Chapter 1038 Pilgrimage to Ten Thousand Buddhas

When Zhou Shu heard this, he immediately knelt on the ground and said, "I don't dare to do this."

"Huh, don't think I don't know your little tricks. Do you think I will be afraid of complaining?" Li Feng said in a deep voice.

"I know I made a mistake, but I still ask my consort to punish me." Zhou Shu said tremblingly.

His heart was full of panic. Just now he deliberately taught these scholars a lesson, but in fact he secretly told everyone that if they couldn't defeat Li Feng here, they might as well go to Chang'an to file a complaint.

Li Feng said: "You have done nothing wrong, and I will not punish you. Now you can catch this young master of the Liu family and go to the Liu Mansion to take off his pants and beat him thirty times."

"Consort, can you spare Liu Zicheng or go with someone else?" Zhou Shu said.

Li Feng glanced at Zhou Shu and said, "Okay, if you don't want to go, don't go. Someone will come and take him away."

"Yes. Mr. Hou."

At this time, two strong men walked out of the crowd, saluted Li Feng with clasped fists, and then went to catch Liu Zicheng.

Only then did Liu Zicheng get scared, and he started to hide back, saying while hiding, "What do you want to do? I am the young master of the Liu family.

My father is the head of the Liu family, if you touch me, my father will definitely settle the score with you."

The two strong men didn't bother to pay attention to him, and just carried Liu Zicheng away one by one.

Banfu and the others dared not speak out in anger, and could only watch helplessly as the two strong men left with Liu Zicheng.

"Consort, mountains and rivers meet each other. We remember today's shame, and we will definitely get it back." Ban Fu said.

Li Feng shrugged and said, "I'm afraid that from today on, both the literary world and your family will treat you badly."

"What do you mean?" Banfu asked.

Li Feng smiled and said, "Let's read the newspaper tomorrow."

"Newspaper?" Banfu understood instantly and said angrily: "You want to confuse right and wrong?"

Others also realized that the newspaper was Li Feng's property. As long as Li Feng's property was pledged and Li Feng said hello and deliberately smeared them, their lives might be over.

Zhou Shu also came to his senses and said: "Prince-in-law, I have figured it out. I will go outside the Liu Mansion now and personally supervise the execution."

Li Feng said: "Forget it. The opportunity has been given to you. If you don't take advantage of it, don't blame me."

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I know I was wrong." Only now did Zhou Shu realize that he was really wrong and felt regretful.

Li Feng said: "When you put on this official uniform, you can only think about the court and the people of the Tang Dynasty.

However, you still have your aristocratic family in your heart, so when you make a choice, your future is also destined."

"Prince-in-law, I really realized my mistake. Please be merciful, Prince-in-law." Zhou Shu shouted.

Li Feng shook his head and said: "You have two choices now. One is to resign voluntarily and save your reputation. The other is to send someone from the court to investigate you. I can't predict the final result.

However, as long as you are a good official, you can still keep your position, otherwise, you will not end well."

"Thank you, Prince Consort, for your kindness."

"Okay, you go back and help Wei Zheng. I have something to say with the two mages."

Li Feng drove away Zhou Shu and a group of scholars, then clasped his hands to Xuanzang and Shan Ji and said: "Two masters, I am very sorry for letting you see the unsightly struggle for fame and fortune in the world."

"Amitabha." Xuanzang and Shanji put their hands together and chanted the Buddha's name.

Xuanzang said: "The emperor's actions today may seem harsh and cruel, but they will create a fair and equitable environment for the future.

Buddha said, If I don't go to hell, who will?

It is difficult for people in the world to do this, but today the prince-in-law has done it, and the poor monk admires him."

Shan Ji said: "The prince-in-law may have a predestined relationship with the Buddha, so I would like to invite the prince-in-law into the temple to talk about it."

Li Feng smiled and said: "I can't ask for it, so please ask two mages."

"Please, Prince Consort."

Li Feng followed Shan Ji and Xuanzang to a Zen room. He saw several futons on the ground and guessed that this was Shan Ji's residence.

Shan Ji said: "Prince-in-law, please sit down."

Li Feng nodded and said, "Thank you very much."

After sitting down, a young novice brought three cups of tea, one cup of Li Feng, and the other two cups were served by Xuanzang and the Master.

Li Feng took a sip of tea and exclaimed: "Good tea."

"This was sent by a good believer. I heard that it was bought from the consort's shop." Shan Ji said.

Li Feng nodded and said: "I drank it, so I said it is good tea."

Shan Ji was immediately speechless. Is it necessary for Lao Wang to brag about himself in front of him?

Xuanzang nodded and said: "It tastes really good. It's bitter first and then sweet, just like life. It's suffering first and happiness comes at the end."

Li Feng smiled and said: "Master Xuanzang is indeed an eminent monk, and he can tell a lot of truths just by drinking tea."

Xuanzang sighed and said: "My Prince Consort, as natural disasters continue and the people's lives are difficult, the poor monk wants to go west to obtain the scriptures and pray for the people. Does the Prince Consort think it is feasible?"

Li Feng smiled and said: "Master Xuanzang wants to ask for the true scriptures, and I very much agree with it. Because this is a feat, not because I agree with the view that belief in Buddhism can help people live a good life."

"Excuse me, Prince Consort, if Buddhism doesn't work? What can help people get rid of poverty?" Xuanzang asked.

Li Feng smiled and said: "Of course it is science, but I don't want to explain what science is at this time, but I can also tell the two masters that Buddhism changes not matter, but spirit.

It is unrealistic to preach Buddhism to everyone when the people don’t have enough to eat and don’t have warm clothes. People won’t feel sick just because they burn incense and worship Buddha.

Only when they are full and well-clothed can they be in the mood to think about other things, and only then will their hearts be filled with emptiness, and will they find gods and Buddhas all over the sky to fill the emptiness in their hearts.

However, some people regard Buddhism as a culture and a belief, while others regard Buddhism as a tool of struggle.

And I just regard it as a culture. Buddhist cultures in different countries have different rules.

Buddhism was introduced to the Central Plains from Tianzhu, so it can be said that Buddhism in Tianzhu is the most prosperous and they have more Buddhist scriptures.

However, after Buddhism was introduced to the Central Plains, it later became Central Plains Buddhism." Li Feng put down his tea cup and continued: "Fusang was introduced into Buddhism from the Tang Dynasty, and Fusang Buddhism appeared in the world.

Our Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty emphasizes the discipline of monks, abstaining from sex, abstaining from alcohol, etc. However, Buddhist monks in Fusang can marry and have children, drink alcohol, get angry, and even beat people.

Although there are similarities, they are also different at the same time. This is culture."

Xuanzang and Shanji put their hands together at the same time and said, "Amitabha."

Xuanzang said: "Since the prince-in-law thinks that Buddhism is just a culture, why should he let a poor monk go to Tianzhu to obtain Buddhist scriptures?"

Li Feng smiled and said: "Two reasons. One reason is that this is your dream. The second reason is that Datang wants to become a country where ten thousand Buddhas make pilgrimages."
Chapter completed!