Passing by the death row inmate, everyone was silent. Lei Shaoxuan forced himself not to look at the corpse that had fallen to the ground with its body curled, he knew that soon countless flies would stare at it, decomposing the corpse and turning it into a pile of white bones.

No one sympathized with the prisoner, only the feeling of sadness for the death of a rabbit and a fox.

"Village in front. One of the sergeants suddenly shouted.

When everyone heard this, their spirits were lifted, and they quickened their pace and walked forward.

It is said to be a village, but it is actually a few dilapidated mud houses, surrounded by sparse dead branches, and more collapsed ruins, and the dilapidated situation is the same as before.

It was a village of only a few households, but behind it was a large open square, and in the middle of the square was a shelf made of thick wood, on which hung a wheel, apparently a well.

"Someone. ”

Sure enough, a group of people gathered around the well sat around the ground, and a man stood next to the well and in front of the crowd.

Seeing that there was a well and people, everyone was full of hope and went straight to the mouth of the well.

The group suddenly saw a group of sergeants, pressing the prisoners straight to the mouth of the well, and they couldn't help but panic a little, and suddenly became restless.

The sergeant who ran to the mouth of the well first looked into the well and was immediately disappointed, the bottom of the well was dry and cracked, and it was obvious that there had been no water gushing from the well for a long time.

"Who are you?" asked the man standing at the front of the crowd.

Glancing at the person questioning, Ma Shaoteng was shocked.

This is a monk, his bald head is covered with incense scars, thin as skin and bones, his head is big with an eagle nose, his eyes are deep, his gaze is like electricity, and his eyebrows are long and drooping, which is very different from the people of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Dressed in gray monk's robes, tattered and patched, a thick, rusty iron chain hung from his shoulders, which hung to the ground and made a tinkling sound as he spoke.

Ma Shaoteng didn't dare to make a mistake, and said: "We are the soldiers of Beichuan County who escorted the prisoners to the bitter sea, and the road was hungry and thirsty, and they wanted to find water to quench their thirst, but I don't know where there is water here?"

The monk shook his head, the iron chains on his body swayed, and said: "There has been drought for many years, thousands of miles of red land, and the water sources within a radius of hundreds of miles have dried up, and there is nowhere to find water. ”

"Then where do you go to drink water?" Ma Shaoteng asked unwillingly.

"Water is everywhere. The edge of the water is like a spring, and the edge of the sea becomes scorched. The monk looked at Ma Shaoteng and said in a hoarse voice.

"You monk, I haven't drunk a drop of water for a few days, and half of my life is gone, if you don't save me, forget it, why bother to make a fool of yourself?"

"We also haven't had water for days. ......," said a childish voice, timidly.

A little girl in ragged clothes with a dirty face, with wide eyes, hides behind an adult, revealing a thin face.

Everyone was stunned, and the child naturally did not lie, and when they heard the words, they all hung their heads and scattered, looking for a shady place to rest for a while.

The group calmed down, and the monk stopped paying attention to the crowd and continued to preach.

"The Buddha said: Life in the world is like being in a forest of thorns, if the heart does not move, people will not move, and if they do not move, they will not hurt; if the heart moves, people will move recklessly, and they will hurt their bodies and bones. There are eight sufferings in life: birth, old age, sickness, death, love and separation, resentment for a long time, can't ask for it, and can't let go. Purifying the heart and keeping the will, you can reach the Tao, such as grinding the mirror, removing the dirt and saving it, cutting off desires and desires, and deserving of fate......"

Lei Shaoxuan's heart moved, and he raised his eyes to look at the group of people, but he saw that the group of people had ignorant expressions, but their eyes were firm and fanatical, staring straight at the rusty iron chain of the monk, as if he saw a bridge to save the world.

Lei Shaoxuan was immersed in the monk's words just now, but he didn't notice that the monk's eyes were already fixed on him.

After a short time, after the monk finished speaking, the group of people actually prostrated in front of the monk one by one, holding objects with both hands and offering them to the monk.

The monk took them one by one, put them into a cloth bag beside him, and then stroked the heads of the people who crawled by in turn.

"Go back, what you ask, I know, the Buddha blesses you. The monk said warmly.

The man was overjoyed, stood up, and respectfully stepped aside.

Lei Shaoxuan found that the items donated by those people were not precious. Small pieces of silver, silver pots, agate, colored stones, a pot of oil...... Everyone's face was full of happiness and joy.

No one noticed that no matter how many things were in the monk's cloth bag, it always seemed to be as shriveled as ever.

Lei Shaoxuan was a little angry in his heart, these people were ragged, haggard and tired, skinny, those things may be the last things on their bodies, but they were deceived by the monk.

In the troubled times, survival is particularly difficult, and the monk still cheats people out of the last bit of goods, which is especially hateful.

A couple crawled to the feet of the monk, offering a few flatbreads with both hands, and the clothes behind the couple were grabbed by two children, who looked at the flatbread with longing eyes.

One of the children was a little girl with big eyes and ragged clothes.

Lei Shaoxuan couldn't help but think of the corpse of the child who had fallen to the side of the road before, and couldn't help but say, "Monk......"

When everyone heard this, they looked at Lei Shaoxuan.

