Before meeting Xuanzang, I always thought that this Tang monk was not a Luo Liba instigated crooked words like Zhou Xingxing's spoof (see "Journey to the West"), at least he was a tasteless and hateful master-type character, and ordinary people with special knowledge are prone to make such mistakes, coupled with pious beliefs, they will not care whether others can accept this.

But when I saw it today, I found that Xuanzang was particularly angry with me, the old man hadn't said a word of truth since he met me, especially his interpretation of "emptiness", it was very amazing, it seems that the master is the master, and he knows that when talking to people like me, he can't always talk about empty things, he has to have dry goods...

At this time, a group of seven people came to me and said one after another: "Brother Xiaoqiang, I will be taken care of in the future." ”

I saw that these seven people were all loosely dressed and graceful, which was completely different from Qin Qiong and the others' killing style, and hurriedly returned the courtesy: "Brothers, how many are the seven sages, right?" ”

The leader smiled elegantly and said: "Xian doesn't dare to be, it's just seven useless people who were born in troubled times and have a love for the bamboo forest." ”

I shook my hand again and again: "Except for Afghanistan and Iraq, the world is quite peaceful now." ”

The man said: "No matter what, we have no intention of politics, we just want the land of the fighting party to be able to give rumors to Fuqin." ”

A Confucian scholar behind this person glared angrily at a person next to him, and sneered: "Brother Ji Kang's words are wrong, aren't all of us people who have no intention of politics." ”

The sarcastic man's face turned red, and he was speechless.

Ji Kang turned around and smiled: "Brother Bolun, why bother, you and I can reunite here." It shows that the past is passed. ”

Xuanzang smiled and said: "That's a good thing, Shuye really has Huigen." ”

Ji Kang said respectfully: "The teacher praised it falsely, and when the teacher has some leisure, Uncle Ye will ask the teacher to explain the stagnation of Buddhism." ”

Xuanzang said: "If you ask me the source of the allusion, I can answer you, but the so-called stagnation can only ask your own heart." If you are relieved of your doubts, there will be no doubt in the world. ”

Ji Kang is in a daze. Suddenly, he smiled happily: "Got it." ”

Xuanzang raised his hand: "Go ahead." ”

Ji Kang promised: "Okay! "Say Mo Tou and leave.

I saw that the two of them were talking a little hairy, and hurriedly asked, "Where are you going?" ”

Ji Kang laughed and said as he walked: "Uncle Ye has broken free from the sea of suffering, and the so-called going is to stay away from all the troubles of the world. ”

I shouted, "You're not going to kill yourself, are you?" ”

Ji Kang said unhappily: "Of course not. How can you, a layman, understand? ”

I scratched my head and said, "No... I mean, where exactly are you going? There has to be a place, right? ”

Ji Kang, who was immersed in the joy of breaking free from the sea of suffering, was stunned by my extremely real question, and muttered, "Yes, where am I going?" ”

I pointed to the door and said, "We don't have a bamboo forest in Yucai for the time being, but after you go out, you can see a small forest after passing the small door, which is secluded, and it is cheap to play the piano or drink if you want to..." Lin Lei

Ji Kang was just about to leave, but I said, "Take these six brothers and help them cross the sea of suffering."

I can see that these seven are not very friendly with each other either. However, because they are all literati, they are just fighting, and as for why it is not clear, it seems that the tone is different from political views.

After the seven sages left, I said to Xuanzang: "Teacher Chen, congratulations on how many people you beat again." ”

Xuanzang smiled: "See what someone says." In front of smart people, it is natural to say three points. ”

I said, "yes." Only with a rod is I chiseled like this. ”

Most of the people will be taken by Xiuxiu to continue to visit the school and learn the knowledge of life, so I chatted casually with Xuanzang. Bao Jin came up and said, "Xiaoqiang, are they all okay with that piece of Yu in the Qin Dynasty?" ”

I hurriedly grabbed him and introduced him to Xuanzang: "Teacher Chen, this is a companion with you. ”

Bao Jin said ashamedly: "I haven't done it for many years, and besides, my monk is a mixed meal, and I am far worse than Teacher Chen." ”

Xuanzang politely poured himself a glass of water, then took out a dry steamed bun from his pocket and smashed it on the table, and ate it with boiled water.

I lost my color and said, "That's what you're going to eat?" ”

Bao Jin said: "Hey, I've been awkward for a long time, Xiao Liuzi and they can't cook vegetarian rice first, and secondly, the pots they used are not clean, and Teacher Chen is not used to it." "I believe this, we are famous for our good food, and the little six sons don't say whether their craftsmanship is good or not, but they are absolutely willing to use materials, and the children eat meat and drink soup every day - this is also the sequelae of Liangshan.

So this has brought difficulties to Xuanzang's food problem, we know that a person who is used to eating vegetarian for a long time will not be able to touch meat at all.

I took Xuanzang's hand and said, "Let's go, I invite you to Baisuyuan." ”

Xuanzang dodged and said: "That's good, I also ate a lot of leaves in the past few years." ”

I forced him to walk out: "You're scolding me." ”

Baojin also advised: "You just go with Xiaoqiang, Baisu Garden's vegetarian food is very famous - I will have a class in a while, so I won't accompany you this time." ”

Xuanzang had no choice but to follow me into the car, Xuanzang looked at this and touched that and asked, "Is this thing also called a car?" I lit the fire and said, "yes, you have to go back and forth for a month at most - but what you want is a process, and you don't care about it, do you?" Xuanzang said: "Who told you, I am very happy to really have this thing." ”

I was speechless again, you have to be careful when talking to this monk, the set you learned before is useless.

