Chapter 016 East and West, North and South

Buddhism and Taoism have been in dispute for thousands of years, like the formation of a large quagmire, successive generations of the two religions can not be exempted from the high, or debate in the temple, or write books to discredit, one by one in the mud to go crawling and rolling on a few times, and few can be the kind of later recognized to be able to get out of the mud and not be stained, nearly a hundred years ago, the Buddha’s family out of a journey to the west to get the scriptures of the white monk, only to alleviate the three religions of the dynasty to Confucianism as the first to the Taoist second again to Buddha bottom embarrassing. The Buddha at the bottom of the embarrassment, but unfortunately after the epiphany of the world, the white monk and the two Zen temples are a huge impact. The tall monk once laughed that the two religions of Buddhism and Taoism, like the village of two old farmers to grab water irrigation fields, the same source of water, but the amount of water is, after all, that much, who steal more more to steal more cheating some water into their own farmland, who’s crops will be a better harvest, water Well, naturally, we have to bump into, the first mouth to convince the opposite side, and then move the fists and feet, can not be, who is with the pavilion chief of the relationship with a good relationship to get the hand of the officer with a weapon to kill people.

This is naturally white monk in self-deprecating, but also ironic Taoism Longhu Mountain close to the court, favored in the king, from the palace field down to the rivers and lakes in the city, in the history of the Buddha initiated as many as six campaigns to eliminate the Buddha, the white monk in the past two times in the Taoist ancestor of the golden dome of the solo battle with more than 10 Taoism great real people are similar to the killing of a thousand self-inflicted loss of 800 means to win, it is strange to say, in the past, the Buddha and the Tao once a decade of debate, even if there is a party to Strange to say, in the past, even if one side of the once every ten years debate, even if one side won, afterward also have to suffer countless criticism, only this never say all the words of the white monk, won stagger, even the arrogant to the extreme Longhu Mountain old gods are just laughing bitterly, and not too much mustiness, over the years there are often some outside of the Longhu Mountain of the real person quoted in the ingestion of Buddhism, writings of all kinds of canonical books to attack the fight against Buddhism, carrying the box of books to go to the two Zen Temple to find the white monk theories, and the result is that without exception, after the mountain are The result was that all of them, without exception, did not say a word after they came down from the mountain, and they kept their mouths shut when asked by outsiders.

Outside the thatched hut at the back of the Two Zen Temple, there are two bald monks basking in the sun. Here from the forbidden monument forest is too close, few visitors, there is no temple of those heavy to cover the nose can not cover the smell of incense, thatched cottage behind the vegetable garden chicken coop, before the two peach trees, the years are not big, a reddish-red peach is the middle-aged monks planted at the birth of his daughter, and then he did not know where to abduct a small fool Wu North and South, and replanting a drooping peaches, back of the mountain back of the shade, the peach tree grows slowly, the branches and trunks of the sparse, this time the branches of green, small flower bones The green, small flowers are far from plump.

Every year two children’s birthday, stupid north and south of the teacher’s wife will carry a kitchen knife, pulling the same year, same month, same day born two children to go to the peach tree, according to the height of the carving traces, earlier Li things as a girl, development early, fast, every birthday is as happy as a yellow finch, chattering non-stop, but also constantly go to the north and south of the stupid touch the small bald head, making fun of him is a short winter melon, but unfortunately the wind and water rotates, when she stepped into the young girl, when he became a teenager, Li things will be a short winter melon, when he became a teenager, Li things, when he became a teenager, Li things, when she stepped into the young girl, when he became a teenager, Li things, Li things. When he became a teenager, Li stuff is not happy, now Wu Nan Bei is already taller than her, which makes Li Zi girl some melancholy na, in the future, in case stupid Nan Bei grows father so high, is not it necessary to tiptoe to touch his head?

Little monk today do not need to give the interpretation of the law, and tomorrow to take the place of the master to go to the Lotus Golden Peak of Longhu Mountain, the little monk is ultimately in the two Zen temples are able to reason to convince people of the age of the small talk monk, see not what stage fright, just depressed and asked: “Master, tomorrow I’m going to go to Longhu Mountain to fight with them, how there are still Taoist priests come up the mountain to talk to you chattering. ”

White monk lying in a rattan chair, stroking his bald head, glimpsed his daughter-in-law out of the hut to wash clothes, said in a firm tone: “mountain mountain all know that your master’s wife is good at hand, come to dabble.”

