When Liang Chuan arrived at Yuetai Temple, Master Hongyi was sweeping the floor. He didn't think that Liang Chuan, a strange neighbor who had been plotting against him just a moment ago, would be of much help. Everything was destined to happen, and he had already looked away.
Liang Chuan trotted for a while, shouting happily: "Master is so happy!"
Hong Yi's old face was slightly red: "Although I drink wine and eat meat, I will never marry and have children. Don't make me happy."
Liang Chuan laughed and said: "I'm not making fun of the master, it's just that I thought of a way to restore the glory of Yuetai Temple!"
Liang Chuan tilted his head and whispered his idea into Master Hongyi's ear. There were only two people in the temple, but he was still afraid of being overheard by others.
Liang Chuan talked for a long time, and then looked at the monk with a sly expression on his face, wanting to hear his opinion. Hong Yi was overjoyed at first and felt a little excited, but then he thought about it and sighed and said, "This seems inappropriate. Buddha would be unhappy if he knew that we were going to deceive the world."
Liang Chuan immediately gave a bitter smile and advised him: "Would Buddha be happy if you drank wine and ate dog meat? And you said these legends your master told you, do you think they are all true? But everyone comes to our Yuetai Temple You all tell these legends to others, why don't you show it to me and let this flying tower fly from the sky?"
"I have broken the precept long ago by drinking alcohol and eating meat. Besides, the meat in my hotel passed through the intestines and left it in the heart of the Buddha. This is not disrespectful to the Buddha." Hongyi still felt that Liang Chuan's method was inappropriate.
Liang Chuan said: "Buddha needs incense, otherwise I would not come to you. The method I mentioned is not to deceive. This is just to let the world see the illusion, and the Buddha will remain in their hearts."
Liang Chuan and the great monk struggled for a long time before Master Hongyi finally agreed to Liang Chuan's method. It was all for the sake of this temple.
The two of them split up. Liang Chuan went to find Bi Zhaosheng. They had a master who was good at carving. This matter should not be known to outsiders, otherwise it would be exposed. Their carving master was skilled in craftsmanship. Liang Chuan called Zhao Xiaopin and asked their master to carve an Arhat statue according to Zhao Xiaopin's appearance.
The face and expression of the Arhat statue are completely the same as those in the sketch, but Liang Chuan ordered that the Arhat statue's eyebrows are particularly long, with black roots and white tips, and a large string of Buddhist beads hanging around its neck. But the beads can be taken off.
Bi Zhaosheng didn't know what Liang Chuan meant by suddenly asking his craftsmen to carve this, but Liang Chuan paid them. Friendship is friendship, business is business, just do it if you can make money.
Master Hongyi found the broken plaque of Yuetai Temple from under the Buddha statue in the main hall. It used to be written with two big gold characters of platform. Now the gold paint has been scraped away, leaving only the faint marks of the two characters of platform, which are spliced together on the plaque. The wooden strips were still peeling off, and the whole sign looked like a piece of tatters. He originally thought that the plaque was too shabby, so he took it off. He originally wanted to repair it himself and then hang it up, but it didn't matter if he forgot to hang it up after going back and forth for too long.
Zhao Xiaopin was completely confused after working as a model, but he usually didn't work at night and sat idle. He did everything Liang Chuan told him. This statue was not that fast. The masters also carved a prototype, so they did not let Xiaopin sit in front of it and copy it. They only asked Xiaopin to come over and take a look occasionally when they couldn't remember some details.
Liang Chuan cut off a strand of hair and dyed it slightly white. The roots of the hair were naturally black. Then he dipped some rice paste and put it on Xiaopin's forehead, and he completely transformed into the long-browed Arhat. Liang Chuan originally wanted to let Zhaodi go, but Zhaodi was too honest and not capable of adapting to the situation. Zhao Xiaopin was an old man, and he could eat it in the mountain people's den. Liang Chuan had seen that kind of mouth before, so he could rest assured.
"Boss, why do you want me to dress up as this Arhat?"
"Small piece, I have an important task for you."
Liang Chuan explained the plan to Xiaopin carefully, and even prepared the words for Xiaopin. Xiaopin had a bright mind and understood what it meant as soon as he heard it.
"My boss, you are so powerful, you can even think of such an idea!"
"Stop flattering me. I told you that you should quickly find a disciple to practice your skills in the next two or three days, and then prepare those Buddhist beads, copper coins, monk's robes, etc. first!"
