Chapter 85: The Great Buddha Temple
"Partridge Whistle" didn't understand the secret art of feng shui, so he didn't understand what the second half of Elder Chen's words meant, so he asked what the "one-eyed dragon" was.
Elder Lichen looked at the moonlight in the sky and said: "The underground here is indeed a branch of Helan Mountain, and the end is a sneaking dragon, but the body is unusually small, and only the dragon's head has a hole eye that can gather qi and hide the wind, so it is called the one-eyed dragon, or the dragonfly points to the water." Purple three-star, if its shape is beautiful and fresh, then the main is loyal and righteous, and its shape is like Kaohsiung's mighty and powerful, then the main military power is respected. Purple gas is like a tree, the most taboo branches and feet running, the mountain type (odd owing) slope and rugged, the face is bloated, the mountain is broken, all these are evil shapes, and many people are buried who are rebellious and committed. Due to the diversion of the Heishui River, the form of this hole has long been broken, and this treasure eye on the dragon's head has become a tumor. After that, he pointed to the cold moon in the sky like a hook, and then said: "Look at the moonlight again, we didn't look at the yellow calendar when we went out today, but tonight is the moon value is broken, and every month is broken, and the Bodhisattva has to close his eyes." β
The "Partridge Whistle" is more daring, and the dust beads that have been looking for thousands of years in the clan may be in the Tongtian Great Buddha Temple at their feet, where can they endure until tomorrow and then do it, so they said to Elder Chen: "Legend has it that this Tongtian Great Buddha Temple is an empty tomb, since it is an ownerless empty tomb, the disciple thinks that there is no need to live with common sense, and when the disciple opens the cave with a whirlwind shovel and takes something back, we are cautious, and there will be no mistakes." β
Elder Lichen was right to think about it, it was indeed too much to worry about, this tomb was regarded as a treasure cave by the Xixia people, since there is no main family (there are no dead people in the tomb), you can ignore common sense, what lights go out and the rooster does not touch the gold, what three take three do not take, nine dig nine do not dig, do not need to think about it. So he nodded in agreement.
"Partridge Whistle" took out a hollow copper stick from the package, the copper stick was hollow, and it was packed inside, and the body of the stick had been polished by hand to shine, and I don't know how long it was old; He also took out nine wavy leaves made of stainless steel, and inserted them into the front of the copper rod like nine petals. There is a special slot lock spring in front of the copper rod, and the steel blade is firmly fixed by the lock spring as soon as it is inserted. In the end, the "Partridge Whistle" installed a rocker behind the copper stick, and it formed a sharp weapon "Whirlwind Shovel" to hit the hole. The tool can be expanded and retracted, and the diameter of the opening can be adjusted to expand and shrink by itself.
"Partridge Whistle" turns the cyclone shovel and makes a hole in the ground, so that American priest Thomas can help remove the sand and dirt brought out by the cyclone shovel. The American priest Thomas was helpless, and complained while working: "Didn't you say in advance that you would let me go when you got to the place?" I didn't expect you to arrange so many small programs for me, you must know that in the West the priest is a servant of God, and the clergy do not need to do manual labor......"
"Partridge Whistle" and Elder Chen, who couldn't understand what the American was nagging, didn't pay attention to him, and concentrated on making holes with a whirlwind shovel. After about touching a bag of cigarettes, the whirlwind shovel touched the roof tiles on the treasure hall of the Great Buddha Temple, all of which are large pieces of green scale glazed tiles, and the Arhat statue is carved on the tiles on the edge, which is not comparable to ordinary roof tiles, and it is the main building of a large temple at a glance.
Because when the American priest Thomas was passing by here before, he once stepped on a certain Buddhist hall and fell into it, so he didn't expect a "partridge whistle" to get through so quickly, but he couldn't help but feel a burst of joy in his heart.
