94 The monks of Tianzhu seek justice, Kaifeng riots, Jingyan quells the chaos

He Dong was frowning and sitting on the dragon chair listening to the recital of officials reporting the flood disaster, and his thoughts were interrupted by the sound of drums.

The captain of the Imperial Forest Army hurriedly walked to it, knelt down and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, the envoy of Tianzhu Kingdom and the senior monks of Tianzhu State Temple of Mahayana Buddhism beat the dragon drum in front of the palace gate to sound grievances. ”

"The rules of our country are not suitable for the Tianzhu Kingdom, so tell the envoy to let him write a recital and submit it." He Dong has been dragging the envoy of Tianzhu Kingdom, and he doesn't know which bastard told him to go to the palace gate to beat the drum.

The captain of the Imperial Forest Army went and returned, his face was nervous, and he knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, the envoy of the Tianzhu Kingdom said that the song has been reported to you nine times, if you don't summon him today, he will come to beat the dragon drum every morning." ”

He Dong was not frightened, and waved his hand away.

Who knew that the next morning, the envoy of Tianzhu Kingdom beat the dragon drum again and shouted grievances.

This time attracted many people in Chang'an, who had not seen the excitement yesterday, and they were curious about who this group of foreigners was going to sue.

The envoy of Tianzhu Kingdom asked the three interpreters to say loudly over and over again in the words of Dingchao: "The three great monks of Chang'an Temple, Yiyue, Yisong, and Yijing, killed twelve monks in our Tianzhu Temple, snatched the Mahayana Buddhist scripture "Forty-two Chapters Sutra", and killed twenty-three soldiers on the border of our Tianzhu Kingdom. ”

The people of Chang'an were shocked.

Master January, Master Yisong, and Master Yijing are all a generation of monks with high morality, and now they are talking about the "Forty-two Chapters Sutra" obtained from Tianzhu Kingdom in Kaifeng.

Why did the three monks suddenly become murderers, and the "Forty-two Chapters Sutra" also became stolen.

The twenty or so Tianzhu monks next to the Tianzhu envoy unwrapped the package, revealing the black ash jar inside, and placed them on the ground, no more, no less, exactly thirty-five.

The Tianzhu envoy's face was full of anger, and his hands vigorously tapped the two-high dragon drum printed with the Nine Dragons soaring.

More than 20 monks of Tianzhu walked around the ash jar and chanted the scriptures, very pious, not sad and angry at all, but extremely solemn treasures.

Half of the people of Chang'an who witnessed this scene believed it, and they angrily accused Buddhism of deceiving the entire Ding Dynasty, and even blew the three murderers as high monks, and also said that the stolen scriptures were taken.

"It turns out that what Chang'an Temple said about learning scriptures is stealing scriptures."

"It's hateful. Buddhism actually let three murderous demon monks preach the Buddha and deceive pilgrims and believers. ”

Good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles. In less than half a day, everyone in Chang'an knew about it.

In the Baiyun Temple, the Yuan Yunzi Guan Master, who had already won the Qinglingzi in the internal struggle and won an overwhelming victory, finally waited for the opportunity to strike a heavy blow to Buddhism, and ordered the matter to spread to all parts of the world, including foreign countries, as quickly as possible.

As for further action, Taoism could not be used, because Yuan Yunzi received a message from Li Bing when he was in Luoyang, prohibiting provoking the people to attack Buddhism and causing turmoil in the dynasty.

When the envoy of Tianzhu beat the dragon drum for the third time on the third day in front of the palace gate, He Dong agreed to see him alone.

So the envoy of Tianzhu was extremely angry and told the story of Master January, Master Yisong, and Master Yijing in the Tianzhu Kingdom in the early court, and then announced loudly in the half-life Dingchao language: "Your Majesty has ordered you to compensate 30 million taels of silver and three prescriptions for rejuvenation monks, otherwise you will be detained from your merchants in our country." ”

He Dong was irritable about everything that asked him for money, and said in a loud voice: "What you said about the murder of the three monks and the theft of scriptures is unfounded, and evidence is needed. ”

The Tianzhu envoy listened to the translation, glared and shouted: "I have brought human and material evidence, and they are all at the gate of the palace. ”

So He Dong had to summon more than 20 senior monks from Tianzhu Kingdom.

"This is the murder weapon used by the three monks of Chang'an Temple when they killed people, and it is a treasure given to them by the emperor of your previous dynasty." A middle-aged monk took out three platinum bowls from the package.

The eunuch placed the three platinum bowls on the tray and presented them to He Dong to see.

He Dong picked up the bowl one by one and looked at the bottom of the bowl, which was carved with a few words and jade seals given by the emperor of the Kai Dynasty.

