At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the competition for the deer in the world

Chapter 141 Awakening: The benefactor seems to have a lot of wisdom roots, and he has a destiny with my Buddhism

suddenly.

Cheng De frowned subconsciously when he heard a noise coming from outside the study.

He could hear the voices of Li Shanchang, Lu Yong, and Lu Siqi and others.

He put down the paperwork in his hand, got up, and walked straight out of the study.

As soon as Cheng De showed up, Li Shanchang and Lu You did not wait for others, and they all saluted Cheng De: "Greetings, General!"

Cheng De didn't respond, but looked at Li Shanchang and Lu Yong calmly. As for the people behind them, Cheng De ignored them.

"What are you doing, making noise here?"

Hearing Cheng De's question, Li Shan said: "General Qi, when the subordinates evaluated the achievements of officials in various ministries, they gave Lu Siqi a medium grade and He Yu a high grade. Lu Siqi slandered his subordinates with words. And Lu didn't need to yell at his subordinates directly."

"I also ask the general to be clear. The subordinates evaluate the achievements of the officials of various ministries based on their respective achievements. It is not the subordinates who use power for personal gain."

Hearing Li Shanchang's words, Cheng De fixed his eyes on Lu Wuyou.

Lu Wuyou immediately argued: "Reporting to the general, Li Shanchang is clearly using his power for personal gain. He Yu's political achievements, according to his subordinates, are by no means as good as Lu Siqi's. I hope the general will check it out!"

Cheng De squinted his eyes, looked at Lu Wuyou and Li Shanchang and said, "I don't care which of the two of you is right. I will ask Jin Yiwei to investigate the matter of performance appraisal. When the results come out, There is always one of you who needs to give an explanation."

Li Shanchang hurriedly said: "Reporting to the general, the subordinates are not afraid of the shadow, I hope the general can uphold justice for the subordinates as soon as possible."

Lu didn't have to cast a sideways glance at Li Shanchang, and said, "General Qi, my subordinates have also behaved uprightly and sat upright. I also ask the general to uphold justice for my subordinates."

Cheng De waved his hand and said, "Okay, I will arrange someone to deal with this matter. You can do whatever you want, why, do you still want to play a shrew cursing in front of my study?"

"Subordinates don't dare!" Li Shanchang and Lu Youyou hurriedly bowed.

"Hehe, there are things you dare not do?" Cheng De sneered, then returned directly to the study, and continued to concentrate on government affairs.

Li Shanchang and Lu didn't need to look at each other, they looked at each other with anger in their eyes.

However, they did not continue to quarrel.

The general was obviously angry just now, and if the quarrel continued, they might have to walk away without food.

"Hmph, Li Shanchang, you wait for the results of the investigation sent by the general! You'd better pray to God to bless you!" Lu Youyou snorted coldly, and walked away with a gloomy face.

The group of people who followed Lu Wuyou also followed closely.

Li Shanchang and others who stayed where they were, looked very ugly.

He Yu said to Li Shan who was on the side: "Master Li, just spare Lu and don't use them, don't you care?"

Li Shanchang glanced at the direction of the study, then at He Yu, and said, "This matter has not yet been settled. This matter will stop here. The performance evaluation of you and Lu Siqi will be invalidated first, and wait Let’s talk about it after the general sends someone to investigate.”

When He Yu heard this, his eyes were as gloomy as water.

Originally, his performance appraisal was top-notch, but now, after Lu Siqi made such a fuss, he suddenly felt that this matter was limited.

Because even the general intervened.

But he couldn't do anything, so he just stayed silent and didn't speak.

Li Shanchang saw He Yu's appearance, shook his head, and started to walk away.

In this matter, he has already done what he should do.

If He Yu and the others are not blind, they will only get closer to themselves in the future.

As for Lu Yong's intervention, it was irrelevant to him.

All he knew was that through this incident, he established an image that he would not hesitate to break up with Lu in order to protect his subordinates.

In terms of performance appraisal, he has nothing to be modest about.

He did evaluate based on objective performance, and then gave his own evaluation.

It's also impossible for him to fake something like this.

He understood the general's eyes, but he couldn't tolerate sand.

Therefore, in general, fairness in dealing with things will help the general to better establish his reputation with the investigation and the results of the investigation.

In this matter, he participated in it, which can be said to be a profit-seeking party.

As for Lu Wu's side, Li Shanchang shook his head.

Don't help relatives, don't use it, don't use it, don't use it, this time, you beat me!

