Chapter 267: Puja (5)
On this day, it snowed heavily.
The entire sky is covered by goose-feather snow, making it impossible to see the original color of the sky when you look up.
The heavy snow was falling in a chaotic manner, blocking the view of pedestrians, and few people walked on the street.
Nanyuan gradually became lively at this time.
On a bluestone road leading from the gate to the main hall, a thick layer of snow fell on it, and it creaked when stepped on.
In this festival, Nanyuan was short of manpower, and some people were temporarily transferred to clean up.
At the entrance of Nanyuan, a notice was posted that innocent teenagers from nearby families could sign up to participate in serving and cleaning, although the salary was not high, but it was also a salary, and naturally some people were willing.
At this time, a group of people are sweeping the snow on the road, but after sweeping one layer, another layer will fall.
"When is this snow going to fall?" A young man raised his head to look at it, rubbed his frozen red face with his hand, and looked sad: "In this way, the snow on the road can indeed not be swept clean, and we sweep this piece, aren't we working in vain?"
The companion behind him was about the same age as him, and when he heard what he said, he sneered: "You obviously want to be lazy! What do you say about the snow and then sweep it, do you want the snow to stop, and the snow can stop? This snow is only afraid that it will not stop for three days, and if you wait for the snow to stop and then sweep it, you and I will have been punished by the adults in the yamen, and we will not ask for wages!"
"This snow doesn't stop falling, which makes people anxious!"
Another young man said: "Don't worry, although this snow keeps falling, as long as we don't be lazy, we don't care if there is some snow on the ground, but we don't clean it up, let this snow keep falling, I'm afraid that we will lose our feet after a while." Then you won't punish you and me?"
"Besides, this work is not hard, it's just colder, but now that you sweep at will, you will be paid, and you will have food to eat when you go back, which is already a good thing, do you think this is the truth?"
"Well, that's what I'm saying, in that case, let's continue to sweep!" they chatted as they swept, and slowly didn't feel that the work was too hard.
Originally, if it weren't for the heavy snow in the past few days, how could they recruit people and give out money?
I want to get more money, and I want to do things without hard work, how can there be such a reason?
“...... , several road chiefs, please walk from here. ”
As several people were talking, there was a sound of footsteps, accompanied by a man's voice, from the forest road, and he hurriedly raised his head and looked at the voice.
In the distance of the road, a soldier was giving directions to several people.
These people were dressed in Taoist robes, old and young, and they all looked like people with a sense of the Tao, and they all bowed, and after thanking them, they came in.
There was a white beard, with a childlike face, with a bit of fairy atmosphere, a few people saw this posture, did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly retreated to the side of the road to make way for them.
Watching them walk past, their backs gradually drifted away, and several people walked back.
"I heard that today is the day of the puja, do you know what the puja is?" The young man who first asked him was not very old and had rarely seen these things, so he asked his companion a little confused.
His companion, who was a few years older than him, had some insight, and while sweeping the ground, he replied casually: "Faja, it's just a matter of the monks' participation, right? Where do I know this, we poor people have to run around for food since we were young, how can we know this?"
"That's right. The two of them sighed a few words, and continued to work, so that the adults would be punished if they saw that they were lazy, and it was better to be diligent.
Several Taoists who walked in front of them opened the gate signal, and since they came in, there were more monks and Taoists passing by this way.
At this time, a burst of bells came from a melodious distance, spreading all over Nanyuan, which was the signal of the official convocation.
The middle hall is the core, the distribution of four roads, separated by the forest road, has a solemn and solemn atmosphere, at this time, there are more and more monks and Taoists.
For a moment, I saw a group of monks appear on the West Road, and the fish came out in a row, all of them hung Buddha beads in their hands, looked at the nose, looked at the nose and looked at the heart, the treasure was solemn, and the palms were together.
There is a big monk in the middle, dressed in a robe, who looks no more than forty years old, with a slender and chic figure, a somewhat slender face, and a pair of deep eyes, with a certain clear divine light, showing a transcendent posture like standing out from the crowd.
Although they were walking, the monks kept chanting, and the rhythm rose and fell.
In the distance, Tong Xuan and Heping really looked at it, and couldn't help but sneer, both of them were not happy or angry, and their expressions were slightly excited.
"Emperor Xinzun sees!" said Tong Xuan after a moment, his tone flat.
Ping Zhen sneered and said, "When you get here, you are still such a big shelf, arrogant!"
Tong Xuan said plainly: "He is the Emperor Heart Venerable, and when he talks about it, he can be regarded as the dragon son and grandson of the former dynasty Dayan, and it is easy to understand that he is a little shelf." ”
"The shelves are given by people, and those who dare to get close to them now are people who don't know each other. ”
After the decree was promulgated, the whole of Jinling was moved.
This matter does not seem to be serious, but the king of Chu respects the monks and Taoists and invites them to hold a Dharma meeting to preach the law of the two paths.
But thoughtful people should think about whether King Chu's move has a deeper meaning.
Linked to faintly heard things, some weekdays with monks
Taoists and people who seem to be in the past are sweating on their foreheads.
