Chapter 25: Secret Religion

In the early morning, before the sky was fully bright, Zhu Mingyang had already gotten up. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Pushing open the window, I saw that the east was revealing the white of the fish's belly, and it was a beautiful day, Zhu Mingyang took a deep breath of fresh air, and felt unusually clear. He got dressed, washed and hurried out of the inn, and even Cuicui didn't say hello. Because it is very close to the completion time of the Ganye Temple, there are still many places in the Ganye Temple that have not yet been built. Li Chunfeng told him that if the construction was not completed on time, many people might be implicated, so he didn't dare to slack off in the slightest.

When Zhu Mingyang arrived at Ganye Temple, the nuns in the temple had already gotten up, and there were five or six nuns who were sweeping the temple with brooms, and most of the nuns were reciting the morning sutra in the main hall of the temple. Zhu Mingyang quickened his pace and walked to the backyard, since the last time he let the old nun get off the stage, Zhu Mingyang saw that the nuns in the Ganye Temple were all "respectful and away", even if the old nun did not embarrass Zhu Mingyang later.

"Childe, stay!" Just as Zhu Mingyang buried his head and walked towards the backyard, a woman's voice came from behind.

"It's you! What's the matter? Zhu Mingyang turned his head and saw Wu Zetian standing not far behind with a rosary.

"Last time, thanks to the rescue of Childe, I didn't know Childe's name when I left, I don't know what Childe is called?" Wu Zetian walked in front of Zhu Mingyang.

"Oh! It's a trivial matter, so why worry about it. My name is Zhu Mingyang, and with me is Master Li Chunfeng, a waiter in the Ministry of Works. Zhu Mingyang said slowly.

"It turned out to be Zhu Gongzi, I need your help with something." Wu Zetian showed a pleading tone.

"But, I've got something!" Sure enough, he didn't specifically ask for his name, thinking of the progress of the construction of Ganye Temple, Zhu Mingyang immediately refused.

"Childe, since the last time you reasoned with Senior Sister Chen, I knew that you were an extraordinary person, and now you are the only one who can help me." Wu Zetian's smart face showed a hint of pleading, as if he was about to cry.

"Oh well! Tell me about it! I'll see if I can help you. Zhu Mingyang can be fearless of anything, but he is helpless in the face of women's tears, probably because he has not experienced the turmoil of love.

"Childe, do you remember that Senior Sister Chen last time? Her name is Chen Shuozhen, don't look at her usually very strict, but she is not a heinous person. Senior Sister Chen approached me and invited me to join a secret religion, but I would never agree to her in the place of cultivation in Ganye Temple, so she said that I would think about it for a few days, and that she would come to me today to talk about it in a remote place. I know that Childe is very brave, and I want Childe to accompany me just in case. Wu Zetian told Zhu Mingyang what happened.

"What does this religion do? Why did she invite you to join this religion? Zhu Mingyan cast a puzzled look.

"She never mentioned it to me, that's why I asked you to come with me." Wu Zetian shook his head, and he didn't seem to be able to see through Chen Shuozhen.

"Humph! Are you afraid that I won't be able to eat you? Just as Zhu Mingyang and Wu Zetian were talking, a blue shadow floated over, extremely fast, Zhu Mingyang had never seen such a fast pace, only felt a gust of wind in his ears, people had arrived around, maybe the Olympic sprint champion was just like that.

"Senior Sister Chen!" Wu Zetian was really taken aback when he saw Chen Shuo beside him, it seemed that it was the first time he had seen this pace.

"It's okay, since you have invited the people of destiny, then let you see the magic of my teaching, and you two come with me." After speaking, Chen Shuozhen slowly walked towards the door of the temple, Chen Shuozhen seemed to deliberately slow down his pace to let Zhu Mingyang and Wu Zetian follow, although the steps were very slow, they were very elegant, and there was no sound.

Zhu Mingyang and Wu Zetian followed Chen Shuozhen out of the temple, thinking about walking to the west of the city, out of the west gate of Chang'an, but did not go to the official road, but walked towards a hill in the west of the city, only to see a path that zigzagged into the deep mountain, and the weeds on both sides of the path were lined with books, and there seemed to be few people coming. After walking for more than an hour, Zhu Mingyang and Wu Zetian were already tired and panting and sweating, but Chen Shuozhen was not tired at all and continued to walk towards the mountains. I don't know how long I walked, but suddenly through the leaves, I saw a golden temple hidden in the mountain. The temple is not large, but it is decorated with golden glazed tiles. Chen Shuozhen walked into the temple with Zhu Mingyang and Wu Zetian, only to see a "Buddha statue" enshrined in the temple. However, the Buddha statue is different from the Ganye Temple, and there is suddenly a sun-shaped stone screen behind the Buddha's head.

"This Buddha statue is so strange!" Wu Zetian observed for a moment and muttered.

"This is my Buddha, Mani." Chen Shuozhen replied coldly.

"Mani?" Zhu Mingyang was confused, could it be Sakyamuni? But it's not like that.

"My religion is Manichaeism, which has been introduced to the Tang Dynasty for many years from the Anxi Protectorate. Our religion was founded by Mani, the god of light, to save people from fire and water, with the aim of creating a kingdom of light, teaching all people light, goodness, peace, order, and purity. After Chen Shuozhen finished speaking, he actually knelt down and bowed down reverently.

"Such a holy religion is really rare in the world." Zhu Mingyang was full of surprise, he didn't know what the relationship between Manichaeism and Mingjiao was, and they both preached the word light.

"I want both of you to join me!" Chen Shuozhen stood up and shouted at Zhu Mingyang and Wu Zetian.

"This ...... The predecessors are already disciples of Buddhism, how can they betray Buddhism and return to other religions? Zhu Mingyang hesitated.

"If we can save all people from fire and water, then it doesn't matter, I believe that my Buddha will also be sympathetic to his disciples." At this moment, Wu Zetian next to him actually took two steps forward and knelt down to the Buddha statue.

"Hmmm! Sure enough, you're very smart, I didn't misread you. Chen Shuozhen seemed to be satisfied with Wu Zetian's conversion to Manichaeism.

"Zhu Gongzi, you don't want to be ruined, and besides, you haven't converted to Buddhism, let alone betrayed the Buddha, you also come to worship!" At this time, Wu Zetian on the ground pulled Zhu Mingyang's sleeve.

"Well, since it's for the good of the people, I can accept it." Originally, Zhu Mingyang was still wavering, but after a little bit of Wu Zetian's dial, it became more expensive.

"Excellent! Since you have all converted to our teachings, I will show you the true meaning of my teachings in the future! Chen Shuozhen's serious face showed a rare smile.