Chapter 9 Buddha Hall Deliberations

The meditation hall of Jietai Temple was very lively tonight, and the elders and fathers of each academy gathered in Master Huiming's room to discuss how to arrange this new guest in the temple. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Ladies and gentlemen, I think you have all heard that my apprentice met a girl who was in distress at the bottom of the mountain, and brought her back to the temple, this girl was originally married by the Qian Yuan of Liujia Village, she secretly escaped from the Qian Mansion because she did not want to marry the Qian Yuan who was more than half a hundred years old, and was taken back to the temple by my stupid apprentice, and now this girl is in the temple, what should we do?"

Master Huiming told a few juniors about the general situation of the matter in a few words, because the first time he encountered this kind of thing, he couldn't make up his mind, and the old abbot retreated every day to enlighten the Tao, so he called the older juniors in the temple to discuss.

Among the several disciples of Master Huiming, it is the second brother Huifa's rich experience in the world, he was an officer under the Jiangzhou Assassin Historical Account, and now he has also passed the year of standing, only because he committed a life lawsuit ten years ago, fled to Yangzhou, and later met Elder Guangkong to preach the scriptures in Jiangdu County, and moved his Zen heart for a while, wanting to convert to Buddhism and wash away the sins committed in his life.

Elder Guangkong saw that he was proficient in martial arts, so he let him become a warrior monk in the temple, first, to let him guard the temple to live up to what he had learned in his life, and secondly, to let him teach some martial arts to the monks in the temple, which can not only strengthen the body and prevent diseases and disasters, but also have a self-defense technique, so as not to be bullied by outsiders.

This Hui Fa Zen teacher is bold, and he is a martial artist, so he naturally does not want to stay in the temple all the year round, when he first came to the temple, he also went down the mountain many times to drink wine and eat meat, and he also got acquainted with a lot of ruffians and hooligans in the city.

Later, the Jietai Temple gradually declined, and the monks were reduced to relying on practices to make a living, and Master Huifa was very familiar with the big families in the city, so the heavy responsibility of going down the mountain to contact the Buddhist business for the temple fell on his head.

Master Huifa often walks in the red world, so he naturally understands many worlds in this world, and today he asked his senior brother to invite him to discuss the matter, and he inevitably has to be an advisor again.

"Second junior brother, you know a lot about this red world on weekdays, how do you think this matter should be handled?" Master Huiming has lived in the ancient temple in the mountains for a long time, where does he know the sophistication of the people, he still has to seek this second junior brother who often walks around the people.

He slowly got up from the meditation chair, touched his round belly with his hand, and then turned his face to look at the few junior brothers next to him, with a smug look, as if to say in his heart: "Look, you guys can't do it, you still have to let me do this kind of thing!" ”

Master Huifa habitually coughed, and then preached to the senior brothers and disciples next to him:

"Senior brother, according to the younger brother, it is not a big deal for such a girl to come to our temple! The Buddha and his old people all said that all living beings are equal, and this Buddhist temple is not a place where only men live, so since the girl came to us for refuge, how can we refuse to leave? I think that when the little brother came to this mountain, wasn't it because he wanted to take refuge? ”

Zen Master Huiming heard him say the word "join the gang", and hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him and said: "Hey, junior brother, you are not 'joining the gang', you are a 'monk', you are taking refuge in Buddhism, and we are not robbers, what do you mean by 'joining the gang'?" ”

"Oh, it's not 'joining', it's 'monk'! Hehehe...... I'm a rough person, and I don't pay so much attention to it, but the younger brother thinks that since the girl came to our temple, it means that she has a relationship with our temple, and since she has a fate, she shouldn't ignore her affairs.

Besides, this girl was brought by that kid from Zhiqing, if the senior brother doesn't take her in, I'm afraid your apprentice won't agree? Brothers, do you think what I said makes sense? ”

Several masters in charge also felt that Huifa had some truth in what he said, and nodded again and again and said yes, but after all, this temple is now headed by Zen Master Huiming, and everything has to be listened to his opinion.

"What the second junior brother said does have some truth, and I have no intention of refusing this girl, but the girl's husband's family is a money clerk in Liujia Village, although the money clerk has no official and no lord, but he is also a local tyrant, if he learns about it, he will inevitably come to the mountains to ask for this girl, what should we do at that time?

After all, Jietai Temple is a temple outside the square, can't manage this kind of red dust thing, if his husband's family comes to ask for someone with a marriage certificate, we still have to let her go back after all, at that time not only did we not save this girl, but will damage her reputation, if his husband's family knows that she has something to do with our monks, go back must be suspicious of her, at that time, it is this girl who suffers? ”

After listening to Hui Ming's words, the masters also felt that what they said was reasonable, and as the saying goes: "Do good things to the end, send the Buddha to the west." "If it only relieves this girl's temporary predicament, but doesn't care about her future life or death, it is not a merit.

