Li Shimin, Guanyin and Liu Hongji left Shibi Temple, and Guanyin proposed to walk down the mountain.

Lu Zheng and the others led the horses behind to follow.

The three of them walked slowly.

At this time, his mood was freed from the solemn atmosphere of Shibi Temple, and he spoke much more casually.

Guanyin relaxed and began to talk to Li Shimin about the mysteries of the Pure Land practice.

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Guanyin asked Li Shimin, "You say, why are there so many followers in the Pure Land practice?"

Li Shimin thought about it, looked at Guanyin and replied,

"I think the most important thing is to keep it simple."

"Think about it, how many ordinary people are literate, and if you take a book of scripture and let them read it, how many of them can read all the words in it? Not to mention understanding its meaning."

"Again, there are many people in this world, but there are very few Dharma teachers who can preach the scriptures, and the teachings of the Buddhist scriptures cannot be understood by more people, so it is difficult to attract more believers."

"Pure Land practice, on the other hand, is different in that it only requires the followers to remember the simple word 'Dharma is boundless' and to tell them that as long as they keep chanting 'Amitabha', the Dharma will exert supreme power."

"If you read too much, it will become an obsession in people's hearts."

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Guanyin listened to Li Shimin's explanation and thought that he was very reasonable, and she also had her own feelings and understanding.

Guanyin said to Li Shimin, "I have figured out why the Pure Land practice is effective and removes the desires and troubles in people's hearts."

Li Shimin raised his hand, tapped his finger on Guanyin's forehead, and joked with a smile,

"If you like to get to the bottom of everything, you have to ask the bottom of everything. I was in the temple just now, and I was really afraid that you would ask Master Dao Xuan to stop me."

Guanyin suddenly giggled,

"I'm thinking now, what would it be like if Master Dao Xuan was asked? Isn't it stunned and stammering?"

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After speaking, Guanyin looked at Li Shimin, showing a naughty look, as if she had just done a prank.

Li Shimin looked at Guanyin's beautiful and self-absorbed expression, and ridiculed Guanyin's maid,

"Your heart is full of delusions, Master Dao Xuan is a high-ranking monk, how can you be asked? He doesn't know how many times he has asked himself a question like yours in his mind."

Guanyin saw that Li Shimin only cared about playing with herself, and she didn't ask if she had any new discoveries, so she angrily ignored Li Shimin and walked straight forward alone.

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Liu Hongji saw that the two were talking and laughing, and suddenly Guanyin had a little temper and secretly laughed at the girl's uncertain heart.

He smiled and said to Li Shimin, "Erlangjun, the eldest grandson is angry, why don't you catch up and coax it."

Li Shimin knew Guanyin very well, and said with a smile, "It's okay, she's pretending to be angry, and she'll be fine in a while."

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Guanyin walked alone for a while, broke a tree on the side of the road, and smoked the dead grass on the side of the road as she walked.

Seeing that Li Shimin didn't chase her, he stopped, and used the tree to pluck the small tree that had just sprouted new sprouts in the cracks of the rocks.

When Li Shimin and Liu Hongji followed, they asked Li Shimin coquettishly,

"I said I had discovered the mystery of Pure Land cultivation, did you listen to it?"

Li Shimin didn't dare to cross again, he knew that if he didn't take Guanyin's words seriously, she would be really angry this time.

Li Shimin accompanied the smiling face, with a flattering look, and said again and again,

"We're anxious to hear what Auntie has to say."

Guanyin saw Li Shimin admit defeat, and a knowing smile bloomed on her face.

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She earnestly said, "The secret of Pure Land cultivation is to occupy all the minds of the believers with the idea of 'the boundlessness of the Dharma'."

"It makes people not think, not think."

"Don't think about the root cause of your troubles and suffering, don't think about how you can solve it by your own efforts, and firmly believe in the power of the Dharma to change everything."

"If you don't want to, you forget all your pain; If you don't think, you'll be free from all your troubles."

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Li Shimin was full of emotion, "This is indeed a way to liberate people, since you can't change the reality by giving everything, it's better to persuade people to resign themselves to fate."

"It's like a house slave who doesn't want to be driven by his master, is that possible? The only way to escape is death."

Liu Hongji also sighed, "Fighting for fate in vain will only increase troubles, so it is better to escape from the false Buddhist teachings."

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Guanyin said to Li Shimin and Liu Hongji,

"I have a parable, do you think it is appropriate?"

"The Amitabha Buddha of the Pure Land is like a giant umbrella. The countless raindrops in the sky, just like the temptations, desires, and troubles of the human world, are all covered by the giant umbrella of Amitabha."

"If the umbrella is not wet by raindrops, it is a pure land."

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Li Shimin listened to Guanyin's parable and couldn't help but praise,

"That's a fitting analogy!"

He looked at Guanyin in surprise, "How did you come up with it?"

Guanyin smiled mysteriously,

"They only have 'Amitabha' in their hearts, so that people don't think about it."

"I studied the Seven Techniques of the Yin Fu of the Benjing, and I was concentrating on thinking, and the deeper I thought, the better."

"That's the difference."

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Li Shimin was thinking in his heart, why did Mr. Guigu and Master Dao Xuan have different concepts? One is to think through and think through everything in the world; And the other one doesn't make people think about everything in this world.

Guanyin looked up at Li Shimin, who was contemplating,

"Brother Shimin, do you want a maid who can only recite 'Amitabha'? Or do you want a maid who has to figure out everything?"

Li Shimin looked at Guanyin's sweet smiling face and replied seriously,

"I want a maid who can figure everything out."

