The four of them sat on a hillside, looking out at the magnificent monastery on a hill in the distance to the south. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Kou Zhong chuckled softly: "That's the Meditation Meditation Academy, hehe, if our inference is correct, He's Bi must be placed there!"

Ba Fenghan shook his head and said, "I only hope so." After all, it was Wang Shichong, the controller of Luoyang, who found out the news, although it may have been scared and made the protection more strict. But as long as you're there, there's a chance!"

Shi Fan's gaze fell on the Zen monastery that was far away from them, and he said in a deep voice: "Our hope is there. Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong were stunned.

Ba Feng said coldly: "If Wang Shichong didn't lie to us, in addition to being a symbol of the emperor, He's Bi should also be a treasure for practicing martial arts, otherwise the nuns of Cihang Jingzhai would not have left it in Zhai, and Ning Daoqi would have come to borrow the treasure for three years." ”

Kou Zhong's spirits were lifted, and he turned to Shi Fan and asked, "At that time, you sensed the existence of He Shibi from Qin Chuan, what was the situation?"

Shi Fan was not so happy, and said with a wry smile: "You are too easy to be happy! First of all, I am not sure if it is from He Shibi's reaction, and secondly, the feeling is not strong, but my heart is surprisingly peaceful. When I left the liquor store, I didn't feel anything. ”

Ba Feng was shocked and said, "If you can only feel it at close range, how can you find such a large Zen temple in front of you?"

Kou Zhong didn't care, and said excitedly: "Don't forget that He's Bi is constantly changing, sometimes strong and sometimes weak. Or when it is sensed, He's Bi is in a weak state. ”

Ba Fenghan stood up resolutely and said: "It's useless to think too much, while there are still three hours before dawn, we will try our luck, otherwise if we let the senior concubine come back to take the treasure and give it away, our dream will all come to naught." ”

"Dang!"

The melodious sound of the bell spreads from the temple on the top of the mountain.

The four of them hid on the two big trees outside the temple gate, and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, who would have thought that the scale of the temple was so grand.

When I looked at the hill slope earlier, because the temple was hidden in the forest, I thought that there were only a few temples, but now when I came to the door, I realized that the buildings in the temple added up to more than hundreds, just like a small city, but the monks lived inside.

Ba Feng smiled bitterly and said: "It's just that there are seven halls in the middle, what should it be Manjushri Hall, Daxiong Treasure Hall, Immeasurable Hall and so on, how to find it?"

Kou Zhong leaned over to Shi Fan's ear and asked, "Is there any induction?"

Shi Fan said angrily: "You call this wishful thinking." Then he pointed to a building behind him that shone in the light of the lamp, much smaller than the others, and said, "That little hall is strange, but it seems to have more status than the other temples that are ten times larger. ”

Ba Fenghan lifted his spirits and said: "It is a bronze hall that can survive forever. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were stunned, and for the first time they felt that this Pure Mind Zen Temple, which they had never heard of, was not simple.

Such a copper hall with a width and depth of three zhang and a half zhang not only requires a lot of gold and copper, but also has a real master craftsman.

With the wealth of Yangzhou, there seems to be no such a bronze temple.

Ba Feng Han sighed: "This time, if there is a Heshi Bi in the temple, it will be placed in this copper hall, and only copper can separate the strange power of the Heshi Bi from other bald heads." Kou Zhong's eyes lit up and said, "Then why don't we do it?"

Xu Ziling said unhappily: "Be careful, okay? The monks have only started to do evening classes now, at least they should wait until they are asleep before they can do it!"

Shi Fan's heart moved, and he pointed to the large bell tower that protruded from the tiled roofs of the temples covered with multicolored glaze, and lived between the two pagodas. He said: "Since the bell rings overnight, there should be no one upstairs, let's sneak there first, and carefully see the situation in the whole courtyard, so that it will be more convenient to sneak up in case the treasure is stolen." ”

The three of them shouted good plans.

Shi Fan gathered the breath of his whole body, and gently jumped to the ground like a gust of wind, and the three of them followed suit, hurriedly followed, blinking their eyes over the high wall, and swept in the direction of the bell tower.

The sound of chanting in Sanskrit melodiously seems to come from an unknown distance and spread throughout the temple.

The four of them were like no one, and climbed on the tall building where a huge bell weighing thousands of catties was placed, overlooking the situation near and far.

The main buildings in the temple are arranged on the central axis facing the temple gate, with the copper hall as the center of the temple, and the scale is complete and uniform.

Except for the bronze hall, all the buildings are covered with three-color glazed tiles, and the color is as good as new, but I don't know whether it is because the monks in the temple are diligent in cleaning, or the tiles are so. In particular, the peacock blue in the three colors is the most dazzling. You can imagine the sparkling scene in the sunlight.

The bell tower where they stood was located between the bronze hall and the other main hall, but the distance between them varied greatly, the former being far away and the latter near. There is a vast platform square that reaches 100 zhang in front of the copper hall, is built with white stone, and encloses the white stone carved railing.

