Fangzheng could not help but smile wryly. This was not the first or second time. It was as though after he gained some fame on the Internet, more and more devotees came to take pictures with him and offer incense. Fangzheng had a nagging feeling that these female patrons were not there to offer incense and pray for blessings, but to act like hooligans! If he were an ordinary person, he would naturally be willing to be taken advantage of, but … he was a monk! He was a monk who could be struck by lightning at any moment for having any devious thoughts! This feeling was bad, extremely bad!
But should he refuse? Fangzheng really could not find a suitable reason. Under normal circumstances, as long as the monastery did not take pictures of Buddha statues, there was not much else to pay attention to. It wasn't impossible to take pictures of Buddha statues, but they had to take pictures of the whole body, not half of the head.
Of course, most people did not encourage taking pictures of Buddha statues. What would they do after taking pictures? Bring it back to worship? This was obviously impossible. It was disrespectful to the Buddha to not consecrate it and use it as a last resort.
There were also people who said that there were many spiritual bodies in the temple. They came to the temple to listen to the sutras and eat incense. It was easy to capture them attracting the supernatural by taking pictures. Fangzheng only smiled at such a statement.
In short, if it was a Buddha statue, Fangzheng had a reason to reject it. But a person?
Ka-cha!
"Thank you, Abbot!" The two girls ran away happily.
Fangzheng looked at the two women's backs and could not help but sigh inwardly. "Should This Penniless Monk charge a fee? I might even make a fortune … "
Right at this moment, a familiar voice sounded.
"Venerable Fangzheng, long time no see!" Following that, a beautiful figure appeared in front of Fangzheng. It was the female streamer, Zhu Lin, whom he had met on the way to Baiyun Monastery.
"Amitabha. Female Patron, it has indeed been a while." Fangzheng pressed his palms together.
"Venerable Fangzheng, I'm here to freeload. Can I take a picture or something? Would it be best if you could do a live broadcast? "Zhu Lin asked as if they were close friends.
Fangzheng shook his head decisively. He had seen Zhu Lin livestream before. She was like a completely different person during the livestream. Just thinking about what she said made him blush. Hence he said, "Female Patron, just taking pictures will do. Forget about the livestream."
"That works too. Come on, put on a pose and smile!" Zhu Lin immediately came over. She also knew that Fangzheng was an innocent virgin, so she maintained a safe distance from him. After snapping, she hurriedly ran to the side to do a live broadcast. "Gays, take a look. This Queen didn't lie to you, right? Tell me and the monk came immediately! "
"You're saying we're not close enough? Do you really want me to have a relationship with Grandmaster? Come, tell me your name, I'll beat you to death … "
"I'm not joking. Master is very powerful. I respect him very much. Get lost! You're the demon! Your entire family has been subdued! "
…
After a while, Zhu Lin put away her phone and went to burn incense.
After offering incense and making a wish, Zhu Lin looked curiously at Fangzheng's backyard, "Venerable Fangzheng, can I take a look?"
Fangzheng had just sent away the two people who wanted to take a picture with him. He had no way of rejecting Zhu Lin's request. After all, he had stayed at her place before. Therefore, he nodded and let Monkey bring Zhu Lin in. Monkey was overjoyed when he heard that. Finally, he didn't have to be dragged around by these people who were like wolves and tigers. Even he wanted to do that to them! If not for Fangzheng holding back, he would have long climbed up a tree and fled. Now that he had a legitimate reason, he was naturally overjoyed. He called out to Zhu Lin and ran into the backyard.
When Fangzheng saw this, he shook his head slightly. Monkey's character still needed to be tempered …
Just as he sighed, a middle-aged man walked over and took out his cell phone. Without a doubt, it was another photo. Fangzheng realized that he needed to be tempered as well …
When it was almost noon, the visitors finally dispersed. Fangzheng heaved a sigh of relief and was about to head to the backyard to take a look.
Suddenly, he heard footsteps behind him. It was accompanied by an angry shout, "You brat, come over here!"
Fangzheng turned his head and saw a middle-aged woman dressed in a sanitation worker's uniform. She was dragging a boy who looked like he was about ten years old over. The boy struggled the entire way, as though he did not want to come. However, he did not cry. All he did was look stubborn and indignant.
Fangzheng walked forward out of curiosity and pressed his palms together, "Amitabha. Patron, what are you doing?"
When the woman saw Fangzheng, she said angrily, "This child has been bewitched. I heard that Venerable One is very effective here, so I brought him here to take a look."
Fangzheng was taken aback. Bewitched?
Fangzheng activated his Wisdom Eye and looked at the boy. Man, a child actually had so much negative karma! There was even a black aura lingering around him. When he looked at the woman, she looked normal. She had negative karma, but it was very little. Most of it was the golden aura of merit.
Fangzheng frowned and said, "Female Patron, This Penniless Monk is One Finger Monastery's abbot, Fangzheng. What do you mean by being bewitched? From This Penniless Monk's point of view, this child must have done something terribly wrong. However, it has nothing to do with being bewitched, right? "
The woman was clearly taken aback when she heard Fangzheng say that he was One Finger Monastery's abbot. She had only brought the child here because she had heard that there was an efficacious monastery on Mt. One Finger. She was not very familiar with the area, nor did she expect the abbot to be such a young monk! Could such a young monk be proficient in the Buddhist Dharma? Could he resolve her problems?
Although the woman asked inwardly, she did not have much hope for Fangzheng. She thought, "It's likely that he came to the wrong place or was fooled." However, with the thought of making a Hail Mary effort, she said, "This child of mine is usually quite obedient, but I don't know when it began, but he became addicted to watching live broadcasts. He even used my cell phone to tip the streamer when I wasn't paying attention. It's fine if he only tipped three or five yuan, but … This … "Upon saying that, the woman's tears nearly fell. Her eyes turned red, and in her anger, she raised her hand and slapped the child twice.
The child shouted indignantly, "Isn't it just spending some money? What's wrong?! "
The woman nearly jumped up in anger. She said exasperatedly, "Abbot, look at him. Look at his eyes. They're so fierce. Isn't he bewitched? If he isn't bewitched, which good child would give his parents' hard-earned money to others? He even gave tens of thousands!? "
When Fangzheng saw how stubborn and indignant the child was, he believed that the problem wasn't too serious because he had tipped the streamer a few hundred yuan. However, when he heard the woman say that it was tens of thousands, Fangzheng wanted to slap the kid twice! He had seen squandering, but he had never seen such a squanderer! Was it easy to earn money? If it was, why would he, an abbot, be so poor that he had to dig for wild vegetables every day? Was he going to scam squirrels for pine nuts as snacks?
Especially when Fangzheng looked at the woman's attire, he was truly infuriated! It was obvious that the woman was a sanitation worker. What was a sanitation worker? Every day before daybreak, they would wake up to sweep the streets. They would work for an entire day, and such work was a classic example of suffering without earning much money. The typical person wouldn't do it.
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