Me and countless me

The word "kill" fell, and the body parts fell to the ground, which also explained the main purpose of Li Ke's coming here.

Kill all these bastards!

These monks are not monks at all, but just parasites that lie on the ignorant people and drink blood. Bullying men and women, occupying fields, just one look, Li Ke can feel that this world is dirty again!

However, for other people around, this is no less than a bolt from the blue, because the three killed by Li Ke are all great monks, leaders of a temple, and leaders of monks in a place.

So, several other monks who were also wearing gorgeous robes pointed at Li Ke and cursed.

"Where did you come from, wild monk? How dare you commit a crime in front of His Majesty, at this water and land ceremony!"

"That's right! You dared to kill people in front of His Majesty! Killing a high monk! You are so audacious!"

Countless accusations and abuses continued to appear around Li Ke. Li Ke closed his eyes slightly, used his telepathic power to quickly check what all the monks around him did, and then sneered.

"I, killing them is to act on behalf of heaven! What did you do, don't you know in your heart?"

Flicking the whisk, an ancient mirror suddenly appeared in the sky, and the next moment, the mirror showed the scenes of these monks doing evil!

In these scenes, these monks took gold and silver, defiled women, killed passers-by, and even drank and had fun, and annexed land.

It can be said that except for human affairs, they did not do anything, especially in several temples that were famous for praying for children, killing, arson, and raping people's wives and daughters were all done without missing a single thing!

And the monks who accused Li Ke were among them! Just like those headless corpses wearing gorgeous cassocks, they all did these things, and they laughed happily while doing these things!

"How?"

Li Ke's robes moved without wind, and the violent killing intent enveloped the whole audience again.

He summoned this ancient mirror not for these bastards, but for the surrounding onlookers, and for Li Shimin on the stage.

He killed people uprightly and acted on behalf of heaven!

"You!! You are actually using telepathy!"

There were some monks who knew what they were doing, but at this time, no matter how they used their magical powers to keep their hearts from being peeped, it was useless. The great magic power and martial arts directly suppressed them and they could not make other movements. They could only look at the monks in front of them with anger and fear.

Some of them who had no magic power were very arrogant, and roared at Li Ke with Buddhist anger.

"How dare you be so presumptuous in front of the Emperor of Tang! Let's see how you can explain when you are captured!"

"Explain?"

Li Ke sneered, waved his whisk, and the Pure World Sword behind him was instantly unsheathed!

The next moment, the Buddha's light and sword light flashed, and the shocking sword instantly pierced through the chests of all the evil monks. The moment the incomparable sword penetrated the bodies of these people, the high-speed sword energy and impact force instantly hit their bodies and exploded!

And when all the damned monks exploded and fell to the ground in the eyes of others, Li Ke sneered and spoke.

"No explanation!"

It's just killing, why explain!

The violent sword energy formed a bloody storm, the sound of ghosts crying and wolves howling! At this moment, what Li Shimin was worried about still happened.

He held the Water and Land Dharma Assembly not only for himself, but also because although the world was peaceful, countless people were killed during the establishment of the Sui Dynasty and the years at the end of the Sui Dynasty. There were countless wronged souls and evil spirits. If people were not careful, they could see demons and ghosts. Only in the Buddhist and Taoist sects could they be more peaceful!

But it was not uncommon to see ghosts in broad daylight.

And now this monk is killing people, and I don’t know how many evil ghosts will be alarmed.

"You dare to show up in front of me! You really don’t take me seriously! I will only read the scriptures once. If you don’t leave, then stay forever!"

Li Ke also heard the cry of the wronged soul and evil spirit. The Buddha’s light on his body began to surge instantly. He immediately sat cross-legged on the ground and began to chant the technique of transcendence taught by Buddhism, communicate with the Yin God in the underworld, and spread his own Buddha’s light to suppress those wronged souls and evil spirits who were unwilling to leave, so that the Yin messenger could do things quickly.

As the Buddha's light continued to spread in all directions, wherever the Buddha's light and the chanting of scriptures reached, the voices of the wronged souls and evil spirits were instantly suppressed, and then the Buddha's light continued to eliminate the hostility on their bodies, and they were reincarnated and passed away!

Seeing this scene, Li Shimin opened his eyes wide.

He wanted such a monk!

This domineering attitude, this unquestionable temperament!

Great!