Since Zhao Xiaopin plays the leading role, he naturally needs a supporting role to accompany the play so that this good show can be performed well.
It is quite difficult to carve the head of the Arhat statue realistically. It took the master craftsman from Bi Zhaosheng's shop three days to carve it. After the carving is done, the body shape and the eyebrows on the head also need to be attached. Not only that, this newly made Buddha is so new that others can tell at a glance that it is newly made not long ago, so it needs to be reconditioned so that no one can see the flaws!
Distressing is also a sophisticated craft, and many antique dealers rely on this craft to travel around the world. Good craftsmanship can impress the masters, but bad craftsmanship can only be slapped in the face by others. The Arhat statue had been treated to look hundreds of years old and was covered in dust and cobwebs. If you don't break open the Arhat statue, you won't be able to tell that the Arhat statue was recently carved. After it was done, Liang Chuan took a piece of cloth to cover it, and then moved the statue to the Main Hall of Yuetai Temple. There were originally several Arhat statues in the main hall, separated to the left and right of the Buddha statue. Master Hongyi replaced one Arhat statue and placed the new Arhat statue in a conspicuous place.
The only thing that was more difficult was that Zhao Xiaopin had to shave off all his hair. Liang Chuan told him, and Zhao Xiaopin picked up the scissors and razor and shaved it off cleanly without saying a word! This is also because Zhao Xiaopin obeys Liang Chuanyan and has deep feelings. Otherwise, if it were anyone else, he would not agree to anything.
After everything was ready, Xiaopin went to the street. He was holding a monk's staff in his hand and wearing a cassock. People walking on the street pointed at him from time to time, because the monk Zhao Xiaopin had a rosy complexion and was young. Although he is not very old, his eyebrows are long and the tips of his eyebrows have turned white.
Zhao Xiaopin ignored the looks of passers-by. When others asked, he just greeted them politely. I walked back and forth several times to a crowded place on the east street of Qingyuan County, attracting the attention of many people. At noon, while eating, he spotted Yuehua Restaurant, the largest and most impressive restaurant on East Street. He walked straight into the lobby of the restaurant, walked to the counter, and asked for alms from the store owner!
Yuehua Restaurant is the largest restaurant in Qingyuan. It is much larger than Jinzun Dadi and other restaurants in Xinghua. People come and go, and it is even more lively at the lunch restaurant. This shop is open for business, and the business is still booming. When I saw a monk come in to ask for alms, I felt a bit unlucky at the time, but it was not appropriate to drive the monk away in public, but it was even more inappropriate to let the monk come in to eat when there was wine and meat on the other tables. not good.
Xiao Pin deliberately pretended to be as stubborn as a wooden fish, and pestered the store owner to give away some food. The waiter took some rice dumplings out of the store, but Xiao Pin refused, saying that these rice dumplings contained lard, which was a fishy thing, and a monk can not eat. Reluctantly, the waiter went to get some more soup. Xiao Pin pointed at the oil painting in the bowl and shook his head.
"I said, monk, why are you so rude? We are a restaurant, and the food we cook is naturally not like the vegetarian food in your temple. There is no oil star at all. We are polite enough to you. If you feel dissatisfied, you can come Go beg for alms elsewhere! Don't disturb us when we are open for business. If you continue to harass me like this, you will be rude!" the waiter said angrily.
"Does your store have food made of tofu and soybean oil? I can eat it like this!" Zhao Xiaopin said like a dog-skin plaster, trying desperately to get the store to compromise.
The waiter got excited and scolded: "Is it possible that I have to start a separate business for you, a bald donkey? You are so grand, how can a monk be so shameless like you?" After saying this, the waiter started to push and shove the sketch.
There were already many people in the restaurant, and for a while everyone stopped using their chopsticks to watch the excitement. Brother Zhao had already pretended to be a diner, ordered two or two plates of food and sat in the hotel building to eat.
Two more waiters ran out from behind the counter to help, and the lobby became a mess. While they were pushing, Xiaopin waved the monk's staff in his hand and suddenly made a bang, knocking a beautiful vase on the counter to the ground and breaking it into a mess of porcelain.
"Okay, smelly monk, you are deliberately causing trouble. You want to ruin our store's business and even damage our vases!" The waiter pointed at Zhao Xiaopin and cursed loudly.
