Chapter 179: Did the Jade Emperor also violate the rules of heaven when he privately descended to the mortal world?
Chapter 180: Did the Jade Emperor also violate the rules of heaven when he privately descended to the mortal world?
Bajie's words can make people laugh in silence.
But Zhang Ren said: "No one is doing this."
Mr. Ziyu frowned at first when he heard Bajie's words, but then after hearing Zhang Ren's words, he relaxed a little and said: "It's not too bad, there is hope for salvation."
"Ha." Zhang Ren sneered, "Do you think they are good? They caught some homeless people, beggars and the like, shaved their heads, and pretended to be monks."
Mr. Ziyu should have shouted angrily: "Damn it!"
He is a serious and well-educated Confucian scholar, and he cannot use harsh words to scold him. Now that he has heard about the behavior of this country, he should know that this barbaric country, without the teachings of saints, actually does such barbaric things.
Not ancient.
Now that the teacher has asked him to come down to earth, it is precisely because he wants him to teach someone and bring order to the chaos.
Mr. Ziyu said to himself: Although the disciple is stupid, he has received the true inheritance from the teacher. It is time for Xiniu Hezhou to establish a Confucian inheritance.
Everyone saw that his aura suddenly became clear. They also saw that he had inserted the Analects of Confucius in his hand on his belt, but he took out a ruler from his sleeve and held it in his hand. In an instant, he showed a huge difference from before.
Other temperaments are quite sharp.
It was as if when he held the ruler in his hand, no one around him dared to speak loudly.
Perhaps he also noticed something strange, so he put away the ruler, showing another simple and sincere image.
But Fahai knew very well that Mr. Ziyu in front of him was a genuine literary and Taoist master. He even felt that Confucius sent this man to the Chechi Kingdom to educate him, which was simply overqualified and underused.
"This king favors the immortals so much, which is not a long-lasting way for the people of a country." Mr. Ziyu pondered for a moment and said: "I want to teach here, but I am afraid it will be difficult. These three national teachers are very favored!"
Zhang Ren explained his doubts again: "If you just call for wind and rain, how can you win the king's heart so deeply? I have already found out in secret that these three national masters are used to kneading sand and refining mercury, meditating to preserve the spirit, and turning water into oil.
Turning stone into gold. Nowadays, the Sanqing temple has been built, and the heaven and earth are read and repented day and night, praying that the king will never grow old, so the king's heart is tempted. The king of the country is actually thinking about seeking immortality."
"Scared!" Mr. Ziyu seemed to laugh in shock: "Even the First Emperor could not seek immortality, how about them? Yes, perhaps the king of the country deliberately wanted to please the three national masters in order to seek immortality. Otherwise, how could he do such a thing?
What happened? It’s nothing more than destroying the religion.”
Although Bajie was not as eloquent as the Great Sage, he still spoke a lot. He asked the knight: "These monks are also interesting. Why don't these people want to join forces and defect to other countries? They just suffer here and suffer disasters."
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"I asked them." Zhang Ren said, "There is something wrong with their brains."
"Um?"
"Not to mention those drawings and the arrest order issued by the king, whether they can escape. Even if they can escape, I don't think they will escape."
"Why is this?" Mr. Ziyu couldn't figure it out.
"Do you know why I said before that no officials would let these monks go without permission and then capture them again?" You Xia'er said with a helpless expression: "I have asked about it. Back then, there were two thousand of these monks, whether inside or outside.
Those who were captured were locals. Even if there was no one to watch them, no one dared to run. At first, those who had their heads shaved and forcibly captured them dared to run, but later they didn’t even run away. They were obviously fake monks. With these
If a true monk stays for a long time, he will really become a Buddhist practitioner."
"They were oppressed, and although they complained from time to time, they always showed a submissive attitude. They firmly believed that the true Buddha and Bodhisattvas would come to save them. They became more and more pious day by day." When Zhang Ren said this, he looked at the Dharma.
Hai asked: "I haven't asked the master for his Dharma name yet."
"The poor monk Xuanzang was ordered by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to go to the West to worship Buddha and seek scriptures, and was given the Tripitaka of the Tang Dynasty."
"It turns out to be Master Tripitaka." Zhang Ren seemed to have heard of his name. He politely raised his hand and said, "Master Tripitaka is an eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty. What do you think about this?"
Sanzang thought for a moment and said, "Seek benevolence and gain benevolence."
Mr. Ziyu also became curious: "What would happen if Master Sanzang was in it?"
Fahai smiled and said: "When the poor monk first came out of Baoxiang Kingdom, he met a demon king. He said something to the poor monk, which was: 'I found that you monks have a problem. When you encounter difficulties, you
You only know how to chant Buddha and pray to Bodhisattva. Don’t you have legs? No hands? No brain? You just wait for Buddha and Bodhisattva to come to save you. Have you never thought of solving it on your own?'"
Mr. Ziyu and Ranger Zhang Ren nodded after hearing this, and Zhang Ren even praised: "How did the mage reply to him?"
"Amitabha, when he asked me this question, he captured me and took me to his cave. He wanted his mother to eat the meat of a poor monk so that she could become immortal and become a Buddha." Fahaidun said.
After a pause, he continued: "Now the poor monk has reached the Chechi Kingdom, and the demon king is pressed by the poor monk at the foot of Pingding Mountain. The poor monk has legs, hands, and brains. Although he believes in Buddha and worships Buddha, he does not seek Buddha.
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"What's more, those who seek Buddha will be liberated and it is difficult to achieve the right result. The poor monk's wish is to conquer demons and save all living beings." Fa Hai looked at the two of them and smiled and said, "So I always do it myself when I encounter problems, oh. But now I have
With four disciples accompanying me, I can order them around."
