Chapter 694

Ten days passed in a hurry. According to the previous agreement, today is the day when Li forget worry and their five surnames and seven hopes handed over to guard the gold of Xingguo temple.

After the gate of Chang'an was opened, Zheng Yuanshou and his entourage, together with Li forgetful, Cheng Yaojin and others, rode to Xingguo temple.

In order to protect gold, each of the five surnames Qiwang sent 20 episodes. There are millions of taels of gold in Xingguo temple. Zheng Yuanshou didn't pay attention to it.

After checking the seal on the side hall door and confirming that it was correct, they took off the seal and opened the hall door.

In the side hall, millions of liang of gold are naturally intact. The steward of the aristocratic family house checked the gold carefully, and then the gate of the side hall was closed again.

The previous families who guarded here also withdrew from Xingguo temple and handed over the task of guarding gold to aristocratic families.

Li forgot to worry about them. After Zheng Yuanshou and others signed the handover book, they took the episodes and left.

Zheng Yuanshou, Wang Renyou, Cui Xin and other aristocratic family leaders led the central part of the house, carefully inspected the temple, determined that there was no problem, and repeatedly told everyone to work hard.

When they were about to leave, they heard all kinds of knocking from the main hall, so they stretched out their hands to attract monk Wenzai and asked why.

"Master, why is the hall so noisy?"

Monk Wenzai smiled and said, "Amitabha, if you return to your people, you are dismantling the original Buddha statue. At the same time, I have recruited craftsmen from Chang'an city to start casting Buddha statues in the main hall."

Listening to monk Wenzai's explanation, Zheng Yuanshou and others didn't think much.

Casting such a large pure gold Buddha statue is not easy in the Tang Dynasty. The usual method is to cast it by wax loss method.

In other words, the inner clay sculpture is first molded, wrapped with beeswax, carved into a casting model, and then filled with other refractory materials to form an outer mold.

After heating and baking with fire, the wax film will melt and lose, and the whole casting model will become an empty shell, and the molten gold or copper water can be poured inward.

In Chinese history, the largest bronze Buddha statue is the imperial bronze thousand hand Guanyin statue cast in Song Dynasty. The 21 meter high Buddha statue took 3000 military service craftsmen and took four years to cast.

The Buddha statue that Xingguo Temple plans to cast is not so tall, and naturally it does not need so many craftsmen and time. However, it also needs to recruit craftsmen to work in the hall. It will take at least several months to complete the casting.

In this way, the construction noise is normal.

Of course, these are just the ideas of Zheng Yuanshou and others. Since the so-called gold mines are all scams, monk Wenzai will not be full. He really recruits craftsmen to forge gold Buddha. This is just to hide people's eyes and ears for Li forgetting their plan.

Zheng Yuanshou and others went into the main hall and looked around. Sure enough, many craftsmen were busy here. The original clay Buddha statues are being demolished, and a lot of yellow mud is still piled up in the hall. I think it is ready to be used to rebuild the clay tire of the Buddha statues.

After looking around, they left and returned to Chang'an city.

Various situations in Xingguo temple also have episodes from each government every day. Return to the government and report them in detail.

Naturally, there is nothing in the side hall where the gold is stored. 140 aristocratic families surrounded the side hall. Every half an hour, there are episodes on the wooden platform to determine the gold status in the side hall through the windows on the gable.

The only problem is that the trilogy feels that the craftsmen are making too much noise in the main hall.

Zheng Yuanshou and others naturally didn't bother to pay attention to such a small matter. They just told them to look after the side hall and ignore other things.

Ten days later, it was time for the aristocratic family to exchange defense with Cheng Yaojin and others.

Outside Mingde's gate, Li Qieyou and Cheng Yaojin had already led the group to wait here. After seeing Zheng Yuanshou and Wang Renyou, they greeted each other politely.

Even if people can be regarded as enemies, they still have to do this kind of face Kung Fu.

Li forgot to worry and despised it in his heart. Now his hypocrisy is too lazy to talk nonsense with Zheng Yuanshou and go ahead on his own.

There was nothing to say all the way. When the people came to Xiahou village outside Duqu County, Niu Wu suddenly reined in the reins and looked in amazement at the direction of Xingguo temple.

"Lang Jun, look, is the Xingguo Temple flooded?"

Niu Wu's loud voice was heard not only by Li Qieyou, but also by Cheng Yaojin, Zheng Yuanshou, Wang Renyou and Cui Xin.

People raised their eyes and looked in the direction of Xingguo temple, but they saw the temple not far away. At the moment, thick smoke was coming out

Zheng Yuanshou, Wang Renyou and others were in a panic, and their hearts were cluttered. The secret way was not good.

"No, it's Xingguo temple! Come on, come on! Go and see what's going on!" Li forgets worry and rushes out to Xingguo temple.

The people behind him reacted and hurriedly urged their horses to rush to the temple.

They rushed to the temple in panic, but they saw the episodes of the Zheng family, the Wang family, the Lu family, the Li family and the Cui family, which were in a mess at the moment. Some are busy looking for buckets to get water for fire fighting, some are running around looking for fire-fighting tools, and some are yelling around to greet people.

The place where the fire broke out was the main hall and the side hall where the gold was stored.

Li forgetful worry and Cheng Yaojin were also shocked and quickly asked the central part of the house to help put out the fire.

However, in this temple, the main hall is full of wooden buildings, and there is no water bag ready to put out the fire. Only by using buckets to carry well water, where can we pour out the growing fire.

Zheng Yuanshou immediately softened his legs. If it hadn't been for the help of the servant beside him, he might have sat down on the ground.

"Gold! My gold! Come on, come on, put out the fire, put out the fire!"

Cheng Yaojin also jumped his feet and angrily scolded the episode in Qiwang mansion with five surnames: "zhiniang thief, you waste and inferior to dogs! Why did you let you guard the temple? If something happens to my gold, be careful of your dog head!"

Li forgot to worry, sighed and comforted: "Hey, where can the fire be put out in a moment and a half? Uncle Cheng doesn't need to worry. It's just the so-called true gold is not afraid of fire. The broken temple will burn. No matter how it is burned, it won't burn the gold. Even if it is melted by the fire, it's OK to smelt it again."

Zheng Yuanshou, Wang Renyou and others, who had a dead gray face, were a little relieved to hear Li forget you say so.

Indeed, gold is not wood. It doesn't matter to burn it. When the fire is put out, the gold won't run on its own.

Thinking of this, Zheng Yuanshou's face eased slightly and reached out to summon his own episode leader.

"What's the matter? Why did this good go out of the water? The gold is still there?"

The leader of the episode knelt down directly and replied in fear: "Mr. Hui, I don't know why I went into the water. Not long after I saw the righteous monk and entered the main hall with his disciples, the main hall lit a fire, but the fire spread rapidly. I was going to put out the fire, and the fire quickly rushed over and directly ignited the piandian. Gold should be all right. Before I went into the water, I went with Wang, Cui, Lu and Li I've seen it on the wooden platform. "

"That's good, that's good." Zheng Yuanshou heard the speech, and his hanging heart was slightly relieved: "hurry up and let someone put out the fire! Go and find the monk of the right path for me. I have to ask, what's the matter with the fire!"

"Promise!" the Zheng family's trilogy took orders.

On the other hand, the episode leaders of Cui, Lu, Li and Wang also told their husbands the whole story. They all agreed, which reassured Zheng Yuanshou and Wang Renyou.

Since all the gold is there, it's nothing today.

But soon the central part of the mansion reported that there was no trace of the monk in the temple