Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 151: Ksitigarbha Pagoda (1)
Suddenly saw a tall tower, Lu Ban couldn't help watching it.Just because it is far away and there are heavy walls blocking it, the whole picture of the tower cannot be seen.Even so, one can get a glimpse of its majestic momentum.

Reflected by the sunset, the tall and straight outline of the tower becomes more and more distinct.The top of the treasure is like a cover, and there are layers of brakes on each other. It is simple and majestic, and proud of the sky.All of a sudden, it seems that I have met a Jiangque building that can catch the moon and pick up the stars.

Although Lu Bantou is a rough man, facing such a scene, he secretly sighed.He only felt his body and mind were cleansed for a while, and he gradually became a little dazed looking at it, and the embarrassment in the palace just now was completely forgotten.

Not long after, Feng Shen and Hong Zhi also came out of the hall, seeing Lu Bantou standing in a daze, they couldn't help being curious.

"Team leader? Lu Bantou?" Hongzhi called several times, and Lu Bantou woke up like a dream.

"Huh? Oh, you two came out?"

Feng Shen said: "Brother is so engrossed, what are you looking at?"

"Brother, look over there," Lu Ban pointed his head, "that tower is so impressive!"

Feng Shenshun counted on the future, and he also had to praise him.

"Great monk," Lu Bantou asked Hongzhi, "what is the place over there?"

Hongzhi replied: "That is the pagoda yard of our temple, and its pagoda is called 'Ksitigarbha Buddha'."

Feng Shen said: "The Ksitigarbha Pagoda looks quite old, so it shouldn't be built by this dynasty?"

"That's true," Hongzhi said, "This pagoda was built in the Liao and Jin Dynasties, and a finger bone relic of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was enshrined inside."

"Hey! There are relics?" Lu Bantou said happily, "I often hear people say that seeing relics is like seeing a real Buddha, which can increase merit! Hurry up, brother, let's hurry up and have a look, so we can enjoy it Buddhist spirit!"

As Lu Ban spoke, he wanted to pull Feng Shen away.

"Brother is too impatient," Feng Shen said with a slight smile, "in Master Hongzhi's words just now, there was a word 'Zeng'. Presumably after several years of changes, the finger bone relic no longer exists."

Hongzhi nodded and said: "What Benefactor Ma said is true. When I came to the temple, it had been deserted for a long time, and I don't know where that finger bone relic went."

"It's a pity, what a pity!" Lu Ban sighed for a while, and then said, "How about we go to Deng Deng Pagoda? It's good to look down from the top."

"Excuse me, head of the team," I never thought that Hongzhi would refuse: "This is really inconvenient, sorry for the poor monk's difficulty!"

Lu Ban shook his head and said, "What? There is a treasure hidden in the tower, are we afraid that we will steal it?"

"Where is the leader talking?" Hongzhi said, "If it is normal, the two of you will naturally go. But right now, the abbot of our temple is sitting in the Ksitigarbha Pagoda to study enlightenment. If we go rashly, won't we bother him Qingxiu?"

"What a coincidence? Your abbot is quite good at picking places..." Hearing what Hongzhi said, Lu Ban's anger subsided a lot, and with Feng Shen's winks from the side, he temporarily gave up the idea of ​​climbing the pagoda.

Seeing that Lu Bantou no longer insisted, Hongzhi said again: "You two are already hungry after going up the mountain this time. The living room is right in front. Why don't you go with the poor monk to have some tea and fast food?"

"Forget it," Lu Ban said, "You monks like clear soup with little water, but the tea with plain fruit and light tea must not be very tasty."

Feng Shen smiled at Hongzhi, "My big brother is outspoken and careless, I hope Master Hongzhi doesn't mind."

Hongzhi waved his hands again and again, "How dare you?"

"That's good," Feng Shen said, "there's no need to worry about the tea room. If Master Hongzhi is interested, please show us around."

Hongzhi hesitated a little, then nodded. "Since the two of you are interested, the poor monk has no choice but to obey, please!"

"Thank you." Feng Shen cupped his hands and walked forward.

The three of them stopped and went, passing the Dharma hall, the fasting hall and the scripture altar in turn.Along the way, seeing Feng Shen always looking at remote places, Hongzhi couldn't help feeling suspicious.

"Stay here, you two," Hongzhi said, stopping, "The poor monk suddenly became confused, and I don't know whether to ask or not..."

Feng Shen turned his head and said: "Master, you don't need to be polite, but you can ask."

"Yeah," Lu Bantou also said, "Just talk if you have something to say, and just ask if you have something to do! What are you talking about?"

"Hey," Hongzhi sneered slightly, and said again: "The poor monk is outspoken. From the perspective of the poor monk, the two of you are visiting the temple this time not just to worship the temple and worship the Buddha, right?"

Being poked into his mind, Lu Ban panicked a little. He glanced at Feng Shen and said to Hongzhi, "Great Monk, don't think too much..."

Feng Shen patted Lu Ban's head and shoulders, and asked with a light smile, "Then according to Master Hongzhi, what do we intend to do?"

Hongzhi said: "People's hearts are separated from each other, if you two don't tell the truth, how can the poor monk guess it?"

Guan Hongzhi's words and demeanor, Feng Shen knew that he was suspicious, and it might not be good to hide it, so he might as well try it out by beating around the bush.

