The Frontier Years Chapter 20 The Holy Maiden
Monk Dado must be a god stick, Lei Shaoxuan thought.
Lei Shaoxuan didn't believe in so many prisoners and sergeants, everyone was deeply guilty.
There must be a ghost in that chain, but if no one can pick up that chain, there will be no water, and the only hope is Lei Shaoxuan.
Many people don't believe that monks can find water, and Lei Shaoxuan himself doesn't believe it either. Seeing that Hu Youde was humiliated, it was actually not humiliation, Lei Shaoxuan was very angry in his heart, and he couldn't wait to punch the monk's hateful, eagle-nosed face.
However, everyone's eyes made it impossible for Lei Shaoxuan to refuse this last chance - assuming that Lei Shaoxuan was innocent, he would definitely be able to lift the chain.
Lei Shaoxuan is also extremely confident in this.
Lei Shaoxuan walked forward quickly, picked up one end of the chain, and raised it suddenly.
The chain does not move......
Lei Shaoxuan was a little angry, and picked up the iron chain vigorously, and the iron chain seemed to be cast on a shelf.
"Monk, what are my sins?"
Lei Shaoxuan shouted angrily, and everyone was also indignant.
Monk Daduo's eyes were like lightning, and he looked at Lei Shaoxuan calmly.
"You are innocently imprisoned, you hate heaven and earth, hate your father and mother, you seem to have a peaceful heart, but in fact you are angry and turbulent, and he will lay in ambush countless corpses every day, killing many evils. ”
"I, I...... The future is unpredictable, how can it be taken seriously?"
Lei Shaoxuan felt inexplicably weak, and said a little weakly, "You are simply unable to find a source of water and an excuse to find random excuses......
Before the words fell, the iron chain in Lei Shaoxuan's hand rose up with a hula, crossed the wooden frame, and fell to the ground with a "bang", coiled into a ball.
Everyone was stunned.
A little kid holding the other end of the chain in one hand, staring blankly at the chain, was the little girl with a dirty face with big eyes.
The child's heart is naturally the purest, she saw Lei Shaoxuan helping herself, but was blamed by her father, thinking that she was punished by the monk again, she just wanted to help this brother, seeing that Lei Shaoxuan was powerless to move the chain, she couldn't help but step forward to help Lei Shaoxuan pull, but suddenly pulled the chain over.
Monk Dado was also stunned, sighed, and said, "Providence!"
In the blink of an eye, the monk grabbed the iron chain on the ground and wrapped it around his neck a few times, hung it on his shoulder, turned around and walked slowly into the distance, the monk's robe on his body floated without wind, and the iron chain on his shoulder dragged the ground with a "bang" sound, and his thin body dragged the heavy iron chain, as if every step was extremely heavy, as if dragging a world.
Behind the monk, there were bursts of Sanskrit songs:
What is the use of the dark quicksand? Only the lamp of the heart leads me forward; what is the use of the remnants of the body in the world of flowers? I am entangled in iron ropes and drag sinners; only I go to hell and the world will be liberated; all kinds of diseases will enter my body, and the world will like them; and all difficulties will add to my body, and the world will be safe......
The couple watched the monk leave, thinking that the little girl was angry and walked forward, and the man raised his slap to slap the little girl, but suddenly screamed and shouted.
"There is water, water comes out of the well, water comes out of the well......"
Everyone rushed over.
At the bottom of the dry well, spring water is gushing round by round.
Cheers, screams, snatches, wrestles...... Despair is unleashed, excitement is stirring, and everyone is elated.
Lei Shaoxuan found that those people did not come forward to drink water, but cheered around the little girl.
"Holy Maiden, Holy Maiden, Holy Maiden Blessed ......"
The little girl was carried by an old man, surrounded by this group of people, and left in the other direction.
The little girl was a little frightened and scared, her eyes looked at Lei Shaoxuan with longing. In the eyes of the little girl, only Lei Shaoxuan really helped herself, Lei Shaoxuan understood, waved to the girl, and let these people leave.
"Who is that monk?" Ma Shaoteng asked as he drank water and gasped.
Maybe everyone is guilty, and the relationship between sinners such as Ma Shaoteng, Lei Shaoxuan, and Yu Zheng seems to have become closer.
As the saying goes, there are several big irons in life: once visited the Qinglou together, once shared the spoils. They are all people who have done bad things and good things together.
The same sins are so great that they can be brought closer.
"It is said that the West Sea Road is a place where Hu and Wei live together. The area is dry and rainless, sparsely populated, and life is extremely difficult. There are often monks who walk in the meantime, save the suffering, practice medicine and do good, do not take a penny, and are respected as holy monks, and are highly respected. ”
Yu Zheng has walked the sea of bitterness many times, and he has heard of the customs and customs along the way.
But the monk was clearly deceived to obtain wealth, and he was greedy and greedy, and he did not let go of the big bread. ”
Lei Shaoxuan said indignantly.
"Not necessarily. Yu Zheng shook his head.
It is said that the place of the extreme west of the Hu people, the birthplace of the Buddha country, there are often monks coming and going, in order to spread the Buddhist teachings, this monk has a strange face, it is estimated that it is the extreme west of the land. These monks put iron locks on their bodies to atone for the sins of the world, and the money they raised was not left behind for the purpose of repairing the temple. ”
Yu Zheng sighed: "Although the people here are poor, they are willing to give everything in order to seek the blessings of the next life, and it is no wonder that the monks are not to blame." Compared with the temples of the Northern Wei Dynasty, thousands of acres of fertile land are often used, there are countless laymen, and they do not pay grain or taxes, which is thousands of times stronger. ”
"What does the Holy Maiden mean?"
