Chapter 9: Lingyin Temple

"Hello master, I'm looking for the abbot of emptiness. After Ye Huai'an left the game hall, he wanted to leave immediately, but after thinking about it, he hadn't seen the Master of Emptiness for many years, so he rode the little turtle to Lingyin Temple.

"Donor, the abbot does not casually meet outsiders. The monk in the temple raised his palms and said.

"Please tell me that there is a visit from Zhang Juzheng's deceased. After Zhang Juzheng's death, Ye Huai'an has never been to Lingyin Temple, and he is afraid that his name will be empty and the monk will forget, so he will report the teacher's name.

"Okay, please wait a moment. The monk saw that Ye Huai'an said decently and went to tell him, and after a while, he saw the master of emptiness come out in person to greet him: "Hahaha, welcome, welcome, I was scared when I heard Lao Zhang's name, I thought about it, I guess you are right, come out and see if it is true!"

"Hehe, the boy Ye Huai'an visited the abbot, and the abbot is still old and strong after not seeing the abbot for many years. "The Master of Emptiness is white and chubby, sixty or seventy years old, with a smile on his face, like a Maitreya Buddha, short in stature, wearing a gray monk's robe, simple and clean.

The Master of Emptiness folded his hands and put it down and said: "Yezi, you and I don't have to talk so much about etiquette, I am very empty and lonely after these old Zhang leaves!"

Ye Huai'an smiled slightly, only the two of them knew about Zhang Juzheng's crossing, the master of emptiness has always greatly admired Zhang Juzheng's profound knowledge, and the Yellow Emperor advocated Taoism during the Ming Dynasty, so the same is true for the hundred officials of the imperial court, Zhang Juzheng, as the first assistant of the cabinet, is also quite familiar with religious matters, and Buddhism also visited Zhang Juzheng in order to develop, and those monks were naturally speechless with Zhang Juzheng's eloquence. Ancient monks are still like this, not to mention the abbot of a Lingyin Temple in modern times.

Ye Huai'an laughed out loud and said, "I have seen the name of the Void Master since I was a child. "The name of this empty monk is so apt, this mouth is uncomfortable if he doesn't speak, he feels empty and lonely all day long, the more he is convinced, the more he likes it, and it is precisely because of this that he became attached to Zhang Juzheng.

"Hehehe, come in, come in, don't stand outside and say, my head hurts for the past two days. The empty monk pulled Ye Huaian closer to the backyard and complained.

"Oh, what else does it give you a headache?" The empty monk was afraid of him because his mouth was like Tang Seng, including Zhang Juzheng, who had been pestered by him for several months and had a headache, and now hearing him say that he had a headache, Ye Huaian couldn't help but feel amused.

The empty monk invited Ye Huai'an to sit down in the wing room and then complained: "You don't know, now our Lingyin Temple is becoming more and more famous, although this is famous, the sound is good, and the incense money is more, but there are a lot of troubles, no, now there is a troublesome thing that makes me almost dizzy." ”

"What the hell is going on? Let the boy hear it too. Ye Huai'an is a little curious now.

Now a few city leaders have come to talk to me, saying that they want to keep Touzhu incense, and you say that it is not good for me to offend anyone, and those people annoy me to death with one phone call a day. The Master of Emptiness took a sip of water, waved his hand, and the fat on his body shook for a while.

The first pillar of incense, the first pillar of incense of the new year, is believed by many devout Buddhists to ensure the safety and prosperity of the whole family in the coming year. Over the years, the head pillar incense has been popular with pilgrims, every year will attract a large number of pilgrims to compete, at first according to the order of the queue, and then too many people gradually evolved into the form of auction, not only pilgrims to bid, and even some business people who do not believe in Buddhism to participate in it, they think this is a symbol of strength, last year there was even a bid for millions of sky-high head pillar incense, causing a lot of controversy.

"Touzhuxiang, it's still September, and there is at least half a year before the New Year!" Ye Huai'an said in surprise.

"It's still September, I've had a headache for two months, what do you think you can do!" the Master of Emptiness looked uncomfortable, almost constipated.

