Chapter Sixty-Eight: A Visit to the Yan Pavilion
Yi Dan returned to the room and thought about it, and always felt that there was something wrong with the whole thing of losing the relics. She ran out of the room, wanting to find Yuwen Songxian. But in the corridor, I met Shentuqiu who was walking towards him.
"Shentu Daxia, is your injury better, do you want to eat a Cordyceps Nine Zhen Pill too?" Yi Dan took the initiative and asked.
"No, it's much better, I never take any pills in Xia, thank you for the girl's kindness. Na Shen Tuqiu looked embarrassed, and suddenly seemed to remember something again, so he added: "Oh... I rarely take it, I'm still young, I'm in good health, and I don't need these things. ”
"That's good, Shentu Daxia, take good care of your body, I have something to do, go first, miss me"
After Yi Dan said goodbye to Nashen Tuqiu, he came to the door of Yuwen Songxian's room.
"Knock Knock"
"Who?" asked Yuwen Song first.
"It's me Yi Dan," Yi Dan replied.
Yu Wensong opened the door first and saw Yi Dan standing at the door. So he asked, "Girl, is there anything wrong with you?"
"Brother Yuwen, I always feel that this matter is very strange," Yi Dan said
"What's wrong?" asked Yuwen Song first.
"It's the matter of SF Express's lost relics. Brother Yuwen, think about it, why did the Great Virtue Sect besiege the Hexi Sect at that critical juncture? Shaolin Temple is famous for martial arts in the world, and it is an upright sect, how could it steal that relic? This doesn't make sense," Yi Dan wondered.
"Yes, I can't figure it out, if according to what Brother Zuo said, even Master Tianning didn't know which monk the relics belonged to, how could he leak the news?" Yuwen Song said first.
"Shall we go and investigate this matter, maybe there are other secrets hidden behind it?" Yi Dan suggested.
"Okay, I also have this intention, but I don't know where to start," Yuwen Song said first.
"It's simple, since the cause of the matter started from the Yan Pavilion, then let's start from the stone tablet of the Yan Pavilion, right? I think there should be a lot of clues here," Yi Dan said.
"Okay, without further ado, let's hurry up and go to Sheyan Pavilion" After that, Yuwen Song and Yi Dan came to the dense forest in the north of Shexian County. After much searching, I finally found the courtyard hidden in the greenery - Sheyan Pavilion.
When you get close to the "Sheyan Pavilion", you can hear the sound of clanging stones. When the two walked into the courtyard, they saw a lot of stones of different shapes and sizes.
When the two looked inside, they saw a man in his mid-forties sitting in the room and concentrating on carving an inkstone.
"Knock knock" Yu Wensong knocked on the door first and asked, "May I ask if this is the Yan Pavilion?"
The man looked up and asked, "Exactly, who are the two of you?"
"In Xia Yu Wen Songxian, he is a friend of SF Escort Zuo Daxia, and he came to Sheyan Pavilion to visit Master Cheng, and I hope that Master Cheng will forgive him for taking the liberty of visiting. Yuwen Song said first.
"The younger generation Yi Dan also came to visit Master Cheng," Yi Dan echoed.
"Oh, it turns out that the two of you are friends of Zuo Daxia, so please come in and sit down. Cheng Ruiming said.
After beckoning the two of them into the house and sitting down, Cheng Ruiming walked out of the house. Yi Dan and Yu Wensong looked at each other first, not knowing what to do. After a while, Cheng Ruiming picked up a pot of tea, poured the teacup on the table of the two, and said, "The two of you came from afar, let's drink some tea first."
After Yuwen Song took the tea first, he asked, "May I ask Master Cheng, are you alone here?"
"yes. Hey, there was an apprentice before, and now I'm the only one left. This inkstone seal carving, the process is complex, laborious and laborious, and now young people
I don't want to do it anymore. Hey..."Cheng Ruiming sighed.
Yi Dan looked at an inkstone on the shelf and asked, "Master Cheng, can I pick up this inkstone and look at it?"
"Of course you can, girl, please look at it casually, you're welcome," Cheng Ruiming said.
Yi Dan picked up a beautifully carved inkstone and looked at it, and asked, "May I ask Master Cheng, are these inkstones carved by you?"
"Yes, I am not skilled in the next workmanship, so that the girl will smile" Cheng Ruiming said modestly.
"Master Cheng, you are too modest, your inkstone is so delicately carved. I didn't expect that so many flowers, birds, fish, insects, birds and beasts could be carved on this brick-sized stone, your craftsmanship is really amazing," Yi Dan praised.
"It's not that my craftsmanship is good, it's mainly that this stone is good. My carvers are just so-so. If you really want to talk about carving, it should be the master of Dongfang Wei, legend has it that he can carve the eight immortals of Fushou on a piece of jade the size of a fingernail, with exquisite skills and lifelike, which is the first in the world. I have always looked forward to learning from Master Dongfang Wei. It's a pity that his immortal trail is hard to find, and he doesn't have this blessing below. Cheng Ruiming said.
