[Legend of the White Snake] Leifeng Pagoda

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In the room, the sunlight came in through the windows, causing Qingling to frown and find a place inside to sit up.

She has always disliked the sun, but Fahai, sitting in the sun, is shining golden, like a god.

Never thought that this man would be so sentimental, Qing Ling couldn't help but pursed her lips, and was about to ask, but heard Fa Hai's quiet opening.

"I am the second son of Prime Minister Pei Xiu, Pei Wende. That was my elder brother just now. I never thought that I would be reborn into a powerful family. Maybe I am that kind of outlier, the one who is called the one who is born with knowledge. I won the number one prize in my childhood." , was named a Hanlin Bachelor, but he arranged me here for himself and sent me to Buddhism. In the eyes of outsiders, he is a master of Taoism, proficient in Buddhism, and assisting the emperor, but I don’t know why he is so The reason why he worships the Buddha like this is that he has taken a fancy to the interests of the monastery."

"The monastery is so poor, where is the benefit?" Qingling couldn't help frowning.

Fahai smiled and shook his head, "After the Anshi Rebellion, most of the refugees took refuge in the temple, and the temple expanded its land due to the increase in population. Those refugees obeyed the management of the temple in the name of monks. The tax exemption policy makes the temple feel like a country, coupled with the incense money from the big dignitaries to the temple, it pushes the temple to a peak, how can he not be jealous of this country built with silver."

"So, you came here to help him seek benefits." Qing Ling suddenly understood a little bit, she was clever, and thinking about the past, it seems that Fa Hai let her swallow the holy lotus not only because she was his doom , and the preservation of Jinshan Temple.

Fa Hai nodded. He knew all about the development of Jinshan Temple over the years, so it was no wonder that the imperial court feared it. With faith, so many monks would obey the arrangements, and they would even turn into an army to threaten the imperial court. .

This is also the reason why the imperial court has raised the status of Taoism again and again in these years. In addition to the emperor's greed for life and fear of death, he tried to swallow the elixir for longevity, and it was to suppress the development of Buddhism.

"Now Emperor Wuzong of Tang wants to use him as a knife to abolish the Buddha, so he naturally came to ask for help."

Fa Hai couldn't help laughing, he had helped him a lot before, but this time, he caused such a big trouble, it was difficult for Fa Hai to help, the emperor had already pointed the blade at him, except to put down There is no other way to surrender everything, but he is still unwilling to give up that gorgeous golden clothes.

"Don't get involved in the affairs of the royal family." Qingling immediately reminded that the royal family is undoubtedly a taboo for any person or demon or ghost who wants to ascend to the sky. With the intervention of the Dao of Heaven, if the goblin is allowed to run amok and disrupt the government, then for that goblin, it will bear a lot of bitter fruits, and it is destined to slowly pay back in several lifetimes.

Fa Hai is naturally aware of this, and what he is worrying about now is how to solve this matter in an appropriate way.

Just when he was about to reply to Qing Ling's words, he immediately looked out the window and became alert.

The appearance of standing upright suddenly and turning her head quickly out of the window made Qingling also look out of the window. Her cultivation base is not as good as Fa Hai's, so she hasn't noticed anything yet.

Until she heard a hearty laugh, a Taoist priest dressed in Taoist robes, wide-sleeved long clothes, holding a dust whisk in his hand, with a long beard, came riding a crane, which is a standard image of a Taoist priest.

Just from the material of his Taoist robe, the jade ornaments on his body, and the crane, it can be seen that this person's status in the Taoist temple is not low.

"Zhao Lianshi." Compared with Qing Ling who was not clear about the situation, Fa Hai recognized who it was at a glance.

In recent years, the most favored Taoist priest of the emperor even built a Taoist temple in the capital for him, named Wangxian Temple.

Everyone also honored the Taoist priest Zhao Guizhen as Zhao Lianshi, and it was he who offered elixir to the emperor many times.

Zhao Guizhen jumped off the crane, his hearty laughter became clearer, and he walked towards Fa Hai.

"Zen Master Fahai has been admiring his name for a long time."

His eyes are slender and slender, and the corners of his eyes are raised upwards, like the eyes of a fox. When he stares at people without smiling, he seems to be calculating something, and because of this, he loves to laugh so much that he tilts his head upwards Some, quite fairy demeanor.

Different from the sandalwood fragrance on Fahai, Zhao Guizhen chose the rich orchid fragrance to burn incense and smoke his clothes, even Qingling could smell it in the house.

"I don't know why Zhao Lianshi came here? We must know that Zhao Lianshi is a celebrity around the emperor, and he is very busy on weekdays. Han Temple is really flourishing to receive such a big man as Zhao Lianshi." Fa Hai said only compliments, However, in Zhao Guizhen's eyes, that light smile was ridiculed a lot.

No matter what, he felt that Fa Hai was mocking him, and he only cared about entertaining the royal family and nobles all day long, instead of spending time on cultivation.

But after thinking about it, Zhao Guizhen's anger was gone, this Jinshan Temple was just making a final struggle, with the emperor's order, all these countless temples had to be shut down one by one by him.

This dispute between Buddhism and Taoism has been going on for thousands of years.

"Where, Zen Master Fahai is a noble person, the son of the prime minister, how can a poor man compare to Zen Master Fahai." Zhao Guizhen smiled and said, the prime minister is about to fall, he is the abbot of Jinshan Temple, how could the emperor keep him.

Fa Hai didn't have time to talk to him, he just smiled and looked at Zhao Guizhen without opening his mouth.

Zhao Guizhen didn't expect that Fahai would not accept the move, so he frowned, and immediately shifted his place to criticize: "There is a monster in Zen Master Fahai's house, so it's possible that Zen Master Fahai is hiding monsters!"

Whether it is Taoism or Buddhism, the most despised are goblins. They always feel that they are uncivilized things, but they are just obtained by chance.

What's more, goblins are different races from humans, and the so-called non-human races must have different hearts. When humans kill goblins, goblins are also attacking humans.

"This is the matter of this temple, Master Zhao Lian is too concerned about it." Fa Hai was not afraid of Zhao Guizhen's black face, and said in twos and twos.

Zhao Guizhen immediately raised his eyebrows and became furious, "Zen Master Fahai, eliminating evildoers is a matter of Taoism and Buddhism, how can you hide evildoers, and shoot them to death quickly."

After all, Zhao Guizhen was still scruples about Fahai and did not dare to act. If it wasn't for Jinshan Temple, he might still have some courage.

Fa Hai snorted coldly, glanced sideways at Zhao Guizhen, looking down on him, "Master Zhao Lian, go back to Wangtian Temple in your capital, if you don't practice the emperor's elixir of immortality, you're taking care of my Jinshan Temple affairs."

The so-called immortality, they all knew that it was impossible, even if there was, it was impossible for Zhao Guizhen to give it to the emperor, it was nothing more than fooling him.

Fa Hai's words made Zhao Gui's face turn green, and finally dared not to speak out, he shook his sleeve vigorously, jumped on the crane and left.

Let the other party be proud for a while, but he wants to see how Fa Hai will be proud when the imperial decree comes down.

It is precisely because it is the power of the world, so once Fa Hai resists, he will commit karma.

And his Jinshan Temple is also going to be lost!