Wu Henian was dragged to Yanwang's Mansion by Fang Buzhen and was beaten up; Fang Buzhen had the courage to do anything, took the title of "embroidered clothes and pointed directly", and went to rectify the Yidu place. After the two of them left, Hong Jixun chatted a few words with Deng She, and saw that it was not early, and when it was almost time to eat, he got up to say goodbye.

Dunshe said, "Sir, don't be in a hurry. ”

"What? Does the lord want to keep food again? Hong Jixun smiled, "To be honest, the minister is really a little embarrassed to eat." The day before yesterday, the cook in the minister's house also said that the minister eats in the palace all day long, so that he is 'useless as a hero'. ”

Deng She laughed and said, "Sir, are you thinking about your cook's meal, or the song and dance of Xiao Guanyinu?" ”

Hong Jixun is young and handsome, although his temperament is a little arrogant, but he is strong in women, after all, "young people are lustful", human nature. It can't be said that he is lustful as life, and he is also known for his "suave and suave". I didn't talk about it when I was in Haidong, but after I came to Yidu, I successively received seven or eight enchanting women in the house. Among them, there are those given by Deng She, those given by others, those offered by subordinates, and some that he himself took after hearing about them. In addition to his busy official duties, watching dances and listening to songs is one of his few pastimes.

"Little Guanyin Slave" is a woman he just accepted into the house a while ago, only twenty-eight years old, a singer raised by a local wealthy gentry in Benyidu, who sings a good song and dances well. It is especially rare, and he is good at the "Eighteen Days Demon Dance". When he danced, he was "like a bodhisattva and danced like a demon". Although Deng She has never seen it, he has heard of it for a long time. - And if this woman was able to enter the Hong Mansion, there was no other reason, it was nothing more than someone who wanted to befriend Hong Jixun, so she specially sought it out and offered it.

Hong Jixun is a "true celebrity and self-styler", but he is not taboo about this, smiled slightly, and said: "Those who know me, the lord is also." ......, I have long wanted to invite the lord to come to the minister's mansion to take a look at the dance posture of this little Guanyin slave, but the 'Eighteen Days Demon Dance' is not something that can be danced by one person, and it is not easy to train. Hence the delay to this day. When the dance is completed, please also ask the lord to enjoy the face and come to the minister's mansion to watch the wine. ”

"Of course, you have to appreciate it." Although Deng She didn't have much interest in this, he still responded with a smile, changed the topic, and continued, "......, but Mr. Liu's stay today is not to keep a meal. ”

"Oh? Why is that? There are also government and military ,......? ”

"No, no." Deng She raised his hand, pointed out the door, and said, "There is a famous monk who has come to my city from afar, with a bright tongue and a lotus, and there is no obstacle to arguing. Sir, aren't you interested in seeing it? ”

Hong Jixun heard the song and knew the elegance, suddenly understood Deng She's thoughts, nodded and said: "This great monk is really strange, he doesn't come early or late, he comes when I am at war with Chahan; And the place where it came from happened to be the Chahanzeng garrison. It's to see the last and touch the bottom line. ......, but this little battle can be tested by the lord himself? ”

"When they passed through Tai'an, the General Administration Department received a secret report from the front. I had already instructed Li Shousheng to investigate carefully. The reason why he was criticized was not to test his intentions. I have heard the name of Chu Shi Fanqi for a long time, and Jing Hui is his disciple. On this basis, we must also see each other. ”

Deng She's meaning was very clear, he wanted to see Jing Hui, not because he wanted to find out the details, but because of Chu Shi Fanqi's name.

There is a Yuan generation, especially since the decline of Quanzhen, the Buddhist family is dominant, and the believers are all over the north and south of the river, especially in the south of the Yangtze River, which is greatly influenced by it. Deng She now has a hard time with Chahan, and he has long had the idea of self-reliance, and if he wants to be self-reliant, how to deal with and settle religion is an unavoidable problem. It is rare to have a high monk and disciple to visit, this opportunity should not be missed, it is necessary to meet it.

"What the lord said is very true. Then, see him? ”

"Meet him!"

Immediately, Deng gave up his order to the guards outside the room: "Go to the Buddhist Yamen and invite Jing Hui to come and see you." ”

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King Yan summoned it, which is not trivial. The people who went to invite were also fast, and the people who were invited were also fast, and not long after, accompanied by Zhao Zhong, Monk Jinghui had arrived. He didn't come alone, there was a monk with him, it was Dao Yan.

There were many people, and the study couldn't sit down, so it was moved to the side hall. The ceremony has passed, and the two compartments are seated. Look at each other.

