Chapter 184 A sheep
But the living Buddha was supported by the two monks, and slowly entered the temple gate and entered the temple to cultivate. At this time, Tenzin Gyatso was drooping his head, his eyes were hollow, and his face was dead, as if his mother-in-law had just died.
The words have been spoken, and Li Zicheng is a witness, if he wants to deny it, it is to get the Buddha's forgiveness, and Li Zicheng will not forgive him.
His lips squirmed, unable to say a word, but his eyes were staring at Tang Ruowang with hatred.
John Tang was full of smiles, leaned over and said, "Gyatso, in front of tens of millions of believers, you don't plan to repay your debts, do you?" ”
Tenzin Gyatso shook his wide robe and faced the believers outside the temple gate, "Buddhists, I, Tenzin Gyatso, am willing to gamble and lose, and from now on, I will convert to Catholicism, and this Taal Monastery will also be renamed the Taal Church and worship God instead," Seeing that the believers lost their voices because of surprise, he continued: "Since the Buddha no longer favors the two living Buddhas and no longer favors the Taer Monastery, you should also convert to Catholicism!" ”
The believers gathered outside only understood what had happened at this moment, and the famous Taer Temple was just finished in a few words? There was chaos outside the temple gate for a while, and there were even believers screaming at the top of their voices.
"Gyatso ......"
"I can't go against the will of the Buddha......"
"No, I will never bow down to any God!"
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Tenzin Gyatso's face sank like water, and the Buddha who had been worshiped for decades suddenly collapsed, and no one's heart would feel good, but in front of the believers, he still maintained the last trace of calm, and when the voices of the believers were lowered, he said slowly: "The old man has served the Buddha all his life, why is he willing to change his worship?" However, you have also seen that the Buddha has no time to look east, and the people of Pudu are God, and only by joining Catholicism can you have the possibility of immortality, and I have decided that from now on, those who will change to God and who are willing to change to God are still my disciples, please stand on the left, and I will select some enlightened people from them to join the Church of Thal! ”
The believers had a lot of dissatisfaction with Tenzin Gyatso's conversion to God, but they also knew that at that time they even hoped that the Almighty Buddha would help Gyatso and make the infidels who did not know the depths lose face in Taal Monastery, however......
It was so abrupt that the minds of the believers could not turn for a while, and they could not keep up with the rhythm of Tenzin Gyatso.
It's only been half a day, and the Taer Temple has changed the sky, is this true?
Is it the Buddha who has been worshiped for half his life, or is it as Gyatso said, the world of Pudu has been replaced by God? Gyatso, can we still trust you?
There are two living Buddhas in the Taer Temple, but unfortunately one has been reincarnated, and the other is afraid that only half a breath is left, and at such a critical moment, he can't come out and say two words.
After a long time of inking, he finally came to humanity: "I still believe in Gyatso, and I am willing to follow Gyatso and convert to Catholicism from now on, but I beg God not to punish me for being too late in enlightenment." As he spoke, he took a few steps to the left and stood on the far left side of the temple gate.
Although he was despised by everyone, he had a resolute attitude, directly ignoring everyone's unkind gaze, and straightened his waist like a green pine, and the rest of the believers, because they were not ready to convert, all dodged to the right, as if they were avoiding the plague, and automatically separated themselves from him at a distance.
Tenzin Gyatso glanced at him and nodded slowly.
The left and right sides outside the temple gate are distinct.
On the left side is a lonely figure, like a mountain and rock, although it cannot stand up to the sky, but its legs are steady, firmly holding the heaven and earth on this side, and on the right, there are a large number of skeptical Buddhist believers, some people who firmly believe in the Buddha, and begin to abuse them in the most vicious language.
More people are shaking their heads, they have witnessed miracles with their own eyes, even if they are psychologically unwilling to change, but they do not want to speak ill of each other, and they prefer to wait and see before the general situation is clear.
The man standing on the left side like a mountain stone, turned a blind eye to all the abuse, he did not hear and hear, he followed the example of Tang Ruowang just now, crossed his hands horizontally, put them together, silently closed his eyes, and his lips squirmed.
Suddenly, seven or eight famous monks walked out of the temple, except for two old men, the rest were about twenty little novices, after they left the temple gate, they did not say a word, but they took off their robes and monks' robes, threw them in the corner, and then strutted and joined the left side of the temple gate.
The man who had been standing on the left side immediately smiled at them, and with the addition of these monks, his side suddenly expanded several times, and the people no longer seemed lonely.
Driven by these monks, the believers began to waver, and they moved to the left in twos and threes, and there were a few timid believers, who were calm and unprepared, and secretly hid to the left side of the queue and hid in the torrent.
Those who can't keep up with the trend for the time being and resolutely defend the Buddha are naturally insulted again, completely forgetting that the Buddha once told them: don't be angry, don't scold, don't like it, don't be angry.
