It was clear after the snow, and the inside and outside of Hanshan City was silver.

On a street that runs east-west, people are coming and going, but pedestrians are walking on both sides of the road, and the middle of the road is very smooth, and cars and horses can pass by calmly.

In the midst of traffic, a ox cart slowly sailed westward. Someone drove the way in front of the car and someone followed behind the car. It seemed that the passengers had a good background.

In the car, the prince-in-law Wang?, was talking to Princess Xiao Miaoqing of Liyang. The content of the conversation was the Hanshan Temple where the couple was going to go in a while.

Wang? He prepared a copper furnace and handed it to the princess, and said, "I heard that the newly built Hanshan Temple has a exquisite layout. Although it has not been officially opened yet, people who have been there say it is enough to be shocking."

"Do you think this is too much praise?"

Xiao Miaoqing took the Tonghuai Furnace and smiled and said, "I think they have never been to Tongtai Temple, so I have this statement."

"Not everyone can go to Tongtai Temple, haha." Wang? Looking at the beautiful princess, thinking of Hanshan Temple praised by Xuzhou Prefecture officials, he didn't agree.

In just Hanshan, what kind of "exquisite layout" and "shocking" can the newly built Buddhist temple have?

It is nothing more than the shallow insights of a group of frogs in the well, and they pretend to be mysterious without mentioning details.

"However, the warm kang in the Xuzhou official residence is very wonderful, warm, and you can sleep well at night." Wang? held the princess' hand, "You have been sleeping so hard these days, and you don't need to wear a furnace."

"Then does Jiankang also have a fire kang?" Xiao Miaoqing asked, Wang? Shaking his head: "The fire kang burns charcoal, which is cheaper than Hanshan charcoal. It can be burned. Jiankang is different, different."

Seeing this, Xiao Miaoqing wanted to speak but stopped. She actually wanted to ask the Shaofu to provide charcoal. After all, Dong Simud also used charcoal. As long as she spoke to her father, this matter would definitely be done.

She is afraid of the cold and can easily sleep well at night when she sleeps in winter. When she arrives in Xuzhou, she has a new heating utensil such as a fire kang in her residence. It is suitable for warmth and she can sleep until dawn all night.

So Xiao Miaoqing wanted to install a fire kang at Jiankang's house, but was afraid of the king. She was unhappy and did not say that, after all, her husband had a strong sense of self-esteem and was extremely disgusted with others saying "It's up to the princess."

Wang? He was born in the Wang family of Langya, Shang Liyang Princess, and was appointed as the Prince of the Prince. He got a noble official position and did not need to deal with any practice. He was leisurely and leisurely all day long.

His father Wang Chong was the nephew of the late emperor and his cousin today, and he held important positions.

So Wang and Xiao Miaoqing are distant cousins.

It is very common for cousins ​​to get married, and the royal princess must marry a child of the Gao family, so Xiao Miaoqing, who married Wang Wang, a son of the Langya Wang, was very satisfied with her marriage.

Wang? is also very satisfied because he is handsome and knowledgeable. He is from the Wang family of Langya and is worthy of the princess. The two have a good relationship after marriage.

Not long ago, Wang Chong went to Xuzhou to serve as the chief of Xuzhou. Wang accompanied him with his wife. On the one hand, he came to take care of his father, and on the other hand, he took the princess to go out for a long time to relax.

After all, the princess has been in Jiankang since she was young. Apart from visiting the imperial tombs, she only stayed in the palace on weekdays and occasionally walked around the suburbs of Jiankang.

After getting married, the travel range has not changed much. Now the couple respect each other, with a harmonious sound of zither and a harmonious sound. Wang? He went to Xuzhou with his father, so Princess Liyang naturally had to go with him.

The couple was chatting, and the ox cart stopped slowly, and the follower reported that Hanshan Temple had arrived.

Wang? He personally put on a cloak on the princess and prepared to get off the car first, and then help the princess get off the car.

As a result, there was no movement after getting off the bus.

