Chapter 432: Treasures
The most precious thing is the eightfold treasure letter containing the relics of the high monks, which are different in size, layer upon layer, and unveiled in turn, dazzling in light. The outermost is the sandalwood treasure letter, a black lacquered wooden letter made of extremely precious sandalwood, in the shape of a cube, carved silver edges, black and shiny. Inside the sandalwood letter is a slightly smaller gilt treasure letter, the top side is engraved with two dragons, head and tail opposite, lined with flowing cloud patterns on all sides, the four sides of the letter are engraved with the image of the four heavenly kings, each side of the inclined plane is engraved with two dragons playing with pearls, and the four sides stand along each chisel two Jialing Pinga birds.
The inside of the gilded treasure letter is the plain top silver treasure letter, the whole body has no lines, without the slightest carving and painting and the brilliance; and then inside is the gilt silver treasure letter, the front of the letter is the pattern of the law, two Bodhisattvas, four disciples, two Vajra Lux, two worship boys accompany, the outer wall is chiseled with the portrait of Guanyin, and the picture of the Buddha of Vajrasha is bridged, the shape is realistic and delicate, the scene is rich and vivid.
The fourth six-armed Guanyin pure gold top treasure letter is the front of the six-armed Ruyi wheel Guanyin, the left side is the medicine master Rulai picture, the right side is the Amitabha Buddha picture, and the back side is the big day Rulai picture; the third pure gold treasure letter is pure gold carving and casting, the whole body of the letter is inlaid with pearls and gemstones, and the red and green two-color gems on the top and side of the cover are inlaid into large and small lotus flowers, and carved with petal patterns, which are extremely gorgeous and exquisite.
The second heavy Wufu stone treasure letter is made of Wufu stone, the whole body is edged with carved gold belt, inlaid with jewels and flowers and birds, and the pearl is decorated; the innermost layer is the place where the relics are hidden, a single eaves and four doors pure gold tower, the golden lotus flower holds the top of the gold beads, the eaves corners of the four sides are warped, the pavilion forehead and the eaves are decorated with diamond patterns, the four walls of the tower body are carved with ornamentation, and there are four small gold doors, the caviar pattern is cloth around the door, the lower part of the door has a symbolic flying ladder to the tower base, small and exquisite, the gold is brilliant, a small silver pillar in the middle, used to set the Buddha's finger relics, the bottom of the silver pillar is eight-petal lotus shape, and there is a small ink book at the bottom of the column"South".
With such a precious treasure letter to contain the shadow bone relics, Master Guijialuo and Zen Master Hate Mountain did not suspect that the real Buddha bones were in the stone room, they were familiar with the allusions of Buddhism and various collection techniques, and they could conclude that the three shadow bone relics were left in order to cover the Buddha's relics; According to the habit of the design of the whole stone chamber, if it is a library in the library, it should still be in the last stone room; the volume of the treasure letter is not small, and the roof beams and walls are not moving, so Yang Zhi can only focus on the soil layer below.
Soil layer, Yang Zhi's heart moved, those monks in Famen Temple have moved such a big project, why not lay stone slabs on the ground, not marble, use ordinary bluestone slabs, at least it can protect things like silk. Yang Zhi observed the soil layer on the ground inch by inch, and finally found that there was a piece of soil whose color was different from other soils, and although it had been a long time, he could still see obvious differences.
Yang Zhi asked someone to send in a Zen stick, carefully dug up the soil, and a secret niche was revealed, and a package was hidden in the secret niche, and when the package was opened, it was an iron letter. Yang Zhi could hear the nervous breathing of the people around him, even the heartbeat of the Zen Master of the Hatshan Mountain was much faster than usual; Yang Zhi tried to keep himself silent, and opened the iron letter, which was a gilded letter wrapped in silk; on top of the gilded letter, there were two crystal beads, one large and one small, and inside the gilded letter was a silver letter.
This is a silver letter on the top of a 45-statue statue, on which are engraved 45 mandalas of the Vajra realm, and the other five sides of the treasure letter are engraved with images except for the bottom surface. The image engraved on the top surface has five layers, with the top image as the center, and a total of 45 Buddhas constitute the entire tantric mandala mandala. There is a sandalwood letter in the silver letter, there is a crystal coffin in the sandalwood letter, and there is a jade coffin in the crystal coffin.
The color of the relics is yellow, there are bone-like granular secretions, folded up and down, flat on three sides, one side is slightly higher, and at the same time there are dots of white mildew attached to it; Master Guijialuo trembled and took the jade coffin, came to the inscription in the stone room, and asked people to take the collection of books describing the relics in Famen Temple, and after confirming it, he burst into tears. Zen Master Hate Mountain whispered, "Do you want other monks to come and identify it again?"
Master Guijialuo nodded again and again, in addition to the two elders of Famen Temple and the host of the Tibetan Scripture Academy, he also invited the Huayang Elder of Chang'an Caotang Temple and Longkong of Yanxing Temple to preside. Caotang Temple, Yanxing Temple and Famen Temple were equally brilliant in the Tang Dynasty, and the Buddha's bones went to Chang'an to worship in these two places, so the records were also thorough, and there were descriptions of the Buddha's bone relics.
The five eminent monks were all identified, and Master Guijialuo wrote a note, asking the eminent monks to sign and draw a pledge as a proof of reporting to the imperial court; only the work of counting was left, Yang Zhi asked Lu Qianliang to assist Famen Temple, and he left the underground palace with several senior monks. As soon as the group walked out of the wooden tower, they saw Wang Yan's army releasing flames, Wang Yan walked over with a smile and said, "Jingzhao Mansion has sent officials to accompany King Jing, and all the officials of Fengxiang Mansion greeted them on the official road in front, and said Okay, I want to report a letter." ”
Yang Zhi shook his head with a smile, and as soon as he bowed his hand to the Zen Master of Hatshan and the others, he was about to say goodbye and go to rest; the Longkong host of Yanxing Temple called Yang Zhi and said with a smile, "Lord Yang wrote a journey to the west in Liao, and returned to the Central Plains to find the Buddha's relics.
Yang Zhi smiled and said, "I'm sure it's okay, but the master also knows that I'm just a catcher, and it will depend on King Jing's meaning when the time comes." ”
Longkong presided over the head of the jaw and said, "The old man understands, he will not embarrass the donor, King Jing will definitely stay in Chang'an for one night, and then the old man will come to invite." ”
On the official road, the officials of Fengxiang Mansion met with King Jing Zhao Qi, Xu Zhichang saw the fireworks, and said to King Jing Zhao Qi with a bitter face, "Famen Temple found relics, I and the eight hundred Taoist chiefs are in the east of Famen Temple to play at the pass, King Jing arrived at Famen Temple, and arranged for Yang Zhi to come to us as soon as possible." ”
Xu Zhichang and Zhang Babai are both Taoist priests, if they go to the monk's temple to show off their might, Xu Zhichang himself will not feel good, not to mention that the reappearance of the Buddha's relics is a grand event of Buddhism, Xu Zhichang has no choice but to see out of sight;
Xu Zhichang sighed and said, "Yang Zhi is a master of my Daomen, he has done so many things for Buddhism, I always have to ask him, what do you want to do later?"