Xian Sun of the Ning Mansion of the Red Chamber

Chapter 201 If the sale fails, I will curse you to death

"Passing Fanzhi, Wutai is not far ahead. I heard that Wutai Mountain is a Buddhist holy place, and the incense is strong, which is quite effective. It's a pity that the third master was confined in the capital since he was a child, and he didn't have the opportunity to visit this Buddhist temple. Let’s take a look at the Holy Land, after returning to Beijing this time, I don’t know when I will be able to come out.”

While talking, Yang You suddenly looked at Jia Ying and asked, "How are you doing, are you interested in taking the plunge?"

After hearing Yang You's words, Jia Ying teased, "If His Majesty listens to what you said, I'm afraid he will be more than happy to trap you for a few more years."

After finishing speaking, he took the lead in shaking the reins and galloped towards Mount Wutai.

"If you choose a place to practice, you should go to the four places in the southeast, north and west. If you want to visit famous places and see the prosperity of Buddhist temples, you still have to come to Zhongtai."

On the steep and towering mountain, Jia Ying pointed to the front and said to the people behind him: "In front is the Qingliang Ancient Temple, which is also the place where Buddhism originated here, and further ahead are the various temples built by later generations."

"Jia Ying, are you fooling the third master that you don't read much, or are you saying that you don't know much? These five temples are obviously Manjusri's ashram. In terms of origin, shouldn't they also be Manjusri Temple?" Yang You was full of disbelief, and said contemptuously: "This Qingliang ancient temple master has also heard about it in the scriptures, and it is only a few hundred years old at most."

Jia Ying sneered and said, "Who doesn't know that you, Mr. Yang, rely on those scripts to read and write, and you don't know anything about the classics and history collections. You always pretend to be history. Ha ha."

"Yo, you're looking down on people, you're talking like you've been here before." Yang You was full of disbelief.

"Do you know the origin of Mount Wutai?" Jia Ying asked back.

Yang You shook his head in embarrassment.

"It was originally called Zifu Mountain. It was a sacred place for Taoist practice. It is said that there were real immortals in the early years. Later, the peacock Ashoka preached and Manjusri preached. Fushan was renamed Qingliangshan, and Qingliang Temple was the first temple here, and it is said that the big bluestone in front of Qingliang Temple is the treasure of the Dragon Palace. Since then, Taoism has declined, and Buddhism has flourished."

As he spoke, Jia Ying pointed to a towering mountain in the distance: "See that mountain top? That's Dailuoding, also known as Daluoding. Daluo, Daluo, this The word Daluo was originally the highest realm of Taoist practice."

Yang You was stunned when he heard this, nodded his head and said: "According to what you say, these monks are still occupying the magpie's nest, doing business that destroys people's foundation? If that's the case, then it's better not to worship."

Jia Ying chuckled lightly, shook his head, looked at Yang You and teased, "You are in a Buddhist holy place, and if you speak ill of others, be careful that the Buddha and Bodhisattva will not forgive you. You must know that there are gods standing three feet above your head, not to mention that the incense of Buddhism is so strong. place."

Yang You shrank his head, looked around, looked at Jia Ying and complained, "Isn't that what you said, I just changed the way of expression."

Jia Ying hurriedly shook her head, spread her hands and said, "What I'm talking about is only the history of Wutai Mountain, but nothing else is involved. If you want to be unlucky, don't get me involved."

"Here you are, let's go in and have a look. If you are afraid, you can wait outside." After finishing speaking, Jia Ying urged the horse to go to Qingliang Temple.

"Will you be afraid?" Yang You curled his lips and followed him on horseback.

Perhaps it was true what Jia Ying said, when he came to the gate of Qingliang Temple, the horse under Yang You suddenly lost his temper.

This scene made Jia Ying giggle, and Yang You obediently kept his mouth shut, not daring to speak nonsense.

"Amitabha, the benefactors who came to the monastery from afar, are they offering incense or fulfilling their vows? The poor monk here has a secret Buddhist incense, which was blessed by Master Suzhen himself. You may wish to ask for incense, whether it is a wish or a wish. Whether it is seeking a son or an official, it is very effective."

Jia Ying and Yang You got off their horses outside the mountain gate, and only let the accompanying guards wait outside. They only took Xi'er, Babu Li, and one of Yang You's relatives and headed towards Qingliang Temple. When we arrived at the gate of the ancient temple, we met a monk in gray cloth who greeted us, and greeted us with a salute.

Yang You was taken aback by the monk's move.

What is this operation?
"Who is this Master Su Zhen?" Jia Ying chatted with the other party with great interest.

"The benefactor looks like he is from a foreign country, but he came to Mount Wutai because of his fame? The benefactor doesn't know. This Master Su Zhen is one of the few eminent monks who have attained the Tao in Wutai Mountain. He was born with 22 fingers. The abbot took him back to the temple, read all the Buddhist classics when he was 20 years old, and then practiced closed mouth meditation for 20 years. He also held a Water and Land Ceremony in Qingliang Temple, and since then he has achieved the name of Great Master, and was elected by the monks of Qingliang Temple as the head of the scripture hall, Great Master of Weishizong."

