The brothers who traveled westward in those years

Chapter 70 0070
I wanted to persuade Brother Hou not to listen to Tang Seng's words, but I was worried that if that happened, it might be Brother Monkey who would suffer in the end.Since he wants to borrow it, he can borrow it. Anyway, things belong to others, and it is his freedom to lend them to whomever they want.

Early the next morning, Brother Hou sent the brocade cassock to the reserved meditation room.The food was good that day, and the three meals a day were very rich.In the evening, when I was teaching the Dharma with the monks in the meeting hall, Tang Seng talked non-stop for two hours.One hour is two hours, two hours is four hours.

From seven o'clock to eleven o'clock, the monks in the audience had already started to doze off, and then Tang Seng gradually began to finish.He liked the feeling of teaching the Dharma with the monks very much, so as long as Elder Jin Chi arranged such an event, Tang Seng must be the first to respond positively.After staying in Guanyin Temple for six days, Elder Jin Chi asked Tang Seng to attend more than a dozen lectures.

On Saturday afternoon, Brother Hou reminded Tang Seng that it was time to leave.Tang Seng didn't pay attention to Brother Hou's words, but carefully studied the content that needs to be taught tomorrow.When he met Elder Jinchi, Brother Hou reminded him to return the Jinlan cassock.Elder Jin Chi responded with a smile, but there was no movement for a long time.

The moon is dark and the wind is high, when killing people and robbing goods.

Six monks slipped into the backyard carrying dry firewood, and then placed dry firewood around the meditation room.They brought a lot of hay and surrounded the three independent meditation rooms tightly.Monkey brother heard the movement and came to the courtyard, turned into a young monk and stopped two monks holding hay.

"Don't go to bed in the middle of the night, what are you doing holding hay?"

One of the monks was blunt and said frankly that he wanted to set fire to the three meditation rooms.Another monk immediately stopped it, it turned out that it was Elder Jin Chi who had ordered it long ago.No one is allowed to mention what happened tonight, not even their closest relatives.

Set fire to burn down those three Zen rooms, but there lived Brother Monkey and Tang Seng.Rolling his eyes a few times, Brother Hou ignored the monk who was about to set fire, and jumped into the heaven.

I found an old friend to catch up, and borrowed a unique treasure.

This treasure is called a fire escape cover, but no matter how big the fire is, it will not hurt anything that is covered by it.Since Elder Jinchi wanted to take the cassock by force, Brother Hou chose to follow suit.If he wants to set fire to it, let him do it, as long as Tang Seng can't be burned, he doesn't care about the rest.Anyway, it was Elder Jinchi himself who committed the evil, even if there is reward for good and evil, it will be rewarded on him.

Light the dry grass, and then the dry firewood is burned, and the fire bursts out and spreads to the entire meditation room immediately.It is very strange that the meditation room was only covered by the fire, but there was no sign of collapse.A gust of wind hit, and everyone wanted to stop the flames that were rolled up.In the blink of an eye, the rolled up flames fell in all directions.

The Guanyin Temple was engulfed in flames, Brother Hou returned to the Guanyin Temple, returned to the Zen room and fell asleep peacefully.The monk who set the fire saw that the situation was not good, and immediately shouted in the yard at the top of his voice.After waking up the other monks who were sleeping soundly, everyone fetched water to put out the fire together.The fire could not be extinguished by the wind, and the fire spread to the entire Guanyin Temple.

Elder Jin Chi woke up from his sleep. He had a terrible dream. He dreamed that the entire Guanyin Temple was engulfed in fire.He tried his best to put out the fire, but in the end he couldn't save it.

Walking out of the meditation room, Elder Jin Chi stared sleepily.The scene in front of him was exactly like a dream, and he ran over without even wearing his coat.Command the monks to fetch water to put out the fire. This is the place where he has lived for more than 200 years.He has always regarded this place as his home, and the monks here as his own children.

Although he had malicious intentions towards Jinli Kasao, he only wanted to drive away the eminent monks and apprentices of the Tang Dynasty, or find a suitable excuse to keep Jinli Kasao.When burning the meditation room, an exit was left so that the master and the disciples could escape.Then use this as an excuse to leave behind the beautiful cassock, and he will set his meditation room on fire in the second half of the night, so that this lie can be fulfilled.

It's a pity that people's calculations are not as good as heaven's calculations, Elder Jinchi's wishful thinking was in vain.The fire not only burned the three meditation rooms, but also burned the entire Guanyin Temple.The overwhelming fire burned more and more vigorously, and in the end even the front would be scorched with unbearable heat.The monks were exhausted, but they did not cause any hindrance to the fire.

The fire lasted all night, with some tiny flames remaining before dawn.Because there was nothing left to burn, only the gate of the entire Guanyin Temple escaped the catastrophe.

After falling asleep and waking up naturally, Tang Seng felt indescribably comfortable.He used to feel cold when he slept, but last night was the first time he felt hot.Glancing at the monkey meditating with eyes closed, he dressed and walked out of the meditation room.As soon as he opened the door, he was startled, and was almost hit by something falling.

Brother Hou opened his eyes suddenly, and came to Tang Seng in an instant.The monastery was in a mess, all of which were burned houses, some of which were still flickering with faint flames, and some of which were only left with wisps of black smoke.A group of monks sat around the middle of the temple, with countless buckets in front of them.

They worked all night, but fortunately the fire was out.Everyone had black ashes on their faces, and they looked at Tang Monk and his disciples who walked out of the meditation room with disgruntled faces.Some people backed away in shock, some covered their eyes and dared not look at it, and some even fainted from fright.The entire monastery was burned to ashes, and they couldn't believe that the eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty was fine.