The little monk is really stupid ah, honestly said: “ah? That master why you yesterday behind the back of the master’s wife said that the plate bite spring green leek salt put too much, looking for me to drink water, I think the saltiness is moderate ah. However, these Taoist is too much, although the visitor is a guest, but the master and the master’s wife have done a table meal, they also ate, but also with the master you quarrel, noisy, but on the splash and play, well, the master you smack in the ear croak, leading them to the back of the house, please ask them to take a fist to finish the reasoning, scolded the master and also beat the master, in the end, the master will also be compensated for the smile and say that we’re not, alas, the way of the world. ”

White monk shoulder by the woman viciously twisted a hand, vajra not defeated a what oh, this bald uncle straight frowned, full of pity. Waiting to hold the basin of the daughter-in-law coldly grunted and walked away, he gently patted the stupid disciple’s head, glared at the smoke, but did not make a sound to reprimand the little monk for not having eyesight.

Stupid north and south scratched his head, indeed, as things often say, quite slippery, like a wooden fish. The little monk sighed and said: ”Master, am I good or not? When the time comes to lose the fight, in case the old Abbot doesn’t even give us any copper coins, at that time, Shifu Niang will definitely blame me.”

The most tired middle-aged monk was not responsible, “The old abbot said you are good, do you think you are good?”

The young monk was a little hesitant: “This, or not too good, right? The old abbot see who is not say line line line, half a year ago the Tianzhu to that foreign monk said to build a temple said, the old abbot without saying a word on the agreement, the eye greedy for a number of years of that piece of land Hui Xian abbot they are angry Oh, and, a month ago, Falin uncle said that to return to the secular world, not the monks, to go to the mountains as a drink and eat meat butcher, such a big thing, the old abbot also just laughingly said that the line line of the line, and…. Two days ago only eight years old Yongfa master brother ran to the old abbot Zen room, said not to give sugar to eat on peeing there, the old abbot is not the same as promised.”

The white-robed monk gave a cloudy oh and asked rhetorically, “Something says you’re good, so are you good?”

Stupid north-south suddenly eyes bright, grinning naive smile: “I see line.”

The white-robed monk did not have the good sense to say, “Then you chatter what, you go to see things to help you organize how the bag, my daughter has not been so to me, see you on the upset, go go go go.”

The little monk muttered, “Master and you do not go down the mountain to travel far.”

Seeing the master glaring, stupid north and south hurriedly lifted his butt from the small bench, spread his feet and ran to the humble hut, when he trotted, the one that was cleaned by the master’s mother to be very plain and clean preaching monk’s robe, the two wide cuffs fluttered slowly, not to cause dust.

The white-robed monk closed his eyes and lazily said, “Master has traveled tens of thousands of miles in one trip, and finished the road of his whole life.”

Thatched hut has room three rooms, stupid north and south of the room is in the next door of Li stuff, hut in addition to a bed, a table, a stool, a green lamp, plus a few sutras on the table, surprisingly there is not much extra objects, which with the master teacher’s wife house sub pots and pans in disarray, as well as Li stuff boudoir scattered beloved things, forming a stark contrast. Li stuff sat on the narrow wooden bed where the quilts of the stupid north and south were neatly stacked, tossing and turning a simple linen knitting traveling bag, in fact, there were only a few pieces of change of clothes, but she stuffed some copper coins and broken silver that she asked for from her mother, half of it was for the stupid north and south to buy the sutra, and some of it was to ask him to go to the bottom of the mountain to buy some cheap and inexpensive rouge, water and powder, ah, a novel of the talented, beautiful people, ah, ah, a compact sculpture of a flower make-up box, ah, she was worrying about whether the money would be enough to spend, wrinkled her eyes. Enough money to spend it, frowning little frown, that demeanor, and her father is the same. Wu Nan Bei Nan saw no sound, just stealing joy.