Baisu Yuan is our most famous vegetarian restaurant, the first few years of half-dead maintenance, with the people in recent years to advocate this doctrine and that doctrine somehow became a high-end place, the decoration is more gorgeous than the same specifications of the restaurant, but the price of the menu has also climbed several times. Basically, it has become a place for the rich to eat fresh food occasionally, and it has also become a designated restaurant for our religious people to entertain foreign guests and colleagues.

I took Xuanzang into the first floor of Baisu Garden, a waiter in white cloth clothes greeted us with a smile, the waiters here are also local laymen, sometimes I see a robe, I can also briefly discuss a few words of Buddhism with you, very unique. But when he saw that we were not monks, he didn't care. As soon as we asked about the private rooms on the second floor, we had to sit in the hall.

On the walls of the four sides of the restaurant, there is a Diamond Sutra handout, there is a Sutra of the Six Ancestors, and there are many aphorisms to persuade people to be kind, hidden between the rockery and plastic flowers. A hint of sandalwood lingers without affecting one's appetite. I asked Xuanzang: "Teacher Chen, this place is good, right?" ”

Xuanzang nodded and said, "Not bad, it's a waste of just eating." ”

When the recipe came up, I flipped through it and said to the waiter, "You guys have the best fish, right?" Here's one. I looked at Xuanzang's surprised eyes and said with a smile: "Teacher, rest assured, this is definitely the most authentic vegetarian food, and there is no onion and garlic monosodium glutamate." The waiter also helped: "Yes, our fish here is made of tofu skin and gluten." ”

I ordered another Sixi meatball, a grilled pork strip, and a kung pao chicken - there was no problem with meat and vegetables, except for tofu, dried fruits and mushrooms, and I returned the recipe to the waiter. Seeing Xuanzang's strange face, he comforted him and said: "You just have to eat with confidence, I can tell you this, unless the chef cuts his hand when cooking, otherwise you can't eat meat here crying and shouting." ”

Xuanzang said: "What you said... What's worse than eating meat? ”

Wait for the dish to come up and take a look. I screamed in secret. That fish does... It's really like a fish, and you can see handmade fake spines when you pick a chopstick. The grilled meat strips are made... It's really like grilled meat, and the skin is fat and thin, and the meatballs are made on the ground... Well, it's like a ball.

I broke a pair of chopsticks for Xuanzang and handed it to him and said, "How about Mr. Chen, it's okay to do this kind of vegetarian food, right?" ”

Xuanzang smiled slightly: "It's like it, it's like it." ”

I wondered, "What's wrong?" ”

Xuanzang said: "Since you know that they are vegetarians, you have to make them look like birds, aren't they like them?" ”

I nodded, "That makes sense." Then he took his unused chopsticks and chopped up all the vegetables on his plate, so that they could not see what they were, and said, "Is this all right?" ”

Xuanzang smiled: "Xiaoqiang, you look like again." ”

“… What's wrong with it? ”

"Now that you've made them look like birds, don't you look like them again?"

How can I look old? I said depressedly: "That's already like this, you can make do with it, or you should change your appearance." ”

Xuanzang smiled, raised his chopsticks and ate, the old man seemed to be really hungry, and tore off half of the fish and rolled it into his mouth, I hurriedly introduced: "This fish has a must in addition to its appearance, that is, the taste is the same as that of carp, have you eaten it?" I then realized, "Oh yes, you haven't eaten real fish. ”

Xuanzang wiped his mouth and said, "I've eaten it." ”

"Huh?"

"Not only have I eaten fish, but I've also eaten meat and blood, and I can't think of anything I haven't eaten if a monk shouldn't eat it anyway."

Wine and meat monks? I smiled and said, "It's nothing, the wine and meat have passed through the intestines, and the Buddha is sitting in his heart." ”

Xuanzang shook his head and said: "No, I have passed a lot of deserts and barren places on the way to learn the scriptures, and I have eaten a lot of reptiles and snakes when there is no grass, of course, I still strictly abide by the precepts when there are conditions, and there is no way without conditions, in short, I have to live." ”

"Yes, yes, the ants are still stealing life -- eh, which Buddhist scripture does this come from?"

Xuanzang touched his chin and said: "The ants are still stealing life, well, this is said with a very compassionate taste, but I don't know where the dictionary comes out (note: this sentence comes from "Journey to the West"), if you want to say that I am stealing life, it is not true, what I wanted to do was to take the Buddhist scriptures back to the Tang Dynasty, didn't Confucius say it, I heard that it is okay to die at night, which means that since the scriptures have not yet arrived in the land of the Tang Dynasty, I can't die yet. Xuanzang laughed self-deprecatingly. I was in awe and said, "Some people live to eat, and some people eat to live." ”

Xuanzang stopped his chopsticks and said, "Yo, Xiaoqiang is very wise." ”

I laughed dryly, "Hehe, I didn't say that, it seems to be a famous quote from Socrates." ”

Xuanzang said: "Well, this Socrates is very wise. ”

I joked, "How about I get him for you as an apprentice?" ”

Xuanzang said: "It's impossible to talk about being an apprentice, but if you really have such a wise man to accompany you all the way on the way to learn the scriptures, it's really a wonderful thing." ”

When the time comes, it will be all equipped with the team of ancient Greece: Socrates carries the golden hoop stick to subdue demons and eliminate demons, Plato is lazy to eat, Aristotle carries the burden, Master Xuanzang rides the sphinx, the big deal is to retrieve the scriptures to divide them into two stacks, anyway, a large part of Buddhism is a philosophical component...