Then a thunderbolt rushed straight into the sky, in an instant, the sky darkened, the air surging up, black clouds condensed, enveloping the entire Leishan Temple, thunder in the clouds roared, lightning and thunder.

The monks in the temple heard the thunder, went out to see, saw the vision in the air, all of them were frightened to the point of urine, and suddenly the temple was in chaos, screams, bustling, endless.

Seeing this, Luo Hongzi waved his fan and shouted "disease", the thunder and lightning in the clouds went straight to the temple, the thunder resounded through the sky, under the power of the sky, everything was terrifying, the monks in the temple saw this, their liver and gallbladder were cracked, and they fled in embarrassment, and some were frightened and showed the prototype!

It turned out that all of them were huge rats, photographed by Lei Wei, falling to the ground and convulsing, and some were struck by lightning, and they were suddenly wiped out, and the thunder and lightning were densely packed and bombarded in the temple.

Then the house collapsed, and in a moment, the entire temple was in ruins, and the rat demons all died under the thunder, and there was no survivor!

Zou Taojin was shocked by Luo Hongzi's immortal means, and was dumbfounded, and it took a long time to react, and Ji Shou said: "The Taoist spell is so strong, like an immortal descending to earth, he can command thunder and calm the demon in an instant, which is really eye-opening." ”

Luo Hongzi replied with his forehead: "The good man has praised it, since the evil has been eliminated, the poor road should also go, these children, I hope that the good man will properly settle them and find their relatives." ”

Zou Taojin nodded, readily agreed, and then asked Luo Hongzi's name, but Luo Hongzi did not answer, but recited a poem when he left: "The Tao is not idle in the body, and it is chilling to think about the precepts." The thousand-year-old iron tree is easy to bloom, and it is difficult to be born once it is drunk. ”

Zou Taojin let out an "oh" as if he didn't understand! He obviously didn't understand the meaning of the poem recited by Luo Hongzi, but he was embarrassed to say it himself.

Luo Hongzi asked: In addition to this thousand-year-old temple, are there any temples and temples near here that have been deeply affected by the slaughter of Buddha by the previous dynasty?

After thinking about it for a while, Zou Taojin replied: Yes, there is, but it is 300 miles away! There is a Shuoyin Mountain, and there is a Jinguang Temple on the mountain. It was also a temple that was destroyed by the rebel army during the previous dynasty!

Luo Hongzi said: Oh, then you tell me the situation in detail, I'm going to go there to see!

Zou Taojin nodded and said: This matter has to start from the beginning, because of the frequent wars in the previous dynasty, the world is in chaos! In the troubled times, demons are rampant, and the people are not happy. There is an old monk in the Jinguang Temple of Shuoyin Mountain, who has practiced for many years and is profound. Seeing the suffering of the common people, he went down the mountain to subdue the demons and eliminate the demons, and purify all sentient beings.

On this day, Shanzhi passed through a village, watched from a distance, and saw that the yin qi in the village was surging, and his heart was shocked! When he came to the village, he suddenly felt that the yin wind was blowing on his face, and although the sun was shining brightly above his head, he could not dispel the gloomy atmosphere in the village!

There are a lot of pedestrians on the road, all of them are yellow and thin, staggering, such as serious illness in the body, carefully observe, see that everyone has a very heavy yin qi, it must be the yin qi in the village that erodes into the human body, causing yin and yang to decline, if this goes on for a long time, I am afraid of worrying about my life.

Shanzhi couldn't help but sigh, mourning the suffering of the people, at this moment, an old man on the road suddenly fell to the ground, shivering, he hurriedly stepped forward to help the old man up, touched the old man, and felt that the old man was cold.

Shanzhi used the Buddha's power to circulate in the old man's body, wanting to dispel the yin qi for him, but unexpectedly, the yin qi had entered the terminal, and the Buddha's power could not reach it, so he had to dispel the cold qi on his body, and the old man felt that his body was getting warmer, recovered, and got up to thank Shanzhi for saving his life!

Shanzhi waved his hand and said, "I'm ashamed, your yin qi has entered the ointment, I only helped you dispel the cold qi on the surface of your body, but I didn't cure you!"

After hearing this, the old man said: "If it weren't for the master's help, I'm afraid I would have died, so why should the master be ashamed." ”

"Amitabha. Shanzhi said a Buddha name, and then asked the old man why the yin qi was so strong in the village.

The old man said: "Ten years ago, a river appeared inexplicably in a depression in the village, and the water in the river was turbid and yellow, cold to the bone, and exuded cold air day and night.

