Mountains and rivers pray for peace

Chapter 101 Masked Guanyin
The old abbot didn't seem to expect that a young boy who didn't know the rules suddenly appeared. He frowned imperceptibly and glanced at Huo Xian: "General Huo, who is this?"

Huo Xian saw Huo Qi turn his head and winked at him secretly, although he didn't know what kind of medicine she was selling in the gourd, he still followed Huo Qi's words and said calmly: "Abbot, there is still some time before your majesty comes to offer incense, Ruoyu It seems that something went wrong and made His Majesty angry. I'm afraid no one can bear the responsibility. I went all the way into the temple, and saw that there were no extra guards in the temple except for a few monks. The abbot probably wouldn't mind if I stayed for a few more days Look at the statue of Gu Yu?"

"General, this... I'm afraid it's against the rules." The old abbot's tone paused slightly, with a embarrassed look on his face.

If Huo Qi was still unsure whether the old abbot was an enemy or a friend before, now his mind was as clear as a mirror.If he was really a Buddhist disciple with pure six senses, how could he care so much about these worldly things?She said with a half-smile: "Abbott, your Majesty has appointed General Huo to be solely responsible for escorting the jade statue this time. It's just that the abbot doesn't trust General Huo. Doesn't it mean that you don't even trust your Majesty?"

The old abbot's hand holding the rosary froze slightly, and a hint of sinisterness flashed across his Maitreya Buddha-like face.

For so many years, he has been the abbot of a temple in Baotan Temple, taking charge of all matters in the temple. Except for the nobles in the palace, who dares to comment on his arrangements?But now Huo Xian's servant dared to refute him regardless of life or death, which was really unpleasant.

But after he thought about it again, the key of the carriage was not very important to him, he only wanted the key to put the jade statue under his nose, so that the jade statue could appear in front of Emperor Xiaowen smoothly .But now that Huo Xian is going to take on this hard job, he is also happy to see it succeed, which actually makes it easier for him to escape from the good show ten days later.

After all, whoever touches that unlucky jade statue will be more likely to be unlucky.

Thinking of this, the old abbot smiled helplessly, and made a gesture of pretending to compromise: "In this case, General Huo will be hard-working. Please personally invite Jade Guanyin to the main hall for the consecration ceremony in three days."

Huo Xian naturally complied.

After discussing the issue of handing over the jade statue, the old abbot ordered the former young novice to lead Huo Xian and his party to the meditation room for a rest.Because Baotan Temple is a royal ancestral temple, there are few outside visitors, and it is empty, so Baotan Temple has arranged a separate meditation room for everyone.

When he arrived at the Zen room at the back of the mountain, he saw the young novice who was leading the way bowing and saying goodbye. Huo Xian wanted to grab Huo Qi and ask her what her intention was today, but unexpectedly, Huo Qi directly complained that she was tired and wanted to go back to the Zen room to have a meal and rest.Today's trip from Shaofu to Baotan Temple was already hard work. Seeing that she looked gloomy, Huo Xian had no choice but to let her go back to the house first.

Huo Qi had a simple dinner in the Zen room, sat on the beech wood Zen bed, closed his eyes and meditated, and listened quietly to the evening bell coming from the foot of Baotan Temple. When it struck the third time, the bell rang. There was a short knock on the door.

As soon as Queli entered the house, he went straight to Huo Qi and said directly: "I found out clearly. The iron carriage is parked at Bodhi Courtyard. Two people under General Huo are guarding the entrance of the courtyard."

"Let's go." Huo Qi opened his eyes and said immediately.

Because Queli had already explored the way before, the two of them didn't need much effort to reach the Bodhi Courtyard of Baotan Temple, and they really saw Huo Xian's people guarding the door.

Huo Qi was still wearing the neat men's clothes he wore during the day, and waved the keys of the iron carriage in front of the two men, saying that Huo Xian had ordered them to guard the liner.When the two saw that Huo Qi and Queli were familiar faces during the day, and that they had followed Huo Xian into the temple just now, they left immediately without doubting that he was there.

