Chapter 6: The Woman in the Stupa

"Yan Hui, what you said makes sense, this Zen staff is indeed too ostentatious, but the way is clean, it's not that I'm afraid that someone will trace the source, it's just that I don't want to trouble, and I like to be quiet, I don't want anyone to disturb me, why don't you take a look at the others." Qingyang smiled lightly, understanding the meaning of my words.

The smell of smoke in the room is very chic, there is a feeling that makes people feel refreshed, Gu Anqi walked over with the fragrance, and said unexpectedly.

"This is ambergris?!"

"This girl is so knowledgeable, you are right, it is indeed ambergris, and it is natural." Qing Yang smiled calmly.

"Ambergris is known as the gold in spices, very precious and rare, in ancient times only emperors could enjoy, and the longer ambergris is put on the fragrance, the more unique the fragrance, I have smelled ambergris before, but today I smell completely different, quite pure." Gu Anqi asked with a curious wink. "Aunt Qing, how old is this ambergris?"

"It should be a thousand years!"

Qingyang blurted out, Gu Anqi was dumbfounded, all kinds of ingredients in ambergris can be synthesized, but they can't completely replace the sea to give ambergris, because the current technology has not yet reached the wonder of nature, especially the ambergris in natural ambergris.

Not to mention the ambergris incense that has been stored for thousands of years, this humble Buddhist hall is not incense at all, but gold!

The simple Buddhist hall and the lit gold seem to be extremely incongruous together, but no one will doubt what Qing Yang said, how strange is it that a woman who can easily give away even a priceless Zen staff is lit with spices worth thousands of gold.

It's just that what kind of believers can be so devout to offer ambergris to the Buddha and the Buddha, I am more and more curious.

But now my mind was not immersed in the lingering fragrance, and my eyes were fixed on the incense burner containing the spices.

The incense burner is silverware, and the table top is a double phoenix grass pattern, and there are five-legged ribbons under it.

The whole incense burner is composed of the body of the stove, the lid of the stove, and the stove table.

The cover edge is wide and flat, the cover surface is raised, the bottom edge is decorated with a lotus petal pattern, there are five lotus flowers on it, the flower vines are intertwined with each other, there is a turtle on each lotus flower to look back, the mouth is tied to the grass, and the lower layer of lotus petals is hollowed out, for the fragrance to overflow.

The turtle and the ribbon represent longevity, the lotus petal surface is pure, the incense comes out of this, the meaning of pure and pure incense, and the overflow of diligence, the abdominal wall is decorated with flowing cloud patterns, and riveted five one-horned dragon animal feet.

The top of the stove is a double phoenix grass pattern, and there are five-legged ribbons under it.

I quickly identified this incense burner as a Buddhist incense stick, which is one of the six offerings of Esoteric Buddhism, but the workmanship is so gorgeous that it does not look like an ordinary incense burner for Buddha.

I carefully picked up the incense burner, with an inscription underneath, and I was stunned as soon as I read a few words.

Producer of Wensi Academy.

Wensi Yuan was a court handicraft workshop set up in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, which made gold and silver handicrafts for the Tang royal family.

This set of incense burners turned out to be a special offering for the Buddha for the royal family.

"In fact, I also like this set of incense vessels, when I was a child, I felt that it looked very chic, and later after learning the identification of cultural relics, I knew that this set of dazzling incense vessels was graceful and luxurious, and the ornaments were exquisite and rich, representing the highest level of gold and silver production technology at that time, and condensing the superb wisdom and hard work of the masters of the Tang Dynasty." Qiunuo said thoughtfully by the door.

"I think this is good, it's not ostentatious and expensive, and it's a royal instrument for worshipping the Buddha, so I can take it." Gu Anqi nodded and said.

"Isn't it...... It's a little less. Yue Qianling muttered quietly beside her. Although this incense burner is genuine, if you want to enter the underground palace, this incense burner is probably a bit light. ”

Qing Yang smiled and raised his hand and pointed lightly.

"Take whatever you like in this room."

The more generous Qingyang is, the more embarrassed I am, this house is full of priceless things, and it doesn't feel good to take it casually.

Qiu Nuo saw me scared next to me, walked over and pointed to a statue of a Bodhisattva and said with a smile.

"Gilt silver bodhisattva! Cultural relics of the Tang Dynasty, the Bodhisattva has a high updo, wears a pearl Buddha crown, a bare-chested shawl, both arms are wearing a champ, a sheep intestine skirt, the whole body is draped with pearls, the eyes are staring ahead, the legs are bent left, and the right kneels on the lotus platform. ”

"Qiunuo, although it is your family's own thing, but if you donate it, you can't get it back, you should know that anything in this house is a treasure." I lowered my voice and blushed a little.

"Since Aunt Qingyang is a person who believes in Buddhism, if these things can be offered to the Buddha in the underground palace of Famen Temple, wouldn't it be more able to worship the Buddha, Aunt Qing's merits are immeasurable, and she has to thank you in turn." Qiu Nuo's smile is like a flower.