Seeing that Li Shanchang had already left, He Yu had no choice but to leave bitterly.

In his heart, he had already written down Lu Yong and Lu Siqi secretly in a small notebook.

It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge.

He felt that he would have a chance in the future to get this thing back.

You wait for me!
After Cheng De returned to the study, his mind was no longer on official business, but thinking about Li Shanchang and Lu Yong.

What happened this time seemed to be a personal game between He Yu and Lu Siqi.

But behind the scenes is actually the game between Li Shanchang and Lu Douyou.

Cheng De is happy to see this.

But he must not be too indulgent, and everything should be controlled within one degree.

Especially at this stage, he allows political differences.

But partisanship is not allowed.

Fortunately, now Li Shanchang and Lu don't have to have their so-called confidantes, they both have someone he secretly planted.

If there is any trouble between the two of them, they can't hide it from themselves.

Thinking of this, Cheng De didn't bother with this matter.

"Come on!" Cheng De shouted towards the outside of the study.

After a while, a Jin Yiwei responded: "General!"

"Come in!"

"Yes!"

Cheng De looked at Jin Yiwei in front of him and said, "You've been in the General's Mansion recently, and you still don't know your name?"

Hearing this, the Jinyiwei was overjoyed, his face was a little excited, and he quickly responded: "Report to the general, little Lu Sijiu. Now he is the head of a hundred households of the Jinyiwei under Commander Zhang."

"Lu Sijiu, I have a task for you. You must have heard the quarrel between Li Shanchang and Lu Youyou just now. Go and check Lu Siqi and He Yu's respective political achievements. Remember, after you find out , record the results as soon as possible and submit them to me. All investigations will be done before dark tomorrow at the latest, do you have any questions?" Cheng De looked at Lu Sijiu calmly and said.

"Report to the general, the small ones are fine." Lu Sijiu replied.

Cheng De nodded: "Very well, let's go!"

"Retire, little one!" Lu Sijiu saluted Cheng De respectfully, closed the door, and left the General's Mansion in a hurry.

After Cheng De watched Lu Sijiu leave, he looked back at the mountain of business affairs piled up on his desk, sighed, then sat down at his desk, and began to immerse himself in the business affairs.

An hour later.

Cheng De handled half of the official duties, leaving only the other half of the official duties at his desk.

At this time, Cheng De remembered that he promised to accompany Ma Xiuying and Luo Yan to the temple to pray for blessings, and shopping in Sizhou City. He couldn't help rubbing his brows, got up, stretched his waist, and walked out of the study. Go straight to Ma Xiuying's house.

After Cheng De arrived at Ma Xiuying's room, Cheng De found that Ma Xiuying was reading a book.

"Sister Xiuying, didn't I agree to accompany you to the temple to pray for blessings today? Let's go now!" Cheng De said directly to Ma Xiuying.

When Ma Xiuying heard this, she put down the book in her hand, with a happy expression on her face.

"Brother De, then I'll call Sister Shangyan together, you wait here for a while." Ma Xiuying said, and then she went towards Luo Yan's room.

Seeing Ma Xiuying in such a hurry for the first time, Cheng De couldn't help but startled.

It was only then that he realized that Ma Xiuying was still very young. In her previous life, she would still be in college.

Thinking of this, Cheng De shook his head.

He sat at the table and waited quietly.

not long time.

Ma Xiuying and Luo Yan arrived.

Cheng De got up, looked at them and said, "Since everyone is here, let's set off now!"

Ma Xiuying and Luo Yan responded, "Yes."

"By the way, sister Xiuying, which temple is the temple we are going to pray for this time?" Cheng De asked Ma Xiuying.

Ma Xiuying replied with a smile: "Brother De, this time, let's go to a temple five miles north of Sizhou City to pray for blessings! That temple, I heard people say, is very effective."

"Oh, what's the name of this temple?" Cheng De asked.

"It's called Lingxi Temple." Luo Yan replied.

"Lingxi Temple?" Cheng De murmured.

"Brother De, let's start now!" Ma Xiuying urged.

"Okay, we're leaving now!" Cheng De replied.

Afterwards, Cheng De, Ma Xiuying, and Luo Yan headed towards Lingxi Temple.

Behind the three of Cheng De, there are Jinyiwei, Jueshengwei, and personal soldiers secretly following, the number of them is no less than 100.

The three of them were all dressed in the clothes worn by ordinary people. They went out from the side door of the General's Mansion and entered the street. They were not conspicuous among the crowd on the street.

