At six o'clock in the afternoon, the lama who was released from the desert camp by Zhu Tong returned to Tianlun Temple.
There are no high peaks in the Red Gobi. Tianlun Temple was built in the southeast of Niujiao Ridge to rely on this small red stone mountain to withstand the strong winds coming from the northwest.
From June to August every year, the last ray of sunlight will dance on the 108 golden tiles at the top of the main hall of Tianlun Temple to create its final glory.
The lama who originally selected the site for Tianlun Temple probably did not expect that the setting sun shining through the narrow gap between the two corners of Niujiao Ridge would become one of the eight most widely praised sights of Tianlun Temple, the sunset Buddha's light.
Luo Jia Geren, the chief disciple of Suowonda Living Buddha, just returned to Putian Temple the day before yesterday. Now the person in charge of Tianlun Temple is Gonggamu Living Buddha who once wanted to plot against Putian Temple.
Gonggamu Living Buddha called the lama over immediately. After asking about the situation, his expression did not change at all. He just comforted the lama and told him to go back to rest.
The sunset Buddha's light lasted for a quarter of an hour. Gonggamu walked out of the hall and looked up at the remaining light on the one hundred and eight golden tiles. He felt a burst of regret in his heart. He knew that he would probably never have the opportunity to appreciate the sunset again after tomorrow. The charm of Buddha's light.
Gonggamu only felt a little regretful about the loss of Tianlun Temple as a dojo, and did not have much feeling. Tianlun Temple did not belong to Butian Temple in the first place, so there was no need to lose it.
Moreover, when Luojia Goren returned to Butian Temple, he took away a large amount of property from Tianlun Temple.
Today's Tianlun Temple is basically empty except for the priceless Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva with Purple Gold Root in the main hall.
It is a pity that Tianlun Temple's great trust and high status in people's minds in Xijing will disappear from now on.
Among the three hundred monks in Tianlun Temple, there are forty-eight people who practice Tantric Kung Fu. Among them, among the twelve who have outstanding cultivation, four were destroyed in the fight between the previous living Buddha and the Eagle Buddha, and eight others Two of them ran away from the temple, and the two with the best abilities were accepted as disciples by Luo Jia Geren and followed him back to Butian Temple.
The remaining four went to the desert camp with Living Buddha Qusangzhuom, and only this one came back. Gonggamu only had six iron rod lamas from Butian Temple that he brought with him.
Zhu Tong said that he would come tomorrow morning. With the current strength of Tianlun Temple, the result can be imagined.
But Gonggamu didn't dare to give up Tianlun Temple just like that. He didn't dare to leave without Eagle Buddha's instructions; the six Iron Bar Lamas would not follow him either. They were all Eagle Buddha's personal guards and had been with him since childhood. Living next to Eagle Buddha, they will only obey Gonggamu's command within the scope of Eagle Buddha's teachings.
Eagle Buddha's last instruction was to ask them to assist Gonggamu in guarding Tianlun Temple.
The sun sets in the western sky, night falls completely, and the dark sky is filled with cool starlight.
"On a moonless night," Gonggamu glanced at the ferocious and cold outline of Niujiao Ridge under the stars, sighed and walked towards the White Hall in the backyard of Tianlun Temple.
At noon, one of the two Holy Light Lamas from the Butian Temple sent two people. Gonggamu knew that one of them was the famous Master Kongxue of the Golden Buddha Temple, known as the Snow Mad Monk, and the other young man, Gongga Wood has never seen it before.
The Holy Light Lamas are also two masters, but those two high-status Holy Light Lamas are simply not something Gonggamu can command.
Butian Temple is divided into two courtyards, the inner and outer. The Holy Light Hall is the most secret place of Butian Temple. The Holy Light Lama inside is second only to the Eagle Buddha. There are nine in total. It can be said that they are a group of transcendent beings. They protect the Holy Light. The hall enshrines the inherited treasure left by the first Eagle Buddha: the Holy Light Pestle of Roaring Heaven.
