"Not religious!"

"You are not religious enough!"

"The party members are not pious enough!"

Li Kui's casual words shook Li Bingqian as if he had been struck by lightning, and the surrounding environment seemed to be withdrawn, so that he couldn't hear any sound.

Not devout enough to the gods and Buddhas?

This was a very serious matter in Western Xia. It has been said that the establishment of Western Xia has a great relationship with the Xiazhou Festival. It can be said that many of the habits of the Western Xia continued the Central Plains culture of the Sui and Tang dynasties, and even if they were not copied, there were traces of the Sui and Tang dynasties.

In the Tang Dynasty, the society's worship and respect for Buddhism reached the peak of the Central Plains Dynasty. It can be said that there is no dynasty whose respect for Buddhism can reach the level of the Tang Dynasty, and there are several Buddhist temples with four or five thousand monks in the Tang Dynasty. Some temples are so large that when the monks light up the lanterns at night, they need to ride horses to and from the temple, which shows how big the temple is.

In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, monasteries controlled more than one-seventh of the wealth of the Tang Dynasty. It was not until the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties that monasteries and monks were not welcomed. The destruction of Buddhas and temples began to appear. But these are all things that happened in the Central Plains, and this has nothing to do with the Western Xia, which is in a corner of peace.

The Western Xia continued the customs of the Tang Dynasty, and the importance of Buddhism and monasteries was definitely greater than that of the Great Song Dynasty. Although the population base of the Great Song Dynasty is large, after all, the Great Song Dynasty is not a single religious society, in the Great Song Dynasty, Taoism is the state religion, and Buddhism has a great base of people because of the large number of people who believe in it. But compared to Taoism, it is still a little worse.

Li Bingqian has lived in the Great Song Dynasty for many years, and he has never heard of the foolish thing of pasting gold on Buddha statues in the temples of the Great Song Dynasty.

Hey gold!

Sticking to the Buddha statue, isn't this a waste of gold?

He thought it was necessary to tell Li Kui that it was a foolish act to gild the Buddha statue, and there was no basis for it: "Li Kui, who is also a person who travels from south to north, is quite insightful. I have been to Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, Daxiangguo Temple in Tokyo, and Wenshu Monastery on Mount Wutai...... I just haven't seen the absurdity of that temple gilding the Buddha statue. If you want to talk about piety, you Song people are not pious enough. ”

Li Bingqian didn't wait for Li Kui to speak, and continued: "Although the Buddhist temples in my Western Xia are not as rich as those of the Great Song Dynasty, there has always been no shortage of food and drink. The hearts of our people are devoted to the Buddha, how can we say that they are not pious? ”

"Don't worry about eating and drinking, is this the flower child who asks for food? The monk is full of food and drink, but doesn't he want the face of the gods and Buddhas? Li Kui's rebuttal always hit Li Bingqian's sore spot, making him feel like he had been trampled on: "Besides, the country of the Song Kingdom is Taoism, not Buddhism, you have to figure this out." The best thing for the Song people was definitely to give it to the Dao Palace, not to put it in the temple. ”

Ren Duoyan nodded frequently on the side, when he faced Li Kui, what he didn't know much was that he was weak in his heart.

There's no way, you can't fight, you can't fight, it's more shameful than your academic qualifications. But Nitohiko also believes in Buddhism, and he doesn't think he's not religious enough.

Hahaha......

"Rarely seen a monster?"

"You haven't seen it, can you say you haven't?"

"Let me ask you, how should you serve the gods and Buddhas?" Li Kui is obviously just a strong argument, especially in the face of doubts, he first uses laughter to cover up his weakness, and at the same time looks for theories to refute.

Li Bingqian did not have any doubts about how to deal with faith, and said: "Sincerity and sincerity!" ”

"That's right, sincerely. That's a good thing. Li Kui's eyes rolled quickly, which sage said something that could turn this sentence into a theoretical basis for gilding the Buddha statue, and soon he found that a big sage could become his strong theoretical backing. But he can't say it himself, he has to let others say it to be convincing: "Ren Tayan, do you know that 'the son of the plough ox has a horn, although he wants not to use it, the mountains and rivers give it up?'" What does that mean? ”

Ren Duoyan envied the scholars, and he had worked reading, but if a place like Western Xia wanted to become a great Confucian, there were not many books to read in total. But the Analects are still there.

Ren Duoyan hesitated: "This is the master's evaluation of Ran Yong, Ran Yong, the word Zhonggong." The original meaning was that the calf born of the ploughing ox had red fur and neat horns, and although it did not want to be used as a sacrifice, would the god of the mountains and rivers abandon it? Because Ran Yong's father is in a low position, but Ran Yong is very talented and benevolent, the gods will not give up the beautiful calf as a sacrifice, and naturally they will not live up to Ran Yong's talent and ignore his virtues. ”

"Looks like you've done a lot of hard work." The Analects are not difficult for Li Kui, if he can't even speak the Analects, let alone the Jinshi examination, I'm afraid he won't be able to pass the county exam.

