"If there is a campaign to exterminate the Buddha, I, Xiao Sigou, will be the first to participate and smash all the Bodhisattvas in this Buddha hall!" Xiao Sigou shouted.

The tree wanted to be quiet but the wind did not stop, and the master of the sky continued to beat the wooden fish, pretending not to hear.

"Master Sky, you come out for me. Otherwise, today's ten incense money, Lao Tzu will not donate! Xiao Sigou continued to shout.

Master Changkong still didn't look back, pretending to be too lazy to take care of Xiao Sigou, but he still couldn't help but glance at Xiao Sigou, it was really a monk chanting scriptures without intention.

“…… The old man is embarrassed to speak, although he is not a gentleman, he can't break the rules set by the grandfather. Master Sky pondered.

In his heart, he still hoped that Xiao Sigou would donate money before leaving, after all, Xiao Sigou was a frequent visitor to the temple. In the past, when Xiao Sigou was poor, he used firewood to collect firewood for hygiene, and he also had to send a few loads of firewood as incense money, who believed in Buddhism, although Xiao Sigou's words were very harsh just now.

Xiao Shatuo heard that Xiao Sigou wanted to donate ten guan, so he hurriedly ran to Master Changkong and said, "Master, for the sake of money, let's make an exception and let the female benefactor enter the Buddha Hall, right?"

"No exceptions." The Sky Master knocked on the wooden fish and continued to pretend.

"Master......" the little novice muttered, "we have been drinking porridge in the temple for several days. ”

"Even if you drink the northwest wind and starve to death, you can't let that pregnant woman in, understand?" The sky is still holding on.

"Master, the two donors outside the door are our food and clothing parents, in front of good men and women, we are nothing, ten times is not a small number." Little Shami persuaded Master Sky to change his mind as soon as possible.

"If you say no, you just can't." Changkong closed his eyes and recited the "Diamond Sutra" again.

At this time, a monk in his forties ran over from outside, whispered a few words in the ear of the master of the sky, and the master of the sky changed color and put down the hammer in his hand: "The old man knows, you can go." ”

"Yes, senior brother." The monk immediately left......

Xiao Shatuo at the door sent off the guests again: "Donor, please go back." ”

"No, I'm a little hungry now. Little Master, when is the meal at the temple? Xiao Sigou simply sat on the threshold and set up one foot.

"Donor, we only eat twice a day in our temple, and we only had breakfast half an hour ago......," replied the young novice.

"Wouldn't it? Two meals a day? Xiao Sigou looked at the little novice, his face was yellow and thin, he patted him on the belly, took out the usual copper coin, and shook it, "Little Master, do you know how much rice you can buy?" ”

"Let me think about it...... Five dollars for one bucket, ten dollars for two buckets...... A thousand texts is two hundred buckets...... Oops, I'm a god! Xiao Shatuo patted his head, "I have always had enough money for us to eat for ten days and half a month, and I have to talk to the master and go." ”

"Forget it, I suddenly don't want to donate money." Xiao Sigou deliberately sold off.

Li Niang knows Xiao Sigou's virtue very well, once she recognizes a crooked reason, she will not give in easily, but Master Changkong is a member of Buddhism, and he does not let pregnant women in, he has his own reasons, and he does not mean to make things difficult.

"If you come, you will be safe. Four dogs, you just go in and worship incense alone. Li Niang tugged at Xiao Sigou's sleeve and told him not to be reckless.

Xiao Sigou took off the straw hat on his head, stood outside the threshold, and scolded inside the Buddhist hall: "There is no equality in front of the Buddha, say one thing, do another." What kind of incense do you still worship? Let's go home—"

"Wait—" Master Sky finally appeared in the doorway with his Zen staff.

"Master, what are you still doing here, I'm going home." Xiao Sigou stood up, patted the dust on his clothes, carried the money bag, and took Liniang's hand to leave.

At this time, the number of people who came to worship the incense gradually increased, and the threshold of the temple could not stand. However, these pilgrims are all poor people, most of them only donate two or three coppers, ten cents is already a large amount, and some donate grain. The incense in the temple is booming again, and pregnant women are not allowed to enter.

"Donor, be merciful. If you look at the incense of our Dragon Temple this time, that's it, compared to the ten years of the great cause, it is less than two or three out of ten. "Master Sky chased after him.

Yes, when the great cause was ten years, Huilong Temple almost every day there were pilgrims to worship incense, Xiao Sigou's firewood almost every day to send two to three loads of firewood back and forth to the Dragon Temple for rice, and now the temple is deserted, because of the war for many years, people's lives have been greatly affected, and there is no more material and money in their hands to contribute to the temple. Xiao Milling has occupied Shaozhou for several years, and it has only slightly improved.

"Master, do you still know me?" Li Niang took off the hat and black scarf.

"Female benefactor, the old man and you have never met, you have recognized the wrong person." The moment Master Changkong saw Li Niang, he was a little uneasy, and then calmed down again.

"Pei Yuanwai ......," Li Niang said.

Master Changkong interrupted Li Niang's words, and raised one palm: "Amitabha." Female donor, there are many people in front of this Buddha hall, so take a step to speak, please. ”

"Please, Master—" Li Niang put on her hat again.

