Chapter 14 The Buddha's Wisdom and Emptiness
In the following days, I continued to drink and play towards Kunlun Mountain. I stayed for two more days when there were any interesting places along the way, sometimes I watched the jugglers on the street, sometimes I talked to people in taverns, and sometimes I even walked with the same group of merchants, which allowed me to experience the people and customs of the world in a more three-dimensional way.
After walking for more than a month, I found a village not far ahead. I laughed and said, "Haha, Wukong, it's just like the wine is running out, let's go buy wine!"
As I walked into the village, I was shocked by what I saw, and feelings of disgust and nausea welled up in my heart. The village was not supposed to be about 200 households, and it was a mess covered in blood, with corpses and limbs scattered everywhere. Some of the villagers who were still alive were carrying the corpses with gloomy expressions, some were crying, and some were sitting on the ground with blank eyes. Among the corpses were children, old people, men, and naked women...
It turns out that the real scene that I saw with my own eyes was far more tragic than what was described in the book. I was so naΓ―ve, naΓ―ve that I never thought that such cruel things could happen so real. For a moment I could only be stunned, not knowing what I could do.
At this time, two monks walked towards me, "Hello this Taoist, little monk Huixu, this is my senior brother Huinu, a monk from our Faleng Temple." β
When I came back to my senses, I saw that the young monk who was talking to me was very delicate-looking, and in short, he looked like a finely carved white jade Buddha. If it weren't for the fact that I was in a terrible mood right now, I would have exclaimed that there are so many good-looking men in this world? The monk who followed him was burly, dark-skinned, and holding a purple-black long stick, which gave people a very strong feeling.
"The two masters are good, Xiaodao You Yuzhen has seen the two. I wonder if you know what's going on here?" I saluted the two monks in return.
"The little monk and the senior brother have just arrived, and I heard from the villagers that they were ransacked by local bandits, who are very arrogant and often looted by more than 20 villages in this area, and you can also see that the methods of this gang of bandits are very cruel. Huixu said.
"Don't the local government care? These big countries don't care about the lives of the people?" This is the first time in more than 10 years that I have a sense of anger in my heart.
Huixu said: "As far as the little monk knows, the government has also sent heavy troops many times to try to encircle and suppress this gang of bandits. It's just that this gang of bandits is very strong and extremely cunning, plus it is located at the junction of Dayu, Wu and Chu, and the terrain is very complicated. Under the premise that the governments of the three countries cannot cooperate and jointly encircle and suppress, the governments of various countries have no way to deal with this gang of bandits. can only pay a heavy bounty, although there are also people who crusade against the bandits for the six hundred taels of gold, but all of them have gone and never returned. β
I sighed and said, "Alas... It's really hard for these people, Master Huixu, do you think I can do anything for them?"
Huixu said: "Let's help the villagers burn and bury the corpses first, otherwise it will be easy to cause epidemics." β
It wasn't until night that we carried all the corpses and stumps in the village to the deep pit dug outside the village, and looking at the burning flames, I made up my mind and said to Huixu: "Master Huixu, I want to eliminate the bandits for the people here, and I beg you two to help me." β
Hui Nu said: "Senior brother, this is a great righteousness, we should help, even if the Taoist chief does not talk about the poor monk, he has to talk to you, junior brother." β
Huixu said: "Senior brother, you are right, it's just that it's the first time I've gone down the mountain with you, and I don't know how to start with this." Is it possible to do this on the three of us?"
I said, "I'll have some divination techniques to deduce the general location of these bandits, and I think we can go and investigate before we make plans." If we can solve it, we will directly eradicate them, and if not, we will find out their specific situation and then find someone to help."
Hui Nu said: "Okay, just do what the Taoist chief says." I said, "If you don't dislike calling me Yuzhen, I can't afford the word Taoist." Hui Nu said, "Okay! In that case, you don't have to be polite, just call us by our Dharma name." β
The next morning, the three of us set out in the direction I had calculated, and seven days later we finally reached our goal. Along the way, Huixu and I found that we had a lot in common, the same first time we went down the mountain, we had never killed anyone, and we thought about the world too well.
Suddenly, Hui Nu stopped us with a long stick in his hand and said, "Watch out for someone ahead!"
At this time, three people came out of the bushes, and it turned out to be Xu Zilan and his junior brothers and sisters. Xu Zilan said: "It turned out to be the Buddha and the fire stick monk of Faleng Temple, why are you here, Brother You?"
Everyone immediately found a place to tell each other the reason, it turned out that last time Xu Zilan and they were in a hurry to come here to clear the bandits. And now I know that Huixu is actually the Buddha of Faleng Temple, how can the people I meet have such a high status! I am a big disciple, a princess, and a Buddha, I feel like a trick!
Xu Zilan said: "In the past month, we have found out the specific situation of this gang of bandits, this gang of bandits is called Crazy Soul, and there are four capable subordinates who call themselves 'Sixiao', all of whom are not ordinary people. There were more than 120 of them, and they were all hidden in a valley half a day's way from here. β
Huixu asked, "Then Senior Brother Xu, what are your plans?" Xu Zilan said: "Originally, we were going to go back to find helpers first, but now that we have met you, I think we should be able to eradicate them together." β
I asked a little uncertainly: "Can the six of us fight more than 120 people?
Hua Ling'er said: "My senior brother said that it is feasible, but are you afraid, little Taoist?"
I admitted, "To be honest, I didn't have any experience like this, so I was a little worried. β
Xu Zilan said: "Ling'er is still young and doesn't know how to count etiquette, so it's not strange to Brother You." In the following view, the fire stick monk is brave and good at fighting, and the Buddha is a martial arts wizard who is rare to see in Faleng Temple for hundreds of years, and he also has two top magic skills in Faleng Temple. Brother You, your deduction technique can help us plan, and your thunder method is also a powerful combat power. Therefore, it is believed that this battle is feasible. β
Li Shuyun said: "Besides, it is the best policy to go back to find helpers, it is very likely that they have an inside line in the city, and they will be shocked if they go back rashly." β
I said: "Actually, I will also point the formation method, maybe this time it will come in handy, not to mention this, I should first deduce the good luck of this matter." β
I began to use the Heaven Voyeurism to communicate with heaven and earth through my own aura, and after about a quarter of an hour, I said, "If there are two or three more people with strength like Brother Xu and Huixu, this matter will be nine out of ten. Now we have a six-to-seven-percent chance of winning, and it's the afternoon after tomorrow. β
Hua Ling'er said: "Little Taoist, what do you want? Masters of strength like Senior Brother Xu and Senior Brother Huixu are already standing on the top of the mountain among today's young generation, how many can there be in the whole world?!"
Xu Zilan said: "Okay, Ling'er. Since Brother You said that there is a high chance of winning in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow, then we will act in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow!"