So Feng Shen smiled, and said calmly: "Since Master Hongzhi is asking, we should talk endlessly. But before that, Ma also has some doubts here, and I would like to ask Master Hongzhi to enlighten me first. "

Hongzhi was taken aback, and said, "What is Ma Shi mainly asking?"

"That's right," Feng Shen said, "Before entering the temple, I heard that Yaji Mountain has always practiced light meditation, I don't know if it is true or not?"

"Alas," Hongzhi sighed, "As Shizhu Ma said, the people in the mountains around here are really obsessed with Xuan Dao and can't tolerate Buddhism..."

"Then ask me again," Feng Shen interrupted Hongzhi, "When we went up the mountain, we passed many Taoist temples, but all of them were ruined temples and abandoned altars, and people went to empty pavilions. A famous Taoist scenic spot with a lot of incense has been abandoned in just a few months. Si, can Master Hongzhi know the cause and effect of this?"

Hong Zhi frowned and said: "The poor monk is often puzzled about the sudden failure of that school. As for the reason, I am not very clear."

Lu Ban interjected: "You are all on the same mountain, how can you not hear the wind?"

"Lu Bantou," Hongzhi said, "this is because monks don't like to ask about mundane matters; secondly, I have only moved here for a few months, so it can be called a newcomer. I am busy repairing temples and closing temples on weekdays. He seldom communicates with the outside world. Although he has heard a little about Taoism, he has no time to investigate the cause and effect."

"Really?" Feng Shen said, "But Ma heard people say that it was the monks from Baocha who drove away all the Taoist priests in Heshan!"

"There's no reason for that," Hongzhi's face changed drastically, "What kind of person is making a mouthful of karma and slandering my Buddhist reputation?"

Feng Shendao: "Ma also didn't believe it completely, Master Hongzhi, don't worry."

Hong Zhidun said: "Amitabha, it's a sin. What Ma Shizhu taught was that the poor monk was impatient for a while, and almost violated the two precepts of anger and ignorance. But it is related to the reputation of our temple, and the two poor monks can share a few words. "

Feng Shen said: "Master, please explain."

Hong Zhi turned his body sideways, "Talking about our innocence, even if we really want to kill dissidents, we will be powerless. As the saying goes, 'a strong dragon can't crush a snake', the number of monks in our temple is only twenty or so. In addition, the time of moving here is not long, so how can it be possible to drive away the Taoists who have lived here for a long time?"

"How is it impossible?" Lu Ban nodded, "I see you dumb arhats are so vicious!"

"Dumb arhat?" Hongzhi asked, "Lu Bantou is referring to the Dharma protector of our monastery?"

"Who else could it be if it wasn't them?" Lu Ban nodded, "Let me tell you, Great Monk, the bastards you raised are notorious! My brother and I have seen them before at the mountain gate. Tell them The rumors of bullying people with fists and kicks should be true!"

"There is absolutely no such thing!" Hongzhi insisted, "The poor monk can guarantee his life. The head of the team should know that we monks never tell lies!"

"Humph," Lu Bantou sneered, "You don't tell lies, so could that old lady tell lies?"

"Old lady?" The flesh on Hongzhi's face trembled involuntarily. "May I ask the name of the old lady at the head of the team? Why is she still so ungrateful at such a young age?"

"What's the matter?" Lu Ban tilted his head, "I asked the name, so you can go to Xingshi to ask the crime?"

"Xingshi would not dare to inquire about the crime," Hongzhi said, "But even clay figurines will have an earthy nature. We are not allowed to ask for an explanation when we are slandered by such vicious words?"

"Master Hongzhi," Feng Shen said, "it doesn't matter where those words come from, as long as you act righteously and do it properly, whether it's rumors or slander, it will be self-defeating."

"Ma Shizhu's words are reasonable," Hongzhi nodded and said, "however, I think that everyone in the temple abides by the clear rules and strictly abides by the precepts of meditation, and has never done anything against one's heart and virtue."

Feng Shen changed his subject: "But what happened to those Dharma protectors? Just like Brother Lu said, when they first saw us, they fought without asking why. Is this also called strict observance of Buddhist precepts?"

"Oh, it's really a mistake..." Hong Zhi sighed, with a look of guilt on his face. "The poor monk, let's start from the beginning. From what you two said, you must have heard that I hired a dozen villagers to help the temple when I first came here, right?"

Regarding the whereabouts of the villagers, Feng Lu was thinking about how to tell them, but Hongzhi himself told them.The two looked at each other, nodded and asked: "That's right, what happened next?"

Hongzhi continued: "After those villagers helped to renovate a few Buddhist halls, the poor monk asked the deacon to settle the money and rations, and sent them down the mountain. Who would have thought that they would have no news after they left. When they didn't see anyone, they broke into our temple and made a big fuss, fabricating rumors out of thin air, insisting that we had detained him..."

Lu Bantou snorted: "The person disappeared from you, and the villagers will naturally come to you to look for it."

"That's true," Hongzhi said, "but the poor monk really doesn't know where they went. Later, the government was alerted, and the county magistrate sent troops to investigate thoroughly, and it was confirmed that there are indeed no villagers hiding in our temple."

Feng Shen didn't pretend, "We've all heard about it. But what's the relationship between these things and Baocha Dharma Protector driving away visitors without reason?"

(End of this chapter)