Southern Xinjiang, Reclining Buddha Temple, Daxiong Treasure Hall.

Xuantang, who was wearing a moon-white monk's robe, sat cross-legged in front of the Buddha statue, beating wooden fish, and reciting scriptures with his eyes closed.

Suddenly, a sound of footsteps came from far and near, and finally stopped at the door of the Daxiong Treasure Hall.

The chanting stopped abruptly, and Xuantang, who felt a little weird, slowly opened his eyes, looked at the monk standing at the door with a wooden face, and frowned slightly: "Hengyuan, what are you looking for this seat?"

The monk named Hengyuan suddenly showed a strange smile and said in an indifferent tone: "Golden Cicada, don't you even know this seat?"

Hearing this, Xuantang looked carefully at the "Hengyuan" not far away, and saw a Buddha country looming behind the "Hengyuan", and the endless golden Buddha light bloomed in the void, and his eyes couldn't help but sting, and he closed them consciously, and two lines of tears slipped from the corners of his eyes.

It is the world-honored Buddha, and Hengyuan was possessed by him.

This thought suddenly appeared in Xuan Tang's mind, and his whole body subconsciously tensed, and an extreme fear surged out of his heart, and quickly enveloped his whole body, and at this moment his body was even unconscious.

The weird smile of "Hengyuan" lingered in Xuantang's mind like a nightmare.

After all, Xuantang was a human being in two lives, and he was a strong man in the realm of heaven and man, and the state of panic and anxiety lasted only for a breath, and he was forcibly dispersed by him, and his expression quickly returned to normal, and he changed his posture to kneel, and said while kowtowing: "Disciple to meet Shizun." ”

I only heard Xuantang choke and said: "When the husband heard that the Shizun was in trouble, the disciple was like being pierced through the heart by a thousand swords, and it was difficult to sleep day and night. ”

The Buddha who possessed Hengyuan had a smile on his face, and said meaningfully: "Is it? Why does this seat think that you are afraid? What are you afraid of?"

Xuantang said with a sad face: "The disciple is frightened, the Shizun is coerced and created the immortal Buddha Gate, but the Shizun suffered, the disciple not only failed to help, but even the Buddha Gate could not be guarded, so that the disciples of the Buddha Gate were oppressed, and the disciples were ashamed of the World Zun, and they had no shame to face the World Zun." ”

The Buddha who was attached to Hengyuan's body walked into the Daxiong Treasure Hall, closed the door casually, and then walked to the high platform where the Buddha statue was enshrined, and the whole person and the Buddha statue became one.

In an instant, the Buddha statue seemed to come to life, and the clay sculpture turned into flesh and blood, and Hengyuan disappeared, showing the original appearance of the Buddha.

The Buddha sat on the high platform, looked at Xuantang condescendingly, and said inexplicably: "Is it?"

Xuantang hurriedly replied: "What the disciple said is true, if there is half a lie, I am willing to be suppressed by the Shizun, and I will never be able to turn over." ”

The Buddha was silent for a moment, looked at Xuantang who was kneeling respectfully in front of him, and suddenly smiled: "Okay, get up and speak, if this seat doesn't believe you, how can I come to you today?"

Xuantang got up from the ground with a face full of joy, and said with tears in his eyes: "The disciple thanked the Shizun for his trust, with the words of the Shizun, even if the disciple goes to the soup and fires, and the liver and brain are smeared, it is worth it." ”

The Buddha restrained his smile and said without being angry: "Okay, don't talk about vain, and ask you, what happened to the Buddha during the time when this seat left, and it withered like this?"

Hearing this, Xuantang knelt on the ground again: "The disciple is incompetent, since the day of the disappearance of the Shizun, the Dao Palace led by Zhuang Zhou Lin Ze has tried every means to suppress the Buddhism. ”

The Buddha's expression moved slightly: "Oh, what kind of suppression method?"

A trace of indignation appeared on Xuantang's face: "First of all, Lin Ze relied on the authority of the sage of Zhuang Zhou to force the three senior brothers of Maitreya and Guanyin to betray Buddhism and set up their own door. ”

In order to preserve the inheritance of Buddhism and wait for the return of the world-honored one, the three senior brothers had to be wronged and seek perfection, and according to the requirements of the Taoist Palace, the Buddhism was divided into four. ”

Not long after the split of Buddhism, Lin Ze was still not at ease, so he took Zhuang Zhou to southern Xinjiang in person, bullied the weak, and forcibly forced the three senior brothers to return to Chang'an with them, and has been imprisoned until now. ”

In addition, in order to suppress Buddhism, Lin Ze decreed that all monks must obtain food through labor. But some of them were found to have earned something for nothing, and they were directly arrested and used as hard labor, and were called like animals. ”

"If a monk refuses to become a hard laborer, he will be beheaded by the officials of the Western Qin, and his head will be in a different place, and the end will be extremely miserable. ”

"I think that there are countless eminent monks in my Buddhism, which one does not rely on believers to give alms, but only needs to concentrate on serving the world-honored one, why should he be reduced to working in the field like a pariah, so that the prestige of Buddhism is greatly damaged, and he is ashamed to laugh. ”

The Buddha was annoyed: "Are you just allowed to be oppressed by others, won't you fight hard?"

