Chapter 128: The Magical Smoke

But he said that Xuan Ce was full of energy, shaking his head, and one mouth was a large set of irrelevant official words and nonsense, which really made Xuantan, who was standing aside and full of expectations, very angry......

"Xuan Ce, you don't have to be verbose, quickly tell the specific details you know!" Xuan Tan shouted with a dark face.

"Yes, Lord Xuantan, this is the villain...... Hey, no, there's something important that the villain forgot......" Xuan Ce said and patted his head with remorse, turned sideways, and knelt down in front of Xuantan, "Lord Xuantan is on top, little monk...... The grass people are polite......"

"Pretending to be crazy and stupid, grandstanding, you get up for me!" Xuantan saw this, and immediately became angry.

"Get up, I'll get up now......" Xuan Ce stood up with an innocent face, and turned to shout at the monks, "Everyone...... The old and young masters who were frozen together under the eaves, I, Xuan Ce, saw with my own eyes last night that the abbot's precious apprentice Jin Shan burned the wooden Buddha! Although he burned the wooden Buddha to keep me warm, and although the cold on my body was also removed, I was not grateful to Jin Shan! Why? Because he violated the temple rules! Because the wooden Buddha he burned had a great history! You may not know that this wooden Buddha was bought by Lord Xuantan out of his own pocket...... Lord Xuantan told me to do my best to make the wooden Buddha old. The one asked, what's the use of being old? Lord Xuantan said, the old wooden Buddha can be pretended to be an ancient Buddha, and when it is sold with one hand, it will be ten thousand taels of gold! Lord Xuantan has a good way of management, that is really a business wizard, I really admire it......

"You admire a fart, come on, drag this crazy Xuan Ce down for me......" Xuantan couldn't bear it, and jumped like thunder, so frightened that the two little monks hurriedly set up the chattering Xuan Ce, and went to the ground.

When the monks saw this, they were in an uproar.

"Quiet, everyone listen to me!" Seeing that the situation was a little out of control, Xuan Tan hurriedly shouted loudly, "Everyone knows that this Xuan Ce has always been crazy, and his words have always been three points true and seven points false! But no matter how you say it, one thing can be clear, that Jinshan is indeed the culprit of burning the wooden Buddha! Speaking of this wooden Buddha, it is indeed invited to the temple by the hands of poor monks. Some time ago, a benefactor donated this ancient Buddha carved in the Han Dynasty to the temple in order to make a vow. Due to the age, the Buddha statue is dilapidated, and the poor monk wants to let Xuan Ce take care of it carefully, and then invite the ancient Buddha to the main hall to receive incense. But the poor monk never thought that Jinshan would risk the world's disapproval and burn the ancient Buddha on the grounds of heating. Based on the seriousness of this matter, the poor monk decided to directly hand over the gold mountain to the government and deal with it in accordance with the laws of the country! In addition, for those assistants who help the tiger eat, I think 'I am the Buddha is merciful', and I will deal with it lightly and according to the rules of the temple!"

At this point, Xuantan tilted his head and glanced at Xuanzang with bad intentions.

At this time, Xuanzang's brows were furrowed, his heart was in turmoil, and he wanted to excuse Wukong, but he couldn't find a proper explanation.

"Supervising the temple, is your handling too arbitrary!" Suddenly, the Vena monk in the crowd stepped forward and said, "That Jinshan is certainly at fault, but the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, I think it is better not to alarm the government, just punish him for three years according to the rules of the temple!"

"Vena's words are wrong, although the wooden Buddha is the property of this temple, it is also a historical relic of my Tang Dynasty, so it must be disposed of in accordance with national law!" Xuan Tan glared.

"The poor monk of the temple does not dare to agree!" The Liao Yuan monk behind the Vena monk replied angrily, "Even if the wooden Buddha is really as you say, what kind of national cultural relic, but the original intention of the little gold to burn the wooden Buddha is also to keep warm and save people?!"

"Heating and saving people?" Xuan Tan sneered, "Why don't you burn other things to save people for heating? Even if you are in a hurry and there is no charcoal fire, then why don't you burn the table, don't burn the stool, and just burn the wooden Buddha?!"

"Well...... Maybe...... Probably Xiao Jinzi has other considerations, you have to give him a chance to defend himself......" In the face of the aggressive Xuantan, Liao Yuan Monk was a little out of words.

"Okay! The poor monk will give him a chance to justify himself!" Seeing that he was sure of victory, Xuantan yelled at Wukong in the crowd, "Jinshan, you said it yourself, what other high-sounding excuse do you have for burning the wooden Buddha?"

"Excuse? Jin burned the wooden Buddha to keep warm just to treat Master Xuan Ce, who was suffering from the cold. As for why you have to burn the Wooden Buddha......" Speaking of this, Wukong paused slightly and sneered, "That's because Jin is curious and wants to see if this Wooden Buddha can burn relics!"

"Nonsense, can the wooden Buddha burn relics?"

"Since you can't burn relics, what is the difference between burning wooden Buddha and burning tables and stools?"

"This ...... The ......, "Hey, no one would have thought that Wukong's clever words would have opened his mouth to ask the imposing Xuantan! All the monks were also amazed when they heard Wukong's words!"

"Wonderful, Xiao Jinzi's justification is not unreasonable!" "It's not unreasonable, it's simply not without Buddhist reasoning!" After a while, the Liao Yuan monk and the Vena monk couldn't help but praise.

