"I have a disciple here who is so lazy to do it, he can't even punch a knife after studying for three years, if it weren't for his filial piety, he would have been expelled from the door by me a long time ago."

"I don't have any unsuccessful disciples here, I have already graduated from the teacher, and now I have a few juniors with each other, and I can let them choose one of them if they need it."

……

A group of craftsmen have said that it is better for the junior to go to Tubo than to go by themselves, and if they go, in case they die in a foreign land, it is just that, if they do not accept death in the middle of the road, it is called grievance.

"Press, in that case, you make your own arrangements, in short, I will see three hundred craftsmen on that day, if anyone makes a mistake, don't blame me for calling him a dilemma of life and death. Let's go down first! ”

The junior official waved his hand lightly, and after the craftsman retreated, he respectfully walked to Du Chuke's side, and said to Du Chuke in a flattering tone: "Du Siqing, do you think this is okay?" ”

"Press, do a good job, do a good job, do a good job is indispensable for your benefits."

Du Chuke said calmly, a few words of encouragement for such a small official were enough to make him excited and unable to sleep for a few days.

"Although Shangguan can rest assured, Xiaguan will do his best in this matter and not disappoint Shangguan."

The little official straightened his back and assured loudly, and Du Chuke waved his hand casually and walked outside. He didn't sit in a sedan chair, he walked leisurely on the road, and the sedan chair driver carried the sedan chair and followed behind.

He shook and finally walked into the Temple of Mercy and Grace, which had taken in people from Caijia Village in the early years, and with the publicity of Caijia Village, the reputation of the Temple of Mercy and Grace spread farther and farther, and the incense became more and more prosperous.

As soon as the monk saw Du Chuke walk in, he greeted him with a smile and said: "Oh, the poor monk said how the magpie is chirping and jumping today, it turned out that Siqing is coming, quickly sit in the room, the poor monk just got a box of good tea, and Siqing has a mouthful." ”

"You monk is really unbearable, and you still have the appearance of a monk, a philistine who comes more than those vendors in the market."

Du Chuke smiled and scolded and walked towards him, and the monk recited the Buddha's name and said with a smile: "The poor monk leads people to be good, although his words and deeds are not like Buddhas, but the Buddha lives in his heart, and the way of cultivation is in this world. ”

Du Chuke made a Buddha together, and with the monk to drink tea in the wing, the old host of the Temple of Mercy and Grace came after a while, called a Buddha number, sat on the futon and chatted with Du Chuke.

"Presiding, now that the incense of the Temple of Mercy and Grace is at its peak, there must be not a few monks, right?"

Du Chuke said with a smile, and the old host smiled slightly and said that Honglu Temple's supervision of Chang'an Taoist Temple and the temple is strict, can the monk come to place an order Du Chuke know?

Seeing that the old host didn't speak, Du Chuke didn't care, and asked the old host seriously: "The great monk of the good guide can be in the temple, and the official has something to discuss with him, can you invite him out to see him?" ”

"Uncle Shi is cultivating in the temple, if the temple is not an important matter, you can discuss it with the old man, so don't disturb Uncle Shi's practice." The old host said with a smile, he really couldn't bear to let this pious Buddhist bother the world anymore.

Du Chuke smiled and picked up the teacup to take a closer look, deaf to the old host's words. The old host sighed helplessly and said to the monk who knew the guest: "Lichen, go and invite your uncle and ancestor to come over." ”

"Can Siqing reveal what the matter of finding a good mentor is the matter?"

The old host asked curiously, Du Chuke shook his head and said, "Master, for your sake, what is the difference between knowing and not knowing now?" ”

"Amitabha!"

The old host was stunned for a moment, then shouted a Buddha horn, and recited the scriptures silently. Du Chuke drank tea by himself, not caring about the old monk's scriptures at all.

After a while, the great monk walked in with the pace of light construction, and the dust followed step by step, and the good guide made a Buddha gesture and showed a kind smile.

