Under the warm sunshine, all kinds of peony flowers in the peony garden compete to bloom, according to the introduction next to this flower bed, only the seven purple peony in front of the Daxiong Hall are preserved in the Ming Dynasty; Li Ruhui felt that the vitality of these purple fairy peonies was really tenacious, and after the city had undergone the change of dynasties and the temple had experienced many wars, it was still able to retain such beauty to this day.

There were more and more tourists by the flower pond, and Li Ruhui stood there silently thinking about a question with a camera; According to the introduction of the "Ming Dynasty Peony" next to the flower bed, the Zixia Fairy planted in the Ming Dynasty here should be planted after the Yongzuo Temple was built; Because if it was planted earlier than that, when it was built Yongzuo Temple, it was a construction site, and the previous planting may not exist; In addition, judging from the architectural layout, the three buildings of the temple at that time were surrounded by a concave shape, and the land in the middle was not paved with bricks or stones, which was probably for planting.

It can be inferred from this that the planter of the Zixia fairy peony is most likely the designer and builder of Yongzuo Temple, Zen Master Miaofeng; Even if it is not him, it should have been planted by later generations according to his design after the completion of the temple.

This leads to a question, in the pure land of Buddhism, why did you choose to plant peonies in the middle of the main hall, what is the meaning?

Li Ruhui saw that there was no vacancy in front of the flower pond, so she quickly pulled her thoughts back, adjusted the focus and took a picture, changed the angle, and squatted down to prepare to take another picture.

In front of the Ming Dynasty left in the "Zixia Fairy" peony, a large number of petals swaying with the wind, like a noble and atmospheric mellow beauty coming to the wind, fluttering clothes; Li Ruhui couldn't help but think of a poem "Purple Peony" by the poet Yuan Haowen at the end of the Jin Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty: "The real concubine in the sky is on the jade mirror platform, and the Zixia cup is left behind when she is drunk." has been made from the incense country, and I am even more afraid of the skillful tailoring of the flower gods. ”

She can remember this poem clearly because when she was in high school, she had a heated argument with her classmates about the "Zixia Huai" or "Zixia Cup" in the poem, which made her more impressed by this poem; At that time, some students thought that it should be pronounced "Huai" because it rhymes; However, some students believe that "cup" also rhymes, but the sound of "cup" should be read as "white", which is based on Liu Xiang of the Western Han Dynasty in "Saying Yuan and Good Saying", saying that punishing wine and drinking a big cup is "floating with big white", that is, reading "cup" as "white".

However, when I think about it now, I feel that it was due to my youth at that time, although each said that it was reasonable, but only paid attention to the part, and ignored what should really be felt, which was the beauty of the graceful, slightly drunk and charming posture depicted in the poem.

Looking at this peony flower, Li Ruhui suddenly remembered the name of another flower: Golden Lily, and the weird name "Golden Lily Project". That was when she took Zong Zhenlei to meet Professor Li, and Zong Zhenlei mentioned that she was preparing to write a paper, and she heard the name for the first time.

At that time, she asked him with some curiosity: "Golden lily?" What a beautiful feeling, I have never heard of this 'Golden Lily Project' you said, what is this plan? ”

Zong Zhenlei glanced at Li Ruhui and said: "It is said that the name of this project 'Golden Lily' is derived from a haiku, you know the haiku of Fusang, right?" As he spoke, he wrote the word "haiku" on the paper and handed it to Li Ruhui to read.

Li Ruhui smiled and said: "This is a kind of classical short poem of Fusang, also known as seventeen-tone poem, which originates from the quatrain of ancient Chinese Chinese poetry. ”

Zong Zhenlei nodded and said, "That's right, but the 'Golden Lily Project' only makes use of haiku's verses, and the plan has nothing to do with haiku." ”

Professor Li said to Zong Zhenlei: "You can tell her about it in detail, a plan with a beautiful and romantic name, I will also listen to it." ”

Zong Zhenlei said: "Okay, then I'll start with the source of this name. ”

He said of the origin of this plan: "The launch of the 'Golden Lily Plan' was a period of humiliation for China, when the Fuso army occupied Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China, and the Fuso top brass was worried that the soldiers' indiscriminate looting would let the gold and silver treasures fall into the hands of the lower-ranking officers and soldiers of Fuso, so the Fuso High Command immediately deployed the 'Golden Lily Plan' operation, which was led by the emperor's younger brother, Prince Chichibu Miyayohito, and the executors were mostly members of the imperial family. ”

Li Ruhui's face became serious: "It turns out that this is a plundering plan!" ”

Zong Zhenlei nodded and said, "Yes." The 'Golden Lily Project' was initially organized by the gendarmerie, whose mission was to seize all government property in the occupied territories and to loot gold, jewellery and currency from banks and treasury. Later, those members of the royal family were not satisfied with the property on the surface, and specially selected soldiers, gangsters, monks, as well as cultural relics appraisal, geological experts and other personnel to form the 'Golden Lily Plan' operation implementation team, and took the Asian region they occupied as the scope of action. ”

Li Ruhui was surprised and asked, "Why are there still gangsters and monks involved?" ”

