Chapter 698: The Buddha’s heads are united and the Giant Buddha is completed!!! [Please vote for me!]
"What happened to Ming Mansion?"
"fine."
Rain fell on the bluestone steps.
After Ouyang Rong paused for a while, under Wang Caozhi's doubtful gaze, he held up an oil-paper umbrella he carried with him and continued walking forward.
Since arriving at Xunyang Grottoes, the rain has been intermittent, so Ouyang Rong always keeps an oil-paper umbrella.
Regarding the rain and white mist, he had only made some guesses before, but this afternoon, after hearing from Nvshi Congrong about the secrets of the Xuanwu Guard and the White Tiger Guard, Ouyang Rong had a complete understanding.
"Do you remember that man's appearance clearly?"
Ouyang Rong took Wang Caozhi and continued walking forward.
He held an umbrella and walked forward, looking into the distance and speaking softly.
After Wang Caozhi pointed out the thin-faced man just now, Ouyang Rong didn't stare at him for too long.
"I remember it clearly, brother-in-law. I am not bragging. I am the best at remembering people's faces. I have a photographic memory."
Ouyang Rong nodded: "Okay."
Wang Caozhi glanced at his back as he walked forward calmly, and asked in a low voice:
"Brother-in-law, is there something fishy about this person?"
Ouyang Rong didn't answer.
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Xunyang Grottoes actually has more than one giant Buddha, and there are many other Buddha statues on the blueprint, all of which are still under planning.
Donglin Buddha is the most important and the first one.
The entire Xunyang Grottoes are built around it.
Therefore, the main grotto where the Donglin Giant Buddha is located is the largest semi-open-air cave on the north bank. The other second-tier grottoes are all centered on the main grotto, arranged to the left and right sides, and are arranged along the river on the north bank of the entire Shuangfengjian.
The main grotto is a semi-open-air cave recessed into the cliff mountain, which cannot be blown in by ordinary wind and rain.
Even without Rong Zhen's instructions about waterproofing a few days ago, Ouyang Rong had already prepared waterproofing and moisture-proofing measures in advance when planning the construction.
Now that it is completed, even if the water suddenly rises at the peak of the twin peaks and floods Xingzifang, it will be difficult to submerge the Donglin Giant Buddha.
In the afternoon.
North bank of Shuangfengjian, main grotto construction site
The atmosphere is solemn.
The people who arrived one after another stood quietly in their respective positions.
Maybe they all realized something, and no one made a fuss in the arena that was prone to echoes.
The sky outside was foggy, and the rain was getting heavier and heavier, making it more and more noisy.
White mist shrouded the outside of the main grotto, and the scene here was still the same as what Ouyang Rong observed a few days ago:
Inside the main grotto, the white fog is thin and almost non-existent.
There seems to be a layer of separation between the main grotto and the open air outside, blocking out the white mist.
Ouyang Rong, who was standing in the front row of the crowd, looked away from the white fog outside.
Looked around.
Today, the construction site of the main grotto is missing dense crowds of workers.
The completed headless Buddha body sits quietly on the stone wall in the center, as if waiting for something.
The female officers of Sitianjian, the White Tiger Guards, and the Xuanwu Guards almost filled the main cave.
But they all turned their backs to the Buddha and faced the river outside.
Female officials who were born in Si Tianjian, including Aunt Song and Miaozhen, wore plain White House skirts as a standard.
Yi Qianqiu, Li Congshan, and Duan Quanwu also followed the colors of their respective guards' clothing.
The White Tiger Guards have white robes and white armor, while the Xuanwu Guards have black robes and black armor.
Looking at the entire venue, there are almost only two colors, white and black, standing neatly.
Ouyang Rong also wore a moon-white uniform and blended into it.
He finally understood why Rong Nushi asked him to keep a low profile and stop wearing the crimson official uniform.
A perfect conspicuous treasure and a target for beatings.
