Chapter 12 Asura Fortune (Part 1)
At the banquet, Fang Xin saw that the wine was green and drunk, it was light and slightly sweet, and the degree was not high, so Fang Xin didn't care, so he drank in large quantities and said some words and verses, which made him feel even more enjoyable.
Abel stood outside and waited a little bored, but when he listened below, he was very impressed. It is difficult for outsiders to understand the subtlety of this attainment of Chinese poetry and prose, so no wonder this person can gain power in this society.
During the banquet, Wei Nanzhu called the prostitute out again and sang and danced for it. Listening to the sound of the piano, he saw snowflakes flying down from the courtyard... After drinking some wine, Fang Xin said, "It's really rude to have not asked this master's name yet."
"I am the presidency of the Shachong Temple outside the city, and the Dharma name is striking." The monk then clasped his rituals and said.
Fang Xin smiled and said, "Master, I am confused, so please let the master explain it."
Du Xing was stunned for a moment, quickly put down his chopsticks and said, "I am not good at Buddhism, how dare I solve my doubts for the master? But since the master has asked, I will try my best to say it."
"When I was the magistrate of Guming County, an enemy thief attacked the city at night. I rose up and killed all the thief troops. One thousand and five people were beheaded to pass on the county and county, and then went to the Ministry of War for inspection. Is this merit?" Fang Xin bowed his hands and said with a smile.
"There is no merit!" Du Xing said this issue immediately.
"Oh, that official killed the rebels and guarded the city county, and that's the case?" Fang Xin deliberately released the hundred red merit lights. Although they were invisible to the naked eye, if this monk had some skills, he should be able to see or feel them.
"Although there is no merit, there is blessing." Du Xing's face remained unchanged and he said.
Is it good? Fang Xin smiled a little, and saw Fang Xin's expression, and said in a vain: "It is a blessing for adults to kill thieves and protect the people, so the adults are promoted and given titles, and the wife and children are given. Moreover, the adults have great blessings. Not only can they enjoy happiness in this life, but they can also be reborn in the next life."
"Where is reincarnation?" Fang Xin immediately asked.
"Asura Dao." Du Xing replied decisively.
"Sir, the Buddha talks about the six realms, one day, two Asuras, three people, four animals, five hungry ghosts, and six hells. Anyone who accumulates good deeds but does not fight can be reincarnated as a celestial being. Like a great man, he kills the country to defend the country. Even if he has blessings, he should be transformed into Asuras. He is always angry and attached to the meaning of fighting. Therefore, blessings are like heavenly beings, and virtues are not heavenly beings. If such blessings are exhausted, he will fall into the evil path. Good is good, good!" said the ten-part speech.
"What is merit?"
"My blessings are not merits, but merits are in the Dharma body. Therefore, seeing the nature is merit, and compassion is virtue!"
Fang Xin nodded while listening. After listening, he smiled and said, "I have learned it. According to you, even if any soldier who defends the country and protects the people performs killing and dies in his country, can he be reincarnated asura path?"
"That is, the immortality of the Asura path is in it."
"Where does blessing come from?"
Du Xing was stunned and said, "Just among the defending the country and protecting the people."
"Then I ask you, when two countries are fighting, each of them is their own masters and their people. If they are loyal and die in their country, will both armies have blessings and can they be reincarnated in the Asura path?"
"Invade is sinful, and you will go to hell, protect the country and be blessed, and you will ascend to heaven. You will be unhappy in retribution, and there is a way to reincarnation!"
"Then I ask you again, the second ancestor of Yan and Huang, the land was only a few dozen miles and the people were only a thousand. This vast world was not from China. It was only after thirty years of siege that the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties opened their territory and expanded their territory for thousands of years, and expanded their territory for hundreds of thousands of miles. Since later generations, Taizu of all dynasties, wise kings, famous ministers and generals have all raised troops to conquer the world, and overwhelmed the barbarians and the seas, and expanded their territory. Only then can China have the world today. As you said, they have invaded other countries and peoples, without blessings, and fell into hell?" Fang Xin said sharply.
The cold sweat suddenly oozed out of the divine nature. This question was very sharp and could not be denied at all. If it were denied, then in history, the ancestors of Yan and Huang, the kings and generals who have expanded their territory in the past dynasties, weren’t they all frequent visitors to hell?
After Fang Xin finished speaking, he smiled and said, "Monk, I will not comment on the merits for now, but when you talk about merit, you have to ask, where is this blessing? Is the surname Zhang or Li, or Huang? Think carefully and say first, don't talk about the unpredictable will of heaven. If it is all the will of heaven, I will not have the blessing you mentioned."
The last sentence immediately made Du Shi even more cold and chanted the Buddha's name in a low voice: "What if it is the opinion of the great man?"
Fang Xin smiled and said, "Although I have realized it, I haven't said it yet. Let's talk about it in a few days!"
After saying that, the banquet was almost done, he stood up and said instructed: "Put fifty taels of silver as incense money."