Before Suowonda Living Buddha was recognized by Houtian Holy Light Pestle, he was only a living Buddha in the outer courtyard of Butian Temple. The Holy Light Lamas did not have much respect for him. After receiving the recognition of Houtian Holy Light Pestle, the nine Holy Light Lamas Respecting him like a god, Suowonda Living Buddha was called Eagle Buddha and became the real master of Butian Temple.
Thinking about it, he was afraid. At first, how could he think that he could become the master of Butian Temple with his own cultivation? He could not resist any of these Holy Light Lamas.
It was dark inside Tianlun Temple, and the dim light from the side hall was not enough to dispel the overwhelming darkness of the red Gobi desert.
It's not that there is no electricity, but that electricity is not allowed in the temple.
With the opening of Tianlun Road to traffic, the power supply line was also extended outside Tianlun Temple; the emerging residential areas and commercial facilities were all powered by electricity, but the interior of Tianlun Temple was still illuminated by butter lamps.
When he arrived at the gate of the White Palace, Gonggamu stopped and respectfully explained his purpose inside.
After a while, the door of the White Hall opened, and the living Buddha Renjiesa Zun emerged from the bright butter light in the hall.
Gonggamu was stunned. He had been at Tianlun Temple for the past few days and had no idea when the living Buddha Renjiesa Zun arrived.
It’s not surprising when you think about it. Before he came under the sect of Eagle Buddha, Renjiesa Zun Living Buddha was the presiding Living Buddha of Shanta Temple in southern Tibet. He and the female Living Buddha of Xuegu Temple in southern Tibet belonged to the same flower sect inheritance temple, and they had an extraordinary relationship.
Now, something happened to Qusangzhuom and Zhu Tong was taken hostage. Of course Renjie Sazun would come as soon as he got the news.
Gonggamu's respect for the youngest disciple of Eagle Buddha is second only to Eagle Buddha. He is a person who values strength. Renjiesa Zun's cultivation can be regarded as the first person under Eagle Buddha; he is most likely to succeed him in the future. The Eagle Buddha passed on and became the master of Butian Temple.
"Senior brother, come in," Renjie Sazun looked at the sky outside and said to Gonggamu.
The 790 butter lamps on the five-story shelf illuminate the White Hall as bright as day. Unlike legend, only those who enter the White Hall can accurately know the exact time when Tianlun Temple was established.
Yes, seven hundred and ninety years, each butter lamp represents one year.
From the day Tianlun Temple opened, every September, monks will light a butter lamp in the White Hall. This tradition has been maintained for 790 years. Next month, no matter who is Tianlun Temple, Master, the 791st butter lamp will definitely be lit.
Gonggamu knew that this so-called tradition had actually been interrupted many times, and the exact time when Tianlun Temple was established had long been a mystery; but that number would not be more than the butter lamps in the White Hall.
Exaggeration is one of the necessary conditions for inheriting faith.
The Holy Light Lama is sitting in the corner of the white hall, his right hand is placed on a golden demon-conquering pestle, the tiger's mouth is covered with calluses, and the skin is rough and the muscles and bones are rugged.
His lips trembled slightly, as he was silently reciting the Holy Light Mantra, a tantric technique that only the Holy Light Lama can practice. There was a strange golden pattern tattooed on his naked right arm, which was related to the identity of the Holy Light Lama. It is said that the number of patterns represents the depth of the Holy Light Lama's cultivation. When facing the enemy, they will reveal the patterns all over their body. When chanting the Holy Light Mantra, there will be a mysterious effect of Vajra possession.
Shengguang Lama raised his head and looked at him. Gonggamu trembled, as if he had been hit by a cold force, making him feel uncomfortable all over.
He hurriedly dodged and moved to the other side of the white hall. Every time he faced the Holy Light Lama, Gonggamu felt like he was being stripped naked.
