Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 149 Mud Plow Purgatory (4)
"Is the Buddha Hall here? Then you have to take a look!" Lu Ban said, and Feng Shen walked around the screen wall.

I saw that the Buddha Hall is more than several Zhang high and magnificent.On the top of the Xieshan ridge, there are glazed tiles all over the place, and a row of vermilion lacquer pillars are supported under the eaves, all of which are thick and thin.The hall was filled with smog, and I don't know how deep it was. Several monks in yellow clothes were busy moving in and out, moving mud and sand.Seeing someone coming, the monks cast a quick glance, and then continued to work hard.

Lu Ban wondered, "What are they doing?"

Hongzhi said: "Buddha hall has not been repaired yet, all juniors are rushing to make Buddha statues. The hall is in a mess right now, why don't you two move to the living room to have tea..."

"Not busy," Feng Shen said, "since we've arrived at the main hall, I have to pay my respects anyway."

Hongzhi said: "Then...the benefactor can do as he pleases."

Feng Shen nodded and came to the front of the Buddha Hall.On the two bright pillars in front of the hall, a couplet is hung on each.The upper couplet is "gold and tin in the hand shake open the gate of hell", the second couplet is "the pearl in the palm of light captures the world", and the postscript is written in lower letters of "Baili Jun Chen Jinyuan Mushou Gongshu".

There are gods and ghosts carved on the Buddha Hall, Lu Bantou didn't want to enter earlier, he wandered around, and if he could delay for a moment, it was a moment.Seeing Feng Shen looking at the couplet, he hurried over. "That's not a bad word!"

"Indeed," Feng Shen said, "these characters are full of tendons, and the strokes are thick and vigorous. I never thought that Pinggu Zhengtang could write beautiful characters."

"The main hall?" Lu Bantou asked, "brother, how do you know that the person writing is the magistrate of Pinggu County?"

Feng Shen made a vertical postscript, "From the word 'Bailijun', we can tell."

"The benefactor has good eyesight," Hongzhi said, "this couplet is exactly the calligraphy of Mr. Chen, the father of this county."

Lu Ban shook his head, and said to himself: "The magistrate of Pinggu County was originally called Chen Jinyuan, I am forgetful... But it's getting bigger and bigger..."

After hearing this, Hongzhi was a little surprised. "Why, the team leader doesn't recognize Mr. Chen? It shouldn't be, Pinggu is a county under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture, you must have had contacts..."

"If you don't recognize it, you don't recognize it. Can I lie to you?" Lu Ban asked annoyed, "There are so many prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture, who dares to keep the correct number? That's right, I came to Pinggu before, but That happened several years ago. Hey, I said that the Great Monk co-authored your magistrate with a golden face and jade face, so I have to know him?"

Seeing that Boss Lu Bantou was upset, Hongzhi had no choice but to say: "Don't blame Bantou, it's the poor monk who speaks out of his mouth."

In front of the temple crowd, Feng Shen was afraid that Hongzhi would be embarrassed, so he hurriedly changed the subject. "Master Hongzhi, it seems that the magistrate of Chen County also visits from time to time?"

"That's right," Hongzhi said, "due to an entanglement, the county sent troops to search the temple before. After discovering that it was a misunderstanding, Mr. Chen felt very sorry and went to our temple to make an apology. Mr. Chen has always been devout to the Buddha, and hit it off with our abbot at first sight , After coming and going, he became acquainted. It's just that he returned to his hometown to visit his relatives recently, and he hasn't seen each other for a long time."

Feng Shen smiled and said: "It's really a coincidence. I think it's because of the karma between the two of us, so it's hard to have a meeting with the magistrate Chen."

"It's not inevitable," Hongzhi said, "Master Chen promised that when he comes back from visiting relatives, he will hold a grand feast in our temple. Donor Ma and Lu Bantou will have time at that time, so they can come here to meet."

"Let's leave the matter for later," Lu Ban interjected, "Great Monk, I heard that you have molded a lot of little ghosts in this Buddhist temple?"

Hongzhi frowned slightly, and said: "It's a bit disrespectful to say little ghosts, but what we molded are actually beings from the nether world!"

"What's the difference?" Lu Ban asked, "What's the purpose of making these?"

"Naturally, the misery in the underworld is used to warn the world." Hongzhi said, and then explained the karma of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and the underworld, which was exactly the same as Feng Shen's prediction.

Lu Ban raised his head at Feng Shen to pick his thumb, and he admired him so much. "Brother, it's really you!"

Hongzhi looked at Lu Bantou, then at Feng Shen: "What does Bantou mean?"

"It's nothing," Feng Shen said briefly, "Brother, let's go and have a look."

"Oh." Lu Ban replied vaguely, and followed up bravely.

As the days wore on, the dim light cast a shadow over the Bufo Hall.There are many statues in the hall, some of which have been painted and powdered, and some are still covered with mud and varnish.Most of the appearances created are grinning, ferocious, nothing more than the impermanence of cattle and horses, and Luo Feng's scheming.The heads of the various Yin missions, including Qin Guang, Chu Jiang, Song Emperor, Wu Guan, Yan Luo, Biancheng, Taishan, Dushi, Pingping, Zhuanlun, etc., are engraved with ten hall kings of Hades, wearing crowns on their heads, holding Yan Gui, sitting or standing , lifelike.The group of statues are densely arranged, so spectacular, like stars holding the moon, enclosing the majestic Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva among them.

In the hall, there are some beaten embryo mud scattered, and the incense sticks are also piled east and west, and the green smoke is rising, and there are many shadows. Although there are many living people, they still feel chilly.

Those monks in yellow were standing in the corner, busy making a rough clay embryo, when they saw Feng Lu entering the hall, they threw away their knives and blades, and looked towards the two of them.

"You guys listen," Hong Zhi said in a loud voice, "These two are Master Ma and Lu Bantou, come to this hall to take a look around, and you can continue to work after you salute a little bit."

"Yes." The monks in yellow raised their palms together, sent a question to the two of them, and then turned around to get back to work.

Seeing that the monks were chattering, Feng Shen didn't feel comfortable stepping forward to disturb him, so he glanced around for a while, and then went to look at the statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in the middle.

Because it is the main god enshrined in the temple, this Ksitigarbha statue is particularly finely made.In the Mahayana, the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva has thousands of changes in his body, lives in the dirty land, shows the voice and hearer, the Bodhisattva's inner secrets, and the recluse appearance outside.Therefore, this statue is not crowned with Vairocana, with a bald head and a bhikkhu's net top, with a bead in his left palm, a stick in his right hand, an open chest, and auspicious cloud and sea swastikas; tower.

(End of this chapter)