Li Shulan is not completely unfamiliar with Qixia Mountain, last time Xiao Jiyuan had led her to Qixia Temple to visit, she knew that as early as the Tang Gaozu, Qixia Temple and Shandong Linqing Lingyan Temple, Hubei Jingzhou Yuquan Temple, Zhejiang Tiantai Guoqing Temple and called "the world's four major jungles". ↗

Li Shulan learned through Xiao Jiyuan and the senior monks of Qixia Temple that Qixia Temple has "three treasures": Tang Monument, Thousand Buddha Cliff and Relic Pagoda.

On the last tour, Li Shulan and Xiao Jiyuan had already visited the Tang Monument and the Relic Pagoda, and they had been there for a long time. At this time, Li Shulan recalled the scene of visiting the Tang Monument and the Relic Pagoda at that time, she recalled the surrounding scene she saw at that time, and she felt that there could be no ancient tomb she was looking for around the monument and the pagoda.

Li Shulan continued to walk up the mountain, the reason why she chose to go up the mountain at dusk is to take advantage of the special time of dusk to inspect the Thousand Buddha Rock, she knows that in a place like the Thousand Buddha Rock, there are few tourists at dusk, in a relatively quiet atmosphere, her observation will be more accurate, she doesn't like to be disturbed by others, and she doesn't like to be like the last time she visited Qixia Temple and other temples, there is a "tail" behind.

Li Shulan felt that the Thousand Buddha Rock must be a treasure land, so the monks of the past dynasties and the people who believed in Buddhism would dig a niche here to build Buddha statues, she wanted to take a closer look, around the west rock wall, whether there was a place to build a mausoleum, she wanted to find out, whether there was an ancient tomb she was looking for.

Thousand Buddha Rock in the southwest foot of Fengxiang Peak in Qixia Mountain, from the seventh year of Yongming in the Southern Qi Dynasty to the tenth year of Liang Tianjian in the Southern Dynasty, as long as 22 years, there are nearly 300 caves built on the west rock wall, there are more than 520 statues in the cave, densely spread up and down the stone ridge. Quite spectacular.

The Buddha statues in the stone niche lean against the stone wall, in thousands of postures, some standing, some sitting, different sizes, or five or six statues in a niche. Or a dozen or so a room, a thousand postures, different expressions, its shape is simple and sophisticated, vigorous and beautiful, maintain the obvious style of grotto art in the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

In the grottoes, there are many inscriptions left by celebrities of various dynasties and generations, and the most preserved inscriptions are in the Northern Song Dynasty, which is worth exploring.

There is a very touching legend about the construction of the Thousand Buddha Rock, it is said. When the Ming monk Shao who built Qixia Temple, one night had dreamed that there was a Buddha light on the west rock wall, he may feel that this is the Buddha's dream, so he was determined to chisel the Buddha statue on the west rock wall, but unfortunately, he died soon after, and he could not complete the wish to build the Buddha statue. In the year of rebirth, Ming Seng Shao could not fulfill his long-cherished wish.

The son of Ming Seng Shao in order to fulfill his father's long-cherished wish. In the second year of Yongming in the Southern Qi Dynasty, together with the high monk Zhidu Zen Master, they joined hands to chisel the Buddha statue of the Buddha shrine on the west rock wall, when they engraved three Buddha statues, called the "Three Sages of the West", and the Buddha shrine was called the "Three Holy Temples".

Afterwards. There are more and more Buddha shrines on the stone wall, forming a stone niche like a beehive pigeonhouse, called "Thousand Buddha Rock", after the Southern Dynasty, the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties all chiseled niches on the stone wall to build Buddha statues. A spectacular group of grottoes has been formed. Among them, there is a Buddha shrine called "Big Buddha Pavilion" is the largest, it was chiseled in the seventh year of Yongming in the Southern Qi Dynasty, in the middle of the stone niche sits a Buddha of Amitayus, the height is nearly four zhang, majestic and solemn, it is the representative statue of the Thousand Buddha Rock.