Master Changkong trembled and walked to a Bodhi tree, meditated on the spot, and after sitting down, he said: "There is a time when fate gathers and fate disperses, but I didn't expect Lao Qu to meet Miss Zhang here. ”

"Master Pei......" Liniang whispered.

"Miss Zhang, the old man has been a monk for many years, his legal name is long, he is not surnamed Pei, he is guilty of sins." Master Sky was so flustered that he couldn't do it.

"Last year, the little woman hurriedly saw the master in the Lingshan Fansha, when the master said that if King Liang did not change his life against the sky, the rabbit tail of Liang would not grow, why?" Li Niang asked.

"This is a heavenly opportunity, and it must not be divulged." The master of the sky is mysterious.

Xiao Sigou also understood that King Liang was that Xiao Mill, he didn't want Xiao Mill to fall so quickly, Xiao Milling is here, this Shaozhou is safe, and Wu Yu is also safe, the master suddenly said that the rabbit's tail can't grow, it's not a good sign, but a big surprise: "Is there a way to resolve it?" ”

Master Changkong hung the Buddha beads in his palm, and his fingers played with the Buddha beads, and he said after a while: "Liang Guo has missed the opportunity, there is no way to save it, it's too late, it's too late." ”

"Master, if I can change the fortune of Liang Guo, I am willing to donate a hundred times." Li Niang was in a hurry.

"It's not about the money." The Sky Master shook his head helplessly.

"What's that?" Li Niang asked.

"Lao Gao's cultivation is not enough, if he can, Lao Gao doesn't want a copper, and he has to change his life for the emperor." Master Sky sighed. Then he took out a mirror from his long sleeves, and Gangneung City immediately appeared in the mirror, with busy traffic, people coming and going, and a prosperous scene.

Master Changkong said slowly, the city in the mirror is the capital of Liang State, the surface is calm, but the actual undercurrent is surging, and the generals stationed in the surrounding cities are all ghosts, so Jiangling is in danger. The emperor abandoned his line and ignored it, but wanted to go back to Jiangling to repair the ancestral temple. Where Xiao Qi, Xiao Liang, and Xiliang built their capitals in Jiangling, which one of them has enjoyed the country for a hundred years, and the dragon spirit has been exhausted, and there is no defeat?

Li Niang has never been to Jiangling, but now she sees it in the mirror, she really wants to see how Xiao Lang is doing in Jiangling, so she hurriedly shook the mirror vigorously: "Master, can you zoom in and see the palace?" ”

"Concubine Li, this is the only way to go, if I see the emperor, I will vomit blood and die." Master Sky replied.

"Please, let me see what's going on in the palace." Li Niang said.

"The old mana is not enough, please atone for your sins." The Sky Master prostrates on the ground.

"Ah, Master. My daughter-in-law asked you to cast a spell, and you can cast a spell. Xiao Sigou threw the money bag on the ground, "Is it enough?" ”

"Again, it's not about money." Master Changkong replied, "Master Xiao, you and I have known each other for many years, what kind of skills does the old man have, you still don't know?" ”

"Master, get up and speak the law." Li Niang went up and helped up the Sky Master.

"Xie Niangniang." The master was bleeding from the corners of his mouth by this time. It seems that the mana is really not enough. Master Changkong is actually the master Pei Yuanwai when Li Niang was a girl, and somehow he went to the Dragon Temple to be the abbot.

In this case, Li Niang didn't want to ask carefully, she thought about it, picked up the money bag on the ground, and stuffed it into the master's hand: "It's hard to be a master, we only have one purpose for today." ”

Master Changkong put down the money bag and put away the bronze mirror: "It's okay to say it-"

"We're here to change our name." Xiao Sigou answered first.

"Then donor, please go inside the Buddha Hall." Master Sky wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

So, Xiao Sigou followed Master Changkong to the Buddha Hall, while Li Niang waited under the Bodhi tree, and pregnant women could not go to the Buddha Hall to worship incense.

Twenty minutes later, Xiao Sigou came back, smiling, as if the smile on his face was almost shaking off.

"Four dogs, the copper coins have been donated, and they are still so happy, why?" Li Niang took Xiao Sigou's hand and arrived unconsciously

"Guess what."

"Well, I can't guess."

"Tell you, Master Changkong changed my name to a very auspicious name, Xiao Bawen!"

"Four flat and eight stable, flat and steady, steady and winning. Eighth master, this name is good. A porter chimed in.

"No, a master is a master." Xiao Sigou smiled and casually rewarded the porter with a hundred wen.

"Four dogs, you are the fourth in the family, why did you suddenly become the eighth master?" Li Niang couldn't turn the corner for a while.

"Eighth Master, I am the eighth in the family, and the master and I coincide. Monks too! Xiao Sigou shook his head, "Remember, daughter-in-law, you have to call me Bawen or Ba Ye in the future." ”

"I don't, I'm used to calling the four dogs, I can't change it. Four dogs—" Li Niang shouted deliberately.

"The four dogs are not here, there is only Xiao Bawen here, Xiao Shopkeeper." Xiao Sigou laughed at himself, and since then Xiao Sigou has a very domineering name, the eighth master Xiao Bawen.

Strange to say, after that, Xiao Bawen's leather goods business became bigger and bigger, and he also went to Chang'an and Luoyang in the north, and had a lot of business dealings with Li Yuan's Tang Dynasty, Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande and other anti-kings.