Liang Chuan went to the Yuetai Temple, Master Hongyi was sweeping the floor, he didn't think that Liang Chuan, a strange neighbor who was still playing his dog meat abacus a moment ago, would be of great help, everything was fixed, and he had already seen it.

Liang Chuan trotted for a while, and shouted happily in his mouth: "The master is overjoyed!" ”

Hongyi's old face was slightly red: "Although I drink wine and eat meat, I will never marry a wife and have children, don't you want me to be happy." ”

Liang Chuan laughed and said: "It's not to ridicule the master, it's just that I have thought of a way to regain the glory of the Yuetai Temple!" ”

Liang Chuan tilted his head and put the method he thought of into Master Hongyi's ear and said that there were only two people in the temple, but he was still afraid that others would listen to him.

Liang Chuan said for a long time, and then looked at the great monk with a sly face, wanting to hear his opinion. Hongyi was happy at first, and his body was a little excited, but after thinking about it, he sighed and said: "This seems inappropriate, if the Buddha knew that we were going to deceive the world, he would be unhappy." ”

Liang Chuan immediately smiled bitterly and persuaded him: "Will you be happy if you drink wine and eat dog meat?" And you said that these legends that your master told you, do you say that they are all true, but everyone who comes to our Yuetai Temple will tell these legends to others, can you show me a performance, let this Feilai Tower fly from the sky to try? ”

"I drank wine and ate meat, I had already broken my vows, and besides, the meat in my hotel had been passed through the intestines, and the Buddha kept it in his heart, which is not disrespectful to the Buddha." Hongyi still felt that Liang Chuan's method was inappropriate.

Liang Chuan said: "The Buddha needs incense, otherwise I wouldn't have come to you." The method I'm talking about is not to deceive, this is just to let the world see the illusion, and the Buddha will remain in their hearts. ”

Liang Chuan and the great monk struggled for a long time, and Master Hongyi was finally willing to agree to Liang Chuan's method, everything was for this temple.

The two of them acted separately, Liang Chuan went to find Bi Zhaosheng, they have a master who can carve at home, this matter really can't be known to outsiders, otherwise it will be exposed. Their carver knows how to do the craft, and Liang Chuan called Zhao Xiaopin and asked their master to carve an Arhat statue in the image of Zhao Xiaopin.

The face and demeanor of the Arhat statue are completely the same as the sketch, but Liang Chuan ordered, the eyebrows of this Arhat statue are particularly long, the eyebrows are black, but the eyebrows are white, and there is a large string of Buddha beads hanging around the neck. However, this bead can be taken off.

Bi Zhaosheng didn't know what Liang Chuan meant by suddenly letting his craftsmen carve this, but Liang Chuan gave them a reward, friendship to friendship, business to business, and to do it if they have to make money.

Master Hongyi found out the broken plaque of the platform temple from under the Buddha statue in the main hall, originally wrote two large gold characters on the platform, and now the gold paint is scraped to the light, only the faint word marks of the two platforms, the wooden strip of the splicing plaque still falls off, and the whole brand looks like a piece of tatters. He originally looked at this plaque too shabby, so he took it off, and wanted to repair it himself and hang it up again, but it didn't matter if he forgot to hang it after going back and forth for too long.

Zhao Xiaopin was completely confused when he became a model once, but he generally didn't work at night, and he was idle when he sit, and he did everything Liang Chuan ordered. This statue is not so fast, and the masters have also carved a prototype, so they did not let the sketch sit in front of it all the time to copy, only occasionally when some details are not clear, they call the sketch to take a look.

Liang Chuan cut a strand of hair and dyed it slightly white, and the roots of the hair were naturally jet black. Then he dipped some rice paste and pasted it on the forehead of the sketch, and he completely became the long-eyebrow Arhat. Liang Chuan originally wanted to let Brother Zhao go, but Brother Zhao was too honest and his ability to respond to changes was not enough, Zhao Xiaopin was an old fritter, and he could eat in the mountain people's nest.

"Boss, what are you asking me to pretend to be this Arhat?"

"Sketch, there's an important task for you."

Liang Chuan carefully explained the plan to the sketch, and even prepared the words for the sketch, and the sketch understood what it meant as soon as he heard it.

"The owner, you are really interested, you want to get this kind of idea!"

