"Mr. Chang, why are you keeping such a straight face? Do you think the food and wine served are not delicious?"
Ye Ming smiled, took a sip of wine, and rode the donkey leisurely.
The road here is wide, and Maisui is walking by himself without riding a donkey.
Hearing this, Chang Hanzhe shook his head, a little frustrated:
"I didn't expect that there are such scum among the Buddhist sect. It really brings shame to the Buddha!"
"Then do you still want to become a monk?"
"I think that after I become a monk, I must clean up all these Buddhist scum who deceive the world and steal their reputation, and return my ascetic purity!"
Chang Hanzhe clenched his fists and said angrily.
"Okay, let's go look for other temples."
Ye Ming looked like he respected Chang Hanzhe's choice.
Chang Hanzhe was very moved when he heard this:
"Mr. Yang, you..."
"You and I are destined to meet each other, so I will not hesitate to help you."
Ye Ming said with some pride, Chang Hanzhe was deeply moved.
Only Lei Ling in Mai Sui's arms was disdainful of Ye Ming's behavior. This old devil was deceiving people again.
They walked all the way east, and when it was almost dark, they came across an inn.
"It's a coincidence, let's rest here today!"
Ye Ming was riding a donkey with a faint smile, and was about to go to the inn.
Chang Hanzhe stopped walking:
"Mr. Yang, we have no money now..."
"It doesn't matter, don't you have hands and feet? How about staying one night and letting the shop owner chop off one of your hands to pay off the debt?"
"Mr. Yang is joking again."
Chang Hanzhe didn't believe what Ye Ming said, so when he saw him entering the inn, he followed him in.
"Maisui, give me the money."
Ye Ming ordered to pick up the ears of wheat.
Maisui directly took out a complete ingot of ten taels of silver and placed it in front of the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper immediately felt as if he had seen the God of Wealth and treated them with respect.
These days, the vast majority of people are trading with copper coins. Those who can trade directly with silver are either wealthy businessmen or high-ranking officials.
Chang Hanzhe looked at the ingot of silver and felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity. He seemed to have seen this silver somewhere...
Before Chang Hanzhe could think more, Ye Ming had already gone upstairs.
Stay in the upper room at night, eat good wine and food, and sleep in a soft bed room.
Chang Hanzhe lived in a woodshed, ate steamed cornstarch and pickled vegetables, and slept on a wooden bed.
Chang Hanzhe:......
I thought I would share a room with Mr. Yang, but I didn’t expect...
Fortunately, Chang Hanzhe is not the type who is obsessed with enjoyment, so it would be nice to have a place to rest.
At night, Ye Ming sat cross-legged on the bed, feeling the movement of the black lotus in his body.
Now there is a steady stream of resentment coming from living people. Although it is not very strong, it is continuous.
Ye Ming felt that this was the resentment coming from the group of monks at Donglan Temple.
It stands to reason that the distance between the two parties has long exceeded the distance that the resentment can be transmitted. I should not have received their resentment, but now I have received it.
In this case, the grievances that are obviously directed at him can be transmitted regardless of distance?
After making this inference, Ye Ming's eyes lit up.
In that case, I seem to have found a good way to improve my cultivation...
Early the next morning, before it was completely light, Chang Hanzhe was sleeping comfortably when someone suddenly took off the quilt.
"Ah! Who!"
Chang Hanzhe, who was still a little confused, was shocked by the cold air outside and sat up angrily.
When he saw that Ye Ming was smiling at him with his eyes closed, Chang Hanzhe was still a little confused:
"Mr. Yang, what are you doing so early?"
"Of course we'll continue on our way. We'll reach the next temple before noon."
Chang Hanzhe, full of resentment for getting up early, got up at Ye Ming's urging.
Feeling the resentment caused by waking up, Ye Ming smiled slightly.
It really works!
The somewhat sleepy Chang Hanzhe woke up completely under the cool breeze in the morning.
"Even if you have to get up early, it won't be so early!"
