Chapter 51 Why do you come to the mountains to enter and exit the world?
(There is a problem with the system.,Resulting in repeated chapters.,The content of the next two chapters is the same as this chapter.,Because the VIP chapter can't be deleted.,I'll modify it into a new chapter at night.,It's not too late to read it then.。 )
Li Congjing didn't want to ask who "Qi Ji" was, with his thin and pitiful knowledge in later generations, it was the limit for Tang Dynasty monks to know Xuanzang and Jianzhen, but this was not the real reason why he didn't want to ask this question, in fact, he had really heard of the name "Qi Ji" in this life.
Of course, he had only heard about it, and nothing else, and he seemed to think that this name was very strange at first.
As a general who is accustomed to battlefield conquest, it is almost impossible to be happy without meat, but now he can only eat vegetarian food in the Lotus Temple, which makes Li Congjing really a little unaccustomed, but he is not used to it and there is no way, and it is ineffective to protest vegetarianism in Buddhism.
If you want to eat meat, you will call the Buddhists to protest, but if you don't eat meat, you will call the body to protest, because after using the dinner in the Lotus Temple, Li Congjing was very witty and asked Meng Songbai to get the meat, and after a closed door and a big bite to finally recover his physical and mental comfort. The only not-so-beautiful thing is that after the old monk Qi Ji entered the door, the dog's nose sniffed everywhere for a long time, and finally expressed his dissatisfaction to Li Congjing with a resentful look.
Li Congjing can only blame this on the old monk is gluttonous meat, so he doesn't feel ashamed when he thinks about it, so he can sit down and play chess, drink tea, and discuss with the old monk. Of course, there is nothing to talk about in the Tao, Buddhism is mostly not suitable for Li Congjing at the moment, he is now the time to forge ahead, and he can't merge with the state of emptiness of the four majors.
Qi Ji's chess path is very good. This is a very relative statement, the reason is that the two chess opponents are at the same level, if Li Congjing kills Qi Ji to lose his armor, or Qi Ji forces Li Congjing to abandon his son to admit defeat, this chess will not be able to continue happily.
The fly in the ointment is that the tea in the Lotus Temple is not good, to be precise, it is not suitable for Li Congjing, or it should be said that Li Congjing does not like the common tea in this era, ginger salt foam and other things are fried together, and they are completely drinking soup. He is still accustomed to the pure tea of later generations, so he taught Qi Ji such a tea ceremony, to Li Congjing's surprise, this kind of tea that the world does not like, Qi Ji actually fell in love with it, and praised it again and again.
This is also a confidant in tea, and it is rare in life to be a bosom friend. However, Li Congjing was maliciously speculating whether this old monk was pretending to please himself, so that he could open the back door to the Lotus Temple in the matter of land property.
It is impossible to open the back door, Li Congjing will not joke about his own empire, fortunately, Qi Ji has never mentioned the matter of the temple property, it seems that he has no intention of doing so, and inviting Li Congjing to the mountain temple is indeed only because Li Congjing has a relationship with Buddhism
Qi Ji is indeed a high monk, and he is not a pedantic monk, Li Congjing in the process of talking with him, found that this old monk knows a lot about secular things, and also has a lot of insights into the law of governing the country and the people, which makes Li Congjing suddenly impressed, thinking that this old monk is really interesting, and he can't say that he was a learned person before becoming a monk.
In this way, the guests and hosts are gradually very happy. After playing the game for a long time, Qi Ji invited Li Congjing to get up and visit the mountain temple. At present, the night is quite deep, the bright moon hangs high, but the mountains are elegant, the day and night are different, and the night tour of the mountain temple is also quite an artistic conception. Li Congjing is not worried about the old monk plotting against himself, although the other party talks extraordinary, in the end, he has no power to restrain the chicken, and doing something unsafe will only cost his life in vain.
The stars are like the sea, the moonlight is bright, the mountain road is tortuous, the trees beside the road are lush, the four fields are silent, and the winding path is secluded. Occasionally or the small pavilion stops, it can be seen that the sky is wide and the mountains are deep, which can indeed make people look at it. The fly in the ointment is that the night breeze is cold, and the old monk has begun to have a runny nose.
The old monk pulled himself to the mountain, Li Congjing had a naughty child's mind, and intended to see the embarrassment of the monk, since the other party was holding on, he did not take the initiative to mention the return.
I have to say that the Lotus Temple covers a wide area, the main temple is on the mountainside, but from the mountainside to continue up, there are still quite temples, scattered in the mountain. Among them, there are many simple shapes, old wooden houses and grass houses, some of the windows reveal a little light, and occasionally there is the sound of chanting, this scene makes Li Congjing believe that there are indeed many real monks in this lotus temple.
"The spring breeze blows the clothes, and the twilight raindrops are on the hats. Husbands and wives plough together, and children and grandchildren cry hungrily. The countryside is tall and thin, and the taxes are repeated urgently. The official hamster flock flocks, waiting for the new tenants. ”
In a dilapidated hut, the sound of reciting poetry was heard, and the thin figure of the poet was reflected on the window paper by the lamplight, looking gloomy and melancholy. After reading this poem, the bald man in the room sighed for a long time, and there was a sense of distress.
Qi Ji stood beside Li Congjing, quite embarrassed, although this poem is worried about the country and the people, but the content is too explicit, nakedly accusing the people in power of wanton expropriation, greed, and pity the people for their hard work and still have no food and clothing.
