Jing Jianli/Wen
Many years ago, I saw on the Internet that Mr. Jia Guoyong, a famous criminal investigation writer in the western suburbs of Zhengzhou, told a story about Huanggang Temple. Since the content is not one piece, in order to make the story compact and more exciting, slightly add the plot to reinterpret:
It is said that in the spring of the year of Qianlong Ding Wei (1737 AD), Qianlong began a tour of Jiangnan. When the royal boat reached the boundary of Fan County in Henan along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Qianlong suddenly issued a holy decree to change the ride and move to the Shaolin Temple. Qianlong dressed up in a small hat and dressed as a squire to go to the Shaolin Temple. On the way, passing through the Huanggang Temple in the southwest of Zhengzhou, entering the village, Qianlong saw a bluestone Zhenjie arch towering tall. According to the rules of the time, whenever they went to the archway built by the Emperor, "civilian officials dismounted from the palanquin and military attachés dismounted", except for the emperor. Qianlong threw himself off the saddle and stopped to pay respect, in order to show his admiration, so that Xu Shilin, the envoy of Henan who accompanied him, could not help but feel respect and admiration. Xu Shilin, on behalf of the villagers of Huanggang Temple, requested to keep the ink treasure. Only to see Qianlong put pen dipped in ink: "Jie Xiao Liu Fang" after the drop "Qianlong Book".
Qianlong touched the scenery with emotion, inscribed a plaque, and had another inside story. His private visit to Zhengzhou was actually to secretly investigate a shocking public case. Moreover, the tour was slightly eyebrow-raising, and the imperial sister became a nun in the Shaolin Temple. Although she had never met this imperial sister, she had been closely linked to her fate. The empress dowager was worried about the disappearance of this princess day and night, and Qianlong also had difficulty sleeping and eating every day, and was often disturbed by nightmares. As a result, Qianlong's desire to meet with his brothers and sisters at the Shaolin Temple was even more urgent.
The news that Qianlong was going to the Shaolin Temple soon let the Jing gentry in the village know about it, and alarmed the Zhizhou of Zhengzhou and its entourage officials to come and dissuade the emperor from going to the Shaolin Temple. The Shaolin Temple is strong and strong, and it is a good practice to learn martial arts. In the Xingmi mountaineering area, there are often thieves who gather in the mountain forest. Even women, children and children can beat and kick sticks, and it is a place where heroes gather, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. If the assassin lurked in the mountain and secretly carried out the assassination, and this time the line was hurried, and there were few people in the entourage, it would be extremely unfavorable to the emperor. Qianlong missed the imperial sister and was anxious to enter the Shaolin Temple. Xu Shilin pleaded with the emperor to hesitate to repay the temple. The messenger informed the abbot of the Shaolin Temple, and quickly sent a martial monk to escort him. Qianlong accepted Xu Shilin's advice. In front of the Buddha, Qianlong folded his hands together to make the Imperial Mother, the birth mother, and the Imperial Sister burned incense to pray for blessings.
Qianlong was plagued by nightmares countless times, because the imperial sister was exiled to the people, her fate was uncertain, and she searched for many years, but there was no half a news! And he became the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Qianlong was in the Capital Division, in the imperial palace, often wearing Hanfu, often thinking that if the imperial sister was no longer exiled to the people and returned to the palace, although she could not be noble as an emperor and enjoy the glory and wealth of the world, at least she would no longer suffer from the turbulence and displacement of the people. Qianlong lay in the Zen room of Bao'en Temple. In the drowsiness of sleep, the lights and shadows flickered, and the black shadows shook, not wanting to be assassinated by assassins. Qianlong was horrified and rolled down the Zen bed in a hurry. He grabbed his sword and counterattacked, but he was defeated one after another. I couldn't help but shout at the inner attendant to come to the rescue. At this moment, I overheard someone outside the window shouting like a hong bell: The emperor is a little calm, and Yun Chang came to the rescue at the behest of the Buddha! Qianlong woke up at the sound of hearing this, covered in sweat. Emperor Zhang was confused, only to see Xu Shilin eagerly shouting shengshang. Qianlong was once again troubled by nightmares and his heart palpitated.
