For Gai Wu, monks are no strangers. Lushuihu people respect Buddhism, and there are dozens of temples in Xingcheng alone.
Most of the missionaries in the North are Pure Land sects. They seek to become a Buddha after death. No matter how many sins you have in your life, as long as you are willing to become a Buddha, believe in the existence of the Pure Land, make a vow to go to the Pure Land, recite sutras and make offerings, you can become a Buddha.
Most of the monks who went to the Southern Dynasties were Zen monks who "became Buddha by seeing one's nature". This is also normal. The barbarians in the north are very simple, like killing ghosts. They can memorize all the scriptures by heart, but they can't explain the meaning clearly, not to mention the enlightenment and enlightenment of the heart. , For the Xianbei, Lushuihu, and Xiongnu people, "What are the benefits of believing in Buddhism, and how can I become a Buddha?" is the key point. The teachings of Pure Land Buddhism are the simplest and most suitable for dissemination in the Northern Dynasty.
Robbers, horse thieves, and mercenaries who do all kinds of evil may all look like murderers without blinking an eye on weekdays, but they still believe in Buddhism, respect monks, and look forward to entering the Pure Land after death. This is a contradictory thing in the eyes of today's people. , how can bad people go to heaven
But at that time, this seemed to be a common thing.
Taking Wei as an example, many of the Xianbei nobles in Wei believed in Buddhism, and the Pure Land sect had to "make a vow", which also led to the establishment of many Buddhist temples, statues and caves in the country.
"I vowed to build a pagoda to help me become a Buddha after death", and then a pagoda was erected.
Some people think that this is not a great merit. For example, monks who practice in Dunhuang may make a vow to "build a thousand Buddhist caves in Dunhuang", which cannot be accomplished with one effort. In this world, who has such capital and ability? Naturally, he is the lord of every country.
Therefore, in order to fulfill their "voice", countless monks began to actively join the WTO, and even got involved in politics, in order to fulfill their "voice" and walk on the "path to the pure land".
In later generations, Gai Wu believed in Buddhism. From the first time He Mulan saw him, it could be seen that his earrings were two small Buddha statues. And now Gai Wu is obviously not at that level, his respect for monks is only a subtle result of his clan's life.
Many miscellaneous hus live a life inferior to pigs and dogs. They live in no fixed place, are illiterate, cannot speak Xianbei dialect, and Chinese dialect, and there is no special government yamen to appease their lives and answer their doubts.
But in the eyes of Buddhism, all living beings are equal, they will shelter them when they need it, teach them to read and write, take care of their wives and children, save the dead souls, and comfort the living.
In the eyes of many Lu Shuihu, these monks are the Buddha walking in the world, and the respect for them is getting stronger and stronger, almost to the point of worship.
Gai Wu would blurt out "Who are you", but his heart is already very contradictory. He thought that a real monk would not harm his clan, but this monk would obviously threaten him with the lives of others, which was beyond his accustomed impression of "monks" in the past, so that he did not believe that he was a "monk". monk".
Whether it is with the monks of the Northern Dynasties or the Southern Dynasties, they all respect the one rule of Buddhism - do not kill.
In this chaotic world, the power that is willing to slaughter without killing is also a power worthy of respect. Therefore, monks from the Western Regions keep going to the East, but they do not die on the road, and there are not many robbers and horse thieves willing to kill. In addition to being worried about the "retribution", monks are more influenced by this kind of spirit.
The monks who had used Gaiwu's clan to threaten him in the chat and jokes were obviously not within the scope of these monks.
Facing Gai Wu's questioning, he smiled and put his palms together.
"The poor monk's name is Tan Yun."
"You... how could you be a monk?"
Gai Wu pointed his finger at him in disbelief.
"Where is a monk like you?!"
Tan Yun still had that sympathetic smile on her face, "Of course the poor monk is a monk, and he is also a great monk."
"You are so young, you are the one who presides over this temple?"
Not everyone can be called a great monk. A monk means "guru". In this era, anyone who dares to call himself a "monk" is the host of a temple, or if he is proficient in Buddhism to a certain extent, he can also be called a monk.