But Li Kui's face immediately changed, he was still praising Ren Duoyan one moment, and the next moment he began to criticize: "Keer only knows one thing, but he doesn't know the other, and the book is read in vain." ”

"Ahh No......" Ren Tahiko was stunned, he liked to read very much. There is an aesthetic education of talented people in Western Xia, of course, in places like Western Xia, there are no scholars at all. Since Li Yuanhao severed contact with the Central Plains Dynasty, Western Xia has become more and more closed. And Li Kui is a talented man of Jinshi and Di, although he was clever when he took the palace exam, but he was still an out-and-out authority in front of Ren Duoyan, and he was said by the authority to read the book in vain, doesn't it mean that he has been doing useless work for many years?

Li Kui looked at everyone meaningfully, and then began to speak: "What you know is the meaning of the master's words, but you don't know that the master also has a meaning, that is, to be respectful to the gods. ”

"The Zhou people are still red, and those with red hair and horns will be sacrificed as sacrifices. But at the same time, cattle are the most important and valuable asset. This obviously shows that the Zhou people's sacrifice to the gods has reached the extreme of what they can pay. Now you think that it is very pious to put silk clothes on the Buddha, but you have better decorations for the Buddha, so why are you reluctant to give it to the Buddha because of the high value of gold? Can the dignity of silk be compared to the purity and wealth of gold, just like the artistic conception of the kingdom of God? As long as the Buddha statue is gilded, it can shine brightly, the gods have spirits, the Buddha has spirits, and this is the time when the gods and Buddhas come and purify all sentient beings. ”

Knowing that Li Kui was talking nonsense and deceiving people, but when the words came to his lips, Ren Duoyan still admitted: "The student has been taught!" ”

How do you say that?

The master's original intention was to say that people's benevolence has nothing to do with blood, after all, Ran Yong's father has a very bad character and is a traitor. But this sentence also speaks of the record of sacrifice and sacrifice in the "Zhou Li".

Cattle are already very valuable wealth, and good-looking cows with beautiful coats (red) and long horns are used as sacrificial tributes, indicating that the Zhou people's devotion to the gods has reached an overwhelming level.

On the party members, the Western Xia took Buddhism as the state religion, and there was no reason not to give the best offering to the Buddha?

Even Li Bingqian pondered, could it be that what Li Kui said was right?

But he couldn't imagine that Li Kui would be so pious, and he suspected that Li Kui was uneasy and kind. But for Li Bingqian, whether it is silk or gold, it is a gift from him to buy the national teacher, as long as the effect is good, whether he is extravagant or not?

Li Bingqian hesitated for a long time before he made up his mind: "Just do as you say." Shall we take the gold to Blackwater City now? ”

"Stupid, it's better to ask for it than to send it to the door. You will not put gold on the Buddha statue in the nearby temple, and the character of the monk will definitely make a big deal about the Buddha after putting it in gold, and even hold a puja to make the monks of other temples envious, jealous and hate...... As long as the Buddha wears a golden robe, we just need to sit and wait for the disciples of the national teacher to come to the door, how can we send it to the door ourselves? Asking for something and asking someone to do something are two different things. Although Li Kui did not have much contact with monks, he used to be in the capital, and he did not go to the temple to worship, and he avoided monks.

Why?

Monks are a very annoying group, and they can treat the poor equally, but for the rich, they are always worried about the money in the rich family.

On weekdays, he always likes to come forward, and Li Kui doesn't like the monk's dead-faced appearance, so he avoids the monk. In particular, women are particularly susceptible to the bewitchment of monks, and it is even more common to go in and out of the back house. Li Kuike knew that after many girls worshiped the Buddha, there were many rumors that the stomach that had not moved for many years suddenly became angry.

As a result, he felt even worse about the monk.

"Are there any decent temples in Yongju?" Now that he has accepted Li Kui's plan, Li Bingqian has nothing to hesitate, anyway, this gold is in Li Kui's hands, and he can't get it. Besides, Li Kui used a conspiracy, which is an upright method. Li Bingqian couldn't think of a better way than Li Kui, so he could only follow the plan.

"There is a Baiyun Temple." Ren Tayan had been in Yongju for a while last year and knew that there seemed to be such a temple in Longzhou City.

Li Kui immediately clapped his head and said, "I'll go to the temple tomorrow to have a look." ”

Following.

Li Kui stood in front of Baiyun Temple, his forehead and brows were about to twist into a ball, and he whispered: "I hope that the treasure hall will not be as dilapidated as the mountain gate." ”

"How many donors, but worship the Buddha?"

As soon as he walked into the mountain gate, the little novice who was napping saw his own person, and immediately became energetic.

