"Didn't I ask you before, do you believe in Buddhism?"
Wang Qinruo smiled and looked at Dou Shujun.
"I don't believe in Buddhism, I am a staunch atheist."
Dou Shujun repeated his belief again.
"What a coincidence, I don't believe in Buddhism either, but these people believe in Buddhism, and every one of them believes in it without a doubt."
Wang Qinruo pointed at the monks and said.
"If they are monks, of course they must believe in Buddhism."
Dou Shujun didn't know what Wang Qin wanted to do, but he still replied, "Is it right for a monk to believe in Buddhism?"
"I'm not talking about now, I'm talking about the past. They believed in Buddhism before they became monks."
Wang Qinruo waved his hands and said.
"What do you mean, what does it mean to have believed in Buddhism before?"
Dou Shujun looked at the large group of pilgrims gathered around him, and he somewhat understood why Wang Qinruo wanted to move to Nanchan Temple first. There were many famous people, so he ruined the reputation of Nanchan Temple, the most beautiful jungle in the south of the Yangtze River, and then other temples were destroyed along with it.
"They are all well-known good men in the world. They are all heroes who committed murder, arson, rape and robbery. Do you think I am right about what I said? Zen Master Laien, no, it should be Qiu Batian, the leader of the Seven Provinces."
Wang Qinruo said with a smile.
The pilgrims around were talking a lot. Qiu Batian was a wanted criminal in recent years. It was unexpected that he would be a monk.
"Amitabha, I was meditating in the meditation room and chanting sutras. These donors came in indiscriminately, tied up and arrested me, and said that I was Qiu Batian, the Seven Provinces leader. You must know that I was a monk in his own right. But the abbot of Jinlong Temple came here to attend the Dharma conference."
Lai En, with a bruised nose and swollen face, was bundled into a ball and shouted in defense.
"Yes, Zen Master Lai'en is a highly respected monk. How could he be Qiu Batian?"
"That's right. Zen Master Lai'en has been a monk for many years, but Qiu Batian is still doing evil."
"The abbot of Jinlong Temple is Lai En. Who doesn't know that he is a man of good deeds and good deeds?"
"Yes, Zen Master Lai'en is a man of good deeds and good deeds. We give alms here every year."
"Abbot Laien's Golden Dragon Temple has adopted many homeless young monks."
Some pilgrims who knew Lai En also stood up and spoke for Lai En.
For a time, the crowd became excited, and these faithful men and women began to want to let go of the tied monks and beat out those who disrupted the Dharma assembly.
"Is today a puja?"
Dou Shujun asked.
"You don't believe in Buddhism, why would you ask this?"
Dou Shujun held up the digital camera in his hand and shook it.
"I want to take pictures and keep them for reference. I have seen modern Dharma gatherings, but I have never seen them like yours at this time."
"Every year on the eighth day of April is the Christmas ceremony of Sakyamuni Buddha. Nanchan Temple invites all the monks from the south to hold a grand ceremony. Otherwise, why do you think I have to wait for such a long time? People came here just waiting for today to catch them all."
Wang Qinruo pointed to the monks on the ground and said.
"These are the people you want to arrest. Who are they?"
"A person who puts down his butcher's knife and becomes a Buddha immediately."
"Are you a gangster? Are these people all abbots?"
Wang Qinruo and Dou Shujun spoke loudly about the identities of the monks on the ground.
Either he was a gangster, or he was just a local bandit. Anyway, they were all a group of people who would be beheaded if caught.
"Then how do you know about them?"
Dou Shujun asked, looking at the bewildered faithful men and women.
"I, Wang Qinruo, was one of the prime ministers of the current dynasty, and also held the title of Minister of the Ministry of Justice. These people are all on my list. They were all well-known figures at the beginning. I couldn't find them yet. But someone sent a message saying that they have all become monks and are the hosts of many temples. Isn’t this the Tathagata Dharma gathering today? I will bring people to see it."
Wang Qinruo also spoke loudly, and many people gathered around could hear him clearly.
Wang Qinruo and Dou Shujun spoke loudly here, and the faithful men and women in front could hear them clearly. Some people in the back also told them these words. For a while, they did not speak for the monks anymore, and they all whispered there. talk.
"Really or not, are these masters all gangsters?"
"Now that someone from the official family is here, it shouldn't be fake."
"Yes, didn't you hear that man say he was Wang Qinruo?"
"He is the Minister of Punishment."
"Still a prime minister?"
"I haven't heard that he has done anything bad."
"Don't worry about it. What you said is true or false. It's just scary."
"I don't know, but Zen Master Minggo, the abbot of Nanzen Temple, is here."
At this time, a group of monks also ran out from Nanchan Temple.
"Amitabha, that's good, that's good, King Almsgiver, please stop, please stop."
The thin leading monk said breathlessly.
"Monk Mingwu, these are the key criminals that the imperial court wants to arrest."
Wang Qinruo looked at the thin monk and said.
"These are the abbots of dozens of temples, large and small, in the south of the Yangtze River. All of them are eminent Buddhist monks. Are you mistaken?"
Zen Master Mingwu said with his hands clasped together.
"He doesn't know why you arrested people, so no one went to inform him."
Dou Shujun asked in Wang Qinruo's ear.
"Yu and the three of them caught all the people who went to notify them. Now they only know that we have arrested people, and they don't know that their identities have been exposed."
Wang Qinruo didn't open his mouth and said vaguely through gritted teeth.
"Donor Wang, please answer my question, why do you want to arrest people?"
"Monk Mingwu, do you know who they were before they became monks?"
Wang Qinruo said with a smile.
"Since they have become monks, it doesn't matter who they were before they became monks. Everything in their past is just a dream."
Monk Mingwu did not answer Wang Qinruo's question.
"Then who ordained them? Is there an ultimatum?"
Wang Qinruo saw that he didn't answer, so he continued to ask questions.
"It was Lao Na who ordained him. As for the ultimatum, he certainly has it."
Sweat broke out on Minggo's head.
"So you know their identities?"
Wang Qinruo asked.
"Well, Buddhism is so vast that it can save all those who are destined to do so. There has never been any reason in the past dynasties not to allow people to become monks. Since they want to become monks, I will open the door to facilitate them."
Minggo's head was already dripping with sweat, and he almost knew what was going on.
"Just admit it."
"Someone will seal the temple, take these criminals back together, and put them in jail."
Wang Qinruo shouted loudly.
"Donor Wang, this is Nanchan Temple, and today is the Tathagata Dharma Assembly. Do you want to arrest people here? You have to think carefully. We have hundreds of temples in the south of the Yangtze River, and thousands of them in the world. There are tens of thousands of believers in the temple, so don’t make a mistake.”
A tall, fat, dark monk threatened him.
