Ran Deng suddenly lost his smile and looked innocent.
Tathagata glared at Ran Deng and shouted: "I am punishing Fatty Mi, why are you coming here? Do you know that children should not be exposed to such violent images prematurely?"
"Go away now, don't let Lingji Bodhisattva see this kind of scene, otherwise it will cause trauma to his young heart. I hope Lingji Bodhisattva can grow up in warmth."
Maitreya: Actually, Buddha doesn’t have to hit me.
Tathagata shouted a few words, and then Ran Deng reacted.
It turned out that he was holding Lingji Bodhisattva, and Tathagata was afraid of hurting Lingji, so he would hit himself.
"Well, that's what the Buddha taught me." Ran Deng hugged the child and retreated.
When Tathagata turned around, Maitreya conjured up the Mask of Pain and put it back on his face.
"Why are you wearing a mask?" Tathagata asked.
Maitreya's body trembled slightly, "Buddha, I... I'm just used to wearing a mask. What Buddha just taught me was that I knew I was wrong."
"What's wrong?"
Tathagata asked with a stern expression on his hands behind his back.
Maitreya was stunned, and Buddha asked why he was so detailed.
"Um...where did I go wrong?" Maitreya raised his head and pondered.
After a moment, he said: "The mistake is that when Buddha was upset, I was still laughing, and when Manjushri Bodhisattva died, I was still laughing."
"So, why are you laughing? What's so funny?"
Tathagata stared at Maitreya with burning eyes.
Maitreya was suddenly confused, why did he ask again?
You don’t know why you are laughing?
Seeing that Maitreya was silent, Tathagata frowned, stretched out his hand and slapped him in the face with his big mouth.
Snapped!
The Mask of Pain was half broken.
"You think that if you put on a mask, you can hide your smile. Don't think that if you put on a mask, I won't know that you are smiling. You have such a stupid smile."
Don’t reach out to hit the smiling person.
Miroku suddenly felt furious, he would be beaten even if he put on the mask.
For a moment, he was shaking with anger.
Seeing Maitreya's virtue, Tathagata's heart froze.
Maitreya was shocked.
Forget it, just see you soon.
Tathagata immediately turned around.
"Next time, if you let me see you smile again, I will never forgive you."
"Keep facing the wall and thinking about it. When you know what you are laughing at, you can turn around again."
While cursing, Tathagata walked to the lamp, stretched out his hand to hug Lingji Bodhisattva back, and then walked up to his lotus platform and sat down.
Maitreya was filled with regret and turned to face Huabiaozhu.
He was beaten in vain again.
As if nothing happened, Tathagata glanced downwards.
"Everyone, what should I say about the death of Manjushri Bodhisattva?" Tathagata asked.
Samantabhadra thought for a while and said: "Buddha, in my opinion, we should first find out the cause of Manjushri's death, and then do the aftermath."
"Well, I think so too."
Tathagata nodded.
He looked at Samantabhadra and said, "Samantabhadra, I leave the investigation of the cause of Manjushri's death to you."
Immediately, Tathagata looked at the subduing dragon Arhat again.
"Subjugate the dragon and subdue the tiger. You two go to Manjushri Bodhisattva's dojo and do a good job in dealing with the aftermath."
Although Manjusri died, his Taoist temple, Mount Wutai, was also the place where Buddhists gathered incense and incense, so naturally they could not be lost.
There is also Manjusri's disciple Jin Zha, who is the eldest son of King Tuota Li. He has deep roots and cannot be left alone because of Manjusri's death. He needs further guidance to continue serving Buddhism.
This is Tathagata's idea, and the two of them, Subduing the Dragon and Subduing the Tiger, naturally understand it.
"Follow the Buddha's decree."
Soon, the three of them, Subduing the Dragon and Subduing the Tiger, and Samantabhadra performed a Buddhist salute to the Tathagata, and then walked out of the Great Leiyin Temple.
Subdue the dragon and subdue the tiger and head straight to Mount Wutai.
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva went straight to the lower realm and headed towards the Wuji Kingdom.
