Chapter 2106 Flower dispute (fourteen)

  Admiral fell ill and developed a high fever, and his work was almost entirely handed over to Cao Xi.

Nick felt his anxiety when he visited him. After a day's search after receiving Nick's note, his officers seemed to have found some signs of rebels, and they would gather on full moon nights. Burning incense, and this time the meeting place is likely to be a village temple, Cao Xi will lead people to arrest them, and Nick will follow.

  This village is located on the only road to Macau. Nick planned to take this opportunity to find the priest, so he rode away with Cao Xi.

  Nick originally thought that Cao Xi would take a sedan chair, and many civil servants would do so, but Cao Xi's riding skills were good, and it took them just over an hour to get to the vicinity of the village. In order not to "beat the grass and startle the snake", they all changed into civilian clothes, the soldiers dressed as caravan buddies, and Cao Xi was "the shopkeeper", and Nick pretended to be a painter who sketched everywhere, although he was originally doing this. .

   There is a temple outside the village. At its entrance, there are two impressive sculptures of ghosts and gods, as if they are guarding the gate of the temple piously. One statue had a handsome face with a smile on his face, the other one was wide-eyed and stared at big blood-red eyes, and a tall and thin old man told them that in order to make the statue look more dynamic, the blood-red eyes of the angry statue were dyed with the blood of animals. Yes, the purpose is to scare people.

The entrance of Notre Dame de Paris also has a relief sculpture of Doomsday, and there are dripping beasts on the eaves, which also serve as a warning. Then they entered the temple gate. Temperament, she looks like the image of the Sistine Virgin.

  Some people come and go here, or they are so pious that they kneel and kowtow, or they hold incense in their hands and recite words. Cao Xi didn't go in. They came to the second hall on the central axis of the temple, a place called "Daxiong Hall". Thirty or forty monks sat on the futon, and a figure similar to the dean presided over the activities. The rhythm beats the wooden fish with a wooden hammer, and the wooden fish is covered with a red cloth and recites a dull tune.

  The Buddha was enshrined in the hall. Cao Xi observed it at the door, and then went back. Here they encountered an obstacle, and a monk blocked their way.

Cantonese was actually a bit like Mandarin, but they spoke so fast that Nick barely understood it. Cao Xi smiled at the monk, then turned and left, wandering around the temple like an ordinary tourist, occasionally Nick would Stop to copy those Buddha statues and murals on the walls.

  There is a small island opposite the temple. It should be the residence of local fishermen. There are a lot of nets on the shore, and a few sailboats are docked. If you want to go there, you must take a boat. No matter how you look, it is very calm.

   "Their goal may be the Tianhou Festival." Cao Xi said to Nick after watching the beautiful scenery for a while, "If the news you gave us is true."

  Nick counted the time. There were only 7 days from the full moon to Mazu's birthday. There are already so many people. When the official celebration comes, there will be more people, and the riots will be more serious.

   But now is not the time for free imagination, Cao Xi's speculation needs evidence, and they need to catch the prisoner to prove it.

   The last apse that is not allowed to enter is suspicious, Nick and Cao Xi left in the afternoon, and then returned to the town where they were with the others just now.

  People in the town are selling offerings to Mazu, such as candles and "paper money", as well as many lotus lanterns that can float on the water. This is a very strange place. Mazu does not seem to be Buddhist or Taoist, but believers still have to put on lotus lanterns representing the sacred flower of Buddhism, even though the lotus has been regarded by the government as a symbol of rebellion.

When the government planned the action at night, Nick did not participate. He took out Joseph's "Notes on Chinese" and continued to study. For Europeans who want to learn Chinese, they can find a wealth of information in the translated works. Joseph also translated "Zhao" "The Orphan", Voltaire translated it into "The Orphan of China", which was screened at the Paris Opera House, and later became a sensation in many well-known theaters in Europe.

  It may be that the layout has been completed, and Cao Xi came to find Nick again. He was wearing a blue satin robe today and looked very capable.

   "What's your plan?" Nick asked in Mandarin.

   "You learn very fast, who taught you?" Cao Xi asked with a smile.

  Nick did not mention Juren's name, although if Juren was selected, he and Cao Xi would be colleagues in the future.

