Great Sui Guoshi

"Benefactor, the poor monk looked away, but the benefactor is a good-looking practitioner, why is he colluding with a monster?! It violates your status as a scholar!"

Hearing this, Lu Liangsheng was taken aback for a moment, uh...the hat was fastened really fast.

"Young master, this little monk's mouth is stronger than yours."

"Don't hold fire."

Lu Liangsheng knocked Hong Lian on the head, and said to Fa Hai: "Return it to its original owner, take it!" Tossing the Buddhist beads coiled in his hand, it flew high through the forest and fell into the hands of the monk on the opposite side. Hai caressingly brushed the Buddhist beads on it, and when he came to his senses, he raised his face abruptly, showing majesty in his eyes.

"Almsgiver, if you are willing to return the belongings of your predecessor, you can see that your heart is like a mirror, and you can tell right from wrong. Why don't you take down these two snake demons together with the poor monk."

Over there, the two green and white snakes looked over, but Lu Liangsheng didn't look at them, but just shook his head.

"Master, you know that all living beings in the world have good and evil. If you don't listen to them, you will kill them. Isn't it a vain practice of Buddhism?"

"shut up!"

On the opposite side, Fahai shook off his cassock, took a step forward, held the golden bowl in his hand, and showed an angry look, "I just wanted you to return the Buddha's relics, but now it seems that I am quite fascinated by the female ghost next to you. Waiting for the poor monk to surrender." After killing these two demons, I will wake you up again, a scholar!"

As soon as the words fell, the vigilant Xiaoqing and Bai Suzhen frowned slightly, and they were about to fight the monk in the next second. In the rushing rain, Lu Liangsheng let go of the reins, raised his hand and gestured towards the sky, and the sound of rain suddenly While closing it, he looked at the monk with gentle eyes.

"Is your senior brother, Fajing, okay?"

Ok? !

Fa Hai took back the monk's shoes, frowned with thick eyebrows, put the seal of Fa back on his chest, and looked at the not-so-old scholar opposite him with some doubts, "Benefactor, do you know my senior brother Fa Jing?"

"Old friend!"

"Since you have a close relationship with my senior brother, you should understand the difference between a human and a demon!" Although Fa Hai was puzzled, he still understood the reason that the age of a cultivator cannot be directly related to his appearance. I noticed it when I was in Zhenjiang, and this time I came to Hangzhou to hold a Fa Conference, but it was disturbed by the two of them casting spells and raining..."

"The ghost disturbed your family's Dharma meeting. It was my sister who wanted to find a benefactor, and took the opportunity to rain to approach!" Xiaoqing wrinkled her nose and snorted at him: "You're just being sentimental!"

On the opposite side, the monk Fahai held the golden bowl and replied, the ground under his feet cracked densely with a "boom", and the cassock protruded from the palm wrapped with Buddhist beads, causing an explosion.

"Shut up, disturbance is disturbance, don't be so forceful!" The moment the words came out violently, Lu Liangsheng's words also sounded flat and gentle.

"I hugged you when you were a child!"

The surroundings became quiet in an instant. The vigilant Qingbai two monsters opened their mouths slightly, but couldn't close them. Fahai turned his face with difficulty and stared at the scholar who was walking. The words are gone.

Lu Liangsheng walked step by step, with a gentle tone, as if he was recalling some interesting things from the past.

"I remember that not long after your master passed away, I went to Wanfo Temple to meet your senior brother. I saw you climbing on the root of the big tree in the backyard and almost fell down. You were probably very cute when you were learning to talk."

"Stop, benefactor!" Fahai let out his anger immediately, clutching his chest, stumbled back a few steps, and opened his palms suddenly to stop the scholar who came over. His sudden words almost made him lose his concentration, and he hurriedly crossed his legs Sit down on the ground and stabilize the Buddha's mind.

Ha ha ha ha ha.....

Over there, the two demons not far away were laughing happily watching the monk making an ugly face. Xiaoqing received the demon power and was about to go up, but was pulled back by Bai Suzhen at the side.

"Xiaoqing, don't go up."

"Sister, don't worry, sir is a good person." She leaned closer and whispered into the woman's ear, "Mr. is the benefactor who gave Xiaoqing advice. Xiaoqing told sister about it before."

In the slight voice, Hong Lian curled up her small mouth to see them whispering and whispered, leaning forward slightly to listen, but Taoist Toad coughed from the bookshelf, and then stood back again. Over there, Lu Liangsheng saw Hands on both sides, tense before the atmosphere disappeared, so he beckoned Xiaoqing to come over.

"Here we come!" The little green snake left the woman in the white dress, jumped over excitedly, looked at the figure in front of her, and called out rather obediently: "Sir."