"What do you know? As the saying goes, the early worm gets eaten by the bird. You have to rush to the next house quickly. After being rejected, you can continue on your way."
Ye Ming said in a tone of educating Chang Hanzhe.
"I said Mr. Yang, can't you just hope for me? I'm sure I will be rejected."
"Okay, I hope you are well, then let's go faster and arrive earlier so that you can become a monk and become a monk as soon as possible."
In short, no matter what you say, you have to get there early.
Chang Hanzhe was not a lazy person. He knew he couldn't escape, so he set off together.
"By the way, which temple are we going to this time?"
"Enwen Temple."
"Yuanwen Temple? Yuanwen Temple on Yuanwen Mountain outside Zhengwen Mansion City?"
"right."
"Forget it, the first place I went to was that temple. People didn't agree."
"That was because I was unwilling at the time. Maybe if you go now, not only will they reject you, but they will also give you an extra beating?"
"Mr. Yang, are you trying to persuade others?"
"You've failed so many times anyway, so it's not bad this time, right?"
"Okay, let's try again."
...
En On Temple is located in En On Mountain, 30 miles away from Zheng On Fu, the capital of Shinshu. This mountain has beautiful scenery and pleasant climate, and the temperature changes in the four seasons are not obvious.
Just like now, even though there is still snow on the mountains, it is actually not too cold.
Since the establishment of Yuanwen Temple, there have been many people going up the mountain to offer incense. Over time, a market town has been formed at the foot of the mountain.
After traveling early in the morning, Ye Ming and his party arrived at the market town in the morning.
Chang Hanzhe had been hungry for a long time. Seeing all kinds of food sold on the street, he felt even more hungry and thirsty.
It's just that he is penniless and depends on other people's faces for food and drink.
And now, the person whose expression he needs to see is Ye Ming.
"Maisui, go buy three sesame seed cakes and half a fish."
Ye Ming asked Mai Sui to do something, and he found a corner to lean against, looking very lazy.
Chang Hanzhe was a little moved when he heard Ye Ming say to buy three sesame seed cakes.
Mr. Yang still thinks about himself.
Soon, Maisui bought back the sesame cakes and fish.
One sesame seed cake for Ye Ming, one for Mai Sui himself, one for Donkey Root, and the fish was given to Lei Ling.
Chang Hanzhe, who was a little moved just now, was immediately dumbfounded.
Oh my God, who is this person? He actually feeds sesame cakes to a donkey?
The most important thing is that the donkey is really chewing sesame seed cakes.
Chang Hanzhe wanted to say something, but he couldn't, so he could only starve.
Donkey Gen is an honest and good-natured person. Seeing Chang Hanzhe's pitiful appearance, he bit into the sesame seed cake and handed the remaining half to Chang Hanzhe.
Chang Hanzhe was greatly moved when he saw this. He didn't expect that a donkey could be so understanding of human nature.
Just as he was about to reach out to pick up the remaining half of the sesame cake, Ye Ming unexpectedly tapped the bamboo stick on the ground in his hand.
Donkey Gen suddenly swallowed the whole sesame seed cake in one gulp, and Chang Hanzhe's stretched out hand fell empty.
After swallowing the sesame seed cake in one gulp, Donkey Gen snorted subconsciously and sprinkled Chang Hanzhe's hand with saliva.
Chang Hanzhe stared blankly at Donkey Gen. Donkey Gen looked at him and blinked, looking honest and innocent.
At this moment, Chang Hanzhe suddenly felt that the world was full of malice...
While Chang Hanzhe was worrying about a meal, he suddenly heard the sound of fast horses, and a man and a horse came shouting:
"Her Royal Highness the Princess is here, everyone else, please get out of the way!"
While the man was shouting, he waved his whip and whipped anyone on both sides who was within his attack range.
Unfortunately, two vendors were hit in the neck and fell to the ground on the spot, not knowing whether they were alive or dead.
Chang Hanzhe almost got a whipping, looked over there a little angry, and said:
"That Princess Zhengwen who killed a thousand swords is here again!"
