36. Different monks
After the two followed the monks on a remote mountain road, the solemn sound of bells and drums came from the front. The number of pedestrians on the mountain road in front of the four began to increase. These pedestrians were obviously good men and women who came to incense and worship Buddha. Some of them looked solemn and thoughtful, some were smiling, and some were whispering.
The two followed the two monks into the temple, not going to the main hall in the middle, but walked back from the side courtyard and all the way to the courtyard in the northwest corner of the temple. As soon as they entered, Yao Guangqi saw that this was obviously the Zen room where monks lived. There was an independent courtyard in the corner of the courtyard. Yao Guangqi inferred that this should be the Zen room of the abbot. The two were taken directly to the gate of the courtyard, and the two monks leading the way retreated silently.
Judging from the performance of following the monks along the way, Yuan Gong was not only very familiar with the route inside the temple, but also went directly to the courtyard after entering the courtyard. Yao Guangqi made a direct judgment based on his intuition that Yuan Gong must have come and go here often. Subsequently, Yuan Gong's performance also confirmed his judgment.
In front of the door of the courtyard, Yuan Gong didn't knock on the door, pushed it open and went in. As soon as he entered, he shouted at the top of his throat: "Monkey, do you have food? I'm hungry."
As soon as Yuan Gong finished speaking, someone inside said loudly: "Food food opens, wine and meat penetrate the intestines, and Mr. Yuan is truly a person of temperament."
Before the person saw him, the voice came first. After saying this, he saw a tall monk coming out from inside. The monk walked to Yuan Gong and Yao Guangqi, and did not politely, nor did he chant Buddha's name. Instead, he looked up and down at Yao Guangqi. The monk looked very carefully and seriously. When he saw him, he made a sound of tsk in his mouth, as if he sighed and surprised.
Yuan Gong said to Yao Guangqi: "This is the abbot of Dinglin Temple, the master of Xiuguang. There is nothing he can't do in this area of Zijin Mountain. We will live here in the past few days, and someone will take care of food and accommodation."
Yao Guangqi was about to salute Xiuguang, but Xiuguang walked to Yao Guangqi in one step, stretched his right arm, and hugged Yao Guangqi's shoulder, which seemed very close. Yao Guangqi was hugged and forced to walk into the house. The abbot said, "Old Yuan, you little brother are destined to me and are destined to me."
In Yao Guangqi's impression, Master Abbot should be kind-hearted, with profound morality, moderate behavior, dignified and steady behavior, and a full of witty Buddhist Zen words. He should be a monk who has realized enlightenment at first sight. However, the abbot in front of him completely subverted Yao Guangqi's impression of Abbot. Not only did he look tall, the monk had a straight face, so he looked not only unfamiliar, but also looked a little ferocious. Not only did this monk pay much attention to etiquette, not only called Yuan Gong Lao Yuan, but when he met him for the first time, he didn't even say hello or polite. He looked at him unscrupulously and hugged a person he had met for the first time. If the person who showed this was a civilian, Yao Guangqi would not be surprised or uncomfortable, but the behavior of an abbot showed such a behavior made people feel very awkward.
Yuan Gong obviously had been familiar with Xiu Guang's trick for a long time, so he followed naturally: "Monkey, have you found the person I asked you to find?"
Xiuguang let go of Yao Guangqi, turned around and patted Yuan Gong on the shoulder: "You told me, how dare I not do the monk? I have found it, but the donor said that the scenery here is beautiful and he went out for a trip."
Yuan Gong smiled as soon as he heard this, turned to Yao Guangqi and said, "How is it? I didn't brag, I said it can be done, it can be done, you are hungry, let's have a meal, his temple's vegetarian food is a local area and is hard for ordinary people to eat."
Xiuguang seemed to have become accustomed to Yuan Gong's praise and was not humble at all. He came to the dining table first, and did not let the two sit down. He sat down on his own, and even picked up the chopsticks to eat first: "I'm waiting for you to be hungry, don't be polite, I won't be with you. If you want to serve the Buddha, you must serve your stomach first."
Xiuguang's casualness, carefreeness and freedom, and although he didn't look like a master of Taoism, Yao Guangqi felt very comfortable. Yao Guangqi didn't feel any restraint at all. He sat down calmly, picked up the chopsticks and ate it.
The vegetarian rice in Dinglin Temple is indeed delicious. Although there is no trace of meat, it is refreshing and sweet. The rice fragrance of glutinous rice and the fragrance of vegetarian dishes make people feel appetite. Yao Guangqi actually ate four bowls of rice in one breath, and the three of them ate all the eight plates of vegetarian dishes on the table in one breath (the CD action is quite in place).
After dinner, Xiuguang looked at the empty plate on the table and closed his hands together: "Good, who knows that every grain of food on the plate is hard, the farmers work hard, and it is not easy to grow crops. It enters my intestines and Buddha is merciful."
Yao Guangqi looked at Xiuguang with interest. This Xiuguang gave people the feeling that although it was the first time we met, it was as casual as old friends for many years, not being conservative and unpretentious as Yao Guangqi came into contact with him, the more he liked the monk Xiuguang. He couldn't help but start teasing the monk: "Master, although the vegetarian rice is delicious, I have not had enough fun with Taoist Yuan. Can Guichan Temple have meat?"
After hearing Yao Guangqi's words, Yuan Gong couldn't help laughing, turned to look at Xiu Guang, his eyes were full of jokes, and his meaning was very clear: "Look at how your monk answers."
Xiuguang's personality did not match his face at all. Faced with Yao Guangqi's problem, he was not angry at all, but replied calmly: "It is natural for the donors and lay people to avoid meat and fish. But the great monk is a monk, so he naturally has to abide by the rules and regulations. What's more, this vegetarian meal was made by the Huotou monk in this temple. As the abbot of a temple, the great monk naturally could not let the Huotou monk do meat and fish. But..." Xiuguang smiled sly.
Yuan Gong pointed to the monk's nose and said, "The monk is putting it on here again, hurry up and talk about yours." He turned to Yao Guangqi and said, "Please listen to his but, the key is this but."
Xiuguang also smiled: "But if you go out to eat meat, remember to bring me some back."
After saying this, Xiuguang couldn't hold back and laughed loudly. Yao Guangqi couldn't help but slapped the table and laughed. Yuan Gong was already so happy that he leaned back and forth. For a moment, the laughter in the Zen room was deafening.
After laughing, Xiuguang suddenly said seriously: "I have something to say here. I have a few wanted fugitives here. My help is not for nothing, and vegetarian food is not for nothing. I have helped you, and you have eaten my vegetarian food, so you can also do the monk a favor. Moreover, others can't help with this, so I can't find others, I can only find you, a fake Taoist priest."
Chapter completed!