I don’t know how long it took, but I woke up from the shock. The statue in my eyes changed back to what it should have been.

He turned around and asked Shen Lang, but he said that the statue has not changed and has always been like this.

I hesitated for a moment and did not say that the image was in my eyes that was consistent with my face. Maybe it was too weird, so weird that I didn't even believe it myself, thinking that there was an hallucination.

"How do you look at such a big statue!"

Shen Lang mumbled around the statue while talking.

"Look, no matter whether it is useful or not, no one will make such a prank."

I could only say helplessly to Shen Lang and I might find out.

The statue was very big, Shen Lang and I were walking around in circles, trying to find the secret hidden in the statue.

No matter from which angle, because of the special shape of this statue, Samantabhadra in all directions seemed to be looking at me, and the smile on the statue seemed to have turned into a ruthless ridicule of me.

It was almost dawn, and the staff got up to welcome the tourists coming and going. It was difficult for us to explain our origins clearly. In desperation, I had to leave with Shen Lang unwillingly and make plans.

Back at the hotel, Shen Lang and I were speechless. The room was filled with the sound of TV. In fact, we were not in the mood to watch the contents. We might just be afraid of the embarrassment caused by the two of us not talking.

"Old man, who are you? How many accomplices are there here?"

“This is a person.”

"Eleven?"

"Not eleven people, but one person."

"Twenty-one people?! Say, where are they hiding!"

"You heard it wrong. It's not twenty-one, but actually one person."

"Seventy-one people?! Do you think I'm stupid? Can these seventy-one people be hidden in such a small place?"

"Silly, you heard it wrong again, this is just a person."

"Ninety-one people?!"

"Two hundred and five, it's one person!"

"Two hundred and fifty-one people?"

......

A TV series was playing on TV. When I heard this funny conversation, I was stunned. The message from the mysterious man just asked me to see the holy statue, but it did not state that it was the statue of Samantabhadra in the ten directions on the top of the golden ridge.

Samantabhadra Bodhisattva takes Mount Emei as the temple. There is not only one Bodhisattva statue in Mount Emei. Since it is a statue of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, any statue can be called a holy statue. Perhaps I am just like the people on TV, with preconceived ideas, thinking that he asked me to go to the golden top, but ignored other statues.

Reorganized the idea. The golden statue of Samantabhadra in the Ten Directions was completed on June 18, 2006. It is 48 meters high and weighs more than 600 tons. It is currently the largest and highest statue of Samantabhadra in the world. But before this statue was completed, the recognized first statue of Samantabhadra should be the bronze statue of Samantabhadra in Wannian Temple. Fortunately, Wannian Temple is also in Emei. I should go to Wannian Temple to see it tomorrow. Perhaps this is the truth I am looking for.

When it was bright, I stopped Shen Lang who was going with me and told him that I just went to see the route first, let him have a good sleep, and then went with me at night. He was really shocked and sleepy all night, and after thinking about it, he went to bed first.

Wannian Temple was founded in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and was named Puxian Temple. It was rebuilt by Master Huitong during the reign of Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty and was renamed Baishui Temple. It was renamed by Baishui Temple in the Song Dynasty. It is one of the six earliest ancient temples in Mount Emei.

The white elephant lotus statue was cast in the fifth year of Taiping Xingguo of the Song Dynasty. The white elephant has big ears and long teeth, an elephant nose hanging down the ground, an elephant back wearing a saddle, and a ribbon and a bridle. The elephant back is attached with a golden lotus throne, consisting of four layers of lotus petals, small at the bottom and large at the top. The lotus statue is attached with a golden Samantabhadra Bodhisattva.

The Bodhisattva sat cross-legged with his knees, wearing a double-layer golden crown, and cast small Buddha statues around him. The Samantabhadra statue was wearing a cassock, with a chest exposed, and a gorgeous necklace on his chest. He held Ruyi in his right hand, placed his left hand in front of his knee, with his palm facing up, his eyes half closed, and his mouth slightly retracted, with dignified and graceful proportions, and fine workmanship.

I looked around the bronze statue and finally found something wrong with this statue. Perhaps this is why the mysterious man asked me to come here.

I returned to the hotel with excitement. When Shen Lang woke up, when I was eating, I told him that the goal tonight was to create a statue of Wannian Temple. He asked me what I found, but I smiled without saying a word, and I would tell him until the evening.

When it was dark, Shen Lang and I brought the things we needed and went straight to Wannian Temple.

I came to the beamless brick hall where the bronze statue was located, and looked at the statues worshipped by countless people during the day, standing there quietly in the night, as if waiting for me, and seemed to have something to say to me.

"Brother Chuan, it's time to tell me what you found."

Shen Lang couldn't wait to ask me.

"Don't worry, I'll tell you now."

I looked at him and slowly told him what I had discovered.

The bronze statues, especially the bronze statues of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, have been around since ancient times. Each era has different characteristics and shapes. This bronze statue of Samantabhadra of the White Elephant Lotus in Wannian Temple was cast between the fifth year of Xingguo in the Northern Song Dynasty and the fifth year of Dazhong Xiangfu. The Buddha statues in the Song Dynasty should have a plump face, a wide forehead and a rich chin, a dignified and beautiful appearance, and a kind and gentle expression. The top of the Buddha statue is fleshy on the top of the head, with a snail hairstyle. The fleshy bun tends to be flat, and the beads between the snail hair and the fleshy bun are obvious. The figure is portrayed perfectly. The posture is casual and lively, and full of personality.

