Tang Sanzang broke the precepts.
Hunter Liu Bochin and his family were dumbfounded. They looked at each other, their hearts broken.
Things shouldn't have developed like this. Tang Seng should have refused the wine and meat they offered him, but they repeatedly refused and finally agreed.
But who would have known that Tang Sanzang would eat both meat and wine.
That’s not all.
Tang Seng actually didn't want to leave. He was so happy here that he wanted to stay here for a year or two.
They came to test Tang Seng, not to keep him.
If Tang Seng really stayed here and didn't leave, then they would have committed a great sin and there would be no way to recover their lives.
Therefore, the Hunter family looked at each other in confusion.
They could only discuss what to do in private while Tang Seng was still eating and drinking.
"What should we do? This Tang Monk seems to be different from what the Jade Emperor said."
"Isn't he a monk? Isn't he compassionate and a vegetarian? Why is he drinking alcohol and eating meat? I saw him kill a tiger with his own hands in the forest."
"Is this monk, who violently kills animals and drinks alcohol, and eats meat and drinks alcohol with no discrimination between meat and vegetables, really the holy monk sent by Buddhism to the Western Paradise to worship Buddha and seek scriptures?"
The hunter family looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
In the end, it was decided that the old woman would return to report the situation so that the higher-ups could make quick arrangements.
At night, the hunter family prepared bath water for Tang Seng and left him there to wash up.
Tang Seng was not polite at all and enjoyed the service of the hunter's family as if he were at home.
After eating, drinking and taking a shower, he didn't meditate or chant, but just covered his head and fell asleep.
The next day.
Tang Seng got up at noon and took the initiative to ask the hunter where his mother had gone. This made the hunter a little nervous and he didn't know how to explain.
However, Tang Seng just asked casually and was not really concerned about where the old woman had gone. He then asked again if there was any more wine and game.
The hunters had already collected all the dried meat and poured out all the wine overnight.
There were only some vegetables, fruits, rice, and at most some spring water on the table.
Fine wine and game are impossible.
Tang Sanzang was also puzzled. "Brother Liu, what's going on at home? Why are you so poor after just one night?"
The hunter didn't dare to tell the truth, so he could only say, "The elder went to bed early last night, and wild animals came to the house and took away all the dried meat and bacon hanging outside the yard."
Tang Seng asked again: "Then where did the wine go?"
The hunter quickly said, "Half of the wine was drunk by the elders last night, and the rest was spilled on the ground by the beasts when they left."
"Elder, aren't you a highly accomplished monk? Why are you serving us delicious food and wine, whether it's meat or vegetables? How can you be worthy of our sincere hearts if you do that?"
"If Tathagata Buddha and Guanyin Bodhisattva knew about this, they would definitely blame you."
He didn't want to talk about the taste of wine anymore, so he quickly changed the subject and tried to help Tathagata Buddha and Guanyin, hoping to scare Tang Seng.
But Tang Sanzang was not afraid at all, and even smiled: "Wine and meat pass through the intestines, but the Buddha sits in my heart. As long as my heart is devoted to the Buddha, and I have a heart of Buddha that wants to save all sentient beings, then what I eat and drink is of no importance."
The hunter family was shocked. They did not expect that Tang Seng would say such unorthodox words.
Moreover, they had not expected that Tang Seng would have such thoughts, and they had no place to express the bitterness in their hearts.
Tang Seng ignored them and grabbed the vegetables and fruits in front of him and started eating them in big mouthfuls.
After eating only half of it, he said, "These things are too vegetarian, Brother Liu. How about waiting a moment and I can go into the mountains with you to hunt some game?"
The hunter was so frightened that his eyes widened. His wife and children were all fairies, and there was a flash of disbelief in their eyes.
I didn’t expect that Tang Seng was still thinking about going hunting, and judging from the tone of his words, I’m afraid he wants to stay here for a long time.
Thinking of this, the hunter secretly felt a little regretful. He should not have brought Tang Seng back home. It is easy to invite a god but difficult to send him away.
The hunter smiled awkwardly and wanted to refuse, but he was afraid that if he refused, Tang Seng would go into the mountains to hunt alone and might hurt the lives of many innocent beasts.
If I had watched Tang Seng break the precepts and ignored it, I would probably have had difficulty reporting back.
The hunter had no choice but to agree and disperse all the prey so that Tang Seng could not see them.
If he really happened to meet him, he would take action himself and would never let Tang Seng commit the crime of killing.
Tang Seng is an impatient person and lacks the gentleness and elegance of a monk.
After breakfast, he picked up the nine-ring staff, told the woman to feed his white horse, and then took the hunter into the mountains to hunt.
The hunter didn't want to go, but he was stubborn, so he had to follow Tang Seng into the mountains with his steel fork and bow and arrow.
After the two of them left, the hunter's wife, sons and daughters turned back into the appearance of gods, looked at each other, and then turned to the sky to report what happened here.
In the mountains.
The hunter looked at Tang Seng's fervent and impatient look, eager to start a massacre, and couldn't help but ask, "Elder, it's fine if you drink wine and eat meat, but why do you kill?"
Tang Seng said as a matter of course: "I need to eat a lot of meat to replenish my physical strength before I can go to the West to obtain the scriptures."
"If I don't eat the flesh of these animals, do you want me to eat human flesh? If I do that, wouldn't I be a demon monk?"
The hunter was unable to refute for a moment and was stunned for a long time.
He thought for a moment and then said, "But you are a Buddhist. Eating meat and drinking alcohol is fine, but killing people recklessly is probably inappropriate. Why don't you let me do it?"
Tang Sanzang said, "You've been willing to take me in for a year or so. I've already been a great bother. How can I allow you to work so hard again?"
"Let me hunt some game and bring it back as a token of my gratitude. Otherwise, I will feel ashamed and won't be able to chant the Buddha's name."
The hunter thought to himself, you finally know that you are a vegetarian and a Buddhist.
However, Tang Seng's words dispelled his idea of taking action, leaving him at a loss as to what to do for a moment.
He intended to let these preys hurry up and secretly used his magical powers.
But just when he was about to cast a spell, Tang Seng suddenly let out a strange cry, interrupting his spell.
"Oh, there's a tiger." Tang Seng suddenly screamed and pointed ahead.
The hunter was horrified. He had roughly cast a spell before coming out. How could there be a tiger?
I looked over hurriedly, but found nothing there, but a dark yellow stone.
The hunter jokingly said, "It's just a stone. Elder, please don't be so suspicious."
"If you are afraid, please go back. I will personally hunt some prey and will not let you go hungry."
But at this moment, Tang Sanzang suddenly pointed to the other side and said, "There is a real tiger over there. Watch me. I will use it to accompany my wine tonight."
The hunter looked over and saw that there really was a tiger. It looked majestic when it came out, but it trembled when it saw Tang Sanzang pouncing on it.
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