Chapter 38 Chapter Thirty-Six

"Wrong?" Sally's expression was complicated, including surprise, disappointment, and regret. Xie Huiren nodded, he had to admit that he guessed the riddle wrong, "The bottom is obviously solid." Sally knew he was right.Suddenly, her eyes rolled, "Brother, the book you mentioned is hidden on the top of the pillar." Xie Huiren's eyes lit up, that's right, there isn't one below, but what about above?He looked up at the girders supported by the top of the pillars, and things could be placed on them. He stood up all of a sudden, and the two looked up at the same time.

"I have to go up and have a look." Xie Huiren murmured, his voice was weird because his head was raised. Sally grabbed him and pulled his hand down his sleeve. Her concern, worry and tension were all conveyed to him in her little hands, "Brother, this is too dangerous." Xie Huiren squeezed her hand and gave her a wink, "Don't worry, you forgot?" Sally laughed, and she remembered that when she was young, once the teacher and father wanted to hang a golden building on the girder, and was telling the little master to find a ladder, but Xie Huiren said that there was a narrow place in the corner of the hall that could be climbed up, and the little one hadn't waited for it. The master brought the ladder, and he had already lowered the rope from the girder.

At that time, he also found a small box behind the plaque of the "Daxiong Palace", so he took it off and handed it to the teacher and father.When they opened it, it turned out to be a statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva.The old teacher said that it might have been put up by some eminent monk a long time ago.Later, the master reminded Xie Huiren that he could never do this again, but Xie Huiren told Sally that he had secretly climbed up several times since then. Yet Sally was still worried, and her eyes were full of tension. Xie Huiren could understand the concern in her eyes, stretched out his hand and patted her shoulder lightly, and said to her comfortingly, "I'll climb to a high place first and see what's on the beam. Don't worry."

Sally nodded, and reluctantly followed Xie Huiren to the corner of the hall. There seemed to be a simple scaffolding that could be climbed directly. She guessed that it was left by the architects in ancient times to facilitate the maintenance of the roof. Xie Huiren smiled wryly. He was a child back then, and climbing this narrow passage was not a problem, but now the weight is really embarrassing.He took off his coat and handed it to Sally, looked up, took a deep breath, grabbed some protruding wooden prongs, and climbed up like a rock climber. Xie Huiren had just climbed two meters above the ground when he realized that there was absolutely nothing on the girder. Master would never leave anything in the hall, no matter if it was underground or on the roof!However, he still wanted to try his luck, and continued to climb for a while. When he was able to look at the beam, he stabilized his mind, placed his hands and feet in a safe and stable place, and turned his head to watch carefully.Sure enough, there was nothing on the girder except thick dust.

After Xie Huiren came down, he slapped the dust on his body and said, "I suddenly remembered something, we found the wrong one." Sally stared at him with wide eyes. "Based on the situation at the time, this hall might be burned down or demolished. No matter how ill-considered Master is, he would not put anything important in the hall." Xie Huiren explained with a heavy tone. "It must be somewhere else. We need to find a place with a pillar." "But." Sally looked embarrassed, "but where are the pillars here?" Xie Huiren was silent for a while, looking around blankly.Yes, where are the pillars?

Looking out from the main hall, the sun is gradually fading, it seems that it is already four or five o'clock in the afternoon, time is running out, if the judgment is wrong, the time of this day will be wasted! "Try your luck." Xie Huiren felt a little frustrated. He needed Sally and needed her by his side.Naturally, he took the coat that Sally handed over, but he didn't put it on. Instead, he held her hand, and dragged her to the outside of the hall as he did many years ago. He is holding my hand.Sally's heart was a little fluttering, but she clearly felt the warmth in her heart rapidly radiating to her whole body.

Pillar. Xie Huiren thought to himself, Zhuzi.But he knew clearly that there were no pillars anywhere in this small temple.It feels bad to be lucky, and it gives one a sense of powerlessness and frustration, as if everything is only by grace.Where is my head?What about my Buddhist knowledge?But he obviously knows that this is not something that any Buddhist knowledge can answer. If he is given a complicated puzzle in the history of Buddhism, as long as he is given a little clue, he is confident that he can find the correct answer.But this time is different, it has nothing to do with history, but to find that weak "possibility" in reality.

Possibility means maybe not possible.If Master didn't leave me with anything? Xie Huiren held Sally by the hand, and he decided helplessly that if he couldn't think of any clues within an hour, he could only give up. However, he knew that he was not reconciled, and there was a faint voice in his heart telling him that Master would definitely leave something for him!Master once said that grandma's silver bracelet should be buried. He couldn't bury it in a place that Xie Huiren hadn't been to, could he?Moreover, without the clue of Master, Xie Huiren felt that he would have no clue to think about the "four majors" and "there are four more".

Xie Huiren hoped that the Buddha could give him some enlightenment and let him have a flash of light in his mind.He has had this kind of wonderful experience many times. Often when he can't get a clue in the face of a puzzle, he sees something, or thinks of something by chance, and the two lines are magically connected together, like two naked wires. Like a wire, a fierce electric spark was produced. Now, what he was looking for was another bare thread lying peacefully on the ground, not remembering where there were pillars in the temples of his childhood.These are two completely different ideas.Xie Huiren tried his best to clear the impression of the temple in his mind. Now, he only needs to see what he sees instead of thinking about it.

