Chapter four hundred and ninety fourth nameless ancient corpse
When Danxuan said this, he sighed softly, it felt like a woman was sighing~~
"My mentor once told me that the room in this underground palace is the former residence of Xuanzang, and the mummy inside has been passed down from a long time ago. No one dares to touch it, and no one dares to question it.
Buddhism is a very quiet place. It likes to let nature take its course. It is never curious and does not like to find out the root cause. This corpse has been left like this from generation to generation. No one knows who it is.
But the poor monk is a maverick, and he never likes ambiguity. The poor monk needs to know the true identity of this mummy..."
After Dan Xuan finished speaking, Chen Zhi and Pang Wei unconsciously cast their gazes on the mummy.
The corpse looked so old that its facial features and bones could no longer be distinguished. From the appearance, it looked like a black dumpling, but from the posture of the corpse, it could be predicted that the corpse was dead.
No one had been coerced before, so it was probably a natural death.
The nape of the mummy's neck has some bulges. It is the posture of sitting there all year round. It must be that it was exhausted and finally died on the table.
This way of death is unimaginable for normal people. Most people will not have this perseverance and will not leave the table even if they are exhausted. This proves that this person no longer cares about anything except doing one thing at this time, even
He put life and death aside, or maybe for some reason, he didn't want to leave this seat, so he died here in the end.
The Four Treasures of the Study are placed on the table, which is quite in the style of the mid-Tang Dynasty. The inkstone has long since dried and cracked into powder, and only a rough outline can be seen. However, the writing brush is still relatively complete, with a faint gold color at the end of the pen.
Yellow, it looks like it's wrapped in pure gold.
"Before he died, he was still copying scriptures!"
Chen Zhi stared at the corpse and said softly:
"Based on my current estimation, this place should have been a gathering place for monks. They gathered here to hand-copy these scriptures brought from the West, either to translate them or to copy them. A kind of spiritual strength allowed them to endure the conditions here.
Hard environment.
Could this nameless corpse be one of the monks?"
"I don't know, I don't know~~~"
Master Danxuan answered lightly. He looked much more normal now, and the weird aura just now had dissipated. However, his eyes were still a little dull, his eyebrows were frowning, and he looked at the body with some melancholy.
Corpse:
"I don't know, I don't know!
Everything is conjecture, everything is conjecture~~
When I first learned about the existence of this corpse, my mentor told me not to worry about who he was and not to pursue who he was.
Everything is cause and effect, everything is chance.
Buddhism is a quiet place. Excessive pursuit of the true image will pollute Buddhism, and monks like us will destroy it~~
But I am a persistent person, and this can be regarded as my inner demon. I always want to know, what happened in this house 1,300 years ago?"
After Danxuan finished speaking, he walked forward gently, illuminated the dry and black body with a torch, and said softly,
"In the secret records of our Tianfa Temple, there is such a record~~~
After the scandal between Monk Bianji and Princess Gaoyang happened in the past, Emperor Tang once wanted to punish all the monks in anger, including Master Xuanzang.
At that time, people in Buddhism were in panic. Master Xuanzang was afraid that the precious Western Heaven Scriptures would be leaked, so he sent them all to this underground palace. Then he anxiously sought out all the eminent monks to live here secretly and copy all the scriptures.
It is said that many strange things happened during that time, and many monks also quietly changed. Master Xuanzang lived in fear all day long~~
But in the end, the Buddha protected him, the Tang Emperor weighed the pros and cons, and finally forgave the Buddhist sins. Master Xuanzang finally became famous throughout the ages, and finally Tianfa Temple is still shining brightly today.
But this place is hidden, like a little darkness in the bright light.
I am sure that something must have happened in this underground palace during that time, or that everyone concealed something together. In the end, everything disappeared, but this unknown body was left behind.
As you said, the poor monk also has intuition. This is definitely not an unknown person. On the contrary, he is a very important person, so important that we must always remember him!"
"Is this your inner demon?",
Chen Zhi turned back to Danxuan and said:
"If you persistently want to know his identity, the most useful thing is to find DNA comparison.
Nowadays, biotechnology is so advanced that matching DNA can be found from the skin and hair of a person from more than a thousand years ago. As long as his descendants are found in current humans, we can deduce who he is!
Even if a monk has no descendants, DNA traces can still be found in his brothers, sisters and side relatives~~~"
"useless!",
Master Danxuan shook his head sadly,
"Over the years, I have tried the methods you mentioned, but to no avail. There is no record of this place except a corpse.
And in the current DNA library, no match can be found..."
"There are other ways...",
Chen Zhi looked at Master Danxuan,
"Is this what you're asking me for?
If you just want to confirm the true identity of this mummy, I can use some special methods to do it! But it may be a bit disrespectful to Buddhism~~"
"Amitabha, the donor underestimated the poor monk!"
Monk Danxuan laughed when he heard what Chen Zhi said. He put his palms together and bowed slightly to Chen Zhi:
"If he just used some small spells, how could the poor monk bother the clan leader of the Jiang family?
In fact, the poor monk had always had a wish and asked the donor for help.
This matter has puzzled the poor monk for a long time. If the donor can help, maybe the Chinese legends for more than a thousand years can be turned upside down..."