Chapter 244: Eliminating Harm for the People (Part II)

Daming Hall under the front mountain is Heaven Pingzhai, Pingzhai has more than 10 villages, such as a big cornucopia, the hall can accommodate thousands of troops and horses, and the overall situation is close.

Jingyun: Mingtang can accommodate 10,000 horses, but the water mouth is just a boat. There is a Wenchang Pagoda (Baoning Tower) to guard at the mouth of the water, there is a command flag on the left, and there is a drum on the right side and a horse column. "Snow Heart Fu" cloud: "Left flag and right drum, military generals, front barrier and back screen, Wenchen Zaifu." The bureau has a mighty momentum, and it must be a military general. It is the description of this cave.

From the tent below the "Heavenly Maiden Scattered Flowers" at a glance the panorama of Paradise Ping, the north is high and the south is low, the village is connected with each other, the large and small houses are scattered, like a city in the mountains, Heaven Ping is indeed a feng shui treasure of outstanding people from ancient times to the present.

Entering the mouth of the three temples of the outer heaven flat, the "three public temples" built here in those years are still faintly visible.

Sanmiaokou is named after the "Sangong Temple", which enshrines Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei of the Three Kingdoms Taoyuan. The people in the Tiantianping village prayed that the "three princes" would hold the gate of Tiantianping and keep one side safe. It's a pity that the "Sangong Temple" was destroyed in the early Tang Dynasty, and now there are only some broken walls left.

Sanmiaokou is a military fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

In front of the entrance of the three temples, there is a memorial arch.

The torii is magnificent. I can't remember which master once said: the torii is the soul of a place, a landmark.

Not far ahead, is the landmark building of Paradise Ping - Baoning Pagoda (commonly known as Paradise Three Temples Entrance Flower Tower).

The landmark building of Tiantianping, the Sanmiaokou Flower Tower, not only has originality and regionality, but also reflects a local quality, local style, and even condenses a spirit of the times and historical culture. That kind of majestic, that kind of atmosphere, that kind of grandeur, is far more symbolic, artistic, and iconic than the similarity of "pigeons" flying everywhere, ignoring local culture, and treating Western landmark buildings as fashionable!

In fact, any place and city in the world is famous for its strong local cultural characteristics and unique architectural style.

According to legend, this landmark building standing majestically at the entrance of the three temples inside and outside Tiantianping - Baoning Pagoda was built by a man named Long Eyi in the Tiantianping Zhaizi in the Han Dynasty era and mobilized the people in the village.

Mr. Long Eyi is a well-known local philanthropist. Baoning Pagoda is located at the exit of the Tiantianpingzhai Basin, at the midpoint between the two mountain mouths of the three temples. The tower is 24 meters high, the wall thickness is 1.45 meters, the octagonal seven layers, was built in the Han Dynasty, the founding emperor Liu Bang overthrew the Qin Dynasty to eliminate Xiang Yu, established the Han Dynasty (between 256 BC), and was the "ancient tower Chunhui" of the eight views of Xinchang.

The owner of the dragon village pointed to the Baoning Pagoda and said, "When he was a child, he heard his grandfather say that the Baoning Pagoda can be automatically renovated year by year, and once it is brand new and Zhaoren, there are outstanding people in Pingzhai and there are talents or people who are not idle to stop by......"

Surrounded by high mountains on all sides, the paradise Pingzhai of thousands of miles of fertile fields in the middle, has a long history of culture since ancient times, has a profound historical heritage, and the literati and writers of all dynasties, dignitaries and nobles admired it, and sent vitality to Paradise Pingzhai. There was a literati who traveled here in the spring, touched the scene, and left a wonderful pen, which has been regarded as a masterpiece by the people of Paradise Pingzhai and widely recited:

The vast paradise Pingzhai wilderness, spring seedlings, summer rice, autumn fruits and winter vegetables, a prosperous scene. Especially in spring, the spring breeze is long, the drizzle is misty, the spring water is all over the sky, the swallows fly obliquely, and the song of the yellow warbler is crisp and refreshing. Climb the ancient tower, look into the distance, the mountain flowers are brilliant, the leaves are new and green; Farmers in the fields, laughing and laughing; In the distance, there are a few sounds of cuckoo, ancient and new rhyme, full of spring, making people feel comfortable and intoxicated.

