There are many ghosts on the road of alms

Chu Liu didn't take it to heart, but all eminent monks have some personalities, she can understand, and the old monk is still grateful for helping her.

The abbot continued, "On the sixth day of the lunar new year, Abbot Ci Nian told me about your matter. One is to help you find a way to heal your injuries, and the other is to explain to you the mission of your descent this time."

"Abbot, do you know the abbot of our temple?"

The abbot nodded, "Abbot Ci Nian and I often discuss Taoism at the Buddhist Association, so we have more contact. Let's not talk about this, now there are distinguished guests in the temple, why not come with me to meet them on the sixth day of the first day." The abbot made pose please.

I didn't know why on the sixth day, so I had to follow the abbot to the reception room.

Chu Liu stood next to the abbot, and listened to the abbot's introduction: "Chu [-], this is Xu Rui, the mayor of N City, Xu benefactor."

"I've met Master Xu. I'm on the sixth day of the next day." The sixth day saluted and said hello.

"Little master has delicate eyebrows and extraordinary temperament." Mayor Xu Rui looked at Chu Liu, thinking of the back view in the video just now, it should be this person.

The three sat down and drank tea quietly, but no one broke the silence for a long time.

After waiting for a long time, the abbot thought over and over again and said, "On the sixth day of the lunar new year, I invite you to come with me today. I want you to help Master Xu for Changning Temple."

Xu Rui, who was still thinking about it secretly, when he heard this, he looked at the first six secretly. This little master was not a monk in Changning Temple at first glance, but the abbot trusted the matter he entrusted to this young man. Young master, this surprised him a little.

Xu Rui knew in his heart that although he himself was not a big official, what he asked for was for his father, so that the abbot could keep him here and pick up this little master. Thinking about it, something really happened just now. In other words, that video is indeed true, and the appearance of the Buddha is related to this little master.However, he had never heard of any nunnery with an extraordinary status, which could be compared with Changning Temple. Xu Rui couldn't help being curious about the little master in front of him.

"Benefactor Xu doesn't know the identity of Chu Liu." The abbot glanced at the doubts on Xu Rui's face. He is different from his uncle. His uncle is old, and he only needs to live in the temple as an elder and concentrate on studying Buddhism. That's enough, and as the abbot, he has to do a good job in the diplomatic work of Changning Temple, so he is a little mellow in dealing with people.

But no matter what, Xu Rui is an upright person. As the mayor, he took good care of Changning Temple, and he still had to have a good relationship with him.As for the sixth day, it is also a good thing for those who are unfamiliar with the place of life in N city to meet powerful people.

"Benefactor Xu, he has been practicing in Puchen Temple on the sixth day of the lunar new year. He has inherited the essence and has unlimited potential. He is a generation of Buddhist geniuses."

"Oh!" Xu Rui's face suddenly changed after hearing the abbot's words, and he looked straight at Chu Liu, not even knowing how many drops of water spilled from the teacup in his hand.

Xu Rui has been the mayor for many years. He is well aware of the twists and turns of the land boundary in N City. At that time, the former mayor of the scenic spot was still in office, and he was probably bribed a lot, which fulfilled the idea of ​​the rich man.

But the rich man hadn't been happy for a few days. When he was about to invest in the construction, he was reported to have unknown funds in his hands, illegal activities, and the funds were confiscated. What was even worse was that the former mayor, first shuanggui, and then the His assets were frozen, and finally his political rights were deprived for life, and the mayor was replaced by him.

He still remembers that on the day he was transferred, his father told him that when he was the mayor of N City, there were several places that he could not touch, and Puchen Temple was one of them.

"The abbot praised it absurdly. The younger generation has limited self-awareness and is a fledgling generation. It cannot be called a genius." Chu Liu said modestly.

The abbot shook his head, and asked earnestly, "I don't know, is Chu Liu the next abbot of Puchen Temple?"

Even Xu Rui couldn't sit still when this question was asked, he bent forward, wanting to hear Qing Chu Liu's answer.

Chu Liu felt two eager eyes, straightened his body, and said: "The next abbot should be Zhixian, a disciple of the great elder in the temple."

Xu Rui felt a little regretful when he heard the words, he couldn't make friends with the abbot of Puchen Temple, but the abbot was on the contrary, his expression gradually became serious.

After all, the abbot is a person in the practice world, so he knows some rules in Puchen Temple. Only the abbot of Puchen Temple can go down the mountain. If Chuliu is not the next abbot, then there is only one possibility.

Chu Liu was at the side, seeing the abbot's pensive expression, suspected that he had said something wrong, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.

It is also this mouthful, the five senses of the sixth day are all tangled together, it is too bitter.

The abbot and Xu Rui couldn't help laughing when they saw Chu Liu's appearance.

"Young people still have to be more willful. It's not a good thing to think about things before and after what you say, and not let your feelings out." The abbot looked at the junior Chu Liu lovingly.

"Beep", there was a knock on the door.

