Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 146 Mud Plow Purgatory (1)
Hearing the Yacha's words at first, Lu Ban's head trembled in shock. He grabbed the Yacha's collar and asked loudly: "Who are you trying to scare with these nonsense? Will I believe it?"

"Lu Bantou has learned a lesson," the yamen servant said anxiously, "you have no such intentions!"

Feng Shen hastily separated the two, turned to the clerk and said, "What do you mean by 'Yin Cao Purgatory'?"

The clerk glanced at Master Lou, and then said: "Go back to the errand, a few months ago about the case of the disappearance of Fengluotan villagers, the grandfather sent a quick team to the Moya Temple to investigate. There is a 'Buddha in that temple. Temple', which is full of evil ghosts and gods from the underworld."

"That's right, that's right," said another yamen servant, "I was also there at the time, just looking at the hall, my back felt chills. Those evil spirits bared their teeth and claws, feeling..."

"What do you feel?" Lu Ban frowned.

The Yacha suddenly grabbed both hands, "I'm going to jump out at any time!"

"Oh," Lu Ban couldn't help shaking his head, and then said angrily, "You fucking mean it, don't you? Just say it well, and if you dare to make nonsense, believe it or not, I will chop off your two paws!?"

Seeing this, Feng Shen sneered at the servants, "Don't be alarmist here, what you call 'evil ghosts and gods' are nothing more than clay statues, right?"

"Hey hey," the two servants scratched their heads and laughed, "This servant is extremely witty, I admire you..."

"How dare you entertain me?" Lu Ban was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, "What kind of mystery are you talking about with ghosts and purgatory? Wouldn't it be enough to just call it a statue!?"

Master Lou hurriedly dismissed the yamen servants, "There are a lot of adults in the team, don't be as knowledgeable as them. But according to my humble opinion, the Moya Temple is indeed a bit ominous. Ordinary temples usually have golden Buddha statues, but they just want to create some evil spirits." Rakshasa..."

Lu Ban nodded, "What exactly do you want to say?"

"Squad leader," Master Lou said, "Because those ghost statues are too ferocious, the last time the county went to the temple to investigate, many arresters were frightened and lay in bed after returning, and almost died... If you don't believe me, you can ask They."

"That's right," the two yamen servants vowed, "it's true."

Master Lou said again: "Those ghost images are full of evil spirits, terrifying and frightening. If the two officers have a mistake because of this, how can we afford it?"

"Damn it..." Lu Ban's lips parted a few times, "It's not that evil, is it?"

"As the saying goes, it is better to believe in its existence than in its non-existence." Master Lou moved forward, "Besides, what's so good about a monastery with a weird appearance? Why don't you two go back to the county government office with us? Xiao Ke prepares good wine and good banquet..."

"I understand!" Lu Ban nodded, "You have been arguing for a long time because you want to be courteous? You don't want to do this! I'm here to handle business this time, not to let you drink ecstasy soup!"

Master Lou raised his face and said: "If you have to do things on a mission, you can let the policemen in the county government do it for you. Although they are not as good as the officials in Shuntian Prefecture, they will definitely not make mistakes. The two of you just need to sit firmly in the government office. Department, strategizing..."

"No need!" Feng Shen interrupted, "Brother Lu, time is not waiting, let's go now!"

"Well," Lu Ban nodded and said, "I'm too lazy to waste my time with them. Master Lou, don't forget to harvest the crops. If this matter can't be handled well, I will forgive you!"

Master Lou could only say: "Xiao Ke wrote it down."

"That's good." Lu Ban said, and led Huang Piao and Yue Yun out of the field.

The two of them were about to go on their horses, but Master Lou chased after him again: "Leader, please stop."

"What the hell is wrong?" Lu Ban said annoyed, "Can't you speak more quickly?"

Master Lou pointed to the waist of Lu Ban's head, "Xiao Ke's short gun...hehe, don't you always..."

"Look at your stinginess! I didn't say that I want to be ignorant, and I will pay you back when I run out!"

After finishing speaking, Lu Ban waved his horsewhip and galloped side by side with Feng Shen.

In a blink of an eye, Master Lou and the three were left behind.After galloping away for a while, Feng Shen slowed down the horse and called out "Brother Lu".

Lu Ban turned his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

Feng Shen asked back: "Then Master has repeatedly invited us to the county government office, doesn't Eldest Brother feel strange?"

"It's no big deal," Lu Ban said with a look of fun, "That Lou must be trying to curry favor with us!"

"Fawning?" Feng Shen said, "How do you say that?"

Lu Ban nodded and said: "Brother, think about it. Before he knew our identities, he kept shouting and shouting. After knowing the truth, he must be afraid that we will be blamed. I have seen this kind of bullying and sycophancy. I have seen it before. When they are on business elsewhere, those subordinates are also like this, rushing to buy wine and give gifts, and desperately flatter them."

Feng Shen sighed: "It's fine if you just want to flatter, I'm afraid they have ulterior motives."

"Hmph, lend him your guts!" Lu Ban was about to curse again when he suddenly remembered something. "Cough... Brother Feng, you said that the statue in the temple... is really so evil?"

"Brother Lu, don't worry," Feng Shen smiled slightly, "I think they are exaggerating."

Lu Bantou was still a little uneasy, "But you didn't listen to what they said, the main hall in the temple is called 'Buddha', just the name of the hall is very wrong! If you think about it, if it's not a god or Buddha, then it's just a crooked evil spirit." ?”

