Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 148 Mud Plow Purgatory (3)
Even though Lu Ban had rough skin and thick flesh, he also felt suffocated in his chest after being hit.He hastily breathed out and adjusted his breath, but he refused to spare anyone: "It seems that the bald donkey is not full, this soft lady's palm is just a tickle for me!"

But scolding is scolding, dumb arhats are still running around, slippery like loach.Gradually, Feng Shen saw some tricks: they didn't set up this battle for immediate results, but to disturb the enemy's mood first.When the opponent is disturbed, he will definitely follow their actions. In this way, he will be restrained everywhere, and if he is passive for a long time, he will inevitably fall into their trap.

In his mind, eight words suddenly appeared in Feng Shen's mind-avoid the sharpness and attack the lazy, which was the instruction he got after breaking up with the middle-aged scribe that day.

"Avoid the sharpness, strike the lazy..." Feng Shen recited silently several times, and his heart suddenly became clear.The dumb arhat's move was nothing more than trying to use up his energy before making a sudden killing move. Since this is the case, why not do the opposite?The maintenance of this formation requires the dumb arhats to constantly step on their positions to fill in the gaps. As long as one's own side calms down, it will cause more damage to themselves.

Thinking of this, Feng Shen hurriedly said in a low voice: "Brother, get rid of the hustle and bustle and take some time off. Let's stay the same and respond to all changes!"

After this point, Lu Ban's head suddenly understood, and immediately stopped the scolding, keeping his clumsiness and avoiding his ingenuity.

With four hands, the two of them firmly blocked the vital door.The dumb arhat tried again and again, but to no avail.

However, with such a change, the battle situation immediately stalemate.Although the dumb arhat couldn't attack, Feng Lu couldn't attack for a while, and both the attacker and the defender fell into an awkward situation.

Feng Shen made a firm footing, while he was fully on guard, while thinking of a good strategy to defeat the enemy.But that group of dumb arhats remained vigilant and stalked every now and then, Feng Shen wasn't sure enough, and didn't dare to break through easily.

They were standing face to face, and a shout came from outside the mountain gate: "Quickly stop!"

The dumb arhats looked back, they all stopped and stood still.Seeing that they withdrew their hands, Feng Lu and the two of them withdrew their moves, staring around, sizing up the speaker.

But I saw that person was also a monk, dressed in apricot yellow and sea green, with Zen shoes on his feet, and a patchwork cassock over his shoulders, obviously he was the head monk in the temple.

Holding the rosary in one hand and the skirt in the other, the monk hurriedly ran to the crowd.Seeing the monk coming, the dumb arhats all retreated to one side.

"Sins, sins," the monk bowed slightly, clasped his palms together: "The poor monk is not strict, he offended two benefactors, and apologized here."

Hearing his humble words, Lu Bantou's hostility dropped a lot. "Hmph, finally something comes out!"

Feng Shen raised his palm with one hand in return, "Dare to ask Master?"

"Poor monk Hongzhi, I'm the supervisor of my monastery," the monk said, his eyes suddenly settled on Lu Ban's face. "Huh? Could this benefactor..."

"Haha," Lu Ban said, "Great Monk, I recognized you too! It was your leader who turned the catastrophe at the entrance of the village that day!"

"It's hard for Lu Bantou to remember the poor monk," Hongzhi smiled, and turned to Feng Shen, "I didn't ask for advice..."

When Feng Shen asked, he hurriedly used a pseudonym to pass through.

Hong Zhi nodded and said: "It turns out that it is the benefactor Ma, disrespectful and disrespectful. You two are here, I don't know why?"

"Don't ask us first," Lu Ban said, pointing his head at the dumb arhat, "They beat up as soon as they come up, so what's the matter?"

Hongzhi said: "It's just the poor monk's lack of education. I hope the leader will forgive me a lot. These monks are all the guardians of our monastery."

"Dharma protector?" Lu Ban nodded, "All of them are not skinny, so they can also be Dharma protectors?"

"The squad leader underestimated them," Hongzhi said, "Although they are not big and big, they have the ability to outnumber ten."

"Stop bragging about them for them!" Lu Ban said, "It's very common for me to see their abilities. How can one count as ten? Hmph, they came together just now, and I don't see what they can do to us!"

Hongzhi said: "The two gods are so powerful, it's a different matter."

Hearing this sentence, Lu Ban was very pleased, and raised his face proudly, only to find that the dumb arhats were staring at him.

"Aren't you convinced?" Lu Ban shouted brightly, "Come on, let's compare pictures again!"

Seeing Lu Ban shouting, several dumb arhats were eager to try again, before Feng Shen could stop him, Hongzhi was already standing between them.

"Amitabha, they have already experienced the ability of the team leader, so please raise your hand." After Hongzhi finished speaking, he gestured a few quick gestures towards the back.The group of dumb arhats glared at Feng Lu and the two of them, and retreated to the temple bitterly.

"Master Hongzhi", Feng Shendao, "Bao Cha Dharma Protector surrounded people for no reason, you haven't explained the reason yet, just a few words of 'lack of discipline' and 'no way to educate', I'm afraid you can't cover it up?"

"What Ma Shizhu taught is that," Hongzhi said, "according to the poor monk's opinion, it should be the two of you who showed their kung fu, which caused a misunderstanding."

"Misunderstanding?" Lu Ban nodded, "What can be misunderstood?"

Hongzhi said: "Presumably they saw the two martial arts masters, and they thought they were invited by the villagers to help them. They were afraid that the temple would be disadvantageous, so they were abrupt."

Feng Shen and Lu Ban were stunned, "The villagers invited someone to help them fight? What's going on here?"