"You and your sister leave first, I still have something to talk to Master Fahai."

"Oh."

Thinking that there was some order for him to come here, Xiaoqing walked back a little frustrated, and then Lu Liangsheng's words came: "Little green snake, you are good at practicing."

"Understood!" Xiaoqing turned back happily, and shouted at the husband who waved her vigorously. The voice fell, and she turned around and pulled up her sister, and ran out of the forest. She looked back from time to time in a happy mood, and stopped when she came to the lake down.

"Xiaoqing, is that really your benefactor?"

"Well, there will be no fake ones."

Looking at her sister's unsure eyes, Xiaoqing snapped her fingers and looked at the rain clouds that had dispersed in the sky, "At that time, my cultivation base was very high, and I saw it again at Qishui, yes He asked me to come to the south to practice. I am afraid that even if he met my sister at Xiaoqinghui and met him in the West Lake at that time, I am afraid that my cultivation level is higher now... He asked me to practice hard. There must be other meanings, after my sister has repaid her kindness, let's go back and continue to practice."

"Okay, but let's find out my sister's benefactor first."

While talking, the two searched along the shore of the lake. Soon, on the nearby shore, they saw the young man who was pushed onto the boat before, arguing with the boatman with a bitter face, and circling around anxiously.

"Boater, I really didn't want to take a boat, and...I wanted to temporarily hold you here with my hand, but who knows how it turned into a leaf, I really didn't want to fool you...you have to believe me ah....."

The two girls standing on the shore immediately raised their sleeves to cover their mouths and laughed lightly, and then they went to rescue the young man together, starting a good story.

.......

At the same time, in the forest of dripping raindrops, Lu Liangsheng walked through the falling water droplets and looked at the monk sitting cross-legged.

'It's so similar to the old monk in Zhenkong... This temper is almost in the same line, if you stay here, you will have to find trouble with the little green snake. '

Suddenly, I remembered that I was about to leave, and the monkey at the foot of the Five Elements Mountain hadn't come out yet... His eyes couldn't help falling on Fa Hai's shiny bald head.

Lu Liangsheng spoke subconsciously.

"Master, it's better to go west, go to Tianzhu to see the place where Buddhism once flourished, and spread Buddhism in China."

There is a soft rustle in the forest, and the sun shines through the gaps in the trees, making it a peaceful place.

8 Chapter Twenty

rustle...

The lake breeze is long, and the surrounding forests are bathed in the sunshine that breaks through the gaps in the clouds.

Sitting cross-legged on a fallen leaf, Fa Hai slowly opened his eyes, raised his eyes, looked at Lu Liangsheng who was walking by with his hands behind his back on the fallen leaves, and frowned.

"Going west, passing on the Buddhism of China?"

Now that the words have been blurted out, there is no reason to take them back. Lu Liangsheng flashed through his mind what he had seen and heard on the westward journey, and listed the available sentences. After all, it is not easy to persuade a smart monk to set foot on the westward journey.

After thinking for a while, the scholar walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and stood beside Fa Hai, looking at the dots of light shining between the swaying branches.

"That's right, it's going west."

Lu Liangsheng lowered his head, met the eyes of the monk, and smiled on his handsome face: "Back then, Buddhism went eastward to preach in China, which can be described as a great virtuous career, and it is the prosperity of Buddhism today. 20 years ago, I was fortunate to go to the Western world. I have experienced a lot, passing through Tianzhu, a place where Buddhism flourished in the past, unfortunately, what I saw was not the grand scene of the past, there are stupas everywhere, Buddhist temples are hidden in mountains and forests, and the walls are broken, and the monks in the temples do not believe in Buddhism now."

Over there, Fahai remained silent, and kept flicking the string of beads in his hand.

When everything was quiet, Lu Liangsheng walked in front of him with his hands behind his back, and looked at the rotating beads in his hands, smiling unabated.

"Back then, I had met your master Master Zhenhai a few times. He took it as his mission to subdue demons and eliminate demons, but I knew in my heart that the old monk had always had selfish intentions in his heart. He wanted to be more capable and more Buddhist than his senior brother Zhenkong. Sex. Your elder brother, Monk Fajing, became friends with me in the northwest. He is free and easy, but because of his stuttering problem, it is difficult to use Buddhist principles to overcome people or demons. As a last resort, he uses Buddhist powers to fight demons. The Dharma has been passed on to you, can you imagine the high hopes placed in it? Think about it carefully, is it true or not?"

Fahai closed his eyes, his brows furrowed even more, then he opened his eyes again, got up from the ground, and shook his head: "You encourage the poor monk!"

Set up!

