Chapter 1 Revisiting the Ancient Temple, Reminiscing the Dusty Years (18)

Fang Liuhe felt that Xiao Beiyou was very responsible, and now he was thinking about how to deal with the police division, which was originally very good, but at present, the police division was chasing and killing him, and his psychology of blindly wanting to fight with the police division became very dangerous, if he was allowed to go down the mountain to the capital, facing a heavy pursuit, if he was not careful, it was likely that even his life would be difficult to protect, so Fang Liuhe felt that Xiao Beiyou should be allowed to leave the capital, temporarily avoid the dangerous place, and go to the Hanging Temple.

Fang Liuhe thought for a while, and said to Xiao Bei sternly: "There is no room for negotiation for this order, I am an order given as the head of the Jingshan faction, and it cannot be changed, you grew up on Bauhinia Mountain, and you know that once the head of the sect gives an order, it must be carried out unconditionally, you are ready, go north tomorrow, and go to the Hanging Temple to complete your important task!"

Xiao Beiyou saw that Fang Liuhe gave a death order, knowing that it could not be changed, although he was very reluctant in his heart, but he had no choice but to carry out the order, Fang Liuhe is not only the head of the Jingshan faction, but also Xiao Beiyou's father-in-law and master, for Xiao Beiyou, Fang Liuhe has not only the authority of the head of the family, but also the grace of nurturing and education, his order, Xiao Beiyou can not help but listen.

Xiao Beiyou said to Fang Liuhe that he would resolutely carry out the order, and on the second day, he left Bauhinia Mountain with a sullen mood, he went to the "Mingyue Tower" first, and wanted to find Murong Yun, tell him about his master's order to leave, and apologize to him, explaining that he was very reluctant to leave Murong Yun at the critical moment of resisting the police division, but he had to leave.

However, Xiao Beiyou did not find Murong Yun in the "Mingyue Tower". He had already left the inn, and even the shopkeeper of the inn didn't know where he had gone, so Xiao Beiyou had to leave a letter and ask the shopkeeper to hand it over to Murong Yun.

Leaving the "Mingyue Tower", Xiao Beiyou did not dare to stay in the capital for long, because he believed that Fang Liuhe would definitely order the informants of the Jingshan faction to monitor his movements, and at the same time, the "pursuit and killing order" of the police department was indeed not to be underestimated, anyway, he had to leave according to the order, and there was no need for him to continue to stay in the capital. There is no need to take big risks.

Xiao Beiyou decisively left the capital. Embarking on the road to Heng Mountain in Datong, Shanxi, he wanted to reach the Hanging Temple as much as possible, on the one hand, he wanted to take this opportunity to see the scenery of Heng Mountain. Scatter your mind. Relax yourself, on the other hand. He also looked at what Xie Jingxi was doing in the Hanging Temple? He knew very well in his heart that an important person like Xie Jingxi would not go for a ride in the Hanging Temple for no reason. At this critical moment of sudden changes in the rivers and lakes, he left the palace of the capital and went to the Hanging Temple, which must have a special purpose, Xiao Beiyou was very curious about Xie Jingxi's trip to the ancient temple, although he did not necessarily listen to Fang Liuhe's words and explore the secrets related to the secret book, but he was indeed very interested in knowing, what was Xie Jingxi going to the Hanging Temple for?

Two days ago, Xie Jingxi took Xie Jiayao and left the palace and got on the road to Hengshan in Shanxi.

Xie Jingxi chose to leave the palace at this time, it was after careful consideration, in his opinion, at present, the various sects in the rivers and lakes are doing their best to deal with the police division, and the people in the police division are also using all their energy and actions to resolve the crisis caused by the attacks of the various factions in the rivers and lakes. Xie Mansion is relatively safe for the time being, and the atmosphere is relatively relaxed, which is a good opportunity for Xie Jingxi to find time to go north to Hengshan and visit the ancient temple of Wèn.

