In the summer of the 24th year of Shaoxing, after the Luotian Festival in Danxiao Palace, Fengzhou's reputation soared. Emperor Zhao Gou of the Song Dynasty also came to join in the fun. He issued a special decree to honor Fengzhou as the true protector of the country, and invited Jinshan Temple to preside over Fahai as soon as possible.
He went to Beijing, debated scriptures and Dharma with Feng Zhenren, and spread the Dharma to the world.
For ordinary people, just after a Luotian Festival, there is a debate conference, which is naturally a big bustle.
You must know that the reputation of Taoist Priest Feng Zhou has been completely established in Lin'an. Everyone knows that he once killed a giant python in the East China Sea. They also heard that he spread his power over Xixia more than a month ago. After returning to Beijing, he defeated the emperor's nightmare and gained two
This disciple has Qin Qiong and Yuchi Jingde's majesty, which can intimidate the younger generation.
However, since the spread of Buddhism to the east, it has spread widely throughout the world, and eminent monks have emerged in endlessly throughout the ages. Although Fahai, the abbot of Jinjinshan Temple, is not well-known, he has presided over Jinshan Temple for more than fifty years. After all, he is a serious Buddhist monk. His ability to speak like a lotus flower should be
There are still some.
As expected of the common people, someone soon exposed the grudge between the two.
It turns out that Feng Zhenren has a friend named Xiaoqing, and her sister Bai Niangzi is married to Xu Daguanren, the shopkeeper of Baohe Hall, and Xu Daguanren’s brother-in-law is Li Captou from Qiantang County Government, because Fa Hai and Bai Niangzi have a personal grudge.
, as a result, Fahai contacted some scum in the Lin'an government office, framed them, and slandered White Snake and Miss Qing as monsters, and used the Buddhist purple gold bowl to slay the demons, but ended in failure.
"Then are White Snake and Miss Qing actually monsters?" someone asked.
"Haha, you are so stupid and naive. Master Feng has killed countless demons and demons. The friends around him are naturally cultivators, and of course they are not monsters."
"Yes, I heard that the Lin'an government imprisoned those scumbag officers. It shows that Fahai is full of nonsense."
"Fahai is not a Buddhist eminent monk in vain, and what he does is so unethical!"
"What kind of eminent Buddhist monk is he? Why do the monks of Jinshan Temple want him to be the abbot?"
"..."
There are such discussions on the streets of Lin'an from time to time.
This is the advantage of Fengzhou’s geographical location.
As long as some money is thrown in, all kinds of comments and jokes that are not conducive to Fa Hai will emerge one after another.
"There is a rule in hell. Whoever harms someone in the human world will be drowned in the blood of the victim. Once the Jade Emperor went to hell to inspect and found that the blood only soaked a monk's leg. He asked him: 'Who are you?' The monk replied
:'The poor monk is Zhiyuan, the abbot of Jinshan Temple.' The Jade Emperor was furious: 'The abbot of Jinshan Temple has done many evil things and harmed countless people, why is the blood only reaching his legs?' The monk replied: 'Because I stand in front of Fahai, the abbot of the previous generation.
On your shoulders!'"
"Fifty years ago, Zen Master Fahu competed with Fahai for the position of abbot. He once accused Fahai of being confused. After Fahai won, the temple supervisor expelled Fahu from Jinshan Temple with only one crime: leaking Buddhist secrets."
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Of course, such jokes will only be circulated among the people of Lin'an Prefecture, and will not reach the ears of Buddhist monks.
Because everyone’s attention is on the future Buddhist and Taoist Debate Conference.
It has been nearly two hundred years since the founding of the Song Dynasty. Taoism has been relied upon by the imperial court more than once. More than thirty years ago, Lin Lingsu, the leader of the Shenxiao sect of Taoism, was given the title of Mr. Tongzhen Daling and the additional title of Mr. Yuanmiao by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty.
Conferred the title of Yu Ke from Kinmen. This enabled the Shenxiao sect to develop from its foundation to prosperity. It defeated many eminent monks of Tantric Buddhism and Zen Buddhism, revised the title of Buddha, and almost ended the inheritance of Buddhism.
The Fengzhou in front of him was from the lineage of the Shenxiao sect. His words shocked hundreds of thousands of people, and the Danxiao Palace instantly became the number one Taoist temple in the world. He also named people by name and wanted to argue with Fahai. This was clearly a case of personal gain.
Sir, you deceived the emperor into respecting the Tao and destroying the Buddha.
