It is a strange thing to meet a monk for no reason, and the other party invites you to drink tea, but this inviter is extraordinary, courteous and thoughtful, and then look at the entourage around him, it is also extraordinary. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Chen Zhi thought about it, and from the behavior and expression of this Ming monk, he saw a clue, looked around, and agreed.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in today's era, and sometimes it can be said to be an interesting story.

followed, Chen Zhi led the way, and came to a tea shop.

The tea shops around the Zhongzheng Mansion are quite elegant, and there are private rooms specially provided for dignitaries.

It's not the first time Chen Zhi has come, from the shopkeeper to the people who run the hall, they all came to greet him, and even with the Ming monks and others were polite, showing humility.

Soon, several people came to the private seat, and only three people entered, it was Chen Zhi, Ming Fa Monk, and the young man in white, and the others were guarding the door.

This detail fell in Chen Zhi's eyes and made him think.

"Master Chen," as soon as the monk sat down, he said something that you couldn't bear, "I have read Your Excellency's "Shi Shuo" and have been deeply inspired. ”

Chen Zhi nodded, his gaze swept over the young man in white, a little puzzled.

It stands to reason that such an abrupt invitation, after sitting down, should always show each other's identities, Chen Zhi's identity opposite the two people know that the Ming monk has briefly introduced himself, but the young man in white is just smiling, but he doesn't say much, I don't know and think it's the entourage of the Ming monk, but looking at the few people guarding the door, I know that this person is definitely not a servant.

Chen Zhi didn't say anything, listened to the few words asked by the monk Ming, and answered them one by one, making the monk nod from time to time.

The whole meeting was uneventful, and after half an hour, one of the guards outside the door walked in, came to the young man in white and said a few words, the young man nodded, and then said, "Master, there is news over there." ”

Ming Fa Seng nodded, and then said to Chen Zhi: "Master Chen, talk to you, the poor monk has gained a lot, and if you have the opportunity, you will have to ask the donor again, today I still have trivial matters, so I can only say goodbye first, and I hope that the donor will not blame you, and you will come to the door to confess the crime in the future." ”

"The master has something to do, just go." Chen Zhi said this, his eyes swept over the young man in white, because this person has no intention of introducing himself until now, and there must be a demon when something goes wrong.

Perhaps feeling Chen Zhi's gaze, the young man in white said with a smile: "I have also read Mr. Chen's article, and I was greatly shocked at the time, listening to Mr. Chen's personal explanation, I found that many mysteries in the past have not been understood, and I will definitely ask for advice if I have time. ”

After the vague apology, the two took the opportunity to leave, settled the tea money, and left directly.

The sudden arrival and bizarre departure made Chen Zhi have many thoughts and think of the invitation.

"I went to Zhongzheng Mansion to happen, even if it was a person from Chen's Mansion, there were not many people who could get the news in time, this Ming monk came from other places, just passed through Pengcheng halfway, temporarily stopped, but he could grasp my traces, come over for the first time, if you just admire my article, it can't be said, compared to coming to talk, it seems to come to step on a point, a little interesting."

He also got up to leave, thinking as he went, recalling the details of the conversation just now, and gradually had an idea.

"When the monk asked, it seemed that he was asking "The Master Said", but many details were intended to spy on my views on Buddhism, metaphysics and scriptures, because I didn't know the purpose of this person, I had reservations, and I had to ask Lu Ying and Tao Ya when I went back, what is the origin of this Ming monk."

On the other side, the monk Ming and the young man in white were walking on the other side of the road, also talking about Chen Zhi.

"Listening to Mr. Chen's speech, if you are a person with a background, it is no wonder that you can write what the teacher said, listen to him explain a few words, and the details in the teacher's words are shown, which is a little deeper than my original understanding." The young man in white was full of praise and admired Chen Zhi very much.

When the monk heard this, he asked with a smile: "Master Cao, since you have such respect for Lord Chen, why don't you report to your family, or invite him to talk about the Tao in the apricot altar, so as to save yourself from running again in the future." ”

The young man in white smiled bitterly: "This is not good, how can I make a decision for the teacher?" It was because I was worried about this that I didn't introduce my origin, because I was worried about showing my identity, but I couldn't invite it, which was even more rude, and maybe it would make Mr. Chen misunderstand. ”

The monk smiled and said: "According to what the poor monk saw, Master Cao Shi did not reveal his identity for a long time, but Master Chen was very puzzled. ”

The young man in white shook his head helplessly, changed his words, and asked: "Let's not talk about this, master, it is rumored that you suffered a loss because of Mr. Chen, and the whole of your temple intend to argue with Mr. Chen once to regain his prestige, but I didn't expect this meeting to be so peaceful, and he really deserves to be a monk." ”

"Hahaha," Ming Fa Monk looked up and smiled, then shook his head, "Master Cao Shi doesn't need to praise, the poor monk is in Buddhism, but he is not enlightened enough, and some things are still not clear, and a debate with Chen Shizhu is unavoidable, but I saw him this time, but I didn't have this in mind, I just wanted to meet him." ”

The young man in white suddenly became interested and asked, "Then according to what the master saw, how is Mr. Chen?" ”

Ming Dharma monk smiled faintly and said something: "I look at the demeanor of the Chen Shizhu, it is indeed worthy of the evaluation of the quality, his person is handsome, his voice is clear, his words are decent, his line is measured, I asked his text, but I heard that this person is knowledgeable, profound, but after all, his person is limited by his vision, trapped in the article itself, and cannot see the great wisdom of the world. Speaking of this, he also showed a little regret.

