As soon as these words came out, there was silence in the Mingtang. This point directly touched Xiao Chen's pain. How could a eunuch know about this man and woman?
The great masters of the Founder's camp still looked as normal as before, but there was a hint of ridicule in their eyes. They looked at Xiao Chen with a look that brought it upon themselves, and they couldn't help twisting the sandalwood beads in their hands briskly. Somewhat.
The officials sitting at the table all looked slightly sad. They wanted to look at Xiao Chen but didn't dare, but they were really worried in their hearts. Will the eunuch get angry from shame and take it out on himself and others?
Concubine Shu also frowned and looked at Xiao Chen worriedly. She approached Xiao Chen and pretended to pour tea for Xiao Chen, "It's okay that you are not serious at ordinary times. Why bother to talk to him today?"
"How about I just pretend to be sick and faint, and you take the opportunity to leave?"
Xiao Chen smiled, not caring about everyone's uneasiness at all, and just took a leisurely sip of the tea poured by Concubine Shu.
After a moment the teacup fell on the table, Xiao Chen slowly raised his eyes, "Master, you are wrong again. Because human love is about desire and not about body."
boom!
The words were like a heavy blow, and several senior masters with high understanding suddenly felt their scalps numb, and their expressions changed slightly.
Among the crowd, some lay people who were well versed in Zen principles were also shocked, feeling enlightened and able to understand the true meaning.
A good person talks about desires regardless of body. This is the true nature of the Tao that a man of great virtue can understand.
Fang Zheng's face trembled, the corners of his mouth trembled unconsciously, and he asked solemnly: "If you are powerless, where can you start?"
Concubine Shu frowned slightly when she heard this, and looked at Xiao Chen, wondering how he should respond.
After all, if he is not careful, the identity of the fake eunuch may be revealed by Fang Zheng.
Xiao Chen just smiled calmly, stood up from his seat leisurely, walked leisurely to the open door of the Mingtang, looked up at the bright blue sky outside the window, and asked in a deep voice: "Everyone, I want to ask, everyone looks at this towering sky. Have you ever had the thought of flying for a moment?"
The people outside the door couldn't help but breathe slightly.
Everyone has had the thought of flying, right? It’s a longing for something beyond your reach.
Seeing everyone's eyes, Xiao Chen understood immediately. He didn't say anything more. He just turned around and stood with his hands behind his back, looking at Fang Zheng calmly, "Master, you must have had such thoughts when you were a child; even now you are highly virtuous and respected. Afterwards, looking at the blue sky and the bright sun, I feel a sense of regret that I wish I could explore it side by side, right?"
"Does this mean that your body can fly?"
Fang Zheng swallowed his throat, quietly twirled the Zen beads, bowed his head in a Zen ceremony, and said in a pure and earthly manner: "Buddha Amitayus, monks have no delusions, I have never thought about it."
"Oh... So, Master, you think that you alone can take the place of all sentient beings?"
"Then Master, you are wrong again. All living beings have their own laws, and no one person can protect them. If you don't have it, you can't prove that everyone doesn't have it. Even if only one person in the world has thought about it, it can prove that you are the only one. Errors in the discussion.”
"Is not it?"
Xiao Chen smiled calmly and calmly. Such a strategizing attitude was in sharp contrast to the masters who were waiting here.
The hall was so quiet for a moment, and the look on Fang Zheng's face became more and more solemn. Even though he tried his best to pretend to be calm, there was still a trace of overwhelming strength.
Xiao Chen glanced at the Zen incense under Jin's body and saw that the incense stick was about to burn to the end.
Suddenly, Fang Zheng's copper eyes condensed, and his face once again showed the sharpness of attack, "Then I dare to ask, does Governor Xiao think this is the most beautiful thing in the world?"
Wonderful!
He was not involved by Xiao Chen's words, but got away quickly and returned his mind to the original issue.
For a moment, the officials and concubines present couldn't help but sweat for Xiao Chen.
If Xiao Chen answered yes or no, it would be wrong. Just because of his status as a eunuch in the eyes of the world, he is not qualified to argue this point in detail.
Several great monks couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. They glanced at Sandalwood, which was approaching the end, and were sure that Xiao Chen would definitely lose in this fight.
The common people couldn't help but feel concerned. At this moment, they actually looked at Xiao Chen worriedly, feeling a hint of sympathy for the eunuch.
Xiao Chen just smiled slightly, calmly and calmly, sat down again on the discussion table, took a sip of tea, and said leisurely: "I think it is yes, but it is not."
"What?" Fang Jing couldn't help but stand up and sneered, "Master Xiao, what do you mean by this? Is it possible that you are making fun of our Dali Temple's Mingtang Taoism Ceremony?"
Xiao Chen shook his head and didn't even look at him. He just looked at Fang Zheng and asked with a smile: "Then when the master asks here, this debate question can have a result, so the governor wants to ask, master What do you think?"
Fang Fang had a gloomy look on his face, but when he saw Xiao Chen's playful smile, he felt that the pure land of Dali Temple had been desecrated. He twirled his Zen beads and said in a deep voice, "Of course not."
"People should not be driven by lust, but have true love. If people live in this world and only think about this physical pleasure, wouldn't their journey in this world be in vain?"
Some of the sandalwood was burned off again. Seeing that this debate had reached the stage where the winner must be decided, Fang Zheng's words clearly raised a new question.
If Xiao Chen wants to refute this statement, he may lose because of the time wasted.
Concubine Shu frowned and gently tugged on Xiao Chen, then whispered: "I think you should stop being so aggressive. It's still too late for us to find a way to escape now."
"If you lose this argument, you will lose the emperor's face, and the emperor will definitely not be able to spare you."
Concubine Shu's eyes were filled with anger, and she really couldn't understand why Xiao Chen wanted to use this as a topic. This man is good at everything, but he is not serious when it comes to love. This time he suffered a big setback.
Xiao Chen just smiled calmly, leaned back on the chair leisurely, glanced at the sandalwood that was about to be burned out, and said lightly: "No, if people shouldn't have desires, then may I ask Master, at this time, with Why is this governor discussing Taoism in the public hall?"
"I am here to realize Zen, and for all sentient beings in the world." Fangzheng looked straight, with a hint of deep displeasure in his eyes, which was completely different from his previous detached and worldly state.
Xiao Chen smiled again, contentedly, "Master is wrong again. What is desire? Wanting is desire, and being tempted is thought. Could it be that what you are doing, Master Fangzheng, is not desire?"
"Both big desires and small desires are desires, so human desires for love affairs naturally exist among all living beings in this world."
"Some people are happy with this, such as some wealthy dandies, such as some old bachelors who have not met Xianglin for a long time and finally got a wife, such as if the governor suddenly obtained the secret method and grew that incomplete... Such people, You must feel that this is the most wonderful thing in the world."
"And if they are like a poor couple or a powerful official, in their hearts, money and power are naturally the most wonderful things in the world."
After some discussion, Xiao Chen leisurely picked up the tea cup and his eyes fell on the stick of sandalwood with less than an inch left.
"So, Master, do you think this matter is both yes and no?"
