Seeing that he was furious, Daoist Hou Zun was secretly shocked in his heart, so he had to swallow his anger and said, "Master Xue misunderstood, or...... Or it is not impossible to have a wrong opinion. ”

After all, he had also heard the news that Xue Huaiyi beat Feng Siqiao, the imperial historian of Youtai

When Xue Huaiyi and Hou Zun Daoren were fighting for Buddhism and Taoism, the entire funeral procession stopped there.

The coffin has not yet been lifted to the place, and it cannot fall to the ground, and the strong man who carried the coffin was fine at first, but later he was tired and miserable.

The onlookers all knew Xue Huaiyi and knew that he was the number one celebrity around Empress Wu.

How dare they come forward to theorize.

This Xue Huaiyi was originally a half-way monk, he didn't learn anything, but he had been a monk for a long time, and he knew some Buddhist teachings under the influence of his ears and eyes, but if he really had to reason with this Hou Zun Taoist and debate carefully, he was naturally not an opponent.

At this moment, Hou Zun Taoist showed weakness, and he also knew that he was afraid of his identity, so he no longer lectured with the other party, but said arrogantly.

"Old Taoist, then you say, Grandpa Rulai or Grandpa Laojun, which one is more powerful?"

This monk speaks nondescriptly, and even Rulai is honored as a grandfather, but fortunately, although he belittles Taoism, he still doesn't dare to be too rude to the Taoist Supreme Lao Dan, so he is also named the honorific title of grandfather.

The onlookers were shocked by Xue Huaiyi and didn't dare to speak nonsense.

"Hahaha."

"Grandpa Rulai must be better than Grandpa Laojun."

"Because a monk is better than a Taoist cow!"

Persimmon spoke heartlessly, in fact, his voice was not loud, but in the silent crowd, it suddenly came out.

To be honest, Persimmon didn't think too much, but just heard Li Xingzhou say the word "cow break".

I thought it was very enjoyable, so I wanted to say it and have a good time.

Unexpectedly, it was extremely embarrassing.

Xue Huaiyi heard persimmon say cow breaking.

Although he didn't know what it meant to break a cow.

But I could hear Persimmon praising him. I couldn't help but give a thumbs up to the persimmon.

Hou Zun Taoist listened to the ridicule, at that time Buddhism and Taoist immortals had not been confused by so many novels.

After all, in Taoist mythology, there are no Buddhas and Bodhisattvas at all.

In the Buddhist scriptures, there are also no gods such as the Sanqing Supreme, how do you tell him to compare.

Hou Zun Daoist couldn't answer with a squeak, and Xue Huaiyi said triumphantly.

"Looking at your appearance, do you admit that Grandpa Rulai is better than Grandpa Laojun?"

At this time, there were more and more people on the street to watch the excitement, and Hou Zundao knew that the dispute continued, and in the end he was embarrassed.

He really didn't want to deal with such a fool anymore, so he decided to give in and let him go.

Daoist Hou Zun gritted his teeth and said.

"I think it's as the master said, if it's more powerful than Lao Jun's mana."

Xue Huaiyi laughed and said.

"Since Grandpa Rulai is more powerful than Grandpa Laojun, what kind of Tianzun do you worship, why don't you enter my Buddhist family and worship the Buddha."

"Huh?"

Hou Zun Daoist was shocked.

"How does this work? The Buddha is the Buddha, the Tao is the Tao, and the poor Tao is a Taoist disciple, how can he take refuge in Buddhism? ”

Xue Huaiyi waved his big hand and said.

"What kind of Buddhism and Taoism, since Grandpa Laojun is not as good as Grandpa Rulai, then ask Grandpa Rulai to sit on the first golden chair, Grandpa Laojun to sit on the second golden chair, Buddhism and Taoism, everyone is happy!"

"Master Ben will accept you as a disciple today, come here, and shave my apprentice!"

At that moment, he snatched out a few monks, grabbed Hou Zun Daoren, snatched his seven-star sword, took off his Wuyue Dao crown, picked up his yellow robe, and pressed it to the ground in the street.

No one thought that they even brought all the household chores for shaving, and someone took a razor at the moment, Xue Huaiyi held the knife with his own hand and shaved it for Hou Zun Daoist on the street.

After a while, Hou Zun Daoren, who was a group of immortal wind bones, became an old man with a light on his head...... Novices.

