This fox fairy is too inhuman

Bell~
Bell~
The camel bells were blown by the wind, and the clear sound rang out. On the long ancient road, the merchants formed a circle around the camels and pack horses to block the wind and sand, and they sat in the middle and lit a bonfire.

Everyone sat around the bonfire, chatting with each other, talking about some parents' filial piety, chatting about the recent prices in the Western Desert, and talking about all kinds of anecdotes.

"Have you heard? There have been a lot of strange phenomena in many places recently!"

"Listen, isn't it about the fake Lingshan Mountain? I don't know how many times I've heard it said. Is it really true? Why do I feel like someone is deliberately slandering Lingshan?"

"It's true, it's absolutely true, I was nearby there at the time! That Lingshan Mountain is indeed huge, and I even saw the Buddha walking in it." An old man wearing a feather hat said excitedly, his eyes full of piety, "I I have been to Lingshan countless times, so Lingshan is not fake! This must be the manifestation of the Buddha, giving us a revelation, and we need to understand it."

The old man's words silenced the others. They had doubted the authenticity of the matter, but the believer's words were quite convincing.

This man was also famous among them for being pious. He had no heirs and no family property. He only left some trading funds and dedicated everything he had to the temple.

It is impossible for such a devout believer to talk nonsense. He really saw it and believed that it was a miracle created by the Lord Buddha.

"And that's not all!"

While everyone was thinking quietly, a bearded businessman suddenly slapped his thigh, attracting everyone's attention, and said in a deep voice:
"Someone saw the Buddha statue coming down from the lotus platform, flying into the air and disappearing. Later he fell into a coma. When he woke up again, he found that he was twenty years younger and his body had become stronger..."

"Some people also found some abandoned temples in the mountains and saw ancient Buddha statues that they had never seen before..."

"Some people heard the Buddha's call at night, followed his instructions and went to the depths of the desert, and finally dug out an arm bone and a huge relic from the sand..."

The businessman was a very good storyteller, telling every anecdote and story with a clear eye, as if he had seen it with his own eyes, making everyone else immersed in his stories.

He started telling it from the time of nightfall until the moon was at the top of the sky. Finally, he finished telling the last story, picked up the water bag, and took the first drink of water.

"Ha! Hahaha, these are just hearsays. I can't guarantee whether they are true or not. Just listen to them and don't take them seriously."

The night was already very late, but everyone did not feel sleepy at all, but became more and more excited.

Businessmen are a group of shrewd people. Although they also believe in the Buddhas of Lingshan Mountain, compared to the stupid believers who only know how to work hard, they are educated and know better how to cooperate with the temple. Not only do they have to meet the requirements for worship, but they also To ensure your own profits.

They are all thinking about a question at this moment. Are these visions a revelation from the Lord Buddha? Are they telling them that the Ten Thousand Buddhas will be resurrected and that Lingshan will prosper again?
Or is it that there are actually demons working secretly, trying to subvert everything the Buddha did in the Western Desert?
They didn't know, but it seemed like a good opportunity to them.

Although they are not completely sure now and need to think carefully, there should be business opportunities in this.

While other businessmen were pondering and thinking about how to maximize the benefits of this matter, the bearded businessman who told the story before had a sarcastic smile in his eyes while drinking water.

"hehe,"

Then, he was stunned for a moment, blinked in confusion, turned his head as if waking up from a dream, and strangely whispered in his heart: "Why am I here? Didn't I already sleep?"

At this time, the old man wearing feathers on his head was the first to come back from his trance. He seemed to see the confusion in the eyes of others and said proactively:

"Don't think too much! With the blessing of the Lord Buddha on Lingshan Mountain, we don't need to worry. The monks will come up with a solution! Even if there is a demon causing trouble, Lingshan will easily suppress it."

When he said this, the businessmen all came back to their senses. They didn't know what they were thinking in their hearts, but on the surface they all nodded in agreement and loudly praised the Buddha and Lingshan. .

"Yes, yes, indeed!"

"Thank you Lord Buddha for blessing us!"

"We can live the life we ​​have now thanks to Lingshan."

……

The caravan not only contains merchants, but also some accompanying guards and ordinary believers who choose to accompany the caravan for help.

But among these people there was an inconspicuous mother and son.

Their dressing is no different from ordinary Western Desert believers, and they look thin and poor.

People around them were already asleep, but neither mother nor son fell asleep. They were wrapped in thin blankets and leaning against each other.

"Mom, are we really leaving?" the boy asked in a low voice.

The boy looked a little more energetic before. The wound on his forehead was simply bandaged, and blood could be faintly seeped out, but some color returned to his face.

"Didn't Lord Buddha save you? Why should we sell all our property and go somewhere else? If we don't stay at Lingxin Temple to fulfill our vows, Lord Buddha will punish us!"

