Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 189
The next day, Jiang Tian stood at the foot of Longmen Mountain, with the slowly rushing water behind him.He is both familiar and unfamiliar with this place.What is familiar is the Longmen Grottoes that have been visited as a scenic spot thousands of years later, and are familiar to everyone, and are familiar to everyone; what is unfamiliar is the unique style of Longmen Mountain in this era.

Longmen Mountain in this era is actually a group of ancient temples built around grottoes.Among them are the Qianxi Temple dedicated to Amitabha, Guanyin Bodhisattva and Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva, the three sages of the West; the Kanjing Temple dedicated to the 29 ancestors of the Arhats, and the Liantai Temple with the theme of lotus; Buddha (cave) temple, etc.

Among them, the one with the largest scale and the most exquisite art belongs to Fengxian Temple, which is carved out of the mountainside by Linshui Jushan.Of course, this Fengxian has nothing to do with Lu Fengxian, the filial son of the Three Kingdoms.It was excavated in the third year of Xianxiang (672 A.D.) of Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty. Empress Wu Zetian took the lead in donating [-] guan of powder and powder, thinking it was a royal temple dedicated to the ancestors.

Among them, the most famous is the "Large Lushena Statue Niche" which is said to be built with Wu Zetian's real face as a reference.There are nine colossal statues here, and the main Buddha in the middle is the Great Buddha of Lushena, which is Sakyamuni's Sakyamuni Buddha.The ten-foot-tall seated statue is also the landmark of Longmen Grottoes.

Of course, in addition to the Dalushena statue donated by Empress Zetian, there are also Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty who dug the Guyang Cave for Queen Mother Feng, the statue of the Lanling King and Sun in the Wanfo Cave, and the Wei Wang Li Tai who built it for the Empress Changsun. Binyang South Cave, Concubine Wei chiseled Jingshan Temple, Gao Lishi built the Buddha of Immortality for Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, and Yaowang Cave with various prescriptions engraved in the past dynasties, etc.

Among them, there are thousands of caves, 340 Buddhist niches, more than 2860 statues, and more than [-] stele inscriptions. It is known as the forest of ancient steles.His representative works include: "Twenty Products of Longmen" by the supporters of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and "The Stele of the Yique Buddhist Niche" by Chu Suiliang in the early Tang Dynasty;

However, in the largest Fengxian Temple in the heart of Longmen Mountain, a tragedy happened just last night.The great monk Dexin, one of the three pillars of the temple (the upper seat, the temple master, and Duvina), died tragically in the cave on the west side of the temple, together with several left-behind disciples.And this Dexin is no ordinary person, he has a serious monkhood.

Affiliated to the Senglu Division of the Eastern Capital Merit Envoy, the official worship of Youshan Shishi, who is the fifth rank of Bizheng; in the early years, he was ordered to promote the Boliang Temple, the lower courtyard of Shaolin Temple, the ancestor of Zen Buddhism, and it was the background of a great monk who ordered to eat like the vulgar .Therefore, he is not a weak chicken without resistance; but it is such a character, together with his disciples, who were slaughtered in the tower cave.

In addition, Fengxian Temple itself is a famous temple built by the royal family in the former dynasty; among the three or six or nine ranks in the jungle under heaven, it is second only to the emperor and members of the royal family. Baoshen Temple and Baoen Temple were built from the old residence.Therefore, this matter seems to be particularly serious.Logically, this should have been investigated first by Henan Prefecture/Luoyang County.

However, the scene was said to be extremely tragic. Many people, including the great monk Dexin, died without a whole body. Except for some personal belongings, artifacts, and remnants of cassocks and robes, even the intact limbs were missing. Couldn't find it.The first batch of unscrupulous Shuai and Wuhou who came to the scene after hearing the news were shocked on the spot and vomited all over the floor.

So this matter was handed over to the second batch of Wu Desi's marriage; in the end, they also retreated in front of this tragic scene.Therefore, the marriage officials who came to the scene later had no choice but to order the pagoda cave to be closed, and directly reported to the superior on the grounds that a "beast disaster" had occurred, and asked a more experienced special department to come and deal with it.

In the end, this matter was transferred to Jinwu left and right streets with unbelievably high efficiency overnight.However, the envoy of Jinwu Street did not take the blame so casually.Therefore, under the efforts of envoy Zhu Jie to negotiate, it was not until dawn that many official and private conditions were reached with Wu Desi.

Therefore, when Jiang Tian arrived at Fengxian Temple slowly with half a team of Jinwu disciples, the sun was already rising.The unscrupulous people in Luoyang County who maintained order outside, Wuhou and Baiyao (patrol officers) in the nearby Chengxiafang have all withdrawn one after another.Only a group of Wu Desi officers in blue-gray robes were left, sealing off the scene and collecting peripheral evidence.

Among them, those wearing royal blue robes with moiré patterns belong to Wu Desi's relatives and courtyards, while the ones wearing light gray shirts with vine leaf patterns are ordinary people who travel long and fast; Those who are not in the miscellaneous shift have all kinds of clothes.But most of them exude a sense of lingering fear and undecided depression.

