Chapter Twenty-Six: The Dharma Temple
"Hey, this thing is strange, obviously Shiraishi has already completed the entrance ceremony to the temple, why is the task of "Recruiting Knowledgeable Guests" still unfinished? What's the difference?" Three days later, Aoyama, who had completed the entrance ceremony for Shiraishi in front of the Guanyin statue and officially appointed him as the Zhike of Hongfa Temple, muttered to himself depressedly.
"Eh, abbot, what were you talking about?" asked Shiraishi curiously.
"Ahh You go and sweep the doorway. After Qingshan sent Baishi away, he opened the system again and carefully studied the task "Zhike": a single filament does not form a line, a single tree does not form a forest, if a temple wants to develop and grow, it must be inseparable from the assistance of the monks below, and a Zhike who is responsible for receiving guests is even more essential.
Just when Aoyama was thinking hard, Shiraishi suddenly came over and reported: "Abbot, the abbot of Hachioji City's Nakazato Temple has come to visit. ”
"Is that the cartoon temple the temple?" asked Aoyama, a little uncertain.
"That's right, it's the cartoon temple. Bai Shi replied with an unnatural face, it was obvious that he still couldn't accept a temple like the Dharma Temple.
Although Qingshan also felt that it was beyond imagination to completely sprout the temple, he was not unacceptable, and after all, the abbot of a temple came to visit in person, and he must not lose his courtesy, so he straightened his clothes and said: "Go, follow me to the gate to meet the abbot of Nakazato." ”
Although the Dharma Temple has been completely sprouted, the dress of the abbot in Nakazato is still very traditional, and he looks like an old monk in his fifties, who is thin and thin, and it is difficult to associate him with the budding Dharma Temple.
Walking closer, Aoyama clasped his hands together and said, "Welcome the abbot of Zhongli to Hongfa Temple." ”
Nakazato Hitaka also replied with his hands folded: "I took the liberty to come to the door, and I also invited Haihan, the abbot of Qingshan." ”
"It is an honor for the abbot of Nakasato to come to my Hongfa Temple, please come to the abbot of Nakasato!"
After sitting down in the quiet room of the apse, the abbot first tasted the tea sent by Shiraishi, and then took out an invitation card from his arms and handed it to Aoyama and said: "Abbot Aoyama, next week our Dharma Temple will release the theme song "Love Dharma Temple", and a small celebration and press conference will be held in the temple at that time, and I sincerely invite Abbot Aoyama to come and watch the ceremony. ”
Hearing what the abbot of Nakasato said, Qingshan hurriedly took the invitation, and then said very certainly: "Abbot Nakasato, don't worry, I will definitely arrive in advance and cheer for the Dharma Temple." Then he sighed again: "Abbot Zhongli, you are really good at business, not only built the unique Dharma Temple in the world, but now even the theme song has been made!"
"The main thing is that the believers of our Dharma Temple like this kind of thing, so I naturally have to find a way to provide it, otherwise it is very likely to be lost. The abbot of Nakazato first replied casually, and then changed the conversation and asked, "By the way, Abbot Aoyama, I heard that Daoben made trouble at your Hongfa Temple a few days ago?"
Although Aoyama didn't know why Nakazato asked about this, but since he used the word "troublemaker", then presumably his impression of Inamoto was not much better, so Aoyama nodded and replied: "That's right, he came to me for no reason, and forcibly asked me for the formula for the face of the Buddha in the name of the Buddhist Association, and I didn't give it to him, and then he went to the police station to wronged me for raising a tiger here for his own safety, and as a result, he was arrested by the police for disturbing public order." ”
In fact, the abbot has heard of this rumor a long time ago, but with his understanding of Inamoto, he is not like such a brainless person, since he dared to go to the police station to say that there is a tiger in Hongfa Temple, it must be reasonable, but he was still arrested by the police, which means that this Hongfa Temple is definitely not simple, so he gave a thumbs up and praised: "I have long seen this old guy Inamoto is not pleasing to the eye, this time it is really happy to plant it in the hands of the abbot of Aoyama!"
Looking at Aoyama's somewhat puzzled eyes, Nakazato went on to explain: "Aoyama doesn't know, this Inamoto relies on his identity as the management of the Buddhist Association to act recklessly, in fact, not only Kobo Temple, but even our Dharma Temple and Asakura Abbot's Teruen Temple have been disturbed by him. If you want me to say, this is the discrimination and suppression of our new monasteries by the Buddhist Association, and we must unite to fight against this phenomenon!"
Speaking of this, the abbot of Nakazato looked at Aoyama with staring eyes: "Abbot Aoyama, how about it, join us! I dare to guarantee that the last time Inamoto went to Hongfa Temple to make trouble, it was definitely not as simple as it seemed, behind it must be Mitsui of the Buddhist Association who supported him behind him, and this matter will not be so simple, they must have a backhand to deal with you, and now they have begun to act, but Abbot Aoyama has not found out yet." ”
Hearing this, Aoyama knew why the abbot of Nakazato would come to his Hongfa Temple in person today, if it was really just to send an invitation, then he would just send a little monk over, and it would be impossible not to give him face.
Now it seems that the purpose of his personal visit is to invite himself to join his anti-Buddhist association alliance, although Aoyama is very dissatisfied with the actions of the Buddhist Association, especially Inamoto, but if it comes to completely standing on the opposite side of the Buddhist Association, he really needs to think about it, after all, this is the largest Buddhist organization in the RB country, so he asked very cautiously: "Abbot Nakazato, can I ask how many members of your organization are now, and how do you plan to fight against the Buddhist Association?"
"Abbot Aoyama may have misunderstood, we are not an organization, and we have not thought about any kind of fierce struggle with the Buddhist Association, we just want to protect ourselves, and we have already confirmed that we have joined Hoji Temple, Teruinoji Temple in Fukui, and Koenji Temple in Kyoto.
And the only way we resist is to expose and support each other in the media, and it is not easy to use any violent means, and we do not have that kind of violent means. ”
Seeing that Aoyama was still hesitant, Abbot Nakazato finally couldn't help but take out the last killer weapon, only to see him leaning in front of Aoyama and whispering: "Abbot Aoyama, don't believe my words, I said that their action has already begun, which is well-founded, because the acquaintance you just appointed Shiraishi Guangyuan is actually a spy sent by Inamoto!"
PS: In fact, the Dharma Temple was completely sprouted in the autumn of 2009, but in this article, due to the needs of the plot, it was given to him in advance, please understand this.