Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 481 Stone Room
"Be careful with your elbows, reach out your hand." Heng Fa stretched out his hand on the edge of the stone platform to welcome Zhou Zhi.

Zhou Zhi held the rope under the rope buckle with his left hand, tapped his toes on the stone wall, swung over, stretched out his right hand to hold Hengfa's hand, and came to the stone platform.

It is also similar to Guanyin Cliff, but the length and area of ​​the stone cave are much larger.

There were also people who lived here, and a ditch was chiseled on the side facing the cliff. It was a rainwater collection system, and the rainwater dripping from the cliff above would flow along the ditch to a large pit dug on the side.

There is also a layer of fine pebbles in the trench, apparently to protect the trench from being deepened by water droplets.

But now this ditch has been abandoned for a long time, it is full of moss and ferns, and the puddle at the end of the ditch has even become a small pond ecosystem, which is full of spirogyra and even some small fish. shrimp.

Here the world does not touch the ground, but life still creates miracles here.

"What's unusual?" Zhou Zhi asked Heng Fa with his camera, ignoring the wonder of the cliff.

Hengfa pointed at the end of the cliff: "There! There seems to be a mud wall there!"

"I'll go take a look."

The cliff platform is hundreds of meters long. Before Zhou Zhi thought it was a rock wall, when he took a closer look, he found that it was a mud wall built with weathered mud from the mountain, and then carefully sealed the wall with weathered mud. The body and surrounding seams make it almost impossible to see any flaws.

However, at the bottom of the mud wall near the cliff, there is a palm mark, as if to remind people later that this is a wall, not a stone wall.

In fact, there is no need to express it like this. It has been a long time since the time of sealing the wall, and there are thin cracks on the edge of the wall where the wall meets the stone wall.

Raising the camera, Zhou Zhi began to take detailed photos of the area.

At this time, Hengfa also picked up Master Qiao and came to Zhou Zhi's side: "How is it?"

"It is indeed an artificially sealed wall. There should be a stone nest behind it."

"What do you do now?"

"Take it apart." Zhou Zhi said in a deep voice: "But don't make the hole too big, first take a few mud bricks and see what's behind the wall."

"I'll do it." Master Qiao took out the straight knife from his backpack and was about to strike.

"Don't move that handprint, keep it safe." Zhou Zhi said, "If there is something valuable behind it, it will be a very meaningful object if you get that handprint and put it in the cultural museum showroom later."

"Understood." Master Qiao drew a small hole at the bottom of the wall with the tip of a knife: "It's about this big, right?"

"Almost." Zhou Zhi nodded, then smiled at Heng Fa who was eager to try, "Master, you too."

This was what Hengfa was waiting for. Hearing this, he quickly squatted down, scraped off the mud seal around the small hole with Master Qiao, exposed the mud bricks underneath, and began to carefully take them out.

Zhou Zhi also took pictures of the two working together, these are valuable records.

The mud bricks are not big, and after the first one is taken out, the rest are easy to take out. After a while, a cave that can accommodate one person is moved out.

Master Qiao took out the flashlight and turned it on, and was about to get in through the hole, Zhou Zhi quickly stopped: "Wait a minute, the gas inside may not be clean."

"I'm holding my breath! I can hold it for a minute!" Master Qiao plunged in after finishing speaking.

After a while, Master Qiao withdrew again and shouted excitedly: "There is a lot of space inside! There are a lot of bamboo boxes piled up!"

Zhou Zhi had already lit the small alcohol stove, and when Master Qiao came out, he pushed the small alcohol stove in with a bamboo pole.

The alcohol stove did not go out after burning for a while, so Zhou Zhi tied the lid with a bamboo pole to extinguish the alcohol stove: "You can enter!"

The three turned on the headlights and got in through the small hole.

This is a peculiar place, which belongs to the standard stone nest at the end of the half-corridor weathered cave on the Danya rock wall.

