Chapter 372: Descending the Mountain
Zhu Yiyang's expression at the moment is really the same as a pig, and he doesn't seem to understand what happened just now.
Li Yi picked up the gourd and said, "You all saw what happened just now, right?"
The four guys immediately nodded their heads one after another.
"You can't tell anyone about this when you go back, otherwise you will leak the secret of heaven and will be punished by God. Li Yi said again.
The four guys hesitated, then nodded.
"You have also heard that the reason why the shadow is looking for you is because you are not sincere in worshiping the Buddha. Li Yi said again.
"Yes, yes, we will sincerely worship the Buddha in the future. Zhu Yiyang hurriedly said.
"In fact, it is not only about being sincere when burning incense and kowtowing, but the most important thing is to follow the teachings of the Buddha, do more good deeds, and be a good person. Li Yi said again, "For example, the things you are doing now, to put it bluntly, are cheating people, which is against Buddhism." After going back, I honestly returned the money to others, otherwise I would be unlucky sooner or later. ”
"Uh......" Zhu Yiyang's face showed a bitter face, he has done this work so far, where does he have the money to return it to others?
"Can you return, how much you can return, you really can't turn yourself in, anyway, if this matter is not solved, sooner or later you will be unlucky." Li Yi said, "And the three of you don't want to run away, he can have today and blame you for fueling the trouble, if you don't atone for your sins honestly, the next time you encounter trouble, it is estimated that it will not be as simple as a shadow." This time I saved you because you donated money to the temple and did not sin to death, if you don't atone for your sins when you go back, I won't care about it next time there is a problem......"
The four guys suddenly looked like ashes, but Li Yi ignored them, and went out with a look towards Yuan Tong and Yuan Da.
The two old monks invited Li Yi to the opposite room to preside over the house, and the old monk was also awake, so he sat on the edge of the bed with the quilt and roasted the fire.
"Thank you, Master Li, for your help. The old monk owes himself and said.
"Don't dare to be, hehe. Li Yi smiled and sat down to roast the fire.
"Alas, poor our little monastery is really unpeaceful. The old monk said, "Anyway, we are also a thousand-year-old temple here, when the incense was the most vigorous in the past, the whole mountain is in our temple, there are dozens of acres of fields around, hundreds of houses and halls, thousands of monks, when we beat the little devils, there are more than 100 people in our temple, and dozens of monks and soldiers went down the mountain. But since the chaos forty years ago, there are few people in the temple, and that thing is also because I saw the former believers running to smash, and the monks in the temple also ran away, chanting Amitabha Buddha in their mouths, and turned their heads to smash the Buddha statue, it seemed to be stimulated, and then someone came to burn incense, and he made all kinds of noisy temptations, not to mention those fakes, even the true believers were also scared away, and over the years, I saw that the incense in other temples was getting more and more vigorous, but no one came here, and it became more and more broken day by day......"
Li Yi was silent, so it was said that the rat spirit was also a bitter one, and he was still impenetrable to the world for eight hundred years, so he took the wrong path in an extreme way.
"As you can see, the hall in front of this is getting more and more dilapidated, and the roof is raining, and it is estimated that it will collapse before it is not repaired. So I thought about letting Xuanyun go down the mountain to turn fate, originally the boss Qian was rescued by our temple when he was in the queue, and he became a big boss a few years ago, so let him go to the past, how much work for a year and a half is enough to repair the main hall. I didn't expect that when Xuanyun left, that Master Shu also followed, we were happy, only to find out that it also left a follower in the temple, as long as there were outsiders in the temple, he would call people's names in the middle of the night, and whoever agreed, he would run to suck people's yang energy......"
"Then what if you don't agree?" asked Li Yi.
"Then it will mumble that the other person is deaf, that he is a poor disabled person, and that he will let the other man go. Yuan Tong interjected with a grin.
Li Yi also smiled bitterly, the apprentice cultivated by the rat spirit had a surprisingly low IQ.
"Alas, not long ago, the three of us were discussing catching him, who knew that this thing was very thief, the three of us with old arms and legs, although we have also practiced a little magic power, but we are not very successful, and we have been busy for several nights and have not been able to do anything about it, I was thinking about waiting for Xuanyun to come back, but he ...... Today, thanks to Master Li's shot......"
"You're welcome, it's just a gesture. Li Yi said, "Master Xuanyun is because he was invited to go on a business trip, and his cultivation can be regarded as complete, so there is no need for the masters to be sad." It's just that what are you going to do in the future?"
"Nowadays, it is difficult for the temple to recruit people, monks and Taoists are all professional students, and they have to pay salaries when they come, and they have to let their families get married and have children, do you say that they are still monks?" The old monk smiled bitterly, "Even if you agree to these conditions, a small temple like ours can't make money without incense, and no one wants to come, so this matter can only be counted as a day......
Li Yi can only sigh at this situation, why are there fewer people who know the Tao and the Dharma now? Because most of these things have to be cultivated from a young age, like monks, they have been growing up in monasteries since they were orphans, and their hearts are simple and not disturbed by the outside world to cultivate a few Taoist practices, but now raising a little monk like this, not letting people go to school or getting married, that is child abuse, that is illegal!
The result of the enlightenment of the people's wisdom is all kinds of impetuousness, look at those various masters today, how many of them have true cultivation, and how many of them strictly abide by the precepts? The monks and Taoists have all become professions, and their purpose is only to make money! Even the three people in front of them are not also wronged for the sake of money to protect bastards like Zhu Yiyang?
"Before Master Xuanyun left, he begged me to help him take care of the three masters, or help you find a new apprentice, or in a few years, when your body is no longer bearable, I will take you down the mountain. Li Yi said, "It is estimated that it is a little difficult to help you find an apprentice, after all, it is not like to get an orphan to raise you in this era, fortunately, I am a nursing home, you can consider going to my nursing home to live in a nursing home." ”
"Hehe, thank you Master Li, our body is okay, let's talk about it in a few years. The old monk smiled and said, "Besides, we don't believe that the Buddha will make our ancient temple cut off the incense, maybe we will meet a good successor by chance." ”
Li Yi nodded and no longer persuaded them, people with faith would not be scared away by difficulties, and besides, they had lived here for decades, so it would be difficult for them to leave the temple and go down the mountain to retire.
After deciding on the matter, he continued to go back to sleep, and finally made do until dawn, and it was a sunny day with the sun, and when the ice and snow froze near noon, Li Yi took Zhu Yiyang and the four of them, and the three monks who said goodbye went down the mountain together......