"What is not without Buddhist reasoning, I think it is a strong word! This golden mountain dares to burn the wooden Buddha today, tomorrow it will dare to burn the temple, and the day after tomorrow it will dare to burn Chang'an! Come on, take down this blind stream full of false reasoning and heresy and heinous nonsense!" Xuantan, who was annoyed and angry, shouted loudly, waved his big hand, and saw several young monks holding ropes and sticks rushing out of the main hall, squeezing into the crowd with great momentum, and was about to make a move on Wukong!

"Senior Brother Xuantan is angry, wait for the right and stop, the poor monk has something to say!" "At the moment before the contradiction intensified, Xuanzang turned his heart sideways and shouted, "Senior brother of the temple, Jin Zi is my apprentice, since ancient times, there is a saying that 'the son does not teach, the father's fault, the teaching is not strict, the teacher is lazy', the disciple makes mistakes, and the teacher is also responsible, since the senior brother is iron-faced and selfless, he has to severely punish the little gold, then he will be tied up with the little brother and sent to the official!"

"Senior abbot, what do you mean by this? For the sake of a bad apprentice, don't you even want your own future?" Listening to Xuanzang's words, Xuantan's heart suddenly blossomed, and his face also showed a little smugness, "Okay! The master and apprentice are deeply affectionate, since the junior brother has opened his mouth and interceded for Jinshan, then the foolish brother will make an exception and be accommodating!"

Speaking of this, Xuantan turned to the monks and shouted: "Fellow practitioners, everyone heard just now that the abbot will be punished together with Jinshan, and the poor monk can't be the master of this matter, I think I can only ask the Buddha to adjudicate!"

"Please ask the Buddha to rule?, the Buddha is sitting in the main hall, it is made of copper and iron, how can he decide?!" Vena Monk said angrily when he heard this.

"Although the Buddha is silent, the cigarette in front of his old man's seat can speak! We can immediately put incense in front of the Buddha, if the cigarette smoke does not float out of the main hall, it means that the Buddha does not care about the burning of the wooden Buddha in Jinshan! If the cigarette floats out of the main hall, it means that the Buddha has condemned the crime, then the Jinshan and the abbot will be handed over to the government to deal with!" Xuantan said viciously.

"The words of the temple are unreasonable, the cigarette is a flowing thing, how can it not float out of the main hall?!"

"Hey, Senior Brother Liaoyuan, you are rare and strange! If the Buddha blesses, any strange thing will appear!" Xuan Tan said, entered the Daxiong Treasure Hall with a sneer on his face, picked up a handful of sandalwood, lit it and inserted it in front of the Buddha.

Soon, a thick smoke spread through the hall, and it was about to drift out of the hall naturally!

At this moment, the scene was silent, and all the monks stared intently at the billowing smoke in the hall, some were anxious, some were helpless, some were angry, and some were lost......

And Qiushui in the crowd was anxious, and suddenly remembered the advice of the old nun in last night's dream! Without thinking too much, Qiushui immediately silently recited the old nun's Dharma name: Nan Wuyuan Ji Shi Tai......

As soon as Qiushui said a silent sentence, the smoke that was about to float out of the main hall circled out of thin air and drifted back to the hall in a flicker! When all the monks saw it, they couldn't help but let out an exclamation!

"Hmm? What the hell is weird? Seeing that it is about to be done, why did this damn smoke drift back again? Is it really blessed by the Buddha? No, no, that Jinshan has just burned down the Buddha statue, how can the Buddha bless him? Or what kind of magic will this Jinshan do? Hmph! Even if he can make trouble again, the poor monk will have to let him be restrained! He must let Xuanzang accompany him to play with him......" Thinking of this, Xuantan's eyes rolled, and he waved his fat robe sleeves, intending to fan the smoke out of the hall!

What happened next was beyond everyone's expectations, the thicker and thicker smoke in the hall did not float out of the hall with the shaking of the sleeves of Xuantan's robe, but surrounded Xuantan's body layer by layer, gradually wrapping him up!

"Ahh......h Save...... Help......" Suddenly, Xuantan in the thick smoke let out a scream! Immediately after, after a loud "boom", Xuantan was thrown out of the hall!

The monks hurriedly stepped forward to take a look, only to see Xuantan close his eyes, clenched his teeth, lying on the ground with his back facing the sky, his ruddy face became extremely dark, his eyebrows and beard were pulled clean, and the monk's clothes on his body were also torn into one by one......

"Amitabha, what kind of sin has you done...... Come a few people, quickly carry Senior Brother Xuantan back to the temple room......" Xuanzang looked frightened, and hurriedly beckoned a few young monks and asked them to carry Xuantan away.

An uproar ended in a thrilling way!

Xuantan of the prison temple was in a coma for three days and three nights before he woke up! But after waking up, Xuantan was no longer able to see anyone, crying and laughing, as if he was crazy!

On the contrary, Xuan Ce, who was often a little crazy, gradually regained his senses. Slowly, he was able to write a good handful of words after he couldn't read a few big characters, and he could write a good hand!

What is even more amazing is that the smoke in the hall of the Mahavira has been lingering for seven days before it dissipates! During this week, the door of the hall was always open, and several monks of good deeds took turns on duty, staring and watching day and night, with good eyes, but no one noticed that the smoke had drifted out of the hall......