This martial artist just wants to be an official

Chapter 504 Lin Su Niang in Fa’an Temple

"Your Excellency has arrived!"

A voice resounded in the main hall of Fa'an Temple.

The monks, led by Xuanshu Bodhisattva, were stunned at first, and then looked outside.

I saw a woman in plain clothes coming slowly, and she was walking towards the main hall surrounded by many people.

"This is……"

Xuanshu and the other monks slowly stood up and looked at the woman.

"Someone from the Lin family?"

The old monk who had been in Beijing for a long time could naturally tell the attire of the people around the woman and the words on the jade pendant around her waist.

"The Lin family? Could it be the family that produced a concubine?"

"Of course."

Listening to the murmurs of the monks around him, Bodhisattva Xuanshu had some thoughts in his mind. He slowly stood up, looked at the girl who was coming over, and said a Buddhist name very gently:
"Amitabha, what are you doing here, benefactor?"

The girl was wearing a plain robe and a veil on her head to cover her mysterious face.

"I heard that a Bodhisattva from the Western Buddhist sect has come to the capital, and Su Niang wants to come and see it."

There was a hint of weakness in the girl's voice, but she was very polite, and her every move showed the upbringing of a lady from a noble family.

"As long as we don't attain the Great Way, the Bodhisattva is still an ordinary person. I'm sorry to make you laugh."

Xuan Shu came in front of the girl, and the gentleness on his face even emitted a trace of Buddha's light, and ordinary people wanted to bow down when they saw him.

"May I ask the monk's name?"

The girl who called herself Su Niang walked up to Xuan Shu and spoke in a very respectful tone.

"I am not talented, my Dharma name is Xuanshu."

Bodhisattva Xuanshu naturally did not fail to show courtesy, and spoke softly with a smile on his face.

After hearing this, Su Niang paused slightly, then slowly raised her head. Although her face behind the veil could not be seen clearly, her intoxicating fragrance could be vaguely seen.

"Since the Bodhisattva is here in person, Su Niang seems to be very lucky."

The girl didn't say much. She just walked past Xuanshu Bodhisattva and came to the big Buddha statue in the hall. She was silent for a long time and sighed.

"Xuanshu Bodhisattva, is it really useful to worship Buddha?"

There was a hint of sadness in Su Niang's voice.

When Xuan Shu heard this, a faint smile appeared on his gentle face:

"Miss, if you have Buddha in your heart, it will be useful. If you don't have Buddha in your heart, why do you need to worship Buddha temporarily? If you have something on your mind, you may as well tell me. If I can solve it, it would be the best. If not, then worshiping Buddha is in vain."

After these words were spoken, the hall became somewhat silent.

"You monk, what you've been talking about for a long time is nothing but nonsense."

After hearing this, a maid from the Lin family stood up, pointed at Xuan Shu's face and cursed:

"My young lady is suffering from a serious illness. This is not unheard of in the capital. Why are you making such a sarcastic remark?"

"Haha." Xuan Shu's smile did not change at all. He just kept looking at Lin's Su Niang, clasped his hands together and said calmly:
"Although I am not a talented person, I know a little bit about medicine. If you believe in me, you can let me give it a try."

"There is no need to do this, Bodhisattva Xuanshu. Su Niang is already used to her facial disease, so there is no need to worry so much."

Su Niang smiled faintly, took a mocking look at the Buddha statue that had stood in the hall for many years, shook her head, and prepared to leave.

But just as he took a step forward, he saw a golden light in front of him. Xuan Shu's body appeared at the door without him noticing. A huge golden wheel emanated from behind him, and his eyes also turned golden:

"Amitabha, the monk who assisted the donor in his facial disease has a cure. Would you like to give it a try?"

"Bold!!"

“Get out of the way!!”

"How dare you, you shameless monk, stop my young lady?!"

"..."

Several servants' voices rang out, glaring at the monk who was blocking the way.

Things like golden light and golden wheels are actually not uncommon.

There is a warrior in the family who claims to be a master and can kill people by just picking flowers and leaves. Isn't he just following the master like a dog?

"Go back."

Su Niang's calm voice sounded.

The small body standing there shocked all the servants so much that they dared not say a word. They looked at Xuan Shu in front of them unwillingly, and several servants slowly retreated.

"May I ask Bodhisattva Xuanshu how sure you are?"

Su Niang raised her head indifferently.

"Tenth floor."

Xuan Shu is even more indifferent than him.

"Oh?"

Su Niang smiled gently, then she lifted the hat on her head and revealed her face.

"Hi~"

As her true appearance was revealed, some people in the hall took a breath of cold air.

Who could have expected that the beautiful and charming Miss Lin would be such a monster! !
It is half black and half white, with no white in the left eye and no black in the right eye. Its face is all black, and it looks neither human nor ghost...

"Why? You can't cure it after seeing it?"