Hengshan Hanging Temple is Xie Jingxi when he was young has experienced twists and turns, but also got a great harvest of an unforgettable situation, Xie Jingxi wanted to revisit Hengshan hometown for a long time, but has not been able to spare the right time, now finally has the opportunity, he revisited Hengshan Hanging Temple, in addition to trying to figure out guò hometown revisit, good memories of the wind and dust of the year, there is also a very important thing, to find an important person in the Hanging Temple to do, the time to do this important thing can not be delayed, in case it drags on for a long time, once the important person immortal died, it will be difficult to do it。

Xie Jingxi went north to revisit the ancient temple this time, only brought his lovely daughter Xie Jiayao, Xie Jiayao rarely goes out, this time Xie Jingxi specially brought her, so that she can see the world, but also to let her know Xie Jingxi's teachers, let her feel the martial arts knowledge and style of the old-timers.

In fact, when revisiting the Hanging Temple this time, Xie Jingxi only had to bring Xie Jiayao with him, Xie Jingxi's wife Guo Huizhi did not want to go far away; Lin Hexuan needed to stay in the palace to handle the affairs of the rivers and lakes for Xie Jingxi, and Yang Feiyang was participating in the action of the alliance of various factions to deal with the police division together with Chen Guizang, and they could not spare time to follow Xie Jingxi to Hengshan to visit the ancient temple; Xie Wende had been busy reciting the Four Books and Five Classics, studying Cheng Zhu Lixue, and preparing for the imperial examination, so naturally he did not have time to follow his father to visit the ancient temple.

Xie Jingxi asked Wang Jinyu, the housekeeper of the palace, to find a carriage, he and Xie Jiayao sat in the carriage together, out of the capital, into Anhui, across Henan, into Shanxi, a few days later, they arrived at the Jinlong Gorge of Heng Mountain in Beiyue, which is one hundred and thirty miles away from Datong City, on the half-cliff cliff of Cuiping Peak on the west side of Jinlong Gorge, it is the famous hanging ancient temple.

To the Hanging Temple, Xie Jingxi is very familiar with this ancient temple, very kind, he knows that this is an ancient temple, it was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty Taihe fifteen years, and later, the successive dynasties have repaired the Hanging Temple.

At that time, when Xie Jingxi came to the ancient temple for the first time, the senior monks in the temple told him that the construction of the Hanging Temple was adhering to the will of the Heavenly Master, and in the ninth year of the Taiping Zhenjun of the Northern Wei Dynasty, before the Heavenly Master Kou Qianzhi ascended to heaven, he left a testament: "We must build a temple in the air, and create a scenery of 'extending the sky on the upper side, and never floating on the bottom', so that the cultivators can talk with the gods in the temple and abandon the troubles and filth of the world." ”

In the forty-three years after the death of Kou Qian, the head of the Heavenly Master, his disciples raised silver taels in many ways in order to realize the master's legacy, carefully selected the site of the temple, carefully designed it, and built the wonderful building of the Hanging Temple.

Every time he saw the Hanging Temple, Xie Jingxi was very impressed, he admired very much the people who built the temple at that time, they were too discerning, they knew how to choose such a wonderful place to build the temple, the stone cliff peak above the temple has a prominent part, it is like an umbrella, so that the ancient temple is protected from rain, when the mountain floods, it is also free from being flooded, the place where the Hanging Temple is built, it is a recess of the mountain cliff, there are protruding cliffs on both sides of it, which can effectively block the strong wind and relieve the wind, and in the east of it, there is Tianfeng Ridge that can block the sun for most of the day, so that the average annual sunshine time of the Hanging Temple is only about two hoursThe Hanging Temple is built in such a place, which can effectively avoid the erosion of wind, sun and heavy rain, so that the entire temple can be damaged as little as possible.

Also, when the hanging temple is built, the temple is about 60 meters high from the ground, the highest place is 90 meters from the ground, it takes the half-inserted flying beam as the base base, skillfully borrows the rock as the backing, the beams and columns are combined up and down as a whole, the corridor railing is tightly interlocked, so that the ancient temple of a towering wooden frame structure stands majestically in the middle of the cliff, which is the miracle of the ancient building.

