In the suburbs of Beijing, at the entrance of a narrow alley, there is a grocery store.
The facade is not big, and there is a small plaque above the door with a few big characters written crookedly: Li's Grocery Store.
As soon as you enter the door, there is a crudely made counter on the left, which is just big enough to accommodate one person.
A middle-aged man wearing a gray gown with thin skin and tender flesh sat at the counter, holding a book in his hand and reading it with interest.
Although the shop is small, it has a dazzling array of things.
There were straw ropes, straw sandals, and dry tobacco foam. Several brand-new hoes were hung on the wall. In the corner against the wall, there was a pile of shovels without handles.
There was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and then a tall figure rushed in in a panic.
It was none other than the fat monk Xiao Chen met on the street.
"Shopkeeper Li, it's not good, it's not good." The fat monk wiped the sweat from his forehead and said out of breath.
Shopkeeper Li at the counter stood up, put down the book in his hand, walked to the door, and looked around outside.
After making sure there was no one else, he turned around and walked back.
"What are you doing in such a hurry? How many times have I told you, don't run here in broad daylight if you have nothing to do." With that said, shopkeeper Li raised his hand to lift the curtain on the wall and walked in.
The fat monk also hurriedly followed in.
The back room is very small, only half the size of the outside.
A table with a chair on each side.
Shopkeeper Li did not sit down, but stood straight beside the table, looking at the fat monk who followed him: "What happened?"
"This noon, it was already dinner time, but Master Liujie, who was in charge of Butcher Zhang's area, never showed up. I wondered if something had happened to him, so I went near Butcher Zhang's house. Guess what I saw?"
"What?"
"That butcher Zhang actually lit a fire and boiled water. He had knocked a big black pig to the ground and was bleeding it."
"Huh?" Shopkeeper Li frowned.
"When I saw Butcher Zhang starting to kill pigs again, I stepped forward to stop him. Who knew that Butcher Zhang ignored me and even said coldly: Just now, that troublesome monk has been taken away by the government. If you continue,
If it's too troublesome, I'll report it to the official."
"What?" Shopkeeper Li's face changed drastically, and he stared at the other party closely, "A person from the government? Did he say which government he was from?"
"When I heard the news, I was shocked. I wanted to come over and report to you, but why did I bother to ask which government office it was?"
The fat monk was breathing heavily, and while talking, he looked outside through the gap in the curtain from time to time.
"You didn't even ask which official took the person away, so you came back in a hurry to report the letter. What kind of letter did you report?" After glaring at the monk, Shopkeeper Li held the table with one hand and put the other behind his back, thinking about what to do.
How to deal with it.
After looking at the other party, the fat monk said: "Shopkeeper Li, Master Liujie has been arrested. The matter of creating public opinion should have been discovered. How about we escape?"
"Escape? Where to escape?" Shopkeeper Li slowly raised his head, "If you fail to accomplish what the prince told you, you will only die if you escape. When you received the money, you didn't keep saying that you would be able to do it this time.
Are you creating public opinion? I have only been in the capital for a few days and have not accomplished anything, so I am just thinking about escaping. Do you think that the prince's money was brought by the strong wind, or do you think that the prince is a savior who gave you money for no reason? "
"But, something has happened to Master Liujie. If we continue to act, I'm afraid we will all be arrested." The fat monk had a sad face, not at all like the Buddhist disciples who looked down on everything and were calm.
The sweat that couldn't be wiped off his forehead fully showed the fear and anxiety in his heart.
"Why are you panicking?" Shopkeeper Li said coldly, "If the government wants to take action, it won't be Master Liujie who is arrested. Now, he is the only one who was taken away. Maybe there are other reasons. Wait for a while and replace him with a commoner.
Clothes, go to Butcher Zhang and find out what’s going on.”
"Change into common people's clothes? That's okay, that's okay." A smile appeared on the fat monk's face, and he nodded while wiping his sweat.
"Fortunately, you are still Buddhists. When something happens, you will lose your mind and talk about Buddha every day. At the critical moment, you didn't see Buddha to save you. Instead, you came to me and asked me what to do." Looking at the fat monk, Li
The contempt in the shopkeeper's eyes was undisguised.
