Master Daoxin of Shaolin Temple, since he was in Xizhi Temple, he has lived in the meditation room and does not meet outsiders. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Because he had spoken surprisingly when he was fighting with the idle monks on the thoroughfare in Chang'an City, many powerful people sent people to visit, but no matter how he reported it outside the meditation room, Master Daoxin turned a deaf ear and refused to meet.

But Master Daoxin can hide from everyone, but he can't hide from his companions in Shaolin Temple after all, as well as the landlord and the abbot of Zhiyuan Temple. A few days later, when the abbot finally saw Daoxin again, he saw that the other party came to eat and eat, and he was in a hurry, and he seemed to be like an ordinary person, but no matter how you talked to him, he only hummed and agreed casually, but he would never answer. The abbot looked at it for a long time, and couldn't help but ask suspiciously, "Is the Taoist Master's soul completely gone?"

In fact, Daoxin's appearance, Shaolin companions have long known about it, and they have no choice but to make perfunctory words to outsiders. When even a Shaolin monk replied to the abbot of Zhiyu Temple: "My master and his soul are wandering away." ”

The abbot was startled when he heard this, and said in his heart that this is okay? What kind of miraculous power is this? But he immediately asked, I don't know when the master's soul will return? When the time comes for the debate meeting, will he be able to complete his soul? The Shaolin monk who answered the question was a good speaker, and at the moment he just pretended to smile profoundly, and said vaguely: "If you don't return, you will return, and if you don't return, you won't return." ”

More than half a month later, on the Wuchen day, it was finally time for the debate, and the Shaolin monks in the early morning rushed into the meditation room, dressed up Daoxin, and then helped him to go to the palace Dade Hall. As expected, Daoxin just looked at his nose and nose in front of the emperor, his nose and his heart, and he was silent, and he refused to make a fool of himself. Fortunately, there are still many monks and Taoists like him who are like saw-mouthed gourds, so they have not aroused the suspicion of others......

Because most of the monks who entered Beijing had been warned and coerced by Wei Yuansong, so they came with their ears alone, and no one dared to bring their mouths. Of course, there are also a few monks who are either not coerced, or they are arranged by Wei Yuansong or Zhang Bin to act, but they will not be cold.

On this several great Confucian tongue war monks, a complete victory, Emperor Yuwen Yong was overjoyed when he saw this, and he was about to announce that Confucianism was the head of the three religions, but he had not yet spoken, Otsuka Zai Yuwen Hu coughed first and stood up.

Yuwen Hu is not stupid, when he saw this situation, he immediately noticed that there was a ghost in it, but in front of everyone's eyes, he had no evidence, and it was not good to directly declare the debate invalid, so he had to claim that this debate competition was not fully prepared, and many eminent monks had not yet been able to attend the meeting, so it was not appropriate to draw a conclusion - no hurry, let's wait a year or two, and then start the debate competition after being fully prepared.

Otsuka Zai said what he said, and even Yu Wenyong didn't dare to disobey, so he had to obey his orders. A vigorous three-religion debate ended in this way, and the Shaolin monks did not dare to stay for a long time, so they left Chang'an City with Daoxin that day.

Because Daoxin instigated on the street more than half a month ago, it made a lot of fame, when leaving, many people in Chang'an looked at it and burned incense to worship, worshipping sincerely, but Daoxin just sat on the top of the chariot, and even refused to raise his eyelids, which couldn't help but make everyone disappointed......

Besides, the Shaolin monk led the ignorant Taoist letter and hurriedly returned to Shaomu Mountain, and reported the previous situation to the abbot Seng Can, who was shocked when he heard the words, and hurriedly came to see Daoxin, only to see that he looked like an ordinary person, but his eyes were godless, his eyes were scattered, and he was clearly a lost soul. The monk said that you should set him up first, and wait for me to recite the scriptures and pray to the Buddha sincerely to see if I can cure him of this strange disease.

However, the monk chanted the scriptures to the Buddha statue on the top of the Daxiong Treasure Hall for three whole days, but still found nothing, and then called a few accompanying monks to inquire about the situation in detail, and then judged and said: "If it weren't for Wei Yuansong, it must be Zhang Bin, assassinating my disciple!" But he couldn't think about it, so he had to wait quietly to see if Daoxin would wake up one day.

"This son has a Buddha fate, and he will not be stupid in the end. ”

Time is like flowing water, three years have passed in a hurry, history has entered the Tianhe seven years of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, March 18, Otsuka Zai Yuwen Hu returned to Chang'an from the same state, entered the Hanren Palace to meet the Queen Mother, Emperor Yuwen Yong took the opportunity to secretly attack, first hit the back of the head with a jade wat, and then Wei Wang Yuwen rushed out from the hidden place, and took Yuwen Hu's life with a knife. Then there was a big search in the capital, and Yuwen Hu's henchmen were all cut down, and Yuwen Yong was able to pro-government.

Immediately changed to Jiande, and then in December of the second year of Jiande, the three religions debate was held. Although the Shaolin Temple also received an edict, because there was no suitable candidate, it simply did not send people to attend the meeting. As a result, under the arrangement of Wei Yuansong and Zhang Bin, as expected, Confucianism won another big victory, and Yuwen Yong announced on the spot that the three religions were Confucianism first, Taoism was secondary, and Confucianism pitifully fell to the third place.

When the news spread, the Buddhist circles of the Northern Zhou Dynasty were in mourning, but many famous mountains and temples, including the Shaolin Temple, did not take it very seriously - anyway, they had their own fertile land, and they did not need the help of the imperial court, and they also had their own stable base of believers, and they did not expect to preach to the powerful in order to seek more personal interests.

