Chapter 990 Beamless Brick Hall [Three Thousand Characters Chapter]
Taoist priest Jinbi and Huang Qingcang arrived at the Wannian Temple one step ahead and were subsequently attacked. After paying a certain price, they might escape into the Wannian Temple, or they might retreat back the same way they came. The worst outcome is that they would be attacked.
The person was taken away by force.
The first two possibilities indicate that the attacker is not strong enough to resist, and the worst result is the last one.
If Taoist Jinbi and Huang Qingcang are both captured, the attackers may have an absolute advantage in strength and quantity!
What old enemy does the Emei sect have? Will it stop until the sect is destroyed?
Could it be the New Xuanshan Sect?
This is quite in line with the style of the New Xuanshan School.
Yan Shouyi was thinking about the problem in his mind while examining the corpse.
I heard Qi Dongqiang say before that a spiritual fruit was born in the Emei Sect. Could it be that this spiritual fruit attracted the Xinxuanshan Sect?
After Yan Shouyi's inspection, he found the bodies of Qingchengshan disciples and Dianyi disciples, dead from sword wounds.
The fatal injuries on their bodies all came from the blood sealing their throats, and the sharp swords quickly cut their throats, leaving them struggling to death in pain.
It is a pity that Yan Shouyi did not bring any descendants of folk sects such as corpse chasers or corpse stitchers this time, otherwise, there should be more discoveries from the corpses.
The belongings of the two sect disciples were intact and no one had touched them. This also confirmed that they were killed because they saw something they shouldn't have seen. The murderer had no other reason to do anything.
Immediately afterwards, he set his sights on the disciples of the Emei Sect.
The Emei Sect only accepts female disciples. Yan Shouyi did not check their private parts, but examined their exposed wounds.
Yan Shouyi discovered another clue from the disciples of the Emei Sect.
The wounds on the bodies of the disciples of the Emei Sect are very messy, with many scratches and bite marks. Most of the fatal injuries are caused by biting the main artery in the neck, causing excessive bleeding and death.
Compared with the disciples of the other two sects, the disciples of the Emei sect probably died from the attack of wild beasts, while the disciples of the other two sects died from very powerful swordsmanship.
Why is there such a difference?
Yan Shouyi frowned.
Obviously, the people who took action one after another were not the same group of people...but it can only be said that they were not the same group, not the same group.
After checking a few more corpses, Yan Shouyi made the final discovery.
The souls of all the corpses were scattered.
No matter it is a disciple of the Emei sect, or a disciple of the Qingcheng Mountain or Dianyi sect, there is no soul in the corpse.
They are not the same group of people, but they all choose to break up their souls. Is this to prevent some secrets from being discovered?
Yan Shouyi found nothing else and could only ask Qi Dongqiang who was standing aside: "Dongqiang, have you discovered anything?"
Qi Dongqiang looked ugly and shook his head reluctantly: "I think you are smarter than me. If you haven't even discovered it, it is even less likely that I will discover anything."
Yan Shouyi didn't ask any more questions, because he had no clue and his head was a little dizzy at this time.
Why did two groups of people come to Wannian Temple?
What is their purpose of killing?
Where did Taoist Jinbi and Huang Qingcang go?
Are Master Guanyun and the others still alive?
Many doubts could not be solved, Yan Shouyi thought in silence for a while, and finally had to give up.
Going back to join the others, the clues analyzed by others were similar to what Yan Shouyi had already thought of, and were not even as comprehensive as what he had thought.
There was nothing left to check in the square outside, and everyone could only look inside the Wannian Temple.
Wannian Temple is built facing the sea of clouds. After passing through the gate, what you see from the front is a beamless brick temple.
As the name suggests, the Beamless Brick Hall is a main hall without beams, also known as the Beamless Hall. It was built in the 28th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, which is 1,600 AD. It was built by Emperor Wanli to celebrate his mother's birthday.
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Everyone gathered together and carefully walked into the Wuliang Hall slowly, while the monkeys brought by Qi Dongqiang were asked to wait outside the hall.
When you walk into the Wuliang Hall, you can see that on the four walls of the hall, there are ten thousand Buddhas surrounding it, and the Buddha's light shines everywhere.
There are twenty-four Buddhist niches in the lower part of the inner wall, and each niche contains an iron-cast Buddha statue; in the upper part of the inner wall, there are horizontal niches and many small Buddha statues.
On the top of the dome hall, four flying fairies are painted, holding pipa, harp, reed, and flute respectively. The images are vivid and the colors are bright.
There are five white pagodas standing on the four corners and in the middle of the palace. The one in the middle is larger and the four corners are smaller. The four corners of the palace are also decorated with lions, elephants, deer and other auspicious animals.
Some people say that if the Beamless Brick Temple is regarded as a huge tower base, then the entire shape of the Beamless Brick Temple is a huge Vajra Throne-style tower.
As soon as Qi Dongqiang walked into the hall, he couldn't help but look up and around, and his body turned in circles.
As he walked, he couldn't help but exclaimed "Wow", as if he had never seen the world before.
"Is this the place where Caiyun usually chants sutras and meditates?" Qi Dongqiang said to himself.
At this time, Yan Shou grabbed Qi Dongqiang.
"What's wrong?" Qi Dongqiang was confused.
Yan Shou pointed behind Qi Dongqiang, his expression gloomy as never before.
