The copy of the universe from the journey to the west

Chapter 220 Live on your knees, die standing up (asking for monthly tickets)
The Wuzhe Assembly of Donglin Temple was widely publicized, as if to find an explanation for the closure of the temple. The presiding abbot claimed that he had received the blessing of Manjushri Bodhisattva and that he would perform a plot at the Wuzhe Assembly.

One stone caused a thousand waves!

This is a world where immortals and arhats truly exist.

It's not a mundane world that you can fool with just a few tricks.

As a result, many Buddhist monks were attracted. It happened that there was war in the north at that time, and the Northern Wei Dynasty admired Kou Qianzhi's Northern Tianshi Dao. The living environment became increasingly harsh, and countless monks came to Mount Lu.

Not only Buddhists, but even Taoists who received invitations from Donglin Temple mostly chose to come here.

Even the Liu Song court expressed concern about this.

King Jiangxia came to Mount Lushan again after half a year.

Following behind him was Liu Yuanjing.

After sending the Ma brothers to Jiankang, Liu Yuanjing also had a name in the court. After returning to Jingzhou, he was promoted by King Jiangxia. Now in King Jiangxia's fiefdom, Liu Yuanjing is the de facto number two figure.

However, everyone also understood that this was only for the sake of the face of the Shangqing Sect's Taoist master, Lu Tianshi.

At that time, even Emperor Yuanjia wanted to keep Liu Yuanjing, because he had also found out that Liu Yuanjing's younger brother had some relationship with Lu Chen's cousin, and Lu Chen and Liu Yuanjing had met many times, so they could be considered good friends.

But Liu Yuanjing was also a smart man. He knew that if he stayed in Jiankang at that time, although he could rise to fame overnight, there was a greater possibility that he would be worshipped as a mascot by the suspicious emperor.

As a branch of the wealthy Hedong Liu family, his Liu family is also a local tyrant in Xiangyang. Doesn't it lack such an opportunity to rise to the top overnight?
Of course there is no shortage of it. Besides, the Liu family is a big family in Jingzhou, but compared with those aristocratic families in Jiankang, it is nothing.

Therefore, it would be better to develop in Jingzhou than in Jiankang.

So he chose to come back and return to King Jiangxia.

Although King Jiangxia was extremely extravagant, lustful, and moody, he still had one advantage: he was very close to the civil officials and considered himself to be a Confucian strategist.

He did not maintain an army or win over military officers. He only won over Liu Yuanjing. That was only because after he arrived in Jingzhou, he remembered that he had no military power and no one under his command, and he also had to appease the Liu family.

The same reason why Liu Yuanjing joined him was true.

Young, high status, Confucian, no foundation, timid, extravagant, and well rewarded... Isn't this a good boss given by God?
Otherwise, if Liu Yigong really had a group of trusted generals, he would not have been valued by Liu Yigong.

"Xiao Ren, who do you think is stronger, the monks of Donglin Temple or Master Lu Tian?"

Liu Yigong asked when he arrived in front of Donglin Temple.

Liu Yigong was the governor of Jingzhou, King of Jiangxia, and even had the title of acting prime minister.

Suddenly, it sounds like he is very old.

But in fact, Liu Yigong is seven or eight years younger than Liu Yuanjing!

Liu Yigong is only seventeen years old this year. As the son born after Liu Yu rose to power, he looks like his mother and has delicate features. Holding a folding fan in his hand, he does not look like a prince guarding a place, but rather like a young man who is out on vacation.

Liu Yuanjing shook his head: "I don't know. Whether it's the high monk of Donglin Temple or Master Lu of Shangqing Dao, they are all like immortals and Buddhas to me."

"Immortals and Buddhas? Even if they are immortals and Buddhas, what can they do? Do they dare to attack me?"

Because the news from Jiankang was blocked and Liu Yigong had no roots, he had no idea what had happened in Jiankang City. He just felt that both the Taoists and Buddhists had to please him.

He opened a folding fan, waved it and said lightly, "My royal brother asked me to come here just to test the quality of this Donglin Temple. The last time I came here, it was quite boring. These monks only knew how to chant sutras. Let alone beauties, I couldn't even see a woman."

As he spoke, Liu Yigong still had a look of impatience on his face.

