Chapter 33: Peeping Arhats
A friend once told me that everything in Tibet is alive and sacred, and many things should not be looked at directly, otherwise it will anger their souls and bring disaster to themselves.
My gaze raced, and I didn't dare to linger on anything.
This temple is not small from the outside, in fact, there are not many buildings behind the white building, which is also the characteristic of Tibetan houses, like modern buildings, a building contains all the functions.
There were no lights in the whole building, and we entered through the narrow door, which was full of jewels, and the decorations of various agate, jade and gold were dazzling, and the bright colors were still strong in the dark.
It seems that there are sixty or seventy rooms in a small building, and we searched until midnight, and we did not see a single living person, only various Buddha statues with strange postures, and stayed in the dark.
We stopped in a room that was supposed to be a lama's room and sat down on a soft and thick wool carpet to rest.
"We are not familiar with this place, so we will rest first and wait until dawn before we act." I poked my sword at the floor and said, "I'll be on duty first, you all hurry up and get some sleep, I think this place is unusual, maybe something will happen before dawn." ”
Lu Yan nodded in affirmation of my statement, and no one objected, and each of them slept against the wall. Lu Yan smiled at me before going to bed and whispered, "There is no problem in the temple, just watch the door." ”
I nodded, and sat down directly across the door, the smell of butter lamps in the whole room made my nose a little uncomfortable, and the Buddha statue staring at me in the dark also made me uneasy. With both hands clenched in my lightsaber, I stared at the colorful striped wool curtain on the door, a little nervous.
After a long time, there was a slight snoring around me and there was no other movement, and I slowly got used to the atmosphere around me and became drowsy. At this moment, I suddenly felt someone touch me, and I turned around in horror, but it was Xiao Kan squatting next to me.
"Si'an, go out with me."
"What for?"
Xiao Kan pinched me, I was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted that she was going to urinate.
Looking at the people sleeping in the house, I was a little hesitant to tell them to get up, but after thinking about it, I just left for a while, and then Lu Yan also said that there was no problem here, so I got up and led Xiao Kan out of the door.
The sky outside is fine, and the thin air of the plateau makes the starry sky exceptionally bright. Xiao Kan didn't want to behave disrespectfully in the temple, so he had to drag me to the back mountain.
Although I thought it was a bit of a fuss, I didn't have the courage to disrespect the ghosts and gods, so I had to walk along a path to the back mountain.
The road back to the mountain is steep, and the ruins are much closer than expected. It's very quiet, and the sound of your feet stepping on the gravel is very clear and loud.
"Alright, don't go far, just here!" I said to Xiao Kan.
"No, such a big flat land, I'm embarrassed by you!" Xiao Kan pointed to the half-truncated wall not far ahead, "Go there!" ”
I had nothing to say, so I had to agree, after all, the lesbians are not rough old men, and I would have been rooted in the temple a long time ago.
Watching Xiao Kan run behind the broken wall, I crouched down to check the debris on the ground. Only then did I find that this ruin seemed to be a former temple, and many stone carvings were very in the style of the Wei and Jin dynasties. How did this kind of Handi stuff end up here? I have some doubts in my heart, if Liu Dongxi is here, he will definitely be able to tell some theories that seem to be reasonable but are actually blowing nonsense, but I can't even explain the theory.
I was wondering, when a short exclamation suddenly sounded in my ears, and I was startled, and I stood up suddenly, only to see that Xiao Kan had already run out from behind the broken wall.
"What's wrong?" I hurried up to meet it and pulled out my gun with one hand.
"There's someone behind that wall!" Xiao Kan was panting, and he was frightened at first glance.
"Anyone?" I immediately remembered the figure hiding behind the pillar, and looked up at the pillar not far ahead.
It was empty, and there was no movement.
"Who?"
"I don't know, I'm very short, just squat at the base of the wall and look at me!"
Seeing Xiao Kan scared like this, my heart was on fire for a while. Damn, it's a hooligan to Lao Tzu! I have to give him a good look today! At the moment, he ran over with a gun and ran very violently.
This broken wall is supposed to be the corner of a certain house, and as soon as I walked around, I saw a man sitting cross-legged on one end of the wall, sticking his head out and looking at the corner, and the obscene appearance made me want to go up and step on my feet immediately.
As soon as I saw this person's posture, I suddenly calmed down, this person is indeed a voyeur posture, but everyone is crying out, why is he still in this posture?
I was wondering, Xiao Kan's flashlight shone all of a sudden, and in the bright lamppost, an Arhat sat cross-legged, with his hands on his knees, although he stretched out his head and shrugged his shoulders with a joking expression, but there was a kind of solemnity in his body, lifelike.
The sudden transformation of such a lewd shadow just now into such an image in the light made me a little unable to react. The gun that had been pointed at it had to be retracted.