The hanging temple is built according to the cliff wall concave and convex close to the cliff, built according to the mountain situation, naturally extends, volleys and structures, stands near the valley, the cascades are scattered, the changes are subtle and rhyme, its shape combination and space arrangement are diverse and unified, and are orderly.

Xie Jingxi likes to stand on the mountainside and look up at the Hanging Temple, looking at the Hanging Temple standing between the cliffs, facing the Heng Mountain, leaning on the green screen, the top of the dangerous rock, the bottom of the deep valley, the corridor sticks to the stone wall, the pavilion hangs in the air, and can taste the great charm of the wonderful architecture of the ancients.

Looking at the Hanging Temple from afar, it is like a delicate and transparent huge relief, inlaid in the high cliff between the ten thousand thousands; when people slowly approach the Hanging Temple, they will find that it is like a temporary perched on the cliff and the air building, there is a great tendency to fly in the air; when people ascend the Hanging Temple, they can experience climbing the suspension ladder, crossing the flying stack, stepping the curved corridor, passing through the grotto, drilling the skylight, walking the various feelings of the roof, the path of the Hanging Temple, twists and turns, up and down, left and right, ingenious roundabout, endless charm.

Xie Jingxi remembered that the first time he entered the Hanging Temple, he observed the temple very carefully, he counted the halls and pavilions inside, and found that there were a total of 40 rooms, including the temple, the Zen room, the Buddha Hall, the Three Buddha Palace, the Taiyi Palace, the Guandi Temple, the Bell Tower, the Drum Tower, and the Jialan Palace, the Guanyin Temple, the Bodhisattva Hall of the King of Tibet, the Thousand Hands Guanyin Palace, the Shakya Palace, the Leiyin Palace, the Sanguan Palace, the Chunyang Palace, the Plank Road, the Three Religions Palace, the Five Buddha Palace, etc.; there are more than 80 Buddha statues of all kinds in the temple, including bronze statues, iron statues, stone statues, clay statues, etc.

On the rock below the Hanging Temple, there are engraved with the two majestic characters of "spectacular", it is the ink treasure of the great poet Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty, and later, there are poets who praise the Hanging Temple and say: "On the Flying Pavilion Dan Cliff, the white clouds are sealed several times, the mirage is suspicious of the sea, and the birds are in the clouds. ”

The most memorable thing for Xie Jingxi is that the Hanging Temple greatly exceeds the wisdom of ordinary people in the surface of the religious content of the temple, and the Hanging Temple is also known as the "Xuankong Temple".

It is said that the famous medical scientist and Taoist Tao Hongjing in the Southern Dynasty spanned the Song, Qi and Liang dynasties in his life, and had the reputation of "the prime minister of the mountain", he was the first to put forward the view of "the confluence of the three religions", he explored the possibility of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism in mutual exchange and mutual influence, and at the highest place of the Hanging Temple, there was a "Three Religions Hall", which was dedicated to Confucius at the same time. The statues of Lao Tzu and Shakyamuni, they have different expressions, in the middle of the hall sits the Buddha Shakyamuni, looking kind and peaceful; on the left is the statue of Confucius, the founder of Confucianism, smiling and humble; on the right is the statue of Lao Tzu, the Taoist leader, quiet and open-minded, the three "masters" seem to be in a friendly atmosphere in a peaceful dialogue. (To be continued......)

PS: Xie Jingxi took advantage of the opportunity of the fierce battle between the various factions in the rivers and lakes and the Jingji Division, took his beloved daughter Xie Jiayao, and went north to revisit the Hengshan Hanging Temple, in the ancient temple, he will do a very important thing, and the young chivalrous Xiao Beiyou of the Jingshan faction also arrived at the Hanging Temple, what kind http:///book/3051739.aspx of wonderful story will they deduce in the Hanging Temple?

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