On Fangcun Mountain, in the Sanxing Cave, Patriarch Su Bodhi sits on the futon, and in front of him are Zhun Ti, Jieyin, Wuchao Zen Master and Sun Yuan.

"Buddhism has developed so far, but it has deviated a little from the original teachings, and some of the disciples have begun to become lazy and greedy, and have turned a good Buddhism into a place to hide filth and dirt, and it is time to tidy it up!"

Zhun Ti hurriedly saluted after hearing this: "Disciple understands! This time, I will borrow the hand of the golden cicada to rectify the teaching affairs!"

Su Bodhi nodded slightly when he heard this, and then looked at Wuchao Zen Master and said, "Zen Master, it seems that some demon juniors have long forgotten the original lesson!"

Hearing this, Zen Master Wuchao hurriedly bowed deeply and said: "People in the demon clan, but there are people in the world of cholera, and the golden cicada master and apprentice can kill them!"

Su Bodhi nodded again when he heard this, and finally said to Sun Yuan: "Those disciples under your sect will guard the golden cicada all the way to obtain the true scriptures! As for the two spies of the Jade Emperor and Taishang Laojun, if they are not in order, they will be killed directly!"

Hearing this, Sun Yuan hurriedly knelt down and said, "Disciple Sun obeys!"

Hearing this, Su Bodhi stretched out his hand and said, "Okay, let's go down and prepare!" Hearing this, the four of them hurriedly withdrew from the three-star cave and broke through the air.

Seeing the four of them leaving, Su Bodhi couldn't help but mutter: "Taiyi! As a son and daughter's in-laws, let the old man help you one last time! Whether you succeed or not, it depends on your creation!"

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In Chang'an City, in the Huasheng Temple, Master Xuanzang from Jinshan Temple, a famous temple in the south of the Yangtze River, was meditating with his eyes closed, and suddenly his mind was in a trance, and then he saw an old man with white hair holding a whisk in front of him, sat down cross-legged, and said directly: "The Nine Transformations of Gods and Demons, for the inside, are the nine realms of time, change, decay, talent, and death; ”

"Specifically, it is divided into nine types of changes: Xuanwu Change, Vermilion Bird Change, White Tiger Change, Qinglong Change, Qilin Change, Broken Army Change, Greedy Wolf Change, Seven Kills Change, and Pangu Change. It is the supreme method of proving the Tao with martial arts......"

"Taiyi, the road of learning scriptures is also the road of heaven, there are forty-nine laws contained in the original way of heaven for you to comprehend, whether you can achieve the fruit of the mixed yuan dao, it depends on your own creation!" Looking at Master Xuanzang who fell into a deep sleep in front of him, the old man waved the dust in his hand and withdrew from Master Xuanzang's sea of knowledge.

"Taiyi, Jin Chanzi, Jiang Liu'er, who am I?" Master Xuanzang looked confused.

"Master, Master, the abbot is invited!" A seven or eight-year-old monk trotted to Xuanzang's meditation room and gently pushed open the door.

"Hmm, what are you looking for as a teacher?" At the moment when the door was pushed open, Xuanzang woke up in time, and always felt that there was something more in his mind!

"The abbot invites the master to come to the Daxiong Treasure Hall to lecture on the scriptures and discuss the law!" the little monk said obediently when he heard this.

"Okay! I'll go here for the teacher!" Xuanzang heard this, and immediately got up and walked towards the Daxiong Treasure Palace.

"Master, wait for the debate!" Behind Xuanzang, the debate machine followed closely with a pair of small short legs.

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"Sell the robe! Sell the robe!" In Chang'an City, a young monk was holding a collar robe and shouting for it, and next to him was a man wearing a hundred robes. An old monk with a bare foot and a bald head, the old monk still holds a nine-ring tin staff in his hand.

Although these two monks looked average, the robes and tin staff were gorgeous, and someone immediately stepped forward and asked, "Monk, how much does your robe cost to sell?"

When the old monk heard this, he replied, "The robe is five thousand taels, and the tin staff is two thousand taels." ”

When the man heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Are you a monk crazy or stupid? Can this robe be worn on your body to live forever, and if you can't become a Buddha and an ancestor, you dare to sell it for 7,000 taels of silver?"

The old monk did not defend when he heard this, and smiled slightly. took the little monk and went straight to Donghua Gate, but he was bumping into Prime Minister Xiao Xing and returning home. The old monk didn't shy away from it. Tell the little monk to take the robe and sell it along the street.