Just like on the battlefield, you, as the commander, are dressed brightly, always reminding the enemy to rush over and draw a lottery to behead you.
Only Rong Zhen.
Wearing a bright purple palace dress.
Standing alone at the front of the team, in front of the headless Buddha.
She seems to be looking up at the headless Buddha.
The already low and petite figure lost its sense of scale in front of the giant Buddha that was hundreds of feet tall. It was no different than a mayfly in the ocean. Only the purple color, which symbolized nobility and mystery, firmly attracted the attention of everyone in the audience.
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Including Ouyang Rong.
He had no reason to think of Rong Nushi's purple bellyband that had turned white after washing.
I don’t know if I wore it today.
Ouyang Rong shook his head to get rid of this somewhat irrelevant thought.
My thoughts are divergent, but how can I think about such improper things in a serious situation.
Ouyang Rong said secretly.
If Rong Nushi knew about it, the ice on her face would probably freeze the entire audience to death.
Someone quietly sped up the rotation speed of the beads he was playing with.
Ouyang Rong looked around and made many unexpected discoveries.
In addition to the main defense members who had just eaten together at noon, there were also many unexpected people coming to the main grotto:
Lao Yangtou, whom I haven't seen for many days.
Still the same as before, he moved a bench and sat next to a tent behind the crowd, lowering his head and flipping through a tome. It was not very eye-catching, as if he had just changed his position to flip through a book... Previously
He heard Rong Zhen say that Lao Yangtou went to Xinzhou Prison a few days ago, and he didn't know why he came today.
There was also a familiar figure of a woman.
Princess Anhui.
But today, like him, he was dressed in a low-key style, wearing a solemn black dress similar to mourning clothes, which made him inconspicuous among the crowd.
Ouyang Rong's eyes moved away slightly and fell on an accompanying man beside Wei Anhui.
This man is a fresh-faced man, with a rugged northern appearance, a Chinese-character face, a black suit, and a short coat similar to a mandarin jacket, which is convenient for riding horses. He also wears a scarf that is convenient for working in the sun. His outfit looks like Ali, and he is a driver.
The horse is dressed as a groom, but he has a strip of white cloth on his head, which does not match the black groom's uniform.
It should be Wei Anhui's groom or bodyguard.
Ouyang Rong looked away.
He looked around and found no sign of the thin-faced man.
As for Miaozhen in the team, he still had an indifferent and dignified attitude, nothing unusual at all.
At this time, Ouyang Rong noticed movement from behind the team and turned to look with the people around him.
I saw an old musician holding a piano and walking slowly, a little late.
But at this moment, no one said anything to scold him, and everyone looked at him quietly.
Rong Zhen left the foot of the Buddha statue and went to greet him personally.
An old man and a young man met, and Rong Zhen whispered something to the female officials next to him. The female officials immediately stepped forward and took the old musician down.
The old musician disappeared and no one knew where he went.
At this time, Ouyang Rong saw something in Rong Zhen's hand from the corner of his eye.
If you look carefully, you will see that it is a string of white jade Buddha beads, round and shiny.
He had never seen Rong Zhen wear it before.
She didn't look like someone who worshiped Buddhism, and she didn't know if it was given by the empress of Luoyang, just like the string of sandalwood beads in his hand that "save death once", but Rong Zhen's string looked better than his.
This string is a bit more advanced.
At this time, the movement on the field brought Ouyang Rong back to his senses.
I saw Rong Zhen returning to the foot of the Buddha. There was a high platform there. Rong Zhen stood on it and turned around, overlooking the whole scene.
She looked around the audience and said calmly:
"Let's get started."
Ouyang Rong heard a sound similar to "kazikazi".
Turning around, I saw those familiar pulleys and winches being dragged out by a group of White Tiger Guards.
It was at the Xingzi Lake construction site last time that Lin Cheng was preparing to complete the lifting tools for the Buddha's body.
I didn't expect that this time, it would finally come in handy.