After a long time, Samantabhadra came to Wuji Country and found that the tribulation in Wuji Country was over. The Buddhist monk had already set out on his way to Fire Cloud Cave in Dry Pine Stream.
"Manjushri Bodhisattva died in the Wuji Kingdom, but the Buddhist scripture collector was safe and sound."
Samantabhadra visited the Wuji King's Palace. He could detect signs of Manjusri's death, but he could not find the cause of Manjusri's death.
Immediately, Samantabhadra came to Baolin Temple again.
Baolin Temple has become a scorched earth, and the monks of Baolin Temple are homeless.
Pu Xian found the ancient well and called out the Dragon King of that well.
"Manjushri Bodhisattva died, what happened before?" Samantabhadra looked at Jinglong King and asked.
King Jinglong was immediately shocked, "What, Manjushri Bodhisattva is dead?"
King Jing Long also had no idea about this.
"I only know that the scripture seeker found me, resurrected the Silky Chicken King, and took him away. The other little dragons know nothing about it." King Jing Long said with an ugly expression.
"Okay, I know."
Pu Xian was too lazy to talk nonsense with King Jing Long, so he flew high into the sky and arrived at the palace of King Wuji.
After the second round of exploration, Puxian found out.
Sitting in the court hall was the real King of Silky Chickens.
"In the plan, Manjushri Bodhisattva's mount Qiu Shou Xian was supposed to be the false king of the Wuji Kingdom. Now that the real king has been restored, it means that the disaster is proceeding normally according to the plan, then..."
Puxian thought over and over in his mind, and finally asked a question.
"So, where did Qiu Shou Xian go in the end?"
With doubts, Puxian found several guards and forcibly searched their souls.
However, Pu Xian found no clues.
In desperation, he had no choice but to jump back to Lingshan and see Tathagata again.
"Reporting to my Buddha, the cause of Manjushri Bodhisattva's death was deliberately erased. However, I guessed based on the memory of a Wuji Kingdom guard that the Qiu Shou Immortal should have followed the pilgrims on their way."
Samantabhadra said to Tathagata.
"It seems that things are not simple." Tathagata also said: "Right now, we can only look for some clues from Jin Chanzi and the others."
"Disciple, please go find Jin Chanzi and the others and ask for clarification."
Tathagata immediately said: "If Qiu Shou Xian really left with Jin Chanzi and the others, bring him back by the way."
"yes."
Pu Xian left Lingshan again.
Tathagata frowned, holding Lingji in his left hand and holding his chin in his right hand.
"Who killed Manjushri?"
"Manjushri Bodhisattva died, but Jin Chanzi and the others survived this calamity safely, so they should know something."
"Fortunately, Jin Chanzi is fine."
Tathagata sighed secretly.
He thought about all the important people in the three realms who might have enmity with Manjusri, but he did not think of the Buddhist monks.
In his view, those who seek scriptures are now disciples of his own Buddhism, so they will naturally not do anything against Buddhism.
Although Tathagata also thought of the Mietian Sect.
But it was also founded by his disciples. They will all be Buddhist believers in the future, so naturally there will be no problems.
Soon, Tathagata thought of something.
That was the incident where Manjusri accidentally killed Baihuaxi, the princess of Baoxiang Kingdom.
"Could it be Kuimu Lang taking revenge?" Tathagata's eyes flashed slightly.
If it were in the past, Kui Mulang would naturally not do anything to Manjusri, but the appearance of the Immortal Killing Sword Formation twice caused Manjusri's cultivation to drop significantly.
This gave Kui Mulang the perfect opportunity for revenge.
Thinking of this, Tathagata looked at Ran Deng again and said, "Old Buddha Ran Deng, I guess that Manjusri's death may be related to Kuimulang. You go and investigate in secret."
Ran Deng was stunned.
Let yourself have contact with people in heaven again?
That's too dangerous.
However, the Buddha's order cannot be disobeyed, and Ran Deng can only step forward, recite the Buddha's name, and then leave.
