"What? Master Zhizhu was killed?"

When Shi Zixuan heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised. The white-clothed monk is a famous monk, who has always been kind to people and never grudges with others, how could he suddenly be poisoned?

Although the white-clothed monk does not cultivate supernatural powers, he is a Taoist practitioner, and even Shizi Xuan is difficult to predict. How can such a person have no warning at all when there is a catastrophe of death?

"Before Master Zhizhu passed away, did anything strange happen?"

Shi Zixuan asked in a deep voice.

"Nope. However, last night, the temple stopped the evening class, and after the teacher enjoyed the fireworks with us, he went back to the meditation room early. Later, the little junior brother Yuanxiang passed by the meditation room and heard the sound of a quarrel inside. Yuanxiang peeked curiously through the crack in the door, but didn't see anyone. ”

Shenxiu said with sadness on her face, "This morning, I went to invite Master to come and have breakfast. I knocked on the door for a long time, but no one answered. So I pushed open the door and went in, only to see that the teacher had died tragically in the meditation room. ”

Monk Shenxiu used a "tragic death", and Shi Zixuan's expression couldn't help but change slightly, and said, "How did the master die?"

"Eaten and killed. ”

Shenxiu said.

Was someone willing to eat and die? Could it be that someone ate Master Zhizhu alive?

Shi Zixuan wanted to ask, but seeing the horror in Shenxiu's eyes, he couldn't help but temporarily press the question, and said in a deep voice: "Buddhist, has the news of the master's death been known to others?"

Shenxiu sighed, "Not yet." The teacher died suddenly, and the temple was afraid that there would be chaos. I used the excuse that my teacher was out early in the morning to visit friends, and I temporarily concealed the past. ”

Shenxiu Monk's intention Shi Zixuan was already clear, and said, "You came here today to let me help you find out the cause of Master Zhizhu's death?"

Monk Shenxiu nodded, "Yes." I know that you have supernatural powers, but I don't know if you can cast a spell to find the teacher's true spirit and ask about it?"

If a person dies in vain, it will be difficult for the true spirit to return on its own. But after all, Master Zhizhu has a cultivation in his body, and his skin is ruined. True spirits can go to reincarnation on their own, or they can be led to the land of Buddhas.

Shi Zixuan nodded and said, "Okay." I met Master Zhizhu once, and now I see him suffering, and I should do my part. Fellow Buddha, I'll go down the mountain with you. ”

When Shenxiu heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said, "Thank you." ”

Shi Zixuan didn't say much, and followed Monk Shenxiu down the mountain.

When I arrived at Hoganji Temple, I found that the temple gate was closed. Many pilgrims who came to worship on the first day of the Lunar New Year were all stopped outside.

"Master Shenxiu, why is the temple closed today, and when will we be allowed in?"

These pilgrims, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately surrounded Shenxiu and asked questions.

"How can the temple be closed?" Monk Shenxiu was also taken aback, and had a premonition of unhappiness in his heart, and hurriedly bowed: "Lay people, please be calm." Why closed doors. The little monk didn't know either. Wait for the little monk to go in and ask. ”

After saying that, he knocked on the door of the temple.

The one who opened the door was a young monk, and when he saw Shenxiu coming back, he said with a somewhat strange expression: "Senior Brother Shenxiu, you are back." ”

Monk Shenxiu asked, "Yuanjue." Why did you close the temple gates, and whose idea was it?"

"It was Senior Brother Yuanzhen who asked the temple gate to be closed. Monk Yuanjue said.

Shenxiu said: "Why is this? Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and there are a lot of pilgrims waiting outside, isn't this stopping people from entering? How can this be?"

Yuan Jue couldn't help but say, "Senior Brother Shenxiu." The abbot has passed away, and if such a big thing happens, can he still open the door to welcome guests today?"

Shi Zixuan and Shenxiu listened. The expression is the same.

Monk Shenxiu said to Shi Zixuan that the matter had not been investigated clearly, and he did not tell anyone in the temple the news of Master Zhizhu's death, but only told the little monk Yuanzhen.

But what's going on now? How come this Yuanjue monk also knows?

