Water Margin people

Sun Lei took the army to a hundred miles north of Taiyuan, found a hill and let the army station there.

Sun Lei left Xiao Jiasui and Li to help everyone lead the army, and he and Lu Zhishen embarked on the road to Mount Wutai.

"This road is quite lively."

Sun Lei looked at the endless stream of pilgrims on the road and said with a smile, the south of the river was defeated because of the Tianhu uprising, but the situation at the foot of Mount Wutai was quite different.

"The last time you went down Wutai Mountain, you went to Hebei. It's more desolate there."

Lu Zhi smiled deeply and said, the last time they left Wutai Mountain, Sun Lei went to Hebei, and he had never seen the scenery along the way.

All the way to the foot of Mount Wutai, still the familiar town.

"At the beginning, I thought in my heart that Wenshu Monastery can have such a big town to collect rents without paying taxes, it is really rich enough."

Sun Lei looked at the still bustling town and said with a smile.

"Don't you now have a Liangshan town that collects rent and doesn't pay taxes!"

Lu Zhishen looked at Sun Lei and said, Liangshan Town is more than ten times bigger than the small town in front of him.

"It's true what you said. It seems that I was instructed by the Buddha to become a bandit! This can be regarded as a positive result!"

Sun Lei laughed and said, if the Buddha can do it, then he must be doing it right.

Looking for a restaurant, Sun Lei ordered wine and meat, Xiaoer looked at Lu Zhishen with a bald head and was a little hesitant, Wutai Mountain's rules forbid selling wine and meat to monks.

"What are you looking at at Sajia! Hurry up and serve wine and meat!"

Seeing Xiaoer staring at his bald head, Lu Zhishen was furious and slapped the table.

"This breaks the rules!"

Lu Zhishen said with a look of resentment.

After drinking and resting for a while, Sun Lei and Lu Zhishen continued to walk up Mount Wutai.

"This waterfall pool is still there!"

Lu Zhishen pointed to a pool at the bottom of the mountain and laughed. It was in this pool that Sun Lei was met at the beginning.

Sun Lei was not angry. He walked to the pool and looked at it. At first, he entered the pool more than once to find out if there was a way back. The wells of the springs are like no other.

"Why did I forget to bring Tao Zongwang here this time, and dig up this pool, I want to see what's underneath."

Sun Lei looked at it for a while, then slapped his head and said.

"What's under there but rocks?"

Lu Zhi said deeply.

The two went up Mount Wutai together again, and Sun Lei asked Lu Zhishen not to go up by himself, the reason being that Lu Zhishen was also carried up.

Of course Lu Zhishen ignored Sun Lei, and walked up the mountain with a sullen head, and Sun Lei could only follow behind.

Wenshu Monastery is still full of incense, and the young welcoming monk at the door smiles and performs Buddhist rituals to the pilgrims who enter the temple.

"Amitabha, is this master going to place an order?"

The welcoming monk saw that Lu Zhishen was wearing a monk's robe, wearing Buddhist beads around his neck, and holding a Zen staff, and asked with a smile. This monk is obviously a newcomer, and he doesn't know Lu Zhishen, a "celebrity" who used to be in Wenshu Monastery.

"Sajia is looking for Elder Zhizhen."

Lu Zhishen looked at the monk and said.

"You are... Lu Zhishen!"

Just when Lu Zhishen and Sun Lei were about to enter Wenshu Monastery, the prison temple of Wenshu Monastery recognized Lu Zhishen at a glance.

"You monk is here too? The Sajia came to find Elder Zhizhen."

Lu Zhishen also recognized the fat prisoner.

"You have been expelled from Wenshu Monastery, what are you doing back?"

The prison temple looked at Lu Zhishen warily. He thought that Lu Zhishen would not be able to hang out anymore, and he was going back to Wenshu Monastery again, this time to beg the elders.

"Aren't the monks in the world a family? What does it mean to be kicked out of Wenshu Monastery?"

Sun Lei looked at the prison temple and said.