After visiting the Thousand Buddha Rocks and thinking of the legend about the Ming monk Shao chiseling the niche to build the Buddha statue, Li Shulan suddenly thought that if the legend about the carved niche to make the Buddha statue contains real ingredients, then at least it shows that the senior monk Ming Seng Shao believes that the west rock wall is an auspicious treasure suitable for the Buddha to live in, and such a treasure land may also be a good place to build a mausoleum.

Li Shulan continued to visit, she walked to a small shrine, she found that there are five Buddha statues inside, there is a flame on the top of the head of the Buddha statue in the middle, the Buddha statue looks peaceful, she looks up again, only to see that there are two groups of orange "flying sky" on the top of the stone niche, although the time has been a long time, but the lines of "flying sky" are still clearly recognizable, she is very excited, she has only heard of the "flying sky" in the western Dunhuang and other grottoes, but in the eastern Jiangnan, it has not been seen before, and in the small stone niche of this thousand Buddha rocks, it has found a beautiful and agile "flying sky" image, which is very valuable.

Li Shulan suddenly thought that the last time she visited the relics pagoda of Qixia Temple, she also found that there was a "flying sky" relief on the stone tower, she didn't pay so much attention to it at that time, at this time she found "flying sky" on the top of the stone niche, so that her mind suddenly appeared on the stone tower "Feitian" relief image, she felt that the ancient Buddhist culture is developing in parallel, there are carved pictograms in the west, there are also in the east, and Jiangnan also has a "flying sky" religious art image similar to the Dunhuang style.

Leaving the stone niche, Li Shulan observed around, she did not find a suitable place for building a mausoleum, she walked around on the mountain road covered with pines and cypresses, the sky gradually darkened, more and more silent, there were no tourists around the Thousand Buddha Rock, she felt the coolness of the breeze after nightfall, and experienced a special sense of comfort.

Li Shulan looked at the stone niches in front of her, she appreciated that the believers of the ancient Buddha were very knowledgeable, and they must be very satisfied to be able to dig such a large group of stone niches in this west rock wall, and the Buddha must be very satisfied to stay in this kind of place.

Suddenly, Li Shulan had a thought, she thought: "Maybe there are many Buddha shrines and Buddha statues, there can only be burial monks around, there can only be some stone pagodas, there will be no graves, because after the death of ordinary people who are not monks, they don't like to be buried in such a place, after all, gods and ghosts are different, dead people need to have their own quiet place, there are many places of gods, souls don't like to stay, it seems that I originally imagined to find ancient tombs around the Thousand Buddha Rocks, this idea is wrong." ”

With this idea, Li Shulan decided to go down the mountain, it was dark, the road was getting darker and darker, the way down the mountain could only be close, and the distance was no longer clear, the silent mountain road, next to the trees, there was a terrifying atmosphere, if it was an ordinary young woman, at this time, in a place like Qianfoyan, it was terrible to walk alone on the mountain road, but Li Shulan was not afraid at all, she was trained by his father when she was very young, she was familiar with various skills, she had good kung fu, she was very courageous, walking on this dark mountain road, she would not feel uncomfortable at all, perhaps, Li Shulan's courage is related to his father's genetics and influence, his father often visited the cemetery alone. Naturally not afraid of ghosts and gods, Li Shulan did not inherit her father's interest in robbing tombs, but inherited his courage.

Li Shulan went down the mountain very quickly, she quickly walked to the foot of the mountain, and on the way down, she kept thinking. This time up the mountain, although it did not achieve the purpose she expected, but let her just rule out the possibility that there is an ancient tomb around the Thousand Buddha Rock that she is looking for, plus the last visit to Qixia Temple, she dared to be sure that from the relics pagoda of Xixia Temple to the whole mountain area of Thousand Buddha Rock, it is impossible to have the ancient tomb she is looking for, with the common sense of feng shui she mastered, she is very confident to come to this conclusion.

Li Shulan decided. Tomorrow she will go to another mountainside of Qixia Mountain to explore, and she hopes to find traces of the ancient tomb she is looking for on the other side of the mountain.

In the streets and alleys of Nanjing City at night, there are some people walking around the streets, but there are not many people, maybe the streets and alleys that Li Shulan walks on are not not streets and alleys, not lively, so there are few pedestrians, and this kind of street scene is what Li Shulan likes. She didn't like the big streets that were full of people, they were noisy. It's too noisy.