Shenxiu said in a deep voice: "Yuanjue, you tell me, who told you the news of the teacher's death?"

Monk Yuanjue said honestly: "It was Senior Brother Yuanzhen who said it, early this morning, not long after you left the temple, Senior Brother Yuanzhen went to the meditation room to find the abbot, but found that the abbot had passed away. ”

Monk Yuanjue suddenly whispered: "Senior Brother Shenxiu, Senior Brother Yuanzhen said that the abbot was killed by someone, but I am afraid that it was done by the people in the temple. And inside and outside the words, they are saying that you are the most suspicious, senior brother. Senior brother, I believe that you are not that kind of person, but there are many senior brothers who agree with Senior Brother Yuanzhen's words. ”

Shenxiu's expression remained unchanged, and he nodded: "Senior brother, thank you for trusting me." ”

Turning to Shizi Xuan, he said, "Fellow Daoist, I'm afraid that today's things will be difficult to get better." ”

Shi Zixuan said: "This matter is strange. I'm afraid that someone will take advantage of the topic to play. But I can't ask about the affairs of this temple, what do you want to do, Buddhist friends?"

Shenxiu said: "Personal honor and disgrace are small. But we must not let the teacher's death be unclear. Fellow Daoist, you come with me. ”

Shi Zixuan saw that as soon as Master Zhizhu died, the position of the abbot would naturally be vacant, and someone obviously wanted to take advantage of Master Zhizhu's death to cause trouble. I'm afraid that Shenxiu is in a lot of trouble.

But this Shenxiu monk only said one sentence, personal honor and disgrace are small, and he only cares about the cause of Master Zhizhu's death in his heart. But it was to make Shi Zixuan secretly admire.

The two went to the backyard. I saw that in the meditation room, many monks had gathered at the door, all closing their eyes and chanting the mantra of death.

Shenxiu and Shizi Xuanyi entered the door. All the monks stopped chanting and opened their eyes. But I heard one of the tall monks shouting, "Shenxiu!

Shenxiu's expression was as usual, and he said, "I've seen Senior Brother Yuanzhen." Shenxiu is stupid, I don't know what Senior Brother means by this?"

"What do you mean? Abbot Yuanzhen, do you know?" asked Monk Yuanzhen.

"Yes. When I came to the meditation room early this morning, I saw that the teacher had passed away. "Shenxiu monk said.

"Why did the abbot die?"

"The cause of death is unknown, and the death is tragic. ”

"Then why didn't you tell the monks about this?" asked Yuanzhen.

Because the cause of the teacher's death was unknown, he rashly told it, but he was afraid that there would be another turmoil, so he temporarily concealed it. Monk Shenxiu said.

"Hmph. I think you have a ghost in your heart! Otherwise, why did you leave the temple in a hurry? Could it be that you hurt the teacher and ran away from the temple?"

"Senior Brother Yuanzhen, I have already explained the matter of my departure from the temple. Leaving the temple is something else to do. It's not an escape, is Senior Brother Yuanzhen misunderstood?"

Monk Shenxiu was not angry, and said calmly.

"Sophistry! The abbot is dead, and you are the first to know. But it was kept secret. Doesn't make sense. And the Buddha treasure in the temple has also been lost, if you didn't steal it, who else?"

Monk Yuanzhen said with a sneer.

"What? Buddha treasure lost? How is this possible?"

Monk Shenxiu's expression changed drastically, and his voice trembled a little.

Monk Yuanzhen sneered and said, "It's quite similar." You left the temple in a hurry, took the Buddha treasure away, and now you come back in a grand manner, pretending to be innocent, don't you still want to inherit the legal system of Fayan Temple. Do you want to change Hoganji Temple to Hongnji Temple in the coming days?"

As soon as Monk Yuanzhen's voice fell, the monks on the side looked at Shenxiu's eyes, all a little weird.

Shi Zixuan watched coldly from the sidelines. But I understood what was happening today.

This Yuanzhen monk seems to use the topic to play, but there is a reason for this.

He was a guest in this Fayan Temple before, and he also heard Master Zhizhu say that the origin of this Shenxiu monk.

