Everyone in the hall was silent, thinking carefully about Jing Zhimo's words and looking at each other in shock.
Someone said: "The Supreme View has issued a strict order not to allow the pavilions to interfere with the jungles of the ten directions..."
Jing Zhimo immediately asked: "Where can I see this order?"
The speaker was suddenly at a loss for words. Everyone didn't realize it before, but when they thought about it carefully today, they found that they had followed this practice for countless years and couldn't find the source!
Just listen to Jing Zhimo Dao: "In recent months, I have been looking through the edicts issued by Taoist sects for hundreds of years and the various sects' precepts and regulations, and found that the so-called rules that the palaces and pavilions are not allowed to interfere with the jungles of the ten directions are not in the explicit text. That day
I felt so strange. Later, I accidentally asked a senior for advice, and I found the origin of this rule."
Yue Tengzhong couldn't help but ask: "Where did it come from?"
Jing Zhimo said: "I wonder if you have ever read "Changchun Liu Zhenren's Quotes New Collection" written by the ancestor Chengkangzi?"
Patriarch Chengkangzi was a virtuous and true Taoist who was promoted by imperial edict a hundred years ago. His surname was Shao and his given name was Yizheng. He was granted the title of "Zhenfa Tongmiao Zhenren". Shao Yizheng was the eldest disciple of Liu Yuanran, the "acting and teaching Changchun Zhenren". He once wrote "Changchun Liuzhenren"
"Quotations", which records Liu Yuanran's daily words and deeds.
There are dozens of people here who are familiar with Liu Yuanran and Shao Yizheng, but very few have read "Quotations of Changchun Liu Zhenren", and most people have not even heard of "New Quotations of Changchun Liu Zhenren".
Everyone did not dare to show their timidity, they just listened to the scenery and talked eloquently.
"Changchun Master said: Everyone is originally peaceful, but because the owner has no awareness and is led by material desires, sounds and colors are outside, lust is wandering inside, reversing dreams, and there is no way to calm down, so he cannot be quiet.
It is also said: The true meaning of attaining the Tao is to cultivate both blessing and wisdom. If you want to cultivate the immortal way, you must first cultivate the human way. The human way will be established and then the immortal way will be achieved. Cultivating merit can save people from troubles in the world, benefit the people, and improve their own morals. Only by cultivating the human way can they become immortals.
One of the conditions.
This is why Patriarch Chengkangzi asked: When should we cultivate blessings? When should we cultivate wisdom?
Master Changchun answered: Cultivation is like refining elixir. There are subjects and guests, which vary from time to time. For example, in troubled times, the main purpose is to cultivate blessings. He enters the world from the pavilion to benefit the world. In the governance of the world, the main purpose is to cultivate wisdom. It is appropriate
Cultivate the root of wisdom, ignore worldly affairs in the palace, and avoid the jungles of the ten directions.
Everyone, this statement is the only record that the people in the palace do not interfere with the jungles of the ten directions. There is no other record. Of course, maybe I am not knowledgeable and have not seen it yet. Over the past hundred years, this statement has been spread for unknown reasons, and it has gradually become my Taoism.
A default rule."
After a while, I heard Yue Tengzhong say: "If this is the case, I'm afraid this rule is highly questionable..."
Jing Zhimo said: "So I'm very worried. In the past, there were no monks who directly held Taoist posts in our Shifang Jungle, so this rule was of little use. Now that Zhao Zhiran is here, when we want to pick up this rule, we actually find that
The origin and position of this rule itself are untenable. If you think about it carefully, are you as afraid as me? Faced with the monks who may appear around you and me in the future, how should we restrain them? In other words, we laymen
, can we really restrain them?"
Someone asked: "Master Jingdian, in your opinion, what should I do?"
Jing Zhimo said with emotion: "Send a letter to ask for an edict! If you don't want to name me, I, Jing Zhimo, am willing to write to the three capitals alone! I know your concerns are nothing more than the monks involved, and I dare not speak out, but I, Jing Zhimo,
Don’t be afraid! If we lay people living in the jungles of the ten directions are timid because of cherishing our lives, how will we deal with it in the future when the Dharma is corrupted? If we really get into trouble because of this, I, Jingjimo, am willing to bear it with all my strength!"
What Jing Zhimo said at the end of this meeting deeply shocked all the Taoist priests present. Regardless of their position and background, no matter what their position, everyone was thinking about the question he raised.
How will you face a monk when he appears next to you?
After the discussion, Fu Yunzhen called Jing Zhimo to his side and said: "Within three days, compile what you said today into a document and make suggestions. You can report it to me, or report it to Pan Dianzao of your Dianzhu Academy. I will
I will communicate with him and submit the letter to Sandu as soon as possible. You do not need to bear it alone. This is the common aspiration of the comrades in the entire Shifang Jungle."