Along the way, Ma Xiuying and Luo Yan were talking and laughing, and Cheng De followed closely behind them.

The three of them went out from the north gate of Sizhou City, walking all the way.

"Brother De, hurry up!" Ma Xiuying waved to Cheng De, who was five or six steps behind him.

Hearing Ma Xiuying's voice, Cheng De had no choice but to respond, "Excuse me!"

Along the way, he wanted to talk to Ma Xiuying and Luo Yan, but he never found the opportunity.

After coming out of the General's Mansion, Ma Xiuying and Luo Yan started talking without stopping.

He listened all the way behind him.

I only heard the laughter of Ma Xiuying and Luo Yan, but I couldn't hear what they said.

The two of them were arm in arm, biting each other's ears and talking intimately.

It seems that the feelings are very deep.

And he was watching from behind them.

After watching this for a long time, it becomes a bit boring.

After all, he wanted someone to talk to, and no one spoke to him.

From time to time, people passed by the roadside, including farmers with hoes, hunters with bows and arrows, and businessmen on their way.
Their expressions all looked very peaceful.

It seems that their hearts are very stable.

Cheng De observed these secretly, feeling a great sense of accomplishment in his heart.

He couldn't help thinking to himself: These are all brought by me.In the future, I also want to let the people of the world live in peace like this, so that the people will no longer suffer from the war.

However, as soon as he thought of the people in Qingjiang City and Qinghe City being massacred by the Yuan army, a shadow was cast deep in his heart.

He swore that in the future, he would cut off the heads of Ru Zhongbai, Ber Timur, and Tuotuo to avenge the people of the two cities.

Hearing the urging voice from Ma Xiuying who was walking in front, Cheng De put away his thoughts, quickened his pace, and approached Ma Xiuying and Luo Yan.

When he heard a deep and distant bell, Cheng De knew that he was coming to this Lingxi Temple.

Lingxi Temple lies on the top of Cangluo Mountain.

On the other side of it is an abyss that cannot be seen to the bottom.

And Cheng De and his party came from the front.

Cheng De found that besides the three of them, there were other people who came here in an endless stream.

At this time, cigarettes were lingering in Lingxi Temple, and an endless stream of pilgrims rushed here. They all came to pray for important people.

Walking from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, Cheng De found that many places on the stone slab were sunken.

According to Ma Xiuying's explanation, these were made by pious pilgrims.

In this regard, Cheng De remained skeptical.

Because he saw that these stone slabs did not look like they were knocked with their heads, but they seemed to be caused by other things.

Under the shroud of misty white mist, Lingxi Temple looks very quiet and solemn like a silhouette floating on the floating clouds.

Cheng De inadvertently raised his head and looked at the top of the temple.

Dazzling.

The protruding faces of the Buddhas are like stars in the summer night sky, with different expressions and different poses.

More importantly, these Buddhas use golden bodies.

Seeing these golden bodies, Cheng De's eyes flashed with astonishment.

How much gold paint did it take to make these golden bodies?

The shiny golden body formed a sharp contrast with the patched clothes of the pilgrims who came to visit.

While Ma Xiuying and Luo Yan were standing in front of a Buddha statue, and when Ma Xiuying introduced the origin of the Buddha statue to Luo Yan, Cheng De gestured behind him, and dozens of people immediately approached.

Cheng De looked at them and said to them: "Go and check this Lingxi Temple, especially these golden bodies. I don't think they are plated with gold lacquer, but they look like real gold. You should pay special attention. Yes, don’t miss any investigations in Lingxi Temple. The abbot of Lingxi Temple and some monks in the temple, you should also check it out. That’s it, you go and check it out!”

"Yes." Everyone responded softly, and then they dispersed and went to investigate in one direction.

Seeing this, Cheng De returned to the place where Ma Xiuying and Luo Yan were staying.

Coincidentally, Ma Xiuying had already finished explaining Luo Yan's background.

Ma Xiuying glanced at Cheng De, then pulled Luo Yan to the next Buddha statue, and Cheng De followed behind them unhurriedly.

Soon, the three of them arrived at the Daxiong Palace.

In the middle of the Daxiong Hall is a Buddha statue three feet three feet three inches high, and there are more than a dozen other Buddha statues on the left and right sides.

Each Buddha statue is different in size, tall, short, fat and thin, and its expressions and movements are also in different poses and with different expressions.