Because he has just started, he doesn't even have a ring scar on his head, so he is naturally just a novice.

This scene not only stunned the pedestrians on the side of the road, but also the funeral procession.

Li Xingzhou and Persimmon were also shocked, seeing Hou Zun Daoist who had just stepped on the seven-star step and danced the seven-star sword.

After a while, he became a bald monk, and Persimmon couldn't help but laugh out loud.

At this time, on both sides of the road, I don't know how many people were snickering, and Xue Huaiyi asked someone to take a monk's robe and put it on Hou Zundao.

So, a monk was freshly released.

The two little apprentices of Hou Zun Daoren were also pushed to the ground, shaved their hair with their hands and feet, and became two genuine little novices.

Xue Huaiyi looked at them and said with satisfaction.

"Well, that's a lot more pleasing to the eye."

"You go on with the deeds, don't delay the time for the deceased to enter the ground, the fifth and the sixth, you two follow them, and when they finish the rituals, they will lead them back to the White Horse Temple to see me."

"From now on, they are the people of our White Horse Temple."

Hahahaha......"

In the midst of laughter, Xue Huaiyi flew up and jumped on the horse, and he looked back at Li Xingzhou and Persimmon.

"You two boys are good."

"Are you interested in messing with me?"

Li Xingzhou was stunned, he hadn't spoken yet, and Persimmon immediately shook his head and said.

"There are still thousands of runaway girls in Luoyang City waiting for me to rescue."

"Let's talk about being a monk later."

In fact, according to Persimmon's character in Qinghe, he has long been scolded.

However, when he saw Xue Huaiyi being so unscrupulous in Luoyang City, he had already understood that this monk was not an ordinary person.

He didn't dare to offend the monk, for fear that the monk would shave him again in anger, but he didn't dare to speak to refute it.

Speaking timidly, it's pitiful.

"Hahaha!"

"I look at the two of you, if you have any trouble in the future, you can come to the White Horse Temple to find me!"

"The two Dharma names of the disciples of the Sprinkle family, the twenty-first and the twenty-second, will be left to the two little brothers first."

"The cow is broken!"

"Hahaha!"

As soon as he struck the horsewhip, he swaggered through the funeral procession.

The two green-robed monks in the fifth and sixth places crossed their arms and stood in front of the head of the Hou Zun Dao, and said with crooked eyebrows.

"Let's go, you should continue to go, you have collected other people's money, how can you do it for others."

"If you pick a stack of picks, won't that damage the reputation of our White Horse Temple?"

Hou Zun Taoist wants to cry without tears, he has been a monk since he was a child, and he has been a Taoist priest all his life, and now he has changed into a monk inexplicably, which is really hard.

There were five places and six by his side, and he had no choice but to wave the seven-star sword in shame and continue to do things.

The sixth monk deliberately teased him and said.

"I said, twenty, why are you still tinkering with the seven-star sword, you are a monk now."

Daoist Hou Zun was ashamed for a while, so he had to hide his face with his sleeves and whispered to him.

"Shame! Ashamed! ”

"Poor ......"

Chu Wu interrupted him.

"Senior brother! Our senior brothers, there are now nineteen people, and you have just started, and you will be ranked twenty. ”

"We are all seniors, you are twenty, you have to call us senior brother."

Hou Zun lowered his head, his eyes were full of tears, and he replied with a sob.

"Senior brother, poor ...... Monk, I can't recite the mantra of the Buddha's death! ”

He was also appointed at this time, this group of people is pure scoundrels, and they can't afford to provoke it!

You can only take one step at a time.

Chu Wu rubbed his nose and asked Chu Liu next to him:

"Sixth, will you?"

Chu Liu rolled his eyes and said.

", how could I."

"Will you not?"

Chu Wu waved his hand impatiently and said.

"Alright, alright!"

"Do whatever you can, hurry up and finish the Fa and follow us to see the master."

"Dog meat is cooked in the temple!"

"One yellow, two black and three flowers! Pure yellow dog meat, you won't even have to drink a broth after rubbing it again. ”

Hou Zundao was helpless, so he had to continue to do the law.

So, everyone saw a bald monk, wearing a gray monk's robe, stepping on seven-star steps, dancing a seven-star sword, and chanting words in his mouth.

