31. Temples on good and evil

Due to the severity of Lin Liuguan's condition, everyone decided to stay at Honganji Temple for one more day.

After taking the medicine, Lin Liuguan was placed in the meditation room to recuperate, and all the others were invited to the dining hall by Xianru, and a grand banquet was held to invite Daming Qincha and others.

At this time, Shimazu Yoshihiro used the excuse that he was not used to eating fasting, so he had to go to the Jinaichi town market to drink and eat meat, and no one stopped him, and of course, no one accompanied him.

Although it is obvious that he is marrying a wife and having children, he abides by the precepts of fasting, and everyone replaces wine with tea, and chats while eating in a friendly atmosphere.

Towards the end of the banquet, Guo Guoqiang asked: "Master Quan Shengzheng, you see that the six officials of Nalin were born as pirates and killed people like hemp, can Honganji Temple accommodate such people to become monks here?" ”

"There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south, all living beings have Buddha nature, the poor monk believes that this person has abandoned evil and followed good, has supreme Bodhi, is liberating from the painful evil path, and is in the cycle of life and death Nirvana, once the evil path is exhausted, it is the Buddha's way, this is the view of the Buddha Sutra, the essence of the teachings of the Three Sutras of the Pure Land, and when you finish your work in Akimeura, send him here."

("The Buddha Says on the Sutra of Amitayus" is the "Sutra of Meditation" of the Pure Land True Sect)

Xu Ling'er said: "Quan Monk Zhengda, in Akimeura, Hirado Domain, Iki Island, Tsushima Island and other places, many of the followers from the Ming Dynasty, most of them were ordinary merchants, and there were many good people who were plundered by pirates. ”

"Nan Wu Amitabha, please sister stop calling the official name of the right monk, just call the poor monk as the elder brother. As long as you are grateful to the Buddha, ordinary people can also merge with the transcendent Amitabha and get rid of the six realms of reincarnation, which is also the confidence that the poor monks have realized. ”

Guo Guoqiang whispered in the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty: "Maybe it is obvious that you don't know the conspiracy of Yan Shifan, Luo Wenlong and others, but all kinds of signs show that Yan Shifan tried to use the heart of the rebellion in the Ming Dynasty, and his wolf ambition has been revealed, and he even thought of a way out. ”

Lu Yunlong replied: "You come and ask, did Yan Shifan's letter mention how much gold and silver treasures he had?" ”

"Master Quan Shengzheng, a wicked person like Yan Shifan, I'm afraid that he can only fall into the Infernal Hell, no matter how much you guide him, it's useless, that thief has looted countless people's fat and people's ointment, and harmed the people of Daming Limin! This thief nominally donated his property to Ishiyama Honganji Temple, but in fact it was all in the hands of his pirates. Guo Guoqiang asked.

Obviously, Lu Yunlong, Wang Chong, Guo Yi and others were waiting anxiously, so they silently calculated the accounts in their hearts, were silent for a moment, and replied seriously: "According to what he said in his letter, the amount of silver shipped in the first three years is equivalent to no less than five million taels of silver, and I can't estimate the price of jewelry, jade, and antiques shipped in the last few times." ”

After listening to Guo Guoqiang's translation, Lu Yunlong looked unforgivably angry and said: "I hate the Yan family and his son for misleading the country and harming the people!" Yan Shifan's home copied out more than 15,000 taels of ingot gold, strips of gold, all kinds of jewelry, utensils, calligraphy and paintings, cloth, etc. equivalent to tens of millions of taels of silver, on the eve of the Spring Festival, the imperial court copied out more than 30,000 taels of gold and 2 million taels of silver in Yan Song's house. It can be seen that the Yan father and son are really thieves of the country! ”

"May I ask Master Quan Shengzheng, what is your attitude towards these possessions?" Guo Guoqiang then asked.

