Shaomuro Mountain, more than 500 warrior monks each hold swords and guns behind the temple gate.

Torches lit up in the courtyard, illuminating a shiny bald head. This formation seems grand, but everyone knows that the soldiers of the Xia Kingdom are like wolves and tigers, and the artillery is indestructible. Once the officers and soldiers come up the mountain, I am afraid that these 500 warrior monks will not be able to stop the officers and soldiers from rushing into battle at once. At the critical moment of survival, the senior monks all gathered in the Mahavira Treasure Hall, their faces pale and anxiously surrounded the abbot Master Huineng.

The last time Huichang was martyred was 300 years ago. Shaolin Temple is a thousand-year-old famous temple, the ancestral court of Zen Buddhism that has been favored by the past dynasties. After all, the Xia court still respected Buddhism, Taoism, Zoroastrianism and other sects, and the court specially built a religious inquisition, inviting respected elders of each religion to attend the inquisition to screen the good and bad sects and prevent problems before they occur. This time, the imperial court forcibly ransomed the property, and the monks thought that as before, the Shaolin Temple must be an exception. When the scribes of Luoyang Mansion who came to talk about the ransom were stopped at the foot of the mountain, and when everyone was gone, when the notice outside the temple wall was torn down, the monks could not imagine this day.

The Daxiong Treasure Hall is spacious and magnificent, under the eaves in front of the hall, the banners are fluttering, and the Buddha case is neatly placed with the bells, drums, fragrant fish, chimes and other magic instruments.

In front of the statue of Shakyamuni Buddha is a huge and heavy, beautifully patterned large incense tripod, which has never stopped smoking for three hundred years. This statue of Shakyamuni Buddha is after Huichang, Tang Xuanzong Dazhong 20 years cast, more than 270 years ago, I don't know how many worlds, desires and ups and downs have been witnessed. Gold and silver, blood and sweat, pearl shells, precious stones, jade, people present the most precious things in the world in front of the Buddha, and what they seek is varied, seeking food and clothing, seeking pleasure, seeking land, seeking business, seeking middle lift, seeking promotion, and seeking longevity. There are all kinds of desires in the world. Between the smoke of incense, Shakyamuni only stood high on the lotus platform, holding a bowl seal in his hand, looking down on all beings.

"Presiding abbot, officers and soldiers surrounding the mountain, how should we deal with it?"

Abbot Huineng was only meditating on the futon, his eyes slightly closed, as if he was reciting scriptures silently. The other monks did not have this meditation skill, and the officers and soldiers suddenly surrounded Shaomuro Mountain, and everyone suddenly felt that the building was about to collapse. When the catastrophe is approaching, there are inevitably discussions between the apes and horses.

"It's difficult, it's difficult!"

"The government deceives people too much!"

"Is it true that the deed of the temple property will be handed over?"

"The temple property was given by the Emperor of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, how can you hand it over at will?"

"They want the land deed, so they will step on me and wait for the corpse to grab it!"

"We are waiting for our bodies to be martyred, and it is not a pity to die, but this thousand-year-old Taoist system has been cut off, what face do you have to see Patriarch Bodhidharma?"

There was a lot of controversy, and more monks looked at the presiding abbot, their faces were pale, and they didn't know if they could survive the catastrophe in front of them. However, the presiding abbot always closed his eyes and chanted, even if there was a commotion in the hall, he never opened his eyes. At this time, a novice rushed in from outside the door and shouted, "Abbot, abbot." All the eminent monks looked sideways, and the elder who held the precepts almost didn't say anything to reprimand, and then the novice said: "There is a guest outside the mountain gate, claiming to be Master Huizhen, and he wants to see the abbot!" ”

"Master Huizhen?"

"But Master Huizhen of the Great Mercy and Grace Temple?"

"These are saved!"

"Is it really Master Huizhen himself who has arrived?"

The monks whispered, some overjoyed, others with gloomy faces.

Although Faxiangzong and Zen Buddhism originate from the same lineage of Buddhism, however, the former is a sect of existence and the latter is an empty sect, and they are not only jealous of beauty.

In Dongtu, Shaolin Temple is the ancestral garden of Zen Buddhism, and Dacien Temple is the ancestral garden of Faxiangzong. Zen Buddhism is founded by the Bodhidharma Patriarch, after passing to the six ancestors, one flower and five leaves, and is divided into Weiyang Sect, Linji Sect, Caodong Sect, Dharma Eye Sect, Yunmen Sect, as if the first major sect of the Eastern Soil Buddhism. The Faxiangzong was founded by Tang Xuanzang's master and apprentice, because the dojo is located in the Great Ci'en Temple, also known as the Ci'en Sect. Although Faxiangzong does not have as long a history as Zen Buddhism, because of the origin of Tang Xuanzang's journey to the west, the Great Ci'en Temple and the Tianzhu Buddha Temple, especially the Nalanda Temple, have extremely frequent interactions. For more than 100 years, the Nalanda Monastery has been known as 9 million volumes, and almost all of the disciples of the Faxiangzong have transcribed copies and transported them back to the Great Ci'en Temple. In terms of the richness of Tibetan classics, the Great Compassion and Grace Monastery is unique in the Eastern Earth world.

Among the Buddhist sects, the relationship between the Faxiangzong and the imperial court is also the closest. The patriarch of the Faxiang Sect, Tang Xuanzang claimed to be "a lifelong doden and loyal to the country", so he was respected by the Tang Emperor as the "leader of the law". After Xuanzang, the Faxiangzong went through a period of decay, and the Xia State established Chang'an as the eastern capital, and established the Inquisition in various parts of the territory, and the sect was soon revived in Kansai. Faxiangzong is known for its rigorous logic, and most of his proud disciples are proficient in Chinese, Sanskrit, Dashi, Persian and other languages. The Inquisition is the most important thing to say, and the Faxiangzong often stands out in the war of words. Zen disciples, though known for their whims, were often dwarfed by the Inquisition. Therefore, the Great Mercy and Grace Temple is also regarded by believers as the first Buddhist temple in the East.

