"Amitabha……"
I rubbed my eyes, the sun was blocked behind my head by the old monk, and the residual light was still dazzling.
"Who are you?" I raised my head halfway and looked at the old monk saluting with one hand, feeling a sense of peace in my heart.
"We are destined to be together. The old monk's name is Changming." After saying this, the old monk bent down and picked me up.
I lay in his arms, looking at the lush green cypresses in the middle of the mountain, hearing the clanging of wooden fish, and the faint sound of Sanskrit. I knew he was a monk in that earth temple, but there was such a big fire in front of the mountain gate last night and no one came out.
Why are you acting like nothing is happening this morning and not even looking at me?
The old monk carried me to the temple door and looked at the three seal characters on the door - Wuliang Temple. Before he could open the door, a young monk in his early twenties came out of the door. He was stunned for a moment when he saw me, and then
His eyes became anxious and he said: "Master, why did you bring him back? This..."
"Don't talk too much and open the courtyard door quickly." Chang Ming said to the young monk.
The little monk shook his head and sighed bitterly, glanced at me sideways, picked me up from Chang Ming, carried me on his back and ran towards a small house. I looked at the temple, including the one who was carrying me, there were three little monks in total.
The monks, without exception, all had anxious eyes when they saw me. They all stopped chanting, stood up and watched me enter the small room.
The young monk put me on a bed, shook his head, and walked out. I don't know why everyone wants to see the god of plague when they see me. I don't know if it's because the temple doesn't want to take in outsiders, or because it doesn't want to take in me.
Just as I was wondering secretly, I saw Chang Ming push the door open and enter the room, close the door behind his back, sit on the bedside, with a smile on his face, and slowly said to me: "Don't pay attention to the little donor, he is a bad disciple of a poor monk -
—Keep the precepts..."
"Where is this?" I asked Chang Ming.
"Tianping Mountain, Wuliang Temple." Changming replied slowly.
I was inexplicably horrified. I didn’t expect that I would run to Tianping Mountain without anyone noticing. I quickly asked Chang Ming, “How far is it from Taihu Lake?”
"You can get there in half a day." Changming replied.
"Oh?" Before I could think about it, I saw that Chang Ming had already stood up, pressed my thighs with both hands, and lifted them up violently. There was a crisp sound, and I screamed in pain and half sat up.
I suddenly realized that there was pain in my thigh. I slowly raised my right leg, and sure enough, the numbness disappeared. I secretly cursed Qiu Chengliang, this kid is really cruel, he must have removed my leg bone.
If this old monk hadn't helped me pick it up in time, I might have had to rely on crutches for the rest of my life.
Thinking of this, I hurriedly thanked him, but seeing that he was plump and plump, with a wide forehead and a straight face. If he were a monk, he would be the person in charge of a big temple. How could he live in this infinite temple?
But what confuses me even more is that last night, the giant python possessed everyone and how could he ignore it when it screamed and screamed. These six roots can be poured clean, so I asked: "Master Changming, didn't you see that giant python last night?"
Python? Why do you act like nothing is wrong?"
Changming smiled and said to me: "It's all cause and effect. It was because of this python that I stayed here and built this Wuliang Temple."
Changming led me outside the temple, but there was no trace of his disciples. He pointed to a cave in the back mountain and talked about the python.
On the morning of early summer, this small village near the mountains was extremely quiet. Most people had not gotten up yet, but they could hear a little boy shouting. He held a branch in his hand, rubbed his eyes, and drove the old man out of boredom.
The ox went up the mountain.
He was thirteen years old, but he had been herding cattle for five years. He was familiar with every tree on the mountain, knew where the grass was, and knew which puddles of manure were pulled by his own cattle. But every time before he went out to herd cattle, his mother would tell him
Don't go near the cave on the Cradle Slope of the back mountain, because people and livestock often disappear there. Gradually, the people in the village regard it as a forbidden area.
But the little boy didn't care, because only there the grass was the fattest and the terrain was the flattest. If he was lucky, he could fly there for a while, which was quite pleasant.
On this day, as usual, the little boy drove the cows there and lay on the grass, enjoying himself secretly. He thought to himself: "It would be great if I could fly for a while! It's almost like a god."
But what has always puzzled the boy is that his own scalper eats fat grass every day, so why doesn't he gain weight? He looked at the old scalper and said,
Shaked his head.
A gust of cool wind blew by, and the little boy shouted and stood up. He knew that every time such a wind blew, he could fly far away.
