Chapter 42 Chapter 40 The Mechanism Behind the Reclining Buddha

The old man directly brought Master Zhang Yao and Master Tuo to Chaoxia Temple. The monastery without incense, in this bright moonlight, reveals a kind of dead silence that makes people feel hairy.In the shadowy shadows of the cornices, the low groans of cold birds or unknown small animals can be heard from time to time, which is even more creepy! The two tall podocarpus trees in front of the temple gate stand upright like the second general Hengha, making the whole temple look more gloomy and solemn! Two bluestone monsters are stationed on both sides of the mountain gate. They are vicious and majestic, and people can't help feeling afraid.

Master Zhang Yao said a little timidly: "You just hid the Ten Thousand Immortals here?" The old man said: "It is the safest place to hide here, no one dares to come." Master Zhang Yao said, "Why?" The old man said: "This temple is haunted!" When Zhang Yaoye heard this, his scalp immediately went numb, and even his back twitched, a chilly air poured from the soles of his feet to his forehead. The mountain gate of the monastery was tightly closed. The old man went up and slowly pushed the heavy mountain gate open. The mountain gate made a dull and long creaking sound as it opened slowly.

A few frightened night birds flapped their wings and jumped into the night sky through the crack of the open door, making several horrible screams. As soon as you step into the mountain gate, in the shadows on both sides, the tall King Kong Arhat faintly reveals a shocking majesty in the darkness. Master Zhang Yao didn't dare to look around any longer, and followed the old man closely with his eyes straight. Master Tuo at the end turned around and closed the mountain gate again. Hearing the sound of the mountain gate being closed, Mr. Zhang Yao felt like a chilly wind was blowing on the back of his neck.He couldn't help shrinking his neck.

The old man in front may have sensed Zhang Yaoye's fear, and said, "Don't be afraid, all the gods are enshrined in the temple, and they won't harm you." Zhang Yaoye said in a fluttering voice: "Didn't you just say that the temple is haunted?" The old man actually laughed: "That's because the perpetrators have ghosts in their hearts, so the ghosts come out." The old man's crisp laughter echoed in the empty monastery. The old man's hearty laughter added confidence to Mr. Zhang Yaoye's heart, and he said, "The Bodhisattvas in this monastery are well protected, and they were not smashed and thrown into the courtyard dam."

The old man said: "If there are no ghosts in this temple, maybe these Bodhisattvas have suffered as well. You see, the big bells hanging and the incense burners that burn high incense have all been taken away to make steel, and the temple has not been demolished." gone." Right in front of the towering and majestic hall, stands a tall minaret, on which are hung a few remaining wind chimes, the wind chimes made a lonely metal knocking sound in the cold wind, like the last trace of a dying life Sad sigh. The old man led Zhang Yaoye and Master Tuo to the main hall. The door of the main hall was also intact and tightly closed.

The old man went up and slowly pushed the door open, and the moonlight shone through the door into the ground of the hall. A large reclining Buddha lay quietly in the center of the hall, and the prayer flags hanging on both sides of the reclining Buddha were The towels were hung in tatters. Zhang Yaoye didn't know where the old man was going to take him and Master Tuo, and he was always worried. The old man led Zhang Yaoye and Master Tuo up a few steps from the back of the reclining Buddha to the back of the reclining Buddha. Several huge mice swished down from the top of the reclining Buddha, scaring Zhang Yaoye Big jump, almost exclaimed.

The reclining Buddha's body blocked the only moonlight that slipped in from the door, and the three of them were hidden in a dark shadow. The old man bowed his body and pressed a mechanism in the dark familiarly. Then he heard a rumbling sound of rocks moving slowly, and a hole that could only fit one person emerged from the reclining Buddha's waist... The old man got in on his stomach first, and Master Tuo rushed in before Zhang Yaoye. Zhang Yaoye hesitated for a moment, looked around the gloomy and dark hall, and hurriedly got down on his body and went in. The old man had lit a torch in the hole.

The belly of the reclining Buddha is actually a dark room. The old man pressed a mechanism inside again, and the exposed hole slowly closed again. The darkroom became much warmer in an instant, and the surrounding world was also isolated from the outside at this moment. Zhang Yaoye's fearful heart suddenly fell back into his chest. Holding a torch, the old man led Zhang Yaoye and Master Tuo down the stairs in the dark room and continued to walk underground.The stairs are very narrow and steep, only enough for one person to walk with his head buried. Walking along the stairs with twists and turns for a while, a stone gate as tall as a person appeared in front of him.The stone gate is tightly closed, with mysterious patterns embossed on it.

The old man pressed a relief pattern next to the stone door, and the stone door slowly opened...