Water Margin people

Chapter 32 Crock Pot Temple

"While you are in the east, I am in the west, and you have no man and I have no wife.

When I have no wife, I am free, and when you are without a husband, you are lonely. "

Sun Lei and Lu Zhishen were resting and eating under the tree when they suddenly heard someone singing a ditty with obscene lyrics. Looking up, a Taoist carrying a burden came along the mountain road in the distance, as if he was going up the mountain. Seeing that the Taoist wears a soap towel on his head, a cloth shirt, a variegated sash around his waist, hemp shoes on his feet, a ring knife hanging on his waist, and a bamboo basket at both ends of the burden. There are fresh fish and cooked meat wrapped in lotus leaves. At the other end is a wine jar.

"Is this the Crock Temple?"

Sun Lei suddenly remembered that Lu Zhishen's next stop after leaving Taohua Village was Crock Temple, Feitian Yacha Qiu Xiaoyi and Pig Iron Buddha Cui Daocheng, the person in front of him was dressed like Feitian Yacha Qiu Xiaoyi.

"This is not like a Taoist priest."

Sun Lei looked at the Taoist priest walking slowly and said to Lu Zhishen.

"How can a monk sing such a ditty with obscene words?"

Lu Zhishen also looked at the Taoist priest who appeared in the distance. Although Buddhism and Taoism have different beliefs, the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism in China have a deep influence on each other. Sing such obscene words.

Qiu Xiaoyi saw Lu Zhishen resting under the big tree, Sun Lei, and the old lady who were not threatening, and he ignored them directly. Then he looked at the horses and donkeys, especially the bulging packages on the horses. Qiu Xiaoyi was overjoyed. There must be a lot of money.

But looking at Lu Zhishen's big and three rough appearance, Qiu Xiaoyi could only suppress the greed in his heart, he may not be able to fight this fat monk alone.

Qiu Xiaoyi didn't sing the little song, straightened his back, and walked towards the big tree where Lu Zhishen and Sun Lei were, carrying the burden.

"I don't know where the master is going?"

Qiu Xiaoyi put down his burden and asked Lu Zhishen with a smile.

"Sajia is going to Yan'an Mansion!"

Although Lu Zhishen didn't have a good impression of Qiu Xiaoyi because of the lewd words just now, he still opened his mouth to answer.

"Yan'an Mansion, it's a long way to go!"

Qiu Xiaoyi pretended to be surprised and pointed at Xixi.

"To cross the Taihang Mountain, pass Taiyuan Mansion, cross Luliang Mountain and cross the Yellow River to get there."

"Sajia knows the way!"

Lu Zhi was furious when he saw that Qiu Xiaoyi was frightening foreigners. He is the "Guanxi Five-way Clean Visiting Envoy"!Do you need someone to teach you about the situation on Guanxi Road?
"Master, you probably won't be able to walk through this red pine forest today. This red pine forest covers a large area, with scattered twigs and thousands of barefoot old dragons; The judge's beard looks like devil's hair when viewed from a close distance. Master, who brings the old and the young, it is already past noon today, and it is difficult to walk through it before dark."

Seeing Lu Zhishen's fierce face, Qiu Xiaoyi didn't dare to say that Yan'an Mansion is far away, so he could only point to the red pine forest in the distance.

"Then what do you mean?"

Sun Lei answered the question and asked.

"There is a large monastery on this mountain. It is a resident of the ten directions. The monks and passers-by can stay overnight, and the small road can also stay there. If you want to, why not go and rest for a night. If you start tomorrow morning, you should be able to sleep in the dark. Walk out of the red pine forest."

Qiu Xiaoyi smiled and said to Lu Zhishen and Sun Lei, and pointed to the faintly visible temple not far away, but it was obscured by trees, so he couldn't see clearly.

"There are still places to go, lead me to wait quickly."

Sun Lei didn't mean to be polite at all, he stood up and helped the old woman up, as if he was going to stay overnight.

"Brother, please, I'll go to the mountain first."