"Partridge Whistle" lifted up more than a dozen pieces of green scale glazed tiles in the sand nest and threw them outside, hung down the horse lantern with a rope, and saw that under the layers of wooden beams was the brilliant and magnificent Daxiong Treasure Palace. "Nobita" is the honorific title given by Buddhists to Shakyamuni's moral power, which means that the Buddha is as fearless as a warrior, has boundless mana, and can subdue the four demons such as the "Five Yin Demons, the Troubled Demons, the Death Demons, and the Son of Heaven Demons". The horse lantern of the "partridge whistle" can not see the distance clearly, and can only see the main statue of the "three-body Buddha" in the hall directly below. According to Buddhist teachings, the Buddha has three bodies: Dharmakaya, Retribution, and Avatar Body, also known as the three incarnation Buddhas, that is, the middle deity is the Dharmakaya Virujana Buddha, the left deity is the Reincarnation Lushena Buddha, and the right deity is the Avatar Shakyamuni Buddha. In front of the three-body Buddha, there are iron casting clay leading Buddha statues to stand opposite, and on both sides are Manjushri Bodhisattva, Puxian Bodhisattva sitting statues.
Xixia Buddhism is prosperous, and it is expected that the scale of this hall will not be small, "Partridge Whistle" nodded to Elder Chen, signaling that he could go down. "Partridge Whistle" has always been a loner, and he wanted to go down alone, but Elder Lichen was worried that there were traps in the treasure cave, and there were obstacles such as secret passages and secret doors. Dealing with those things was originally the specialty of the Golden Captains, so they had to go down with the "Partridge Whistle" and take care of each other.
So the two of them each took a "string of hearts (single side + car traditional Chinese + anti-text) confectionery pills" and sent them down with a pot of "Qingtian Dew", which are all secret medicines to prevent coma in an environment with poor air circulation; Then he hung the gold talisman on his wrist, covered his face with a black cloth, put on water and fire shoes, and brought all the tools, and he was about to set off.
"Partridge Whistle" suddenly remembered that the American priest was still poked aside, and although Father Thomas was not like a bad person, he and Elder Chen went down to work, and it was not safe to leave a foreigner on it; If he wants to have any bad intentions but it is also troublesome, it is better to take this guy down, if he is obedient, it will be fine, otherwise let this foreigner roll the mechanism in this treasure cave.
"Partridge Whistle" had already made up his mind, so he pulled the American priest over, and prepared to give him some secret medicine so that he could take him into the treasure cave. Father Thomas refused to eat it alive or dead, thinking that the "Partridge Whistle" was going to give him the mysterious poison of the East, so he quickly covered his mouth; "Partridge Whistle" no matter what he thought, poked the priest's ribs with his finger, and the American priest opened his mouth in pain, and then the "Partridge Whistle" stuffed the ball into his mouth, he wanted to vomit and couldn't spit it out, so he had to helplessly say to the sky: "Oh, merciful Lord, forgive them, they don't know what they are doing." β
Without saying anything, the "Partridge Whistle" pushed the American priest Thomas into the hole in the roof of the Buddha hall, and took out the flying tiger's claws to hang him down first. Father Thomas was taken aback, these savage Orientals had not finished giving themselves poison, and what strange tricks were they going to come up with? Is it to be buried alive?
Elder Lichen persuaded beside him: "This foreign monk, you can rest assured, the old man and you are both monks, my Buddha is very merciful and compassionate, our monks are compassion-based, good thoughts, sweeping the floor does not hurt the lives of ants, cherish moths and sand lamps, naturally will not harm you." It's just that what we do is confidential, and we can't show the slightest rumor, so please go with us. After the deed is done, I will definitely let you go back. β
Father Thomas felt a little relieved when he heard Elder Chen's words, and thought to himself that no matter what, Chinese monks are also clergy, and they have never heard of a clergy committing murder, so he asked the "Partridge Whistle" to use the claws of a flying tiger to drop him through the hole into the Buddha hall.
Elder Lichen and the "Partridge Whistle" also went down to the Daxiong Treasure Hall, lit up the lantern and shone around, and it was indeed a majestic and gorgeous Buddha hall. The Buddha Dharma enshrined in the hall is full of precious stones, golden and brilliant, the high seat and the treasure on the lotus platform are solemn, the hall is supported by 36 pillars all around, extremely firm.
When Elder Lichen saw the Buddha's treasure, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed, chanting the Buddha's name. "Partridge Whistle" used to be a fake Taoist priest, but now he wears the clothes of a layman, and he also kneels down and kowtows, praying for the Buddha to appear and bless the people from the boundless sea of suffering, and his heart is very sincere.
The two of them stood up and looked around, saw that the front hall had collapsed, and could not pass at all, the side halls on both sides were for countless Arhat statues, one of which also collapsed most of the rooms, those Arhat statues are all exquisite and luxurious, the materials and decorations are all first-class and elegant, each one is worth a lot of money, it can be seen that the national strength of the Western Xia was strong, and Buddhism flourished.
