Ye Chen took advantage of the situation to look up, and there was a man with his hair draped, a golden headband, and a black Buddha bead hanging around his neck.

The man's linen clothes seemed to have not been changed in years, and they were covered with dust, some of which had solidified into slag, as if they were going to fall off at any moment.

Ye Chen first glanced at the restaurant, although there was no empty wine table in the restaurant, it was not without seats, and it was completely possible to share a table with other people, but this linen man found him, and Ye Chen moved his toes to think of the reason.

This sackcloth man is so sloppy that no one has the appetite to drink and eat when he sees it, let alone sit on his own wine table and share the table.

Ye Chen glanced at the sackcloth man again, and his eyes fell on the headband on the sackcloth man's head and the Buddhist beads hanging around his neck, this headband had the runes of the Buddha Gate on it, and it didn't look so simple.

And the black Buddha beads are even more extraordinary, each Buddha has a "swastika" character Buddha sound, at the same time, the Buddha beads are also engraved with dense scriptures like the same font, on the black beads flashing with golden brilliance is generally conspicuous.

"Brother, can you sit down below?" the sackcloth man asked politely again.

Ye Chen came back to his senses and said with a smile, "Please take a seat." ”

"Thank you. The sackcloth man clenched his fists, and then sat down unceremoniously, and when he sat down, Ye Chen clearly saw the dust and slag shaking off the sackcloth man's body.

Ye Chen looked at the sackcloth man silently, and said, "Looking at Your Excellency's dress, I feel that I have some connection with Buddhism, but I don't look like a person from Buddhism, and Your Excellency is also here to participate in the Dharma Conference?"

The sackcloth man hurriedly smiled and said, "In the quicksand of the lower law, he is a walker. ”

When Ye Chen heard this, he understood, no wonder this linen man was dressed so simply, and his actions were more casual and informal, and he turned out to be a practitioner who practiced on behalf of him.

"In the lower leaf morning. Ye Chen also reported his name, and then said: "Since Your Excellency is a practitioner, then not only Your Excellency's master is the master of Buddhism?"

Quicksand smiled and said: "I don't know the name of the master, I was a beggar who walked all over the red dust before I became a monk, one night I slept under a tree, that night I had a dream, I dreamed that there was a monk who said that I was the reincarnation of a person, and I had been a beggar for ten generations, just to walk through the red dust, experience the suffering of the world, birth, old age, sickness and death. ”

"Then, the monk passed me a headband, a Buddha, and then a Buddhist scripture in my dream. When I woke up the next day, I found that I had an extra headband on my head and a few more beads on my body, and I realized that it was not a dream, it was true, and the tree I was sleeping on was gone. ”

After hearing this, Ye Chen felt that it was really terrifying, this quicksand turned out to be the reincarnated body of a Buddhist monk, it seemed that it should be the reincarnated body of an extremely powerful Buddhist being, otherwise how could there be such an opportunity?

"After that, I embarked on the path of practicing Buddhism and became a practitioner. Quicksand glanced at Ye Chen, and then smiled a little embarrassedly: "All these years have passed, and I am also pondering alone, and I don't know if I am pondering correctly, so I heard that there is a Dharma conference, so I came over to take a look." ”

Ye Chen let out an "oh", and then asked, "Then do you know the appearance of the monk in the dream, if you see him again, will you still be able to recognize him?"

Quicksand shook his head and said, "I only remember that it was a monk, but his appearance was very blurry, and Bengen didn't have any impression. ”

There are so many monks in Buddhism, it's hard to say who they are.

Quicksand looked at the wine and food on the table, then licked his lips, looked at Ye Chen and asked tentatively, "Brother Ye Chen, I haven't eaten a good meal for a long time, this ......"

Quicksand pointed to the wine and food on the table, the meaning was already very clear, and Quicksand hurriedly said: "I won't eat you for nothing, if you have anything to ask me to help with, I will definitely do my best." ”

Ye Chen smiled and said: "I also have some relationship with Buddhism, since Brother Liusha is also a member of Buddhism, what are these wines and dishes?

Quicksand also smiled unabashedly: "I was a beggar before I became a monk, and I usually have no meals, so I especially yearn for the days when I can drink wine and eat meat, so as long as I have the opportunity to drink wine and eat meat, I will not let go at all." ”

Ye Chen said, "Isn't that a violation of the precepts of Buddhism?"

"As the so-called wine and meat pass through the intestines, the Buddha left it in his heart, this practice is the heart, not the surface. Everyone has their own desires and pursuits, so why bother to suppress them?"