Monk Shenxiu was not originally a disciple of Fayan Temple, but a disciple of Hongren Temple in Weidi in the north. He was an orphan since he was a child, and was raised by the abbot of the temple and adopted as a disciple of his own family, but at the age of fifteen, Hongrenji suddenly suffered a catastrophe. Let's 500-year-old temple. Destroyed in a fire.

The temple was destroyed, and the monks were killed and injured countless times, and the legal system of Hongren Temple was also destroyed. Shenxiu also became a wandering wandering monk.

Later, it was also a coincidence that Master Zhizhu gave a lecture in Lingyang Mansion. It just so happened that Shenxiu wandered here and listened to Master Zhizhu's lectures.

This time the altar opened to talk about the Fa, and Master Zhizhu spoke on a whim, so he talked about the secret of the scriptures. Everyone listened to the lecture in a daze. I don't know what to do. But Shenxiu listened to it with relish, like drinking sweet rain. From time to time hahadaxiao.

Seeing this, Master Zhizhu asked him to come forward. Ask him why he's laughing.

Shenxiu said, "I am happy to hear the Dharma, so I laugh." ”

When Master Zhizhu heard this, he said, "I have the wonderful Dharma, and I want to find a successor, are you willing?"

Shenxiu was excited, but said bluntly: "I am a wandering monk who has left home in a broken temple, and I have already inherited it, but the master is still willing to accept me as a disciple?"

Master Zhizhu smiled: "They are all Buddhas, how to talk about inheritance." If you have a legacy in your body, you can also practice the Dharma that I have passed on. In my eyes, there is no difference. ”

Shenxiu bowed at that time and said, "It is my luck that the teacher does not hesitate to pass on the Fa." It's just that I already have the Dharma name Shenxiu, which is my only concern, and I don't know if I have violated the teacher's taboo. If so, the disciple can only turn around and leave. ”

Monk Shenxiu is a person who does not forget his roots. If someone else comes, this monk Zhizhu is a great monk, and he will be accepted as a disciple, that is, the successor of the mantle, and he will naturally be the successor of the abbot in the future. No matter how many people ask for it, they can't ask for it.

However, Shenxiu did not change the name of the law to commemorate because he was concerned about the Hongren Temple that had been burned down. In the eyes of others, this monk is really brainless, just because of a Dharma name, but he let go of an opportunity.

But Master Zhizhu said: "You don't forget your roots, this is very haode." I'm very happy to have you as a disciple. In the future, you will inherit my mantle, and you will also be able to carry forward the Fayan Temple. ”

After receiving Master Zhizhu's magnanimous understanding, Monk Shenxiu was full of gratitude in his heart, so he worshipped Master Zhizhu as his teacher.

There are two masters and apprentices, one teaches with heart and the other learns with heart. Today, in the entire Lingyang Mansion, no one knows the name of Shenxiu monk, and the Buddhism is profound, which makes people admire.

Master Zhizhu pointed him to the heir of the mantle, and the monk Shenxiu himself was also angry. If there is no today, when Master Zhizhu passes away, Shenxiu will definitely become the next abbot of Fayan Temple.

Master Zhizhu did this, will the monks have no opinion?

Of course there will be, there is only one abbot, how can no one covet it? Shenxiu is the heir of the law and the master of the future line. Just like the future head of the Dao Sect, who would not be tempted?

This Yuanzhen monk is one of them.

Speaking of which, this Yuanzhen monk is the most qualified person to inherit the law except for Shenxiu.

He himself is the heir to the mantle of the master of consciousness. And he has been practicing in the temple since he was a child, but he is a genuine "local household", not a "foreign household" who is a monk Shenxiu.

In the eyes of the monks, they are also very clear about the matter of Shenxiu Monk, and they are also worried that if Shenxiu Monk inherits the legal system, will Fayan Temple tamper with the Taoist system in the future?

Because the monk Shenxiu once made a vow, in this life, he will rebuild Hongren Temple and continue the inheritance of Hongren Temple, and he will never be cut off in his hands. (To be continued......)