Chapter 44: The Great Buddha Temple

When Liu Lu went out of Star City this time, he didn't have his Spirit Snake Sword with him, because the purpose of his trip was to go to a famous ancient temple outside Star City to burn incense and worship gods, and the time was short, and that kind of place was not suitable for carrying swords and swords.

The ancient temple outside the Star City is called the Big Buddha Temple, and it takes about half a day to rely on the strength of the feet in the Moon Mountain, which is thirty miles away from the Star City.

After leaving the Star City, Liu Lu was not in a hurry, the weather was very good that day, the sun was shining, the grass was new along the way, and the old trees were budding.

Birds and insects chirping, full of vitality, a thriving scene, made Liu Lu feel relaxed and happy.

Liu Lu, who had been nesting for a winter, felt full of strength after coming out, chasing mountains and rivers, on the way to the Big Buddha Temple, but for a while, it caused some people to look sideways, like looking at a madman with an abnormal mind, and he would bypass it when he saw it from a distance.

Liu Lu is quite self-conscious about this aspect and doesn't pay much attention to it.

Of course, he didn't fly like this the whole time, and usually when he met a young lady passing by, he would pay a little attention to his own image.

Most of the day's journey, because of Liu Lu's restlessness, it was much faster than ordinary people, and he went out early in the morning, and at noon, he had already arrived at the foot of Yueshan.

The big Buddha Mountain is close to the Star City, so the incense is prosperous, in this is not the fifteenth day of the new year, nor is it the birthday of the gods and Buddhas, there are still many people who go up the mountain to burn incense, all kinds of pilgrims.

There is a small river at the foot of the Moon Mountain, the river water is clear, there are many small fish, there are rows of big trees by the river, it is usually a place for people to rest, but because of the large flow of people, at any time, there are gradually more merchants selling various things under the big trees, and the prosperity is comparable to a small market.

In addition to the most incense candles and paper money, there are also a wide variety of food and tea sold on site.

Staple snacks, snacks, tea, sugar water, mountain spring water, all of them; In addition, there are a lot of toys, stone, wood, bamboo, ceramics, clay sculptures, bronze casting, and so on; There are also jade artifacts that are naturally indispensable in the realm of Star City.

When Liu Lu passed by this place, it can be said that he was dazzled, and he wanted to buy everything to play, but in the end, because he was shy in his pocket, and the price of things on the scene was quite high, he only ate a bowl of noodles with a friendly price, and finally when he went to Yueshan, he only took a handful of incense candles in his hand, and he didn't even buy paper money.

Starting from the land temple at the foot of the Moon Mountain, and then go up more than 100 rough bluestone steps, you will reach the mountain temple dedicated to the mountain god halfway up the mountain, next to the mountain temple is a very stout big willow tree, which is said to be nearly 2,000 years old.

This big tree, Liu Lu was deeply shocked when he saw it for the first time, the willow tree is not very tall, but the main trunk is very thick, about twelve or three people surrounded, in the willow trunk from the ground four people high fork, there is a small temple, is the tree temple.

Because the distance was too high, and there were a lot of divine flags around the small temple, Liu Lu straightened his heels and stretched his neck, but he didn't see what the tree god was like.

Next to the mountain temple, there is a rather spacious flat square, all paved with large white jade, which is the mountain gate of the Big Buddha Temple.

The big white jade paved with the mountain gate does not look luxurious, because the big white jade is the most in the Yulong Mountains, and it is also the most ordinary jade, the jade quality is not good, and it is not very valuable, so it is generally used as a building stone, mainly beautiful and solemn, and it is very suitable for use in some places with majestic and grand needs, such as the general government and official residence of the Star City, and it is said that the Zhaoming Palace in the Star City, the floor tiles inside are made of the best white jade.

On the big white jade square in front of the mountain gate of the Big Buddha Temple, in addition to the pedestrians who enter and exit the temple gate, there are also a lot of people, of course, there is no merchant who sells things here, but there is another kind of businessman who is quite Shinto, that is, all kinds of palmistry, fortune telling, word measurement, bone touching, drawing talismans, and interpreting dreams.

Liu Lu did not rush to enter the gate of the Great Buddha Temple, but was attracted by a stall on the side of the square, a thin old man dressed in Taoism, ordinary, with a somewhat vicissitudes of life, wearing an old Taoist robe, sitting at an old wooden table, looking at the people coming and going, there were several peach wood boxes on the table, and various styles of yellow rune paper were placed in the face.

Liu Lu noticed that this person was purely attracted by the pile of yellow talismans he posed.

This old Taoist didn't deliberately sell and didn't talk much, but whenever someone came forward to ask, whether it was to ask about illness, or to ask for a child's life, or to keep safe and drive away bad luck, the old Taoist didn't ask much, just a few words, "Take this talisman and burn it, turn it into water and drink it!" …… Take this talisman, wrap it in yellow paper, and put it on closely! …… Take this talisman and stick it on the lintel. ”

Liu Luda felt in his heart that this old Taoist might be a liar, but he couldn't resist his curiosity, and the Taoist people who could draw talismans had always given him the impression that they were immortal characters with strange means when he didn't know the existence of immortal cultivators.

Seeing that the old Taoist's yellow fu was not expensive, Liu Lu decided to take a look.

Liu Lu was originally an ordinary young man's appearance and decoration, naturally not attracting attention, when he approached the old Taoist, the old Taoist did not react, just raised his eyelids and motioned to Liu Lu to explain his intentions.

"Dao Chief, I recently feel that I have encountered an unclean thing, it seems to be an old dryad who has become a spirit, I wonder if there is any good solution on your side?"