Then the lights in the temple were bright, the strings were ringing, the voices were noisy, some monks came to report, and the bronze statue of Guan Gong in the Garan Hall was suddenly missing, and many searches were not found. Qianlong asked Xu Shilin why there was such a nightmare? Xu Shilin said: The emperor has been a hero for thousands of years, and the Jiren Tianxiang, whether it is a god or a mortal, will come to the rescue. After Qianlong heard this, he couldn't help but think of what The Emperor's Mother had said about Chen Shiqi. This man was his own biological father. This person is loyal and righteous, and has a long legacy. For the sake of the Imperial Concubine, she once carried Qianlong into the Palace of Prince Yong, but was separated for many years. Chen Shiqiao hugged the princess again, and the starry night fled the capital and wandered into the folk without a trace.
The abbot of Bao'en Temple came to Qianlong again, returned to the temple monks to see someone, slapped the horse knife, and looked in the direction of the West Zhai Gate of Huanggang Temple. Qianlong thought that going to the Shaolin Temple now would obviously alarm the rivers and lakes, otherwise why would a strong man carry out an assassination. Thinking of this, Qianlong took a group of people, raised his horse and whipped, and chased him to the Jinshui River. But I saw the golden water river babbling, and the moonlight was like a wash. At the horseshoe print, a clear spring gushed and overflowed, and Qianlong led the crowd back to bao'en Temple. When the abbot heard this, he was astonished, because there had never been a spring in that place, and what he saw today was not a false statement, but must have been the help of the Galan Manifestation. Qianlong thought deeply.
Qianlong sat back all night, and when he woke up the next day, he opened his eyes to a bronze statue on the windowsill of the Zen room, gold armor, and tunic belt. His face is dignified and heroic. Surprisingly, the Green Dragon Crescent Moon Knife in Guan Gong's hand was gone. I was about to look for someone when someone came to the temple and brought two things. The abbot of the temple hurriedly greeted him. It was the lost Green Dragon Crescent Moon Knife. It was at the Jinshui River that the knife picker saw and retrieved it. In addition, there is a wild fox with blood on its neck. The monks in the temple will be attached, and the strongman must be transformed by Guan Gong's Green Dragon Crescent Blade to catch up and kill the gods. Because Garam Buddha is around, day and night, long night guard. Qianlong was convinced that he would not doubt the blessing of the gods of the underworld, and no longer waited for the Shaolin Temple to send martial monks, so he resolutely decided to go to the Shaolin Temple.
Qianlong was full of people, and along the way, they were all at peace, and they came to the Dengfeng Shaolin Temple and met the host. Seeing that the Daxiong Treasure Hall had fallen into disrepair for many years, he ordered the allocation of 3,000 taels of silver for repair. Because the people near the Shaolin Temple are fierce and fierce, they are more skilled in martial arts, and they must implement benevolent government for the people, so they have been exempted from food and disaster relief for three years. The most important purpose of Qianlong's coming to the Shaolin Temple was to find the Imperial Sister, and the large and small monasteries around Dengfeng, including the Yongtai Temple, were searched, and there was still no trace of the Imperial Sister.
Later, after many inquiries, in the Shaolin Temple, in recent years, there was an official woman who was there to clean up behind closed doors. It is said that his status is prominent, his ambition is unswerving, he does not dare to be sloppy, and he specially arranged for the "Lixue Pavilion" to become a nun. When Qianlong arrived at the "Lixue Pavilion" near the Daxiong Treasure Hall, he also encountered an encounter similar to what Hui Ke wanted to see Master Dharma. The monk woman, closed the door and disappeared! Qianlong almost broke his sword and broke his arm, but was dissuaded by his mentor Xu Shilin and his entourage. Qianlong was too eager, breaking through the door, the Zen room was empty, the green smoke was swirling, the futon was still warm, and it was still missing. Qianlong was extremely sad, and the pen left the four words "Snow Reflection Heart Pearl" in the shrine.