It's just that these Buddha statues are a little different from what "Partridge Whistle" and others usually see in various temples, and I can't say what the difference is, but I think the shape is a little weird.
Elder Lichen told the "Partridge Whistle": "The Xixia people are mainly Dangxiang people, and the Dangxiang people originated in Tibet, and later assisted the Tang King to open up the territory and make a lot of contributions, and were given the surname Li. After all, they are ethnic minorities, and Tibetan Buddhism is much more influenced by India than in the mainland, these Buddha statues are all dressed in Tang costumes, and the image is closer to the original form of the birthplace of Buddhism, unlike the Buddha statues in the temples in the mainland are deeply influenced by Han culture, so they look a little different. β
"Partridge Whistle" and Elder Chen, agreed that the treasure cave of the Western Xia Kingdom should be not far from the Daxiong Treasure Palace, and it may even be in the Daxiong Treasure Palace. Because a tomb was built under the temple, since it is a tomb, of course it must be built on the feng shui level; The acupuncture points of this vein are very small, so the range should be able to be delineated near the main hall.
The American priest Thomas followed the "Partridge Whistle" around the temple, and the more he looked at it, the more strange he became, how they could dig up a temple in this inconspicuous barren land. And just now I took a look at the side hall, and the exquisite Arhat statues inside seem to be familiar, as if the cave I fell into a few years ago is there, it was inadvertently entered, and if I want to go back after a few years, I will definitely not find it, how can this old monk look at the stars in the sky to find it so accurately, there are too many mysterious and incredible things in the oriental world. Thinking of this, Father Thomas felt a little more awe in his heart towards Elder Dust and Partridge Whistle, and did not dare to talk more nonsense.
The three of them went around twice in the Daxiong Treasure Hall of the Great Buddha Temple, and almost every brick and tile was rummaged through, but they did not find any entrance to the treasure cave.
"Partridge Whistle" said to Elder Chen: "There is nothing unusual in the main hall, you might as well go to the apse to look for it." β
Elder Lichen nodded and said, "Since you have already come in, don't be in a hurry, and look carefully from front to back." This place is called Tongtian Great Sleeping Buddha Temple, it can be seen that the apse is for the reclining Buddha, let's go over and see. β
The passage connecting the apse is painted with the Buddha of the Song Dynasty, and the picture is mostly embellished with lotus flowers, which makes people pure and worry-free, out of the mortal and beyond the dust, and washes the worldly thoughts in the heart.
"Partridge Whistle" has often been with Elder Chen recently, listened to a lot of Buddhism, and the anger in his heart is much less, at this moment in this underground Buddhist hall holy land suddenly produced a very tired feeling, for a while there is an indescribable boredom in the heart of the inverted bucket, I just hope that this time I can find (mu dust beads) smoothly but the big thing, in the future, I will follow Elder Chen in the ancient temple to spend the rest of my life in the best.
But this thought is fleeting, and the "Partridge Whistle" knows better than anyone else that at this time, there must be no slackness at this time, and for now we must concentrate all our energy on finding the entrance to the Xixia Treasure Cave.
Thinking about it while walking like this, he walked to the apse, and sure enough, as Elder Chen expected, the apse was even more magnificent, and a huge stone Buddha decorated with seven treasures slept in the hall.
Generally, the large reclining Buddha is cultivated according to the mountain situation, and some of the entire undulating peaks have been processed, and there are more naturally generated Buddha states; Its size is grounded, and its smallness can be contained in mustard seedsβits incomparably large, its smallness and its incomprehension, all of which represent the boundless realm of the Dharma.
However, this huge sleeping Buddha in the apse is much smaller than those made of mountains, but it is too big compared to ordinary people who are more than one meter high, its body is more than 50 meters long, with large earlobes, sleeping on the lotus platform.
There is a celadon giant jar on both sides of the sleeping Buddha hall, which is full of "ι¬° (sound yu four sounds) worm (the original text is the same word for the upper part of the giant and the lower part) dragon ointment" that has been condensed into solid, this lamp oil can be burned continuously for more than 100 years without extinguishing, and the Changming glazed lamp that is enshrined to the Buddha is also used with this lamp oil, but now the oil has long been exhausted and the lamp has dried up.
