Chapter 122: The Mighty Lotus Temple
Princess Changling hesitated slightly, and Shen Ling hurriedly followed up when she saw this, "Lotus Temple is one of the top ten holy places in Buddhism, and there have been dozens of eminent monks in the past dynasties, and there have been five national teachers.
Although the reputation of the Lotus Temple is not as good as before, its status is still the same. Monk Miao Yuan is a monk of Lotus Temple and a representative of this generation, and His Royal Highness suspects that Monk Miao Yuan has no evidence and tortures him.
If the Lotus Temple tells the Queen Mother, His Royal Highness will not be able to explain it. Moreover, Monk Miaoyuan is quite famous in the rivers and lakes, so wouldn't this be a mouthful?"
Princess Changling's eyes flashed, and after a long time, she silently raised her head, "Place him in the Buddha hall, don't you want to chant the Buddha for me every day?" Lu Sheng, Shen Ling, you can work hard for me. ”
"Yes!"
Shen Ling responded, pulling Lu Sheng out of the Ningguo Marquis's Mansion. On the steps, Lu Sheng paused with a gloomy face, took out the letter from his arms, and read it again.
"Lu Sheng, don't look at it, put it away and offer it. ”
"What to offer, this is a talisman. Although the letter did not say what would happen if the murderer could not be caught within three days, the implication was already clear. Shen Ling, I was killed by you. ”
"Be content!" Shen Ling rolled his eyes speechlessly. "Who should have written a letter to you? A letter from the emperor today! What a great honor this is, do you understand?
If you want to change someone else, you will already be happy to burn incense to your ancestors, and you will be cheap and good?"
"Thank you!" Lu Sheng looked up to the sky and sighed, "When the knife is on my neck, I will personally go down to report this honor to my ancestors." ”
"You're going to have to worry about that. Shen Ling pulled Lu Sheng, came to the small restaurant on the street, found an empty table and sat down, "What kind of official position are you now?"
"From the eight pins. ”
"Then let me tell you, don't say that from the eighth grade, that is, above the fourth grade, there are few officials who can let the emperor know their names. You are a small Congbapin, your name can be heard directly, and you can also let the emperor write to you personally, what kind of opportunity is this?
Even though the emperor can't remember you, he must have an impression in his heart. In the future, when the time is ripe and your name appears in front of the emperor's case again, even the emperor will be able to see your name at first sight in the crowd. Know what that means?"
"What?" Lu Sheng asked blankly.
"Why are you so ignorant in this regard? It means that you will have a better chance than others to be considered by the emperor and have the opportunity to rise to the top. ”
It's not that Lu Sheng doesn't know anything about this, but he doesn't care at all.
Having experienced modern society, his concept of the emperor is far less ingrained than that of people of this era. In his opinion, the emperor is nothing more than his boss, and he works for the boss.
The boss likes it, so Lu Sheng is naturally willing to work hard, and the boss doesn't value it, so he doesn't care. People with strength will not go hungry wherever they go. If he didn't have martial arts, Lu Sheng might have firmly grasped the rope of officialdom and climbed desperately. And now, he has more options.
"If this case doesn't work out, then maybe it's the opposite, right? The corners of Lu Sheng's mouth slightly hooked up a wicked smile, "Let's go, go to the Lotus Temple." ”
"The Lotus Temple is more than 1,000 miles away from Shanghai......
"If I look along the coastline, it's only five hundred miles away. ”
"You want to take a boat? There are no passenger ships at sea. ”
"Can't you go to sea with a flat boat? Once you come and go, you may be able to come back in three days. ”
Looking at Lu Sheng's confident expression, Shen Ling suddenly realized that Lu Sheng might have a more accurate guess. Curiously stepped forward, "Lu Sheng, do you already know who is behind the scenes?"
