134. Two-faced Buddha(1/2)
"There are many cases of children die?"
Qin Ming said: "That must be because the local environment is not suitable."
"The main reason is that people live in the same place for a long time, and the body has formed a relatively stable balance relationship with various environmental factors. The body cannot adapt to the new environment. It is specifically divided into different properties of water and soil, microbial imbalances, geographical factors, mental and psychological factors, and other aspects of influence."
"The environmental gap between Morioka and Katae is too big, even if adults find it difficult to adapt, children will be more likely to be disagreeable with the environment, which leads to premature death, which is very likely."
"But..." Kuriyama Daisuke hesitated for a while and said, "But the witch I invited said there was a monster..."
A short figure walked into the room and said quietly: "Mr. Abe, I didn't expect to meet so soon."
"Is this the witch on the ship before? I remember she called herself the witch inaba." Sanako immediately remembered the origin of the witch.
It seems that this witch came to Kataki by boat from Edo, and was entrusted by the Kuriyama family to come to take back the dirty things in the house.
"It's the old man..." The witch walked to Qin Ming: "Did Lord Abe come to retreat to the evil spirit? With Lord Abe here, old man will feel much more at ease."
Evil spirit...?Isn't it just a dirty thing?
Not to the extent of evil spirits, right?
Qin Ming was a little worried, but only a little.
Not to mention the pile of talismans on his body, Muramasa, Gui Cut two knives, and several younger brothers with a strong physique, this witch has something to do with her own hands and is prepared. Even if there is a real accident, she can escape unscathed.
Qin Ming suddenly realized that he had grown a lot!
In front of ghosts, there is no power to fight back.
The witch continued: "I came yesterday. I did feel a strange aura, but I could never find the specific place where the evil spirits hide. If it were Lord Abe, I would definitely do it."
"Didn't find it?" Kuriyama Daisuke was stunned: "Aren't you under the Soul-Suppressing Ksitigarbha?"
The witch shook her head: "It's not here, I can't feel anything under the Soul-Suppressing Ksitigarbha."
"That's strange." Kuriyama Daisuke said in confusion: "According to my brother's words, that thing was sealed under the Soul-Suppressing Ksitigarbha, so I think the strange events that have happened over the years are probably because the seal has been loosened."
"Brother?" Shannan felt a little strange. Judging from the inheritance system of the eldest son, the talent who succeeded the family governor should be the brother.
Daisuke Kuriyama explained: "Oh, my brother has passed away. He was the last governor of the Kuriyama family. He was also responsible for the construction of the shrine. I have been running around in various places before, not in Kafari."
"After all, you know the situation of the Ritsuyama family. You can't expect the Kuroda family to be kind and let us go. We have to find some reliable way out."
Qin Ming nodded, expressed his understanding, and suggested: "No matter what, go outside to see the Soul-Suppressing Ksitigarbha!"
While you have the ability to check during the day, try not to act at night.
The group left the room and came outside.
A half-man-high stone, like a human-shaped one, stands up right in front of the shrine, opposite the shrine.
The outer periphery of the human-shaped stone is a circle of things similar to the ancestral hall. It is made of wood and is a bit rough, which shows that it is not very caring.
The incense box placed in front is quite gorgeous.
Tu Fang couldn't help but complain: "The statue of Ksitigarbha and the building are so rough, but the incense box is so exquisite. It's obvious that it is deliberately inducing pilgrims to donate money?"
"Uh..." Kuriyama Daisuke couldn't help but explain quickly: "Actually, this is not the case. This soul-suppressing Ksitigarbha and the wooden railing outside were all made by my brother. At that time, it should have been forced too quickly by the evil spirits. In a hurry, I can understand..."
"Even so, it's too rough." Shannan took over the mission of Longma and started a hundred thousand whys, showing his first look of the stunning style.
However, Longma questioned from the monster side, thinking that everything was done by the monster, while Shannan raised questions from the logical point of view, with a basis and evidence. Except for the annoying smile on his face, it was really much better than Longma.
