"Xiao Wang, thank you to the holy monk for surviving."
Up to now, the Lord of the Wuji Kingdom was completely convinced by Master Tripitaka. Apart from becoming brothers, worshiping as side-by-side national masters, and sharing the kingdom...he actually couldn't think of another way to do this.
He had learned from the evil path, but the leader of the Wuji Kingdom was confident that he had not made a mistake this time.
Master Sanzang was a holy monk of the Tang Dynasty, but Quanzhen was a Zhongnan demon.
But just when he was about to speak, Master Tripitaka seemed to sense something and stopped talking and said: "Your Majesty, please get up quickly. Actually, this poor monk has some things I want to ask about."
Fahai is a good observer of people's hearts. Before the Lord of the Black Chicken Kingdom opened his mouth, he had already guessed that the Lord of the Black Chicken Kingdom was going to say the same thing as the Lord of the Baoxiang Kingdom.
It is said that I am an ordinary monk, but whenever I pass through a country, the king will become a brother with me and worship me as the national teacher... It is interesting to say that this seems to have started from the king of Tang Dynasty, but the Tang Dynasty The king only worshiped him as a friend, but he never wanted to worship him as a national teacher.
Since Fahai had stopped him, the king put his thoughts back. Perhaps after slaying the demons and slaying the demons, he would truly regain his throne and then worship the holy monk, which would be a better demonstration of his sincerity.
Thinking of this, he bowed and said: "If the holy monk asks, the little king who knows will answer it."
Fahai saw that he agreed happily, so he asked him: "Did anything unusual happen to you before the drought in your country?"
"Unusual?" The leader of the Wuji Kingdom frowned. He couldn't think of what was unusual.
Seeing him struggling, the Great Sage suggested something: "Or maybe it just happened to you, for example, have you ever offended anyone? Hmm... This is not an appropriate statement. After all, you are the king of a country, and you should be ordinary people. It was someone else who offended you... Think carefully, did some weirdo bump into you, and you punished him without taking it to heart? "
After listening to the words of the Great Sage, the Lord of the Wuji Kingdom kept pacing in the hall. After he walked back and forth for a few times, he suddenly stopped, clapped his hands, and exclaimed: "Oh! When the elder said this, Xiao Wang But something comes to mind! He is a rude and fake monk!"
"A rude fake monk?" The five masters and disciples immediately looked at him and thought to themselves: "Is there really another cause and effect!?"
"Your Majesty, don't be anxious. Please take a seat." Fa Hai pointed to the futon beside him, but did not urge him. "Your Majesty, please think about this matter carefully. I will listen to you later."
The tone was quite gentle.
The king must calm down first.
"Yes, yes, yes." The king listened to Fa Hai's instructions. Although he didn't know why Master Tripitaka valued this matter, since it was what the holy monk needed, he should think it over carefully before speaking.
The king secretly pondered for a long time, going through the situation that day in his mind, and after confirming that nothing was missed, he spoke: "This happened six years ago. That day, when I was waiting for the king and his ministers to leave the city, I was waiting for them to leave the city. At the gate of the city, I met a walking monk who blocked the way and said he wanted to have a fast meal. Seeing that he was in ragged clothes, I just thought he was an ascetic wanderer, so I asked the attendant to bring him a fast meal."
"Monks ask for alms, you give alms...what's wrong with this?"
"The little king is also surprised." The king's face showed a bit of helplessness, "The holy monk didn't know that the monk had such a bad temper, and he was probably not a serious monk... At first he thought I was not good at fasting, so he refused to eat. , let Xiao Wang get some good food to entertain... He also said that Xiao Wang is a hypocrite. Seeing that he is a wandering monk, he just used some fast food to pass away..."
The Great Sage became interested when he heard this and asked curiously: "How do you speak?"
"Actually, when he refused to eat fast, Xiao Wang guessed that he was a monk pretending to be here and wanted to deceive Xiao Wang... It was not that Xiao Wang was reluctant to eat fast. In fact, if he was in a secluded place, he would not even have a royal meal. It's important, but at the gate of the city, all the people are watching, so this case cannot be made."
"Oh?" The Great Sage asked again, "What does this mean?"
"The elders don't know that some people are naturally lazy. If they know this and spread the word, they will all pretend to be this wandering monk to prepare the royal meal... How should the young king deal with them?"
"Amitabha, the Buddha himself encourages people to do good, and he should not make people lazy." Fahai nodded slightly and said, "Is this why the king punished this monk?"
"After all, Xiao Wang is the king of a country, so I won't embarrass him just because he cheats and cheats... I just want to teach him a truth. It is not easy for all people to get food. Naturally, the vegetarian food is not good, so you shouldn't give it away lightly. ... Xiao Wang took the vegetarian food and ate it in front of him. He asked him... I can eat this vegetarian food, but why can't you, a monk, eat it?"
Bajie asked first: "Is that food delicious?"
"Home-cooked food is enough to satisfy your hunger." The king sighed again: "My family was also poor back then, and we even ate tree roots. This food was temporarily bought by Xiao Wang from a house near the city... The taste was just Just ordinary."
Fahai nodded secretly after hearing this. He knew that the king had not lied, so he asked again: "What did the monk say?"