Regardless of whether they guessed the deep meaning or not, they secretly ordered them to go down, but the children of the clan, far away from the monks and Taoists during this time, must not be involved in this matter.
Now that the situation of the Chu Dynasty has stabilized, the King of Chu is strong, and some families and people, even if they have been careful, most of them have dispelled their thoughts.
Among the princes, in terms of strength and national strength, can he be compared to the king of Chu?
Do you want to go to the Hu people?
The state of Chu is already the strongest, and he will not get along with himself, and he will put his family on the fire to cook.
So, no matter what happens after the puja, some families and individuals who notice that the atmosphere is not right have already made some preparations before the end.
These undercurrents are surging, and it is impossible for the monks and Taoists involved in the puja to be unaware.
Ping Zhen's eyes flashed, and he said: "There are still some people who follow, but the king has already dispatched two armies, one horse and one guard, a total of 6,000 people, there is really something, even if there are 8,000 monks here, they will be destroyed in a blink of an eye." ”
During the time of the Dharma meeting, the elite Chu army was sent to inspect the periphery of Nanyuan, one was a cavalry of 3,000 people, and the other was a soldier wearing armor.
However, most cultivators are still only cultivating, and they are not good at the art of fighting, let alone 6,000 people, even 3,000 people, they can be killed in one go.
Of course, Wang Hongyi will not do this, behind these people is the entire religious and spiritual circle, unless the world is unified and willing to take risks, otherwise it is impossible to do so.
For Wang Hongyi, now is the first step.
Tong Xuan and Pingzhen looked at it, of course the Emperor Heart Venerable had a sense, bowed his head and recited the Buddha number, this little Buddha number, in the chanting, is not violated, but it is as clear as a tiger among the beasts.
The Buddha's horn shook, and the ear drums of Tongxuan and Pingzhen in the distance suddenly shook, and in an instant, his mind was blank, although he immediately woke up, he couldn't help but change color.
"This human fruit is a great achievement, and he has the law?" Tong Xuan showed a hint of surprise and watched this group of people enter the hall.
Emperor Heart Venerable stepped in, and suddenly his whole body was shocked.
When I opened the eyes of heaven, I saw that the rich dragon qi in the hall was permeated, which made a black dragon in the body vibrate~ The black dragon in the body was only an inch, with teeth and claws.
"It's almost the same as the Son of Heaven?" Venerable Emperor Xin thought silently, although his own dragon qi, although it was small, he first cultivated it with his own dragon qi, and then absorbed a treasure close to the emperor, with a trace of authentic heavenly qi.
Now it's reacting, but it's almost comparable, which is not good news.
and he thought in his heart, but he did not reveal it, and entered into the temple.
This hall uses 300 large pillars to open up a huge space, and thousands of people stand in it, giving people a feeling of emptiness.
This hall can accommodate 3,000 or 6,000 monks, and there are many disciples in it who follow to see the excitement, so the backbone goes in, and three thousand people are more than enough.
Wang Hongyi is not a stingy person in this regard, this empty hall, after being finalized as the venue, Wang Hongyi ordered to be repaired and cleaned up.
Now at a glance, the floor is new, in the middle corridor, there is a brazier every few meters, there is a high platform on the top, which is used for arguments, and there is a row of seats below, which is where the monks and Taoist leaders sit.
There are dense futons underneath for the use of monks and Taoists of slightly lower status, but faintly, the monks and Taoists are separated.
When they reached the upper seat, the surrounding monks stood up and bowed.
Venerable Emperor Xin looked at the two monks and saluted: "It turns out that the two ear brothers have arrived, and they are polite." ”
The two monks are both in their fifties, their eyebrows are white, their faces are solemn and peaceful, their eyes are half-open and half-closed, and their eyes are shining with clear light. ”
Divided the seats and sat down, and after a while, a whip sounded, several officials came to the stage, and the hall suddenly fell silent,...
Yu Liangbo went up, swept at everyone, now he is only about thirty years old, so many years of practice, he is more and more deep and heavy, not smiling, and at this time the luck is also completely promoted to cyan, even in the face of so many monks, he does not feel the slightest restraint and oppression, said: "According to the king's will, this Dharma is summoned, the law is not clear, the Tao is not clear, so please all the monks and all the Tao to talk about their own law, in order to distinguish the high and low." ”
"Each ancestral hall and temple has its own view, there is a patriarch who prays for a good effect, or obtains the fruit of the Dharma, but does not have a fruit number, with the above smell, can be distinguished from the Fa, after the Fa meeting, the king will be according to the rank, can be specially sealed. ”
"This is divided into four grades, the first level is sealed, the second level is given the number, the third level is given the plaque, and the fourth level is given gold!"
After saying this, the monks below suddenly discussed.
What this means is that all the sects and sects, you use discrimination to determine the superiority, and your teachers have achieved positive results in cultivation, but they do not have an official name, they can all put it forward, and as long as they are determined, they will be sealed to varying degrees.
This was an unprecedented grace, and for a time, everyone was talking about it.
Even a few holy monks couldn't help but join together, chanting a Buddha horn in a low voice, and their hearts were a little strange.
Is Wang Hongyi so respectful of the Tao and Brahma?