Zhike monk woke up to his own said quickly, explained: "My family is a tenant farmer in the temple, the ancestors fled from Taiyuan to escape the war, according to the rules of Xiangguo Temple to accept refugees at that time, each generation must produce a male monk as a monk, during the war is to continue the temple's incense, now, the family is to be more tax-free, I am also a little happy, called their own thoughts to the Buddha." ”

It turns out that monks can be tax-exempt, Yang Zhizhi asked: "What is the importance of these three Buddha statues?"

The monk said in a low voice: "There is nothing strange about the Buddha statue itself, but I heard rumors in the temple that the Buddha statue of Zisheng Pavilion was drawn first, and then the Buddha statue was carved according to the portrait." The painter is said to be Wu Renyu, a descendant of Wu Daozi, and then Kong Xun carved it by hand, so the value is in the workmanship. ”

Wu Renyu painted Yang Zhi can imagine, Kong Xun carved Buddha statues that is a strange thing, these three Buddha statues carved the famous monk Xingyan took six years, after the Tang Mingzong Li Siyuan reigned for only a few years, Kong Xun is so free? Yang Zhi pondered and asked: "Kong Xun, a rich businessman and official, has this ability?"

Zhike monk Heten said: "Uncle Shi doesn't know, this matter is recorded in Xiangguo Temple, the previous generation of senior monks have commented, Kong Xun himself is a master of contemporary carving, because there are Wu Renyu's paintings, Kong Xun is carved a Buddha head every time, and the rest of the things are handed over to his son and craftsmen, and so on After the Buddha statue is carved, he finally comes to check and improve, so the real Kong Xun shot for a short time. ”

It seems that there is no doubt that Kong Xun made a move, but there were wars almost every year in the five dynasties, and Kong Xun must be busy with work as a high-ranking official; Yang Zhi suspects that Kong Xun must have something to pay attention to, if he leaves a clue, it is not on the Buddha's head, or it is done on the Buddha statue when it is finally perfected, no wonder the famous monk Xingyan pays so much attention to details when he copys, he should be looking for clues. It's just that it's broad daylight, and the pilgrims and monks pass through the Zisheng Pavilion continuously, Yang Zhi didn't have a chance to rush to the Buddha statue to watch, Yang Zhi looked at the Buddha statue and said: "Is there a text explanation in the temple in this regard?"

The monk thought for a moment, shook his head regretfully, and said: "It's all a few words of the monk, some are written in the diary, some are written in the records of the temple, and there is no special compilation. ”

Yang Zhi smiled and handed over five taels of silver and said, "Well spoken, reward you." ”

The monk hurriedly bowed down and thanked: "Thank you, uncle, this Zisheng Pavilion is still the place where Wu Daozi made the murals of Manjushri Vima Bodhisattva, one of the top ten blue, and the allusions of Wu with the wind are left in the official history, but it is a pity that this pavilion has been rebuilt later, the wind is not there, and the charm of the past can only be imagined out of thin air." ”

Wu Daozi has left paintings in many temples, and when he first left the school, he was instructed by Master Zhang Seng Miao to visit the Great Xiangguo Temple, and the true abbot asked Wu Daozi to paint. Wu Daozi stayed in the temple for a few days, by the moonlight like silver, let the monk Guoli wear a robe, make a variety of mudras, after a few days, Wu Daozi suddenly had an inspiration, the pen walked the dragon and snake, and painted a lifelike statue of Manjushri Vima Bodhisattva in one breath.

It is said that the head of the Chinese Bodhisattva hangs on the bright moon, and the eyes have a supreme compassion and compassion, and no matter where you hide in the main hall, the soft turning gaze always follows you; and the clothes of Manjushri Vima Bodhisattva are painted by Wu Daozi divinely, and the clothes are fluttering and rolling freely, as if bringing a cool breeze to the interior. Xiangguo Temple is so busy, Wu Daozi's reputation is also spread all over the world, and he was specially awarded the Hanlin bachelor by Tang Xuanzong.

Yang Zhi saw the cunning gaze in the eyes of the monk of Zhike, did not speak, stopped for a moment, took out ten taels of silver and sent it into the merit box; Xiangguo Temple is a royal temple, there are rewards from the imperial court on weekdays, thousands of acres of fertile fields and mountains and forests are supported, not to mention the prosperity of incense, as a knowing monk is accustomed to seeing the powerful and spending a lot of money;

The monk thought that Yang Zhi wanted to see the instrument, and he was not sure which play his uncle was going to sing, since he was not religious, he should not care about the magic weapon, and could only bring Yang Zhi to Master Zhiqing. Master Zhiqing thought that Yang Zhi was a master of the rivers and lakes, and he didn't even covet the Buddhist treasures like the relics, so he suddenly had an idea and said with a smile: "Senior brother doesn't want to find some Buddhist artifacts to help him, we are our own family, not to mention those enlightened weapons, there is an armory in the Bodhi Courtyard of Xiangguo Temple, which is specially designed to store the weapons and objects left by those monks, under normal circumstances, it is only for the monks of the temple to choose, and the junior brother is not an outsider, if you are interested, you may wish to take a look with me." ”

With Master Zhiqing leading the way, the Bodhi Temple, which does not allow outsiders to enter on weekdays, is also a convenient door, and it should be a monk who enters and exits freely on weekdays, and there is no chain of large stone houses. Yang Zhi went to see it and found out that it was some protective weapons and strange-shaped ornaments left by the monks who put up orders, and most of the monks in Xiangguo Temple were passed down from master to apprentice, and even the clothes were left to the apprentices when the master died.

Zhike monk is actually a little disappointed in his heart, in his consciousness, the things in the arsenal are worthless things, but some monks in order to practice martial arts, some monks in order to go out to defend themselves, will come to choose one or two swords or crossbows, if there is really any magic weapon, it has been taken away;

Yang Zhi looked around and took out a small burden from his arms, which contained four strings of Buddha beads and a wooden fish Buddha statue, but for the sake of prudence, Yang Zhi did not say the origin of these things. After carefully looking at the six magic weapons, Master Zhiqing took out a semi-circular stone in the corner of the room from a pile of miscellaneous items, with a jet-black color, which looked ordinary.

Master Zhiqing handed it to Yang Zhi and said: "This is the cave stone of Zhongnan Mountain, the temple records that it turned out that a Tibetan monk put this crypt stone in the golden bowl, and can perform two kinds of Xuan Gong with different cold and heat on the golden bowl, one is the ice spirit of the giant cliff cave of Zhongnan Mountain, and the other is the fire dragon skill of Emei Jinguang Temple. It's a pity that he went to Xinghuagang the next day after performing martial arts, and when he came back, he was seriously injured, and even the golden bowl was broken, and the saddest thing about that monk was that he was injured by the fire dragon gong and died that night. You are now faced with two paths, either practice one hard, or you have to consider integrating several kinds of kung fu, and when you have time, you can go to the four-fin Zen master or Zhizhen senior brother for advice, but the most important thing is yourself, because the several kinds of kung fu you know are either lost for many years or no one has practiced them, and it is difficult for others to give proper advice. ”

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