Chapter 143: The Prototype of the Team

They were talking about things here, and Ouyang Li over there also dismissed the thieves. These thieves are all disaster victims, and the places they fled to did not implement the new disaster relief law, and the government did not distribute money and food to help them return to their hometowns, so they could only stay nearby after the disaster period.

Ouyang Li didn't really want to be a robber all the time, he gathered these refugees, just to create momentum, and to recruit peace in the future. Now that he is with Wang Ping'an, he no longer needs these subordinates. Hamiti and others were not stingy, they took out the money as severance pay, and they were generous, and the refugees really shared a lot, and everyone dispersed.

At noon, chopping wood and raising the fire, setting up a pot to cook porridge, everyone had a sumptuous lunch, one was to celebrate the danger, and the other was to celebrate Wang Ping'an having his own little guard.

Ouyang Li had eight dead soldiers under his command, all of whom were orphans taken in by his father back then, who had been raised since childhood and were loyal. These eight people all changed their surnames to Ouyang, and they were named after Yi, Shuang, Shan, Si, Wu, Lu, Qi, and Ba. Ouyang Li followed Wang Ping'an, and these eight people naturally followed him, and since then they have formed Wang Ping'an's guards, which can also be said to be the prototype of Wang Ping'an's private team.

After lunch, taking advantage of the opportunity for everyone to collect the whole car and prepare to go on the road, Wang Ping'an saw Ouyang Li. After seeing the tongue coating, Wang Ping'an said to Ouyang Li: "Your pulse is very obvious, the left guan is astringent, the right inch is floating, and the tongue is red, this is a typical summer fever lung!" This disease is not difficult to treat, how have you been doing it for so many years? ”

Ouyang Li smiled bitterly: "Back to the lord's words, his subordinates were in the Western Regions at that time, and there was a shortage of doctors and medicines in that place, and his subordinate father was busy at that time, so at that time, ...... Alas, don't hide it from the lord, the person who treated his subordinates at that time was a veterinarian, good at treating cattle and horses, treating people, generally delivering mothers, and other skills were worse! ”

Wang Ping'an sighed, frowned, and said, "Your illness was seen by a veterinarian?" ”

Ouyang Li nodded and said: "Yes, my lord, you must know that in that place in the Western Regions, the lives of cattle and horses are more precious than human lives, and a mare who is pregnant with a foal can be exchanged for a yellow flower girl!" ”

Wang Ping'an was silent for a long time, the Western Regions in this era seems to be quite barbaric, and human life will not be as good as cattle and horses. He thought for a while and said: "Your disease has dragged on until now, it is not very easy to treat, I am afraid that it will take a long time to treat, and among the medicines needed, Chen Ejiao must be used, fresh loquat leaves, and fresh lotus seeds, these medicines can only be matched in Luoyang, and whether you can get fresh ones is still two words, it depends on the season!" ”

Ouyang Li was stunned and said, "No wonder I asked so many doctors, but the medicine prescribed was always not good, it turned out that it was so troublesome to treat this disease." Lord, it's a good thing that my subordinates met you, otherwise I guess this illness would have been with me for the rest of my life! ”

Wang Ping'an shook his head and said: "It's more troublesome to get together the medicine, but it's not difficult to treat." By the way, don't call me the lord in the future, I sound awkward to the word lord, and I feel like a hero! ”

Ouyang Li laughed a few times dryly, and said: "If you don't call the master, you will call the master, as long as the master listens to the ear, let me call anything!" But I thought in my heart that the master was a little sensitive, if there was no hero in his heart, why was he afraid that people would call him a hero?

In fact, the word lord was very common in ancient times, but modern people are used to seeing the Three Kingdoms, and they always feel that when they mention the word lord, they think of it with Xiaoxiong. In fact, the word lord is not only the title of the lord of the courtiers, but also the honorific title of the servants to their masters, and even at the banquet, the guests will call the male host. Of course, the names of ancient people are different from those of modern people, so there is no need to be more serious!

Packed up and stopped, and hurried again, out of the mountains, all the way to the west, and there were no accidents on the road. The difference between the convoy and the previous one is that the bags are lighter, and the retinue is larger.

With his own guards, Wang Ping'an felt a lot more convenient, first, he was no longer afraid of danger on the road, and secondly, Ouyang Yi and others were exploring the road in front and arranging food and accommodation.

A few days later, the convoy arrived in Luoyang.

Luoyang has been a big city since ancient times, and Emperor Yang of Sui in the former Sui Dynasty was greatly repaired, and built a palace in Luoyang, named Ziwei City, making it the second capital of the Sui Dynasty, known as the Eastern Capital in history. After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the former Sui Dynasty still used Luoyang as the accompanying capital, but Li Shimin changed the name of the palace in the city, from Ziwei City to Luoyang Palace, of course, this name will be changed again, and when Wu Zetian was in power, it was renamed Taichu Palace!

When you arrive in Luoyang, if you want to visit famous places, you can't go to Luoyang Palace, which is the imperial palace, not to mention ordinary people, even if you are an official, you can't go in to play. But there is one famous spot that is equally famous, and ordinary people enter it casually, and it doesn't matter if you live in it, and that is the White Horse Temple!

The White Horse Temple in the Tang Dynasty is located in the east of Luoyang City, about twenty miles, when the convoy arrived at the White Horse Temple, the sky was already dark, even if it was now to continue to hurry, to Luoyang, the city gate was closed early, so Mi Xiaomiao ordered, the convoy rested in the White Horse Temple, and gave more sesame oil money when leaving!

Accommodation matters, naturally someone to take care of it, no need for Wang Ping'an to worry about, he is idle, so he plays in the temple, Ouyang Li does not leave an inch left and right, and the two little girls naturally follow him.