The monk said eloquently: "However, ever since Great Master Su Zhen debated Buddhism and Taoism, he felt that staying in Mount Wutai would no longer allow him to improve his Buddhist practice, so he came up with the idea of ​​traveling to Buddhist temples all over the world. So, if the benefactor is interested, he might as well invite a stick of incense from the poor monk, and after Master Su Zhen leaves, there will be no such good things."

Yang You looked at the monk in front of him, no matter how he looked, he looked like a vulgar person in the market, not half a monk.

"Is this fragrance effective?" Jia Ying asked curiously.

"Almsgiver, if the monks don't tell lies, the poor monk can still lie to you. If the Buddha finds out, he will go to the [-]th hell." The monk looked swearing.

"Since you say it is effective, please have a stick."

"Just one stick?" When the monk heard that Jia Ying wanted to invite incense, he was overjoyed at first, and then his face froze. He looked at Yang You and Xi'er behind him, his meaning was unclear.

Jia Ying turned to look at Yang You.

Seeing Jia Ying's eyes, Yang You nodded and said, "Please have a stick."

"Two sticks." Jia Ying turned to the monk and said.

There was a hint of disappointment in the monk's eyes, and he was a bit stingy looking at the brocade clothes.

Then, he took out two handfuls of incense from the wooden box on his back and handed them to Jia Ying, but Xi'er took them over.

Afterwards, Jia Ying walked towards the temple, followed by several people in the same company.

"The benefactor stay here." The monk saw the people turned around and was about to leave, so he hurriedly called out to stop them.

"Since the almsgiver invites incense, he should give alms or two. Since he is paying homage to the Buddha, he should show his heart, right?"

"You monk, you look like a merchant at the foot of the mountain." Yang You sneered.

Jia Ying felt a little funny in her heart, she didn't expect to see monks' routines in this era of simple folk customs.

"Xi'er." Jia Ying looked at Xi'er and said.

Xi'er understood, and took out a grain of silver around two taels from her bosom, and handed it over, but the monk didn't reach out to take it, but just clasped his hands together and made a Buddha name.

This is too little.

Xi'er glanced at Jia Ying, seeing that her second master was silent, she took out a grain of silver about ten taels from her bosom and handed it over.

The monk still didn't answer, he just looked at a few people and said, "Almsgiver, that's the Buddhist incense blessed by Master Su Zhen."

When Xi'er took out the money again, she was stopped by Yang You.

"You monk, you really don't have enough greed. Your two sticks of incense are only a few pennies, and ten taels of silver is too little for you. I don't think it suits you today." As he said, Yang You looked at him. The entourage behind him said: "Bring two pennies and give it to him."

The attendant took out two copper coins from his bosom, walked up to the monk and handed them over, seeing that the monk still did not put his hands together, he stuffed the copper coins into the monk's arms, and then stepped aside.

"Since it's a business, there is no debt over there, let's go." After saying that, Yang You took a four-character step and headed towards the temple first.

"The two benefactors are in disaster, but they don't know it, alas." Everyone took a few steps, but the monk behind him shook his head and said.

This is a typical case of failure in business, so I will curse you to death.

Before Jia Ying and the two could make a sound, they saw Yang You's entourage striding towards the monk, and they opened their big hands to fight the monk.

"The bald donkey dares to talk nonsense!"

The majestic king of Suzhong County in the imperial court, the nephew of the current emperor, how could he let a monk talk nonsense.

"stop!"

Hearing this, he turned his head to look at Jia Ying.

"Forget it, leave him 20 taels of silver."

"My lord." Seeing Jia Ying's words, the attendant didn't dare to act casually, but his expression was puzzled, and he looked at Yang You again.

"Second Master." Xi'er on the side looked at the monk with anger in his eyes.

"If you take something from someone else, naturally you should give money, so give it to him."

Yang You looked at Jia Ying and muttered, "When did your temper become so kind?"

"My lord is always very kind!" Jia Ying rolled her eyes, turned around and walked into the temple.Yang You didn't say much, and followed Jia Ying's footsteps.

"It's really disappointing. If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have come. This famous Buddhist holy place is really disappointing." Yang You seemed to be really angry, and he was still chattering along the way.

Jia Ying didn't say much.

People in this world have their own ways of living, and monks also need money, which is not so unusual.Not to mention other places, but only the vicinity of the capital where the nobles gather, most of the temples and palaces are family temples raised by rich people, or they are real mages who are conferred by the imperial court and enjoy incense and worship.

Do you really think there are so many people who look down on the world of mortals in this world?It's just that with identities like Yang You and him, they can't get in touch with these things on weekdays. Whether it's the Suzhong Palace or Jia's Palace, how much money they have to spend a year to support monks and Taoists. It requires money that a family can't earn in a lifetime.