Shannan continued: "If it were the Soul-Suppressing Ksitigarbha used to suppress monsters, why would he do so perfunctorily?"
An honest person like Kondo feels something is wrong: "If it weren't for this circle of wooden railings, no one would care at all. It's nothing to say it's an ordinary stone, it's just a little bit like a human figure."
Qin Ming felt that what they said made sense, which was very unreasonable.
Judging from the principle of "mantra", Stone Ksitigarbha can indeed suppress monsters, and as long as the soul-suppressing Ksitigarbha is more realistic and refined, the better the effect.
But the soul-suppressing Ksitigarbha in front of him was abnormal and shoddy, not like the Ksitigarbha who was used to suppress monsters.
"Old man also finds strange..." The witch also spoke: "The Soul-Suppressing Ksitigarbha does not have much spiritual power, and there is no monster suppression below. Maybe the scope of the old man's perception is limited. What do you think of Lord Abe?"
What can I see? It doesn’t mean that I can see through the monsters!
Is it better for me to go Sukiyahara?
Qin Ming asked Dasuke Riyama: "Honor of the Riyama family, has your brother ever mentioned this soul-suppressing Ksitigarbha? Is there any more detailed information?"
"More detailed information..." Kuriyama Daisuke thought for a while: "It should be nothing. My brother has never said much about the matter about Soul-Suppressing Ksitigarbha. Even if someone mentioned it at home, he would take it over easily. It may be because I am not always here, and I really have a little understanding of these things."
Shannan analyzed: "That's because he doesn't care at all. Things he doesn't care about are naturally shoddy."
"Don't care?" Sanako thought: "The so-called Soul-Suppressing Ksitigarbha is just something used by the previous heads to add mystery and show their status, because only he knows this thing and is related to a monster, but in fact it is all lies made up by him, so he is so careless."
Qin Ming was very pleased, it was in vain! Even if this thinking ability is wrong, it will not create monsters!
And this is possible. In order to ensure a stable position, the previous head of the family made up a mysterious thing that no one knew. In fact, there were no monsters at all, but as they spread, the monsters really appeared.
But... time is a little unsatisfactory.
Daisuke Kuriyama once said that after the Kuriyama family moved to Kata, a child died.
Qin Ming also knew that it was too far-fetched to explain it by not adapting to the local environment. It would make sense to die one or two, but three or five or even more, so it would be too outrageous. He could only fool people like Kuriyama Daisuke who does not understand science.
If all the children died prematurely were done by monsters, the monsters were formed too quickly, and there should not be any soul-suppressing Ksitigarbha at that time, and there was no such thing as making up monsters.
In the past, Qin Ming would probably ignore the monsters and recreate a Soul-Suppressing Ksitigarbha, and according to Sanako's guess, all of them were classified as the lies of the lie of the previous head of the Ritsuyama family.
But now that he has the ability to protect himself, he can deal with some monsters, his ideas have changed. Maybe he can get rid of the monsters.
Qin Ming suddenly realized something was wrong. What's the point of repelling monsters?
I am a man who wants to change careers, and I have long since lost onmyoji!
But after thinking about it, it is better to have an in-depth look. After all, it involves a critical fifteen years. I have encountered incidents from fifteen years ago many times, which is always very concerned.
The group searched around Soul-Suppressing Ksitigarbha again, but this was the only clue. If they were not discovered, they could only give up in the end.
After searching for a while, Kuriyama Usuke suddenly said, "I remember my uncle once told me that this soul-suppressing Ksitigarbha was built by an Onmyoji, and it is actually a two-faced Buddha."
"Your relationship is so good." Shannan was stunned: "Two-faced Buddha? In other words, this should be two-faced Ksitigarbha?"
Kondo honestly walked around Ksitigarbha's statue. This thing was so rough that even the front could only be distinguished by the wooden railing and the incense box. Why do you say double-sided?