Zong Zhenlei explained: "Some of the Fusang triad members who were recruited were mainly used to target the triad in China and Asia, because the upper class believed that gangs were also an important place to collect social treasures; As for some of the monks and cultural relics experts recruited, they mainly rely on them to find valuable collections from libraries, museums, private collections and monasteries, such as Buddhist scriptures, Buddha statues, Buddha relics and other Buddhist treasures. ”

Professor Li, who had been listening attentively to Zong Zhenlei's speech, interjected: "According to the information you have gathered, has the 'Golden Lily Project' taken action against temples and other cultural resources in Shanxi?" ”

Zong Zhenlei replied: "During the Fusang army's invasion of China, more than 60 ancient temples and buildings in Shanxi were destroyed, and many of them were stolen or destroyed, some of which were related to the 'Golden Lily Project'; of course, they were not all successful, I will say something related to the monks of Yongzuo Temple; in 1942, an oriental cultural delegation from Fusang came to Shanxi, and at that time, Guangsheng Temple in Zhaocheng, Shanxi Province contained a set of copies of the Jin Dynasty's "Open Treasure", which was priceless. After the oriental cultural delegation came, they rushed to Zhaocheng to ask the abbot of Guangsheng Temple. ”

Li Ruhui heard this historical material for the first time, and she didn't understand it very well, and wanted to ask questions, but she didn't want to disturb Zong Zhenlei's train of thought.

Seeing Li Ruhui's desire to ask and stop, Professor Li said: "Let me add, "Open Treasure" is the first Tripitaka engraved by the official organization during the Kaibao period of the Song Dynasty after Buddhism was introduced to China, and it was lost many years later; This classic in the Guangsheng Temple of Zhaocheng belongs to the copy of "Open Treasure", that is to say, it was re-typed and printed in the Jin Dynasty according to the original of "Open Treasure", and most of the original appearance of "Open Treasure" was preserved. Precious things have their own precious reasons. ”

Zong Zhenlei nodded to Professor Li's addition, saying, "The professor is right, that's right. He saw Professor Li make a gesture for him to continue, so he continued: "The request of the Fuso people was rejected by the abbot Likong, the presiding abbot of Guangsheng Temple. This Likong, who had served as the magistrate of several counties before entering the empty gate, had a high level of cultural attainment, and the temple he shaved was Yongzuo Temple. ”

Li Ruhui thought she hadn't heard clearly, so she asked softly: "Yongzuo Temple in our city?" ”

"Yes." Zong Zhenlei continued to introduce his research: "This Fusang expedition also wore military uniforms, but unlike other invading Fusang army units, they were very concerned about finding cultural and religious objects left behind in Shanxi for thousands of years. After they came to Guangsheng Temple in Zhaocheng, Li Kong saw that they could not stop them, so they asked for help from the Taiyue Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, and the leaders of the Military Region immediately sent troops to infiltrate Guangsheng Temple and transport the scriptures away overnight. At present, this scripture is collected in the Huaxia National Library, and it is said to be one of the treasures of the town hall, known as the "Zhaocheng Golden Collection". ”

Professor Li interjected: ""Zhaocheng Jinzang" has experienced a lot of hardships! ”

Zong Zhenlei continued Professor Li's topic and said: "In order to prevent the "Zhaocheng Golden Collection" from falling into the hands of the Fusang army, the Eighth Route Army fought a battle with the Fusang army at the junction of Anze and Qinxian in Shanxi; This scripture was transferred with the army many times, and for a time it was even hidden in a damp abandoned coal kiln, and it did go through hardships, but it was finally preserved in our country. ”

Professor Li nodded, seemingly very satisfied with Zong Zhenlei's level of historical knowledge and attention to detail.

Zong Zhenlei continued: "Judging from the fact that the Fusang Oriental Culture Investigation Group wanted to obtain the 'Zhaocheng Golden Collection', they are very interested in the Buddha treasure that belongs to the national treasure level, but whether this matter is related to the implementation of the 'Golden Lily Plan', I am still in the stage of collecting information, and I can't conclude for the time being. The 'Golden Lily Project' is a secret plan, most of the soldiers at the bottom are not clear, and even some of the engineers involved in the final treasure have been eliminated, so there are very few people who know about it, and there is even less information, so it also increases the difficulty of research. ”

Professor Li apparently knew about the plot that Zong Zhenlei was talking about, adding: "The couple of American scholars Sterling Seagrave and Peggy Seagrave, who emigrated to France, have published a book specifically to reveal the 'Golden Lily Project'. ”

Li Ruhui sighed: "It's really an eye-opener, it turns out that doing bad things can also be named a beautiful name." ”

Just as she was using her camera to aim at a peony flower again, trying to take advantage of the side of the sunlight to shoot up, she inadvertently turned her head and felt a sharp gaze shooting straight from the direction of the Three Holy Pavilion in the heights.

She put down her camera to determine the source of the gaze, but she did not find anyone in the attic watching her, only a crowd of tourists; Look around, and it's no different.

Li Ruhui suddenly felt panicked, and a very uncomfortable feeling hit her, so she stopped filming and took out her mobile phone to contact Zong Zhenlei.