Lord God Investigator

The language art form of storytelling appeared in the Tang Dynasty and gradually began to rise in the Song Dynasty. The original commentary was on Buddhist classics.

Storytelling in the Song Dynasty was still in its infancy, with a relatively single form of artistic expression. Later generations gathered the wisdom of the people and combined it with the hard work of storytelling artists of past dynasties. It gradually matured with the continuous development of mass creation.

The "Ji Gong Biography" mentioned by Luo Feng is a classic that has been tested by audiences for thousands of years and has been the most popular excerpt of the people for dozens of generations.

Huo Sijiu, a native of Bianjing in the Northern Song Dynasty, is famous for "talking about three points", "Don't let the wind, rain, cold or heat, look at people in the sheds, it is like this every day." His lectures on "Three Kingdoms" have countless audiences, and "The Biography of Jigong" is closer to the lives of the masses. Jigong He is named the Living Buddha, but he behaves like a chivalrous man, caring about the people, punishing corrupt officials, and subduing demons. His laughter and curses are full of Buddhist principles, which is thought-provoking and fascinating.

In the eyes of the people of the Song Dynasty, this story was a modern and enjoyable story about Buddhism. The more they listened to it, the more they felt happy, and the more they felt happy, the more they wanted to hear it.

When the moon reached the treetops and it was getting late, Luo Feng rang the Buddhist bell and said, "If you want to know what happened next, please listen to the explanation next time!" Then he turned around and left.

The people in the audience lamented together, feeling that they still had something to say and were unwilling to leave for a long time. Even if Zen Master Luo got off the lecture platform and returned to the back hall to rest, the people gathered in the Maha Temple were still crowded, hoping that Zen Master would return to talk. a paragraph.

The common people loved hearing about it, but the monks looked confused. The story that Zen Master Luo told was a hundred years later. It was classified according to modern novels. It was unclear whether it was science fiction or fictional history. He deliberately cited scriptures to say that he was talking nonsense, but he couldn't find it. On what basis.

The living Buddha Jigong in the story acted crazy, which coincided with the principles of Buddhism, but was too deviant. He seemed to be promoting Buddhism, but it also seemed to be a satire on the current monks who are unable to understand Buddhism and occupy the manhole like clay puppets. .

As soon as Luo Feng returned to the back hall, Zen Master Dabei, the abbot of Prajna Temple, led a group of monks to greet him angrily, and scolded: "Luxury Zen Master, you have chosen this unworthy Dharma name. You don't want to say anything. If you dare to talk nonsense at the Jialan Dharma Assembly, do you know that slandering the Buddha will lead to tongue pulling hell!"

Zen Master Luo smiled with a smile on his face, not worried, and said sarcastically: "All sentient beings like to hear and see, but you don't like it. Who do you think you are? Thousands of years later, our names will be forgotten by people, but the Living Buddha Jigong will always live in the hearts of all living beings. After all, Who has cultivated the righteous Dharma and needs to be judged by you?"

"This kind of vulgar market street, even if all sentient beings are obsessed with it, it is still a devilish theory that deceives people's hearts!"

Zen Master Dabei said bitterly: "I originally thought that the Maha Temple was the leader of the righteous way, and the eminent monks in the temple must have great opinions. However, the Dharma I never wanted to preach could not be put on the stage. I could not climb the magnificent golden palace or the elegant hall! I have created that Words of speech confuse people’s minds!”

Luo Feng said with a sneer: "Are we trying to save sentient beings or the powerful with the bodhicitta? There are no sentient beings in the elegant hall! No sentient beings can understand your elegant and lofty speech!"

Zen Master Dabei's face darkened. He was still waiting to argue with Zen Master Luo, but Luo Feng laughed loudly and walked away, chanting as he walked: "Buddha left a poem. I cultivate my body and he cultivates his mouth; others cultivate their mouth but not their heart." , I only cultivate my mind and not my mouth.”

Only a group of moral monks were left looking at each other in shock.

Zen Master Luo walked away. The monks who wanted to stop him were shaken away by the infuriating energy he used to intimidate his Alaya consciousness and protect his body. They couldn't even grab the corners of his clothes even if they tried to tear them apart. The monks had no choice but to run to find Zen Master Qianye. Commentary, so that Zen Master Qianye can stop Zen Master Luo from continuing to preach the evil and crooked commentary.

Zen Master Qianye sat upright on the futon, looking at his nose, mouth, and heart. When the monks surrounding him finished their speech, he asked: "Did all sentient beings listen to the lecture by the lustful Zen Master?"

The monks said: "Listen."

"Did all sentient beings listen to the story that persuades people to do good and to see the consequences of good and evil?"

"I listened."

"Are all living beings laughing?"