There are also many stone tablets in the Sleeping Buddha Hall, all of which are carved in the incomparably complicated Western Xia script, which should be inscriptions such as Buddhist allusions. The "Partridge Whistle" turned back and forth, and finally set his eyes on the Great Sleeping Buddha, and said to Elder Chen: "This sleeping Buddha's posture is wrong, and the disciple thinks that there must be something strange in it." β
After looking at it for a long time, Elder Lichen also felt that there was something wrong with the sleeping Buddha, and said, "Hmm...... You can also see that he is worthy of being a master of moving mountains and dividing armor. This Buddha's head is a mechanism.,It seems that the secret path of the treasure cave is connected to this Buddha's head.,The structure of this mechanism is still incomprehensible for a while.,Be careful when you move it.γ β
The "Partridge Whistle" received a bow, folded his hands and bowed to the sleeping Buddha twice, and then flew up to the altar. I saw that there was a not-so-obvious slit on the lips of the sleeping Buddha, which seemed to be able to open and close, and if it weren't for the master of touching gold and moving mountains, he wouldn't have noticed this detail at all.
The Buddha's mouth is likely to be the entrance to the passage, and once triggered, there will be a mechanism to hurt people, such as throwing knives and arrows. The "Partridge Whistle" already knows everything about this mechanism after carefully studying it, and there should be no hidden weapon at the entrance, just a barrel-style passage interface. So he called for the help of Father Thomas, an American priest, and the two of them pulled the petals on the middle layer of the lotus altar.
Suddenly listen to the "click" a few muffled sounds, the huge Buddha mouth of the sleeping Buddha slowly opened, the sleeping Buddha is facing the gate, and a shaft is vertically exposed in the mouth of the Buddha. There are hanging ladders in the walls of the shafts, from which you can climb downwards.
Father Thomas was puzzled and amazed that it was amazing, and this time he didn't need to do it with a "partridge whistle" and took the initiative to climb into the shaft to see what else was famous inside.
"Partridge Whistle" knew that this treasure cave was originally the tomb of the important ministers of the Western Xia, and later hid the treasures of the Western Xia court. This priest was a good man, and "Partridge Whistle" could not bear to let him die in the graveyard, so he stopped him behind him and let him follow him.
The ancient tomb of Xixia has particularity, almost no tomb robbers have come into contact, no one knows the situation inside, only knows that it is deeply influenced by Han culture, so I have to go in and take a step by step with experience. Elder Lichen knew that the "Partridge Whistle" was an expert in dividing the hill and breaking the armor, and with him opening the way in front of him, he would not make any mistakes step by step.
In order to detect the air flow below, the "Partridge Whistle" handed the lantern to Elder Chen, and mounted the phosphorus cylinder on the vajra umbrella himself. The Vajra umbrella is a shield used by the golden captain to defend against the hidden weapons in the tomb, and the whole body is made of steel and iron blades, and no matter how powerful the crossbow is, it cannot penetrate. The phosphorus cylinder is a device that detects air quality and lighting in one, and can be seen as a kind of biological light when explained by modern science, like fireflies, and some glowing sea creatures. The phosphorus cylinder is made of dead people's bones ground into powder, mixed with the foam of velvet red (single side + sound) grass, and when ignited, it emits a blue cold light, and it can last for half an hour when filled.
"Partridge Whistle" is illuminated with a phosphorescent tube, and the following is protected by a flying tiger claw with a vajra umbrella, slowly descending along the ladder, and it doesn't take long to feel suffocated in the chest, it seems that this is a closed space below, if it is not for the use of secret medicine, it will definitely suffocate and fall to death.
"Partridge Whistle" looked up and asked how the Elder Lichen and the American priest above were, if they needed to go up first and wait for enough air below to come down before coming down, the two of them signaled that it was okay, this situation was still within the range of tolerance, and they had already climbed more than half of the way, so they continued to go down to the end.
"Partridge Whistle" and the others climbed down the shaft for about one cup of tea (three to five minutes for a cigarette, ten to fifteen minutes for a tea, and twenty to thirty minutes for a meal) before going down to the bottom.
The shaft is surrounded by cold stone walls, very dry, "Partridge Whistle" held a phosphorescent tube to turn, want to see the surrounding situation, suddenly turned out of the opposite side quietly turned out a warrior in golden armor, horizontal eyebrows, do not talk, both hands raised the sharp mountain axe aimed at the "partridge whistle" head chop.