Now, Li Shulan is implementing a secret exploration plan, she doesn't want to be found in the downtown area, she knows that the people who followed her will not give up and continue to look for her, in order to make the secret investigation operation successful. Her actions now must be kept secret.

Back in the old house in the small street, Li Shulan put the dried dried silk of Kaiyang, spiced tea eggs and crab shell yellow baked cakes bought from the street on the table, boiled a pot of water, and slowly tasted these delicacies. Li Shulan felt very comfortable, the exploration life is very hard, although the place to live in the luxury inn is good, the food is very rich, but there is always the danger of being followed by others, and in the old house in this small street and alley, a person sits down quietly, savoring the food of Nanjing, she feels more comfortable than when she lives in the "Wangliu Pavilion".

Li Shulan looked back on the people and things she encountered in the "Wangliu Pavilion", and she had some ideas.

In order to visit the temple, she got acquainted with Xiao Jiyuan, and later Xiao Jiyuan became her good friend, she believed in the temple monks' views on Xiao Jiyuan, she thought that after Xiao Jiyuan left her, he would definitely go to study Buddhism, maybe there was some kind of chance, maybe Xiao Jiyuan would be accepted as a disciple by a monk in a temple, and maybe he could also learn great martial arts from the monks.

Li Shulan has a hunch that one day in the future, Xiao Jiyuan will have the ability to have the opportunity to work with her to do something big, she has always thought that Xiao Jiyuan is her good partner, not just to visit the temple together, but to do some kind of big thing together.

The reason why she kept the rented VIP room was to let the shopkeeper in the inn think that she would go back, and second, she envisioned using the "Wangliu Pavilion" as a stronghold, and the shopkeeper became her informant, she knew that after entering the "Wangliu Pavilion" for a while, those who followed her, especially the fat and thin two uninvited guests who came to the "Wangliu Pavilion" later, would definitely think that she had evacuated from there and would not go to the inn to find her.

The most dangerous place is the safest, and when the enemy thinks that she will not go to the "Wangliu Pavilion" again, she uses it as a stronghold, and sometimes she can go there to live, and that place becomes safe.

Li Shulan continued to think about it while tasting the crab shell yellow baked cake.

Li Shulan thought that after Ao Lei entered the "Wangliu Pavilion", after listening to Li Shulan explain her difficulties, Ao Lei not only expressed her understanding, but also gave her an idea, and reminded her to evacuate the "Wangliu Pavilion" as soon as possible.

Li Shulan felt a little scared when she thought about it now, she felt that since the fat and thin wicked people came directly to her where she lived to find her, it meant that they were not ordinary stalkers, they must be bad comers, they came directly at her, and they would definitely shoot on the spot, and Li Shulan was not clear about their origins, kung fu, purpose, etc., which was equivalent to being in a very dangerous situation.

Li Shulan thought about it, and at the same time she was very grateful to Ao Lei for helping her, and at this time, she was worried about Ao Lei.

Li Shulan remembered that when she walked out of the "Wangliu Pavilion", Ao Lei had asked a young woman to tell her that Ao Lei was going to the palace, Li Shulan knew that Ao Lei's purpose of going to the palace was related to exploring the secrets of the Xie Mansion, and she was worried that Ao Lei would meet the wicked people of the police department, and she was afraid that Ao Lei would be in danger. Li Shulan silently wished Ao Lei a safe and smooth journey in her heart.

Li Shulan knew in her heart that Wang Liyan's mansion at this time must not be quiet, and the people who were exploring the secrets of the Xie Mansion at the moment were not just people from one or two factions, except for Shen Deyi who sent a master to investigate, there were also other factions in the rivers and lakes, and they must not be idle, there will be people who are participating in the snatching of the cheats in the open and in secret, and those who are secretly competing are the most terrifying.

Ao Lei went to the palace alone, she must have met not only the people of the police department, but also those evil people who acted in secret, and the more Li Shulan thought about it, the more worried she felt for Ao Lei. (To be continued.) )

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