When the host of the contemporary Lingyin Temple saw him, he showed a shocked look, and actually took the initiative to hand over the position of host, but was refused. Even so, it is still sent to the thousand temples of the people's country, saying that the Buddha's heart is in place, and the pure altar is manifested, and from now on, the status of the pure spirit monk is the highest in the country, and it is above his presiding status, and all monks in the country must obey the dispatch of the pure spirit monk, without exception.

This matter was spread in the imperial capital, and it was difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, but what was even more strange was that just a month after the return of the holy monk, it rained for three days and three nights in a row on the imperial capital, and the grand rain covered the mountains, as if the sky was crying. The holy monk braved the rain and led the 3,000 monks of Lingyin Temple to climb the city wall of the capital of God, and sat quietly facing the south for a whole day, reciting scriptures, and the rain stopped. ”

"Good, good, what the city lord of Aung San said is right, the high monk of the Pure Altar has returned to his position, and he is now the monk with the highest status in the human country, and even the current presiding officer is under him. ”

"The status of the Pure Spirit Monk is higher than that of the host of the Lingyin Temple?" thought about it, and couldn't help blurting out.

Master Pude clasped his hands together and said with a slight smile: "Good, good, Lord Shen knows the name of the Holy Monk?"

Shen Fei was stunned for a moment when asked, his face changed several times, and finally decided to turn against the guest, and said: "Not only do you know, this holy monk in your temple has a great relationship with Shen. ”

"Good is good, good is good, the cause is extinguished, and the reason is what. ”

Isn't this sentence often on the lips of the Pure Spirit Monk?" Shen Fei's heart froze, his brows furrowed, and he looked the old monk in front of him up and down again, seeing that he seemed to be smiling but not smiling, there was a deep meaning in his eyes, and he suddenly had a feeling that Master Pude was the same as the Pure Spirit Monk, and he was also a person who could see through the law of cause and effect.

"Good, good, Lord Shen has heard the story of Lingjing?" Seeing Shen Fei's face change suddenly, Master Pude laughed, and suddenly led the topic elsewhere: "Hahaha, the senior monk is a person who purifies the altar, and he is outside the Three Realms, let's talk off topic." ”

"The monk is a person who cleans the altar, and he is outside the Three Realms? Is the story of the Lingjing true?" The monk once said that the Lingjing is a swimming fish that lives in the gate of reincarnation, and came to the world because of the suffering of the world, but has been punished since then, and will never return to the door unless the darkness of the world is completely purified. It can be seen that the spiritual well is a creature separated from the Three Realms, and then it is speculated that the Pure Spirit Monk is the spiritual well in the story?

But what is the so-called matter of his appearance in front of him, and what kind of entanglement exists between himself and him? Going down the mountain to preach is a matter between the entire Buddhist sect and the Taoist sect, if he is not willing to let himself continue preaching, he will not be able to use his means to turn himself into a fool earlier, why bother to approach himself. What is the purpose of the Pure Spirit Monk?"

The same doubts had plagued Shen Fei for a long, long time, and he really couldn't figure out what the purpose and original intention of the Pure Spirit Monk was. I don't understand why the monks of the common generation of Buddhism are afraid of the Pure Spirit Monk, and they also understand the entanglement between themselves and the Pure Spirit Monk!

The so-called origin and extinction of fate, what is the reason? Since Master Pude has burst out with the doubts that are lingering in his heart, he must have the answer to dispel the doubts, and he can only ask him personally.

"Master Shen, the tea is cold, let Xiao Tong change a cup for you. Master Pud smiled charitably and gently.

"Not necessarily. Shen Fei came back to his senses, drank all the tea in the cup, and Master Pude personally picked up the purple clay pot and poured it for him: "Young man, the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and the old man is good at watching the fortune of the palm print, so it is good to break it off for Shen Shi." ”

"Of course. Shen Fei stretched out his left hand, he knew the rules of the corresponding male left and female right in the palm print fortune.

Master Pude dragged Shen Fei's palm with his own palm, put it in front of him and looked at it carefully, and said after a while: "The donor's palm line is thick and long, which shows that his life fortune is extremely strong; Seeing Shen Fei's ugly face, Master Pude stopped talking, stretched out his right hand and slapped Shen Fei's palm three times: "Good, good." ”

The last three strokes of Master Pude in the palm of his hand made Shen Fei feel different, he looked at the other party fixedly, and saw Master Pude also looking at him with blazing eyes, and bowed his head slightly: "Thank you Master Pude." ”

"Good, good. ”

Tuoba Lie watched the strange interaction between Shen Fei and Master Pude from the side, and was deeply curious, it stands to reason that Shen Fei is a Taoist messenger, and he should be inseparable from the Buddhist Sect, but now looking at the appearance of the two of them, the hostile relationship is not obvious, and the wit in the words is not a-for-tat feeling, but it seems to have a tacit understanding.