Seeing this, Xiao Xing couldn't help but look at it, but saw that the robe was bright and bright, and the tin staff was shining with golden light, so he hurriedly went to ask the price of the robe and tin staff.

Seeing this, the old monk couldn't help but smile and said, "The robe is five thousand taels, and the tin staff is two thousand taels." ”

Xiao Xing frowned slightly when he heard this. I couldn't help asking, "What is the benefit of this robe and tin rod that it should be sold for such a high price?"

The old monk smiled when he heard this, and slowly said a paragraph, which moved Xiao Xing's heart with a speech.

Xiao Xing was overjoyed at the moment and said: "Master doesn't know, my Tang Emperor is very kind. The Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, and all of them were pursued. A few days later, a water and land conference will be built, but this robe is just worn by Master Chen Xuanzang. The master is willing to go down to the court with him to see my lord, long live. ”

When the old monk heard this, he clasped his palms together, and said lightly: "Donor, please go first!" Xiao Xing was overjoyed when he heard this, and he didn't ride a horse at the moment, and walked out of Donghua Street with the old monk, and went straight to the Taiji Palace.

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In the Taiji Palace, looking at Xiao Xing, who had brought two monks here, Li Shimin couldn't help but look puzzled, and slowly said: "Why did the prime minister go and return?

Xiao Xing hurriedly explained: "The old minister went out of Donghua Gate, and met these two monks selling robes and tin staffs. ”

Li Shimin had just returned from a tour of the underworld and was about to prepare for the waterway conference, when he heard this, he couldn't help but feel overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Dare to ask the master, I don't know how much this robe and tin staff are worth?"

The old monk didn't salute when he heard this, and slowly spoke: "The robe is five thousand taels, and the tin staff is two thousand taels." ”

Li Shimin was a diligent and thrifty emperor, but in his heart he felt that the old monk's asking price was inevitably higher, and he was puzzled at the moment: "I don't know what the benefits of this robe are, but it costs seven thousand taels of silver!"

When the old monk heard this, he smiled and said, "There are advantages and disadvantages to this robe, and there are places where you want money and there are places where you don't need money." ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he hurriedly said: "Dare to ask the master, what is good, what is bad?"

Hearing this, the old monk said slowly: "My robe is a 10,000-year-old ice silkworm spinning silk thread in the Great Snow Mountain, and then woven by the Tiangong Xian'e, there are night pearls on the four corners; an emerald between the top ......; there are wishful beads, mani beads, dust beads, and wind beads; and there are red agate, purple coral, night pearls, relics, and ."

"If a high-ranking monk wears my robe and does not sink or fall into hell, then this is good, if he is a foolish monk who is greedy for lust and pleasure. Monks who do not fast or abstain, ordinary people who slander the scriptures and slander the Buddha, wearing this robe, will definitely fall into hell forever, which is not good. ”

Li Shimin was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Dare to ask the master." What's the benefit of this nine-ring tin staff?"

The old monk twisted his beard and said with a smile: "My tin rod is that--nine rings made of copper and iron, and the nine-section immortal vine will stay forever." I am tired of looking at the green bones and thin at the beginning, and I will go down the mountain and bring the white clouds lightly. The five ancestors of Moha traveled to the sky, and Luo Bu found his mother to break the ground. Do not stain the red dust and filth, and like to accompany the monks to the Jade Mountain. ”

Li Shimin was even happier when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "Dare to ask the master, what is asking for money and what is not asking for money?"

Hearing this, the old monk said slowly: "I don't follow the Dharma. If you don't respect the Three Jewels and force him to buy a tin rod in a robe, you will definitely sell him for 7,000 taels, which is asking for money; if you respect the Three Jewels and take refuge sincerely, the old man is willing to give him the tin rod in a robe for nothing, which means that you don't want money. ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he couldn't bear it anymore, and hurriedly spoke: "Master! I will hold a waterway conference in the near future, and I want to give you these two treasures. It was given to Master Xuanzang from Jinshan Temple to be used. Seven thousand taels of silver, I bought this robe and tin staff. ”

When the old monk heard this, he folded his palms and took refuge, said the Buddha's name, and then said lightly: "The name of Master Xuanzang, the old man has also heard a lot, this robe and tin staff." The poor monk was willing to send him. Then he turned and left. When Taizong and Xiao Xing rushed outside the hall, there were still two monks.

Seven days later, it was the period of the waterway conference, Li Shimin led a group of civil and military officers to go straight to the Huasheng Temple, and the monks hurriedly went out of the mountain gate to greet them. There is Master Xuanzang who came from Jinshan Temple.