It's been a headache for two months? Does that mean that someone made an appointment in July? Although Ye Huaian knew that Touzhuxiang was popular, he didn't expect it to be so popular. After thinking about it, he didn't come up with any good ideas, so he simply said: "You can give it to whoever is powerful." ”

"Who's powerful?mayor?secretary?" The Master of Emptiness touched his chin and thought carefully.

Ye Huai'an took the opportunity to say: "Master, today I am here to ask you for a solution, I am now a teacher, I hope to be able to change people's values, morality, but many times it is not satisfactory, but I am still confused and don't know where to start." ”

The Master of Emptiness smiled and said, "I'll tell you a story, a long time ago, there was no Buddha in this world, and it was full of all kinds of wicked people, killing people and setting fires, ** captive and doing all kinds of evil. No one thinks they are evil, because everyone is the same. So the Buddha stood up and said I am a good person and you are all evil people. So he set an example, not killing people, not setting fires, not ** not plundering, many people admired him, like him to learn, so there is a distinction between good people and bad people. Gradually, people like good people more and more, and hate bad people more and more, and there are naturally fewer and fewer bad people, and everyone is determined to be good. So the world is clean, the bad people are gone, and the Buddha becomes a Buddha.

Ye Huai'an realized something, and said loudly: "You mean to let me stand up and be an example?"

The Master of Emptiness picked up the teacup and took a sip of water: "Now this world is not as small as before, and it is really difficult for you to influence the world alone, so you can find some partners, or helpers to help you." ”

"But where can I go to find help?" Ye Huai'an said puzzled.

"There was only one Buddha before, but now?" asked the Master of Emptiness.

Ye Huai'an suddenly understood in his heart, and put his hands together and said, "Master Gordon, Ye Huai'an has been taught." "I am a Buddha now, and if I want to help, I naturally want to teach more Buddhas, and when I was mentioned by the Master of Emptiness, Ye Huai'an suddenly remembered Lin Yawen who was left in the game hall by him, and his heart was immediately full of apologies, and he immediately stood up and said: "Master, I suddenly remembered that there is something important to do, and I will disturb me a lot today, and he will bathe in incense and come to visit the door in order to thank Master for his guidance." ”

"Hey, hey, wait, I helped you solve the problem, do you want to help me solve the problem too?" said the Master of Emptiness, raising his hand.

"How to solve it?" Ye Huaian said puzzled.

"Huh. The Master of Emptiness suddenly smiled sinisterly, and then said, "It's not good for me to give this pillar of incense to anyone, so it's better to give it to you." ”

"What?" Ye Huai'an was taken aback, this pillar incense is a hot potato, whoever takes it is unlucky, Ye Huai'an doesn't dare to grab the head pillar incense with those high-ranking officials and rich businessmen.

The Master of Emptiness touched his fat chin and said: "I can't afford to provoke any of the leaders in the city, it's not good to give it to anyone, it's better to forget it for you, I have always felt that I owe something to Zhang Jushi, you are his proud disciple, I want to compensate you is also a wish of mine." It doesn't matter to me whether you give it away, auction it, or burn it yourself. ”

"This ......" Ye Huai'an made a bitter face, where is this compensation, this is simply a pit man! Although this pillar of incense is worth a fortune, but if it is done well, it will be complained by others, and if it is not done well, it will be set on fire.

The Void Master's face changed and said, "Ye Zi, I just helped you solve a difficult problem, and now you are unwilling to let you help me solve a small problem?"

Ye Huai'an immediately stopped talking, the teacher usually hates the most people who don't know how to repay the favor, when he was a child, his family was poor and raised by relatives, and his relatives provided him with education and school, and he was the first college student of the cabinet later, so he often taught Ye Huai'an the grace of dripping water, and he must repay it with a spring! When the master of emptiness said this, he naturally didn't dare to refute it, so he had to nod his head and agree.

Seeing that Ye Huai'an succumbed to his obscenity, the Master of Emptiness immediately smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't treat you badly, this is the Buddha bead that was consecrated in our Lingyin Temple, and if you wear it on your hand to keep you safe, give it to you!"

Ye Huai'an was also not polite, such a big busy charge of interest was worthy of himself, stretched out his hand and said, "That's okay, bring me ten." ”