"It's a long story," Hongzhi said, "Well, why don't you two go to the temple to have a rest first, and then let the poor monk talk slowly."

"Alright," seeing that he took the initiative to invite, Feng Shen pushed the boat along. "The two of us are going to worship the temple and worship the Buddha."

"That's good," Hongzhi turned around and looked away, "Please benefactor!"

Lu Bantou was eager to find out what happened, so he passed Hongzhi in two or three steps, and ran towards the temple first.But before he stepped into the temple gate, something suddenly fell in midair.

Coincidentally, the object hit the door behind Lu Ban's head without bias.With this blow on the head, Lu Ban thought he was a dumb arhat and came to sneak attack again. With a violent jerk, he leaped far away.

The thing bounced a few times on the ground, then rolled along the steps to Feng Shen's feet.Feng Shen stretched out his hand and picked it up.

Seeing that it was an egg-shaped green fruit, Lu Ban was furious and funny. He looked it over for a week and shouted everywhere: "Where is Wuna Dubal hiding? Get out of me quickly! Use a big round jujube as a hidden weapon, thank you for thinking of it." out!"

"Don't panic, Lu Bantou," Hongzhi pointed to a big tree in front of the temple, and said, "It's not because someone attacked secretly, but because the fruit on the tree happened to fall on Bantou's head when it was ripe. It's not a date, but a walnut."

"Walnuts?" Lu Ban couldn't believe it, "Could this be a walnut with green skin and thick flesh? Do you think I haven't eaten it?"

"Look, brother," Feng Shen smiled, and squeezed the green fruit in his palm. "It is indeed a raw walnut."

Seeing the hard shell with convex tendons and grooves exposed under the pulp, Lu Ban couldn't help but blush. "I dare say that raw walnuts look like this. I have only eaten salt-baked ones... It's not right. I heard the song in the peasant song: Seven dozen walnuts and eight dozen pears, and the persimmons in September are red. What kind of month is this? Can I have walnuts?"

"The team leader doesn't know something," Hongzhi said, "This is an iron walnut tree that is nearly a hundred years old. It is not easy to bear fruit, and coupled with the high mountain and cold weather, it will naturally mature several months later than the one on the flat ground."

"Iron walnuts? No wonder it hurts when you hit them." Lu Ban rubbed his forehead, whining repeatedly.

Feng Shen weighed the walnut and threw it by the side of the road.Hongzhi raised his sleeves and led the two into the temple.

Stepping over the high threshold, there is a wide corridor, with lotus ponds on both sides, corridors and houses on all sides, facing the left bell and the right drum, guarding a hall.

Stepping on the corridor, the two couldn't help looking into the lotus pond.It's a pity that the lotus in the pond has already bloomed and failed. The fluffy leaves are curled up and the stems are scorched and broken. It looks so desolate.Fortunately, there are still a few fat fish under the water, flicking back and forth, cruising happily, adding a bit of vitality to this decadent scene.

Coming to His Highness, Lu Ban couldn't help but startled. "The Palace of Heavenly Kings? Brother, don't they say it's called 'Buddha Palace'?"

"They?" Hongzhi said first, "Dare to ask the team leader, who said this?"

"A master surnamed Lou, and two other arrests!" Lu Ban said angrily, "They really are trying to trick me! Damn, when I go down the mountain later, I have to ask them to settle the score!"

Hongzhi asked again: "But Lou got to call Master Lou?"

"That's right, that old boy!" Lu Ban nodded, "Why? You two still know each other?"

"It's not an acquaintance, but I've met once or twice." Hongzhi replied, "Oh, Master Lou is not lying, our temple does have a non-Buddhist hall."

Lu Ban pointed to the plaque on the hall: "Could it be that I can't read? It clearly says the Hall of Heavenly Kings!"

"The head of the class, Rong Zhi," Hongzhi said, "Since the practice of meditation and purification, all Buddhist temples have erected the Hall of Heavenly Kings as the head hall, and it has become a fixed standard, ordering future generations to strictly abide by it. Our temple has always followed the teachings of Buddhism, how dare it?" Disobedience or disobedience? Passing through this palace of heavenly kings is the main hall of non-Buddha."

Lu Ban's head sighed: "I only know that there are many precepts when I am a monk, but I don't think there are many rules."

Feng Shen said: "Since this is the front hall, I'll go straight to the main hall after I pay my respects."

"But that is not Buddha Hall..." Hongzhi hesitated for a while, and said, "Forget it, you two will come with the poor monk."

After finishing speaking, the three entered the Heavenly King Hall together.There are not many Buddha statues enshrined in the hall, which looks solemn and empty.Maitreya with a big belly at the front, and a horizontal pestle and Wei Tuo at the back, the four heavenly kings of Chiguo, Zengchang, Guangmu, and Duowen each hold a dharma weapon, majestically serving on the left and right.

Hongzhi went to the Buddhist table, lit candles and lit some incense sticks, and handed them to Feng Lu and the others.

Feng Shen held incense and put it on his chest, raised his eyebrows again and again, after doing this three times, he stepped back respectfully and stood up, clapping his hands in silent congratulations.Lu Ban took pictures of gourds and painted ladles, and imitated Feng Shen's way of making incense.

After paying homage to the incense, they bowed around for a few more times, and then turned out from the Yimen at the back of the hall together with Hongzhi.

As soon as he came out of the Hall of Heavenly Kings, a burst of thick Sanskrit smoke blew from behind the screen wall, and Lu Ban coughed so hard that his head was choked, and he almost got smoked. "Great monk...cough...the front hall of yours is deserted, but the incense in the back hall is quite prosperous."

Hongzhi said: "This is the main hall of our temple, so don't dare to slack off offering incense and candles."

(End of this chapter)