Speaking of Double-sided Ksitigarbha, Qin Ming thought of the statue of Ksitigarbha at the entrance of his mansion.
It is also a double-faced Buddha Ksitigarbha.
If the Double-sided Ksitigarbha Buddha is a kind of soul-suppressing Ksitigarbha, and is also used to suppress monsters, then what exactly needs to be suppressed in his own mansion?
Putting aside the terrible thoughts for the time being, if the old house is too scary, you will not go there anyway. Anyway, now you have a certain ability to protect yourself. After you find out the origin of your identity, you should quickly apply oil to your feet. Not to mention going abroad, it is also a good idea to run to Kyoto, which is protected by a barrier.
Qin Ming also circled around the Soul-Suppressing Ksitigarbha, unable to see the two-sided appearance, and thought, "Two-faced Buddha... Two-sided Soul-Suppressing Ksitigarbha..."
"Two-faced Buddha, Ksitigarbha statue, but sometimes it is not necessarily "Buddha".
"Gods and Buddhas are accustomed to each other."
"A long time ago, there was no Buddhism in Japan. Later, Buddhism was introduced, and people compromised the local Shinto belief with Buddhism and then practiced it to form a new belief."
"In other words, in the present view, there is no difference between gods and Buddhas, and two-faced Buddhas can be two-faced gods."
"Two sides... God?" the witch murmured to herself: "I am worthy of being an Onmyoji, I know these things very well."
Qin Ming thought to himself, nonsense, this is all made up for me after reading books after traveling through time. In my previous life, no matter what sect or even the head of the cult, he had a very detailed understanding of the history of his own sect. If he had only a little understanding of it, how could he fool others?
After Qin Ming's exploration, Shannan thought of something in an instant: "The two-faced Buddha is a little strange, but if you talk about the two-faced gods and suppress the evil spirits, it is the Wind God Thunder God."
"Jianyu Thunder God and Jianyu's famous square god, traditional door god, usually appear in pairs."
"People often paste portraits of the two gods on their own doors. Statues of Thunder God and the wind god are usually erected in the shrine. The most famous Fenglei God Gate in Senso Temple in Edo is the most classic double god statue furnishings, because the Fenglei God can protect the house, protect safety, help utilitarianism, and reduce auspiciousness, etc., and the most important point..."
"It is to drive away evil spirits and avoid ghosts."
There was silence around, the two-faced Buddha suppressed the monsters, and they all met.
Kuriyama Daisuke also suddenly realized: "No wonder when my brother built the shrine, he did not build the statue of the Wind God Thunder God. It turned out that it was buried here..."
Qin Ming said: "The Wind God and Thunder God are generally not too far apart. If they are not placed directly in pairs and opposite each other, they are placed in a symmetrical form to make the beginning and end echo."
“Are there any architectural layouts for the shrine?”
“Some, some.”
Kuriyama Daisuke handed over a drawing.
Qin Ming glanced at him and the first feeling was that the designer had obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Including the Lishan family's bedroom, all buildings are symmetrical.
It’s nothing strange to put it in China, which prefers symmetrical beauty, but it seems very strange in Japan.
Because most Japanese architecture prefers asymmetrical beauty.
The topography has a great impact on buildings. As long as it is a building, it will definitely affect the layout of the building. China will generally try every means to make the buildings still reflect symmetrical beauty under the influence of the terrain, while Japan will design according to the topography, and it doesn't matter if it is located in the end.
The temple is on the mountain, with steep and uneven heights, and obviously it is quite constrained by the terrain. Generally speaking, it is difficult and there is no need to design a completely symmetrical layout.
"But it was forced to make symmetry..."
"From the mountain gate, the bell towers and drum towers on both sides are arranged symmetrically, to the main hall in the center, the ritual hall; to the ring altars, incense pavilions, etc. at the rear, they are all distributed symmetrically with the central axis..."
To be continued...