If you have this disease, it will attack once in a few months, or a few days, and when you have it, you will feel chills all over your body, cold to the heart, no matter how much clothes you wear, you will just hold it over, and if you can't hold it, you will die. ”

The old man sighed and said, "Ten years have passed, and nearly half of the people in the village have died because of this disease. ”

When Shanzhi heard this, he was filled with compassion, and then he said, "Can you take me to the river to have a look?" "That's fine. The old man replied.

Under the leadership of the old man, Shanzhi came to the river, looked into the river, and was taken aback, the water in the river was extremely turbid, the yin air was steaming, and the cold air was pressing, it was not like the river in the world!

Shanzhi put the Zen staff on the ground, sat down cross-legged, folded his hands, chanted the Buddha's name, his eyes suddenly bloomed, opened his eyes to the sky, and looked at the bottom of the river.

I saw that there was a deep dark hole at the bottom of the river, the yin air in the hole was filled, and the water in the river flowed out of the dark hole, and the dark hole actually went straight to the netherworld, and was connected with the yellow spring in the underworld.

Shanzhi immediately realized that this place should be the junction of yin and yang, I am afraid that the enchantment has loosened, so that the yellow spring water seeps out to the yang, and gradually forms a dark hole, fortunately it is seen by himself, if not, the days will be long, and the enchantment between yin and yang will collapse, and then a hundred ghosts will come out, and the world will be a catastrophe.

Shanzhi got up and threw the rosary in his hand towards the river, and the rosary floated above the river, dripping and turning, and the water in the river also turned, forming a huge whirlpool, flowing back to the dark hole at the bottom of the river.

In a few moments, the river receded, and the rosary hung in the dark hole at the bottom of the river, blooming with brilliance, exuding spiritual essence, and repairing the barrier, so that the yellow spring water would not seep out again and repeat the mistakes of the past.

Then Shanzhi inserted the Zen stick into the earth and recited the six-character mantra, and in an instant the earth shook the mountains, and the soil on the bank surged, burying the river pits.

The old man was on the sidelines, dumbfounded, and Shanzhi informed the old man of the reason for the formation of this river, and then said: "I have repaired the barrier, and the yin qi in the village will dissipate in a few days." ”

The old man knelt down to thank Shanzhi, and then said: "The master's ability is no different from that of an immortal, I wonder if there is a way to save the lives of hundreds of people suffering from cold in my village?"

Shanzhi sighed, his face was embarrassed, and said: "The yin qi in the village has been permeated for many years, and after many years, I am afraid that the yin qi has entered the people's fat, and there is nothing I can do." ”

After hearing this, the old man was very disappointed and said: "The number of lives should be here, and it should not be forced, but it will make the master embarrassed." ”

Shanzhi looked at the old man's desperate expression, and felt compassion! Suddenly, he remembered something, and his face showed a resolute look. Then he said to the old man, "Well, I still have a way to save your life, you call the people of the village here, and find another cauldron." ”

When the old man heard this, he was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly complied.

Shanzhi sat down cross-legged and folded his hands, "All living beings are miserable, since I have entered the Buddha's gate, I should save the common people, I am worthy of the Buddha's gate, and I will not live up to it, Amitabha, I will not go to hell, who will go to hell." ”

After about half an hour, all the villagers had arrived, and they were very happy to hear that someone could save their lives.

Shanzhi asked the villagers to set up a pot, boil water, and then said: "I have practiced Buddhism since I was a child, and I have Buddha nature, and if I eat my flesh and blood, I can dispel the yin qi in your body. ”

After saying this, he recited the Sanskrit sound, walked to the boiling pot, and jumped into the pot! The good wisdom died, but the Sanskrit sound did not die, and it echoed in the ears of everyone for a long time.

When the villagers saw this, they all knelt on the ground to thank Shanzhi for sacrificing their lives to save their lives.

After half an hour, the villagers finished eating the flesh and blood in the pot, and the yin qi in the body was really dispelled and restored to the same as before.

In order to thank Shanzhi for saving his life, the villagers spontaneously gathered in the nearby villages within a radius of 100 miles, rebuilt and repaired the Jinguang Temple!

Luo Hongzi said after proclaiming a Taoist slogan: I really admire the righteous spirit of this Shanzhi Zen master, but is that too cruel! Alas.....

Zou Taojin also nodded and said: I also feel a little cruel! But the orthodox disciples of Buddhism often act with the responsibility of sacrificing themselves to save others. They do have noble feelings of "I don't go to hell, who will go to hell!", and they also do what they say!