It stands to reason that when they entered Western Xia, they should have let Li Bingqian, the prince, come forward, but Li Bingqian had no confidence in the face of Li Kui, and he had no idea of coming out at all. Even if Li Kui couldn't pretend to be pious, at least his expression was serious, and he didn't act lightly, and said to the little novice: "I'll wait for the Buddha to wash up the sins of the past, and ask the little monk to make it convenient." ”

"Do you want a pilgrim?"

Xiao Shami asked with a very economic mind.

But everyone else can see clearly, this dilapidated temple still needs to clean up the pilgrims? There are no pilgrims at all, okay?

However, Li Kui and the others came to check the temple, not to make trouble, Li Kui said to the little novice: "Please also ask the little master to make it convenient." After speaking, Ruan Xiaoer sent a letter of silver, no more, no less, about two taels.

This cola broke the little novice, and hurriedly picked up the broom against the wall, wanting to work hard to clean the Buddhist hall for the father of the gold owner, so as to show the sincerity of the temple.

Where does Li Kui need such an operation, in fact, he is at the door, and he already feels that this Baiyun Temple is not suitable. The mountain gate is too dilapidated, indicating that the income of the temple is very small, the temple is not rich, the pilgrims are not prosperous, and all signs indicate that the monks in the temple are not very good.

Because a famous monk will definitely stay in the big temple where the incense is prosperous, the temple is majestic, and the Buddha statue is solemn, how can he come to such a remote temple. A monk who does not enter the stream, where can he bluff the Western Xia national teacher?

Nitohiko hurriedly stopped the little novice and said two good words before entering the main hall.

"The roof seems to be leaking."

Nitohiko looked up and watched as beams of light spilled down from the roof, which he could screw off if it didn't leak if it rained.

"The Buddha's costume is also in tatters!"

"Li Kui, what are you doing?"

Li Bingqian didn't pay attention and found that Li Kui was picking at the feet of the Buddha statue, but then Li Kui was disappointed: "Mud Bodhisattva! "Isn't it a bodhisattva? If it were a Buddha statue, it would be more magnificent. As for the mud tire, the Tang Dynasty was still popular in painting, and the Buddha statue of the mud fetus was the first choice for medium and small temples. Only large temples carve Buddha statues out of stone.

Li Bingqian, who was taken aback by Li Kui's actions before, didn't understand the meaning of Li Kui's words, and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

"Do you think he's an old man with gold?"

Li Kui pointed to the Buddha statue, Li Bingqian followed the direction pointed by Li Kui, the breeze blew, but the Buddha statue was brushing off the powder, and such a Buddha statue could not be pasted with gold. But after all, he is a Buddhist, and he complained about Li Kui's hand: "Then you shouldn't be a bodhisattva's foot." ”

Li Bingqian was very dissatisfied with Li Kui's fearlessness, which belonged to the believers' antipathy to the different.

Since it didn't work in Longzhou, I had to go to another place to choose, but Ren Duoyan had a good place to go, and suggested to Li Kui: "There is a big temple in Youzhou, which enshrines the stone statue of Rulai. ”

Li Kui complained: "Why didn't you say it earlier? ”

"I said, you don't listen to me!"

Ren Duoyan was aggrieved like a little daughter-in-law, and complained resentfully: "Didn't you say that there are many Han people in Longzhou, and it is easy to disguise, so I didn't want to leave Longzhou." In fact, Youzhou is not far away, and there are also many Han people. But I mentioned it before, and you vetoed it! ”

Not only did Li Bingqian not want to go to Youzhou, but even Li Kui didn't want to.

The reason, it seems that Liang Yishu's fiefdom is in Youzhou, if they meet, won't the enemy be very red when they meet?

In fact, the probability of meeting is really small, Liang Yishu is now a high-ranking official in the Western Xia court, and I am afraid that he will not live in the fiefdom. Besides, even if he lives in a fiefdom, a powerful person of Liang Yishu's status didn't hug him when he went out? Li Kui wanted to avoid meeting Liang Yishu, but it was still easy to do.

I'm afraid that the people around Liang Yishu will remember Li Kui's appearance on the battlefield, but it is impossible for Li Kui to recognize all the entourage warriors around Liang Yishu one by one, and avoid meeting, which is almost impossible.

However, now there is no choice but to go to Youzhou to find a way.

When he returned to his residence, before he had taken a sip of tea, he saw Pang Wanchun quietly walking to Li Kui's side and whispering, "My lord, something happened." ”

Li Kui glanced at Pang Wanchun's dignified performance, and then realized that a strict guy who fell on his head, looking at his figure, seemed to look like Luda, and said suspiciously: "You are Luda." ”

"My lord, I'm wanted!"

What can Luda do, he is also helpless, kindly gave a woman a piece of silver, and a day later, the portrait of him wanted was hung in the city, but it was not that the painter's craftsmanship of the government was really touching, and Luda didn't even dare to go out.