I've seen this Arhat before, and I can't remember what its name is, but I know for sure that it shouldn't be here. It seems that in Tibetan Buddhism, only Buddha, Arhat should be in the Central Plains.
Could it be that this is really the site of Chinese Buddhism? Curious, I stepped forward to see what was going on.
This Arhat statue is made of clay firing, and the shape of the vessel is not small, and it is estimated that it must be as tall as one meter and a half when it stands up. The expression on the face is lifelike, the clothes on the body are natural and elegant, and the posture is natural.
"Si'an, this Buddha statue is not normal, I really felt that someone was looking at me just now, and when I looked at him, he seemed to smile."
I made Xiao Kan say hairy, and quickly looked around. There was silence everywhere, and nothing terrible appeared.
"Don't scare yourself." I said to Xiao Kan, "There is a method in the creation of Buddha statues, which can make the Buddha statue feel its gaze wherever you go, and this may be the reason for your feelings." ”
"No way, he was smiling!" Xiao Kan is still insisting.
I thought it was nonsense for her to say this, but it was hard to refute, and I was thinking about comforting a few words, but just as I was about to speak, there was a sudden sound of moving masonry behind me.
Someone!
I turned around, only to find that the surroundings were as empty as ever, except for the Arhat statue still sitting there.
No, the angle of this arhat is different from just now, it seems to have moved!
This is some distance from the wall, and this Arhat has just stuck his head along the wall, and at this moment, his face is facing us squarely!
A layer of white sweat instantly appeared on my face, this Arhat was obviously a dead thing of masonry just now, how could he still move.
Under the light of the snowy flashlight, the playful expression on the Arhat's face suddenly became extremely weird, as if he would stand up and pounce on us next.
I held a gun in one hand and covered Xiao Kan with the other, ready to shoot and run away at any time, but after waiting for a long time, the Arhat did not move again.
At this time, Xiao Kan poked me from behind, and reached out from behind to point at the Arhat's feet.
There should be a platform under the feet of this arhat, but it is already buried deep in the earth, and we can't see it. But when I looked closer, I noticed a barely visible crack in the ground.
"What's that?" I asked softly.
"I don't know, I just saw smoke coming out of there." Xiao Kan said.
That's when I smelled a faint scent around me, something I was familiar with, something like sandalwood.
This sandalwood seems to have wafted out of that crack!
There was something underneath, and I made a judgment that an idiot would make, and turned my head and asked Xiao Kan, "Do you want to go over and have a look?" ”
"Good!" Xiao Kan's answer surprised me and walked out from behind me.
I didn't want to take the risk, so I just asked her. This situation is obviously better to wait for dawn to check in the past, but who knew that Xiao Kan suddenly had such a big courage, I had no choice but to follow.
The more I walked that way, the stronger the smell of sandalwood became, and I stared at the gap and really saw a wisp of green smoke coming out.
I walked two steps to him, but I didn't dare to reach out and touch the arhat, and when I was hesitating, the arhat moved again.
I kept staring at it, not expecting it to move at all, so I shuddered and quickly stepped back.
The arhat slowly spun around, and suddenly it jumped, fell backwards, hit its head against the wall, and shattered.
A round hole appeared on the ground, a puff of smoke came out, the smell of sandalwood was choking, and there was a person who came out of the smoke together, lying on the ground and coughing loudly, that gray and blue jacket, who is it not Liu Shi?
I grabbed a step to get him back, only to get punched in the face. Xiao Kan was not happy and stepped forward and kicked him in the ribs.
"Liu thing, are you crazy?"
Liu Dongxi was already coughing and out of breath, and he almost died after this kick. But he also knew that it was us, so he stopped resisting and lay on the ground and let out a big breath.
I looked at him embarrassed, and I was angry and funny, but I was still alive, so I was relieved to look at the hole that was still bubbling with my eyes, and I didn't know what to say.
Liu Dongxi's hand pulled his chest indiscriminately, with a strength to suffocate. I took the jug and handed it to him, and he choked on it and coughed loudly.
At this time, there were voices from the bottom of the mountain, and I looked up, and a few flashlights flashed, as if Lu Yan had found them.
Sure enough, it was Wang Dake who was at the forefront, and before he arrived, he shouted loudly: "What's the matter?" ”
I waved my hand, "It's okay, you've found something!" ”
Wang Dake was stunned for a moment, quickly reacted, started to run, and rushed up in a few steps, looking at Liu Shi, who was lying on the ground coughing, and was stunned.
Liu looked up at her, heaved and coughed again. Wang Dake probably wanted to express his concern with his feet, but when he saw his miserable condition, he put down his feet and reached out to rub his back, as if crying.
I looked at Xiao Kan and smiled, and took a few steps back, only Lu Yan was still standing there uninterestingly, not knowing what he was studying.