Chapter 4: Power Changes Lives

The idiot monk hugged the tree and laughed, and Ren Qiuling rushed over to fight - she was angry, and she was really not afraid of heaven and earth.

The idiot monk stopped laughing, waved his hand and said, "Don't fight, don't fight, I realized!" ”

Ren Qiuling was stunned for a moment and said, "What have you realized?" ”

The idiot monk said with a serious face: "It is not cause and effect that determines fate, nor is it character that determines fate, the fate of my life is originally determined by power!" ”

Ren Qiuling only felt that the idiot's thoughts were really incomprehensible, and she shouted suspiciously: "Ah? ”

Hui Idiot snapped his fingers and said, "You see, Master raised me to adulthood, and He has the power to decide whether I want to study Buddhism or Confucian classics, and this is already changing my life; I tried to win the championship in my township, and I was supposed to be an official, but with a word from the master, I was ordained a monk, and this is also the power that changed my life? My father-in-law, Governor Lin, appreciated my article, took his own soldiers up the mountain to rescue me, and restored my reputation as a Xiucai, which is also trying to use power to change my life? As a result, Master and Brother broke into the cave room late at night, tied me up the mountain, and caused my wife to commit suicide -- the same power that changed my life. ”

Ren Qiuling felt that what Hui was thinking was really wrong, but the experience of other people's lives was like this, and she couldn't find the words to refute it.

Hui Idiot put away a smile and sighed: "Some people are just able to decide the fate of others, this is the reality. And those whose fate is decided by others are usually very miserable, which is also a reality. Even as a monk, I can't escape the constraints of power. If I want to control my own destiny, I only have power in my own hands, and I don't let others decide my fate, I want to decide the fate of others! ”

Ren Qiuling's eyes widened, and she said bluntly: "Oh, you stupid monk suddenly want to be an official?" You obviously want to be crooked, and things are obviously not what you think. If you read too many books and read your brain stupidly, you like to drill the horns. Let me tell you, as long as you do good deeds, you will be very happy, why think about what power is not power? ”

On the side, Li Mingbo nodded silently, thinking that what the idiot monk said was right. He still retains his status as a teacher, he knows that he teaches well, and that he is only competent in the annual evaluation, and if he has a small position in the school, he will be excellent every year - isn't this an example of power changing lives?

The idiot monk listened to Ren Qiuling's words, only smiled but did not speak, and took the lead to walk towards the mountain again.

I saw Fangcun Temple from a distance, but the monk hesitated. At the beginning, he left Fangcun Temple with the infamy of stealing Master's body, and when he went back today, he didn't know if people would accept him?

Ren Qiuling guessed what was on his mind and said, "Look, it's still character that determines life, right?" You just have a soft temper, you stole the body of Master Zhiguo, you are a teacher to become a Buddha, and you haven't done anything bad, what are you afraid of? ”

Hui Idiot smiled and said, "Thank you for your advice, obviously there is no self, what are you afraid of?" That being said, his pace was much slower.

At this time, a burst of warm applause suddenly came from the Fangcun Temple. Fangcun Temple has been full of tragic things in recent days, first Master Zhiguo passed away, and then Hui Wei monk died tragically, it should be a sad time, how could there be applause? The three of them couldn't figure it out, but fortunately, the Fangcun Temple was in disrepair, and the temple had already broken a "V" shaped gap.

I saw that about 20 monks in the temple were all sitting on the ground, and there was an offering table on the steps in front of the Buddha hall, and a leather shoe box was placed on the table, and a piece of red paper was pasted on the box, and there were three words in the big book on the red paper: "ballot box". Monk Hui Wei stood behind the ballot box and said with a smile: "I think Senior Brother Hui Slow's policy program sounds very beautiful, ah, abide by the master's will, focus on pure cultivation, and do not change a single grass or tree in the temple." These words can only deceive a three-year-old child! Times are advancing, and the old ways no longer work. If we don't keep pace with the times, we will be eliminated by the times. ”

The temple was dominated by young monks, all of whom nodded their heads.