Therefore, when they saw the envoy from Jinwu Street, they immediately showed complex expressions of relief and relief, and hurriedly opened the closed mountain gate.Afterwards, a Song deputy detainee who followed Jiang Tian saw this, and couldn't help but lose his face; he immediately reprimanded these on-site personnel unceremoniously:
"Look at your dejected looks, as if your whole family has died; can you be worthy of the court's kindness and the heavenly family's generous support?"

"It's just a mere scene of a murder, why did you become a spiritless quail from fright?"

"Cheer yourself up and watch how Jinwu Street envoys do things, or you can quit and go home!"

However, not long after, the deputy Song officer just poked his head outside the cave, and then without hesitation lay down on the outer fence, spitting three thousand feet straight down.Because, what he saw in the pagoda cave was like a strong and invisible spiritual pollution; he felt that within a few days, he would not be able to face up to any meat-eating.

Under such circumstances, Lin Jiulang was left on standby, and Jiang Tian took two other Jinwu disciples, put on a one-piece rubber coverall, high boots, and a mask soaked in lime water, and stepped into the scene among.The layout of Fengxian Temple is not large, mainly relying on the monk's houses, toilets and turning corridors on the mountain wall built on the basis of grottoes.

Therefore, it is easy to see the bottom at a glance, and find another grotto that is more than ten feet above the ground and is located obliquely above the "Da Lushena Statue Niche".Because it is summer and the environment is relatively semi-enclosed, as the temperature rises during the day, the smell in the tower cave has become very strong, even the acetic acid and ash smell of the gel coat on the body cannot be covered.

This is a spacious grotto hall with a length of more than ten steps and a width of more than ten steps. Because of the more than ten encircling stone pillars that will support the roof; the pagoda-shaped pagodas of various colors are carved, and the painted sculptures are named after Buddhist scriptures and character stories.However, at this time, the various residues scattered on the ground and adhered to the four walls have already shown obvious discoloration and liquefaction marks, as if they were decaying very quickly.

However, after Jiang Tian stepped into it, he, who was used to all kinds of cruel scenes in the battlefield, discovered another unusual detail.Under such hot weather, the corpses had already begun to rot, but in the huge cave space, there were no mosquitoes and flies that should have been attracted by this season buzzing around.

The next moment, Jiang Tian, ​​who continued to feel a little stuffy, suddenly stopped; because he saw a few dead flies and suspected egg spots on the wreckage attached to a section of tower pillars.You know, the survival tolerance of flies is one of the few in nature. What makes it die before laying eggs.

In an instant, Jiang Tian turned around without hesitation and shouted to the other two, "You guys, get out now." Then, he continued to explore a certain distance inward, and found that there were fewer and fewer dead flies remaining. It is about to disappear completely in front of the statue of Oriental Liuli Medicine Buddha in the center and the shrines of the two pairs of assistant Bodhisattvas and Vajra Warriors.

When Jiang Tian re-exited with a foul smell, many prompts appeared in his field of vision interface: "Subtle biological pollution on the body surface has been detected, should energy be used to expel it? A trace amount of biological energy radiation has been detected. Whether energy consumption shielding.".He couldn't help but feel a little scared. Fortunately, this half-baked auxiliary system worked once.

He then said to the two Jinwu disciples who had withdrawn first: "Stay away from the crowd immediately, take off this body and burn it on the spot, then jump into the river beach to wash the whole body; then no more people are allowed to enter it." Lin Jiulang Seeing this, he couldn't help asking: "Dare to ask the recorder, what's the obstacle in the beginning?"

"It's not just a hindrance, but a major trouble. I'm afraid there is a potential spread of toxicity, because even the mosquitoes and flies that came from the settlement are all dead." Jiang Tian said in a solemn voice without hesitation: "Next, I want to confirm how many people have entered the scene, and how many people have been infected with potential hidden drugs because of this."

"What poison, what hidden poison!" Deputy Warden Song, who had finally come to his senses, couldn't help shouting in shock after hearing the words: "Then I'm also...in danger of my life, I...I... ...I just opened my mouth and glanced at it, so it’s not enough.”

"It depends on the specific situation and nature." Jiang Tian shook his head slightly: "If it's contamination from close contact, it's fine. If it spreads through the air, that is, wind and dust, it will be a major crisis. Nothing inside can escape."

"Then, that, that...then what should we do?" The deputy detainee Song was a little unbelievable, and stuttered in confusion: Then he said to Jiang Tian with a face full of panic: "Since Jiang Lushi can discover this kind of toxicity , there must be countermeasures and means!"

"Why are you panicking, the sky won't fall down." Jiang Tian scolded without hesitation: "The important thing now is not to immediately block the inside and outside, confirm how many people have entered; immediately control those who may be infected with hidden poison What? At least before the situation escalates, call your people over for screening and questioning. The next step is to investigate the people in Henan Prefecture and Luoyang County."

(End of this chapter)