"Laughed……"

After some questions and answers, some monks became less firm in their attitude toward accountability.

Seeing that he was about to be perfunctory by Zen Master Qianye, Zen Master Dabei said: "Senior Brother Qianye, he speaks according to the preferences of all living beings. Of course all living beings like to listen, and of course all living beings will laugh if his words are frivolous!"

Zen Master Qianye asked again: "What Zen Master Luxury taught this morning was the Dharma and the true sutra?"

"This... is, but..."

Monks don't tell lies, and Zen Master Dabei had to admit that Luo Feng's level of sermon in the morning was indeed extraordinary.

Zen Master Qianye asked again: "How come you can preach the true sutra in the morning and then slander the Buddha in the afternoon?"

Zen Master Dabei was stunned by the question. He didn't understand how Luo Feng could suddenly become unruly. In the morning, he responded with praise.

"The Zen master Lustful's progress in practice is not even close to that of me. I have to study it carefully to understand what I said in the morning."

Zen Master Qianye looked compassionate and sighed: "What he said in the afternoon may sound absurd to your ears, but it is quite enlightening to the ears of others. Is there a problem with what he said or what you listened to? If he wants to teach you the sutras you like to listen to, you can naturally do it like he did in the morning, but if you and I want him to save us, do we still deserve to be called practitioners?"

After saying this, Zen Master Dabei blushed, quickly put his hands together and saluted, and left in shame.

In fact, Luo Feng had already planned it. In the morning, he plagiarized the Dharma theory of later generations of eminent monks seriously, just to stop the mouths of these monks, so as not to talk about storytelling as soon as he started, and others would think that he was ignorant and unskilled and made nonsense.

In the morning, he showed extremely high professionalism and theoretical level, which was admired by the monks who listened to the scriptures. In the afternoon, he told the three secular jokes that the masses loved to hear. With the morning as a comparison, those who doubted his nonsense should first feel guilty and reflect on others. Is it because the lustful Zen master is too high-minded and makes small and righteous remarks, but they don't listen to them because of insufficient practice?

After this little episode, the eminent monks gathered at the Maha Temple had different eyes when they looked at the lecherous Zen master who smiled and said nothing or argued. They all seemed to have realized something, and they didn’t know what they had realized. In short, Even though I feel that Luo Feng's level is really high, the offending Dharma name "Luxury" becomes more and more profound the more I think about it. It is exactly those extraordinary people who do extraordinary things, mocking them for not fully understanding the world of mortals. In the secular world, just look for the false emptiness in the scriptures.

Zen Master Luo will not come back to tell jokes, and the people gathered in Maha Temple can only disperse. However, the Jialan Dharma Assembly will last for three days, and today is the first day. People have made appointments to come back tomorrow to listen to the sutras. Have a good time.

After the people returned to the city, Zen Master Luo's reputation began to ferment among the crowd. Many people in teahouses and taverns were talking about what they had seen and heard at the Jialan Dharma Assembly. Some of them had a good memory and recited Luo Feng's "Ji Gong". The funny jokes in "Biography" made others laugh.

"Zhao Yuan opened a porridge shed outside to sell porridge. Jigong came and was about to go inside. A servant stopped him and said the porridge was over there. Jigong said: 'I don't drink porridge, I want to order dishes!'"

"Say that Jigong went to capture the white-bone corpse demon who turned into a beautiful woman and ate people's hearts. After seeing the monster, Jigong said: 'I like you, I want to hug you!'. The monster was stunned for a long time and said: 'Go back, it's quite nice here. dangerous.'"

Every time he said a joke, people burst into laughter.

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One of the idle people questioned: "You say that the lecherous Zen master has profound Buddhist teachings, but what he talks about is funny. It's funny, but it's not serious. I don't think he is a serious monk!"

Immediately some lay people who had listened to the morning's sermon refuted: "The scriptures taught by the lustful Zen Master in the morning are profound and mysterious, and the living monks and living Buddhas are nothing more than that. In the afternoon, he took care of the believers, deliberately integrated the Dharma into the story, and told the story It's so vivid and colorful that people can be enlightened subtly through laughter. If you don't believe it, just go and listen to it tomorrow morning and you will know. Don't slander me here!"

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As the saying goes, gold cups and silver cups are not as good as the reputation of ordinary people. Luo Feng's first show as a monk became popular all of a sudden. In modern times, he could be called an "Internet celebrity monk". However, there was no Internet in the Song Dynasty and only word of mouth spread, so he could only be regarded as one. A "Lipstick Monk".

Whether it was an Internet celebrity or a lipstick, in short, the lustful Zen Master became an instant celebrity, and his reputation spread throughout Kaifeng Mansion overnight.