After Tongjing left the Sutra Pavilion, he went straight to the Zen room of Abbot Tongyuan Qingxiu. Abbot Tongyuan stood up and greeted him: "Senior brother is back.⊙"
Tongjing nodded, turned around and closed the door of the Zen room. The two came to sit on the futon and sat opposite each other. Tongjing briefly recounted the incident.
After hearing this, Tongyuan couldn't help frowning and whispered: "This Hu Xiaotian is so naughty?"
Tongjing said: "Not only that, he also uttered wild words, saying that even if we dig up the ground of Tianlong Temple three feet, we will still find the assassin. It is really unreasonable." He was so angry that his face was livid.
Tongyuan whispered: "Senior brother, please don't get angry. What do you think is the reason behind this matter?"
Tongjing said: "I think there is a high probability that they are deliberately causing trouble. They keep saying that assassins have sneaked in, but who has seen it? Why don't any of the monks in Tianlong Temple see it? How can there be so many pairs of eyes?
Not as sharp as them?"
Tongyuan nodded and said: "We haven't found out what happened in the Split Cloud Valley yet, but now it's revealed that an assassin sneaked into Puxian Yuan with the intention of assassinating the emperor. It's really unfair."
Tongjing said: "Hu Xiaotian is just an imperial guard. Without the emperor's support, he would not dare to have the courage to act so arrogantly in Tianlong Temple. The emperor first sent him to Split Cloud Valley, and now he has given orders to him in Tianlong Temple.
Searching around and creating trouble, in my opinion, the one who really wants to make things difficult for us is the Emperor!"
Tongyuan's eyes narrowed, as if he blamed his senior brother for saying these words, but he also had the same idea in his mind. Now it seems that the purpose of Emperor Kangxi's coming to Tianlong Temple is not to save the souls of the dead, nor to worship Buddha.
Chanting sutras, he must have other plans for Tianlong Temple.
Tongjing said: "I wonder what the emperor's plans are?"
Tongyuan Dao: "What is there in Tianlong Temple that is worthy of his plot? We monks have no money or power, and what we have are only Buddhist scriptures. The emperor will not be interested in those scriptures."
Tongjing said: "Could it be that what he wants is the martial arts secret book of Tianlong Temple?"
Tongyuan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Three hundred years ago, Tianlong Temple was destroyed by the imperial court. At that time, most of the Buddhist scriptures in the Sutra Pavilion were transported away by the imperial court. It can be said that that was the biggest disaster since the establishment of Tianlong Temple.
. Later, although Emperor Gaozong rectified the name of our temple, that time greatly damaged the vitality of our temple, and many classics were lost, including our temple-protecting classic, "The Wuxiang Divine Art"."
Tongjing sighed and said: "Actually, we monks should not have any relationship with the court. In this regard, we are not as good as Wuji Guan."
Tongyuan shook his head and said: "Practice does not matter where you are, but where your heart is."
Hearing this, Tongjing looked ashamed. Although he was a senior brother, his understanding of Buddhism was far inferior to this junior brother. This was also the reason why the previous abbot chose Tongyuan as his successor.
Tongyuan Dao: "It is not easy for Tianlong Temple to reach the scale it is today. The previous abbot entrusted the monks of the temple to me. I deeply feel the heavy responsibility, no matter what the price. I also want to ensure the safety of the temple and the safety of Tianlong Temple."
The fire will last forever.”
Tongjingdao: "What is the secret inside the Immortal Buddha in the Split Cloud Valley?"
Tongyuan shook his head and said: "I don't know very well, but since the emperor values so much, there must be some unknown secrets hidden in the Immortal Buddha. We monks don't care about these things, so it doesn't matter. It seems that I have to go there in person.
Let’s take a trip to Puxian Temple.”
Tongjing nodded and said, "That should be the case. It's time to find out what he really means. If he really has an agenda. As long as it's not against the temple rules, there's no need for us to turn against the court."
In the afternoon of that day, Tongyuan came to visit the old emperor, accompanied by two monks. He also heard that after the assassins infiltrated last night, the guards at various intersections had been withdrawn, and the current focus of defense was on Samantabhadra.
Around the courtyard, Tongyuan came to the gate of Puxian Yuan and was unexpectedly blocked by the imperial guards guarding the door.
Tongyuan smiled and said: "The poor monk Tongyuan came here specially to pay a visit to His Majesty!"
Several guards looked at each other, and someone had already run in to report. After a while, Zuo Tang came out to welcome him, and said with a smile: "It turns out to be the abbot!"
Tongyuan was really dumbfounded when he heard this. He was the abbot, but not an adult.
Zuo Tang said: "Excuse me, Abbot, please wait a moment. We will report to Mr. Hu right now."
Tongyuan was a little surprised. He had been here once in the past half a month, but Hu Xiaotian should not have been responsible last time. Besides, it was the emperor he wanted to see, not Hu Xiaotian. Did he have to get Hu Xiaotian's permission first if he wanted to see the emperor?
allow?
While talking, Hu Xiaotian led a group of guards back from the direction of the bamboo forest in the distance. Today they launched a search near Puxian Yuan. Hu Xiaotian's real intention was of course to familiarize himself with the terrain. He finally got such a confident opportunity.
How could I not make good use of it? I got more information in this day than in the previous half month. After all, there was no such opportunity in the past to search everywhere openly. But it is different now. Under the banner of looking for the killer, almost the entire Tianlong Temple was destroyed.
