Chapter 70 The Buddhist-Taoist Dispute
On the South Fifth Ring Road in Beijing, in front of Zhou Zhilu’s residence, a young man suddenly fell in the middle of the road.
He stood up, clutching his aching chest, and cursed, "I'll be back!"
Then he fled in panic.
In front of the door, Fusu patted his sleeves and sat back on a recliner in front of the door. He said tiredly, "I say, how many people have come here? Why are you so hated?"
Inside the courtyard, Zhou Zhilu was meditating. After hearing Fusu's words, he replied, "They are just a bunch of people seeking fame and reputation. Besides, it was you who promised to help me fend off the challengers for half a month."
Fusu sighed outside the door and couldn't help but think of the agreement he made with Zhou Zhilu at the dinner yesterday.
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Inside Tianxiang Pavilion the day before.
"Buddhist and Taoist theories? What is this?" Zhou Zhilu asked curiously, looking at Fusu who looked like he had lost all hope in life.
Yun Li explained, "I've heard a little about this. It seems that every five years, Taoists and Buddhists gather together to discuss their philosophies.
"Then I traveled around the world to prove the correctness of my ideas and gain their recognition."
“Puff!”
Fusu, who was standing by, suddenly laughed out loud when he heard this and said, "What you heard is simply a version deliberately spread by those elders who want to save face in order to make it sound better.
"In fact, it's not a Buddhist or Taoist theory at all, it's basically a dispute between Buddhism and Taoism!"
Zhou Zhilu and Yun Li looked at Fusu in surprise.
He slowly explained, "The Taoist disciples and Buddhist disciples switch places every ten years, and during these ten years, they will meet every five years.
"The two of them represent Taoism and Buddhism, and their conflicting philosophies are the main point of contention every time they meet. Their method of argument is simple: first they talk, and if they can't win the argument, they fight.
"As for if you're still not convinced after the fight, just as Yun Li said, we can travel around the world to prove that our own philosophy is correct, but during this time, you can interfere with the other party at will, or even kill him.
"As long as one side dies or achieves nothing in the end, the other side wins."
Zhou Zhilu pondered this for a moment before understanding it: "This is actually a competition between the two sects' younger generation of representative disciples! It's about seeing whose young disciples excel and who will be the successors."
Fusu nodded in agreement, "That's pretty much what I mean. After all, how could two young disciples possibly determine the superiority of the two families' philosophies? So in the end, it's passed down from generation to generation, and nothing changes from generation to generation!"
"Calculating the time, I will be leaving in about half a month."
Then he drank the whole wine in his hand and cried out in pain: "Why am I so miserable? I just want to lie down peacefully and do nothing every day. Why is it so difficult?"
"What's the difference between your idea and that of a salted fish?" Zhou Zhilu complained.
"Salted fish? What does that mean? Am I salty?" Fusu asked in confusion.
"Salted fish refers to people who have no dreams. You don't want to be the person you want to be."
"That's not right. I still have dreams!" Fusu objected.
"Oh? What is your dream?" Zhou Zhilu and Yun Li asked curiously.
"Hehehe... I want to lie in the Taoist temple every day, and then the master will massage my shoulders, the uncle will massage my legs, the brother will fan me, and the younger brother will cook for me..."
Looking at Fusu's silly smile, the two of them shook their heads and ignored him.
Leaving Fusu alone, he kept muttering, "You don't know, in the last generation of walking, my useless senior brother was defeated twice in a row by the Buddhist disciples of that time, which led to me going directly to their home base to compete this year.
"My old nest! Can I come back if I go there? I'm all alone, helpless, and there's no one to talk to..."
At this point, Fusu was suddenly stunned, and then looked at Zhou Zhilu with shining eyes: "Brother Zhou! Brother Zhilu! Great and kind man Zhou!"
Zhou Zhilu was so frightened by this that he quickly moved back and said cautiously, "What do you want to do? Let me tell you... I don't have any money to lend you. If you want to borrow money, ask Yun Li!"
"Why do I need to borrow money? Can I lend you a person?" Fusu grabbed Zhou Zhilu's arm, and scared Zhou Zhilu so much that he jumped up and almost wanted to draw his knife.
"Brother Zhou! Why don't you accompany me to the Buddhist world?" Fusu suddenly pleaded.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhilu quickly took Fusu's hand away and refused, "You must be joking! I can tell this place isn't one to be trifled with. So why am I going with you? Am I going to get beaten up with you?"
"We are friends! Can you bear to see me disappear forever?" Fusu wailed.
Zhou Zhilu said helplessly: "It's no use not to be ruthless. I'm the Fuye Guard and I have to go to work. Not to mention that I'm quite ruthless."
At this time, Yun Li suddenly interrupted and said, "In fact, the missions of Fuye Division are spread all over the country. The Buddhist world is in the western region of the Song Dynasty, so there are actually branches and missions of Fuye Division there."
Upon hearing this, Fusu looked at Zhou Zhilu expectantly.
Zhou Zhilu was a little hesitant, even though he was just accompanying him to the Western Regions. The dispute between Buddhism and Taoism definitely had nothing to do with him.
But the journey is long and we have to sleep in the open air, which is definitely not easy.
Seeing Zhou Zhilu hesitate, Fusu hurriedly said: "As long as you agree, I will do anything!"
Zhou Zhilu raised his eyebrows and said, "You said it, then you should be my thug for half a month first."
In this way, Fusu settled down in front of Zhou Zhilu's door.
I originally thought it was just a job for show, but I didn't expect that five people would come to challenge me on the first day.
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