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Chapter 125 The murderer was found? ! (seeking subscription)
"Would you like to go to the temple? That's fine."

Jiang Jiuguo was a little taken aback, but still agreed.

There is no harm in him praying to Buddha, as long as it makes Uncle Li happy, it doesn't take more than a day to learn the paper-making skills, and it doesn't take long to pray, an hour or two at most.

"Okay, I have asked my son to drive, and he will drive us there later."

Li Bo nodded superficially.

In my heart I was smiling.

The reason for going to the temple, he thought about it all day yesterday, the paper-making industry is indeed to worship Guan Erye, the reason is the real unspoken rules of the industry.

But taking him there has another purpose—to pray to the Bodhisattva that Xiao Jiang can be cured.

"Uncle Li, we are going to worship Buddha. We need to prepare offerings, such as fruit cookies and candies. I will buy them now."

Since he promised Uncle Li to worship Buddha, Jiang Jiuguo took it seriously.

"No, no, I'm ready."

Uncle Li stopped Jiang Jiuguo from leaving the store to buy offerings, and happily brought out several bags of offerings filled with apples, dragon fruit, and biscuits from the inner door of the store.

There were four or five bags in total, large and small, and Uncle Li prepared them very religiously.

Looking at Uncle Li's outfit today, he only wears a sleeveless white vest every day, and today he specially wears a short sleeve. He is definitely a devout Buddhist worshiper.

"so much."

Jiang Jiu hurriedly went to take the offering bag from Uncle Li:
"Uncle Li, you must spend a lot of money to buy so much. I will pay how much."

"Hey, the master took the apprentice to worship. Why are you so clear? I'm teaching you the rules of paper-making, so you don't need to pay."

drop--

The car horn honking came from outside the store.

At the door of the store, Uncle Li's son parked his car and opened the window to greet the store:

"Dad, my car is here, when will I leave?"

"Let's go."

After Li Bo responded, he directly ignored Jiang Jiuguo's move to give money. The older generation wanted to refuse money from others, so they chose to ignore it, or changed the topic:
"Xiao Jiang, let's go quickly, go early and come back early, you help me carry these, I can't carry them by myself."

Jiang Jiuguo couldn't laugh or cry.

In the end, Uncle Li couldn't stand it anymore, so he had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​giving money, and got in the car to go to the temple.

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South Putuo Temple.

Covering an area of ​​nearly 30 square meters, it is located on a mountain peak in Lantau City and is the largest temple in Lantau City.

It is famous for its quick results and efficacious results.

Every year, it attracts a large number of pilgrims who come from thousands of miles away. Even if the sun is hot and you have to sweat a few steps, it still can't stop the pilgrims from worshiping Buddha.

The temple is located on the top of the mountain. It consists of the main hall, two auxiliary halls and a series of small halls. It is not so much a temple as it is a Buddhist city.

The roof of the temple hall is covered with colored glaze, and there are many immortals carved on the roof, which are lifelike. Looking from a distance, the sun shines on it, and the glazed tiles glow, and the immortals on it seem to come alive against the background. .

"There are so many people."

Standing at the foot of the mountain, Jiang Jiuguo looked around the nearby parking lot, which was almost full.

As long as there is a car driving away, within half a minute, there must be a car driving in to occupy the space.

Look around.

There are hundreds of people in the parking lot alone. They come as a family, or couples, and they come to worship Buddha together.

However, looking at the watch, it was not even 8 o'clock in the morning.

"Strange, there were not so many people before."

Jiang Jiuguo raised his head and looked ahead. On the [-]-meter steps that must be passed through the temple, there were thousands of pilgrims.

Jiang Jiuguo looked astonished. He was born and raised in Lantau City, and he often came to Nanputuo Temple. It was the first time he saw so many people, and the number of visitors doubled compared to usual.

And today is not a holiday.

"Of course there are many people. These days are big days for Nanputuo Temple."

It was Uncle Li's son Uncle Li who spoke.

"Big day? Is today Nanputuo's birthday?"

Jiang Jiuguo subconsciously said, "No, I remember that my birthday is in October."

While they were talking, several more cars came to the temple from behind.

see.

Jiang Jiuguo and the others were not idle, carrying the offerings and climbing up the [-]-meter steps.

"Xiao Jiang, you remember the birthday of Nanputuo Temple quite clearly." Uncle Li wiped the sweat from his brow. He was already sweating profusely after climbing a few steps in middle age.

"My family also believes in this. My parents bring me here every birthday."

"No wonder."

Uncle Li did not show off, but stepped to a new level and said:

"South Putuo had linked up with another temple a few days ago and exchanged Buddha statues. We have a custom in many places in the south. Every time the gods' birthdays and other festivals, the statues will be moved out and moved to another place for a while. , for people to admire, and then sent back."

"Nanputuo has been doing this kind of thing recently. I forgot which temple they came from. I didn't remember it for a while."

When Jiang Jiuguo heard this, he had a general understanding.

Followed by.

Uncle Li also smiled and said, "That's why I asked Xiao Jiang to come with you, just to take advantage of the Buddha statue in another temple, and we can still worship together. I heard from Aunt Wang that the Buddha in that temple is also very spiritual."

Uncle Li who was standing by heard the words and agreed: "It is indeed very spiritual. It is said that it is a living Buddha with a golden body."

Jiang Jiuguo's steps suddenly stopped.

Golden Living Buddha?

