The sky was getting darker and it was still a little cold in the mountains.
Some tourists stayed directly in the Zen rooms provided for pilgrims and laypeople in Pujing Temple.
After the evening drums were beaten, the sound of monks chanting sutras during evening classes came from the temple, as well as the sound of wooden fish, accompanied by the buzzing of insects around, which was particularly Zen-like.
It is strange to say that Qingcheng Mountain is a famous Taoist mountain, but a monk temple was built on its branch, Qingfeng Mountain.
The fifth brother believes in Buddhism and has a refuge certificate in his hand. He is considered a layman.
At this moment, he was kneeling on the futon in the Main Hall, clasping his hands and chanting sutras along with the monks.
Lin Yi and the others strolled around and basically visited the entire top of Qingfeng Mountain.
"This place neither hides the wind nor gathers energy. The average Yin and Yang teacher will never be able to see through the Feng Shui here."
Qian Sheng has been working hard during this period, and with the help of Mr. Bai, he is getting started.
"Tell me, isn't this Xianzhong a man who has eaten enough to sustain himself? He chose such a place to build a mausoleum.
Since he felt that he did not have the destiny of the True Dragon Emperor, how could he dare to proclaim himself emperor? "
Wang Qiang stepped on a big stone and sighed.
"It is said that at that time, Zhang Xianzhong had the idea of proclaiming himself emperor, and personally sent someone to Xijing to 'solicit' Li Zicheng's opinion. The two were fellow villagers, and they both served under Gao Yingxiang, the 'first king of Chuang', and their friendship was extraordinary.
Later, they each stood up and proclaimed themselves kings, so they started to look down on each other, and the conflict was quite deep.
Zhang Xianzhong came to ask Li Zicheng, it was just to show off, you are the emperor with the front foot and I will be the emperor with the back foot.
At that time, Li Zicheng's military advisor was named Song Xiance. He was considered a senior in our family and was proficient in the art of prediction and prophecy. He felt that Zhang Xianzhong was not a real dragon, so he pointed out a place for him to build a mausoleum. This place is right under our feet. Chunks. "
After Qian Sheng finished speaking, he raised his foot and stamped the ground a few times.
"This old Song definitely has no good intentions. He pointed out such a bad place. The key is that this old Zhang is really a stick. What's the 'eight kings'? I think he is the 'big eight kings'."
"Brother Qiang is wrong. He is hiding his power and biding his time, because in terms of strength and influence, he is not as good as King Li Chuang. If he chooses a dragon vein to build large-scale construction projects in a high-profile way, the Qing army will definitely make him a hero." Typical, be the first to kill him.
By doing this, he somewhat meant to put a high hat on King Li Chuang.
If his subordinates hadn't betrayed him, his Daxi regime would have lasted longer than King Li Chuang's Dashun regime. It's a pity that this man is not as good as God! "
Qian Sheng put his hands behind his back and looked far into the distance, as if he had been transported into that time.
This emotion hadn't brewed for long before it was immediately interrupted by Bai Lu.
"I told you not to shed tears while watching the Three Kingdoms and worry about the ancients. No matter who King Li Chuang or King Zhang is, it is important to find the place we are looking for first."
While he was talking, Fifth Brother walked out of Pujing Temple with a smile on his face.
The monk Zhike sent him to the door of the temple, then returned to the temple with his palms together and closed the mountain door.
"What's wrong, Fifth Brother? What's the matter?"
"Of course I smoke it!" He said, taking out a cigarette from his pocket, lighting it up, and took a deep breath. His whole face was instantly radiant.
It seems that he was very upset in the temple just now.
"The abbot in the temple was not here, so I chatted with other monks and learned some things, which I will tell you about.
This Pujing Temple was burned down by Zhang Xianzhong in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and was later requisitioned. Later, a monk named Xinzheng became the presiding officer here, and gradually ran the Pujing Temple. At the beginning, it was just a A small temple covering an area of half an acre.
It was not until the Daoguang period that, under the auspices of the abbot Jianshan, Pujing Temple suddenly started a large-scale construction project and expanded the temple to an area of 400 acres. There are five levels of palaces inside, and 24 patios have been built to face the twenty-four heavens of Buddhism. Even the number of halls in the temple has been increased to 365. "
"Good fellow, this old monk seems to have made a fortune! Did Emperor Daoguang's conscience find out and allocate a sum of money for this?"
As soon as Wang Qiang finished speaking, he was immediately interrupted by Qian Sheng.
"Impossible. Emperor Daoguang didn't even wipe his own shit. He was causing Boxer Rebellion everywhere. The Eight-Nation Allied Forces invaded the Forbidden City. The Qing Dynasty had to compensate the foreigners with nearly one billion taels of snowflake silver including the capital and interest. Where did the money come from? Are you building a temple?"
"Could it be that the old monk found the treasure that Zhang Xianzhong hid here? That's too much of a coincidence!"
Fifth Brother squatted and smoked, smiling without saying a word and pulling out a thin booklet from behind.
It has a bright yellow cover and only looks like a dozen pages.
This kind of booklet is usually printed by pilgrims and laymen at their own expense and placed in temples for circulation.
Most of them focus on Buddhist scriptures.
"This is given by the master in the temple. What is written here is about the situation when the temple was built. Take a look."
With that said, he handed the booklet to Lin Yi.
Once I got this booklet, it was obvious that it was not the same as those printed books nowadays.
The paper is yellowish, a bit old, and it is a vertical layout, the type of stereotype printing. It records in detail a series of development history of Pujing Temple since it was burned down in the late Ming Dynasty.
Among the two most eye-catching contents, one is the identity of Master Xinzheng who rebuilt Pujiu Temple on this ruins.
His identity is not clearly stated in the booklet. It is only known that he came to Qingfeng Mountain with Zhang Xianzhong's adopted son Li Dingguo.
Later, he stayed here as a host.
Another one is the record about the reconstruction of Pujing Temple by Master Xinjian during the Daoguang period:
"Daoguang Gengzi received the abbot of Jianshan Mountain, remembering the ancestors who have spent many generations thinking about the construction... It is magical in winter, the mountain cracks and rocks come out, no labor is needed for carving, no trouble for transporting chariots, and good materials are produced to show the scenic spot... Add Build dozens of couplets in Guangsha."
It means that what Master Jianshan of Pujing Temple did moved heaven and earth. God allowed the rocks to split open and pick them up to build Pujing Temple without carving.
This kind of content has almost zero credibility.
Because even if stone is available, the main material needed to build temples is wood.
Where do these things come from? Labor is a huge expense, so where does the money come from?
"Fifth brother, where did you get this booklet?"
"I am a layman. I just told the masters and they asked me to take it out. Do you think you can get it after reading it? I will give it back after reading it."
That being said, who can tell me exactly what the situation is?
Lin Yi took out his mobile phone, picked up the important contents and took pictures, then returned the booklet to Fifth Brother.
"As expected of fifth brother, his hands and eyes are indeed astounding."
As he said that, he secretly winked at Qian Sheng. Qian Sheng nodded, took out two pieces of Hua Zi from his backpack and stuffed them into Fifth Brother's bag.
The two of them argued with each other, but the fifth brother finally accepted it.
From the contents of this booklet, we can sort out several important clues:
The identity of Master Xinzheng is very suspicious. Who is he?
The process of rebuilding this temple is also very strange. Once we finish looking at the stars tonight and find the location of the 'Hidden Dragon', these problems should be solved.
(End of chapter)
