Chapter 25: The Master

In the past few days, Zhao Hao took Zhao Yun and a group of domestic slaves to go all over Jiangning City. What is Xuanwu Lake, Mochou Lake, Confucius Temple, Qinhuai River, Wuyi Lane, Changgan Bridge, Lion Bridge...... Every corner of Jiangning City has left his footprints.

In addition to thinking a little about the game a month later, Zhao Hao returned to his leisurely days. In fact, for the Yiya Competition, in addition to the "Jiuyang Stir-fry Cheats", he also has a trick, so he doesn't have to worry.

should eat, drink, sleep, be in a good mood, and not go to the place of fireworks, so that Zhao Hao's body gradually recovered. In the thirteenth and fourteenth days, the body automatically recovered 1 point of health value, plus the Prajna Heart Sutra increased by 2 points of health value, and the health value reached 44 points.

The activities of helping the refugees continued, and over the past few days, more than 4,000 merit points have been added, and the merit value has been balanced...... Well, it's the balance, more than 5000 points.

There is a steady stream of refugees, Zhao Hao's merit value is naturally continuous, and his reputation is gradually spreading, and many people already know that the prodigal son of the Zhao family has turned back and changed his past wrongs, not only no longer bullying men and women, but also doing good deeds and accumulating virtues, which is a great achievement. The prestige of Zhao Hao and the Zhao family is also increasing day by day.

In this way, Zhao Hao wandered around the bustling Qinhuai River every day, or strolled by the Xuanwu Lake, and occasionally went to Tianxi Temple to find the abbot Xuanjue monk to discuss Zen.

The Song Dynasty entered a period of sustained development of Chinese Buddhism after the formation of the nationalized Buddhist pattern of the Sui and Tang dynasties. In general, after the Song Dynasty followed the Northern Zhou Dynasty's strict restrictions on Buddhism, the emperors of the Song dynasty adopted a supportive attitude towards Buddhism while maintaining Confucian orthodoxy.

Official support is an important reason why Buddhism has flourished. During the Song and Song dynasties, when culture flourished, many emperors wrote articles or poems to praise Buddhism, and even commented on Buddhist scriptures to promote Buddhism. The famous ones are "Miaojue Collection" written by Song Taizong, "Chong Shi Treatise", "Imperial Interpretation of the Law Sound Collection", "Imperial Commentary on the Forty-two Chapters of the Imperial Commentary", "Imperial Commentary on the Legacy of the Teachings", and "The Original Dao Theory" and "Yuanjue Sutra" written by Xiaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty. The emperor's personal translation of the scriptures as the supreme ruler was the most powerful proof of official support for the development of Buddhism, which also had a great influence on the literati and doctors of the time.

Master Xuanjue of Tianxi Temple, the first person in the Buddhism Gate of Jiangnan East Road, is said to have studied under the Keqin monk, one of the three masters of Buddhism in the Song Dynasty, and his senior brother is the famous Dahui Zonggao. Except for the monthly sermon on Zen, Master Xuanjue rarely shows up. The upper-class people in Jiangning City, everyone is proud to see Master Xuanjue, and if they can get the guidance of the master, it will be a great blessing.

The Zhao family's merit donation in Tianxi Temple is the first, especially in the days when Zhao Hao was in a coma, Xie Yun donated 3,000 merits at one time, which is the most merit in Tianxi Temple in the past 100 years. Therefore, the son of the Zhao family was naturally received by a high standard when he went to Tianxi Temple, and the people in the empty door also acted according to their eyes.

If Zhao Hao asked to see Master Xuanjue, the chances of success would probably be not small, but when Zhao Hao was wandering around in the temple, he stumbled into the door of the abbot's meditation room, and then forcibly broke in.

Tianxi Temple, presiding over the meditation room.

That day...... A little novice had just sent a bowl of tofu flowers to Master Xuanjue, and Zhao Hao broke in, so Zhao Hao, the son of the Great Song Dynasty, and Xuanjue, the first monk in Jiangning, began their first discussion of Zen.

"Master Xuanjue, I heard that all things in the Buddhist family are vain, I don't know what to do?"

"Amitabha, good! The poor monk is just a layman, and he deserves the title of master. Thou hast said that all things that are floating are vain and good. If it is famous, it is not a foreign object; If you are greedy, you will not be tired; If life is like death, but the clouds and smoke are nothing, all things are empty, and it is unwise to work hard and hurt the gods. There is no sorrow and no joy, and this is so-called! ”

"Master, I am a layman, and I don't know why. However, since all foreign things are vain, the master's bowl of tofu is also vain, and it is empty whether you eat it or not, so it is better to let me eat it. ”

"The donor is a guest from afar, hasn't the temple ever entertained the donor?"

