Relief

The Buddha said that the merits of giving lamps, the good men and women, before their death, they can see the four kinds of light again, see the sun, see the pure moon, see the heavens, and see the Tathagata sitting on Bodhi.

In front of the mausoleum of the Daguan Stupa, there are long lamps in the Buddha Hall for many years, and every night it becomes the light that guides the dying.

Xie Zhixu stood in front of the Buddhist hall, while the audience recited the evening homework, and the statue of Maitreya's great mercy shone brightly in the bright light.

"Let's go to the backyard." Xu Tao urged him.

Sleeping in the dark night, the backyard seems to be divided into two worlds from the splendor of the front hall.There was not even a single tourist, and the gate of the Holy Spirit was closed.

"Climb over the wall and get in!" Xu Tao said excitedly.

Xie Zhixu didn't understand what he wanted to do: "The mausoleum is behind, what are you going in for?"

"You said before that you wanted to go in and have a look, did you forget?" Xu Tao reminded him, "If there is any place in Jiangling Mansion that we haven't been to, this is it. Do you want to leave regrets?"

The two of them used to be young masters, fearless, and extremely curious.Unexpectedly, Xu Tao still retains this impulsiveness, but Xie Zhixu is no longer the old young master.

"Forget it, people are expressly forbidden to enter—hey..."

Xu Tao had turned over and rode up the courtyard wall, made a silent gesture to him, looked around for no one around Shendao, and beckoned Xie Zhixu to come up quickly.

There is a small temple two hundred steps away from the Shinto, with a bean lamp under the window, which is the dormitory of the tomb guards.They climbed over the wall and came in, not even disturbing the owl that roosted in the tree at night.

The stone beasts are guarded on both sides of the Shinto. Walking in, they are civil servants and military generals of the Nanping Dynasty. The civil servants hold the wat and the military generals hold the sword. Although there have been several dynasties outside the mausoleum, these stone sculptures still guard the emperor's rest for a long time.

It was only when they got closer that the stupa became more and more majestic. The two walked around the ground floor, but they couldn't find the entrance.

"Forget it," Xie Zhixu said, "This is a place for people to sleep peacefully, and I never thought of letting outsiders enter."

Xu Tao didn't speak, but touched the brick surface with his palm.

"found it."

He picked out a brick through the gap, revealing a deep opening, then reached in and pulled out an iron chain.

Xie Zhixu watched him operate, and was very surprised.The mausoleum is the secret place of Baoqing Temple. No one has ever known this pagoda so well.

The iron chain pulled out another pedal, and the subtle mechanical sound spread along the bottom all the way to the top of the tower.Looking up, the pedal climbs the tower, spiraling into the thick night.

"Go." Xu Tao stepped on the pedal, motioning for Xie Zhixu to follow.

The higher you go, the stronger the wind. Xie Zhixu suspects that he may be blown off the tower at any time and end up in the same fate as Gao Fengliang, but looking at Xu Tao in front, his back is steady, and it really shows that his inner strength and mental skills have been greatly improved.

The Daguan Pagoda was originally located in the center of the entire Jiangling Mansion, overlooking the city, only the one-third of an acre of land under the feet was completely unlit, like a dark heart.

Walking to the top of the tower, there are a total of 360 steps, symbolizing the cycle of the sun and the moon.Four square windows were opened on the top of the tower, and Xu Tao took him through the windows.

The moonlight is as bright as silver flowing water, swaying on the raw lacquer floor, illuminating the surrounding bookshelves brightly.

Xie Zhixu flipped through a few books, all of which were records of immortality and immortality in the previous dynasty.

Apart from these books, only the small porcelain altar enshrined in the central shrine remains.

All the people in Jiangling Mansion know that the Daguan Pagoda enshrines the relics of Emperor Nanping.This unique emperor, whose ultimate pursuit was to ascend to heaven and become an immortal, asked his courtiers to cremate his body so that his soul would escape from the mortal womb and ascend to the Paradise of Joy.

Xu Tao told him that in addition to seeking immortality wholeheartedly, this emperor also had a notorious reputation left in the annals of history, that is, he listened to one side and believed in another, and deceived his eyes and ears.

"Nepotism and trustworthy ministers playing power are not enough to describe the emperor's stupidity. It is rumored that one year in the severe winter, the emperor's favorite minister wrote a poem and recognized the white plum blossoms that bloomed in winter as pear blossoms, which aroused ridicule from everyone inside and outside the court. The imperial capital was placed on a charcoal grill, and the temperature rose overnight, just like spring suddenly. The white plums in winter grow in spring, and they become veritable pear blossoms. If he believes this, he will get a "zhang" after his death. As a posthumous title, Zhang Tongzhang, it is said that he can't see the big view."

The Daguan Pagoda is towering with nine stories, but the emperor on the top of the pagoda cannot see the sun in a small porcelain altar.

Xie Zhixu couldn't help sighing, and asked Xu Tao, "Since when did you know the story of the Nanping Emperor?"

Xu Tao didn't answer, but asked instead: "You know that in the entire Jiangling Mansion, thousands of households are watching, where can you find a place where no one is peeping?"

"..."

"That must be here, inside the mausoleum of the pagoda. Everyone in the Jiangling area can see the tower, but they don't pay more attention to it."

Under Xie Zhixu's gaze, Xu Tao walked to the edge of the shrine, and stretched out his hand to lift the cover of the porcelain altar.

Thanks to Zhixu: "!!!"

There was no relic in it, but a jar of ashes, Xu Tao put his hand into it.