Therefore, for this sutra debate conference, all the famous and enlightened monks from various temples came to attend.
However, the thoughts of people in the Taoist sect are much more complicated.
Although Feng Zhou was famous among Taoist sects, he also offended several Taoist sects, among which the Qiyunshan Taiyi sect was the worst.
It is said that the Taiyi sect of Qiyunshan was involved in the illusion murder case in front of the palace, and several sects that were friends with it were affected and imprisoned.
Wei Xuzheng of the Taiyi Sect has been in charge of the Taiyi Sect for many years and has good relations with many Taoist sects. Now that he is imprisoned and everyone is hurting others, it is inevitable that he will have some resentment towards Feng Zhou.
Of course, no one would say that on the surface.
Taoist scriptures advocate "Tao follows nature". Nature means following the trend and doing nothing, and doing nothing means doing everything.
To help the world in troubled times and to rest in peace, in the prosperous times to cultivate one's mind in seclusion, this is the true Taoist way of survival.
In addition, Lin Lingsu's vicious move to destroy the Buddhist heritage more than thirty years ago not only caused a backlash among Buddhists, but also left a lingering fear among the Taoist sect.
In addition to the various rebellions in history, many Taoist priests participated in them, such as Zhang Jiao's Yellow Turban Rebellion and Sun Enlu Xun's Five Pecks of Rice Rebellion, which also made everyone realize that Taoism is more dangerous than Buddhism.
Therefore, on the Buddhist debate stage in front of the palace, in addition to Fahai, there were more than a dozen well-known monks sitting on the Buddhist side, while on the Taoist side, there were only two or three people.
They are Yu Zhenzi from Taiyi Palace, Wang Wenqing from Shenxiao Sect, and Chen Niwan and Chen Nan from Jindan Sect.
But Yu Zhenzi and Wang Wenqing are old, but Chen Nan is drunk. Even if they are as eloquent as Buddhist monks, how much energy do they have to argue with Buddhist monks?
At this time, the people in the audience were also crowded, but everyone couldn't help but frowned when they saw the formation.
"Madam, I see that the two sides are clearly powerful. Although Taoist Master Feng has not come yet, looking at the number of people and the lineup, I feel that the Taoist lineage is more likely to lose."
A pretty boy said to his wife.
It was Xu Xian and Xu Hanwen, the doctor of Baohe Hall.
Bai Suzhen smiled slightly, but before she spoke, Xiaoqing was already unhappy beside her. She snorted coldly and said: "Guan Xu, don't try to increase others' prestige and destroy your own ambition. What about the dozen or so monks across from you? Brother Zhou is alone.
, you can refute them, and as for fighting skills, you are invincible!"
Bai Suzhen still smiled and said nothing, but gently touched her belly.
Xu Xiandao: "Xiaoqing, I also know that when Master Feng talks about the Dharma, lotus flowers fall in disorder, and when he fights with the Dharma, he has great supernatural powers. But look at these Buddhist eminent monks, each of them has extraordinary momentum. At first glance, he looks like a virtuous eminent monk. He, Feng Zhenren,
Two fists are no match for four, and a hero cannot stand against the crowd!"
"Humph! What do you know?" Xiao Qing looked disdainful. "You are just a doctor. How could you know Brother Zhou's strength? When he was under his knees, he went deep into the tiger's den alone, and in the end he trampled the entire Xixia under his feet.
It’s just a dozen monks, what’s there to be afraid of?”
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Bai Suzhen quickly took Xiaoqing's hand and said to Xu Xiian: "Official, Qing'er is the mistress of the house where Taoist Master Feng lives, and she has more than twenty maids in charge.
Besides, there’s no need to say more about Feng Zhenren’s character and magical powers?”
"But..." Xu Xian was about to retort when he suddenly felt his wife holding his hand with a sudden force, and then shook her head slightly at him. She couldn't help but suddenly realized, secretly cursing herself for being crazy, and actually looked at Xiang Fengzhou in front of Xiaoqing, and couldn't help but laugh.
, no more words.
"Taoist Priest Yuzhenzi, two senior brothers."
Feng Zhou stepped onto the stage and gave a slight salute to the three Taoist priests who were dozing in the stands.
The three Taoist priests nodded together.
At the same time, Fa Hai, who was not far away, suddenly felt something. He opened his eyes and looked over here.
It happened that Feng Zhou also looked over.
A monk spoke together, and the two looked at each other in the air.