Chapter 707
"No, it's out."
The toilet door opened, and he put his head on his stomach and stepped out with a somewhat ugly look on his face.
"Yunfeng is here, sit down quickly, don't buy the pork buns downstairs, it will be really painful if you eat them."
I sat down and asked for details.
He put a cup of hot water on his head and put it on the table, then slowly told me the whole story.
It turned out that when Tian Sanjiu gave up the cultural relics of the Binta Underground Palace, he felt something was wrong. He asked Brother Yu and me to help Tian Sanjiu. After learning that the main target was the cast iron Buddha, Tou Tou sensed that something was wrong.
I had eyesight at that time, but I couldn't reach the level of Touwa Tian Sanjiu.
Everything has value.
National treasures are priceless, this sentence is for cultural relic workers, but for tomb robbers, everything has a price.
As long as you can afford it, Siyang Fangzun will still dare to sell it to you.
In Baotou's view, the cast iron Buddha was made by monks from the original Iron Buddha Temple who raised money. More than 40 were made in one batch at that time. In terms of craftsmanship, materials, scarcity, and status, they are not as good as the Xixia Lingwu Tears Buddha. It is not as good as the Ashoka Tower and the Crystal Relic Pagoda in the Binta Underground Palace. The cultural relics of the latter are both Grade A.
Tian Sanjiu gave up the good and turned to the bad. In addition to fear of being traced, more importantly, the cast iron Buddha may not be an ordinary cast iron Buddha.
Probably a Buddha in physical form.
Zhang Tou guessed that Tian Sanjiu deliberately concealed the truth and did not tell the truth. Only the Buddha in the flesh was worthy of his efforts.
At this time, Douyazai interjected: "Hey Fengzi, we are not idle. We went to Baishui Town, Hanzhong to see the Tiefushi Tower that has been preserved to this day. We found evidence."
"What evidence?" I asked Dou Sprout.
Douyazai said proudly: "Don't panic, do you know what a physical Buddha is?"
I shook my head and said I didn't know.
Douyazai said loudly: "It's terrible to be uneducated. Let me tell you, Fengzi, this physical Buddha is a Buddha with a physical body. Do you understand?"
Xiaoxuan had already washed her feet and put on her plush slippers. She chuckled and said, "You are really a cultured person. If you say it, you haven't said it."
So what exactly is this physical Buddha that can rival Asoka Pagoda?
In Buddhism, this thing should be called the whole body relic. It is a kind of holy object and has exceeded the category of cultural relics.
If you don’t believe it, you can go to museums all over the country and you won’t find any. Most of the relics from the whole body are enshrined in temples and caves, such as Mount Wutai.
This is how it should be done.
In the past, a certain eminent monk practiced vegetarianism and meditated all year round, resulting in very little fat and dirt in his body. The eminent monk could sense his own death time in advance. In the month before this, he usually did not eat and drank only a small amount of fresh water every day to maintain his life. .
After the eminent monk passes away, he will remain in the cross-legged meditation posture.
There are two steps here, one is to take out the internal organs, and the other is to keep it as it is without moving at all.
Then the disciples carried the deceased monk's body into the vat. This vat was no ordinary water vat, but a custom-made pottery vat made of black pottery.
A layer of fine charcoal is spread at the bottom of the jar, followed by a layer of quicklime powder, separated by pine boards. Finally, the monk's body is placed in the jar and sprinkled with a special spice powder (a spice with a very mysterious formula).
Cover it with a lid and press it with stones.
Some time after death, the corpse will drip water, and the corpse water will be absorbed by the charcoal and lime.
Just don't touch him, just remember the day and let it go for three years.
The tank will be opened on time after three years.
If it fails, it means that you have failed and have not become a Buddha.
If the body is intact and not rotten, it means that the master has become a Buddha.
At this time, it is taken out, and the craftsman uses a mold to make a gypsum board to wrap the entire body. Then, using the ramie method, pour copper or molten iron into it, and a Buddha with a full body of relics is ready.
Who wants this kind of whole-body relic? Can it be sold? How much is it worth?
As far as I know, there are many people in the coastal areas who want them. Generally, the monks who become incarnate Buddhas have names during their lifetime.
Selling this is illegal and taboo, and you may get karmic retribution, but... once sold, the price will be sky-high.
Legend has it that if an ordinary family offers a whole body of relics, they will receive great blessings, and this blessing will be great.
It will last for a hundred years and will be passed down to future generations.