"The Lord of Compassion in the Three Realms of the Three Clears, the Great Heavenly Venerable of the Taoist Scripture Master, Luo Feng under the auspicious light at the beginning of the day, led the deceased to the shore. The clouds have descended, the crane is coming, the puja is wide open, and the gossip is hanging high......"

In the stunned gaze of passers-by, several monks recited the Taoist mantra of death, leading the funeral procession along Jianchun Street in the direction of Jianchun Gate......

Li Xingzhou didn't know the identity of this monk, but he felt that this monk was still a good character to get along with.

Although the temper is a little shorter, however, the obvious IQ catches chickens.

It's a typical good coaxing character.

He grabbed the onlookers on the side of the road and asked.

"Brother walk slowly, who is the big monk?"

"How can you be so domineering! Look at his many apprentices, all of them are good people. ”

"Hey! You're so lonely! ”

"Didn't you hear that old Taoist call that great monk Xue Huaiyi? Didn't you hear the great monk say that he came from the White Horse Temple? What do you say he's coming from, hehe! ”

The idle man who was pulled gave Li Xingzhou a big wink.

"Ahh Could it be ...... That monk is Xue Huaiyi? ”

Persimmon said with a pretended surprise on the side.

"It makes you seem to know who Xue Huaiyi is."

Li Xingzhou complained inwardly.

"Shhhh Can you call people's names too? ”

"What kind of person is that, even the nephews of the Queen of Heaven, Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi, have to respectfully respect Master Xue when they see him."

Xue Huaiyi served the Empress Wu, not just on the bed.

He really did a few big things. One of them is to repair the "Ming Hall".

"Ming Hall" is the Confucian classics recorded in the Son of Heaven Bu Zheng, the construction of Ming Hall for Wu Zetian, is not just a building, which has a profound political significance, and this huge project, is designed and supervised by Xue Huaiyi.

Of course, there are naturally special craftsmen for specific designs, but although Xue Huaiyi does not learn and has no skills, he has many whimsical ideas in his belly.

This "Ming Hall" was built by him magnificently, the momentum is extraordinary, full of 30 floors high, becoming the largest group of palace buildings in the history of the Central Plains.

Such a huge building, Xue Huaiyi only took less than a year to build, not to mention, he also built a higher "heaven" behind the Ming Hall.

Because Empress Wu was busy with state affairs, she did not often summon him to the palace to sleep.

Xue Huaiyi dared to do anything else, but he didn't dare to "cuckold" Wu Zetian.

He's a sturdy man with nothing to do, what else can he do? I had to summon a group of splashes that I knew in the past to the White Horse Temple to cut my hair and become monks, and I continued to drink and meat every day.

He is a monk himself, so he can't see other people's long hair, and he can't help ordinary people, he can't shave the millions of people in Luoyang into bald, so he takes out his anger at Taoists.

Of course, Xue Huaiyi's move also has another deep meaning, he seems to be rude, but he is actually an extremely smart person, knowing that Taoism is closely related to the Li Tang clan, and it is to protect Li Tang, and the Empress Wu wants to change Li Tang's life.

Therefore, it is necessary to promote the Buddha and suppress the Tao, and he did this by using his method to build momentum for Wu Zetian.

Xue Huaiyi also carried out other work as a monk. After the painstaking research of the monks led by Xue Huaiyi, he finally found a "Great Cloud Sutra" in the vast Buddhist scriptures, which recorded that the heroine ruled the country and finally became a Buddha.

This is the name of the main and obedient to provide a classic basis for Wu Zetian to be the emperor.

However, Xue Huaiyi did not stop, in order to popularize the "Great Cloud Sutra", he led a group of monks to concoct the interpretation of the classic "Great Cloud Sutra", using easy-to-understand language to interpret the obscure scriptures, and combined with the popular Maitreya belief at that time, saying that the Tang clan was in decline, and the Queen Mother was born under Maitreya, which would definitely replace the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

thus providing Wu Zetian with an ideological weapon to resist the Confucian theory of male superiority and inferiority of women, and helped her rightfully ascend to the throne.

After Wu Zetian became the emperor, Xue Huaiyi naturally became the great hero of the founding of Wu Zhou, and the general Zuo Weiwei who worshiped the three products

Li Xingzhou and Persimmon walked to the square with the lively crowd, listening to them gossiping about Xue Huaiyi all the way.

And for this great monk, Li Xingzhou silently polished in his heart.

Although he has a bad history, he also knows that Wu Zetian finally ascended the throne as an emperor, so ...