He has always liked folk tales of ghosts and gods, and he has also dabbled a lot in gods.

Among them, I learned about one of the most mysterious gods spread among the people - the Golden Living Buddha.

handed down.

The golden living Buddha is a Buddha statue made by a real person. After the eminent monk of the Buddhist family passed away, his body was immortal because of his enlightenment.

There are many golden living Buddhas in Daxia. The oldest golden living Buddha is said to have a thousand-year history. It has been immortal for thousands of years, which is really miraculous.

of course.

In Jiang Jiuguo's view, the golden living Buddha is incorruptible and immortal. It is just that the Buddhists performed a mummy-like anti-corruption process on the body of the eminent monk. They hollowed out the internal organs and other parts of the body, leaving only a skin, which was plated with gold. Isolated from oxygen erosion, nature is immortal.

"I've never seen a golden living Buddha in my life."

Uncle Li climbed the last step, the old man was already out of breath.

But no matter how tired I am, I can't keep my heart from being pious.

He urged Uncle Li, who was still climbing up slowly: "Son, please hurry up. Look at you. You can't climb the stairs faster than an old man like me. Look at Xiao Jiang..."

When it comes to the back, it stops abruptly.

He almost said that Jiang Jiuguo was sick, but he coughed and changed the subject:
"Little Jiang, how long has he been waiting for us on the steps, come up quickly, I still want to worship the golden living Buddha."

"Coming, coming." Uncle Li curled his lips.

Uncle Li ignored Uncle Li, seeing pilgrims burning incense, he immediately came to Jiang Jiuguo's side, picked up the bag he was carrying, and took out the incense.

"Little Jiang, there are many Buddha statues from here. Let's worship all the way. By the way, this gesture is required for worshiping incense, which is more pious."

Jiang Jiuguo listened carefully to the teachings.

Subsequently.

He followed Li Bo all the way to pay homage. In addition to the main hall and two auxiliary halls, Nanputuo Temple also has small halls.

Each hall has at least one Buddha statue enshrined.

that's it.

Jiang Jiuguo burned incense and worshiped one by one, and placed offerings.

After worshiping all the Buddha statues in the small hall and adding incense and money, more than an hour passed unknowingly.

In the Buddha Hall.

Incense guests come and go, greeted with the scent of burning incense, and the white smoke of incense permeates the air, casting a kind of misty fairy on every temple.

thump—

The hammer of the bell strikes, and the sound of the bronze Buddha bell that has been hanging for a long time floats melodiously, as if it is sending the pure Sanskrit sound to every devout heart, making pilgrims spontaneously feel like it. An hour of worship time is nothing, everything is worth.

"Xiao Jiang, let's go, let's go to worship the golden living Buddha first."

After Li Bo worshiped the Buddha statue in the last small hall, he did not forget to pay attention to the main hall.

As soon as I saw the main hall, the flow of people was less.

Hastily pulled Jiang Jiu over to worship.

Followed by.

Stepping into the magnificent main hall, it is worthy of the main hall, with carved beams and painted buildings on the pillars of the hall, that is, calligraphy, paintings and gods are carved on every beam of the house, and the walls on both sides are covered with Buddhist scriptures.

Even if you don’t believe in gods and Buddhas.

When you enter the main hall, you will be deeply impressed by its solemnity and solemnity, and dare not make loud noises.

There is a sharp contrast between the inside of the main hall and the outside of the main hall.

There was a lot of people outside the hall, and children were playing outside, full of children's laughter.

The hall is 'quiet'. Everyone who enters does not dare to speak loudly. If they want to talk, they have to lower the volume to the lowest level. If they bring children in, they will always keep an eye on them to prevent the children from being naughty and disrespectful.

Jiang Jiuguo was infected by this atmosphere and quietly came in holding the incense.

Then I was attracted by a golden Buddha statue of equal height placed on the main hall.

The Buddha statue in the main hall is very large, but this independently placed Buddha statue is small, the size of a normal human being, but it is worshiped by all the pilgrims at this time.

"Is that the Golden Body Living Buddha?"

Jiang Jiuguo stared curiously, and when he was distracted, Uncle Li's voice came.

"Xiao Jiang, someone has finished praying, let's go up quickly."

Four prayer mats are placed in front of the golden living Buddha for pilgrims to pray on.

There is an endless stream of pilgrims, and there are only four worship mats. The supply exceeds demand, but it does not prevent pilgrims from waiting at all, because the position of the worship mat is the closest to the Golden Living Buddha. Being able to worship the Golden Living Buddha on it is equivalent to having more Buddhas in the hearts of pilgrims. gas.

Li Bo hurriedly took Xiao Jiang to grab a worship mat.

"Bye Xiaojiang, may you have good health and so on."

"it is good."

Jiang Jiu nodded, and was about to bow down before the mat, when suddenly...

His nose twitched violently and he suddenly looked at the golden living Buddha in front of him.

The main hall is the place with the most incense in Nanputuo Temple. The air is filled with a strong fragrance, and even the sight is covered with incense smoke, but Jiang Jiuguo is very close to the golden living Buddha, less than half a meter away. There was a familiar smell.

"Is this...the scent of grass?!"

He was startled.

He couldn't forget this smell. He had just studied it all night last night. It was clearly the scent left by the suspected 'murderer' found in the park last night.

The same fragrance was smelled from the golden living Buddha in front of me.

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(End of this chapter)