Start with detective Li Yuanfang

Chapter 174 "The Secret Successor of Master Sanzang"

Seeing that the temple gate was wide open, and a group of monks were almost trotting out, Wang Xiaojie whispered, "Liulang, isn't this too ostentatious?"

Li Yan smiled: "I also want to keep a low profile, but Jingjie doesn't allow it."

Famen Temple is a royal temple, and he has to show it off during festivals, so it doesn't make sense to get along with them as an ordinary tourist.

What's more, the last time Qiu Shenji was with him, he spent a lot of money to enter the temple and was treated with high standards.

Corresponding to later generations, it is equivalent to [-] yuan of ticket money.

That leek has raised the price, this time to see the Buddha bone relics, at least you have to pay for hardware, right?
Li Yan is very rich now, but he just refuses to give it.

"Amitabha, you are a great envoy, if you miss a long way to welcome you, it is a sin!"

Presided over the law meeting and led the crowd to welcome him out.

Fa Ming, who entertained us last time, was following along.

When he saw Li Yan, he was stunned for a moment, and then looked carefully, full of surprise.

Isn't this a tea shop?
There is also a predestined person who is very Buddha-nature by his side...

Thinking about it this way, he didn't dare to be negligent, put his hands together, and bowed together with the monks: "Welcome the envoy!"

Li Yan held the banner and accepted the ceremony calmly: "I'm sorry to disturb you eminent monks. I'll wait to see the light of the Buddha's relic. I hope that the Buddha will protect the envoys. This trip to Tubo will be smooth and safe, and you will not be afraid of the cold and miasma!"

These words are still very face-saving, but the reaction of the monks was not great, and the face of the host did not change: "I see, envoys please!"

Under the shouting and embracing, everyone walked towards the main hall.

Li Yan looked it over and found that since his last visit, the infrastructure work here has made some progress, and many houses have been built.

Of course, it cannot be compared. Compared with the Da Ci'en Temple in Chang'an, it is still sparse and empty.

It can be seen from this that the reputation of Buddha's relics is not as important as the kindness and filial piety of saints after all.

"Gudu!"

Just as he was thinking about it, Bloomberg made a clear sound from his stomach next to him.

Li Yan said, "Are Broadcom hungry?"

Affected by the solemn and solemn atmosphere, Bloomberg nodded embarrassingly.

Faming said sensiblely: "It's time for dinner, all the envoys can have a fast meal first, and then pay homage to the relics before it's too late."

Li Yan nodded: "Alright."

So everyone turned around and came to the reception hall, Fa Ming ordered in a low voice, and soon the best vegetarian meal in the temple was served.

After tasting it, Li Yan nodded slightly: "Thank you for the hospitality. Speaking of which, Master Faming and I are still old acquaintances..."

Faming smiled: "It turns out that it is really benefactor Li. I didn't dare to recognize him before. The tea gifted by Li benefactor is appreciated by everyone in the temple. It is said that reading and chanting the scriptures early will make you more energetic. This is a merit!"

Li Yan said with a smile: "You're welcome, I'm also a tea lover, if I have something good, I want to share it."

Fa Ming asked, "Where is Li Benefactor's position in the envoys during his trip to Tibet?"

He had heard about the stay of the Tang envoys in the post house, and he was a little worried that the young man was just a guard of the festival, and he would show it off.

Li Yandao: "I am the deputy envoy. I have received a special gift from the sage for this trip to Tubo."

Faming was moved, and clasped his hands together: "Disrespect, disrespect, it turned out to be Deputy Envoy Li. Deputy Envoy Li is a young talent, loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and he will be protected by the Buddha. There is no need to worry about leaving!"

Li Yandao: "Accept Master's auspicious words!"

He unhurriedly finished the vegetarian meal in front of him, looked at the seat next to him: "Botong, are you full?"

Bloomberg, who bottomed out a bowl of vegetarian food in an instant, shook his head shyly.

Fa Ming hurriedly ordered: "Bring more fast food!"

Bloomberg is happy.

Empty bowls quickly piled up high on the table.

The vegetarian monk didn't care about this, but the Zhike monk looked at it from a distance, thinking that these three didn't even pay a penny, but came in to eat and drink, and his chest suddenly felt a little congested.

Donations all day long, today I was prostituted for nothing.

