Martial Arts: Opening Awakening

Chapter 207
The Buddhism in this world can stand against the Taoism, apart from the teachings, there are naturally a lot of people.

Because there is no need to pay taxes on temple property, monks cannot be said to be rich, and at least their lives are much better than ordinary people.

Don't you see, the temple is carved and painted, and the Buddha is dressed in gold.

If you don't consider passing on the family line and being ashamed of your ancestors, being a monk is definitely a crowded profession.

The Beggars' Gang is known as the largest gang in the world, claiming to have hundreds of thousands of disciples, but in front of the monks in the world, they are just younger brothers.

When Wen Daofei, the grand master of the imperial court, was young, he wrote a memorial titled "Monks Eating the Country".It is said that monks do not do production, but they own a large area of ​​land and temple property, and they do not have to pay taxes to the court.Some well-known temples, imperial courts and local governments also allocate regular funds every year.To denounce these monks who only know how to recite scriptures and fool believers is the biggest moth in the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

According to the memorial, there are currently more than one million monks in Dazhou, more than the sergeants of Dazhou.

Moreover, because of the unity of belief and the existence of the leader of the Great Chan Temple, these monks almost hugged each other.In many cases, the orders of the Great Zhou court were not even as effective as the decrees of the Great Chan Temple.

It can be said that the rule of the Great Zhou court has posed a huge threat and there are huge risks.

This memorial is eloquent, more than 1 words, enumerating the disadvantages and harms of monks and the current almost indulgent management system for monks, and mentioning that if the temple property is nationalized or taxed on monks’ land, it will add hundreds of dollars to the court every year. The income of ten thousand taels, from young and strong monks, can gather at least one hundred thousand monk soldiers to support frontier defense and construction.

As soon as the memorial was spread, there was an uproar.

Even the rulers of the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty were even persuaded to have the idea of ​​destroying Buddha similar to that of Emperor Li of the previous dynasty.

It's a pity that Buddhism has been developed for so many years, after all, it has already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and has penetrated into every aspect of the Great Zhou world.Even in the imperial palace, there is a splendid Buddhist temple dedicated to the old queen dowager.The abbots of the Great Chan Temple in the past dynasties were automatically granted the title of Dazhou National Teacher according to the usual practice.

As soon as the ruler of the Zhou Dynasty moved his mind, a great calamity was brought about.

The matter of destroying the Buddha had to be aborted.

Even Wen Daofei, who wrote this memorial, would have been burned to death by angry Buddhist believers as a heretic if it hadn't been for the protection of the Confucian sect master at that time.

In the following decades, Wen Daofei had to hide his strength and bide his time.Even if he later became the grand master of the dynasty, he never dared to offend the Buddhist family in the slightest.

The power of Buddhism in the present world is strong, which can be seen from this.

Buddhism can be so strong, not only because of its teachings and believers, but also because of its Buddhist martial arts that can stand up to Taoism.

A single Dazen Temple claims to have 72 unique techniques.There are even more martial arts that do not meet the standard of absolute learning.

There are millions of monks in the world, although not everyone practices martial arts, the total number is absolutely astonishing.

Aside from Qing Kong, the abbot of the Great Chan Temple, who is ranked third in the Tianbang, the most famous one is the "killing monk" with the famous Dharma name in front of Jiangnan.

It is said that the killing monk was originally a monk of the Great Chan Temple, and he was the most dazzling martial arts genius in the Great Chan Temple.

However, when Xingdian was practicing martial arts, he seemed to have misinterpreted the teachings of the Dachan Temple, and went astray, thinking that only by "killing" the person who committed the crime can he be considered as a true salvation.

As a result, he committed murders one after another, which caused an uproar in the world.

For the sake of the reputation of the Great Zen Temple and the Buddhist School, Jing Kong had no choice but to drive Xing Dian out of the monastery.

Although the killing monk left the Great Zen Temple, he did not change his heart towards the Buddha. He has always maintained his status as a monk, and even the Dharma name "Xingdian" has been kept in use.

Especially after killing people, they often read "Amitabha Buddha" to save the dead.

The killing monk did indeed live up to the name of a genius. Even without the support of the Great Zen Temple, he successfully broke through to the innate realm.Among the innate masters, he is also a well-known strong man.Just the number of innate strong men who died under his punches can't be counted with one blow.

