In Liudao Zhenhuang Temple, Kong Sang and Xiao Cheng came to the cafeteria.
At this time, there were many monks enjoying fast meals in the huge wooden house. It seemed that there was no saying among them about "not eating after lunch".
After these monks saw Kong Sang and Xiao Cheng, they didn't pay much attention to them. They just put their hands together and said hello.
Kong Sang and Xiao Cheng came to the place where the food was served.
The monk wearing an apron was a fat monk who seemed to be a little tired from work. He wiped the sweat on his face and showed a simple smile:
"Two donors, what do you want to eat?"
"Just a normal fasting meal will be fine."
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"Okay."
Soon, bowls of rice and vegetable soup were placed on the trays. The two of them sat at the nearest seats.
Kong Sang took a look at the food in the bowl, and there seemed to be nothing unusual about it. After carefully taking a bite of the radish, he found that it was sweet and sweet, and the food tasted much better than he had imagined.
"Hello, two donors." A monk who also looked somewhat mellow suddenly walked over with a smile.
"Looking at how you are dressed, it seems you are not from Kyoto?"
Kong Sang put down the bowl and chopsticks and said immediately: "We are from Kyushu."
"So far?" The monk showed a hint of surprise: "This is quite rare. But if His Majesty the Emperor knew about it, he would definitely be very happy."
"By the way, we will hold a lecture conference in three days. Do you want the two donors to attend?"
Kong Sang was thinking in his mind, but deliberately showed a trace of confusion: "But, we don't know much about Buddhist scriptures. Is it inappropriate for us to participate in this lecture conference?"
But the fat monk waved his hand and looked quite casual: "If it doesn't matter, there will be special monks giving lectures at the sutra lecture conference. Most of the monks and pilgrims who come here just listen down below. This is
This is a matter of immeasurable merit, and the two donors can think about it carefully!"
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However, as soon as he finished speaking, the fat monk working in the cafeteria came out with a fierce look on his face.
At this moment, he was still holding a spoon in his hand, and his small eyes stared viciously at the smiling fat monk:
"Have you forgotten the rules?"
The fat monk with a smile spread his hands and said: "What does it matter? These two are not people from the temple, but pilgrims from outside. I invited them to attend the lecture conference, and it seems that I did not violate the rules."
The chef monk narrowed his eyes slightly: "You don't need to explain this to me. Anyway, you'd better be careful."
Kongsang and Xiaocheng didn't seem to take these words to heart that were completely unbecoming of a monk.
It was only then that he realized that the layout of the entire canteen seemed a little strange.
First of all, there are not many monks here, but the position where they are gathered together makes it look like there are two groups.
First of all, they are with the smiling monk in front of me. These people all look relatively round and very friendly with their smiling faces. Their number faintly occupies about one-third of the cafeteria.
There were also some monks who looked exactly like the monks in the kitchen wearing robes, and when the chef monk was talking, they looked at these smiling monks with a hint of hostility.
Obviously, these people should be a group and account for almost two-thirds of the people.
At the same time, there were a few monks sitting alone in the corner.
But Kong Sang keenly discovered that the place where the two groups of monks were sitting in front was already a bit crowded, but no one touched the positions around those monks.
Even when they pick up their finished rice bowls, they will deliberately avoid it.
And they didn't seem to move their chopsticks, but just drank the soup.
Because the distance was not too close, Kong Sang could not see very clearly. He only vaguely noticed that the soup in the bowl seemed to be red?
At this moment, one of the monks who was drinking soup suddenly raised his eyes.
The moment the stern eyes looked at Kong Sang, a faint sound of chanting could be heard in the entire dining hall. The sound of chanting sounded very solemn and upright, but the expressions of the monks from the other two sects changed one after another.
"Stop singing! Shut up!" The first ones to get angry were the chef and the monks.
Then, the smiles on the faces of the smiling monks also seemed a little stiff.