The evening bell had already been struck, and the entire Bodhi Courtyard was plunged into endless darkness.As soon as the guards left, Que Li took out a torch to polish it, and saw the iron carriage standing silently in the middle of the yard.Huo Qi immediately stepped forward to open the carriage with the key, and the Guanyin statue inside was revealed at a glance.

Jade Guanyin has kind eyebrows and kind eyes, looking down at all living beings, and there is compassion and compassion in his eyes.It is still the Guanyin statue during the day, there is no half difference.

Huo Qi looked up at the huge monster in front of him for a while, then asked, "What do you mean by saying that there is something wrong with the Avalokitesvara statue today?"

There were so many people on the way today, she was afraid of scaring the snake, she couldn't inspect Yuguanyin in front of everyone, and she couldn't question Queli carefully, so she had to suppress the doubts in her heart.Now she has been carefully measuring it for a long time, but she still can't understand the mystery.

Que Li was not in a hurry to answer, he looked at Yu Guanyin carefully for a while before lazily saying: "This Guanyin is fake."

"fake?"

Huo Qi didn't understand, Chen Dongrong didn't dare to use a fake thing to deceive the emperor and empress dowager even if he had the guts to do so. If someone exposed him, it would be a serious crime of deceitful decapitation.What's more, if this jade statue is fake, Chen Dongrong will be the first to be unlucky when he is suspected of submitting a fake jade statue, and the second to be unlucky is Huang Zhongting, who is suspected of subcontracting.

"To be precise, this jade statue is real. It is indeed made of fine white marble. It is even a good thing mined from the jade mine in Suicheng, South China." Queli said lightly, "But Guanyin's face is fake. Yes, it’s coated with a layer of jade grease.”

"Jade fat?" Huo Qi asked curiously.

Que Li put the fire bag in his hand next to Guanyin's face, and let Huomiao slowly climb up to Guanyin's face: "I have been with Zhang Laojiu for a long time, he not only relies on human slaves for food, but also works as a slave. Jade fat is the material used for counterfeiting jade. However, although the fake jade made of jade fat looks the same as the real jade, a fake is a fake.”

In the gap between Queli's words, a thin layer of mist gradually appeared on Guanyin's face, which was burned by the fire. After a while, the original face of Guanyin became blurred, and the upper layer of "jade" turned into oil droplets. Gradually melt off.

Huo Qi casually focused his gaze on the face of the Jade Guanyin, but as the jade fat on the surface melted, a carefully carved woman's face suddenly appeared behind her, making her breath stagnant. Can't look away.

It's just because this face has a shocking beauty, even more beautiful than the goddess statue that the second prince sent before.But this kind of beauty is also mixed with a majesty and dignity that cannot be looked at directly, giving people a sense of oppression that can only be seen from a distance and cannot be played with. Through this lifelike beauty, one can even faintly smell the fragrance of peonies at the end of the nose.

Her eyes flickered in and out against the flames, and she felt that the features on this face were inexplicably familiar, as if she had seen them before somewhere, but she couldn't remember them for a moment.

Where did you see it?

Huo Qi was thinking deeply when the flames in front of his eyes suddenly moved, and he heard Queli shout: "Who!"

Huo Qi suddenly came back to his senses and looked around, but he didn't see anyone.But Queli was a gifted sentinel. Since he noticed something was wrong, there must be a third person spying in the yard.

She was afraid of disturbing other people in Baotan Temple, and she also thought that this person must have come alone, so she just lowered her voice and said to the front: "Don't you show up yet, Your Excellency?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a tall figure appeared from behind the towering old tree in the corner.The ancient trees stood majestically, and the tree crown bordered the moon from a distance. This man seemed to have stepped on the moon at this moment.Even in such a tense atmosphere, this person still walked calmly and calmly, as if he was wandering in his own yard.

A chuckle sounded along with the steps: "It's really amazing that I can find the trace of this king."

(End of this chapter)