"Mage, this Li Changshi doesn't seem to have good intentions......"

After coming to the side hall, the abbot reported to Master Tan Jing with a worried face: "The grandson of the Yan family is not ordained, but the family is not worth the profits, and he is enslaved in the temple. ”

When Master Tan Jing heard this, his face changed again, and the abbot continued: "Another believer in the Shizhou Mansion has come to sue that there seem to be clansmen from the Yan clan who have entered the lawsuit's mansion, and I didn't care about this matter. But listening to Li Changshi, he bluntly said that he had a reason with the Yan family, and he was somewhat implicated in each other. ”

Master Tan Jing's brows furrowed even deeper, and after a moment of silence, he said again: "This son is proud of his high family, and he is indeed quite arrogant and domineering in his interactions with others. But he is now in a considerable position, if he is bent on making trouble, it will also be a trouble, so will the descendants of the Yan family find it? Try not to give him a reason to blame. ”

"There are a large number of slaves in the temple, and they are scattered in many places, and it is difficult to find them for a while."

When the abbot heard this, he replied with a sad face.

"Then keep looking."

Master Tan Jing first commanded in a deep voice, and after a little deep chanting, he then admonished: "No matter what the purpose of this Li Changshi is, it is not a believer who worships the Buddha sincerely, and he is a high-minded and arrogant person, and it is inevitable that he will bully others, so he still has to guard against it. He has his closest relatives separated, and he went to get a volume of "The Buddha Says the Bon Sutra", and I thought that the Venerable Venerable Saving Mother Sutra would influence him! ”

When he returned to the hall with the scroll in hand, the smile on Venerable Tan Jing's face became more enthusiastic, and he spread out the Buddhist scriptures and began to explain the story of Mulian's rescue to Li Tai, and repeatedly said that Mulian's mother could be liberated from her sins because of her sincere filial piety.

According to the analogy, Li Tai and his Lao Tzu naturally have no sin in his body, as long as Li Tai shows a little piety, of course, he can ask the Buddha to protect his Lao Tzu.

And Buddhism's words and sins are different from the world, maybe he left behind what he made and begged back then, and accumulated a bad karma, so he added such a wave of torture to his life, and even the Yan family who was kind to their family was affected.

This logic is strange but impeccable, Li Tai was a little confused for a while, could it be that this is really the case?

According to the psychology of normal people, this plausible and unfalsifiable inference of the law of cause and effect does make people feel a little apprehensive, even if they want to seek peace of mind, they also want to break the fortune and avoid disasters.

What made Li Tai even more unable to object was that the old monk used filial piety as a reason, and if he categorically rejected this proposal, it would be a violation of the double taboo of religion and ethics.

Since coming to this world, Li Tai has never been so speechless, and the people he meets, whether they are powerful or scoundrels, have a way to deal with them. But in the face of this old monk, he was a little overwhelmed.

If you don't know how to deal with it, you can only return to the most direct and simple means. Before that, Li Tai really just wanted to find that Yan Xin's grandson and take it away, and he didn't plan to do anything about this temple, but he didn't expect that his own peace and self-preservation would be exchanged for this monk's inch.

If you don't make a wave, let you taste the methods of my Li Dadudu, I'm really sorry for myself!

Li Tai thought so in his heart, his face gradually turned pious and eager, and he looked at Master Tan Jing and said excitedly: "Master Tan Jing is really superb in Buddhism, even a fool like me, who is not familiar with Buddhism, has been greatly inspired after listening to the teachings, and has become more and more aware of the law of cause and effect, and wants to plant good deeds and thus reap blessings!" It's just that although I have this intention, I don't know how to express it, so I still need to consult the teacher. ”

Although Li Tai's attitude change before and after was a little abrupt, it was also normal in the eyes of Venerable Tan Jing, who had been working in Longyou for many years, and had seen believers change faster than Li Tai from full of doubts to prostration.

Out of trust in his profession, he didn't feel that Li Tai was deliberately acting to confuse him, so he was relieved and extremely intimate to provide Li Tai with a variety of plans, from the most basic scripture copying prayers to higher-end cave statues, and even the grander water and land dojos and Bon festivals.

After listening to the introduction of this old monk, Li Tai couldn't help but sigh that the monk doesn't go out and can know the world, but he is still a good monk who keeps pace with the times.

In this world, although there is no shortage of people who believe in Buddhism in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, relatively speaking, the Buddhist rituals in the Southern Dynasties are much richer and grander than those in the Northern Dynasties, after all, there is a living Buddha Xiao Lao Bodhisattva in the Southern Dynasties.

The well-known water and land dojos and Bon festivals in later generations were gradually invented by Xiao Lao Bodhisattva over the years. Li Tai has never seen this kind of Buddha ceremony in Guanzhong today, but he didn't expect that an old monk in Longyou is a treasure of everything.

Since Master Tan Jing is so powerful, of course Li Tai can't drop the chain and waste people's tongue introductions, even if he waves his hand and says with a heroic face, all of them are all on the set, not the best, but the most expensive!

Master Tan Jing probably met such a bold customer for the first time in his life, and after confirming that he had heard correctly, he was overjoyed to summon all the monks who were in charge of Buddhist rituals into the temple, and wanted to use the power of the whole temple to tailor a complete set of luxury plans for Li Tai, a big high-roller.