The monk who was drinking the soup saw this and drooped his eyelids again.
From beginning to end, his companions showed no reaction and just drank their soup quietly.
Kong Sang looked at Xiao Cheng, indicating with his eyes whether he could recognize what this scripture was. The latter showed a hint of helplessness and shook his head.
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Soon, after the meal was finished, Kongsang and Xiaocheng were ready to leave the canteen.
But the smiling monk still said: "Two donors, don't forget the sutra lecture conference!"
Seeing this, Kong Sang immediately stopped at the door of the cafeteria, turned around and asked, "Speaking of which, I have something to ask."
"Oh? Please tell me, donor." The smiling monk said with a smile.
Kong Sang asked: "When I entered the temple, I found that the lanterns hanging on the guardrail were red and white, but they were all painted with red lotus patterns. Is there any explanation for this?"
"That's not a lotus." The smiling monk said with a smile, "That's a peony."
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"Peony?" Kong Sang was stunned.
But the smiling monk continued: "The drawings on the lanterns were all painted by Kong Hui. He lives alone in this temple, but he only likes painting. On weekdays, he makes some lanterns."
"Of course we asked about it, but Kong Hui said it was peony, a very rare peony."
Seeing this, Kong Sang pointed to the pagoda not far away: "So... can we go to that pagoda and have a look?"
For a moment, the smiling monk's expression seemed slightly stiff.
"The donor was joking, that's our scripture tower, so tourists can't go up to visit it."
Kong Sang's eyebrows moved, and then he asked again:
"Then I don't know, how can I enter the Sutra Pagoda?"
The smiling monk showed a hint of embarrassment. He scratched his head and said: "According to the regulations, if the donor is a monk, as a monk of our Liudao Zhenhuang Temple, he can naturally go up."
"But I think this may not be realistic."
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"After attending the sutra lecture conference, you can ask the donor to go to the Sutra Pagoda to have a closer look." The person who spoke was Monk Kong Hui, who was walking slowly.
The moment he saw Kong Hui, the smiling monk immediately pulled away and said, "Since Kong Hui is here, I'll leave first."
At the same time, the smiling monks and the chef monks in the cafeteria also left one after another.
Only the few soup drinkers were still staying in the corner, as if Kong Sang and the others at the door didn't exist.
Kong Sang and Xiao Cheng looked at each other and said immediately, "That's fine."
Monk Kong Hui smiled and nodded, and then said: "Please follow me."
With that said, Kong Hui took Kong Sang and Xiao Cheng to a Buddhist temple not far away.
Inside the Buddhist hall, five Buddha statues are solemnly enshrined.
Monk Kong Hui first knelt down on the futon and bowed, then looked at Kong Sang and Xiao Cheng with a smile: "Do the two donors know these Buddhas?"
Xiao Cheng shrugged, naturally he didn't care about these things.
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Kongsang looked at it and responded: "This should be the Five Wisdoms Tathagata. The Great Sun Tathagata Buddha in the central world, the Immovable Tathagata Buddha in the eastern world, Amitabha Buddha in the western world, the Precious Born Buddha in the southern world, and the Amitabha Buddha in the northern world."
Monk Kong Hui smiled and said: "Yes. The five Buddhas come from the 'primordial Buddha of Dharma nature'. The donor's understanding of Buddhism can be regarded as an introduction. In this way, you can gain a lot from the lecture conference."
As he spoke, Monk Kong Hui took down a yellowed scripture book from the incense table in front of him.
Kong Sang took it and saw that it turned out to be a copy of the "Five Directions Buddha's Heart Mantra".
I only heard Monk Konghui continue to say: "Before the lecture conference begins, the donor can read the scriptures when he has nothing to do."
Although Kong Sang didn't know Monk Kong Hui's plan, he still accepted the scripture: "Thank you so much, Master. By the way, I have one more thing to ask Master."
Monk Konghui smiled and said, "Donor, please tell me."