In the middle of the white stone square, a bronze statue of Manjushri is enshrined, riding on the back of a golden lion, up to two zhang high, and there are three Buddhas such as Medicine Master, Shakya and Mida next to the shrine. Painted gold ornaments are quite bold, but they also make people feel a little out of line with ordinary temple practices.

At the edge of the white stone platform, in addition to the four stone steps at the entrance, there are 500 arhats evenly distributed, all of them are cast in gold and bronze, all with different expressions and postures, but no matter whether they open their eyes and protrude their foreheads, or hang their eyes and guard inside, they are all lifelike, no different from living people.

The other buildings are arranged in an orderly manner in all directions with the main hall on the axis as a whole, separated by forest roads, and have a solemn and sacred atmosphere.

A large incense burner is placed in front of the Manjushri shrine in Baishi Square, and the burning sandalwood wood is sending a large amount of aroma that fills the entire space.

Xu Ziling looked at the stone steps stretching straight to the foot of the mountain outside the mountain gate, and said in a low voice: "It should be eight hundred and eight levels, and it will be so coincidental." Kou Zhong and Ba Fenghan stared intently at the bronze hall with the closed door intently, studying countermeasures.

The sound of chanting is only ten zhang after the bronze hall, and the other places in the temple do not see half a figure, there is a kind of unfathomable, teaching people not to dare to act rashly.

The most bizarre thing is that in addition to the lights around the White Stone Square in front of the Bronze Hall and the Buddhist shrine, even the chanting hall is dark, making people realize that if they walk on the White Stone Square, they will become the most obvious target.

However, tonight, the bright moon is in the sky, shining on the glazed tile roof, and the big trees beside the passage inside and outside the temple cast shadows on the road, adding to the secret and unpredictable atmosphere of the Zen Temple.

Kou Zhong leaned his head down and said in a low voice, "What's wrong? Xu Ziling on the other side said: "This is called a thief's weak heart, understand?"

Kou Zhong smiled: "I am indeed a thief, but I am not weak-hearted. Treasures like He's Bi that have been passed down through the ages don't belong to these monks at all, so why should they choose who to give them to?"

Shi Fan said softly: "Hehe, at this time, I have already determined that He Shibi must be in this hall!"

Ba Feng stared at the bronze door with a light in his eyes, and frowned: "But this bronze hall does not have half a window, and only has four fist-sized ventilation holes on the tile roof.

Kou Zhong moved over, put his arm on his shoulder like an old friend, and said with a smug smile, "I can guarantee that this will never happen, unless he wants to try to go mad." This kind of old bald man who has been practicing penance for many years is like a womanizer to a woman, and he can't do it for a day. ”

Ba Feng smiled bitterly: "Haven't you heard the Buddhists say that if I don't go to hell, who will go to hell? ”

Kou Zhong was stunned and said, "I only hope that Sora is not such a great monk. How about I'll go down and try it?" After a long silence, Ba Feng looked at Shi Fan and said, "Fan Shao has no opinion." "Now Ba Fenghan is also called Shi Fan like Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.

Of course, Kou Zhong would not wonder why Ba Fenghan had to consult Shi Fan's opinion first, because he and Xu Ziling were also like Ba Fenghan, and they were extremely confident in Shi Fan's plan.

Shi Fan's gaze moved to the night sky, and he said like a dream: "Have you noticed that their method of chanting the scriptures is to recite the scriptures in one breath, so the chanting of the scriptures is like breathing, and they are divided into two groups, one group has finished reciting, and the other group has continued without interruption, so it can be like flowing water, which is not only a good sound, but also an excellent method of practice." ”

The three of them looked at each other when they heard this.

In fact, Xu Ziling also had some feelings, while Kou Zhong and Ba Fenghan were all focused on He's bi, and after listening to only two verses that they didn't know what to read, they regarded the chanting sound as the wind in their ears.

Ba Fenghan instantly understood at this time, and said movingly: "If the length of the chanting sound is used as the measurement standard for the time of spitting, the monks here have a very deep foundation of internal skills, and the number of people in each group should be in the hundreds. ”

Kou Zhong also understood, and said: "More than 200 monks with strong martial arts, plus the four King Kongs who protect the temple, a master of empty Zen who practices closed-mouth meditation, my mother!"

Shi Fan said in a deep voice: "So we must not act rashly, if we alarm them, the four of us may have to stay here as monks for a long time, I don't have any problems, I'm afraid you won't be able to escape." ”

Kou Zhong let out a cool breath and said, "Are we just going to go back empty-handed?"

Xu Ziling said: "How can it be done by a big husband to retreat in such a difficult way, which is also called a thief and a thief." But nothing in this monastery is reasonable. Since Concubine Xuan is willing to entrust them with the fate of the world, she is confident that they have the power to protect the treasure, and they will not let you easily enter the bronze hall and take it with you. Ba Fenghan and Kou Zhong turned their gazes to the Bronze Hall again, and they both had a big headache. (To be continued.) )