After Jiang Wenlun finished saying this big set of words, the old monk nodded and smiled: "Jiang Jushi is really an elegant person, only then can he be so Qingxing, and the poor monk admires him!"

Jiang Wenlun's heart was settled at this time, and asked: "The master is not going to sleep at this time, and when he comes to this room, he will come here to see and teach", but the old monk just looked at Jiang Wenlun's face without turning his eyes, and said with a smile: "There is nothing wrong, just because the poor monk admires the layman very much in his heart, and wants to come here to talk to the layman more." ”

Jiang Wenlun said: "I can't do anything in my life, how dare I be a master and admire," Jiang Wenlun said this, but he wondered where this monk must have come from, and saw that he was a person with martial arts skills, so he replied that he was incapable of anything in his life.

Unexpectedly, the old monk of Zhike listened, stretched out his hand and gave a thumbs up, and said: "The skill of the layman is very great, this is something that the poor monk has known for a long time, but what the poor monk admires is not the ability of the layman, but the unique courage of the layman." ”

Jiang Wenlun felt that there was something in the other party's words, and asked: "The master and I met for the first time, how do you know that I have unique courage?" The old monk laughed and said: "Jutu can understand what the poor monk is doing in this Guanyin Temple? How can he not know the courage of the layman?"

Although Jiang Wenlun knew that there was a reason in the other party's words, he couldn't guess what the other party's intentions were, so he had to say: "I'm stupid by nature, and the master's words are zen and mechanistic, but I still can't understand them." Please let the master say it clearly!" The old monk said: "The layman deliberately pretended not to know, but it was okay to ask the poor monk to say it clearly, and the poor monk had to say it clearly." There is no man in the world, young or old, who is not afraid of ghosts."

"Although there are some conceited and courageous people, who talk big things and deceive people in the blue sky and daytime, he is not afraid of ghosts, in fact, why not be afraid? Knowing that there will be no ghosts in the blue sky and daytime, he dares to say such big words, if in the middle of the night when no one is around, there is really a ghost coming out, and those who talk big things will see it, and see if he is afraid or not, I don't think anyone can have the courage of a layman. The lay monk said that the situation of his life is the most pure in the moment just now, and the poor monk believes that what the lay man said is not false, like the realm of the moment just now, life is not easy to meet. But the poor monk wants to ask the layman what happened to him just now.

When Jiang Wenlun heard this, his heart, which had settled down, couldn't help but jump again. I thought: If I say that I have seen many female ghosts, I have already exposed the secret of peeping on the lotus. The monks in this temple pretended to be arhats and bodhisattvas on the surface, and secretly said that they had created infinite sins.

If I see through and expose it, the more than 100 monks in this temple, needless to say, have no reason to live, even this magnificent Guanyin Temple will inevitably be burned. I have seen through such a very important secret, but I know that they will never give up with me, and I still insist that I have never seen a ghost.

Jiang Wenlun thought about it so carefully in his heart at that time, but he didn't dare to show a little hesitation on his face, and after listening to the words of the old monk Zhike, he deliberately pretended to be surprised, and said: "Master, where to start with these words, I am completely incomprehensible when I hear them. I've never seen a ghost in my life, and I don't believe in ghosts in this world, and I don't have the guts. ”

"To be honest, I said to the master, I got up just now to admire the moon, of course, because the Mid-Autumn Festival is good, but most of it is also because I have never slept alone on weekdays, and I am not used to sleeping. Even when I stayed in the inn before, it was also four or five merchants who rested in the same room and slept alone in a room, I never had to, so I was inevitably a little timid, so I might as well simply get up and enjoy it in the moonlight for a while. The master admired my courage, which was almost sarcastic to me. ”

At this point, the old monk suddenly changed his stern face, stretched out his hand and slapped the corner of the table, and said angrily: "You are too ignorant of good and bad things, and you dare to burn fake incense in front of the true Bodhisattva! My words have been explained to you, and you still dare to talk nonsense with me like this, do you think that you should not accept such a thing, and you can support me?"

"You don't want to think about it: Aren't all of the more than 100 monks in my Guanyin Temple dead, how can your actions in the Buddha Hall be hidden from our ears and eyes? ”

The expression of the old monk at this time was completely different from that when they first met. When I first met, I was full of spring breeze, and when I opened my mouth, I would close my palms and bow down, and the little man who would stammer no matter what, was not so courteous and respectful when he saw Shangguan. At this moment, he turned his face, that kind of vicious look with horizontal eyebrows and vertical eyes, that is, a robber who kills people without blinking, and he is not so powerful, Jiang Wenlun experienced such a dangerous situation for the first time, and he has already realized that his heart is weak, and at this time, when he saw such a fierce image of the old monk of Zhike, he couldn't help but be timid.

