still have time to study these monuments and cultures, no wonder you are getting more and more progressive, and you can think of exhibiting members in the temple." You're already more open-minded than I am......"

Wang Yaqiao smiled, and did not deliberately be modest and polite, with Yang Meng, he felt that there was no need, "On the bell tower on the side of the palace of the king of heaven, there is a bronze bell of the green dragon cast in the 2o year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, which is about two meters high and weighs more than 5 tons, and is now rated as one of the "eight views of Shanghai" Longhua Evening Bell ", the Longhua temple fair on the third day of March of the lunar calendar every year. More than 100,000 people came to worship the Buddha and burn incense. I thought about such a great opportunity and temple, wouldn't it be a waste if I didn't take advantage of it......"

"Haha, you've thought about it very well, and it's all under your control if you want to come to the academy......"

In the middle of the Hall of the Heavenly King. Enshrined in the true form of Maitreya Bodhisattva who practiced in Tushitian. Wearing a crown of five Buddhas. Pei Yingluo, with a solemn and kind face, has the virtue of five wisdoms. Known as the Heavenly Crown Maitreya, Yang Meng spoke lightly while carefully examining this rare statue of Maitreya Bodhisattva.

Behind the chubby Maitreya, there is the Buddhist protector god Vedas, the so-called "standing in the sky and the earth with a golden pestle, willing to help the wheel for Longhua", and on the east and west sides of Maitreya, there are four protector kings.

"These four heavenly kings, according to the legend, are among the thirty-six heavens, the lowest level of heaven, and also the closest layer of heaven to the world, is the four protectors of the four heavenly kings of the east, the growth of the south, the wide eyes of the west and the north of the world, according to the Buddhist scriptures, the four heavenly kings live in the Gandhara Mountain on the side of the Sumeru Mountain, each leading the eight gods and generals, guarding the spiritual mountain of the Buddha country, prohibiting a mortal who does not have the true Dharma from going up the mountain to worship the Buddha......"

After watching it for a while, Yang suddenly pointed to the four protector kings who symbolized the four worlds, and told Ruoli and Wang Yaqiao about the posts he had seen on the Internet in his previous life, but as he spoke, he thought of the eighteen Tibetan secret mudras that he had cultivated in the east, and then linked the legends in Buddhism with the practice of martial arts.

"In my eyes, only the person who holds the strength to become a Dan can be regarded as breaking the vacuum of the Quartet and finally seeing the truth as it is, you look at the Buddha weapon held in the hands of the Four Heavenly Kings, before the Song Dynasty, it was originally a sword and a rope fork, but with the evolution and inheritance of Buddhism, it has now become a white jade pipa, a Qingfeng sword, a red fire dragon and a jade umbrella......"

Wang Yaqiao looked at the Four Heavenly Kings wearing white, blue, red, and green armor, and saluted one by one with his hands folded, "What the dean means is that these four altered Buddhist artifacts are probably symbolizing the four shortcuts to Lingshan, but it is only because future generations are afraid of breaking the inheritance that these four meanings are integrated into the Four Heavenly Kings?" ”

Yang Meng looked at Wang Yaqiao who was standing in front of the Growth Heavenly King with some surprise, and suddenly laughed, "I don't know if this conjecture is correct, but since you have been standing under this sword unintentionally, I am afraid that your future path of enlightenment will not be able to escape from this bloody battle......

Ruoli looked at Yang Meng casually teasing, and felt extremely unbelievable, but when she looked up and saw the face of the Heavenly King of Holding the Country with a pipa in her hand and wearing white jade armor, she didn't realize that she saw a trace of kindness and tranquility from the fierce and vicious face, "If according to what you said, I am destined to be with this Heavenly King who crosses people with Zen sounds, but in the end, is it fate, or is it because I have freely learned musical instruments such as the guqin, so as to arouse the resonance in my heart?" ”

Yang Meng nodded, and said ramblingly: "I don't believe in these gods and ghosts, but since the day I opened my mind at the age of fifteen, I feel that there is really a destined opportunity in the dark, you have learned a musical instrument, you should start from the word 'sound' to find your way forward, and I wanted to be alone in this life, but I don't want to guard something by chance, and I am from the north, maybe my road to holding Dan is really with this Duowen Heavenly King some inexplicable origin or connection......"

While speaking, the three of them unconsciously had walked to the Three Temples, Wang Yaqiao watched Ruoli kneel in front of the Bodhisattva and pray for blessings, and then said to Yang Meng in a low voice: "After the 'hatred of religion' action, the foreigners reacted very much to Wang Anzhi's death, and now the British and French warships have been waiting on Poyang Lake......

Yang Meng looked at Ruoli kneeling in the sunlight in the hall with squinted eyes, and sighed in his heart, "What about Jiang Zhaotang?" ”

"According to the news that the time moved back, he died the day before yesterday due to ineffective medical treatment for his injuries......"