It does not require labor and only requires dozens of cattle, sheep and other livestock to pull and transport it.
Behind this group of White Tiger Guards who were escorting the props, there was a group of female Si Tianjian officers.
The female officials escorted the head of Donglin Giant Buddha into the main grotto. The linoleum cloth on the Buddha's head had been untied and draped loosely on the Buddha's head, blocking the surrounding eyes.
The Buddha's head was transported to the foot of the Buddha.
Pulleys, winches and animal power are ready.
The atmosphere became quiet.
When the linoleum cloth slipped from the Buddha's head, Ouyang Rong's eyes were slightly pricked by the golden light of the Buddha's head.
Rong Zhen said that it was some kind of brass material coated with gold paint.
The Buddha's head has kind eyebrows and kind eyes.
According to what Li Xian said during a meal one time, the appearance of the head of Donglin Buddha is imitated by the pilgrim saint.
Ouyang Rong raised his head slightly, looked around, and found that it was indeed the case. He vaguely looked like that saint.
The golden Buddha head rises slowly.
But before that, Ouyang Rong saw a group of female officials coming forward to conduct a detailed inspection of the Buddha's head. It seemed that every detail was not spared, and they were investigated to the end.
People have to guess whether it was the last incident where the owner of Dielianhua hid a sword in the Buddha's head and committed murder, which aroused alarm.
At present, the female officers of the Sitian Prison carefully inspected the inside and outside of the golden Buddha head, and the Buddha head was hung up and began to return to its place.
Ouyang Rong saw many White Tiger Guards and female officers lurking on the cliffs of the surrounding grottoes.
Many of them were looking up at the sky above, not knowing what they were looking for or what they were preventing.
At first glance, it seemed that he had a stress reaction to a certain tripod sword.
Ouyang Rong suppressed his smile and looked at him quietly in the crowd.
The golden Buddha head was hoisted step by step. To be conservative, it was raised bit by bit.
It took half an hour from the time it took off to the time it reached the broken neck of the headless Buddha.
But everyone on the main grotto construction site stared at it intently, and no one made any noise deliberately, as if they were afraid of interrupting it.
In the middle of the journey, from time to time, a female official walked in quickly outside the main grotto and reported some situations in Rong Zhen's ears. It was not known where the defenses were set up outside.
She responded calmly and gave instructions.
The rest of the time, this cold and cold-looking girl in palace clothes put her hands behind her back and raised her head, keeping her eyes closed.
Waiting for something quietly.
The broken neck of the headless Buddha has been specially processed to facilitate the fitting of the body and head like this today, and there are mechanisms to make them fit together tightly.
This was written by Ouyang Rong, who was very familiar with it, and Wang Caozhi next to him was also familiar with it.
Therefore, when the golden Buddha head touched the broken neck of the Buddha's body, several craftsmen climbed up and knocked it, put down their tools, and made a few gestures to Rong Zhen below.
Ouyang Rong was almost the first person on the field to realize that the Donglin Giant Buddha had completely merged.
Rong Zhen seemed not to notice the reminder gestures from the craftsmen above.
She put her hands behind her back and raised her head, closing her eyes and saying nothing.
Still maintaining this posture.
As a result, the several craftsmen, pulleys, winches, and dozens of cattle and sheep who were clinging to the neck of the Buddha remained in the same place, and no one broke up first.
This caused many non-professional female officers and soldiers on the field to think that the body and head of Donglin Buddha had not yet been completed, so they all stared straight ahead.
Wang Caozhi, who was behind Ouyang Rong, looked around and tugged on Ouyang Rong's sleeves in confusion.
He lowered his voice and said:
"Brother-in-law, isn't it better? Did we make a mistake? Didn't the Buddha's head be installed? Why don't you say anything..."
Ouyang Rong didn't look back and lightly "shushed".
Wang Caozhi lowered his head and glanced at the beads in Ouyang Rong's hanging sleeves, which were slowly turning in his palm.
