The Mysterious Martial Arts: The Record of the Knight Wielding the Rhinoceros Chapter 219

The night was low with a bright moon in the sky, and the bright moon in the corner of the palace gradually disappeared into the clouds, leaving only a faint bright halo.

Abbot Hongbian was slowly going up the mountain with His Holiness Miaobao and his entourage. Looking from the cliff, the scenery on both sides of the ridge was completely different. The jungle side of the Zen Temple was brightly lit, while the other side was extremely dark and empty.

Silent empty valley.

"Master, where is that place?"

On a mid-spring night in Jizu Mountain, the mountain scenery was exceptionally clear, and even the breath seemed to be transparent. A Zanshan Lama asked in a low voice. His Holiness Miaobao laughed but did not answer. Instead, Abbot Hongbian spoke.

"Amitabha. There is Jizu Sanyin. For hundreds of years, monks and Taoists have lived in Shanyang. Later, it was suddenly deserted and abandoned, and no one even cared about it. It is natural for a few of you to want to visit the mountain, but this Jizu Sanyin is strange and strange.

Weird, it’s better not to set foot there easily.”

Abbot Hongbian's words reached his ears, and the steps of several people were as drowsy as falling into the clouds. Suddenly, they saw strands of starlight scattered not far away, and even lingering clouds intertwined on the treetops, like a sea of ​​clouds and a galaxy within reach.

and!

Several Tibetan monks looked surprised and kept admiring. It was not until they got closer that they discovered that the bright and dark stars twinkling in the trees along the road were actually small tangerine peel lamps hanging between the trees or floating in the meadows - in order to prevent them from letting go.

The cold wind in the mountains blows out, and it is surrounded by Minzhong gauze. From a distance, it looks like colorful clouds, and from a close look, it looks like shining stars.

"Xitan Temple reopens a pavilion today to welcome the Dharma King Miaobao. I also ask the Dharma King to move over and sit down for a moment."

Abbot Hongbian turned around and pointed, and saw that the Jiuzhong cliff was decorated with lights and colorful decorations tonight, and the paths that had not been taken care of for a long time were also cleaned spotlessly. There were wonderful trees dancing along the way, and the tiles of the jingshe at the end were neat and tidy. It was the chieftain of the Mu family.

Spending a lot of effort to build, Jizushan's premier hospitality place - Yi Nexuan, has regained its vitality tonight.

Several Tibetan monks looked at the decoration in Yitan Pavilion, and felt that although the appearance of this place was not amazing, the interior was full of elegance and solemnity. There were obviously no statues of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, but they still seemed to be in a solemn hall. Birds

The bird-green smoke is lingering like a wisp. In addition to the familiar smell of sandalwood and butter, there seems to be a fresh and pleasant smell of the forest in the air. It reminds people of the vast forest mountains after the snow melts in the Kangzang Mountains, and the bright light with floating clouds.

Clean lake.

The four praise and protectors had just entered the Yixuan Pavilion. When they were about to sit cross-legged on the paved straw mat, they suddenly felt that the seat was soft and light, not at all like the rough and rough straw mat. They secretly opened it and took a look.

I found that the straw mat was just a thin layer of decoration, and underneath was a soft mat made of green pine leaves collected from the mountains.

"All distinguished guests, please take your seats first and wait patiently for several Tan Yue from the temple to arrive. Tonight's tea party has been planned for a long time, so it will definitely not be a surprise."

Abbot Hongbian ushered several people into the seats, and did not show any disdain for the strange behavior of the Tibetan monks. He was all paying attention to every move of the Dharma King Miaobao.

At this time, there were many guests gathering in the Yijin Pavilion. In front of them were tangerines, preserved fruits, and candied citrons. There were at least forty or fifty people present inside and outside the seats. There were boxes of fruit-infused tea in front of each other for fun, and monks from the temple shuttled among them.

First clear tea, medium salt tea, and second honey tea were served. All the guests were celebrities and elegant scholars from Lijiang City and Daluowei Guards. Only the four main seats in the center of the pavilion were left empty.

After Abbot Hongbian saw His Holiness Miaobao sitting down calmly, he easily chatted with others without any unfamiliarity. He secretly admired his meditation skills and did not show any signs of acclimatization. He also paid more attention to what His Holiness Miaobao said earlier.

Approved.

Chinese people have always known sense of proportion.

After all, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period when the princes were in chaos, people understood that even if they faced the same foreign enemies, they could still distinguish them into different levels and prioritize them.

The most common one is to come with chariots in a fierce manner, making it clear that the chariots and horses are only for fighting for three or five cities. For thousands of miles, encountering such reckless and unreasonable foreign enemies is nothing more than a fight, and then the winner takes all.

Surrender and lose half, things can be easily solved.

The one who went up was accompanied by the diplomatic envoys. They usually stood by them in a discreet manner, but as soon as they spoke, they insisted on asking about the importance of He's Bijinliang and Jiuding. The words "ulterior motives" were almost written on his face.