The oldest monk said in Tianzhu: "When they come to our temple to ask for scriptures, we ask them for official plates and national documents."

They took out these three platinum bowls, saying that they had come to learn scriptures on the orders of the emperor. We said no, your country is now a fixed dynasty and not an open dynasty, you lie to people.

They say that your country has always been the beginning of the dynasty, and there has never been a fixed dynasty in history. We disagree. They were furious, and beat our men with three platinum bowls, and snatched the scriptures that were to be revised. ”

The translator's sentence by sentence.

The civil and military officials were furious when they heard it, not to mention He Dong, the founding emperor of the Ding Dynasty.

The older monk said the purpose of the trip, saying, "They killed thirty-five lives, and we have brought the souls of these thirty-five lives, and they must apologize." They snatched the false scriptures with typos, and spread them everywhere, and the Buddha would condemn them and those who listened to them. ”

After the translator translated, he elaborated on the temple rules of Tianzhuguo Temple.

Originally, in order to spread the Mahayana Buddhist scriptures to all countries in the world, Tianzhuguo Temple did not want the world to misinterpret the meaning of the Mahayana Buddhist scriptures, so it established strict temple rules many years ago.

All the monks who go to foreign countries to preach the scriptures in Tianzhu Temple must memorize the scriptures backwards, and they must not make a mistake when writing silently, and they must understand the meaning of each verse.

If the monks from foreign countries want to take the scriptures, they must hold the national letters and the official records of the scriptures of various countries, so that the Tianzhu State Temple will give the true scriptures that have been checked by 9981 monks without a single typo.

"No wonder the Buddha of Tianzhu Temple is mighty, and it has been a place that monks all over the world yearn for thousands of years."

"Tianzhuguo Temple is the real temple."

The civil and military officials have already believed in the Tianzhu monks.

He Dong watched more than 20 Tianzhu monks put the bone jar in the center of the hall and prayed the scriptures, and listened to the civil and military officials scolding the three monks of Chang'an Temple for being shameless and cruel, and he was so angry that he really wanted to arrest the three monks of Chang'an Temple and execute them to Ling Chi.

After the early dynasty was dispersed, more than 20 monks of Tianzhu Temple discussed with the envoys of Tianzhu and decided to leave Chang'an and go to Kaifeng to prevent the three monks of Chang'an Temple from spreading false scriptures.

The envoy of Tianzhu Kingdom shook his head and said, "No. If you go, you will be sent to death. ”

He tried his best to persuade the more than 20 monks of Tianzhuguo Temple to stay for a few more days, until He Dong did not move, and the monks of Chang'an Temple did not appear, so he was really angry, so he didn't stop it.

So more than 20 monks of Tianzhuguo Temple rode horses and were escorted out of Chang'an City by 200 Dingchao Imperial Forest Army, and went to Kaifeng, where hundreds of thousands of believers and pilgrims of Dingchao Buddhism had gathered.

After the monks left, several monasteries in Hebei Province were besieged by pilgrims who had been to Kaifeng for a few days to listen to the scriptures.

Pilgrims believe that they have been deeply deceived by Buddhism, that they have heard false scriptures, that they will be punished by the Buddha, and that they will go to eighteen levels of hell in the future, and they will set fire to them in anger.

When Li Jingjing learned about this, it was already early April, and in a few days, Deng Ouliang would have to perform partial liver removal surgery.

Li Huan said: "Miss, the monks of Tianzhuguo Temple stayed overnight in the woods outside Luoyang City last night, reciting the scriptures for two hours to the dead and restless souls, and many people took pity on them and sent them food. ”

"Then Kaifeng is about to be in chaos." Li Jingjing's heart was beating in shock. I prayed in my heart that He Jingyan would be safe.

Li Huan said: "Master Kone went to see the monks of Tianzhuguo Temple and was scolded by the people. ”

Li Jingjing shook her head and said, "KONE hasn't left Luoyang yet?" Why didn't he go to Kaifeng earlier to stop the three great monks from preaching? ”

Li Xi opened his mouth and said: "Miss, if Buddhism terminates the lecture early, it is tantamount to admitting murder and robbery of false scriptures." ”

Li Jingjing frowned and said: "That's better than letting the monks of Tianzhu Kingdom point out as murderers and stealing false scriptures in front of hundreds of thousands of people." ”

Li Huan was a little gloating, and said: "The monks of Chang'an Temple are all bad, stupid and greedy, if there were two percent of the young lady's intelligence, they would not have ended up like this." ”

Li Bing called Li Jingjing to the study and said slowly: "Jing Niang, there are three prescriptions from you in the compensation proposed by Tianzhu Kingdom for the border soldiers, do you know which three?" ”

Li Jingjing sat down, raised her eyebrows and said, "Isn't it the spot removal cream, goat milk jade muscle cream, and ant tiger regeneration bone paste that Buddhism proposed to Taoism on the first day of the medicine competition last month." ”

At that time, she felt strange, how could Master Kone mention these three prescriptions, and now she knew that Tianzhu Kingdom was asking for compensation.