If there is no water diversion system seen before, the rainwater will continue to erode this place every time it rains, and the gap on the Danya stone wall will continue to erode horizontally to both ends.

But now here, it has become a natural stone room, protected by a stone wall on one side to keep out the wind and rain, and a thick mountain body to regulate temperature on the other side to ensure a constant and cool temperature.

From the state of the neatly stacked bamboo boxes in front, it can be seen that this is a natural air-conditioned storage room, the temperature, humidity, and oxygen content of the air are perfect, and the objects in the stone room are well preserved.

The stone room is still very big, almost the size of a study room, there are about fifty bamboo boxes stacked here, and there is room for activities in the empty space.

Zhou Zhi reached out and took down the top bamboo box. Taking a deep breath, he used a straight knife to cut off the strips that sealed the box above. After opening it, he took out the straw and rice paper covered on the top, revealing the neatly arranged boxes below. printed matter.

The printed matter is in the shape of an album page, with a bright yellow cover, and a black-edged note in the middle, on which is written a line of correct regular script - the second volume of the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Vow Sutra.

There is also a circle with white characters on a black background at the bottom, and there are two regular scripts inside - Si Shi.

"Found it!" Master Qiao's cheers resounded in the room, and the closed space buzzed: "We have found the Dragon Canon!"

"Wait!" Zhou Zhi hurriedly stopped: "You'll know if it's true after you open it!"

"What?"

"Because according to historical records, the title page of the Jiachuan version of the "Dragon Canon" was engraved and printed by Xie En."

Zhou Zhi opened the scriptures, and on the title page was a tablet-shaped engraving picture that was exactly the same as the emperor's tablet enshrined in the Wanshou Pavilion of Fawang Temple, surrounded by six dragons, and in the middle was a line of words - Long live the emperor.

On the other side is the same picture, but the text in the middle has been changed, as if it is the front and back of a plaque. On this side it is written - the emperor's picture is eternal, the emperor's way is prosperous, the Buddha's day is brighter, and the gong wheel is turning.

Then open the second page, the area for writing in the center of this page is larger, and there are more words.

In the middle of the pattern of two dragons looking at each other on the top is the solemn word "imperial system".

There are twelve characters per line below, and there is a poem.

Liuhe Qingning, the order of the seven regimes.If it rains from time to time, everything will prosper.Yizhao Kanghe, Jiuyou Ronglang.Both rank in Shouyu, and Pu plant Futian.The best of the best, the elimination of obstacles.The family respects loyalty and filial piety, and the people are happy and kind.The officials are clear and the government is fair, and the lawsuits are simple and criminal.Transformation into vulgar beauty, Tai Dao Xianheng.Where there is order and life, all will be fruitful.

On the eighth day of April in the 13th year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty.

"How is it?" Heng Fa was about to be overwhelmed by Zhou Zhi who was studying several engraved and printed title pages: "At least give me a word..."

Zhou Zhi pointed to the page of the emperor's long live tablet: "This is it! This one is reprinted."

"So we found it?" Hengfa was so excited that his hands were shaking, and tears were about to come out of his eyes: "Have we found the Dragon Canon?"

"Wait a minute!" This time it was Master Qiao's turn to raise his hand: "Isn't the full name of the "Dragon Canon" the "Qianlong Version of the Tripitaka"? Why is the title page of this scripture 'the 13th year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty'?"

"Because this is a huge cultural project, it started in the Kangxi year, passed through Yongzheng in the middle, and was not completed until the Qianlong Dynasty. After that, a total of [-] copies were printed, so it is called "Qianlong Edition Tripitaka."

"Then this..." Hengfa was a little dizzy from being entangled by the two little ones: "Did we find it or not?"

Zhou Zhi laughed: "Kung fu pays off! I found it! Master Hengfa, this is the Dragon Tibetan Sutra that has been lost for decades in Fawang Temple!"

(End of this chapter)