A brave monk touched Tang Seng, and he was relieved.The eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty was fine as expected, which is really a blessing in misfortune.Tang Seng glanced around and saw that the entire Guanyin Temple had been burned to the ground.Only the meditation room he was in was safe and sound, so he dragged Brother Monkey to the side, and Tang Seng questioned Brother Monkey in a low voice.

"What's going on here? Why is the whole monastery burned down, but our meditation room is fine?"

"Master and auspicious people must have their own celestial appearance, and all poisons will not invade water and fire."

"Stop talking nonsense with me, if you don't tell the truth, I will recite the curse."

Seeing the downcast Tang Seng, Brother Hou had no choice but to tell the truth.He found someone setting fire last night, so he went to heaven to borrow treasures to protect their meditation room.No matter how fierce the fire is outside, it will not affect the people they stay in the fire shelter.

Tang Seng's face was gloomy when he heard the words, and he asked: "Since you already knew that someone set fire, why didn't you stop them? Even if you didn't stop them, why didn't you cover the whole temple?"

Brother Hou said: "Elder Jinchi let the fire go, and he should bear the consequences of the cause he planted. I only need to keep the master safe and sound, and my grandson doesn't care about it."

"You, alas!"

Tang Seng shook his head helplessly. Although the monkey was a bit willful, he still admired the monkey.After all, he is just a mortal, many things he would have died without a monkey.A monk has compassion in mind, he just can't bear to see the scene in front of him.What a monastery, it was turned into ruins by a fire like this.

Some people were hit by collapsed houses, and many monks in the burnt monastery failed to escape in time.Tang Seng organized the monks to carry out the rescue, and Brother Hou naturally joined the team obliged.When the fire broke out at two o'clock in the morning, it was the time when the monks fell into a deep sleep.It only took a few minutes for the fire to spread throughout the temple.

Another person was carried out from the rubble by everyone, fortunately he was not seriously injured.Cleanse the stomach, drink some rice porridge, and slowly return to normal.

Where is Elder Jinchi?

Everyone was very worried about Elder Jinchi, and many people went to Elder Jinchi's meditation room.It wasn't completely burned down there, but no one could open the door.It is also very strange to say that an ordinary door is as hard as iron.

Someone proposed to smash the door, but was finally stopped by Brother Monkey.He asked everyone to continue looking for the monk who hadn't escaped, and stood alone at the door of Elder Jinchi's meditation room.He really wanted to know how Elder Jinchi would explain the fire, which had destroyed Guanyin Temple after all.The six monks he instructed to set fire to would definitely admit their mistakes.

The monastery is the home of the monks, and Elder Jinchi destroyed their home, so they will naturally not listen to the words of Elder Jinchi.The most urgent task now is to get him out, so that he can confront everyone face to face.Brother Hou still remembers that the cassock borrowed by Elder Jinchi has not been returned yet.

Just as he was about to enter the meditation room, Tang Seng's voice came from behind him.Brother Hou shook his head helplessly, and rushed to Tang Seng's side.Someone jumped into the well in the courtyard to avoid the fire, but they were still unable to move.It was useless to throw the rope down, the people in the well couldn't catch the rope at all.

No one dared to go down to save others, so Brother Monkey had to go down.Bind his feet with a rope, and Brother Hou was thrown into the well by everyone.Looking carefully with the bright light, Brother Hou finally saw the current situation of the monk trapped in the well.

His hands were hanging by his sides, just caught by the suddenly narrowing wall of the well.Both hands could not move, and most of his body was soaked in water.The well water was slowly rising, and if he could not be rescued in time, he might be drowned in less than half an hour.

The monks in the well were rescued, and everyone's faces were filled with uncontrollable joy.Especially those six monks who knew the truth didn't dare to look at Brother Hou at all.

People were rescued one after another. According to the list registered in the monastery, only Elder Jinchi was missing.While comforting the monks, Tang Seng kept talking about Brother Monkey.There were endless complaints, and it seemed that it was not the Guanyin Temple that was burned, but Tang Seng's house.

Brother Hou kept silent, but carefully inspected each injured monk.Tang Seng only knows how to talk, and can't help him at all with other tasks.Brother Hou has learned a lot of Taoism, among which there are spells to heal wounds.Although it does not heal instantly, it can reduce the pain of the injured person.

"Elder Tang, stop blaming Elder Sun. He has been helping everyone heal, and he has done enough for everyone."

A perennial monk who has just been healed by Brother Hou fights for Brother Hou.

Immediately afterwards, other monks echoed, and in the end they overwhelmingly supported Brother Monkey.Tang Seng couldn't help but turn around and sit aside resentfully.It wasn't until Brother Hou healed all the injured monks that he smiled and walked in front of Tang Seng.

Brother Hou admitted that he did not act properly. He should not only care about himself, but should put out the fire before it spread.But the reason why he didn't extinguish it in time was because he wanted to teach Elder Jin Chi a lesson.Who made him want to kill people to silence him? No matter how precious the cassock was, he couldn't be so careless about human life.

Fortunately, Brother Hou accompanied him, what if Tang Seng was alone.In the case of last night, nine out of ten have already turned into ashes by this time.Let Tang Seng continue to chatter a few words, Brother Hou finally heaved a sigh of relief.

This matter is not over yet, he will go to Elder Jin Chi to ask him about it.

(End of this chapter)