"Amitabha, there are thousands of bowls of tofu flowers in the temple, and only this bowl is the abbot's tofu flowers. The so-called scarcity is expensive, and what I want to eat is the abbot's bowl. ”

"Amitabha, the poor monk has received countless male donors, and I have seen many male donors who eat the tofu of the female donor, but I have never seen the male donor who wants to eat the monk's tofu, but the donor is...... Quite wise. ”

"The master is really a wonderful person, I have to eat this bowl of tofu flowers."

It is said that since then, the weak Zhao Gongzi and the fat Master Xuanjue have inexplicably become friends.

Zhao Hao has to go to Tianxi Temple every other day at most, or even once a day.

On Zen, eating abbot tofu, and ...... Playing chess with the abbot.

Always money a game, no regrets and denial!

This monk is a layman, one old and one young, one fat and one thin, often in the meditation room, behind closed doors, killing the sky and the dark.

At the beginning, Zhao Hao lost every hand, and lost a full twenty yuan.

Until he spent 1,000 merit points to exchange for a "Go Basic Skill Book", so he was invincible against the master.

In fact, the master's level of Go is not at first glance, and the end is a stinky chess basket......

"Master, it's getting late, you have won this game, and I have to withdraw."

"The donor's words are wrong, the donor has won seven in a row, and earned seven merit money from the old man, how can he just leave?"

", you can't rely on someone as big as you, just seven dollars, stingy like this, you just pay it back."

"In this way, the donor walks slowly and does not send."

“…… I'll eat your tofu in the future! ”

"Donor, please take care of yourself, the Zhao family's monthly merit money is two hundred yuan, and the cost of tofu is still enough."

"......"

It's just that these scenes can't be seen or heard outside the meditation room.

In the eyes of the world and all the monks, Master Xuanjue is still the master of Xuanjue, who is highly respected, has a pearl of wisdom, sees through all sentient beings, and has boundless Buddhism.

And it is strange to say, every time he comes out of Tianxi Temple, Zhao Hao feels indescribably comfortable all over his body.

The tofu flower of the abbot of Tianxi Temple seems to have the miraculous effect of restraining erysipelas, and he inadvertently recovers 1 health point every four or five days. In less than half a month, the health value has recovered by 3 points, reaching 46 points, and his face has become more and more ruddy.

At this time, it is also close to the Duanyang Festival, and the old housekeeper of the Zhao Mansion has already begun to purchase the Duanyang Festival.

Suddenly, one day, Zhao Hao won nine chess games in a row, and the old monk Yuanjue's face was half black.

"Master, it's getting late, I'm leaving."

"The donor can go, you have to leave the money."

"Ben Gongzi swears to defend the money he won with his life!"

“…… Why did the donor change his style of painting today? ”

"Where does Merlin live?"

"The donor is poor, the old man is a monk, but the Merlin monk is not a monk, and he is a woman, how does the old man know where he lives?"

"The monk nun is a ...... No, monks and laymen are all hermits, and you are all raccoon dogs, so you naturally know. ”

"Amitabha, good...... Although the donor's words are reasonable, they really don't make sense...... The Meilin monk is not elsewhere, just in the suburbs of the north of the city, near the Xia Mountain, there is a village named Qifeng Village, fifteen miles north of the village, there are ten miles of peach blossoms, is the residence of the Meilin monks. ”

"That's great, you don't have to leave me tofu flowers tomorrow."

“……”

"The tofu of the bald old monk is not delicious, I have to change the taste and eat the tofu of the young and beautiful female layman."

"The donor pesters the old man every day, could it be that he went to eat Mr. Merlin's tofu in the first place?"

“……”

The person was far away and disappeared at the door of the meditation room.

"Why does Master value Zhao Gongzi so much?"

"Amitabha, Lord Zhao has great wisdom roots, great merit, and things that are not in the pool."

It's just that Buddhism is as profound as Master Xuanjue, maybe you know, you may not know, the reason why Zhao Hao was able to form such a good relationship with the Buddhist master is nothing more than two words - teasing.

Full of warm thoughts**, comfortable and funny.

And for Master Xuanjue, maybe he has already seen through everything by pinching the rosary, or maybe it's just that the days of cultivation are very lonely, and the master does not reject such a little friend.

It's just that no one expected that one day, Master Xuanjue would not only be a Buddhist master......