"Don't be a sycophant, what I told you, you should hurry up in the next two or three days to find a recruit brother to practice first, and then prepare those Buddha beads, copper coins and monk robes or something!"

Since Zhao Xiaopin plays the leading role, he naturally needs a supporting role to play the role, and this good drama can be played well.

The head of the Arhat statue should be carved vividly, it is more difficult, the master in Bi Zhaosheng's shop carved it for three days to carve, and after carving, the body shape is also needed, and the eyebrows on the head should also be stained. Not only that, this newly created Buddha is too new, and others will know that it is not long before it is new, which also needs to be done a little bit old, so that people can't see the flaws!

Old-fashioned is also a profound craft, many antique dealers rely on this craft to walk the world, good craftsmanship can make the master eye, bad craftsmanship can only let others slap their face. The Arhat statue has been treated and looks to be hundreds of years old, covered in dust and cobwebs. If you don't break the Arhat statue, you can't see that the Arhat statue is newly carved for a short time. After it was done, Liang Chuan took a piece of cloth and covered it, and then moved the statue to the Daxiong Hall of Yuetai Temple. There were originally several Arhats in the main hall, standing on the left and right of the Buddha statue, and Master Hongyi replaced one Arhat statue and placed this new Arhat statue in a conspicuous sleep.

The only thing that is more difficult is that Zhao Xiaopin's hair has to be shaved off, Liang Chuan clicked with him, Zhao Xiaopin didn't say a word, picked up the scissors and the scraper, and shaved it clean! This is also Zhao Xiaopin's obedience to Liang Chuan's words and deep feelings, otherwise he would not say anything if he was someone else.

After everything was ready, Xiaopin went to the street, he was holding a monk's staff in his hand, wearing a robe on his body, walking on the street Pedestrians pointed from time to time, because Zhao Xiaopin, a monk, had a ruddy complexion, was not very old, but his eyebrows were long, and his eyebrows were already white.

Zhao Xiaopin ignored the eyes of passers-by, and when others asked, he just politely greeted others. I walked back and forth several times on the east street of Qingyuan County, which attracted the attention of many people. At noon, when it was time to eat, he spotted the largest and most magnificent restaurant on East Street, Yuehua Restaurant, walked straight into the lobby of the restaurant, walked to the counter, and looked for the shopkeeper!

Yuehua Restaurant is the largest restaurant in Qingyuan, the scale is much larger than Xinghua's Jinzun Dadi and other restaurants, people come and go, and the restaurant is even more lively at noon. This shop is doing business, and the business is still very prosperous, I saw a monk come in to make a fate, I felt a little unlucky at the time, but it is not appropriate to drive the monk in public, but let the monk enter the store to eat, and there is wine and meat on the other tables, which is even worse.

The sketch deliberately pretended to be as stubborn as a wooden fish, and pestered the store to give some food, and the shopkeeper took some zongzi out of the store, but the sketch resolutely refused, saying that there was lard in these zongzi, which was a meat and fishy thing, and the monks could not eat it. Helplessly, Xiao Er went to fetch some soup again, and the sketch pointed to the oil painting in the bowl, but still shook his head.

"I said monk, why are you so rude, we are a restaurant, and the food we cook is naturally not like the food in your temple, there is no oil star at all, we are polite enough to you, if you are not satisfied, you can go elsewhere to make a fortune! Don't bother us to open the door for business, you're welcome to pestle me like this! Xiao Er said angrily.

"Your store has a meal made of tofu and soybean oil, I can eat it like this!" Zhao Xiaopin's dog skin plaster is general, and he wants to make the store compromise.

Xiao Er was energetic and scolded: "Is it difficult to open a stove alone for your bald donkey!" You are so magnificent, how can you be so shameless in the monks? After speaking, Xiao Er began to push the sketch.

There were already a lot of people in the restaurant, and everyone stopped their chopsticks and started to watch the excitement for a while. Brother Zhao had already pretended to be a diner, ordered two or two dishes and sat in the hotel building to eat.

Two more juniors ran out from behind the counter to help, and a lobby was a mess. As he was pushing, the monk staff in his hand suddenly clicked, knocking over a beautiful vase on the counter and shattering it into a mess of porcelain.

"Okay, stinky monk, you are intent on making trouble, trying to ruin our store's business and damage our vase!" Xiao Er pointed at Zhao Xiaopin and scolded loudly.