Jing Hui and Dao Yan, the two great monks, looked at Deng She, and they all secretly praised themselves, and thought in their hearts: "Although this son is young, he is old and steady, but his demeanor is sassy and heroic. Greet in person, let the seat and invite tea, all modest and polite, if you are gentle and gentle, there is no appearance of a battlefield martial artist. But it is like a jade box hidden treasure sword, and when looking at people, a little edge inadvertently revealed is full of domineering. - Sure enough, the Northland is a master! Probably only such a character can compete with Richard Han in the Central Plains and not fall behind. ”

Deng She looked at the two great monks, looked at Jing Hui first, and said in his heart: "The treasure is solemn, a good monk!" "But that's what it looks like, it's not too deep; Looking at Dao Yan again, he was shocked, but he thought the same as Zhao Zhong at that time, and thought: "With a sallow face and triangular eyes, he looks like a sick tiger, this monk is a natural out-of-phase!" When the two sides met just now, they had already passed their names, and now they put Jing Hui down, took it out and Dao Yan, and asked with a smile, "Listen to Zhao Zhong's introduction just now, the monk is from Changzhou?" ”

Jing Hui is the host and guest, Dao Yan is the attendant, don't ask Jing Hui, ask Dao Yan first, as far as Deng She is concerned, there is rudeness, but he was really shocked by Dao Yan's face, and he couldn't care about the rudeness for a while, which can be understood as a gaffe; As far as Dao Yan is concerned, it can actually be understood as a kind of "honor", and before he said a word, he first covered the limelight of the host and guest.

However, Dao Yan was a little "pampered", got up and replied, and said, "Exactly." ”

"The common surname is Yao?"

"Not bad."

"Ordained in the Dome Mountain?"

"Yes."

"Now the war is raging, the beacons are raging, and the roads are not quiet. Why didn't the monk stay in the south of the Yangtze River and come all the way to my north? Is it to promote the Dharma? ”

Monk Daoyan was very honest and replied: "The poor monk is only shallow in learning, and he has no great virtues, and his own practice is still insufficient, and he still needs the guidance of a teacher, so where can he have the ability to promote Buddhism?" The reason why I came to the Northland is just to visit friends. Zen Master Jinghui and I are fellow villagers, we have known each other since childhood, and we are also a disciple of the great monk Fanqi, the spirit of Buddhism. So I came here to ask him to give him some guidance to the poor monks. ”

remained silent and pulled the topic to Jing Hui.

Deng She and Hong Jixun glanced at each other, and said in their hearts: "Not a drop of water, observing words and feelings, what a smart and clever monk." "When it comes to this, I can't stop talking to Jing Hui. However, without waiting for Deng She to speak, Hong Jixun asked first.

- Hong Jixun is proud of his talents, he is a proud and ordinary character, although Jing Hui is a monk, but I have heard people relay his tongue to benefit all the monks, as if he is invincible, I can't help but feel a little angry.

At this time, seize the opportunity, just as a breeze blows outside the hall, causing the birds in the birdcage in the corridor to chirp, and the cry enters the hall, which is very crisp and pleasant, he immediately said: "The monk studied under the high monks, and did good deeds. ”

The wind blows through the birds, which is a natural phenomenon. But when Hong Jixun said this, it seems that the bird calls because of Monk Jinghui. To put it bluntly, it was because he was frightened by Monk Jinghui, so he called it.

Jing Huixin said: "I have long heard that Hong Jixun is proud of his talents and is the first proud person in Haidong. This is the first time we met, and the first sentence I said was not good. The words 'arrogant and arrogant', I'm afraid that he will still be evaluated lightly, and he is simply 'bullying'. He didn't have a good impression of Haidong, thinking that Deng She was a "thief"; I was "tortured" in the Buddhist and Taoist Yamen, and I hadn't eaten yet, and then I was "difficult" by Hong Jixun, so I was naturally a little angry, and my impression of Haidong was even worse.

Although he was secretly angry, the expression on his face remained unchanged, and he said indifferently: "Poor monks are easy to kill." ”

Didn't you say that the birds were frightened by me? Then follow your words, "Poor monks are easy to kill". Buddhism talks about compassion, how can you be a monk if you are good at killing? Jing Hui waited for Hong Jixun to ask again. However, Hong Jixun is indeed talented, and he understood what he meant at once, if he asked, he would fall into the inferior and not understand the edge. Therefore, he didn't ask anymore, only nodded slightly, picked up the tea bowl, and took a sip of tea.

- So, what does "poor monks are easy to kill"? Determined to "give up everything, break everything" means. It wasn't people, birds, or living beings that I was killed, but all kinds of obstacles that prevented me from becoming a Buddha.

Hong Jixun didn't ask, Deng She asked, didn't ask Jinghui, asked Wenyan. Before asking, first pick up the tea bowl and invite the two monks to drink tea. The Daoyan tea bowl had not been put down, and the tea was still in his mouth, Deng She stretched out his hand and clicked a little bit of the table in front of the Daoyan monk, and suddenly asked: "The two dragons compete for the pearl, who will get it?" ”

The case is made of sandalwood, and there is a picture of two dragons fighting for pearls carved on it, and the position of the beads happens to be the position of the tea bowl. The tea bowl in Dao Yan's hand was not put down, he glanced down at the "Two Dragons Fighting for Pearls", swallowed the tea quietly, and replied calmly: "The poor monk just watchs." As the words landed, the tea bowl also gently landed on the "beads".

