Tang Dynasty good brother

Chapter 219 Zen Staff
"The chaos was first divided into Pangu, the Tai Chi, the two ceremonies and the four images were suspended, and the earth was ugly, and the people came out to avoid the beasts and the nests. The people made fire and avoided fresh food. Before Fuxi drew the hexagrams, Shennong tasted all kinds of herbs, Xuanyuan Marriage couplet of rites and music. The five emperors of Shaohao and Minwufu, King Yu ruled the floods and floods, the peace and prosperity of the country reached four hundred, and King Jie had no way to overthrow the universe."

It seems as if overnight, it radiated outward from Chang'an, and a commentary called Fengshen Yanyi began to spread. Although it has not yet been published in its entirety, it has become popular all of a sudden. Both adults and children love it very much. People in Buddhism were worried after hearing this.

Because Li Tang advocated Taoism, the imperial court actually secretly promoted the list of gods, which naturally became the task of Qin Hao and his rumored office.

Qin Hao was enjoying Xiaodie's massage with Erlang's legs crossed at home, playing with a piece of jade pendant in his hand, turning like a windmill while humming: "It's him, it's him, it's him, our friend, little Nezha .”

As the saying goes, people are in high spirits on happy occasions, but Qin Hao is a person who is about to get married. Is there any more happy event in life than this?Therefore, he has been in a very good mood recently. After Li Tai solved the difficult issue of appointing the second generation of officials, he was happily humming almost all the time.

"Master, there are two monks outside the door who want to see you."

Of course, there is still a bit of trouble, and these monks are the most troublesome. Anyone who steps on shit on the eve of their wedding will not be able to bear it.

"See you, see you. If it's Shandao's team, beat them out with a stick. If it's other well-known masters, say I'm not here."

In recent days, with the spread of the list of gods, there will be two monks chanting scriptures to him every now and then, most of them are from the future Pure Land sect. Stick hello.

Not to mention, there are still a few capable monks after all, at least he has beaten more than a hundred monks recently, and none of them has real skills. Compared with Li Chunfeng, who comes to his house for dinner at every turn, his ability is really inferior. It was too far away, and the whole Qin Hao looked down on the monk a little bit.

"Master~Master~, it's not good~ it's not good~"

"what happened?"

"Sticks...the sticks are discounted, a dozen sticks are all discounted."

"What stick? What's broken?"

"Didn't you ask us to beat the monk out with a stick?"

Qin Hao stood up immediately, "Did you kill someone?"

"No, the monk didn't fight back. He just stood still and broke his stick but nothing happened. General Su has already gone out. You should go and have a look."

Qin Hao couldn't sit still anymore, it seemed that this thing couldn't help muttering, he just thought that monks are not as good as Taoists, but in a blink of an eye, someone who knows the magic of King Kong and indestructibility popped up, and immediately walked towards the gate .

When he came out, he saw Su Dingfang wielding a machete, slashing at an old monk in all directions, but the old monk remained motionless, holding a wooden stick in his left hand and a stick in his right. The beggar's broken bowl, except for occasionally moving his hands to prevent the blade from cutting these two things, just remained motionless while Su Dingfang's big knife slashed on his body, making the sound of tinkling gold and iron, but the person was fine, and the one he brought The young monk who came didn't look sideways, and didn't worry about his master at all. Instead, he was turning the rosary and reciting Buddhist scriptures.

"stop!"

Qin Hao quickly pulled the two of them apart, and asked Su Dingfang, "Brother Su, are you okay?"

Su Dingfang shook his head and said, "No problem."

Turning around, he said to the old monk: "Master's hard qigong is amazing. It's really unheard of. I've only seen it in my life. Su feels ashamed."

The old monk smiled and said: "General Su was joking, the old monk's ability to be beaten all over his body, how can he compare with the general's killing skills, if the general fights for a while longer, the old man will lose his anger."

Qin Hao knew that he really met a capable person this time, so he didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly bowed: "Master's atonement, I'm just being confused, I hope the master will not be offended."

"Amitabha, Hongren, a poor monk, has seen Buddhist Bodhisattvas."

Qin Hao's heart turned pale with shock, unexpectedly it was Master Hongren, the Fifth Patriarch of Shaolin. : "It turned out to be Master Hongren, the master of Zen Buddhism, who made atonement for sins in person. The younger generation is really blind."

Looking at the little monk beside Hongren again, he was even more surprised, and quickly asked: "May I ask who this little mage is..."

Hongren didn't expect Qin Hao to ask such a question, and after a moment of surprise, he replied, "This is the young apprentice Shenxiu."

Oh, it turned out to be Shenxiu, that's right, counting the time, the sixth patriarch Huineng might not have been born yet.

Qin Hao hastily invited Hongren and Shenxiu into the house. No matter what, Hongren, as the master of Master Huineng in the future, is beyond doubt. Although Qin Hao hates the Pure Land Sect, he has always respected the ancestors of the Zen Sect. There are additions, of course, the Shaolin Temple that was almost listed after 1000 years does not count.

It's just that as soon as Qin Hao was seated, before Qin Hao opened his mouth to exchange greetings, he inadvertently dropped something on Hongren's staff, but was stunned.

"This... dare to ask Master Hongren, what is this thing?"

Hongren didn't know why, but he explained honestly: "This is the Bodhidharma mantle passed down from generation to generation in my Zen sect. People in Zen sect rely on this staff to distinguish the true teaching."

To put it bluntly, it is something similar to a dragon head stick. After all, there is no such thing as a photo these days. No matter how small the number of Zen disciples is, there are thousands of them. It is all based on this stick to judge who is the boss.

"The layman is my Buddhist Bodhisattva, and he is also interested in my Zen mantle?"

Qin Hao couldn't help asking: "I had the honor to meet Master Xuanzang, and the master once said the words of Buddhism and Bodhisattva, and please forgive my disciple for being stupid. This disciple is a disciple of Taoist Xiao Ji, why do you say that I am a Buddhist Bodhisattva? "

Hongren smiled and said: "The so-called Bodhisattva is not what all living beings think. It originally means Bodhisattva in Sanskrit. It refers to enlightenment, it refers to guidance, and it refers to the person who leads me to enlightenment in Buddhism. The poor monk's Buddhism can be regarded as a small success. , Guided by the number of days, Your Excellency is the one who led me to enlightenment of Buddhism, I think, Master Xuanzang should have the same feeling as the poor monk."

As for what enlightenment leads to, Hongren doesn't know anything. Just as he was about to say something, Qin Hao stood up and performed a Buddha's salute respectfully, saying: "In this way, I understand, Master, I don't know." May I borrow your staff?"

Hongren was even more confused now. He is also a smart person, and he knew that all the changes in the Bodhisattva's attitude in front of him were due to the staff in his hand, but this staff was just an ordinary wooden stick that Bodhidharma brought from Tianzhu back then. That's all?Could it be that there is some great secret hidden in my Zen staff?

Yes, this Zen staff may be worthless in the eyes of others, especially non-Buddhist believers, but in Qin Hao's eyes, this thing is worth a thousand gold, because on the top of the staff, there is a pile of his I have dreamed of something countless times in my dreams, but I have never seen it in Datang: cotton.To be precise, it was a lump of kapok.

(End of this chapter)