Chapter 15: The Bodhisattva White Snake
- If you want to say the least favorite thing, Xu Yuntian should say that it should be the Bodhisattva who does not eat fireworks, gilded with gold, but closes his eyes to the world.
The volume of "Zhibei" is not made of ordinary rice paper, but made of a material like animal skin, and it will only fall straight down when it enters the water, but fortunately, Xu Yuntian is still familiar with the water, and it is not a problem to stay under the water for three or five hundred breaths.
The water at the upper end of the pool is transparent, but you can see the direction where the scroll is, but this moment it has fallen more than ten meters deep, Xu Yuntian did not dare to delay, took a deep breath, and the whole person dived over like a fish in the water.
After about a few dozen breaths, His Royal Highness Gongzi touched the scroll, casually hid "Zhibei" in the crotch of his pants, and was about to swim back and forth.
"What's that?"
When Xu Yuntian hid the scroll in his clothes, the corner of his eye glanced at the bottom of the deep pool, and a faint white light flickered in the middle of the pool.
After hesitating for a moment, he looked at the bottom of the water that was as deep as a ghost's huge mouth, and calculated the time for his rest, there were about one or two hundred breaths, and it should not be a problem to go back and forth with his own water nature, and immediately kicked his legs and swam towards the white light.
The white light was not a treasure of heaven and earth, but a hole less than half a zhang, the size of which was just enough for a person to bow down and enter, but fortunately, it was in the water, and it was not difficult to get in and out.
His Royal Highness the eldest prince held on to the entrance of the cave, thinking that if the entrance of the cave was bottomless, he would have to go back to get the "water shield armor" of Lubanmen to come over to explore one or two deeply.
He also heard the sound of water splashing against the rock wall in the cave, and immediately concluded that there should be a hole not far from the cave, and that it would not be a problem to exchange interest if there was a hole, and he held on to the hole a few times, and then went to the depths of the cave.
Xu Yuntian has been in Nanyang for twenty-one years, it can be said that there is no place around Nanyang that he has not been to, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never believe that there would be such a miracle at the bottom of this valley known to everyone in Nanyang.
"Bang!" Xu Yuntian stepped on the ground, and his muddy cloth shoes left a wet footprint on the ground.
As far as the eye can see, this is a cave of about five zhang square, the stalactites on the top of the head are suspended, like a sharp sword towards the bottom, the cave wall is full of crystals, and the foot is a smooth and smooth stone surface, there is no trace of half a point of artificial polishing, it is actually natural.
And in the middle of the front, there is a three-zhang high stone statue of the Bodhisattva who saves the suffering and saves the world.
The Bodhisattva seemed to land barefoot, holding flowers in his left hand, holding a bottle in his right hand, a white snake wrapped around his body, and a huge letter stretched out to touch the tip of Xu Yuntian's nose.
His Royal Highness Gongzi stretched out his hand and touched the head of the white snake, and exclaimed: "Such an imposing guy, if he stands in the palace compound, how magnificent it should be." ”
There is a palm-sized jade Pixiu in Nanyang Palace, which is given by the Shuzhou Nine Wings Tribe, and the material used is the priceless sea jade, even if there is only such a statue in the entire Great Xia, which is stored in the lobby of the palace council. I don't know how many thieves in the world have been buried in the palace for this sea jade Pixiu.
And this Bodhisattva White Snake is actually carved from sea jade.
Xu Yuntian was amazed in his heart, and he couldn't wait for people to empty this waterhole, dig open the hole, and transport this Bodhisattva statue back.
But this pool of water is not a dead thing, and he has already felt the undercurrent in the water as he dives.
I had to dispel my thoughts and look at this stalactite cave again.
It stands to reason that this underwater cave should be invisible to the five fingers, but Xu Yuntian's eyes can be seen at a glance, and the light emitted from nowhere is reflected back and forth on the stone milk, illuminating the cave with bright lights, and for a while I don't know where the light comes from.
