In the middle of the fourth floor of Yuhua Pavilion, there is an inexplicable large water tank, we noticed this thing when we first came, but no one cared, because it is impossible for the emperor to put the Buddha statue in this kind of water tank, isn't that disrespectful to the Buddha? Who would put something related to Buddha in such a broken tank?

But we turned this small room upside down, but we didn't find anything about the "Guixu Monk", and when we were about to give up, Gu Nianxia said coldly: "What we are looking for, will it be in this big water tank?" ”

The old man frowned, and led me and the pudding slowly to the side of the large water tank, and he first shone his flashlight on the strange water tank, only to find that the water tank was actually "with a lid", that is, it was completely enclosed. Not only is there a lid, but also the gap between the lid and the water tank, and some people use "glutinous rice glue" to seal it.

This is strange.

It's just a water tank.

Why is it so tightly sealed?

The water tank belongs to pottery, which is made of clay, and this kind of thing is on the market, even if it is an old object, it is worth hundreds of dollars, so when we first came up, we didn't take it seriously at all, but now it seems that this thing is probably not as simple as we imagined, and there is definitely something strange about it.

The old man did not choose to lift the lid of the water tank directly, but first tried to weigh the weight of the water tank, and I saw that he didn't seem to have spent much effort, so I asked him, "What's the situation?" ”

The old man said: "This should not be a Buddha statue, generally speaking, Buddha statues are made of copper, iron and gold, very heavy, even if they are made of wood, it is also very heavy, but this water tank is very light, I can carry it, as if there is nothing in it." ”

We were talking, but suddenly we heard a strange sound, this sound came from the third floor, startled us, so we quickly leaned down, the atmosphere did not dare to breathe, Pudding asked me in a low voice: "It can't be the administrator of the Forbidden City, right?" ”

I nervously said, "Impossible, which Forbidden City administrator is so dedicated?" It must be Feng Erbiao's fool. ”

Gu Nianxia said, "Don't move, I'll take a look." ”

With that, Gu Nianxia went.

Half a minute later, Gu Nianxia came back, he stood at the top of the stairs and said to us, "It's okay, it's just a cat." ”

The old man sighed, "Damn, it scared me." ”

I said, "To be a thief or to be weak-hearted, let's hurry up, what to do next?" Let's get out as soon as you're done. ”

Pudding said: "This water tank is so sturdy, it's strange if it's not weird, I suggest you open it and take a look, if there is really nothing, even if you buy a dead heart." ”

I nodded, "Agreed." ”

The old man said, "Open! ”

Anyway, the old man took out a small dagger from his pocket, and scraped it little by little along the edge of the water tank with the tip of the knife, although the glutinous rice glue is a product of thousands of years ago, but this thing is difficult to get, much stronger than most of our modern adhesives, otherwise why say that this cylinder is weird, otherwise why use this extreme process?

After about fifteen minutes, the old man finally got rid of all the glutinous rice glue, and I lifted the lid with him and lifted the lid lightly. Pudding stretched out his head and glanced into the tank, but at this glance, she was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground, her face was as white as paper, and she pointed to the water tank and said in horror: "Death...... Dead person! ”

When the old man and I heard this, we quickly put down the lid of the water tank and shone it with a flashlight, but suddenly gasped, and saw a male corpse and a female corpse sitting in the jar, their hair was scattered, and they were skinny, although these two corpses were ancient corpses, but their faces were lifelike, as if they would open their eyes at any time. They hugged each other and maintained a strange posture of "male and female", which was really weird and terrifying.

My legs trembled so hard that I tried my best to support myself, and I trembled with difficulty breathing, "Don't ...... Don't panic...... Hold your mind. ”

Pudding trembled, "Yes...... Don't panic...... Behind us are all Buddhas...... Yes...... What is there to be afraid of. ”

The old man frowned and said, "I'm afraid of the things in this vat...... It's also a Buddha. ”

I was stunned, "What do you mean?" ”

The old man looked up at the sky and said with a pale face: "I finally understand...... Finally understood...... It turns out that the so-called "things that must never be seen by outsiders" are not Buddha statues, but the true body of the Buddha of Joy! ”

I was shocked and said, "Are you saying that these two ancient corpses are the Buddha of Joy?" ”

The old man nodded, "That's right, it's not a water tank, it's a "sitting tank". ”

Pudding was confused and said: "Sit on the tank? ”

The old man nodded with an earthy face, and said in a gloomy tone: "The so-called "sitting tank", also known as "tank burial", also known as "urn burial", this strange funeral custom can be traced back to the Yangshao culture 5000 to 7000 years ago. In Buddhism, after the death of a monk, the monastery will put his body into a large vat, spread lime, charcoal, sandalwood and other substances in the vat, and then seal it, and wait for three years to open the vat, if the opportunity is ripe, the person's body can be immortal. ”

I suddenly realized: "As soon as you say this, I remember, Jiuhua Mountain seems to have this thing, and there is more than one, they all call this kind of thousand-year-old immortal monk a flesh Buddha." ”

The old man said, "If my guess is correct, the person buried in this jar in front of us is the legendary Buddha." ”

Pudding was stunned: "The Buddha of Joy turns out to be not a mythical story? But it's real? ”

The old man said: "Many mythological characters are real, such as Shakyamuni, Taishang Laojun, Daode Tianzun, Jizo King Bodhisattva, including this Happy Buddha, if there is no prototype, how can there be mythology?" ”

The old man looked at the two ancient corpses in the jar and sighed: "We can't take this thing away, we can't even touch it, this "Joy Buddha True Body" is no longer within the scope of antiques, no wonder even the state doesn't dare to touch it." ”

I asked the old man, "So what are we going to do?" ”

The old man said, "Light, let's look for the funeral relics of the Buddha of Joy in this jar." ”

I nodded to the pudding and said, "Okay." ”

We turned on our flashlights and carefully rummaged through the vat where the "True Body of the Buddha of Joy" was buried, which was quite deep, but there was really something underneath! I first touched a string of beads, then a small gilded stupa, and finally I flipped through it, and suddenly I touched a book!

I took the book out of the jar and handed it to the old man, who looked at the cover of the book and said silently: "Monk Huanxi's wish to write...... That's right, that's what we're looking for! ”

The old man hurriedly asked me, "Is there anything else?" ”

I said, "I'm touching it, don't worry." ”

I continued to poke my body into the tank to touch, the black pressure in the tank could not see anything, I could only rely on the feeling, and the space inside was too crowded, I always accidentally touched those two corpses, it was really uncomfortable for me to die. But a question suddenly occurred to me, and I asked the old man, "You say that when they are buried, the jar will be covered with lime and charcoal?" ”

The old man nodded, "That's right. ”

I asked, "Then why don't you see a speck of lime and charcoal in this jar?" ”

The old man said, "It may be a second sealing." ”

I asked, "Then why did the Buddhists seal him again?" ”

The old man said, "How do I know?" you ask me. Don't be verbose, hurry up and touch the artifact. ”

But at this time, Pudding suddenly said: "Everyone, it seems to be ...... Something seems wrong. ”

I frowned at the old man and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Pudding was horrified and said, "This ...... The bodies of these two bodies ...... How did you start growing gray hair? ”