Seeing the reaction of the monks, Monk Hui was secretly proud, and said, "Master Qingxiu, that's good." But hundreds of years ago, we were almost the same school as Zhishouguan. But today, we are prosperous and prosperous, and we are in decline. What we need to do now is to learn from the advanced experience of Zhishouguan, open the door of the temple, and receive more believers and pilgrims, so that the economy of the temple will be much better, and everyone will be able to benefit from it. ”

Hui slowly shook his head silently, but the young monks were all moved, they had been cultivating for hundreds of years, and there were not a few drops of oil and water in their intestines, and they really wanted to change it. Some people took the lead in applauding, and then everyone applauded.

Hui Su didn't say more, raised his hand and made a final summary, "If I become the abbot of Fangcun Temple, I will definitely make everyone's life better." Young friends, it is no different to me who is the abbot of Brother Hui Slow, but the difference is too great for you. The future of Fangcun Temple is in your hands, and your future is also in your hands, so carefully cast your sacred vote! ”

The young monks were encouraged and applauded enthusiastically again.

The idiot monk jumped into the temple "Teng", his body was fat, and there was not only a sound when he landed, but also the ground shook. Everyone in the temple was silent, and they looked back at Hui Idiot.

The idiot walked through the crowd to the offering table with the ballot box in front of the Buddha hall.

Hui Su was taken aback when he saw that Hui Idiot was back, his eyes rolled, and he immediately laughed and said, "The third senior brother is back?" Of course, you have the right to vote and the right to be elected, and you will have to vote for a while. "Give a look to your disciple, and immediately a disciple will send the ballot to Hui Idiot.

Hui Idiot looked down and saw that the names of Hui Slow and Hui Su were written on the ballot paper, and there was a box behind the name, and it was written below: "Draw a tick behind the name of the master and uncle who you support the election of the abbot, and cross the back of the name of the master and uncle who you oppose the election of the abbot, and it is not worth it to abstain." ”

The idiot didn't take the ballot and walked directly behind the offering table.

Hui suspiciously saw that something was wrong with the situation, took a step back and prepared to escape, but he was unwilling to give up the election, and said: "It turns out that Senior Brother Hui also wants to be the abbot, of course Senior Brother is also qualified." Can you tell us about your policy agenda? ”

The idiot just came out of the cell, what is the policy agenda? I was stunned for a moment.

Ren Qiuling stood outside the courtyard wall and was secretly anxious, raising her hand and calling softly: "Come on!" ”

Lee Myung-bak prefers Hui to be the abbot, and thinks that the monk is easier to control, for fear that Hui will make trouble, so he will look at Hui and let him down.

Hui Idiot looked at the sky above right, and when he thought about it, he didn't react to Ren Qiuling and Lee Myung-bak's movements at all.

The monks in the audience exchanged their heads and ears.

"Alas! If Master Hui is still here, this abbot should be in charge of it, where is the purpose of the election? Now that his bones are ignored, it is chilling to think about. ”

"I think it's more likely that Master Hui will be elected, but he invited everyone to eat tofu-stuffed buns." This monk is a disciple of Hui Su, and the mention of Master's tofu stuffed buns in the conversation is to let everyone remember Master's good.

"Whew! Hui is suspicious of bad intentions, and uses tofu-stuffed buns to pull votes! I ate his buns and didn't choose him! However, I am not optimistic about Uncle Hui, he doesn't seem to have done any preparations, isn't it humiliating to come to the election? "This person is a disciple of Hui Slow, who secretly belittles Hui Fool and Suspicion, and adds points to his master.

Hui suspiciously looked at Hui Dementia, and sure enough, he didn't prepare, his confidence increased greatly, and he reminded again: "Senior brother, announce your policy program, right?" ”

Hui Idiot retracted his gaze, picked up the ballot box and smashed it to the ground, stomped a few feet hard, and stepped on the shoe box into a piece of cardboard, and then he said: "My policy program is: I will be the abbot of Fangcun Temple, and I will fight if I am not convinced!" Stretching out his fat right hand, he shook it at the monks in the temple.

Those monks knew that Hui was supernatural, and they all leaned back as his fist pointed out.

The idiot opened his right hand, and a ball of flame poured out of his palm, condensing into a fireball about a foot above the palm, its color was dark red, not like the flames of the world. It turns out that this fire is a clumsy fire of Buddhism, and it is extremely powerful.

