Chapter 42: Fighting Methods
Seeing Huo Yuanzhen standing up, many people next to him shouted.
"It's the abbot of Shaolin!".
"Yes, really, I didn't expect someone who could really communicate with the Buddha to come."
"Abbot, we will also go to see it next time there is a miracle."
When the people below saw Yijie, they actually had the feeling that those fans in later generations saw the stars, and the cheers came and went, and the scene seemed a little chaotic for a while.
Li Xuan didn't expect this ring to be so popular, but this didn't match the effect he wanted to achieve.
Hurriedly said loudly: "Yijie, you ignore your identity as a monk, falsely claim miracles, and bewitch the people, you are guilty!"
"The poor monk has a clear conscience, what is the crime?".
"You still dare to quibble, your Shaolin Temple is clearly a small broken temple, your master Xuan Ming is dead, you are almost unable to eat, you became the abbot, you completely disregarded the face of Buddhism, and began to tell people to earn incense money, what is the difference between this behavior and those street performers, it is really embarrassing and conspicuous!".
Huo Yuanzhen sneered: "Monks are also human beings, and they also have to live, besides, poor monks don't think it's a shameful thing to tell stories, as long as they make money by their own skills, it's all glorious, Master Li Xuan said that I am as ashamed as a street artist, so to speak, all kinds of craftsmen in the world are very ashamed, and poor monks have never felt so."
After Huo Yuanzhen finished speaking, there were many people next to him who were dissatisfied with Li Xuan.
Coming here, they are all ordinary people, except for those who farm, fish and cut firewood, those who make a living on the streets every day also account for a considerable part.
Immediately, someone questioned Li Xuan.
"Master Li Xuan, I'm just a street performer, others give money if I act well, and I should laugh if I don't act well, why am you and I ashamed?"
"The old man is a storyteller, and I have listened to the abbot many times, why don't I feel ashamed?"
"We have our own craft, people are willing to give money, if this is a shame, then you Fawang Temple people go out every day to make fate, regardless of others to eat, is it even more embarrassing!"
Li Xuan was originally saying that Huo Yuanzhen disregarded his identity as a monk, but he didn't expect to be led by Huo Yuanzhen's troubles, which attracted a crusade, and the crowd was instantly excited.
Li Xuan hurriedly said: "Yijie, don't deliberately provoke, even if you say that you have the ability to write, but you still go out to borrow, as far as Lao Wei knows, you not only borrowed thousands of taels in Luye Qianzhuang, but also went to the Qianzhuang in Dengfeng County to borrow 50,000 taels of silver for the construction of your Shaolin Temple, and then deliberately said that the built Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda was a miracle, attracting many people to spend money to invite the Buddha in it, such an act of collecting money, and those profiteers,."
Speaking of this, Li Xuan suddenly realized that he had almost made another mistake, and if he continued, he was afraid that he would attract attacks from the merchants.
Hurriedly changed his words: "This kind of practice of valuing worldly gold and silver is simply insulting to Buddhism!"
Huo Yuanzhen laughed: "Master Li Xuan, you are really confused, although money is something outside the body, but it is also a necessity of life, I built it in Shaolin, it is a loan, it is true, and it is true that the Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda collects silver taels, but what about this?" Ten thousand pagoda collection is to collect, incense money is also collected, are to think that the Buddha can bless the people's health, if this is also wrong, then your Fawang Temple today's incense money is not less earned, you are willing to return the money, I will return the money of the Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda to the people, but your money may be able to return, but my Shaolin money, only afraid to return those donors, they are unwilling to ask."
As soon as Huo Yuanzhen finished speaking, there were people below.
"One ring abbot, I asked for a merit card in the Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda, one thousand taels, but your Buddha is really spiritual, these two transactions, I have earned, I also want other people in our chamber of commerce to go to you to ask for merit cards, you must not accept it, otherwise we will not leave in Shaolin Temple."
A few days ago, the boss of the merit card was also at this time, and just now I heard that Li Xuan seemed to insult the businessman again, and I was unhappy, and now I was the first to stand up and support Huo Yuanzhen.
Below, there are even people who are dissatisfied with Li Xuan who said: "I spent a lot of incense money here just now, and now I regret it, if you return the money from Fawang Temple, then I will thank you first."
The scene became more and more chaotic, and Li Xuan wanted to reprimand Huo Yuanzhen, but he never expected this result.
Seeing that things were becoming more and more unfavorable to the Fawang Temple, the Likong Dharma King finally couldn't sit still.
"Senior brother, sit down and don't say anything."
Li Xuan looked at his senior brother and said with a face full of shame: "Senior brother, this kid is sharp and toothy, and it is not easy to deal with."
"Hmph, it's not easy to deal with, I don't think so."
King Likong stood up and said to Huo Yuanzhen: "Abbot, there may be something unpleasant in the words of the old brother just now, but you are the abbot, so don't be like him."