Liu Yuanjing lowered his eyebrows slightly and did not respond.

In fact, everyone knows that Liu Yigong was lustful.

Young and admiring young women? Although Liu Yigong is young, he already has four or five sons and three or four daughters.

There are so many beauties and concubines in the house!

At the most powerful age, Liu Yigong enjoyed music almost every night. The reason he had planned to go to Xunyang but did not go last year was because he was bored of staying in Mount Lu. After being stuck there for a few days, he returned to Yuzhang to find his concubine.

"Hyohito."

Liu Yigong suddenly lowered his head and shouted softly.

"I am here." Liu Yuanjing said.

Liu Yigong whispered, "How about... you go and discuss with the great monk Huibao and secretly bring a few beauties over from the foot of the mountain?"

"This……"

Liu Yuanjing was a little confused when he heard this.

You are so bold!
Although you are a prince, this is a Buddhist holy land after all!
You just want me to go to the abbot to discuss the issue of "temple prostitution"?
At this moment, the monks from Donglin Temple who had been prepared in advance had already seen them. Led by Monk Huiyong, everyone came forward to greet them.

Liu Yigong also had to put on the airs of a prince and come forward to greet everyone.

Only then did Liu Yuanjing feel relieved.

However, before he could completely exhale, he saw Liu Yigong winking at him.

Liu Yuanjing was stunned.

At this time, are you still thinking about this matter?
Liu Yigong kept winking at him, and Liu Yuanjing was helpless, but fortunately, Abbot Huibao was nominally listening to the Bodhisattva's teachings and was in seclusion, so he did not show up.

When Liu Yuanjing took this opportunity to communicate with Huiyong, he whispered Liu Yigong's request, disguising it as the fact that his own prince was accustomed to being served by maids, and carefully stated his needs.

After hearing this, Huiyong put his hands together and said, "Namo Amitabha!"

When Liu Yuanjing was about to explain, Huiyong smiled and said, "Last time, my temple was not hospitable and neglected King Jiangxia. This time, my temple has already made a perfect plan. General Liu only needs to take people to Ningxiang Garden to live."

As he said this, he looked at Liu Yuanjing meaningfully, and that expression clearly meant "Don't worry, I have arranged everything."

"..."

Liu Yuanjing couldn't help but shudder all over and looked at Monk Huiyong in surprise.

How could he not hear that this was a statement that Monk Huiyong had already agreed with!
In fact, they had actually thought of this long before, and might have sent the people to a certain courtyard!
"This... is a Buddhist holy place?"

Liu Yuanjing felt something was unreal.

When he told Liu Yigong about the matter, the latter nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Donglin Temple still has some sense, not bad, not bad, very good! It seems that in the secret letter to my brother today, I have to talk to him about it. Sects like Donglin Temple are the pillars of our Song Dynasty. What's the point of worshipping Shangqing Dao?"

So, if I don’t give you a woman, I’m not a pillar of society, right?
Liu Yuanjing was so shocked by this series of actions that he was completely speechless.

……

On the other side, Daosheng, Huichi, and an elegant middle-aged man were walking on the narrow path in Donglin Temple.

"Master Zong hasn't been back for more than ten years, right?"

Huichi spoke.

The middle-aged man nodded slightly, looking at the somewhat familiar, yet completely different Donglin Temple from his memory, and sighed: "It has been fourteen years, and the last time I came here was when Master Yuan passed away."

Daosheng said: "Xunyang Shou built the tomb, Xie Lingyun wrote the text, and Zong Jushi erected the stele. This is also a good story."

The middle-aged man shook his head with a sad look on his face. "Master Daosheng, you are overpraising me. Shao Wen is just remembering Master Yuan. It has been more than ten years since I left. I feel so sorry for Master Yuan's teachings."

When he first came to Donglin Temple in Mount Lu, he was only 27 years old. At that time, Huiyuan was nearly 70 years old, but his brother did not like his idleness, so he only stayed in Donglin for less than two months before forcing him to go down the mountain to Jiangling.

The second time, he was already 30 years old, but he could not adapt to the increasingly powerful White Lotus Society's frequent movements in groups, so he went down the mountain alone.

The third time was when Huiyuan passed away. He heard the news and rushed to Mount Lushan to erect a monument for Huiyuan.

