Northern Dynasties

Chapter 352 To Xiaobo Mountain
"Master, this Li Changshi seems to have bad intentions..."

After arriving at the side hall, the abbot reported to Venerable Tan Jing with a worried face: "The grandson of Yan's family did not receive the precepts, but his family assets were not worth the return, and he was confiscated from the temple as a slave."

Master Tan Jing's expression changed again when he heard this, and the abbot continued: "Another believer who is in the state government came to sue. It seems that some members of the Yan family have entered the court. I didn't care about it. But listen Li Changshi bluntly said that he has a relationship with the Yan family, and there may be some ties to each other."

Master Tan Jing frowned deeper, and after a moment of silence, he said again: "This son is proud of his family, and he is quite arrogant when interacting with others. But he has a considerable position now, if he wants to come here to make trouble, it will be a trouble , have the descendants of the Yan family been found? Try not to give him a reason to blame him."

"There are a large number of slaves in the temple, and they are scattered in many places, so it is difficult to find them in a short time."

After the abbot heard the words, he replied with a look of embarrassment.

"Then keep looking."

Master Tan Jing first ordered in a deep voice, and after pondering for a while, he then urged: "No matter what the purpose of this Li Changshi came, he is not a pious believer in worshiping Buddha. No defense. Since his close relatives are separated, and he went to get a volume of "The Buddha Said the Ullambana Sutra", I will influence him with the scriptures of the great Mulian to save his mother!"

When he returned to the hall with the scriptures in hand, the smile on Master Tan Jing’s face became more enthusiastic. He spread out the Buddhist scriptures and began to explain to Li Tai the story of Mulian’s rescue of his mother. Some sincerity and filial piety are liberated.

According to this analogy, Li Tai and his father naturally did not have any crimes. As long as Li Tai showed a little piety, he would certainly be able to ask the Buddha to protect his father.

After listening to the old monk's introduction, Li Tai couldn't help feeling that the monk didn't go out and could know the affairs of the world, and he was actually a good monk who kept pace with the times.

Although the change of Li Tai's attitude was a bit abrupt, it was normal in Master Tan Jing's eyes. He has been in Longyou for many years, and he has seen believers change from being full of doubts to worshiping faster than Li Tai.

"I'm an official now, and I still need to rely on the government to provide food and beverages. Even if I have some resources, they are all far away in Guanzhong. Besides, if I use up all the materials, the father and son will be lucky enough to meet again next year but have nothing to support. Isn't that even worse? Big unfilial?"

Guangming Temple has become famous in Longyou in recent years, and it has naturally accumulated a wealth of experience. In order for Li Tai, who is not familiar with Buddhist affairs, to understand, the abbot also prepared several explanations, including words, pictures, Models, and even small-scale demonstrations by monks on site, can be described as extremely considerate.

If you don't know how to deal with it, you can only return to the most direct and simplest method.Before that, Li Tai really just wanted to find Yan Xin's grandson and take him away. He didn't plan to take any actions against this temple, but he didn't expect that this monk would make an inch of himself in exchange for his own safety.

However, the passionate plan by the monks of the Hesi Temple was directly rejected. After all, it was a bit unacceptable, so the abbot monk pondered for a while and said that the scale of various rituals could be reduced as appropriate, so as to This is to control costs.

Although Li Tai's reaction returned to Master Tan Jing's prediction, the conversation couldn't go on. The abbot monk was scolded bloody, and left in panic.

Master Tanjing said with a smile in his hands, "When he has exhausted all his wealth, the ceremony will be abandoned halfway. If he is in a hurry, if he doesn't want to become a laughing stock here, he can only ask me. Then I will use his power naturally." !"

The water and land ashram and the Yulan Basin, which are familiar to later generations, were all gradually invented by Old Bodhisattva Xiao over the past few years.Li Tai has never seen this kind of Buddhist ceremony in Guanzhong today, but he did not expect that an old monk far away in Longyou is very familiar with it.

"What I want is that he can't afford it! These anointed sons like to be grandiose and amaze the world, and they are good at setting an example of human relations. This time, pray for his parents. If the karma is not grand enough to show his filial piety, he will definitely agree! "

Moreover, the Buddhist saying that crimes are different from the secular world, maybe his Lao Tzu made a vow and begged, but he left it behind and accumulated a bad karma. The Yan family at home has been implicated.

Hearing this, Li Tai probably understood what they were thinking, and they were focusing on his batch of camels and the trade rights represented by the camels.And coaxing himself into the game by making advances, when things heat up, he will be in trouble.

If this is not the last wave, let you have a taste of the methods of my governor Li Dadu. I am really sorry for myself!

Ever since he came to this world, Li Tai has never been made so speechless by anyone. He has a way to deal with the people he meets, whether they are powerful or scoundrels.But facing this old monk alone, he was a little at a loss.

In the afternoon, Venerable Tan Jing came in person again, first apologized to Li Tai, and then began to ask if there was any compromise in the matter. Guangming Temple can advance a part of the investment to get things going, but Li Tai needs to make some mortgages.

