I got up very late the next day, washed up, drank a bowl of gruel hastily, and walked along the street accompanied by Fan Mingshan and Chen Huaixi, and saw a huge cross in front of the eaves on the mountainside in the distance, and I was shocked in my heart, and pointed and asked: "Brother Fan, this, what is this?" ”

Fan Mingshan said with a smile: "I heard that it was built by a master of the Western Dynasty, and there is a Westerner and a few fake foreign devils living in it. ”

Yang Lin was shocked in his heart, could it be that Western missionaries in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties also entered the hinterland of Sichuan and established some churches in Shunqing Mansion (looking at "Shengjiao into Sichuan", it is said that missionaries An Siwen and Li Sisi have established churches in CD Mansion, Shunqing Mansion, and Boryeong Mansion, but the author believes that Shunqing Mansion here should be Shunqing Mansion, but in any case, missionaries want to go to Baoning Mansion (today's Langzhong) to preach and establish a church, in any case, they need to go through Shunqing Mansion, this book has the right to set Shunqing Mansion as Shunqing Mansion that the author cannot determine. Or suppose the missionary originally wanted to preach in Boryeong, but changed it to Shun Gyeong because of the appearance of the main character

The missionary Li Shisi came to Sichuan to preach through a letter of recommendation from Liu Yuliang, the first assistant of the Mianzhou cabinet of Sichuan, while An Siwen went upriver from Hangzhou, but was not tolerated by monks in Sichuan Province and almost suffered a lawsuit. ）

Yang Lin smiled and looked at the crowd: ""Journey to the West" once said that Tang Sanzang, a high-ranking monk in the Eastern Soil, went through 9981 hardships and went to the West to seek the true scriptures.

Looking at it this way, it can be seen that the people of Xihe Niuzhou mentioned in Wu Chengen's book are also living and working in peace and contentment.

Ladies and gentlemen, as the saying goes, read 10,000 books and travel 10,000 miles, since the Western masters are here, we will meet together. ”

In order to hide his panic, Yang Lin deliberately said that Europe was the so-called Xihe Niu State in "Journey to the West".

Chen Huaixi shook his head and said: "The things of ghosts and gods are absurd, I have also read Wu Chengen's "Journey to the West", in which it is okay to deceive the foolish people, we and other scholars should not take it seriously." ”

Yang Lin nodded and said with a smile: "What Brother Chen said is exact, but if it is raging today, this Westerner can cross the ocean like Tang Sanzang and come to my Dongtu Daming, it seems that this Xihe Niuzhou Guotai Min'an will not let me Dongtu Daming."

I'm waiting to see the Westerners talking about customs, as the saying goes, inclusiveness, the stones of other mountains can attack jade. ”

Fan Mingshan said with a smile: "Ruzhen, you don't know that this Westerner often speaks rebellious words, and now it is not easy for you to meet the local monks to resist it." ”

Yang Lin smiled, looking even more interested, how could he let go of this great opportunity.

When I came to the front of the church, I saw more than 100 monks and Taoists standing in front of me from a distance, some of them made a statement to prevent passers-by from entering the church, and some of them pretended to pile up firewood and prepare to burn the church.

Seeing Yang Lin and others preparing to enter the church, the monks were shocked, and thirty or fifty people gathered around at once, and everyone shouted admonishment, thinking that this missionary had mostly hit a ghost and fallen into an evil spirit, and everyone should not approach to make the Bodhisattva unhappy.

Yang Lin felt amused, but it was impossible to argue for those missionaries, his eyes turned to his heart, and he put his hands together and said with a smile: "Abbot Mingjian, I have heard that someone in the local area is pretending to be a master of Xihe Niuzhou to deceive everyone here, and I have come to help."

Everyone, get out of the way, and see how this official argues against the other party, so that this Western liar must know that my Confucian disciple is powerful. ”

In China, Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism have always stood side by side, with Confucianism as the first, and Taoism and Buddhism just advocate retreating from the empty door. ”

A sly smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and Yang Lin said with a straight face: "Everyone, everyone should know about Sanzang Master Chen Xuanzang, right?" ”

The great monk was puzzled, touched his bald head and shook his head: "Donor, this Sanzang Master is a famous monk, is this also related to the Sanzang Master?" ”

Nodding solemnly, Yang Lin affirmed: "Of course it matters, Journey to the West records that the people of Xihe Niuzhou are good at fraud, although I am a disciple of Confucius, but I also look at Journey to the West every once in a while to pass the time."

