Caotang Temple, abbot's Zen room.
The sandalwood in the incense burner made the whole Zen room feel like a dream. Jia Fu, holding a fly whisk, stood respectfully beside the bed, while Shangshu's right servant She Yin Shang stood in front of the bed with several first disciples, looking nervous. He looked at the hand of the imperial doctor Zhang Taiping, who was slightly squinting and resting on Kumarajiva's pulse gate.
Finally, Zhang Taiping opened his eyes and withdrew his hand. Yin Shang blurted out almost at the same time as Kumarajiva's eldest disciple Daosheng: "How about the national master (master)?"
Zhang Taiping smiled slightly: "The Imperial Master is fine and just like a normal person. You don't have to worry."
Everyone had smiles on their faces, but the fourth disciple Seng Zhao still shook his head in disbelief: "But, but that iron needle..."
Kumarajiva sat up and said calmly: "All dharmas are empty and empty, like dreams and illusions. The needles in your eyes are just a test from the Buddha. As long as you are strong-willed and sincerely worship the Buddha, you will be fine." However, if you do not have the cultivation skills to be a teacher, if you break the precepts again, you will definitely receive karmic retribution, please remember this."
The four disciples looked stern and united at the same time, shouting the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, please remember Master's teachings."
Kumarajiva saluted Mrs. Zhang: "Thanks to the care of Dr. Zhang, please go back with Yin Shangshu to tell His Majesty that I am fine. After a few days of rest, you can start translating scriptures again."
Yin Shang smiled and said: "Since the Imperial Master is fine, I will go back and resume my duties. I also ask the Imperial Master to take care of yourself and not work too hard. There are thousands of monks in Caotang Temple and the great cause of translating scriptures and preaching. It all depends on the Imperial Master."
Kumarajiva nodded and said calmly: "This time the Buddha came to the body, it was my honor, and it also consumed a lot of my energy. I need to stay in seclusion for a period of time, recuperate my body, and also pray for your Majesty's people. Please ask Yin. The Minister tells His Majesty and all the donors that after this incident in Caotang Temple, all the monks above and below have violated the precepts. All the monks in the temple should eliminate their karma and atone for their sins. The temple cannot be opened to accept incense for the time being. It will be reopened after the elimination of karma is completed."
Yin Shang's expression changed slightly, and Daosheng on the other side frowned: "Master, this incense is the source of livelihood for all the monks in the temple. If the temple is closed..."
Kumarajiva shook his head: "We who are monks should not be involved in too many worldly things. Caotang Temple has charity funds allocated by His Majesty, and we do not need to rely on incense to live. If you feel that living in Caotang Temple is not as good as In the past, monks who wanted to leave, just like the disciples who broke the precepts and returned to secular life this time, were not allowed to stay. Whether it was translating scriptures or worshiping Buddha, sincerity was the first priority. If you became a monk for the sake of wealth, it would be better to leave early. .”
The four major disciples looked solemn, and Qi Xuanfo claimed it.
Yin Shang nodded and said: "I will convey the Imperial Preceptor's decree to His Majesty. I believe that Your Majesty will allocate more charity funds to repay the Imperial Preceptor for his kindness. Now I'll take my leave. Please take care of the Imperial Preceptor." He After saying that, he bowed and turned to leave. Suddenly, he turned his head and looked at Jia Fu aside, "Eunuch Jia, won't you go back and recover?"
Jia Fu smiled calmly: "I have your Majesty's decree to convey to the Imperial Master alone. Yin Pushe, please go back first."
Kumarajiva looked at the four disciples and said, "You guys should step back first. I still have something to say to Eunuch Jia."
When there were only these two people left in the room, Jia Fu straightened up. A bronze mask appeared on his face at some point, and a gray cloak also covered his body, almost like a mask. In a blink of an eye, the obedient old eunuch just now became the chilling cloak of the world's tycoon. He smiled slightly and looked at the incense burner in the room: "Next time, teach me this kind of blindness. Maybe it works."
Kumarajiva closed his eyes and lay back on the bed: "You have got what you want, why don't you leave? I am of no use to you now."
Jia Fu shook his head: "No, our cooperation has just begun. What I want to talk to you about now is another matter."
Kumarajiva said coldly: "Why, the smoke caused those female donors to hallucinate, and then you pretended to be me to ruin my reputation. What else do you want from me?"
Jia Fu smiled and waved his hand: "Don't worry, I'm not interested in your magic props. The Five Stone Powder from the south will also have such an effect. It's not unique to your Buddhism, it's just those rituals done by Tianshi Tao in the past. At that time, it was also relying on these, and the children of those aristocratic families who had no power to restrain a chicken, after they were separated, they could be as fierce as tigers and wolves, with countless maidens. Otherwise, countless aristocratic families would have lost their heirs. "
Kumarajiva let out a long sigh: "Sandalwood is supposed to calm people's minds and facilitate communication with gods and Buddhas, but I didn't expect that it would allow you to engage in such obscene acts. If the Buddha knew about it, I don't know how disappointed he would be."
Jia Fu shook his head: "I am here to help you transform the world, help the young masters of the aristocratic families and the female benefactors to establish good relationships, and benefit the descendants. What's wrong with that? Well, I won't talk to you about sandalwood now. This time I won't be in trouble, as your substitute broke the precept, so you can deceive Yao Xing, shouldn't you thank me?"
Kumarajiva sneered and said: "I'm afraid you can't ask for it. Nowadays, there are no men and no ghosts. I'm afraid there are no women in Jin State. Looking at your hungry and capable appearance, it will take a few years." Have you ever had sex between a man and a woman?"
Jia Fu gritted his teeth, and a trace of sinister anger flashed in his eyes: "I can't compare to you, a dead monk, who has a female layman by my side all day long. For the sake of my great cause, I can only endure it and not be close to women. This feeling, Do you think it feels good?"
Kumarajiva said coldly: "You brought all this on yourself. You could have retired to the mountains and forests and enjoyed the bliss of the world, but now in order to fight for power and profit, you have made yourself a human being and a ghost, and also made the people of the world suffer from war. , are you happy now?"
Jia Fu sneered and said: "It's okay. When the Ten Thousand Years of Peace Plan succeeds, all this effort will be worth it. Monk, I will give you a chance to establish Buddhism not only in the north, but also in the Jin Kingdom. This time, you must be satisfied."
Kumarajiva opened his eyes, sat up, and looked at Jia Fu: "Is this true?"
Jia Fu said with a smile: "Liu Yu is not Yao Xing. He is ambitious to conquer the world. In the future, if he seizes the benefits of aristocratic families and benefits the people, he will become a living god. I can't let him have such prestige. I can't do it now." Come forward to compete with him for fame, but you can, monk, I need you to let the people of Jin Dynasty understand that it is not good to fight and kill people, and they will become beasts in the next life."
Kumarajiva laughed: "This can be considered, but the way of the master..."
Jia Fu smiled slightly: "It's okay, Buddha is the Tao. Monk, it's up to you to maintain peace in the world and advise people to cherish life and not to fight or kill."
