"Ah?" The five masters and disciples of Xuanyan were stunned when they heard this. They never expected that this matter would be so big that even the Buddha would be alarmed.
Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva sighed: "I am wronging you now. I, Buddha Tathagata, have gone to Heaven to seek an audience with the Jade Emperor. As long as the Jade Emperor orders Kui Mu Lang to return to Heaven, this calamity will be over."
Sun Houhou curled his lips, "What about Fatty?"
"Amitabha!" The three great Bodhisattvas looked at each other, shook their heads together, chanted the name of the Buddha, and then dodged together.
Xuan Yan, Sun Houhou, Xiao Bailong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Seng were all left in the palace together.
They can't leave, otherwise they will be chased by the coach.
Kui Mulang snorted coldly and sent people to arrest Xuan Yan and others.
"Not worshiping you when you see me is a capital offense. However, you, master and disciple, are now protected by the willow leaves of Guanyin Bodhisattva and protected by the golden light of Buddhism by Manjushri and Samantabhadra. There is nothing I can do against you."
"Just using force in the palace is the crime of punishing the nine clans."
"Publish my decree because Xuan Yan, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, and the third prince of the Dragon Palace of the West Sea did not bow to you when they came to the palace. They insulted the king in the palace, and even intended to kill the king."
"From today on, all monks in the territory of Baoxiang Kingdom will voluntarily return to secular life."
"If you are unwilling to return to secular life and insist on being a monk, you are a member of the Xuanji clan and can be sent to various places to build roads and work."
Xuan Yan's mouth was full of bitterness, "Amitabha!"
Kuimulang continued, "It is my decree that all temples be demolished and all Buddha statues destroyed and melted."
"The temple land, mountains and forests are leased to civilians who have returned to secular life, as well as to surrounding civilians."
"This monk spoke plausibly, saying that monks do not worship kings, but only worship Buddha."
"This kind of fallacy and heresy about not being above the emperor must have been learned from Buddhist scriptures. Even so, don't blame me for being rude. Such ideas are far-reaching and poisonous and must not be allowed to remain."
"Baoxiang Kingdom will not allow the printing of Buddhist scriptures from now on, and all Buddhist scriptures will be burned."
"Amitabha!" Xuan Yan had nothing to say.
Kuimulang continued, "Those who voluntarily hand over the scrolls will be exempted from one year of labor service on a per household basis."
"Anyone who secretly hides Buddhist scriptures will have his whole family guilty of the same crime as the monks."
"Rewards are given to whistleblowers, and one household can be exempted from one year of hard labor."
"There is also this monkey. All monkeys should be driven out of our Baoxiang Kingdom. Those who cannot be driven away will be killed on the spot!"
"What a shame, just wait, I, the old grandson, will go out... Wuwu..." Sunhou Hou was choked by the willow leaves and was speechless.
This is obviously the result of Guanyin Bodhisattva's magic to seal his mouth, so as to prevent disaster from coming out of his mouth, and the cause and effect will become bigger and bigger.
Kui Mulang sneered, "Humph, hit me? You really think I am easy to bully!"
"Xuan Yan, these debts are all caused by you, master and disciple, and they will naturally be shouldered by you!"
"If Buddhism wants to protect you, it has to bear the responsibility for the cause and effect, and so it falls on the monks and ape-like monsters."
"As a so-called true man, one person does the work and the other takes responsibility. But there are always things that you can't bear. Just endure it and see how long you can endure it."
"Tie them up like this at the top of the city and let everyone in the world know that for the sake of the future prosperity of Buddhism, those Buddhas in Buddhism abandoned them without asking whether the current monks agreed."
"And this monkey has never thought about the demon at all. He is not worthy of being the demon king at all. He is only qualified to be a lackey of Buddhism!"
Monkey Sun was so angry that his eyes were red, but no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't break free, and he couldn't say a word.
In the distance, Guanyin Bodhisattva pronounced the name of the Buddha and simply knocked Monkey unconscious.
Manjushri Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva also followed suit. While proclaiming the Buddha's name, they also knocked out Xuanyan, Xiaobailong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Seng, causing them to fall into a state of tortoise breath.
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Biyou Palace.
