Chapter 6 The Secret Book of Great Zen
"Well? It's getting late, I'm going back] Let me talk to Mr. Today. Mr. should be a trustworthy scholar. Mr. Tu can ask him to organize his collection of books."
The Yuanfei raised her head, looked at the sky, and suddenly stood up. She jumped and then she reached thirty steps away. She jumped a few times and disappeared into the mountains and forests.
The Yuanfei actually left without any delay, without any drag and neatness.
"It's really a hero." Hong Yi looked at the body and movements of Concubine Yuan, and praised him, but became more and more curious about the woman's mysterious identity.
"Sir, please visit my collection." Mr. Tu seemed to want to find someone to show off his collection. After talking for two or three sentences, he immediately asked Hong Yi to visit his collection in the stone cave.
A stone cave on the south side of the valley is obviously the place where the foxes live. The stone cave is big and wide, with a radius of five or six hundred steps, and a height of five or six people. After entering, it seems like a palace, without any restraint.
There are many small holes chiseled on the stone wall of the cave. On the small holes, oil lamps are lit. I don’t know what kind of oil this oil is, but it has this fragrance, but there is no smoke. The light is also very bright and the fire does not shake.
The stone caves are all wooden bookshelf on all sides, and there are a volume of books on them, including large books, small books, handwritten books, lithographs, woodcut books, and various papers, including bamboo paper, sandalwood paper, silk books, parchment scrolls, and even iron vouchers for alchemy books!
There are countless paper yellowed books in the four walls, and there are scriptures piled up under the corners of the walls.
This book full of stone chambers is conservatively estimated to be as many as 100,000 volumes.
There are so many books that are not as good as the "Langhuan Bookstore" of Wuwen Hou Mansion, which is famous for its collection of books. Hong Yi only went to the "Langhuan Bookstore" of Wuwen Hou Mansion when he was young and his mother was still there. He was surprised at the many books in it at that time, but later after his mother died, he was no longer qualified to go.
When Hong Yi usually studies, he usually saves money to buy it, and then borrows it everywhere, and copys it when he borrows it.
However, there is no sign in the book shop, and it is difficult to borrow it. Seeing so many books under the stack, his face suddenly showed a look as if he had walked into the treasure house. He also forgot why a nest of foxes had so many books.
"The Tripitaka? The Avatamsaka Sutra? The Rebirth Sutra? Why are most of them Buddhist scriptures?" Hong Yi walked to a large bookshelf, took out a book, and opened it. It was a Buddhist scripture, woodcut printing, and there was a long-standing seal behind it. The seal was "Da Zen Temple". It was an ancient book that was worth a lot of money when sold to a book shop.
I read a few more books, and the seal of "Da Zen Temple" was engraved behind the books.
"This is the book from Dachan Temple." Hong Yi said: "And these books, classics, history, texts, etc. are all put together, and there is no category at all. I am afraid that it is difficult to find when reading."
"I don't actually know much about this, and I don't know much about book classification." Mr. Tu's fur was slightly red, and he seemed to feel a little embarrassed.
In fact, Hong Yi said this lightly. Generally, the collections of books from major scholarly families are carefully classified and well organized.
The books in this stone chamber are messy, just like a big nouveau riche. He became rich and wanted to decorate his home into a family of scholars, but instead spent money to buy many books and place them randomly.
"In fact, these books were brought out from the temple when the Zhongzhou Dacheng Temple was suppressed and broken." Tu Lao sighed: "In such a large Dacheng Temple, there are tens of thousands of monks. Every autumn, there are thousands of monks who go to the countryside to urge rent. The main halls are running horses and lit incense, and the eternal lights are endless day and night, and they are bright all day and night. Unfortunately, they are broken by the army. The brilliant temples are burned and the treasures are plundered. Success or failure is really like a dream."
"Let's light incense... It turns out that Mr. Tu, you moved from Zhongzhou Dachan Temple to the west mountain of Yujing City." Hong Yi finally understood the origin of these foxes.
Zhongzhou Dachan Temple is located in the middle of the Dagan Dynasty. It is a thousand-year-old temple. It has reached its peak. Many books record the magnificence of this temple. It is said that this temple is a layer by layer. Every morning, the little monk who burns incense to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas has to ride a horse to run over. Therefore, there is a saying that horse-drawn incense is lit.
At the same time, this temple is also a holy place for martial arts, a holy place for practice, and a holy place for wealth.
Buddhist temples do not need to pay taxes, there is a lot of land, and the incense is even more important. After thousands of years of accumulation, wealth can rival a country.
Unfortunately, twenty years ago, the Dachan Temple contacted the old ancestors of the previous dynasty and were burned to death by a large army because it was burned to the fortress.
It is said that after the accumulation of this temple for thousands of years and its wealth was plundered, the finances of the Dagan Dynasty were unprecedentedly stable.
These things are recorded in the notes of many scholars. Hong Yi knows them very clearly.
"This group of foxes must be the fox tribe living near the Dachan Temple. Monks do not kill animals. It is safe to live there and can learn a lot of things. However, foxes are foxes after all. Although they are spiritual and understand the truth, they know how to practice, but they are not as good as humans."
At this time, Hong Yi had a clear understanding of the fox monsters in his heart.
"I wonder if I can sort out a category for me? This library is my pure fox tribe's treasure. After the little foxes can understand the words, they can come in to study. It is also considered a scholarly family. With the books in this room, my fox tribe will not be confused all their lives and will only be a beast that can only eat raw meat and drink blood."
Chapter completed!