The old scalper suddenly raised his head, spread his hooves, and screamed twice. Suddenly, a huge suction force sucked the little boy into the air, and slowly floated towards the cave on the half-stone cliff, but every time he floated to the entrance of the cave,
It would fall for no reason. He wanted to climb in several times to see what was going on, but the cave was too high and he failed several times.
In the evening, the little boy hummed a little tune and drove the cows back home. But the child's mother frowned, looking at the child who was losing weight day by day, and she became more and more anxious.
When his mother asked about the reason, the little boy didn't hide it. He said that he was a god every day and was so beautiful, so how could he suddenly lose weight?
The child's mother was shocked after hearing this. She didn't expect that her child would go there to graze cows every day. There was also a good boy. He had long heard that the goblin was causing trouble. The child must have been sucked by the goblin to become so thin.
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Early the next morning, the mother of the child ran to the village chief's house and asked him for an idea. The village chief was also surprised after hearing this and asked her to go to the town to find Mr. Yin Yang to see if he could get rid of the snake spirit.
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She did not dare to delay, and went to find Mr. Yin Yang, a very famous man in the town, on the same day, hoping that he could save her child. However, before she could finish her words, Mr. Yin Yang shook his head hurriedly when he heard the words "Cradle Slope".
It's a coincidence that I happened to catch up with Chang Ming when he was going down the mountain for a tour. I passed by this place and saw a woman covering her face and crying bitterly at the corner of the street, so I went up to ask. The mother of the child saw that she was a monk, so she would definitely know how to cry.
You can save your own children.
"Master, please save my child..." The child's mother knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.
Chang Ming came down the mountain to promote Buddhism. Hearing that this person was in trouble, he quickly helped her up and asked, "What on earth happened to make the donor so distressed?"
After hearing this, the child's mother immediately stopped crying, wiped her tears, and said to Chang Ming: "My child is like this, and so and so... He has been possessed for the past two days, with dark circles under his eyes, and he looks like a child.
It’s about to die.”
Changming was also shocked after hearing this. Hearing her narration, the python was so highly cultivated that it could suck people's essence and blood from afar, but now he couldn't worry too much. Saving a person's life was better than building a seven-level pagoda. He read something.
After hearing the Buddha's name, he followed the woman into the village.
When Changming arrived at the woman's home, he saw a child sitting on a wooden stool, looking into the distance. Changming was shocked when he saw that the child's eyes were sunken and his face was dark. He had obviously been killed by the python.
Most of the essence and blood have been sucked away. If it happens twice more, even the physical body may be sucked into the hole by the python essence.
Seeing that the child's life was in danger, Chang Ming did not dare to delay, so he went to Cradle Slope with a bolder middle-aged man in the village to find out what was going on so that he could find a way to expel the evil python as soon as possible.
Although both Taoism and Buddhism are widely spread among the people, the methods of exorcising evil are completely different. Taoism mainly uses spells and the Five Elements Yishu to use strong methods to suppress evil spirits. Buddhism uses mantras to save evil spirits.
For the Lord, we must pursue goodness and save people if we can. Even if we cannot save them, we will not be good at committing evil crimes.
Changming had such good intentions at the beginning, which made the giant python become more ferocious, causing trouble to all living beings.
The moon is in the middle of the sky, and the wind is blowing on the mountain road. It is always bright, and I look up from time to time to watch the stars. Although there is no way to observe the wind in the Buddhist teachings, after Buddhism was introduced to the Central Plains, in order to cater to the people of the Central Plains, they seek benefits and avoid harm.
After thinking about it, he created a set of stargazing methods, called - Longzhong Stargazing. It is no different from the Taoist Ziwei stargazing method. They are both supreme and mysterious methods of prediction.
There was nothing unusual when walking on the mountain road at first, but as we got closer to the Cradle Slope, the stars in the sky became dimmer, and the full moon was also covered with two layers of halo. We guessed that the python spirit was absorbing the light of the stars and the moon.
If it is given a few more days, I am afraid that even if Arhat comes to this world, he will not be able to control it.
Thinking of this, Chang Ming couldn't help but speed up his pace, but the man who had been leading the way was so frightened that he trembled all over and refused to go any further. He pointed to the cave in front and said: "Master, go on your own.
Just take a look and come back, I'll leave first."
After the man finished speaking, he was about to run away. Before Chang Ming could react, he saw a giant python sticking its head out from the cave in the middle of the mountain. The python had a head like a pen cap and its eyes were red. Its mouth was as big as a basin of blood and it suddenly opened.
open.