Xiao Miaoqing felt strange because Wang's behavior is very organized and he will not be so disobedient. After thinking about it, he felt that his husband had seen something and was so forgetful?

She raised her hand and lifted the curtain and was about to get off the car, but she was attracted by the scene in front of her:

I saw a gate ahead, and next to it was a statue of the Dharma Protector Vajra. The Dharma Protector Vajra was tall and mighty, with a majestic appearance and an angry face.

Wearing a crown on his head, shirtless, holding a Vajra pole in his hand, he was about to fight, as if he was about to kill the ghosts and monsters approaching.

Moreover, the Vajra Vajra stared at her with wide eyes.

It seemed as if the vajra in her hand was about to fall, and she was so devastated that the "monster" who was trying to sneak into the Buddhist temple.

"ah!"

Xiao Miaoqing exclaimed, really shocked, and the guardian Vajra looked like the king who attracted attention. Seeing that the princess was frightened, he quickly helped him:

"Don't be afraid, it's just a statue of the Vajra of the Dharma Protector."

"This is really lifelike." Xiao Miaoqing calmed down his mind, got out of the car, walked towards the gate with his husband.

The plaque on the door reads "Hanshan Temple", which seems to be the temple gate.

The door is so tall that the statue of the Dharma Protector Vajra standing beside the door all seem a little short, but in Xiao Miaoqing's view, this statue of the Dharma Protector Vajra is actually not small anymore.

The couple walked to the Vajra statue, and Xiao Miaoqing felt that Vajra's eyes had never moved away from her, as if their eyes could move.

I felt a little scared and quite interesting.

"This Vajra looks like a cast of iron? But it also looks like a stone sculpture..." The King was interested in the Vajra looks of the Vajra. He really wanted to touch it, but he didn't take action after all.

The monk who was sweeping the snow in front of the door saw a guest coming and the show was unusual, so he quickly came to meet him.

When he learned that it was the princess and the prince-consort who had arrived, he quickly led the way forward.

The Wang couple followed into the door, but suddenly felt breathless.

It turned out that this tall main door made people ignore the building behind the door: there were two high walls on the left and right, with a gray and black wall, and a middle passage.

Looking outside the door, the two walls are like doors. Who would have thought that they were actually the sides of two high walls?

People walked in between, dark left and right, with only a ray of light ahead and above their heads, which was very depressing, as if two high walls would overturn at any time, pressing them tightly.

No more can see the light of day.

As I walked, I felt that the walls on both sides were moving slowly, making the road narrower and narrower. Finally, I closed and clamped the pedestrians.

Because the passage is north and south, the north wind blows in front of you, the wind is shrill and whispers mixed with whispers, as if countless people are chanting scriptures in their ears to save them, the dead souls walking on the road to the underworld.

Xiao Miaoqing was frightened by the narrow passage and felt uncomfortable all over. The huge sense of oppression made her breathing difficult. She grabbed her husband's hand tightly and wanted to turn around and leave.

The king? Holding the princess' hand tightly, he felt a little unhappy: What is this? Is it scary? He put a vicious statue of the guardian Vajra at the door, and as soon as he entered the door, he made this narrow and dark passage!

Also, what's going on with this chanting of scriptures? Pretending to be a god and a ghost to scare people?

He really wanted to turn around and leave, but in this way, he seemed timid. Besides, the princess followed him and he must not seem cowardly.

The monk who led the way listened to the silence of chanting scriptures and knew that this was not a ghost whistling, because the two high walls on the left and right were actually the side walls of two brick buildings.

There are chanting rooms in the buildings, and monks chanting scriptures are there, so this sound is made.

Wang? continued to walk forward with a stern face. As he walked, he suddenly realized: they walked out of the passage and entered a clearing.

The extreme depression suddenly disappeared, replaced by a broad vision and a shiny light.

At that moment, the couple's heart seemed to disappear.

Previously, their hearts seemed to be like many frightened birds gathered together and shrank.

Now that I was suddenly in an empty place, the birds flew into the sky cheerfully. The sudden release after the depression made people feel that their bodies were much lighter.