The expressions on other people's faces were the same.
Qi Dongqiang turned around and noticed that there was a bronze statue of Samantabhadra nearly eight meters high in the center of Wuliang Hall.
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva sits on a lotus throne on the back of a six-tusked white elephant. He wears a golden crown of five Buddhas with six orbs embedded in it. He is more luxurious and beautiful than ordinary Bodhisattvas.
The head is slightly tilted to the left, the eyebrows are delicate and curved, the eyes are looking straight, the nose is small, the mouth is plump, the cheeks are plump, and the ears are wearing rings, the neck is wearing a collar, and the chest is decorated with beads.
He sits upright with his upper body upright, wearing a shawl and a colorful ribbon, with his chest half exposed.
The legs are crossed, sitting on the lotus throne, solemn and natural. The arms are bent, holding a Ruyi in the hand.
Under the lotus throne, there is a white elephant, with its head bent and its eyes looking down. Samantabhadra Bodhisattva is sitting on the lotus throne, graceful, elegant and dignified.
However, what really shocked Qi Dongqiang was not the bronze statue of Samantabhadra, but the person in front of the statue.
On the futon in front of the bronze statue, there is a young girl lying on her back. The girl is facing the ground and her back is in the sky. Her clothes are disheveled, as if... she has been insulted.
Qi Dongqiang's eyes turned red when he saw this figure. He rushed over immediately, muttering: "It's impossible...it's not her...it's impossible!"
He ran a few steps and suddenly stopped a few meters away, not daring to go forward anymore.
Because he recognized that the figure from the back belonged to Caiyun, the person he had longed for day and night.
Yan Shouyi hesitated for a moment and said to Tian Jue'er: "Jue'er, go and help."
"oh……"
Tian Jueer snorted, walked towards Caiyun silently, put his hand on her back, felt it for a while, and whispered: "She is dead."
Qi Dongqiang's body shook for a while, and finally he knelt on the ground weakly.
Tian Jue'er took off her coat, put it on Caiyun's lower body, and then turned her over.
This is a very innocent-looking girl with an oval face, big eyes, and small freckles on her cheeks.
It's a pity that at this time, the girl's eyes were fixed on the fear and pain before death, and her body also had multiple fractures and bruises and internal injuries.
It is conceivable that Caiyun was not only humiliated but also tortured mercilessly before his death.
Such an innocent and lovely girl, devoted to the Buddha, doing good deeds and accumulating virtue, finally encountered such a terrible thing in the place where she chanted sutras and chanted the Buddha every day.
How desperate she must have been at that time.
Tian Jue'er looked at Caiyun's body and couldn't help but blush.
If she hadn't met Yan Shouyi and the Folklore Research Association, her ending might have been like this.
Qi Dongqiang gathered his strength, crawled to Caiyun's side, took her body from Tian Jue'er's hands, held her body tightly in his arms, and cried silently.
Outside Wuliang Hall, Huanhuan and Lele seemed to sense Qi Dongqiang's emotions, and they all stretched their heads to check the situation curiously.
Long Feicheng was silent for a while, and finally couldn't stand it anymore. He stepped forward and comforted: "Dong Qiang, let her rest in peace for now. We will find the murderer and avenge her!"
Qi Dongqiang raised his head, closed his eyes, and waited until the tears dried up before he nodded.
Reach out and let Caiyun close her eyes.
But the scary thing is that no matter how Qi Dongqiang played with Caiyun's eyes, Caiyun just couldn't close his eyes!
She stared at Qi Dongqiang with stern eyes, as if asking him why he failed to save her life.
When Yan Shou saw this, he stood up and felt it for a while, and felt strange: "She has obviously lost her soul. Even if she has resentment, she can't gather it. How can she not be able to close her eyes?"
Qi Dongqiang silently laid Caiyun down and said in a deep voice: "Maybe she wants to wait until the murderer gets the punishment he deserves before closing his eyes."
Zhuge Ji searched around, but in the end he had no choice but to split open the merit box in the temple, reluctantly made a coffin, and asked Qi Dongqiang to put Caiyun in it.
After temporarily placing Caiyun's body in the coffin, Qi Dongqiang still couldn't let go.
But Yan Shouyi and the others can't just sit idle, because the danger in Wannian Temple has not been eliminated, and finding the murderer is their most important thing at the moment.
Yan Shouyi stood in front of the bronze statue of Samantabhadra, his heart aching.
The murderer actually chose to humiliate Caiyun in front of the bronze statue of Samantabhadra. This is simply a lawless person!
As the saying goes, there is a god three feet above the head. This person dares to do such a bold thing, which shows that he has no gods or Buddhas in his eyes. He is arrogant and extremely arrogant.
But...why Caiyun?
Yan Shou looked back at the square in front of the palace. There were many disciples in the square who were more beautiful than Caiyun. Why did the murderer choose Caiyun and kill her in such a bad way?
Is it just a coincidence?
There were no other corpses in Wuliang Hall, and there were no signs of fighting.
The incense in the incense burner has long been burned out, and there is no clue to update it.
Yan Shou patted Qi Dongqiang's shoulder and said, "It's time to go inside. Caiyun's revenge is still waiting for you to avenge it."
Qi Dongqiang stood up slowly, lowered his head and gritted his teeth and said:
"I must find the murderer and cut him into pieces!!"