Chapter 22: The Temple of the Road

"The Book of Shaking the Dragon" has a cloud: "Looking for the dragon for 100,000 to see the winding mountain, a heavy entanglement is a heavy pass." If there are a thousand locks at the gate, there will be a prince living here."

There are two concepts here, one is called "winding the mountain" and the other is called "closing the lock".

"Winding the mountain" is relative to the dragon vein. There must be a lot of other mountains around the dragon vein around it, and these mountains are called Tangshan Mountain.

It's as if there will be a guard next to the master, and a helper will serve him. The more people who support him, the more noble the status of this master.

The more "winding mountains", the stronger the energy gathered by the dragon veins. We can judge where the dragon vein is by the shape of the "winding mountain" on both sides, and the function of "winding the mountain" is "Tibetan wind".

"Guanlock" means that the water outlet of this land should be relatively closed, so as not to leak air.

On both sides of the water, there should be mountain-shaped mountains to lock the water inlet: there are the water lock mouth of the guard, the water lock of Huabiao, the water lock of the lion elephant, the water lock of the turtle and snake, and so on.

Therefore, there is a Huabiao in front of Tiananmen Square, and there are strict regulations on what status and what items to put in the government compound, and the people are not allowed to put lions at the door, which are all from the feng shui culture.

The dragon's lair with the shape of the mountain above appears at the mouth of the water, which belongs to the land of great nobility. The role of "locking" is to better "get water".

"Tibetan wind and water" is the basic condition of feng shui treasure land, we can see the momentum and pattern of a piece of land from the "winding mountain" and "lock", the greater the momentum, the higher the pattern, the more likely it is the ancestral tomb of the emperor's general's family, then there are many valuable treasures.

However, this mantra can only help us to discover the dragon vein, and know that there may be large tombs within a radius of several kilometers, but the specific location of the tombs cannot be located through this mantra.

So we'll have to lock on to the mountain, but we'll have to go up and we'll see.

I exchanged glances with Lao Jiu, but decided to voice my concerns. Everyone was somewhat discouraged when they heard this, but the rotten master was a master who would come to things, and he made the atmosphere up with a single nonsense.

When everyone's morale was high, I didn't want to pour cold water on my mouth, so I followed the old wine to lead the way.

Probably near the top of the mountain, a broken stone tablet appeared on the side of the road, the words in front of it have been worn out and cannot be seen clearly, and the last word looks like a "temple" word.

Chen Ran leaned over and said, "Temple? There is a temple in front? Before I could say it, the rotten master knocked on his head: "The temple and the temple are not the same thing, if you don't believe it if you study, you don't know it." ”

Chen Ran hugged his head and said aggrievedly: "Huh? Don't people often say temples temples? ”

I took the words: "The place where the monks practice is called a temple, and the place where the gods and Buddhas are enshrined is called a temple. Chen Ran nodded, saying that he had increased his knowledge.

Then our group continued on our way. Everyone's state is still relatively good, laughing and laughing all the way, not the slightest nervousness, I don't know and think we are travelers out to play.

But I always had a bad premonition in my heart, and I looked at the rotten master and found that his expression was not very good. Nothing unusual except for the two of us.

As I walked, suddenly the front became wider. What catches your eye is an old temple.

It is a typical Buddhist monastery, it looks like it has been some years old, the paint on the walls of the courtyard has fallen off, the stone staircase is covered with thick moss, and the plaques on the three doors have disappeared.

Chen Ran walked up first, due to the rain just now, the moss on the stone ladder became a little slippery, everyone was careful and walked up.

Chen Ran touched the rusty handrail of the door, lightly buckled it twice, and there were two crisp sounds. He looked at me and the rotten master, and motioned for the next move.

The rotten master stepped forward and pushed it gently, and the door creaked open. I don't know why the originally relaxed atmosphere suddenly became tense, and everyone held their breath and watched their surroundings with full attention.

The rotten master said that at this time, the goose that carried all the way played a role. He asked Brother Wu to put the goose in, and saw the goose walking with his head held high inside, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The rotten master spoke up in the team: "Everyone should pay more attention, it doesn't look simple here." Chen Ran nodded and agreed: "That's right, who would build a temple in the deep mountains and old forests?" It's so weird! ”

I knocked on Chen Ran's head and said that he didn't know anything, most of the monks in the temple practiced, and the practice paid attention to the four emptiness, of course, he had to stay away from the world.

However, this mountain is very barren, and the location of the temple is not simple, so it stands to reason that there should be strong incense, how can it be so barren?

I walked roughly along the temple, and the grass had grown tall because no one had cleaned it, and the door had loosened up.

Suddenly, Lao Jiu came up to us and said, "Strange, why is the layout of this temple a hollow shape?" "After listening to the old wine, I walked again, and this time it was my turn to be surprised, it was indeed a hollow zigzag.

Lao Jiu told us that in fact, there is no such temple, and he remembers that there is a Cheng'en Temple in Shijingshan District, Beijing. It is said that since the temple was built in the Ming Dynasty, the door has not been opened, and no pilgrims have entered to offer incense, and the temple is still closed to this day.

Everyone is also full of curiosity about this temple, which never opens its doors to welcome guests, and the monks in it are not related to each other, nor do they accept money offerings, how did they live?

I read this in a book, so I said to them: "According to historical records, Cheng'en Temple was completed in the eighth year of Ming Zhengde, and was built by the eunuch at that time, and the plaque was written by the emperor himself.

And the temple has been full of mysteries since it was built.

First of all, the architecture of the temple, the style of the whole temple is not the traditional Buddhist style, but a fusion of Taoism and Buddhism.

And the layout of the temple presents the shape of "Hui", which is rare, and there are stone watchtowers on the four corners of the temple, and there are interconnected passages under the watchtowers. In addition, there is a 6,000-square-meter flat land, which does not plant flowers or trees. ”

The rotten master touched his chin and asked with a strange expression: "Why does a temple need such a large open space?" ”

Lao Jiu looked at the rotten master: "So some people say that this is a military training base." ”

After saying that, I looked at everyone, looked at the expressions on everyone's faces, and looked around but didn't find the face I was most familiar with.

I shouted around, "Chen Ran, where the did you run away again?" ”

Suddenly, a voice came from the corner of the wall behind: "Brother, I'm here!" Come and have a look. I don't know when Chen Ran squatted in the corner with the goose in his arms.

A few of us walked over quickly, and the rotten master slapped him on the back, and said angrily: "You try to run around for me again." ”

Chen Ran stood up, rubbed his back with the goose in one hand and the other, pouted and said, "I just went to chase the goose, I didn't run blind." It can be seen that Chen Ran is still a little afraid of rotten masters.

I was playing haha in the middle, adjusting the atmosphere on both sides. Chen Ran said aggrievedly: "Brother, come and see if there are two layers of paint on this wall!" ”

I reached out and touched the red paint, which had fallen off, but caught a glimpse of a faint yellow under the lime. I buttoned it with my fingernails again, and a large patch of yellow appeared.