Chapter 115: Tianlong Temple
After listening to the narration, early the next morning, the group went all the way to the horse, from the double corridor, through Cangshan, across the Erhai Lake, at noon arrived at the beautiful scenery of Dali City. When they came, they did not stay long in the city. After a hasty bath with some vegetarian food, he went straight to Tianlong Temple, which is located not far northwest outside the city.
"What an extraordinary temple!" Before getting closer, I saw that this Tianlong Temple was not only large in scale, but also facing Cangshan Mountain in the west, Erhai Lake in the east, and surrounded by mountains and rivers. Wang Zhi couldn't help blurting out praise. This temple was built in the Tang Kaiyuan period, its square seven miles, for the house 890 rooms, 11,400 Buddhas, with copper 45,550 Hu; including three pavilions, seven floors, nine halls, 100 buildings scale; it is the Tang Dynasty Nanzhao Kingdom and the current royal temple of our Dali Kingdom, and the Buddhist center in the southwest area, known as the "Buddha Capital" reputation. And I, the disciples of the Duan clan in Dali, as disciples of Tianlong, have also been ordained here since childhood. Before coming to the front, Duan Zhengming first introduced.
After walking a few steps through the hall, there is a pure land of Buddhism with a lot of treasures! Looking at the three towering white towers in the middle of the Motorohua cluster that is in full bloom and the Buddha in front of the hall echoes the situation, Wang Zhi can't help but admire again and again. This is the Chongsheng Pagoda, which is composed of one large, two small and three pavilions. Three towers stand on their feet; among them, the largest one in the middle is called Qianxun Tower, more than 20 zhang high, more than three zhang at the bottom, where 16 levels, the small towers in the north and south are all 10 levels, more than one zhang high...... Duan Zhengde introduced as he walked. After a short time, after watching and then returning to the main hall and taking a seat, even a monk offered tea. When he was drinking tea, Duan Zhengji had already trotted all the way into the main hall, "Big brother, second brother, are you here!" Duan Zhengji looked happy.
After sitting down, after Wang Zhi roughly described the situation of going to Chen Yuanzhi's house, just when everyone was thinking about Chen Yuanzhi's burning sacrifice period, with the voice of "Zhengji, how many veins has your six-vein divine sword been cultivated?", the old monk with the same majestic appearance immediately entered the hall. 'This must be Master Zhiguang!' Seeing the Duan brothers' fearful and respectful expression, Wang Zhixin said. So he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down, "In Xia Tang suddenly visited, please don't ask the master to be responsible!" "Who is this?" the old monk asked with a slight startle. 'This is my friend Wang Zhi (Brother Wang) (Brother Wang)!' the Duan brothers replied in unison.
Hearing this, the old monk of 'Amitabha Buddha' said with a smile after announcing the Buddha's name, "Since I am a member of the beggar gang, I am not an outsider with my Dali Duan clan, so I don't need to see outside, please sit down and talk!" "What a powerful internal force, this person must be Master Zhiguang!" Wang Zhi said secretly. So he hurriedly moved the seat in front of Master Zhiguang, and then bowed and said, "In front of the master, the holy land of Buddhism; When he finished speaking, he stood aside with his head bowed, and listened attentively. "How many generations are you a disciple of the Beggar Gang?' and who are you?" 'Don't dare to hide from the master, he is a disciple of the current Hong Lao gang leader. Wang Zhi replied honestly.
"Then what kind of martial arts did he pass on to you, Hong Qi?" Master Zhiguang asked after a few words. 'As a monk, how can this Master Zhiguang's tone be so arrogant?' Although he knew that his identity was respected, Wang Zhi couldn't help but feel a little unhappy when he heard him call Master by his name. After calming down and looking at the surrounding situation, Wang Zhi hurriedly approached and replied, "Master Yu: I am stupid and dull, and I have only learned the hidden dragon in the abyss, the dragon has regrets, and the flying dragon is in the sky. ’
When the 'Amitabha Buddha' heard this, Master Zhiguang pronounced the Buddha's horn and said, "Since you have learned Hong Qi's kung fu at the bottom of the box, you are Hong Qi's disciple! After speaking, he got up and asked Wang Zhi to sit down again. 'Listening to Master Zhiguang's words, not only is he familiar with my master, but it is very likely that he is still an elder of my master, but why have I never heard my master talk about it?' Wang Zhi secretly thought.
But seeing that Master Zhiguang was very affectionate, he had to take a futon, sit down cross-legged beside Master Zhiguang and said, "In the pure land of this Buddha hall, you should also abide by some Buddhist rules!" Master Zhiguang replied and said, "I just think that when I had a relationship with Brother Wang before I became a monk, I didn't realize that it had been more than 100 years now;
Ahh Wang Zhi suddenly realized, so he hurriedly looked up and replied, "I can't hide it: my master has not heard from me since he handed over the affairs of the gang to my master, and although my master has searched for many places in the past hundred years, there has been no trace to follow. "Good, good, it must be that Brother Wang has already understood the wonder of Xuanmen, and I can't do it!" Master Zhiguang said the Buddha's name with a look of relief. But then he frowned again, and muttered, "It's just that Brother Wang is missing the pillar of the sky in the martial arts, and I'm afraid that there will be an eventful autumn in the rivers and lakes!"
Seeing his situation, 'It seems that this Master Zhiguang must be a person who is extremely close to my master's ancestor!'But why does he keep calling Brother Wang? Don't make jokes?' Thinking of this, Wang Zhisui hurriedly asked, 'My master's name is obviously Zhao Weiming, but why does the master keep calling him Brother Wang? Could it be that my beggar gang has any other relationship with Dali?
'It is indeed very related..... Master Zhiguang replied categorically, and immediately said something. It turned out that this Zhao Weiming was originally the grandson of Emperor Taizu of the Great Song Dynasty, but when he was in trouble, he followed the surname of his nursing mother and named him Wang Yuanheng. It was also during this period that Wang Yuanheng had to meet the guidance of a master, learned a world of martial arts, and then happened to meet Duan Siping, who was still a child of the Nanzhao family when he traveled in the Great Song Dynasty, and intersected with him; later, after Wang Yuanheng found out his true origin, he returned to the clan identity and changed his name to Zhao Weiming. At this time, it happened that the Duan family was suffering in the country, but fortunately Zhao Weiming reached out in time to help, which made the Duan family turn the crisis into safety; and soon after insisting that he was not favored by the Duan family, he personally asked the then Emperor Renzong of the Great Song Dynasty to give the name of the Nanzhao Kingdom as the 'Dali Kingdom' and at the same time Duan Siping as the 'King of Zhennan', which laid the foundation for the orthodox rule of the Dali Kingdom and the Duan family of Dali.