Baoning Pagoda is also facing the Long family's big house. The owner of the Longjia house is the marshal of the Han Dynasty, Long Eyi, the area of the house is large, the building is firm, and it is the only one in Xinzhou County.

Huineng looked up at the Baoning Tower, pondering what the owner of the Dragon Village had just said, and couldn't help but ask surprisingly, "Will the Baoning Tower be automatically renovated year by year?" ”

"That's right!" The lord of Longzhai pointed to the Baoning Pagoda and said, "Little Brother Aneng, you see, the tower is seven stories high, counting from the bottom to the fifth, is it much newer than the sixth and seventh floors." ”

After the prompt of the master of Longzhai, Huineng blinked, raised his eyes and looked closely, and sure enough. I couldn't help but admire, "In this way, two years later, Heaven Pingzhai will be a big man again!" ”

"It's still unknown whether the big man will come out, anyway, there is already a non-idle person stopping here!" The owner of the dragon village looked at Huineng in front of him and laughed humorously.

Huineng also smiled "haha", and then said, "Lord Longzhai, I think the name Tiantianping is very beautiful. ”

"Really? A lot of people feel the same way. The lord of Longzhai looked at the village that was already in sight, and said, "Speaking of Tiantianping, in the area of Tiantianping, there is a beautiful story of Tiantianping from generation to generation. ”

Huineng looked at the master of Longzhai with great interest, and asked, "Can you tell me and listen?" ”

The Dragon Village Lord said briskly: "Of course you can." ”

The lord of Longzhai cleared his throat and told Huineng and Liang Yaocai about "The Legend of Tiantianping"-

A long time ago, there was a Yunwu Mountain in Yunfu County, Lingnan, with a main peak of 1,080 meters high. From here, several mountain ranges extend in all directions, one of which runs southwest, passing through the borders of Yun'an, Xinzhou and Yangchun counties.

It crosses the gorge through the field, and it is like a dragon leaping, until it reaches the ground of Tiantianping in Xinzhou County, and ends abruptly at the foot of a stone mountain with Guanyin Pavilion.

It is said that there was once a Mr. Kanyu who followed this dragon vein from Yunwu Mountain to here, and believed that the first knot point of this dragon vein was in the Guanyin Pavilion.

So, Mr. Kanyu observed near the Guanyin Pavilion, hoping to find the passage into the cave. But looking around, but there is no trace, only to see the highest floor in the pavilion, there is a Buddha hall in it, enshrined Guanyin Bodhisattva.

The Bodhisattva sits on the lotus throne, the expression is kind and solemn, the back wall of the hall is a smooth stone wall, and the incense burner in front of the hall is an open-air rooftop. There is a Yao pond in the center of the rooftop, in which lotus is grown.

Because he couldn't find a passage, Mr. Kanyu wanted to dig into the mountainside by hand. But this mountain is rocky, and I don't know where to start.

So, he went into the village to inquire, and overheard, a legend:

A long time ago, Guanyin Bodhisattva traveled here, saw that this is a treasure of feng shui, and was afraid that the world would fight for this place, so he built a Guanyin Pavilion on the hillside. There is a Yao pond on the rooftop of the pavilion, a lotus flower bloomed in the pond in a certain year, bright and dazzling, people all say that this is the auspicious air brought by the manifestation of Guanyin Bodhisattva, therefore, people from far and near come to worship and pray for blessings, the incense is endless. However, I don't know when, but this lotus flower disappeared, and its whereabouts are still unknown.

Mr. Kanyu listened to the old man's words and knew that this flower had a great future.

