You guys look at me, I look at you and you are all confused.
"The name of the Dharma is the things outside the body. I guess the donor also came here for the things outside the body?"
Zhou Yuanfu saw that the old monk obviously knew about the treasure, so he stopped hiding it.
"This kid is not a donor this time, but is asking for charity."
The old monk laughed loudly when he heard this, "What a clever mouth, but it's a pity that the old monk has nothing to offer, so I'm afraid you won't be able to ask for alms. Why don't you enter my Buddhist door and give up all the things outside your body to achieve Zhengtong."
Zhou Yuanfu thought to himself, Buddhism recruits every one who comes, and casts a wide net to catch more fish.
"The results of personal correction are nothing. When I take this external thing and save all people from suffering, I will naturally achieve the right results."
The old monk suppressed his smile and looked Zhou Yuanfu up and down carefully.
"No wonder Zhang Jiao said that you have the three teachings. If Yuan Fu doesn't join my Buddhism now, I'm afraid he won't be able to help himself in the future."
Zhou Yuanfu was worried about the treasure and Zhang Jiao, and was unwilling to make any more moves.
"Buddhists all talk about fate. I guess I haven't arrived yet, so I'll talk about it later."
The old monk smiled enigmatically and recited a prophecy,
"It is difficult to enter Buddhism and achieve enlightenment, only because the previous life has not been broken. If you look back after eight years, you should regret that you have missed the opportunity to become a Buddha today."
After saying that, he stood up and led everyone to the backyard. When they arrived in front of the tower, the old monk went to unlock it.
"The donors will leave alone. I have ordered the others not to come near."
Zhou Yuanfu put his palms together and saluted and said: "Master, I have one more unkind request. Can you place my master's body here first?"
"All causes lead to all results. This is not an unkind invitation, but coincides with the fate of our three religions. Yuan Hao is also hiding in the temple, and he did not expect that our three religions, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, would meet again in this way. You can handle it yourself.
Then Yuan Hao and I will also come to pay our respects."
After saying this, the old monk left on his own.
Not long after Buddhism was introduced to China at that time, most of the scholars believed that "the master does not speak of strange power but confuses the gods." Seeing the old abbot leave, Xu Yuanzhi said disdainfully: "We pretend to be gods and ghosts, and we are still looking back. The eight masters have been here for almost 500 years, and we probably don't even have our bones."
All gone."
Guan Yu smiled and said nothing. Zhou Yuanfu didn't believe it, but his soul had indeed been summoned, and it was difficult to explain, so he didn't answer.
The three of them opened the door and went in. They saw that the inside of the pagoda was not very big, about 5 meters wide. There was a stone mill in the center of the pagoda. There was a stone Buddha on the southeast, northwest and four sides of the stone mill. The three of them bowed several times one by one.
Zhou Yuanfu pointed to the stone mill in the middle and said, "There is something strange under this stone mill."
Both Guan Yu and Xu Yuanzhi were puzzled, so Zhou Yuanfu continued to explain: "There is no stone mill on the stone mill, so what is the use of the stone mill? And the radius here is not large, so I think there is something weird in it."
Hearing this, Xu Yuanzhi jumped onto the stone mill and looked down through the hole of the stone mill, but he could see nothing but a black hole. He only felt gusts of cool wind blowing out.
"Sure enough, there is something weird. I wonder if the three of us can lift it up together."
Zhou Yuanfu secretly thought that they all said that his arms have the strength of a thousand catties, why not show your hands now and give it a try. Seeing that the stone mill is about one meter in diameter, it should be able to weigh a thousand catties.
"Why three people? I'll try it myself."
As he spoke, he stepped forward, struggled with his arms, and shouted "Get up!" The millstone moved slightly. He shouted "Get up!" three more times, but the millstone moved slightly, but could not be moved.
Zhou Yuanfu now knew his own strength. He stood up and patted the stone tentatively, whispering in a low voice: "Open sesame."
The stone mill remained motionless.
"I think there are roots under the stone, so it can't be moved. How about the three of us lift it."
Seeing this, Zhou Yuanfu said desperately. His face was flushed with embarrassment, and his face was so dark that he couldn't tell.
"You don't need so many people, let me give it a try."
As he spoke, Guan Yu reached out and grabbed both sides of the stone mill. He used his strength to dig his fingers under the millstone, and then lifted the millstone up as if he were holding a pot lid.
"Where to put it?"
Zhou Yuanfu was completely speechless. It seemed that there was indeed some gap between himself and Guan Yu.
Xu Yuanzhi clapped and applauded, "Brother Guan, you are so powerful!"
When the stone mill was opened, there was indeed a wellhead underneath.
Several people were very happy. They lay down at the mouth of the well and looked down. They felt a breeze blowing on their faces, thinking that the space under the well was extremely wide. Xu Yuanzhi lit a fire and went down, and it suddenly floated down several feet. I don't know how deep it was.