"No!"

Lu Liangsheng stood in front of him, stretched out his hand and brushed away a fallen leaf from Fahai's shoulder, raised his hand, and stretched out his finger, "I have never had any enmity with you in the past, how could I harm you? Second, I, your master and brother It's because of familiarity, it can be regarded as your brother and elder, and there is no reason to harm you, if you don't believe it, you can go back to Wanfo Temple when you have time in the future, and ask your senior brother, you can know who Lu Liangsheng is."

People in the Buddhist sect break the mortal world and rarely talk about worldly affairs. Fa Hai is a little unfamiliar with this name, but if he goes back and asks, Fa Jing will probably tell him everything. Right now, Lu Liangsheng has reported his name. , I naturally believed it in my heart.

Here, Lu Liangsheng observed his expression, withdrew his hand and carried it behind his back, turned around and continued to say:

"The journey to the west is difficult and difficult, but it also proves your Buddha's heart and sharpens your Buddha's nature. When the monks from India came from the west, they were probably at the same hesitation as you. Since they can do it, why can't you do it? We scholars also have a hard time It is the same for Buddhist monks who have studied hard for several years, or even dozens of years, before they have the chance to be nominated on the list, and Buddhist monks have traveled thousands of miles to seek enlightenment, or do you cherish this body? Cherish the abbot of Jinshan Temple?"

"I, Fa Hai, worship the Buddha with all my heart, how could it be so unbearable?! I am obsessed with the presiding position!" The monk frowned, looking at the walking scholar, "What Lu benefactor said just now is not unreasonable, but the Western India is my Buddha Tathagata... ..."

"Seeing through is a Buddha, and you are also Tathagata!"

Lu Liangsheng's words suddenly made Fa Hai fall into silence again, his mind was a little confused for a while, he issued a vertical seal of guilt, turned around and was about to leave, the scholar looked at his back with his hands behind his back, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"The road to the west is spacious and open, and there are also demons and ghosts. At the foot of the Five Elements Mountain, there is a monkey king. Take Jiedi for him. Let's go west together. If you figure it out, I will leave a map for your brother. After returning to Wanfo Temple , ask him to ask for it!"

Fa Hai stopped, looked sideways at the figure in the forest, "The poor monk will save himself." After speaking, he disappeared into the sunlight at the end of the forest.

Ha ha.....

The scholar chuckled twice, flicked his sleeves and walked back to the old donkey. The Taoist Toad in the bookshelf stroked Pingping's chin, looked at the returning apprentice, and muttered to himself as he thought about the scene just now.

"Why is this scene so familiar? It's exactly the same as when the old man persuaded Liangsheng to leave the village and enter the city..."

Beside, Hong Lian fiddled with the red nails, and gave Toad a sideways look.

"It turns out that Master Toad had no good intentions back then."

Taoist Toad, who was sitting cross-legged on the bookshelf, was choked by these words, and swung his frog webs again and again, "Don't talk nonsense, little girl, do you want to ruin my friendship between master and student?!"

The woman didn't bother to answer, and greeted the returning scholar, followed aside, and led the old donkey out of the forest.

"My lord, that monk seems to be very smart. Will he go to the West?"

Walking out of the edge of the forest, the sun fell on his face again, Lu Liangsheng looked at the sparkling light in the lake, and said softly: "Yes." He took the old donkey and walked to the Leifeng Pagoda.

Hong Lian was a little taken aback by the young master's answer, but after thinking about it, the young master must be smarter than the monk, and the other party's words and deeds have long been counted.

As for whether and when the monk would go, the woman tilted her head, and was quickly forgotten. She followed Lu Liangsheng briskly to visit the beautiful scenery of the West Lake and explore the Leifeng Pagoda.

In the following time, the monk did not appear again. For several days, the statue of the shrine had no clue, but the master came out less and less. Sunbathing on the rocks.

But there is another thing that makes Lu Liangsheng a little bit dumbfounded. After the little green snake left, he would come over occasionally to accompany Lu Liangsheng to watch the murals in the Leifeng Pagoda. He said that he wanted to repay his kindness like his sister. One day, it became cloudy and windy for two or three days in a row, which frightened tourists so much that they dared not come. It was the monks of Jingci Temple who held a big puja, and it stopped.

Fortunately, Lu Liangsheng looked at the pagoda from behind, and suddenly understood why the pagoda was built on the altar below. Since the statue in the shrine was blurred, he simply used the pagoda as a statue.

Once I figured this out, the following things became easier. With the magical powers of the eyes, the outline was illuminated, and an identical one was carved out of the stones near the pagoda. It was placed in the shrine, and the formation eyes were activated with magic power.

