Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 156
It turns out that there is an extra pole erected on the pagoda.There are several discs running through the poles, which are called phase wheels.Counting the phase wheels together, it is called the dew plate, which is the surface of the pagoda, and the number of floors below it corresponds to the pagoda.

According to the fruit position of Zen, the wheel-turning king enjoys one phase wheel, Xu Tuohuan receives two plates, Si Tuo Han receives three, Ana Han receives four, and Arhats receive five. Use six, seven, eight plates.

King Ksitigarbha ranks in the Bodhisattva rank, so he is naturally enshrined in a seven-level pagoda.Therefore, Feng Shendan determined that there were seven towers in the temple based on the shadow of the wheel on the top of the brake.

After listening to it, Lu Bantou said: "According to this, the Bodhisattva Pagoda should have seven floors, but why did they miss one floor? Was it negligent when building the pagoda?"

"It's not like", Feng Shen pondered for a while, "Brother, let me think about it..."

Seeing Feng Shen pondering, Lu Ban didn't want to disturb him, so he simply walked to the corner of the room and found a chair to sit on.

As soon as the conversation stopped, there was a sudden silence in the room.The oil lamp was burning, and the corpse of the old woman at the door was a little creepy.Lu Ban didn't dare to look any more, and was bored just waiting, so he took out the green walnuts in his bosom, bowed his head and kneaded them to relieve his boredom.

After waiting for a while, Feng Shen was still staring at the corpse in a daze.Lu Ban's head was restless, and he couldn't help but increase his strength in his hands.The green walnuts are raw and brittle, after being squeezed, the skin will inevitably crack and the juice will flow.Feeling the stickiness of his palms, Lu Ban hurriedly tossed the walnuts and wiped his hands.

Hearing the sound, Feng Shen turned around. "What's wrong, big brother?"

"Squeeze a walnut," Lu Ban smiled apologetically, "Is it bothering you?"

"Anyway, I didn't think of anything..." Feng Shencai shook his head, and suddenly shuddered, "What did brother just say?"

"Ah?" Lu Ban nodded, "I asked if I disturbed you."

"Last sentence!"

"Squeeze a walnut."

"Walnuts? Yes! It's walnuts!" Feng Shen called out, "Brother, show me those walnuts!"

Although Lu Bantou didn't know his intention, he still picked it up and sent it. "I just took these three, and I crushed them to pieces..."

Feng Shen didn't speak, grabbed one and peeled off the thick skin.When the hard shell was exposed, Feng Shen's heart sank suddenly, and without stopping his hands, he peeled off the remaining two shells.

Seeing Feng Shen's face getting darker and darker, Lu Ban nodded, "Is there something wrong with this walnut?"

"Alas!" Feng Shen punched the door frame. "I should have thought of it a long time ago... This is the 'suffering lion's head'!"

"Braise...lion's head?" Lu Ban smacked his lips and swallowed. "Don't tell me, it's really similar. But it's not like the stewed one, but more like the braised one... Well, it's also smaller..."

Seeing that Lu Ban's head was drooling, Feng Shen knew that he was wrong. "Brother, this 'lion's head' is not that 'lion's head'. It is a kind of walnut for people to play with. It is only because this kind of walnut has round and blunt tendons and looks like a lion's head, so it got such an elegant name."

"So that's the case," Lu Ban nodded, "but what's the matter?"

"Brother doesn't know something," Feng Shen said, "This kind of dull pointed lion head is very rare now. But Zeng San, the sticky bandit leader, has such a pair in his hand. He once told me that the pair of walnuts Ten years ago, he personally came to Pinggu to catch it!"

Lu Ban was startled and said, "Isn't it the one in the Cliff Temple?"

"Very likely!" Feng Shen said, "I heard from Hongzhi that the tree behind the mountain gate is a hundred-year-old tree. I am afraid that there is only one tree left in the entire Pinggu. That's why I vaguely feel that between the Moya Temple and the sticky pole, There must be something involved. Also, do you still remember the verses that Abbot Jue Ren said before we parted?"

"How can I remember?" Lu Ban nodded, "I can't even understand."

Feng Shendao: "After listening to the Zen theories of 'clearing the heart and seeing the nature', although I didn't understand it, I always felt that Abbot Jue Ren meant something. Now that I think about it, the 'wisdom sound' and 'auspicious clouds' The words, etc., are likely to be hints given by him. The cloud is at a high place, and the phase wheel represents wisdom. Together, isn’t it just that we want us to pay attention to the high phase phase wheel?”

Lu Ban nodded his head and said, "But this is a bit too roundabout, isn't it? If it weren't for a mistake, who would have noticed that the broken wheel doesn't match the tower floor?"

"Indeed", Feng Shen said, "Perhaps that Abbot Jue Ren was really controlled by others, and he didn't dare to make it too obvious in front of Hongzhi, so he had to pin his hopes on a thread."

Lu Ban nodded, "Then let's go back to the temple and have a look?"

Feng Shen said: "There are a lot of good fighters in the temple, if you say that you are stiff and move your hands, it will be very bad for us. It is too late to return to Beijing to transfer people... Let's go to the Pinggu County Government to borrow soldiers to surround the temple!"

"That's it!"

Just as the two were about to leave, a black shadow suddenly flashed outside the courtyard gate.

"who!?"

Feng Luqi shouted, and both of them chased out the door.

Seeing someone chasing him, he ran away without a head, how could Feng Shen and Lu Ban let him go?Immediately followed behind in hot pursuit.

