The separation has occurred, and Li Xiuyuan has been silently saying goodbye to his brothers and sisters these days.

The places where the old Taoist masters and disciples will go have been arranged.

Qingyu decided to leave the Imperial City of Zhou Dynasty with her master and her sisters next spring. The Queen learned about the whereabouts of her master and her sisters and said that she would go to sea to look for her master in the future.

It was lightly raining in the early morning, accompanied by the bleak autumn wind. Li Xiuyuan took the old shopkeeper out of No. 47.

He told Xiao Hei and Shu Zi where he wanted to go. Only at this moment did Xiao Hei know that his two sisters were ill because they took two elixirs too early.

In the end, it fell to the brother to find a solution for the two sisters.

When they went out, the two little girls were still dreaming.

Xiao Hei stood in front of the door and waved to Li Xiuyuan: "Brother, don't worry, if it doesn't work, we will find an old monk to find a solution."

Li Xiuyuan opened the car curtain and replied to Xiao Hei: "You are watching at home. I will come back as soon as I go."

At this time, Shuzi had already taken Xiaohu to the market to buy vegetables.

At the last moment, the two of them did not say goodbye to their brother and husband.

The old shopkeeper accompanied Li Xiuyuan all the way to Xilin Temple.

Guided by the monk Zhike, the two came to the Buddhist hall of the abbot master.

Without beating around the bush, Li Xiuyuan directly stated his purpose.

Looking at the Bodhisattva on the altar, he said quietly: "Master, I have come to ask the Buddha to give two alms and two relics to my two sisters to save their lives."

The Buddhist hall was extremely quiet for a moment. The abbot master looked at Li Xiuyuan quietly, with a complicated expression on his thin face.

Since Emperor Wu began to exterminate Buddhism in the Great Zhou Dynasty, he destroyed tens of thousands of Buddhist temples, and even Xilin Temple was not spared.

Fortunately, in the end, the Queen allowed Xilin Temple to retain a pure land.

Even so, these days, in the eyes of the abbot, the Buddhas in Xilin Temple have experienced a disaster.

Li Xiuyuan listened to the master's sigh, but could not discuss the cause and effect and reason with him.

Right now, he just wants to get a legendary relic for his two sisters.

The old shopkeeper, who was sitting quietly at the side, could not see the sadness or joy on his face. He just came to accompany Li Xiuyuan for a while to prevent unexpected things from happening.

After sitting in silence for a moment, the expression on the abbot's face changed again and again, and finally returned to normal, showing a loving smile, as if he had made a decision in his heart.

Looking at Li Xiuyuan, he replied: "There are many eminent monks in Xilin Temple, but very few of them can burn the fire of Nirvana."

The old monk's eyes were calm, but Li Xiuyuan felt that the abbot was inadvertently covering up for him.

I can't help but feel anxious when I think that if the two sisters don't get the relic, they will sleep for ten years.

Holding back the uneasiness in his heart, Li Xiuyuan said: "The Buddha once sacrificed his life to feed the eagles. As a mother, Ksitigarbha is willing to cross the evil spirits in hell. Shouldn't a Bodhisattva be compassionate?"

The abbot master looked sad and sighed: "My Buddha is compassionate."

Hearing the abbot master say this, Li Xiuyuan was speechless for a moment.

Because from the day he started practicing, he had been practicing in the Great Buddha Temple and the Prajna Temple for so long, and he had never asked about the Buddhist relics.

He was determined to live toward death, but he was still a young man at that time.

Young people don't know what it's like to be sad, and they don't know whether a Buddhist monk will burn the fire of Nirvana or leave behind a precious relic after he becomes a Taoist monk.

Because he has never seen it before, even if he has powerful spiritual consciousness and can look through the entire Xilin Temple, he still doesn't know what the relics are.

Li Xiuyuan's voice seemed a little dry due to nervousness, and he couldn't help but murmured: "So, there are no relics in Xilin Temple?"

The abbot shook his head and said: "There should have been Buddhist temples in the world, but Emperor Wu used his sword to destroy the Buddha and destroyed thousands of temples. I'm afraid it will be difficult to find even one."

Li Xiuyuan glanced at the old shopkeeper beside him and asked calmly: "Master, what do you mean, the incense in Xilin Temple has been flourishing for hundreds of years, but there is not even a single relic?" The master abbot looked at him and said firmly: "No, if the donor doesn't believe it,

, you can look for it slowly in the temple.”

After hearing these words, Li Xiuyuan suddenly felt a rumble above his head, like a thunder.

His body was stiff, his eyes were blank, and he was speechless for a long time.

He did not expect that the abbot of Xilin Temple would block all his escape routes with just one sentence, leaving him no hope.

The old shopkeeper listened to the conversation between the two and knew that the two little girls' illnesses could not be cured, but the expression on his face remained indifferent.

However, his fingers exerted a little force, as if he would slap him with a palm in the next moment.

Li Xiuyuan was unwilling to give in and tried to make a last effort.

Looking at the master abbot, he said: "For my two sisters, I can pay some price, as long as the master abbot can give me two relics."