"Nan no Amitabha Buddha, "Buddha Says Amitayus Sutra" cloud, the Buddha was originally the king of a country, and he was still a monk to practice the Bodhisattva Dao, after the five tribulations, the Pure Land of enlightenment, and the Buddha's vow to save all living beings in the world, Buddhism is a treasure. Where did the goods that Yan Shifan transported come from, and where did he go back, the poor monks did not have any greed, and there was no Amitabha Buddha in the south. ”

("The Buddha Says the Sutra of Amitayus" is the 'Great Sutra' of the Pure Land True Sect)

At this moment, a little novice ignored the obstruction of the guards and monks, stumbled in, knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Lord Shimazu Yoshihiro came back from eating outside, and suddenly wanted to take Lin Liuguan away, but Lin Liuguan would rather die than obey, let's go and take a look." ”

"Where are they now?" Xianru asked hurriedly.

Xiao Shami replied: "Now Shimazu Yoshihiro is dragging Lin Liuguan to the mountain gate. ”

Xianru got up and ran out of the hall, and everyone followed, and ran to the mountain gate together.

At this moment, Shimazu Yoshihiro had been stopped at the mountain gate, only to see him staring, waving the scimitar in his hand, and shouting to the guarding monks: "Get out of the way for me, don't block the way, kill those who stand in my way!" ”

Xianru ran a few steps to his approach, and scolded: "Shimazu Yoshihiro, Hugh is rude! ”

Shimazu Yoshihiro brandished a steel knife and shouted, "Don't stop any of you, I must take him back to Satsuma tonight." ”

"Yoshihiro-sama, why are you in such a hurry?" Guo Guoqiang asked.

Shimazu Yoshihiro replied seriously: "The news that there is a huge treasure hidden in Akimeura Castle has spread all over Jiuchi Town, maybe my brother doesn't know yet, and if he goes back late, I don't know who will fall into his hands?" ”

Guo Guoqiang smiled slightly, shook his head and asked, "Lord Yoshihiro, aren't you afraid that Matsu Yongxiu will kill you?" ”

Shimazu Yoshihiro laughed and asked rhetorically, "Am I afraid that Jiuxiu will not succeed?" ”

Xianru persuaded: "I'm afraid that if you can't get to Sakai Town, you will fall into the hands of Matsunaga Hide, and in the future, Matsunaga Show will take you as a hostage, blackmail your brother, and rob the treasures of Akime Urajo, and it will be too late for you to regret it." ”

The brainless Shimazu Yoshihiro lowered his head and asked cautiously: "Tomorrow, when so many of us go together, aren't we afraid that Matsunaga will intercept us?" ”

Xianru replied: "Tomorrow, the poor monk will send a monk guard to escort you, and you will be safe." ”

Shimazu Yoshihiro pondered for a moment, still dragging Lin Liuguan and not letting go, and asked in a suspicious tone: "Obviously, it stands to reason that those treasures belong to you, haven't you ever been moved?" ”

Xianru folded his hands and recited Amitabha Buddha in his mouth: "In front of His Majesty the Ming Emperor, the poor monk did not dare to lie, although the stone mountain Honganji Temple was very embarrassed, but never remembered these ill-gotten gains. Yoshihiro Shimazu, let me ask you, what would you do with those treasures if you got them? ”

Shimazu Yoshihiro he, and asked rhetorically: "Obviously, people die for money, and birds die for food." You don't play dumb riddles in front of me. Tomorrow if you can send us out of Settsu safely, and when we take back the treasure from the pirates, we will be two families and half a family, and we Satsuma people will be the talkers, how about it? ”

Xianru laughed and replied: "Shimazu Yoshihiro, that is originally from the Ming Dynasty, it is all the people's fat and ointment of the people of the Ming Dynasty, and when it is returned to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the poor monk has no thoughts; Of course, you can also go and take those treasures, but the poor monk must warn you that if you hurt the people of Akimeura because of this, I will initiate a battle in Satsuma in the name of the powerful monk Shoho King, and Honganji will not be afraid to go to war with your Shimazu family, if you don't believe it, then you can try it! ”

"Presumptuous, how can this be justified!" As he spoke, Shimazu Yoshihiro pointed the scimitar in his hand at Xianru, and Lu Yunlong and Wang Chong hurriedly stopped in front of him.