He looked at his eyes, nose and heart, then kept silent.
The same is true for the entire audience.
If Rong Zhen doesn't move, they won't move either.
Time passed minute by minute.
The rain outside is getting heavier and heavier, and then getting smaller and smaller.
By the time the rain stopped, it was already sunset and moonrise, and it was late at night.
Of course, there were some confused and confused sounds in the process, but the well-trained female officers and imperial guards suppressed themselves when they saw that their own officers were not moving... With such qualities, in this era, it is estimated that these professional soldiers and Luoyang
Only palace people can do it on a large scale.
By midnight, many people's stomachs were already rumbling, including Wang Caozhi, whose eyes were also bloodshot.
Gradually, dawn is coming.
At a certain moment, Rong Zhen finally opened his eyes.
She looked back at the calm river outside the grotto.
She looked at Ouyang Rong again, and the latter understood her look.
Didn't come.
Yunmengyue girls didn't come.
The rebels from Tiannan Jianghu did not come.
The attack... didn't come!
Rong Zhen suddenly spoke:
"Eat first."
The whole place was silent for a moment, and soon everyone who reacted one after another breathed a sigh of relief.
There was a collective sigh of relief on the field.
Even the drowsy craftsmen who dared not come down from the hanger woke up and hurriedly climbed down to start cooking.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the entire main grotto suddenly relaxed.
The soldiers of the White Tiger Guard and the Xuanwu Guard set up camp and cooked food.
I was used to military life, so the intensity of staying up all night was nothing compared to the kind of rapid march that involves sleeping in the open air and traveling thousands of miles.
Wang Cao's feet were numb and he immediately ran away:
"Brother-in-law, please rest, I'll get you some food! Turn on the small stove, you must turn on the small stove..."
Ouyang Rong looked away from his back and looked at the tall figure at the foot of the Buddha in front of him, a beautiful figure in purple with her back still straight.
He walked, climbed the steps, came to the high platform, and stood side by side with Rong Zhen.
The two of them had a tacit understanding and didn't speak.
At this time, the sky and the earth suddenly became bright.
It is the first ray of light at dawn, which comes from the horizon at the end of the river in the distance... The red sun raises its head, and this beam of light pierces the night, and at the same time pierces the thick white fog that has been shrouding the outside of Xunyang Grottoes.
Ouyang Rong and Rong Zhen looked up together, and saw this golden beam of sunlight hitting the kind-hearted face of the Donglin Buddha. Coupled with the reflective gold paint, it was golden and very dazzling.
Ouyang Rong's eyes were slightly dazed.
It's built.
The Donglin Giant Buddha that I have longed for has finally been completed and landed in Xunyang!
This is the new ballast stone for the Southwest Front; it is the biggest support for him and the Xunyang Palace to return to the capital; it is also the political achievement of countless people in the court such as Rong Zhen, Yi Qianqiu, and Aunt Song.
So far, there has been no sudden attack that led to the failure of the Lin Cheng Xingzi Lake Giant Buddha...etc.
If you think about it carefully, if it weren't for him, the new door god of the people of Xunyang, if it weren't for the [Craftsman] who was killing people, Lin Cheng would have succeeded, and the Xingzi Lake Buddha would have been built long ago, because the rebels in Tiannan Jianghu would not have stopped him.
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Thinking about it this way, I feel much safer.
Although it always feels a little wrong, it is quite reasonable.
Ouyang Rong rubbed his bearded face vigorously.
Rong Zhen looked up at the Golden Buddha, holding tightly the string of white jade Buddha beads that were all glowing with golden luster.
Ouyang Rong heard a slight murmur coming from her dry and dehydrated pink lips:
"It's done...it's really done...didn't you come...it was just a little bit of a cover-up, and you were frightened...Now that I have a giant Buddha in this palace, what are you fighting with? Isn't it even more impossible to come back...well...in the end
Is it because our formation is too scary, or we have always overestimated you..."