The three of them were full of wine and food, and under the leadership of the host, they came to the stupa.

In the Famen Temple of later generations, there is a Heshi stupa. At first glance, it looks like a person's hands are folded together. It is fifty stories high, and there is a Buddha's Light Avenue in front of it.

At this time, the stupa is just a round tower, which looks unpretentious on the outside.

But after entering, the three found that there was something wrong with it, because they were going underground.

Buddha bone relics are enshrined in the underground palace.

The underground palace is not very deep. When you walk down the stone steps, you will see a huge and spacious stone room inside. In the center of the stone room stands a jade-like high platform, on which four relics are enshrined.

Wang Xiaojie was taken aback, why so many?
Li Yan secretly laughed, four is too much?
It is said that Sakyamuni passed away under the Sala tree, and after his body was cremated, he received a total of [-] relics.

The sacks are not enough to hold them, so they have to be transported by car.

And among the more than [-] relics, [-] were introduced into China.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty set up many pagodas across the country to enshrine relics. Among them, the earliest Ashoka Temple, which is the predecessor of the current Famen Temple, has four Buddha bone relics.

Most of the remaining ones were destroyed during the extermination of Buddha by Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty and Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

In history, these four relics were almost finished later. When Tang Wuzong exterminated the Buddha, he ordered the destruction of the Buddha bone relics, but the monks had prepared a few shadow bones, that is, imitations, to confuse the king's order and hide the real relics. up.

Thinking about the ups and downs of this thing in history, Li Yan couldn't help stretching his neck and watching it carefully.

Looking at this, I can't help but feel a little disappointed.

It's not as bright and white as in the legend, it's just small bones, the biggest piece looks like the first finger of a little finger, the center is hollow, and the inside and outside are quite smooth.

Compared with the wholesale relics in Ci'en Temple, it looks better, but the goodness is limited.

At this time, Wang Xiaojie had already bowed down, murmuring his blessings for this trip.

Bloomberg rubbed his swollen belly and bowed.

Li Yan clasped his hands together, bent over, and made a wish following the crowd: "I wish to draw an orange talent, and next time I go to the temple, I won't go whoring for nothing!"

But when he straightened up, his eyes fell on the pedestal under the Buddha bone relic, and he suddenly became slightly certain.

He looked carefully and stepped forward.

The group of monks in Famen Temple changed color slightly.

Fa Ming wanted to stop him but didn't dare, while the host watched indifferently.

Just when they thought that Li Yan was young and frivolous and wanted to desecrate the relic, they saw him touching the pedestal: "What material is this pedestal made of?"

Fa Ming said, "It should be the Phoenix Stone."

Li Yan nodded slightly. Phoenix Stone has a very familiar name in later generations, Marble.

The reason why it is called Phoenix Stone is that some marbles have fine texture, beautiful patterns, and the key is fire resistance.

Li Yan thought of Qiu Shenji's propaganda at the time. He thought it was an exaggeration, but now it seems that it is really possible: "I heard that there was an unfortunate fire in the temple. Is the pedestal for the relic safe?"

The presiding officer opened his mouth and clasped his hands together: "This is the shelter of the relic, and the Buddha's light shines everywhere!"

All the monks proclaimed the Buddha's name: "Amitabha!"

Phoenix Stone: After all, it was a wrong payment...

Li Yan pointed: "Then what is this trace?"

Fa Ming leaned over to take a look, feeling a little dazed.

Li Yandao: "Go up and touch it, it's a pedestal, not a relic, it's not considered blasphemy."

Fa Ming stepped forward to touch it, and his face couldn't help changing: "Is this the trace left by external force?"

Li Yandao: "That's right, at first glance it looks like lines, but it's cut with a knife."

He looked at the monks and said, "The relics of Buddha bones are enshrined by the royal family, and Famen Temple is also a royal temple. How dare you start a war here?"

As soon as this remark came out, the monks all changed their colors: "We will never dare to desecrate the relics!"

Fa Ming heard that something was wrong, and quickly added: "I dare not let the emperor down!"

Li Yan looked at the group of monks.

He also felt that this group of monks were not very good at doing such things.

Comparing the two major monasteries, the Da Ci'en Temple in Chang'an is completely supported by the royal family, and the monks in the temple only need to live in peace and focus on Buddhism.