The envoy of the Tianzhu Kingdom must have already told Master Li about the compensation.

In order to conceal the murder and robbery of the false scriptures by the three monks, Master Kone agreed, but who knew that the medicine was lost, and the medicine was not sold.

The envoy of Tianzhu State couldn't get the prescription and silver ticket, so he took the monks of Tianzhu Temple to the Chang'an Palace to beat the drum and voice the grievances, wanting to put pressure on the court of the Ding Dynasty to make Chang'an Temple compensate.

The monks of Tianzhu Temple are to seek justice for the monks who died tragically, and then debunk the three monks of Chang'an Temple to obtain false scriptures.

The purpose of the envoy of the Tianzhu Kingdom was 30 million taels of silver and three prescriptions.

He Dong had no money or prescription, so he ignored the envoy of Tianzhu Kingdom.

Li Bing asked, "If these three recipes are given to Tianzhu Kingdom, how much of the effect of the ointment made by the great pharmacist over there is as good as that of you?" ”

Li Jingjing said: "It's not enough." ”

It's not that she brags, but the three recipes are all ointments applied to the skin, everyone's skin texture is different, and some people have allergic skin, if they apply ointment without spiritual water, they will have all kinds of acne, spots and even ringworm.

The great pharmacists of Taoism and Buddhism tried to develop anti-spot cream as early as a few years ago, and the best medicinal effect reached 10% of Li Jingjing's formula.

Li Bing's eyes lit up, and he asked with a smile, "Can you give the prescription to grandpa?" ”

Li Jingjing asked rhetorically: "How much money can you take and knock out a large sum of money for Buddhism?" ”

In the drizzly afternoon, more than 20 monks from Tianzhu Kingdom came to Xiangguo Temple on the outskirts of Kaifeng, and 100 royal forest soldiers opened the way, and nearly 30,000 pilgrims and believers who listened to the scriptures on the spot made way for a road.

Master January, who was sitting on the altar lecturing on a jewel-encrusted robe, stood up and greeted Master Ichimatsu and Master Ichikatsu with a weak heart.

"You have killed our monks and soldiers."

"The scriptures you have robbed are not the true scriptures."

"If you spread false scriptures, you and those who listen to the scriptures will be condemned by the Buddha."

The three interpreters arranged by the envoys of the Tianzhu Kingdom shouted out the words of the monks of the Tianzhu Kingdom.

Master January, Master Yisong, and Master Yijing looked up and down at the monks of Tianzhu Kingdom, and their eyes fell on the eldest monk.

They never expected that the presiding officer of Tianzhuguo Temple, the leader of Buddhism in the world, would come in person.

The three translators began to introduce the identities of the monks of Tianzhuguo Temple.

The monks of Tianzhuguo Temple took out three platinum bowls and let the nearby pilgrims and believers read the words on the bottom of the bowls.

Countless questioning eyes shot at Master January, Master Yisong, and Master Yijing.

The January Master was amazed and exclaimed, "We didn't kill anyone. We just wounded some people. ”

The three interpreters of Tianzhu Kingdom shouted: "Thirty-five of the people who were injured by you died. ”

"You think you'll be fine if you beat those people to the point of bleeding and broken bones?"

"The overall level of pharmacists in Tianzhu Kingdom is far inferior to that of the Ding Dynasty, and thirty-five people died of tetanus!"

The monks of Tianzhu took out the urn of ashes in the package and put it on the ground, chanting the scriptures again.

A few believers did not believe it, so they ran up to inspect the altar and opened the lid of the altar, revealing the white-gray ashes inside.

The monks of Tianzhu Kingdom did not stop the rude actions of the believers of the Ding Dynasty, but all stared into their eyes and chanted the scriptures louder.

Several believers lowered the altar and knelt down to kowtow to apologize to the dead souls.

The three translators pointed at Master January, Master Yisong, and Master Yijing and shouted, "You are murderers!" ”

"You're robbing a false scripture!"

"You and those who listen to the scriptures will be punished by the Buddha."

Master January, Master Yisong, and Master Yijing had faces as white as earth, and they followed behind the monks of Tianzhu Kingdom to recite sutras and atone for their sins.

Next, the monks of Tianzhu Kingdom put away the ashes jar and wanted to take back the false scriptures.