Everyone, get out of the way, I'll go with you to expose these scammers in Xihe Niuzhou, do you think it's okay? ”

Even in modern times, many monks have a very low level of education, just like ten years ago when I chatted with a few monks in the temple and asked why they wanted to become a monk and why they recited sutras, the theoretical basis was just to pray for the blessing of the Bodhisattva.

Although everyone was dizzy to hear it, they saw that Yang Lin was dressed as a military general, and there were a few scholars around him, and he wanted to expose the pretense of the missionary, and shouted loudly as if he had moved the rescuers, so he selected a monk to follow him, and everyone entered the church in a mighty way.

It is said to be a church, but it is just a few simple houses, and unlike other places, there is a cross outside, so it can be seen that Christians attach great importance to their own logo (cross), and the small place where the cross is hung becomes a church.

From a distance, I saw a Western missionary wearing a long robe, a long white beard, and a small round hat praying to more than a dozen Han men.

Seeing Yang Lin and the others driving straight in, although the other party was quite surprised, but did not dare to offend, An Siwen came up with more than ten missionaries, and said in stiff Chinese: "In the next church, Father An Siwen, I don't know what happened to Your Excellency?" (Missionaries in the late Ming Dynasty acquainted with Chinese officials for their missionary purposes.) ）

Yang Lin smiled and said to everyone: "Everyone, look at this Westerner is not modest at all, what kind of priest he claims to be, I don't know if it is the father of the god of Xihe Niuzhou, or something else?" ”

Everyone thought that Yang Lin was uneven and helped him out, and they applauded loudly, and many of them even seemed quite disdainful, so shrunken weirdos actually called themselves priests, which was too unusual.

An Siwen was quite annoyed in his heart, shook his head and said: "I am a messenger of God, just like the people who serve the gods in your country, not the father of the gods, but the servants of the gods.

Also, I'm from Europe, not from Xiheniu, what you are talking about is there, I don't know. ”

Everyone felt interesting, and Chen Huaixi next to him took over the conversation and smiled: "You don't know Xihe Niuzhou?" I have a book called "Journey to the West" in the Ming Dynasty, which talks about the four points of the world, my Ming Dynasty is in Dongsheng Shenzhou, and you people are in Xihe Niuzhou.

The servant of the gods is probably like the boy who cooks vegetables and cooks next to Taishang Laojun, I know this. ”

Everyone then burst into laughter, and the Void Dao Chief next to him didn't sell the account, and said sarcastically: "The boy next to Taishang Laojun is also a Dao immortal, let's see, is this person like an immortal?"

Let's talk about it, is this person talking nonsense, boasting about himself and elevating himself? ”

Yang Lin smiled, clenched his fists and asked, "Angao people, tell me, how many servants of God like you are in your Xihe Niu Prefecture?" ”

The other party could ignore the words of the Taoist priest, but he didn't dare to ignore the Confucian question, An Siwen's tone slowed down, and he replied: "Lord Hui, in our place, there are churches in every village building, and each church has a few servants of God like Zaixia. ”

Yang Lin smiled and explained to the people next to him: "Everyone, the servants of God in Xihe Niuzhou are not valuable, everyone think about it, in our Daming, there is only a temple and Taoist temple in a few tens of miles, and there is a church in every village in their Xihe Niuzhou.

In this way, ordinary missionaries are no more than Erle.

But if this person is really from Xihe Niuzhou, then he is probably like Xuanzang, but I don't know what he is capable of? ”

The monk Huineng next to him stopped hearing it, this monk Xuanzang is a master, how can this strange person on the other side be compared with him? immediately retorted: "Of course, Xuanzang is a master of the Tao, how can this Westerner be on a par with Master Sanzang?" ”

Yang Lin smiled, looked at the missionary and asked, "Mr. An, tell me, what do you believe in that road immortal?"

Hearing this young Confucian scholar claim to be a master of the Tao, An Siwen was overjoyed in his heart, and now when he finally asked about the teachings, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and he clasped his fists and saluted back: "This brother, we believe in Jehovah Almighty, and Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who came to the world to save everyone. ”

Yang Lin smiled and asked, "Apart from your God Jehovah and Jesus, the Son of God, what other gods do you believe in?" ”

An Siwen shook his head and said, "We believe in the true God, God Jehovah, Christ Jesus is the only true God, and everything else is the devil." ”

Everyone was furious, especially the monk Huineng, the head of the void path, and now he heard the other party say that the Bodhisattva he believed in was the devil, and the anger could be imagined.