Zhunti Buddha was rejected as expected, and he was not upset. He simply said that he would exchange cause and effect, and then he meditated outside the mountain gate and waited.
Heaven.
The Tathagata Buddha arrived at the Nantian Gate, but was told that the Jade Emperor had gone to patrol the heavens and was not in the Lingxiao Palace for the past few days, so he could not receive him.
Buddha Tathagata knew that this was done deliberately to embarrass him and embarrass Buddhism, in order to regain the dignity he had lost before.
Tathagata Buddha tried to calculate, but couldn't figure it out. Knowing that the Jade Emperor deliberately disturbed the situation, he gave up taking this path.
It would be too embarrassing to go back like this, and it would be even worse to wait. So I had an idea and went to see Emperor Ziwei instead, and invited him in this time.
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Ziwei Imperial Palace.
Emperor Ziwei didn't know why Tathagata Buddha came, and he didn't even come up with any tricks to receive him.
After Zuo Fu and You Bi's calculations, they couldn't figure out the Tathagata's intention.
I wanted to find a smart person to ask, so I thought of Princess Yanyu, and also the things in the human world.
It was immediately clear that what Buddhism should be concerned about at this time was the matter of Master Xuanji and his disciples.
If the Tathagata Buddha comes to heaven, it can only be because the matter involves heaven.
It's just that Emperor Ziwei doesn't care about things, so the one who should be looking for him should be the Jade Emperor.
I asked someone to inquire and heard that the Jade Emperor was not in the Heavenly Palace and was out on inspection.
The two suddenly realized that Tathagata Buddha was not as good as the Jade Emperor, but they did not want to go back like this and had no steps to go down, so they used the noble enough Emperor Ziwei as a step.
By the way, let's see if we can stimulate the Jade Emperor back.
After all, what the Jade Emperor is most worried about is the reputation of Emperor Ziwei. Tathagata publicly visiting Emperor Ziwei like this is like stabbing the Jade Emperor in the back with a knife.
However, Tathagata's move was of no benefit to Emperor Ziwei. Emperor Ziwei could not drive him away, so he could only hold his nose to accompany the guests, and had to be used.
The two of them were a little annoyed. Although there was cause and effect, the approach was somewhat kind.
After thinking about it, he went to Princess Jingqing's father and asked him to use the blood induction technique to inform Princess Jingqing to find Zhou Yanyu.
This technique is to make a magic incense with the blood of a close relative, and then burn the incense and pray.
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In the human world, the Uth Tibetan Kingdom, the headquarters of the Temple of Bones.
Princess Jingqing, who was processing official documents, received the summons and immediately went outside to find Zhou Yanyu. She drank tea with Li Yingqiong on the mountain, played chess, admired flowers, and looked at the scenery.
Zhou Yanyu listened and conveyed the information to Yamazaki word for word through the magic weapon.
After hearing this, Yamazaki chuckled, "I didn't expect that the living Buddha is also quite smooth. Sure enough, the fat man's belly is not full of oil and water."
Zhou Yanyu smiled and said: "That's true, but let's quickly tell you how to solve it. We're waiting!"
Yamazaki shook his head, "There is no solution to this matter. It all depends on the Jade Emperor's choice. In the end, the result is all a matter of cause and effect."
"That's all I said," Zhou Yanyu asked, "by the way, what's going on over there in Baoxiangguo?"
Yamazaki summarized: "From the battle between demons and Buddhas in Wusuzang Kingdom, it was promoted to the battle between Taoism and Buddhism, starting with Jiejiao who was involved in the demons."
"Buddhism is in the west. Kui Mulang has twenty-eight constellations, and the white tiger has the first seven constellations in the west. It is just right to descend to earth to meet the calamity."
"He is now the king of the Baoxiang Kingdom. He imitated the Great Shang Dynasty and expanded his territory to tens of thousands of miles. He implemented benevolent policies internally and allowed monsters and humans to coexist. He did not discriminate against Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism. He is a heroic hero with a virtuous reputation.
host."
"Whether Xuan Yan is a monk or not, he is just a common man. Even if he has good relations with the leader of Uzang Kingdom, in Baoxiang Kingdom, he is just a common man."
"The same goes for his disciples. No matter what their previous status was, they are all ordinary people in Baoxiang Kingdom."