At this time, Guo Yi was furious and shouted: "Shimazu Yoshihiro, in front of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, you dare to be so presumptuous, do you want to violate the oath of the family governor Shimazu Yoshihisa and become an enemy of the Son of Heaven?" ”

Guo Guoqiang, who was smiling, took the opportunity to persuade: "Lord Yoshihiro, you must not be the enemy of the great tomorrow. ”

Shimazu Yoshihiro was still not convinced, twisted his neck and replied: "Since these treasures are in the territory of our Shimazu family, they will give us half of them anyway." ”

So, Guo Guoqiang then persuaded: "Please don't be impatient, and wait for me to discuss and discuss with Lord Qincha." ”

Shimazu Yoshihiro nodded and replied, "If you get this done and return to Kameyama Castle, I will make you a samurai." ”

So, Guo Guoqiang came to Lu Yunlong and Wang Chong in front of him, and the three of them began to discuss in a low voice, considering that Lin Yiguan was extremely cunning, it was not known where those treasures were, and Qiumepu had a lot of people in the Ming Dynasty who needed to be rescued, if he offended the Shimazu family now because of this matter, many things would be difficult to do next, so he decided to stabilize this brainless guy.

Returning to Shimazu Yoshihiro, Guo Guoqiang bowed and saluted, and said politely: "Please rest assured, Lord Yoshihiro has agreed to your request, and after finding those treasures in the future, I can give you some of them, but you have to fund the construction of ships and send the Ming people who have been exiled overseas back to China, which is worthy of His Majesty the Emperor's favor to you." ”

Shimazu Yoshihiro was relieved at this time, so he let Lin Liuguan go and stopped pestering.

In order to prevent him from recurring, Guo Guoqiang persuaded again: "Lord Yoshihiro, why don't you go and apologize to the Quan Monk Zhengfa King and the Chincha Lord, you have offended them, it is a trivial matter for the Tsuma family to rebel in Satsuma, and if the Shimazu family wants to go to Ningbo to do tributary trade, it will be almost impossible, and when the time comes, it will be too late for you to regret it." ”

Shimazu Yoshihiro nodded seriously, bowed in front of Xianru and Wang Chong, and said, "Yoshihiro is reckless, please forgive Lord Qincha and Lord Shoho of the Powerful Monk!" ”

As if reciting Amitabha Buddha in the south, he replied, "The poor monk has already arranged a meditation room for you, go back and rest." ”

Early the next morning, everyone had breakfast, all pretended to be monks and followed Xianru out of Honganji Temple, only to see the flag waving not far from the mountain gate, more than 200 monks and soldiers carrying blades, riding high-headed horses are waiting here.

Wang Chong and Guo Yi waved goodbye to everyone, as if they personally led the team, and the group entered the territory of Setjin Country in a mighty manner.

For two days in a row, unidentified samurai crossed the border, making Matsunaga very nervous, and he decided that the shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, was secretly summoning samurai from all over the country, so he added a number of sentry posts to strengthen the guard, and the inspection of passers-by was very strict.

Seeing this situation, Shimazu Yoshihiro, who was caught in the team, couldn't help but be full of gratitude to Xianru, if he hadn't personally led the monks and soldiers to escort him, there would have been no possibility of leaving Settsu Province.

After sending everyone to the territory of Sakai Town, the monks and soldiers of Honganji stopped there.

Xianru looked at Xu Ling'er's back and shouted loudly: "Sister, please take care!" In the future, if there is a difficulty, you can come to Ishiyama Honganji to find me, the poor monks will definitely help, and there will be no Amitabha Buddha in the south. ”