Chapter 80: Donglin Ancestral Garden
If there was no memory, Zhen Feng would not have been able to determine that Fan Ruoshui was a decoy. The Xunyang Cultural Association will be a pit. The same is true at this time, just out of the wolf's den, and about to enter the tiger's mouth, the little elder must be a spy who is a hundred times more powerful than Fan Ruoshui, and he can play Zhen Feng's group of people around.
I saw that the invitation was written on the invitation that he hoped that the envoy would land on behalf of the lord of the country and the country to participate in the Dharma propagation meeting at the Donglin Temple of the Pure Land Patriarch of Buddhism to welcome the Christmas of Amitabha Buddha on November 17, and pray for the blessing of the lord and the country. I also hope to discuss Buddhism with General Deng and share friendship.
Knowing the inside story in advance, as if opening the perspective of God, Zhen Feng had a conclusion in his heart, and asked rhetorically: "Since you are a high-ranking monk in front of the official family, do you think you should go?" ”
"We have important matters on our bodies, and we have been delayed for several days, and there will be people sent by the officials to promote the Dharma and discuss the Tao like this, so let's not delay any longer, right?"
"Well, I agree with you."
"In that case, I refuse."
"No, I agree with your idea, but not your decision. Since you don't think you should go, then we should go and see, maybe there will be a windfall. ”
For such explanations and logical reasoning, Landing was in a daze in the cold wind, and went in the opposite direction of his expectation without warning. Zhen Feng is very satisfied with his words, he can save a lot of unnecessary explanations, and he can't say that this is also the situation of the Song Dynasty, and there may also be open and secret battles, and he is still a prophet of the six doors?
When the carriage and horses were ready, Xie Yanbao narrowed his eyes, bowed his body slightly, and walked quickly towards the landing in small steps. Landing turned over and rode on the horse, arched his hand towards Xie Yanbao, and said, "Xie Tingshi, please go back, there is a labor to send off." ”
Xie Yanbao rushed to the reins and said, "Lord Qin, the lower official will also follow the Qin Envoy to Lushan, please allow the lower official to follow." The adults are talented, strong in martial arts, both civil and military, unparalleled in the world, and the lower officials are willing even if they are saddled before and after the horse. ”
Xie Yanbao was very well-informed, and as soon as he heard that the envoy had gone to the Donglin Temple in Lushan, he found that this was a good opportunity to express his pious belief in worshipping Buddha to the official family, and to strengthen the relationship with the envoy. At his beaky request like a dog's skin plaster, they finally traveled together.
Donglin Temple is located at the west foot of Lushan Mountain, was founded in the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the ninth year of the Great Yuan, only 40 miles away from Jiangzhou City, Donglin Temple has a lofty position in Buddhism, is the birthplace of the Pure Land Sect (also known as the Lotus Sect), and is also regarded as the ancestral court by the Pure Land Sect and the Pure Land True Sect of Japanese Buddhism. As early as the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Master Huiyuan gathered eighteen celebrities and other disciples in front of the statue of Amitabha Buddha, a total of 123 people, to pray for rebirth in the Western Elysium, so Master Huiyuan is the founder of the Pure Land Sect and the first ancestor. At that time, the famous Xie Lingyun, admired Huiyuan, opened two ponds in the east and west for him in the Donglin Temple, planted white lotus all over the world, and the society created by Master Huiyuan was called the "White Lotus Society" one by one, so the Pure Land Sect is also called the "Lotus Sect".
In the past 50 years, the dynasty has changed frequently, the warlords have been fighting, and even the Later Zhou Dynasty has exterminated the Buddha movement, but Donglin Temple is located in the south of the Yangtze River, which has not been affected, and the monarchs of Yang Wu and the Southern Tang Dynasty believe in Buddhism, so Donglin Temple still maintains the grand occasion of the Tang Dynasty in the past.
