The monk was about forty years old, not tall, with a dark complexion and a thin face, which was Daozhi.

Daozhi appeared in the county government, or to dig a cave to build a Buddha statue.

Although Song Pian said that he was lazy, he pulled the banner of the tiger and pressed him in the name of Linghu Feng, but he honestly obeyed the order and persuaded Dao Zhi to stop for the time being, and don't do anything to raise money for the first time, leave it for later, look at the limelight, and then talk about the opening of the mountain.

In addition, the Yi of the Yi Association advocated that Jin Gong was imprisoned, and this Bodhisattva Karma Society had no one to take the lead for a while.

Therefore, Dao Zhi had to listen to Song Pian's persuasion.

It's just that he is unwilling in his heart, and in the past few months, he has prepared a basket of speeches, and asked to see Xin Er in succession, in order to find hope from Xin Er, hoping to influence him with exquisite Buddhism.

Xin Er only saw him once in total.

Originally, according to Xin Er's meaning, I didn't want to see this monk once.

He was an educated person in later generations, although he had no prejudice against religion, and it could even be said that he had a good impression of Taoism and Buddhism, but he was disgusted from the bottom of his heart by building Buddha statues, which cost the people money.

But after thinking about it, after all, I was curious about the experience of this high monk "dreaming of giving the bodhisattva vows", so I met him once last month.

Judging from the demeanor and appearance, Daozhi left a good impression on Xin Er.

In today's world, Buddhism Fangchang, not only does not have all kinds of strict rules and precepts in later generations, but also the internal sects of Buddhism are far less than as there were later.

The Buddha established the teachings and regarded precepts, concentration, and wisdom as the basic three learnings. These three learnings are the "three Tibets" of Buddhism. The precepts of the precepts, the Zen of the fixed, and the righteousness of the wise. Zen is also called Zena, which translates as meditation, mainly meditation; Yixue, as the name suggests, is mainly the study of the tenets of Buddhist scriptures.

There are so-called "the south emphasizes the study of righteousness, the north emphasizes the practice", and "the northern soil Buddhism, especially the meditation". The overall level of education in Longzhou is relatively low, so the majority of the people in this area, especially the nomadic people, have limited ability to understand and accept the complex and profound Buddhist teachings, so most of them choose the practice-oriented Buddhist Zen method.

Because of this, there are many Zen monks in Helong.

Daozhi is a Zen monk.

Monks who practice meditation, all famous monks, have many "supernatural powers", especially the monks from the Western Regions, almost a little famous, all of them have a hand of "supernatural powers" skills, such as the Longdi monk Zhu Monk Gao, who is as famous as Daozhi, not only has his own "supernatural powers", but also his disciples are known as "sage twelve", and all of them can "relax their hands and make incense, and water flows in their palms"; Another example is the great monk of the Western Regions who is now very favored by Wei Guohe Hun Evil, and he is even more famous for his "unpredictable powers".

Xin Er had heard of this kind of thing, but he didn't believe that there would be any "supernatural powers" or anything like that. The Western Regions Hondo Illusion, the Guo Yi who thought that he was destined for heaven and finally cut it into two sections, played a good game, and inferred from this, thinking that the "supernatural powers" of those monks and local Zen monks should also be like this.

How did Dao Zhi know that Xin Er would be so "wise as a torch and investigate the falsehood"? After meeting Xin Er, after talking for a few words, he hurriedly spread his palms and performed the unique skill of "pointing out water" to Xin Er.

Xin Er gave him a thumbs up politely.

Daozhi thought that Xin Er was suppressed by his "supernatural powers", and then confidently mentioned the matter of opening the mountain to build Buddha statues.

Xin Er waited for him to finish speaking, and asked slowly: "I heard that there is a cloud in the Buddhist scriptures, 'color is emptiness, emptiness is color'." Ask the great monk, what does this sentence mean? ”

The eight characters "color is emptiness, emptiness is color" come from the Heart Sutra, which in turn comes from the Great Prajna Sutra, and the "Great Prajna Sutra" has not yet been translated, that is, these eight characters have not yet appeared in the texts of Middle-earth Buddhism.

However, the monk Daozhi has indeed read a lot of Buddhist scriptures, and there are similar sentences in other Buddhist scriptures, he just thought that Xin Er remembered it wrongly, and he was very happy in his heart, and thought: "The prince asked me about the Buddha's principles, and it seems that he does not reject my Buddha." The theory of color and emptiness, metaphysics is also often talked about, this is the place where Xuan and my Buddha are connected, and it is no wonder that the prince of the palace is interested in this. The poor path can be used to enlighten him with subtle Buddhist teachings. Thinking about this, of course, I won't be stupid to correct Xin Er, talk eloquently, and talk about the relationship between color and emptiness.

Xin Er waited for him to finish, and still said slowly: "That's what it meant." In this case, wouldn't building a Buddha statue mean not making it, and wouldn't it be making it if it wasn't made? I smelled it, 'The Buddha is sitting in his heart, and the wine and meat are passing through the intestines,' and I smelled it, 'The Buddha is a stinking shit.'" Great monk, the form of the Buddha is not important, the important thing is whether you have realized it? ”

He shook his head and sighed, and said, "I don't think you realized it." Great monk, you are full of dedication to digging caves, but you don't know that persistence is also karma! "In my humble opinion, you need to sit down diligently and strive to break this barrier as soon as possible." ”

"Wine and meat through the intestines", "stinky shit" Yunyun, is the enlightenment language of later generations of Buddhist monks, today's Buddhism, even meat has not yet been abstained, where will anyone speak this kind of language?