And looking at the domineering attitude, Li Shimin couldn't help but think of the deeds mentioned in the memorial, an unknown monk who continued to subdue demons and demons in the Tang Dynasty and the surrounding areas of the Tang Dynasty. Combined with Li Ke's characteristics of taking action without saying a word, and beating people to death without leaving any bones, he immediately understood that it was a saint monk who single-handedly flattened hundreds of demon nests in the Tang Dynasty!

So, he couldn't help but want to stand up and greet it!

Because if these were filled with human lives, at least tens of thousands of armored soldiers would be needed to take them down!

Seeing that Li Shimin was about to stand up, an official immediately came to his side and whispered.

"Your Majesty, this monk is so arrogant and disrespectful to the emperor..."

Although he knew at a glance that this unknown monk must have great magic power and supernatural powers, the other party was too arrogant to do so.

Killing people in the street, ignoring the king's laws, even killing people in front of the emperor, even now, he has not kowtowed to the emperor of Tang Dynasty. Such a guy will be difficult to tame at a glance!

But Li Shimin raised his hand and asked the minister to step back.

"It doesn't matter. When I first saw him, I felt that I liked him so much."

How could he not know the details of these ‘eminent monks’? When I was rescued by the so-called Eighteen-stick Monk before, I knew that many of the monks were the incarnations of remnant generals of defeated armies, but they didn't jump out themselves, so there was no need to pay them off.

Moreover, it is not a good thing to offend Buddhism in this world. After all, there are still good monks guarding one side to prevent demons and monsters from causing trouble, or not paying taxes.

Yes, many of the demons in the Tang Dynasty also had to pay taxes. Demons who could be fully cultivated into human bodies were considered human beings under the laws of the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, temples and Taoist sects must exist, but unfortunately, those who can succeed in cultivation are actually only a few, and most of them rely on the power of those powerful people.

Because of this, all kinds of dirty people who harbor evil and evil people have appeared!

"Your Majesty, think twice."

There was nothing the ministers could do. The Emperor of Heaven and Earth was the greatest, so they gave him the last advice and stopped talking.

"He has a pure origin and can save the souls of the dead. What's the point of being a great monk and acting strangely?"

A bit strange...

Hearing these words, Yuchi Gong and Qin Qiong couldn't help but glance at the eyeballs and broken corpses scattered on the ground. They didn't believe that Li Shimin was afraid, and they could feel that the other party was interested in the monk who was not a monk no matter how he looked. appreciate.

After all, Li Shimin himself is also a murderer.

At this time, Li Ke had also completed his salvation. Seeing Li Shimin and the crowd, the monks were all looking at him, with no intention of leaving, so they flicked their fly whisks and bowed slightly to Li Shimin.

"The poor monk Li Ke has met Your Majesty."

Li Shimin couldn't wait to raise his hand.

"I'm free of charge!"

Li Shimin didn't want this formality, but under the protection of Yuchi Gong and Qin Qiong, he asked.

"Holy Monk, where did you come from, and why did you go on such a killing spree? Do you know that this is a water and land ceremony to elect the leader of the monks and quell the resentment of the dead? If you can't tell me why, I'm going to accuse you of being ignored. Wang Fa, it is no longer a crime to deceive the king!"

Li Ke chuckled. Li Shimin had no intention of caring about his intention to kill anyone, so he chuckled, shook the fly whisk, and spoke.

"Your Majesty, these monks bully men and women and kill innocent people indiscriminately, but they deceive Your Majesty that they are virtuous monks who can use their virtue and magic power to transcend the souls of the dead and avoid the suffering of reincarnation. This is the greatest deception. It’s a crime to deceive all living beings.”

When he said this, Li Ke couldn't help but feel murderous intent.

"Your Majesty has already seen the mistakes they have made in this mirror of evil. They spread the ridiculous and foolish idea that chanting Buddhist sutras and the Buddha's name can lead to transcendence in past lives. This is causing more sentient beings to fall into reincarnation. Evil deeds are evil and depraved things that use great ideals to deceive others. They are demons, but they are definitely not human beings! As for my origin...that doesn’t matter, does it?”

Li Shimin couldn't help but clap his hands and cheered.

"Okay! Well said!"

He has long disliked these bald donkeys, okay?

"But Holy Monk, have you ever heard of Tathagata Tathagata of the West, and have you ever heard of his Mahayana Buddhism?"

Li Shimin asked, and Li Ke sneered.

"Of course I've heard of it, I've even learned it!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin asked excitedly.

"Can the holy monk recite it and write it down?"

If Li Ke understood Mahayana Buddhism, wouldn't he have no need to send people out and let this monk catch the evil monks in the country's temples and kill them every day?