Later, the former dynasty was newly established, and he did not do something that was beneficial to the people's livelihood, but focused on how to destroy the Buddha and kill the monks.

Luo Hongzi sighed and said: I also know this! When the world was first decided, the new emperor ascended the throne. However, they rejected the Buddha and abolished the Buddha! Killed the monks and destroyed the Buddha, and burned all the scriptures in the world. Anyone who is related to Buddhism will be punished!

Even the pilgrims who went to the temple to worship were implicated, and the strictness of the law was unprecedented.

Zou Taojindao: That's right! And at that time, this Jinguang Temple was also facing a catastrophe, and in this situation, Jinguang Temple naturally could not be spared.

On this day, a local official in charge of the Jinguang Temple of Shuoyin Mountain gathered the people of the nearby villages together and said: "The Son of Heaven has a fate, and the monks bewitch the people, deceive the people, shake the society of the rivers and mountains, and want to melt the Buddha and burn the scriptures, and drive the monks to break the tower."

The Jinguang Temple is a place of filth and filth, and must not be left, so I order you to go to the temple to destroy the Buddha in response to the order of the Son of Heaven. ”

When the villagers heard this, they were silent, and then an old man stood up and said, "My lord, the temple can't be demolished." ”

The magistrate raised his eyebrows, looked at the old man, and said in a cold voice, "Why not?"

The old man said: "My lord is newly appointed, I don't know, several nearby villages are located in the territory of Xudu, which is the place where yin and yang intersect, twenty years ago, the barrier between yin and yang was loosened, and the yellow spring water overflowed into this depression into a river, causing the yin gas to be permeated here, and the villagers were eroded by yin qi, and more than half of the dead and injured were killed!"

Fortunately, an old monk who had attained enlightenment passed by, learned about this, repaired the barrier, and wanted to dispel the yin qi in the body for us and other villagers, and save our lives, but ....."

The old man shook his head, sighed and said: "However, the yin qi has invaded the anointing, and the old monk can not do anything, in desperation, he can only exchange his life for his life, the old monk has practiced Buddhism since he was a child, has Buddha nature, and eats his flesh and blood, which can expel the yin qi in the body."

He let people set up a pot to boil water, resolutely jumped into the pot, sacrificed himself to become benevolent, with his own flesh and blood, saved the lives of the villagers, the Jinguang Temple was rebuilt for the old monk, the bones enshrined in the temple are the bones of the old monk.....!

The old monk is as kind to the villagers as a mountain, how can we and other villagers do ungrateful things!"

"Oh?" the magistrate sneered, his vicious eyes swept over everyone, "But is there such a thing?" At this time, the villagers all chose to remain silent.....

You guys..... The old man looked at the people in the village in disbelief, "You have all been favored by the old monk and eaten the flesh and blood of the old monk, but now you don't even dare to say a word?"

When he was rescued, he knelt down and was grateful, and after the temple was built, he made incense and made a wish to be respectful and pious, but how could he not say a word at this time?

Everyone bowed their heads, but they still didn't dare to speak!

The magistrate said: "It seems that what you said is not true! If you dare to talk nonsense, deceive the official, and prevent the demolition of the temple, it must be a remnant of Buddhism." Immediately, the magistrate waved his hand, and the soldiers stepped forward and arrested the old man.

The magistrate said loudly as if he was talking to everyone: "Press into the prison, ask and behead after three days, the Son of Heaven has an order, and the remnants of Buddhism can be beheaded directly without trial." ”

The old man sighed, in the era of the end of the law, human nature does not exist, and his conscience is extinguished! He broke free from the soldiers, knelt down and buckled three heads in the direction of Jinguang Temple, and then crashed into a huge tree on the side of the road, killing him on the spot!

"It's more innocent to die. The magistrate snorted coldly, and said: "I already know the remnants of the Buddha Gate in this village, so I asked you to wait for the demolition of the temple to try, and sure enough, someone showed the fox's tail, you might as well tell you that the Son of Heaven has an order, and five Buddhist people must be found in each place and handed over to the imperial court." ”

After looking around at the villagers for a week, he continued: "If you hand it over, it is a merit, you will be promoted and make a fortune, but if you can't hand it over, it will be difficult for me to protect my black gauze hat, as for who is a person from Buddhism, it depends on who perfunctory the orders of the official and has the heart to protect Buddhism." ”

Before the magistrate's voice fell, a person stepped forward and said: "My lord, when the Jinguang Temple was built, the people were injured and the money was lost, and after the construction of the demons and evil spirits, it was not beneficial to the people, I have long been unable to see it, the adults can order the demolition of the temple, it is really the luck of the people of my village, and the villain is willing to go to the temple to destroy the Buddha, in order to follow the work of dogs and horses." ”

"Good. The magistrate said, "You are loyal, and the magistrate will not forget it, so go!" The man said "yes," and ran towards the Golden Light Temple.