At this time, all we can do is to think of ways to wait and see, until the winner is determined overtly and covertly.

The highest and worst class is the one who spends his days harmoniously singing and dancing with you. It wasn’t until one day that the army secretly crossed Chencang and gathered outside the capital. Then he asked you why you went to war without declaring and annihilated Dahuai’an State at the east end of the city. Then he said:

Repeatedly there are words such as "defeating the people and punishing them", "reviving and destroying the country, and continuing the unparalleled world" - then even if you want to surrender at this time, it is probably a bit late.

Now that Abbot Hongbian heard the request made by His Holiness Miaobao, who clearly stated the location of his carriage and horses, even the monks in Jizu Mountain couldn't help but feel overjoyed, realizing that the matter had turned around and there was more hope for a solution.

Jizu Mountain Monk and Miaobao Dharma King sat facing each other from east to west, and continued to observe each other. Not long after, footsteps were heard outside Yi Nexuan, and only a few soldiers with knives and guns were seen standing guard outside the door, like a wisp in the empty valley

The fragrance of orchids has quietly arrived first.

After the ambush stopped, a woman in plain clothes and her maid walked through the crowd and walked into Yixuan, and then sat down safely. Even though she was wearing a gauze hat and did not show a trace of appearance, her figure could be imagined, and she was sure that it was a person.

A peerless beauty who is as beautiful as a flower and looks like clouds emerging from Xiu.

"Respectfully invite Princess Pingxi, Jin An."

"Respectfully invite Princess Pingxi, Jin An."

The old monk's greetings were exactly the same as those of the Tibetan monks. Mu Yong concealed that the person in front of him was Princess Chen of Pingxi - Tonight's Yi Nexuan tea party does not need to invite monks from all over the world, but she is the only one who is indispensable.

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Princess Pingxi bowed slightly and returned the gift. Although the response was not too loud, no one in the room felt contemptuous and indifferent. They just wondered why the other party remained silent, as if she did not intend to make the limelight.

Seeing this situation, Abbot Hongbian acted as a knowledgeable guest without hesitation, and introduced the background of several old monks around him to the two outsiders, Princess Pingxi and His Holiness Miaobao.

"The princess, the Dharma King, and the old monk dared to overstep their bounds today and tell the origins of the Dharma titles of several eminent monks."

At this time, the seats were divided into southeast, northwest, and west directions. Hongbian and the four old monks sat in the west seat, where they could just see the stars on the cold mountains.

"The four people around the old monk are Abbot Jieming of Jingguang Temple, Abbot Zuyi of Shizhong Temple, Abbot Enlightenment of Chuanyi Temple, and Abbot Guiheng of Biyun Temple. These four great masters of tranquility are people with profound Buddhist teachings in Jizu Mountain.

, Hongbian, as a junior student, is actually far inferior to the four of them."

The people were carried in sedan chairs, and Abbot Hongbian praised the several old monks. Naturally, the four of them were very helpful. They stood up to greet the guests one after another, and then sat down and clasped their hands in the same way, which not only showed their recognition of Abbot Hongbian's presiding over the matter, but also implicitly

Revealing the non-committal about the grievances of Sidtan Temple.

Abbot Hongbian knew clearly and had already understood the intentions of several people, but he could not find fault with the other party.

Although Jizu Mountain was famous as early as the Tang and Song Dynasties, it was only in the Ming Dynasty that it became known as "the Buddha's kingdom opened in the sky and the city transformed into the earth".

After Fu Youde, Mu Ying, and Lan Yu led the Ming army to conquer Dali and wiped out "all the official records and the official compendiums," the book "Baigu Tongji" came out, which had a great influence.

Most of the local historical records related to Yunnan during the Ming and Qing Dynasties produced unprecedented influence on the history of Yunnan.

It was also as the name of Jizu Mountain appeared repeatedly in the book "Baigu Tongji" that this place quickly became a holy place for Buddhists to worship.

During these hundreds of years of prosperity and development, the monasteries and jungles on Jizu Mountain continued to have abbots, with varying degrees of succession. During this period, there were countless people who were not reorganized and were destroyed. It is difficult to estimate the rise and fall of the monastery. Even a lucky monastery will decline for a while.

, we can also wait until the eminent monks live in Xi, and they are renovated and renovated to regain their former glory. Some Zen temples that are unlucky, such as the ruins of Jizushan Yin, will forever collapse and disappear into the deep forests and steep canyons of Jizushan.

On the back, even the traces of the temple have disappeared.

Nowadays, the four great meditation masters on Jizu Mountain actually represent the four most prosperous Zen temples today. There are probably five including Xitan Temple, and each represents a lineage of dharma that has been passed down from generation to generation and continues to this day.

Among them, the oldest one with the deepest foundation should belong to the Jingguang Temple system passed down by Zen Master Benthei. Zen Master Benthei was only twenty years old when he heard someone singing the Snow Mountain Gauge, and then realized that he would marry a wife and become a monk. He lived in Baizhai from Yaoling Mountain.