Lei Shaoxuan thought of the little girl's dirty face with big eyes, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried.
"It's just the customs here, and it is estimated that it is also done by faith, but fortunately, most of the saints are good things, so there is no need to worry. Yu Zheng comforted.
Lei Shaoxuan is still skeptical about whether the well water gushing out is the monk's doing, but there is no doubt that the little girl helped Lei Shaoxuan, from this point of view, everyone here owes the little girl a love.
Others may not believe that so many people can't lift chains, but those who have experienced lifting chains know that they really can't lift chains.
"Lord Yu, how much distance is ahead?"
"I don't dare to be called an adult. Yu Zheng waved his hand and said, "After this place, Xikaidao is considered to have walked most of it." The Saikaido is followed by the Heisai Road, which is thousands of miles away. After Pingxi Road is 100,000 snow mountains, and 100,000 snow mountains stretch for hundreds of miles. After 100,000 snow-capped mountains, it is a sea of bitterness. It is now early spring in March, April and May, and the sea of bitterness can be reached. ”
"Xikaidao is dry and waterless, deserted, how to move forward?" Ma Shaoteng said anxiously.
"At the end of the river is the West Sea, about two days away, when you reach the West Sea, you don't have to worry about the water source, there are also some bazaars, you can replenish food and water. ”
The canyon gradually narrows, the loess cliffs on both sides are towering, the Huanshui meanders in the meantime, the Huanshui channel dries up, exposing the hideous and strange rocky river bottom, and you can vaguely see the rapids and rapids and rapids in the past.
The canyon is to the north, the valley is to the west, and the sun is not visible, which quickly makes people lose their way, but fortunately, there is only one way to go forward along the canyon, just follow it.
At night, the canyon is pitch black, looking up, the canyon is like a line hanging faintly in the sky, walking in the canyon, you can hear all kinds of strange sounds from time to time.
On the cliff, from time to time there is the howl of the wolf howling of the howling moon, vicissitudes and distance. The terrifying wolf roar of the past echoed in the canyon, quite angry, driving away the loneliness and fear of the night.
The team had been walking for a day, but they did not dare or want to stop camping.
Drought and thirst make people more willing to walk at night, not to mention that there are no trees in the canyon, no fire can be made, and resting in the cold mud is a deeper torture than walking.
After a night's trekking, in the morning, a huge canyon clearing appeared in the canyon.
The surrounding cliffs are far away, and there are several canyons between the cliffs that don't know where they lead.
A road passes through the flat land, and there are not many houses on either side, and they are unevenly arranged on both sides of the road, and occasionally you can see flags fluttering outside the houses, and some yards are waving with smoke.
Obviously, this is a normal village with people living in it.
Sure enough, near the village, a stone monument was erected on the side of the road, with a few big characters written on it: Pingfuyi.
Everyone suddenly became a little excited. After walking for several days, this turned out to be a post station. The inn was set up by the government, and you could eat and sleep for free, which meant that you could eat and sleep well.
"This is just where the former Pingfuyi Station was. When the Northern Wei Dynasty was strong, it traded with Xihu and had frequent exchanges, and Pingfuyi had troops stationed in it, and the location gradually formed a bazaar. ”
Yu Zheng shook his head.
However, the Northern Wei Dynasty and Xihu fought for many years, the garrison of the post station was reduced, and bandits were rampant, so they were soon unable to maintain it and could only be withdrawn. The nearest post station today is Nanping Station, at the end of the Saikaido Road, on the west coast. ”
Yu Zheng poured cold water on everyone and said: "Now this place is no longer called Pingfuyi, because there are eight canyons leading to the surrounding area, so it is called Bamen Town." Bamen Town extends in all directions, which is convenient for hiding and escaping, and has become a famous place for bandits. ”
"The post station is set up by the government, and it can't stop the bandits?" Ma Shaoteng looked at Yu Zheng in surprise.
"Exactly. ”
"There seem to be a lot of shops here, what kind of shops are they?, not afraid of bandits?" Lei Shaoxuan couldn't help but ask.
"Just go in and find out. ”
The group quickened their pace and walked along the road into the bazaar.
The streets are empty, and the group walks on the street, which is quite eye-catching.
Suddenly, under the eaves of the street side, a pile of black paste rolled up into a quilt opened, and an old man showed his face.
Seeing everyone coming, the old man stretched out a hand, holding a broken porcelain bowl in his hand, and muttered: "The magpie cries in the morning, and good people have good rewards." Business should get up early, kindness should be pitiful to the old, a penny will be given to the old, and a hundred times the blessing will be rewarded. ”
Yu Zheng and the others, who were walking in front, were startled, it turned out to be an old man who asked for food.
This person was wearing tattered clothes, very thin, unkempt, skinny, and his demeanor was quite tough, without the dull and obscene gaze that beggars often have, which made people feel quite good.
Although this person asked for food, the sentence he read out did not mean to ask for food, which made people feel comfortable listening to it.
Lei Shaoxuan noticed that this person's quilt was black and mushy, but it was a silk quilt, and he vaguely saw that there was a peony rich pattern, which was generally used by large families.
All this shows that this person was once a rich and noble person, but for some reason he was so down, and he couldn't help but feel some sympathy in his heart.