Xin Er's words entered the ears of Dao Zhi, which was nothing less than heresy, but after thinking about it carefully, he seemed to feel that these two sentences were reasonable.

Dao Zhi was at a loss for a moment, speechless.

After he went back, he pondered Xin Er's words carefully, thought of the rebuttal remarks, so he asked to see him again, but he couldn't see Xin Er. Three begging, four begging, and today, this is the fifth time he has asked to see, and like the previous times, he has returned in vain.

Daozhi was not discouraged, he only regarded this as a test for him by the Buddha, and the greater the setback, the more indomitable he became.

Single-mindedly prospering Buddhism's Taoist wisdom and not mentioning it first, Xin Er received a palindrome from Linghu Feng.

Unfolded to watch, see wrote: "Lone has told you last time, you should take care of the things that you should take care of, you don't have to play everything." Don't report these to orphans again in the future. Xihai asks for troops, you ask Kojiqiu, if his Hu soldiers are formed, they can be sent together for reinforcements. ”

Linghu Feng and Xin Er thought of going to one place, and also thought that they could use this as an opportunity to train their troops.

Putting down Ling Hufeng's palindrome, Xin Er picked out Kojiqiu's reply from the documents on the case.

In the letter, Koji Qiu said that the Hu soldiers had already been organized, and except for the newly formed Liangqu Hu cavalry, the military uniforms and weapons had not yet been received from the Governor's Office, and the rest could be dispatched to the north at any time. Koji Qiu and in the letter, he asked to personally lead the troops into battle.

In terms of political affairs, Xin Er has no right to supervise the army, and militarily, because its jurisdiction is within the three counties, it is also under the supervision of Xin Er, so if he wants to fight, he must have Xin Er's permission.

Xin Er said in his heart: "There are quite a few militants under my hands. ”

In the past two days, first Wei Shu and Wei Xian's father and son asked for battle, and then Qu Yuanguang asked to join the army.

Wei Shu's father and son must not be sent.

The mood of the two of them seeking war is understandable.

After their father and son threw themselves into the Xin Er Sect, Xin Er encountered a very thick situation, one was used as the Governor of the Door, and the other was used as a loose general, although it was not called the gold and silver of the horse, it was also a daily reward, and the two of them would inevitably be eager to make meritorious service in order to repay the kindness of Xin Er.

Only this father and son are inherently martial arts, but their troops are all just transferred from the forts of Weiwu to the army, most of them are foot soldiers, and they have not yet learned the battle formation, so they can't be reckless.

Yuanguang's request for war was something Xin Er hadn't expected.

Xin Er asked if he could pull it out, and if he didn't know about it, it could be seen that this was Yuanguang's own idea.

Yuanguang claimed to be familiar with Rouran's internal affairs and could serve as a military officer. Xin Er asked him a few questions, and Yuan Guang answered fluently, and he did know more about Rouran. Since he has this strength, Xin Er also agreed to his request.

Originally, the first round of reinforcements was set to be in charge of Lan Bao, and now with the will of Linghu Feng, Xin Er added one of the Koji Qiu Army.

Two days later, Koji Ball attracted thousands of riders to Lejun.

That night, Xin Er invited koji balls, and this time Lan Baozhang, Qi Dali, Ballian Fan, Yuan Guang and other Hu military officials who went north were all in the banquet.

Zhang Gu was awarded the rank of board to join the army, and he also sat on the table. He was also an officer in the troop that sent troops.

Although Lan Baozhang's officer assessment was qualified, he had no experience in leading troops to fight alone, Xin Er was worried that he might be incapable, so after repeated consideration, he chose Zhang Gu and made Lan Baozhang a military aircraft staff officer. This is also why Xin Er will ask for Linghu Feng's permission to "remove the award" in the letter to Linghu Feng, and let any board join the army to Zhang Gui.

Because the next day the army was going out, and at the banquet in the evening, everyone did not drink.

It was night, Xin Er didn't go back to the back house, and talked with Koji Qiu in the guest house for half a night, and fell asleep.

Before dawn, he sent koji balls to the army outside the city.

It wasn't until he saw the troops go away that Xin Er returned to the county capital.

Xin Er felt that there were many militants under him, and in fact, he also wanted to go to the north to aid the West China Sea this time.

Just as he taught Lan Baozhang what he said, he finally felt shallow on paper, these days, he had already read the two military books of "Sun Tzu" and "Sima Fa", and he had already memorized the "Military Order" compiled by the imperial court. But it's just on paper. talked on paper, and Zhao Kuo can be seen in the end. Looking at his heart, he really wants to learn and exercise in actual combat. However, as the "military governor of the three counties", it is not an exaggeration to say that he has a high position, and it is not easy to move lightly, because although he has this intention, he cannot implement it.

Kojiqiu led troops north, and four days later, a military report came to Jiankang from the West Sea.

Xin Er has a chance to get his wish.