Chapter 017 Mission
After seeing the original works of famous artists and drinking fragrant tea, Du Fu was very satisfied. His thin face was filled with joy of satisfaction, but Li Zaixing's mood was a little heavy, like a big stone pressing on his heart, and he couldn't be happy at all.
For him, these authentic works of Wu Daozi and Wang Wei will soon be destroyed, and even the entire Bodhi Temple will be turned into ashes. I don’t know when it will come this day, but I will definitely come.
For the first time, Li Zaixing felt that knowing the future is not a good thing, and it invisibly increased many worries.
Back in the west courtyard, saying goodbye to Du Fu. Shortly after returning to his room, the little monk Zhiyuan pushed the door open again and showed a naive and bright smile: "Uncle Master, my master invites you to go there."
Juehui was on the bell tower in the west courtyard. When Li Zaixing walked up to the bell tower, Juehui was standing in front of the window, looking down at Chang'an City. His broad back looked like a wall, blending with the black building shadow. If you don't look carefully, it will be difficult to distinguish it.
"Senior brother?"
"Junior brother, I'm here." Juehui turned around and waved his hand. His side face looked like a layer of light gold plated under the light shining outside the window.
Before Li Zaixing walked up, Zhiyuan quietly went downstairs, and he would guard the door of the building.
"Junior brother, come and see Chang'an City." Juehui pulled Li Zaixing to the window and said softly.
Li Zaixing looked out and saw a bright light under his feet, connected in the vicinity, like a Milky Way, and in the distance, like a star. The entire Chang'an City was like a sea of stars, with brilliant starlight everywhere, making his eyes lit up.
"There is Xingqing Palace there." Juehui pointed to a ball of light in the distance: "The emperor just returned from Mount Li and lives there now." He pointed to a closer place, "It is Sanli, and in the next few months, it will be the most lively place." Finally, he looked at the brightly lit house beneath his feet: "This is the brightest place in Chang'an."
Li Zaixing remained silent. He was wondering what Juehui meant. He came to Chang'an, not to travel, but to find out his own life experience. The master knew this, so he asked him to go to Bodhi Temple to spend some time. Before meeting Juehui, he didn't know that the master's lazy monk was Master Shucao from Bodhi Temple, and there was a disciple who served as one of the three pillars in Bodhi Temple. He didn't know if this was the intentional arrangement of the master, and Juehui in front of him knew his purpose.
Now, Juehui mentioned the emperor in Xingqing Palace and Li Linfu. Could it be that he was hinting at something?
Li Zaixing thought for a long time and suddenly said, "Senior Brother, when will the master arrive?"
"The master is coming?" Juehui's eyes suddenly lit up, and he was filled with joy.
Li Zaixing sighed. He said that Juehui didn't know the master's whereabouts at all, otherwise he wouldn't be so excited. In other words, Juehui might not know the inside story and he was a little allergic.
"I don't know either." Li Zaixing said perfunctorily: "I left Prajna Temple, and he can also travel around. Maybe he will come to Bodhi Temple."
Juehui said disappointedly, was silent for a moment, and then said, "Junior brother, do you... understand what I mean?"
Li Zaixing laughed. He came to this world for eight years. Although he had not read much, he practiced with his master every day and had a lot of time to ruminate on his previous life's knowledge and consider his future. He was not slow to observe these words and expressions.
"Senior brother, is Li Linfu's influence on Bodhi Temple very much?"
"My junior brother is worthy of being the master's favorite disciple. All the six Prajnas have wisdom." Juehui rubbed his hands with emotion: "Yes, looking at the entire Chang'an, Li Linfu is the person with the greatest influence on Bodhi Temple. If you have lived in Prajna Temple for a few years, you should know that the bell towers of the temple are usually in the East Courtyard."
Li Zaixing nodded. In the architectural layout of the temple, the monks in this temple all live in the east courtyard. The west courtyard is a guest courtyard, which is usually used to receive monks or lay guests who come to hold orders. It is more convenient to build a bell tower in the east courtyard. The bell tower in the Bodhi Temple is built in the west courtyard, which is a bit abnormal.
"Because to the east is Li Linfu's main house, the west courtyard is the living courtyard and the garden pool, and some neglected concubines."
Li Zaixing suddenly realized that the bell tower was built in the West Courtyard that violated the rules, but was not unique, but because Li Linfu was unwilling to let the monks of Bodhi Temple see the situation at his home condescendingly, so Bodhi Temple had to build the bell tower in the West Courtyard. He heard from Du Fu that Bodhi Temple was built in the Sui Dynasty. Not to mention Li Linfu at that time, Li Linfu's grandfather didn't know where to go. The bell tower was naturally built in the East Courtyard, and now it is built in the West Courtyard. I'm afraid it was because of Li Linfu's living in it.
In other words, the gods and Buddhas in the sky cannot get rid of the power of the world, so the bell tower of Bodhi Temple had to be - perhaps forced to demolish the original bell tower - and rebuilt it in the West Courtyard. To put it more deeply, Li Linfu decided on the life and death of Bodhi Temple.
"Senior brother is under a lot of pressure?"