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Li Shimin took out the question he had just thought of and asked Guanyin to answer,

"Don't you know everything? Then tell Brother A, why do Mr. Guigu and Master Dao have different concepts?"

Guanyin took the tree strip in her hand, pulled the dead grass on the side of the road, and thought for a while.

She turned her face and asked Li Shimin,

"You say, does the emperor want his subjects to recite 'Amitabha' or 'Guiguzi'?"

Guanyin's sentence hit the nail on the head.

Li Shimin suddenly realized that the emperor naturally wanted to obey the people, which may be the reason why many emperors admired Buddhism.

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Li Shimin and Guanyin went to Shibi Temple to incense this time, and the harvest was not small.

Having a discussion with Venerable Dao Xuan, I not only gained a deeper understanding of the teachings of Buddhism, but also gained a deep understanding of the role of Buddhism in educating believers.

What makes the two even more satisfied is that they have befriended Liu Hongji, a talented and strong martial artist.

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The group stayed in the small town at the foot of Shibi Temple for another night, and returned to Jinyang on the second day.

Liu Hongji had no other place to stay in Jinyang, so Li Shimin arranged for him to live in another small courtyard in the backyard of the Arrest Embassy Office.

Li Shimin and Guanyin were happy to get a capable general, but they caused the dissatisfaction of another person.

This person is Li Shimin's uncle-Dou Cong.

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Dou Cong is the son of Dou Gong, the uncle of Mrs. Dou.

He is Mrs. Dou's younger brother and Li Shimin's uncle.

Dou Cong was originally the post of the left guard of Zheng Bapin, and he was recruited to fight when Yang Guang was conquering Liaodong, but he fled privately halfway, and became the object of arrest by the government for evading military service and breaking the law, so he died in the world.

After Li Yuan served as the ambassador of Hedong and Shanxi, Dou Cong came to take refuge.

Li Yuan managed to exonerate him from his crimes and arrange for him to serve in the army.

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On this day, Dou Cong came to the official office for something, and when he went to the stable to tie the horse, he saw Liu Hongji's "Night Charm" BMW.

Dou Cong felt strange in his heart, so he asked the groom whose horse is this?

The groom told Dou Cong that the horse belonged to a friend of Erlangjun.

Dou Cong came to the courtyard where Li Shimin lived and wanted to see what was going on.

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Since Li Shimin came to Jinyang, he knew that his uncle Dou Cong was also here, and when he went to Jiangzhou to suppress bandits, the two had worked together.

Dou Cong is just over thirty years old, and he also has martial arts, which is not much different from Liu Hongji. He is a deep person, not too cheerful, probably due to the influence of these years of fugitives, and seems to be even more silent.

Although Li Shimin and this uncle did not communicate much, they respected him very much.

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Dou Cong came to the courtyard where Li Shimin lived, and Li Shimin and Liu Hongji were in the living room of the courtyard, drinking tea and talking about current affairs.

When Li Shimin saw Dou Cong coming, he hurriedly stood up and saluted and greeted his uncle.

Dou Cong glanced at Liu Hongji and asked Li Shimin angrily, "You invited this person?"

Li Shimin was about to introduce Liu Hongji to Dou Cong, Liu Hongji also stood up, wanting to answer Dou Cong, and just shouted "Brother Dou", but Dou Cong didn't say a word more, turned around angrily and left.

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Li Shimin was stunned on the spot, he didn't know what offended Dou Cong, remembering that Liu Hongji shouted "Brother Dou" just now, and he realized that Liu Hongji and Dou Cong should know each other.

Li Shimin wondered in his heart, whether Dou Cong's angry departure was related to Liu Hongji? He looked at Liu Hongji, who was standing there awkwardly, and asked him with a smile,

"Do Brother Liu and Uncle Cong know each other?"

Liu Hongji replied with a slight smile, "Why don't you know? There was also a fierce battle. Because of this, your uncle has held a grudge against me ever since."

Li Shimin was interested when he heard it, and he wanted Liu Hongji to tell the story.

Liu Hongji talked to Li Shimin about the past a year ago.

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After Liu Hongji committed a crime for military evasion, his family bailed him out of prison. Because of his bad reputation, he did not return home, and lived in exile for many years.

But when you are in exile outside, you have to be clothed, eaten, and survive, and you always have a way to make ends meet.

Liu Hongji thought about it, he had no land to plant, he couldn't do business, and he could only do business without capital. He didn't dare to join the rebellious bandits, for fear of being found out and affecting his family, so he could only be a lone thief.

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But there is also learning to be a thief.

Poor people, there is nothing of value to steal.

Rich and noble families, groups of families, too strict protection, once caught, life is not guaranteed.

Liu Hongji took a fancy to the business of horse trading between the Turks and the mainland near Shuozhou. He often traveled the trade routes from the Turks to Shuozhou, stealing horses for a living.

Horses were expensive at that time, and an ordinary horse was worth 100,000 yuan. Good horses are worth hundreds of thousands, or even millions.

Therefore, if you do a horse theft business, you will have a lot of income.

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Once, Liu Hongji was looking for a target on a trade route and found two Turks each riding a horse.

One black, one red, the black one is the night charm, and the red one is a chasing wind.

Liu Hongji secretly followed the two Turks for three days, and roughly figured out the details of the two.

After estimating that he could outperform the two of them, Liu Hongji chose a secluded place, wounded two Turks, and stole two BMWs.

Unexpectedly, what Liu Hongji did robbed Dou Cong's business.

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