Journey to the West: The Evil Monk of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 8 Illiteracy?

Li Lingzhi was stunned, thinking that the old monk had lived for more than 200 years, fighting between monsters and people, who would have thought that he would be robbed today.

"Elder Tang Mo Duo said, as long as you lend me the cassock, everything will be settled." Seeing that there was room for negotiation, the old bald man hastily put down his words.

"How about this, I will write a contract, if you are satisfied, I will lend you the cassock." Chen Xuan pretended to be reserved, as if he had suffered a big loss.

"Guangmou my son, don't be stupid, hurry up and prepare paper, ink, brush and inkstone for Elder Tang." The old bald man was overjoyed, and quickly ordered a bald man.

Not long after, the Guangmou bald head brought a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, and arranged them one by one on a long table, and another small bald head took clear water, rubbed ink on the inkstone, and the white silk paper had already been spread out, waiting Ink pen to paint.

"Elder Tang, please hurry up." Seeing that everything was in order, the old bald man hurriedly dragged Chen Xuan to write.

"Let go first, hold it like this, I can't start writing." Chen Xuan was dragged to the front of the long case, looking at the brush on the pen holder, he was a little embarrassed, after all, you let a person who can't write well with a pencil, take it in an instant Anyone with such a compelling style like a writing brush would feel uneasy, but with countless eyes staring at him in the hall, how could he admit it.

and so……

"Elder write quickly, don't make the old man anxious." The old bald man let go of his hand after hearing this, but seeing Chen Xuan hesitated again, he thought he had changed his mind, and hurriedly urged the words again.

"That's all, that's all." Chen Xuan sighed, and reached out to take the brush. Fortunately, he had a writing class during the "Nine-year Compulsory Education", so the posture of holding the pen was still decent, but when writing, it was all exposed. Then What is crooked is not a word, it is clearly a ghost drawing.

"Elder, what is this word?" The old bald man stared at a ghost drawing talisman for a while, pondered for a long time, but still didn't understand, looked up at Chen Xuan suspiciously.

"Don't understand the word "Dong" in Dongtu, are you illiterate?" Chen Xuan scribbled and corrected another word, and when the old bald head asked, he followed his pointing eyes and said impatiently.

"Wrong, wrong, this word is written wrong." The old bald man took another pen and wrote another word next to the word "Dong". Chen Xuan's ghost painting talisman is like nothing else.

More importantly, the old bald man's handwriting is correct, because what he wrote is in traditional Chinese, while Chen Xuan's is in simplified Chinese.

"Ahem, Abbot Wenbao, it's really not bad. Although it's not as good as the little monk's "Crazy Grass", but it's elegant, and people can know the name at a glance, so next, the abbot will ghostwrite it." Chen Xuan coughed. , found an excuse to excuse him, although his face was still a little embarrassed, but his face had long been invulnerable to fire and water, so how could he be ashamed because of such a trivial matter.

"Hey, don't be ashamed, don't be ashamed." Monkey leaned over and found that Chen Xuan's writing was not as good as his own, so he laughed happily.

"Don't talk nonsense, monkey."

"Old abbot, I say you write, will you?" Chen Xuan hung the pen on the pen stand, first scolded the monkey, and then said to the old bald head.

"Okay, Elder Tang, let's talk." The old bald man held his pen with his sleeves rolled up, his arms hanging in the air without any trembling, and his body naturally exuded a kind of aura, which made Chen Xuan feel that he was capable of such a large family business, and he really had some skills.

"The monks from far away from the east came to pass through the treasure hall of your land. In response to the invitation of the master's house, they also showed the Buddha's treasured cassock. Make two copies of this contract, if the cassock is lost, the abbot will compensate the property of the temple here and all the family members."

Chen Xuan watched the old bald man write in one go without any hesitation, knowing that the cassock was too tempting for him, he only wanted to get it in his hands, and had no time to consider the consequences, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion and lust maze wall.

"Elder, you and I should sign our names." The old bald man couldn't wait to sign his name, dipped his thumb in the red ink, pressed his finger on the contract, and urged Chen Xuan to do it quickly.

Chen Xuan struggled for a while, then signed his name crookedly, and also printed his fingerprints on the contract.

"Everything is over, Elder, please lend me the cassock." Seeing Chen Xuan's signature, the old bald man with a ruddy face stretched out his hand to grab the cassock.

"Don't worry, it's said that there are two contracts, one for you to keep and one for me to keep, so that there will be no confusion, so it is appropriate for the abbot to print another copy of the previous contract." Chen Xuan opened the old bald head hand, thinking that the hole has not been dug yet, why is he jumping in such a hurry?

Finally, the old bald man wrote another contract, signed and adjourned with Chen Xuan as before, and then he got his wish and walked to the meditation room with his cassock in his arms, as happy as if he had married a beautiful little daughter-in-law.

Chen Xuan looked at the silly old bald head, and prayed silently in his heart, hoping that he would not be as malicious as in the previous life book, otherwise it would be no wonder that he was cruel.

"Monkey, let's go back to the room too. As for tonight's food, I will ask the Dragon King. The excuse is that the little white dragon has lost weight in the past two days and needs to make up for it." Chen Xuan beckoned the monkey to take the luggage, and politely declined the meal of the little bald heads. After asking, he followed the steward to the guest room.

