Volume 2 Xia He Chapter 23 The Deserted Temple (Part II)

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The old-fashioned wooden door is made of two thick planks, and the planks are more than an inch thick. Unlike today's modern single-panel doors, a thin kick can be kicked to shreds. This kind of old door is very strong, and no matter how hard you try, you can't kick the thick planks strung together in thick squares, and at most you will kick off the wooden bolt that inserts the door.

Looking at the two closed door pages tied from the inside, the bright water master was full of breath, flew up and kicked at the position of the door bolt, "click" sound, the door bolt broke, the door page exposed the gap, he made up a foot, the wooden door was wide open, he stepped through the threshold first into the side hall. The drunken maniac followed, Liu Dewu wanted to follow up to see, Ou Meiyu refused to stay outside and wait, Liu Yingguo let them walk in the middle, and after he broke it himself, several mermaids rushed in.

There is also a shrine in the side hall, which enshrines the Bodhisattva of the God of Wealth, and there is nothing but dust and cobwebs. A few people entered the adjoining room again, and all the way through, there was nothing in the room except a few simple tables, chairs, benches, and wooden boards, and there were no holes in the ground or strange places.

There was only one room left at the back of the side hall, and the bright water master pushed open the hidden wooden door, and a coffin came into view.

The drunkard asked Liu Dewu and Ou Meiyu to stand outside the door, and he entered the house with the Bright Water Master.

There was a rancid smell in the house, and the coffin was placed on two benches, and the two of them circled around the coffin, and then looked carefully at the stone wall, and after a while they came out of the house, and several people looked at each other with disappointment.

The group walked out of the side hall and arrived at the main hall, Liu Dewu couldn't help asking: "Whose coffin is that, why don't you bury it in the temple?"

Liangshui Shi and Liu Yingguo didn't squeak, they also had the same doubts, so they went to see the drunkard together. Among the several people, the drunkard is the largest, and he left home when he was young, and he knows how to use Xuanmen techniques, so he is naturally well-informed. He groaned for a moment and said:

"It is said that the old temple in this temple was not buried after his death, so his body was buried in the temple. It should have been more than 30 years, and I was not in my hometown when I went to Japan that year, but I heard someone say it later, and I don't know the specifics. I guess that's his coffin. ”

Liu Dewu sighed, pointed to the door of the side hall on the left and said:

"Except for a few mud bodhisattvas in here, all of them are empty, can you still find them on this side?"

Liangshui Shi has been expressionless, looking so quiet, calm, in fact, his heart is more anxious than anyone else, hearing Liu Dewu's hesitant tone, he raised his eyebrows, and said coldly: "Find!" Why don't you look for it! I couldn't find the mechanism, so I demolished the broken temple and dug it in, and I didn't believe that I couldn't dig it. Yingguo, you and Dewu have to go back in advance, and Uncle Chao Kuan and I can just look for it here. ”

Before Liu Yingguo could speak, Liu Dewu shouted angrily: "Uncle Liang, if you say this, it's better to beat me a few miles!" Something wrong with me? What could we do more than find the Red Lady? ”

Liu Yingguo reprimanded: "How can I talk to your Uncle Fan Liang? Are there any rules? ”

Liu Dewu lowered his head and was silent, and the bright water master did not speak with a gloomy face, and kicked the door bolt again, and entered the side hall on the left.

This side hall is dedicated to Guanyin Bodhisattva, although the corners of the house are also covered with cobwebs, but there are footprints all over the ground, especially in the area in front of the god case, the dust has been trampled out of the way, and it is obvious that people often walk here.

Looking at the case, there is little dust on it, and it seems that someone has tried to wipe it. Several people were looking forward to it, and they all stared at the case.

There is only a statue of Guanyin holding a jade pot holding a willow branch on the god case, there is an incense burner in front of the statue, and a lampstand is placed on the side of the stone, and there is nothing else.

The drunkard noticed a detail, and he pointed to the gods and said to everyone: "Have you noticed, most of the cases in other temples are made of wood, and all the cases in this temple are made of stones. Why is it easier than easy? It's kind of weird. I guess the agency is on the god case, so let's look carefully. ”

Several people touched and knocked on the case, and suddenly heard Liu Dewu say "Huh": "How can this lampstand be embedded in the stone and not taken out?"

Liu Yingguo, who was on the side, shouted: "Don't move, that's the organ."

