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Chapter 891 Since Li Shimin is so shameless, let's... help other monks to cheat!

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With the sound of piercing through the air, I saw people wearing wreaths or brocade short aprons, wearing bracelets, necklaces, armlets, tassels and other accessories. They looked graceful and had the beauty of both men and women. Earth Immortal Bodhisattvas, or all kinds of strange clothes, or with eyebrows hanging down on the ground, or with strangely long hands, the Earth Immortal Arhats, who looked daunting in the heart, descended from the sky and landed in front of a large white pagoda.

Unlike the white pagoda in Pengcheng Baita Temple that enshrines Buddha statues, the white pagoda in this secret place does not enshrine any Buddha statues, but is like a lecture hall. There is a lotus platform, and dozens of futons are dotted under the high platform.

After these bodhisattvas and arhats entered one by one, they found a place to sit among the futons under the stage very familiarly. From their actions, it can be seen that this lecture hall is not a decoration, but is often used.

After all the bodhisattvas and arhats had almost arrived, and the futons under the stage were filled to the brim, with the sound of a melodious bell, a man with curly hair and a plump figure looked exactly like the one in the temple. A fat monk who was close to the Buddha enshrined appeared from the high platform and sat down on the only futon on the platform. Zhituo Bodhisattva stood behind the fat monk with his hands hanging down with a serious face.

If you take a photo of the inside of the entire White Pagoda, it will be a replica of the Buddhist scriptures on Lingshan Society!
After seeing the appearance of this fat monk, the group of Bodhisattvas and Arhats present immediately bowed down on the futons.

"Disciples wait to see Monk Song!"

"You are free!"

After the fat monk sat down on the lotus platform, he raised his hand towards the bodhisattvas and arhats below, signaling them to stand up, and then said in a thick and solemn voice.

"Today I ring the golden bell to invite you to come here, not to preach scriptures, but to discuss with you a catastrophe that is closely related to the life and death of Cheng Shizong..."

Having said that, the fat monk turned his head to look at the Zhituo monk standing beside him, and waved his hands slowly.

"Zhituo, please tell everyone present about the catastrophe of Chengshizong!"

"Yes!"

Monk Zhituo agreed, then took two steps forward from the side of the fat monk, walked to the side of the lotus platform, and raised his voice to the Bodhisattvas and Arhats below.

"I'd like to teach you to know that this catastrophe is not actually the catastrophe of my Cheng Shizong family, but the catastrophe of the entire Buddhist sect from top to bottom, from south to north just like the time of Emperor Wu of Zhou in the past..."

"..."

After hearing Monk Zhituo's words, the bodhisattvas and arhats below suddenly had expressions of surprise on their faces. They looked at each other, and some low voices began to resound in the crowd.

"Just like Zhou Wuzong's time..."

"Could it be that the ordinary dynasty is going to destroy Buddha again?"

"Impossible! An emperor who remembers the Sui Dynasty still valued Buddhism very much..."

"How is it impossible? I heard that the Sui Dynasty has been dead for many years. The current emperor is... who is it?"

"..."

After seeing the bodhisattvas and arhats below started whispering, the monk Zhituo standing on the high platform immediately raised his voice and stopped it loudly.

"Everyone, please be calm and don't be impatient, and listen to the poor monk to continue!"

Under his loud shouting, the bodhisattvas and arhats below gradually gave up whispering.

"Everyone, the Great Sui Dynasty died a long time ago. The current Fansu Dynasty was established by One Yuan, the descendant of One Tiger...Of course, his surname is now changed to Li, and his name is Li Yuan!"

Because it was a relationship in a secret realm, when Monk Zhituo mentioned Li Yuan, he didn't save face at all.

"When Li Yuan was the emperor, he always had ulterior motives for my Buddhism. In the end, the Buddha couldn't stand it anymore. So he was assassinated by his own son Li Yuanji who was full of evil! But his son Li Shimin who inherited the throne did not Didn't absorb his father's lesson, and still stares at my Buddhist sect!"

Having said this, Monk Zhituo couldn't help but increase his voice.