"Where are the four young men who came with us? Have they settled down?"
Monk Kong Hui showed a strange expression: "I didn't see them. Could it be that besides the two of them, is there anyone else?"
"In that case, I want someone to look for it quickly."
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Kong Sang smiled and said, "Master Lao is here."
Immediately, the two of them said goodbye to Monk Kong Hui and returned to their residence.
Kong Sang looked at the destroyed colorful spider on the door frame and said nothing.
After the two entered the bedroom, Kongsang immediately took out cinnabar, a writing brush and other items from Hutian's bracelet.
"Are you going to... draw a talisman?" Xiao Cheng asked.
Kong Sang wrote the red word "Ghost" on the talisman and explained: "The colorful spider must have seen something, so it was destroyed. We have to sleep at night, so we can't do it without some preparation. "
Saying that, Kong Sang posted the written Yinshan Talisman on the sliding door.
"As of now, I think there seem to be four groups in this temple. One is mainly the chef monk who cooks, the other is the Smiling Monk and his group, the other is the soup-drinking group of monks, and... …Kong Hui.”
"And it's very strange that a temple either has an abbot or an abbot, but we haven't seen one since we came in."
"On the contrary, Monk Kong Hui seems to be vaguely feared by other monks."
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"Also, the Buddhist Scripture Pagoda should be the most important place in this Liudao Zhenhuang Temple."
"Also, there is something disharmonious about this temple."
Xiao Cheng leaned against the door and was stunned for a moment: "How do you say that?"
Kong Sang said quietly: "Do you know why this temple is called Liudao Zhenhuang Temple? That's because there is a unique Liudao worship culture here."
"However, whether it was the Wei Tuo Hall or the Five Buddha Hall we saw, they seemed to be no different from ordinary temples. Along the way, the Buddha statues enshrined in the Buddhist halls we passed by seemed to be ordinary Buddhas."
"But...only three of the most important statues are missing!"
Xiao Cheng suddenly remembered what Kong Sang and Jiu Hu Conghui had said in their communication before coming here.
The most important Buddha enshrined in this temple is the Medicine Master Glazed Buddha!
However, since just now, they have not seen any signs about the Medicine Master Glazed Buddha Hall on the temple signs!
"But... besides the Medicine Master Glazed Buddha, what else is there?" Xiao Cheng asked.
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Kong Sang looked at the cell phone that had no signal and said:
"The most famous statue of Ono Huang in Liudao Zhenhuang Temple is a representative figure who went to the underworld to serve as a judge at night. His statue was originally enshrined in the temple."
"Also, there is the statue of King Yama as a symbol of the six realms."
"The Medicine Master Glazed Buddha, King Yama, and Ono Huang are the most important components of this temple!"
"But... we haven't seen any of them now. Is it because we didn't see them, or is it that the parts represented by these three statues didn't come out in time?"
Xiao Cheng was stunned: "You mean...Zi Shi?"
Kong Sang nodded: "Although there is no signal on the mobile phone, the clock can still be used. Now, it happens to be midnight!"
With that said, Kong Sang raised the screen of his phone.
At the same time, outside the bedroom, there was a sudden sound of howling wind.
Immediately afterwards, the originally dark temple suddenly became bright. However, the firelight looked extremely scarlet, and it was even a bit dazzling through the door.
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"Dong...dong..."
Strange footsteps came from not far away. The footsteps were very heavy. Gradually, they approached the bedroom door.
At this time, under the red light, the owner of the footsteps was projected on the sliding door.
It was a figure whose head could not be seen at a glance. The figure was slightly hunched, and its arms were very slender. If you look closely, they look like separated tree branches.
Suddenly, the slender hand gradually grasped the part of the door.
"Bang!"
The door was not opened.
But on the Yinshan talisman attached to it, the word "ghost" written in cinnabar began to gradually turn into a pool of blood, filling the gap in the door.