On the way to Donglin Temple, Zhen Feng imagined in his mind the problems he might encounter, from literature to martial arts, from astronomy to geography, from Buddhism to the secular, but he tried his best to imagine any crisis that could occur. The little elder is not comparable to Fan Ruoshui, and improvisation may not be suitable for dealing with the little elder.
After the Song State killed Shi Geng, Shi Geng had a mustard for his loyalty, so under the use of the landing, he gradually regained his strength, and even Zhen Feng wanted to drive him away, in Zhen Feng's words, he was useless, and kept a waste of wine and food.
However, Shi Geng was very scoundrel and did not leave, and it was the most dangerous thing to be alone, but now it is the safest. If you can get some useful intelligence information from landing here and hand it to Song Guo, you may be able to save yourself.
Looking at Zhen Feng, whose brows shrunk, Shi Geng gloated and said, "Let's go to Lin Zuting in Lushan Mountain, how can you go to hell?" Aren't you afraid of there? ”
"I'm wondering how you can keep the rules and precepts, especially if you quit drinking, after you have been ordained there directly."
Shi was even more speechless, without wine, it is like being a man without a soul, what fun is there? knew that Zhen Feng was deliberately angry with him, but he was still angry.
"I heard that the wild goose qigong of Donglin Temple is good, and the Sprinkle family will definitely try it this time to see if the copper tendons and iron bones of the Sprinkler family are powerful, or if it is the Qigong of Donglin Temple."
"Don't think about it, there's no chance to stir up trouble. Either get out of here, or stay honest. ”
Facts have proved that none of the countermeasures prepared by Zhen Feng have come in handy, and even the reaction of the little elder was beyond his expectations.
When they arrived at a mile outside the mountain gate of Donglin Temple, the little elder had already waited on the side of the road with the supervisor of Donglin Temple, Zhike and a group of novices.
The little elder is indeed very young, in his twenties, quite handsome, with a ruddy and delicate face, which can be described as white and beautiful. A pair of eyes are smart, as if they can see through many people and things.
After greeting each other, the novices swept along the road and welcomed the Qin delegation and the assassin Shi and others to the mountain gate of Donglin Temple.
There are three doors on the left, middle and right of the mountain gate, which correspond to the "empty door" in Buddhism, "the door of no phase", "the door of no work", the door of the general middle door has not been opened, and the ordinary believers and people enter the temple to worship the Buddha, and the door on both sides can be walked to visit, that is, the door of no phase and the door of no work. Only the emperor nobles show the eunuchs into the temple, the guard of honor is sent in and out of the middle gate, and when encountering large-scale Buddhist activities, the high monk abbot can also pass through the middle door.
At this time, the middle gate had been opened, and the novices entered through the side doors on both sides, and the little elder led the Qin delegation who had dismounted from the horse and carriage to enter the middle gate, and the other monks, even Xie Yanbao and his entourage, also walked from both sides this time.
This is an envoy representing the lord of the country, and it is understandable to greet him with the highest etiquette.
Zhen Feng conspiratorically guessed, could it be that this was to kill? Only they walked through the middle gate, and the others walked on both sides. But everything seems to be normal, Donglin Temple is only like a spring breeze, without any disrespect.
This welcome party was solemn and solemn, so normal that it made Zhen Feng feel abnormal. It's just that the landing and others are enjoying it, blending in with the surrounding atmosphere, except for Zhang Yuanlai, a Taoist priest.
Landing is the protagonist of this welcome event, there is no one, Xie Yanbao accompanied the whole process, along the way the Tianwang Palace, the Three Temples, the Daxiong Treasure Hall and so on, one by one devout Buddha. For formal occasions, in addition to a full range of incense burning and worshipping Buddha activities, but also with lectures, Zhen Feng was too lazy to participate, and now he couldn't guess what the little elder was doing, so he asked for a meditation room and went to rest.
It didn't take long for Jiang Linxian to come and knock on the door in a hurry.
"What's wrong?"
"Uncle Shi Geng, Uncle Shi Geng has a fight with someone."
There was nothing wrong with the landing, but the backyard caught fire, and it really didn't stop.