Jiansi's face was ashen, but today the gate of the temple was wide open and there were many pilgrims, many of them looked over at this moment, and he couldn't say anything to drive Lu Zhishen away.

"Elder preaches scriptures today, so I don't have time to see you!"

Jiansi looked at Lu Zhishen and said.

"It turns out that the elder is preaching! No wonder there are so many pilgrims today!"

Sun Lei suddenly realized that Wenshu Monastery used to be quite popular, but it was not as lively as it is today.

"Let's go and listen!"

After Lu Zhishen finished speaking, he walked to the main hall, and the elder would naturally only be in the main hall when he preached the scriptures.

Sun Lei got a headache when he heard the sound of the wooden fish and the buzzing chanting. He turned around and headed for the side hall, but Lu Zhishen had already predicted Sun Lei's thoughts and held on to Sun Lei.

"These two people are back, isn't Sun Lei the thief who fell into the grass! No, these two people can't stay!"

Jiansi turned around and walked towards the apse. He wanted to unite everyone to put pressure on the elders, and he must not let the elders keep Sun Lei and Lu Zhishen in Wenshu Monastery.

The main hall was already full of pilgrims at this time, each sitting on a futon, clasped his hands, closed his eyes and listened carefully to the sound of reciting Buddhist scriptures.

"Elder!"

Lu Zhishen looked at Elder Zhizhen who was sitting under the Golden Buddha. At this time, Elder Zhizhen was smiling and holding the wooden fish, explaining the Buddhist scriptures. There were more than 100 monks sitting in front of him, listening to the elder's explanation seriously. After the elder explained, the monks would recite the explained scriptures ten times in unison.

Seeing Elder Zhizhen with a compassionate face, Sun Lei was also full of emotion. This is the eminent monk who is truly compassionate, saves all living beings, and has great wisdom.

After the elder Zhizhen finished explaining a sentence, he tapped the wooden fish in front of him, and all the monks began to chant in unison.

At this time, Elder Zhizhen smiled and looked towards the door, looking at Sun Lei and Lu Zhishen.

"Elder!"

Seeing the elder looked over, Lu Zhishen clasped his hands together and performed a Buddha ceremony. Sun Lei also smiled at Elder Zhizhen.

Elder Zhizhen still had that compassionate smile on his face, and nodded slightly.

"Come on, let's sit down and listen to the scriptures!"

Lu Zhishen pulled Sun Lei and found two futons to sit down on, listening to the elder's sermon with a serious face, and muttering.

"Didn't you hate chanting sutras in this hall? I remember that in this hall, other people chant sutras in the morning class, and you fell asleep, and the sound of snoring drowned out the chanting."

Sun Lei looked at Lu Zhishen and asked suspiciously, did Lu Zhishen really convert to Buddhism?
"Shut down, Sajia is listening to scriptures!"

Lu Zhi gave Sun Lei a deep look.

A lot of monks suddenly appeared outside the main hall, each of them was holding a stick and a broom in their hands.

"Lu Zhishen!"

A monk found Lu Zhishen who was sitting in the hall, but when everyone looked at him, they all looked blank and puzzled.

"Is it really Lu Zhishen?"

The rest of the monks were a little uncertain. It was rumored that Lu Zhishen was a scum among the monks, drinking, eating meat, beating people and making trouble, disrespecting the Buddha, and not abiding by the rules and regulations. He really did all kinds of evil.

But now the man in front of him is fat and strong, but sitting on the futon, listening to scriptures carefully, with a peaceful face, he is clearly a devout monk.

"it's him!"

Jiansi gritted his teeth, how could he admit his mistake, Lu Zhishen was drunk and made a scene in Wenshu Monastery, he smashed the Vajra statue at the entrance, knocked down the gate of the temple, beat up dozens of monks, even himself was hit by him I flew, and my butt hurt for half a month.

The sound of chanting in the main hall was still going on, Jian Si and others did not dare to go in to arrest people, so they had to let Lu Zhishen listen to the scriptures. (end of this chapter)