Chapter 21: What joy is there in life and what sorrow is in death
The bluestone road, the moss-covered corner cracks, and the antique wooden doors and windows all tell the age of this historic site.
Stone arch bridges and auspicious animal sculptures decorate this ancient temple. Gods and Buddhas are still enshrined in the central temple.
The vermilion walls surround this Song Dynasty temple that has a history of a thousand years and is still used today.
No. 56 stood in front of the Buddha who was still smiling in this troubled world and softly made a series of
Wuliu stroked the bronze incense burner, and then saw some candles that might have been extinguished due to lack of care. Wuliu walked over and pulled out the officer's special multifunctional saber from his leggings to relight the half-burned candles.
"Donor?" A call came from the door.
Originally, No. 56 thought that everyone here had evacuated, but he didn’t expect that there are still people here.
"Oh, I saw that this candle was out, so I lit it. Please forgive me if I offended you." Wuliu was stunned when he heard the sound. He turned around and saw a monk wearing a monk's robe and explained.
"Oh? Haha, now that people have left the tea, it cannot be kept. Even if it is rekindled, it will be extinguished again.
Everything depends on fate. You see, now it has released the light of "half a lifetime". When the fate is scattered, it will be scattered. Don't force it anymore." The monk pointed to the half candle and said
As soon as the monk's words left Wu Liu puzzled, a soft autumn wind blew, and it was about to take away this glimmer of light again.
"Well, that makes sense! Master, why don't you leave? Why are you still here?" Wuliu didn't know what he meant, and didn't know how to answer the words, so he pretended to understand.
"The war has already started, and the war will spread here soon. Let us protect this place." Wuliu turned around and looked around the temple with its unique charm, patted the pistol on his thigh and said
"Why are you leaving? The Buddha took me in, and I kept the Buddha. Where should I go? The Buddha lives here, and I will accompany him until the end of my fate." The monk said this, as if life and death were no longer in his mind.
Since he no longer cares about life and death and has no care to guide him, why should he leave? Although he cannot protect the "Buddha", he can stay with it until the end of fate. If he leaves this mortal world, then his fate in this life will be
Even if it's all over, this is his destiny
"Amitabha" the monk said again to the Buddha statue.
The autumn wind left, and the candles that seemed to be blown out just now started to flutter again.
"Haha, donor, someone who is destined to do something destined to do something destined to do something, you have 'lit' a destiny." The monk looked at the flames that lit up again and said to Wuliu with a smile.
"Uh, coincidence, right?" No. 56 laughed in disbelief.
"Haha, come with me," the monk said, turning around and crossing the high threshold to leave the temple.
Wuliu put away the military knife in his hand and inserted it back into his leggings and followed.
"This place has a history of eight hundred years. Master Wu Xin used to sit here in this Zen room." The monk said with a nostalgic look on his face, as if he would feel more regretful if he didn't look at it less.
Every brick and tile here has been piled up bit by bit over the past thousands of years. The changes in dynasties and eras have not been able to take it away, but it has become more grand, mysterious and solemn here.
Since their temples were established in the Song Dynasty, they have paid attention to fate and served the purpose of fate. They do not deliberately publicize, do not collect "incense" money, do not do anything, and only do what they should do.
Therefore, if someone accidentally discovers its long history, they will only exclaim "Oh! There is such a temple."
They have their own fields and they support themselves. If they need to add new "clothes" or repairs to the Buddha, they will only accept some similar "karma" from believers or return them, or repay the "karma" afterwards.
Beside a wishing pool, a pond with a radius of several hundred meters, in which clear fish and shrimps swim freely.
A sign was placed beside the pool with the slogan "For the sake of love and peace, no coins are allowed!"
"Master, what should I call you?" Wu Liu asked while standing by the pond.
However, the Master just looked at the willow trees by the pond, the fish in the water, and the clouds in the sky with a smile, and then lowered his head and looked at the ground under his feet.
"Unknowable, no need to know, you don't need to know who I am, I will disappear in this world, and no one will know who I am." The monk raised his head and looked into Wuliu's eyes and said
The corner of Wuliu's mouth twitched. He felt that it was really difficult to communicate with them. However, he was full of respect for this monk. He knew that he would not leave again. It could be seen that he had calmly accepted the ending of ending his life here. Wuliu was here.
There was no trace of fear, nervousness or fear in his eyes
Some people only have a boundless mind, and his state of mind seems to have surpassed the petty fights on earth now?
"I have one last thing to ask for. It is said that when the temple was built, a treasure was left behind to protect the temple. It has been so long that it is hard to tell whether it is a relic or some other treasure. It is on the dragon's blood tree in the middle." The monk looked at the third
Wuliu said calmly, saying it was a request but he made up his mind that he would get something.
"Um, it's only a few dozen meters away?" Wuliu was very confused. There were no crocodiles in the water just a few dozen meters away, so why bother asking for help from me?
Moreover, if there really is a treasure that has been stolen for nearly a thousand years, I am afraid that it has been stolen long ago. Are you afraid that you are not kidding me?
"Donor, to be honest, according to temple regulations, monks are not allowed to touch this Tanshui without any reason. I just don't want it to fall into the hands of some rude people outside. They look like the devils in my Buddhist scriptures," the monk said helplessly.
"If you can get it, just take it."
"Give it to me? Do it!" Wuliu rolled up his sleeves and got ready to get into the water.
"How to get there?"
"The water is very shallow, can you walk across it?"
"You can go there any way you want."
"okay!"
Chapter 56: Slowly step back a hundred meters...
Then he accelerated and sprinted! At this time, he had already mobilized his internal strength and gathered energy in his lower body.
"This is not easy! I, Sun, will come as soon as I go!"
One jump is a 100-meter long jump!
"Roar!"
Just when Wu Liu was about to jump over the water
There was originally a crystal clear water pool nicknamed "The Wishing Pond", but things suddenly changed.
The fish and shrimps dispersed, and the water suddenly became muddy and extremely turbid.
Wuliu, who was in mid-air, looked at the discolored puddle under his feet and was a little confused.
No. 56 watched blankly as the pool of water rolling under his feet continued to pass through the air, and he was about to land.
With a roar, a giant python with a blood-open mouth suddenly sprang out from under his feet, with teeth about four feet long growing on both sides of the upper and lower jaws.
Wuliu can even see the throat of this thing!
"Holy shit! My life is at stake." This one tooth can bite him through! Two of them can string him together, and there is no way for the fifth and sixth to use any force to change his posture in the air.
The donkey in Guizhou is exhausted
When ~
Suddenly there was an extremely clear sound of iron pestle hitting the ground. The echo of each shock seemed to be filled with the fascinating sound of Buddha. The sound gradually made people intoxicated.
The giant python that had already bitten Wuliu's feet with its mouth wide open instantly turned into a cloud of water mist. The water mist emitted by the huge body hazily blocked Wuliu's entire sight.
However, the landing point of No. 56 in the air has been determined when taking off and will not change.
The fog cleared, and Wuliu landed firmly on the small island with a dense tree. Wuliu slowly walked to the tree with palpitations.
"Really? It's so beautiful."
Wuliu came under the tree and saw that just within Wuliu's reach was a small house that seemed to have grown naturally from the tree. There was also a tower in the bottom floor of the tower.
A necklace with a brilliant sapphire hanging from its root!