Donglin Temple, southwest side.

Mahavira Palace.

This hall is one of the three treasure halls.

There is a saying among the people that "a young daughter-in-law should not go to the Three Treasures Palace for nothing".

Buddhism regards Buddha, Dharma and Sangha as the Three Treasures. The Three Treasures Hall refers to the Buddha Hall, the Dharma Hall and the Sangha Hall.

The Buddha Hall refers to the Mahavira Hall.

Generally, they are only found in larger-scale temples, which are places of peace and purity.

It is also the main place for worship, chanting and spiritual practice.

When necessary, we also take into account the needs of temples for performing rituals.

Don't rush in if nothing happens.

The same is true for Donglin Temple. The main hall on the southwest side is solemn and solemn, with golden Buddha statues.

Generally, it will only be opened during festival celebrations, to welcome Buddha treasures, or to hold important rituals.

That's the case tonight.

After night falls, the main hall in Donglin Temple is brightly lit.

A solemn ritual to drive away ghosts and ghosts is going on.

A coffin containing a corpse was placed in the back hall of the Buddhist hall, surrounded by a circle of candles as thick as a baby's arm.

The front hall was somewhat overcrowded.

However, most of them were monks from Donglin Temple wearing black monk robes, sitting upright and chanting sutras.

The leader was Master Shandao, who had not been seen for many days. He was wearing a solemn and expensive mage cassock, with a flowing white beard, sitting at the front.

Anyone who sees this immortal look has to call him "Master".

Master Shandao, with an expression of compassion on the common people, performed an exorcism ritual for the benefactor who had suffered misfortune.

Behind, Xiufa and several other young novices were following behind, chanting sutras together, but one of them seemed to be unable to endure such a late ceremony and yawned.

Master Shandao tilted his head slightly and pulled his companion with his hair. The young novice immediately stopped talking, put away his lazy and tired look, and meditated seriously.

Xiufa glanced at the master's dedicated back.

Being able to invite the eminent monk Mahamati to do the rituals in person, of course, the price is not low. The person who paid the price this time was a wealthy customer. No wonder Master is so dedicated tonight.

I can't help but admire the beautiful hair.

It turns out that the county government commissioned Donglin Temple to perform the exorcism ritual on Zhao Rushi's body, and it was purely compulsory.

Master naturally didn't have much enthusiasm, but based on the principle of compassion, he still took it.

However, in the beginning, of course, it was not held in a grand place like the Main Hall. It was just a minimum standard. After all, everyone also wanted to eat. If most of the people in the temple gathered together like tonight, they couldn't drink the northwest wind.

But who would have known that as soon as the body was brought up the mountain, there would be "family members" actively claiming it.

Moreover, he was a generous gambler. Master's eyes flashed, and he immediately showed his affection and reason. This made the gambler's family deeply aware of the subtleties of Buddhism, and they understood the principle that must be dealt with ruthlessly, so he waved his big hand.

That’s what tonight’s specifications are.

If we don’t bury him first, we have to do it for three days and three nights. The ghosts must be converted by the holy light!

As a certain novice monk whispered privately during the day, whether he can get extra meals and prizes at the end of the year depends on these three days.

Therefore, most of the monks in the whole temple, except those who were on duty and had no way to escape, were summoned by the master and attended the religious ceremony without missing a beat.

After all, the price is calculated per head...

When others saw it, they sighed with emotion and expressed their dedication.

At this moment, in front of the main hall, among a small group of "family members" gathered by a group of monks,

There was a Persian with brown hair and green eyes.

Li Li looked around the solemn Buddhist temple.

After following Master Shandao to recite sutras for a while, he stood up, first comforted the crying "family members" next to him, then stood up with the Miyin Tutuo, frivolous Taoist priests and other guards behind him, and walked towards the back hall.

"Amitabha, donor, please stay."

It was Master Shandao who came over and stopped Li Li and his party.

"I haven't asked yet, what is the donor's surname and who is his family member, County Lieutenant Zhao."

Li Li calmly looked at the kind-faced old monk in front of him, and twitched the corners of his mouth slightly.

