Chapter 142: The Fahua Sect who rebelled, what does it have to do with my San Lun Sect
In the Zen room of the abbot of Yanxing Temple, the seventy-four-year-old monk Ji Zang, whose face was full of wrinkles, looked very old with his eyelids lowered and slowly turned the rosary beads in his hand.
Opposite him, a young monk wearing gray robes was standing in the corner of the room with a stunned expression. Under the dim light, the young monk's face looked surprised and uncertain.
"Yifan, since you want to talk about Zhuangyan Temple, then the old monk will tell you about Zhuangyan Temple..."
Monk Jizang stopped playing the rosary beads in his hand, raised his head and opened his eyes. His eyes hidden under the wrinkles were radiant with power.
"We decided to set the place to discuss the matter at Zhuangyan Temple because Senior Brother Faya assured us that with you, the rising star of the Fahua Sect, there would be no problem.
You two betrayed our trust. Not only was the meeting recorded, but it was also exposed in front of Li Yuan, which created the current dilemma."
"But……"
Monk Yifan opened his mouth and wanted to say something else.
"No buts!"
Monk Jizang waved his hand calmly and said indifferently.
"Now the foundation of the Buddhist sects in Guanzhong is crumbling. If you fail to deal with it, it will lead to a catastrophe that is rare in a thousand years. You and Monk Faya are responsible for this matter."
"Responsible……"
Monk Yifan's face became a little ugly.
"How to be responsible?"
"The great masters of all the monasteries in Chang'an have made a unanimous decision."
Monk Ji Zang said word for word in an old but firm tone.
"Monk Falla must admit that the rebellious act was his own idea and has nothing to do with us or Buddhism. Then he will spread the Dharma with his own life and go west calmly. As for your words, the old monk has already written to the monk Enlightenment. I believe it or not.
There will be a decree calling you back to Tiantai Mountain on that day."
"Master Jizang, are you giving up on Brother Faya?"
Monk Yifan suddenly took a step forward and said excitedly.
"You also know the minutes of that meeting. Senior Brother Faya is not the only person mentioned in it. Even if Senior Brother Faya is willing to admit this matter, will that Hu'er Li Yuan believe it?"
"Whether he believes it or not..."
Monk Jizang said firmly.
"We have to make our own choices. Monk Falla's preaching of Dharma is his responsibility. If that's not enough, Monk Puying and several others are also ready to sit down and die at any time."
"Why is this..."
Monk Yifan took a step back, and then spoke a little fiercely.
"Why is this so?"
"This is just the worst estimate. Since Li Yuan has handed over this matter to Li Jiancheng, it means that he actually has no intention of using violent means to uproot our Buddhism in the pass, so there is still a chance to save everything.
"
Monk Jizang slowly closed his eyes again.
"Do you understand now? The situation is very serious. The old monk will never risk offending Qingxiazi by doing anything unnecessary, lest Li Yuan, after receiving Qingxiazi's full support, simply follow the picture and kill him.
"
Monk Yifan clenched his hands into fists and his body trembled slightly.
"But that Qingwei must know something, shouldn't we just do nothing?"
"do nothing!"
Monk Jizang repeated it again, then slowly moved the rosary in his hand and said it word by word.
"For the sake of my Buddhist foundation, this is the only way!"
Monk Yifan took another step back, and his expression suddenly became bleak.
"Yifan, please go back to Tiantai Mountain!"
Monk Jizang's tone was calm and cold.
"You are extremely talented and you are the future of our Lotus Sect. If you can put aside the attachment to others and me this time, you will be able to achieve the status of Bodhisattva within a few years. Don't continue to waste time in the world of mortals."
"No need!"
Monk Yifan closed his eyes, then opened them again, his face instantly became firm, and he turned and walked towards the outside of the abbot's Zen room.
"I won't leave until this matter is settled!"
As he spoke, his body flickered outside the door, and then disappeared.
Monk Jizang sat calmly in the abbot's Zen room, silently counting his beads for a while, and then opened his mouth to speak.
"Come out, he's gone!"
Whoosh!
After a soft sound, a woman wearing a black tights with a curvy figure appeared out of thin air, landed in front of Monk Jizang, and let out a chuckle.
"What am I talking about, Master! There is definitely something wrong with that little Taoist priest Qingwei..."
"Whether there is a problem or not, it doesn't matter..."
Monk Jizang opened his eyes slightly, looking at the exquisite female body in front of him, his eyes were still clear.
"The ones who got into trouble were monks Falla from the Lotus Sect, and monk Falin, plus at most monk Puying from the Chengshi Sect, monk Daoyue from the Kushe Sect, and me, a monk from the Sanlun Sect. What do you have to do with me, the old monk?
relation."
"Three Treatises Sect!"
After hearing this word, the woman's body suddenly paused, and the voice under the veil was full of surprise.
"Master, have your skills finally been perfected?"
"good!"
Monk Jizang raised his head, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and showed a kind smile.
"The old monk added the essence of the Lotus into Kumarajiva's "Middle Theory", "Hundred Theory" and "Twelve Doors", and took "neither birth nor death, neither permanent nor continuous, neither one nor different,"
It means "no coming, no coming out". If you have created the Two Truths and Three Middle Schools, you will be able to establish your own sect, which is called the Three Treatises Sect!"