The young man was a little scared, and also a little dissatisfied with his mother's insistence on having her own way. It took him so much effort to get Lord Buddha to change his mind and save her.

But now my mother is going to betray the Buddha, which is simply intolerable!

If it weren't for his unreserved trust in his mother, if someone else had done this, he would have gone to someone to report her secretly.

But beside him, the dazed woman shook her head and did not answer after hearing this. She raised her hand to touch the child's head, and stared at the wound on his forehead for a while.

"...Don't say anything again, I'm not a child anymore!"

The young man moved his head away with some dissatisfaction. He knew that his mother would remain silent again. He had asked this question all the way, but his mother had always avoided talking about it, as if there was something fearful in her heart.

But just like what he said, he is no longer a child, and he wants an answer.

After a long silence, the woman looked at the child's stubborn profile, and finally spoke in a low voice: "... Yao'er, remember, you can't say the next words to anyone, do you understand?"

The young man raised his head in surprise, his eyes full of expectation, and nodded seriously, "Yes! I will definitely not tell anyone!"

The woman nodded, lowered her voice very low, and whispered: "That day...it wasn't actually the Buddha who saved my mother."

"The Buddha statue enshrined in Lingxin Temple is not a Buddha, but an evil ghost!"

"The person who really saved my mother was a fox fairy."! ! !

"Wha... um!" The boy exclaimed, but his mother, who was well prepared, covered his mouth and only let out a muffled groan, which did not attract anyone's attention.

The woman's three sentences, each one more shocking and more rebellious, made the boy stay in place.

"...What did you say?" After being silent for a while, he finally said with difficulty after being let go by his wife: "Are you kidding me? These..."

The woman shook her head firmly and held the child's hand. Both hands were rough and cracked due to labor, and were covered with calluses and scars.

"Yao'er, mother didn't lie to you, and she will never lie to you."

"Mom knew you couldn't accept it for a while, so I didn't tell you before."

"Mom is not crazy."

"Since your father died, Mom has been the only one left. Mom will never lie to anyone in her life."

"Remember what mother said, keep all this in your heart and don't tell anyone."

After hearing these words, the boy became completely quiet.

Is mother crazy?
Even if she's really not crazy, what's the difference between her words and being crazy?

She actually doubted the Buddha.

she……

The boy thought for a long time, and in the end he didn't know whether he listened to his mother's words. He asked in a low voice: "Mom, where are we going now?"

The woman was silent for a moment, then looked up at the bright moon surrounded by stars in the sky.

Yeah, where to go?
The Western Desert is very big, but there is no place where they are home for their mother and son.

She actually didn't know where to go next.

She just knew that as a mother, if she wanted her children to grow up safely, she had to escape from that place.

So she sold a little bit of Susukada at home, sold everything to others at low prices, took her remaining money and her children and left the place full of painful memories alone.

Once, she only felt that worshiping the Lord Buddha would bring her happiness and not feel any hardship at all. But when she woke up and all the pretense was torn off, she found that that place left her with only suffering.

So, she wants to escape.

But as for where to escape, she didn't know.

Lord Fox Fairy, what should we do?
Help us!

Lord Fox Fairy, please give us guidance.

The woman stared at the moon for a long time, and finally said softly:
"...Go to the north, there is hope there."

She didn't know why she came to this conclusion.

However, when she was staring at the moon, she felt for a moment that she was going to the north.

If this was the moon's message, then she had to follow it.

"May Lord Fox Fairy protect our mother and son."

……

……

"This isn't right."

Ren Yidao thought about it and felt that he was being relied on.

"I've obviously done good deeds without leaving my name, so how can she rely on me?"

Naturally, the feeling in the woman's heart did not appear out of thin air, but was ordered by the Fox Fairy whom she admired and was grateful for.

The other party's faith was very devout, but he was too weak. He could not convey the words, he could only give her a hint.

"Go to the north. If you can find a way to cross the boundary and get to Beiming Shenzhou, if nothing else happens under Beigan, at least the most basic life can still be guaranteed."

"Yeah! I won't care about it anymore, it's settled."

Ren Yidao only intends to help this miserable mother and son.

We are neither relatives nor friends, and I have nothing to do with you. I saved your life and showed you a way out, which can be regarded as the most benevolent and righteous act.

Fox, I am not a very good person.

After Ren Yidao made up his mind, he stretched and sighed: "Sure enough, I still can't be a good person. I did a good thing on a whim, but in the end it brought me such trouble."

"Why did the Taoist priest suddenly say this?"

Ming Xin, who was on the other side of the bonfire, raised her eyebrows. She didn't know why she suddenly let out such a negative sigh, "But what's on your mind?"

"It's nothing, I just thought of some old things I heard in the past." Ren Yidao waved his hand casually and changed the subject: "Mingxin, do you think people should help themselves? Or wait for God's help?" (End of Chapter)