Zhao Ru is a bachelor with a fart family member.

The so-called family members who were crying in the main hall were all hired by him with money to serve as a professional crying venue, mainly for a sincere meal.

Li Li, Miyin Toutuo and others were naturally not family members, but came from Xunyang City overnight to investigate.

It's just that in order to delay the burial ceremony, the price was specially increased so that the ceremony could be held for a few more days.

Fight for the survey, while... give it a try.

At this moment, when Master Shandao took the initiative to talk to him, Li Li nodded and spoke concisely:

"My surname is Li."

Master Shandao: "Shouldn't the family members of donor Zhao be named Zhao?"

After speaking, the old abbot looked curiously at the strangely dressed companions behind the Persian businessman.

When a loophole was pointed out, Li Li didn't even raise his eyelids.

He said nothing and just looked at Master Shandao.

"Ahem."

The atmosphere was a bit awkward. Master Shandao coughed and decided not to deal with the money, so he didn't ask any more questions.

"Donor Li, why are you bringing some idle people? This is an important place in Buddhism. You still have to be careful."

Master Shandao glanced at Miyin Tutuo, the frivolous Taoist priest, and reminded him calmly.

Li Li said calmly: "I'm just a friend. I'm here to pay my respects. Master, don't be too stingy."

"It's not that I'm being stingy. The main reason is that I am a wonderful Buddha and I am not very talented. I am also nicknamed the eminent monk Mahamati who spews lotus flowers. Her Majesty the Queen personally gave me the title. I am afraid that I will recite sutras and sermons later and accidentally overstate the two friends who are traveling together."

, rushing to join my Lian Sect Buddhism, it will be difficult to do so, after all, they also have teachers, so this is a bit unscrupulous. "

Master Shandao sighed with an apologetic expression.

"..." Li Li, Miyin Tutuo, was a frivolous Taoist priest.

Everyone couldn't help but look at the serious old monk, with different expressions on their faces.

Are you worried that this is not elegant? Okay, okay.

Miyin Tutuo lowered his head and chanted sutras, shaking his head silently.

The frivolous Taoist priest sneered.

Li Li suppressed the twitching corners of his mouth and waved his hand:

"It's okay. Even if the eminent monk can recite sutras, if he can save my two friends, they will turn around and learn Mahayana Buddhism. It will be an immeasurable merit, right?"

The frivolous Taoist priest nodded solemnly: "Master, please be sure to save me."

Master Shandao thought: "It makes sense." Then he sang to the frivolous Taoist Buddha: "Amitabha."

Li Li smiled. Looking at it this way, the money was not wasted. Not only did he buy time for investigation, but he also had fun while waiting boredly.

Master Shandao quietly looked around, found a reason, pulled Li Li aside, and whispered:

"Lao Na found that the evil spirits of donor Zhao were somewhat difficult to drive away. It happened that Lao Na had recently read the Diamond Sutra and gained some great success. He newly understood a set of Buddhist teachings that can save people. The essence lies in the elucidation of 'the emptiness of dependent origination'.

"The Tathagata says that the world is not the world, so it is called the world.

"These three sentences are the core true meaning of the Diamond Sutra. No matter how evil the demons and ghosts are, they can be "empty in nature" for one or two times, and focus on destroying illusions and eliminating karma...

"I wonder if Donor Li would be willing to give it a try for Donor Zhao..."

Li Li thought it was something important, but it turned out to be "begging for food". He was speechless, nodded and sighed with a serious face:

"It's alright, Master Xingkong is not... Master Shandao, just watch and prepare. You must let my brother go safely. It is best to catch the monster and eliminate this karma."

"good."

Master Shandao smiled and nodded, happily running to prepare.

A high roller is a high roller and never haggle.

At the same time, he pretended not to notice the careless behavior of Li Li and others who secretly went to the apse to observe the corpse.

Li Li laughed and walked back into the back hall with the Miyin Tutuo, the frivolous Taoist priest and two Xianbei men.

Just entered.

The frivolous Taoist priest laughed teasingly at Miyin Toutuo, who was stooped and wearing shabby monk clothes:
To be continued...