One day, Mr. Kanyu passed by the door of a house and found that there was a shrine in the main hall of the house, where a commemorative tablet of ancestors was placed, and a lotus flower was inserted in a vase next to the tablet, and the lotus flower radiated a red light.

With the consent of the owner of the house, he took down the lotus flower and admired it. I saw that this was a lotus flower in full bloom, the size of a bowl, the petals were particularly thick, pink in color, as if carved out of rubies, although it had been covered with some dust, it still shone brightly.

Mr. Kanyu saw that the owner of the house was a kind man, so he said something to the owner of the house and drifted away.

Besides, the owner of the house according to Mr. Kanyu, went up the mountain to dig up his father's bones, and that night he touched the Guanyin Pavilion with the bones and lotus flowers, and knocked on the stone wall three times with the lotus flowers.

There is a memorial arch made of jade in front of it, the flying dragon and phoenix walk, the carving is beautiful, and the four big characters of "Heaven and Paradise" are written on it;

Behind the archway is a large square, some pavilions and pavilions are faintly seen around the square, and all kinds of flowers are planted in the square in an orderly manner, and the fragrance is fragrant;

There is a big pearl hanging in the center of the square, which illuminates the square like day;

The back of the square is connected to three avenues, each with a pavilion at the intersection. A plaque hangs from each pavilion. A plaque in the center reads "Paradise Avenue", a pavilion plaque on the left reads "Talent Avenue", and a pavilion plaque on the right reads "Fortune Avenue".

Each avenue connects to a mountain, and one hundred and eight steps are required to reach the summit.

Walking along the "Avenue of Heaven" can lead directly to the Heavenly Court;

Go up to the top of the mountain along the "Talent Avenue", which is where the dragon vein knot is located;

Along the "Avenue of Wealth" up to the top of the mountain, I saw that there were jars and pots of treasures arranged in a neat and orderly manner, including pearls, diamonds, jade and jade, gold bars, silver ingots, and flowers and silver everywhere.

The scenery of these three mountains is beautiful, the mountains are full of green pines and cypresses, the mountain streams and waterfalls are splashing, the cranes are flocking, some are flying in the sky, some are playing in the forest, the birds are singing and the warblers are singing, the hillside is full of flowers, colorful, the fragrant wind is blowing, make people intoxicated. It is said that the name "Heaven Ping" is derived from this.

The owner of the house entered the "Heavenly Victory", first walked to the left pavilion, climbed to the top of the mountain along the "Avenue of Talents", put the bones of his ancestors there, immediately turned around and went down the mountain, went around to the right pavilion, climbed to the top of the mountain along the "Avenue of Wealth", filled two cloth bags full of jewelry, took a lot of them in his hand, rushed down the mountain and rushed out of the cave door, put down the jewels he had obtained, and wanted to turn back and continue to go up the mountain to grab.

However, I saw that Jin Cheng, who had been placed inside and contained the bones of the ancestors, was placed outside the cave.

He suspected that there was something wrong, so he stepped forward to uncover Jin Cheng and took a look, and found that the skeleton was not fake at all. He thought, probably I don't have this blessing to bury my ancestors in this blessed land, for the sake of today, I have to take more gold, silver and jewelry, "expensive" can't ask for it, it's better to become a rich man. So, he climbed to the top of the mountain along the "Avenue of Fortune", greedily filled two more bags of jewels and rushed out of the cave door, and was dumbfounded again, but the jewels that had just been placed outside the cave door were gone.

The third time I went in, I saw that the jewel that had been placed outside the cave door was back in place.

He ran about and was busy for most of the night, and he could not find any treasure.

The last time he walked in, the stone gate had already rolled, he hurriedly turned around and ran out, one foot was almost crushed by the stone door, and when he cleared his mind, he found that in the hurry, he forgot to take out the lotus.

Since then, the stone gate of Guanyin Pavilion has never been opened.