"I don't know!" Lu Sheng shook his head decisively, "Speculation without evidence is just speculation." ”
"Then do you doubt Monk Miaoyuan? Monk Miaoyuan has been a monk in the Lotus Temple since he was a child, and he was born in the past two years, he and Princess Changling have no grievances, it should not be him. ”
"Shen Ling, have you ever wondered, what's wrong with Monk Miaoyuan's face?"
"Bodhi Twin Trees, One Withered and One Prosperous!"
"That's a burn!" Lu Sheng said, rolling his eyes.
A flat boat goes out to sea, facing the wind and waves.
The East China Sea is densely populated with islands, so the current is extremely unstable. Therefore, those who dare to go to sea are basically big boats, and even small fishing boats must be at least five zhang long.
And for example, Lu Sheng's small boat of about one zhang, let alone going to sea, can be overturned by a gust of wind.
This kind of small boat can only wave in the middle of the lake. But Lu Sheng chose this kind of small boat, and Shen Ling and Shen Ling prepared dry food for three days and set off from the port of Shanghai.
The boat has no oars, but it is as fast as an arrow from a string.
The two of them sat in the middle of the boat, and bursts of internal force fluctuations emanated from their bodies like ripples. The oncoming sea breeze blew the hair of the two of them, and the flowing robes danced like clouds.
Both of them are young people with attractive styles, and they can stand out wherever they go. The flat boat went out to sea and sailed into the vastness, as if the immortals were separated from the dust, and the elegance was peerless.
"Brother Lu, it's been a long time since we've been touring together. Shen Ling said with a little emotion.
"You know I don't like to play in the mountains and rivers very much...... Lu Sheng gently picked up the chessboard and unfolded it slowly.
"Also, when I first met you, your life was extremely boring, and you only did two things all day long, reading and writing. March is not there, you have changed so much. ”
"As the saying goes, three days of goodbye should be impressive, and it has been three months, and it is naturally upside down. At the beginning, I was dedicated to preparing for the exam, but now that I don't have the pressure to take the test, I naturally want to let myself go. ”
"Brother Lu is self-deprecating, if Brother Lu really cares so much about fame and fortune, why didn't he want to stay in Beijing in the first place?"
"That's because you're exalting me too much. Lu Sheng gently picked up the chess pieces, "You or me first." ”
"Heizi first, do you need to say more?" Shen Ling snapped and squeezed the chess pieces.
"You're right, imperial power and wealth are indeed not so important in my eyes, but have you ever thought about it for me, what will happen if I can't get famous?"
"How? I didn't think about it. ”
"I'm going to be hungry! It's okay if I'm hungry, but I can't let Ahri go hungry with me. Fame and fortune are not what I want, but what I need. Those who can't get it are not qualified to say that they don't care or give up. ”
Following Lu Sheng's son, Shen Ling smiled faintly, "What's going on with your martial arts?"
"Secret!" Lu Sheng quickly pressed Bai Zi, "You are the prince of Nanling Wang, how did you want to make friends with me in the first place?
"Because I'm blind!" Shen Ling didn't raise his head to deal with Lu Sheng's soldiers.
After a game of chess, Lu Sheng's Yiye boat had broken through the offshore sea and arrived at the boundary of Fuzhou along the coastline.
With a map in their hands and a compass in the bow, the boat was as fast as a shuttle under the internal force of the two of them. The dolphins chased and frolicked behind him, and after a few breaths, they were left far behind.
After walking all night, we finally arrived at the nearest port to the Lotus Temple. The Lotus Temple is located on the top of a cliff with a rugged mountain road. But even so, every day there are pious pilgrims who go up the mountain to make incense.
Behind the Lotus Temple is a cliff, and below the cliff is an endless sea. The green hills on the left are heavy, and the fairy clouds are rolling on the right. What a holy place outside the world.
It was already dusk when Lu Sheng arrived at the Lotus Temple, and the pilgrims who entered the incense had already descended the mountain one after another. Lu Sheng came to the welcome pavilion, and the welcoming monk hurriedly stepped forward.