Master Yisong stubbornly shouted, "We have obtained the true scriptures!" ”

That day, he and his two junior disciples clearly saw dozens of monks holding this set of scriptures and reciting in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion of Tianzhuguo Temple, how could it be fake.

The three translators had already discussed it, and shouted in unison: "The 'Forty-two Chapters Sutra' you took has not been verified, and there are many mistakes in it, and the meaning is completely wrong when translated into Dingchao. ”

The monks of the Tianzhu Kingdom sat down cross-legged and recited the first sutra of the "Forty-two Chapters Sutra" in Tianzhu in unison, so loud that pilgrims and believers within a radius of fifty zhang could hear it.

For every sentence they recited, the three translators translated it.

Master January, Master Yisong, and Master Yijing ran in and snatched the "Forty-two Chapters Sutra" from Tianzhu Kingdom, took it out, and found the book that the monks of Tianzhu Kingdom memorized as if they were crazy, and found the one translated into Dingchao, and listened to the translator outside read word by word.

Those believers and pilgrims who have listened to the scriptures have a good memory, and soon found that there are discrepancies with the names of places, people, and days in the scriptures told by the three monks of Chang'an Temple.

"It turns out that what I heard was a false scripture, not a true scripture." After a believer uttered this sentence in despair, more and more believers and pilgrims voiced the same content.

The monks of Tianzhu recited for a whole hour, and the three translators were hoarse, and the effect was that the 30,000 pilgrims present completely believed what they saidβ€”the three monks of Chang'an Temple were talking about false scriptures.

The monks of Xiangguo Temple shouted loudly: "Master January, Master Yisong, and Master Yijing vomited blood and fainted, and the blood stained the scriptures red. ”

The monks of Tianzhuguo Temple finally got the unmodified set of "Forty-two Chapters Sutra".

Tianzhu State Temple presided over the scene of burning, and then recited the scriptures loudly with the monks, and left without looking back under the worship of 30,000 pilgrims and believers, and left Kaifeng to return to China at that time.

The monks of Tianzhuguo Temple have not yet walked out of Henan Road, and the thousand-year-old temple Xiangguo Temple in Kaifeng was extremely unlucky to be smashed and burned by angry believers and pilgrims.

These believers and pilgrims were all new to the three monks' lectures, and their belief in Buddhism in the Dingchao Dynasty was not firm enough.

More than 100 monks of Sangkokuji Temple were killed or burned while protecting the temple. Believers and pilgrims also died in the dozens.

After Xiangguo Temple is a temple within a radius of 100 miles, tens of thousands of believers and pilgrims divide into several waves to set fire to the temple within three days.

All the shops related to Buddhism in Kaifeng City were robbed, all the buildings were smashed, and some shops that had nothing to do with Buddhism were also unlucky to be robbed by the bad guys who fished in troubled waters.

The people of Kaifeng, who were innocently implicated in the loss of property, were angry and fought with believers and pilgrims.

Tens of thousands of people in Kaifeng rebelled and demanded that the imperial court drive Buddhism out. The yamen of Kaifeng Mansion was surrounded by thousands of people.

He Jingyan led the Tiger Ben Army into Kaifeng City to quell the riots, killed more than a dozen murderers who took the lead in robbing shops with the most ferocious trouble, and arrested more than 100 people.

The Kaifeng City Rebellion gradually subsided. He Jingyan didn't dare to leave with the Tiger Benjun.

The angry people couldn't vent their anger, so they went to Luoyang to burn down the White Horse Temple.

At this time, there was news from Chang'an, Buddhism compensated Tianzhu Temple 360,000 taels of silver, Tianzhu Kingdom 690,000 taels of silver, and gave Tianzhu Kingdom three ancient prescriptions, and the new host of Chang'an Temple was about to send monks to Tianzhu Kingdom to get the true scriptures.

The White Horse Temple was finally preserved in the case of 2,000 monks fighting for their lives, but unfortunately several peony gardens in the temple were burned down by pilgrims and believers.

Pilgrims and believers also had to enter Luoyang City to smash all the shops and buildings related to Buddhism, and the Bai led all the merchants in Luoyang to stand up and invite the army of Henan Province to stop this disaster.

In those days, the streets of Luoyang City were empty, and the depression seemed to return to more than 20 years ago.

It was not until late April that Li Jingjing successfully performed a partial liver resection on Deng Quliang, and the Kaifeng riots caused by Buddhism subsided.

The people of Kaifeng are living a normal life again. The streets of Luoyang have returned to their former liveliness.

On this day, the wide official road from Chang'an to Luoyang was running several carriages escorted by two hundred murderous cavalry.

Two heads poked out of the window of one of the carriages at the front, and two pairs of eyes looked curiously at the scenery on the side of the road.

"Mother, how long will it take to see my sister-in-law?"

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