Here Li Congjing is the second person in power in the Tang Dynasty, such poems are indeed embarrassing, and from Li Congjing's point of view, it will inevitably make people angry.
Unexpectedly, in the face of such an accusation, Li Congjing did not look angry or ashamed. The King of Qin just glanced at Qi Ji lightly and said: "The poem is good, I can't imagine that in the mountains and forests, there are such people who are worried about the country and the people, and they are taught alone." ”
Qi Ji was even more embarrassed, and before Li Congjing could ask who wrote this poem, the people in the room began to recite the next poem, "In the western mountains, there are many wolves and tigers." Last year, the injured children and the injured women, the official family did not ask about the lonely old body, and still lived under the front mountain. ”
Qi Ji was just cramped before, but now his face has changed greatly, this poem is a little too appropriate, it is tantamount to pointing at Li Congjing's nose and scolding him in person.
Meng Songbai, who was close to Li Congjing's side, although he was not good at poetry and books, but he had not been in vain in the Hundred Battles Army over the years, how could he not understand such a simple and straightforward poem, and he immediately looked at himself angrily, and almost drew his sword to face each other, "The mountain people in the temple chant such rebellious articles day and night, intending to rebel?!" ”
Seeing that Li Congjing's face was not very good-looking, Qi Ji hurriedly bowed down and shouted: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin forgive the sin, these poems are really from the hands of the poor monks, the mountain people are just chanting, the crime should not be punished, if the King of Qin wants to blame, please cure the crime of the poor monk!" ”
After this uproar, the person who recited the poem went out of the house, and after finding out the situation, he also hurriedly bowed down, willing to accept his sin.
"The scholar is not guilty of his words, although he does not hesitate to kill, but he has never had the idea of writing prison, he just took pity on the people and composed a few poems, what is the crime?" Li Congjing signaled that everyone should not panic, he did not mean to make a big fuss, "The Buddha has a compassionate heart, and the master has such poems, which shows that the heart is pure and kind, and he has not let the people of the world get rid of suffering, so how can he bear to blame you?" ”
"King Qin understands the righteousness, and the blessing of all the people in this world!" Qi Ji recited Amitabha Buddha again, expressing his admiration for Li Congjing's belly, and the monk who recited poetry also sang praises to King Qin.
After such a fuss, Li Congjing lost the interest of visiting the mountain temple again, left Qi Ji, and returned to the mountainside with his hands.
Along the way, King Qin was in a very bad mood, he felt that these monks were crazy, especially Qi Ji. It seems that today's temper is too good, so that these monks think that they can be fooled, and even arrange such a scene to show the feelings of Buddhism to show the compassion of all sentient beings, isn't it just that they hope that they will be merciful, open up to the Lotus Temple, and take away a few acres of their land, even the prince dares to calculate, and really thinks that he will not be angry and kill?
Meng Songbai's mind is too simple, and he hasn't distinguished between friend and foe, and on the way back, he actually said that Buddhism is really a place to purify all sentient beings, although the poem is a little disrespectful, but it is indeed a heart of compassion for all sentient beings, and euphemistically said that in the treatment of these merciful monks, the court took away their land and property with iron and blood, is it a little undesirable.
This kid must have been kicked by a donkey when he was a child, his brain is not fully developed, the other half is estimated to be made of stone, and it is okay to charge on the battlefield to take people's heads, it is too difficult for him to gain insight into the world, he has no political consciousness at all, and he has been with himself for so long and is still such an idiot, it is really in vain to waste his efforts in his daily teachings.
The conscience of these monks is broken, it seems that it is necessary for Datang to do another thing to destroy the Buddha, control the scale of the monks in the temple, a group of guys who are not diligent in the five bodies, do you really expect them to be merciful? Eating idle meals will only make people forget the difficulty of eating, and laziness will not make people feel self-sacrificing.
The good feeling that came from aligning himself at night is gone at this time.
Back on the mountainside, Li Congjing fell asleep, planning to continue his journey tomorrow after resting. If you really encounter the monks who make trouble on the way, they will all be arrested, and they will play decisive and conspiracy with the gentlemen and the military intelligence department, saying that they are amateurs and they all look down on them.
When people are unlucky, the more you hope for something, the more nothing happens, and the more you don't want something, the more something happens, Li Congjing's plan to get a good night's sleep fell through because the temple caught fire.
The courtyard where the fire broke out was not far from where Li Congjing stayed, and a large family of people who came to worship the Buddha lived in the courtyard.
Meng Songbai pinched a cold sweat, and mobilized the palace guards to surround the courtyard where Li Congjing stayed, for fear that someone would fish in troubled waters and be unfavorable to the King of Qin.
Li Congjing got dressed and went out, and saw Meng Songbai guarding the door as if he were facing a great enemy, facing the fire burning twenty steps away, as if facing 100,000 enemy troops, he suddenly became angry, slapped Meng Songbai on the head, and shouted angrily: "What are you doing here, you don't need to pay for watching a play?" Hurry up and take someone to fight the fire! ”
Meng Songbai thought for a while and shook his head decisively, he still felt that Li Congjing's safety was more important, and fighting fires was not a personal duty of guards.
"One after another, like acting, this mountain temple is really evil, I always feel that there are big changes behind this, once people are reasonable, there is no place to say that you are still stunned, hurry up and do things, and you don't have this view of the law from the other side. Furthermore, inform the gentlemen under the mountain not to act rashly. Li Congjing kicked Meng Songbai on the ass and drove him to put out the fire.