   "When the action is over, I want to go to Macau." Nick said, "I will stay there for a few days until Din Hau's birthday."

   "You have nothing to do here, you can move freely." Cao Xi said.

  Nick really couldn't find a reason for him to stay here, so he wandered around the town. There was a stage in the town, and there happened to be a troupe performing there. The play was called "Dou E Injustice".

The heroine on the stage sang with the shackles. He didn't understand very well at first, and after adding the singing, he didn't know what to say, but he still drew her portrait. The children in the town thought he was very funny and watched him. Drawing, he drew some sketches for these children.

   In the evening, people gradually dispersed. After all, the town is not like Guangzhou, and there is still a nightlife. They rode horses to the temple they visited during the day by moonlight.

   This time they did not enter from the front door, but from the back door, and there were no ghosts and gods guarding the back door.

  The two soldiers were so light that they climbed over the outer wall of the temple, and then opened the closed back door. Others filed in, and Nick followed into the back hall.

The    bright moon was in the sky, but the entire apse was shrouded in a kind of thick darkness, and others had sneaked through the door.

   Cao Xi looked at the person on the opposite side, kicked open the hall door, and then began to shout.

   "Don't move!"

   But there was no response, and Cao Xi shouted again after a while.

"go!"

   Then all the soldiers followed him and left through the kicked door.

  Nick did not follow them, he entered the hall.

   There were no lights inside, but the moonlight outside poured in through the open door.

   This hall is dedicated to Maitreya Buddha. According to the ordinary temple layout, it should be facing the entrance of the temple, which is the location of the Mahavira Hall, but this Maitreya Buddha is indeed facing the back door.

You can clearly see that its shape is different from the ordinary Maitreya Buddha. Nick has seen the bronze statue of Maitreya Buddha in the store. Can have good luck.

  The whole shrine looks like a stage. There are wood-carved terraces on both sides of Maitreya Buddha, on which are standing Arhats of various shapes.

   The Maitreya Buddha in the center is not golden, but all white. Although there is a smile on his face, his eyes are wide open, and the smile becomes hideous and strange.

   The most important thing is that this Maitreya Buddha sits on a white lotus throne.

   Maybe that's why they are called the White Lotus Sect.

   "The story that happened next was very weird, and unfortunately I can only recap the outline of the story." Georgiana recited "Someone heard voices here."

   Bonaparte listened without expression.

"The voice said, you thought that fate was in your own hands, but you firmly believed in your heart that you were the one chosen by fate." Georgiana said, "And you, thinking that you want to escape from the mundane world, plan a Peace and freedom, the suffering of all living beings is due to indulgence. If people have no desires, what is the meaning of living? The so-called 'emptiness' does not mean that there is nothing, but that you understand what will happen, but do not step into it, such as The Buddha looked down on all beings in samsara, and once you step into samsara, it will be difficult to escape."

   "What do you mean?" asked Bonaparte.

   "It's like the audience and the actors." Georgiana replied blankly, "The actors on the stage are performing the joys and sorrows of the world, and the audience is just watching, but not participating in the performance."

   "What's the point?" asked Bonaparte.

   "You can't feel the pain." Georgiana replied "If the heart doesn't move, it doesn't hurt."

   He still doesn't seem to understand.

"Don't you like India?" she said angrily, "This is the Dharma, if you feel the same way and feel anger when you watch a play, it's karma, and you're going to fall into a sea of ​​misery. I thought Nick was there. Knowing that marrying Wan Ning would mean staying in China and not being able to go back to Europe, he gave up, but he didn't, and he was only involved now."

   he was still thinking.

"You see the future, but you can't change it. What's the difference between seeing it and not seeing it?" Georgiana continued to read the contents of the book. Tathagata."

   She paused here as she muttered.

   "What's the matter?" he asked.

   "Which of the six reincarnations do you think we are in?" she asked him.

   He frowned, then looked ahead, "I don't believe in Buddhism."

   "Me too," said Georgiana, tearing the page with a slam, and burning it with fire magic. "Having a voice in your head is not a good thing, even in the wizarding world."

   "You mean crazy?" said Bonaparte with a raised eyebrow and a smile.

   "I think someone is really confused by a fever." She also said with a smile, and then continued to read the following content.

   (end of this chapter)