After resting at Liu Taigong's village for two days, Sun Lei said goodbye to Lu Zhishen and left. Before leaving, he wanted to buy a carriage from Liu Taigong and let the old woman make the carriage, so that he could travel faster.
As a result, Liu Taigong was in trouble. There were no horses in his village, so there were no carriages, only ox-carts and sedan chairs.
Sun Lei didn't consider the ox cart at all. Although the ox cart was stable, it was heavy and too slow to be pulled by a horse. It was worse than a donkey walking. Of course, the premise was that the donkey was not stubborn.
The sedan is even more nonsense. Lu Zhishen is willing to carry it, but Sun Lei is not willing. It is impossible to hire a sedan bearer to go all the way to Yan'an Mansion. No one is willing to go such a long way. It will take half a month to get to Yan'an Mansion quickly. The sedan chair No one can carry this thing for more than half a month.
In the end, I could only give Liu Taigong a few words. If the government officials asked, they would say that they went to the mountains to suppress bandits, and then left without knowing whether they were alive or dead. Presumably the government would not embarrass Liu Taigong. After all, Zhou Tong’s body was real. Yes, Li Zhong will definitely be honest for a long time.
Liu Taigong knew that Lu Zhishen and Sun Lei had no shortage of money after winning the reward, and they were on their way to Yan'an Prefecture, so he prepared a large amount of beef jerky, sesame cakes, and fine wine for them to take with them on the way.
Lu Zhishen naturally liked these things very much. He thanked Taigong Liu repeatedly, took out a piece of dried meat, took a wine bag and started eating and drinking.
Lu Zhishen couldn't carry so many things, and Sun Lei was even more unwilling to carry them. The horse was taller and it was not safe for the old woman to ride, so she still rode a donkey. All the things were put on the back of the white horse. Lu Zhishen held the horse, and Sun Lei held the donkey. Going in the direction of Taiyuan and Yan'an Prefecture, the old woman sat on the back of the donkey and still muttered those words back and forth.
"Brother, you are not really this old lady's eldest grandson, are you? The Sa family heard her calling you "eldest man" so affectionately, it doesn't seem like a lie! Have you forgotten it?"
Lu Zhishen led the horse and put his Zen staff, sword and baggage on the saddle. He held a stick-thick piece of beef jerky in his hand and asked Sun Lei while gnawing on it.
"The old woman is not in her right mind. She has obviously recognized the wrong person. This must be the case. You see, I look like someone who would forget such an important thing!"
Sun Lei pointed at his head, meaning that he was sane, had no amnesia, and would never forget the appearance of his relatives!
"That's strange. There are so many people in Zhending Mansion, why did the old lady admit you by mistake?"
Lu Zhishen still looked at Sun Lei suspiciously, this was so strange.
"Why do you care so much? You are a monk. You have to be compassionate. Why do you look so reluctant?"
Sun Lei was annoyed by Lu Zhishen's gossip, so he ignored Lu Zhishen, took the water bottle from the horse, handed it to the old woman, and asked her to take a sip. The old woman was not light-headed and would not ask for water unless she was so thirsty that she couldn't bear it.
Lu Zhishen looked at Sun Lei in surprise. Sun Lei was not so kind-hearted on ordinary days, and he even knew how to take the initiative to give water to the old man.
"Brother, you are much more kind-hearted than the Sa family. You are really compassionate. If you don't become a monk, it would be a waste of such a kind heart. The world is dangerous, but the temple is pure!"
Lu Zhishen told the old story again, and wanted to make Sun Lei a monk.
"The temple is clean. I see that Wenshu Monastery is in chaos. If Elder Zhizhen hadn't been in charge, I don't know what the chaos would have been like."
After living in Wenshu Monastery for some days, Sun Lei also knew some things. Wenshu Monastery looked good, but in fact, except for Elder Zhizhen, there were really few people who were compassionate. They all looked at money. The rich Datan Yue and Pilgrims who have no money are treated very differently, and monks also fight openly and covertly for the rights of the monastery.