Its reputation is not much better than that of the invincible Wang Meng of the "Southern Fist".

At least, on the surface, Wang Meng killed not as many innate masters as monks.

No matter what, Jiang Nan never expected that the silver-haired old man in front of him who lived in seclusion in a fishing village by the sea turned out to be a famous "killing monk".

When my heart is awe-inspiring, I can't help being a little excited.

"Guarding the door" for this murderous man who is famous for his bloodthirsty is even more tense than "accompanying the king like a tiger".Who knows, when will he kill himself and snap himself casually.

In vain, the harvest is equally exciting.

Not to mention that if you get the advice of this martial arts master, just think about what you can steal from him with magical powers after the time passes, it will be exciting enough.

The silver-haired old man, the killing monk Xingdian, obviously sensed the violent fluctuations in their emotions.However, there was no special reaction.Over the years, he has seen many people who reacted like this when he heard his name.

Xing Dian personally restrained the body of the hunchbacked old man Lao Fu.

I also borrowed a set of longevity materials from an old family in a fishing village, chose a geomantic treasure in a secluded place, and personally used a pickaxe to dig a big hole with pure physical strength, and buried the old blessing's birthday materials go in.

During this process, Jiangnan wanted to help several times, but Xingdian silently waved him away.

After the new grave was piled up, Xingdian moved a large stone half a person's height from a distance.

The palm of the hand gestured a few times on the boulder, and the stone chips fell down like tofu.

The big stone was quickly whittled into a long stone tablet.

Xing Dian hugged the stone tablet, and was silent for a while, before he raised his trembling fingers and carved a line of neat characters on the stone tablet:

"The tomb of my old friend Li Ah Fu."

There is no inscription in small print in the lower right corner.

Suddenly, this tall silver-haired old man burst into tears.

Jiang Nan and the female pirate stood not far away, watching silently, not daring to move.

Xingdian was not in a hurry to insert the stele on the grave, but sat on the grave with his arms around the stele.Sit until the red sun sinks in the west and the moon rises in the east, and then the moon also sinks, revealing the white belly of the east.

Like a frozen sculpture.

Between the sky and the earth, there is only the dim light of the sky and the intermittent sea breeze with a salty smell from a distance.

That female pirate, after all, was weak in martial arts and not strong in physical fitness. After standing for several hours, her legs were already numb and she almost lost consciousness.Finally unable to hold on, he fell to the ground with a "plop".

Xingdian seemed to be awakened by the sound.

He raised his head slowly, glanced at the fallen female pirate, and then at the night sky.

He caressed the stone tablet in his arms, slowly got up, and gently inserted the stone tablet on the grave.

"Let's go."

Xingdian sighed softly, slowly raised his steps, and walked towards the place he came from.

Her voice was hoarse and her steps were hoarse, as if she had aged a lot overnight.

Jiang Nan followed Xing Dian and was about to take a step when he caught sight of the female pirate who had struggled several times but failed to get up.

"Let me help you." Jiang Nan said lightly.

"No!" The female pirate stubbornly shook her head.

pity.

It took a long time to stand up again, but soon fell to the ground again.

Seeing that Xingdian had already gone far, Jiang Nan couldn't help but reach out and grab the female pirate by the back of her neck, and followed Xingdian with the female pirate like a chicken.

Back to the small courtyard before, Xingdian immediately locked himself in the room.

Jiang Nan put down the female pirate, and the female pirate gave Jiang Nan a complicated look, but there was a soft "goo" in her stomach.

Counting it, the two of them hadn't eaten all day.

Jiang Nan ignored the embarrassment of the female pirate, went to the kitchen and found that there was only half a tank of brown rice, no oil or vegetables.

I remembered that when I entered the fishing village, I saw a small grocery store at the entrance of the village.

"You cook the rice, and I'll go buy some vegetables."

Jiang Nan deliberately raised his voice and said to the female pirate.

It is not only to order the female pirate to cook, but also to listen to Xingdian in the house, lest he misunderstand that he wants to escape.

When he arrived at the small shop and bought something, Jiangnan inquired with the shopkeeper about the hunchbacked old man.

The owner of the store is also an old man with gray beard and hair, his eyes are narrowed into a slit, and his front teeth have long since fallen out.