"The reputation of Master Dongfang Wei is also a little heard of below. But those are all rumors, and they can't be true. Master Cheng, your carving, but in the real see, this inkstone carved exquisitely, and it lives up to the reputation of the world's first inkstone. Yi Dan held the exquisite inkstone and kept praising it.
"No matter how good this inkstone is, it must be matched with Li Tinggui's ink and Xuanzhou's paper, so that it can be regarded as a golden boy with a jade girl, and a good horse with a good saddle. Cheng Ruiming said.
"That's right, the foundation of the prosperity of the world is built bit by bit by thousands of hard-working and simple people like Master Cheng. You are the mainstay of this thousand-year-old cultural inheritance, and I admire craftsmen like Master Cheng from the bottom of my heart, your craftsmanship is really amazing. Yi Dan praised endlessly.
"Haha, haha, girl, you really know how to speak. I'm just a lowly craftsman, what is there to admire? If the girl likes it, you might as well take a piece, I'll give it to you," Cheng Ruiming said.
"No, no, no, that's what it means, I just think Master Cheng, your craft is really amazing. Yi Dan said.
"If you like any piece, just say it, since you are a friend of Zuo Daxia, it doesn't hurt to give you one. Cheng Ruiming said.
"I really don't need it, I can't use an inkstone when I walk the rivers and lakes. If you need it, pay for it. Please Master Cheng, don't misunderstand," Yi Dan quickly explained.
"Well, oh yes, let's get down to business. I don't know what happened to the two of you visiting?" asked Cheng Ruiming.
"Then I'll get straight to the point, may I ask Master Cheng, can you let us see, the stone tablet that Zuo Daxia and Master Tianning dug up in the back hall of your place last time?" Yi Dan asked.
"What's wrong? Do you still want to rubbing?" asked Cheng Ruiming.
"Oh, no. Let's just look at the stele, can we?"
"Oh no problem, you guys come with me. After that, Cheng Ruiming introduced the two of them into the back hall of the Sheyan Pavilion.
When I entered the back hall, I saw that the pit in the ground had been filled in. The stone shrine has also been placed back in its original position, and incense is still enshrined in front of the shrine.
At the beginning, Master Tianning dug up the stone tablet engraved with Sanskrit characters, which was placed next to the Buddhist shrine, and was enshrined together with the Buddhist shrine.
Cheng Ruiming pointed to the stele and said, "Two of you, please see, this is the stele that Master Tianning dug out of the ground."
Yuwen Song stepped forward to look at the stele first, and said: "That's right, it's really dense Sanskrit, but it's a pity that I can't understand a word."
"But no, no one could understand the Sanskrit on this stone tablet at the beginning, so Master Tianning has rubbed down this inscription and found someone to interpret it."
"We already know this," Yuwen Song said first.
"May I ask you two, did Master Ning interpret this text that day?" asked Cheng Ruiming.
"Well, it's been decoded," Yi Dan said.
"Is it true? Is there a record in the text, which monk's relics are it?" Cheng Ruiming asked curiously and pleasantly.
Yuwen Songxian took a big breath and said with a serious face: "It is the true body of the Buddha Shakyamuni."
When Cheng Ruiming heard this, his body shook, he was dumbfounded, and he couldn't believe his ears: "Huh?"
"That's right, we just heard the news, and it's your expression," Yuwen Song said first.
"What? I heard you right, right? Are you saying that what I buried here is actually the true body relic of the Buddha Shakyamuni?" Cheng Ruiming asked ecstatically.
"Master Cheng, you heard it right, it is indeed the true body of the Buddha Shakyamuni, which came from Tianzhu during the Tang Dynasty. Later, when Tang Wuzong destroyed the Buddha, a master was brought to She County from the Royal Famen Temple and buried here. Yi Dan said.
When Cheng Ruiming heard this, he was so excited that he burst into tears, and immediately knelt down in front of the stone Buddha shrine, clasped his hands together and said: "Great, great, I didn't expect that the Buddha shrine guarded by three generations of my Cheng family turned out to be my Buddha's true body relic, this is really a blessing that my Cheng family has cultivated for eternity." The Buddha is above, and the disciple Cheng Ruiming bows to the Buddha, hoping that the Buddha will bless the disciples, and the family will be prosperous, blessed and long-lived."
Seeing that Cheng Ruiming was so pious, Yi Dan and the others only watched him quietly from the sidelines.
After Cheng Ruiming bowed three times and bowed to the Buddha shrine, he respectfully got up and asked the two: "May I ask the two, the Buddha's relics, have you been invited to Changzhou safely?"
"Nope. Hey, halfway through the escort, he was robbed by a gang of robbers," Yuwen Song said first.
"Huh, how can this be? Is there a whereabouts now?" asked Cheng Ruiming.
"No, that's what we're here for. I would like to ask Master Cheng, has this stele been placed here all along, has anyone touched it?" Yi Dan asked.
"I put this stele here with my own hands, and it has always been placed here, and no one should have touched it. Cheng Ruiming said.
"And has anyone else been here lately?" Yi Dan asked.
"I'm a quiet and deep place, and I don't usually get visited. After these inkstones are carved, I carry them out and sell them myself," Cheng Ruiming said.
