"It seems that Master Hui Shi is a very respected master." Bai Ling said softly.

"Yes." The monk couldn't help but fold his hands and chanted softly, "Amitabha." ”

"In this fire, how many casualties are there in Guibaosha?"

The monk said softly, "It's really a disaster that my Donglin Temple has not seen in a hundred years, in addition to Uncle Hui Shi, there are two little junior brothers who are responsible for cleaning the dust in the West Guest House on weekdays, the fire is ruthless, and people are gone in the blink of an eye."

Bai Ling also felt a little bitter when he heard it.

"What was the cause of the fire? Did the masters find out? ”

The monk just shook his head, "There are all kinds of speculations, but we still have to wait for the government to send someone to see before we can reach a conclusion." ”

It wasn't until Bai Ling followed the guiding monk to the temple gate of Donglin Temple that she really realized how serious the fire was last night.

The fire burned down nearly half of the temple in Donglin Temple, and the glorious Daxiong Treasure Hall in the past has been smoked into a gray black by last night's fire, and many monks come and go to carry the materials that were burned last night.

Bai Ling and Bai Yi walked through the courtyard in front of the hall covered with ashes, and the strong smell of scorched earth still filled the air.

The two walked up the stairs, and there were more than a dozen monks in robes chanting sutras in the main hall. There was a sense of religious sacredness in the ethereal voice with a somewhat peaceful voice.

In the hall that was full of disarray after the flames, the golden Buddha statue was unharmed at all, and the golden Buddha with a height of nearly ten meters overlooked all living beings, and the Buddha's face was not sad or joyful, which made Bai Ling feel trembling for a moment.

"Miracles, miracles." The two eunuchs who came with Bai Ling couldn't help but bend down and bow reverently to the Buddha statue, "The Buddha has appeared!" ”

Apparitions?

Bai Ling frowned slightly, she looked at the golden Buddha in front of her, the morning sun poured down through the sloping fence of the roof, illuminating the Buddha statue is brilliant and golden.

The color contrasts with the blackened temple, and it is impossible to see.

The monk who had come to guide the way before only appeared again at this time, and behind him, followed by a kind white monk, judging from his age and style, he should be Master Xuyun, the abbot of Donglin Temple.

Several people bowed to each other, exchanged a few words of greeting, Bai Ling sincerely said a few words of comfort, and brought a message from the concubine who hoped to make a modest contribution to the reconstruction of Donglin Temple, Xuyun thanked him with gratitude, and invited Bai Ling and Bai Yi to go to the Zen room tea room behind the main hall to talk.

Xuyun and the guiding monk walked in front, and Bai Ling and Bai Yi followed behind them four or five paces apart. Bai Ling leaned towards Bai Yi slightly, "Eh"

Bai Yi looked sideways.

Bai Ling frowned, "Why is the Buddha statue okay?" ”

"Don't you understand?"

"I don't understand." Bai Ling replied, "It's quite shocking to suddenly see a golden Buddha in a pile of ruins. ”

Bai Yi shook his head and leaned over quietly, "There is an old saying that real gold is not afraid of fire, because the ignition point of wood is generally 229 degrees, and the melting point of gold is 164 degrees. ”

Saying that, Bai Yi lowered his voice a little more, "In fact, this also shows from the side that the Buddha statues in Donglin Temple are not adulterated, and they are all real gold, which is really wealthy." ”

Bai Ling was stunned for a moment.

At this moment, the faint atmosphere of piety disappeared.

"Don't you feel less shocked now?" Bai Yi asked.

Bai Ling nodded, and then shook her head again, still a little surprised, after all, Bai Yi's words shattered all her divine sense just now.

Bai Yi smiled in a low voice, "When you enter my science gate, all cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods are paper tigers." What past and present lives, the six realms of reincarnation, do not exist. ”

Bai Ling glanced at him, "If these natural forces don't exist, how can we be here?" ”

"Good question," Bai Yi looked ahead and sighed in a low voice, "Actually, I've thought about this question countless times. ”

Bai Ling looked at him.

"To explain, there are actually many explanations. It's not impossible to make up for science, anyway, if you don't decide quantum mechanics, your brain is not enough for parallel universes. And I admit that among all the possibilities, there is indeed a probability of losing it, that is, there is really a god in the world, who sits in the sky and watches the play on earth, and thinks that neither of us is miserable enough, so he fishes us out of that world and throws us to this place."

Bai Yi's movements exaggeratedly learned a salvage action, but it looked more like a clumsy gorilla, and Bai Ling couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

The two walked through the stone corridor that had been licked by tongues of fire, and the cold wind blew, bringing up a little ash at their feet.

"But it doesn't matter, whether I believe in God or not has nothing to do with whether there is a god in this world or not." Bai Yi said softly, his hands folded behind his head, and returned to normal, "Even if one day there really exists such a boring god in this world, Buddha, the only true god has nothing to do with me." A staunch atheist is who he is because he chose atheism, not because he could not find God in this world, so he reluctantly turned to atheism. ”

As Bai Yi said this, Bai Ling noticed that he raised his chin slightly, with an undisguised ease and pride on his face.

"Who said that?" Bai Ling asked.

"Which one?"

"A staunch atheist."

"Aha." Bai Yi waved his hand, "What I said myself, is it quite reasonable?" ”

Bai Ling looked sideways, although with a slight smile, but did not answer.

Actually, it's quite a middle two.

Several people entered the tea room together, and the two fathers-in-law and the guards stood outside the door and waited.

With the teahouse as the demarcation point, the fire did not continue to spread eastward, and the layout here was hardly affected. The display in the tea room is very plain, but it faintly reveals a certain sense of preciousness.

From the Zen-like glass cup on the table to the Buddhist painting carpet that covers the entire floor, Bai Ling can imagine what kind of guests the tea room here receives on weekdays.

Master Xuyun was about to take his seat, and a small novice suddenly ran in outside, and whispered a few words in Xuyun's ear in a little panic, Xuyun frowned a little strangely after hearing this, and said to Bai Ling, "The two donors are here for a while, there is something urgent in the temple, and the old man wants to go and see it first." ”

"Master, please go." Bai Ling and Bai Yi said at the same time.

The tearoom was empty again, and from time to time a well-dressed monk came in to fill the two of them with water, and in the steaming heat of the cups, the two of them heard a few mournful birdsong outside the window.

There was no one around, Bai Yi put down the cup in his hand, "What do you want to do when you let me go up the mountain with you this time?" ”。