"There are four hundred and eighty temples in the Southern Dynasty, and how many buildings are in the smoke and rain. ”

Sitting in the carriage and looking at the scenery along the way, Chen Cuo sighed and deeply felt the influence of Buddhism in the Southern Dynasties, especially in Jiankang City.

He left Jiankang City this morning from the east fence gate in the east of the city, followed the suburban road all the way to the north, turned to the west at Najiang Mountain, crossed the Dongmen Bridge, and walked along the Zhoushan Mountain and Xuanwu Lake, and finally entered the outer city of Jiankang from the north gate.

Along the way, I saw no less than 20 temples, large and small!

"What a poem!" On the side, Chen Hai, who was waiting for the car, immediately began his routine praise.

Chen Cuo didn't take the sycophants to heart, pointed to the continuous temple on the mountain in the distance, and asked the guide on the side.

"What monastery is that?"

"It is Guishan Temple, and the owner of the temple is a well-known good person, giving porridge to persuade kindness, and adopting orphans. "The guide is a hunter, named Ma Wu, born in the manor of the Nankang family, and knows Jiankang City very well, so he was selected by Chen Hai to lead the way, "This temple was prosperous in the time of Gaozu, there are many halls, and the incense is prosperous!"

Chen Cuo nodded and praised, and said: "There is a temple in the mountains, and there is a big temple in the outer city, and then you will go to the tide ditch in the south, right? ”

Ma Wu said with a smile: "The prince is wise, there are six or seven miles of land, and you can see the tide ditch." ”

Chen Cuo said again: "The tide ditch mansion is gathered, Guishan Temple is not far from the tide ditch, it should be popular, go over and take a look." ”

Chen Haizheng was thinking about Chen Cuo's thoughts, along the way there were so many temples, the prince just understood and asked, so he drove forward, and he didn't have the idea of visiting at all, but now he saw Guishan Temple, but he wanted to see it......

Thinking of this, Chen Hai already knew it in his heart.

He, the Lord, wanted to choose a temple close to the city and with many people.

That's exactly what happened.

Chen mistakenly traveled to the temple, not really to worship the Buddha, but to prevent the invasion of evil ghosts, and to find a place for the Buddha to live temporarily.

Although Zhou Youzi did not say it explicitly, Chen mistakenly guessed that the Buddhist temple in this world should have great power, which can ward off evil spirits and take refuge in the temple, and the evil spirits will come again and can be sheltered.

However, there are many wild jungles in the suburbs outside the city, and there are often animals and birds, even if you look at the magnificent temple, when night falls, it is inevitable to have a bit of a feeling of wilderness and ancient temples.

In view of this, Chen Cuo wanted to be closer to the city, and if Zhou Youzi returned, closer to the city, he could also know, go, and meet with him as soon as possible.

Thinking about it, the carriage he was riding in had reached the outskirts of the temple.

"I'm going to get off here. Ma Wu reminded outside the car, "From here to the temple, the vast land belongs to the temple. ”

Chen Cuo was surprised, got out of the car, looked up, the temple was still far away, the surrounding fertile farmland, halfway through the countryside, there was a stone pavilion.

On both sides of the road, there are many farmers farming.

"Who are these people?"

"The tenant farmers of the temple, Guishan Temple said that there are dozens of land, here is only partial, there are many outside the city. "Ma Wu is like a few family treasures," there are not only tenant farmers in the temple, but also many warrior monks, who often go out of the city to inspect and sweep away bandits. ”

Chen Cuo followed Chen Fangqing's memory fragments and asked, "The temple has so much land, why do you often ask for families and people from the world to raise money?"

"I heard that it was because I didn't forget the roots. "Ma Wu is a little unsure.

Chen Cuo nodded, didn't ask any more questions, and walked on the field path with Chen Hai, Ma Wu and Sanliang's entourage.

On both sides, the years are quiet.

In the distance, there are women working and children playing, and there is a picture of men plowing and women weaving.

Chen Cuo just wanted to praise two sentences, but suddenly his whole body sank, and he was a little unhappy, cold sweat flowed from his head, he was slightly dizzy, and he realized that something was wrong.

"What's going on?"

He was in a hurry, and when he looked up, his eyes widened, and he actually saw a shining Buddha on the temple!

It seems that in response to Chen Cuo's gaze, the expansion of the Buddha fell straight down, and there was a bit of Mount Tai pressing the top!

Chen Cuo stopped suddenly, invisible pressure came to him, and made him take two steps back, take a deep breath, and look at it again, but he couldn't find it.

