Peng Fei didn't really believe it. What kind of treasure could he hide in the belly of the Buddha statue? "A joke? Everything I said is true..."
Zhuang Rui said that ancient people often liked to hide treasures in the bellies of Buddha statues they worshiped. This was not just nonsense. There are also allusions to this in history.
In Chinese history, during the Han Dynasty, after Buddhism was introduced from India to China, by the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, its development reached its peak. The level of Buddhism surpassed that of India, and China replaced India as the center of world Buddhism.
At that time, the status of Buddhists was quite high. Almost all temples owned large amounts of land and did not have to pay taxes.
During that period, although there were many eminent monks like Xuanzang and Jianzhen, there were even more scum in Buddhism. There were countless cases of bullying men and women, and seizing people's houses and farmland. However, the emperor believed in Buddhism, and local officials
Most of them turn a blind eye and don't ask questions at all.
And those flower monks, after gathering a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, in order to hide them, they used the name of Buddha Casting to bake and cast many large bronze Buddhas. It looked like a solid Buddha statue, but in fact, there was something hidden inside.
The mystery is that the belly of the Buddha statue is all empty, and there is a huge amount of wealth collected by the monks hidden inside.
The three most famous campaigns to exterminate Buddhism in Chinese history happened exactly during the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the period of Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty. This is an irony, especially during the period of Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty. Almost all temples across the country were destroyed, and millions of
Monks and nuns were ordered to return to secular life, which almost led to the demise of Buddhism in China.
Investigating the reason, the official view is that it was naturally caused by the political characteristics inherent in Chinese society that "the divine authority is absolutely subordinate to the royal authority." The emperor felt that his authority was challenged by the illusory divine authority, so he wanted to destroy the Buddha.
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However, later researchers believed that the root cause of the destruction of Buddhism was economic problems. During the period of Wu Zetian, Di Renjie once wrote in a book: "The temples nourished the beauty industry, and they took more twice as much, and the manors were washed down by water, and the number was also too much. Run away to avoid crime.
, combined with the Dharma School, unknown monks, no matter how many tens of thousands, have been inspected and cured, and they have already obtained thousands, and even if they do not cultivate, they will still suffer the disadvantages, they will feed the masses, and rob people's wealth..."
The meaning of the above passage is that the temple has strong financial resources and fertile land, and becoming a monk can evade legal sanctions. There are tens of thousands of monks without status in the country, and they do not cultivate anything but eat.
It means to open your mouth and reach out.
When the country was rich, it didn't matter if these monks were richer. But when the emperor had to tighten his belt and live a life, it was a sin for the monks to still be so rich. So by the time of Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty, a revolution in Chinese history was carried out.
The Third Movement to Exterminate Buddha.
At that time, countless treasures were cleared from the temples, and when the gold and copper Buddha statues were melted, it was discovered that there were also a large number of gold and silver jewelry hidden in the belly of the Buddha statues. Mr. Cha Liangyong of Hong Kong wrote the book "The Secret of Linking the City"
Here, the so-called treasure is hidden in the belly of the Buddha statue.
"Brother Zhuang, are you telling the truth? But there shouldn't be any treasures hidden in this Buddha statue..."
Peng Fei listened to the story told to Zhuang Rui with great interest, but when he gestured at the repaired place, he didn't believe there was anything hidden in it.
"Who knows if there is one? We have to take out the piece of ivory that was filled in to find out..."
Zhuang Rui followed Peng Fei's words. He just wanted to take out the contents of the Buddha statue without damaging it, but it was not easy because the silicone used for repair had completely integrated with the ivory. It was difficult to pull it out.
Very big.
Peng Fei couldn't help laughing when he saw Zhuang Rui's frowning face and said, "Brother Zhuang, do you really want to take out this repaired ivory?"
"Of course, think about it, who would have the time to dig a hole through this fine Buddha sculpture? There might be something good inside. We won't suffer any loss if we dig it out and take a look. I'll find someone to replace it."
Repair it, the workmanship will definitely be better than this..."
Zhuang Rui is telling the truth. The use of silicone to repair this thing has indeed ruined the ivory Buddha statue. There are many modern materials that can repair it so that no one can tell that it has been repaired.
"Brother Zhuang, please wait for me for a while and I'll be back soon..."
Peng Fei gestured at the repaired area, said something to Zhuang Rui, and walked out of the room.
"This kid..."
Zhuang Rui shook his head and looked at this thing with some distress. The thing was not his before and he was not particularly impatient. Now that the thing is in front of his eyes, he can't take out the thing inside. This makes Zhuang Rui feel...
It's like Qin Xuanbing took off all her clothes, but didn't lift her own thing. There was no difference at all.
"Boss, I'm back..."
About twenty minutes later, when Zhuang Rui was still frowning, Peng Fei walked into the room. Zhuang Rui's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw that he was holding an alcohol stove in his right hand.