The monks reluctantly sent Li Tai out of the temple, and when they returned to the temple, Master Tan Jing said with a serious face: "You don't have to follow the previous Buddhist ritual standards, you must make the outline as grand as possible!"

The logic was clear but impeccable, and Li Tai was a little confused for a moment. Could it be true?
According to the psychology of normal people, this specious and unfalsifiable inference of the law of causality does make people feel a little uneasy, even if they want to save money and avoid disaster for peace of mind.

Not to mention the plots against Li Tai by the monks of Guangming Temple, after Li Tai returned to Zhoucheng, he immediately summoned a confidant and said: "Return to Chang'an quickly, order Xiaoyong to speed the villager to go west to Long, don't pass by Exit Longguan, take the narrow road of Chencang! Be careful where you go, don't show off in front of others."

In today's world, although there are many people who believe in Buddhism in the southern and northern dynasties, relatively speaking, the Buddhist ceremonies in the southern dynasties are richer and grander than those in the northern dynasties. After all, there is a living Buddha Xiao Lao Bodhisattva in the southern dynasties.

After Li Tai finished appreciating it, he couldn't help but feel his eyes widened, but soon he reluctantly shook his head and rejected this plan. The reason is also very simple, no money!

Hearing this, all the monks couldn't help but take a deep breath. If they really wanted to do this, the budget would be limitless.The abbot monk couldn't help but said: "Li Changshi bought camels before and distributed them to rural households, he seems to have a lot of money, but after all he is new to Longshang, if he builds Buddhist rituals here, I'm afraid he can't afford it. "

Li Tai was not very familiar with these matters, and he didn't bother to join their discussion, so he comfortably became Party A, got up first and said goodbye, and agreed that they would come to the state capital tomorrow to submit a plan to him.

But after Li Tai heard it, he was furious and went straight to the case. Although I am poor, I have a backbone. You asked me to settle for the second best, because you think my father is not worthy of the best?Either don’t do it, or get the best one if you want!

After hearing the reasons for Li Tai's refusal, the abbot monk was speechless for a moment. How could this be different from what the mage had speculated?Of course he can't say that you are worrying too much. If you don't engage in rituals, you won't even be eligible to serve.After all, the main point of this kind of thing is ambiguity. If you really want to say it outright, it is too deadly, and your signboard will be smashed every minute.

Since Master Tan Jing is so powerful, of course Li Tai can't lose the chain and waste other people's verbal introductions. Even if he waved his hand and said with a heroic face, all of these are coming together, not seeking the best, but seeking the most expensive !
Master Tan Jing was probably the first time in his life to meet such a bold customer. At first he couldn't believe it, but after confirming that he had heard correctly, he was overjoyed and called all the monks who were in charge of Buddhist rituals into the hall. Using the power of the whole temple to tailor a complete set of luxurious plans for Li Tai, a big rich man.

He didn't bring too many people with him to Long this time, only a few hundred guards and soldiers around him, and because he had to follow him in and out, the target was too conspicuous, if he really wanted to do something, he couldn't do it directly, he had to shake people from the pass.If you don't take off the old monk's underwear this time, it must be because he didn't wear it!
The two sides made their own plans, and on the morning of the next day, representatives of monks and disciples from Guangming Temple came to the state capital to seek an audience.Li Tai then summoned the abbot monk in the side hall, seeing that his eyes were bloodshot, he must have stayed up all night preparing the plan, so he raised his hand to signal him to start explaining.

Li Tai thought so in his heart, his face gradually turned pious and eager, looked at Master Tan Jing and said excitedly: "Master Tan Jing is indeed superb in Buddhism, even a fool like me who is not familiar with Buddhism will be shocked after listening to the teaching. Inspired, I feel more and more the law of cause and effect, and I want to do good and get blessings! But although I have this intention, I don’t know how to express it, and I still need to consult the master.”

Out of trust in his profession, he didn't feel that Li Tai was deliberately trying to confuse him, so he looked relieved and thoughtfully provided Li Tai with various solutions, starting from the most basic copying of scriptures. From praying to higher-end cave statues, and even more grand water and land dojos and Obon Festivals are listed.

When all the monks heard this, they all praised the mage as really clever. They had used similar methods in the past and achieved good results. Therefore, Guangming Temple has grown to this point in more than ten years.

What made Li Tai unable to object was that the old monk used filial piety as an excuse. If he flatly rejected this proposal, it would be a violation of the double taboos of religion and ethics.

This time Li Tai didn't directly refuse, of course he wasn't afraid of a second mortgage, anyway, it had to be his own in the end.

But seeing that the monk was so eager to facilitate this matter, he honestly put forward his own amendments, reducing the scale of the Yulan Basin on a large scale, so he was too lazy to offer food and drink to monks from all directions. The dietary materials that need to be prepared do not meet their own requirements.

Instead, the scale of the statue-viewing ceremony was increased, and gold and silver Buddha statues needed to be cast and Buddha utensils were named.In this way, Guangming Temple needs to prepare a lot of precious metals such as gold and silver, gemstone pigments and other materials.

Although these things are not suitable for eating and drinking, they are the items with the highest year-on-year value when the time is limited and the transportation capacity is limited.

(End of this chapter)