The people on the side were a little strange, but they didn't dare to ask more.

Chen Cuo frowned and pondered, wiped a handful of cold sweat, and felt something.

"Zhou Daochang said, the evil ghost is connected to my will, this is hidden in the words, there is no body, it is because of my mind outline, it is formed, I am afraid that this body is stained with evil ghosts and evil spirits, close here, the Buddha is born by itself, maybe it is to suppress the evil spirit, so it will be uncomfortable. ”

As soon as he thought of this, although his body was not good, he had no intention of leaving.

"This also shows that coming here to spend the night can really resist evil spirits!"

Chen Cuo thought about it, and couldn't help but speed up his pace, but the more he walked, the more cold sweat on his head became.

However, when he was halfway through and passed by the stone pavilion, he heard the sound of laughter coming from inside the pavilion. Swept it casually, and saw two Taoist priests sitting in it talking, one looked young and looked like a teenager, and the other was a young man.

"There is a Taoist priest in front of the Buddhist temple? Speaking of which, when I came to the temple, it was also a Taoist priest's suggestion, weird, weird!"

Chen Cuo retracted his gaze and ignored it, just thinking about hurrying to the temple and suppressing the evil spirit.

"Senior brother, you just said that if you want to restrain the incense, you have to visualize it in your heart, I don't know what this means?"

Decide!

Listening to the words coming from the pavilion, Chen Cuo stopped suddenly, as if he had been hit by the immobilization technique, retreated, and went to the side of the stone pavilion to look again.

He took a closer look, only to find that it was the young Taoist who spoke, and this person actually called the young man next to him a senior brother.

The young Taoist smiled slightly, but instead of speaking, he looked at Chen Cuo.

"Two Taoist ......" Chen Kuo arched his hand and understood, stepped forward to salute, and said: "I have seen the two Taoist masters, and I have just heard the two of them talk about incense, and I am quite interested, can we join us?"

He looked forward to it, and wondered in his heart, why was Zhou Youzi vague and had many restrictions, and these two people talked so directly in broad daylight?

The young Taoist smiled: "Seeing each other is fate, since Brother Tai can listen to words, it is not an ordinary person, it is better to sit down and discuss the Tao together." ”

"Thank you. Chen Cuo was full of weirdness, thinking about what you were talking about in front of the monk's temple, but the other party was willing to say that he couldn't ask for it, not to mention the temple, in front of the palace!

Chen Cuo immediately took a seat.

The pavilion is not big, and after three people are seated, the others come in again, and it is a little crowded.

Chen Hai and the others could only retreat outside, especially Chen Hai, staring vigilantly.

Chen Cuo glanced at the two of them a few more times and asked, "I heard the two of you talk about the incense visualization, can you tell me more about it?"

"Why not, but it's better not to hear about it. The young Taoist laughed, raised his hand and flicked his sleeves towards Chen Hai and the others, "I talked to my junior brother about this, because I am outside the Buddhist temple, this Buddhist family is the best at making Buddha, spreading teachings all over the world, and then shaping Buddha statues, visualizing in my heart, in order to prove the incense." ”

"Oh?" Chen Cuo was attracted by the topic, and he didn't care about the sleeve of the curious young man, and said in his heart, according to this statement, the Buddhists follow the way of incense? Could it be that Zhou Daochang asked me to come here because of this?

As soon as he thought of this, he was refreshed, and combined with the spread of the article "Painted Skin", he asked: "Shaping the Buddha statue and letting all living beings know it, this is attracting everyone's thoughts, so how can it be restrained and turned into its own use?"

The young Taoist looked arrogant and said with a smile: "It turns out that Brother Tai only knows one of them, and he doesn't know the details, so he is using words to deceive the two of us, and he has a good answer." ”

Chen was taken aback and was about to explain.

The young Taoist waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay, it's all said that it's fate, and Brother Tai also asked, what can't you say?"

Chen Cuo put his mind at ease, sincerely asked for advice, and said secretly, although this person is not very old, he is heroic and atmospheric, and he is really not good-looking.

The young Taoist said: "This general method of converging incense is mostly visualization, such as Buddhism, first sculpting Buddha statues, and then visualizing the Buddha in the heart, shaping the gods in the heart, to put it bluntly, the incense Tao comes from the law of the gods, the gods are stationed in the temple, the heavenly court, the incense method of the Buddha's family, is to make a temple for themselves, keep the Buddha in their hearts, swallow the incense of believers, and strengthen themselves as gods!

