Chapter 182 (1/2)
The temple is full of Buddhist incense.
The Empress Dowager turned to face the statue of Buddha, stretched her palm to the shrine, touched a pinch of incense dust, gently pinched it, and the dust on the tip of her finger gradually fell.
”If there is a flame like that in this palace, let alone the ashes that can't catch fire and burn, even the clouds above the nine clouds and the Yin wind in hell can be completely burned out!”
The Empress Dowager gently rubbed her fingers, and her voice was full of sobs.
The abbot lowered his head and read the name of Buddha: ”Amitabha.”
”You really don't want it?” the Empress Dowager asked in a deep voice
The hall was ablaze with lights.
On the shrine in front of the statue of Buddha, there was a lamp made by mixing the fat of whale and dragon beast. It was very bright. The light shone on the abbot and made the gold thread embroidered on the cassock glowing. It was very solemn.
”Such a flame...”
The abbot suddenly raised his head, staring at the Buddha statue in front of him. His eyes were burning and he said, ”who doesn't want it?”
”That's right,” the Empress Dowager said with a smile
The abbot sighed: ”monks don't lie. How can I tell lies in front of Buddha. The flame burst out of Chen xinglie's mansion is so powerful that I can't help but feel that the spirit is boiling hot and almost no fire will ignite. Such a flame, how mysterious. When the Buddha was young, before he became a Buddha, if he saw this flame tonight, he would inevitably be moved, not to mention the poor monk? ”
When the abbot said this, he put his hands together.
”Good!”
The Empress Dowager nodded contentedly and said, ”however, this matter...”
In the middle of this speech, the Empress Dowager stopped talking.
The abbot added: ”this matter needs to be considered for a long time.”
The Empress Dowager asked with a smile, ”do you still care about Jie Bodhi, the most outstanding disciple of the next generation of Youming temple?”
The abbot shook his head and sighed, ”I've read the Scripture, and I've given it to him. I have a clear conscience. Tell me what to do if you want to find the means of arson? ”
The Empress Dowager said, ”listen carefully to this palace...”
They were whispering.
However, not far away, in the courtyard of the forbidden area of the Imperial Palace, the speechless old eunuch held up a bronze mirror and saw their plans in their eyes. Although they could not hear the voices of the two people, they repeated all the words through lip language, with a vivid tone.
Half an hour later.
The discussion was over.
The Abbot turned away from the hall and flew toward the Youming temple.
Speechless hidden in the large array in the courtyard of the forbidden area, holding a bronze mirror in his hand, but his eyes were full of disappointment. He read: ”I should have left so soon tonight, and I didn't stay for the night. Is this old bald donkey overworked and kidney deficiency these days?”
North corner of the imperial city.
Youming temple.
In the temple, the lights are dim, and the chanting of Sanskrit.
In the Mahavira hall, the Bodhisattva sits with his head down, and the red flame on his body is gradually extinguished. Along with the flame, the vitality of the Bodhisattva is moving towards the final stage of extinction.