Sketch explained innocently: "I didn't want to break the vase in your store, but you just pushed me fiercely, so I broke the vase by mistake, and everyone can see that they can make decisions for me. ”

"Yes, your little second is also a little anxious, the big monk is not easy, don't embarrass him." Brother Zhao mixed in the crowd and began to guide public opinion, and he opened his mouth. The guests next to him still see it more really, and they speak more fairly, not biased towards sketches and not biased towards small two, you say a word to me, and it is not easy to make Xiao Er hard.

Xiao Er fell into the lost place, and he no longer embarrassed the big monk, he called the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper said to the sketch: "I don't embarrass you, but you have to compensate for the broken vase in the store." ”

The sketch sang a Buddha and asked, "I don't know how much silver this vase costs?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "You can pay according to the original price, and you will lose 2,000 yuan for this vase." ”

The sketch touched his body for a long time, only touched out two copper plates, and said to the shopkeeper in embarrassment: "I don't have so much money on me now, or you can take a trip and go with me to the Yuetai Temple in Chengtian Lane to get money, and not a penny will be missing you." ”

The shopkeeper agreed, the amount of money is not small, it is inconvenient for him to let Xiao Er go with this monk alone, in case there is a mistake in the middle, he will definitely not be able to explain it clearly. He personally followed Zhao Xiaopin to Chengtian Lane, Zhao Xiaopin led the shopkeeper to the door of the Yuetai Temple, and asked him to wait outside the door for a while, and he went in to get the money.

The shopkeeper thought that the monk couldn't run the temple, and there were so many customers in the store to testify, so he was not afraid that they would not win the official battle, so he stood at the door and waited. This left and right, waited from noon to midafternoon, and never saw half a figure come out, only then did he come back to his senses and be deceived! He immediately pushed open the door and rushed into the temple to find someone.

The whole temple is empty, where is there still half a figure, the temple is dilapidated, not to mention two thousand yuan, even one hundred yuan can be taken out is not bad.

At this time, Master Hongyi came out of the main hall and asked with a look of pretending not to know anything: "Amitabha, why is the donor coming to the temple?" ”

The shopkeeper was so angry that his nose was crooked, and he asked, "Great monk, did you just see a monk with long eyebrows running in, he broke my vase, and ran to you without a trace." Hurry up and hand over the people, otherwise I will go back and report to the officials and let the government seal your bird place! ”

Master Hongyi looked around, frowned and said: "Is the donor wrong, I am now alone in this Yuetai Temple, where is there any long-eyebrow monk, if the donor doesn't believe it, I and the donor will go around in this temple." ”

After saying that, Hongyi led the shopkeeper around all corners of the temple, and walked to the bedroom, several beds were covered with dust, and no one had slept for a long time, and there was only one set of sheets in the room, and there was only one pair of chopsticks or something, and there was no second figure in the whole temple.

"It's really strange, I obviously saw that thief monk running in, and you don't have a back door here, why can't you find it?" The shopkeeper wondered if he was wrong.

While chatting with the shopkeeper, Hongyi took him to the main hall to drink tea, and walked to the newly made Arhat statue intentionally. The shopkeeper was puzzled, raised his head and looked at the scene in the hall, his eyes fell on the statue of Arhat, and he was taken aback when he kicked it!

Isn't this Arhat statue exactly the same as the monk he met, even the eyebrows are almost the same, the Arhat statue is covered with dust, and there are a lot of spider silk, at first glance, it has been placed in this hall for many years, and what is even more surprising is that this Arhat is holding a monk staff in his hand, and a string of Buddhist beads around his neck is exactly the same as that monk. The statue of Luohan has two strings of copper coins hanging on his hands, both of which are ancient coins, and the rope that wears the money has long been rotten.

"This is the monk I just met, yes!" The shopkeeper swallowed with difficulty, pointed at Luohan and said.

Hongyi said with a smile: "This Arhat statue has been in my temple for hundreds of years, and it has never been moved, since you said that he broke your vase, and there are two strings of copper plates on it, it must be me who was left to you by Arhat, you can take it." ”

This shopkeeper has seen a lot of the world, this kind of thing is the first time he has encountered it, not to see it with his own eyes, he can't believe it at all, but the facts are in front of him, and in surprise, he hurriedly returned to the Yuehua Hotel with two strings of money.