"But I'm very surprised. The monks all have seniority. This can be seen from the dharma titles. For example, Elder Zhizhen and Zen Master Zhiqing from Daxiangguo Temple in Tokyo are all eminent monks of the Zhi generation. Almost all of them are senior monks. If you are over seventy and have become the abbot or abbot of a temple, you are already an eminent monk. How can you, a monk who has just become a monk, be called Zhishen? This is not a confusion of seniority. Elder Zhizhen is the acting teacher. Disciple? Are you actually his junior disciple?"
Sun Lei saw that nothing happened on the way, so he asked the question that had always puzzled him. The temple is a place where seniority is very important. The Buddhist name actually represents seniority. This cannot be chosen randomly. However, Lu Zhishen's Buddhist name is Zhishen. It was obtained by Elder Zhizhen with a short-term ultimatum. Now the dharma name of Lu Zhishen on the ultimatum is Zhishen.
"The Sa family feels strange when you say that. Why is the Sa family's title the same as that of the elder generation?"
Lu Zhishen touched his bald head and was puzzled. Then he realized that there was something wrong with the Buddhist title. No wonder the monks in the courtyard were not friendly with him. It turned out that he had become the master and ancestor as soon as he entered the door.
"Brother, you have thought of it a long time ago? Why didn't you ask the elders on the mountain?"
Lu Zhishen couldn't understand, so he looked at Sun Lei. If he had told this matter earlier, he could have asked the elders. Now that he was down the mountain, how could he understand it.
"Come on, I don't know if there are any Buddhist taboos in this. What should I do if I offend the elder by asking this question? As the saying goes, if you offend the abbot, you still want to leave? I don't want to be locked up in Wenshu Monastery for the rest of my life! Sweep the floor and pick. water."
"Besides, this name is yours. Just do it if you like it. I wish you could become an abbot. The temple makes a lot of money. If you take care of me then, we can make a fortune!"
Sun Lei said with a smile, the temple is a big business. In addition to the money donated by pilgrims for sesame oil, there are other businesses. Wenshu Monastery has a street deed at the foot of Wutai Mountain. The contract is rented to farmers for farming, and the rent can be collected a lot. The temple does not pay taxes, so it is a huge profit. If Lu Zhishen was not so good, he would not have been trying to drag himself to become a monk, but as a monk, he must abide by Discipline, Sun Lei couldn't stand this.
"There is no need to get rich. Buddhism is a pure place. We should be compassionate and take it as our responsibility to save all sentient beings."
Lu Zhishen said with a serious face, and then took out a Buddhist scripture from his arms.
"The elders said that the Sa family has great wisdom and is destined to be a Buddha. Once enlightened, he can become a Buddha immediately. He should read more Buddhist scriptures on weekdays!"
As he spoke, Lu Zhishen took a sip of wine and began to read the Buddhist scripture in his hand.
"Food and wine go through the intestines, but Buddha remains in his heart. This sentence is simply prepared for you. You can drink and meat without leaving your mouth, but you can hold Buddhist scriptures in your hands with a solemn look on your face. You are indeed a senior master and a role model for our generation! I am really ashamed of myself. !”
Seeing Lu Zhishen's shameless look, Sun Lei sneered silently, holding wine and meat in one hand and a Buddhist scripture in the other, pretending to be a monk.
After finishing the joke, I found that Lu Zhishen didn't say anything anymore. He really looked at the Buddhist scriptures with a solemn expression. He looked a bit like a Buddhist monk. If he hadn't been drinking and eating, he wouldn't have been able to tell that he was a flower monk.
Sun Lei didn't believe it and rubbed his eyes. Lu Zhishen was still the same. Except for drinking wine and eating meat from time to time, he really looked like an eminent monk.
After two days of traveling from Taohua Village, we were already deep in the mountains. We saw another mountain road ahead and a large forest of red pine trees.
"Brother, let's take a rest. The Sa family is hungry."
Lu Zhishen couldn't stand it anymore after reading it. He stuffed the Buddhist scriptures back into his arms and complained that he was hungry at noon.
"Are you hungry after eating all the time?"
Sun Lei led the donkey to a big tree. The sun was strong at noon, so he sat in the shade of the tree. He helped the old woman sit down and started eating dried meat and sesame cakes.
"Mr. Liu really knows you well. He has prepared so much food, otherwise you would have finished the whole meal."