As a ruler, it is not easy for him to destroy Buddhism. You Buddhists can purify themselves, so what does it have to do with Li Shimin?

But Li Ke looked at Li Shimin and laughed.

"Your Majesty, the reason why the classics are classics is because they are the wisdom of the predecessors. Mahayana Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism are completely different. They are the methods constructed by the Buddha Sakyamuni according to the local conditions. They are the methods that can make the Western Paradise It can be achieved in a pure and natural way, but even people in the Western Paradise cannot transcend it. However, has your Majesty ever heard about Nan Ju and Bei Zhi?"

After a pause, Li Ke spoke again.

"So promoting Mahayana Buddhism in China may not be a good thing."

When these words came out, everyone present could not help but open their eyes wide and looked at Li Ke in disbelief.

In their impression, the monks these days are constantly preaching to them the beauty of the Western Pure Land. They really didn’t expect that there would be such a majestic monk slandering the Pure Land!

but……

Is this monk really a monk?

Almost everyone has this question in their mind!

"Oh? What's the difference? Why doesn't it mean much in Middle-earth?"

Li Shimin couldn't help but ask, but the people who asked him to find people for Buddhist scriptures didn't tell him the use of Mahayana Buddhism at all!

"Hinayana Buddhism is a way to transcend oneself, so that one can be pure and natural, unify knowledge and action, not be disturbed by external things, and unswervingly carry out what one wants to do. This is Hinayana Buddhism. Mahayana Buddhism is the practice of Bodhisattvas, constantly doing good deeds and saving all living beings, hoping that all living beings can do as much good as themselves and eventually escape from the sea of ​​suffering, but I also said that the Central Plains and the West are different."

Li Ke looked at the curious Li Shimin and couldn't help but recall his painful student life in the West as Jin Chanzi, and the strange situation.

The corners of his eyes began to twitch, but he didn't stop his explanation.

"In the Western Paradise, monks are not worldly people. People who are worldly people are called ascetics, not monks. Monks are a class called Brahmins. They have the responsibility to manage religious ceremonies and knowledge inheritance, and they have to teach Kshatriya martial arts, documents and other knowledge. They look like practitioners, but they are actually public officials, not Buddhist monks! That's why I said that the Mahayana Buddhism in the Western Paradise is fine for practice, but the Buddha's ideas may not be suitable for the Central Plains if they are not modified!"

Understood, Li Shimin understood it all at once.

"So that's it..."

All of a sudden, his expectations for the so-called Mahayana Buddhism disappeared, and he also understood why the attitude of the Taoists towards the matter of obtaining scriptures was a very subtle attitude.

This is to steal the rice bowl!

But objectively, this is indeed a good thing, and the world also needs more practitioners, but in fact, this thing is a serious blow to the local Taoists, and they should fight back.

But there are too many people who have come out to rebel in their Taoist sect, which makes the underlying logic of the Taoist sect not very suitable for fooling believers, and it is not easy to be trusted by him.

Theoretically, Buddhism is invincible!

But for Li Shimin, who was determined to make progress at this time, Buddhism could not be as attractive to him as it was in his later years!

He pushed for the journey to the west, and in fact, he had his own ideas in mind.

The monks who traveled west would definitely be protected by the gods along the way. After all, they all valued it so much. If they could not achieve their goals, wouldn’t it be a joke?

And if there were rumors that this monk was carrying treasures, wouldn’t it be interesting?

The big and small demon kings and many evil spirits along the way would be tempted by the news of these treasures, and they would definitely not be demons who would obediently surrender and coexist with humans. And once they started, wouldn’t these demons be destroyed by the gods who protected them?

Isn’t the speed of destroying the demons much faster than those monks and Taoists who couldn’t beat them, and then wrote to the gods to ask for help? And he didn’t have to lose soldiers and generals in the Tang Dynasty.

And when the other party came back, wouldn’t there be a map of the surrounding area? As long as the other party wants to exchange the pass certificate, it proves that the place is habitable and can be cultivated!

Even the mountain and river patterns, humanities and geography can be asked to the westward traveler!

This is just right for expanding the territory, isn't it? !

This is a win-win situation!

He won twice!

So, Li Shimin couldn't help but ask.

"The holy monk thinks..."

Li Ke smiled slightly.

"Your Majesty, I think..."

He opened his mouth slightly, and everyone looked at him expectantly.

"... The best way for the Tang Dynasty to conquer the West and let the West follow the Tang Dynasty's law!"

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then immediately stood up and looked at Li Ke, with only one thought in his mind.

I like him!