This way of thinking made Xie Huiren's mind more relaxed and flexible, and he actually thought of Zola's naturalism. He took Sally's hand and walked aimlessly around the ruined temple. There was nothing to see between the mountain gate and the main hall. It was just a stone corridor overgrown with weeds. He had also seen the monk's room and Zen room of the building the day before, and the dilapidated appearance was not even as good as the main hall.In the open space among them, they stood for a long time, silently, without speaking. Behind the monk's house, there was originally a small vegetable garden. Xie Huiren often went there to work when he was young, and he also took Sally there to play in his free time.Obviously, it should be a wasteland now.

Next to the vegetable garden. Xie Huiren's heart skipped a beat, next to the vegetable garden... Pillar! Sally felt that Xie Huiren's hand exerted some strength, which woke her up from her memories, and before she could say anything, she was hurriedly pulled away by him. "Where are you going?" Sally finally asked as she walked slowly. "Pillar!" "What? There's another pillar here?" "Did you forget? When you were young, you thought it was a pillar." Sally suddenly realized that indeed, there was a tower behind. When she was young, she thought it was an abandoned stone pillar, and it was thrown at the back of the temple.Many times, when they were playing there, Xie Huiren discovered a hole in the tower, and he could still get into it at that time and play hide-and-seek with her. "But," said Sally, hurrying along, "but that's not a pillar, it's a tower." "That's right." Xie Huiren slowed down a little, "If you saw the early pagodas, you would think they were pillars." As he walked, he introduced to Sally, "The pagoda was a form of tomb in the ancient South Asian subcontinent. It was used in Buddhist homes to store scriptures and relics. After it was introduced to China, many styles were developed. Ancient people Wood was used to build towers, but it was easy to burn, so bricks and stones were used to build towers later, but some towers were made into imitation wood structures, and wooden rafters were placed on the stone towers. After a long time, the wood decayed and changed beyond recognition .” He paused, “You know the legend of the White Lady, right?” Sally smiled, she knew he had another funny story. But Xie Huiren is not in the mood to tell a story right now, so he can only say as concisely as possible, "When Xu Xian saw the white lady for the first time, he was on the way out of the Baochu Pagoda to worship Buddha, but the wooden eaves of the Baochu Pagoda now It just fell off, and if you looked at it, you would think it was a pillar." As they said that, they had already walked to the vegetable field, and not far from the left was the columnar tower that had been destroyed. After watching for a while, Xie Huiren sighed, "It shouldn't be, why is it so dilapidated?" "What?" Sally turned her head sideways and looked at him puzzled. In her consciousness, it was expected that the tower would be dilapidated. "The tower is the most important building in a temple. In ancient times, temples were built around the tower. Without a tower, it would not be a complete temple. Moreover, the towers in many temples are the tombs of eminent monks." "Well, I know." Sally interjected, "Shaolin Temple has Pagoda Forest." Xie Huiren looked at her in surprise, "Hehe, you still know this." "It was on TV." "Ah." Xie Huiren sighed again, "The TV is full of nonsense, it is impossible to fight in the Tallinn, and monks lured the bad guys there." "how?" "The status of Tallinn is too high in the temple. Ordinary monks are not allowed to enter. How can it be possible to fight and play in it? It's like a gangster broke into your house. Instead of driving him out of the room, you also drove him out of the room." Lead to the safe at home." "Fuck you." Sally pretended not to be happy, "Your house just got thieves." Seeing her naughty and cute look, Xie Huiren couldn't help laughing, held her hand, and gently exerted strength. "Okay, let's try our luck again." This time Xie Huiren's luck came.He cleaned up the weeds and a few big rocks, and pulled out a small bundle from the tower hole he had discovered when he was a child. Sally was as happy as a child, kneeling on the ground, waiting for him to unpack the bundle. Xie Huiren closed his eyes and clasped his hands together to calm his heart down.Buddha, Master, is this the hint you gave me?In this puzzle, what hints will you give your disciples?Is the thing in the baggage a complete answer to the mystery, or a clue to the next mystery?And this mystery, could it be a test given by the Buddha to his disciples?The one who sets the riddle is the Buddha, the answer is the Buddha, and the one who gives the hint is also the Buddha. Sally couldn't wait any longer, she was eager to open the bag and see what was inside.But when she saw Xie Huiren's appearance, she also took a deep breath, closed her eyes slowly, and prayed softly. After a while, Xie Huiren and Sally opened their eyes and looked at each other. They both saw surprises in each other's eyes.Xie Huiren carefully untied the burden knot, revealing an object inside. Avalokitesvara. The statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva he found behind the plaque in the main hall. "That's it." Xie Huiren suppressed his excitement, and said in a low voice, "Yes, it is hidden in the pillar." Sally was a little disappointed, she thought she would find a more precious treasure, so she said doubtfully, "Brother, why is it a statue of a Bodhisattva?" "That's right, he is the one recorded in the "History of the Pillars"." "Isn't it Songtsan Gampo?" "That's right, in Tibetan historical legends, Songtsan Gampo is the incarnation of Avalokitesvara." Sally blinked her eyes, "That's not right, that sentence obviously refers to a man." Xie Huiren raised his head and looked at Sally with a smile, "You are right again, at least before the Tang Dynasty, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva was always a man."

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Notes: ,Wait.He created the genre of naturalism literature.Its proposition is "accurately describe life according to the facts, without any evaluation or need to go deep into the essence of things", that is, "I saw it, I said it, and I recorded it sentence by sentence, that's all."Here it is said that Xie Huiren only cares about what he sees, and does not think about the meaning of what he sees.