As he spoke, he dragged Liu Dewu away, grabbed it and reached out and pressed it on the lampstand.

The lampstand was stained with oil and covered with oil scabs, which obscured the original color of the lampstand, making it impossible to tell what material it was made of.

Liu Yingguo pressed the lampstand with one hand, lifting, twisting, pulling, pressing, and spinning, with little force, and all kinds of temptations.

For organ news, he is more experienced than Liangshui Master, after all, he is a carpenter who has been inherited, and Lu Ban Immortal Master has developed and created a lot of organ news, and he still knows a little bit. Although the alcoholic maniac is older and well-informed, he is probably not very good at organ news.

Through temptation, he finally succeeded. The lampstand is the switch of the control mechanism, its base is embedded in the stone, you must first twist it to the left, like twisting the cap of a bottle, the lamp is withdrawn from the stuck stone, and then the lampstand is pulled out, revealing a small hole under the stone, and there is a thin iron link under the lampstand. As the lampstand was opened and Tie Lian was dragged out, several people heard a slight "rolling" sound, and everyone's eyes widened, but they didn't see any change in the room.

When she was in doubt, Ou Meiyu, who was closest to the door to the main hall, inadvertently glanced at the main hall, and with an exclamation, she hid behind the drunkard closest to her, pointed to the main hall and said in horror: "The Bodhisattva on the divine case in the room over there will move, and he is turning to look at us......"

A few people looked at the main hall of the god case, and sure enough, they found that the small god statue on the right side of the god case had turned to the left, and seemed to be laughing at them.

Liu Yingguo patted his thigh and said: "That's right, the passage over there must be opened, this is really a master, who would have thought that the control switch would be installed so far?"

As he spoke, he entered the main hall first, and everyone followed, and sure enough, they saw the door and passage. Ou Meiyu pointed to the passage and said, "That's right, that's it, Xianghong and I went in from here yesterday afternoon to pull my sister and the four of them out." The big coffin is inside. ”

Several people were happy, and the bright water master shouted loudly into the passage: "Xianghong, is the red lady inside?"

After waiting for a while and calling again, but there was no response, he was about to break in, but the drunkard grabbed him, and said to him with a solemn face: "Slow." This temple is full of strange things, we have to be careful, we can't all go in, we have to leave one person to guard outside, if someone moves the mechanism, it will be troublesome to lock us all inside, this has to be guarded. ”

The Bright Water Master looked back at Liu Yingguo. Liu Yingguo turned his head to Liu Dewu and said, "You and Ou Meiyu are watching here, and you have something to call us."

Liu Dewu was a little reluctant, but he didn't dare to disobey his father, so he had to stay in the main hall with Ou Meiyu, watching the three of them bend down into the passage and enter the stone room behind.

The three entered the stone chamber. looked at the huge coffin on the ground with different expressions.

The Bright Water Master was amazed at the size of the coffin.

Liu Yingguo lamented the difficulty of making this big coffin. The coffins are made up of a large log with the in-laws tenon (note) bite and connect together, and the connection of the in-laws tenon is the most laborious, the ordinary coffin in the splicing of the in-laws tenon all need two to three people to work together to lift the logs, one by one on the hard bluestone rammed into place, like such a huge coffin, the difficulty of splicing can be imagined. What's even more puzzling is that the passage to enter is narrow, and it is impossible for this giant coffin to be carried in, is it made in it?

The drunkard is the essence of stunning paint. It is certain that this coffin has been placed here for at least a hundred decades, even a few hundred years, but the paint of the coffin is still black and bright, and the skill must be high!

Both of them were guilty of occupational diseases. As the old saying goes, the first reaction of a craftsman when he sees an object is to link it with his own industry, evaluate the good and bad to find the gap, and affirm or criticize the skills of his peers.

The feelings of each person were only a momentary mental activity, but in fact, as soon as the three of them entered the stone room, they felt a strong cold aura. The drunkard was stunned for a moment, and then reached out and found two rune papers that had been burned, and then approached the coffin.

Note: Mother-in-law tenon, carpentry terminology. Dig out a narrow groove on one side of a piece of wood, dig out a convex tenon that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom on the other piece of wood, and then put two pieces of wood into it from one end, and gravity smashes it into place to make it a whole, which is the most difficult splicing method in woodworking.