Although those rude words couldn't help but be a little angry in his ears, Jiang Wenlun didn't dare to be angry, for fear that he would break up, and he was alone, even if he had extremely high skills, he couldn't get a bargain when he entered the tiger's den. I had to try my best to suppress the fire nature, and said calmly: "Master's words are really too strange. I came to the treasure temple to spend the night, but the master allowed me, and I did not steal into the treasure temple. ”

"Talking to the master sincerely, why does the master scold me for no reason? I can't sleep and go out of the room to admire the moon, I haven't seen anything except the moonlight, but the master has planted it on me, saying that I have seen ghosts, not to mention whether there is really such a thing as ghosts in this world, I will take a step back, even if I see ghosts, I will not do the national law of the imperial court, and I will not violate the laws of the treasure temple, why should the master be so angry?"

"I don't know what to say about the word 'knowledge', but I'm a passer-by, and I'm going to leave tomorrow morning as soon as the sky is light, so I don't need to ask for an explanation of how to live. Since I am promised to spend the night, it is not too early to do so, so please let the old monk go in and rest, let me sleep peacefully, and I can board the journey early tomorrow. With that, he arched his hand and made a look of preparing to send off the guests.

Where does the old monk of Zhike pay attention? The tiger snorted, pointed at Jiang Wenlun's face, and said: "There is really a way in heaven that you don't take, and hell has no door to break in! If you stay overnight, you will stay overnight, who taught you to be nosy, you have not seen a ghost, a good Buddha lotus platform, what do you want to light a candle and look for something? You must know that a hard mouth is useless. ”

"Because I pity you for your young age and don't know the world, but I have a good backbone, and I happened to encounter this incident, those actions in the Buddha hall, or out of intent, I took the trouble to enlighten you with good words. Who knows that you are a dog biting Lu Dongbin, you don't know the hearts of good people, but you want to show off your eloquence in front of me, thinking that if you are reasonable, you can support me. Can you still have something to say about the past at this moment?" Jiang Wenlun saw that the matter of lighting the candle and illuminating the lotus platform had been seen by the old monk, and he knew that it was useless to cover it up, and the more weak his heart was, the more he couldn't think of an idea to deal with it.

At such a time, knowing that even if I beg for help, I may not be able to avoid disaster, but it is better to simply come to him and see how he will live for me, if I am destined to die in this temple, I will not be able to escape. What is the use of the skills passed down by the teacher if they are not applied at this time?

Jiang Wenlun had this thought, and his courage became stronger, and he suddenly slapped him on the table and said, "Don't deceive me too much! I am a person who has passed through this place, and it is the first time I have come to this temple, who knows that there is a mechanism in this temple where you cannot see people? The Buddha lotus platform is placed on the main hall, and it was originally worshiped by ordinary people, so I will take a candle and watch it for a while, what is it?"

Seeing that Jiang Wenlun was angry, the old monk said with a soothing face: "Naturally, you are nothing, but in your opinion, is this nothing to us?" Jiang Wenlun said: "I have seen the ghost, and the lotus platform has also been photographed, you blame me for not being able to see it, just to see what you plan to do to me?"

The old monk nodded and said, "Since you are willing to admit that you have seen a ghost and taken a picture of the lotus platform, the following words are easy to say." You follow my words, I don't have any means to use against you, my temple organs, must not be seen through by people outside the temple, whoever sees through it, will take whose life, regardless of whether it is intentional or not, good people and evil people. ”

"You have seen through the organs of the temple tonight, and as usual, you have no spare time to talk to you, but a stick of stuffy incense will turn you over, and you will send a small novice to settle your account. It's just because our master said that you are a person with some background, and I can't bear to treat you the way we treat ordinary people. ”

"The Buddha's eyes look at each other, open a way for you to live, you should only immediately take refuge in the teacher, shave the ordination, and then you have become a monk in this temple, not only do not pursue your sin of peeping at the great secret, all the secret things in the temple, you can foresee, than the real Buddha and immortal, how many times happier, this is your great creation.

"How many rich and noble people have broken through the red dust and asked to take refuge in my family teacher, but where did the family teacher look at those people? There are also a few great monks in the jungle who asked to study in front of the home teacher, and none of them were not rejected by the master in charge. ”

"You don't know how much virtue you have accumulated in your previous life, and you only have such a good opportunity in this life, what do you think of this statement?" Jiang Wenlun asked, "Are you teaching me to become a monk?"

The old monk said: "Yes, except to become a monk immediately, there is no second way for you to live." Jiang Wenlun sneered: "Becoming a monk, I know that it is a good thing to do, my parents have passed away, there are no brothers and uncles, no wives and children, and it is suitable to become a monk." ”

"However, I can't be forced by you to become a monk, and when I am willing to become a monk, I will take refuge in the Three Jewels, and this is not the time for me to become a monk. The old monk said with a smile: "Thanks to your good words, you are dreaming here, if you don't leave home at this time, and don't say that there is no second way for you to go, you should make up your mind as soon as possible." If you are bent on going to die, even if you are a living Buddha, you will not be able to save you. ”