Everyone has some hobbies.
Even a monk is no exception.
However, most ordinary monks have no desires and desires, so even if they have some hobbies, they are relatively ordinary things that will not affect the practice of the precepts.
However, for an idle monk, it is completely different.
Since he is a wild monk, he first of all does not abide by the rules and precepts. If a monk does not abide by the rules and precepts, he will be no different from ordinary people. In fact, he is more likely to have more hobbies than ordinary people, and he may also like weirder things.
If a monk does not abide by pure cultivation, he may like things that are part of his practice, but he may also like things that are not part of his practice.
Zen Master Xiu Ku is such a wild monk.
He likes Buddhism, so he would not hesitate to exchange his martial arts secrets for the convenience of entering the Buddhist Scripture Pavilion of Shaolin Temple, where he can study Buddhism. However, he does not abide by the strict rules and precepts of a practitioner, so he likes wine and meat. He likes everything that the common people like.
Especially when it comes to drinking and eating, Zen master Xiuxiu cannot give up on it no matter what, and he is actually very good at it. It is precisely for this reason that no temple, whether in the Western Regions or the Middle Earth, is willing to take him in. Even if he has a good relationship with Master Wei Nian, the abbot of Shaolin Temple, and the abbot of Fajue Temple, they will never be willing to keep him in the temple forever.
Because if he had been here all the time, he would inevitably lead those young monks into mischief, and the rules of his own temple would immediately become useless, and no one would listen to them anymore.
Master Xiu Ku and Master Faqing have been playing chess for more than twenty days in a row. The food and drink for these days are naturally prepared by the monks in the temple, who are the disciples of Master Faqing.
Since it was prepared by the monks in the temple, naturally it was all vegetarian. Previously, Zen Master Xiu Ku had been immersed in the chess game and vowed to win the game against Master Faqing, so he didn't feel anything was wrong.
However, now there is another young man, and he takes turns playing chess with Master Faqing. When Zen Master Xiu Ku confronted Yi, he didn't feel anything was wrong. But when he was an audience member, he suddenly found that his mouth was so pale and his saliva had been flowing for a long time.
At this time, he finally realized that he had not had any food or wine for more than 20 consecutive days. In the past, this would have been unimaginable. In the past, he would have had wine and meat in every meal, otherwise it would have been completely tasteless.
These days, if he hadn't been fascinated by the chess game, he wouldn't have forgotten this. In addition, Fajue Temple is also a Qing temple, and there is no such thing as wine and meat, so naturally he cannot force others to ask Master Faqing to buy wine and meat.
The three of them faced off against each other all morning, but Master Xiu Ku and Tang Zhong were still unable to defeat Zen Master Faqing.
"Master, Zen Master Xiu Ku, donor of the Tang Dynasty, it's time to fast!" A young monk came forward and said, naturally he was also the disciple of Fa Qing.
"Why is it like this? It's time to eat again! Hey! Forget it, there is a bird in my mouth. I won't eat in the temple at noon today. The old monk went to Songxia Town to have wine. Donor Yang, how about coming with us?" Xiu Zen Master Ku had no intention of avoiding suspicion at all and said it directly.
"Then Zen Master, go and come back quickly." Master Faqing obviously knew him very well and naturally did not stop him.
But Tang Zhong didn't know how to answer. On the one hand, he had eaten vegetarian food in Bulin Temple for several days, and his mouth was indeed tasteless. But I would feel embarrassed if I didn’t eat in the temple.
"Haha! The donor can go if he wants! The vegetarian restaurant in the temple is only suitable for practitioners, and lay people are really not used to it." Master Faqing saw through Tang Zhong's thoughts, so he first found a place for him to go down.
"Okay then! Zen Master Xiu Ku, let's go to the town together." Master Faqing had already said this, so Tang Zhong could only agree.
However, Tang Zhong did not expect that this Zen master Xiu Ku was actually a flower monk who loved wine and meat. Judging from his dharma title, he really seems to be an accomplished monk who has worked hard to cultivate Buddhism. Previously, Master Wei Nian and others did not tell him that this Zen Master Xiu Ku was actually a drunkard monk who did not abide by the rules and precepts.
However, when Tang Zhong saw Master Faqing, he did not stop him. Instead, he readily agreed. It seemed that he understood the Zen master Xiu Ku very well. Since Master Faqing didn't stop him, he couldn't say anything more. Fortunately, Tang Zhong himself was also fond of wine and meat, so he had something in common with Zen Master Xiu Ku. It’s just that Tang Zhong, as a worldly person,
If you are not a practicing person, having good wine and meat will make no difference. On the contrary, this eminent monk of Dingyu Tantric Sect is obviously very weird.
A monk who likes wine and meat is already very weird. In addition, since he is not a Chinese monk, it is naturally even more weird.
The two of them went straight to Songxia Town, which was the town they had passed through before going to Shaolin Temple in Tang Dynasty, and went directly to the town to find something to eat.
Tang Zhong was not very familiar with this place, so he followed Zen Master Xiu Ku. Zen Master Xiu Ku seemed to have been to this place before, and he was not familiar with it yet, so he went straight to the east end of the town. There was a restaurant that was not very tall, but very simple and old, named Bujui Restaurant.
When Tang Zhong saw the name, he found it somewhat novel. He also saw that the restaurant and its buildings were very old. It seemed to be an old shop of some time.
"Zen Master! Should I drink wine or be a vegetarian?" The waiter immediately came over and asked. He seemed to know the Zen Master and knew that he also wanted to eat meat.
"Nonsense! Just come with good wine and good meat." Zen Master Xiu Ku said cheerfully.
"Okay! I understand," the waiter said, and immediately went in to prepare the food and drinks.
"Master comes here often?" Tang Zhong asked.
"No! It's very expensive here. Come only if you have money! Don't come if you don't have money!" Zen Master Xiu Ku replied.
"Haha! That master must be rich today!" Tang Zhong immediately laughed.
"Haha! Not a word today!" Zen Master Xiu Ku also laughed.
"Why do you still dare, Master?" Tang Zhong asked puzzled.
"Aren't you afraid that there will still be you?" Master Xiu Ku said calmly, as if he asked Tang Zhong to come here just to pay the bill.
When Tang Zhong heard this, he couldn't laugh or cry. He never expected that this eminent monk would be thoughtful and talk about small things.
However, Tang Zhong was not disobedient. Instead, he liked the old monk even more. At least, he was honest enough and had no intention of hiding anything from Tang Zhong.
"Okay! Master is right, and I am here too! You can eat as much as you want today, and you won't come home until you're drunk." Tang Zhonggairan said.
"Haha! The old monk is just afraid that you are petty! Well, you're welcome, old monk." Master Xiu Ku said. Sure enough, I ordered some more wine and food, but almost all of them were fatty meat dishes, and there was no vegetarian food at all.
