A knife in love

Chapter 3743
Seeing that Murong Danyan changed the subject again, Li Qiufeng was very anxious, thinking that Miss Murong's nonsense just now made Scholar Mao furious, and almost turned against Miss Murong.At this moment Miss Murong changed the topic again, if Mao Shusheng got angry, I'm afraid things would be very bad.Thinking of this, Li Qiufeng was thinking about how to interrupt Murong Danyan's words, and accidentally saw Mao Shusheng listening to Murong Danyan's words with great interest, not glaring at him as before, startled in his heart, thinking about this It is amazing that people are not angry.Presumably, although he had read the history books and carried the family records left by the ancestors of the Mao family, no matter the history books or the family records, all the records were about the affairs of the Mao family, and did not involve the history of the Taizu Emperor Longxing.Miss Murong imitated the tone of a storyteller and told this story, although there are many untrue, but it is very exciting, no wonder Mao Shusheng listened with such relish.

When Li Qiufeng was thinking about it, he heard Murong Danyan continue to say: "Emperor Taizu looked at this pair of couplets, and felt a little touched in his heart. At this moment, there was only a creaking sound, and a lazy and tired middle-aged monk Opening the mountain gate, he walked out swaggeringly. Seeing a monk walking out of the mountain gate, Emperor Taizu rushed to meet him, saying that he wanted to become a monk, and begged the monk to introduce the abbot of the monastery on his behalf.

"The monk laughed loudly when he heard what Emperor Taizu said. He pointed to Emperor Taizu and said, you are lucky, you met Grandpa Buddha to go out on business. Yesterday the head monk asked Grandpa Buddha to find a young novice to serve him. , Grandpa Buddha just didn't know where to find someone, but you, a brat, came to your door without thinking. Don't be dumbfounded, boy, go to the temple with Grandpa Buddha.

"After the monk finished speaking, he brought Emperor Taizu into Huangjue Temple. The village where Emperor Taizu lived was not too far from Huangjue Temple. He had also been to Huangjue Temple when he was grazing cattle before, so After entering the temple, he is no stranger. Although Huangjue Temple has been dilapidated, there are still many ancient relics left in the temple. After entering the mountain gate, there is a courtyard, and in the depth of the courtyard is a large hall called Tianwang Hall. The two statues in the Temple of Heaven The Buddha statue is completely different from the Buddha statues in other temples. Instead of sitting on a throne, it sits back to back on a high platform. Emperor Taizu heard about the origin of these two Buddha statues, and knew that the Buddha statue facing south was made of a large Belly Maitreya Buddha, smiling and looking down at all living beings. The Buddha statue with Maitreya Buddha on his back is Weituo Bodhisattva, with a solemn expression, even a bit vicious.

"On both sides of these two strange Buddha statues are the four heavenly kings guarding the Buddhist gate. Passing through the Heavenly King Hall and another courtyard is the Daxiong Hall, the main hall of Huangjue Temple. The Buddha statue in the Daxiong Hall is Sakyamuni Muni Buddha, Manjusri Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva stand on both sides of Sakyamuni Buddha. On both sides of the courtyard between the Daxiong Hall and the Heavenly King Hall are the east and west side halls, and the east side hall is called the Jialan Hall. The gods and Buddhas enshrined in the center of the hall are King Pasenadi of Tianzhu, there are two attendants beside him, the one on the left is the prince Jituo, and the one on the right is for the lonely elders of Kosala Kingdom. The west side hall is called the Patriarch Hall, and in the middle is Bodhidharma, the ancestor of Zen Buddhism On the left of Bodhidharma is Zen Master Huineng, the sixth patriarch of Zen, and on the right is Zen Master Baizhang Huaihai, who formulated the clear rules and precepts for Zen.

"Before the Great Chaos, there were many pilgrims coming in and out of the various halls of Huangjue Temple. Cigarettes lingered in the entire courtyard, but now there are few people and a dead silence. The monk led the Emperor Taizu to continue northward through the side door next to the main hall. , and finally arrived at the house where the monks did their homework. Although Emperor Taizu had been to Huangjue Temple before, he had never been here. The middle-aged monk kept on stepping and brought him into the dharma hall. He saw a chair on the high platform in the middle of the dharma hall, and some futons made of cotton cloth were placed under the platform. Emperor Taizu saw several monks clasped their hands together , Sitting on the futon and meditating, I suddenly felt a pang of sadness in my heart. I thought to myself that I used to follow my mother to burn incense and worship Buddha at Huangjue Temple. I also pointed at a monk and called him a bald donkey. Unexpectedly, one day I would come to seek protection from these bald donkeys because of my livelihood. It is really a great tragedy in the world.

"The monk took the Emperor Taizu to a corner of the Dharma Hall and told him to wait here without talking or moving around. He left in a hurry and walked into the back hall of the Dharma Hall. After a while, an elderly monk walked out of the back hall. He staggered up to the high platform and sat down on the chair. Not long after, the monk walked out quickly from the inner hall, leading Emperor Taizu to the monk sitting on the high platform, clasped his hands together, and whispered Speak up.

"Emperor Taizu has been to Huangjue Temple and has seen the monk sitting on the high platform. He knows that he is Gao Bin, the abbot of Huangjue Temple. After the monk finished speaking, Gao Bin nodded and turned to look at the monk. To Emperor Taizu. The monk waved to Emperor Taizu. Emperor Taizu hurried to the high platform and knelt down to Gao Bin who was sitting on the high platform. The other monks also stood up from the futon and respectfully Standing with hands down respectfully.

"Gao Bin sat upright on the high platform, with his eyes slightly closed, and he held a Buddhist bead in his hand, looking quite dignified. The Emperor Taizu kowtowed his head a few times before he boldly looked up at Gao Bin. Bin glanced at him, nodded, then closed his eyes, and silently recited scriptures. The monk saluted Gao Bin and took Emperor Taizu out of the hall.

"After leaving the Dharma hall, the monk took Emperor Taizu into a side hall, cut his hair by himself, and then took out a worn black cassock and handed it to Emperor Taizu, asking him to change into a monk's robe, and then went to meet the abbot Gao. Bin. The Emperor Taizu did not dare to disobey in the slightest, so he hurriedly changed his cassock, and then followed the monk back to the Dharma hall. According to the rules of the temple, the abbot Gao Bin had to give the Emperor Taizu a swallow crown, that is, to light it on the top of his head. But the Huangjue Temple has declined, and no one abides by the rules of Yanding. The Emperor Taizu kowtowed to Gao Bin a few times, and he was regarded as worshiping under Gao Bin's sect.

"After the Emperor Taizu paid homage to his teacher, under the guidance of the monk, he saluted all the senior brothers. Then the monk took the Emperor Taizu to the temples to pay respects to the Buddha, but he just walked through it in a hurry. As for whether the Emperor Taizu Sincerely became a monk, the monks did not care about him. From that day on, Emperor Taizu became a little novice monk in Huangjue Temple. It was worn out monk clothes, and he ate rough meals that were hard to swallow, but for Emperor Taizu who was poor since he was a child, he was satisfied.

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