Yijie came to the door, looking worried, I don't know why, he always felt that his master had something to say, as if he really found that his purpose was not to really devote himself to the Buddha, but to come for the temple property.

"No, I've been lurking for so many years... There is no room for failure... I want to become the presiding officer of the temple, just like Master Shiyong, and go to the pinnacle of life through the temple... I want to succeed in life!"

Yijie repeatedly warned himself in his heart, don't let yourself work hard for years because of a little leakage of desire, it is not worth it.

Like the novices around him, Ichijo began to guard the gate on his own, and it was a good thing, at least for Ichijo, not to have to see Kumi's body.

At this time, a slightly bloated monk appeared from behind Yijie, looking smiling and very approachable, but Yijie knew that the monk in front of him was probably the same kind of person as himself.

There is no reason whatsoever, purely instinctive suspicion.

Zen Master Mingfa patted Yijie's shoulder, not like a monk at all, but like a social person who has been in the workplace for a long time.

"Little monk, you were also kicked out to see the door?"

"Uh... Master Mingfa, this is a bad statement, it is the disciple's dullness that allows the master to come out and relax, and realize Zen alone. Yijie said with a smile as usual.

Ming Fa didn't pursue the little quibbles of the first ring, but just said to himself.

"Life, always lonely as snow, especially when a monk, that is a very lonely thing, what do you say about this life? At that time, the little Taoist priest who came to us said well, the so-called human desires, everyone has them, you have me, your master, my junior brother, everyone has it, since they have it, why hide it?"

I am most afraid that the air will suddenly become embarrassed, this remark is too explicit, so that Yijie doesn't know what expression to use to face it, isn't it good to put some things in his heart?

"That Mingfa master, what do you want to say, the little monk doesn't understand..."

"Theoretically, the assets of this temple belong to everyone, and it's okay that the previous abbot has been appointed, but if the abbot dies accidentally, and there is no place left for the next abbot, everyone has to elect together.." Mingfa Zen Master's tone suddenly became sad, and said: "My master, before leaving, only left the place of the acting abbot, not the place of the abbot, the meaning is obvious, is to let me wait for myself to compete, to see who can get more support, who will serve as the abbot of this Dalin Temple, but now the acting abbot has given me the junior brother who does not know how to do things in the world, only knows how to study Buddhist scriptures, I am worried, he is in front of it, he should be used to it, I don't really want to be the abbot abbot... I'm just worried that my junior brother will defeat the temple left by my ancestors... If it really falls into this field, it is the greatest respect for the master. ”

Hearing this, Yijie glanced at Mingfa, sneered in his heart, and said that he would not let his junior brother be defeated, and he didn't want to be the abbot in his heart.

Dalin Temple, the largest temple in the local area, has many hardcore pilgrims, although the quality is uneven, but in general, they are all financially wealthy people, that is a mobile Tibetan gold pavilion, a small treasury...

If you can become the abbot of Dalin Temple...

Money...

Status...

Woman...

The whole nine yards...

Everyone is a fake monk, so there is no need to hide it so much.

After thinking about it for a while, Yijie looked at the smiling Mingfa, nodded solemnly and said.

"Master Mingfa, I think so too, I think you are the one who is suitable for the next abbot, then Master Mingzheng, you are an elm head. ”

......

When Xuanli and others came to the foot of the mountain of Dalin Temple, the atmosphere was dull and dull, although everyone had a bad relationship with Buddhism, but after all, it was a funeral or a respected master, and it was understandable to be affected by this atmosphere.

Qingyue didn't take the car to show her respect, so she walked up the mountain to Dalin Temple, and Xuanli and others followed.

"Isn't Lord Yunguan coming this time..."