Deng She stroked his palms and laughed, and praised and said: "The monk claims to be shallow, not virtuous, and modest!" ......, come, come, replace wine with tea, and ask the monk to drink another glass. ”

- "Two dragons compete for pearls", no matter who wins, they are all competing for victory. Buddhism doesn't talk about this, so Daoyan "just watch". A few words are light and clever, not only jumping out of the language trap set by Deng She, but also "indifferent and bright", which is in line with the true meaning of Buddhism.

Turning back to the text, Deng She's first question, Monk Daoyan answered well, and Deng She asked him to drink another glass of water.

When he finished drinking, the maid added it again, and Deng She immediately asked a second question, took off the saber at his waist, put it on the table, pointed to the blade and said: "This knife was offered by the warriors under my command, and it was originally worn by Tian Feng. Since I got it, I haven't had any blood yet. In the middle of the night, I always hear it chirping on the wall. May I ask the monk, if there is chaos today, the people are not happy, what happens when the sword is not out of the box? ”

"Not outside."

"Since the Tartars entered the Central Plains, the wolves and sheep were driven and the common people were hung upside down, and the world was bitter and violent for a long time! What happens after I get out of the box? ”

"Not in."

"How's it going to be unboxed?"

"Not outside."

"What happens after you get out of the box?"

"Not in."

"Dang Chang", the treasure knife was unsheathed, Deng She Huoran got up, held the knife with one hand, pressed his waist with the other, forced Dao Yan, and the cold light on the blade was dazzling. He asked, "What happens after you get out of the box?" ”

"Not in."

Deng She put the knife back into the sheath: "How about not leaving the box?" ”

"Not outside."

He asked the second question three times in a row. When he asked the third time, because he suddenly changed color without warning, he drew his knife, and the hall suddenly became silent, and the needle drop could be heard, but Monk Daoyan still gave him the same answer.

Deng She turned his face and laughed: "Okay, good monk!" The courage is outstanding, and it is not in vain to have such a good face of yours! ......, please, another drink. ”

- Deng She asked "how is it out of the box" and "how is it out of the box", what answer does he want to hear? Everyone in the hall knew it. But the Daoyan monk just didn't say it, but simply answered with Buddhism. Even in the face of the sword being unsheathed, his face did not change, and he was indeed courageous.

Monk Daoyan drank another cup of tea.

Deng She said that he wanted to see Jing Hui, but after the arrival of these two monks, it was obvious that his main interest was in Dao Yan. Not only Zhao Zhong and the others were confused, but Hong Jixun was also a little puzzled, unable to understand what Deng She was thinking, and said in his heart: "Why do you attach so much importance to Dao Yan?" "Make up your mind, I'm going to ask when I'm done.

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Deng She's first question came suddenly; The second question suddenly changed color; After two questions, he turned around and sat down, put the knife on the table, and said to Dao Yan Zhengrong: "In today's troubled times, there are jackals everywhere, and the people are in fire and water. Buddhism talks about compassion, monks have both high talent and courage, why don't they come out to relieve the people from hanging upside down, but would rather sit in the temple and do nothing? ”

This is the third question.

Dao Yan clasped his hands together, proclaimed the Buddha's name, and said, "Amitabha." The emperor's talent is good for monks. ”

Ouyang Xiu commented on "History of the Five Dynasties": There have been no characters in the past hundred years of the Five Dynasties. Wang Anshi objected to this statement, saying that there were the most talented people in the five generations, and there were many people who could be emperors and generals, but they all fled and became monks. The patriarchs who founded the Zen sect were all emperors and generals. Dao Yan's "The emperor's talent is good to become a monk", which is what he said. He wasn't wrong. As the saying goes: "Becoming a monk is a husband's business, not something that a prince can do." People who can give up everything and are willing to become a monk without regrets are very human.

In Deng She's view, talented people should join the WTO and relieve the people from hanging; But in Daoyan's view, people who are really talented and bold should escape into the empty door. It is likely that the people will be overhung for a while, and the universal sentient beings will be eternal.

"The emperor's talent is good to become a monk, and the emperor's talent is easy to become a monk."

Deng She also knew the allusion of Ouyang Xiu and Wang Anshi, and repeated this sentence in a low voice a few times, sighed unconsciously, and said: "I once heard a sage say that there are only two kinds of truly smart people in the world, either commit suicide or become a monk. ......, what a monk, what a monk! Being able to say this sentence is in vain for your good face! It's not in vain that your surname is Yao! What a smart man. ”

Hong Jixun's heart moved: "It's not in vain that your surname is Yao?" "Thinking about it carefully, it seems that there is no particularly famous family surnamed Yao in Cheung Chau. Zhao Zhong was also moved in his heart, but he was thinking of something else: "Is it in vain to have the surname Yao?" The lord looks at him so differently, could it be that this guy is Yao Haogu's relative? ”

Different people think differently about the same issues. Not to mention the pondering of Hong and Zhao, only to say that Deng She, after asking this third question, asked for tea with his hands and said, "Please ask the monk to drink another cup." ”