"Oh, shopkeeper Li is joking. If I hadn't been so fat and sweating all over my body after doing some work, I wouldn't have gone out to beg for food from Buddhists. I wouldn't be laughed at, and I'd be called alms. I'm
There is no way I can become a monk."
The fat monk smiled and told the reason why he became a monk.
"According to what you said, all Buddhists are lazy and lazy people like you?"
The fat monk's face straightened: "You can't say that. Among Buddhists, there are still some people who wholeheartedly believe in Buddhism. It's just that they are mostly like me."
"Worship the Buddha wholeheartedly? What is a Buddha?" Shopkeeper Li smiled coldly, "It's just some people who are frustrated in reality and don't have the courage to end their lives. They find a place that looks clean and give themselves an excuse to survive.
It’s just a human being.”
Hearing this, the fat monk's face turned serious: "I don't agree with what Shopkeeper Li said. It is said in Buddhist books that Buddha is a truly powerful person with extraordinary means. Although he has great abilities, he is an abnormal person.
He was kind. He couldn't bear to see the people suffer, so he founded Buddhism to save all people from water and fire."
"Save the people from the fire and water? Only fools believe such low-level lies. Where was the Buddha during the famine? Where was the Buddha during the war? Only in times of peace and prosperity, the Buddha would accept people's blessings in the temple.
Incense? From now on, don’t talk to me about Buddha. This kind of extremely hypocritical thing is not worthy of me to discuss him."
The fat monk's eyes widened angrily, obviously very angry.
"You can't slander Buddhism or Buddha just because we accepted your money and worked for you. Buddha didn't take a single copper from you."
"If the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, you are the embodiment of Buddhism. Stop nagging, change your clothes, and go about your business."
As if he was extremely disgusted, Shopkeeper Li turned around and waved his left hand behind him.
The fat monk's chest rose and fell, as if he still wanted to argue.
Seeing the other party's gesture, he took a long breath through his nose, snorted, turned around, opened the curtain and walked out.
In the corner opposite the grocery store, Xiao Chen hid his entire body behind the wall, with only half of his head exposed.
"Li's grocery store, is it here?"
Master Liujie behind him nodded hurriedly: "Yes, it's right here."
Xiao Chen turned around and looked at Duan Tianming and the other captains behind Master Liujie: "You guys stay here, I'll go in and take a look. If you find any suspicious persons, take them down immediately."
As he spoke, he straightened his blue gown, walked out from behind the wall, and walked towards the grocery store.
Just as he walked to the door and prepared to cross the threshold with one foot, a figure walked out from inside, and the two almost bumped into each other.
The two of them immediately took a step back.
When he saw the other party's appearance clearly, Xiao Chen couldn't help but laugh.
"Master, long time no see. What are you buying in this grocery store?"
The fat monk was stunned for a moment, calmed down his thoughts, and forced a smile on his face.
He raised his left hand in front of his chest and bowed slightly towards Xiao Chen: "I walked too much and the straw sandals on my feet were worn out. The poor monk came here to buy a pair of straw sandals to wrap his feet. Does the donor know the poor monk?"
"Master, you are such a noble person who forgets things." Xiao Chen chuckled, took a step forward, and faintly forced the fat monk into the room.
"When you stopped the butcher from slaughtering pigs on the street to save the lives of domestic pigs, you blocked my carriage for half an hour."
"The poor monk just wanted the butcher to put down the butcher's knife and do good deeds, but he didn't know that he blocked the donor from his way. It's a sin, a sin." The fat monk bowed to Xiao Chen again.
It seems that there is really endless apology in my heart.
"Being able to meet the master again shows that I have a great fate with Buddhism. Master, can you wait for a moment and wait for me to buy something? Let's find a place so that I can also receive the baptism of Buddhism?" Xiao Chen moved forward again.
In one step, the door of the entire grocery store was blocked.
"Today, there are still thousands of people waiting for the poor monks to save them, and there is no time for themselves to control at will. Buddhism says that we will meet each other if we are destined. If the donor is really destined to Buddhism, we will definitely meet each other.
The day we meet."
With that said, he bowed again and squeezed out from Xiao Chen's side.
However, the grocery store is not big, and the door is even smaller. When Xiao Chen went to where he stopped, the door was almost full.
How can the fat monk squeeze out his body that is different from ordinary people?