His Royal Highness Childe set his eyes on the huge statue of the Bodhisattva White Snake in front of him. A slender white ray, faintly visible, shot vertically from the net bottle that the Bodhisattva was dragging in his right hand.
"Yes, this light source should come from the jade bottle. ”
The jade net bottle was two zhang high from the ground, and Xu Yuntian couldn't touch it, so he stretched out his hand and climbed the Bodhisattva statue and climbed up.
The jade net bottle is a slap for a three-zhang tall bodhisattva, but for Xu Yuntian, it is comparable to the wine jar in the wine shop, fortunately, he has exercised his strength a lot in these days, otherwise he may not be able to move this thing with the strength of His Royal Highness the former prince who barely binds the chicken.
Wiping his sweat, the jade bottle left its original position, and the light in the cave was half dimmed, Xu Yuntian lowered his head to look at the jade bottle carefully, only to see a few lines of small characters engraved on the jade bottle.
"Nine shades of life and death, reincarnation is free"
"The sea of suffering of all sentient beings, I cross all sentient beings. ”
"The other side is far away, and the sea of bitterness is surging"
"My heart is to the Buddha, and the Buddha is to turn his back to it"
"There is no Buddha, there is no shore"
"———— Donglan Temple Mizuyu monk stays"
"Donglan Temple?" Xu Yuntian thought about it carefully, and for a while he couldn't remember that there was such a temple in the territory of Great Xia, and the sect that could make such a statue of the Sea Jade Bodhisattva, not to mention Great Xia, I am afraid that the entire Qingcang Continent would not be able to find one.
And behind the 'Donglan Temple Shuiyu Monk Liu', Xu Yuntian found another line of words written in Sparrow script.
"In the 197th year of the Northern Emperor's Qinglong Chronicle, the gods were angry, the world was in drought, ten rooms and nine were empty, and the poor monks couldn't cross the sentient beings, let alone themselves. In this year's winter solstice, he turned into demons, did not bear Buddha fruits, and fell into Shura. ”
"Northern Emperor Calendar!"
Xu Yuntian exclaimed in his heart, the bird script is the earliest writing in Great Xia, which is said to be a product of ancient times, and it has only been used for sacrificial ceremonies until now, but fortunately, he can only recognize it when he usually dabbles in it.
The so-called Northern Emperor Calendar was also mentioned in the "Canglan Mountains and Sea Chronicles", which was a dynasty long before the founding of the Great Xia, and it is impossible to study it from now on.
Legend has it that before the Northern Emperor calendar was the peak era of martial arts, at that time a hundred schools of thought contended, in addition to pure martial artists, there were also such as qi practitioners, astrologers, talisman Taoist and even the legendary land immortals who can pick the stars, but unfortunately I don't know why the Northern Emperor Li passed this world and there was only a way of declining martial arts, even if the existing other strange sects also became juggling artists.
"The gods are angry, and there is a great drought in the world? Maybe it's just an unprecedented natural disaster. ”
Xu Yuntian doesn't believe in fairies and ghosts.
He said to himself: "I just don't know what kind of shocking treasure should be in this jade bottle, I guess it is not an ordinary thing to make such a big sea jade bodhisattva hold something." ”
With that, he lifted the bottle with all his might, and then the mouth of the bottle fell downward.
Suddenly, the brilliance was dazzling, and the pure white light filled the entire underwater cave.
A black streamer flowed out of the bottle, and then turned into a fist-sized line floating in front of Xu Yuntian. A noisy murmur sounded in his ears, like a burst of Sanskrit sounds, and like a demon's roar, far and near, it was not real.
"This... Could it be that my son hasn't woken up yet?"
Xu Yuntian looked at the black lines in front of him, the scene was too fantastic for him to believe, but the wet clothes on his body and the dazzling white light in front of him were clearly so real.
If you look closely, the so-called black lines have a head and a tail, and it is simply a black young snake, but the young snake's eyes are closed tightly and its whole body is entangled, as if it has never been born in an egg.