"Not long ago, Li Shimin used Li Yuan's legacy as an excuse to launch a sandstorm against my Buddhist sect. His intention was very simple. He wanted to cut off the inheritance of my Buddhist sect just like Emperor Wu of Zhou, who was sure to plow mud into hell. "

When he said this, the bodhisattvas and arhats below couldn't help themselves, and started whispering again.

"When Zhituo mentioned Emperor Wu of Zhou just now, I guessed that it might be so, but I didn't expect it to be so!"

"How can the current mortal dynasty be so disrespectful to recluses and the Three Jewels... Aren't they afraid of dying and going to hell?"

"That...although I said that, but in fact, we all know that there is no such thing as a mud plow hell!"

"Do you understand the meaning of Ruan Shang's words? Does the mud plow hell exist? Is this the point?"

"Some time ago, when Venerable Huisi of the Fahuazong came to 'beginning to have a pure land', it didn't mean that there is now...who came to control the Yin soils in various parts of the Central Plains, and successfully merged those Yin soils into Netherworld, now The Santu River is being built... I think now that the Santu River is in place, the mud plow hell should not be far away!"

"Hmm! This is true. Many monks from my Chengshi sect now travel through the underworld with the seals given by the Fahua sect, and save the undead for practice...Actually, someone also got a seal!"

"..."

Seeing these Bodhisattvas and Arhats below not only whispering, but also someone took out a light blue seal, the monk Zhituo standing on the high platform suddenly spoke out with a helpless face.

"Everyone, please listen to the poor monk!"

At the same time, the fat monk sitting on the lotus platform also raised his hand, pressed down, and then said in a thick voice.

"You don't need to discuss it now, listen to Monk Zhituo's detailed explanation first!"

After the fat monk spoke, these bodhisattvas and arhats who had turned the topic directly from Li Shimin's extermination of the Buddha to the speed of going to the underworld to save the undead and increase their cultivation level finally remembered the topic, so they sat upright again and listened attentively.

"This time Hu'er Li Shimin is hateful. When he was in the Buddhist monks of the sand, he played some tricks to block the mouths of the world..."

Next, Monk Zhituo detailed the details of Li Shimin's monk qualification assessment this time, mainly about the rule that one cannot become a monk if one cannot read, as well as the first scripture assessment and the second xinxing assessment. I explained the details to the Bodhisattva Arhats present...

As for the third precept assessment, even those monks who participated in the assessment and successfully passed the test did not know how they passed. Naturally, the monk Fajing who was dismissed the second time did not know, so the monk Zhituo did not know how he passed. To talk about this in detail, I just used the sentence "The third assessment should be to check whether these people have made any mistakes."

After he finished speaking, these Buddhist Bodhisattvas immediately looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what to say!

After all, regardless of Li Shimin's potential intentions in this matter, at least on the bright side, what the other party did was not a big mistake. For example, the scripture examination only took some Buddhist scriptures to fill in the blanks, which is the foundation of the foundation. It doesn't involve anything like that at all, except that the topic is a little bit wider and involves a lot of scriptures, so it can be said that there is no difficulty.

As a monk, you are no longer studying the essence of Buddhism. You can’t say that you can’t even memorize Buddhist scriptures, can you?

As for the second test, there is no reason to say it. Li Shimin did not force you to complete the cloud bridge of tens of feet in the sky. As long as you dare to walk, no matter how far you are, you will pass.

In other words, if you don't even have the heart to sacrifice your life for the sake of the Dharma, what kind of monk should you be?
"..."

After a long silence, a monk sitting in the front row, also dressed as a Bodhisattva, sighed softly and said in an indistinguishable clear voice.

"Li Shimin's Hu'er is much more cunning than Zhou Wudi's Hu'er!"

"What the Great Monk Huilong said is true!"

After hearing what the monk dressed as a Bodhisattva said, an arhat sitting not far from him, muscular and like a strong man, spoke.

"In the past, Emperor Wu of Zhou forced the world's monks and nuns to return to secular life. It was completely unpopular, and it also made people feel that he was using power to oppress our monks. Therefore, after his death, the order to exterminate Buddha was immediately abolished, but Li Shimin is a Huer. It's different, if he makes this test a necessary condition for becoming a monk in the future, I'm afraid the number of monks in the world will..."

Having said that, he shook his head and sighed.

"hateful!"