Huo Yuanzhen called a Buddha: "It's okay, the poor monk just said that no matter what he doesn't understand, he can ask the poor monk for advice, presumably he has been taught now."
Li Xuan was ridiculed by Huo Yuanzhen again, and his face turned red and white with anger, but he didn't dare to stand up and put it right with Huo Yuanzhen again.
Li Kong did not continue to dwell on this issue, which could only make Li Xuan more embarrassed, but said: "Among my Buddhism, the temple has an abbot, an abbot, almost every temple has an abbot, but not every temple has an abbot, there is no other reason, anyone who can serve as an abbot must be highly respected, proficient in Buddhism, and a profound monk, only in this way can he win the trust of people, on the contrary, he will only try to make people laugh and insult Buddhism, I don't know what the abbot thinks the poor monk says?"
In his opinion, Huo Yuanzhen is young, and the level of Buddhism theory is definitely inferior to his own, as long as Huo Yuanzhen is defeated from this aspect, then he will naturally be able to sweep the floor majestically, and Shaolin will sweep the ground majestically, and his Fawang Temple will definitely rise.
Over there, Huo Yuanzhen nodded: "What the abbot of Likong said is true, the abbot must be a monk who is proficient in Buddhism, but this matter has nothing to do with age, the one who reaches it comes first, the ambition is not in the old age, and the ambition is empty to live a hundred years old."
"Well said!".
Hearing that Huo Yuanzhen meant something against himself, King Likong's face turned cold: "In this case, the poor monk has something that I don't know how to understand, please give advice to the abbot."
"Abbot of the Bearish, please speak."
King Likong coughed: "It is said that there is a person who went to the temple to worship the Buddha, worshipping Guanyin Bodhisattva, after worshipping, I found that there was also a person worshipping next to him, and this person looked exactly the same as the Guanyin Bodhisattva enshrined above, so this person asked curiously, are you Guanyin Bodhisattva?"
The man replied, "Yes, I am Guanyin Bodhisattva, so this person who worships the Buddha is very strange, why does Guanyin Bodhisattva worship himself?"
After King Likong finished speaking, he smiled and said nothing, and the people next to him were also confused, why should he worship himself?
Seeing that no one guessed, King Likong looked at Huo Yuanzhen with a smile, thinking that you are not ugly this time.
Unexpectedly, Huo Yuanzhen said: "This story illustrates a problem, it is important to seek Buddha, but don't pin all your spiritual destiny on the Buddha, the Buddha will not bless himself not to work hard, all by the destiny of the people, the most fundamental thing for people is to rely on themselves, even the Bodhisattva is like this, the Bodhisattva's move is to warn the world, it is better to seek others than to seek yourself."
"The abbot of the first ring said what he said, wow!".
The people below all understood, felt reasonable, and applauded in unison.
Seeing that he couldn't stump Huo Yuanzhen, Li Kong's face was a little unbearable, and he continued: "A warrior came to a monk's room, holding a live fish in his hand, and said to this monk, do you say that the fish in my hand is dead or alive?
After the question of the King of Likong, the people next to him pondered for a long time, thinking that there was a problem in this, and if the answer was dead. Then the samurai will let go of the fish, the fish is originally alive, and if the answer is alive, the samurai will secretly pinch the fish to death, so no matter how you answer, I am afraid that you will lose.
However, Huo Yuanzhen replied without hesitation: "I guess it's dead."
King Likong laughed: "Stupid, you guess it's dead, as soon as the samurai lets go, the fish falls, it's still alive, you lose."
Huo Yuanzhen also smiled: "Yes, I lost, but I saved the fish."
The people next to him were stunned, and after a while, people were full of admiration and said in unison: "Abbot is merciful!"
Of course, this abbot refers to Huo Yuanzhen, not the old monk who is bearish.
At this time, in the eyes of everyone, the disadvantages of continuous questioning and difficulty are simply incomparable with Huo Yuanzhen.
Guan Shanyue next to her folded her hands, secretly glad that she had chosen to join Shaolin.
The King of Likong, who had lost continuously, was a little annoyed and angry, and even rolled up his sleeves and said again: "You don't have to be clever here, you spread rumors that there are miracles, and the poor monks and others have not seen it, so they will not believe it."
Huo Yuanzhen glanced at King Likong and said, "Abbot Likong, you didn't see it, so you don't believe it, okay, this abbot asks you, I have a stone in my hand, do you believe it?"
Likong glared at Huo Yuanzhen: "I didn't see it, how do I know?"
Huo Yuanzhen opened his hand, and there was a small pebble in his palm.
"Abbot of Likong, what you don't see, doesn't it exist?".
Li Kong was stunned and speechless.
"Good!".
The crowd once again burst into earth-shattering applause, this one-ring abbot said well, you dare to deny it casually if you don't see it, you deserve to be humiliated by others.
ps,First of all, thank you for the 50,000 floating red of the largest donor of the 55th Five-Year Planner.,The head is mighty.,The chapter will be gradually made up in the next few days.,For details, please see the abbot's IOU.。
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