host country

Yu Xian knew that this guy was old and mature, so he immediately asked, "Could it be that you heard something?"

Zuoqiu Junyi shook his head, and said proudly, "Whatever it is, the old man saw it with his own eyes."

Yu Xian didn't want to have such an unexpected harvest, so he quickly invited Zuoqiu Junyi to sit with him, "Let's talk quickly."

Zuoqiu Junyi glanced at the stone on which Yu Xian was sitting, took out a piece of cloth from his bosom and spread it on, and then sat down leisurely.

Gee.

Yu Xian looked sideways, he was still a delicate and wretched old man.

Zuoqiu Junyi looked at the monks serving porridge down the hillside, and asked seriously, "What do you think of them?"

Yu Xian thought for a while, and replied truthfully, "It's okay. These monks are compassionate and teach people to be kind. Even if they use some tricks, it's not harmful."

"I've also listened to a few paragraphs of his Buddhist scriptures. Although it's nonsense to cut meat to feed eagles and feed tigers with one's body, it's generally peaceful, and I haven't seen anything shouting to be beaten or killed."

Thinking about some behaviors of later generations of Buddhism, Yu Xian added, "It's okay now, but it's hard to say whether it will change in the future."

"In the future?" Zuoqiu Junyi snorted, "It's not so good now."

As he said that, Zuoqiu Junyi pointed to the piece of cloth under his buttocks, "What do you think it is?"

"Exquisite doily?" Yu Xian asked.

Zuoqiu Junyi shook his head.

"A mysterious treasure map?"

Zuoqiu Junyi took a deep look at Yu Xian, "Guess again."

"It can't be a diaper, can it?"

Yu Xian himself felt absurd.

Zuoqiu Junyi sighed, pulled out the piece of cloth from under his body, and spread it out in front of him.

"Nephew, do you think this thing looks like a piece of baggage?"

"Burdenshiki?" Yu Xian looked at it.

It's kind of like that.

Then he asked, "What's in the bag?"

Zuoqiu Junyi put the burden skin under his buttocks again, and said leisurely, "It's all the hard work of this old man."

Seeing that Yu Xian didn't understand, he explained, "The old man was beaten up by that big monster, and he didn't know where to throw his luggage. The old man is also an ordinary person, so he has to eat and drink, right? It's such a long journey, and there is no need to worry about it." What can I do next?"

"So when I passed by Nanyang, the old man got a pen and paper from a shop on credit, and wrote about the things that the old man did when he was young."

Hearing this, Yu Xian sneered.

What kind of guy Zuoqiu Junyi is, he still doesn't know.

Seeing that Yu Xian didn't believe it, Zuoqiu Junyi was not embarrassed, "I sold a few sets in Nanyang and paid back the cost of the pen and paper shop. Afraid of wasting time, I brought some with me and planned to sell them as I walked. I came to find you first."

"Who knew that the further north we went, the more chaos there would be. Except for a few pages of illustrations, none of them were sold."

Yu Xian laughed, and gloated, "There are very few people who can read and write. Now, in this world, people are too busy to take care of themselves. Who is in the mood to think about these ways?"

Zuoqiu Junyi ignored Yu Xian's sarcastic remarks and continued.

"When the old man arrived at Hulao Pass, he heard that a certain monster had escaped from trouble. At first he thought that the business would be a scam, and he would pay for a piece of luggage for nothing. The old man was very depressed, so he wrote an extra chapter and wrote it. The scandal of the demon way. When I finished writing, my mood just eased a little, and I met a monk from Xiapi Kingdom to go west."

Yu Xian couldn't calm down after hearing this.

I don't know if this old guy is handsome or not...

I'm just too embarrassed to ask directly.

Zuoqiu Junyi continued, "I watched those people for two days, and saw that the monks read scriptures and seemed to be literate, so with the attitude of giving it a try, I found a young monk to sell them."

"Really?" Yu Xian was really impressed when he heard this, "Old man Zuoqiu, you are really good at it. You dare to do this kind of thing. Have you been beaten by them? What did you say?"

Zuoqiu Junyi chuckled, with a secretive and wretched look on his face, while gesticulating with his hands, pretending to hide something in his sleeves.

Quietly leaked an empty corner, and then asked Yu Xian in a low voice, "There are some shameful scandals here, master, do you want to criticize them?"

What the hell!

Yu Xian was dumbfounded, is this okay?

"And then?" Yu Xian was more concerned about this.

If the old man Zuoqiu was beaten up, he would feel at ease.

Zuoqiu Junyi patted the fur skin under his body, and said calmly, "Then they were all sold out."

Yu Xian was speechless.

This also works.

After receiving it, he quickly realized what Zuoqiu Junyi meant when he mentioned this matter.

Zuoqiu Junyi asked, "You have been watching for a while, what do you think these common people think of Buddhism?"

Yu Xian looked at it for a long time, and felt a little touched in his heart. He thought for a while and said, "The overall perception should be pretty good. Now that we are in troubled times, even you and I dare not explain what tomorrow will be like. These people are talking In the face of the general situation, they are like ants. Under despair, it is inevitable that we need some sustenance in our hearts."

"These things, my Taoist school of quiet practice can't give them. The Confucianism school that rules the world... Heh, if they are useful, where did this troubled world come from?"

Then, Yu Xian turned back to the topic.

"Today I have heard many people ask those monks about the afterlife. They have no hope in this life, they can only count on the afterlife. Some people even give the monks their family wealth, hoping that they will speak good words in front of the Buddha. The common people are already like this, who would have the heart to kill that little hope."

As Yu Xian spoke, he couldn't help but think of the conversation he had with Guiji Wuyan back then.

If the "Book of Changes" is the most ardent expectation left to the people of the world by King Wen of Zhou who discovered that there is no god, so that people can strive for self-improvement, then these Buddhist scriptures are equivalent to overturning all this.

It reshaped a god, let people let go of their thoughts that all things are empty, and turned their lives into lamp oil. Everything was placed on this god, and it was a reward for the afterlife.

Perhaps this should not be called hope. For a person who puts hope in the next life, they have lost the enthusiasm of this life.

Yu Xian just thought about it, sighed, but didn't say anything.

They don't want to...

After hearing Yu Xian's words, Zuoqiu Junyi was silent for a while.

Then he shook his head and said with a smile, "This old man has a different opinion from yours. After thinking about it, the old man may be good, but the monks and monks he serves are ordinary people like you and me. It is inevitable that men steal women and prostitutes."

"Think about it, one side is devoted to piety, and the other side is full of emotions and desires, men steal women and prostitutes, can this be good?"

After hearing this, Yu Xian looked at Zuoqiu Junyi with admiration, "I never thought you would have such feelings."

The old man Zuoqiu snorted coldly and dismissed it.

Apparently there was some distaste for the subject.

It was only then that Yu Xian remembered that this old man Zuoqiu was also a person with ideals and pursuits besides writing little pornographic books.

Didn't Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty once use family members to participate in government affairs?

It has only been more than ten years since the highlight moment of the family, this old guy may have experienced the storm back then.

It's no wonder that he and Cai Wenji didn't deal with each other before.

When the family was overthrown at the beginning, it was the good deeds of the Confucian literati headed by Cai Yong.

Think about it this way.

Yu Xian couldn't help correcting his attitude towards Zuoqiu Junyi.

He asked seriously, "You have been following them for the past few days. It seems that you have some plans. What are you going to do?"

"I, what plan can I have?" Zuoqiu Junyi looked at Yu Xian in surprise, full of puzzlement, "Of course I took the opportunity to earn a lot of money from these monks."