“Here, stupid north-south, this string of rosewood rosary, is Xu Fengnian sent me, you take it. He said walking in the jianghu, have to talk about faction, otherwise many guys will be dog-eyed. It’s a deal, it’s a loan to you ah, not a gift to you.”

“Master will be unhappy when he sees it, you usually don’t even touch it for him. Master has already given His Highness the World Son several hundred cuts in his account book for this.”

“Dead north and south, so you or you don’t you want it?!”

“Yes!”

“When you’re out and about, you have to spend money sparingly, you know? These silver in the parcel, well, if you don’t have enough money to buy books, then buy less rouge and water powder well, anyway, you have a stupid mouth and don’t know how to haggle, you’re sure to be ripped off, anyway, the rouge at the foot of the mountain over there also makes do.”

“Oh.”

“Stupid north and south, don’t talk to me oh oh oh, these silver money one person half, said. Don’t give me all the silver money to buy rouge and water powder, remember?!”

“Oh.”

“Oh your big head! Also, I let father help you pick fried some tea, to the dragon tiger mountain, see people on more gifts more to smile, our family out of the monk, have to be the same as my father, temperament. But in case you were beaten, don’t be hard, hurry and run home, I told my father, let him help you out!”

“Got it, I know the weight.”

“One more thing, don’t forget, if you meet Xu Fenian, remember to tell him to come and play at our house.”

“Sure.”

“When Xu Fenian comes to the mountain, will you help my father or Xu Fenian?”

“I’ll help you.”

“Say that again!”

“Help Xu Fengyen.”

“That’s more like it.”

White-robed monk lying on a rattan chair, listening to the small fight in the house, for no reason remembered many years ago a winter, ate in the capital alleys a kind of noodle tea, is very able to nourish the crop of minced meat finely ground into the noodle tea hot, gently shaking, it will be swirling in a small ceramic bowl, the eating method has some poor precepts, the mouth has to be sticking to the side of the bowl on the fine slippery drink, turning around the small bowl, in this way, into the mouth hot and not scalding the tongue, the head of the bowl The noodle tea will not get cold early, and no one in the internal organs is not warm. The streets and alleys under the eaves hung full of ice cream cones, but drink such a bowl of noodle tea, body warm, heart will follow the warmth. Of course, the most let him feel warm in the cold is sitting next to a woman, maybe not so good-looking, heart not too big, some brutal, but the world, a sea of people, a large capital, 10,000 people, hundreds of thousands of people, he did not see His Majesty the Emperor, did not see the princes and feudal lords, and only saw her. Since he has been more than many of the world to honor the Buddha and Buddha, it is not ashamed of the heart, can afford to shave off the three thousand troublesome silk. He only felt that he couldn’t afford those reverent eyes, regarded him as a god, so when he drank noodle tea with her, and when she paid the bill, he blushed a little.

Chai rice, oil and salt, crude tea, very good ah.

Daughter-in-law said that there are too many shameless women in that capital, forbidding him to go again, not to go then not to go.

The white-robed monk smiled, opened his eyes and looked at the sky, muttering to himself: “All old.”

Sun clothes of the woman’s ear sharp, angrily said: “And which family’s little vixen is not ashamed to hook up with you?”

The unusually tall monk hurriedly got up and ran to help dry the clothes, smiling, “Daughter-in-law, I’ll I’ll I’ll.”

After tossing the traveling bag Li thing stood in the doorway, looking at the father and mother who love each other, thinking of her mother’s sleep snoring loudly, and not a sleepy face, the father who was kicked out of bed twice a day for three days could not mind at all, the little girl was a little sad, would Xu Fengyen like a girl like himself?

The little girl red eyes, the corners of the mouth hung full of teenage sadness, “stupid north and south, I know you go down the mountain, can not touch Xu Fengyen.”

The little monk panicked, “Then when I go down to Longhu Mountain, I won’t go home first, go to Beilang to find His Highness the son of the world, okay?”

Li stuff broke into tears and said with blank eyes, “Forget it, I’m a warrior woman, I don’t care about this!”

The little monk foolishly followed and laughed.

The white-robed monk shook his head and sighed, how could he have taken in such a stupid disciple who doesn’t compete.

The woman will heartily laughed: “North and South unlike you is good.”