The alleys in the village were crisscrossed, and the man was afraid of running into a dead end, so he detoured a few times and ran towards the forest by the river beach.He staggered in embarrassment along the way, and almost fell down a few times.

Seeing that the man's steps were clumsy, he didn't seem to know martial arts at all, Feng Lu felt very puzzled.But at this juncture, the two of them had no time to think about it, and with all their strength, they chased to the river beach.

The river beach was full of sand and rocks, and the potholes were difficult to walk. The man ran for a while, and finally exhausted himself.I saw him put his hands on his knees, out of breath.

"Run! Run again if you have the ability!" Lu Ban screamed and wanted to step forward.

Just as Feng Shen was about to speak, he suddenly saw two cold lights flashing across the man's face, he thought that the man was hiding a traitor, so he hurriedly pushed Lu Ban away. "Brother, be careful!"

Not wanting to wait for a long time, but still did not see any hidden weapons attacking, Feng Shen took a closer look and couldn't help laughing.It turned out that the man was wearing a pair of round-rimmed glasses, which were reflected by the moonlight, and the lenses reflected light.Moreover, he was wearing a tuxedo suit, pointed leather shoes, and his short hair, which was originally tightly tucked back, was unavoidably messy at the moment.

"Devil! You two evil devils!" As soon as the man regained his strength, he picked up the small stones at his feet and threw them around.It's just that his hand was weak, even if he hit him, he didn't feel any pain.

Lu Ban did not avoid his head, and walked towards the man. "Just for that nonsensical dress, I think you look like a ghost! What's the matter? With your braids cut off and your foreign clothes on, you turn your back on your ancestors? Bah, you fake foreign devil!"

The man was startled, "I...I..."

"What are you?" Lu Ban said, grabbing the man. "Be obedient and let me tie you up, so you don't have to suffer!"

The man struggled a few times, his eyes suddenly brightened. "why you?"

"Ah?" Lu Ban was stunned, "You...do you know me?"

The man nodded vigorously, "You are Luban head of Shuntian Mansion, I recognize you!"

"Yo ho," Lu Ban said, "it seems that you are still a habitual offender, but I have caught too many rogues, so I don't remember someone like you..."

"No," the man said seriously, "Lu Ban misunderstood. I'm not a bad person. I sent you a note a few days ago."

"Note?" Lu Ban looked at Feng Shen, "What note?"

Feng Shen continued, "The note said 'Pinggu epidemic, urgently needed'?"

"Yes." The man nodded and heaved a sigh of relief, "Since you are from the government, the old lady must not have been killed by you."

"Hey?" Lu Ban said, "You kid still beat me up? Didn't you kill the old lady?"

"Of course not," the man straightened his collar and stretched out a hand. "Let me introduce myself first. My name is Wu Lien-teh. It is my honor to meet two officials."

Seeing Wu Lien-teh poking his hand, Lu Bantou thought he was going to play the physical strength test of the school, but without thinking about it, he grabbed Wu Lien-teh's right hand and squeezed it fiercely.

Lu Ban's head was like a pincer, and Wu Lien-teh was screaming in pain.Seeing this, Feng Shen hurriedly separated the two.

Wu Lien-teh rubbed his right hand and forced a smile at Feng Shen. "Lu Bantou is really a strong man...Thanks to this gentleman for making a rescue."

"You're welcome," Feng Shen waved his hand, and said coldly, "Your accent is a little strange. Even if you have been abroad, you should be able to speak Chinese fluently. From this point of view, you should be from the East, right?"

"What?" Lu Ban said in shock, "He's still a little Japanese?"

"It's ashamed to say," Wu Lien-teh sighed, took off his glasses and wiped them. "Although I am not a citizen of the Qing Dynasty, I am indeed a descendant of Yanhuang. My Wu family was originally from Xinning, Guangdong, and later settled in Nanyang because of business. I was born in Penang Island in Nanyang, and I communicated with the local people in English since I was a child. This is Chinese. , it was taught by the elders in the family. If you don’t speak for a long time, the pronunciation will inevitably be a little weird.”

Lu Ban was dubious, "Then why don't you stay in Nanyang well, what are you doing here? Are you visiting relatives?"

Wu Lien-teh shook his head and said: "A few years ago, I was studying medicine at the University of Cambridge in England. On the way back from my studies, I suddenly had the idea of ​​seeing the motherland, so I didn't go ashore after arriving in Nanyang, but took a cargo ship to detour north. "

"What's a doctor?" Lu Ban asked, "You can also build swords and build bridges. You have learned a lot."

Wu Liande said: "Cambridge is the translated name of a school in England. It is not a place to build bridges and practice swords. I was there and only studied medicine."

"Study medicine?" Lu Ban asked suddenly, "So you are still a doctor who treats diseases."

Wu Lien-teh thought for a while, and said: "It can be understood in this way. However, my research direction is western virus and bacteriology, which is very different from traditional Chinese medicine."

Seeing Wu Lien-teh's young age, Feng Shen did not believe Wu Lien-teh's words. "Brother Wu, what did you say about the bacteria... disease?"

Wu Lien-teh corrected: "It's bacteria and viruses."

"Poison?" Lu Ban shook his head in surprise, "Wow! Doctors are all treating diseases and saving lives, so how could they be thinking about refining poison? It seems that you must not be a good person!"

Wu Lien-teh hastily explained, but he was full of new foreign words, how could Feng Lu understand it immediately?After explaining for a long time, Wu Liande was so tired that his mouth was dry, and the two were still at a loss.

(End of this chapter)