Chapter 84: The Buddha and the Tao
Lu Shouyuan is a little selfish after all, in order to deal with a mere Sun Xiangfu, he sacrificed his position as a five-grade high-ranking official, he thinks it is not worth it, so Sun Xiangfu is right, he doesn't dare to do anything with himself.
However, if things were so simple, it would not be a plan that the sons of several top families came up with, detonating the conflict between Buddhism and Taoism would be their killing move to Sun Xiangfu, and the worst thing would be to make one of them hate Sun Xiangfu to death, and they would have one more powerful ally.
When he got out of the gate of the county office, Sun Xiangfu saw a little monk walking towards him.
"The donor is Lord Sun of the Pastoral Supervision Department?" The little monk bowed to Sun Xiangfu and said.
"Exactly, I don't know what this little master has to do with this official?" Sun Xiangfu glanced at the little novice, who was less than ten years old, and asked suspiciously.
"It's not the little monk looking for you, it's the little monk's master looking for you, I have been to the house, but I haven't seen it, and then I went to the imperial city, only to hear that the adult came to Chang'an County, the master and I came to find it, just passing by a fresh fish shop, the master seems to have understood, stopped, and the little monk came to find the adult."
The little monk is young and talks a lot, Sun Xiangfu is not a bad person in his intuition, and he mentioned the fresh fish shop, the big monk who wants to see him must be in the East Market not far away, so he followed the little monk and walked in the direction of the East Market, and after a while, he saw a big monk at the door of the fish shop of the Fisheries Division.
"You're looking for me?" Sun Xiangfu didn't believe in any religion, and looked at the monk who was standing at the door of the shop and looking at the live fish in the tank in a daze from the side.
"Poor monk Xuanzang, just looking at the fish, remembering the old things, I was fascinated, and I was rude to adults." The monk woke up in shock when he heard this, and bowed to Sun Xiangfu apologetically.
"What? Xuanzang? Are you Tang Seng? Sun Xiangfu was surprised.
"Uh, Tang Seng? The poor monk is indeed a monk who became a monk in the Tang Dynasty, but is it ······ an adult?"
If a foreigner calls himself Tang Seng, it is understandable, but Sun Xiangfu is obviously a Tang Dynasty, but he calls himself Tang Seng, which makes Xuanzang a little puzzled.
"Oh, I'm speechless in Xiashi, I don't know what the master is looking for?"
Sun Xiangfu is a generation that grew up watching Journey to the West, and suddenly saw Xuanzang himself, and said in his heart that he was not excited, it was fake, and this Xuanzang did have something to be excited about.
First of all, it is the face that is as warm as jade, no wonder many female goblins in Journey to the West will fall for him, his face, even if he has removed his bald head and ordered a ring scar, he is still so handsome that Sun Xiangfu is embarrassed, no wonder in reality he can break into the chaotic Western Regions alone without any damage, seeing this face, there are really few people who can go to the knife.
"The poor monk received full precepts in Shu, traveled all the way to Chang'an and preached for half a month, I heard that Wangjianglou had a new drama, which is to promote the work of my Buddha's compassion, but I didn't have the opportunity to go to a view, it is a pity, in recent days, many temples in the city are said to be the reincarnation of the golden cicada, is a person who is God-given in my Buddhism, Buddhism needs to be introduced as an offering, in this regard, the poor monk has doubts in his heart, so he left more heart, today he has discovered, he came to tell him, but I am afraid that it is a step late."
Golden Cicada, isn't that you?
Sun Xiangfu thought so in his heart, but he also figured out that Xuanzang, a foreign monk, had come to break the news for himself, so he said, "Master, please come to the backyard with me to talk." ”
There was a small courtyard behind the fresh fish shop, and there were a few apricot trees in the yard, and under the trees there were many mazha where the servants usually sat when they were resting, and the two sat opposite each other on the maza and began to talk.
"The master will definitely not believe that I am the reincarnation of a golden cicada!" Sun Xiangfu touched his nose and said.
"An adult or a reincarnated person, but not a golden cicada." Xuanzang looked at Sun Xiangfudao with a pair of eyes full of wisdom.
All right! He is the second person besides Li Chunfeng to see that Sun Xiangfu's life is different.
"The master said with a smile, Buddhism believes in the theory of reincarnation, then, everyone is reincarnated, and he is just one of the many sentient beings. Moreover, the master's doubts should not be whether I am the reincarnation of the golden cicada! Sun Xiangfu smiled a little unnaturally.
Xuanzang nodded and said, "What the adults said is that everyone is reincarnated, and adults are no exception, and what the poor monks are puzzled about is the purpose of those who create rumors." ”
When Sun Xiangfu heard Xuanzang say this, he instantly thought of the sudden attack on the Daomen by the Buddhist Gate, and thought that the person who created the rumors had been planning against himself for a long time, so he said, "Master, please speak." ”
Those people first advocated that the adult was the reincarnation of the golden cicada sent by the Buddha to revive my teaching, and then revealed the news to the Daomen, causing some disciples of the Daomen to be dissatisfied with the adults, and later, they bewitched those dissatisfied Taoist disciples to surround the adult's mansion, deliberately causing conflicts, and then spread the news to many temples of the Buddhist Gate, causing the resentment of the monks of the temples, and they encouraged a few Taoist priests who were beaten in front of the adult's mansion to provoke in front of the Buddhist temple, causing many monks to kill from the temple, but he was powerless to stop it, so he came to tell him, hoping that the adults would have a way to solve this matter and give the monks a peaceful world. ”
Xuanzang clasped his hands together.
