Chapter 31: On the way back to the city, I was very homesick and sighed in the side hall (I)
In the face of the sincerity of Wang Xuance and others, Master Zhijian has also been testing them, and the moment he stepped into the temple, he wondered about these people of the Tang Dynasty. Although the faces are different, they all uphold a pious faith. After all, a generation of monks is a generation of monks, although they can stand on some things, but on the creed of life, they are still calm and indifferent.
After this heart-to-heart and sincere exchange, Venerable Zhijian has also understood the fundamental purpose of their visit. So, he was quietly waiting for Wang Xuance and the others to ask the questions he had already expected.
So, at the end of this view, Venerable Zhijian also gave them into his meditation hall and sat down. Because this meditation hall is not too big, Wang Xuance led Zhou Chen and the others, plus one of Master Zhijian's attendants. After taking their seats, the master asked everyone to temporarily use some vegetarian fruits as a token of appreciation.
Looking at this simple and simple meditation hall, Wang Xuance then asked: "I can't hide it, I waited for this time to come precisely to observe this Buddha's parietal bone relics and sincerely worship the Buddha." But I never thought that after arriving in your country, I heard the king mention that this Buddha's top bone relic has disappeared, which is really a pity."
"Alas, this is also my Da Jia Lan Temple since the establishment of the temple, the biggest regret, think back then, this Buddhist treasure in my Da Jia Lan Temple has been enshrined, all the uncovered conferences, will always be as the supreme treasure, was invited to be offered, for the believers to see and pray for blessings. But since this Alonashun, after usurping power, his rebel son Prad captured my country and robbed other countries, wantonly slaughtered monks, at that time, the monks of my Dajialan Temple in order to flee for their lives, they scattered and fled, when my senior brother Master Zhiming, in order to protect this treasure from being plundered, he took him all the way to the north, and then after the recovery of other countries, he can no longer find his whereabouts. Over the years, although the king has visited more, and the monks of my monastery have also searched more, they have never been able to get the essentials, alas......" Master Zhijian sighed.
Listening to these words, he only heard Chen Maocai take the lead in asking: "Since it has been ten years, Master Zhiming still hasn't appeared, and it seems that he is also very lucky." ”
"Isn't it, we think so, too. Senior brother's life is bright and fair, and he also deeply understands what this Buddha's top bone relics mean, if he is still there, he will definitely return this treasure to my Dajialan Temple. But now, ......" said Master Zhijian, who couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and suddenly felt a lot more desolate.
"Did Gen Zhiming leave alone at that time? But there are monks who go all the way with him," Wang Xuance also asked suspiciously with the last extravagant hope.
"At that time, because the incident came too suddenly, everyone also scattered and fled, but I did not witness it with my own eyes, but I heard from other monks that the senior brother took this treasure relic and rode out of the temple with a small novice on a fast horse, and later this little novice was never seen." Master Zhijian said again.
At this point, although they observed the expression of this Master Zhijian more in the interval between conversations, they could not see the slightest reason, so this matter could only be stopped. Seeing that they couldn't ask anything, they prepared to get up and leave, and return to the inn.
However, after everyone got up, they saw this thoughtful Zhou Zeng, and he said coldly: "I'm wondering, could it be that this Zhiming Master took this treasure and opened another sect in another place?" ”
This sentence suddenly stunned everyone, Wang Xuance suddenly felt that how could he ask so much this week, even if he wanted to ask about this matter, he should be tactful, and not so blatant, so his face changed, and he was ready to scold him. But after thinking about it, isn't this also what I was thinking in my heart, so I kept silent and waited quietly for this Master Zhijian's answer.
Although Master Zhijian had known that they would ask such a question, he had never expected this reckless man to be so vulgar. Although they also want to refute the past, they also understand the identity of their envoys of the Tang Dynasty, the king's distinguished guests, and they are not devout Buddhist disciples. So, he replied with a generous attitude: "If this is the case, I am full of joy, as long as I can carry forward the Dharma, it is a good thing, no matter where the sect is established, it is the old monk's heart." The only thing I am worried about is that this Buddha's supreme treasure, suffering from darkness, making the Buddha's light dusty, and making the Buddha's affairs unprosperous, is the great misfortune of my liberation. ”
Hearing this reply from Master Zhijian's new way, the three of them couldn't help but feel the mage's ability to adapt to changes. So, I only heard Wang Xuance pause and replied: "This person has always been reckless, please don't be surprised." I never thought that as a disciple of Buddhism, the Venerable Master could think about promoting Buddhism everywhere, which is really a blessing for Buddhism. ”
"Alas, Wang Changshi has won the award, all of this is actually a relief from fate, and it is what an old monk should do"
"That being the case, then I won't bother more, don't bother with it, if there is news of this Buddha's top bone relic, I hope to tell you, and we will definitely come to pay respects again."
"Wang Changshi can have such kindness, and the old monk is also quite moved"
So, after their greetings, Master Zhijian sent Wang Xuance and others to the outside of the mountain gate of the Great Jialan Temple, watching their distant backs.
Suddenly, Master Zhijian found that the back of this group of people was so upright, so firm, and so full of energy......
Accompanied by the warm breeze and enjoying the quiet and beautiful scenery, Wang Xuance and others crossed the Qinghai River in this way, walked back leisurely along the official road. I only heard this week say: "Big brother, we don't seem to have much hope for this Buddha's top bone relic, everyone has been looking for ten years, but they haven't found it, let alone our foreign envoy." ”
"Hey, you can't say that, although these two treasures are missing, but I feel that this may be a real opportunity for us?" Chen Maocai said along with Zhou Zeng's words.
"What do you mean by that?" Looking at the rather clever Chen Maocai, this Wang Xuance and Zhou Zeng asked such words in unison, of course, this Xiaoliu could hear their conversation, and couldn't help but lean his head closer, hoping to hear it more clearly.
"Take this Buddha top bone relics as an example, if he is really enshrined in this Dajialan Temple, we can only worship sincerely, and it is impossible to bring it back to the Tang Dynasty, it is precisely because he disappeared, according to so many years, following the teachings of Master Xuanzang, all this is the origin of the origin, if this parietal bone relics really have spiritual power, it means that he does not want to live in this Dajialan Temple, and wants to change to such an environment, at this time, if fate is really towards our Datang, he will naturally come to us. Do you say no? Chen Maocai casually analyzed it like this.
The editor said: Two relics have stirred up endless ripples~
(End of chapter)