Haifu County, Lingyun Temple.
Lingyun Temple is located in Fuzhou, the capital of Haifu County. It has a history of 500 years since it was founded by Master Guangji, a divine monk who came out of Tianlong Temple, one of the three top Buddhist temples in the Central Plains in the early Tang Dynasty.
It can be said that it has the same origin as Tianlong Temple. However, unlike Tianlong Temple, Lingyun Temple is just an ordinary temple and has no inheritance of warriors. Therefore, it did not encounter the imperial court during the battle of Zhao Chongguo to exterminate martial arts twenty years ago. blow.
However, three months ago, the Imperial City Division found out that Qingchen, the remnant of Tianlong Temple, walked out of Lingyun Temple. Under the order of Zhenxi King Zhao Chongguo, five thousand Tianwu troops came from Bianjing to attack those who dared to collude to protect the remnants of Tianlong Temple. Lingyun Temple in Qingchen was destroyed.
Wanting to come to Lingyun Temple to preside over Xuan'an, Qingchen had already expected such a scene today before he left. When five thousand Tianwu troops came from Bianjing to Fuzhou Prefecture, what they saw was that Fuzhou Prefecture was once an endless stream of incense. Lingyun Temple is now empty.
In the Manshan Temple, only the abbot, Xuan An, was quietly doing morning lessons in the Main Hall, tapping the wooden fish.
Boom! Boom! Boom! …
The ethereal sound of the wooden fish adds a touch of eerieness to the deserted temple.
Upon seeing this, Lu Feng, the commander of the Tianwu Army's Third Army, frowned and stepped forward to Xuan An and asked coldly: "Where are the monks in this temple?"
The tapping sound of the wooden fish stopped abruptly.
Xuan An's aged and aged voice slowly sounded: "I am the monk in this temple."
Lu Feng's brows furrowed even more tightly: "Old monk, I advise you to be more sensible. You understand what I mean!"
"The old man didn't understand what the general meant. The general asked the monk in this temple, and the old man answered him. Why is the general still angry?"
Xuan'an's words were still unhurried, and even the wooden fish sound that had stopped just now started again.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The sound of wooden fish made Lu Feng, who was already upset because his target was missing, even more irritated!
I saw him suddenly lift his foot and kick it!
boom! Snap! Click!
The wooden fish in front of Xuan'an was kicked out by him, and it broke into pieces not far away with a click.
Obviously, Lu Feng's kick was not light at all.
"Amitabha!"
Xuan'an clasped his hands together and chanted the Buddha's name. He was not upset when the wooden fish was kicked away. He silently began to stir the rosary beads in his hands, and kept reciting the "Ksitigarbha Ten Wheel Sutra" in his mouth:
"Among the people present at the meeting, there are countless sentient beings who have mistakenly heard the Dharma, resulting in empty explanations, causing no cause and effect, destroying their good roots, and going to all the evil destinations. At that time, they heard the Buddha speak this sutra, and they gained the right view..."
Seeing his appearance, Lu Feng became even more annoyed. He directly stepped forward, grabbed his collar, lifted him up and shouted:
"Old bald donkey! Don't be pretentious, let me ask you where you are! Where are the other people in Lingyun Temple? Why are you the only one here!
Don't tell me you're the only one. Lingyun Temple is the most popular temple in Fuzhou. You can't be the only one. Where have you hidden the others? Say it! "
"Amitabha, donor, you are in trouble.
No matter how popular Lingyun Temple is, its essence is nothing more than a Buddhist temple. Where did the people come from?
All sentient beings only worship the Buddha, and people are just people temporarily borrowed by the Buddha. Now that the incense has dispersed, the Buddha no longer needs to borrow people, and the people are naturally gone, so where will the people come from?
If I insist on saying it, I am the only one from beginning to end..."
Lu Feng only felt his temples tingling. I was asking about you, but you told me that they are all temporary workers of the Buddha, and there are no regular workers. If I have to insist, you are the only one.
Are you fucking playing with me?