Xiaopin explained with an innocent face: "I didn't mean to break the vase in your store. In fact, you just pushed me so hard that I accidentally broke the vase. Everyone can see it and make the decision for me." . . ”
"Yes, you, the waiter, are a little impatient. It's not easy for the great monk, so don't embarrass him..." Zhaodi mingled among the crowd and began to guide public opinion, he said cheerfully. The guests next to me still saw things more clearly, and spoke more fairly. They were not biased toward sketches, nor were they biased toward waiters. They spoke to each other, making it difficult for the waiters to act forcefully.
The waiter was in a lost place and no longer embarrassed the great monk. He called the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper said to Xiaopin: "I won't embarrass you, but you have to compensate for the broken vase in the shop."
The sketch sang Buddha and asked: "I wonder how much silver this vase costs?"
The shopkeeper said: "You can just pay the original price. You can pay 2,000 yuan for this vase."
Xiaopin spent a long time feeling around on his body and only took out two copper coins. He said to the shopkeeper in embarrassment: "I don't have that much money with me now. Why don't you take a trip and follow me to Yuetai Temple in Chengtian Lane?" When you withdraw money, you won’t be short a penny.”
The shopkeeper agreed. The amount of money was not small, and it was not convenient for him to let the waiter go with the monk alone. If something went wrong along the way, he would definitely not be able to explain it later. He personally followed Zhao Xiaopin to Chengtian Lane. Zhao Xiaopin led the shopkeeper to the entrance of Yuetai Temple and asked him to wait outside the door while he went in to get the money.
The shopkeeper thought that if the monk could escape, he could not escape from the temple. There were so many customers in the store to testify that he was not afraid that they would not win, so he stood at the door and waited. I waited and waited from noon to afternoon, but I still didn't see a single figure coming out. Only then did I realize that I had been deceived! He immediately opened the door and rushed into the temple to find someone.
The entire temple was empty, and there was not even half a human figure anywhere. The temple was in a dilapidated state. Let alone two thousand dollars, even one hundred pennies would be good.
At this time, Master Hongyi walked out of the main hall, pretending to know nothing and asked: "Amitabha, what is the reason for the donor to come to the temple?"
The shopkeeper was so angry that his nose was crooked, and asked: "Master monk, did you see a long-browed monk running in just now? He broke my vase and ran to you without a trace. Quickly get him Hand it over, or I'll go back and report it to the government, and they will seal this place like yours!"
Master Hongyi looked around, frowned and said: "Did the donor see it wrong? I am the only one left in Yuetai Temple. There is no longer a monk with long eyebrows. If the donor doesn't believe it, the donor and I will Take a walk around this temple."
After speaking, Hongyi led the shopkeeper around every corner of the temple and walked into the bedroom. The beds were covered with dust. It looked like no one had slept in them for a long time, and there was only one sheet in the room. There was only one pair of sets, bowls and chopsticks, and there was no second person to be found in the entire temple.
"It's really strange. I clearly saw that thief monk running in. You don't have a back door here, so why can't you find it?" The shopkeeper wondered if he had seen it wrong.
While chatting with the shopkeeper, Hong Yi took him to the main hall to drink tea, and walked towards the newly made Arhat statue intentionally or unintentionally. The shopkeeper was puzzled. He raised his head and looked at the scene in the main hall. His eyes happened to fall on the Arhat statue, and he was greatly surprised!
Isn't this Arhat statue exactly the same as the monk I met? Even the eyebrows are almost the same. The Arhat statue is covered with dust and has a lot of spider silk. It looks like it has been placed in this hall for many years. What was even more surprising was that the Arhat was holding a monk's staff in his hand and a string of beads around his neck that were exactly the same as those of the monk. There are two strings of copper coins hanging on the hands of the Arhat statue. Both strings of coins are ancient coins, and the ropes through which the money is threaded have long been rotten.
"This is the monk I just met!" The shopkeeper swallowed hard and pointed at Arhat tremblingly.
Hong Yi said with a smile: "This Arhat statue has been in my temple for hundreds of years and has never been touched. Since you said he broke your vase and there are two strings of copper plates on it, it must be the Arhat who left it to you. Just take it."
The shopkeeper has seen a lot of things in the world. This is the first time he has encountered this kind of thing. He has not seen it with his own eyes and cannot believe it. But the fact is right in front of him. Surprised, he quickly returned to Yuehua with two strings of money. Hotel building.