He shaved off his hair, and over time his rationality and faith developed on his own, and he founded this Zen temple.

Immediately behind, and equally comparable, is the Sidan Temple system passed down by Zen Master Benmu. Zen Master Benmu has mastered all the mysteries of the five schools of Southern Zen, cultivating both concentration and wisdom, and practicing and understanding.

The secret of the Five Families; he had extracted the original Tao and thoroughly understood the origins of the three religions. He was originally a rare eminent monk. After being highly praised by the Mu family, he grew even more rapidly.

Shizhong Temple in Jizu Mountain belongs to the foreign Xueting Fuyu lineage. Although Shizhong Temple claims to be built in the Tang Dynasty, its testable Zen lineage only appeared after the Yuan Dynasty, and the earliest clear time of its inheritance was

In Ming Dynasty and Yongle period, orthodoxy has now shown signs of decline, so it ranks second.

As for the genealogy of Chuanyi Temple, it is more complicated. In the early years of Jiajing, it was originally founded by the famous monk Xingxuan with the help of Li Yuanyang. This temple was built at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain, backed by Wansong Mountain, with a Sheng Pagoda on the left and a Baishi Temple on the right, so it has the landscape

The conference was held at the end of the Jizuzhong Peak. Later, many eminent monks lived in this jungle, which led to more complex descendant factions, but ultimately they all belong to the Linji lineage.

The last Biyun Temple was the Luohan wall system passed down by Monk Huankong during the Tianqi period. The founder Huankong came from the capital. He had long been precepted and had long understood the essentials.

After visiting Zushan for more than 40 years, he made a great vow to dig out a rock cantilever structure at the side pass of Jizu Mountain to build a majestic palace, so that he could come from afar and catch up.

Today's glory will fade away tomorrow, and all fate is like a dream and nowhere to be found. Those who can achieve the position of abbot will naturally not be blinded easily, and they will be more cautious and far-sighted in doing things.

Opposite to these four great masters of tranquility and five Zen groves, there used to be another extremely prosperous Dharma lineage on Jizu Mountain called Jinding Temple. In the early years, it also ranked first in Jizu Mountain.

It has gone into decline due to evolution and has been in ruins for many years.

Everything is for existence, and existence is everything. In the Jizushan Temple, which has been preserved to this day through hardships and twists and turns, only abbot Hongbian can understand this truth?

Abbot Hongbian has been on thin ice for many years, and he always remembers that Master called him to go before his death. He was dying and unable to speak, so he opened the Sutra of the Great Good Seeing King alone in the fourteenth volume of the Zhongagama Sutra.

And that page is impartial. It talks about how the Buddha chose to enter nirvana between the two sala trees in Kushi City when he was approaching Nirvana. Venerable Ananda asked the Buddha why he chose this small earth city when there were so many big cities in the world.

, which one is the lowest among all the cities?

The Buddha then told Venerable Ananda about all the splendors of this royal city in the past and the deeds of its leader, the Great Good Viewer, to benefit sentient beings. This Great Good Viewer King was the Buddha's previous life, and he was also called the Chakravartin King in that time. He benefited all sentient beings.

It is still not the ultimate. Only by becoming a Buddha today can we save all sentient beings and finally escape from the boundless sea of ​​suffering.

The world is impermanent and the country is in danger. Hongbian understands the master's intention in his heart. Because the city of Kushi was so majestic and prosperous in the past, and the wheel-turning king lived here, by the time of Buddha's nirvana, it had become an ordinary person.

Small Tucheng, how can the rest of the world be exempt from vulgarity? How can it be inferior to Repeated Bo Bing?

"Amitabha, the black-hatted Dharma King has come all the way from this temple just to get the scriptures and scriptures from this temple. The old monk is also impressed with his heart. I have already asked my junior brother Anren to go get the catalog of scriptures given by Emperor Tianqi. As long as I can get it today,

Turning the war into jade and silk, the scriptures given by the emperor in the temple, whether the Dharma King copied them separately or took away them all, are all at your discretion."

Abbot Hongbian waved his sleeves and said with great magnanimity, opening the door of Fayun Pavilion. He clearly took these precious treasures lightly. As soon as he finished speaking, an old monk came to the door holding scriptures in both hands.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Master Anren looks short and dark, with an unattractive appearance, and a melancholy look between his eyebrows. At first glance, people think he is a strange figure on a cold night. What's the matter?

The coming Yaksha suddenly broke in and was startled.

This Tibetan scripture was given by Emperor Tianqi at the request of Tusi Muzeng Shangshu in the fourth year of Tomorrow's Qi Dynasty. It is a total of 678 volumes and is enshrined in the Fayun Pavilion in the temple all year round.

Sidtan Temple regards it as precious as life, and it will never be revealed to others easily.
To be continued...