With me, five thousand people came all the way from Bianjing just to kill you?
How do I do this?
Oh, I was ordered to massacre the temple due to my humble duty, and they have all been slaughtered. One person was slaughtered, and no chickens or dogs were left?
Damn it, when the time comes, the prince will be able to use my head to count!
"Old bald donkey! You are playing with me!"
Lu Feng shouted angrily!
Xuan An stopped answering and continued to recite the scriptures silently:
"I feel deeply ashamed and sincerely repent. The Buddha taught ten kinds of Dharma so that all Bodhisattvas can obtain the sinless and righteous path of Dharma and forbearance..."
"Shut up!"
His behavior really annoyed Lu Feng. After scolding him to no avail, Lu Feng just greeted him with a big mouth.
"Among the people attending the meeting, there are...countless people...who have made mistakes...when they hear the Dharma, their mistakes are empty..."
Xuan'an's mouth and nose were bleeding, but he still insisted on reciting the scriptures silently.
Lu Feng became angrier and hit him harder, but he still kept on. Finally, Lu Feng threw him to the ground and kicked him with his feet. Although Xuan An groaned in pain, he still insisted on reciting the scriptures.
"Pull out the cause-and-effect... uh-huh... cut off... destroy... the good... uh-huh... roots, and go to... all the evil destinations... uh-huh... when... I heard the Buddha say... this sutra..."
"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!"
Lu Feng was going crazy with him and kept kicking and beating him. However, Xuan'an kept reciting the scriptures no matter how painful it was. Until he was dying and passed out, he still muttered a word or two.
"It's...but...it's...still...get...the right view..."
After all, there was still a point or two of sanity on the line. Seeing that he had fainted and seemed to be dying, Lu Feng finally recovered from his rage. He looked at Xuan An on the ground and snorted coldly, waving behind him.
Immediately someone came quickly.
"General!"
"Go to the bottom of the mountain to find two doctors. We can't let him die so easily. Rescue him, keep him in custody, and send a message back to the situation here. Please ask the prince for instructions on what to do next."
The man nodded immediately after hearing this: "Yes!"
Then he quickly left, but at this moment Zhang Cheng, the deputy commander of the Tianwu Army's Third Army, stepped forward and frowned: "If we report this matter, will the prince think we are incompetent?"
Lu Feng had a sullen face, and spat hard at Xuan An, who had not been carried away, and said coldly:
"The old monk always expected that what they had done would be liquidated by the court, so he dismissed all the monks in the room before we came, so that we were in vain.
But now we don’t know how long he has been owed, and we can’t recover him even if we chase him. Our only solution now is to investigate the information of the monks who have recorded the certificates in Fuzhou Prefecture from the Senglu Division before they became monks, and other people who received them. We will hunt down where the information is attached, but the manpower and material resources required during this period are extremely huge, and we do not have the authority to investigate.
We can only report it and wait for the prince to give the order. "
"Is there no other way?" Zhang Cheng asked.
Lu Feng shook his head.
Zhang Cheng sighed and had no choice but to agree.
…
Soon, Zhao Chongguo received the news as soon as he returned to the capital and told Zhao Duan.
In this regard, Zhao Duan's attitude is to investigate to the end. If he dares to protect the remnants of Tianlong Temple, no matter how much manpower and material resources are consumed, they must be cleared away to shock the world.
With the emperor's consent, the next thing would be easier to handle. With the state machinery activated, the origins and recent whereabouts of the monks of Lingyun Temple were all investigated.
The Tianwu Army immediately began to arrest one by one based on the information they obtained. In less than two months, all 126 monks from Lingyun Temple were arrested and brought to justice, and were imprisoned in the Imperial City Division's prison.
The rescued abbot Xuan An of Lingyun Temple was also brought back to Bianjing...
My left hand is fractured. I spent a whole day running to the hospital to go through the formalities. Now I can only type with one hand. I write very slowly. I'm sorry, everyone. Please forgive me.
(End of chapter)