In the next year, it was the third year of Jiande, and one day in May, suddenly a little novice hurriedly came to report to the monk and said, "Daoxin is awake!"

The monk was overjoyed and hurriedly summoned to meet him. Wei Wencheng walked into the abbot with a dignified demeanor and gave a salute to the monk. Seng Can asked with concern: "Is your soul all the soul today?" Wei Wencheng nodded: "The three souls and seven spirits have all returned." ”

Monk Can asked what was going on? Was it a plot by someone else? Wei Wencheng smiled faintly: "As the master said, the people who hurt me are not Yuan Song and Zhang Binye." Seng Can asked who it was, but Wei Wencheng just shook his head and said nothing, and said: "The catastrophe is coming, Master Can should prepare in advance." ”

Wei Wencheng said bluntly: "The imperial court will destroy the Buddha." ”

Monk Can said that you are alarmist, it is true, the imperial court wants to suppress our Shimen, but how can Buddhism be destroyed? Wei Wencheng Dao I said now, I guess you don't believe it, I believe that there will be news soon, if you are willing to abandon the Shaolin foundation and flee to the territory of Northern Qi or Southern Chen, then the catastrophe can be avoided, otherwise-

"You can come to find me, I may have a plan to protect the monks of the temple. ”

After saying these few words, he bowed down and bowed, and then returned to the meditation room. Seng Can's expression was different from the past, and he was indescribably dignified and serious, and he felt that the other party's achievements had far surpassed his own, and he didn't dare to keep it, so he had to praise him. Turning his head, he sent someone to Chang'an to inquire about the news.

Sure enough, on the fifth day of May, Emperor Yuwen Yong issued an edict to completely repudiate Buddhism and Taoism, demanding that all scriptures and statues be burned, all monks and Taoist priests were ordered to return to the vulgar, and all sacrificial activities that had not been recorded in the Confucian classics were not allowed to be carried out from now on!

Zhao to Kaifeng County, Liangzhou, the county guard did not dare to slack off, immediately mobilized soldiers and horses, demolished the temple everywhere to catch monks, first of all, the idle temple was completely destroyed. Many idle monks fled into Shaolin with their belongings -- the abbot had been arrested in Chang'an, and the prestige of the Xianju Temple had plummeted, and the Shaolin Temple had taken the opportunity to advance steadily, and soon turned the Xianju Temple into its own lower courtyard -- and cried that the officers and soldiers were about to come to the Shaolin Temple!

In fact, since the news of the destruction of the Buddha came, Seng Can sent someone to ask Wei Wencheng to discuss, but he was sent back, and Sha Mi came back to report: "Daoxin Shiyun, you can immediately disband the monks of the temple and take refuge in a distant place." "Monk Canxin said that if I wanted to escape, I would have fled a long time ago, isn't this reluctant to Shaolin's foundation...... "He has no other way to teach me?"

"Daoxin Shiyun, arrest the officers and soldiers to the temple gate, and then you can sue him. ”

For those who are not firm in Zen heart, or who are still young and have not been formally ordained, they are allowed to flee from the temple, so as not to burn the jade at that time. However, the remaining nearly seventy percent of the monks refused to leave, on the one hand, they held a fluke mentality, thinking that the Dharma did not blame the people, and on the other hand, they were used to participating in meditation, lending money and collecting taxes, if they left the monastery, how should they make a living?

As a result, it was not until the county soldiers leveled the Xianju Temple, and then they came to the Shaolin Temple in a mighty way, and the monks finally panicked completely, gathering inside and outside the Daxiong Treasure Hall, noisy and noisy, but they couldn't come up with any ideas. Seng Can was about to call someone to invite Wei Wencheng again, when he suddenly heard a loud shout: "The Son of Heaven has no way, he wants to destroy my sect, all my Buddhas should sacrifice themselves to defend the Tao, how can there be any reason to retreat?!"

Seng Can's eyes were fixed, and it was not someone else who was drinking, it was his own uncle, the Tanlin monk who had just rushed over from Bears Ears Mountain. Monk Tanlin did not consult with him, and after a moment of incention, he led more than 40 strong and brave monks with sticks in their hands, and went out of the temple gate to resist the officers and soldiers.

To say that although Tan Lin is profound in Buddhism, and even knows some spells, after all, Zen Buddhism is not good at spells, and it is okay to protect the body, but it is basically ineffective to attack the enemy; and although the monks who followed him had a few catties of brute force, they were not some "Shaolin warrior monks" in the rumors of later generations, and as a result, they were swarmed by officers and soldiers, and immediately cut off a small half, and even Tan Lin was cut off an arm -- since then, he and Seng Can, brothers, and brothers, the two of them have only two arms combined.

The remnants of the monks hurriedly rescued the bloodied Tan Lin back to the temple, and then closed the temple door, no matter how the county soldiers outside screamed and scolded, no one dared to go out again. Seeing this, the county guard immediately ordered: set fire, if those monks don't come out, let them turn into ashes with the Shaolin Temple!

Seng Can was helpless, so he had to order someone to invite Wei Wencheng. Wei Wencheng put on a robe and wore a Pilu hat, came in full costume, and asked first: "Does Master Can't regret it today?"

Seng Can said that I know that I regret it, and I regret that I didn't listen to your kind advice at the beginning, dismissed the monks early, and fled from afar...... But at the beginning, I was reluctant to give up the Shaolin foundation, and now even if I am willing to give it up, the officers and soldiers are blocking the gate, and they still want to set fires, I am afraid that I will not be allowed to wait for a long time to escape.

Wei Wencheng smiled faintly: "I am here today to express this difficulty." ”