"Could it be that I thought wrong? The two sects of Buddhism and Taoism are not mortal rivals who never get along with each other?" Tuoba Lie was deeply puzzled.

Master Pude said: "Lord Aung San, I heard Jushan say that there was a corpse change in the dungeon yesterday, and it was almost out of control. "The same thing was mentioned once before, and now it is mentioned again to have an in-depth exchange.

"If it weren't for the timely arrival of Master Jushan, it would have caused a great disaster, and Aung San has come here to express his gratitude. ”

"It's just a gesture, it's nothing, it's just that the appearance of the corpse in Qingzhou City is an ominous sign, and you should pay more attention in the future. ”

"This incident is really a disaster created by the Tongtian Sect. Tuoba Lie now recounted in detail the snipers encountered along the way, and the actions of the Tongtian Sect. Listening to the whole story, Master Pude sighed deeply and said, "Good and good, no wonder there is news from the Lingyin Temple, saying that it will unite the army to carry out a major purge of the remnants of the Tongtian Sect in the human country, it turns out that this is the case. ”

"In order to rescue the party henchmen, dare to openly attack the important town of the empire, it has reached the point where it must be eliminated, and I hope that the Buddha and the empire will work together to remove this stubborn disease. ”

"Good, good, my Buddha is merciful, and it is not my wish to kill in vain. ”

"The demons of the Tongtian Sect are heinous in their crimes, and everyone will be punished for it, and if they are allowed to continue, it will only cause greater harm. ”

"Good, good, everything is subject to the arrangement of Lingyin Temple, and the old man has no right to ask. "Monks pay attention to planting good and accumulating virtue, and creating and killing evil is to damage the virtues of the yang, so they are unwilling to do the thing of killing, and because of this, the Tongtian Sect can take root and sprout in the human country, develop and grow, and has never been exterminated.

Shen Fei thought to himself: Push everything to the Lingyin Temple to decide, if the Lingyin Temple host orders the major temples to send people to exterminate the Tongtian Sect, will the murder caused in this way have nothing to do with him?

Tuoba Lie understood what Master Pude meant, nodded, and stopped asking.

"However, most things like the resurrection of the dead are controlled by someone behind the scenes, and the city defense should be strengthened more recently, so as to prevent the demons of the Tongtian Sect from sneaking into the city. ”

Master Pude reminded him that when Aung San returned, he stepped up his patrols of the city and strictly checked the people who entered the city. ”

"Good, good, good. ”

......

Humans, complex and fickle species. Obviously the flesh is weak, but with extraordinary wisdom and unbelievable minds, the dialogue between people, only each other can understand, the people around them obviously hear the same sentences, feel the same tone but can not understand the ingenuity at all.

At the end of the night, the presiding room was still burning with candles, and the faint Buddhist language came from the house.

"Knock knock!" a clear and powerful knock broke the silence of the night, and after three rings, the starry visitor pushed the door straight into the house.

Master Pude's living room is a typical master bedroom, the room is slender, push the door into the room and see a white wall at a glance, against the wall enshrined a golden Buddha, the golden Buddha has a round belly, a happy smile, a kind face, and Master Pude is simply carved out of a mold. On the left hand side of the Golden Buddha is a coffee table and a bench, and on the right hand side is a bed with no futon or veil, and a golden futon is placed on which Master Pude sits upright, and an oil lamp is lit in the corner of the table nearby.

When the door was pushed open, the night breeze poured in, and the flames burning on the oil lamp dimmed for a moment, and soon regained its brightness, reflecting the blessed face of Master Pude.

"Master Shen, you're here. ”

Master Pude slapped Shen's palm three times, telling Shen that he would come over by himself during the third watch at night, probably because he had something important to say. ”

"Good, good, Lord Shen is really a person with great wisdom. ”

"Now that the city lord of Aung San and His Royal Highness the Prince are not around, Master Pude can say anything directly. ”

"Good, good, Lord Shen, you have already moved the foundation of the Buddha Sect by going down the mountain to preach, and it stands to reason that you should have been punished by the Buddhist Sect's Precept Hall a long time ago, but you have not encountered resistance for a long time, why do you know why?"