The old shopkeeper had a stern expression on his face. He knew what Li Xiuyuan meant when he said this, and he thought to himself that you are not a pig, so he quickly agreed.

This is the only opportunity in the world that can change our destiny.

However, the abbot of Xilin University obviously did not understand the meaning of Li Xiuyuan's words.

For the monks and elders of Xilin Temple, they did not lack worldly money, even though Emperor Wu had already collected thousands of acres of farmland at the foot of the mountain for the dynasty.

Deeply, Li Xiuyuan looked at the Bodhisattva on the Buddhist altar and sighed quietly.

He murmured in his mouth: "Those who know my Dharma is like a raft metaphor... The law should be given up, let alone illegal..."

After saying that, without waiting for the abbot to respond, he immediately stood up and walked out of the Buddhist hall.

It wasn't until we left the Buddhist hall of the abbot that a word floated in: "I'm going to the Buddhist hall to see the Bodhisattvas. Senior, please come with me."

The old shopkeeper sighed, patted his sleeves and looked at the abbot master and said, "It's a waste of time that you have practiced Buddhism for many years, but you still can't see through this greed, anger and ignorance..."

After saying that, he walked out.

It wasn't until the two of them left that the elder of Luohan Hall, who was standing by silently, frowned and said, "Brother, should we be so determined?"

The abbot shook his head and looked at the Bodhisattva on the altar in silence.

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It was almost noon, and the monks from Xilin Temple began to line up outside the dining hall.

The sound of playing boards and bells reached Li Xiuyuan's ears, and his mood fluctuated for a while.

This sudden sound reminded him of the first time he followed the old monk and waited in line for dinner at the Great Buddha Temple at the foot of Tianshan Mountain.

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In his memory, the eminent monks in the temple were compassionate and able to answer people's questions, just like the Buddhas who responded to all requests.

Buddhism emphasizes the equality of all living beings, but in fact it is impossible to achieve equality.

For example, he saw thousands of acres of fertile land before, as well as the monks and soldiers in the temple, and the twinkling eyes of the abbot master today.

Taking the old shopkeeper with them, they walked through several halls.

With extremely complicated emotions, Li Xiuyuan came to the Buddhist temple where he first came to the Great Zhou Dynasty. Ksitigarbha on the Buddhist altar still looked at him quietly without speaking.

After thinking about it, Li Xiuyuan turned around and said, "I'm going to talk to the Bodhisattva. Please, senior, please sit in front of the hall and wait for me for a while."

The old shopkeeper nodded, found a futon in front of the hall and sat down quietly.

Looking at Ksitigarbha showing mercy to the six realms on the Buddhist altar, Li Xiuyuan sighed and said, "Bodhisattva, they all say that the Bodhisattva lowers his eyebrows and is compassionate to the six realms. Why are the monks at Xilin Temple unwilling to be compassionate?"

After saying these words, Li Xiuyuan lit a stick of incense and poured spiritual wine into the wine glass on the Buddhist altar.

I picked up a futon, sat on it quietly, and chanted:

"The sentient beings in Jambudvipa have created different karma and received retribution. What is the matter?"

A gust of wind entered the main hall, blowing the prayer flags on the beams, and the bells rang. The corners of Ksitigarbha's mouth on the Buddhist altar moved: "They are not Bodhisattvas, how can they be compassionate to the six realms?"

The old shopkeeper who was sitting on a futon saw the Bodhisattva on the Buddhist altar appearing, and immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed...

Even though he and Xiao Hei had seen the Buddha in Baiyu Temple, they had never seen the Bodhisattva appear.

Li Xiuyuan sighed and said with a wry smile: "I am here today just because my two sisters have hidden illnesses that require Buddhist relics to cure."

There was an unspeakable expression on Ksitigarbha's face, and he replied after a while: "You also said that you know my Dharma, like a raft metaphor..."

"To them, relics are like a raft for crossing the river. How can they be willing to give them to you? If they are given to you, how can they cross the river?"

I don't know whether I feel pity for the abbot of Xilin Temple, or I feel unfair because of Li Xiuyuan's mood in front of me.

Ksitigarbha's voice seemed a little lonely.

Li Xiuyuan looked dismissive when he heard this and replied: "If a single relic can help him overcome the sea of ​​suffering, then there are too many Bodhisattvas in the world, right?"

Ksitigarbha could not help but admire him after hearing this.

The expression on his face gradually calmed down. He looked at him and replied with a smile: "You understand the truth yourself, why do you need to pour this basin of bitter water on me?"

The old shopkeeper who was sitting aside didn't dare to raise his head, but his heart was filled with shocking waves.

From the conversation between the two, it was obvious that this was not the first time that Li Xiuyuan talked to the Bodhisattva on the Buddhist altar. It was as if the two of them were reunited with their old friends.

In this case, Li Xiuyuan had already met the Bodhisattva, so why didn't the old Taoist tell him the news?

But Li Xiuyuan sighed silently.

He said in an almost inaudible voice: "Bodhisattva, you also know that I am leaving here. I just want to cure the hidden diseases of my two sisters before I am separated from my brothers and sisters."
To be continued...