Matsuko went on to say that there were other reasons why he was so sure. When I said this, Songzi turned his head and asked me, what are the dynasties after the Tang Dynasty called?

Song Dynasty! I blurted out. But when the words just fell, Songzi pointed at my nose and said loudly: Wrong!

This sudden sound startled me, I was about to scold and say that you kid don't bully honest people because you know more, be careful when I beat you, Songzi continued, between the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, there was a period of chaos and war that lasted for nearly a hundred years, and in the history of our country, it is collectively referred to as "Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms".

I was about to quibble about some messy and self-established small dynasties, and you also want to talk about it is interesting, but I caught a glimpse of Qin Bukong's serious and serious expression, it seemed that although he was harder than me, Songzi's words did make him deeply shaken. Songzi went on to say that during the Ten Kingdoms period, although Wuhan was supposed to be the territory of Jingchu, it was beaten by the state of Wu and became the westernmost position of the territory of the state of Wu. In order to educate the people not to resist, because they were surrounded by the Later Tang, Later Shu, and Chu States, the king of Wu at that time began to use religion to control the people in the border area, not only expanded a lot on the basis of the "Eighteen Arhat Hall", but also placed 500 small bronze Arhats, but the statues and materials were the same as the huge bronze Arhats. Since then, the "Eighteen Arhat Hall" has changed its name. It's called the "Five Hundred Arhat Hall".

Songzi said that in the next thousands of years, although there have been many wars, the five hundred Arhats have long been stolen and robbed, but no one has the ability to steal the huge bronze Arhat donated by the mysterious person, and the Buddhist hall has also been abandoned several times, and the name has been changed many times, and the past monuments can not be found at all, and the only thing left is this Arhat.

In the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, this place became "Wang's Kwai Garden", and its builder was Wang Mingyuan, the commander of Huazhou County at that time. He made a special trip to build a family temple to worship this bronze Arhat, but because there is only one left, the scale of the family temple is also very small. This state lasted until the Shunzhi period, when Master Baiguang and Master Zhufeng persuaded the local believers together, and everyone raised money to buy this Wang's Kwai Garden, so that there is today's Guiyuan Temple.

I sounded a little fascinated, and in just over ten minutes of narration, Matsuko seemed to take me back to a history of rise and fall over the past thousand years, which was exactly a piece of history that I didn't know at all. So I asked Matsuko, where did you get all this news? How do you know that these are true, after all, people in the past were more ignorant than now, and the news was not smooth, what if it was some misinformation? When the time comes, won't we have to make a big detour? Songzi said that these were all told to me by the abbot of Guiyuan Temple.

Qin Bukong snorted again and said, you said that you kid doesn't smoke or drink, why did you start talking nonsense? As we all know, there is no abbot in Guiyuan Temple now, there is only one prison called Changming in charge, during the struggle most of the Taoist temples in the country, the treatment is the same, the monk is more disadvantaged than the Taoist, not only forced to change clothes and hair, but also forced to eat meat and marry a wife. In these years, when you are a monk, you have relatives and friends, and you can be allowed to stay in a prison to see the field, which is a great blessing for Buddhism, where is the abbot, can you make a draft before bragging?

Songzi was robbed by Qin Bukong, and seemed a little unhappy, he said, since it is to inquire, we can't be detected at the beginning of our true intentions, I also know what you said, so I quietly waited near the gate of Guiyuan Temple for a few days, thinking that even if the monks inside do not open the door to receive pilgrims, then they always have to eat and drink, in the evening of the next day, Songzi saw a monk who changed into civilian clothes, brought a hat, and hurriedly came out of the Guiyuan Temple, He also carried a jar and a bamboo basket in his hand. Out of curiosity, Matsuko followed, following the monk from a distance. There are all Zen monks in Guiyuan Temple, there are no warrior monks, and in this peaceful era, people who practice martial arts have gone to Shaolin Temple, and this Guiyuan Temple is just some monks who meditate. After following the monk through a few alleys, he was seen into a very shabby-looking dwelling, where he stayed for about ten minutes before coming out of the house. When he came out, the bamboo basket in his hand had been replaced, not the one he had before, and the one that had been replaced was empty, and the jar he was carrying in his hand was also missing at the moment.

Songzi said that from this, it was concluded that this monk was here to deliver something, and it was very likely to send some food and drink. But it is obvious that eating outside the temple is much better and easier to eat than inside the temple, so why should the people in this house have people deliver it from the temple? In this way, this person must be related to the temple, and he does not eat big fish and meat, but wants to eat the fast food in the temple, Songzi concluded that this person must be a person who cultivates Buddhism, and the person who can get such a special meal delivery treatment from the temple must also be a high position in the temple, such as the superintendent, such as the abbot.

So Songzi didn't make a movement at the moment, and the next day he went to the house again, this time pretending to be passing by, at the door of the house, smelled a very strong smell of Chinese medicine, and the wooden door at the door had the mark of a torn white seal, and the door was splashed with ink, so Songzi thought that the person who lived here may not only be a high-ranking person in the temple, but the mark on the door showed that this person had suffered injustice and been criticized.

As a result, Songzi had previously heard that Guiyuan Temple only had a prison at the moment, so he concluded that it was the former abbot who entrusted Master Changming to supervise the temple, Abbot Mibao.

I admire Matsuko's ability to judge, at least to me, I wouldn't have thought of it that much. Matsuko continued, so he organized the language and knocked on the door to visit. Qin Bukong asked, where are you sacred, you have to take care of you when you visit someone's house, since you choose to live in seclusion there, you just don't want others to disturb you, how can there be such an ignorant person as you.

Songzi said, Senior Qin, visiting others is based on sincerity, not your identity. After I identified myself, they did open the door for me. Although one is a Buddhist family and the other is a Taoist family, everyone is a member of the Xuanmen, and for some unfair things to happen, maybe the two families have different attitudes, but they are essentially the same. I went straight to the point and expressed my intentions, asking Abbot Mibao if there was anything worth digging into the existing temple, and they told me about the past and present life of this temple. Although it may not be true, after all, no one can trace the events of such an early age, but Abbot Mibao told me that the bronze statue is indeed still in the temple, and it exists in the hall of five hundred Arhats.

Songzi also said that the abbot said that if we want to investigate, he can ask someone to bring the word and turn back to make it convenient for us. Qin Bukong and I stopped talking, it seemed that when we were lazily spending the past few days, Songzi had already arranged everything for us. Qin Bukong asked Songzi and said, then if we set out to investigate, it would be the same as Changchun Guan, would it be blatant, right? Songzi said that he didn't know yet, but if we wanted to go, we had to visit the abbot of Mibao in advance, and with his instructions, it might be easier. I asked Songzi Dao, but the only thing left there was was only a bronze statue, where is the "魉" we are looking for now, there is no score at all, if we just investigate the bronze statue, what can we get?

Songzi said, this is the guess I just said, let's assume now, if the mysterious person who gave the bronze statue at the beginning is really the strange person who set up the array for us, then why did he donate the bronze statue of Arhat to the Buddhist temple as a Taoist priest? If it was really him, then there must be traces to follow on the bronze statue, if we can find new clues, we will also narrow down the scope of the investigation accordingly, in this way, isn't it easier than us sitting at home and investigating without brains for a while?

Matsuko is right, although it is only a hypothesis now, but this is too much of a coincidence, and in the end, it is necessary to give it a try. This time I chose to take sides, I was persuaded by Songzi, and the rest depends on Qin Bukong. Qin Bukong thought for a while and said to us, since this is the case, let's prepare tomorrow and go to visit the abbot master.

So that night, we all rested early to prepare for the next day.