Lin Suniang smiled.

The voice was soft, but on that ghostly face, it didn't give the impression that he had any other thoughts.

"I can still cure it, but I wonder if you dare to take off your veil and walk around the streets of Beijing for three days? Come back to the temple after three days, and I will definitely cure it."

Xuan Shu looked at Lin Suniang expressionlessly.

"I can't stand it anymore, I'm going to kill you, you son of a bitch!!!"

As a servant, I couldn't bear to hear these words, let alone Lin Suniang?
"If you fail to cure my young lady in three days, won't you force my young lady to commit suicide?!"

The maid also had an angry look on her face.

"Amitabha, a monk does not tell lies. If this is not accomplished in three days, I am willing to go to the Avici Hell to atone for the donor's sin."

Without being affected by anyone, Xuan Shu just looked indifferently at Lin Suniang, who was neither human nor ghost in front of him.

Lin Suniang's expression did not change at all. She listened to Xuan Shu's decisive words, and her heart trembled for some unknown reason: "Really?"

"Amitabha." Xuanshu chanted the Buddha's name with great determination.

"Since when?"

Lin Suniang struggled for a long time, then slowly looked up at Xuan Shu.

"Starting from the moment your right foot leaves the house, come back here three days later and you will be healed."

Xuan Shu spoke slowly.

"it is good!"

Lin Suniang threw the bamboo hat in her hand away without any hesitation, as if she had made a great decision. She took a deep breath and said:
"Walk."

…………

"Is that a human or a ghost??!!"

"Oh my god! I've heard that Miss Lin suffers from a facial disease, but I didn't expect it to be so disgusting!!"

"Damn, this is so unlucky! This face scared my child so much that he couldn't stop crying!"

"Damn it, this is so unlucky!!"

"........."

On the street, whenever people saw Lin Suniang surrounded by a crowd, they couldn't help but curse her, and some even vomited in public.

It looked really scary.

Lin Suniang gritted her teeth and turned a deaf ear to these words. "Miss, these peasants are really talking rudely. I'm going to have someone pull out their tongues!!"

The servant gnashed his teeth.

"No need."

Lin Suniang just shook her head, not daring to look around with her dim eyes, and just walked hurriedly on the street.

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Inside Faan Temple.

The monks were chatting, and no one took what had just happened to heart.

They had great confidence in Xuan Shu's methods.

"Yingchen is making very gratifying progress now."

With just one glance, Bodhisattva Xuanshu could tell Yingchen's cultivation level. He sighed:
"When I left Buddhism, Junior Brother Yingchen was still at the fifth rank, but now he has already started to ask questions. Once he has asked questions, he will enter the realm of the fourth rank Arhat. This is cause for celebration. The Buddha is blessing me."

"Xuanshu Bodhisattva is too kind."

Yingchen's clear eyes did not become complacent after receiving the praise from Xuanshu Bodhisattva. Instead, she just smiled and chanted a Buddhist name:
"I wonder why the Bodhisattva came to the capital?"

Yingchen looked at Xuanshu and asked.

Xuan Shu sat cross-legged among the monks, with a gentle smile on his face:

"I came here this time to pursue the path of the Buddha."

After hearing this, the old monk on the other side looked confused, then bowed to Xuan Shu:
"In Buddhism, the Buddhist principles of Xuanshu Bodhisattva are completely unknown. How could there be such an opportunity in Dayong?"

"You little monk don't know anything."

When Fu Hu Luo Han heard the old monk's question, an expression that was either mocking or indirect criticism appeared on his face, and he said in a muffled tone:
"The group led by Bodhisattva Xuanshu in the southern border met Lu Yuanzhi, the Duke of the Northern Kingdom of Dayong. After listening to his words, he worshipped him as his master in public. He followed him all the way to Dayong. Bodhisattva Lingsu also sent me to follow Xuanshu."

When he said this, Fuhu Luohan even had some ridicule in his tone:

"I don't know what mysteries that young boy has."

"Oh?"

When the monks in Fa'an Temple heard this, they were all stunned.

But Subduing Tiger Arhat carefully observed their expressions, but did not find any shock or disbelief on their faces.

I even saw Monk Yingchen clasping his hands together and chanting the Buddha's name deeply:
"Amitabha, I never thought that Donor Yixing had such insights into Buddhist principles. May I ask Bodhisattva Xuanshu if you can reveal a little bit of the Buddhist principles he mentioned?"

?

Seeing their performance, Fu Hu Luohan felt that his three views had collapsed.

No, don’t you think it is puzzling that a great Buddhist Bodhisattva like me would take a child as my teacher? ? ?

And this Yingchen, why does he still have a self-righteous look on his face?
After Xuan Shu heard what Monk Ying Chen said, his expression became more appreciative.

He was the one who personally cultivated Yingchen's knowledge of Buddhism since he was young. He couldn't help but feel a little gratified about Yingchen's desire to become a Buddhist.