But just now the monk's mouth was really not clean, Jia Ying was annoyed in his heart, but after all, it's a place of Buddhism, it's not easy to beat anyone, even the monk.

Believe it or not is one thing, but respect the beliefs of others.

"Is this the cool stone you mentioned?" Yang You asked, pointing to a big bluestone in the courtyard.

"Isn't this just an ordinary stone? It's not as evil as you said. It's also the treasure of the East China Sea." Yang You walked around the big bluestone, pouted with disdain.

This makes me hate Ujiwu a bit.

Jia Ying also didn't bother to pay attention to Yang You's thoughts, a layman who didn't have any romanticism, how did he become friends with him.

After Yang You experienced the incident outside the gate, he seemed to feel that everything was wrong, instead he was in no hurry to offer incense, and dragged Jia Ying to turn left and right in the temple, scolding him over and over again.

"Yeah, since you don't like this place, then burn the incense and leave. I still want to go back to the capital as soon as possible." Jia Ying pulled Yang You, who was full of prejudice against Qingliang Temple, towards the main hall.

After everyone finished offering incense, when they were about to walk out of the temple gate, they met the monk from just now, but he was not alone at the moment, and there was another monk in cassock who was about forty years old beside him.

"Several benefactors met again." The monk seemed not to take the previous unpleasantness seriously, and now he met a few people, and still greeted them kindly.

"You monk is really lingering, you can meet you everywhere, which disturbs the good mood of the master." Yang You sarcastically said with a blunt face.

"The almsgiver's words are wrong. The poor monk is already in Qingliang Temple. If he is not in the temple, where else can he go?" The monk didn't see the slightest anger.

Hearing this, Yang You stopped in his tracks, looked at the monk and said coldly, "So you are not a monk from Qingliang Temple. You cheated pilgrims for incense money outside the gate of the temple. I don't know if the owner of Qingliang Temple knows about your deeds."

"How does the benefactor know that the temple doesn't know?" the monk asked back.

"Since I know, I still keep you here. It can be seen that it is really a nest of snakes and rats, ruining the purity of Buddhism." Yang You sneered coldly.

The two monks looked at each other and smiled.

"What are you laughing at? Could it be that what the third master said is wrong?"

But another monk said: "This benefactor, the poor monk Su Zhen, the monastery knows what Master Puxing did. But as far as the poor monk knows, Master Puxing got money from Buddha incense. , not a lie."

"Are you Su Zhen?"

Yang You looked at the old monk, laughed angrily, and said, "I really did what I said. He used your name to cheat pilgrims out of money, so it can be seen that he is really a good friend. You say it's not a lie, but two sticks of incense cost 20 yuan. Two silver coins, the third master is curious, can your Buddhist incense be made of gold?"

"Pu Xing, did you ask this pilgrim for 20 taels of Buddhist incense money?" Su Zhen looked at the monk Pu Xing and asked.

Pu Xing shook his head and said: "Since it is a beggar, the amount of donation depends on the benefactor's will. The poor monk never said how much money he wants. This benefactor must be a servant. Another benefactor can testify for the poor monk."

Pu Xing looked at Jia Ying.

The monk is good at quibbling.

Yang You also no longer entangled with the other party, but looked at Pu Xing and said, "Let's not mention the amount of money, the third master is not short of that little money. But since you said that it is only based on your heart, how come two copper coins are not your heart? Why do you still curse the Lord?"

"Since it's a heart, let's talk about sincerity. From my point of view, the two benefactors have a full heaven and a dignified face. They should be born into rich and noble families. How can they be worthy of the word sincerity with two copper coins?"

But he heard the general voice turn around and said: "Furthermore, why did the poor monk ever curse the benefactor? It's just telling the truth."

"What a eloquent monk! Huh, tell the truth, since you are telling the truth, then I would like to ask, where did you know that the disaster will add to your body? If you don't make it clear today, the third master will not obey you." !" Yang You was completely irritated by Pu Xing's thick skin.

"The two benefactors have gone through a catastrophe, and the other benefactor has to add another one. How did the poor monk lie?" Pu Xing still said calmly.

Hearing this, Yang You couldn't help but look at Jia Ying, with a trace of doubt flashing in his eyes.

Could it be that he really met an expert?

Yang You's expression remained unchanged, he looked at Pu Xing and said, "You monk is clearly lying, whether you have experienced disasters or calamities, doesn't the third master himself know?"

"The benefactor doesn't know something. This universal master has the ability to make faces. Monks don't tell lies, Amitabha." Su Zhen interrupted suddenly.

"Oh, Jia is really curious. Can Monk Puxing see what kind of calamity the two of us have gone through? Why don't we know?" Jia Ying stepped forward and asked.

"Exactly, why don't I know when I'm waiting for myself? Also, you said just now that you don't know that the calamity has been added to you, and now you say that the calamity has passed. Isn't this inconsistent and self-deprecating?" trick?"

(End of this chapter)