Otherwise, people who are already quite Buddha-nature like Airan and his master in later generations can only be called "bhikkhus" or "wild monks".
Tan Yun smiled silently, as if she was looking at a frightened child.
"Since you are a great monk, why do you want to hurt my clan? I advise you to release them, otherwise you will break the precepts, and you will not be able to go to the Pure Land no matter how much you recite the scriptures!"
Gai Wu put his hands on the handle of the knife secretly, and once he found out that something was wrong with Tan Yun, he would do it.
"Since people in the world can still become Buddhas by killing, why can't a great monk become a Buddha by killing living beings? Since all beings are equal, what the great monk does, and what the benefactor does, is no different."
"If I don't tell you these nonsense, how can I tell you? What do you want? I'm alone and penniless, and even if you want me to enshrine you, I have nothing. My clansmen are all Bitter people, if you want to arrest them for a reward, I advise you too..."
Gai Wu didn't know the joints, and thought that the young host of Kangping Temple found out that his clansmen were assassins, so he took control first and wanted to chat with him.
At this time, Gai Wu was not the kind of calm and capable leader of later generations. Facing this sudden situation, he was both panicked and scared. When he opened his mouth, he was bluffing and messed up his proportions.
But what he was facing was obviously a great monk who was much better in discipline and experience than him. Not only was the latter not annoyed, but he interrupted him lightly.
"So, I said I wanted to chat with you."
At this stage, no matter how much he struggles, it's useless. Before he came, just in case, he had already asked someone to send a letter to Huafu. Although he didn't know how long it would take for the master to come, the longer the delay, the more advantageous it would be for him. Thinking of Hua Mulan, Gai Wu seemed to have settled on a needle in his heart. Facing Tan Yun's seemingly nonchalant attitude, Gai Wu simply sat on the ground with his legs crossed, forcing himself to settle down.
"What do you want to talk to me about, let's talk."
He suddenly calmed down, but Tan Yun was a little uncomfortable. After a while, she spoke quietly.
"The donor just said that he is alone and has nothing, which is a bit arrogant and humble. From the poor monk's point of view, the donor already has more than many people in the world, and can do things that many people can't do."
Master also told him these words before, and he once comforted his self-abased self like this:
"You have so many people who love you, you have good martial arts skills, and you have the feet to walk the world. As a person, you already have a lot. There are still many things in this world waiting for you to do, so you must walk the right path. , so that you can live up to what God has given you."
So once Gai Wuxin settled down, he relaxed his whole body, nodded, and replied only three words to him.
"I know."
Tanyun froze for a moment. He thought that Gai Wu would ask him, "What the hell do I have?" Unexpectedly, Gai Wu actually said "I know".
The so-called "machine front" is just a technique for quick-thinking people to estimate what the opponent will respond to and then "pre-judgment and counterattack". Those who believe in Buddhism have their thinking framework in it, even if there are occasional surprising words, if you know in advance By knowing the identity and character of the other party, and understanding his values, you can grasp the rhythm of the conversation, lead the other party by the nose, and control the next situation.
Tanyun is very good at this kind of "game". Before Gai Wu came, he had already learned about his life and his character. He knew that although he was very skilled in martial arts, his character was very sensitive and paranoid, and he was very confused with most people. Lu Shuihu is different. Like his father Gai Tiantai, he was born with enthusiasm and ambition, thinking that sooner or later he will be able to do something big.
Such young people are the best to play with, and the best to incite. Tanyun is very confident in her grasp of the rhythm of "chat", but after only a few words, he feels a little unable to continue. !
This feels very bad. Although Tan Yun is still smiling, her smile has become much stiffer.
"Being able to understand one's own extraordinaryness is also a talent for accomplishing great things."
Tan Yun paused and continued: "Since the donor already has the talent to achieve great things, why is he still wasting here?"
"I know that I have the ability. What does it have to do with me? Great monk, I'm really impatient to talk like this, so you just say what you want to accomplish?"
Gai Wu stared at him tightly with the candid eyes typical of a teenager.