"Yes, I'm under a lot of pressure." Juehui sighed: "The temple has to flatter Li Linfu, and every year on his birthday, he has to hold a Buddhist ceremony for him to pray for him. This is probably more important than the Buddha Bath Festival and the Ullambana. Although I am not knowledgeable enough and I am not qualified to preach, I have to worry about all the miscellaneous matters. If there is a slight mistake, not only will there be trouble in the temple, but I will also become the culprit."
Hearing this, Li Zaixing understood what Juehui meant.
"Senior brother, is there anything I can help?"
Juehui smiled, and seemed to be very satisfied with Li Zaixing's initiative.
"If my junior brother is willing to help, that's great." Juehui smiled and said, "If you want to protect Bodhi Temple, you must be qualified to do Buddhist rituals for Li Linfu. If you want to be qualified, you must give Bodhi Temple enough reputation. Now there are more than 100 Buddhist temples of all sizes in Chang'an City, and the competition is very strong."
Juehui mentioned the general situation. There are many Buddhist temples in Chang'an, and there are more than one with a larger scale and reputation than Bodhi Temple. Even in Pingkangfang, Bodhi Temple is not the only choice. Yanghua Temple has always wanted to compete with Bodhi Temple for this opportunity. In order to protect the temple, Bodhi Temple must expand its reputation as much as possible. The most common way to protect its reputation is to use various festivals to do Buddhist rituals, attract the people to come and see, or to hold up some monks with miracles, such as monks such as Shucao Monk.
In addition to various Buddhist festivals, each temple has its own characteristics. One of the biggest characteristics of Bodhi Temple is that it can preach every eight, and many people will come to see it at that time, especially prostitutes, girls and prostitutes in Pingkangfang are the most popular in Chang'an, and they are expensive, and not everyone can see it casually. They are very strict and rarely go out. The eight-day lectures in Bodhi Temple are their most important time to release the vent. Whenever possible, they will go to Bodhi Temple to see the sermon.
For those who do not have enough capital to enter the **, this is undoubtedly a good opportunity to get close to them. When the prostitutes come, they will attract many scholars, and when the scholars come, they will attract more people, even high-ranking officials and their families. This year's imperial examinations have just been released, which is the most lively time, so the next few preaches are very important.
This is a good opportunity, but there are also troubles. With more female relatives coming, there will inevitably be sluts scramblers who are scrambling to fish in the water. There are many people and eyes, and there are naturally many scoundrels who steal and cause trouble. Fighting and causing troubles are inevitable, and it may even cause deaths. Once a human is killed, Juehui, Duweina, will be in trouble.
Juehui asked Li Zaixing for help in hopes of using his powerful martial arts to maintain order and avoid major troubles.
Li Zaixing said: "Please give me instructions and I will do my best."
Juehui said slightly, "There is a martial arts field in the temple, and some monks have been trained. The leader of the deacon is called Zhigao. He had no ability at first, but he relied on his confidant of the throne and had a high opinion of himself. The previous few times he gave lectures, because he was not in good condition, and something happened, almost caused a life. If he was asked to continue to manage, I was afraid that the reputation of Bodhi Temple would be ruined by him."
Li Zaixing smiled and thought to himself that the Buddhist temple is not all high-ranking monks, and there are many things to fight for power and profit. As one of the Three Principles, Juehui probably doesn't deal with the head of the Three Principles, and the one named Zhigao doesn't take Juehui seriously, so Juehui wants to find himself to deal with him.
This matter cannot be said to be right or wrong. Since he is Juehui's junior brother, he naturally has to stand on Juehui's side and go against that Zhigao. Compared to these things in Bodhi Temple, he values the opportunity of the monks in Bodhi Temple to have the opportunity to enter Li Linfu's house. If he wants to kill Li Linfu and eliminate harm for the people, this may be a good opportunity.
"Senior brother, I'll go to the martial arts court tomorrow."
"Okay, let me give it to my junior brother." Juehui smiled satisfied: "Although Du Fu is of no use, his poems are really well written. He is also a distant branch of Du's family in Jingzhao, and he has many connections with various families. Being friends with him is also a blessing for his junior brother."
Li Zaixing also laughed. This is the exchange of interests. He helped Juehui solve Zhigao, Juehui solves Du Fu's livelihood problems and sells favors for him.
The two of them looked at each other tacitly and smiled.
The matter was settled, and Li Zaixing and Juehui talked for a while and went downstairs together. When they walked out of the bell tower, Li Zaixing raised his head, glanced at the top of the tower, frowned, and said goodbye to Juehui at the gate of the west courtyard.
After they left, two figures floated in from the window and stood where they had just stood. One was tall and burly, the other was slender and weak, but the footsteps fell silently.
"He seemed to have discovered something just now." A slender voice said.
"Of course, he is my most proud disciple, and the six senses are very comparable to those of people." A thick voice rang in the bell tower. Even if it was pressed low, it was still comparable to the big clock hanging beside it: "This kid is a martial arts fan. I didn't even have the same chance of practicing martial arts. In my opinion, he is very likely to have mastered the marrow washing sutra and cultivated into the Vajra body. I wonder if your Taoist sect has such beautiful jade."
"Bah! The shameless stinky monk, he clearly copied my Taoist guidance technique, but he said it was a Buddhist secret technique." The slender voice paused, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Don't worry, my Taoist sect has never lacked geniuses."
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