Seeing that Yang Meng's expression was a little gloomy, Wang Yaqiao thought for a while and then continued: "According to your instructions, the officials and gentry in Nanchang unanimously asked Hu Tinggan to ask both Chinese and foreign parties to conduct an autopsy on Jiang Zhaotang's body. ”

Yang Meng sat in front of the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva, silent for a while, and then said to Wang Yaqiao: "Yaqiao, do you know why I asked all the agents and even officers to learn the national arts? ”

"Strengthen yourself to save the country, kill the enemy and resist the ocean!"

Yang Meng: "It is said that in this era of rampant guns. The national art will inevitably decline on the frontal battlefield, but in many battlefields behind enemy lines and even in the dark night, the national art can still play a huge role, often an assassination or a vital piece of information, can save thousands of lives, maybe this role is not as obvious as I said today, but in the troubled times in the future, it will play an unimaginable role! ”

Wang Yaqiao nodded and said sincerely: "Yaqiao understands, for example, this time in Nanchang. There is no secret protection from Uncle Huo Diange. Maybe Jiang Zhaotang would not be able to hand over the first-hand evidence to us, and without the thousands of miles of national arts students, he would not be able to send things back to Shanghai and even the capital from the blockade of Britain and France......"

Yang Meng turned his head. Stood up gently. patted Wang Yaqiao on the shoulder. "I originally wanted to teach you the kung fu after the dark energy, but your foundation is a little weak, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to become a generation of grandmasters. But Guoshu is a double-edged weapon, and it is definitely not only used for killing......"

Wang Yaqiao looked at Yang Meng quietly, but Yang Meng suddenly stopped and didn't speak, and after walking out of the Three Holy Temples, he respoke outside the hall, "Master competition, life and death are only in an instant, your mental reaction is the best choice, but the body's reaction is a little sluggish, so it is better to use your mind on special services and intelligence." ”

After walking more than 20 meters, seeing that he was about to step into the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, Yang Meng said again: "Sometimes it seems that a small thing or a piece of information can awaken the blood in the hearts of the Chinese people more than killing a hundred enemies on the frontal battlefield......

Fourteen days later, on March 17, 19o6, the Shanghai Times published a photograph of Jiang Zhaotang after his assassination, along with some handwriting.

Twenty-nine days later, on March 29, 19o6, Beijing's Jinghua Daily, No. 57O, published a close-up photo of Jiang Zhaotang's body above the neck with blurred flesh and blood, which was considered the first time that a Chinese newspaper had published a news photo.

At the same time, the Shanghai "Times" began to report on Jiang Ling's murder in April, exposing the murderous features of Wang An's murder, and in mid-May, the newspaper published a photograph of Jiang Zhaotang's handwriting.

On the photo that occupies half of the page, you can clearly see the words written by Jiang Zhaotang, "It actually forced me to kill myself, I am afraid of pain, and I will not die." He has three people, two wrists, one on the neck and two cuts", and another row of small word clouds: "It hurts twice, and I know that I will be cut twice, and there is no proof that I want to die." With indisputable facts, the lie of the so-called suicide of the Jiang family was exposed, and the truth about Wang Anzhi's killing of Jiang Zhaotang in Nanchang County was revealed.

Lu Ban, the French minister in Beijing, sent Duan Gui, a third-class counselor, as a representative, and Liang Dunyan, a direct subordinate to the Tianjin Customs Department appointed by the Qing court, to Nanchang to investigate and deal with the case.

In the face of the ironclad evidence of the media and the unreasonable demands of the foreigners, the Qing government still humiliated and flattered the foreign people and completely submitted to the mercy of imperialism, not only arresting 70 or 80 people who were "making trouble" with the masses, but also correcting Gong Dong and six others, imprisoning 13 people, and punishing 12 people for hard labor.

On June 2o, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Qing Dynasty came forward and signed the "Nanchang Teaching Case Aftermath Contract" with the French minister, paying 450,000 taels of silver to settle the matter, and set the following words: "On the 29th day of the first month of this year, Jiang Zhaotang, the magistrate of Nanchang County, went to the Catholic Church to discuss the old case with the priest Wang Anzhi, and the mutual disagreement led to Jiang Ling's indignation.

It was because of the act of the decree that it was self-defeating, and it was rumored that there was a riot on the 3rd day of the first month of February, and the Chinese state has punished the guilty." Jiang Zhaotang, who sacrificed his life for the country by relieving the chaos and saving the people and protecting the people, suffered a strange injustice.

After a series of decrees and measures that made the people feel cold, not only the people in the country were in an uproar, but even the gentry and landlord class, who originally had a glimmer of illusion and hope for the Qing court, finally gradually died of this incomprehensible weakness.

It's not terrible to fight, it's terrible that you don't even have the courage to fight.

After a few days, the people of Jiangxi gradually spread the rumor that Jiang Zhaotang had heard a lot about the birth of the king of heaven, saying that he was relieved by the charm and the soldiers to return to the Buddha country because of his protection of the people, and the Qing court had decayed to the root, and there was no possibility of reviving, and even the four heavenly kings of Buddhism were abandoned one by one...... (To be continued!)

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