When everyone saw this, they were afraid of being regarded as a person of Buddhism, and lost their lives, so they rushed to Jinguang Temple, came to Jinguang Temple, rolled up their sleeves and smashed them, and said insulting words to the Buddha in their mouths to show their loyalty.

Everyone entered the inner hall and saw the bones of the old monk, which sat upright on the altar, not cautious, but solemn! Everyone did not show mercy because of the old monk's life-saving grace, and stepped forward to pull off the old monk's Buddha bones, threw them to the ground, and trampled on them at will.

Then someone took off the Zen rod used by the old monk on the stage, and smashed it towards the Buddha bone, trying to break it, but the Buddha bone was extremely strong, no matter how it was beaten, it was unscathed, and even the traces of the Tao were not left!

The people had no choice but to give up! Abandon the Buddha's bones to the corner of the wall, and then take axes, shovels and other tools, dig the wall and tear down the temple, after a while, only to hear a loud bang, the temple of sorrow became a ruin, the bricks and tiles were broken everywhere, and everyone returned with joy.

Late at night, under the bright moonlight, in the ruins of Jinguang Temple, a skeleton peeled off the rubble pressed on the body, slowly got up, wrapped in black gas, holding a Zen staff in his hand, very cautious!

The skeleton stood for a long time in the ruins, making a strange noise, and then walked as fast as it flew towards the village.

Came to the door of a house, struck the door with a Zen stick, the skeleton was infinitely powerful, knocked the door a few feet away, and then broke into the room, between the rise and fall of the Zen stick, blood flowed all over the ground, and the people in the room died in an instant, and I don't know what happened.

The bones walked out of the door, the white bones had been dyed blood red, and there were still blood beads dripping on the Zen staff, at this time the dark clouds covered the moon, and the heavy rain poured, but it could not wash away the blood red color on the bones, and the bones were like Shura's present life, and the murderous heart was not extinguished, and they ran to another family.

Dawn is coming, the heavy rain gradually stops, the village is filled with the smell of blood, at this time in the village, there is no survivor, the blood red color on the bones of the old monk fades, come to the ruins of the Jinguang Temple in front of the broken wall, cross your knees into the table.

In less than ten years, the Son of Heaven was overthrown by the rebels because of his tyranny and unscrupulousness, and when the dynasty was changed, many former ministers of the former dynasty who were powerful and bullying the people were killed by the people, and the magistrate was also among them.

After listening to Zou Taojin's statement, Luo Hongzi sighed and said: It was originally the bones of an old monk, with Buddha nature, but it lacks the heart of Buddha!

If sentient beings have malice in their hearts, curse it, curse it, and want to destroy it, they will also be infected by it, and they will have evil thoughts in their hearts, and they will fall into the path of demons, turn into demons, and slaughter the common beings! When they wake up again, whether they are good or evil, whether they are Buddhas or demons, it all depends on the thoughts of sentient beings.....!

But this incident also shows from the side that human nature is inherently evil! Ugly human nature is sometimes more terrible and more complicated than any demons and monsters.....

Zou Taojin cautiously asked: Did the Taoist still decide to go? The current Jinguang Temple no longer exists, and there are ruins and broken walls everywhere. But I heard that the bones that entered the magic barrier still appear in that area from time to time! If you encounter it, I am afraid that it will be dangerous.....

Luo Hongzi smiled slightly and said: Don't you have confidence in me? To be honest, I just went for it!

Zou Taojin sighed and said: It's not that I don't believe in the supernatural powers of the Taoist, it's just that things have passed for so long, and it doesn't make much sense to go to that place again!

Luo Hongzi Zhengse said: No, burying this Zen master who sacrificed his life for righteousness and fell into the devil's way and sending his soul to death is the purpose of my trip!

Zou Taojin looked at the resolute Luo Hongzi, and had an idea of admiration in his heart! Nodding and saying: The mind of the Taoist chief is indeed admirable, then I wish the Taoist chief a victory, and his wishes will come true!

After asking about the specific direction, Luo Hongzi, Bai Jiao, and Lin Heier said goodbye to Zou Taojin and left! Following the direction pointed out by Zou Taojin, Bai Jiao turned into a dragon and carried the two of them to the road quickly.