Xuantang said with a wry smile: "The officials of the Western Qin Dynasty guarding the southern Xinjiang said that if there is a situation where the monks resist and hurt people, they will kill ten monks if they hurt one person, and kill a hundred monks until they slaughter all the Buddhist monks." ”

"The disciple has not come out of the world, no one can beat Zhuang Zhou, in order to preserve the inheritance of Buddhism, I have to endure it. ”

A touch of coldness appeared on the Buddha's face: "No wonder the luck received by this seat has decreased sharply since this year, and it is not even as good as before. ”

"The Taoist saint is indifferent by nature, Zhuang Zhou has a gentle and kind personality, such a poisonous plan, only Lin Ze's little ghost thought of it, this little ghost was first instructed by the Taoist saint to calculate the throne, and now he persecuts Buddhism, which is too deceitful. ”

"When he returns, he will be allowed to repay the cause and effect and suffer retribution. ”

Xuan Tang's expression moved slightly when he heard this, and he said cautiously: "Isn't the World Venerable already return......ing?"

Halfway through speaking, Xuan Tang hurriedly stopped talking, and said with a panicked face: "The disciple has no intention of offending the World Venerable, and I hope that the World Venerable will forgive the sin." ”

Buddhism is highly hierarchical, and ordinary monks visiting the Buddha is a blasphemy crime, and according to the precepts, they will suffer extremely severe punishment.

Although Xuantang is not an ordinary monk, he is still not qualified to inquire about the secret news of the Buddha.

In the entire Buddhist sect, no one is qualified.

The Buddha glanced at Xuantang coldly, and said indifferently: "The matter of this seat, it is not your turn to worry about it, go back and get a karmic fire burning punishment yourself." ”

Hearing this, Xuantang said dryly: "Disciple Xie Shizun is extra-legal. ”

The Buddha was slightly satisfied and said: "This is not bad, since the punishment has been punished, this seat will remind you once, this seat is really hidden in an unknown place, possessing others, and it can't be too long, so it can't be returned." ”

"When this seat returns to the holy throne and is not afraid of the Taoist saints and Confucian saints, it will naturally appear in front of the world. ”

Isn't possession sustainable? Strength has not been restored, can it only be through possession?

Xuan Tang inevitably had a messy thought in his mind, and then forcibly dispersed it.

Xuantang knows very well in his heart which words can be believed and which words should not be believed, if he believes what he should not believe, he doesn't know how he will die one day.

After a while, seeing that the Buddha did not continue to speak, Xuantang quickly came to his senses, the Buddha appeared this time, it is estimated that there was something to tell him to do, otherwise there was no need to take the risk to appear.

After all, the Buddha has not yet recovered his holy position, and he can't even beat Zhuang Zhou.

So Xuantang took the initiative to bow and asked tentatively, "Does the World Venerable have something to tell his disciples to do?"

The Buddha said indifferently: "There is really something I want to give you to do. This seat wants you to think of a way to bring any of the three people of Maitreya Jizo Avalokiteshvara to this seat. ”

"You must remember that this matter must not alarm the people of the Dao Palace, especially the Dao Saint and Zhuang Zhou, if this major event is ruined, this seat will not spare you. ”

Xuantang hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Back to the world, as far as the disciple knows, the two senior brothers of Maitreya Dizang are safe and sound, and they are under house arrest in Chang'an, and Senior Brother Guanyin may have encountered an accident. ”

The Buddha's expression changed: "What did you say? Guanyin encountered an accident? What happened, hurry up and explain it to this seat." ”

Xuan Tang said cautiously: "A year ago, Lin Ze took Zhuang Zhou to Southern Xinjiang, preparing to force the three senior brothers to imprison themselves in Chang'an, but in the end, only two senior brothers Maitreya were found, and Senior Brother Guanyin disappeared, as if the world had evaporated, and there was no trace of it. ”

The disciple felt strange, so he secretly sent someone to find out what happened, and finally learned that Senior Brother Guanyin was very likely to have suffered an accident. ”

The Buddha's expression softened slightly: "In this way, you are just hearsay, and there is no definite news?"

Xuan Tang nodded slightly and said: "That's right, the disciple didn't receive the exact news, but the disciple thought about it carefully, Dao Palace Lin Ze has always been plotting against Buddhism, if Senior Brother Guanyin hadn't fallen, how could he easily give up and continue to investigate?"

The disciple even guessed that Senior Brother Guanyin was killed by the Dao Palace, so the Dao Palace only imprisoned the two senior brothers Maitreya in Chang'an. ”

The Buddha pondered for a moment, waved his hand and said, "Since you can't figure it out, then don't speculate, when this seat is restored, you can determine whether Guanyin is alive or dead." If he really died unjustly, this seat will end this cause and effect for him. ”

"Right now, you can complete the explanation given to you by this seat with peace of mind, Guanyin can't come, and it is enough for Maitreya to hide one person. ”

Xuantang's expression was solemn, and he replied loudly: "Please rest assured that the disciple will not let the World Venerable down." ”

The Buddha smiled and said: "If you really do a good job in this matter, this seat does not matter whether you endured humiliation and burdens before, or whether you really betrayed the Buddha, everything is not to blame." ”

The next moment, the Buddha's face suddenly became extremely gloomy: "If you can't do this, this seat will investigate it, and you must not want to see it." ”

"I'll come to you. ”

The Buddha dropped this sentence, his eyes suddenly dimmed, and the flesh and blood that originally looked alive were petrified little by little, and gradually transformed into a clay sculpture.

After a while, only a golden Buddha statue remained on the high platform, as if flesh and blood had never appeared.

Subsequently, Hengyuan's body fell out of the Buddha statue.

Xuantang took a step forward to catch Hengyuan, and found that the person had lost consciousness and was unconscious.

Xuantang hesitated for a moment, opened the door of the hall, sent Hengyuan out, and looked at the Buddha statue alone, with an unknown expression.

Without alarming Zhuang Zhou, bring any of the Maitreya Dizang to the front, Shizun, Shizun, you really look up to your disciple.

After a long time, Xuantang walked out of the main hall and flew in the direction of Chang'an.