Raise yourself as a god!

Chen Cuo chewed this and gradually came to his senses, but it was not a detail after all, and he still needs to be asked.

But the two Taoist priests suddenly stood up.

"Two Dao Masters, what are you ......" Chen Cuo stood up, thinking about how many words he would say, is this leaving?

"Suddenly I remembered, there are still some things to do, brother, let's meet again!" The young Taoist priest turned around and left as he spoke, and the young Taoist priest turned around and left, quite fast, and in a blink of an eye, he was far away in the field.

"Why do people run so fast?

Chen Cuo was thinking about it, and a Buddha horn came from behind him.

Chen Hai walked quickly to report that the monk from Guishan Temple was here.

Chen Cuo turned around and greeted.

The monk looked upright, looked calm, folded his hands, smiled in return, and then led the way.

"What is the name of this Zhike monk?" Chen Cuo had just remembered the two Taoists, and had not asked in detail, but now it was a little inconvenient to speak, so he took the time to ask Ma Wu.

"The villain doesn't know, and the monk generally doesn't need to remember his name. ”

Chen Cuo thought about something again, and asked about his conversation with the two Taoists.

Ma Wu and Chen Hai both said: "I waited outside the pavilion, I never heard it clearly, and there was always a rumor in my ears." ”

Chen Cuo knew what means those two Daoists were using.

They appeared here and said that they were talking about the Tao, but they revealed some details of Buddhism, and they may not have no plans. I'm afraid it's a dispute between Buddhism and Taoism, and I may be at the right time. ”

He is somewhat self-aware and does not take himself too seriously.

Thinking about it, the invisible pressure became more and more intense, and when he arrived at the main gate of the temple, Chen Cuo took a deep breath, asked Chen Hai to take out the worship post, and made a donation of silver taels, and put forward a request to visit the temple.

Only then did the monk know the identity of Chen Cuo, and when he saw that he was generous, he was immediately delighted, and he was a lot more respectful in his words, and led Chen Cuo to introduce him for a while.

The temple is as Ma Wu said, several halls before and after, all majestic and magnificent, the Buddha statue in the hall is solemn, according to the explanation of the monk who knows the guest, the golden body is all dirty, can exorcise demons and subdue demons.

Chen was relieved to hear it.

He occasionally traveled in his previous life, he saw some good mountains and rivers, and he had seen a lot of temples and Taoist temples, and the scale and layout of this Guishan Temple were enough to shock the hearts of the people of the Southern Dynasty, but only in exchange for the appreciation of Chen Wrong.

The monk watched from the sidelines, secretly surprised, and decided that this prince was invisible, and became more and more respectful, and noticed that when Chen Cuo passed by the golden body of the Buddha and Arhat, he would stop solemnly, with a serious expression, and couldn't help but feel good.

He didn't know that when Chen Wrong passed by Jin's side, the invisible pressure on his body would increase a little, so that it would be a little difficult to walk.

After visiting for a while, when he arrived outside the King Kong Palace, Chen Cuo saw that the time was ripe, so he said that he felt something after the tour and wanted to stay for a few days.

The monk was overjoyed, and he would not refuse such a distinguished guest, and he immediately went to the temple to take a seat.

Chen Cuo asked him to go quickly, and then found a place to sit down and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Chen Hai had already noticed Chen's abnormality, and stepped forward to ask if he wanted to return home to recuperate.

Chen Cuo shook his head and just waited.

As a result, after waiting for a while, the monk did not come back, and Chen Cuo became more and more uncomfortable.

"But if you stay for a while, it's so unbearable, you really have to live for a few days, I'm afraid it's going to kill you!"

He was quite conflicted in his heart, the more uncomfortable he was, the more it meant that the evil ghost was difficult to come, but his body and bones were a little unbearable, so he could only think of some ways to alleviate it - first let Chen Hai get water to drink, and then find a ventilated place, but the result did not improve.

Chen Cuo was also a little anxious.

Suddenly, my mind moved, and I thought of the nameless method of spitting.

"Try it first, it may not work, if it doesn't, then try the method of visualization, I think about the Buddha statue in your heart or something. ”

The thought fell, and the rhythm of Chen's breathing suddenly changed.

Airplanes!

In the Vajra Hall in front, the Dharma Protector Vajra, who was standing on the left and right of the door, suddenly trembled slightly and screamed.

However, because it was too slight and fleeting, it was not discovered by everyone in front of the door.