Lei Shaoxuan came over and said to the monk: "Master, I will give a small gift for this family, how about asking the master to return the gift to his family?"

When the monk heard this, he was slightly stunned, and suddenly smiled: "What gift do you want to offer?"

Lei Shaoxuan took out a piece of silver and held it to the monk with both hands, feeling uneasy.

The couple was shocked at first, but the man suddenly became furious and said, "Who are you who dare to insult the holy monk Data, and how dare you insult us?"

The man's beard and hideous face looked like he was about to rush up, but was stopped by Monk Data.

"Why did you salute him?" asked the monk with interest.

Lei Shaoxuan saw that the man didn't appreciate it, and was a little discouraged, and said: "The world is difficult, and there are many starvations on the roadside along the way, although the big cake is not precious, it is desired by children." I just want to pity those two little children, this silver is enough to be exchanged. Those who are masters and monks should save the suffering and save the suffering, and the people of the world ......"

"How do you know I'm not saving the world?" said Monk Dado with a smile.

Lei Shaoxuan was stunned, and thought: Your mother, you cheated the last penny in your pocket, and didn't even let go of the big cake.

"We are dying of hunger and thirst, if there is no water, we can't live today, can the master save the world by the way, and pray for us a drop of life-saving water. Lei Shaoxuan argued strongly.

The monk sighed, looked at the scattered sergeants and prisoners, and said, "Your sins are heavy, and the black gas, death gas, and dirt are entangled, and you will die if you die, so as not to create more injustices." ”

When Ma Shaoteng heard this, he said angrily: "I am waiting for dozens of people, do we all deserve to die? You have no plan to save me, why bother to confuse the public and slander us." ”

Monk Dado said lightly: "Those who deserve to die will die when they die, and those who don't deserve to die will naturally not die." ”

Hu Youde stepped forward, folded respectfully at the monk, and said, "My young master has been imprisoned innocently since he was a child, and the sin cannot be talked about anyway. Now that the young master has recovered from a serious illness and his body is weak, if he can't survive this level without water, will the master also not save my young master because of his sins?"

Hu Youde had seen the skills of monks and Taoist priests, and did not dare to despise monks.

Lei Shaoxuan was also a little unconvinced, and said: "The master keeps saying that we are guilty of a lot of sin, but it is just a one-sided statement, how can we know how heavy the sin is? Can the sin still be weighed? Not to mention that the Buddha has put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot, as a Buddha, you are equal before the sinful and sinful Buddha, how can you not save it?"

Monk Dado raised the chain and sighed, "The world is ignorant and misinterprets the words of the Buddha. But if anyone can lift the chain, I will save you. ”

Let's say, the monk hung the iron chain on the wooden frame by the well, the wooden frame was a little decayed for a long time, and it seemed to be crumbling, but the heavy iron chain was hung up, but the wooden frame did not move at all.

The official Yu Zheng was not convinced, walked forward quickly, and picked up the iron chain with both hands, but no matter how hard Yu Zheng tried, the iron chain did not move.

Yu Zheng shouted: "Monk, as a yamen officer, although I am greedy and have bullied the weak, I have never sought money and killed people, how can I be deeply guilty?

Daduo glanced at Yu Zheng and said slowly: "You have a righteous brother, who swore to live and die together, and when you suppressed the bandits, you didn't save him when he saw death, married his wife, and wanted to give his daughter and his boss as concubines to curry favor with his boss......"

"This, this ......" Yu Zheng's face changed greatly, and he hid his face and left.

Ma Shaoteng's face was calm, he strode forward, and grabbed the iron chain with one hand, but the iron chain still did not move.

"Why?" Ma Shaoteng's face remained unchanged, and he said calmly to the monk: "I am confident that I have never done evil......

"Before your mother, there was a woman who gave birth to a son for your father......" the monk sighed, but remained silent.

When Ma Shaoteng heard this, his face changed, a trace of pain flashed in his eyes, and he turned around and left without saying a word.

The surrounding sergeants couldn't help but hesitate when they saw that these two people couldn't lift the chains, and none of the prisoners dared to move forward, Hu Youde walked forward, walked to the chains, grabbed the chains with both hands, and said to the monk:

"Master, what are my sins?

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be stunned.

The monk looked at Hu Youde, sighed, and said, "You have killed innocent people, set fire to countless lives, not to mention that you have many lives on your body, and you have abandoned your family and children......"

"Master, I don't believe ......," Hu Youde interrupted the monk.

"I killed innocent people and set fire to countless dead people, but I did it on orders, and it was also to save my young master. There are many lives on the body, but it is a battlefield battle, how can you count it as a sin? As for abandoning your family and children, it is to repay your kindness. I am guilty of great sins, but I am not convinced. ”

Hu Youde picked up one end of the chain and shouted: "Get up." ”

The chain rose and slipped from the other end of the frame, but it was halfway up and could not lift it again anyway.

Hu Youde's face was flushed, his muscles were protruding, and the iron chains did not move.

Hu Youde was a little discouraged and said, "Monk, I'm not convinced, I will still act according to my heart." ”

Several sergeants stepped forward one after another, but they still couldn't completely lift the chains, and the audience was speechless, and they all turned their eyes to Lei Shaoxuan.