"I don't know this, I should... I don't know, I have already notified the Lord of the Cloud Observatory, and I have not replied to the poor road. Xuanli shook his head and said, "Maybe he has come, walking in front of us, maybe he hasn't come yet, walking behind us, maybe he is no longer coming, and maybe the death of Kongjian will pass by as a passing cloud... After all, last time, the Lord of Yunguan had a lot of conflicts with Dalin Temple, and it was inevitable that he would have a bad heart. ”

Qingyue was silent, knowing that Li Yun and Dalin Temple had a lot of conflicts, and he couldn't comment much on this, and continued to walk up the mountain, there are not many pedestrians on this mountain today, the weather is gloomy, the monk of Dalin Temple passed away, and many people mourned this monk at home.

On the way up the mountain, they at least saw more than one wave of villagers, placing the tribute in front of the temple and then leaving, leaving only sad expressions.

Dalin Temple, Kongjian Zen Master, is very loved by the villagers here, and this selfish abbot who was exposed by Li Yun in the eyes of Xuanli is very popular.

This point is also understood, no matter what, the selfishness of Kongjian is selfishness for himself, it is selfishness for the temple, his purpose is to pass on Zen teachings, study Buddhism, for the villagers, is a complete image of a monk.

"Human beings have two sides, both good and bad, so the so-called Buddha has a good side for ordinary people, or has a bad side for whom... Buddhism is compassionate, but for the evil devil's crooked path, the Buddha's way is the evil devil's crooked way... Gee. ”

Xuan thought about this question and decided to wait for the matter to be over, and then take it back to the Taoist temple to study.

Now the matter is to send the funeral of the Zen master Kongjian, who is loved by the villagers, to recite the Taoist scriptures of Duhua, and to send off this highly respected Da Shi together with fellow Buddhists.

However, when a few people just came to the door, they were stopped by several monks, except for one ring, they were all monks of Dalin Temple.

The leader is the monk of Yijie, with a tall figure, a round and bald head, not like the cunning eyes of a monk, and he was not surprised to see Xuanli and others, but smiled faintly.

"Amitabha, a few fellow Taoists, please go back, we have important things to talk about today..."

......

In front of the Dalin Temple, the atmosphere was not ordinarily tense.

"We were obviously invited, why didn't we let us in, could it be that you are the first seat of Dalin Temple or the acting abbot?" Xuan Li frowned, looked at the precept in front of him, and asked: "Also, you are not a monk of Dalin Temple, why did you ask us to leave, this is not in accordance with the regulations." ”

"Just now, the first Ming Dharma senior brother asked the poor monk to act as the gatekeeper, and it is true that there is an important matter of Buddhism to discuss, and I can't receive all Taoist friends, I'm really sorry. "Yijie apologized with a 'sincere' face, which made Xuanli and others look indescribable.

Obviously, he came to mourn the master of Dalin Temple, but he didn't expect to be blocked by the little minions of other temples, Xuanshan and Xuanhui both had a violent temper and wanted to start spraying people, but they were directly stopped by Qingyue.

"Hmph, since you have said so, then we have nothing to say, we are not uncommon to see any monks, Cheche, bald, bald, bald!" The little fat man Xuanshan stuck out his tongue, looking at Yijie is unhappy for a while, especially the contemptuous eyes still walked on his bald head.

Yijie knew that Xuanshan was laughing at his hair, and he didn't laugh at his flesh, although he wanted to spray people, but he knew that the important thing now was to maintain his image, and there were more important things that he needed to do.

"You can complain about the poor monks, but now there is indeed something wrong with the Dalin Temple, and there is nothing the poor monks can do about it... And this is still a major event for my Buddhism, so it's not good for you to be here after all. Yijie said earnestly.

Xuan Hui muttered on the side: "It's a big thing to return to Buddhism, it's just a small temple in the city..."

Small temples...

Yijie smiled slightly and didn't speak, feeling very ridiculous about Xuanhui's cognition.

He didn't know how much economic benefit he could create from the so-called 'small temple', perhaps in the eyes of Buddhism as a whole, this was a small temple, but in his personal opinion, it was an endless treasury that allowed the owner to enjoy many coveted privileges.

This is the temple, this is the abbot...

Yijie thought of the promise he had just made to himself, and his heart was hot, the temple he was staying in was not as good as Dalin Temple, but it was not a small temple, for private people, it was fat...