Although this statue is of ancient style and has a distinct imprint of the times, its figure is well-proportioned and coordinated, its clothes are light and close to the body, its lines are flowing and soft, and its folds are twisted freely. The Bodhisattva's shoulders are wide and the waist is thin, its body is graceful, it is an S-shaped shape, garlands, and the ornaments are sophisticated and complex. The leaves of the treasure crown are hollowed out, and the middle leaves are crescent-shaped, which is a very distinctive feature of the Ming Dynasty.

"How do you know this? Is there any problem even if you know that the age is wrong?"

After hearing what I said, Shen Lang still didn't understand, so he looked at me stupidly.

"You are really stupid. Since the age is wrong, this statue must have been tampered with. The 62-ton bronze statue cannot be easily dropped. It must be because someone wants to hide or convey some information between them."

"As for how I know, it's not the books at home. What I have read since I was a child are all about the records of the collection of the collections, the ten volumes of Pinggu and the complete version of Tuoyu. These books are all about precious cultural relics in all dynasties. After reading them for a long time, I will naturally have a certain distinction between these."

After saying that, Shen Lang, who was still stunned, ignored him and looked around the Buddha statue carefully. I firmly believed that there must be the news I wanted to get in this statue.

After turning a few times, I finally found a clue. The white elephant stepped on the lotus platform with all its feet. At the connection between the lotus platform and the elephant legs, it seemed that there was an echo when knocked with your hands. The bronze statue was made of copper in its body, and it was impossible to have an echo. It seemed that the legs were hollow, but I was afraid there was a mystery inside.

Looking up and down, the Buddha statue held Ruyi in his right hand, but his little finger seemed to be on the point where the elephant leg was. Fortunately, I prepared enough this time. I took out the portable ladder prepared in advance and fixed it in place, so that Shen Lang could help it, took a deep breath, climbed up the ladder to find out.

There was indeed something strange about the little finger. There was a square box with different black and white dots distributed inside the box, one circle white and one circle black. It seemed that you could press it with your hands. It seemed that this should be the key to open the elephant leg mechanism.

If I read it correctly, this should be the situation of Qimen Dunjia.

When Qimen Dunjia was first established, there were 4,320 games, and later improved it to 1,080 games. By the Zhou Dynasty, Jiang Shang reduced it to 72 games due to the need for marching and formation. After Zhang Liang of the Han Dynasty was taught by Huang Shigong, he reformed it again and became the Yin Dun Nine Games and Yang Dun Nine Games, with a total of 18 games.

Looking at this dense appearance, it should be the first improved 1,080 games. There is only one Shengmen in Qimen Dunjia, and one of them is chosen by one, and only if you choose the right one can you open the mechanism of the elephant legs. If you choose the wrong one, you don’t know what will happen.

Just as he was doubtful, he saw that the direction of the little finger was not just the elephant leg, but the cushion used when he was kneeling and worshiping. He asked Shen Lang to move the cushion away. There were two sentences engraved on the ground under the cushion, "I have ten wishes for the world, and I have ten sentient beings tolerate it."

Since the little finger points the elephant legs to this sentence together, they should have a certain relationship. After thinking about it, counting ten rows vertically, counting ten numbers to the right, moving three numbers to the left, then moving four numbers upwards, and then moving one number to the right, and finally counting seven numbers downwards, gritting their teeth, pressing them down, and after pressing, only a series of mechanisms with little sound, the elephant legs opened.

Three left and four tops, one right and seven step, like a human being, it will not accumulate with the marquis.

This is a mantra in Qimen. It is a way to break the deadlock or find treasures when there is a basic point. Since Samantabhadra Bodhisattva has ten vows and ten tolerances, I have to gamble on this basic point, which is the tenth row, and it seems that I have bet right.

Getting off the ladder and looking at what is hidden in the elephant's legs with Shen Lang, it turned out to be another bronze sculpture.

This bronze sculpture looks like a bird, blue, with two feet and one wing, and some characters are vaguely engraved on its wings in seal script. Shen Lang asked me what the carving was, and I told him that it should be a bronze statue of Bifang.

Bifang, a symbol of fire. Wood essence, such as birds, blue, barefoots, two feet and one wing, do not eat grains. If you see it, there is a fire in the city. It is a magical bird of Huangdi guarding the car. "Shan Hai Jing", "Shenyi Jing", "Huainanzi" and so on.

I didn't have time to think about why a legendary statue of a divine beast inexplicably appeared in the legs of the white elephant under Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. I turned on the flashlight and looked carefully at the content engraved on Bi Fang's wings.

"I was 30 or 4 years old. Chengzu sent me to travel to the West. After twenty-six years, I have not yet found the trace of Emperor Wen. I had a strange and strange thing in my early years, but I couldn't figure it out. I put it into my descendants and descendants, passed down from generation to generation, and did not let others spy on it."

I was shocked after reading it, but Shen Lang had no reaction and asked me what the hell was written on it.

I took a deep breath and calmed down to tell him that we might have touched the secrets hidden in history.

Chengzu, Emperor Yongle of Ming, Emperor Wen, Emperor Jianwen of Ming. If I guess correctly, the person who left this sentence was the famous Sanbao eunuch: Zheng He!

Shen Lang asked me in amazement.

"Is this passage left by Zheng He?!"

"That's right, it was left by Zheng He!"

It was late at night and the sudden sound of us was shocked. Shen Lang and I looked closely and saw that at some point, there was a woman who was even more handsome and handsome in the night dress. She stood there and revealed her ability.

There is no doubt that the sudden applause and speech sounds were what she made.

"I am indeed a descendant of Han Ying, but I found Bi Fang so quickly."

The woman looked at me with a smile and said.

"Who are you, how come you are here?"

Shen Lang asked with a self-defense knife.

The strange woman ignored Shen Lang and walked towards me, patted my shoulder, and told me in a cool and warm tone.
Chapter completed!