"If you hurt my people in the slightest, I swear, I'll let you know how I've 'great'..."
His eyes were like a young leopard ready to go, which surprised and delighted Tan Yun's heart. The happy thing is that he didn't find the wrong person, this Gai Wu is really a good seedling, but the surprise is that he is much better than the information he has inquired, so that he is not fully sure that he can lead him away.
"As the son of King Gai Tian, the donor never thought of becoming a hero like Ling Zun? The Tiantai army is now divided, your clan is living in dire straits, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled are left unsupported, but the state of Wei is still rampant and repressive, don't you? Never thought of changing your life like this?"
Tan Yun pointedly looked at Gai Wu.
"You are obviously a strong man who is not weaker than anyone, but you are willing to live like a peddler, let your clansmen struggle in the world, let your life's hard work become a joke, is this your ambition?"
Tanyun's voice gradually became higher and farther, as if floating from the sky. This is also a technique of Buddhism, which can also be called "magic power", which has a hypnotic effect.
Hypnosis is completely ineffective for people with firm minds. If a person resists hypnosis in his heart, guarding against it from the beginning will not work. This is why Tanyun keeps trying to master the rhythm of the dialogue. This "magic power" can only work if it completely breaks through the opponent's heart, or hits the most suspicious thought in the opponent's heart.
Now that it is useless to break through the opponent's heart completely, Tanyun can only find a way to hit his deepest desire.
And he guessed right.
Gai Wu, whose mind was shaken, was captured by his voice, and his eyes gradually became slack.
"Gai Wu, you should wake up! You should live a life of raising your arms and serving as a cloud, instead of becoming a vassal of others like you are now!"
Tanyun's final voice was imprinted into Gai Wu's heart like a slap in the face, making his eyes completely lose the lustre, and he only knew how to speak dully:
"what should I do?"
"You are the son of the leader of the Tiantai Army, and you have a prestige that others cannot match. Go to your uncles, defeat them, and become the real leader of the Tiantai Army."
Following the temptation of Tanyun's words, Gai Wu's eyes appeared as if he had defeated two uncles and gathered the remnants of the Tiantai Army.
At that time, he was extraordinary in martial arts, and wherever the sword pointed, everyone bowed down.
A smile appeared on Gai Wu's mouth.
"Yeah, it's time for me to beat them. They're too old to be my match..."
"exactly!"
Tan Yun's joy was beyond words.
"Then go and gather your clansmen, go and unite with the barbarians in Xiadi who are like bereaved dogs, and strengthen your Tiantai army! At that time, you can unite with the 100,000 barbarians in the Xia Kingdom and let those wicked people who forced you to humiliate their lives see Look at how powerful you are! You can become a hero who is not inferior to the raccoon or any other strong man in the world!"
"Join other Hu people?" Gai Wu's eyes gradually became clearer. "What am I going to do with them? We haven't had much contact before."
Lu Shuihu was considered a strong force in the Xia Kingdom, and he did not need to rely on any Hu tribe, and of course, he would not have any bad relations with other tribes.
Tan Yun sighed, knowing that this young man's ambitions were not as big as he had outlined, so she had to put it another way: "The strength of the Lushui Hu people is definitely not enough. If you join forces with other Hu people, you The life of the clan will be better. There are still too few people in Lu Shuihu. In this world, it is always good to have more like-minded companions, isn't it?"
Maybe it was the words "like-minded" that touched Gai Wu and made him solemn.
"You're right, it's always good to have company."
"That's it! After you have a companion, you can also lead the Tiantai army to conquer a country like that Duke Pingyuan, and even make yourself a king in Xia Di. Hey, you Lu Shuihu already have a country lord. Was the famous Juqu Mengxun the lord of Beiliang from the beginning? What's wrong with another lord named Gai Wu in this world?"
The more Tanyun said that her eyes became brighter, and so was Gai Wu. If a hypnotist wants to hypnotize others, he must first strengthen his belief that it is right, and it also has a great influence on the practitioner.
But Tan Yun knew that her excitement was an abnormal state, so she was able to keep the last trace of calm in her heart and not get lost.