Xuanli stared at Yijie's eyes, saw through it but didn't say it, and said lightly.

"You're doing it for yourself..."

"Poor monks don't send it..."

And just when Xuanli and the others were about to leave, the little novice who had been following Kumi walked out, this little novice was a little reckless, and bumped into another little monk on the way back, so he could only apologize again and again, and ran out a little eagerly and said.

"You are long and slow..."

Xiao Shami bowed slightly to Yijie, and then said.

"Just now our acting abbot said, our abbot's condolence ceremony will be held as usual, there are other things, let's talk about it later, the most important thing today is to send off the abbot of Kongjian..."

Yijie's brows furrowed slightly, and he thought for a while in his heart, but he still had a smile on his face, and said to Xuanli and the others.

"Since the acting abbot has changed his mind, then the Taoist leaders will please. ”

"After all, you are not from Dalin Temple, why are you commanding us, hum... Who do you think you are? Xuanhui also walked in arrogantly, and slapped Yijie's buttocks very rudely before entering, and twisted it, which caused Yijie to suffer a lot of mental damage.

"Xuanhui, don't be rude to others..."Xuanli pretended to teach a lesson, and entered the Dalin Temple without looking back, and did not look at the ring again.

Xuanhui is too, saying that he is being taught to apologize, but in fact, he still twists his ass when he enters the door.

Ichijo watched them in with a smile on his face, and finally the smile on his face faded away, and finally changed to a hateful expression.

"You wait, now look down on Lao Tzu... When Lao Tzu is the abbot, you are not even qualified to look at me. ”

"Today you ignore me, tomorrow Lao Tzu will make you unattainable!"

......

When Xuan Li and the others entered the Dalin Temple, they felt the sad atmosphere in the temple.

In particular, some of the young novices, all of whom couldn't control their emotions, looked at the center of the platform, surrounded by matches, and closed their eyes and folded their hands, as if they were meditating quietly.

In fact, the Kumi Zen master has no breath anymore-

Surrounded by a group of monks chanting sutras and chanting Buddha, silently transcending the empty view in the middle.

Among them, there are two people, Ming Zheng and Ming Fa, who are known by metaphysics.

One fat and one thin, the two of them silently recited scriptures on the side, surpassing the empty Zen master.

"Xuanli Daoist..."

"Zen Master Mingzheng..."Xuan Li bowed his head slightly, and said with a smile: "It should be the abbot of Mingzheng now." ”

"Now the poor monk is only the acting abbot, not the abbot here, and the real abbot has not yet been elected. Ming Zheng clasped his hands together and sighed: "The master left in too much of a hurry, and even the next abbot was not elected... I'm not a good abbot myself, so I can only wait until the master's funeral is over. ”

Xuanli looked at Mingzheng, he didn't say anything, he was familiar with Mingzheng, his personality was probably honest and loyal, he belonged to the kind of character that would not be discovered if he was sold, and he was a little reluctant to be the acting abbot.

The only commendable thing is that this Ming Zheng is probably a person with the same personality as Kumi, and both have an extraordinary obsession with passing on Buddhist scriptures and Zen teachings, and it is probably because of this that he was chosen as the acting abbot by Kumi.

"Amitabha, let's send the master away first, and after the master is gone, let's think about the next abbot, anyway, don't let the poor monk be. Ming Zheng shook his head slightly.

"Actually, Poor Dao thinks that you are still quite suitable for Zen Master Mingzheng."

Xuanli and Ming were talking, all of this was seen by the fat monk Mingfa, Mingfa looked at all this and smiled slightly, and quietly withdrew from the crowd chanting Buddha, came to the door, and saw a precept.

"Yijie, didn't you stop those cow noses from coming in..."

"Well, that little novice suddenly went out and said that he was going to let them in, who knows that there is a slight deviation here, does he know something?" Yijie asked with some confusion.

Ming Fa looked away and smiled slightly.

"It's okay, when they come in, they come in, let's just look at it, and let everyone see it, let's act as the abbot's ugly face..."

"Until now, even if my junior brother knows something, he can't change anything..."