Chapter 44: The Unknown Master
Jade, the flesh of the gods. Feed on the six poisons, so you can keep safe.
- "Notes of the Good Jade Master"
Although the meal was bland, it barely filled the stomachs of the two.
Lu Xiaoqi wiped his mouth, and sighed that this abbot is not easy, how to say that he is also the boss here, and he actually deigned to sit at the opposite table for the sake of a few broken Buddha statues, and waited for them while twisting the Buddha beads.
Lu Xiaoqi saw that Bai Lin was about to take out a cigarette from his bag, and stretched out his hand to stop him, but unexpectedly, he touched a bottle of yogurt and came out, and licked it to his mouth: "It's too cold to eat, make up some nutrition!" ”
It is Hanqi, as early as ten years ago, Lu Xiaoqi went to Migao Temple in Yangzhou, and the food he ate can be described as exquisite that ordinary people can't match, although they are all vegetarian, but the color and fragrance are unique, and they have become a signboard of the temple over time. Every year, countless devout people spend a lot of money to wait in line for an authentic Buddhist vegetarian meal.
The old monk saw that they had finished eating, and he also stopped chanting, and had the intention of coming over, but seeing that Lu Xiaoqi got up before him and walked in front of him, he sat down again, and Bai Lin pinched his big ears behind him, thought about it, and didn't come over.
When it comes to losing money, don't fight with his brother.
Although the old monk's expression is amiable, this matter has to be concluded with real money, and now the two of them have been framed by a group of clay figures, and they can't be scolded, they can't be washed by jumping into the Yellow River, and they have nowhere to reason, but they are going to rush out and run, no one can do this, and shame is secondary, mainly due to lack of morality. Whoever goes out to brag in the future, thinking of this stubble, will have to be weak.
Lu Xiaoqi smacked his lips and thanked him for the gift of food, and the abbot said unambiguously:
"Amitabha, it is convenient for you to be with others."
Bai Lin listened, this means that you have also eaten, what to say about the mess.
Lu Xiaoqi cut straight to the point, first admitted his mistake for Bai Lin in a serious manner, and his attitude was very sincere: "Abbot, I have two ways, which one do you choose?" ”
The old monk asked him slowly, "Donor, please speak." ”
"This is the first, that is, I have counted all the missing statues, there is no damage, I asked the workers to come and put all the pieces in place, the ones that have been broken, I will immediately help you find a new statue of the same material and send it over, all the places are in place, and we will go again; I know the factory, it's not hard. Within three days, you will be renewed in the old temple!
This second, I have a carver master who has been with him since childhood, he is also a monk in the city next door, and some are a good craft, when he was a child, he made jade bonsai ornaments, and there were butterflies to play; The angry eyes he carved were painted with oil paint, and when he saw it from a hundred meters away, he thought that he was really down to earth, and he didn't dare to look at it directly! ”
Speaking of this, not only the abbot, but even Bai Lin was stunned, and he forgot to lick the yogurt from the corner of his mouth.
Lu Xiaoqi saw that his words had an effect, and continued to be fascinating:
"My master, the most valuable thing about him is that he is willing to be a wandering monk and an ascetic, and I am sure that I can persuade him to come here to live and practice permanently, and I want to come to the fairy environment here, which is also the place he dreams of. If he comes, as long as someone in your temple cuts down a few trees, prepare a few buckets of oil paint, he can make all the statues do not be exquisite to others, pilgrims come to feel very emotional, dare not be disrespectful, and there are other loose and broken objects in the Daqi Temple, as long as they pass through his hands, they will definitely come back to life! In the long run, inside and outside the Daqi Temple, it will be completely new! ”
When the abbot heard this, his face loosened, but there was still a little hesitation: "Having said that, this construction period has delayed the incense before and after......"
As soon as Lu Xiaoqi heard the truth, he immediately said: "The delay in the incense is naturally to be compensated, I still have 30,000 incense money here, the master will take it to worship the Buddha first, as long as the master accepts it, tomorrow morning, my carver master will also arrive!" ”
Bai Lin was stunned when he heard this, and when he saw that Lu Xiaoqi really took the cash out of his bag and handed it to the abbot, he hurriedly walked over and pulled Lu Xiaoqi: "Don't you know how to count?" Of course, the first method is the fastest, you choose the second way and give money and bring people over, do we still have to spend a month here? ”
The abbot listened to it, but folded his hands and thanked Lu Xiaoqi: "You don't have to delay the donor too much, as long as the ascetic monk said by the donor arrives, he can make three or two pieces that can no longer be used, and then the two donors can go down the mountain by themselves." For the rest, I believe that since they are ascetic disciples of Buddhism, they will definitely be responsible to the end. ”
Lu Xiaoqi raised his chin and looked at Bai Lin: "What does the master do, I have learned carving with my master since childhood, and I have a deep tacit understanding, I do rough work and he does fine work, not to mention wood, even stone is very fast." How did you solve the problem at this time? Well? ”
Bai Lin froze.
The abbot ordered someone to take them to a simple meditation room, pointed them to the couch, gave the money to a great monk behind him, and ordered someone to tidy up and clean the hall, but no one guarded them.
Lu Xiaoqi put down his luggage, made a phone call to talk to the deceased, and after getting a satisfactory answer, he went out to go around.
There was a chanting sound in his ears, and the ancient temple wind passed by the bell, and Lu Xiaoqi enjoyed it.