"Haha——" the king sneered and said: "It's also pretentious. He said that Xiao Wang is a man who knows suffering. He only digested his royal meal and then sent Xiao Wang to the Lingshan Mountain to become a golden Arhat and achieve a positive result. .”
At this point, Fahai and his disciples locked eyes and thought in unison: This is the key!
The Great Sage asked hurriedly: "What is your answer?"
"Such cunning and cunning people should be punished as a warning to others." The king showed some of the magnanimity of a heroic leader at this moment, and said solemnly: "But I also gave him a chance. There is no imperial meal, just what I just said If he wants to eat the fast food, bring him another portion... It's fine if he doesn't eat, but he says that if the little king doesn't know good people, he won't be able to enter the Western Heaven, and he won't be able to reach the bliss."
"Xiao Wang didn't want to argue with him, so he had people drive him away, but he still refused to leave. He also said that Xiao Wang would definitely have retribution in the future... Over and over again, Xiao Wang couldn't bear it anymore, so he ordered The guards tied him up with a rope and sent him to the moat. He asked the monk, who was reaching out for food, to take a good look at how the people outside the city worked and how the basket of food and bean soup came from."
After saying this, the king quickly bowed to Master Sanzang and explained: "I only said that he is a fake Buddhist monk. Holy monk, please don't misunderstand me. Master is an eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty. Have you ever heard that monk Hua Zhai dislikes him?" Not eating? That guy must be dressed up as a rogue..."
It's broken.
After listening to his story, Fahai pondered for a while, digested it in his heart, and then asked: "Your Majesty, have you ever thought... that the fake monk in your mouth may really be a messenger from Lingshan who wants to cross the mountain?" How about taking you to Lingshan?"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible." The leader of the country shook his head at first, but when he looked at Master Sanzang, he realized that this was an assumption, and he said: "Even if it is true, I cannot abandon the subjects of the country. go."
Fahai's eyes lit up and he asked: "So what?"
"The dynasty was just established, and everything was in ruins waiting to be revived... I worked hard for more than ten years to restore people's livelihood... If a Bodhisattva and a true Buddha came to save me at that time, I couldn't go. If I went, Although there is a prince, he is still young, and even if he ascends the throne, he will not obey the public. If he loses the power of the government, he will disturb the country. There will be turmoil in the court, and the people will still suffer. Isn't it that the little king's more than ten years of hard work have been in vain? That's it. For the sake of the people of this country, we cannot tolerate Xiao Wang being so picky."
"Amitabha, good, good!" Fahai stood up and bowed to the king, saying, "Although Your Majesty is not in the Lingshan Mountain, your actions can be used to bring Buddhas to thousands of families. There is no need to come to the Lingshan Mountain to cross."
"It's wonderful, it's wonderful." The Great Sage folded his hands and flapped his hands. "This is fair. When I go to Lingshan Mountain, I will definitely ask the Tathagata for a clear answer."
Fa Hai thought in his heart, what does it mean to save all sentient beings? Is it only when people in the world are brought into Buddhism that it can be considered as universal salvation?
Who can save all sentient beings?
What about the leader of the Wuji Kingdom?
...
After these words, another night has passed.
I saw the abbot, the head of the temple, personally organizing the morning meal, and brought his disciples to come and offer sacrifices. However, when he entered the door, he saw a king in dragon robes talking to the holy monks. He was shocked. .
"The poor monk pays homage to Your Majesty."
He was a little worried. He only saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince going up the mountain yesterday, but he never heard of His Majesty's arrival... When did he enter the temple? When did you enter Master Tripitaka’s meditation hall?
Why didn't you know anything beforehand? What do the novice monks guarding the mountain gate do for food?
This is really bad. He has prepared five portions of this vegetarian dish... How can he serve it?
Seeing the abbot, the master of the courtyard, kneel down to pay homage to His Majesty, the disciples and monks following him also hurriedly knelt down to pay homage.
"No gifts, no gifts——"
The abbot, the master of the courtyard, stood up tremblingly. The king only glanced at him and knew that he was worried. Just when he was about to open his mouth to relieve the siege, he saw that Bajie had already taken the lunch boxes from the hands of the disciples and began to distribute them. "Your Majesty, please have a taste." How is the fast food in this temple compared to that in the city gate?"
The king saw it clearly. Sure enough, the five portions of fast food were all in his place, but the strong bearded Vajra was empty-handed. When he was about to give away the food in front of him, Bajie said, "Your majesty, feel free to eat. Lao Zhu, my junior brother, doesn't open his mouth and doesn't eat every day."
The abbot, the master of the hospital, said to himself: This is not right. The vegetarian meals sent in the past were all without portions...
Bajie seemed to know what he was thinking. He turned around and said to him: "The extra portion you sent me in the past has all ended up in my belly, old pig. Nothing is wasted... Don't worry."
The king and the abbot subconsciously looked at his figure and belly, and suddenly felt trustworthy.
The abbot, the master of the temple, motioned to all the disciples to wait outside the meditation hall, and he alone could wait inside. After a while, seeing that the king had almost finished eating, the abbot boldly asked: "How did your majesty get to the temple? Why didn't you call in advance? I will arrange to pick him up later."
The king first looked at Master Sanzang, and then he said: "The king in the city is a demon in disguise. I was killed by a monster three years ago. Now I am saved by a holy monk. I am about to go into the city to meet you." He distinguishes between evil and right.”
