Chapter 12: The Secret of the Basement
The old monk drank a full bowl of porridge, and the kang gradually warmed up, and he felt a lot more comfortable. "Ono, thank you so much for coming, it's been a busy day, so please sit down and take a rest. ”
"I'm not tired, it's fine. Han Ye said that he was not tired, but he also sat down in front of the old monk's bed. "Old monk, when the weather is warm, I will leave the mountain, you are alone in the mountain, I don't worry when I leave. ”
"This time, you can go down the mountain with me, you are old, in case there is something, no one will be around to take care of you. ”
"You live with me, I'm not there, and the house is empty. Han Ye persuaded the old monk, in Han Ye's heart, the old monk was his master, although he never allowed himself to apprentice.
"Ono, I know you're good for me, but I've lived in the mountains for decades, and I'm not going to leave. I'm afraid I'm going to let down your kindness. ”
"You don't have to persuade me anymore, I know my end is coming. I will sit on this mountain, and my life will be full of merit. If it weren't for waiting for you, I'm afraid I would have reported to the Buddha a long time ago. ”
As soon as Han Ye heard the old monk say this, his heart suddenly soured, and his eyes filled with tears.
"Old monk, don't talk nonsense, how can you leave me? All these years, you have taken care of me, I have to go outside the mountain to earn money, take you down the mountain, I am still waiting to honor you!"
"After so many years, how much you have suffered in the mountains, I will not allow you to leave me!"
"Silly boy, life and death are not up to me. Ono, I'm almost at the end of my life, and it's time to leave. Fortunately, you're an adult, and I don't have anything to worry about. ”
"No, no, I'm going to take you down the mountain, and I'm going to let you enjoy a few years of happiness. Han Ye heard that the old monk was going to sit down, and tears fell from his eyes.
"Ono, don't cry, you and I are over. I am a monk, and I have long seen through life and death. It was you in the red dust that made me think more. Cultivation is already hard, and worldly things are useless to me. I can live to this day because of you. ”
"Now that you're here, it's time for me to give you some things, and I hope to do more good deeds, to benefit all sentient beings, and to create more well-being for those who are suffering in the world. I don't have any worries in my life. ”
The old monk pointed to a Buddha statue of Shakyamuni with his finger: "Ono, there is a cellar below, I will tell you how to open it, and the contents will be handed over to you." When I leave, this temple will no longer exist, and after you take the things, remember to do more good deeds. ”
"Old monk, what do I want you to do? I have hands and feet, and there is no problem at all in earning money to support myself, even if I support you. ”
"You kid, don't even look at what it is, just refuse, you open the cellar first and see what it is. ”
"Ono, do as I say, grab your things and go down the mountain early, it's dark and the road is not easy to walk, and it's not safe. ”
"Old monk, I didn't want to leave when I came today, I want to live here. ”
"No, you have to go today and listen to me. Get the stuff out quickly, and I'll tell you what they are and what they're for. ”
"Well, well. According to the old monk's method, Han Ye first turned the Buddha statue to the left twice, then to the right, and finally pressed it the eyes of the Buddha statue.
I heard a rumbling sound, and a stone door opened, and what appeared in front of me was a large bluestone paved stone staircase, leading to the ground, and I couldn't see it clearly. Han Ye was shocked, he really couldn't imagine that there was such an exquisite mechanism in this temple.
"Ono, you wait a minute, you go and light a candle first, and go down slowly. ”
"Okay. Ono lit a candle and walked down the stone steps. The cellar is also paved with stones, and it is very clean, and it can be seen that the old monk values this place very much and often comes down.
The stone room is not too big, there is a big box on the left side of the wall, Han Ye moved it, and it is estimated that it is also a hundred and ten catties, what is so heavy?
Han Ye opened the box, picked up the contents of the box, and checked it to see that it was not heavy, but the weight of the box itself was relatively heavy.
Han Ye looked at the box, which contained some wooden boxes, and some jade boxes. Large and small, neatly piled up, placed in boxes.
When I opened a jade box, the contents of the box were still wrapped in yellow satin, and I couldn't see what it was. Han Ye opened a long wooden box again, and inside it were scrolls of paintings, a total of four paintings. There were also two smaller wooden boxes and three jade boxes, which Han Ye did not open again.
In the large wooden box, there was a deerskin bag, which was very soft to the touch. The box was very heavy, and it was difficult for Han Ye to go up alone. He thought about it for a while, and put the various boxes in the deerskin bag, and there were a dozen gold bars on the outside of the box, which were also packed into the bag.
Han Ye lifted it with his hand, and he felt that it was only thirty or forty pounds, and it was not very heavy. It's just that the box is not easy to hold, Han Ye thinks the box is very good, it looks thick, the color is black and red, and it has the same color and texture as the table at home.
Carrying a deerskin bag, he walked up the stone steps step by step. Han Ye handed the bag to the old monk. The old monk shook his hand and did not take it. "Ono, you have a way to bring the box with you. The box was made of rosewood, and it belonged to the Qing Dynasty royal family. Now it's a treasure, and the box is empty now, so it should be much lighter. ”
"Okay, I'll go down and take a look. Han Ye went down to the cellar again, and looked carefully, there were copper rings inlaid on the left and right sides of the box, Han Ye held it up with his hand, his strength should be no problem at all, but it was large in size, and it was more troublesome to take it.
Han Ye lifted the box with one hand, bent over, and walked along the stone steps again, walking carefully, for fear of knocking the box. When he arrived at the mouth of the cellar, he held up the box with both hands, and lifted the box out of the cellar first, and then the man walked out.
"Old monk, this box is so heavy, it is even heavier than the table at home. ”
"Silly boy, the royal things in the palace of the Qing Dynasty, naturally choose the wood, the box made of rosewood, can it not be heavy?
"I saw a few paintings, and I didn't look at what was in the jade box. The jade box looks good, snow-white and moist, and the tentacles are smooth, but I can't see what kind of jade. Han Ye replied.
"The four jade boxes are all Hetian jade, and they are carved from the best Hetian jade, you have to collect them well. Inside the three jade boxes are hundreds of years of snow ginseng, which is a rare thing, and a small piece can save people's lives. There is also a jade box with a Ganoderma lucidum that is more than 200 years old, and I don't know the specific year. ”