Master Huizhen has opened dojos in Kanto many times, and although he has a lotus tongue, he has never been able to completely impress the Zen monks. Now Shaolin is in danger of overturning, but it wants the monks of the Dharma Sect to solve the problem, and the monks will inevitably have a bad taste in their hearts. Master Huizhen is not only a great virtue of the Faxiangzong, but also an elder of the Inquisition of the Xia Kingdom, if this identity is in the Kanto region, it is similar to the high position of the national teacher. And in Kansai, Master Huizhen's influence is not limited to Buddhism.

Abbot Huineng who had been closing his eyes opened his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Please ask Master Huizhen to meet you in the abbot's room." ”

The abbot's room, a zhang to see the meaning of the square. According to the Vimala Sutra, as a bodhisattva, his bedroom is square, but it can accommodate the public. This abbot's room is a humble room in the world, but when the monks of the temple practice Buddhism, ordinary monks can only live in the same room, and only the great monks can live in another room. Even if the official army Chen Bing Shao Room is under the mountain, there are two monks meeting in the air, and a war of words and swords is always indispensable. Abbot Huineng asked Monk Huizhen to speak in the abbot's room, not because of his identity, but because of the fact that there are many people in the hall, Monk Huizhen must have many words that should not be announced to the public, in case there are two or three unscrupulous people who argue with Monk Huizhen on the spot, I am afraid that the entire temple will be destroyed.

Although the monk Huizhen is famous, he is actually not good-looking, wearing a coarse cloth robe, and anyone who sees him at first glance will think that this is just a sweeping old monk. When he walked into the Daxiong Treasure Hall, the monks of Shaolin Temple, regardless of whether they knew each other or not, whether they liked or disliked, all got up and saluted, and Master Huizhen also returned the salute, and the abbot's disciples led the way in front, and did not introduce the monks in the Daxiong Hall for Master Huizhen, nor did they stop to greet each other, and went straight through the Daxiong Treasure Hall.

In the Daxiong Treasure Hall, many senior monks could only look at Master Huizhen and go straight to the abbot's meditation room behind.

The disciple was sent to the door of the meditation room, and Huizhen pushed the door in. These two Buddhist monks, one in Kansai and the other in Kanto, have never met, but they seem to be old acquaintances. Monk Huizhen looked at the layout of the meditation room, only to see that the four walls were gloomy, except for a few volumes of scriptures and a set of tea sets in the room, there was nothing else, and he couldn't help but smile: "I have heard for a long time that my senior brother is strict in keeping the precepts, and when I see it today, it is really not a lie." ”

His words were not unprovoked, the most important teachings of the Xia Inquisition, and the monk Huizhen was also known for the most important precepts in Buddhism. However, there are many scum of Buddhism in the Kanto Empty Sect, who not only have lax and strict precepts, but also use the advantage of their tongues to distort the Dharma. As far back as the Tang Dynasty, Wu Zetian killed the Li clan, and the monks of the empty sect defended him by claiming that the Bodhisattva killed his parents. These behaviors are deeply hated by Monk Huizhen. He heard in Guanxi that there were monks in Shaolin Temple who did not abide by the precepts, not only drank alcohol and ate meat, but also claimed that "wine and meat passed through the intestines, and the Buddha left in his heart".

Although there is appreciation in the words of Monk Huizhen, it is a different taste in the ears of Abbot Huineng.

"Bodhi has no tree, and the mirror is not a platform." Huineng looked around the room and said, "The master is in the face." His expression was as usual, and his tone was calm, as if it was an ordinary day, receiving a monk in the abbot's room who had come to visit Zen and talk about Buddhism. This calming effort, Monk Huizhen also nodded secretly in his heart, and said bluntly: "Abbot Huineng, under the Xia State soldier Chen Bing Mountain, a little carelessness, it is a legal disaster, the poor monk is not here to have a dispute between the two sects, but to persuade the abbot, do not take the ancestral court of Zen Buddhism as a bet, and test the determination of the imperial court to use troops to implement the 'redemption and purchase of Juntian Law'." ”

"Emptiness is existence, existence is emptiness, how can there be a dispute over emptiness." Huineng replied, "The old man still thinks that the Empty Sect is slightly superior. ”

Monk Huizhen was originally a person with an excellent temper, and he couldn't help but jump to his feet and scold at this time. He drove hundreds of miles overnight to save the situation, and the Shaolin abbot actually didn't feel any pain or itching, and his style was really unbearable. Just when Monk Huizhen could hardly hold back his temper, Abbot Huineng finally got to the point: "Senior brother is in the same vein of Buddhism, and Shaolin feels the same virtue." However, Senior Brother's opinion, this time Chen Bing Shaolin is under the mountain, does he want Xia Guo to coerce me Shaolin to obey, or do you really want to rob the temple property? If Shaolin didn't hand over the field deed, would they really attack the mountain gate? ”

"If they don't hand over the deed, they will definitely do it."

"Luoyang Mansion has made the worst preparations, if the whole Shaolin Temple is killed, a group of monks will be invited from the Luoyang White Horse Temple, but it has really reached that point, Shaolin has become the lower courtyard of the White Horse Temple, and the Shaolin Zen sect has really been broken since then." There was a hint of warning in Hui Zhen's tone, as he passed through the river, he saw the so-called "Thousand Head Tomb" and "Valley of the Remains" and other place names, so the Shaolin monks might have guessed that the imperial court was just a demonstration, and Hui Zhen had no doubt about the determination of the Xia army to use force.