"I see, those scum should have seen me promote Buddhist compassion and belittle Taoist priests in my drama, so they took the opportunity to provoke a dispute between Buddhism and Taoism, the purpose was just to make my drama unable to continue, which is really shameless."
In one afternoon, there were so many bad things, but this bit of bad things can make him get acquainted with a historical celebrity like Master Xuanzang, which can be regarded as an unexpected joy, he knows that Xuanzang will start the road to the west next year, and after more than ten years, after defeating the Buddhists all over the world with a good argumentative tongue, he returned to the motherland with hundreds of foreign scriptures.
And at that time, it was the time when the development of Daomen was out of control, Li Shimin wanted to support Buddhism and suppress Daomen, and the imperial court was at an important juncture in the Western Regions, Li Shimin needed a consultant who understood the situation in the Western Regions, so he gave Xuanzang who returned from the westward journey a very high courtesy, and persuaded him many times to return to the vulgar as an official, Xuanzang refused, but Li Shimin's favor to him was undiminished, and he stayed in Chang'an, summoning and asking from time to time. Only then did the two religions truly form a trend of opposing each other.
"Is there a way to resolve this conflict?" Xuanzang said with a solemn face, although he is not in Chang'an, he has heard a lot of battles between Buddhism and Taoism over the years, which is really cruel.
"Don't worry, master, I am familiar with Yuan Tiangang, the head of the Daomen, and when the matter is explained clearly, the Daomen should no longer be angry with the Buddhism." Sun Xiangfu gave Xuanzang a reassuring look.
"In this way, the poor monk will persuade the inside of the Buddhism with his incorruptible tongue not to be used by villains to help adults calm down this turmoil." Xuanzang nodded slightly.
"That's good, let's go our separate ways! Afterwards, I also asked the master to stay in the lower mansion for a few days, and there were some things I wanted to discuss with the master. ”
"Definitely, definitely."
After saying goodbye to Xuanzang, Sun Xiangfu soon met Yuan Tiangang in the Sanqing Temple, fortunately, the warrior monks of Buddhism knew how to measure, but they only impacted a few small Taoist temples and did not come here to make trouble, but after the two exchanged information, they learned that the reason why such a big conflict broke out between Buddhism and Taoism was because there were dead people on both sides, and those Taoist priests who were carried to the county government may have been killed by the warrior monks of Buddhism, and Buddhism, there were also several warrior monks who died in the conflict, and many were seriously injured.
"The hateful son of the family dares to entertain my Daomen like this."
Although Yuan Tiangang hated those monks, but after learning what happened from Sun Xiangfu's mouth, his angry beard was torn off several times, but unfortunately, he also had no way to take those families, people just moved their mouths, they could make the Daomen anxious, in case there was any slander in the court, Li Shimin would not offend the powerful family for the sake of the Daomen, and the impact of the last Sun Xiangfu incident in the court has not been completely eliminated until now!
"Let's take note of this feud for the time being, the Dao Leader still has to restrain the Dao disciples for the time being, and don't make any more troubles."
Sun Xiangfu also has a headache for these families to deal with him repeatedly, but unfortunately the current emperor can't do anything about them, he is a small retainer born in a peasant family, but he believes that the defense is only temporary, and he will definitely be able to find a way to fight back, so that the family also has a headache.
"Poor Dao will restrain the disciples of Daomen to stop making trouble with you, but between Poor Dao and Buddhism, even if Poor Dao doesn't want to make trouble, those bald donkeys won't give up!" Yuan Tiangang did not fork the road.
"Dao Chief, please rest assured, I have already asked someone to agree with them, and I believe that person will definitely live up to the trust." Sun Xiangfu persuaded.
"Hmph, that's the best, my Daomen is not afraid of those monks, if it weren't for the monks and soldiers who helped His Majesty fight back then, the poor Dao would have cut down the roots of Buddhism a long time ago." Yuan Tiangang hated the way.
Buddhism from the Bodhidharma patriarch preached to the Middle Earth, the early monks almost all practiced martial arts, to the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the number of monks still maintained a large proportion in the temple, yes, Li Shimin after the monks and soldiers, and felt that they were the unstable factors in society, chivalry to violate the ban is a problem that every ruler is worried about, although Li Shimin is very grateful to Buddhism, but strictly limited the scale of his mission, in terms of numbers, far worse than the Taoist priests of this period, but, he will not let people openly deal with Buddhism, after all, it is his benefactor, He needs to maintain his image of being grateful.
"If the Buddha Gate is destroyed, the Dao Gate will survive? Yuan Daochang is a scholar of heaven and man, so he should understand the truth! ”
There is no need to talk too much nonsense with smart people, and after Yuan Tiangang fell into contemplation in a daze, Sun Xiangfu said goodbye to Comrade Li Chunfeng, who liked to be in a daze when he saw him, and went to the palace.
"Uncle Shi, do you still doubt my deduction now? How can this son be a kid born in a peasant family. After a long time, after Yuan Tiangang had thought through the problem, Li Chunfeng said.
"Perhaps, some people are born with wisdom!" Yuan Tiangang couldn't explain why a kid born in a peasant household could see the problem so far-reaching, so he said.
"I still stick to my point of view, so I will interact with him more in the future and observe his words and deeds." Li Chunfeng seemed to have found some new path of cultivation, and said to Yuan Tiangang with a serious face.
"Well, it's not a bad thing to be good friends with him, in addition, this person's practical learning is indeed a knowledge that will help the development of my Daomen, and the teacher and nephew are intelligent, so you can learn it." Yuan Tiangang nodded.
"Then from tomorrow, I will go to the Sun Mansion to disturb it and live in it for a while." Li Chunfeng said that, he went home by himself, packed his luggage and went.