He bowed his hand and said to Wei Nanzhu and Zhang Zhuo who were stunned and said: "It's getting late in the afternoon, and the students have to rush back to Congjiang Mansion in the afternoon. They have left home for more than a year. Thinking of their mother, wife and children, they really want to return home like an arrow, and hope that the elder will be forgiven."
Wei Nanzhu was originally a fourth-rank official, and his rank was higher than Fang Xin. He was also a fifty-year-old elder. Fang Xin’s name as a student is actually just a general term, not a real master-apprentice relationship, and there is nothing wrong with it.
Wei Nanzhu smiled and said, "Sir, this is kind and filial. How dare I stop it? You have a deep knowledge and will come to ask for advice every day."
"I dare not ask for advice. If the elder and Mr. Zhang come, the students will go out and greet them. It's so happy!"
When they left the outer hall, it was actually very lively outside. Wei Nanzhu held a banquet inside, and there was also a table of thin wine outside, so that Fang Xin's soldiers could eat it. They all had their faces shining and they had a taste.
The yamen was a japanese official and there were rules. The five people had finished eating, but they still drank some wine. When Fang Xin came out, they stood up with a "splash" and said, "Master!"
"After drinking this wine, why don't you say thank you to the owner?"
"Thank you, Lord Wei!" The five of them hurriedly saluted.
After giving the salute, he said goodbye again. Wei Nanzhu went straight to the door. A gust of cold wind blew, which made people tremble. Fang Xin bowed again, then got on the carriage, and the five riders responded, each with long swords.
The three of them watched the carriage gallop slowly in the snowflakes, without saying a word for a moment.
The snowflakes slowly drifted, with carriages and horse teams, twenty-five kilometers of roads, and from noon, they rushed to dusk, and entered the official road in Congjiang Mansion. After another hour, they finally arrived at home.
When I arrived at the door of my house, the door was closed. When I knocked on the door, I saw two strong men coming out and yelled: "This is Mr. Jue Li's Mansion. Do you still dare to make noise?"
Fang Xin was so amused that Wu Jie was drinking: "I'm blind, and I don't even know your master?"
The two of them were stunned, picked up the lantern and looked at each other, and then ran back to report.
Some familiar people came out and when they saw it, they bowed: "It turns out that the Lord is back. Please come in quickly. I just asked the wife and the old lady to get up."
Fang Xin met him and knew him. He was his own person last year. He immediately entered the door and ordered someone to take care of him. He unloaded some money from the carriage.
When I entered the main hall, I found that I had changed a lot of furniture, mostly made of good nanmu, emitting a faint fragrance. The wide columns in the hall were mostly separated by gauze curtains.
Not much time has passed, and Fang Xin greeted his mother He, and his wife greeted him again, holding his children. The full moon has passed. Fang Xin hurriedly said, "Thank you for your hard work, get up quickly."
But his mother, He, smiled and said, "My son is only back today, and it will be the full moon in the morning."
Fang Xin smiled and said, "It's okay to be one year old."
The child is a man and a woman, born almost the same month. His wife He Yao and his wife He Rong have not fully recovered after giving birth, but they all have a happy face.
Lan Ji's hairpin, ring, skirt, and jacket, bowed, but there was a child following her, who looked pretty and jade-like, and bowed to Fang Xin: "My father, child Li Ningwen, I'll pay you a favor!"
Fang Xin smiled and said, "Get up, I've grown up a lot."
Li Ningwen is already four years old.
The old lady He liked him very much and said, "This is your son. You have to teach him well. He has already started studying at the age of four. He is a little better than you back then. You will have successors in the future."
After hearing this, Lan Ji showed joy, while He Yao and He Rong were a little unnatural, so they hurriedly hugged their children tightly.
At this time, five soldiers from the palace came forward and gave a great gift: "I pay homage to the old lady, each lady, and the young master."
“What are these?”
"From now on, I will be my family's military soldier, this is an unusual slave." Fang Xin said.
Mother He was stunned and asked, "My son, are you really the title of title?"
"That's right, the baron has no title yet. It will take until after the viscount. The child is still a sixth-rank Hanlin attendant." Fang Xin said with a smile, and ordered Abel to greet him again.
The women felt differently about her. Not to mention this in advance, but the people in the mansion, the upper and lower levels, woke up, dressed in their clothes, and came up to pay homage to the head of the family.
When I looked, there were more than 40 people, only a dozen of them knew each other. After asking, I realized that after I took office, many people came, some were landlords, who gave me some landlords, some gave me some gifts, some gave me silver, and some were dilapidated, and they brought their whole family to serve as servants to protect themselves.
The old lady couldn't handle all this, and He Yao and He Rong were unable to do it well. However, Lan Jiyuan was in the Marquis' Mansion. She was not only knowledgeable but also decisive. In fact, many of the powers in the family were transferred to her. She chose to accept them with honest and sincere people. Later, she received gratitude from the court, saying that Fang Enfeng had a title, and that this was even more important.
Chapter completed!