The young man in white was even more interested, and asked, "Just a simple conversation, you can see this?" Could this be the magic power of Buddhism? ”

The monk shook his head, smiled indifferently, and said: "This is revealed in his words, he saw the human heart, wrote the teacher's words, but did not see the great power behind the human heart, did not touch the true wisdom." Speaking of this, he folded his hands and bowed slightly, and his treasure was solemn, giving people a feeling of being raised by a mountain.

When the young man in white saw this, he also had a sense of reverence, and faintly understood why his teacher would invite several Buddhist monks to go north at this time, and he also knew why the prince would have the heart to promote Buddhism, although he was resisted a lot.

Thinking about it, he couldn't help but ask again: "In that case, will the master still have to argue with him in the future?" ”

Ming Dharma monk looked open-minded and said with a smile: "I still want it, I have to take this step, just as the poor monk said, there are some things that the poor monk has not seen through, and his consciousness is not enough." ”

The more he said this, the more the young man in white felt that this high monk was at a high level.

The two of them went to the inn where they stayed, and when they passed, two people walked out of the alley next to them, it was Zuo Yuan and Zuo Jing's uncle and nephew.

These two people heard the news of Chen Zhi, and specially rushed to Zhongzheng Mansion, but they were a step too late and pounced, but they didn't expect to run into Ming Dharma monks and them when they went back.

Looking at the direction in which Ming Fa Monk and others left, Zuo Jing whispered: "That person seems to be Cao Gongzi, he is here to invite Xuzhou celebrities, just now the porter of Zhongzheng Mansion said, it is he who invited Mr. Chen away, the Buddha on the side is solemn, at a glance it is a monk who has attained the Tao, and he must be among the invited. ”

Zuo Yuan nodded, but said: "Don't think about this, Xingtan's discussion of the Tao is not comparable to my Zuo family's literary association, this time the Taoist involves several parties, so it will be passed on to me and other Qingzhou families to pass the letter, attracting several other Daxing literary associations, otherwise it will not end up like this, the top priority is to ensure that Mr. Chen Zhi is invited, even if Cao Gongzi is here to invite Mr. Chen, it will not conflict with my Zuo family's literary meeting, and it will even help!" ”

Zuo Jing nodded and said, "Since Mr. Chen has left the Zhongzheng Mansion, we have missed it again, so we can only go to the manor outside the city to meet us." ”

Zuo Yuan thought for a while, but said: "You can go to Mr. Chen's house in the city to visit, since he has entered the city, he will not pass the door and not enter, in order to prevent another empty, he has to leave immediately!" ”

After a few words, the two took a few domestic servants, carrying gifts, and hurried away to Chen's house.

Just as the two of them thought, after Chen Zhi said goodbye to the monk Ming, he quickened his pace and went straight to his home, almost arriving with the uncle and nephew of the Zuo family.

Here, Chen Zhi and his family mentioned going out to study, and the loyal servant Chen Fuzheng wanted to admonish two sentences, and wanted to persuade Chen Zhi to get married first, and then study abroad, but before the words were spoken, a servant came to report the arrival of the uncle and nephew of the Zuo family.

"Since the Zuo family is from the family, then you can't slack off and arrange it to the main hall." Chen Zhi gave a simple order, then comforted the old servant and said: "The study tour is not on a whim of me, but it happened to meet the grand event in Qingzhou, and I have a heart. ”

After explaining two sentences, he came to the main hall and met Zuo Yuan and Zuo Jing's uncle and nephew.

"Two, I haven't seen you for a long time, but the two of you still have the same demeanor." Chen Zhi said polite words in his mouth, but with his eyesight, it was not difficult to see that the two Zuo family members were sad to death, and they came in such a hurry, grasping the time they were in the city mansion, they must have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace.

Especially when the Zuo family was on New Year's Day, he sent him an invitation, saying that he was participating in the Zuo family's literary meeting in the middle of the year, and there was still two or three months left, but he suddenly came to the door in person, and there must be a reason.

However, Chen Zhi did not say anything, and after seeing the ceremony, the three of them sat down in order to greet each other, and the uncle and nephew of the Zuo family offered some gifts, and Chen Zhi accepted the local products and returned the valuables.

Back and forth, the atmosphere is harmonious.

Zuo Yuan saw that the atmosphere was good, so he made it clear what he meant: "Mr. Chen, I can't hide it, I waited for this time because the Wenhui was in advance, and I specially came to report it, hoping that Mr. could go to Qingzhou in advance." ”

"In advance?" When Chen Zhi heard this, he didn't go around in circles, so he asked, "Is it related to the matter of the Xingtan Dao?" ”

Zuo Yuan and Zuo Jing looked at each other and smiled bitterly, and finally the former said: "It's right to say that it's related, but Xingtan's argument is a saint's inheritance, and it can't affect my Zuo family's literary association after all, but it does have a lot to do with it." ”

As soon as he said this, Chen Zhi became curious.