Li Shimin personally met the monks in the temple, and gave the robe and tin staff to Master Xuanzang in public, and instructed him to put on the robe and have a look. Grand Master Xuanzang did not shirk either, gently shook off the robe, draped it on his body, held a tin staff, and stood in front of the steps. Seeing this, everyone applauded, and all said that it was the Arhat who descended to earth, and the king of Jizo appeared.

Later, Master Xuanzang took the stage to preach the Dharma, reciting the "Sutra of Life and Death" for a while, talking about the "Anbang Tianbao Seal" for a while, and preaching the "Persuasion and Cultivation Volume" for a while, and the monks were drunk and infatuated.

At this time, I saw an old monk squeezing through the crowd, coming to the Dharma platform, patting the treasure platform and shouting: "That monk, you can only talk about Hinayana teachings, but can you talk about Mahayana teachings?"

Master Xuanzang was overjoyed when he heard this, turned over and jumped off the stage, and said to the old monk: "The big monk, the little monk is polite, I am a monk in the east, and I am talking about the Hinayana teachings, but I don't know how the Mahayana teachings are?"

Hearing this, the old monk shook his head slightly and said, "You, the Hinayana teachings, cannot exalt the dead. I have the Mahayana Buddhism Sanzang in Western Bliss, which can transcend the deceased and ascend to heaven, can overcome the suffering of difficult people, and can cultivate immeasurable longevity. ”

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Li Shimin was listening to the lecture with all the civil and military officers in the audience, and suddenly saw that someone in the audience disturbed the dojo, and hurriedly ordered the warriors under the tent to press it in front of him.

When the old monk heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head and said, "The old monk didn't mean to disturb the scripture hall, just because your master was talking about the Hinayana teachings, and the dead could not ascend to heaven." My Buddha has the Mahayana Buddhism Sanzang, which can survive death and get rid of suffering, and there is no damage to life. ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he hurriedly asked, "I don't know where the Mahayana Buddhism is?"

Hearing this, the old monk smiled slightly and said, "In the Western Elysium, the Great Lei Yin Temple, where my Buddha came from. ”

Taizong said: "Do you remember, master?"

Hearing this, the old monk nodded slightly and said, "Old monk remembers." ”

Li Shimin was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly urged: "Please come to the stage to speak." ”

When the old monk heard this, he flew up to the high platform with his apprentice, showing his original body, holding a willow jade bottle, and on the left was the Hui'an Walker, holding a mixed iron rod, guarding the Bodhisattva's side.

Seeing that it was Guanyin Bodhisattva, everyone hurriedly bowed to the sky, knelt on the ground and burned incense, and recited "Nanwu Guanyin Bodhisattva" in their mouths. Li Shimin even passed on the decree to paint the saint Wu Daozi and copy the true form of the Bodhisattva.

After a while, the Bodhisattva rode away on the auspicious clouds, leaving a brief post in mid-air, floating to Li Shimin's hand, and the paste was written clearly: The Tang Dynasty is the ceremony, and there is a wonderful text in the West. The journey is 108,000 miles, and the Mahayana is diligent. This scripture returns to the kingdom and can surpass the ghosts. If there are those who are willing to go, seek the golden body of righteousness.

Li Shimin read the post and asked on the spot: "Who is willing to receive my will and go to the west to worship the Buddha and ask for scriptures?"

As soon as the words fell, I saw a monk flash out of the crowd, and put his palms together and said: "The poor monk is not talented, I am willing to follow the work of dogs and horses, seek the true scriptures with His Majesty, and pray to ensure that my king is eternal." "When I look closely, it's not Master Xuanzang.

Li Shimin couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this: "This trip to the West Heaven is not a non-master, and the master is dedicated to the Buddha, not afraid of the hardships of the road, and I am willing to marry the master with a different surname." ”

When Xuanzang heard this, he hurriedly thanked him, saying that he didn't dare, but in the end, he was still forced by Li Shimin to swear in front of the Buddha and become brothers with Xuanzang.

After the two finished worshipping, they walked out of the Daxiong Treasure Hall together, so that all the people admired the demeanor of the "Royal Brother Holy Monk", and finally Li Shimin took Xuanzang's hand and said: "The Royal Brother will rest in the temple first, and wait for me to pass the order to the world, and recruit a few brave people to escort the Royal Brother to the West Heaven to seek the true scriptures!" (to be continued......)