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17. Big Buddha Statue in Jiazhou

Soma asked directly, I don’t understand why the master sent the guizang to Lumangre’s command, which would harm your eldest son.

Shang Jiezan smiled awkwardly: "What can you, a lowly slave as much as mud, know about the swordsman of the Nang clan? This is the sign of my alliance with Lumangre. Sooner or later, I will regain my glory from the Cai Bang family."

"But it will soon become a bloody battlefield again," said Soma. "It is so incompetent that Lumang warmed up as a general, but he continues to entrench his high position. Sooner or later he will kill everyone in the state, including Qizang."

"You fool is about the wisdom of Mangre, a kind of political wisdom. My son is so brave and too simple. What he lacks is this wisdom." Shang Jiezan said.

Soma shed tears and saw that she could not convince her master, so she asked, "I will also go to Zhuzhou, so she let my guards beside her beggars."

Shang Jiezan did not refuse, he nodded.

So Soma kowtowed to his master, then turned around and rode his horse away.

Shang Jiezan was left with a feeling of resentment, and he looked at the distant sky.

A beautiful and majestic eagle was sweeping by with its wings spreading.

In the early spring of the fifth year of Xingyuan (787), Gao Yue, the governor of the Dingwu Army who was in charge of the army, handed over the military affairs to Gao Gu and asked him to return to Xingyuan Prefecture with the entire army. At the invitation of Wei Gao, he went to Longyou Town, Jiazhou to see the large Buddha statue under construction.

Gao Yue and Wei Gao were shoulder to shoulder, Zheng Zhi followed behind, and Duan Jinyi, the "guest" of Nanzhao, was even behind. The scholars, the servants and the servants in the shogunate, and the Shu capital were all the champions. They walked on a long walk and climbed Lingyun Temple at the foot of the mountain on the east bank of the river.

At that time, the spring was chilly, with the flowing clouds and the peaks of the mountain. The nine mountains around Lingyun Temple were scattered and beautiful. Everyone was a famous figure in the country. They were a grand view. They climbed the Tianning Pavilion in the temple, which was a far-reaching view. They saw that from the mountain, Longyou Town was just at the meeting of the Sanjiang River. The Qingyi River and Dadu waters surging, breaking into the Minshui River from Shu Capital. The mountains opposite Sane are tall and beautiful, just like picturesque. The Sanjiang River swept across the cliff and made a deafening roar. The boat was underneath, like a dead leaf in the torrent, pounding bitterly, which was dazzling.

"Great Maitreya, Great Maitreya!" Behind the Tianning Pavilion, a group of beautifully dressed champions exclaimed, pointing at the great Buddha statues that were close to the cliffs on both sides.

Gao Yue held his hands behind his back and looked at the famous big Buddha statue.

He had seen the completed Buddha before, but now he saw the unfinished Buddha.

The magical contradictions made him laugh and cry.

The Great Buddha was built by the monk Haitong in Kaiyuan period, but until Haitong passed away, the grand project was not completed. Later, the war was in chaos. Yan Wu, Cui Ning and Zhang Yanshang were unable to complete the work. Now it was Wei Gao, who donated five million from the miscellaneous money he gave to his governor and vowed to build the Great Buddha.

From Tianning Pavilion, the Buddha is 360 feet high, with a head circumference of ten feet, and the Buddha's eyes are two feet wide. The wooden sheds around it are thirteen layers, and they are covered with craftsmen and constantly slid the statues of the mountain. The focus now is to use wood to create the ears of the Buddha. Because the Buddha's earlobes are huge, it is difficult to maintain balance with stones. The Buddha's feet are on the cliff, and a few feet in front of them are a terrible and turbulent river, commonly known as "Buzu Beach", which is a dangerous area. If a boat and boat are in trouble, it will be useless to hug the Buddha's feet in a moment.

"The birds are flying outside the temple." In this situation, Gao Yue couldn't help but shake the flying white fan and sighed.

"Looking down to see the three rivers." Zheng Zhi next to him couldn't help but follow Cen Shen's poem.

At this time, Wei Gao laughed, "The two are the first and second-tier figures of the 13th year of the Dali period. I really don't have any literary talent to describe this spectacular scene."

Just as the three of them were concentrating, a crisp female voice sounded: "I heard that the flowers in Lingyun Temple are flying around the sky and slanting the river."

Everyone looked back and saw that it was Xue Tao, the daughter of Xue Yun.

She also accompanied the shogunate to visit the Buddha. Her father Xue Yun was now following the orders of Wei Gao and the court to rush to Rongzhou under the river to renovate the stone gateways, preparing to further engage in diplomatic contact with Nanzhao.

Once the Shimen Road is open, Zheng Zhi will really enter Yunnan.

Xue Tao thought of two lines of poetry, and everyone was amazed.

"What about the next two sentences?" Wei Gao couldn't help but become interested.

Xue Tao calmed down, then opened his red lips and looked at the scenery of Emei in the distance, "Sometimes he locked the Chang'e mirror and carved out the five-colored clouds of the Yaotai."

Suddenly, everyone in the cabinet praised him and said that the talented woman in the Xue family is like this, which is admirable!

"Since Hongdu has such talent and knowledge, why are he not as good as the sisters of the Song family who entered the central palace as female scholars and responded to the Holy Lord?" Wei Gao, the governor of Xichuan, asked with a smile.

Xue Tao's face was uneasy and ashamed at this time, and said frankly that he was honest and to be honest. His father is still waiting for his sins, so he went to Shu to prepare for his mission to Yunnan to atone for his sins. How could he be as innocent as the Song sisters and able to accompany the Holy Lord?

Wei Gao nodded and said that after the envoy to Yunnan, Yisong and I submitted a petition to the court to ask your father to return to the court and become a minister.

At this time, Gao Yue also looked at Xue Tao and nodded, meaning to make her feel at ease.

Xue Tao couldn't help but look at him with gratitude.

"I didn't expect that there were other Buddha niches on the cliff of this big Buddha." Then Zheng Zhi suddenly discovered that all kinds of Buddha statues were carved on the cliffs on Lingyun Temple. They were surrounded by the big Buddha, just like stars surround the moon, so this place is also called "Wankan Cliff".

"People only have big Buddhas in their eyes. Who cares about these hundreds of small Buddha niches?" Gao Yue was inspired.

Wei Gao was beside him and said inadvertently: "A real man should be a great Buddha in the world, so why should he be mediocre? He should not be so small Buddha niches without incense."

As soon as these words were spoken, the three of them became silent.

Zheng Zhi thought to himself that it was true that arrogance and perverse people like Gao Yue and Wei Gao were mixed together. It is really unknown whether they would be a blessing or a disaster to me, Tang in the future;

Gao Yue looked at the Buddha and thought to himself that Wei Gao was right. I am the real Maitreya Buddha in this world. I want to gather all the little Buddhas to achieve great achievements that have been transformed;

Wei Gao thought, what I said just now is too right, I am this great Buddha, who controls the forty prefectures of Western Shu and places the vast Sanjiang Water Town at your feet!

In the green forest down the mountain, Gao Yue and Zheng Yue walked in front, and Xue Tao lowered his head and followed ten feet behind.

As Zheng Zhi walked, he looked back at Xue Tao.

Xue Tao had always been afraid of this person, so he couldn't help but take two steps back.

Zheng Zi thought something and took two more steps forward, then looked back at Xue Tao.

Xue Tao was so scared that he took a step back.

"Senior high school, you have a girl's school in Xingyuan Mansion, do you?" Zheng Zhi asked at this time.
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