Although this temple is small, the monk is real, and the vegetarian chanting is transcendent, but this economy is inevitably looking down. Several meditation rooms are very old, and the whole temple is only four entrances, and there are only a handful of large and small temples that can be seen.
As he walked, he came to the inconspicuous waste well at the door, and the interesting thing is that since he entered here, Lu Xiaoqi's demonic aura perception of the tail fox jade has decreased a lot.
Walking closer, he saw the stone carving Xuanwu holding his head high by the well, Lu Xiaoqi took a closer look, only to find that there were a few words of gold lacquer Buddha on the cement sealed manhole cover:
All the bad karma created in the past was caused by beginningless greed and hatred. Born from body, speech, and mind, I repent of everything now.
This seemingly ordinary Buddha is very rare on the manhole cover, and this poor temple is willing to write with gold paint, which is even more unusual, Lu Xiaoqi tilted his head to carefully identify the handwriting, calm and calm, it must be written by a good monk. He must have noticed the difference in this well, so he was so worried, but if it was like Lu Hui said, why did he bless and put this salvaged red jade in front of the Buddha for so many years, but he never thought of destroying the evil things?
Where is this monk now?
The red jade shook in his arms, Lu Xiaoqi had already restrained it, and he had no fear and went back as if nothing had happened.
There was no dream in the night.
The bell rang early the next morning, and Lu Xiaoqi woke up in a trance, thinking that it was still an illusion brought by the red jade, until he heard the sound of the strong wooden fish, and he knew that people were already in the morning class.
When he got up and looked, Bai Lin on the couch had disappeared for some time, Lu Xiaoqi blindly guessed that he was walking out to eat meat in the morning, because he had been shouting last night, the temple did not provide dinner, and even dozens of monks did not have food left, and they were not full. This monk temple is simply going to starve people to death, and the four are empty!
When they got to the kitchen in the backyard, it was still empty, and the monks had to finish their morning classes before they could eat. Lu Xiaoqi was not polite, picked up a wooden spoon and scooped the thick rice porridge at the bottom of the bucket to drink, and was drinking, when he suddenly heard the sound of a car engine in front of him.
He was overjoyed in his heart, thinking that Bai Lin had brought food back, so he hurriedly rushed out, and when he went outside, he was even more happy.
"I don't know, Master has arrived!" Lu Xiaoqi hurriedly wiped his mouth to meet him.
Hearing the sound, a few little novices who were sweeping the floor came out, and their expressions seemed to say something was wrong.
The two cars parked at the door, one was Lu Xiaoqi's, and the other was still steaming, which was domineering.
Next to the car, he stood politely with his hands folded and saluted, but he was a monk in a cloth who was more than half a hundred years old, and he looked upright and gentle from a distance, and he was very stylish.
The little novices couldn't recognize this person, but they saw that the car was very valuable, Lu Xiaoqi laughed and hugged him, and then felt that it was inappropriate, so he changed it to a halten: "Unknown master!" ”
The unknown master couldn't help but smile: "Xiao Qi." ”
There was such a monk in a luxury car to visit, and the small temple was also surprised.
Several big monks received the news and knew that this was the ascetic monk who came to carve the Buddha statue that Lu Xiaoqi said, and their eyes were full of doubts. I didn't know what I saw, so I explained that I should have walked here, but I heard that the temple was in a hurry, and I was afraid of delaying the work, so I had to drive here.
When the great monk heard this, he was immediately very relieved, and hurriedly asked someone to clean up the meditation room, saying that after the morning class was over, he would take him to the Daxiong Treasure Hall to see the abbot, and take a look at the situation by the way.
Lu Xiaoqi helped the unknown master move the toolbox and other objects, and followed him all the way to the meditation room.
Seeing the unknown master, Lu Xiaoqi was like returning to his childhood, and he was very happy from the bottom of his heart. At that time, he was four or five years old, and this unknown master was still his family's resident carver uncle, and he was the enlightenment master who taught him jade to "nourish the five internal organs and calm the soul" earlier than Lu Zifang.
No matter what kind of jade it is, as long as it reaches his hands, it can be brought back to life and worth a hundred times; It is said that those people who take the fakes to the night market are the masters who can not tell the difference, and they will not be able to distinguish between them, and if they are not careful, they will look away, because the fakes are more real than the real thing.
In those years, the Shanyu family became famous and was favored by the National Treasure Gang, and naturally made a lot of money. Therefore, thanks to the blessing of the master, Lu Xiaoqi's childhood was quite nourishing, and even Su Laishi, who had a decent family background, had to lean behind his buttocks all day long, rubbing some maltose and sugar gourds to eat.
After Lu Zifang died, the unknown master remembered the old love, and stayed in the store to take care of him for two years, until Lu Xiaoqi stubbornly said that he wanted to live on his own, he left a deposit, invited the neighbors from all over the world to have a meal, and returned to his hometown, before Lu Xiaoqi became an adult, the unknown master often sent money to him, and often corresponded, or asked a friend to check Lu Xiaoqi's recent situation, so he helped Lu Xiaoqi grow up all the way, for Lu Xiaoqi, this unknown master, also a teacher and friend, is more like a father.
At this time, he put down the cloth bag, pulled Lu Xiaoqi to look at it carefully, smiled and praised:
"Oh, ten years of rain and ten years of rain on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, so at this glance, there is half the demeanor of Lu Dang's family, and the poor monk is very comforted."
Lu Xiaoqi smiled secretly: You, a person worth tens of millions, can you call yourself a poor monk?