At that time, there was a monk named slander in Jingci Temple, Nanping Mountain. Monks don't pay attention to chanting and meditation, but only like to talk about world events. Say what you want, scold what you want, and have no scruples. People like to get close to him just because he speaks rationally and scolds funny.
When Emperor Qianlong arrived in Hangzhou, he heard that there was such a monk, and his eyebrows frowned. He thought, this old monk must be an old man of the Ming Dynasty who hid in the mountains and didn't keep his duty. I want to hear what he ruined. So, he put on a blue shirt, took a gold folding fan, dressed as a scholar, and waddled around Jingci Temple, naming whether to denigrate the monk.
When the monk came out of the temple, Qianlong saw him and asked:
"Is the teacher's father slandering the monk?"
The slanderous monk replied, "Yes, I am slandering the monk, and I am the one who slanders the monk."
Emperor Qianlong asked again, "Did the teacher's father become a monk when he was a child, or did he become a monk halfway?"
Slander the monk and say, "Me? Became a monk halfway. Scholar, why do you ask me this? "
Emperor Qianlong has nothing to say. His eyes swept away and he saw the tattered cassock on the monk. He said: "I heard that the teacher's father is a virtuous monk. Why are you wearing this tattered clothes like loofah? "
Defamed the monk and said with a smile, "When I was young, I wore splendid clothes! Later, splendid clothes were torn by wild dogs, so I became a monk and put on this ragged cassock! However, although I am in rags, I have a positive attitude. No more magnificent than those gentlemen who wear official uniforms and secretly act as thieves and prostitutes. "
Emperor Qianlong got a sap in his head and couldn't get out anymore. He thought bitterly: this slander on monks really deserves its reputation! We must find out the problem so that we can punish him severely. With an evil abacus in his stomach and a false smile on his face, he asked the monk to lead him into the temple to play tricks.
When they entered the gate of Jingci Temple, they saw people chopping bamboo to make incense baskets. Emperor Qianlong rolled his eyes, picked up a split bamboo, turned green and slandered the monk and asked, "What's your name, teacher?"
Slander the monk and say, "This is called bamboo skin."
Emperor Qianlong turned the bamboo slices upside down and slandered the monk. He asked, "Teacher, Dad, what is this called?"
Slander the monk and say, "Well, we call it bamboo meat."
Emperor Qianlong frowned and said with a wry smile, "What a fresh name!"
Slander the monk and say, "Old guest, the world has changed now, so must the name!" " "
Emperor Qianlong was beaten and had to keep silent. It turned out to be in Daxing *, specifically looking for faults to kill people. If the monk is slandered according to his old name, and the green face of bamboo is called green face and the white face is called yellow face, Emperor Qianlong will seize the pig's tail, falsely accuse him of "destroying the Qing Dynasty" and "destroying the emperor" and kill his head. Emperor Qianlong slandered the monk with bamboo chips just to find fault with him.
Emperor Qianlong went to the Tathagata Hall to worship the Buddha, and then went to the Lohan Hall to see the Buddha statue. Finally, they came to Ji Xiang's kitchen.
Ji Xiang kitchen is the kitchen in the temple. Emperor Qianlong looked around and saw a car full of bean sprouts under the stove. It happened that a puppy jumped up at this moment, pulled its hind legs and sprinkled a bubble of urine on the bean sprouts. Emperor Qianlong looked at it and asked, "Teacher, is this bean sprout clean?" Defaming the monk said: "Bean sprouts are born in water and grow in water. Of course, they are the cleanest things! "
Emperor Qianlong snorted and said, "How can you say it's clean when dog urine is spilled on it?"
The slanderous monk laughed: "As the saying goes, out of sight is clean, but not listening is true. If you see it, just ignore it. Is it not clean? Why take such a trivial matter so seriously! For example, some people are cursed by the people all over the world day and night, but pretend not to hear them, and have the cheek to brag that they are saints! "
Emperor Qianlong was very angry, but he was afraid of revealing his identity and did not dare to make this decision. I wanted to find another fault, but I couldn't think of a topic at the moment. Embarrassed, I heard a vendor shouting outside the back door of the kitchen, "Do you want tea eggs?" ..... tea eggs! "He had a brainwave and said he was hungry, so he took the opportunity to buy tea eggs and slipped out the back door.