Chapter 0537 - Worship the Tao and Destroy the Buddha
The monkey got the master's decree and went to Chechi Country to listen to the truth. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
He traveled very fast, crossed a mountain range, heard the sound of the trumpet in the distance, the monkey knew something was wrong, hidden in the clouds and mist, came to the front, looked down, only to see a huge Taoist temple being built on the mountain, countless workers and carpenters were working. On the avenue of the mountain range, thousands of people are pulling boulders with rolling logs.
These thousands were bald-headed, dressed in monk's robes, barefoot, and ragged.
And the people who take care of these monks and coolies are all Taoist priests in brocade clothes.
Those Taoist priests were arrogant, holding leather whips in their hands, as long as they saw which monk was not pleasing to the eye, they would go down with a leather whip, and suddenly a miserable scream sounded.
The monkey looked at the monks carefully, all of them were so thin that their skin was covered with bones, and their expressions were miserable and frightened. As long as a Taoist priest walked in front of the monks, those monks were so frightened that their whole bodies trembled and they didn't dare to look directly.
The monkey was angry and said: "Although I don't like to be a monk, and I was coerced by Guanyin Bodhisattva when I entered Buddhism, and I wanted to be free, but these Taoist priests are too much, and their evil methods are even more demonic." ”
The monkey looked at this huge mountain Taoist temple with sharp eyes, and there was no demonic aura in it, on the contrary, there was some faint auspicious light. This place is not far from the capital of Che Chi Kingdom, and Che Chi Country is controlled by the three demon national teachers who practice Taoism, so this Taoist temple must be built by the three national teachers of Che Chi Kingdom.
The three national teachers were originally cultivated by the demon clan, but there is no demonic aura in this Taoist temple, which shows that these three demons have cultivated to the true realm of immortals and have faded away from demonic energy. This is like Li Xiong, who was originally a wild wolf cultivating to Dao Heng, and was accepted as a disciple by Lingbao Tianzun, and a priest in the sky, which is commonly known as the positive result of cultivation, and turned the demonic qi into Dao qi.
These three big demons have cultivated to pure supernatural powers, and they have transformed their demonic qi into Dao qi.
Just look at the behavior of these Taoist priests towards monks, but they are as fierce as bandits.
The monkey descended from the clouds, transformed into a wanderer, and walked from the foot of the mountain to the mountain.
At the entrance of the mountain road in front, there were two Taoist priests guarding them, holding leather whips in their hands and carrying long swords on their backs.
There are hundreds of monks here to carry wood up the mountain, the movement is a little slow, the Taoist priest is a leather whip down, those monks' robes can no longer cover the back, revealing the whip marks.
The monkey went all the way forward, passing by the working monks, and when those monks saw that it was a Taoist priest, they were all trembling and gave way.
The monkey stopped, grabbed a tall monk who was trembling with fright, and said, "There are hundreds of you monks, and there are only two Taoist priests guarding you, why are you so afraid of them?"
The tall monk didn't dare to reply, so he knelt on the ground and just kowtowed.
The monkey said, "I'm not a Taoist priest here, I'm just passing through here, don't be afraid of me." ”
A bold monk said: "Brother Dao, please do well, don't talk to us, if those two Taoist priests see it, we will be miserable." ”
The monkey said, "There are hundreds of you, and one person can drown two Taoist priests with a spit, why are you whipped by him but dare not resist?"
A monk said: "Brother Dao, you are from other places, you don't know, we here, there is a name, called 'Xingdao and Destroying Buddha Land'. All Taoist priests are respected by the king, and all monks are either beheaded or worked as coolies, and there is no third way to go. ”
The monkey said, "Since being a monk is going to be killed, or being a coolie, why don't you go home and go home, but you still want to be a monk?"
In the distance, the two overseers in charge of guarding the Taoist priest shouted: "What are the damned monks talking about, hurry up and get to work." ”
The monks did not dare to talk to the monkey anymore, they all buried their heads in their work, and did not dare to look at the monkey again.
The monkey said, "You monks, don't be afraid, I'll support you!"
Those monks didn't dare to take the stubble, they just buried their heads in work, those who carried trees lifted trees, and those who made components used axes and saws to make components, and no one dared to look at the monkeys.
A Taoist priest walked over to this side, walked up to the monkey, waved the leather whip in his hand, and beat the monks who had just spoken to the monkey and those who had not. Several monks were beaten and rolled all over the ground begging for mercy. The Taoist priest was tired from fighting, so he stopped and said to the monkey panting, "Where did Brother Dao come from?" ”
The monkey said, "Come from the east, travel all over the world, make Taoist friends, and practice Taoism." ”
The Taoist priest was very young and young, he was a young man, and he said with a bad breath: "Brother Dao, you are blessed to come to us. The kings, generals, and ministers of our Chechi country all like Taoist priests, respect Taoist priests, and Taoist priests in the world are a family, you go down this road, walk on the pipeline, enter the city, and eat whatever you want, you can enjoy whatever you want, no need to spend money. Regardless of whether they live in the hotel or what they do, the Taoist priests are treated unhindered and leisurely, which is a decree issued by the king. ”
The monkey said, "Why does the king respect the Taoist priest so much, and why does he hate the monk so much?"
The young Taoist priest smiled and said: "Brother Dao, our Chechi country here used to be a blessed land for monks, you see this mountain, it used to be a temple with flourishing incense, and now the national teacher ordered to tear down all the temples in the country and rebuild them into Taoist temples. ”
The monkey said: "The Buddha and the Tao are the two roads leading to the Great Dao, why does the king want to worship the Tao and destroy the Buddha now?"
The Taoist priest said with a smile: "Brother Dao, a few years ago, there was a drought in Chechi, and the king invited the monks to chant and pray for rain, and the monks all over the country did the rituals, which consumed a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, but the practice of praying for half a year, not a drop of rain fell in the sky, but it was even more arid.
"This has left the treasury empty and the people in dire straits. The whole country fled with their families, and the king, in a fit of rage, killed the abbot who presided over the rituals and threw all the monks into prison. Then the king issued an example, recruiting talented people from all over the world who could pray for rain, as long as the rain from heaven could save the lives of the people of the whole country, the king was willing to give way and seek talent.
Soon after the list was issued, there were three Taoist priests, they unveiled the list, entered the palace, under the witness of the king and the ministers of civil and military affairs, set up the altar to pray for rain, the rain ceremony was completed, the day began to rain, the rain fell for ten days, the whole Chechi country was full of rain, the people who fled to other countries have come back one after another, the whole country because of the rain, the people turned the ground and sowed, the trees reappeared green, the season after the heavy rain was also smooth and rainy, the whole country got a bumper harvest that year, every household was full of chickens and ducks and full of rice and barns.
"The king felt the kindness of the three Taoist priests and proposed to let Xian. The three Taoist priests insisted on not accepting it, saying that there were three of them, and it was not suitable for anyone to be the king, so it was better to ask the king to continue to be the king, they were just Taoist priests, and it would be good to have a place to build a Taoist temple to practice with peace of mind. When the king refused, he made them three national teachers. After the three national teachers took the throne, Che Chiguo will have to be windy and rainy from now on, with a bumper harvest every year, and the country and the people will be safe. The whole country, according to the decree issued by the king, has since worshiped the Tao and destroyed the Buddha. (To be continued.) )