Shen Fei clasped his hands together and laughed with a hippie smile: "Buddhism is compassionate......"

"Lord Shen really thinks so?"

"Master Pude thinks that if the Discipline Hall is dispatched, Shen will not be able to come to the imperial capital!"

"At least it won't be that smooth. ”

"That's it, then according to Master Pude's meaning, since Shen has moved the foundation of the Buddhist sect, why hasn't the Discipline Hall been dispatched. ”

"It's simple, because of one person!"

"Alone?"

"Pure Spirit Holy Monk! If he hadn't stopped him, Lord Shen would never have been able to enter Jinling, nor would he have been able to see Lord Lie. ”

"Shen doesn't understand this. ”

"Don't mention the twists and turns for the time being, Lord Shen Shi, the old man asks you, are you willing to leave the imperial capital now and return to Shushan?"

"The master's order has not been completed, and Shen can't go back. ”

"That's not the way to go. ”

"Master Pude, don't be strong. ”

"Do you know what the consequences are? ”

"It's nothing more than an enemy of the entire Buddhist sect. ”

With such a frivolous tone, it seems that the benefactor does not think that it is a terrible thing to be an enemy of the Buddha. ”

"The Buddha is merciful, and Shen believes that he will not kill in vain. ”

"The Buddha was indeed compassionate, but the Buddha also left a precept that monks in the world should make it their duty to purge the infidels. ”

"Oh?"

"The old man just asked you, do you know what the consequences will be if you continue. ”

"The host means. ”

"The old man clearly told you Shen Shi Master that if you insist on going your own way, the Taoist priests will be purged as infidels, and the two sects of Buddhism and Taoism will go to war. ”

"What!"

"It sounds incredible, but that's the truth. The Buddha has a cloud: All those who believe in foreign religions are heretics and must be eliminated. After being recognized as a heretic, Buddhist monks will not be bound by the precepts of the Qing Dynasty and will be allowed to kill on a large scale. For thousands of years, only the Demon Sect was defined as a heretic by the Lingyin Temple, and even the Heavenly Sect was not qualified, so the sect that did not enter the stream could survive to this day, if Shen Shizhu insisted on going his own way, then the pagan hat would be buckled on the head of the Taoist Sect, and at that time, no matter whether the Demon Sect invaded or not, there would be a battle between Buddhism and Taoism, and it would be the most tragic and extreme battle. ”

"Master Pude, are you scaring Shen?"

"Good, good, Lord Shen, back to the question just now, why do you think you have survived to this day. ”

Like being hit by five thunderbolts, the truth narrated by Master Pude was like a lightning bolt falling from the sky, penetrating the darkness in Shen Fei's heart.

-- Why are you alive today? That's an interesting question. Shen Fei thought about it countless times in his heart, no matter what, as a messenger who came down the mountain to preach, the resistance he received after coming to the human kingdom was too small, so small that it was almost negligible, so that he had not started a war with the Buddha Sect and had started with the Tongtian Sect first.

He has always believed that the Buddhists are selfish and selfish people who are bent on seeking merit, so they let themselves become bigger, just like treating the demons of Tongtian Sect, at this moment I listened to Master Pude's narration, but I felt that things had taken a turn for the worse, and the storyline had taken a big turn.

But I heard Master Pude say: "The so-called heretics need to meet four conditions. First, to spread heretical ideas to the followers of Buddhism, second, to attack places sheltered by Buddhism, third, to trample on the dignity of Buddhism and insult the faith of Buddhism, and fourth, to go its own way without repentance. ”

Once all the four conditions are met, the Lingyin Temple can apply to the Pure Altar for an order to eliminate demons, and when the order is issued, the three thousand Buddhist monasteries in the human kingdom will pour out of the nest and wage war against the infidels. ”

"Master Pude means. ”

"Did Lord Shen feel that he was getting closer and closer to the conditions stipulated in the Demon Elimination Order? ”

"Sigh!" Shen Fei's eyes widened and he gasped.

"The Pure Spirit Monk is the highest Buddhist monk, and his great wish is unprecedented, he hopes that the Buddha's ideas can spread throughout Kyushu, completely eradicate other heretical ideas, and establish the so-called Pure Land. Only in the name of eliminating heretics, can the monks fight selflessly, can they go crazy, they can work hard, they can become reasonable, they can be glorious, they can be just, they can be selfless. Master Shen, do you understand? ”