That night, the little monk stupid north-south slept peacefully as usual. On the contrary, it was Li Thing, who had nothing to do with her, who tossed and turned, unable to sleep, and barely slept until very late.

Early in the morning, a seniority of a hundred years old monk personally came to the back of the mountain thatched cottage, to meet a Zen lecture monk to go over to the Maharajah’s temple, to the old abbot with hair like snow as the leader, the temple of some closed old guys are also specially broken out, at least three to four hundred gathered on the square in robes of the big bald, not to mention the many hide in the distance to get along with the small sanyasi small bald, ten years rarely encountered the unprecedented situation ah. If Li things to see this scene, not to roll their eyes roll tired ah, when she was a child she also like to listen to monks chanting when counting how many bald, but year after year counting month after month counting day after day counting, always not a fun thing. Fortunately, the Li Zi girl sleep late, relying on not yet got up, white monks and small monk Wu North and South did not dare to wake her up, this to do warrior girl as the ideal of getting up can be very big, that is, the small monk’s mother did not dare to easily go to touch the bad luck, not to mention a family of four on the number of their most no jianghu status of the master and disciple, and then, Wu North and South is afraid that by the time they can’t afford to give up, so that something to see to be joked about or angry.

The sea of people automatically separated.

Clear-eyed little monk and lazy white monk, side by side.

Known as a good old man, the old abbot smilingly walked down the steps, saw the little monk, heart and soul like.

The old abbot was about to speak, saw the original and close the sea of people again separated, looked up and saw a small girl in the two Zen Temple is the largest ran over, even while running and crying?

Stupid north and south of the teacher’s wife stood at the edge of the square to stop, a face of helplessness.

The girl ran to the father and childhood sweethearts grew up in front of the stupid little monk, crying all the way, has cried and swollen eyes, about to run sharply fell over, the body stained with a lot of dust, she dead grasp the corner of the little monk’s robe, heartbreakingly said: “stupid north and south, I had a nightmare!”

Spare the presence of big bald people are famous in the world’s high priests, at this time, are good-naturedly coaxed laughter.

The white-robed monk and the old abbot glanced at each other and sighed slightly in unison.

Li stuff clutched the young monk’s robe to death, fearing that if she let go, she would no longer be able to hold onto this robe, and would never see this stupid north and south who heaven forbid thought they would be together forever, she was heartbroken and choked, “I dreamt that you died and became a Buddha, and that you said that you were going to the west, never to pay attention to me again!”

“I called you Wu Nan Bei Nan, I said I wouldn’t call you stupid Nan Bei Nan anymore, and I said I’d let you call me Plum and Stuff, but you just ignored me and left anyway!”

“North and South, I dreamed that you stood under the city of Beiliang, I stood on the city’s head, I could only look at you, in front of you were densely packed with terrible cavalry, I don’t know how many hundreds of thousands of them, but you said, ‘Heaven and earth are so big, allow the little monk to erect a monument of mercy for Li Zi only in the square inches of land in front of this city of Beiliang,’ and then those bad people all together Then those bad guys shot arrows, and they didn’t charge, they just poured a shower of arrows on your head! First you bled, and your whole robe turned red, then you sat down where you were and bowed your head to recite the sutra, and your blood turned golden! Then you became a Buddha, father said this is the Bodhisattva lowering his eyebrows and the vajra raging his eyes, you became a Buddha, you never refused to see me again!”

“Stupid North and South, I don’t want rouge and powder anymore, don’t die, OK?”

The girl spoke brokenly and pearly.

With the old monks to say the scriptures and preach the law, there is a heavenly maiden scattered flowers stubborn stone nodding style of the young monk, presumably heartbroken things sad, also followed the cry.

The whole square monks all creepy!

Was shocked beyond words.

The old abbot eyelids convergence, gently looked at the white monk, the latter smiled, said: “no harm, I do not go to Longhu Mountain this disciple is, I go, master, okay?”

The old abbot smiled slightly, this should be reasonable this time but the sky is great unexpected nodded: “line.”

The little monk stupid north and south is the robe lapel, hands together, facing the back of the old abbot is the plaque of the Maharajah’s temple, lowered his head and said softly: “If the little monk can really become a Buddha, today, but also do not want to become a Buddha.”