The next day, Fahua Temple, Zen room.
Yao Xing was dressed in a dragon robe, with a face as deep as water. Surrounded by more than ten guards, he sat opposite Kumarajiva. He was dressed in armor, and the murderous Dongping Gong Yao Shao stood at the door with his sword. Waiting for Yao Xing's order, the eminent monk in front of him will go to see Buddha Tathagata in the West in advance.
Kumarajiva's eyes were slightly closed, and he was murmuring something. In the entire Zen room, only his gentle voice of Sanskrit chanting, accompanied by the beating of wooden fish and the curl of sandalwood, made people's mentality unknown. You will enter an ethereal and peaceful state before you know it.
Finally, Kumarajiva's chanting stopped, and his eyes slowly opened. He looked calmly at Yao Xing, who was sitting opposite him, and said, "Excuse me, Your Majesty, please wait. I was super-chatting just now." Crossing over the souls of the dead.”
Yao Xing said coldly: "I know that you are doing a good deed by transcending the world, and you are doing it for our soldiers who died in this battle of Great Qin. Logically speaking, I should be grateful to you, but I remember that this Before the first expedition, you clearly said that Buddha would bless our soldiers and protect our army's victory, but now how are you going to explain it?"
Kumarajiva shook his head: "Your Majesty, if you think that Lao Na's chanting sutras and prayers can determine military affairs and guarantee invincibility, then why did Lu Guang attack Qiuci and bring me here?" Where is Guzang City? And your Majesty, how can you eliminate the Houliang Lu family and let me come to Fahua Temple again?"
Yao Xing was speechless for a moment, and Yao Shao on the side said sternly: "Your Majesty, this old monk is here again to be mysterious and just use his words. If he is so useless, then what is the use of keeping him? This time there are tens of thousands of soldiers. He died in the battle because he believed his lies. If we don’t kill him, how can we get justice for the soldiers who died in the battle? How can we appease the anger of their families?!”
Kumarajiva said calmly: "If Duke Dongping thinks that killing me, an old monk, can wash away the shame of defeat and find someone to vent his anger on, then feel free to do it, but I am afraid that in this case, the world will only laugh at you, General Yao." , and even ridiculed His Majesty for being incompetent against the enemy and killing the monks who prayed for him and saved the soldiers who died in the battle, but he was very quick with his knife."
Yao Shao was so angry that he drew his sword and said, "Before I kill you, I must cut off your tongue first!"
Kumarajiva smiled slightly: "I am a monk, but I am no longer in this world. The general can help me to escape and reach the bliss as soon as possible. Your Majesty, you can give the order to take action. If you feel that my head can calm the soldiers. The resentment of the family members is also my merit."
Yao Xing frowned, turned to Yao Shao and said in a deep voice: "Don't be rude, everyone stand down!"
Yao Shao was still unwilling, holding his sword and said: "Your Majesty, don't fuck with this monster monk again..."
Yao Xing said sternly: "Don't you listen to what I say? Stand back!"
Yao Shao gritted his teeth, returned his sword to its sheath, waved his hand, and withdrew with all the guards in the room, standing outside the courtyard.
Yao Xing looked at Kumarajiva and sighed: "National Master, this is the current direction of the military. You have also seen it. I don't want to embarrass you, but when we went on an expedition before, you prayed for the soldiers in public. , I said that Buddha would bless me, but now the war is like this, 30,000 soldiers died on the battlefield, and even I almost can’t come back. If it’s not that your spell doesn’t work, it proves that Buddha doesn’t have this ability, no matter what kind of , will disappoint the army and the people. I am the leader of a country, I cannot rely on gods and Buddhas to fight the war, I still have to rely on the soldiers, so this time, even if you are just making it up, you have to give everyone an explanation and explanation!"
Kumarajiva shook his head: "What do you want me to explain? If I really prayed for blessings and recited sutras to help you win the battle, how could I have destroyed the country twice and invited your Majesty to come here? Some You and I know the matter well. Although the Buddha's power is boundless, he will not intervene in this kind of worldly conquest. Whether it is His Majesty or Liu Bobo, they are doing things that kill people and create karma. Buddha saves all sentient beings and prevents them from suffering, so how can he support you in killing people and destroying countries?"
Yao Xing frowned: "So, you were deceiving me from the beginning, and the Buddha would not bless us with victory?"
Kumarajiva sighed: "Buddha will only try to protect the safety of the soldiers. They are going to kill people, and the other side's soldiers are also murderers. Both sides are murderers. Who do you want Buddha to protect? Forgive me for being disrespectful. This time Most of the army can still come back, and your majesty can survive the danger and return safely. If the Buddha hadn't given you more protection because your majesty has done a lot of good deeds and accumulated a lot of merit, how could he have been safe?"
Yao Xing gritted his teeth: "Don't you mean that Buddha doesn't want to bless me to eliminate Liu Bobo? He is a murderer, causing trouble in the world, and actively provoking wars. I kindly took him in alone, but gave him Repaying kindness with hatred, rebellious and self-reliant, killing my soldiers and slaughtering my people, does the Buddha not care about such a great evil person?"
Kumarajiva shook his head: "I, the Buddha, are merciful. Good and evil will be repaid eventually, but not without retribution. The time has not yet come. Although Liu Bobo did many evil things, his entire tribe was slaughtered and he was the only one left. Probably because of God's will The virtue of good life has also blessed him. Although he has done many evil deeds now, in this troubled world, it is not time for retribution to come to him. Just like your Majesty, aren't your hands also stained with blood? From this As for your Majesty’s late emperor, what he did when the country was founded, how does it compare to Liu Bobo?!”
Yao Xing was furious: "Kumaroshi, you are so rude. How can you criticize the late emperor? Even if you are a national master, what you just said is enough to kill you ten thousand times!"
Kumarajiva said calmly: "Monks do not lie. If you dare not tell the truth in this Buddhist temple and in front of the Buddha, then how can your majesty ask me to pray to the Buddha? What kind of person is the late emperor? Your Majesty naturally understands that even if you block the mouths of everyone in the world, what can you do?!"
Beads of sweat dripped from Yao Xing's head. He sat back on the futon slumped and sighed: "Do you mean that when the late emperor started his army, he often committed acts that were contrary to benevolence and righteousness and harmful to conscience? Today, Liu Bobo is killing Liu Bobo." Is the appearance of the star just to avenge the blood debt caused by the late emperor’s rebellion?”
Kumarajiva's white beard twitched slightly: "Buddhism emphasizes that good and evil will be rewarded, and good deeds will eliminate karma. The karma the late emperor made back then will be repaid by your majesty today. The late emperor back then was just like Liu Bobo. Fu Jian pardoned and took him in, and then he rebelled against Fu Jian, and even hanged him with his own hands. Today, Liu Bobo is probably Fu Jian's lingering ghost, and he is using him to take revenge on His Majesty and the soldiers and people of Great Qin."