"Qiunuo is right, you should help me accumulate merit!" A calm smile.

I was a little relieved at this time, and looked at the statue of the Bodhisattva pointed to by Qiu Nuo just now, the gilded silver Bodhisattva was exquisite in workmanship, exquisite and magnificent.

The Bodhisattva holds in both hands a lotus-leaf-shaped tray with a gilt version of the vow, which has a rectangular gilt flat frame with a vajra pattern, and a chain at the four corners is connected to the gilt plate.

The upper part of the rosette is bowl-shaped, the abdominal wall is decorated with four lotus petals, each weighing eight petals, and the upper two lotus petals are each decorated with a Buddha statue with the first light or backlight, or sit on the knees and sit, etc., and the top edge is decorated with a stamen.

The middle is girded, in the shape of a drum, and the four heavenly kings who hold the sword, hold the axe, the tota, and hang the sword are respectively engraved on the periphery wall.

The lower base is covered with lotus, and the inscription on the gold plaque in the hand of the Bodhisattva is decorated with lotus petals for a week, and each petal is engraved with a Sanskrit text; It is decorated with eight statues of three heads and six arms, all of which are backlit.

The top and bottom surfaces are engraved in Sanskrit, and the center of the inner layer is engraved with a cross tricobalt vajra, and there is a row of dragons on each side, and it is lined with flowing moire.

The gold plaque in his hand has sixty-five characters.

Worship as Ruiwen Yingwu Mingde Zhiren Great Sage Guangxiao Emperor, respect the true body of the Bodhisattva, forever for the offering. I wish for a long life and a long spring, a thousand leaves of the holy branches, eight wildernesses to serve, and no waves in the four seas......

It's a royal thing again, plus the incense burner before, these two things were donated to the Great Ci'en Temple, presumably the host will definitely let me enter the underground palace to pay respects.

I looked back at Qing Yang, smiled embarrassedly, Qing Yang nodded peacefully, I was about to carefully wrap both things, suddenly a sound came from behind the stupa.

"Put everything down!"

There's still someone in this room!

From the moment I entered, the others and I were so captivated by the room full of treasures that we didn't even notice anyone else in the room.

The casual surface on Qiunuo's face just now suddenly became restrained and humble, and his head was lowered.

"Mother, I didn't know you were there."

I've never heard Qiunuo mention her mother, but looking at Qiunuo's respectful appearance now, I guess her mother must be a very dignified woman.

"Your mother has been there all the time, and she said that she hadn't come back for a long time, and she wanted to worship the Buddha when she revisited the old land, so I specially accompanied her back to Jingzhao." Qingyang's head was also lowered.

"Nuo'er, I don't get together with you very much for my mother, I have a lot of worries, I heard your Aunt Qing often mention you in front of me, the world is like duckweed, but with one heart, remember that everything must not be rushed, and it is really impossible to force it."

"Noel remembers her mother's teachings."

The woman behind the Buddha hall spoke in a profound way, but I could tell that this was a word that only a person with great wisdom could comprehend, and the woman's voice was slow and majestic, with a kind of lofty momentum, and even Qingyang, who had always been like stopping water, became respectful in front of this woman's voice.

What kind of woman can have such domineering, and can convince people like Qingyang.

"Hello, aunt, we didn't know you were here, I'm sorry to disturb your Qingxiu." I said politely.

"Although the two things you chose are graceful and luxurious, but the Great Ci'en Temple is an important place for Buddhism, and the four major monks are empty, and if you send these two things, you are committing greed."

The woman's voice paused for a moment and spoke slowly.

"Qingyang, give him the things in the Buddha shrine!"

"Ah......" Qingyang was stunned, she had always been calm and calm, and she was very flustered when she heard the woman's command. ...... in the shrine But ......"

The woman was not speaking, as if nothing that came out of her mouth could be refuted.

Qing Yang knew that he had lost his words, sighed, and carefully took out a bag of things wrapped in bright yellow brocade from the Buddhist shrine and handed it to me.

"You give this to the presiding officer of the Great Mercy and Grace Temple, and he will agree to any request you make!" The woman's voice came, but it was so light that it became an irresistible command when it fell into the ear.

I carefully opened the brocade, and there was a carved wooden box wrapped in it, and there was nothing peculiar about it in ordinary people.

The woman's voice no longer came from behind the Buddhist hall, I put away the wooden box, and the others retreated, when I left, I found Qingyang sighing heavily, her eyes have been looking at the wooden box in her hand, her eyes are full of regret and regret.

I don't know what is so valuable about this inconspicuous wooden box, and even Qingyang, who is full of priceless treasures, can be reluctant to give up.

Qiunuo's mother and the wooden box she was holding in the Buddhist hall, I always felt that I couldn't figure out everything today.