Hong Lian watched the magic circle being activated, and knew it was time to leave. The enthusiasm for visiting the West Lake before was sluggish, and he was anxiously thinking about leaving Qixia Mountain and the village below the mountain...

"Young master, will we come back in the future?"

"It should be."

Lu Liangsheng casually comforted her. In fact, he didn't know it himself. Looking at the sunlight among the mottled trees, he held Hong Lian's hand and called the master who was still dozing off on the rock. He left here and went to Hangzhou Wharf. A ship heading north, take a good look at the Grand Canal.

"Let's sail!"

The boatman stood at the bow and shouted, the white sails rose against the sun, and the big ship pushed away the ripples and slowly drove out of the dock.

Chapter 821 Scholar, Fat Monk

It was the end of March when the boat left Huai'an, and there was a torrential rain on the river. From a distance, the foothills on both sides of the river were soaked in water vapor.

wow~~

The rain was pouring on the deck and in the cabin, Hong Lian propped his chin, looking out of the window in a daze at the lead blue rain curtain, the quiet cabin, the slight sound of the rustling pen nib passing over the rice paper, the scholar raised the pen and put it away. The inkstone was stained, looked at the back of the bedside, picked up the rice paper and blew off the wet ink on it.

"Hong Lian, why are you looking so engrossed?"

"No." The woman propped her chin, did not turn her head, looked outside, and replied without blinking, "It's hard to get on a boat, but it's raining so much, I want to go out but I'm afraid others will see it, I'm not wet Wet... ah... so boring, why not go back to the painting and stay there."

Lu Liangsheng just smiled, didn't speak, looked at the figure sketched on the paper, took the brush and continued to trace the details of the terrain, and added the place names he had inquired about.

Since I came out of Hangzhou, I have been on the route of Yang Guangxiu’s Southern Grand Canal. In such a rainy day, the river channel is spacious. In the river channel of more than ten feet, there are many boats passing by. When they meet acquaintances, they are still on the deck. The boatman passing by said hello.

In the past, there were many small piers on the flat terrain on both sides of the strait, with many small boats docked for meals, stretching upwards, and the outlines of villages and towns were outlined in the vast water vapor and unfolded in the field of vision.

The soundproofing of the cabin is not good, the voices of the neighbors can be heard in the noisy, Hong Lian turned around sullenly, approached the scholar at the small table over there, looked at the outline drawn on the eye paper, it was crooked Head off.

"Young master, is this a map? Where is it from?"

"Land of the Far West."

Lu Liangsheng relied on his memory to draw down the places he had walked in those years. Knowing that Hong Lian had never been there, he pointed to some places and told interesting things.

"Here... was thrown here by the great sage in a boat. As soon as we got there, it was full of black people. Except for the teeth and the soles of the feet, there was no place that was not black. When it was dark, you could see shadows. The shadows are all shaking, and no one can be seen, and the previous ship is probably still there."

"Is it really that dark?"

Rao has heard it before, but after listening to it from Lu Liangsheng now, Hong Lian still finds it interesting. He continued, pointing to the place not far from the scholar just pointed out, "I remember, son, you said that there are groups of people around here. Horses with black and white stripes, but they are too short to ride."

"Well, there are also beasts with very long necks. Standing on the ground, they can eat the leaves of trees without stepping on their feet. They have spots on their bodies, which look like the fur of a leopard. It's a pity that Bai Chang is so big. As a result, It's vegetarian."

Talking about the journey to the west, I had a lot of fun, but the toad Taoist in the bookshelf was not interested, the sound of the rain mixed with the voices of men and women talking and laughing, sleeping in the cubicle of the bookshelf under the blanket, and there was a slight snoring sound , occasionally scratched his belly, rubbed his flippers twice, turned over and continued to sleep soundly.

Not long after leaving Huai'an, we entered the river sections of Dongping and Jiyin counties. It rained all night, and the morning's torrential rain was enough to stop it. The clouds cleared and the sun shone down on the deck. Stand on the deck and soak up the sun for a while, or disembark nearby and head elsewhere.

The ship set sail again, and Lu Liangsheng walked around on the ship. Most of the passengers stood together, either staring at the water surface in silence, or chatting and laughing with their companions in a low voice, attracting the attention of others.

After walking for a while, Lu Liangsheng asked Hong Lian to play by himself in a hidden form, casually leaning against the ship's fence, and took a book to read at will.

"Young master, be careful when taking a boat. If you encounter a rock or turbulent current, be careful not to fall into the water."

Lu Liangsheng raised his face, and saw the boatman taking a sip of wine with a gourd, looking at him with a smile, he couldn't help smiling, and patted the fence.