Quicksand said eloquently, "Even if you are a monk, you have desires, but you are suppressed by strict precepts and can't show your true nature, and that a monk who doesn't lie becomes, saying that he doesn't want it to be false, it's just more controllable than ordinary people." ”

"I don't want to restrain myself like that, how comfortable and how to come, my heart is happy, that is the real see through the red dust, the real understanding of life. Therefore, I cultivate with sincerity, not words. ”

Ye Chen listened to Quicksand's words, and immediately felt refreshed, this is very different from the traditional Buddhism, it is indeed unusual.

But can such a theory be embraced by traditional Buddhism?

Ye Chen said: "Your idea is indeed very unique, contrary to tradition, if it is known by Buddhism, it will definitely be regarded as an outlier, and it may not be good at that time." ”

Quicksand said: "Cultivation is the original mind, even if it is regarded as an alien, then it can't go against the mind, it's a big deal not to practice the Dharma." ”

Ye Chen saw that the quicksand was so free and easy, and his heart was also inexplicably excited, what kind of sparks would collide between such an unconventional and refreshing idea and the traditional Buddhist theory?

Ye Chen was waiting to see what he wanted.

"Well said, since that's the case, then Brother Quicksand shouldn't be polite, it's not enough to ask for it again!" Ye Chen laughed.

Quicksand's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "It would be nice to have a roast chicken." ”

"No problem. Ye Chen readily agreed, and then asked the shopkeeper to add another roast chicken.

Quicksand is not polite at all, after wiping his hands on his body, he grabbed the roast chicken and gnawed it, Ye Chen was a little embarrassed, it was better not to wipe this hand twice on his body.

Quicksand was drinking while nibbling on roast chicken, and soon there was only a pile of bones left on the table, and the cups and plates were in disarray!

Quicksand burped, looked satisfied, touched his stomach and smiled, "It's been a long time since I've eaten so full." ”

Ye Chen said, "Where are Brother Quicksand going to sleep tonight?"

Quicksand said casually: "Just find a random one." ”

"Why don't I book a room for Brother Quicksand?" Ye Chen said.

Quicksand waved his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Tai's beautiful will quicksand heart, I sat on the beggar of the tenth generation, slept on the street of the tenth generation, and I am used to sleeping, if I am allowed to sleep in the bed, I estimate that I will not be able to sleep, so I will not spend this money." ”

"Is it really necessary?" Ye Chen asked again.

Quicksand's eyes rolled, and he smiled: "If Brother Tai doesn't like a lot of money, then get me a pot of wine, which is much better than a bed." ”

Ye Chen laughed when he heard this, and then shook his head helplessly and said, "Okay, okay, then come to a bar." ”

Subsequently, Ye Chenyou asked the shopkeeper to take a jar of wine, and the quicksand thanked him again and again, and the sky was already dark, and after the two talked for a while, the quicksand said goodbye and walked out of the restaurant.

The second floor of this restaurant is the guest room, and Ye Chen went directly to the guest room.

After Quicksand walked out of the restaurant, he shuttled through the street, and a sloppy beggar was not treated well wherever he went, so naturally no one cared about him.

He came alone into an alley, which was pitch black, and no one was there, so he sat down on the ground, opened the lid of the jar, and drank it in a big gulp.

"Good wine!" Quicksand praised heartily as he drank.

The jar of wine was finished in a few moments, and the quicksand was completely drunk, and he lay down on the ground and fell asleep.

However, he slept in a strange position, lying on his side, his right elbow on the ground, and his head dragging his head with his palm, sleeping in such a not very comfortable position.

Then, the headband on his head and the Buddhist beads on his body emitted a faint light, and every rune on it was glowing, and then turned into stars and entered the body of quicksand.

Moreover, the "swastika" Buddha seal on the Buddha beads is also gathered together, printed on the center of the eyebrows of the quicksand.

Throughout the night, the Buddha seal of the word "swastika" did not disappear, and those runes were constantly flowing.

By the next morning, everything was back to normal, and it seemed as if nothing had happened overnight.

Quicksand stretched, looked at the sky, then stood up and stretched comfortably again, the bones of his body crackling.

He looked at the wine jar on the ground, which no longer had a drop of wine, licked his lips, and said to himself: "I knew that I would have left a little, but now it's okay, there is no drop......"

Ye Chen walked out of the restaurant and walked on the street, but he was wondering if he could touch the quicksand, this strange Buddhist person might cause a sensation in the whole world at the Dharma Conference.

There was still an hour before the time of the Dharma Conference, and Ye Chen walked out of the deserted city directly and headed towards the Xiaoleiyin Temple.

At this time, many monks had also rushed to the foot of the Xiaoleiyin Temple, waiting to climb the stairs.

When Ye Chen came to the foot of the Xiaoleiyin Temple, he already felt that the entire mountain had undergone tremendous changes, completely shrouded in Buddhism, and had truly become a pure land.

"How many believers does it take to reach such a point in a short period of time?" Ye Chen said in amazement.