All the bald people present listened to Chen Xuan's nonsense, they just smiled as a joke, and none of them believed it.

And Chen Xuan didn't bother to pay attention to the thoughts of the bald people. After returning to the guest room, he read the scriptures while picking up the vegetarian meals. Although he couldn't write traditional Chinese characters, it was still no problem.

The time for seriousness is the shortest, and those with goals are the most persistent. Although Chen Xuan suffers from book sickness, he is still willing to overcome all obstacles for his ideals. When he stacked the scriptures to the height of the table, he finally found what he wanted content.

"Paralysis, so that's what happened." Chen Xuan suddenly slapped his thigh while reading the book, with a heartbroken expression on his face, which made the monkey look puzzled.

"Master, what's the matter." The monkey jumped off the beam and jumped to Chen Xuan's side and asked.

"Monkey, I will take you to eat meat as a teacher in a few days. You can say what kind of meat you want, whether it is fried, boiled, or cooked is up to you." Chen Xuan patted his chest with a proud face Said to the monkey.

"Master, don't make trouble, we are monks, we can't eat meat." Seeing Chen Xuan talking nonsense again, the monkey felt dull and went back to the beam.

"Don't say that. As a teacher, I don't believe that you don't eat fish and shrimp in the Crystal Palace, and you don't eat chickens and ducks in the fairy feast." Chen Xuan looked at the monkey pretending to be innocent, and couldn't help but expose him, so as to save himself no effort when confronting Guanyin .

"Hey, don't say it, don't say it." Seeing that Chen Xuan understood clearly, the monkey waved his hands a little shyly.

Seeing Monkey like this, Chen Xuan didn't intend to be unreasonable. After all, although Monkey is a jerk, his friendship is priceless, and he was respectful to him all the way. He reciprocated, Chen Xuan was rarely happy, and he didn't forget to enlighten him when he was ashamed: " Monkey, you don’t need to be ashamed, the fish, shrimp, chicken and duck you eat are actually not meat.”

"Oh, master, let me tell the old grandson that eating blood is not considered meat, so what is considered meat." The monkey's eyes lit up when he heard this, he turned somersault, landed in front of Chen Xuan and leaned over and said.

"Hehe, for those who are meat, it is more appropriate to read smoked. It is the smell of vegetables, such as ginger, garlic, onion and other strong flavors." Chen Xuan wanted to show off his knowledge, and he would refuse when he saw a monkey asking, and he would eat meat at that time , It is indispensable to argue with Guanyin, when the time comes, one more person on your side will have one more mouth, and you will not feel alone and alone when you spray.

"Oh, if that's the case, how come today's monks don't eat flesh and blood, and all of them recite the broken scriptures and pretend to be compassionate." The monkey had just solved his doubts and had new difficulties, scratching his head and asking again.

"Well, I have to talk about a monk emperor. This person is Xiao Yan, the lord of the Liang Dynasty. He was born into an emperor's family and enjoyed countless happiness in the world. One day, he was tired of the glory and glory of the world, and felt that he was indifferent to honor and disgrace, so he abandoned the country and died. Regardless, he voluntarily shaved off his hair and became a monk, but later he felt the suffering of all beings, and he did not want to feed on flesh and blood, and stipulated that Buddhist disciples should be like him." Chen Xuan was a little bit embarrassed when he said Xiao Yan, and didn't know whether to scold him or praise him.

Scold him, doesn't it mean that kindness is wrong, and how many people will be kind in the future?
Praise him, but he is taking advantage of kindness to coerce others to do the same. Although this intention is good, it is wrong to be unable to bear the behavior.

"This mortal is such a bastard. The Jade Emperor of the Heavenly Court did not dare to destroy the laws of heaven, but he dared to use kindness as a weapon, causing the old grandson to eat meat secretly." The monkey became angry when he heard this, and wished he could find Jiuyou and kill him.

"Food and clothing, do good deeds, eat and sleep in the open, and ask about suffering." Chen Xuan thought of Xiao Yan, and unconsciously thought of the Holy Mother of the later generations. Among them, there are true and kind people who help for the sake of help, which is respected.There is also the hypocrisy of doing good for the sake of doing good, which makes people shake their heads.But if you really take it out to refute, who is right and who is wrong, who can tell clearly.

(ps: Here are two classic sentences from "Cai Gen Tan", I hope all readers will vote for your support.

1: Doing good deeds to surpass others, doing favors and wanting to be famous, cultivating careers and wanting to shock the world, cultivating festivals and wanting to be different and strange, these are all thorns in the way of good thoughts, and thorns on the road of reasoning are the most likely to be entrained , the most difficult to remove.Only by washing away the dross and cutting off the germs can one see the true body.

2: If you can belittle wealth and honor, you can't belittle the heart of wealth and honor; if you can emphasize fame, you can repeat the thought of fame.It is the dust and atmosphere of the situation that has not been swept away, but the grudge of the state of mind has not been forgotten.Pulling out here is not clean, fearing that the stone will go and the grass will regenerate. )
　The fool's previous article is only about playing with words, so it is inevitable that there are some hurtful places, so I hope everyone will take care of it.

　　
　
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