This means that he will clash with Cheng Jiao again.
In the afternoon, Gu Lingze mobilized the whole family to help him copy scriptures with cinnabar. He and Gu Feirui, who hated writing the most, went to Tanxi Temple, the largest temple outside the capital.
"Lingze, you, a Taoist priest, go to a Buddhist temple?" Gu Feirui sat there scratching his head, "Isn't there anything taboo about that?"
Gu Lingze glanced at him unhappily, "Buddhism and Taoism are one family, with the same origin but different results. Haven't you heard this saying?"
“I’ve never heard of it.”
"Buddhism and Taoism are one family, which means that both advocate cultivating one's mind and accumulating good deeds to become virtuous."
"What's the difference?"
"The difference is that the original meaning of Buddhism is freedom, pointing directly to the awakening of the human heart, and advocating the enlightenment of all living beings; Taoism advocates inaction, letting nature take its course, and not interfering with all things."
"Then your faction doesn't care about anything?"
Gu Lingze poked his forehead and said, "If I didn't care about anything, you would have died a long time ago. How could you have the chance to sit here and ask these stupid questions?"
"What does burp mean?"
“…”
Tanxi Temple has many believers, and pilgrims come to burn incense every day. As soon as Gu Lingze entered, he asked the young monk beside him, "Can I see the abbot?"
The young monk looked Gu Lingze up and down, put his hands together and said, "The abbot is in meditation, please come back another day."
This sounded like an excuse, and Gu Feirui became anxious when he heard it, "Then when does your abbot not practice meditation?"
"This, I don't know."
"you……"
Gu Lingze stopped Gu Feirui and asked him to step back, but he whispered something to the little monk.
The young monk glared at him angrily, then turned and ran towards the Zen temple behind.
"Hey, why did this little bald guy run away!"
"He went to call the abbot." Gu Lingze curled his lips.
After a while, the little monk came over again, put his hands together and bowed, "Donor, the abbot invites you to the meditation room in the bamboo forest."
Gu Lingze and Gu Feirui followed the direction pointed by the little monk and arrived at a bamboo forest. There was a wooden house of medium size in the bamboo forest.
Gu Lingze walked up and knocked on the door. He heard a voice saying "Come in" from inside, and he pushed the door open and walked in.
As soon as they entered, they saw a monk sitting on a cushion on the ground with his back to them and a Buddhist shrine in front of him.
"Where did the donor come from?"
“From where you came from.”
"Where to go?"
"Go where you're going."
Gu Feirui watched the conversation between the two in confusion. He understood all the words they said, but did not understand their meaning.
At this time, the abbot who was sitting on the ground stood up, turned to face them, and clasped his hands together.
"My Buddhist name is Minghai." The abbot's eyes were bright and wise, and he looked kind and gentle.
"Master Minghai." Gu Lingze and Gu Feirui returned the greeting.
"What did you mean by what you said before?"
"Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva once said, 'I will not attain Buddhahood until hell is empty.' Later generations, in appreciation of the Bodhisattva's vow, said that all Mahayana Buddhists have a compassionate heart that says, 'If I don't go to hell, who will?'"
"Now that evil is in power, do you want to practice in seclusion here and choose to turn a blind eye?"
Minghai silently repeated his words, then immediately closed his eyes and clasped his hands together, "Amitabha, I am ashamed."
"I originally only wanted to devote myself to Buddhism and teach sentient beings, but I never thought that I overlooked a crucial point."
Minghai bowed deeply to him and said, "Donor, if you want to punish evildoers and eradicate evil, I will definitely help you."
Finally, Gu Lingze took away a string of Buddhist beads and the most popular incense burner from Zen Master Minghai from Tanxi Temple.
On the way back, Gu Feirui came closer again, "What did you say to that little monk that made him come to see you as soon as he sent a message to the abbot?"
“I told him to go ask your abbot whether he has gone to hell.”
Gu Feirui took a deep breath and said, "You are really awesome. I gave you face by not hitting you with a stick."
Gu Lingze rolled his eyes at him and didn't want to pay any attention to him.
"So you said that Mahayana Buddhism is about 'If I don't go to hell, who will?' Then what about your Taoism?"
"Believe it if you want, otherwise get lost and don't disturb me from ascending."
“…”
After Gu Lingze returned, he collected the copies of "The Jade Pivot Treasure Sutra of the Nine Heavens Yingyuan Thunder God Puhua Tianzun" that everyone had copied, and after blessing them, he posted them all on the doors and windows.
"Mother, please ask all the servants and maids in the house to go home first. If they don't have a home, give them money to stay in an inn. Anyway, they can't stay in the mansion."
Xie Qingwan hurriedly followed his instructions, and Gu Xiuyi also brought Xie Xiru and the other three over.
Cheng Jiao is a cruel and ruthless person, and he cannot take any risk.
At this time, the eldest prince Qi Junhuai ran over with an anxious look on his face, "Doctor Gu, my father has fainted again!"
After taking the pulse, Gu Lingze told Qi Junhuai that the most urgent task now was to find the worm that caused the golden silkworm Gu. Otherwise, without Cheng Jiao's antidote, the Queen would be doomed in three days.
Before dark, everyone gathered in the bedroom where the king and queen were, and dry food and water were prepared in the room.
"You must be careful about everything."
"Mom, don't worry, we will definitely come back safe and sound."
Gu Lingze sprinkled realgar powder around the house, checked the doors and windows again, locked the door and set off.
This time there were still four of them. Before leaving, Gu Lingze gave each of them a small bottle containing cinnabar mixed with his blood.
"If you encounter anything inhuman, smear the cinnabar in this bottle on your weapons."
The three of them nodded, took it and kept it close to their bodies.
Gu Lingze took out the Buddhist beads of Zen Master Minghai, cut the string, and then took out four paper cranes, put one on top of another, and threw them into the air. The four paper cranes quickly flew in the four directions of east, south, west, and north.
"What should we do now?" Gu Feirui asked.
"wait."
After about an incense stick of time, the four paper cranes flew back.
Gu Lingze took it in his hand and looked at it, then put away the other three and only kept one and threw it back into the air.
"Follow it."
The four of them followed the paper crane quickly and came to a remote courtyard in the west, where the paper crane fell to the ground.
Gu Lingze pushed the door and found it was locked, so he took a step back and looked at Zhao Chengmo.
The other party stepped forward and kicked the door open. The four people walked in and found it was pitch black inside.
Suddenly, a laugh was heard in the air. The sound was pleasant to hear, but it also had an indescribable eerie feeling.
"Come out!" Gu Lingze shouted angrily.
Just as he finished speaking, the lights all around suddenly came on, and the four of them squinted their eyes in discomfort.
A boy who looked about eight or nine years old was standing in the yard, facing them, with his eyes closed and a steel knife in his hand.
Gu Lingze looked at the murderous aura rising from him and told the other three to be on high alert.
The pleasant voice in the air kept calling out the four people's names while laughing.
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