Li Tai was not very familiar with these things, and he didn't bother to join their discussion, so he comfortably became Party A, got up first to say goodbye, and agreed to let them come to the state capital tomorrow to submit a plan to him.

The monks reluctantly sent Li Tai out of the temple, and when he returned to the temple, Master Tan Jing said with a serious face: "You don't have to follow the specifications of the past Buddhist rites, you must make a grand outline!" ”

Hearing this, all the monks couldn't help but take a breath, if they really want to do this, then the budget will be endless. The abbot monk couldn't help but speak: "This Li Changshi used to buy camels scattered around the villagers for use, and it seems that he is quite wealthy, but after all, he is a new entrant to Longshang, if he holds a Buddhist ceremony here, I am afraid he will not be able to afford it." ”

"What he wants is that he can't afford it! These children of Anointing Liang like to be exaggerated and shocking the world, and they are good at being an example. This time, I pray for his parents, and if the industry is not grand enough, it is not enough to show his filial piety, and he will definitely agree! ”

Master Tan Jing Zhizhu said with a smile in his hand: "When his wealth is exhausted, but the rites will be abandoned halfway, he is in a hurry, if he doesn't want to become a laughing stock here, he can only ask me, then his power will naturally be used by me!" ”

When the monks heard this, they praised the master for his cleverness, and they had used similar methods in the past and had great results, so the Guangming Temple has grown so far in more than ten years.

Not to mention the calculation of Li Tai by the monks of Guangming Temple, after Li Tai returned to the state capital, he immediately summoned a cronie and ordered: "Return to Chang'an quickly, and order Xiaoyong to speed the Zhuang people to go west to Long, do not go through Longguan, and take the narrow road of Chencang!" Be careful and don't swagger in front of people. ”

He didn't bring too many people with him this time, but there were hundreds of guards around him, and because he had to follow him in and out, the target was too conspicuous, and if he really wanted to do something, it was not good to shoot directly, and he still had to shake people from Guanzhong. If you don't take off the old monk's underwear this time, he must not be wearing it!

The two sides planned separately, and the next morning, the representatives of the monks and disciples of the Guangming Temple came to the state capital to ask for a meeting. Li Tai summoned the abbot monk in the side hall, and saw that his eyes were bloodshot, and he should have stayed up all night to prepare a plan, so he raised his hand and motioned for him to start explaining.

In recent years, Guangming Temple has become famous in Longyou, and naturally has accumulated extremely rich experience, in order to make Li Tai, a person who is not familiar with Buddhism, understand, the abbot has also prepared several ways to explain, including text, pictures, models, and even monks and disciples on the spot to demonstrate on a small scale, which can be described as extremely intimate.

After Li Tai finished appreciating it, he couldn't help but feel an eye-opener, but soon he reluctantly shook his head and denied this plan, the reason is also very simple, there is no money!

"I am traveling in the palace today, and my food still needs to be provided by the government, even if there are some small reserves of assets, they are far away in Guanzhong. Besides, if the materials are exhausted, and the father and son are reunited in the next year, but there is nothing to support, isn't this a greater unfilial piety? ”

The abbot monk was also a little speechless for a while after hearing the reason for Li Tai's refusal, how could this be different from what the master had speculated? Of course, he can't say that you are too worried, and if you don't engage in the ceremony, you won't even be qualified to be worshipped. After all, the key to this kind of thing is ambiguity, and if you really want to say it too bluntly, you will be smashed every minute.

However, the passionate plan of the monks of the monastery was rejected directly, and it was a little difficult to accept after all, so the abbot monk said that the scale of the various rituals could be slightly reduced as appropriate, so as to control the cost.

But after Li Tai heard this, he was furious, and slapped him directly, although Lao Tzu is poor, he has backbone, you let me retreat to the second, do you think my father is not worthy of the best? Either you don't get it, or you can get the best if you want it!

Although Li Tai's reaction returned to Master Tan Jing's prediction, the conversation could not continue, and the abbot monk was scolded and left in fear.

In the afternoon, Master Tan Jing came in person, apologized to Li Tai first, and then began to ask if there was a compromise in the matter, and the Guangming Temple could pay a part of the investment in advance to make things work, but Li Tai needed to make some mortgages.

When Li Tai heard this, he also roughly understood their thoughts, and he put his mind on his batch of camels and the trade rights represented by camels. and coaxed himself into the game by advancing funds, and when things heated up, he would be difficult to ride a tiger.

This time Li Tai did not directly refuse, of course he was not afraid of a second mortgage, anyway, it had to be his own in the end.

But seeing that the monk was so eager to promote this matter, he also honestly and unceremoniously put forward his own revisions, and reduced the scale of the Bon Festival on a large scale, so that he was too lazy to worship the monks of the Ten Directions to eat and drink, although he did not spend his own money, but the food and drink materials that needed to be prepared did not meet his own requirements.

Instead, the scale of the Buddha statue ceremony was increased, and the gold and silver Buddha statues needed to be cast and the Buddha utensils were named. In this way, the temple needs to prepare a lot of precious metals such as gold and silver, gemstones, pigments and other materials.

Although these things should not be eaten and drunk, they are the items with the highest year-on-year value in the case of limited time and limited capacity.