After walking around the Xiyuan, I realized that I had a good eye for recognizing people, so I chose Hu Xiaotian to help him. If it were anyone else, he really wouldn't have the ability like him.
Hu Xiaotian saw Tongyuan in front of the door from a distance. He laughed and said: "Master Tongyuan is here, why do you block Master Tongyuan from the door? Don't you know who is the master of this place? What a bastard, hurry up
Step aside."
A group of guards hurriedly moved out of the way.
Tongyuan was not in a hurry to go in. When Hu Xiaotian came closer, he smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Hu."
"It's not hard work. In order to ensure the safety of the emperor, even if you shed blood, sweat and sacrifice your life, it is necessary. Didn't Buddha say, if I don't go to hell, who will go to hell? I have always been the first to endure hardships and suffer!"
Tongyuan smiled and said: "Master Hu's words are full of Zen principles, I admire him!"
Hu Xiaotian said: "The abbot promoted me, but I don't know anything about Zen. He only talked about some of the most basic principles of life."
Tongyuan smiled and said: "Actually, both principles and Buddhist principles are the same. Mr. Hu is really very wise."
Hu Xiaotian smiled and said: "When the abbot said this, I have already thought about becoming a monk. But unfortunately, there are a group of wives and concubines waiting at home. If I don't go back, wouldn't I make them all widows? The Buddha would not allow such a cruel thing.
I do."
The two monks beside Tongyuan frowned unconsciously, their expressions showing some disgust, thinking that it was really disrespectful for Hu Xiaotian to say such words in front of the abbot.
Abbot Tongyuan didn't mind, and said softly: "Master Hu is compassionate, which is really a great kindness!"
Hu Xiaotian said: "If you want to become a monk, you have to break off the worldly ties, but breaking the worldly ties will make your relatives and loved ones sad. Originally, you escaped into Buddhism to seek mercy and save others, but instead you harmed your own family. Abbot, I really want to
It doesn't make sense, can you explain it to me?" Although what Hu Xiaotian said is simple, it is indeed the biggest contradiction for Buddhist disciples, and almost every monk will experience this ordeal.
Tongyuan said calmly: "Everything in this world has its small and big consequences. Let's see what angle and position Mr. Hu wants to stand in. I am not you. Of course I don't know Mr. Hu's entanglement and pain. Mr. Hu is not me either.
How do you know how comfortable and calm the boss is?"
Hu Xiaotian secretly admired in his heart that he was the abbot of Tianlong Temple after all. Compared with Tongji and Tongjing, the cultivation levels of the others were not comparable.
Tongyuan said to Hu Xiaotian: "I'll go see the emperor first."
Hu Xiaotian said: "I will take the abbot there."
Tongyuan said to the two monks following him: "Wait for me outside."
Hu Xiaotian led Tongyuan to the false emperor's Buddhist monastery and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the abbot is here!"
The old emperor's voice came from inside: "Master, please come in."
The door opened from the inside, and the young eunuch Yin Zheng came out and invited Tongyuan in. He and Hu Xiaotian exchanged knowing looks, but neither of them spoke.
Master Tongyuan walked into the Zen room. The old emperor was still sitting cross-legged in meditation and said to Tongyuan: "Master, please sit down!"
Tong Yuan sat down on the futon opposite him: "The poor monk came here to apologize to the emperor in person. What happened last night was actually because the temple failed to take precautions, which allowed the thieves to take advantage of it."
The old emperor smiled calmly and said: "On the contrary, I should apologize to you, because it is really a sin for me to disturb the peace of the monks in the temple."
Tongyuan said: "The poor monk has sent people to check. There are only seven hunchbacked monks in Tianlong Temple. As for the monks with chicken breasts, there are only two. There is only one monk with both hunchback and chicken breasts. The poor monk has sent people to find them all.
, Your Majesty can send someone to identify and see if there is any suspicious person among them." Rather than being passive, it is better to be proactive. Don't you want to check? We have taken the initiative to find all the people for you to check. If there is no person you are looking for, look
Let's see if there's anything else to say.
The old emperor said: "I originally didn't want to be public, I didn't want to make this matter a big deal, and I didn't want to disturb your peace. It's just that these imperial guards had to find the infiltrator for my safety, and they made a mess.
The flying dog has made people panic and disturbed your tranquility. I didn’t expect it.”
Tongyuan said: "This morning, Mr. Hu went to the Sutra Pavilion to search, and he said that he was following the emperor's order."
The old emperor denied it flatly: "I didn't let him go to the Sutra Pavilion. The Sutra Pavilion is the forbidden area of your Tianlong Temple. Why is he so ignorant? Someone, call Hu Xiaotian in!"
Tongyuan did not expect that the old emperor would actually do this. How could Hu Xiaotian dare to enter the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion without his order? This matter is really strange.
Hu Xiaotian walked in soon, thinking to himself, what tricks does this fake emperor want to do?
The old emperor pointed at Hu Xiaotian's nose and angrily shouted: "You bastard, who asked you to lead people to break into the Scripture Pavilion?"
The third update is here. I know that the brothers have tried their best, but Octopus still has to shout loudly. Are there any monthly tickets? It seems that if you want to successfully protect Ju, you need at least 600 monthly tickets. Octopus fights hard, and there will be another update tonight!
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