Foguang Temple, said to be a temple, is actually a small temple. There was only one dilapidated house, not even a gable. In front of the house, except for a few stout cypress trees, there was only a small stone tower that was crooked and slanted. This small stone pagoda should be the relic. There were two or three little monks with sad faces in the room, sitting there idlely, not ringing the bell and chanting the Buddha, looking at the Buddha statue with a dull gaze. If you come to sit upright with your fingers, although the color is peeling off, but the majestic style can not be peeled off, it seems that there is a silent telling of the past glory of Foguang Temple.

When the three little monks saw someone coming in, they didn't look at it, but still sat still, as if everything was none of their business. If he is an old monk, others can still be regarded as an old monk, but the hair on the mouth of these little monks in front of him has not yet grown, and it is impossible to reach this realm, the only explanation is that they are pretending!

"Three little masters, may I ask if the small stone pagoda in the courtyard is the relict pagoda that Li Baozhen cultivated by the Zhaoyi Festival?" Orange politely asked the little monk for advice.

The three little monks still sat still, pretending not to hear.

"What nonsense are you talking to them. I'll just open it and take a look. The mosquito was a little annoyed, and the little monk was also rude, not to mention pulling it down, Lao Tzu opened it directly to see.

"Mosquito, be careful not to damage the tower, that's ......" Before Tong An finished speaking, the mosquito had already lifted the crumbling little stone tower.

The half-cut stone tower in the mosquito's arms shook a few times, and finally stopped, and did not fall to the ground, but blocked the mosquito's view, and the mosquito could not see clearly whether there were any relics in the remaining half-stone tower, and shouted: "Orange, help me see if there are any relics in it." ”

When the three little monks heard this, they finally turned their heads, glanced at them, and saw that the mosquito had lifted the relic, their faces changed greatly, and their mouths suddenly shouted with all their might: "Master! Master! He rushed out of the house quickly, and went straight to the mosquitoes, with the courage of either you or me.

Hearing the monk's shout, the mosquito turned his head to see this scene, and subconsciously took a step back, wanting to dodge the past, but who knew that his feet slipped, and he stumbled, and the stone tower in his arms was thrown out by him. fell to the ground and was instantly shattered.

The little monk put aside the mosquitoes and threw himself on a pile of gravel, crying heartbreakingly, like mourning. Crying so much that everyone is also sad, and they want to shed tears. The mosquito is like a child who has done something wrong, at a loss, and does not know what to do. These little monks are the same age as them, how can they be so fragile.

At this time, I heard an exclamation from the orange: "Look, there is nothing in the stone tower, and there are no relics here at all!" ”

The three little monks were still in pain, and their clothes were wet with tears. Tong'an really couldn't help it, so he went to help them up, saying that he would repair this stupa as it was.

The little monk cried even more heartbroken when he heard this, and the slightly older monk choked up and said, "The relics are gone, what's the use of repairing the pagoda." ”

"Then how does the little master want us to compensate?" Tian Xing thought that the monk wanted some money.

"I want my master, can you be resurrected?"

"Your master is the old monk who was burned?" Orange asked him, pointing to the half-cut stone tower.

After some inquiry, I got a general understanding of the situation. This enlightened Zen master is a high-ranking monk and has a good reputation in the local area. Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty has always been in constant conflict, and Zelu Town is no exception. The local Jade Emperor Temple and their Foguang Temple have been competing openly and secretly, until Li Baozhen became the envoy of the Zhaoyi Festival, and the winner was decided. Li Baozhen believed in Taoism and hated Buddhism, and local officials of all sizes converted to Taoism, and many people also switched. Fortunately, Wufan Zen Master has a very good reputation, and there are still a large number of good men and women to support, although Foguang Temple does not have the previous scenery, it is still full of pilgrims.

Niu Dongxuan, the master of the Jade Emperor Temple, claimed to be a real person in Dongxuan, and was favored by Li Baozhen with the art of alchemy and ascension. When Li Baozhen was worried about raising military salaries, he offered a poisonous plan to burn monks to get salaries. Although Wufan Zen Master discovered their conspiracy, he still happily went to his death, and said indifferently before leaving, everything is destined for fate, fortune and misfortune are reversed, and cause and effect are reincarnated, and it can be dealt with calmly.

After the master was burned to death, Li Baozhen demolished the main hall, gable, meditation room, and tower in the temple in the name of repairing the relics pagoda, leaving only this hut to inherit the incense of Foguang Temple, so that outsiders would know that he had not destroyed Foguang Temple, and the monk could still recite the scriptures. The senior brothers in the temple were secretly coerced by the old Dao of Niubi, and had to leave one after another, leaving only the three of them homeless, guarding the Foguang Temple and the Master's Relic Pagoda alone.

The three of them were originally homeless orphans whose parents died due to the war, but it was the master who took them in and raised them with hard work. In their hearts, Zen Master Wufan is not only their master, but also their father. This Foguang Temple is their home, their only home. No matter how dilapidated or rotten, they have to guard their homes. As long as Master's stupa is still there, their family will still be home, and their spiritual pillar will not fall, and they will be able to stick to it.

Fortunately, there are elderly people who come to worship the Buddha every three or five times, and the meager offerings are barely enough to survive. Foguang Temple has decayed into this, Niu Dongxuan still does not stop, and will want to completely eradicate Foguang Temple. He often sent disciples to make trouble, knocked over the incense burner, tore the brocade clothes of the Buddha statues, and threw a few stones on the roof...... These three little monks all endured in silence and did not care. But there is one point, if they dare to move the stupa outside the house, the three monks will protect it like crazy, and they will not hesitate to kill in the scuffle. These Taoist priests suffered two losses, and when they came to make trouble in the future, they tried not to touch the relic. Only when the monks didn't pay attention, they quietly spit out a mouthful of phlegm and kicked it, but they didn't dare to push too hard, in case they kicked down, the little monks would not give up.

No matter what they do, the three little monks are still nested in the temple and do not leave.

Recently, the Taoist priests have stopped, but I heard the old woman who was incense say that a group of Taoist priests blocked the road on the way to the temple and did not let them come. It took a lot of effort for her to slip over, and if it weren't for the wish to repay the Bodhisattva, she would have really gone back. No wonder pilgrims have been scarce lately, not seeing one in a week. The three of them were so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs, and they could only sit in the room weakly. The property in the temple was forcibly taken away, and there was not an inch of land left. The melons, fruits and vegetables they planted in the open space in front of the house and behind the house were uprooted by this group of Taoist priests as soon as they showed their seedlings, and in the end they lost even the seeds.

They have been without food for days, and they have to wait here to die!