He is Zong Bing, one of the eighteen sages of the White Lotus Society.

He has never been an official, but many people like him.

At the beginning, Liu Yu, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, had summoned him many times. The most recent time was shortly after Liu Yu founded the country. He invited him to be an official with the title of Taiwei, and concurrently as "Xing Canjun" and "General of Cavalry".

This was the first time that Liu Yu gave such a high position to a scholar who had never been an official.

It is known that Liu Yuzheng also recruited Tao Yuanming, who had served as his military officer when he was the General of Zhenjun sixteen years ago, but he only gave him a sixth-rank idle position in charge of national history - "Zhu Zuo Lang".

One can imagine how highly Liu Yu recognized Zong Bing.

"If Master Yuan knew that Mr. Zong came to Mount Lu again, he would be very happy." Daosheng comforted.

Zong Bing was a true hermit. He never held an official position in his entire life. Even after his two elder brothers had died and his family had fallen into poverty, he never thought of entering the chaotic officialdom.

This is also the reason why only he and Huichi came to welcome Zong Bing today.

In the eyes of other people in Donglin Temple, although Zong Bing is famous, he is just an ordinary person. How can he compare with the Governor of Jingzhou and the Prince of Jiangxia?

Daosheng and Huichi accompanied Zong Bing along the way, stopping and walking, admiring the scenery of Donglin.

But at this moment, some sweet voices were heard.

Zong Bing was stunned when he heard this. He looked at Daosheng and Huichi in confusion and asked, "Why do I hear a woman's voice?"

"This……"

Huichi’s expression froze.

Daosheng said slowly: "King Jiangxia Liu Yigong came to the temple today."

Zong Bing's face turned green and red, and he clenched his fists and shouted angrily, "This, this, this... How can this be allowed in a holy place of Buddhism? Where is Master Huibao? I want to see him!"

"Senior Brother Huibao is in seclusion in the Manjusri Hall. There are warrior monks from outside blocking the way. Let's just forget it." Daosheng stopped Zong Bing, shook his head and sighed.

Zong Bing looked at the two unwillingly and said, "When Master Yuan was alive, did such a thing ever happen? Are you two brothers just looking at me like this?"

Hui Chi said helplessly: "I am now the abbot of Longquan Temple and have no right to do anything to Donglin Temple."

"Hmph!" Zong Bing waved his sleeves and turned to leave: "Since the Donglin Temple today is no longer the Donglin that I know, it is unnecessary for me to stay here. Goodbye!"

Zong Bing is also a person of true character, and he does not drag his feet at all.

Huichi wanted to stop him, but was stopped by Daosheng. Huichi was a little surprised, while Daosheng said seriously: "Does Junior Brother Huichi really want Junior Brother Zong to stay in Donglin Temple? He shouldn't get involved in our dispute."

Huichi's face changed: "Brother, did you bring Junior Brother Zong here on purpose?"

Daosheng sighed and said, "There must be something unusual in the Wuzhe Conference. This is a helpless move by this poor monk."

Huichi didn't know what to say after hearing this.

Daosheng saw this and said, "I will go and see my junior brother off."

Huichi nodded.

Daosheng caught up with Zong Bing.

But the latter did not look kindly at him.

Daosheng did not let him leave, saying: "Master brother, please do not blame me. I have no other choice."

As he said this, he grabbed Zong Bing, who looked terrified.

"Zhuang Zhou dreamed of being a butterfly, and the butterfly became Zhuang Zhou..."

……

……

The door of Manjusri Hall is tightly closed.

Rays of colorful light sprinkled out from the cracks in the Manjusri Hall, leaving behind radioactive rainbow traces.

Anyone who comes should say "Buddha's light shines upon you"!
And if someone pushes the door and walks in, they will find that the colorful lights in the room are even brighter!
The statue of Manjusri Bodhisattva stands in the center of the Buddhist hall, with colorful rays of light all over its body, filling the entire Buddhist hall with colorful rays of light.

But these rays of light are a little strange.

The glow was not in a straight line, but formed strange curves, as if someone had dropped colorful fuel on the water and then stirred it wildly with a small wooden stick.

Although it is colorful, it is more weird.