"You said Li Afu..."

It's a long story when the old people recall the past.

After chatting for more than half an hour, the old man has not exhausted all the information about Li Afu in his memory.

It turned out that this hunchbacked old man named Li Afu was not actually a native of the fishing village.

It is said that one year, there was a severe drought in the north and another plague of locusts.

A group of people who can't survive, think of the boundless sea and the endless fish and shrimp in the sea, so they want to escape to the coast to make a living.

Unexpectedly, from north to south, more than a thousand miles away, most of the people fell down on the road.

In the end, only Li Afu and a few friends were left to sneak into the big ship carrying goods and successfully arrived at this unnamed fishing village.

As a result, the reality taught a cruel lesson to a few friends who survived by chance.

Without fishing gear and experience, how can the fish and shrimp in the sea be so easy to catch?

The little friend who was already hungry, pale, emaciated and exhausted, didn't catch a fish, but drowned a few instead.

In the end, only Li Afu and a boy named Mosquito were left lying on the shore waiting to die.

Li Afu knew a little bit of water, so he didn't drown.

The little mosquito was timid and didn't dare to go into the water at all.

"There is a way that heaven and earth never stop..." The toothless old man in the grocery store said this.

A lonely old fisherman in a fishing village found two boys who were starving to death, rescued them with warm fish soup, and took them in.

Li Afu is fine, he knows how to swim, and his body is stronger. Gradually, he can fish with the old fisherman.

Little Mosquito was weak and didn't dare to go into the water, so he could only fight a little bit, and was often disgusted by the old fisherman.

Fishing seems simple, but it is actually extremely hard work, especially for the fish caught, most of which are sold and have to pay taxes to the local managers.

Having one more person to support means twice as much luck.

Thanks to Li Afu's help, the little mosquito was not driven away by the old fisherman.

Two little boys from the far north, although their lives were not satisfactory, finally survived in the small fishing village.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long. The old fisherman was accidentally stabbed by a stingray while fishing, and he died not long after.

The pressure to survive for the two little boys fell entirely on Li Afu.

Fortunately, at this time, Li Afu barely learned fishing skills from the old fisherman.

Relying on working hard and saving food and clothing, he would not starve to death.

Then, one day, Li Afu went fishing as usual, and the little mosquito was waiting on the shore.

Suddenly a few human traffickers came and took Xiao Mosquito and several other unsupervised children away together.

In the fishing village, there was no news of the little mosquito.

The sun rises and the sun sets, the tide ebbs and flows.

In a blink of an eye, decades have passed.

The fisherman Li Afu has also passed through youth, middle age, middle age, and entered old age.His hair was gray and his back was bent like a hunchback.

The old Li Afu no longer has the strength to go fishing in the sea.

The people in the fishing village thought he would just die of old age in his small courtyard.A year ago, a bald man who was not young suddenly came to find Li Afu and lived in Li Afu's small courtyard.

When the old man in the grocery store said this, he was still amazed, and lamented that the bald head did not look like an old man at all, and his body and strength seemed stronger than that of a young man.

On the day the bald old man arrived, Li Afu made an exception and bought a large jar of soju in a small grocery store.

The old man in the grocery store also asked him about the identity of the bald old man.

Li Afu said that it was a childhood friend in his hometown.

The arrival of the bald old man has made Li Afu's life much easier, and he often comes to take care of the business of the grocery store.

When the old man in the grocery store said this, he grinned triumphantly with his toothless lips: "Hey, this hunchback, Lao Fu, what are you talking about as a friend from my hometown. Let me tell you quietly, isn't this big, bald man just a little mosquito."

"Once, passing by his house, I heard with my own ears that he called that bald mosquito."

"Tsk tsk. Back then, that cowardly little mosquito who didn't even dare to swim in the water, did not know how much hard work he had done after being kidnapped, but he has been honed to be so strong... I heard that the second mangy man from the former village once bullied Lao Fu, This guy just broke into Er Manzi's house and broke Er Manzi's leg. Good guy, I heard that he looks more fierce than the leader of the Haisha Gang who came to collect protection money..."

"Let me tell you. Don't look at me losing all my teeth. In fact, I am two years younger than the little mosquito. Back then, when the little mosquito was hungry, I even gave him half a piece of dried fish..."

