Faced with the old monk's careless answer, Sun Quan couldn't help but turn around and look at Diao Chan, making eye contact. If you don't reveal your name or origin, you are either a liar and are afraid that people will investigate and verify it; or, this person is really a real person, and his identity and origin may be familiar to you.
Therefore, Sun Quan wanted to confirm with Diao Chan that Cihang Jingzhai is familiar with Buddhism and must know more about Buddhist monks than people like Sun Quan. Is there any eminent monk who has the characteristics of the person in front of him?
Diao Chan shook her head slightly at Sun Quan. With such a little information, she couldn't be sure of anything. only. . . . . Diao Chan once again set her sights on the old monk. She always felt that this man looked a little weird. It wasn't that she suspected this person was a liar, it just seemed weird.
Sun Quan turned around. Since he couldn't be sure of anything, he simply got straight to the point and said,
"I wonder why the eminent monk came here this time?"
"Amitabha."
The old monk clasped his hands and bowed to Sun Quan again.
"The poor monk just wanted to take a look at the general."
"Oh?" Sun Quan's eyes moved and he immediately said, "Now that you see it, what do you think? How good is my face?"
If the monk then said that there was something wrong with his appearance, then Sun Quan would be almost 90% sure that this person was a liar. It's a common trick for scammers to spend money to avoid disasters.
"The general is different from ordinary people, and not a poor monk can peep into it." The old monk shook his head, "Now that I have seen him, the poor monk should leave."
After saying that, he actually turned around and left.
Sun Quan, Diao Chan, Wu Jing and others who stayed in place looked at each other.
"What's going on? Are you still trying to get by?" Sun Quan couldn't help but complain.
"Shall I secretly send someone to follow him to find out his true identity?" Wu Jing said as he approached.
Sun Quan frowned, then shook his head,
"If he is a liar, it will do us no good to find out the truth; and if he is not a liar and acts rashly, it may lead to complications. Just send someone up to see where he is, and don't do anything else."
If you really want to test the truth, Sun Quan will test it through the "Let me think twice" skill, which is the most reliable. So in reality, you don't have to do anything, just don't lose people.
"I'll make arrangements right away." Wu Jing nodded and left.
After Wu Jing left, Sun Quan asked Diao Chan,
"What do you think?"
"This person gives me a sense of nobility and holiness, and he doesn't look like a liar." Diao Chan said, paused, and shook her head slightly, "Unfortunately, I still can't figure out who this person is. Maybe he is just a hermit?"
"Will the hermit come specially to see me?" Sun Quan couldn't help but sneered.
"Then what are you going to do?" Diao Chan asked.
"Go back first and talk about it tomorrow." Sun Quan turned around and walked back, "We are new to Huaiyin, so we'd better not do too much today, so as not to arouse unnecessary suspicion in the city."
"That's right." Diao Chan nodded and followed Sun Quan.
If the old monk was really a liar, then Sun Quan would have caught him if he tried to catch him. Now, leaving the opponent alone like this is a good way to take the initiative. But Diao Chan didn't know that Sun Quan actually had another consideration.
That night,
The moment before the child hour,
Sun Quan used the last "Let me think twice" skill of the day, and then, taking advantage of the night, quickly left the city lord's mansion.
————Illusion boundary————
According to the intelligence gathered by Wu Jing's people during the day, Sun Quan came to a ruined temple all the way. The temple here is different from the temples in Sun Quan's memory: first of all, it is very small, not as large as the temple. This so-called temple is almost as big as an ordinary house; secondly, no one cares about it. It's completely open.
Sun Quan had specifically learned about it in advance. This was equivalent to a municipal project done by Zuo Rong. It was similar to a park in later generations. There was a small Buddha statue in the temple, and anyone could come to pay homage at any time.
Of course, this was the situation when Zuo Rong was still there. After Zuo Rong left, the small temple here gradually became uncared for, until later, it became dilapidated and became a place for homeless people to live.
When he came to the ruined temple, Sun Quan looked at the dirty and messy environment here, which made him quite surprised. That a decent-looking monk would actually spend the night in such a place? I remember that during the day, Sun Quan looked at the other party's clothes, but they didn't look dirty or dilapidated at all.
The ruined temple was not big, and Sun Quan broke into the inner courtyard without covering up. As a result, when he arrived inside, Sun Quan saw a scene that shocked him even more.
I saw a group of homeless people with messy clothes and dirty clothes. Now they are all sitting upright, surrounding the old monk in the middle. They look like they are listening attentively, but there is no ordinary hooligan attitude. They are better than the primary school students who face the class teacher in later generations. And be obedient!
Sun Quan's sudden intrusion obviously broke the peaceful atmosphere here. A group of people immediately turned around and glared at Sun Quan. Well, that feeling was funny to say, Sun Quan felt like he was facing a group of eating wild dogs. Sun Quan seemed to have accidentally intruded into their territory. If they hadn't seen that Sun Quan was elegantly dressed and didn't look like someone who was easy to mess with, they would have driven Sun Quan out.
"Since the general is here, why not sit down together and listen to the Buddhist teachings." The old monk smiled at Sun Quan.
Sun Quan raised his eyebrows,
"Buddhist teachings?"
After looking around, there was no one else here. So, this old monk calls himself a Buddha? That’s really no ordinary liar! Sun Quan even wondered if all the people here were shills deliberately hired by the old monk. Then this old guy's tricks were really terrible!
Probably seeing what Sun Quan was thinking, the old monk shook his head and smiled,
"The poor monk just read out the Lord Buddha's teachings."
"Oh? Then why do you know the Buddha's teachings? Could it be that the Buddha gave you a dream?" Sun Quan asked deliberately.
"The Buddha's teachings have long been compiled into scriptures. The poor monk just brought the scriptures to the Central Plains from the west." The old monk replied.
Yo! Going to the West to learn scriptures!
Sun Quan was stunned, but there was no Journey to the West story in this era. Could this guy be telling the truth?
"I wonder what scriptures the master has brought here?" Sun Quan continued to ask. He knew very well that if he wanted to expose a liar, he had to ask some professional questions.
"The Sutra of Yin Holding", "Abhidan's Five Dharmas and Four Noble Truths", "The Twelve Causes and Conditions", "The Transformation of Dharma", "The Eightfold Path", "Thoughts of Zen Practice", "The Sutra of the Path of Practice", etc. Wait." The old monk's answer was without any thought or pause. At least, to Sun Quan's ears, these answers definitely didn't sound like they were made up.
At this point, Sun Quan almost believed that the old monk was indeed an accomplished monk, so he took the opportunity to say,
"Master, if you preach Buddhism like this, even if you get the teachings of Buddhism, so what? It's just teaching a few people with the power of one person. Now, I have a method that can make tens of millions of people listen to Buddhism together. I don't know if the master has it. Are you interested in talking to me in further detail?"
The old monk's expression paused, and he suddenly said to Sun Quan very seriously,
"General, do you really understand what Buddha is?"
"I only know that if no one knows it, it means there is no Buddha." Sun Quan emphasized. Any sect without believers will eventually dissipate, so it doesn’t matter who the Buddha is, preaching is the kingly way.
"More desires lead to suffering, fatigue of life and death. Start from greed, have few desires and do nothing, and be at ease physically and mentally. General, what you are looking for is not Buddha, just turn around and find a safe place." The old monk said solemnly.