Bajie said from the side: "My master has never prayed to Buddha. You don't know that along the way, even those who used to worship Buddha now only worship my master. I don't know, you still think that I am the master."
"Bajie, be careful what you say."
Bajie retreated, and finally had a moment to show off to others, so he told Lao Zhu to be careful and just keep your words, and when it was my turn, Lao Zhu, I had to shut up?
Besides, who am I flattering? Isn’t it you, Master?
Little Bailong had a clear understanding and said in his heart: It's OK to show off, but not to brag.
After hearing this, Mr. Ziyu stood up and saluted, "You are indeed an eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty. You are so rude."
His movements are full of charm, which is pleasing to the eye, and his mood is broad-minded. You can't help but want to get close to him.
"As expected of an eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty." Zhang Ren also praised him and said, "Do you know what happened to these two thousand monks?"
Mr. Ziyu said: "I was about to ask, but if I just suffered, I would not be able to understand. Are these monks really pious and have never given up their faith?"
Zhang Ren whispered: "I was about to say that among the more than 2,000 monks, six to seven hundred of them could not endure the pain, torture, cold, or water and soil and died; they committed suicide."
There were also seven or eight hundred. In the end, only five hundred were left who were not allowed to die and were working for the Taoists outside the city gate."
"Amitabha." Fahai recited the Buddha's name and said: "Such dead souls need to be led by poor monks to lead them to salvation."
"Huh?" Fa Hai recited a few words, but no soul was found. He said, "There are no souls with grievances, and they have transcended long ago? It seems that the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas really only cause suffering in the human world, but still protect them."
After listening to what his master said, Wu Jing sighed: "Thinking about it, the remaining five hundred are really tough-minded people."
"No, no!" At this time, the voice of the Great Sage came from outside. It turned out that the Great Sage had returned.
I saw a golden light falling and transformed into the appearance of the great sage, "Master, these five hundred are different. The disciple has already asked - it's not that they don't want to die. It's just that the hanging beam rope is broken. It doesn't hurt to be cut with a knife. Those who jump into the river float up."
They will not sink, and their bodies will not be harmed if they take the medicine. Gods and Buddhas will protect them and prevent them from dying."
"Yo!" Bajie exclaimed in surprise: "What a great fortune, how can you achieve immortality? It can be seen that it is still the blessing of the Buddha, and their prayers to the Buddha are not in vain."
The Great Sage waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Yes, but also no."
"What does this mean?" Everyone wondered.
The Great Sage explained: "They say that this is a long-lasting punishment, not a blessing! Their three meals a day are porridge made from brown rice, and they live on the beach at night. When they close their eyes, they are supported by gods and men.
I am afraid that they will commit suicide. They say that those who protect them are Liu Ding Liujia and Protector Jialan. They come at night and protect anyone who is about to die and do not teach him to die."
"Liu Ding Liujia is the righteous god of heaven, and Protector Jialan is the Vajra of Buddhism. Together, they kept some monks from dying, only to suffer here?" Fa Hai even had doubts in his heart, and asked: "Why not let them reincarnate early?
Reincarnated?"
"You may not believe it when I tell you." The Great Sage lowered his head and said, "They said that Taibai Jinxing persuaded them in their dreams, telling them not to seek death, but to endure hardship until the Arhats, the saint monks from the Eastern Land and the Tang Dynasty who went to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, arrived here.
On the day of rescue, isn't this Arhat none other than you, Master?"
The Great Sage continued: "They also said that you have a disciple who is the Great Sage Qitian. He has great supernatural powers and a loyal heart. He avenges injustices in the world, helps the poor and those in need, and shows compassion for the lonely and the widowed. Just wait.
He came to show his magical power, destroyed the Taoist priests, and also respected the Zen teachings of the ascetics." The great sage pointed at himself and said: "Isn't he his disciple?"
"How do you speak?"
"Disciple feels that there is some fraud in it." Wukong thought for a while and said: "The old man from Taibai Jinxing is acquaintance of disciples. If we talk about it, he is a Taoist figure. What he said in the previous episode was not bad, but the last two
Juju said that he would wait for his disciples to show their magical powers and destroy the Taoist priests, but he would still respect the Zen teachings of the Samananas. This is not what he said. Besides, with the master here, how can it be the disciples' turn to make the decision?"
"So the disciple looked at it with Dharma eyes and saw that these five hundred monks had a lot of karma entangled with them. The disciple went up to the sky to find the Taibai Venus to ask the reason, but he said that he only respected the Jade Emperor's order and sent them
Liu Ding Liu Jia protected five hundred monks from death, but he has never said such words in a dream." The great sage looked at the master and said: "Master, this thing is weird, I am afraid there is some conspiracy, and the disciple is doing this
God has given me another piece of news."
"what news?"
"The Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother came down to earth for a private visit in secret. Now the person sitting in the Lingxiao Palace is the Ziwei Emperor."
Mr. Ziyu did not comment on this, pretending that he had not heard about these gods and Buddhas, but didn't the Jade Emperor just visit the Fire Cloud Cave some time ago?
Thinking about it now, it seems that the Jade Emperor was wearing ordinary clothes at that time and came alone, not even Luan Jia was accompanying him.
Wu Jing suddenly said: "Master, did the Jade Emperor also violate heaven's rules when he went to the mortal world privately? If I tell Zhenjun Erlang about this, will he take over the post of judicial god and go after the Jade Emperor?"
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The great sage's eyes lit up and he said: "Master, please ask me, old grandson, to go to the mouth of the Guanjiang River."
Although Fahai didn't speak, he subconsciously looked at the ranger Zhang Ren. He knew that the identity of the ranger Zhang Ren was not simple, but he couldn't guess it. Now that Wukong said that the Jade Emperor came down to earth for a private visit, how could he not become suspicious?
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