The few people were unable to go down the well for the time being, so they had to go back and call for help. They would come back in the evening, when the Celestial Master's Dharma Body would also be secretly transported.
The three returned to the camp and explained what they had encountered in detail. Zhou Yuanfu ordered people to prepare the things needed to go down the well, and asked Pei Yuanshao to select some reliable men to go with him. The camp also needed left-behind personnel, so Guan Yu volunteered, and Zhou
Yuan Fu knew that he had some complaints about Zhang Jiao, and there was no danger in the temple, so he agreed. When it got dark, Pei Yuanshao selected fifty reliable soldiers, and everyone quietly left the camp and rushed to the temple.
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The weather was getting colder and the walk was boring. Zhou Yuanfu asked several brothers who would go down the well first, and they were all scrambling. Finally, Xu Yuanzhi said that he was the best in Qinggong, so everyone stopped competing with him.
Zhou Yuanfu thought of the many tomb-robbery novels read by later generations, so he couldn't help but give Yuan Zhi a few words to explain the various mechanisms in the ancient tombs in the novel one by one. Everyone was very interested after hearing this, and it was just a good time to pass the boring time along the way.
"...There is also a mechanism that hides arrows in the well wall. If the corresponding stone on the well wall is touched when going down the well, all the arrows will be stimulated, and the person who goes down the well will be shot into a hedgehog...
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Everyone clicked their tongues and praised these fantastic ideas as being really clever. If they encountered them one by one, they would probably die.
Arriving in front of the tower, Zhou Yuanfu ordered his soldiers to guard Zhang Jiao's body outside the tower, while he and several brothers went to explore the way first.
"I've told you all about the dangers on the way, but Yuan Zhi still dares to go down the well?"
Xu Yuanzhi said with a firm look: "I have never contributed, this time I will be the pioneer."
After saying that, he tied the well rope around his waist, ordered several people to pull the rope, and jumped in with torches.
The rope was slowly lowered. When it was about ten feet away, the rope loosened and a humming sound could be heard.
"It's already at the bottom. I went to explore earlier."
Pei Yuanshao was afraid that something might happen to Xu Yuanzhi, so he followed him down. Cui Niubi waited for a while, but they didn't see the two people coming back. Thinking of the mountains of gold and silver below, he immediately scratched his heart and begged Zhou Yuanfu to put him down, so that Zhou Yuanfu was the only one left in the well.
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After waiting for a quarter of an hour and still no one came back, Zhou Yuanfu became worried and walked out of the tower to ask the soldiers for help.
When he came out of the pagoda, he saw the old monk ushering someone in. Zhou Yuanfu hurriedly stepped forward to greet him. The old monk pointed to the old man next to him and said that he was bringing his friends to worship.
Zhou Yuanfu asked the sergeants to arrange the coffins, set up the mourning hall and place the sacrifices.
Seeing the sergeant hurriedly preparing, Zhou Yuanfu glanced at the person next to the old monk and saw that he had a long eyebrows and a Chinese character face. He was about fifty years old and had an upright look on his face, which was quite extraordinary.
"I'm going to Cangzhou Zhou Yuanfu next week to meet my father-in-law. Do you know my father-in-law's surname?"
The old man looked at Zhou Yuanfu carefully and said, "You are the closed disciple of Zhang Jiao, how come you are so ugly?"
Zhou Yuanfu felt quite embarrassed, and the old abbot laughed.
"Yuan Hao, just save some face for this junior. Besides, people should not be judged by their appearance. Although Yuan Fu is a bit darker, he is still very brave. Come on, Yuan Fu, I have met your Uncle Tian Feng."
Zhou Yuanfu felt angry when someone said he was ugly, so he said casually: "My nephew has met Uncle Tian."
As soon as he said this, he was shocked in his heart, "Tian Feng Yuan Hao, isn't this person one of Yuan Shao's four great counselors?" Xun Yu commented on Yuan Shao's four great counselors, "Tian Feng is brave and commits crimes, Xu You is greedy but ignorant, and he is expert in judging and matching."
"Plans are useless when they meet the rules." This Tian Feng is at the top of the list. No wonder he makes mistakes when he is tough, and calls people ugly when he comes up. It is really rude, well, not pleasing to people.
Tian Feng disagreed, "You don't need to get close. I heard that the three brothers Zhang Jiao accepted three apprentices, namely Yuan Shao, Yuan Fu and Yuan Zhi?"
Zhou Yuanfu knew that this person was the famous Tian Fenghou, so he was much more respectful.
"Exactly, the three of us have also become brothers, and we will ask the other two to come to see Uncle Tian later."
Tian Feng snorted angrily and said, "I don't dare to take it seriously! I heard that Mr. Zhang Jiao gave you three the character 'Yuan'. My name is Yuan Hao. Mr. Zhang Jiao also gave you guys the same character. That's right."