In this environment, Monk Huibao sat naked on a cushion, holding a hammer in one hand, striking a copper plate and muttering something.

The sounds of chimes and scriptures were like thunder, and the strange distortion of the colorful rays of light also accelerated.

When the colorful rays of light had turned into a turbid mass, Huibao stood up and began to circle the lotus around Manjushri Bodhisattva in front of him.

Circumambulating the lotus, also known as circumambulating the Buddha Hall, is a way of circumambulating around a Buddha statue, pagoda or temple to show respect to all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.

The Four Part Vinaya states: "A guest monk passed by a pagoda on the left, and the guardian deity of the pagoda became angry."

Circumambulating clockwise represents following the teachings of the Tathagata and the Dharma nature, while circumambulating counterclockwise is the opposite.

But Huibao did not walk around clockwise, but clockwise!

After circling counterclockwise seven times, Huibao stopped and bowed down towards the statue of Manjushri Bodhisattva.

When bowed, the Buddha statue's eyes shed blood and tears.

Bow twice, tie your hair into a bun and remove the insects and bugs.

Bow three times, and the turbid and dirty light will transform into a thousand arms.

After bowing three times, Huibao did not raise his head, but said softly as if reciting a sutra or singing: "The Great Mahayana Yoga Vajra Ocean Manjushri, the Thousand-Armed Thousand-Bowl Great Teaching King..."

“Hehehe… squeak… hehehe…”

All kinds of strange noises kept pouring into Huibao's ears, but the latter was no longer surprised by them.

He did not go crazy after thousands of years of torture, so he certainly would not go crazy now because of some pollution.

From these chaotic tones, Huibao finally heard the voice he wanted to hear. Indistinctly, a voice of great supremacy and great freedom entered his ears: "The fundamental door of purity and non-birth, the door of perfect reality and non-movement, the door of equality of the dharma realm, the door of the Pure Land of Wonderful Observation and Principle, the door of Vajra Bodhi liberation... Among the five doors, you still chose the door of Vajra Bodhi liberation."

Hui Bao said: "This world is turbid, there is no way to go to the fundamental pure and quiet no birth gate, there is no complete inheritance of the perfect reality no movement gate, Buddhayasas and Buddhabhadra have already passed away, the Dharma Realm True Suchness Equality Gate cannot be practiced in this world, the equality of all spirits is just empty talk, although the Wonderful Observation of the Pure Land Gate can be practiced, but time is running out. If you want to practice it, it may take hundreds of years. Therefore, you can only choose the liberation gate. All sentient beings worship the Tathagata together, and all sentient beings are Bodhi, great liberation, and great freedom!"

"Good! I see evil spirits rising from the north, I'm afraid that old cow can't sit still any longer, why don't you give him a hand?"

"That's exactly what I meant. However, there are still people like Wang Xuanfu and Yin Changsheng in this world. I'm afraid I can't fully demonstrate my power. So I'll open the altar. I'll start the Unobstructed Conference tomorrow. By then, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism will all gather. Moreover, the prince with half of the destiny of the country will come to our sect. It should be a good time."

"Yes! Go ahead and use it, but it's only a one-shot attack. Once you use it, there will be no follow-up. Do you understand?"

"Know! If you don't become a Buddha, you will be annihilated! Namo Amitabha!"

Huibao clasped his hands together and slowly stood up.

The statue of Manjushri Bodhisattva in front of him had returned to its normal stone state. After Huibao bowed down again, he sat cross-legged and began to recite the "Amitabha Sutra".

……

"Why don't you follow the rules?"

In a mountain stream deep in Mount Lushan, a Taoist priest in hemp clothes was holding a white crane in his hand.

Looking up at the sky, I could vaguely see evil spirits rising from the north, and the sound of cows mooing could be heard throughout the earth.

There is also a Taoist sect where the scattered green light appears to be gathering.

But in this depth, there is a dark figure with thousands of arms and hands, seemingly wanting to tear everything apart!
"Rules, rules! Rules are the most important. Have you forgotten them?"

Cheng Gongxing muttered to himself, retracted his gaze, looked at the unconscious white crane in his hand, thought for a moment, and threw it in one direction: "Go!"

Then, there was a flash of light and he arrived beside a calm lake.

An old Taoist priest with white hair and beard is fishing.