But the people who have decided to change to God are no longer the lonely people just now, the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, the two sides are in a war of scolding, with the gap in the middle as the boundary, divided into two camps, those who know and don't know, are defending their own camp, but more believers are still waiting and seeing.
In the open space outside the temple gate, there are still more Buddhist believers, almost occupying eighty percent, and they can quote scriptures, and gradually gain the upper hand in the scolding war.
Li Zicheng coughed, took two steps forward, stood between Tenzin Gyatso and John Tang, and said in a deep voice: "Bishop Tang, Gyatso, you represent your respective religions, make a gambling contract, you are all witnesses, this Lord is a witness, anyone who breaks the appointment, not only disrespectful to the God who believes, but also disrespectful to this Lord," Seeing that the scolding was slightly quieter, he continued: "All the people, they can freely choose to join the religion, and others are not allowed to interfere and abuse innocently, have you forgotten the teachings of the Buddha?" ”
He made a move, Liu Yunshui and He Xiaomi led their respective subordinates, "Hula", two or three hundred soldiers boarded the platform in front of the temple gate, standing behind Li Zicheng, Liu Yunshui and He Xiaomi, their right hands were pressed on the handle of the knife on their waists, and there was a posture of pulling out the knife without saying a word.
The platform outside the temple gate is still too small, hundreds of soldiers poured out at once, there is no place to settle at all, the soldiers in the front row boarded the platform, the tail was next to Li Zicheng, and the long queue tail was pulled behind, which was left under the stage, and it happened to fall in the gap on the left and right sides of the temple gate, almost dividing the believers on both sides.
The Tibetans have the support of Buddhism, and are indeed braver than the Han Chinese, but in front of hundreds of heavily armed soldiers with angry eyebrows, they have to restrain themselves for the time being, and most importantly, Tenzin Gyatso, the head of Ta'er Monastery, has turned to Catholicism, and without the eminent monks to communicate with the Buddha, they have lost their most powerful support.
The outside of the temple gate gradually quieted down, and even the Buddhist believers who had just abused them in vicious language could only keep this resentment in their hearts.
Li Zicheng paced two steps on the platform with his hands behind his back, fully attracting the attention of the believers, he did not speak, but looked at Tang Ruowang.
John Tong understood, took a step forward, faced the thousands of believers outside the temple gate, and said loudly: "You are all believers in God, and we are all brothers, whether you believe in the Buddha or God, it is up to you to choose, I respect those who believe in the Buddha, and welcome all disciples to join the Catholic Church and change to God from now on, only God can patronize the people of this area." ”
Fortunately, these Tibetans have lived in Han areas for a long time and are no strangers to the Chinese language, and some Han people who were still hesitating just now took advantage of the opportunity for everyone to look at John Tang and quietly stood in the line on the left.
"Fellow disciples, do you know what festival it is today?"
"Holidays?" Everyone was puzzled, among these believers, except for a very small number of people arranged by Li Zicheng, the rest of them probably had never heard of Catholicism, let alone learned about Catholic festivals.
John Tang said with a smile: "Brothers and sisters, today is Easter, many years ago today, the Lord was resurrected......" He explained, whether it is Tibetans or Han Chinese, they are ignorant and drowsy, if it weren't for hundreds of soldiers pressing the formation, there would have been believers who would have started to curse the streets, now is the critical moment for managing crops, who has time to listen to this devilish curly-haired man messing around?
However, they all understood the last sentence of John Tong: "Brothers and sisters, today is Easter, and God is very gracious, and whoever comes to the church to be baptized and become full Catholics will be rewarded with a sheep from God." ”
A sheep is not too much, but these believers are basically ordinary people, for whom it is a considerable amount of money, and more importantly, the first time they join Catholicism, they can receive God's reward, which has never happened in Buddhism.
"Are there really sheep?"
"It can't be a lie, right?"
One of the believers, who had already stood on his left, wheeled his arm to the people around him, and proudly said: "I'll just say, now only God shines on this part of the people, but fortunately, along with Gyatso, I have already chosen God!" ”
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The Buddhist believers on the right who heard this, suddenly some people took the opportunity to lean over quietly, for the sake of the sheep, they had already convinced themselves: as long as you believe in God, there is no time to order, and I believe that God will forgive me, a person who realizes in hindsight, if it were not for Gyatso, and that curly hair...... Unlike us, he must have been sent by God to save us.
Tenzin Gyatso also encouraged the faithful to accept the sheep with peace of mind, which is the festival of God and of all brothers and sisters, and finally, he was heartbroken, and he will listen to God's teachings for the first half of his life.
Li Zicheng saw more and more believers on the left, and he was overjoyed, although there was no accurate number, but there were so many Tibetans who converted to Catholicism, or he was a little surprised, he accepted it when he saw it, and there were not many sheep in Xining, so he said loudly: "Those who are willing to change to worship God will go to the temple to be baptized in a while, and those who really don't want to change to worship God, Lord Ben will not interfere, they are all dispersed, as long as you are willing to change to worship, there will be a chance in the future." ”