The old man babbled and sighed.

Jiang Nan calculated the time, but he didn't dare to listen to the old man's nagging anymore.

It took so long to buy groceries, Xingdian had just died and was a child, and he was extremely sad and had nowhere to vent, if he mistakenly thought that he wanted to escape and shot himself to death, there would be nowhere to cry.

Back in the small courtyard, the rice is already fragrant.

The female pirate was standing eagerly at the gate of the courtyard, looking around.

Seeing Jiangnan, he was overjoyed at first, wiped the corners of his mouth subconsciously at random, then stretched out his hand angrily to snatch the oil and vegetables from Jiangnan's hand, turned around angrily and ran towards the steaming kitchen.

However, when he turned around, there was another "cuckoo" sound from his stomach.

Obviously, he was hungry enough.

Jiang Nan laughed dumbly, walked into the kitchen, and helped prepare the dishes.

In less than a cup of tea, the fish soup and dishes are ready.

Jiangnan filled the food, put it on the stone table in the courtyard, went to the closed door and shouted:
"Senior, it's time to eat."

There was no answer at the door.

The female pirate's stomach groaned again.

Jiang Nan frowned.

Turning around, he took out a jug of wine from the groceries he just bought, put it at the door of Xingdian, and said loudly:

"Senior, the deceased is gone, please mourn. Now, you may need a jar of wine to get drunk and relieve your worries."

"Does getting drunk relieve a thousand worries? I'm afraid, raise a glass to relieve your worries and worry even more!"

There was finally movement in the room, and Xingdian let out a long sigh.

Then Jiangnan suddenly remembered that there is also a Li Taibai in this world, and there are also Li Taibai's poems.

Raising a glass to relieve worries and even more worries, Xingdian even knows.

For a while, I don't know how to continue to comfort.

"Eat first. Don't worry about me."

The hoarse voice came again, and then there was no more sound in the room.

Jiang Nan cupped his hands, walked back to the stone table, and said to the female pirate who was holding her stomach, "Let's eat first."

Perhaps it was because she was too hungry, the female pirate ate so voraciously that she choked and coughed after eating twice.

Jiang Nan poured a bowl of cold boiled water and passed it over: "Here! Eat slowly, there is still more in the pot."

The female pirate instinctively reached out to take it.

After taking a sip and recovering, it seemed that he just remembered something. He threw the water bowl on the stone table vigorously, and said angrily: "Who wants you to care?! Let me tell you, it's useless if you try to please me. Sooner or later, I will I will avenge my sister."

"Be careful. The bowl is broken, I want you to pay for it." Jiang Nan rolled his eyes angrily.

"If you pay, you will pay. It's not that I don't have money!" the female pirate said, subconsciously reaching into her pocket.

Then, I remembered that when I was captured by Jiangnan, all the money on my body had already been handed over under the threat of Jiangnan.

Withdrew his hand embarrassingly.

Carefully touched the water bowl, wanting to see if the bowl was broken.

Unexpectedly, the pottery bowl, which looked intact at first, was immediately shattered into pieces by this touch.

The sallow cheeks of the female pirate immediately turned crimson.

Fortunately, Jiang Nan was only joking and did not pursue the matter further.

After such a small episode, the female pirate finally became gentle when she ate and moved.

After eating, Jiang Nan put down the bowl, went to a corner of the yard and sat down cross-legged.

The female pirate looked at the messy stone table and the untidy kitchen, and glared at Jiangnan angrily.Cursing Jiangnan in his heart like an old man, treating himself like a servant girl.

Unfortunately, Jiang Nan had already closed his eyes.Not only can't see her glaring, but also can't hear the curse she only dared to vent in her heart.

In the end, the female pirate had to compromise, gritted her teeth and silently packed up the dishes.

Jiang Jiang sat down, but he wasn't practicing kung fu.

When eating just now, Jiang Nan remembered that he hadn't used supernatural powers on Xingdian yet.

Originally, after midnight last night, the cooling time of the supernatural powers had ended.It's just that, being infected by Xingdian's sadness at that time, he completely forgot about using supernatural powers.

"What can we steal from this genius martial arts master who was born in the Great Zen Temple?"

Jiangnan is full of expectations.

(End of this chapter)