"Hey!" Xie Zhixu was shocked, "You are too curious!" Before he finished speaking, he pulled out the Qingjing Tian with great foresight. Sure enough, Xu Tao suddenly returned his hand the next moment, as if he had thrown something at him.

Qing Jingtian shook out a burst of sword energy, which scattered the black shadow and turned it into flying dust.

He originally thought that Xu Tao hid some hidden weapon in the ashes urn and was going to make a sudden attack, but he didn't expect to throw a handful of ashes at him, and suddenly he coughed unpreparedly.

Xu Tao covered his mouth and nose behind the flying dust, and quietly watched him pull out the Qingjing Tian: "Xie Jinghui."

Xie Zhixu ate his mouth full of indescribable dust, and was very angry: "What the hell do you want!"

"You actually swung your sword at me," Xu Tao nodded calmly, "You guessed it, did you see me coming down from the mountain?"

Xie Zhixu also calmed down, the moonlight flashed on the sword, and he put on a defensive posture.

"I don't know," Xie Zhixu said, "You may go up the mountain to find your second uncle, or you may be to find Wanyuan."

"My father has something to go to other places, and he won't come back until early tomorrow morning. Has no one at home told you?"

Xu Tao didn't believe Xie Zhixu's words at all.Qingjingtian's sword glow swept across his face, Xu Tao sighed: "Why are you nervous, with your skill, once I lose the chance to sneak attack, what can I do with you?"

Xie Zhixu didn't speak, he licked the inside of his mouth with his tongue, and tasted a small particle that he knew what it was without saying anything, and his stomach suddenly felt nauseous.

"How does the emperor's ashes taste?" Xu Tao asked suddenly.

There was a tinnitus.

"What did you say……"

Xu Tao fixedly observed his reaction.

Xie Zhixu opened his mouth, as if a pile of ashes were stuck in his throat, unable to utter a single sound.Looking at Xu Tao's clear face, he suddenly knew something was wrong.

"It's almost impossible to see who I am." Xu Tao's voice was indistinct from far and near, "The emperor was stupid in life, and he will cause harm to the world after death. Let you also taste the feeling of being blinded by a leaf and losing all senses." how……"

The long night came suddenly.

Xu Tao stood at the same spot, watching Xie Zhixu slash wildly with his sword, he couldn't get close to him for a while.

"Tsk, it's really troublesome," Xu Tao said to himself, "but you can't hear, see, smell, smell, feel, or even speak. If you stay in this tower, you probably won't be able to escape."

He turned over the upper window, carefully stepped on the pedals under his feet, and retracted the pedals into the tower when he got down to the ground.

In the narrow window, the childhood friend seems to have fallen into madness, the sword is hacked on the bookshelf unconsciously, and the shrine is cut in half.

Xu Tao knew that he was guarding against his sneak attack.

"I've dealt with you, the castle master, but I don't want to kill people," he said, although the people inside couldn't hear him, "you stay here until the castle master's encounter with immortals is successfully concluded. If you are still alive at that time, I will I will let you out."

"Goodbye, my good brother."

Not long after Hou Daizhao joined Guiyizhuang, he offered a plan of torture.Lock people in a black room sealed with cotton cloth on all sides, with no light or sound through. They don't know that the sun and the moon change and the time turns.

At the moment when Xie Zhixu lost his five senses, there was only one thought in his mind - you are really there, Hou Daizhao.

Even if he really didn't know Xu Tao anymore, he wouldn't be so foolish as to think that Xu Tao could know the structure of the mausoleum and pagoda and the use of the emperor's ashes.He rushed back to Xu's house from the city, and saw Xu Tao coming down from the mountain, maybe he was looking for his second uncle and younger uncle Wanyuan, or maybe he had received a mission from the master of the new castle.

Xu Tao really learned a lot from Hou Daizhao.

But why?He exhausted his physical strength in swinging the sword, and had to stop, thinking that he had no choice but to kill or cut at will.

But in fact, I don't know if Xu Tao is still there, I don't even know whether Qingjingtian is in my hand, whether I am standing, sitting or lying down.He has completely lost consciousness.

The intense dizziness made him unable to distinguish his own situation, and his heartbeat and breathing were significantly amplified. He felt that he might have vomited, but he couldn't smell the smell of filth.

Who can help me?Who else knows I'm here?

By the way, he remembered the letter he sent back to the inn before he left.If he was not intercepted by the servants and successfully delivered to the senior brother, perhaps the senior brother would have noticed that he was taken away by Xu Tao.

Yes, that letter was not as Xu Tao had imagined, breaking off contact with his senior brother, but telling him where he was going.Although Xie Zhixu wasn't sure why Xu Tao sneaked back to the villa by himself at the time, he was always vigilant and held back.

He slowly sat down on the ground against the wall, it may be like this, or he may have suddenly lost strength and fell down on the spot.Anyway, even if you smash your head, you won't feel the pain.

Xie Zhixu never thought that Xu Tao would betray him.He couldn't help wondering whether the close friendship between the two of them in the past was an illusion. Perhaps he had offended Xu Tao completely at a certain moment in their relationship, so that the two fell into the current situation of betrayal and calculation.

Ever had a moment like this?

The mountain is full of red cherries in full bloom, and the old laughing words of Guiyi Village, Yan Yan, rang in my ears again.

Xiaojing!

King back?

sir...

Hallucinations in the dark.

There was the voice of his parents, Wu Taosheng's kind call like a brother, Wanyuan called his name with a smile, and Xu Tao ran in from the courtyard gate

——Let's go, Xie Jinghui!Let's go to the street to play!