Qiu Xiaoyi looked at the old woman and knew that these people couldn't walk fast, so he went up the mountain with the burden first, and he was secretly happy that he met a raw egg who had never been out of the house today.

"Brother, this Taoist priest doesn't look like a good person. Are you afraid of encountering bad people when you go up the mountain like this?"

Seeing that the Taoist priest was walking far away, Lu Zhi asked Sun Lei, Sun Lei was very cautious along the way, why did he follow the gangster so recklessly today.

"You also know that you are a villain? Anyway, you were also a prefect before. Isn't it your duty to eliminate violence and maintain justice? Don't you kill the villain when you see it?"

Sun Lei helped the old lady onto the donkey, and led the horse to go up the mountain.

"Sajia is now a monk, and the monk must be merciful and not kill!"

Lu Zhishen performed a Buddha ceremony, with a benevolent look on his face, he pulled the reins of the horse to prevent Sun Lei from leaving,

"Okay! Don't pretend to be a kid. Zhou Tong's body is still in the county government office! It's really not cold. You pretend it before his eyes are closed. Be careful that he will jump up and ask for your life."

Sun Lei couldn't help laughing when he saw Lu Zhishen's deceitful appearance. He just had a life on his hand, so he said he couldn't kill.

"That's because he has done a lot of evil. The Sa family hates these people who bully women! That's killing demons and eliminating demons. The Buddha will not blame him!"

Only then did Lu Zhishen return to normal. He patted his chest and pretended to be a hero. There was no strict requirement on whether he could kill people. It was not wrong to eliminate evil and do good. It was justified to see the Buddha.

"How do you know that man is not a demon? The Taoist priest has gone far away. If you don't catch up, you will have no chance to kill the demon!"

Sun Lei pointed to Qiu Xiaoyi who had disappeared at the end of the road, maybe he had gone back to inform his accomplice, Sheng Tie Fu Cui Daocheng.

"What about slaying demons and eliminating demons? There is a monastery there. Where did the demons come from?"

Lu Zhishen didn't stop him any more, and followed with his Zen staff in hand.

After walking for about half an hour, Sun Lei finally saw the mountain gate of the temple when he heard the sound of the bell being blown by the wind. There was a plaque on the dilapidated gate, which read "Temple of Earthen Pot".

"Master Lu, look - the Temple of Crock Pot is not a place to simmer soup, right? I like this crock pot soup very much. The soup simmered by the cook in Liu Taigong's house is not bad, but it's a pity that I won't be able to make it this time." I know when and what month I will be able to drink such delicious soup."

Sun Lei looked at the name of the temple and said, "When I saw the word crock pot, I was hungry unconsciously, thinking of the craftsmanship of Liu Taigong's cook.

"I think you also stayed in Wenshu Monastery for a month, why don't you understand a little bit of Buddhism? The crockpot is hollow, which means that the four elements are empty! It's not a temple where crock pot soup is simmered!"

Lu Zhishen corrected Sun Lei's misunderstanding. The Crockpot Temple is not a temple for simmering crockpot soup. Although he still went his own way before he became a monk in Wenshu Monastery these days, he still had some Buddhist principles in his heart and understood some Buddhist profound meanings. .

"It doesn't look like it to me. In this mountain with no village in front and no shop in the back, who is the stew soup for? And this temple, look at this temple, what has become of it, the ruined temple is almost the same!"

Sun Lei pointed at the temple with some disgust. From the outside, the temple walls were mostly collapsed, covered with messy vines, and many halls and bell towers in the temple were also collapsed. The ground outside the temple was full of moss and weeds. It looks like a place where people live, not like a temple. Monks pay attention to appearance. Temples are always cleaned spotlessly.

"The Taoist priest really lied. This is a deserted monastery. I don't know who is the abbot. The monastery is not well managed, and it has ended up like this!"

Lu Zhishen was also a little annoyed when he saw the dilapidated monastery. The monastery also needs to be well managed, so that there will be pilgrims and Tanyue worshiping, and the incense can flourish.

(End of this chapter)