Chang Ming only felt that his body was unsteady and he was about to be sucked into the air by the big snake. The strong wind swept the fallen leaves and were sucked into the mouth of the big snake.
Changming hung the rosary around his neck and relied on his martial arts skills to grab a small tree in the chaos to avoid being sucked away by the python spirit. But as soon as he stabilized his body, he saw the man who had already run away all the way.
He fell backwards, screamed and was swept up into the air by the strong wind.
He was anxious in his heart, so he jumped up and tried to catch the man, but only touched his shoes, and watched as the man fell into the python's mouth.
He somersaulted in the air, staggered to the ground, and grabbed the weeds on the ground, but his feet were already in the air. He watched the weeds in his hands break one by one, and some were even uprooted.
With a cry, Chang Ming was swept into the air, and was about to fall into the mouth of the python. He was horrified. He had traveled to so many fairy mountain caves, but he had never seen such a powerful fairy.
Not daring to delay at that moment, he hurriedly took off the rosary beads hanging around his neck and tore them off violently. One hundred and eight rosary beads scattered instantly, leaving only a dozen in his hands.
Chang Ming groaned, followed the huge suction of the python, and threw out the rosary in his hand with all his strength. The rosary was the immeasurable samadhi blessed by generations of eminent monks of Hanshan Temple with Buddhist teachings. It can be regarded as a treasure that shakes the temple, but Chang Ming's
At that time, he didn't care much. Losing his own life was a trivial matter. At worst, he would be able to achieve bliss early. But the child's life might not be saved in a few days.
After those beads were thrown, they penetrated the python spirit's mouth in an instant with the help of the python's huge adsorption force, and the blood instantly filled the python spirit's mouth.
The python spirit raised its head to the sky and hissed, then retracted its head into the hole. Chang Ming also fell heavily to the ground. He immediately felt that the blood in his cavity was surging. He vomited a large mouthful of blood and returned to the village in embarrassment.
Although he failed to subdue the python spirit this time, he thought of a way to deal with it, which could completely ruin the python spirit's conduct and make it impossible for him to thrive again.
In the early morning of the next day, the boy drove the ox to Cradle Slope as usual, but there was a straw man of the same size as him on the ox's back. Chang Ming had the child's mother dig it out overnight and put it on.
He took the child's clothes and sewed a large cloth bag in the lining of the clothes, which was filled with fire salt.
Fire saltpeter is stone saltpeter, also known as Beidi Xuanzhu. It can produce high temperatures when exposed to water. It can also be used as medicine after processing. Ancient alchemists were also indispensable for making elixirs. However, the fire saltpeter installed in the open is not for the python spirit.
Anti-inflammation of wounds.
The boy tied the cow to an old tree with a crooked neck. He saw that the branches of the old tree did not stretch toward the sun, but instead leaned toward the cave.
The boy held a piece of grass in his mouth and sat on the ground, looking at the pitch-black cave between the cliffs. A gust of cool wind blew, and the boy's expression suddenly changed. He hurriedly lay on the ground and grabbed the weeds on the ground with both hands.
As usual, the old ox barked, spread its hooves, and steadied its body. However, the scarecrow on its back was not so peaceful, and its body kept shaking.
The cool breeze just now turned into a roaring wind, sweeping up everything that could be swept away on the ground. The ox took a few steps back, and the boy's feet were lifted into the air by the strong force, and he grabbed the weeds on the ground.
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But the scarecrow did not struggle, and its body was extremely light. In an instant, it broke away from the old scalper's back, was sucked into the air by the python spirit, and then sank into the snake's mouth.
The moment the python swallowed the scarecrow, it suddenly closed its bloody mouth and screamed in pain. Its huge body writhed in the cave, causing rubble to fly from the cliff.
The boy hurriedly protected his head, led the cow and ran quickly to Changming. Changming chanted the Buddha's name, and then saw the python struggling to get out of the hole, writhing on the ground, and a depression was created around him, and the soil was all over the sky.
Yang.
The villagers who followed Chang Ming were all frightened. They had only heard the old man talk about the python spirit, and they knew that Cradle Slope was very evil, but they had never seen it with their own eyes. Seeing the python struggling on the ground, the villagers' expressions changed.
, I can’t help but admire Chang Ming’s clever methods.
However, Chang Ming attributed it to Buddhism. He said to everyone: "Buddhism is the condensation of wisdom. It is both the source of all kinds of wisdom and the attribution of all kinds of wisdom. There are all kinds of Dharma, but it requires wisdom to open it.
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Chapter completed!