"hehe."

Xuan Shu gently stroked Xiao Yingchen's shoulders and brushed off the dust on his shoulders. In front of everyone, his face became extremely pious and he slowly recited:
"No Bodhi tree, nor stand mirror."

"Buddha nature is always pure, where is the dust?"

"The body is the bodhi tree, the mind is the mirror."

"A bright mirror is pure by nature, how can it be stained by dust?"

"No Bodhi tree, nor stand mirror."

"There is nothing in the first place, so where is the dust!"

"Bodhi can only be found in the heart, why bother to seek it outside?"

"I heard that if you practice this way, the Western Paradise is just around the corner!"

Lu Yuan heard this Buddhist verse by chance in his previous life.

Because its format is simple, easy to remember and not difficult to pronounce, it can be searched in memory.

On the way back, Xuanshu Bodhisattva was like a dog-skin plaster, sticking wherever he went. Lu Yuanzhi really couldn't help it, so he racked his brains and recited the verse aloud.

When it was just read out, Xuan Shu heard it and sat cross-legged on the deck, meditating for three days and three nights. Then he slowly opened his eyes and laughed excitedly three times.

After hearing the Buddhist verses recited by Bodhisattva Xuanshu, the only person in Fa'an Temple who was left was Subduing the Tiger Arhat, who was scratching the back of his head with a confused look on his face.

All the remaining monks looked at Xuan Shu in stunned silence.

An old monk was trembling all over, looking at Xuanshu Bodhisattva, and then asked in a trembling voice:
"Is this verse really what the Duke of Beiguo said?"

"Haha, how can a monk tell lies?"

Xuanshu Bodhisattva could naturally understand the old monk's slip of the tongue, so he was not angry in his heart, but just replied with a gentle smile.

"This……"

The old monk was still trembling all over. He slowly knelt on the ground:
"I have been a Buddhist for eighty years and have heard countless Buddhist teachings. I consider myself to have a deep understanding of Buddhist teachings. However, after hearing this verse, I feel that what I have learned in this life is just superficial... Amitabha..."

Hearing his trembling voice, the young monk Yingchen remained silent. After a long while, he looked at Bodhisattva Xuanshu with clear eyes and said:

"I am a foolish monk, and I have only figured out one principle. I hope the Bodhisattva can teach me."

Xuan Shu smiled faintly: "Go ahead."

“There is no Bodhi tree, nor is there a mirror stand. The Buddha nature is always pure, where is the dust? Although the language is simple, it is full of interpretations of the term “sudden enlightenment”. The disciples only understand that the transition from “confusion” to “enlightenment” is only a matter of a single thought, but they do not know whether it is right or wrong.”

Yingchen pursed her lips and spoke slowly.

After hearing this, Xuan Shu smiled: "You are worthy of the title of Buddha's disciple. Although Yingchen's words are only one-sided, they are also to the point. However, I also gained something..."

As he spoke, he told everyone present what he had understood word by word.

The words were so exaggerated that the sky was falling and golden lotuses were emerging from the ground.

After a long time, he slowly stopped talking.

The entire main hall of Fa'an Temple was quiet for a long time.

There was no sound except the wind.

Just as the monks were immersed in the Buddhist verse, a sound of breaking through the air suddenly rang out.

"careful!"

With his quick eyes and hands, the Subduing Tiger Arhat instantly stood in front of the Bodhisattva Xuanshu. In just a flash, he grabbed the object that was rushing towards him.

"who?!!"

The monks finally reacted and looked outside, but they did not see anyone outside the door.

The Subduing Tiger Arhat simply handed the object in his hand to Xuan Shu, and then he jumped out.

When I chased him outside, I saw that it was cold and quiet outside, but there was no sign of anyone.

"Thief!"

Subduing Tiger Arhat's eyes searched the air for unusual smells very sharply, but he found nothing. After cursing for a while, he turned around and went back to the hall.

At this moment in the hall, Xuanshu Bodhisattva was looking at the object in his hand.

It was just a small raft with very smooth lines. There was a little man sitting on it. When Xuanshu Bodhisattva saw the object, his expression was slightly startled, and then he put it into his sleeve as if nothing had happened.

"Did you find out who it was?"

After seeing the returning Subduing Tiger Arhat, Yingchen's clear eyes became somewhat solemn as he asked.

"No, I couldn't see anyone after I went out, and I couldn't find anything. Buddhism is forbidden in Dayong Capital, so I didn't dare to run around."

The Subduing Tiger Arhat muttered to himself and stood behind Xuanshu Bodhisattva.

"Since we can't find it, then we won't look for it. It's not for the purpose of hurting anyone."

After hearing this, Xuan Shu smiled generously, then slowly stood up and faced the monks and said:

"I will go first."

"Farewell, Bodhisattva."

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(End of this chapter)