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Chapter 54 The Old Monkey's Way of Cultivating Buddhism
At dawn, Yunchu saw the strange jade.

This jade was far more beautiful than what the old monkey had described. The snow-white background was inlaid with strands of golden yellow, shining brilliantly in the morning light.

If it is said that this piece of jade, which weighs [-] catties, is invaluable, then the clearly identifiable big footprint on the jade that seems to be formed with the jade has sent this piece of jade that was originally only economically valuable. The pinnacle of spiritual value.

Ding Dayou looked at the jade stone intoxicated, and when he came back to his senses, he immediately sent someone to pack the jade stone into a wooden box, and even vacated the strongest camel in the camel team to carry it Transport this jade.

Yun Chu secretly glanced at the old monkey, only to find that the old monkey's eyes were glowing fiercely.

Although he didn't know who the old monkey was targeting, Yunchu still felt that something was wrong.

Combined with the rumor that Lao Yangpi slaughtered 76 monks at the Horseshoe Temple, he asked Ding Dayou in a low voice what the casualties were in this battle.

Ding Dayou laughed boldly and said: "It didn't hurt anyone, just a group of old and weak monks. Peng Lei and the others broke into the Jialan Palace and directly took this piece of jade and the white jade lotus seat. It went very smoothly."

Yun Chu pointed to the jade that had just been boxed and said, "Does the captain think that a group of old, weak, sick and disabled monks can really protect such a peerless treasure in this place full of horse thieves?"

Ding Dayou pondered for a moment, and then said to the two captains Guo Yi beside him: "The order will be passed on, everyone in the team, big and small, will be trained to join the army, the marching law will be controlled, the front scout, the rear tail, and the left and right flanks, the same is not allowed. lack."

Colonel Guo Yi was also someone who had seen jade, and felt that dedicating this thing to the emperor would definitely be a good thing, so he paid more attention to it, and called up these lazy government soldiers who were already on their way home to make wartime arrangements.

The old monkey was not angry at what Yunchu reminded Ding Dayou. Instead, he happily watched Naha play a trick with a stick, and he and Yunchu rode on camels separately, chatting gossiping about each other.

"Is it true that there are no guards in Zhaohuli Temple?"

"How could there be none? These great temples are the same as Tianzhu Great Temple, they all have warrior monks.

The Gion Abode built for the Buddha by the lonely elders in the Shravasti Kingdom is paved with gold and is as extravagant as possible.

Do you think such a temple will be a place where everyone can enter and exit? "

Naha, who Yunchu held on to the camel's back and moved wildly, said again: "Then, where did all the monks in Zhaohuli Temple go?"

"Go to the temple opposite."

"Why go back to the temple on the other side of the river, don't they know that the jade footprint of the Buddha is in the temple to the east?"

"Nonsense, of course I sent people to the temple on the other side of the river, burned the warehouse where they stored food, and took away the gold, gems and many treasures they had stored for many years."

"Then, you tell Ding Dayou that there is such a piece of jade in Zhaohuli Temple that is enough to make him greedy?"

"Tell me if I lied to him!"

"No, the problem is that you let him take the blame for you."

"Ask Ding Dayou, does he care about carrying this pot? What's more, he carried this pot for your Emperor Tang. Believe it or not, if your emperor knows that there is such a treasure here, He will definitely think about bringing it back to Tang Changan."

Yun Chu felt that this reasoning made sense, and asked again: "I always feel that you are a monk. Since you are a monk, it should be your basic code of conduct that a monk should not lie to a monk."

"I'm a monk, but I didn't kill those monks. I took away their food and treasures, and I encouraged the Tang people to take away the gemstones of the Buddha's footprints that they depended on. This is to save them."

Yunchu looked at the old monkey suspiciously and said, "It would be too strange for you to say that."

The old monkey shook his head and said: "Since the establishment of the East and West Zhaohuli Temple, the war here has never subsided. All the horse thieves know that there are peerless treasures in the temple. Since the establishment of these two temples, the horse thieves have treated them The harassment never stopped for a moment.

For so many years, just the tragedies I have seen have happened three times, each of which was extremely tragic. Why do you think that when the Tang people entered the Dongzhaohuli Temple, they only met the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled?

That's because there are only the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled left in the temple today.

There are not many monks left, how long can they last?One year, two years, or three years?
If the food and treasures are not taken away, and the footprints of the Buddha, which they regard as more important than life, are not taken away, there will never be peace here.

Those who live in Populus euphratica will never find peace.

A good monk who does not chant scriptures and pay homage to the Buddha just wants to sacrifice his life for some Adu. will.