A monk came in with a brocade box and four letters in both hands, handed them to the abbot and left.

The abbot first opened the letters one by one, looked at the content and signature, put them aside, and then handed the brocade box to Xu Rui

"Master, do you know what this is?" Xu Rui looked at the box in his hand and asked suspiciously.

The abbot moved the Buddhist beads in his hand, and looked at the four letters from the corner of his eye, "Blesser Xu, your father's illness will be suppressed by the jade pendant in this box for the time being, and I will pick up Chu Liu and another benefactor after three days. At that time, your father's disease will be eradicated."

Although Xu Rui didn't know why he had to go with one more person, after all, one more person would be more powerful. His father's illness had been going on for a few days, but luckily it didn't get worse, so let's wait for three more days.

After thanking the abbot repeatedly, Xu Rui left under the protection of the bodyguards.

The abbot took the sixth day and moved to the Buddhist temple.

"On the sixth day of the lunar new year, do you have doubts in your heart?" The abbot asked, grabbing a handful of tea leaves from the dustpan.

Chu Liu nodded, and wanted to open her mouth to ask, but felt that she didn't know where to start. Since she went down the mountain, she had too much confusion in her heart.

"It's okay, calm down, drink tea, taste tea, and understand tea slowly."

The abbot's words calmed down Chuliu. He watched the abbot start from warming the cup and waking up the tea, and there was a charm in his gestures and gestures.

On the sixth day of the lunar new year, I couldn't help thinking of the saying that Zen and tea are blind. Through tea, I can understand the meaning of Zen, tell about Zen, and integrate Zen into tea, endowing it with higher connotations, and find more and more commonalities between the two.Looking at the tea leaves floating in the cup, Chu Liu suddenly thought of the scene he saw in his dream under the stupa.

"Senior, may I ask why the place of prayer is declining?"

The abbot paused for a moment with his hand about to take the teapot.

"I know the decline, but if you think about it, you also know what it looked like in its heyday. Humans, ghosts and demons gather on the summer solstice and winter solstice. The streets are bustling and there are many treasures. But as time goes by, interests will drive people to greed and dissatisfaction with poverty. I am dissatisfied with my low level of cultivation, or even with a hundred years of life." The abbot poured a cup of tea for the sixth day, and continued: "The biggest benefit of the place of prayer is the income for those two days. All in all, greed for profit."

Chu Liu suddenly remembered the four great families that Haozi told her, among them, the Yuan family was running a business in the ghost market, Chu Liu couldn't help guessing: "Someone is eyeing the income of the place of prayer, maliciously destroying the prosperity there? "

The abbot nodded, then shook his head again: "Don't say it."

Chu Liu didn't know what the abbot said was unspeakable and what it meant, so he had to tell himself in his heart to be careful of the Yuan family in the future.

"Senior, how can I help Master Xu after three days?"

"A few days ago, Benefactor Xu's father fell unconscious for unknown reasons and became thinner day by day. There seemed to be biological movement in his body, but the hospital couldn't do anything about it. Our temple also sent people to check, but there was no clue."

Chu Liu secretly wondered, since they both belong to the Buddhist sect, Changning Temple did not find out the problem, so it is difficult for her to help.

The abbot seemed to know what Chu Liu was thinking, and said: "Because Puchen Temple has a complete inheritance, I think there will be some way, and someone will help you after three days."

The abbot handed the four letters he had received to Chu Liu, "You can read these four letters first, and then I will explain in detail."

On the sixth day of the lunar new year, I opened it and found that these four letters were all greeting cards, and they happened to be from the four great families.

I don't know what it means on the sixth day, so what does it matter.

"One of the reasons you went down the mountain was to find a cure. If you think about it, the improvement of your cultivation can solve this problem. As long as you slowly accumulate merit and improve your cultivation, there will be no more problems. The second is It is related to these four great families."

After listening for a long time on the sixth day, I finally understood.Her mission to go down the mountain this time is to cooperate with one of the four great aristocratic families to participate in the Dao Discussion Conference.

This Dao Discussion Conference was decided after the joint discussion between the Taoist Church and the Buddhist Association after the decline of the Land of Prayer. If you don't want to be a wooden stake, you can get one person from each temple at the beginning, but now you just send a person from one temple to participate as a representative.

On the sixth day, it is estimated that the abbot was unlucky and got the lottery, otherwise the abbot would definitely not agree with his personality.However, which one should she choose to cooperate with now? I heard that the Zuo family is a very good person. Should I choose the Zuo family?

The abbot took a sip of tea, seeing that Chu Liu was still hesitating, he suggested, "Little friend, you might as well choose the Liu family."

When Chu Liu heard the words, he suddenly thought of Liu Qinyan.

"This Liu family is good at talisman, and it is more suitable for people who practice Buddhism in my family. In the past, most of them chose Liu family."

After thinking about it for a while on the sixth day, she accepted the abbot's suggestion. Anyway, she is not very familiar with the four families, so let it go.