Feng Shen smiled and said: "To tell you the truth, brother, when I first heard the name of the temple, I was also taken aback for a while. However, after thinking about it for a while, I somewhat understood it in my heart."

"Oh?" Lu Ban asked, "but why?"

Feng Shendao: "In my spare time, I have tried to read a few scriptures, so I know some Buddhist allusions. In the Taoli Tiangong, the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha once made a great wish to the Buddha. Become a Buddha; save all living beings, only then can you prove Bodhi." The Buddha felt his great kindness and sincerity, and promoted his great compassionate vows, so he allowed the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva to be equal to all Buddhas, even though he did not appear in the body of a Buddha."

Lu Bantou seemed to have realized something, "The word 'Buddha' refers to Ksitigarbha?"

"Exactly." Feng Shen nodded and said, "The deity enshrined in the Moya Temple should be Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is sympathetic to the evil world of five turbidities, and transforms Yama with a thousand bodies. Enter the hell , is the leader of Youming, who governs the ten halls of Yan Luo, distributes Yin and governs all ghosts. Therefore, it is not surprising that there are some statues of ghosts and monsters in the Buddha Hall."

"Is that true?" Lu Bantou said again: "But I have been to many monasteries, big and small, and I have never seen so many little ghosts in any temple."

"It's really not common," Feng Shen also said, "but it's not unique. In the land of Bashu, there is Pingdu Mountain, and there is a ghost town of Fengdu on that mountain. There are probably more statues of evil spirits in the ghost town than there are in the Cliff Temple. several times."

Lu Ban shook his head and said, "That's so creepy... have you been there, brother?"

"I never went," Feng Shen shook his head and said, "When I chatted with the Tang brothers and sisters, I heard them mention it."

"Brothers and sisters of the Tang family?" Lu Ban nodded, "Oh, it's the young master of the Tang family and his sister, right? That's right, they are locals, and most of what they said is true... Brother Feng, you really did, you said that a long time ago, I'm not so panicked anymore."

Feng Shendao: "Although the story of Fengdu is true, the situation in the Cliff Temple is my guess. Whether it is true or not, I need to go to the temple to investigate before I can know."

After Lu Ban listened, he didn't speak any more. He took out the short gun from his waist and lowered his head to fiddle with it.

I saw that he first took out some gunpowder and lead pellets, mixed them with cotton wool and stuffed them into the front chamber, and finally poked a small stick along the mouth of the chamber, and the ammunition was tightly compacted.

Seeing how swiftly Lu Ban was packing his head, Feng Shen was secretly amazed. "I don't want my elder brother to be so proficient in firearms."

"Hey, I used to play wild game with my brothers before, and I used to play with earthen guns a lot." Lu Ban said with his head, shaking the ammunition bag he snatched from Master Lou, "Although the surname Lou is not good, the guy is quite good." All, these are enough for about ten rounds."

"Brother Lu," Feng Shen reminded, "We are going up the mountain this time mainly to find out the truth. Don't do it unless it is absolutely necessary. Don't conflict with the monks in that temple."

"Don't worry, brother, I know this!" Lu Ban put the short blunderbuss in his hands again, "If those monks have malicious intentions, we can deal with them with our fists and kicks. This short blunderbuss is mainly for preventing evil things."

Feng Shen asked in a daze, "Evil thing?"

"Yeah," Lu Ban nodded, "Isn't my brother also not sure about the statue? I heard that ghosts are most afraid of firearms, so I don't care about those that are there or not. As long as they look wrong, he will Mother blasted it with a blunderbuss. Hehe... Install it in advance, so as not to be too late."

Before they knew it, the two had already crossed the wrong water, and if they went further, they would be the rolling Yaji peaks.Lu Bantou roughly estimated the direction and led Feng Shen to move on.

Speeding down the foot of the mountain, Feng Shen looked into the distance from time to time.I saw that the ridges were covered with green daisies, the mountainside was covered with clouds and mist, and the smoke trees and cypresses were dense.If it weren't for the clusters of red maple in the forest, it would make people feel that the autumn frost has not yet arrived.At that time, it was gradually slanting to the west, and the mountain wind was blowing, and one could hear the mighty pines and waves.Thousands of shoots sway at night, thousands of needles are bleak, and there are faintly countless wings soaring, it is for the birds to fight.

"It's such a good place to build a hut and cultivate quietly. I just don't know how much blood and tears are stored in this secluded peak." Feng Shen sighed secretly, and he didn't mention it while riding the horse.

Running along the way, the two also saw many Taoist temples built on the hills and depressions, but all of them were covered by spiders and dust, and weeds were luxuriant.In the brambles beside the road, I can occasionally see a dirty and wrinkled Taoist robe, and a few weasels scrambled to play on it, tearing the skirt decoration into strands and strands.

Feng Shen sighed again, remembering what the village mother-in-law said.Now seeing that this school is withered, it is probably true that the monk chased away the Taoist priests.

Just as he was thinking about it, he jumped over a thick vine growing across the road with his crotch leaping over the clouds.Feng Shen was caught off guard, his upper body was pulled back and he almost fell off the saddle.

"Brother Feng," Lu Ban said, "the further you go, the steeper the mountain, you have to ride steadily!"

"En." Feng Shen hurriedly clamped the horse's belly, looked ahead, not daring to be distracted again.

(End of this chapter)