I use these treasures to save the world, and the Tang people use the Buddha's footprints to glorify the glory of the Buddha. This is the meaning of the existence of treasures and Buddha's footprints. "

After hearing what the old monkey said, Yunchu felt that what he said couldn't be more correct, especially when he saw the carloads of little boys and girls that the old monkey bought, he felt that what the old monkey said was more correct, but what? , he also wanted to contribute to the Buddha.

So he said to the old monkey: "Otherwise, you can also give me some treasures from Zhaohuli Temple, and I can use these money to save the world."

The old monkey looked at Yunchu and said seriously: "The Buddha didn't say that."

Yun Chu nodded, picked up the bow on the camel and put it in front, tied Naha to his back with painstaking efforts, and then put a shield on Naha's back.

Not only that, he also tied the bay red horse to the camel, and put the cowhide backpack filled with food and water on his chest.

The old monkey looked at Yunchu's fully armed appearance and said, "What are you doing this for?"

Yun Chu sighed and said, "A kind person like you must think that those monks in Zhaohuli Temple who have no food and treasures will be killed in the next attack by horse thieves.

In order to avoid this kind of cause and effect, from your point of view, I think you must have spread the news that the treasure of Zhaohuli Temple was taken away by the Tang army all over the Gobi, right? "

The old monkey nodded without guilt and said: "You are not wrong at all, if Tang Jun doesn't kill all those horse thieves, what I did before will be meaningless, and I have to bear the cause and effect.

Since Tang Jun took away the most precious piece of jade from Zhaohuli Temple, they had to bear the cause and effect.

Yunchu, all in all, living in the world is a practice in itself, so don't pay too much attention to those details. "

Yunchu looked around, but he didn't see the horse thief, so he pushed back Naha's little head that just popped out from behind the shield. Even if there was no horse thief, he still didn't feel safe.

At least, as long as he was with this damned old monkey, he couldn't get a moment's peace.

The last time he was on the battlefield, he had already caused irreparable damage to his mind, and it would probably take him his whole life to make up for it.

Selema broke with him, He Yuanshan died in battle, Liu Xiong died in battle, and he lost many relatives and friends in a short period of time.

For all of this, Yunchu felt that the old monkey was at least half responsible. Wherever this guy appeared, there would be death and injury.

Once back in Chang'an, Yunchu was ready to make a clean break with this nasty old monkey, otherwise, he would never have the hope of living the beautiful life of an ancient official.

All Yunchu's worries were finally beaten to pieces by Ding Dayou, the super powerful captain of the Zhechong Mansion.

Although this captain still has more than 600 subordinates, he still likes to stand at the forefront of the battle with his Mo Dao in hand.

Especially after seeing him use the Mo Dao to dismember a dozen monks who were chasing up on horses with the Mo Dao, Yun Chu once again felt that it would be worthwhile to die on the battlefield with such a general.

He didn't even listen to what the monks said. Although Yunchu felt that these monks might not have any malicious intentions, when Ding Dayou swung the heavy Mo Dao and charged forward like a bull, Yunchu still jumped from the stumps flying all over the sky. The beauty of falling cherry blossoms can be seen on the broken arm.

"Those who block the way, behead!"

Ding Dayou swung the Mo Dao forward, and after an afterimage appeared, the two-foot-long handle of the Mo Dao landed heavily. Even the scattered gravel was filled with the majesty of the Tang army.

The only two remaining monks wanted to escape, but they were chased by the two bloody Captain Guo Yi who watched the excitement and stabbed them to death with horse lances.

I don’t know what the monks from Zhaohuli Temple think, they want to get back their own things from Tang Jun, unless you kill them all and take them from the corpse yourself, otherwise, the piece of Buddha’s The footprints belonged to Tang Jun.

Rough, brutal, cruel, powerful, and fearless, there are not many words that can describe Tang Jun, and almost none of them are completely commendatory.

However, being protected by such a group of people who are not considered good people always makes those who are protected feel overwhelmed with security.

Therefore, Naha was released from behind by Yunchu, and she was allowed to jump around on the camel caravan to play.

This is Yunchu's greatest respect for Ding Dayou.

The camel team gradually moved away from the Tianshan Mountains and entered the flat but pebbled Gobi Desert.

Here, the most common ones are camel thorns one after another, and small lizards scurrying on the sandy ground. The air inlet is as rough as gravel, and small tornadoes appear constantly on the flat ground. They are like The spies usually appeared within the field of vision, and they disappeared quickly before people looked directly at them.

Naha curled up in Yunchu's arms and fell asleep, her little face flushed with crystal beads of sweat, seeing the child keep pursing the corners of her mouth.

Yunchu took out his silver kettle, wrapped it in a wet linen cloth, and kept shaking the kettle.

After a short time, the water vapor on the wet linen was evaporated, and at this time, the water in the kettle was cold and delicious.

(End of this chapter)