"This... It's really hard to do! Several masters shook their heads and sighed, not knowing what to do for a while.

"What's so hard about it? I had long heard that the money was too small to bully men and women in the village, and if I hadn't been a monk, I would have settled accounts with him a long time ago. If he dares to come to the temple, I will break his dog's leg and eliminate the harm for the people of these ten miles and eight towns! ”

Although Master Huifa is a monk, he is still a military general, with a narrow heart, and he loves to take care of this injustice.

The money clerk has some family wealth, rampant in the countryside for many years, Master Huifa has heard of it, but he is a monk, and he is afraid of causing trouble in the temple, and he has the grace of ignoring Master Guangkong, so he ignores it, so he has to be a monk with a good rules.

"Second junior brother, don't talk nonsense, you and I are both monks, with three rules and five precepts, how can we fight with these worldly people, if the government knows, wouldn't we accept our degree and seal our temple? Where do we go then? The second junior brother should not be rash, and everything should be considered in the long run! ”

Master Huiming saw that the qi of the rivers and lakes on his second junior brother was about to rise again, and hurriedly spoke to suppress him. If according to his theory, if he wants to fight when he sees the injustice in the world, then the monks of the whole courtyard have to rebel against him? How can this peaceful and prosperous world use force casually, if there is another death, then this Jietai Temple will be banned by the government sooner or later?

The masters were deliberating when they heard Zhizhi come into the meditation hall and reply:

"Master, Senior Brother and that female benefactor are coming to the meditation hall!"

"Oh? Then let them in, it just so happens that all the masters are here, and we have something to ask the girl! ”

Zhizhi listened to the master's instructions, and hurriedly went outside to inform Zhiqing, who at this time accompanied Ziyun in the dining hall and had just eaten fasting. Although the food in this temple is light, Ziyun has been hungry for a day, and there is nothing to find fault with, she saw Zhiqing treating her like this, and she was full of gratitude to him from the bottom of her heart, and heard that the masters were going to ask her questions, so she came to the meditation hall here with Zhiqing.

Zhiqing lifted the curtain of the door and helped Ziyun into the room, at this time it was already dark, and four or five oil lamps were lit in the meditation hall, but there was plenty of light.

Ziyun looked up at this room, there were a total of twelve or thirteen monks, and a few shiny bald heads were against the light, which made the room a lot brighter, Ziyun saw that so many monks were going to see him, and he muttered in his heart for a while: "What do you mean by this group of monks?" It's like passing the hall! I'm not a prisoner in the temple, so why do so many people interrogate me? ”

"Disciple has seen all the uncles!" Zhiqing returned to the temple to greet a few uncles, but he didn't expect to see them all here, and he saved a lot of effort to run away for a while, so he hurriedly greeted all the uncles.

That Master Huifa has always liked Zhiqing and often made fun of him, and when I saw him back to the mountain today, I couldn't help but make fun of him.

"Zhiqing, you're back, I've heard about you, I really think you're going to marry a daughter-in-law? No, just now I asked your master for a drink? Your master said that you have a thief's heart but no courage, and you don't dare to break this Buddhist precept, I don't see it that way! If you don't dare to tell your master, I can tell you for you! Yes? Haha..."

When Zhiqing heard this, he had already blushed, and hurriedly said to Master Huifa: "Second uncle, don't make fun of your disciples, Zhiqing never forgets Master's teachings, how dare you break the precepts and return to vulgarity?" It's just that there is a reason for it, so it has to be done! ”

"Really? That's a pity, I'll take a look at this girl, hey, she's also a beautiful woman, Zhiqing, if you don't take this opportunity to be vulgar, you'll regret it for life, ahaha......"

"Oops! Huifa! Is there such an uncle as you? If you don't persuade him to strictly abide by the rules and precepts of the temple, why do you always pry him off? The older you get, the worse it gets! This Hui Ming saw Hui Fa talking nonsense, and he didn't know what outrageous things he said, so he hurriedly stopped talking.

This Huifa originally loved to make fun of people, and when he saw his senior brother talking about him, he didn't say anything more. Master Huiming saw that Zhiqing had brought this girl to the meditation hall, and hurriedly asked someone to give her a seat, and asked the little apprentice to make a pot of tea, and sat down as a guest and host.

"This girl, the poor monk is the supervisor of this temple, and he is also the master of Zhiqing, I heard my apprentice say that you are the wife of the money clerk, how offended, I hope the girl Haihan!"

As soon as Ziyun heard Zhiqing's master call himself the wife of Qian Yuanwai, where could he admit it, he hurriedly opened his mouth to deny: "I am not a wife of Qian Yuanwai, I have nothing to do with that old man!" ……”

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