It's just that although this cat is a monster, it is a boy under the Taoist throne, so it can naturally enter the temple. What's more, it has conquered monsters and eliminated demons, and it also helped the Three Pagodas subdue the demon monk who did many evil things hundreds of years ago. Naturally, it should get the Three Pagodas.
The courtesy of the temple means that even if the Lord Buddha sees him, he cannot stop him.
Moreover, today's Three Pagoda Temple is in obvious decline. It is no longer what it was back then. Not to mention this Taoist, with this cat's Taoist skills, if they want to enter the temple, they will never dare to stop it.
"Thank you for your honor."
Master Wuwei bowed again.
This time many monks behind him echoed in unison.
The calico cat figure stood up, raised his head high, his eyes were bright, clear and shining. He turned his head and looked at this and that, as if he felt the respect of many monks.
This feeling made her feel very strange.
In the past, a cat could only avoid people. Even if it became a cat god, it would not be able to approach the temple easily.
Who would have thought that a little cat could not only step into such a large temple openly and openly, but also receive courtesy from the eminent monks and masters in the temple, and be saluted and thanked by them in unison.
It’s strange to say——
Even though I haven't grown wings yet, I feel like I'm flying in the wind like a swallow.
"..."
Sanhua Empress had all kinds of thoughts in her mind, but her expression was still serious. After all, she knew etiquette and etiquette, so she still did not forget to respond:
"You're welcome!"
His voice was clean and crisp, serious and cold, and there was no hint of the richness of his inner thoughts.
Only the Taoist looked down at her with a smile.
The cat noticed something and turned to look.
As soon as he made eye contact, he looked away.
"Just the boy under you has such ability, which shows that Zunjia is of high moral character." Master Wuwei said, but he was a little confused, "It's just that Zunjia seems to have heard of the name of the poor monk?"
"The master has a high level of cultivation and a very good reputation among the people. It is not surprising to hear of him."
“I heard it from a fishing friend!”
"oh?"
Master Wuwei lowered his head and looked at Mao'er.
"Sanhua Empress likes fishing. She often goes to the lake to fish. She will meet an old man named Bai who fishes with Sanhua Empress, but he can't catch anything." Sanhua Cat said, "He said you used to go to the lake often.
While reading and studying, I also talked to them, answered their questions, and later told them how to escape from the headless monk."
"I see."
Master Wuwei nodded and thought:
"The last name is Bai..."
"Surname Bai!"
"But a tall, thin old man with gray hair?"
"Yes!"
"It turns out it's him..."
The venerable monk bowed down to talk to Mao'er and frowned, but did not feel scared or surprised: "I guess with Sanhua Empress's ability, she must have seen that he is not a human being."
"Did not see it!"
"It's not surprising that Sanhua Empress didn't see it." Master Wuwei said, "The old man likes to call himself a commoner outside Xianning City. His surname is Bai. His family is quite wealthy. He loves fishing. A poor monk goes to the lake.
It was many years ago that I studied Buddhism and taught scriptures. I got to know him at that time and often talked with him while fishing. As a result, I gradually discovered that he had evil spirits in him. After some investigation, I found that he was also outside the city.
There was no place to live, so the poor monk was not afraid, so he asked him and found out that he was the Taoist form of a metasequoia tree by the lake, because people often came to the lake to fish, and the more they saw it, the more they became infected.
I have a habit of fishing. Because the poor monk was preaching by the lake, I came here to get to know him. Later, I listened to the poor monk preach more about Buddhist scriptures, and the little evil spirit in my body slowly dissipated."
"I didn't see it!" the calico cat said as usual, but paused, "But he told me later!"
"oh?"
"He told me later. Empress Sanhua also taught him my spell, the fishing spell, so I won't pass it on to others easily."
The calico cat raised his head and said, his eyes flickering, but what he was thinking of was the first time he met the fisherman. In order to imitate him in stringing fish and carrying it home so that he could show off in the market, he found a tree by the lake and used Swallow's little sword.
I borrowed a branch from the tree and went fishing the next day. I met the old man again and found a scar on his arm.
Empress Sanhua asked him what was wrong, but he didn't say anything.
Later, after getting along for a long time, he told her, but he just sighed and said that he caught her a fish that day, which offset it.
Sanhua Empress didn’t know why the trees wanted to fish before, but it was only after she came back and asked the Taoist that she found out that the trees also eat fish, but they don’t eat them with their mouths, but bury them under the roots, and the fish will slowly change.
It becomes a very good fertilizer, better than burying other things.
See, trees love to eat fish, and they never get tired of it.
The calico cat glanced at his Taoist priest.
"The headless monk is extremely vicious, but he not only harms people, but also other monsters and ghosts who are encountered by him. I originally advised the old man not to reveal himself easily and go fishing at the lake to avoid encountering the headless monk.
The demon monk was harmed by him, but he couldn't let go of the fun of fishing and still went there every day, rain or shine."
Master Wuwei shook his head.
