Han’s Son is Not a Slave

Under the night, the Guifeng Mountains were dark and quiet. Except for the occasional sound of unknown strange birds, it seemed that there was no one in the huge mountain.

Yutai Temple, located on the halfway of Guifeng Mountain, was built in the Han Dynasty. It was destroyed by fire at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and was rebuilt in the orthodox years of the Ming Dynasty. One of the Buddhist temples, the monks in the temple once reached as many as a thousand people during the Chongzhen period. Today, there are no more than 100 monks in this monastery, including the presiding old monk Qilin, and most of them are old and weak. It will collapse one day.

Alas, monks can't avoid the mundane world, let alone the mundane world. Years of war and turmoil have caused not only the common people, but also these monks. Without the incense offerings of the believers, how could this temple make money, how could it support so many monks, let alone repair the buildings in the temple.

There are a lot of land in the temple, but most of the original tenants either asked the Qing army to arrest the master or the Ming army to arrest the master, and the rest were mostly refugees. When the old monk Qilin woke up every morning, the first thing he did when he woke up was not chanting sutras and chanting Buddha, but explaining which field should be watered today, which field should be ploughed, and sometimes he even forgot to give a few words to the temple The vegetable floor is fat...

What I think about every day is not Amitabha, but these ordinary people who are not looked down upon and disdain to look at in the past. It is really difficult for the old monk Qilin. Fortunately, no matter how chaotic the world is, there is always a reason for this monk to make a living and to be close. As long as the temple does not interfere with external affairs, it is not expected that the believers will gather, the incense will be prosperous, and the offerings will be piled up. of. After all, no matter how fierce a soldier is, he probably won't be able to swing a knife when he sees a monk.

As he got older, the old monk Qilin was also open to him. Whether it’s Ming or Qing, if you sit in the country, you will govern the country. Since ancient times, no one who has been sitting in the country has not been treated. So now there are disputes between the Ming and Qing outside, so call me today, tomorrow You killed it, and it was a lot of fun, but when the overall situation is certain, can the soldiers fight back and forth like this? By the time. The days have to be the same as before, otherwise, what are you going to do! As for whether the person sitting in the country is a Han or a Hu, it doesn't matter to the old monk at all, then whether the Buddha is a Hu, and whether the emperor is a Hu or not has a lot to do with it. As a monk, just take care of your own affairs. As long as the Buddha does not commit sins, you can worry about other things.

Because I heard from a few monks in the temple who went out to travel, Nanming was not as good as the day. I am afraid that sitting in the mountains of the Qing Dynasty is a sure thing, so the old monk Qilin deliberately made friends with the officials of the Qing Dynasty, and strictly forbids the monks in the temple to have any connection with the Ming army, and drives away one if he finds one. Never be soft-hearted. Not only that, at the beginning of the year, the old monk also invited the county magistrate of Xinhui to do a ritual in Xinhui City, saving the tens of thousands of innocent people who died tragically during the defense of the city.

Although he knew that these tens of thousands of people were killed by the Qing army guarding the city, the old monk was gnashing his teeth and scolding the old thief in the city. He didn't even mention the Qing army at all, such an attitude, coupled with his famous reputation in Guangdong, the old monk Qilin. Therefore, the Governor Yamen in Guangzhou also expressed concern to him. The new Governor Li specially mentioned his "righteous deeds" in Qilin in the memorial sent to Beijing, which made the old monk really excited: it was the memorial sent by the Governor to the capital, and it was for the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. The name of a monk can be swept across by the dragon eye, but it is really the kindness of the Buddha, and the ancestors have a spirit.

In addition to being excited, Qi Lin did not care that he was in his 80s, and wondered if he should take the initiative to go to Guangzhou. On the one hand, he would like to thank the Governor for his praise, and on the other hand, he could take this opportunity to marry the new Governor. It is a good fate. After the situation is settled, it is better to ask the Governor Yamen to help Zhangluo some rich and big households to repair the Yutai Temple. After all, the weather in the temple is really bad. land.

People need clothes, Buddhas need gold clothes, and no matter how much sutras you read and how much you understand about Buddhist principles, it will never be enough for believers to see the style and practicality.

The old monk Qilin understood, who would have thought that just as he was thinking about going to Guangzhou, a catastrophe suddenly struck. That day, a large number of people and soldiers suddenly rushed from the bottom of the mountain, which really shocked the old monk Qilin, and also shocked the monks in the temple. Before the monks could ask questions, the sergeants who fled up the mountain fiercely drove them to the Daxiong Hall, and then a master Song, who claimed to be the general manager of money and grain of the Ming Taiping Camp, boldly declared to them that Yutai Temple would be taken over by the Taiping Camp from now on. , the monks in the temple will all be under centralized supervision, and the food in the temple will also be taken out for the Taiping Camp.

Heaven-killed robbers, Heaven-killed Taiping Army, Heaven-killed General Manager Song!

After seeing the gang of robber-like Taiping troops dug out the food hidden in the temple, the old monk Qilin almost lost his breath.

When a scholar encounters a soldier, the reason is not clear, and when a monk encounters a soldier, it is also incomprehensible. In the face of Master Song, who was outspoken and had no gentleness at all, Monk Qilin could only swallow a belly of bitterness in his stomach~www.novelmt.com~ did not dare to resist at all. But the old monk who watched his own territory was occupied by a large group of tattered trolls, and his food was also swallowed by them. After reading the scriptures for decades, and worshipping the Bodhisattva for decades, the old monk was not reconciled.

Song Xianggong only wanted the monks to cooperate honestly, but he had no intention of killing these monks. After all, he was also a scholar, and he always respected these monks a little bit. When he met temples before, he always went in and worshipped. Offer some sesame oil money, this time if the situation was not tense, and it was a matter of life and death, he would not be so rude to the monks, and he would not be so rude to the host who looked kind-hearted and well-respected.

Tigers do not hurt people, but people have the heart to kill tigers.

Song Xianggong did not intend to kill the monks of Yutai Temple, but these monks did not intend to kill him!

In the middle of the night on the second day after the Taiping army occupied Yutai Temple, a small monk who looked very inconspicuous sneaked out of the temple while the guards were not paying attention, and then took advantage of the dark night to sneak out of the back mountain. The well-known trail descends the mountain.

After going down the mountain, the young monk did not escape, but went straight to the Qing army camp at the foot of the mountain. There was a letter hidden on his body, but it was written by the kind-hearted, virtuous and well-known old monk Qilin among Guangdong believers. letter. (To be continued..)