"That's strange, since no one has been here, where did the rumors leak from?" Yi Dan muttered to himself suspiciously.
"Yes, it's true that no one has come, not only has no one come, but someone has left," Cheng Ruiming said.
When Yi Dan heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Is it?
"It's my apprentice, a few days ago, he suddenly died in a hurry," Cheng Ruiming said.
"Really, how long ago was this?" Yi Dan asked.
"It was probably just two months ago," Cheng Ruiming said.
"May I ask Master Cheng, can you tell us the details of this matter?" Yi Dan asked.
"No problem. One night more than three months ago, my apprentice carved an inkstone here alone and carved it all night. When I went back the next day, I vomited blood, and on the third day I died. Cheng Ruiming said.
"You mean, he spent the night here alone before he died?" Yi Dan asked.
"Yes, the doctor said he might have been so exhausted that he died of exhaustion. I also paid some silver taels to his family, and I apologized. Cheng Ruiming said.
"Where is his body now?" Yi Dan asked.
"People have been dead for more than three months, and of course they have long been laid to rest. Hey, a good child, the craft has almost learned, diligent and obedient, how can you say that it is gone? Cheng Ruiming sighed.
"Are you sure he died of overwork?" Yi Dan asked.
"I don't know, that's what the doctor said anyway, I can only trust the doctor. Cheng Ruiming said.
"That's strange, why is it so coincidental?" Yi Dan muttered to himself.
"I also think things are strange. Hey, I didn't expect that the clue was broken here again," Yuwen Song said first.
"May I ask Master Cheng, when exactly did your apprentice carve an all-night here?" Yi Dan asked.
"On the first day of May, more than three months have passed. Ay... Even the Buddha couldn't bless him, maybe it was his life. Cheng Ruiming sighed helplessly.
"Oh, I see, thank you, Master Cheng. Then you should be busy first, and we will leave" After that, Yi Dan and the others resigned from Cheng Ruiming.
On the way back to SF Express, Yuwen Song couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart and asked, "Sister Dan'er, do you think this matter is very strange?"
"Yes, Brother Yuwen, that's why I just wanted to come out and check it out. But I still can't figure out what the problem is," Yi Dan said.
"Aren't we thinking too much? Maybe Master Cheng's apprentice really suffered from a disease and died unexpectedly? Let's stop scaring ourselves, right?" Yu Wensong said first.
"Hey... I hope I'm thinking too much," Yi Dan sighed.
After a while, Yi Dan returned to SF Express. When Youming saw Senior Sister coming back, he stepped forward and asked, "Senior Sister, where have you been?"
"I went to the village with Brother Yuwen for a while, is there anything wrong with my junior brother looking for me?" Yi Dan asked.
"Senior sister, you don't call me when you go out, but now you're getting closer and closer to that Mr. Yuwen, right?" Youming said sourly.
"Senior brother, what are you thinking nonsense? Brother Yuwen and I are just good friends, not what you think. Yi Dan hurriedly explained.
"Well, I'm joking with you, I believe you. But senior sister, this place is quite close to Huangshan, or let's go and visit the ancient Taoist of the Huangshan faction. He and my dad are also old friends, do you remember?" Youming said.
"yes, I remembered, too. Eight years ago, that ancient path leader came to our Lingxi Valley. Yi Dan suddenly realized.
"Yes, since we have gone to Shezhou, it is better to visit by the way. Maybe he can still give us guidance and help, you say yes, senior sister?" Youming suggested.
"Well, Senior Brother is right, thank you for thinking so much about me" Yi Dan took Youming's hand and said happily.
"Of course, who am I? I'm your junior brother, huh. Youming said proudly.
"I know, you are the best junior brother in the world," Yi Dan said jokingly.
At this time, Shen Tuqiu came from the promenade. Yi Dan hurriedly greeted him and asked, "Shentu Daxia, how do you get here to Huangshan?"
Shen Tuqiu was stunned for a moment and said, "All the way to the north, walk more than a hundred miles to get there." What are you going to do in Huangshan?"
"We want to go and visit the Lingshi Ancient Daoist," Yi Dan replied.
"I wonder why the two of you are visiting the tutor?" asked Shen Tuqiu suspiciously.
"Oh yes, the ancient Taoist and my father are old friends. We wanted to pay our respects, nothing else," explains Youming.
"The family teacher travels all over the world, and his whereabouts are uncertain. Maybe it's not in Huangshan recently, and the two of them went in vain," Shen Tuqiu said.
"It's okay, let's try our luck, it's okay today anyway, wouldn't it be better if we did?"
"As I said, the family teacher is not on the mountain, and you will go in vain, so why do you have to go?" asked Shen Tuqiu.
"If you really can't meet the ancient road chief, it's also a pleasant thing to see the scenery of Huangshan," Youming said.
"Okay, the road in Huangshan is dangerous, the ancient trees are wrong, you should be careful. I have other things to do, so I won't go with you. Shen Tuqiu said.
"Well, thank you Shentu Daxia for your guidance" Yi Dan rolled his eyes and said politely.