Fufeng's Famen Temple is far from reaching its peak, and needs to be greeted and sent away. Relying on Buddha bone relics to attract visitors from all over the world, the temple will be expanded.

That being the case, they even regarded the Buddha bone relic as the most precious treasure, so they could not be too careful, how dare they use force here?

Li Yan's gaze returned to the pedestal, looked around it, knocked it with his hand, and suddenly said: "Move the relic away!"

Fa Ming and another monk immediately stepped forward, carefully picked up the relic and the brocade underneath, and walked aside.

Li Yan called out: "Broadcom, lift up this pedestal!"

Peng Botong handed Jingjie to Wang Xiaojie, walked over, clasped his hands together, accumulated energy, and lifted it all up with a sudden lift.

The monks were moved by this divine power, but Peng Botong said in amazement: "Liulang, this stone is very light, far from being as heavy as it looks on the surface!"

Li Yan's eyes brightened slightly: "Let's put it down. It's not because the stone is light, but because the pedestal is not solid, and there may be a mechanism inside. Lift it up."

Bloomberg held the pedestal and walked up.

The group of monks stepped aside one after another, watching him in awe as he climbed the stone steps.

Li Yan and Wang Xiaojie walked out, and all the monks followed.

With a bang, the pedestal was placed in front of the stupa.

Li Yan took a closer look, and followed the knife marks around the pedestal: "Is there anyone who is proficient in mechanisms?"

The monks looked at each other and shook their heads.

Li Yan frowned: "I have a duty to go on an envoy, so I can't delay here... It seems that there is no other way, Botong, go to the posthouse to get your weapon, and smash this thing."

Fa Ming hesitated to speak.

Li Yan waved his hand: "Don't worry, this pedestal can be destroyed without the protection of the Buddha light of the relic."

Farming kept his mouth shut.

Peng Botong took the order and took a big stick after a while.

In history, Li Siye, a famous general in the Tang Dynasty, besides using the Mo Dao, his favorite weapon was a big stick, which "kills men and horses".

Peng Botong is seven feet tall, with extraordinary strength, very similar to Li Siye, with this kind of blunt weapon, the most powerful can be exerted.

At this moment, he swung the bundle of iron sticks and yanked it down.

boom! !

There was a muffled sound, and the pedestal remained motionless.

"continue!"

Peng Botong was full before, and now he was full of energy, and he smoked one stick after another.

Finally, as the nineteenth stick fell, Bloomberg began to pant violently, and the pedestal cracked.

Li Yan could see clearly that the split was exactly where the saber was cut, which showed that the saber was quite tyrannical.

"Three sticks, it's almost there!"

"it is good!"

The gnarled muscles of Peng Botong's arms bulged, and with a bang, he went down with three sticks, and the pedestal cracked and cracked completely.

At this time, the sky was already dark, and the monks stretched their necks, also wanting to see what was hidden in the pedestal containing the Buddha bone relics.

Faming moved closer and found Li Yan in the cracked stone, took out a package, dusted it off, and found a stack of scriptures after opening it.

Li Yan's face changed slightly when he saw the top one, and he picked it up and flipped through it roughly.

He opened his mouth and asked: "Master Xuanzang came to your temple to pay homage to the relics of the Buddha bones, did he stay for a while?"

Faming was puzzled: "More than ten years ago, Venerable Sanzang did give lectures in our monastery. I don't know what Li Fushi's words mean?"

Li Yan looked dignified: "This is Master Xuanzang's Secret Scroll of Consciousness-Only Strength!"

Hearing the power of consciousness-only, the monks looked at a loss.

They knew that Xuanzang had founded the Vipassana School, but they didn't know much about this power.

However, those who knew about Jia Sibo's assassination case felt numb.

Wang Xiaojie scanned the group of monks with vigilant eyes, while Bloomberg held a big stick and his eyes were piercing.

Li Yan waved his hand, signaling to the two of them to be calm, and took a rough look at the scriptures below: "These scriptures have annotations, which are the same as the handwriting of the secret volume of Weishijin, and they are placed together in the dark compartment of the pedestal. Master, what do you think this means?"

Faming's face changed slightly: "The poor monk doesn't know."

Li Yandao: "Now I suspect that Master Xuanzang accepted a secret successor in your monastery back then and summoned all the monks in the monastery. I want to investigate the case!"

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