On the eighth day of the lunar month, His Royal Highness the King of Chu held a Laba banquet in Jinshan Temple in Zhenjiang.

Yes, it is the Jinshan Temple of the Fahai monk.

This thousand-year-old temple is located on the mountain and faces the Yangtze River. The halls and halls are connected to each other, and the pavilions and pavilions are connected to each other. The most eye-catching pagoda stands on the top of the golden mountain, rising from the ground and abruptly cloudy sky. It looks magnificent and magnificent, far from being comparable to ordinary Buddhist temples.

It's a pity that the octagonal seven-story pagoda is not called Leifeng Pagoda, but Cishou Pagoda.

"A "Legend of the White Snake" has made many people mistakenly think that Jinshan Temple is in Hangzhou, and there is a Leifeng Pagoda in it." This made Lao Liu can't help but sigh: "That Fahai monk is really too chicken thief." Actually engaged in remote detention. It is estimated that the white lady was scared by the flooding of Jinshan......"

Luo Guanzhong, who accompanied him to climb the stairs on the side of the "......", finally couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness, who gave your master the purpose of "The Legend of the White Snake"? ”

"Ah, haven't you heard?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu was a little surprised and said: "It's Xu Xian and the White Lady, the White Lady is a big white snake......"

"Damn, he's so heavy-mouthed." Luo Guanzhong couldn't help but sigh, they are historical writers, they admire fantasy writers very much, they really dare to think about it.

"No, haven't you heard of "The Legend of the White Snake"?" Zhu Zhen suddenly realized something.

"I've only heard that Han Gaozu slashed the White Snake." His uncle said in a rough voice: "But there is still no such Xu Xianmeng." ”

"There's something like that." Robben shook his head, pushed his glasses with his fingers, and recalled seriously: "In the Tang legend "Bo Yizhi", there is an article "Li Huang", which is most similar to the "Legend of the White Snake" said by His Royal Highness. ”

"Oh, yes, tell me about it." The sixth is interested.

"It is said that there is a rich son Li Huang, who met a widow in a white dress in Chang'an East City, and she is unique. Li Huang and the soul taught each other to enter the house, and were matched by the aunt of the girl in white, the old girl in Tsing Yi, and loved each other for three days. ”

"Yes, yes, there is also a green snake in "The Legend of the White Snake", but it is young and beautiful, I like it very much." The sixth man is coming to the next level. "And then?"

Later, when Li Huang returned home, he felt that his body was spinning, and he was immediately bedridden and hopeless. The family was regarded as it, but saw that his body had turned into water, and only his head was saved. Shocked, people went to visit the place, it turned out to be a deserted garden often infested with giant white snakes. ”

When Luo Guanzhong tells the story, it is naturally colorful, concise and exquisite. Hearing this, Father-in-law Wang shuddered.

"Don't be afraid." Luo Guanzhong comforted him.

"I hate it~~" Wang Ma Orchid pointed at him.

Then Mr. Luo added: "There is also a story of "Li Xuan" in the back, which tells the story of another rich son who had a little contact with a plain-clothed girl who was transformed into a white snake, and after returning home, he 'died of a split brain'. It can be seen that the snake spirit is terrifying. ”

"No, no, no, I'm a snake spirit, it's a good snake spirit." Zhu Zhen was in a good mood and said to Lao Luo: "Don't you think it's immoral for Golden Lotus Academy to play "Golden Vase Plum" all day long? I'll tell you the story of "The Legend of the White Snake" when I go back, and you can write it into a play and replace "Golden Vase Plum". ”

"Well, "Jin" is still not without merit, and don't kill it with a stick," Luo Guanzhong whispered: "It's changed to a night show." ”

"Knowledgeable!" The sixth gave a thumbs up and approached Jinshan Temple with a big smile.

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In front of the Daxiong Treasure Hall of Jinshan Temple, dozens of tables of eight immortals are placed. There is a large iron pot in the middle, the firewood is burning brightly, and the pot is boiling laba porridge.

Lu Zhonghe, Xie Yunzhang and other big families in the south of the Yangtze River had already come to the banquet early, and they had been waiting for almost an hour......

This is the eighth day of the lunar month, on the Yangtze River and Jinshan, the river wind and the mountain wind blow the big dogs one by one into balls and snot bursting out.

They are now looking forward to His Royal Highness the King of Chu coming quickly, and then one of them will hold a bowl of steaming Laba porridge.

Near noon, Wang Defa's high-pitched "Your Highness has arrived ......" finally sounded

As if they had been granted amnesty, all the big families hurriedly knelt on the ground to welcome His Royal Highness the King of Chu.

"Hahaha, it's all here." Zhu Zhen was dressed in a blue dragon robe and a mink warm hat, and came out of the hall with a hug from the front and back.

In fact, he had already arrived, and he still had time to visit Jinshan Temple and learn the advanced deeds of Master Fahai. Not for anything else, just to freeze the grandchildren outside.

After His Royal Highness the King of Chu ascended to the throne on the platform, and all the big families bowed and sat down, the prefect Cao said loudly: "Please give a lecture to Your Highness." ”

"You must be looking forward to this Laba Festival, right?" Zhu Zhen opened his mouth and smiled: "Otherwise, how could he come all the way over?" ”

"Hehe, yes......" The big family nodded with a dry smile, scolding their mother in their hearts. Didn't you give us an invitation and order us to come to the Laba feast? Otherwise, we are full of food and support, and we will come to Zhenjiang to drink laba porridge in winter?

"Do you know why this king wants to set up the Laba banquet in this Jinshan Temple?" The sixth asked again.

"I don't know...... everyone shook their heads, and said in their hearts, isn't it because it's windy here?

"It's because this Jinshan Temple is an authentic Buddhism. The temple gate faces west, facing the western Elysium. Zhu Zhen pointed to the West Heavenly Dao:

And the custom of drinking Laba porridge on the eighth day of the lunar month also started in the temple at the earliest. Legend has it that the Buddha sat under the Bodhi tree for 48 days, and became enlightened on the eighth day of the lunar month. Therefore, the monasteries held pujas on the day of Laba, and used Laba porridge to make offerings to the Buddha, and then gave alms to the believers. ”

Zhu Zhen then said lightly: "My Zhu family has a relationship with Buddhism, and my father told me to wait for the prince to worship at the temple and often give alms. This king borrowed the treasure land of Jinshan Temple to hold this Laba banquet, is it reasonable? ”

"It's very reasonable...... all the guests hurriedly echoed, and said in their hearts, then hurry up and divide the porridge!

Who knew that before the sixth child finished speaking, he suddenly smiled and asked: "Who knows the first words that the Buddha said after he became a Buddha?" ”

"Heaven and earth, I am the only one!" A big family rushed to the road.

"That's what the Buddha said when he first came to earth." Lu Zhonghe said lightly: "After the Buddha became enlightened, the first thing he said was-'Wonderful! Amazing! All sentient beings, all of whom possess the wisdom and virtue of the Buddha, cannot attain it because of delusional attachment. If you are detached from delusion, then there is no wisdom of the teacher, no wisdom of nature, and everything appears ......"

"Okay." Zhu Zhen applauded and said: "This old man is really knowledgeable, and this king only listened to Mr. Guanzhong last night." ”

When the big families in Jiangnan heard this, they all looked at the four-eyed old man standing beside him.

I looked at him very familiarly, but he wore a pair of glasses, and it was too outrageous, so I didn't dare to be sure for a while.

Now that they heard King Chu say this, they knew that they were right, that person was Luo Guanzhong.

Teacher Luo felt that he had been stripped naked in public, and his face was red, and he wanted to slap himself twice.

(End of chapter)