"Peng Fei, do you want to burn the needle red to melt away the silicone filling? But we don't know how deep the dug out ivory is..."
Zhuang Rui originally thought this was a good idea, but when he thought about it, the ivory block filled in was six or seven centimeters long. An ordinary needle could not penetrate it at all, but a very long needle could not penetrate it.
It's too thick and there's no way to insert it, so this method is still not advisable.
"Isn't this long enough?"
Peng Fei raised his left hand, and Zhuang Rui discovered that two fingers of Peng Fei's left hand were holding an extremely thin steel wire, which was twenty or thirty centimeters long. Zhuang Rui flicked the wire with his hand and found that it was tough.
The speed was excellent, and I couldn't help but feel happy. Now all the problems were solved.
Zhuang Rui got up and walked to the door of the room, turned the sign outside to read "Do Not Disturb", then walked back, raised his thumbs at Peng Fei, and said: "Good boy, if there is a treasure in there, I will count it on you..."
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Zhuang Rui took out a lighter from his pocket and lit the alcohol stove, while Peng Fei put one end of the thin steel wire on the fire core and started to bake it. This thing itself conducts heat, but in just ten seconds,
There was a section of steel wire that was still burnt red.
Zhuang Rui looked at the steel wire in Peng Fei's hand and reminded him: "The length is probably not enough, please burn it a little more red..."
The steel wire in Peng Fei's hand began to swim on the flames. After a while, the three to five centimeters at the front of the steel wire were burned red.
"Give me……"
Zhuang Rui placed the ivory sculpture horizontally on the ground, reached out to take the steel wire from Peng Fei's hand, and inserted it into the silicone gap in the repair area. The red-hot steel wire was like a knife cutting tofu, without any effort at all.
The silica gel inside was burned and melted.
Along with the unpleasant smell of burning rubber, a wisp of green smoke came out from Zhuang Rui's hand. Zhuang Rui slid the steel wire along the gap to one side, knowing that it felt very jerky, as if the heat was not enough.
At that moment, Zhuang Rui quickly pulled out the steel wire. At this time, there was a layer of gelatinous substance attached to the steel wire.
"Keep burning..."
Zhuang Rui handed the wire to Peng Fei, stood up and opened the window of the hotel room. He didn't care that the air conditioner was still on in the room. The smell of burning rubber was really unpleasant.
This steel wire conducts heat quickly, but it also dissipates heat very quickly. Basically, once it is red, it can only dissolve into two or three centimeters of silica gel. Zhuang Rui and Peng Fei worked for more than two hours to fuse it with the piece of ivory.
All the silica gel melted together.
"Aunt Fang? Eat? I'm really sorry, Aunt Fang, I'm in a hurry here and can't leave for the time being. Can you please let me go there a little later?"
Just after finishing the silicone on the tooth carving, Fang Yi called, but Zhuang Rui couldn't care about his mother-in-law's thoughts at this time. The two wax pills that he could get in his hand immediately made his heart surge.
Hearing Zhuang Rui say something was urgent, Fang Yi hung up the phone without saying anything. She just turned around and immediately used her woman's imagination to say to her husband: "This child is not going behind Xuan Bing's back.
Did you do something bad?"
If Zhuang Rui knew what Fang Yi was thinking at this time, he would definitely feel that he was more unjust than Dou E. Therefore, it is best not to refuse this woman's invitation, whether it is a young woman or a menopausal woman.
"Who can be okay? Xiaozhuang is not that kind of child. Don't think nonsense..." Qin Haoran glanced at his wife dissatisfied. If these words reached Zhuang Rui's ears, there would be conflict.
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Zhuang Rui no longer cared about what his mother-in-law was thinking, because Peng Fei was holding his wolf-tooth-like knife to pry off the piece of ivory that was inserted as a filling.
The blade of the knife is extremely thin and can be inserted to a depth of about one centimeter. As Peng Fei flips his wrist, the piece of ivory protrudes upward little by little, and finally plays a role between the blade and the ivory wall.
Under the lever principle, with a clear "snap" sound, the small piece of ivory was picked out, and a circular hole of three to four centimeters square was exposed under the armpit of the ivory carving.
"Brother Zhuang, is there nothing in here?"
Naturally, his hand couldn't reach in, so Peng Fei picked up the tooth sculpture and shook the small hole downward, but nothing came out.
Zhuang Rui did not answer, but took the burnt black steel wire and went to the bathroom to clean it. After drying it, he twisted a section of the wire into a hook shape, and then said to Peng Fei: "You put it
Raise it a little higher, with the hole facing downwards, and I'll use this thing to dig it out and have a look..."
Zhuang Rui naturally knew whether there was something inside, and he also knew that the reason why the wax pills were not poured out by Peng Fei was because when the silica gel was dissolved just now, some silica gel dripped onto the wax pills, although the wax pills did not melt.