After a while, they came to their senses: this is a square courtyard with corridors around it. Because the columns, floors, walls, and tile roofs are all light in color, they look particularly empty and bright.

"Then, that, there..." Xiao Miaoqing pointed to the middle of the courtyard, and his words were not easy. Wang? He looked closely and was stunned.

There is a pool of water, and there is a piece of land in the pool that is exposed to the water surface. There are two trees on it, one east and one west, side by side.

The trunk is very high and the canopy is long and narrow, and it looks like two goose feathers are stuck on the ground.

One of the trees was lush with leaves, the other tree had no leaves, only bare and dense branches.

Under the tree, there was a man meditating. His eyes were closed and his face was kind, as if he had already entered a meditation?

"Two trees... withered and flourished..." Xiao Miaoqing murmured while covering her mouth, her eyes full of shock. Wang? He also widened his eyes, feeling his breathing rapid, and he couldn't help but murmured:

"Two trees, one withered and one prosper... The place where the Buddha passed away?"

After experiencing the enlightenment, my heart had turned into birds and flew into the sky. Now, when I saw the Buddha's passing away, I felt my whole body trembling and I was almost unable to stand firm.

This is too, too... too shocking!

Anyone, as soon as he came out of the narrow passage, he ran into the scene of the Buddha's passing away, how could he not be shocked?

The couple helped each other, and the entourage helped, at least they did not kneel down, and the entourages were actually shocked.

The monk who led the way was very "satisfied" with the visitors' performance and quickly introduced: "Two Tan Yue, this is a statue, don't misunderstand it."

"Statue?" Wang murmured, looked carefully and found that it was indeed a statue, and the two trees were also... also a statue?

There is actually another person under the tree. It looks like an old monk (statue) and a little novice monk (statue) are sitting in meditation, not a scene where the Buddha passed away.

However, the old monk faced the exit of the passage, and the little novice monk was next to it, facing the exit of the passage, which was not very eye-catching, so it was easy for people to have an illusion.

But even so, this is incredible!

Looking back, the passage I walked through was actually not very long and was not narrow. It was just because the high walls on both sides were shading and the gray and black walls made people feel narrow and long.

Looking at the two trees in front of you, Wang? I was shocked: The Hanshan Temple gives people a much better feeling than Tongtai Temple!

Then I can see clearly the situation of the courtyard: except for the pool in the center and the double trees in the pool, there is a pagoda in the east and west, which is a common Buddhist temple layout.

Wang? I heard that in Tianzhu, Buddhist temples are centered on pagodas.

However, after Buddhism entered the Central Plains, because many wealthy families placed houses as temples, main halls and backyards as halls, the Buddhist temples in the Central Plains gradually became centered on the Buddhist temples and moved next to the pagoda.

"I don't know where the Buddhist temple is?" Xiao Miaoqing asked. The feeling that the Hanshan Temple gave her was indeed "shocking", so that she didn't see where the Buddhist temple was.

Logically, it should be on the north side of the atrium, so...

The monk pointed north: "Please look at Tan Yue."

The couple looked closely and saw a building on the steps on the north side of the courtyard, which wasn't it the Buddhist temple?

But it was clearly in front of me, why didn’t they see it just now? It seemed as if the hall suddenly appeared.

"Two Tan Yue must have only paid attention to these two trees just now, so they didn't pay attention to the hall..."

"It's reasonable, it's reasonable!" Wang? couldn't help but exclaim.

They were walking in the passage just now, and there was only a light in front of them, facing the two trees (fake trees).

But I don’t know what the Double Tree statue was carved, and the color is very light, so I can’t see clearly in the passage.

When I left the passage, my eyes suddenly became clear, and my attention was all focused on these two trees, so I naturally ignored the tall hall in the north behind the two trees.

Hanshan Temple is indeed exquisitely laid out and is well-deserved!

The couple had this idea at the same time and became more and more eager for the hall: I don’t know what kind of scene it is in the hall?
Chapter completed!