The moon is falling and the sky is full of frost, and Jiang Feng is sleeping. Hanshan Temple outside the city of Gusu, the bell rings in the middle of the night to the passenger ship.

Tang Dynasty Zhang Ji's poem Fengqiao Night Park expresses the loneliness of staying outside Suzhou at night, and at the same time makes this Hanshan Temple famous for eternity.

Even after hundreds of years, Hanshan Temple is still one of the best temples in Suzhou, and it is not even under the Yunlin Temple in Hangzhou, which has the beautiful scenery of West Lake and the blessing of the official background, to compete with it for the name of the first temple in the south of the Yangtze River.

When Sun Ning and his entourage finally arrived in front of Hanshan Temple on the afternoon of the second day of the third lunar month, they saw such a simple and magnificent temple.

Hanshan Temple is not named because it is located on a mountain called Hanshan, and there is no such mountain nearby, but because a monk Hanshan built this temple, there is Hanshan Temple.

And in this temple, there is an extremely famous Q&A in Buddhism, that is, the dialogue between Hanshan and Shide-

"Hanshan asked how to deal with the slander of me, the deception of me, the insult of me, the ridicule of me, the despise of me, the depravity of me, the evil of me, and the deception of me? He said: Just endure him, let him, let him, avoid him, respect him, ignore him, and after ten years, you will look at him! ”

It can be seen from this that Hanshan Temple is naturally a branch of Zen Buddhism in Buddhism, and it is also the same sect as Hangzhou Yunlin Temple, so this festival will naturally inevitably have a mysterious Zen debate.

Such a team came in a mighty way, naturally immediately attracted the attention of countless people inside and outside the temple, and soon, the Hanshan Temple's Zhike monk Yuanji hurriedly greeted him, and greeted the monks of Yunlin Temple who stepped forward one step earlier.

At the same time, several government personnel near the temple met with the Suzhou officers, and they also learned from them about the changes that had occurred in Tongli Town, which made many people change color in surprise.

At this time, Sun Ning and the others became less important, just listening and watching casually, until the Suzhou officials and soldiers left to return to their lives after some explanations, and the monks were about to be invited into the temple again, he stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "Slow! ”

This abrupt performance made several monks in Hanshan Temple who welcomed guests a little surprised, and looked back.

They also knew that Sun Ning and the others were accompanying the monks of Yunlin Temple, but the relationship between the two sides was a little delicate, and it seemed that it was not good to negotiate, so they turned a blind eye. But I didn't want to, the other party didn't mean to be angry at all, so he walked straight over.

"A few masters are polite." Sun Ning smiled and bowed slightly, and then looked at the monk Yuanji and said, "I don't know how your temple arranges for me to wait?" ”

Yuanji frowned slightly, but still politely replied: "Please forgive this benefactor." Although the temple of Hanshan Temple is not small, it can often accommodate guests from afar to live in our temple before. However, this time, because of the puja, many monks from other temples have come to place orders here, so the temple premises have long been insufficient.

"Therefore, I can only let the brothers and sisters of Yunlin Temple live in my temple, as for you, please go to the nearby villages, or go to Suzhou City to live for a while. However, you can also rest assured that not only have I made preparations in Hanshan Temple, but even the Suzhou government has let the people in the city vacate their courtyards and houses, which is enough for you to stay for ten days and a half months......"

I have to say that this person's response is quite reasonable, and the reason for not taking them in is enough to be sufficient.

Indeed, this Hanshan Temple Festival not only invited monks from Hangzhou, but also monks from other temples in other state capitals in the south of the Yangtze River, so that Hanshan Temple had too many guests to receive this time. Naturally, it was impossible to accept more than 200 officers and soldiers from Hangzhou and keep them all together.

Even if they are the best, it is not easy to raise objections, even if their status in Hangzhou is very unusual, but when they arrive in Suzhou, it is obviously not the case, it can be said that they are fighting away......

I didn't want Sun Ning to hear this, but he snorted: "I'm afraid it's not appropriate for your temple to arrange it like this, right?" ”

Without waiting for the other party to speak, he stared at Na Yuanji again and said: "Master, do you know that we have encountered a series of disasters along the way, and there are several waves of thieves who want to attack and harm these masters, and even do not hesitate to set fire to the entire Tongli Town, causing a catastrophe, resulting in the death of hundreds of innocent people!" ”

These words made the faces of the monks of Hanshan Temple such as Yuanji change: "There is such a thing? ”

Naturally, they asked the monks of Yunlin Temple, and Zhishan nodded miserably: "This is indeed the case, otherwise the poor monks and others would not have bothered the Suzhou officials and soldiers to escort them all the way...... It's a shame to say that if it weren't for the protection of this Sun Protector who led people all the way regardless of life and death, I am afraid that more than 20 poor monks and brothers would have encountered thieves and murder together with other temple brothers. ”

"This ...... These thieves are too lawless...... Amitabha, sin and sin ......"

The monks of Hanshan Temple were even more surprised to chant the Buddha, and at the same time understood what Sun Ning meant: "Is this Sun Shizhu the protector of Yunlin Temple, Tan Yue?" You are naturally very admired for supporting the senior brothers and poor monks of Yunlin Temple, but the rules in the temple are really difficult to break, and the courtyard houses here are really not enough for many of you to settle down......"

Sun Ning snorted again: "Master, I'm not afraid to say something offensive to people, along the way, I've been guessing who is behind those thieves, maybe it's the paranoid people who don't want to see me Hangzhou Yunlin Temple is better than Hanshan Temple are making an obstacle, in order to prevent these masters from participating in this festival!" ”

When Yuanji heard this, his whole face suddenly sank: "Master Sun, do you still doubt that my Hanshan Temple will do such a thing?" ”

"Don't dare, but there are no absolutes in the world, and you must always be careful. I don't think your temple wants the Supreme Master to have some accident with you, right? At that time, the thousand-year-old reputation of Hanshan Temple will be ruined! ”

In the face of his aggressive rhetoric, Yuanji really didn't know how to deal with it.

As a monk who knows the guest, he is also the best at dealing with people in the temple, but the people he met in the past are how respectful they are, and they dare not offend the people of Hanshan Temple, that is, the Suzhou government, the local wealthy family, and Hanshan Temple are polite.

But there were a few words in Sun Ning's words that also made him care very much, if there was really a case, Hanshan Temple would not be able to afford it. But how is this good?

Seeing this, Sun Ning hurriedly took out a circle and said, "Master, the embarrassment of your temple can also be understood below, and I don't want you to make it difficult." You don't have to arrange so many of us to live in the temple, I only brought twenty people to live with Master Zhishan and them, and they were responsible for their safety, while the other soldiers and horses went to Suzhou to stay.

"By the way, in fact, there are at least twenty monks from other temples in Hangzhou who can't come because they were killed on the road, so you just have to arrange their accommodation for us, so it won't be difficult, right?"