The ghost made the gods, Xu Yuntian stretched out his right hand straight, opened his palm, and grabbed the entangled black snake directly.
"Boom!" A thunderous explosion sounded in his mind, and His Royal Highness Gongzi only felt that it was dark in front of him, and all the white light disappeared completely, and then he fainted very completely.
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Xu Yanshan looked at the heavy snow outside the courtyard, turned his head and said to Yang Xin, the general of Annan, who was sitting opposite the wooden platform where he was admiring the plum blossoms and watching the snow: "Xin'er, you said that Yuntian, can he resist my Nanwang Banner in Tiannan." ”
Yang Xin's face was flat and said: "If it is according to the previous temperament of Gongziye, there is absolutely no possibility of resisting the Tiannan banner, but Gongzi has changed a lot now, I don't know." ”
Xu Yanshan said with a smile: "There are no outsiders here, Yang Xin, tell me honestly, have you ever had the idea of sitting in the position of the king of Nanzhou." ”
Yang Xin's eyelids jumped, hesitated for a while, and said calmly: "Yes, and there has always been." ”
Xu Yanshan, the king of Nanzhou, coughed a few times, and his chest let out bursts of cries like a broken bellows, and said: "I don't know how many people are staring at the realm of Tiannan this day, if it weren't for me sitting here all these years, then Xu Laoqi of Zhongzhou is afraid that he would not have sent a large army to fight earlier." ”
"Twenty years ago, Dao Yunge slashed my vitality with a knife, and in the past twenty years, I have been counting almost every minute and second how much time I have to live, so I can hold on until Tian'er grows into a human being, and it can be regarded as the right mother whose whereabouts are unknown, but this huge Tiannan, it is a pity to fall apart like this. ”
Yang Xin sighed and said: "Although the prince is a little younger, if there is a period of seven or eight years, it is inevitable that he will not be able to grow to the point where he can live in Tiannan alone, but looking at the actions of the prince in the past two years, nine thousand miles of Nanzhou Liwei, which family sect dares to underestimate His Royal Highness the prince of Tiannan, master, I think you are a little worried." ”
Xu Yanshan said: "It's not that I'm too worried, it's just that there are more things in this world about tiger fathers and dogs, so I said that this huge Tiannan, millions of old soldiers are all serving me Xu Yanshan, but it doesn't mean that they can serve Xu Yuntian, so he said that the other two generals Zhao He'an and Wang Tiezhong also look down on Tian'er in their eyes, and the generals are still not convinced, if I put the burden on Tian'er's shoulders, then the millions of sour Confucian scholars are afraid that they will not chew their tongues in the back." ”
Yang Xin said with a smile: "Compared to the so-called ten promising offspring in Great Xia, the prince is afraid that he is not thousands of times stronger than them, master, you are afraid that he will not be able to carry this thousand burdens, but if you don't try, how can you know if he can afford it?"
King Tiannan's expression remained unchanged, and it seemed that he had made a decision in his heart.
He also said: "I heard that some sub-sect families and even state officials have not been restless recently, do you know?"
General Annan put away his smile, his face sank, and said, "My subordinates will go and investigate!"
"No need" Xu Yanshan took out a list of papers from his arms and handed it to Yang Xindao: "This is the secret report that You Yanmu Fei sent back, all of them were voted at Emperor Ping, you can deal with these dog things that stabbed you in the back." ”
Yang Xin took the secret report and looked at it, and gasped.
"Songzhou Thorn Shi Gaoyang, Green Poison Sect Upper and Lower, North Cliff Jia Family Manmen, Xiangnan Xing Xi Minyang... ”
On the list, there are more than 30 Tiannan officials and more than a dozen family sects.
General Annan's eyelids jumped when he saw it, and said: "These guys eat inside and out, is Tiannan's law too light or is the money given to them too little every year, and they actually do this dog's act of biting the master, it's really damned." ”
Xu Yanshan said lightly: "There is grass on the wall everywhere, and hoeing grass diligently is enough." ”