Hui Idiot turned his right hand upside down and pressed the clumsy fire on the offering table, and the offering table instantly burned, with a continuous "crackling" sound.

The idiot stomped on the solid wood offering table with one foot, and walked among the monks on the flames. Those monks wanted to flee one after another, just because they had been cross-kneeling for a long time, their feet were numb, they couldn't struggle, and they fell to the ground, rolling around like a gourd dried by a farmer, which was also beautiful.

Under the pomegranate tree in the courtyard hangs a small blackboard for children, probably bought specifically for this election. A monk holding a chalk to count the votes when he saw the idiot coming at him, he was so frightened that he didn't know how to move. Hui Idiot grabbed the monk's shirt and said loudly, "You come and announce the results of the vote!" ”

As soon as the monk looked at the empty blackboard, the idiot shook his fist in front of his face. The monk shouted: "Master Hui was unanimously elected, and everyone else had zero votes!" ”

Seeing that the situation was not good, Hui ran away quietly; Hui Slow also ran away with the support of several personal disciples.

The idiot loosened the collar of the counting monk and laughed out loud.

Ren Qiuling also felt funny, and said to Hui Idiot: "What is your policy program? ”

Hui Idiot scratched his bald head, and couldn't remember what his policy program was. Ren Qiuling learned the tone of the idiot: "If you are not convinced, come and fight!" "The idiot can't help but laugh.

Although Li Mingbo felt that Hui Zhi might not be as good as Hui Zhi to control, but at the moment, only to please Hui Zhi was the best policy, and said: "Congratulations to the senior brother for being the abbot of the Shangcun Temple, and some worldly procedures will be left to the junior brother to do." For example, the registration on the side of the Civil and Religious Affairs Bureau, and the change of property rights on the side of the Land Bureau. He casually mentioned two places, in fact, how could a change in the position of an abbot only involve two departments?

At this time, a few bold disciples stepped forward to congratulate Hui Idiot, and they all said, "See the abbot!" The idiot waved his hand to signal them to be calm, and turned their heads to the sky to think.

"Senior Brother Li!" The idiot suddenly screamed.

For a long time, the idiot has been lukewarm to Lee Myung-bak, and only calls him a senior brother. This call made Lee Myung-bak's heart hot, and he secretly thought: "He still recognizes me!" He said, "Third Senior Brother, please give me something to command!" ”

Hui Idiot told the disciples to wait for a while, then jumped out of the monastery by himself, and said to the two, "You come with me!" He led the two of them to the mountain behind the temple.

Ren Qiuling complained bitterly: "Huh? Climbing a mountain again? But knowing that Hui Idiot suddenly made such a move, there must be a deep meaning, so he could only crawl along. Anyone who often walks the mountain road knows that "one mountain is higher than another", and if you climb to the top of this mountain, you will suddenly find that you have come to the foot of another mountain. Such a sight is unknown to those who live in the plains.

There is a mountain peak behind the Fangcun Temple, standing behind the temple to see that it is not very high, only more than 300 meters. But the scenery on the mountain is beautiful, and the strange rocks are uneven. It turns out that this mountain peak is a strange scene on Huer Mountain, known as Qianxiu Peak, the rock on the mountain is mainly limestone, after millions of years of wind and rain erosion, it turns into thousands of strange-shaped stone pillars, which is very much like the scenery of the stone forest.

Hui Idiot took Li Mingbo and Ren Qiuling to the west side of Qianxiu Peak, where there is a large stone protruding from the mountain on the cliff, which is shaped like a sword inserted into the mountain, and is known as the abandoned sword stone. The abandoned sword stone is facing the abyss, and the blue sky is connected above, and the momentum is extraordinary.

The idiot strode onto the abandoned sword stone, facing the western sky, with his back to Lee Myung-bak and Ren Qiuling, motionless.

Lee Myung-bak was nervous, not knowing what would happen next.

Ren Qiuling saw that the surrounding environment was quiet, and guessed that Hui Idiot had some important things to tell Li Mingbo, and it might not be convenient for the monks in the temple to know, so she chose such a dangerous place.