White Horse Temple is the first temple built by the official after Buddhism was introduced into China, it has always been known as the ancestral court, during which several times it rose and fell, and rebuilt several times, although the era of Wu Zetian has not yet arrived, and the White Horse Temple is not so big that it is outrageous, but in terms of the current scale, it is also one of the best Buddhist resorts in the world.

Wang Ping'an walked in the temple for a while, and when he came to a door, he looked up, pointed to some small words on the door frame, and said, "Come and see, what is written on it?" ”

Ding Danruo raised his little face, looked at it for a long time, and said, "It's the mantra of Buddhism, right?" Engraved on the door frame, so that pilgrims can only see when they raise their heads, naturally it is a mantra or something, and seeing these words, it will make people feel that the Dharma is boundless! ”

Ke Lianwu also looked up, but said: "It doesn't seem to be a mantra, it's all the names of people, it should be the names of the senior monks of the past dynasties!" These monks are really amazing, they can be engraved on the door, they must have been Taoist monks during their lifetime, so future generations want to see them, you need to look up! ”

At this time, an old monk slowly walked out of the door, bowed his head behind his back, paced slowly, as if thinking about something, and listened to them talk about the words on the door, so he stopped and listened.

Wang Ping'an turned his head and asked Ouyang Li, "What do you say, what are these people's names?" ”

Ouyang Li grinned, coughed a few times, and thought: "This is really asking me, how can I believe in Buddhism, robbing monks is almost the same!" He smiled: "Of course it's the name of the monk, otherwise how could it be engraved so high that people look up!" ”

Wang Ping'an smiled, shook his head and said, "These names are not for the monks, but for the craftsmen, and they are the names of the craftsmen who built this temple." ”

The two little girls sighed at the same time, and Ke Lianwu said, "The craftsman who repaired the temple? Those people have a low status, I heard that there were still many people who were prisoners at that time, and there were sons-in-law or something, their status is so low, how can they engrave their names on the door, so that future generations look up, won't the Buddha blame? ”

Wang Ping'an pointed to those names and said, "Let the craftsmen engrave their names on the door, which is the meaning of the Buddha!" During the Han Dynasty, there was an emperor who had a dream, dreamed of the Buddha, so he ordered to build a temple, at that time Buddhism had just been introduced to the Central Plains, and the people did not believe in it, so the repair of this White Horse Temple would not be spontaneous by the people, more involuntary, and it was estimated that it should belong to the conscription of the levy. However, after repairing the temple, the monks at that time asked the craftsmen to engrave their names on the door so that future generations could pay respect! ”

Ouyang Li said with a smile: "Those monks are confused, even if they want to engrave the title of the emperor, or the names of the monks themselves, how can some people who are coolies engrave their names, isn't this a distinction between high and low!" ”

"No, it's not the monks who are confused!" Wang Ping'an said: "This is the meaning of equality of all living beings in Buddhism, what about the humble status, in the eyes of the Buddha, even if it is an ant, it is also a living creature in the world." Whether it is princes and nobles, or ordinary people, in the eyes of the Buddha, it is the same! ”

The silent old monk next to him suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Wang Ping'an, his eyes were full of appreciation, as if he had seen some rare treasure.

Wang Ping'an slowly walked into the door and said, "You think, there were not many Buddhist believers at that time, but now it is all over the world, and there is a reason why it is so prosperous." Whenever pilgrims come to this White Horse Temple and see the name on the door, they naturally want to ask, and after the monks in the temple explain it, will they be surprised, will they think of themselves? When a person dies, he goes to the palace of the king of Hades, and he cannot get it if he wants to be unequal. So, let's recite Amitabha, cross the sea of suffering, and cultivate the next life! ”

Suddenly, the old monk proclaimed the Buddha's name and said loudly: "Amitabha, little donor, it is not difficult to guess who the name of the person on the door is, you may see equality from it, and ask about the afterlife, but not everyone can do it!" Little donor, you are a person with great Buddha fate, have you ever wanted to serve the Buddha for the rest of your life and purify all sentient beings? ”

Wang Ping'an was stunned for a moment, and thought: "Buddha fate? I? ”

Ouyang Li suddenly shouted: "Oh, old monk, what are you talking nonsense, what kind of identity is my master, how can he become a monk, and hundreds of people in the world still have to wait for him to save him, how can he eat vegetables and radishes all day long, and recite Amitabha!" ”

The old monk said: "Serving the Buddha is precisely to purify all sentient beings!" ”

Before he finished speaking, Wang Ping'an hurriedly hummed and said, "Thank you for the kindness of the old Zen master, but you can't see through the red dust...... This one, I'll give you more sesame oil money! He thought that the old monk wanted to ask for money for sesame oil, and quickly said that he was not stingy.

He didn't dare to say more to the old monk, for fear of being entangled, he stepped into the main hall inside. I saw a Buddha statue in the hall, the Buddha statue was a man, with a mighty demeanor, wearing a crown, and having the temperament of a big man, but I don't know which Bodhisattva!

Suddenly, Ke Lianwu said: "Ah, this is Guanyin Bodhisattva, Amitabha!" She clasped her palms together, stepped forward lightly, knelt on the futon, and bowed down to the Buddha statue.

Wang Ping'an was stunned, Guanyin Bodhisattva? This is obviously a man! Isn't "Journey to the West" the story of this era, the Guanyin Bodhisattva in the book is a woman!

He also wanted to come forward to worship, but there were people on the futons in the temple, and there were no empty places. Ouyang Li understood what he meant, strode forward, patted a pilgrim on the shoulder, and said, "Hey, you, get up and give my master a place!" ”

The pilgrim was so excited by him that he seemed to have suddenly woken up, and cried out: "Son, son! ”