There was not only a Holy Light Lama in the White Hall, but also a young Tiezhang Lama, a man whom Gonggamu knew, and Jiang Xiaoyu who went to the desert camp with Qusangzhuom. Gonggamu did not see it. As for the two hostages, they must be locked up in the secret room under the Buddha statue in the White Hall.
Gonggamu became angry, pointed at Jiang Xiaoyu's nose and said, "You have betrayed Eagle Buddha's trust."
"Really," Jiang Xiaoyu smiled and said to Renjiesa, "He is very angry."
"Senior brother, Mr. Jiang is a guest of Eagle Buddha and a guest of Butian Temple," Renjie Sazun said to Gongga Mudao as he motioned for a lama with an iron rod to guard the door; "He has no responsibility to protect Samdrup Living Buddha. I don’t have that power either,”
"Then why is he still here?" Gonggamu asked angrily.
"I want to hear Mr. Jiang's opinion about tomorrow's matters, so I invited him here," Renjie Sazun pointed to the goose-yellow futon beside him and said, "Senior brother, please sit down, we need to discuss it carefully."
After sitting on the Gongga wood, Living Buddha Renjiesa said again: "Mr. Jiang just said that we can't just wait for them to come. We should take the initiative to do something to let more people know about the disaster that Tianlun Temple will face, so I think Senior brother, please go to Xijing now and hold a press conference at nine o'clock tomorrow morning,"
"Me," Gonggamu looked at Renjiesazun and then at Jiang Xiaoyu with confusion.
"Of course not you, but also Sambu. The injury on his arm is the best evidence. Lejinshani has already contacted his friends in Xijing. The three of you go together. Some media will come to interview you. Mr. Jiang I think you don’t need to say too much. You only need to do two things when you go to Xijing. The first is to report the case, saying that the living Buddha Samdrup, the abbot of Tianlun Temple, has been kidnapped by gangsters. His life and death are still unknown, and he asks the government for help; the second is to make a press release. At the meeting, Sambu's gunshot wound was shown and explained that you will go to Shanghai to hold a fundraising ceremony because the gangsters who kidnapped Samdrup Living Buddha asked for a ransom of one million, and Tianlun Temple cannot afford this huge sum of money,"
Lama Lejinshani is the lama in charge of Tianlun Temple. He is the lama who has the most interactions with the outside world at Tianlun Temple. He was born in a family of grassland herders. When he was thirteen years old, he suddenly received a divine message and became a storyteller. Adhering to the grassland tradition, go to Tianlun Temple to study Buddhism.
Lejinshani had never practiced tantric techniques. Because he was eloquent and good at observing people's emotions and dealing with outsiders, he gradually became the steward lama of Tianlun Temple who greeted pilgrims, and maintained good relations with believers nearby and even in Xijing, Beijing and Shanghai.
Sambu was the lama who had just been sent back by Zhu Tong to deliver the news. He had a gunshot wound on his arm from a short armed police second lieutenant.
Generally speaking, Gonggamu and Renjiesa Zun are simple monks, and they cannot think of such... otherworldly attention.
Gonggamu took a deep look at Jiang Xiaoyu and didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Does Master know?" Gonggamu asked after a long time.
He didn't want to do something like this, but he couldn't refuse.
"There is no news about the Master. He may be far away, maybe in Xijing," Renjiesa Zun Living Buddha said with a smile; "But no matter where the Master is, seeing the fall of Tianlun Temple and the suffering of Samdrup Living Buddha, And if we do nothing, we will be very dissatisfied,"
"I know, I'm going to prepare now," Gonggamu recited the six-character mantra silently, bowed and exited the white hall.
Lama Tieguang waited for Gonggamu to go out, then closed the door of the hall and stood guard outside the main hall.
"Mr. Jiang, do you think it will be effective?"
"Again, a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake. As the Living Buddha said just now, under such circumstances, it would be extremely stupid for Tianlun Temple to do nothing," Jiang Xiaoyu laughed, and said to the saint
Lama Guang said: "Master, I have done everything I have to do, and it is time to fulfill what you promised."
(Ten days of continuous updates, the fourth update...)