"Congratulations, Master!"
The woman bowed down Yingying with an excited tone.
"The Three Treatises of Buddhism founded by the Master will surely sweep across the Lotus, become a reality, and give up all the teachings, manifesting the sect of Buddhism for me!"
"The old monk was able to make up his mind this time because it was my destiny, and this happened..."
Monk Ji Zang was smiling, and his face was no longer as dignified as when he was facing Monk Yi Fan just now.
"In this so-called major conspiracy, the Buddhist sects such as Lotus, Chengshi, and Jushe were all involved. Even if today's saints are willing to show their noble hands, it is only because of helplessness. Naturally, they hate these Buddhist sects in their hearts...
…”
"At this time, there happened to be an eminent monk with a profound understanding of righteousness. He not only broke away from the Fahua Sect, but also founded his own sect, and actively supported the Buddhist sects of Saint Sha Tai..."
The woman in black then said in an excited tone.
"The saints of today will definitely accept it gladly, and then Master, your Three Commentaries Sect can take advantage of the anointed place in Guanzhong!"
"Just take what you say..."
Although Monk Jizang said this, he still had a smile on his face.
"The old monk will be satisfied if he can find a piece of pure land in this pass for the old monk to stay."
"No wonder Master, you let that little Taoist priest Qingwei go so easily last time..."
The woman in black nodded, her tone still filled with excitement.
"It turns out that it is because now is the critical moment for our San Lun Sect to conquer Guanzhong. If Qingxiazi is provoked at this time, I am afraid it will delay the important event of our San Lun Sect to establish its foundation in Guanzhong."
"good!"
Monk Jizang nodded slightly, with a teachable expression on his face.
"Old monk, let's not lie. Qingxiazi is indeed a very difficult person to deal with. Naturally, the old monk will not risk taking chestnuts from the fire for others."
"..."
At this time in the Qingdu Temple, after a long conversation, Mrs. Dizhi walked out of the room with a smile and a female ghost in a red dress and green sleeves, and took a confession of the female ghost to Kong Qing in front of.
"Here, this is what you want..."
"Thank you, Madam Yan!"
After Kong Qing bowed politely to Mrs. Dizhi, he reached out to pick up the confession and read it carefully.
"Lu Xiu doesn't know many things, but he can generally tell some things."
Mrs. Dizhi sat down gracefully on the stone table opposite Kong Qing, stretched out her hand to pick up the tea cup in front of her, skillfully poured away the cold tea inside, and then picked up the teapot in front of Kong Qing. Filled myself with another cup.
"The slander of the Taishi Bureau should have started in the Sui Dynasty or earlier. According to what Luxiu saw with his own eyes, the monks would regularly preach to the ghosts about the horrors of the Taishi Bureau while setting off flames, and they would often This is also promoted in the ghost city...
The most important thing is that every now and then, a Taoist priest from the Taishi Bureau will go to the ghost market. If a passing ghost doesn't like it, he will just hit it with a sword. Green sleeves have seen this kind of thing many times."
"impossible?"
Kong Qing raised his head silently.
"Our Taishi Bureau has complete control over the ghost market. Unless someone is killed in the ghost market, the Taishi Bureau will not send people to clean up the ghost market, and it is even more impossible every now and then. Now the ghost market is within my territory, no matter what There may be people from the Taishi Bureau who go to the ghost market to clean up ghosts, but I, the supervisor of the Taishi Bureau, don’t know."
"Since you, a member of the Taishi Bureau, don't know about this matter, it's even less likely that the Nu family will know about it!"
Mrs. Chizhi waved her hand casually.
"It's possible that the monks sent people pretending to be Taoist priests to go to the ghost market to commit murder, or it's possible that some Taoist priests who weren't from the Taishi Bureau went to the ghost market to rob. It's also possible that the Taoist priests from the Taishi Bureau did these things, but didn't tell you... "
Suck!
Mrs. Chizhi picked up the teacup and took a sip.
"The uneven distribution of good and bad among Taoist priests is not something that just happens now. It has always been like this!"
"hehe……"
Kong Qing curled his lips and laughed dryly.
What does it mean that good and bad Taoists are mixed? Believe it or not, let’s pull out all the monks and Taoist priests in the world and do a census. I can guarantee that the number of monks who commit crimes and commit crimes is greater than the total number of Taoist priests.
"One, two, three, four...one hundred, one hundred and one, one hundred and two, there are actually one hundred and two temples in Chang'an that are involved in setting off flames and smearing the Taishi Bureau... Lady Yan, what do you mean? How many monk temples are there in Chang'an now?"
"One hundred and three!"
Mrs. Chizhi answered without hesitation.
"So there's only one temple that doesn't do this..."
Kong Qing looked at Mrs. Dizhi with curiosity.
"Ms. Yan, can you tell Pindao which temple actually dared to commit the crime and refused to discredit our Taishi Bureau?"
"The temple in Xingqing Palace."
Mrs. Dizhi put down her tea cup and looked at Kong Qing with a smile.
"Because they are guarded by the Imperial Guard, the monks in that temple don't have the guts to set off flames in the palace."
Kong Qing lowered his head silently.
So, is it the collective will of Chang'an City, even the entire Guanzhong, or all the monk temples in the world to discredit the Taishi Bureau and the Taoist priests?