Five monks sit under the "Daxiong Treasure Palace", there is a weak recitation of the scriptures, this is the evening class every day, when the Shifang Temple flourished in the past, dozens of monks together, crowded the Daxiong Treasure Hall are overcrowded, everyone recites the scriptures together, and it is the Buddhist resort. But now, not only is the popularity weakened and the incense is less, but even the remaining monks are unable to lift their spirits.

Shouza Junxin looked at these and was anxious, but there was nothing he could do.

At this time, it was the time of Li Tang's great prosperity, Li Tang attached himself to Lao Tzu Li Er, so he believed in Taoism, and the gods and goddesses of all roads came out of the mountain one after another, Yuan Tiangang, Li Chunfeng and other names moved the world, that is, after the enthronement today, there was also an old Taoist Zhang Guo drunk and lying in Chang'an. Taoism is both prosperous, and the liberation of the door is declining, although in order to compete with the Li family after the Tianwu Dynasty, once the revival of the Liberation Gate, but with the Li family's return to the great treasure, Taoism once again overrode the Liberation Gate.

This is the general climate, not pure faith can compete, and in this Xiuwu County there is a microclimate, the early days of the immortal Sun Simiao had come here near the collection of medicine to cure the disease, but also left a disciple, this disciple built the "medicine king view", because there is a living immortal Sun Simiao's legacy, so the people of the four miles and eight towns have gone to the medicine king temple to burn incense and pray to God, in this way, the incense of the Shifang Temple is naturally not as good as one day.

Even the original large-scale temple building now has only two barely intact halls and a few monks' houses. The mountain gate has long been gone, and looking from the main gate of the open Daxiong Treasure Hall, you can directly see the blue-faced statue of the god Vedas.

He looked at it like this, and then he was stunned for a moment.

Because there were two people who came in from the front door of the Vedic Palace, and turned to the front of the Vedic statue at the back, one of them looked back at the Vedic statue very ugly, and said in a rough voice: "My master said, when you enter a temple, the first thing is to see the demon pestle in the hands of Veda Bodhisattva, if you carry it on your shoulder, it is a big temple, I just have to eat and live in it, and you can entertain me for three days." If the pestle is flat in the hand, then there is a middle temple, and I can eat and live for a day. But if it is on the ground, it is a small temple, and it is difficult for me to eat and live for nothing...... Amitabha, this is a big temple, I can rest here for a few days! ”

Naturally, it was Ye Chang and the Mangtou Tuo, the two of them traveled all the way, Ye Chang already knew that the name of the head of the Dao was Shi Shanzhi, who was originally an orphan without a father and mother under the Song Mountain, and was taken in as a disciple by the monk Dao Xuan, and later Dao Xuan returned to the Dafuxian Temple, he couldn't stand the rules of the temple, so he came out to wander around. Don't look at him as ugly, but his heart is extremely kind.

Hearing Shanzhi talk about the allusion to this Wei Tuo pestle, Ye Chang looked at Na Wei Tuo, and then was surprised: "Good Straight Master, this Wei Tuo is very similar to you!" ”

Shi Shan touched his hair, looked at the statue above, and grinned: "In this way, I am so ugly that it makes sense, and I have a Buddha fate......"

His voice was not small, so shocked that the homework in the Daxiong Treasure Hall could only be hastily dispersed, a few gray-faced monks probed their brains towards them, and the first seat of pure faith sighed, and now there is not even a guest in the temple, so it is really a sin to let these two people break in and disturb the Buddha.

The two donors ...... "He can only come forward by himself."

"Not the donor, I...... Ah, the poor monk has come to rejoice. Shi Shan Zhihe Shi smiled: "If you want to disturb for three days, please ask the abbot master to ......"

"Look at the way we look now, do we still look like we can entertain wanderers?" Chunxin sighed again: "In a few days, we will all go out to seek fasting, where will there be rice and noodles to entertain you!" ”

"Huh?"

Shi Shanzhi touched his belly, stunned for a while, he was honest, but not stupid, not completely ignorant of human feelings, seeing the dilapidated situation of this temple, he knew that what the abbot of Lu Dao said was right. I thought I had finally found a place to eat, but now it seems that ...... Not necessarily.

He didn't give up, and begged a few more words, but pure faith just didn't allow it, and Ye Chang next to him heard the two monks stiffen the more they talked, and they almost quarreled, so he took a step to the middle and separated them.

"This master, Shifang Temple was originally a big temple, right?" He asked.

"Donor, that was a few decades ago, when the old monk was still a novice and had seen the prosperity of that time."

