Chapter 14: The Second Possibility
Although I have never been here, I have heard that Daishangkokuji Temple has always been called a royal temple, and it was only after coming here at night today that I realized that the legendary Daexiangkokuji Temple is indeed worthy of its name.
After entering here, the spring pavilion leads us to watch back and forth in this great Xiangguo Temple, although it is in the night, but you can still find this great Xiangguo Temple as the traditional axis layout, the main buildings have the mountain gate, the Tianwang Palace, the Daxiong Treasure Palace, the octagonal glazed hall, the Tibetan scripture building, etc., these buildings are distributed along the axis from south to north, the density is appropriate, it is breathtaking.
And on both sides of the main hall, the east and west attic and the corridor stand opposite each other, the heavy eaves rest the mountain, the layers of bucket arches are stacked on top of each other, on it is covered with yellow-green glazed tiles, there are white stone railings around the four sides, exquisite and extraordinary.
However, although this place is solemn and solemn, I feel a trace of anxiety in my heart.
People can't always take the unknown seriously, and now, a mysterious person has called us here to talk about it, but after we came here, we didn't see any trace of this person at all.
In this case, then in this great Xiangguo Temple, where should we go to find the person who left the message?
When I thought of this, I couldn't help but set my eyes on Chunting who was walking alone in front of me, but I found that his figure did not hesitate at all, as if he had no worries about what I thought in my heart.
Since Chunting didn't speak, we could only helplessly follow his steps, and soon, under his leadership, we came to the octagonal glass hall.
The so-called octagonal glazed hall, that is, the Arhat hall in the Great Xiangguo Temple, because this hall is octagonal shape, so it is commonly known as the octagonal glazed hall, its shape is unique, it can be called unique in many temples in China.
The octagonal glazed hall is surrounded by verandahs, the top is covered with glazed tiles, and the wings and corners are suspended with bells, but the spring pavilion has no intention of staying and watching, but takes us straight to the octagonal pavilion that stands in the center of the Luohan Palace.
In this octagonal pavilion, there is a statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva with thousands of hands and thousands of eyes, and with the acquiescence of the Spring Pavilion, I curiously observed back and forth around this statue and found that no matter from that angle, I could feel that the Bodhisattva on this statue seemed to be looking at me.
At this moment, it was the dead of night, and this statue that seemed to be looking at me not only made me have some reverie, but I couldn't help but look at Chunting and asked.
"Chunting, this Bodhisattva statue is exquisitely carved and has an extraordinary demeanor, is it related to the person who left the message?"
"The statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva with a thousand hands and a thousand eyes in front of you is a masterpiece completed by a folk artist in the Qianlong period with 58 years of painstaking efforts, and it is said to be carved from a complete ginkgo tree."
Chunting didn't answer my question, but introduced the mysterious statue to me on his own.
"According to records, this statue is three meters high, weighs two thousand kilograms, the four sides are the same, each side has six big hands and fan-shaped small hands three to four layers, each palm is engraved with an eye, a total of one thousand and forty-eight eyes, the folk commonly known as the Buddha with a thousand eyes and a thousand hands, one of the 32 disguises of Guanyin Bodhisattva."
"This statue is not only precious material, the carving is exquisite, it can be described as a ghostly workmanship, it is very magical, it is the treasure of the town temple of the Great Xiangguo Temple."
Hearing Chunting's self-conscious words, I couldn't help but wonder what to say.
"Chunting, this statue is indeed extremely exquisite, but what does it have to do with us?"
I thought that Chunting would tell me some terrible story again, but he just smiled faintly, and said lightly while looking at the statue in front of him.
"It has nothing to do with us, just take you over to have a look, after all, we have arrived at the Great Xiangguo Temple, if we don't see this Guanyin Bodhisattva statue known as the treasure of the temple, it would be a pity."
Just take me over and have a look?
Chunting's answer was really much beyond my expectations.
From what I know about Chunting, I would never think that he would do such a meaningless thing, there must be a reason why he is here, and this reason can never be as simple as he said.
Seeing the stunned and puzzled look on my face, Chunting laughed again, looked at me and asked slowly.
"Han Chuan, don't you think there's something wrong, this Great Xiangguo Temple is a little unreasonable to be quiet at the moment."
"Unconscionable?"
After hearing Chunting's question, I frowned and told him my opinion.
"Chunting, now is the dead of night, I want to come to the temple where the monks are resting, naturally it will not be as noisy as the day, isn't that right?"
"After you say that, I think it's a little quiet here."
Yi He, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly spoke at this time, he did not agree with my statement, but echoed Chunting's words just now.
"This Great Xiangguo Temple has always been known as the royal temple, starting from the Northern Qi Dynasty, inherited for thousands of years until today, thinking that there must be countless treasures and secrets hidden in it."
"In that case, there is no way that the protection work here is so careless, and we have been here for a long time and have not seen any of the guards, which is the biggest anomaly."
"What Yi He said is right."
Chun Ting nodded after hearing what Yi He said, and seemed to agree with his statement.
"We didn't hide it at all on this trip, don't say that this is a great Xiangguo Temple full of secrets, even if you go to any ordinary family, you should have woken up and asked for such a long time, and no one here came to stop it, this is a huge problem."
"And I will take you to this Guanyin Bodhisattva statue known as the treasure of the temple, just to prove my guess, since this statue is called the treasure of the temple, it will naturally be strictly protected, and will never be approached at will, if we can get here, then there are only two possibilities."
"The first possibility is that the mysterious man is the enemy, he has already carried out the killing in this Great Xiangguo Temple, and the monks in the temple have no intention of protecting this so-called treasure of the temple."
"But although it is eerily quiet in this Great Xiangguo Temple, I don't feel the smell of bloody killing, and this first possibility has been ruled out by me."
What Chunting said was reasonable, so I couldn't help but choose to believe it, and I couldn't help but ask.
"Chunting, since the first one may have been ruled out by you, what is the second one in your mouth?"
A mysterious smile suddenly appeared on Chunting's face, and he quietly scanned the surroundings, finally focusing his gaze on one place, and at the same time shouted loudly in his mouth.
"Elder, this second possibility, why don't you explain it yourself?"