Some gritted their teeth and stared angrily; some smiled with their red lips slightly parted; some sat cross-legged with their hands clasped together;
Cheng De saw that Ma Xiuying and Luo Yanbai took out six sticks of incense from the incense pile beside the merit box, and put some money into the merit box in front of the monk in charge of the merit box. The monk put his hands together and smiled Looking at Ma Xiuying and Luo Yan.

Obviously, Ma Xiuying and Luo Yan invested a little too much money.

Cheng De visually estimated that there were several taels of silver.

After that, Ma Xiuying and Luo Yan each held three sticks of incense, and after lighting them, they knelt down on both knees and bowed devoutly to the Buddha statue.

Generally, there should be no more than three incense sticks at most.The three branches can be used to represent discipline, concentration and wisdom.

It is advisable to put three sticks of incense.This means "precepts, samadhi, and wisdom" without omissions; it also means making offerings to the Buddha, Dharma, and monks.This is the most complete and civilized incense offering.There are not many incense sticks, but sincerity is the most important thing. The so-called "burn three incense sticks of civilization, respect a sincere heart".

Cheng De silently watched the movements of Ma Xiuying and Luo Yan when they were offering incense, but his body did not move.

He looked calmly at the golden Buddha statue in front of him, his face neither happy nor sad.

In his opinion, praying to gods and worshiping Buddha is all about peace of mind.

But he also knows that it is better to seek oneself than to seek Buddha.

He remembered that he had read several Buddhist scriptures in his previous life, and after reading them, he wrote a poem for his own amusement:
The Buddha has nothing to look for in his heart, but Lingshan is only in your heart.

But whoever flaunts that he is not the real Buddha, the verses often make people sad.

Staying here, Cheng De felt a little out of place, and he respected the actions of those pilgrims.

In order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble, he silently retreated from the Daxiong Hall, his gaze always resting on Ma Xiuying and Luo Yan.

suddenly.

A monk approached Cheng De and saw him put his hands together: "Amitabha, why didn't the donor enter the Daxiong Hall to offer incense to the Buddha?"

Hearing this, Cheng De looked back at the monk who was speaking.

Seeing that this person was wearing a simple cassock, his face was calm and peaceful, there was a bookish look on his brows, and he had the air of an accomplished monk, Cheng De had a good impression of this person.

Cheng De thought: Maybe this person is the real monk of Lingxi Temple.

So, he put his hands together and said, "Wine and meat pass through the intestines, and the Buddha keeps it in his heart. Because I have a Buddha in my heart, I don't think there is any need to offer incense to the Buddha."

"The poor monk's dharma name is awakened, and the donor seems to have a lot of wisdom, and he has a relationship with my Buddhism. Why don't you put it down and join my Buddhism?"

Cheng De: "."

He didn't want to be a monk, but this awakened monk would never get rid of him.

Besides, we've only met for the first time, and you're going to make me a monk. Who gave you the confidence?
Cheng De looked at the expectant look in the eyes of the awakened monk, and couldn't help feeling speechless.

Of course, his expression remained calm.

So, Cheng De replied: "Seeing the sincerity of nature and sincerity, the place where you look back is Lingshan. Master Awakening, you have a picture."

Awakening was startled when he heard the words, his eyes were full of joy, he folded his hands together and said: "Buddha, enlightened; Dharma, upright; monk, pure. Almighty, the poor monk thinks you have a lot of wisdom, and the almighty really agrees with you." I have a predestined relationship with the Buddha, and monks will not lie about this point."

Cheng De smiled and replied: "I don't want to join Buddhism, but Master Awakening wants me to join Buddhism. You are not convenient for me. Did Master Awakening say something?"

Awakening was stunned, and asked, "What are you talking about?"

"If it's not convenient for others, it's useless to read Amitabha." Cheng De looked at Xing Xing and replied.

After awakening and listening, he folded his hands together, and his eyes lit up: "All appearances are illusory. If you see appearances that are not appearances, you will see the Tathagata. Donor, it is indeed a poor monk who has made appearances. I hope the donor will forgive me!"

Cheng De looked at Awakening and said: "Bodhi's nature is originally pure, but with this heart, he straightened up and became a Buddha. Perhaps in the future, Master Awakening will have a different fate. In my opinion, Master Awakening is very human."

Awakening smiled, clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha! The almsgiver's praise!"

Awakening nodded towards Cheng De, and when he was about to leave, Cheng De suddenly said, "Cheng De is here."

Awakened his body for a while, and then continued to walk away.

(End of this chapter)