"Is it almost the Lantern Festival?"
After a brief period of excitement, Pei Wende and Xiao Qing soon realized what this meant.
In fact, this is the first time Pei Wende has left Weishan and spent the Spring Festival away from Zen Master Lingyou since he came to this era.
At this time in previous years, Pei Wende would make various preparations in advance, making the entire Tongqing Temple full of festive atmosphere and excitement.
As a result, this time I completely forgot about it, and spent most of the Spring Festival in seclusion.
"I don't know how Master is doing lately!"
Suddenly, he missed Zen Master Lingyou who was still in Tongqing Temple, and Pei Wende's tone became a little lower.
Although today's Tongqing Temple is no longer the dilapidated temple it once was, both the villagers at the foot of the mountain and the pilgrims in Tanzhou will burn incense and pray for blessings during this period.
No matter what happened, the three brothers Zhang Chusheng and Civet Mao who accompanied Zen Master Lingyou would not make him feel lonely, but Pei Wende still felt an inexplicable sadness.
Confucius once said that parents are not far away.
But on the other hand, if you don’t have family and friends by your side, the so-called festival will not be any more special than usual.
Just like this time, if it weren't for the reminder from the elder Zou Qiwu, Pei Wende might not realize what he missed until the Lantern Festival passed.
"You don't have to worry about Zen Master."
"Some time ago, I specially asked someone to leave the Guandao Station and brought him your news."
Zou Qiwu's financial resources and skills were fully revealed at this moment when he said a fact that could land an ordinary person in jail without caring.
"I guess he should have received this message before you left the border, so he must be very happy now."
At this point in the topic, Zou Qiwu suddenly paused and revealed another piece of news that surprised Pei Wende.
"Also, don't you want to find your senior brother?"
"I have recently collected some information about him. I believe you will be shocked by his experience during this period."
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As early as the first day after returning to Chang'an, Zou Qiwu was consciously inquiring about monk Huiji.
After all, although Zou Qiwu didn't know why Pei Wende decided to leave Tanzhou, it must have something to do with the monk Hui Ji who had already come to Chang'an.
But what Zou Qiwu never expected was that what monk Huiji did in Chang'an was far more exaggerated than he imagined.
Because during the time that Monk Huiji was in Chang'an, he had become a central figure in stirring up the situation.
Not to mention professionals who are interested in investigating, even ordinary people know a thing or two.
In the first few days after arriving in Chang'an, Huiji just stayed in a small temple outside the world in Chang'an, just like other wandering monks who came to Chang'an.
However, after only a few days of peace, Huiji took the initiative to go to the famous Ci'en Temple and threatened to borrow the Mahayana Sutra left by Master Xuanzang.
As the ancestral home of the "Consciousness Only Sect" and the temple where Master Xuanzang translated scriptures and spread Buddhism during his lifetime, Ci'en Temple was naturally unable to agree to Huiji's unreasonable request.
However, Huiji dared to come and make such a request, so she was naturally prepared.
From debates to battles, from literary battles to military battles...
Huiji relied on her outstanding eloquence and supernatural powers to "punch through" the gate of Ci'en Temple and forcibly borrowed the Mahayana Sutra left by Master Xuanzang.
It was also at that time that everyone realized that Hui Ji was actually a direct disciple of the famous "Crazy Monk Lingyou" more than 20 years ago.
In the struggle to encircle and suppress the mad monks, although the main force was the Taoist sects of Zhongnan Mountain and the officials of Qin Tianjian.
But to say that there is no involvement of Buddhism and other three religions and nine streams, let alone Huiji, I am afraid that even they themselves will not believe it.
After all, Lingyou had won the true biography of Zen Master Huaihai and intended to reestablish Baizhang's rules and rectify various bad practices and customs in Buddhism. The blow to Buddhism was also huge.
In the end, Lingyou had to escape Chang'an when he was isolated and helpless, and he hid in Tongqing Temple in Weishan incognito.
From this point of view, Huiji's aggressive invasion of Ci'en Temple and the borrowing of Mahayana scriptures may not be without the idea of venting her anger on Zen Master Lingyou.
In the next few days, Huiji's actions proved this to everyone.
After successfully discrediting Ci'en Temple, Huiji opened a sermon in the small temple where she was affiliated, promoting her ideas and Buddhist teachings to all passers-by.
Different from the debates and bickering of ordinary monks, Huiji did not quote any profound Zen principles or Buddhist scriptures when he opened the forum. Instead, he used the simplest and most straightforward tone to describe various principles.
From the impact of the four seasons' weather on crops, to the promotion of the economy by the circulation of goods, to the impact of the imperial examination on traditional clans, and even the evolution of various schools of thought...
Huiji's Tao covers a wide range and has a sophisticated thinking angle, which is unprecedented and rarely seen in the future.
What shocked the court the most was that Huiji did not even shy away from her "prediction" about the end of the dynasty during her sermon.
In his words at the time, the ancient dynasty began with the land and will also end with the land.
In today's Datang, due to the serious land annexation phenomenon, the people living at the bottom have lost the basic conditions for living.
The current plan is to use foreign troops, expand, and seize more land to delay the end of the dynasty.
Either we can eliminate land annexation from the top down and give the people at the bottom the basic conditions for living again.
Otherwise, a famine or a flood can cause the people to rise up and start a new dynasty.
By that time, starvation and devastation will no longer be just a simple adjective.
The result can be imagined. Huiji's statement almost put all the vested interests in opposition to the people, which immediately triggered suppression from the court.
But how much of this suppression was due to anger at Hui Ji's boldness, and how much was due to panic at Hui Ji's prophecy, I'm afraid only they themselves know.
Anyway, the final result was that Huiji was officially called the "evil monk" and everyone who saw him was ordered to be wanted and hunted down.
However, Huiji is a strong practitioner of Dharma who is able to "clear all leakages".
As long as Huiji thought about it, no one would be able to find his whereabouts, let alone arrest him.
And the only one who could possibly capture Hui Ji, the National Preceptor Zhao Guizhen, did not take action for unknown reasons.
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