"The big temple should have a lot of temple properties, mountains, forests and fields...... Why did you come to where you are today? ”

"There are mountains, forests and fields, but now the incense in the temple is not prosperous, all the monks are scattered, there are only five or six of us left, the old and the young, the cultivation can not be planted, and the villagers can not collect much food, the monks of the whole temple are self-cultivation and self-eating, and there is really no spare strength to help the wandering monks......"

"I see, in the final analysis, it's still a matter of incense." Ye Chang thought to himself, he glanced at Shi Shanzhi, and then looked back at the statue of Na Wei Tuo.

"I have a way to make the incense of Shifang Temple better...... It's just to let this good master hang an order with you for a few days. He smiled.

"It's really a young man, there is no margin to brag about, you are a young poor monk who also recognizes, isn't it the eleventh lang of the Ye family under the mountain, what skills do you have, everyone in the township, who doesn't know the way?"

Before Chunshin could reply, another monk who had come with him came up and interjected.

Among the monks in the temple, only this monk is still young, and he is the only one who is dressed up a little neatly. Chunxin glanced back at him, and then looked at Ye Chang: "Dao Ning, do you know this little Tanyue?" ”

"The disciple recognizes, the disciple's lay family is in Xiaoliu Village, this young man's sister married a distant nephew of the disciple's lay family, he is always lazy and lazy, only thinking about collecting medicine and alchemy, and has a good relationship with Luo Shouyi of the medicine king......"

Ye Chang scratched his head, it was obvious that he had offended this Dao Ning before, so he would nag and say bad things about himself at this time.

Sure enough, Chunxin, who originally had hope in his eyes, became disappointed again, and he said: "The mountain gate will be closed, so let's go down the mountain and don't vote." ”

"Master Pure Faith, now that the treasure temple is like this, the dead horse should also be used as a live horse doctor." Ye Chang didn't say anything: "There is only one chance, or does this Daoning master have a better way to make the Shifang Temple prosperous?" ”

Seeing that the master turned to him, Daoning immediately shrunk his neck.

Where he has a good way, even if there is a good way, he will not say. He wished that the monks of Shifang Temple were scattered, leaving only himself, at that time with the temple property to return to the world, and he was afraid that there would be no days when he would eat and drink spicy food?

"Xiao Tanyue, let's talk about how to revive the incense of this temple."

"It's nothing more than asking the Bodhisattva to send down a miracle of precious light." Ye Chang smiled.

All temples, if there is a true Buddha and true God, the natural incense is vigorous, otherwise the incense will inevitably be decadent. Hearing Ye Chang's words, Monk Daoning stretched out his neck again and sneered: "What a big breath, you seem to be the Bodhisattva Buddha, if you ask them to send down miracles, they will come?" ”

Ye Chang had a smile on his face, with an unfathomable look, staring at Chunxin. Chunxin pondered for a while, although Dao Ning said that this young man did not have any ability, but listening to his methods, there would be nothing to lose.

"Xiao Tanyue invited the abbot's room to talk about it, Dao Ning, you take a look outside first."

Dao Ning's face was a little sneering, and when Shouza said this, it was clearly to ask him not to argue with Ye Chang.

They entered the so-called abbot's room, and Ye Chang saw Dao Ning following behind him and probing his brain, so he smiled and said to Shi Shan: "Mangtoutuo, you look at the door, don't let irrelevant people approach, my method will not work when others hear it." ”

Shi Shan responded directly, and really stood in front of the door, and Dao Ning watched from behind, so he could only stop, and secretly scolded the kid for being cunning in his heart.

He pondered what Ye Chang could do, and thought about it, if he wanted to invite the Bodhisattva to send down miracles, it would have to be done with boundless mana. At least in his opinion, neither Pure Faith Shouza nor the kid surnamed Ye have this ability.

"This kid must be bragging, rhetoric, and he will definitely be kicked out of the first seat!"

Thinking of the situation when Ye Chang came out in embarrassment for a while, Dao Ning laughed, Shi Shan saw him like this, and snorted: "That monk, could it be that he stole meat to eat, and he looked cheap!" ”

"You just stole meat to eat, you unruly leader!" Dorning was furious.

"I am a warrior monk, Emperor Taizong approves that such a warrior monk can eat meat!" Shi Shanzhi said angrily.

Daoning didn't know that Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty Li Shimin was grateful for the rescue of the thirteen stick monks of Songshan Shaolin Temple, and admired the fact that the warrior monks could eat meat. ”

"The first master, this master of your temple, really wants to teach a good life, in the future, the incense will be prosperous, if this master comes out to see the guests, so ignorant, won't it make people laugh?" Dao Ning was about to quarrel with Shi Shanzhi, but at this moment, he saw Ye Chang come out again, and the first pure letter followed almost respectfully, his eyes were full of excitement.