Cheng Gongxing came to the old Taoist, but the latter ignored him and even moved aside with some disgust.

Cheng Gongxing was not angry, but just said: "True Lord, it's time to come forward."

The old Taoist shook his head like a rattle: "No! Don't try to harm me! I still have tens of thousands of years to live, I don't have the time to worry about it."

"True Lord, have I ever done you any harm in all these years?"

"Don't worry! Chatting is chatting, but don't talk about feelings. Talking about feelings is harmful to your health!"

The Taoist threw the fishing rod and ran away. "If you like this cave of immortality, I'll give it to you. Anyway, the big monster has been destroyed under this cave. You can do whatever you want with it, even if you have to tear it down... Don't follow me! I'm going to talk to Wang Shaoyang. If you dare to come over, I'll team up with Wang Shaoyang to beat you up."

Cheng Gongxing, who originally wanted to follow, suddenly stopped.

But after thinking about it, his figure flashed and disappeared into the distance.

Seeing Cheng Gongxing leaving, Yin Changsheng had no intention of stopping.

Cheng Gongxing is such a bastard, no one who gets targeted by him will have a good ending!
It was still okay before, as this bastard at least didn't have enough strength. I just don't know how this bastard managed to make the old Taoist Nanhua so happy and give him the heritage of a cave.

My goodness, Nanhua just passed on the inheritance to him, and the next moment this bastard demolished the Nanhua Cave.

After obtaining the magical power of transforming into a butterfly from the Nanhua Cave Heaven, this damn thief became even more powerful. In just a hundred years, he had ruined the four cave heavens of Kunlun, Chicheng, Penglai, and Langya in a horrible way.

Then he split Xinglin into two halves.

Wherever this guy goes, nothing good will happen.

His family doesn't want it anymore, and doesn't want to be targeted by this bastard!

Thinking of this, Yin Changsheng immediately rushed to Shaoyang Cave Heaven
Not long after, Yin Changsheng arrived at Shaoyang Cave Heaven. As soon as he entered the cave, he immediately shouted: "Shaoyang Master, I came to see you... Uh? You bastard, why are you here? What did you do to Shaoyang Master!"

Before he had time to say hello, he saw Cheng Gongxing standing next to Wang Xuanfu.

In an instant, Yin Changsheng felt like he was facing a formidable enemy.

Cheng Gongxing seemed not to have heard Yin Changsheng addressing him. He glanced at him and said to Wang Xuanfu, "Master Shaoyang, what do you think of my suggestion?"

Wang Xuanfu didn't even open his eyes, and replied calmly: "I'm sitting and watching. You don't have to watch."

Yin Changsheng was stunned for a moment, then he burst into laughter: "Master Shaoyang, well said! This bastard just went to my Changsheng Cave Heaven and wanted me to help him!"

Cheng Gongxing said calmly: "Master Shaoyang, you should also know the rules. I am also doing this for the good of all living beings in the world."

Wang Xuanfu opened his eyes at this time and looked back at Cheng Gongxing: "Rules? The rules of heaven and earth, or your rules?"

Cheng Gongxing's plan has deviated from the normal track of the development of heaven and earth.

Cheng Gongxing smiled and said, "Aren't everyone's rules the same? It's all for the good of heaven and earth."

Yin Changsheng sneered when he heard this, "Is it good to be the same?"

"It's better to be the same than to have all the people die, right?"

Cheng Gongxing said quietly, "Let Changsheng Zhenjun choose, will you choose to live on your knees or to die standing up?"

"..."

Yin Changsheng's face turned dark in an instant.

Doesn't this mean that if we continue to scold him, he is now in the stage of 'giving birth on his knees'?
Yin Changsheng was about to retort when Wang Xuanfu suddenly said, "Cheng Gongxing, your plan also violates the rules. You know, if I take action, it will be equivalent to changing the development of the entire world."

“This is because the rules have been broken to a great extent.”

Cheng Gongxing said helplessly: "Everyone is breaking the rules. Now those guys in the Brahma Sect don't even follow the basic rules. Even the three incarnations have been plotted against one after another, two died and one disappeared. I can't do anything about it. Let the inner alchemy come out. After all, it is the right way and better than the arrival of the devil or Buddha."

(End of this chapter)