"Oh, you know?"
Ye Ming asked with interest.
"The fiefdom is in Zhengwen Mansion. Who knows about Princess Zhengwen and the nearby counties?"
Chang Hanzhe's words were full of sarcasm, without any respect for Princess Zhengwen.
Not long after, I saw a group of carriages and horses arriving from behind. First the guards lined up, and then a eunuch shouted in a sharp voice:
"The princess is here and will walk up the mountain to worship the Buddha. No other people are allowed to block the way!"
When people in the market town heard that it was Princess Zhengwen, they were so frightened that they knelt on both sides of the road.
Although Chang Hanzhe didn't want to, he knelt down reluctantly.
Maisui hugged Lei Ling and hid behind the wall without showing up.
Seeing this, Ye Ming pretended to be paralyzed and just lay there.
As the princess carriage stopped, a person lay down on the ground to act as a stepping stone.
The maid came out supporting a bejeweled woman in her forties wearing gold and silver.
This woman probably didn't look bad when she was young, and she still has charm now, but her face looks a little mean, and it's so obvious that even people who don't know how to look at each other can see it at a glance.
This is Princess Zhengwen.
Princess Zhengwen got off the sedan, clasped her hands together and made a Buddha gesture, then opened her eyes and looked around.
But his originally gentle expression suddenly turned sharp, as if he was about to go crazy.
"Ah! Beggars, why are there beggars here! Don't you know that I hate poor people the most?
Damn it, you slaves really deserve to die, how could you allow beggars and poor people to appear in this world?
My Buddha is merciful and all living beings are equal. You slaves, what should you do? Hurry up, hurry up, I don’t want there to be any more poor people in this world! "
With that said, Princess Zhengwen returned to the sedan chair with a look of panic on her face.
Seeing this, the personal maid scolded the guard captain and shouted:
"Let all the poor disappear quickly!"
The guard captain nodded, raised his hand and made a gesture.
Upon seeing this, the guards on both sides took action quickly, working in pairs, punching, kicking, and whipping to drive the beggars out of the market town.
Two people came to Ye Ming and saw that he was paralyzed. Without saying a word, they lifted Ye Ming up and threw her head down into a nearby well where people in the town drank.
When Chang Hanzhe saw this, his eyes were about to burst, and he rushed forward desperately to save people.
But no matter how he was the opponent of the princess guard, he was pushed down by the two people and thrown headfirst into the well.
After the two guards finished doing this, they covered the wellhead with a pot lid and placed a stone on top.
In this way, he continued to drive away other poor people.
The non-poor people in the market town were all trembling with fear, lying on the ground and not daring to raise their heads.
When the personal maid saw that all the poor people were gone, she said to Princess Zhengwen in the sedan:
"Your Highness, there are no poor people in the world."
After hearing this, Princess Zhengwen in the sedan came out again.
Looking up, there are only civilians, no beggars or other poor people.
Seeing this, Princess Zhengwen recited Buddhist scriptures continuously:
"My Buddha is compassionate. I know that there are no poor people in this world."
After that, there was another burst of chanting.
After reciting a sutra, Princess Zhengwen got off the carriage.
"I must pay homage to the Buddha step by step and devote myself to paying homage to the Buddha. You must not make any noise.
Before I finish worshiping the Buddha, don’t let others walk on this road. "
After saying that, I recited a few nonsense words such as "My Buddha is compassionate" and "All living beings are equal", and then I worshiped the Buddha sincerely, step by step.
It was just when Princess Zhengwen was on her way up the mountain to worship Buddha.
All the monks on the mountain came down to greet him.
Everyone fell behind Princess Zhengwen and followed her up the mountain step by step.
As expected, there was no longer a poor person along the way. Of course, it could also be said that there was no one left.
The people in the market town waited until Princess Zhengwen and others had left before they dared to get up, but no one dared to walk into the middle of the road.
In the middle of the spacious road, there seems to be an invisible chasm that separates the entire town.
...