"Master, this head actually eats meat!" Dao Ning was surprised in his heart, but he didn't know what words Ye Chang used to impress Chunxin, he pondered and didn't care about the three seven twenty-one first, and then complained: "He messed with my rules and precepts, he should really be driven out!" ”

"Master, you see, he made a joke again, Buddhism is not allowed to eat meat, but it is an order of Emperor Wu of Liang to cover his ears and steal the bell, when did it change to the Qing rules and precepts of the Shi family?" Ye Chang turned around and said again.

"Yes, yes, Tan Yue is right...... Daoning, if you have nothing to do, go and copy the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra in ten volumes, go quickly! Chunxin's eyes narrowed, after all, he was a little bit majestic.

Dao Ning was stunned, because there was no one available in the temple, he had always been the most trusted disciple of Chunxin, and he also thought that he was the next person to be the first to be the first one, Chunxin has always paid attention to saving face for him, and he has never been scolded like this now!

"Master, what kind of demon method did this kid use to bewitch you?"

"Hehe......" Ye Chang smiled again and shook his head.

"Duh, gibberish, guilty of tongue anger, still don't go back and copy the scriptures?" Chunxin is also a little embarrassed, he is quite respectful when he sees this Dao Ning on weekdays, so he looks at each other a little differently, why is this guy so blind today?

Whether Dao preferred it or not, he could only swallow his anger and retreat. Ye Chang called Shi Shan to the side and whispered a few words, Shi Shan nodded with a smile when he heard this, and then stood beside Chunxin, obviously, Chunxin left him. Dao Ning, who was far away, saw this scene, and was really angry and puzzled in his heart, pure faith is not the first place to be generous, and there are more than one or two monks who have been driven away by Shifang Temple in recent years, but I don't know why this meat-eating head can stay!

It must be the eleventh lang of the Ye family...... Bear with it first, and wait until you endure this period of time, and when the ghost idea of this kid of the Ye family has no effect, then I will talk about it.

With such an idea, Dao Ning didn't say anything more, watching Chunxin send Ye Chang out of the gate and then to the intersection of the mountain, if Ye Chang hadn't turned around and refused, he was afraid that he would have to be sent to the foot of the mountain.

Ye Chang went down the mountain and slowly shook back towards Wu Zepi, with a faint joy floating in his heart. The dilemma of Shifang Temple is an opportunity for him, and he is actually helping himself when he helps Shifang Temple.

If it goes well this time, then he will have a firm foothold in this era, and even if there is any mistake, it can be explained.

When I returned to my home, before I entered the door, I heard the voice of someone talking inside, which seemed to be a woman talking to Xiang'er. Listening to the tone, he was reprimanding Xiang'er, Ye Chang's brows suddenly furrowed, could it be that Aunt Liu came to find trouble again?

He's not there, and Xiang'er is limited by his identity and age, so there's really no way to deal with it.

He pushed open the door, the sound in the door stopped abruptly, Ye Chang was thinking about how to deal with that aunt Liu, but found that the woman who looked back in the courtyard was only in her early twenties, not her aunt Liu.

And not only one, but two women, both in their early twenties, and one of them was reprimanding Xiang'er. However, although Xiang'er lowered his head to listen to the training, he didn't look angry or afraid, but seemed a little well-behaved.

"Brother Eleven, you're back!"

The woman who reprimanded Xiang'er reacted quickly, and immediately greeted her with a smile, her smile was very real, not like the kind of fake smile after being broken. Ye Chang was stunned, and swallowed back what he was about to ask, he glanced at Xiang'er.

Xiang'er was very clever, and Ye Chang had almost forgotten the previous things, so he reminded: "This is the eldest sister of the second branch." ”

"Big sister......" Ye Chang was still a little surprised.

The woman's eyes suddenly turned red, and she bit her lip and cried: "My hard-working brother...... Fang Xiang'er said that you have lost soul, and I said that it was her little nonsense, and now I can't even recognize my sister...... Daddy, it's my daughter who is not good, and I didn't take good care of my brother......"

"Don't cry, don't cry!" Ye Chang felt strange in his heart, the eldest sister of the second branch, that is, the eldest daughter of his father's brother, was just a cousin and brother with him, why was this not worse than the new sister and brother?

"Auntie, don't cry, you all blame us......" Another woman next to her said authentically, her face full of shame.

"I really complain about you, if it weren't for the bad idea you had with your eldest brother, how would Xiao San have come to this place...... I knew that you would make such a decision, even if I die, I will not marry, you must always guard the younger brother, so that he has a chance, it is better than the current heir who is not loved by his father and mother! ”

Hearing this, Ye Chang suddenly realized!