"Yes, I can also become a superior person. The Xianbei people established the state of Wei, so the Xianbei people are always superior to others. When I also establish a state, I can also make my clansmen superior to others..."
Gai Wu muttered to himself, as if he saw Lu Shui Hu people walking around the world with their heads held high.
"At that time, you will be invincible in the world, and everyone will bow down to you..."
Tanyun kept planting such seeds into his heart, maybe he could not remember who Tanyun was after he got out of this situation, but he must remember that he was going to defeat the two uncles, integrate the Lushuihu people, and remember that he wanted to Lead the Tiantai Army on the road of hegemony.
If the Lushuihu people with such a shallow foundation want to succeed, they will naturally have to use the power of many forces. At that time, they will have the opportunity to take advantage of it and have the ability to manipulate the actions of the Tiantai Army.
Tanyun only felt that the initial frustration and surprise had gradually disappeared, and her eyes were full of pride and satisfaction after the success of the plan.
"Invincible in the world... Invincible in the world..."
Gai Wu's lips twitched, chanting this sentence that a warrior would be crazy about.
Then just for a moment, Gai Wu suddenly woke up.
"No! I can't be invincible! I can't beat my master!"
The deep awe so imprinted in his mind and heart woke Gai Wu like a blow to the head.
Tanyun's mind suddenly exploded, and she rolled to the ground with a splitting headache.
"Ah! Impossible! Impossible! No! Ahhhh!"
Just a moment ago, Gai Wu's mind was still rolling with thoughts of "defeating them", "joining the hustle and bustle", and "conquering the world". These thoughts seemed to be addictive, and kept him thinking over and over again. Then he will achieve the hegemony.
For a young man with an immature mind, such a thought is undoubtedly fatal. Not to mention Gai Wu, the Liu brothers of Liu Song, Tuoba Tao of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and Helianding of the Xia Kingdom must have been imagining such a scene when they were young or even younger.
But they all have foundations, backgrounds, and abilities. If they think so, they will only add a stroke of "little ambition" to the history books, and a background like Gai Wu wants to add such a stroke to the history books. I do not know how many difficulties and obstacles will be encountered.
Such a future, if it was the previous Gai Wu, naturally, he couldn't ask for it. He was like a tiger locked in a fence, always eager to go out and savage, even if his body was shattered.
But now there is another road in front of him, another brighter and smoother road!
"Yes, what you said is very good, and what you said is very desirable. But you don't know there is a flaw. And this flaw, you can't get around it!"
Gai Wu was shocked, and stood up while rubbing his drowsy head. As his eyes became clearer and clearer, Tan Yun's eyes became more and more lax.
"I can't match my master, so I can't be invincible at all! According to the rules of the Lushuihu people, as long as someone defeats the leader, they can order the other party to do one thing. No matter how much I want to fight for hegemony in the future, As long as my master makes a move, I have to bow my head and obey."
Gai Wu sneered.
"You just think that I must not be reconciled to the fact that the Tiantai Army was torn apart, and that the Wei people took over our Xingcheng, because my father lost to Changsun Han, so the Tiantai Army was disbanded, and there was no more resistance to Wei's iron cavalry. You don't know, my father lost on purpose, because he knew that he was no match for the Xianbei people, and he had to die to save the people from the slaughter after resistance. The Taiwan Army and my clansmen, this is my father's choice."
Gai Wu didn't even tell Hua Mulan about the pain in his heart, but seeing Tan Yun rolling and struggling on the ground, he wanted to make him more painful from the bottom of his heart.
He just nearly manipulated his life!
How dare he!
He even dared to pretend to be a monk!
"... So I don't have any resentment towards the Xianbei people in my heart. This is the road that every leader of the Tiantai Army has to walk. Lu Shui and Hu Tiantai Army's 'leader' way was originally the way of 'sacrifice'. Not the way of 'hegemony'."
There is no foolproof spell in this world, and it is as powerful as a moment of prophecy. When he used "magic power", Juqu Muqian was also attacked, let alone such a "great monk".
