Chapter 211: Xiaozhao Temple
Although I really want to meet this Sakya Dharma King, but Barutu may be dying at the moment, saving people is important, Yun Xiao said, "Why don't we go separately, you go and ask the Sakya Dharma King to come and help, I will go to Xiaozhao Temple to see the situation first." ”
Danba didn't know that Yun Xiao was a master, and was worried about Yun Xiao's safety, Danba said, "This is too dangerous, since those people dare to set fire to kill people, if you are discovered, they will definitely not spare you." ”
Yun Xiao smiled lightly and said, "I have my own way to save my life, and maybe I can still wait for the opportunity to rescue Master Barutu." If you're really worried about me, go and get back quickly. ”
Danba was very moved when he heard this, patted Yun Xiao's shoulder, and Danba said, "Good friend, then you be careful, I will definitely rush back as soon as possible." ”
Looking at the back of Danba leaving, Yun Xiao said softly, "I'm sorry, only in this way are you really willing to find someone, but don't worry, Master Barutu will be fine." ”
"Oops, I forgot to ask him where Xiaozhao Temple is?" After Danba's figure disappeared completely, Yun Xiao was about to go to Xiaozhao Temple, and suddenly remembered that he didn't know the specific location of Xiaozhao Temple.
Jokhang Temple, Jokhang Temple, the names of these two temples sound very similar, and during the day, Danba once introduced some of the allusions to Yun Xiao.
In addition to marrying Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty, Songtsen Gampo also married another princess, Princess Qizun of Nepal. The two princesses each brought a precious Buddha statue of Shakyamuni with them when they got married.
The Nepalese princess brought a life-size statue of Shakyamuni when he was eight years old, while Princess Wencheng brought a life-size statue of Shakyamuni when he was twelve years old.
Tibetans believe that these two Buddha statues were the first to enter the snowy plateau, and in order to support these two Buddha statues, Songtsen Gampo began to build the earliest buildings in the history of Tibetan Buddhism, namely the Jokhang Temple and the Jokhang Temple.
Zhao is the transliteration of the Tibetan word "juewo", which means Buddha. Jokhang Temple. As the name suggests, it is the smaller of the two Buddha statues, the life-size statue of Shakyamuni when he was eight years old, while the Jokhang Temple is dedicated to the other. But it's far from that simple.
In fact, in Danba's mouth, Yun Xiao heard another version. Originally, the Buddha statues enshrined in the two temples were opposite to each other. Jokhang Temple enshrines an eight-year-old statue brought by a Nepalese princess, while Jokhang Temple enshrines a twelve-year-old statue brought by Princess Wencheng.
Later, Wu Zetian wanted to welcome back the Buddha statue taken away by Princess Wencheng because of his belief in Buddhism, in order to hide from Wu Zetian, the two Buddha statues in the Jokhang Temple and the Jokhang Temple swapped places, and finally, the small Buddha statue was brought to the Tang Dynasty, and the big Buddha statue remained in the Jokhang Temple.
Well, which version is true exactly. Danba wasn't sure, he just told Yun Xiao about it as an anecdote.
After thinking about it carefully, he found that Danba really didn't seem to have told him where Xiaozhao Temple was, and Yun Xiao suddenly had a headache. Flying into the sky and looking down on the whole of Lhasa from above, suddenly, Yun Xiao noticed that at this time, except for the Jokhang Temple. Not far from it, there is a temple with faint lights.
The lights are emitted inside the temple and cannot be seen from the outside at all. But Yun Xiao is in the sky. The corners of his mouth raised slightly, and Yun Xiao felt that he might have found it.
In fact, Xiaozhao Temple and Jokhang Temple are not far away, after falling to the gate of Xiaozhao Temple, seeing a few big characters in front of the door, Yun Xiao is more convinced. Although the architectural style of Jokhang Temple and Jokhang Temple is different, the names are similar. Even if you don't know Tibetan, you can recognize it by drawing a gourd.
As soon as he entered the front yard of Xiaozhao Temple, Yun Xiao immediately noticed that there were people nearby, and after hiding his figure, Yun Xiao saw several monks holding weapons in their hands. It seems to be patrolling.
Following them, I could hear some conversations, but I couldn't understand them at all. Yun Xiao was in a very depressed mood, sure enough, there are many things in this world that cannot be solved by high martial arts.
After going around the entire Xiaozhao Temple, Yun Xiao saw that even the patrolling staff had changed shifts, but he still hadn't found the whereabouts of Balutu.
Just when Yun Xiao was about to be helpless, Yun Xiao saw a middle-aged monk, and saw that his monk's robe was obviously different from that of the patrol monk, and the patrol monk immediately saluted when he saw him.
"It's so late, except for the patrol people, everyone else has already gone to sleep, there must be something wrong with this guy. Yun Xiao decided to follow the middle-aged monk.
The middle-aged monk walked into the temple, through the courtyard and the scripture hall, and finally came to the Buddha hall. There are two pillars in the Buddha hall, and the ends of the pillars are carved with lotus patterns.
The middle-aged monk walked to the pillar on the left side and turned slightly towards a lotus pattern at the bottom, and suddenly there was a heavy sound in the main hall.
Yun Xiao followed the sound, and the Buddha statue of Shakyamuni in the center moved away, revealing a downward passage on the ground. The middle-aged monk saw the passage open and immediately walked in.
Not long after entering, the Buddha statue automatically returned to its original position. It was pitch black inside the passage, but the middle-aged monk had already prepared a torch.
The passage was winding, and the overall feeling seemed to be downward, and Yun Xiao estimated slightly, and it had reached at least ten zhang below the ground. Suddenly, a hall appeared in front of me, and the hall was very empty, except for an unknown altar, a few stone pillars, and a few passages leading to other places.
Yun Xiao was surprised in his heart, it looked like a big square below, digging out such a place in the ground was definitely not a simple matter, and looking at the surrounding walls, it seemed that it had been a long time, at least for decades or even hundreds of years.
Continue to follow the middle-aged monk, see him go straight through the square, walk along a passage on the left, and after walking for a while, Yun Xiao suddenly heard some noise, although he couldn't understand it, but the tone was not very good, thinking that it might be some scolding.
Walking into the depths, Yun Xiao saw rows of cells with many people imprisoned, and they all seemed to be monks. When the imprisoned monks saw the middle-aged monk followed by Yun Xiao coming, they immediately couldn't help but scold, and some stretched out their hands to catch the middle-aged monk through the prison door.
The middle-aged monk said a few words in a light tone, and immediately provoked continuous scolding. Walking down the aisle, in addition to the cells on both sides, there is a cell at the very bottom of the passage, well, unlike the others, this one looks good.
Opening the door of the cell, Yun Xiao followed the middle-aged monk and walked in, perhaps because he felt that it was too noisy outside, the middle-aged monk closed the cell door again, and the sound outside suddenly disappeared.
Yun Xiao looked around, from the inside, this place really didn't look like a prison cell, not only clean, but also all kinds of living utensils, as for the person who lived here, it was the Balutu that Yun Xiao was looking for.
Yun Xiao wondered in his heart, was this Barutu really arrested? (To be continued......)