Volume 2 Dynasty Chapter 234 The Donor
"According to the current information, Duobao Temple is indeed a place to break the situation, but you really want to work for the True Spirit Sect?"
Looking at the temple in front of him full of lifeless air and full of incense, he pointed to the evil cults that were crowded around him and were no different from living people, opened his mouth wide, and pretended to exaggerate: "You kid can think clearly, this place can't be messed with by you." ”
"Duobao Temple."
Lu Xuan glanced up at the gilt plaque hanging on the door, muttered in a low voice, ignored his words, and walked straight towards the temple.
The interior of the temple is paved with white stones, the walls are painted with red paint, and the roofs of the palaces everywhere are covered with black tiles, which looks quite solemn and magnificent, and the people who come and go light one long incense after another, and the whole temple is covered in smoke, like a fairyland.
But in Lu Xuan's eyes, this place has long been dilapidated due to the passage of time.
The people who came to offer incense were all evil spirits wrapped in strips of white cloth.
"The dead air here is several times stronger than outside, and it seems that this is the problem." Lu Xuan looked at the dark clouds above his eyes that were getting thicker and thicker, and secretly thought to himself in his heart: "Since entering the city, these evil spirits have not directly attacked themselves, they should want to let the death qi erode my body, so... As long as I don't do anything too out of the ordinary in the temple, there shouldn't be any great danger. ”
"It's better to understand the layout of the temple first, and when the time comes, whether it's running away or hiding, it's a good choice.... It's just that I don't know if the person from the True Spirit Sect has followed, and if he doesn't, what should he do? ”
He sniffed the incense around him, and said with a smile: "It's okay to find out the truth, but you must remember to grasp a good degree, now you are in a thief's den, if you really provoke these beasts, it will not be so easy to run." ”
Lu Xuan nodded, agreeing with his statement, after all, even if the two of them have their own ghosts, they both want to live at present.
Walking into the outer courtyard of Duobao Temple, Lu Xuan glanced around, except for the evil disguised people, the other places did not look much different from ordinary temples, and there was nothing worth noting.
He then walked into the Buddha hall of Duobao Temple.
This is the Jizo King Bodhisattva enshrined.
It stands to reason that in the main hall of Tabaoji Temple, only the golden statue of Jizo Bodhisattva should be enshrined.
To Lu Xuan's surprise, in the main hall, in addition to the golden statue of the King of Jizo Bodhisattva, there are many other Arhat statues.
These Arhat statues are arranged on both sides of the main hall in turn, with different forms and kind faces, and there is nothing unusual on the surface.
However, Lu Xuan's brows were tightly furrowed.
In the yin eye, the golden statue of the Jizo King Bodhisattva has long been broken after the baptism of the years, and the gold layer plated on it has fallen off a lot of mud to expose the inside, and the left shoulder part is even more shattered, as if it will collapse at any time, and the golden Arhat statue is intact whether it is in the yin eye or the yang eye.
Every movement and gesture is carved to life, as if a real person were sitting on it.
Could it be that these golden-bodied Arhat statues were recast after the people became evil spirits?
But why do they do this?
Lu Xuan thought in his heart, and his gaze fell on him through the "crowd" of the main hall.
I saw him standing next to a red pillar, his chin pinched with his left hand, as if thinking about something.
Lu Xuan stepped forward in small steps, followed his line of sight, and looked at the beams of the Buddha hall, only to find that these beams were carved with strange runes.
These runes were like broken lines on the beams of the house, and they spread throughout the Buddha hall.
"Some of the things that look like they are written on talismans should be used here to suppress evil spirits." He thought for a moment, then pointed to the rotten bottom of the red pillar and continued: "You see that this place has decayed, and the runes on it are not clear and have lost their effectiveness. It's a pity that although the people who arranged these runes have superb means, they still can't suppress the evil in the Duobao Temple. ”
"You mean that someone has long been aware of the anomaly of the Duobao Temple, and has arranged a talisman to suppress it in advance?" Lu Xuan's expression was solemn: "But there is no record of this in the dossier, which means that this person is not a member of the True Spirit Sect." ”
"Almost, maybe it was the monk of Duobao Temple, but I can't say for sure." He nodded in agreement.
Lu Xuan examined the runes on the red beams.
For some reason, it always felt familiar to him.
"The golden statue made by the evil is interesting."
In the blink of an eye, he came to the golden Arhat statue, looked at each other wantonly, and after looking at it for a long time, he suddenly stretched out his hand and slapped the head of the Buddha statue, making a dull sound.
Lu Xuan's heart tightened.
But the pilgrims who put incense in the main hall only glanced there, and then continued to do what they had to do as if they couldn't see anything.
"Hey, I'm a mother, pure gold! How much silver does it have to sell? He sat on the head of the idol and said with a smile: "Boy, I think you don't want to help the True Spirit Sect Chalaoshzi case, steal a golden statue and go, this thing is enough for you to eat for a lifetime." ”
Lu Xuan didn't bother to pay attention to his joke, turned around and walked towards the outside of the main hall.
The main hall of Duobao Temple, the situation is almost the same.
Now it's time to check out the Buddha halls in other places.
I walked through the Buddha hall in the front part of the temple.
The situation Lu Xuan saw was not much different from that in the main hall.
Basically, every Buddha hall is dedicated to the golden-bodied Arhat and the Jizo King Bodhisattva, and the difference between the two is also extremely obvious, and some of the Jizo King Bodhisattva statues are even completely cracked.
However, there are also a very few Buddha halls where there are no statues of gods, and there are no pilgrims coming and going, and it seems that they have been abandoned for a long time.
The current information is not enough to prove anything, and Lu Xuan is walking towards the back of Duobao Temple by himself.
"Knock Knock"
Inside the temple, there was a rhythmic sound of percussion.
The source of the sound is easy to identify, it is the sound made by the monk when he hits the wooden fish.
Lu Xuan followed the sound of the wooden fish and walked towards the backyard of the temple, wanting to contact the monks in the temple, but when he just left the Buddha hall in front of him and walked dozens of steps to the backyard.
A monk wearing a yellow robe stood in front of him, clasped his hands together, and said: "Donor, behind is the backyard of the temple, which is the place where the monks in the temple practice and rest, and I hope the donor will move to the Buddha hall in front." ”
Don't you let go?
"It seems that the backyard of Duobao Temple is more interesting than the front yard!" He said with a smile in Lu Xuan's ear.
Looking at the slowly flowing strips of white cloth on the monk's body, Lu Xuan smelled a deep rancid smell, but he didn't say anything, but nodded and walked in another direction.
Seeing Lu Xuan's figure disappear in front of him.
The monk breathed a sigh of relief, and after standing in place for a few moments, he walked towards the front hall of the temple.
It had just left.
A black shadow appeared in the stone-paved corridor, gradually merging with the shadow in the corner, slowly moving towards the backyard of Duobao Temple.