Tan Yun, who was attacked, pressed the wall against her forehead, hoping to use this method to cool her sanity so that she would not fall into a terrible situation.
How could Gai Wu forgive him
He pulled out his machete, put it across his throat, and shouted loudly, "Who are you? What are you going to do! Where are my people?!"
As he asked, the power of backlash gradually appeared. The monk who was just talking and laughing, with an extraordinary demeanor, let out a whimper, and his eyes completely lost their lustre.
"Poor monk Tanyun." His tone became dull. "I'm doing my wish."
"Your clan..." He frowned, as if resisting some instinct, and drops of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
Gai Wu saw that he was still answering questions as if he had been caught in an evil spirit, and in a blink of an eye he began to hesitate again, and immediately shouted and asked again.
"Your clan has been killed by the people who were sent by the Dunhuang prefect to take back the heavy nu. Such a thing is naturally impossible to leave alive."
With the national strength of the Northern Liang Kingdom, of course, we are not afraid of offending the remnants of the Tiantai Army in exile.
Gai Wu had only found out that his clansmen had settled here before, and they were hired to assassinate Hua Mulan. The heavy nu was given by the employer, but he didn't know who the employer was. Now, when he heard Tan Yun's statement, he immediately exclaimed. up.
"People from Juqu's family?"
Maybe it was because the movement inside was wrong, maybe because Tanyun's shouts were heard before, and suddenly there was an abnormal noise in the yard.
After a few inquiries, the door was opened from the outside, and some people broke into the window, holding a sharp blade. Seeing that Gai Wu was pressing the knife against Tan Yun, he immediately swung the weapon and slashed. He didn't care about Tan Yun at all. life!
These people were all dressed in white, with white cloth towels covering their faces, so they couldn't see their faces clearly. Gai Wu was attacked from back and forth, and he didn't care to kill Tan Yun, he immediately waved his knife to block, and rolled to avoid the siege of the crowd.
Before he came, he was "specially trained" by He Mulan. Although these people were not using the double swords of the Gai family, this kind of thing was perfect. Since he knew the flaws in his family's swordsmanship, he would naturally It also made up for the flaws in his own swordsmanship, so even though he was one enemy in this small place, he did not fall into the disadvantage.
In just a moment, Tan Yun was rescued by these people again. Her decisive actions and sophisticated methods were almost astonishing.
And the attitude they showed before was indeed like this Tanyun was dispensable to them.
Gai Wu only felt that he was caught in a great conspiracy.
A man in white looked at Gai Wu and asked the other man in white, "He doesn't seem to succeed. What should I do with this man? Kill him?"
The other person thought about it and nodded.
"He can't, there are two old things. It's a pity, he is more useful than those two old things. Send the master away first, and we will finish this person!"
The two people spoke in Sanskrit. The complexity of Sanskrit is recognized by the world. Not only did Gai Wu not understand it, he didn't even know which language they were speaking.
As soon as the two of them finished speaking, half of them protected Tan Yun and walked out of the house, while the other half immediately surrounded Gai Wu, as if they would not give up until they killed him.
Gai Wu Shuangdao was unable to defeat the offensive of so many people, so he could only maintain his undefeated generals. Seeing Tan Yun being held up and walking out, he suddenly remembered that this monk said before that he did this to "perform a wish" and risk his life. Danger drank.
"What exactly do you wish for?"
Perhaps the backlash of the sorcery was still effective, and Tan Yun, who had already walked out of the house, actually answered the words he brought.
"I vow to make all living beings in this world equal!"
Hearing this sentence, Gai Wu's sword holding the enemy's sword froze for a while. Even when Tan Yun said "I want to build a country" and "I want only Buddhism in this world", he would not be so surprised.
"Headache, the master fell in love with his own heart."
Several people shook their heads and held Tan Yun to the back door.
"Boy, don't look, you are dead today..."
"Gai Wu! Where are you, call me!"
A terrifying cry came from the front yard, the voice was so familiar, and it was so close to tears.
Gai Wu, who had already thought he was going to die, shouted loudly with tears in his eyelashes.
"Master! Master! Come and save me!"