The old Taoist didn't ask much, and slowly took out a yellow paper talisman from a peach box on the table, which was a few points narrower than the palm of his hand, but longer than the palm of his hand.

At the suggestion of the old Taoist, Liu Lu took the yellow paper talisman and looked at it very seriously, the material was ordinary yellow paper, and he couldn't understand the runes drawn on it, there were black and red, there were lines, there were words, and there were some dots and circles, which looked quite mysterious, making people unconsciously feel that there was a mysterious power on the rune paper.

The old Taoist chief's voice was a little hoarse, "Wrap it in yellow paper and wear it on your body, and evil things won't be close to you." ”

"Dao Chief, does this work?"

The old Taoist didn't get angry at Liu Lu's questioning, he just nodded, "It works." ”

"What if it doesn't work?"

"Either the evil is too powerful, and the old spirit talisman can't help it. Either that, you should have this fate, and you can't avoid it! ”

When he said this, Liu Lu slandered for a while, but he did not speak out against the old Taoist.

Liu Lu paid more than a dozen copper coins, folded up the yellow paper talisman and put it in his arms, but did not leave.

Liu Lu looked at the old Taoist, "Daoist, is there that kind of powerful paper talisman that can attack and hurt demons?" ”

The old Taoist elder did not rush to speak at first, but groaned.

Liu Lu understood in his heart, and immediately blurted out, "Don't worry, money is not a problem." ”

Who knew that the old Taoist shook his head, but he didn't distinguish anything. "Looks like you're in a lot of trouble."

Then the old Taoist took out another peach box from under the table, took out a paper talisman from it, and then quickly closed it, so that Liu Lu, who was peeking at it, didn't see anything.

"If there is a vicious evil that wants to hurt you, use this talisman to slap on its form, as for whether it is useful or not, it depends on your creation!"

The old Taoist said solemnly, Liu Lu unconsciously became sincere, and the suspicions and scorns at the beginning disappeared without a trace unconsciously.

Liu Lu carefully took the paper rune and looked at it carefully, it was the same material as the one he just got, it was ordinary yellow paper, but the runes on it were different, although it was also like other paper runes, the color was black and red, but the one in this hand was obviously more red runes, and the color was more vivid.

With the eyes of a layman, he could also see that the cinnabar used on this paper symbol was obviously different from other paper symbols. Liu Lu also noticed the biggest difference, that is, on the paper symbol he was holding in his hand, there was a small red square seal printed on it, and he couldn't understand the content of the seal, it was all some strange characters that twisted and twisted.

Regarding the difference in the paper symbol, Liu Lu did not ask much this time, the price of this paper symbol is slightly more expensive.

Liu Lu paid a penny of broken silver, and then thanked the old Taoist before leaving.

After leaving for a while, Liu Lu suddenly felt in his heart that he was a little too impulsive and wasted money, and then he smiled a little dumbly, feeling that he was a little like a little woman's mentality, too twisting and pinching gains and losses.

In front of the old Taoist, Liu Lu still felt that the paper talisman should have magical power, but after leaving that place, he felt another thing in his heart, and he didn't report any hope for the two yellow paper talismans on his body, but just thought that if there was still a chance, he could find Xianyi to try the effect.

With the lesson of the yellow paper talisman, Liu Lu became much more rational about the solicitation of others, and forcibly endured the idea of telling fortunes for himself, and walked quickly past a place to test marriage.

Wolsan Buddha Mountain is not a pure Buddhist temple, but a mixed temple with Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and other deities.

The Big Buddha Temple is an ancient temple, the vermilion lacquer on the temple gate has long been old and peeling off, and the wooden door is mottled, telling the old years.

Unlike ordinary temples, the middle gate of the temple will not be opened until the fifteenth day of the new year, while the middle gate of the Big Buddha Temple is open every day of the year.

Liu Lu walked into the gate, and on both sides of the gate were four burly Angry Eye Protector Vajra, and there were many ancient cypress trees in the courtyard, all of which were hundreds of years old, or even thousands of years.

The layout inside the Big Buddha Temple is not very regular.

The main hall of the middle courtyard is dedicated to the Buddha statue and the Arhat, the general pilgrims and worshippers of the Buddha can not enter at will, if you want to burn incense and worship the Buddha, you can only do it in the courtyard in front of the main hall, and there is also a place to ask for a sign outside the hall.

Unable to enter the main hall, Liu Lu also followed the flow of people and inserted a handful of lit incense into the big copper tripod incense burner in the courtyard, and the futon was already full of people, so he knelt directly on the jade slab in the courtyard and bowed, and then went to other temples.

The left and right sides of the middle courtyard of the Big Buddha Temple are based on the mountain, and there are nearly ten temple courtyards of all sizes built, which are enshrined in different gods and Buddhas, including the Buddha Buddha Bodhisattva Arhat Dharma King, and the various innate immortals of the Taoist Gate. Even in some small temples, there are also enshrined gods of mountains and rivers who are righteous in the world, and human sages with great merits.

Liu Lu worshiped the gods and Buddhas one by one, he didn't expect that there would be so many gods and Buddhas in the Big Buddha Temple, so he bought a large handful of incense at the foot of the mountain and ran out very early, and in the end he only didn't burn incense, only knelt down.

Liu Lu has limited knowledge of the gods and Buddhas, so like most people, he just kneels down when he meets the gods, but fortunately he has nothing to pray for, and he does not make a wish to the gods and Buddhas, otherwise his blind and perfunctory worship may not be able to obtain the fulfillment and protection of the gods and Buddhas.