Hall Master Cui, Master Xu Fang and Lin Gaogong all went out together and looked at each other, speechless for a long time. They were specifically responsible for talking to Zhao Zhiran. They had worked hard for the past few months, but they did not expect that the topic of this discussion was clearly to decide the case of Du Tenghui.
Why did it suddenly change to the point of formulating an explicit edict to restrict monks like Zhao Zhiran from serving in Shifang Jungle? It is really unbelievable!
The Du Tenghui case was finally concluded with "no evidence found". All the people from Sichuan Province who were recruited to Lushan were released one by one and were told "Thank you for your great assistance and active cooperation."
Lushan Mountain itself is a place with excellent scenery and countless reputations. However, after such an incident, basically no one from Sichuan Province who was called for questioning was in the mood to enjoy it. They said goodbye in a hurry and left each other -
—No one even dared to go together.
Zhao Ran came to the foot of the mountain and watched Du Tenghui board the ship from a distance at the Xunyang Ferry outside Jiujiang City. Du Tenghui stood on the bow of the ship, looking at Mount Lu in the distance, his figure not moving for a long time. The boatman whistled, and several long
Bamboo grass stretched out and pushed the passenger ship away from the shore. Zhao Ran saluted Du Teng on the passenger ship.
Du Tenghui then turned his gaze back from the direction of Lushan Mountain, glanced at the shore, and caught a glimpse of Zhao Ran who was saluting to see him off, so he slightly closed his head and returned the salute.
The passenger ship gradually moved away and disappeared on the river. Zhao Ran turned around and asked east. After walking a few miles, he entered a restaurant by the river. Outside the door of the restaurant was a flag banner with the inscription "Three stones and one tea".
After going up to the second floor and entering a private room, I saw a big man sitting in the room. It was Song Fan Wei commanding Qian Shi and Hong Yuan guard Zhang Lue.
Zhang Lue stood up and clasped his fists: "I've seen Abbot Zhao!"
Zhao Ran smiled: "Zhang Shouyu is so polite, why do you still invite me to drink?"
Zhang Lue laughed at himself: "I thought Zhang was somewhat courageous, but when I got to Lushan Mountain, I discovered that I was no more than a rat. If it weren't for Abbot Zhao's guidance, I almost made a big mistake! I didn't know how to turn around to Songfan this time.
When I can see the abbot again, I might as well set up a table here and get drunk with the abbot."
While talking, he called the bartender in: "Isn't your place known as the Four Wonders of Lushan? Hurry up and bring out the drinks!"
The bartender smiled and said: "It has been prepared for a long time, come here immediately!" After going out and shouting twice, a table of wine and food was handed over one after another from the kitchen.
The so-called four wonders of Lushan are the "three stones and one tea" carried on the wine table. The three stones are stone chicken, stone fish and stone ear. They are the red frog, spring fish and black fungus, which are special products in Lushan. The stone chicken is stewed in a pot.
, plus scrambled stone fish eggs and stir-fried rock fungus, paired with a jar of the restaurant's home-brewed rice wine, you can drink and eat while enjoying the view of thousands of sails on the river outside the window. It's really a unique flavor.
After drinking a few drinks, they started chatting. Zhao Ran asked: "What is Zhang Shouyu's honor this year?"
Zhang Lue said: "Zhang is thirty-eight years old this year."
"It doesn't look like it. If you say you have just turned thirty, I'm afraid no one will doubt you."
"Haha, thank you abbot for your praise. People who practice martial arts should always stretch their muscles and bones."
"Zhang Shouyu does look brave. I heard from the Du Supervisory Academy of Tianhe Palace that Zhang Shouyu is a fierce general in the battle formation."
Zhang Lue sighed and said: "I don't dare to call myself a fierce general, but I just dare to charge and be willing to fight with all my strength."
Zhao Ran raised a toast and said: "I heard that Zhang Shouyu was not from a family of generals, nor was he from a military household. He was able to do a fourth-level job and take charge of a party. This opportunity is really rare. Unless he is extraordinary in battle, how can he do it?
Maybe he's in a high position? Where did Shouyu enlist in the army? From the accent, it doesn't sound like he's from Sichuan."
Zhang Lue drank a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Zhang has been in Sichuan for seventeen years. He thinks that his speech is no different from that of Sichuan people. He doesn't want the abbot to hear it right away, haha... The gang below me
Guawazi, you keep saying that I speak authentic Sichuan dialect, so it turns out you are just trying to make me happy, haha! To be honest with the abbot, I am from the capital city."
"Oh? People from the capital, why did you go to Sichuan to join the army? There must be a story to defend you. Let's hear it."