Qianlong saw that the imperial sister had broken through the red dust, did not think about the royal family, and was inconvenient to disturb the Jiangnan woman's Buddhist Qing cultivation, so he decided to continue to the south to find his biological father Chen Shiqian. When he left the Shaolin Temple, the abbot accepted Xu Shilin's request and specially sent 20 martial monks to escort him. The day Qianlong arrived at the Shaolin Temple, he knew that Bao'en Temple was a lower house of the Shaolin Temple. Since the manifestation of Jia Lan, Qianlong's long-cherished wish in his heart has not been fulfilled, and after the Shaolin Temple entered the incense, he returned to Zhengzhou with 20 martial monks and the crowd along the original road, and the Bao'en Temple was close to the post road, which was also the only way. When he arrived at the Bao'en Temple, Qianlong saw that the Jia Lan Hall was dilapidated and decided to allocate silver for repairs. Moreover, the Garanjinshui River Apparition is said to be "Ma Bao Spring" by the local villagers. (The village used this legendary resource to build a garden-type cemetery at the site of the Jinshui River story.) Since leaving Bao'en Temple, Qianlong no longer had nightmares, firmly believed in Garan, and ordered Bao'en Temple to be a temple of manifestation. Qianlong repaired the Daxiong Treasure Hall in the Shaolin Temple and the Jialan Hall in the Bao'en Temple, invisibly showing that it was difficult to give up, but the court was sinister and did not want the world to know. Inside the Xiansheng Temple, there is a three-sided Guanyin stone statue, holding a willow branch, several meters high, the monks commemorate Qianlong's hesitation xiansheng temple, following the example of the Emperor Zetian carved Buddha statues, the temple set up a three-sided Guanyin. It is said that the prototype of his portrait is the empress, the birth mother, and the missing princess of the people.
In the summer of the year of Qianlong Ding (1737), Qianlong crossed the Yellow River along the water and went all the way to Chong'en Temple in Xinshan, Yixing, Jiangsu. Qianlong left the Shaolin Temple, and although he did not see the Imperial Sister, he mistakenly found the whereabouts of Chen Shiqiao! It's just that Chen Shiyi has already taken refuge in Buddhism and is practicing Meditation in a famous temple in Jiangnan. Qianlong felt fortunate that Qianlong traveled to Jiangnan this time, thousands of turns, actually found the birth mother, mother and son met, tears in their eyes, learned that the biological father had a pea-sized black mole at his feet. Therefore, when he went to Jiangnan for the second time, he brought a lot of socks, and every time he went to a monastery, he had to ask the monks of the monastery to receive the emperor's favor in public, take off the old socks, and change into the new socks given by the emperor. Inside the Chong'en Temple, Qianlong rewarded the monks again, and recognized his biological father, Chen Shiqi, while the monks were changing their socks. Although it was close at hand, in order to avoid the suspicion of the royal family, they could not recognize each other on the spot, but returned to Kyoshi to tell their birth mother. The birth mother also came to Jingshi with Qianlong. When he arrived at the third Jiangnan, he came to Chong'en Temple again to prepare to welcome his biological father Chen Shiqiao into Beijing, but he did not expect that Chen Shiqiao had already sat down and died. The Qianlong Emperor was so resentful that he planted a cypress tree upside down in front of the temple and prayed to the heavens: See each other the day before yesterday, if it is really a biological father, the upside-down cypress will surely be able to survive, and on the spot, he crowned chong'en Temple as "the first ancestral court under the heavens". I don't know whether it was the appendage of the descendants or the manifestation of divine powers, but the cypress tree that the Qianlong Emperor planted upside down did survive and still grows in the Chong'en Temple. That is to say, because of the Qianlong Emperor's handwritten imperial seal, The Chong'en Temple of Lingshan has since become the longest of Buddhism in Jiangnan and the temple of the world. The 20 martial monks of the Shaolin Temple returned from Jiangnan and became the monks of the Nursing Home according to the Xiansheng Temple, and everyone from near and far heard that the martial arts of the Xiansheng Temple were profound.