An eyebrow hangs from the corner of his eye to the ground, the COS monk with long eyebrows Luohan said angrily.

"Don't you, Li Shimin, know that no matter how good the Dharma is, it needs a large number of people to promote it? With his test method, no one in the world can become a monk, and there are still people who can spread the Dharma. Doesn't his move mean to break the law?" Is it the foundation of my Buddhism?"

"..."

After hearing the words of this 'Long-browed Arhat', all the Bodhisattva Arhats present nodded their heads immediately.

Although the bodhisattvas and arhats in front of me are not Xuanzang monks, they are all masters of Buddhism who are familiar with the scriptures and admired by all. It is still possible to think of the truth like "the dharma is promoted by the dummy, and only the monk is the most". of!

"no!"

Another monk who was wearing a wreath and looked like a living Bodhisattva spoke.

"A certain class must not let this Hu'er Li Shimin's move to eliminate the monks in the world be completed, otherwise the foundation of my Chengshizong will be destroyed!"

"But what can I do..."

Another earth immortal monk of Chengshizong who also seemed to be a Bodhisattva spread his hands and said helplessly.

"Could it be that someone wants the believers to rise up and overthrow Li Tang?"

"This matter is inappropriate!"

The former Hercules Arhat immediately spoke up.

"Now that the world has just been unified, it is the time when people's minds are settled. Even if a certain class mobilizes the followers, I am afraid that it will not be able to cause much trouble. Instead, it will give Li Shimin an excuse to target me and become the real sect."

"How about we unite with other sects!"

The monk of COS Long Eyebrow Arhat continued.

"When Venerable Huisi of the Fahua School came here not long ago, he told someone that Li Shimin, Li Jiancheng, Hu'er's elder brother, is a righteous believer in the Three Jewels. In addition, he still holds the Nether in his hand, and organized a team comparable to As for the army of practitioners, if we support Li Jiancheng together with Fa Huazong and overthrow Li Shimin, will he..."

"This is good, but water far away won't quench your thirst!"

The Bodhisattva whose mouth started to speak continued.

"Whether Li Jiancheng can overthrow his younger brother Li Shimin in the future remains to be seen, but right now Li Shimin's catastrophe is just around the corner!"

"Actually it's not impossible!"

The Hercules Arhat thought for a moment, then continued.

"Everyone knows that during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, my Shamen flourished, and the Daoist sect was struggling at that time, so there were generally not many people. This time, the manpower sent by Li Shimin was not the Shangqing sect with the most disciples, so the poor monk can be sure that they sent them to Hebei and Hedong. The people in all the lands assessing me as a disciple of the Real Sect must be mortals! And with this, you can do something..."

"Monk Zhishun, you mean that we help other monks of Cheng Shizong to cheat..."

Another Bodhisattva spoke.

"This is a good way. After all, no matter how difficult Hu'er Li Shimin's scripture test is, it can't be difficult for you and me!"

……

"Namo Abhidharma Bodhisattva!"

After the bodhisattvas and arhats present spoke and discussed for a while, the fat monk sitting on the lotus platform, that is, monk Song, the disciple of Kumarajiva back then, recited the Buddha's name, and then said with a final word.

"I already understand what everyone said. Although it is not appropriate to cheat in the test, there are priorities. Under the life and death of my clan, some things can't be taken care of so much... Next, please leave Beginning to have a pure land, go to the monasteries of our Fahua Sect to help the disciples face the test of Hu'er Li Shimin."

After hearing what the fat monk said, all the bodhisattvas and arhats present respectfully saluted.

"Follow the law!"

"In addition, the alliance with the Fa Huazong can also be considered!"

After talking about dealing with the test, the fat monk continued.

"After all, if there is one, there are two. For the prosperity of my Buddhism, some things are unavoidable..."

As he spoke, the fat monk looked down at the COS monk with long eyebrows.

"Tandu!"

After hearing what the fat monk said, the long-browed arhat immediately stood up and saluted.

"Master, what are your orders!"

"I will leave it to you to contact Fahuazong..."

Before the fat monk finished speaking, he suddenly heard a loud noise from outside, and someone shouted in panic.

"It's not good, there will be a pure land when a Taoist breaks in!"

(End of this chapter)