"The donor is polite, how about this tea?"

"It's not as mellow as the Chang'an Houfu, but it's better than a sweet charm."

Du Chuke said with a Zen machine, and the good director glanced at him meaningfully, and sat down cross-legged before asking him: "The donor has nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, but I don't know what the so-called thing is when I came here today?" ”

"Naturally it is a serious matter, Tubo admires the Tang Dynasty to send the princess to come and kiss, His Majesty intends to send someone to Tubo to promote the culture of Middle-earth, although Buddhism is from Tianzhu, but it has also gone through thousands of years of wind and rain, the court decided to give Buddhism two hundred dishes every year, exclusively for Buddhism to preach doctrines in Tubo, I don't know what the monk thinks?"

"The poor monk thinks it's not good."

After listening to Du Chuke's words, the old host and the monk of Chenzhi both showed a look of surprise, only the great monk shook his head and said calmly. The old host and Lichen both looked anxious when they heard this, but they didn't dare to interject indiscriminately for a while.

"Since it's not like that, what does the great monk think it should be?" Du Chuke is not ambiguous, how can this kind of person be so easy to deal with.

"The poor monk thought that the dish would be 250 pieces, of which 100 were used by the Buddha sect to preach Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty."

"The great monk is not very good, two hundred dishes in Tubo are indispensable, and one more dish can be given every year in the Tang Dynasty."

"I can't make it, I can't make it, it's a loss. Don't do it, don't do it. ”

Shandao shook his head and said, the folds on his face were covered with dead old age spots, but his eyes radiated the light of wisdom.

"Just allow your great monk to make a price all over the sky, and don't allow the official to pay back the price?" Du Chuke said angrily, this big monk is a thief and a thief, the last time he came to the door to ask for a crossing, he fell directly at the door and pretended to be dead, so scared that he almost had a heart attack. This time, the sky-high price is still not allowed to pay back?

"Look at it, look at it, a few words are so excited, or the old monk and I will give in again, how about two hundred plus fifty? You also know that going to Tibet to preach will involve bloodshed, and even the early results in the thirty or fifty years will be too great. ”

"Then you don't look at it, if you don't have this opportunity, I'm afraid that you won't have the opportunity to preach Buddhism in Tibet for 100 years. What's more, no matter what results have been achieved in thirty or fifty years, it is all a mirror, and the great monk is also a centenarian, so I don't know that every drink and peck has a destiny, do you think you can get these benefits plainly? ”

Du Chuke snorted coldly and said unceremoniously, how can there be such a good thing in these years. The good guide was silent, closed his eyes and kept counting the rosaries in his hand, and his heart was hesitant.

The Tang Dynasty's suppression of Buddhism's heart is well known to passers-by, and if there is still an incident in Tibet at this time, the power of Buddhism will definitely be consumed sharply.

But if he can gain a firm foothold in Tubo, then the Buddha Gate can be attacked and retreated in the Tang Dynasty, and he will not be held to death by the Tang Dynasty.

After a long time, the good director opened his eyes and said resolutely: "Two hundred plus ten, success or failure is like this." ”

"Kill you, it's decided, and in the future, I will give you 200 ferry disks for Tubo and 10 for Datang every year."

Du Chuke stretched out his palm and slashed down, even saying the term gambling money. Shandao slapped his thigh with regret when he heard this, the price of his four masters was still low, and he blamed Datang for pressing too hard over the years, causing Shandao to feel that the crossing dish was extremely precious?

And this incomparably precious disc is just a piece of paper in Datang's eyes, and all that needs to be hundreds of thousands of sheets can be opened at any time.

Du Chuke took a sip of tea happily, the good director was like a mourning and the old host seemed to understand a little, his eyes showed a sad look, only the dust looked ecstatic, such a good thing was the same as picking it up for nothing, he didn't understand why the two elders couldn't be happy.

(End of chapter)