"Amitabha, the two donors, it's getting late, the two donors should not go up the mountain again, the mountain road is rugged, in case something goes wrong. ”
"We're here to find Zen Master Hui Jing!"
"Amitabha, may I ask what are the identities of the two donors?
Although there is no claim that a high-ranking monk has a self-sustaining identity, he still needs the necessary protection when he becomes famous. If anyone can ask to see Zen Master Hui Jing, then anyone who asks to see Zen Master Hui Jing every day can crowd the Lotus Temple.
Shen Ling took out a jade token from his arms, "Little master, you can just give this token to Zen Master Huijing." ”
"Okay, donor, please wait, the little monk will go and report!"
As soon as the words landed, Xiao Shami suddenly rose into the air, and instead of taking the mountain road, he jumped directly onto the cliff beside him. Then his fingers turned into claws, stabbed into the mountain wall fiercely, and once again soared into the air like a goshawk.
This chic and beautiful light work, Lu Sheng was stunned when he saw it.
It's not that Lu Sheng hasn't seen a more beautiful light skill, or that Xiao Shami's light skill is so good that even Lu Sheng is ashamed of himself. Rather, the little novice seems to be the lowest status in the temple.
Above the miscellaneous servants, ordinary to the point that they can't be ordinary disciples.
However, even an ordinary disciple can have such beautiful light skills. Moreover, as soon as the little novice grabbed and pierced into the rocks of the mountain wall, it would be extremely difficult to achieve without the cultivation of the Sevenfold Realm of the Day After Tomorrow.
The Lotus Temple is worthy of being the Lotus Temple, any disciple, the martial arts cultivation is stronger than those precious disciples in the Suzhou sect.
After all, the Lotus Temple is one of the top ten sacred places of Buddhism, and it is also the only one that is closest to the world. The rest of the Buddhist holy places are hidden in the deep mountains and dense forests, far away from the red dust, and there are even a few Buddhist holy places, which only exist in legends. ”
"If the disciples of the Lotus Temple are all cultivated by this, then the cultivation of Monk Miaoyuan is not very remarkable. ”
"That's what happened!" Shen Ling looked at the silhouette of the temple looming in the distance, "After the disciples of the Lotus Temple enter the temple, they must first be miscellaneous disciples for ten years. Chopping wood, carrying water, planting vegetables.
At the end of the 10-year period, they will be assigned to the 36 rooms in the temple to practice martial arts, first starting from the Arhat Boxing, and after five years, the best ones will enter the 12 courtyards such as Prajna Hall and Bodhi Temple, and then they will concentrate on practicing Buddhism and martial arts.
In this way, the martial arts of the disciples of the Lotus Temple are relatively balanced, and the disciples of the same generation are not particularly outstanding, and there will be no ones who cannot keep up with the progress. ”
"Well, ten years of carrying water and chopping wood, in addition to honing the disciple's character, it is also to lay a good foundation for the disciple. Although this method of teaching has merit, it will bury many amazing disciples. ”
Lu Sheng remembered the Shaolin Temple in his previous life, among Jin Yong's martial arts, there are no longer a few geniuses who have been delayed by the Shaolin Temple. Zhang Junbao, not to mention the fire foreman Tuo and the like, is a void bamboo, and his martial arts talent is by no means below Duan Yu Qiao Feng.
"Lu Sheng, I used to have such thoughts as you, thinking that the Lotus Temple was burying talents. But now, I don't think so. ”
"Why?"
"In our eyes, the Lotus Temple is a holy place of martial arts, and the eighty-one peerless studies are famous all over the world. However, in the heart of the Lotus Temple, they are just monasteries.
They practice martial arts for the purpose of practicing meditation, so the talents in their eyes are only those who are proficient in the Dharma. 11 I want to talk about "Heavenly Punishment Order" with more like-minded people, and pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~