It is useless for a monk to fish, and he will not do things like fishing that harm living beings. He certainly does not understand the joy of fishing.
While talking, he invited one person, one cat and bay horse in, unloaded the luggage on the horse, and asked the monks in the kitchen to prepare the fast food. Then he looked up at the sky and saw a swallow flying up and down, left and right, carelessly and freely.
Then, after asking the questioner, and receiving an indifferent answer, he lowered his head and showed them around the temple.
As the name suggests, the Three Pagodas Temple has three towers.
The three pagodas are one large and two small, all very tall.
The big tower is a square tower with sixteen levels in total and more than twenty feet high. The two small towers are octagonal with ten levels in total and more than ten feet high. The mountain god of Sanhua Empress has become very tall.
In front of a tower that is more than ten or twenty times taller than the mountain god, it looks small again.
Calico cats are even smaller.
The big pagoda was built earlier, and the two smaller pagodas were built later, but they are both hundreds of years old. There are traces of wind and rain on them, and every brick is covered with densely packed scriptures.
Maybe in hundreds or even thousands of years, it will still be standing on this land, but I don’t know if it will be the same as it is now.
The Taoist listened to Master Wuwei's introduction and visited carefully.
I couldn't ask for a better tour guide.
But his eyes always looked past the place introduced by Master Wuwei, and instead looked at the scriptures on the stone bricks of the pagoda, the weathering and wear on them, and the traces left by time.
The cat also watched intently and followed him with his eyes.
Until we came to the front of Mirror Tower Hall.
The Taoist stopped and looked up.
There is a plaque above the temple, which reads "Jingtai Hall" in three large gilt characters. There are couplets on both sides, which read:
No matter how lawless you are, do you still have the courage to go to the evil mirror stage here?
You must know that I can forgive, why not put down the butcher knife and turn around.
"This is the Mirror Platform Hall. The mirror platform inside is the most precious treasure of our temple. Although it sometimes does not work, it can peek into the past and predict the future. If there were eminent monks like those hundreds of years ago who were in charge of the treasures in the temple, they would still be able to destroy it.
Master Wuwei shook his head and sighed, "It's just that before people came here, they were very curious about the mirror, including the previous emperors. But when they came here to ask about the mirror, the mirror gave them
The answers often failed to satisfy them. Instead, they got angry and moved to the temple. In their later years, they came here to forgive their sins, which is really thought-provoking."
"How to use the mirror stand?"
"After the Taoist Master walks in, he lights a stick of incense and stands in front of the mirror. If you have anything to ask, as long as it is about the past and future, life's debts, good and evil deeds, just ask directly. If the mirror answers, the Taoist Master will
Naturally, you can get a vague response to the revelation in the dark, or you may only know it in a dream after you go back." Master Wuwei said, "If the mirror does not respond, the incense will go out."
"Can you answer the question in the past or in the future?"
Song You asked, but couldn't help but smile.
"Taoist Master, you can give it a try. The mirror platform's knowledge is limited, so it may not be accurate, and the answer may be wrong." Master Wuwei said this, "If Taoist Master wants to try it, please come in. With Taoist Master's Taoist practice, you can't even think about it."
A poor monk is needed to help preside over it. Since the poor monk has limited Taoism, he will not go in."
"Then I'll go try it."
The Taoist thought it was interesting and walked in.
The cat also stepped in.
The light in the room suddenly dimmed.
I saw a few life-size Dharma statues in the house, all placed nearby. They were not very tall, and I couldn’t identify which Buddha or Bodhisattva they were. They were more likely to be former eminent monks in the temple. There was a stone platform in the middle with a cenotaph.
The doorway is placed at an inclined angle and the surface is flat.
The stone platform is gray-white with black lines, which naturally forms a freehand landscape painting. If you look closely, it looks like a scripture. The texture of the stone is very hard and rigid, and the surface is very smooth, as if it has been carefully polished and polished.
, standing in front of it, you can even see the silhouette of a person.
"..."
Song You looked at the Dharma image next to him and then at the mirror. After thinking for a long time, he lit an incense stick and asked in a low voice: "Mirror, mirror, you can know the past and the future. What do you think, five hundred years later?"
Will this temple still exist in the future? Will Emperor Chijin and Lord Xitian Buddha still exist at that time?"
"call……"
There is wind blowing in from outside.
The three incense sticks have been extinguished.
"..."
It seems that the mirror is not answering.
I don’t know if I am unwilling, afraid, or unable.
"Then let's change the question." Song You picked up three incense sticks, shook them, lit them again, and put them back in, "Do you think I will still exist in this world in ten years?"
"call……"
In silence, the incense burnt out.
Song You seemed to have gotten the answer somehow.
It is really a vague feeling, not a sound, not a word, just a kind of vague perception, and I feel the answer it gives.
It seems that it knows that Fulong Temple will last longer.
It is not difficult to make inferences from this.
There may also be other basis.
Taoists would not believe it if it could transcend time and look into the future, especially the future of such things.