Zhuang Zhou thought for a while and replied: "What the junior brother said is not unreasonable. I wonder if the junior brother has any good suggestions?"
Lin Ze looked solemn and said slowly: "From what I see, senior brother and I had better go back to the Taoist Palace and report this matter to the teacher. It concerns the Buddha, Confucian saints. Maybe you and I don't know the details, but it's not necessarily that the teacher doesn't.
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"Even though the teacher cannot deduce whether it was the Buddha who did it, the advice he gave is still much better than that of you and me."
When Zhuang Zhou heard this, he looked troubled and said, "Teacher is indeed better than you and me, but I'm afraid it's not appropriate to bother him over such a trivial matter."
Lin Ze said with determination: "Senior brother, what you said is wrong. It concerns the Buddha, how can it be considered a trivial matter?"
Zhuang Zhou said helplessly: "After all, this is the speculation of Maitreya and his junior brother. There is no substantial evidence to prove that it is related to the Buddha."
Lin Ze was slightly excited and said: "As the saying goes, it is better to kill the wrong than let go. In a world of great conflict, one should be careful in his calculations. How can senior brother be so indecisive?"
Before Zhuang Zhou could speak, Lie Kou jumped out and pointed at Lin Ze and said, "Junior brother Lin Ze, how can you talk to senior brother Zhuang Zhou with such a bad attitude?"
Lin Ze turned his head and shouted: "Shut up. Lie Kou, I call you senior brother to praise you. You are just a disciple under the teacher's name. Strictly speaking, you are an outsider. What do you have to do with the internal affairs of the Tao Palace?"
Are you qualified to speak?"
If it were an ordinary matter, if Lin Ze got interested, he might have a fight with the enemy.
How could Lin Ze be in the mood to argue with Lie Kou here about something like the Buddha's comeback that was related to his own wealth and life?
If Lie Kou didn't have evil intentions, Lin Ze might still be a little patient because he wanted to win over him, given his cultivation in the third realm of heaven and human beings.
At the critical moment, Lie Kou was so ignorant and wanted to secretly sow a relationship between him and Zhuang Zhou. Lin Ze couldn't bear it and directly tore his face apart, humiliating him to pieces.
Hearing this, Lie Kou was furious and said: "Lin Ze, as my teacher's registered disciple, my cultivation depends entirely on the teacher's advice. Serving the Dao Palace is the right thing to do, so why am I not qualified to comment?"
Lin Ze said coldly: "You are an outsider. If you don't have it, you don't have it. The Taoist Palace does not need outsiders' guidance to do things. If you want to overwhelm the guest, you have to see who the target is."
Lie Kou almost gritted his teeth when he heard this: "Lin Ze, you are not qualified to judge whether I am qualified to participate in the affairs of the Tao Palace. The teacher and Brother Zhuang Zhou have to say."
Lin Ze glanced at Lie Kou and said indifferently: "If you want to say this, I will take you to the Dao Palace and ask the teacher to tell you personally so that you can give up."
"Senior brother, please return to Dao Palace later and take care of this matter by the way."
Lin Ze's eyes stayed on Zhuang Zhou, waiting for his answer.
Zhuang Zhou touched his nose and said, "We are all disciples of our teacher. Why should I be so fussy and fussy about it? It's just a joke for others."
Zhuang Zhou was a kind-hearted man and had been friends with Lieutenants for a long time. Naturally, he did not want to see Lieutenants humiliated by Lin Ze.
But what Lin Ze said is not unreasonable. There seems to be no big difference between registered disciples and direct disciples, but in fact they are completely different.
To be more serious, a direct disciple is like a biological son, the one who inherits the mantle and legacy.
Registered disciples are just like passers-by who pick them up on the street and give them a few mouthfuls of food. They seem to be kind, but in fact they have nothing to do with half a dime.
If this matter really comes to the Taoist Sage, the result will undoubtedly be that Lie Kou is not even qualified to comment.
In order to reduce the big matter to the trivial matter, Zhuang Zhou had no choice but to change his perspective and persuade Lin Ze not to be serious and to give up the idea of taking advantage of others.
Lin Ze glanced at Lie Kou who was silent, pursed his lips, held back the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Senior Brother is aware of the twists and turns of this matter. He doesn't want to dwell on it, he just wants to know.
The Buddha has appeared, what are you going to do, senior brother?"
"Senior brother doesn't want to bother the teacher, so he must have a plan in mind. He wants to hear his opinion."
Zhuang Zhou looked unnatural and said: "Besides meeting the teacher, is there any other way for me, junior brother?"
Lin Ze said calmly: "Junior brother, there are still two methods, but they are far inferior to returning to Dao Palace to ask the teacher for advice. Senior brother may not adopt them."
Zhuang Zhou's expression returned to normal and he said, "Junior brother, why don't you come and listen?"
Lin Ze said calmly: "If Guanyin's disappearance is related to the Buddha, then his next targets are most likely to be Ksitigarbha and Maitreya."
"Senior brother only needs to capture the two of them in Chang'an, watch them under his nose, and wait for them to catch the big fish like Buddha."
Zhuang Zhou thought for a while, shook his head and said: "There are loopholes in this method. If the Buddha's target is not them, or he never shows up, wouldn't he have to imprison them forever?"
"Maitreya Ksitigarbha himself has no fault, how can you and I prevent them from getting away with it because of this matter?"
Lin Ze couldn't deny it and said: "Buddhist people admire a pure heart and few desires. Junior Brother secretly believes that even if they are kept in prison, there is nothing wrong with them."
"Besides, how does senior brother know that Maitreya Ksitigarbha doesn't want this? If the Buddha's target is really them, they can kneel down and beg senior brother for protection. How can they care about not being free?"
"After all, you only have one life, right?"
Zhuang Zhou shook his head and said: "What Maitreya Ksitigarbha thinks is just junior brother's guess and cannot be used as a basis."
Lin Ze retorted: "If senior brother doesn't believe it, how about you and I go to southern Xinjiang now and ask them in front of them?"
Zhuang Zhou hurriedly advised: "Junior brother, wait a minute. Don't rush to do this. Put it aside. May I ask junior brother what the second strategy is?"
Lin Ze said calmly: "The second strategy is relatively simple. Avalokitesvara disappeared silently. If it was the Buddha who did it, there must be other shady plots."
"As I said before, it is very likely that the Buddha's next eyes will be Maitreya and Ksitigarbha."
"Brother, you can choose one of them and spread the word that he will be executed. Maybe you can force the Buddha to come out."
Zhuang Zhou frowned and said, "What if the Buddha doesn't come out? How will it end then?"
Lin Ze said indifferently: "Senior brother's reputation is important. When the time comes, we can only fake it and execute the selected person."
Upon hearing this, Zhuang Zhou smiled bitterly and said, "This is against the will of Taoism. Brother Yu really can't do it."
Lin Ze didn't take it seriously and said, "Senior brother is unwilling to accept these two strategies, so do you plan to go back to the Dao Palace with your junior brother to ask the teacher for advice and follow the teacher's advice?"
Zhuang Zhou shook his head, coughed slightly and said: "Brother Yu suddenly felt that the first of the two strategies, junior and senior, is very good. It will not disturb the teacher, but also does not harm innocent people."
"The most important point is that if Maitreya Ksitigarbha doesn't want anything to happen, he can only cooperate with the Dao Palace."
Lin Ze smiled and said: "Senior brother is wise, it is not too late. You and I will set off to southern Xinjiang now, otherwise things will happen if we are too late."