Zhou Heng, who stabilized the heart of the Dao, took Zhao Min to leave the mountain and continue to travel south, there are many temples along the way, but there are not many Taoist temples, "four hundred and eighty temples in the Southern Dynasties, how many buildings are in the smoke and rain", the temples in the south of the Yangtze River are big and small, the big ones are like Lingyin Temple, there are nine floors, eighteen pavilions, seventy-two halls, thousands of houses, thousands of monks, and the small ones are just a pavilion and a pavilion in the place where the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the same unique style, Zhou Heng is not interested in Buddhism, so he did not enter the temple to worship the Buddha.

And Zhou Heng and the two of them all the way through Hangzhou, straight to the rooftop, along the Jinxi upward, but see that the peaks and mountains are stacked and green, strange stones are all over, the scenery is different step by step, the scenery is shocking, Zhou Heng and Zhao Min are walking between, suddenly see a natural boulder in the green valley of the mountains and mountains, the waterfall passes through the beam, straight to the deep pool, the color is like frost and snow, the momentum is like thunder, it turns out to be called the "wonder of the world" of the stone beam waterfall, just look at the distant peaks around there seems to be a temple, look at the white clouds in the distance, the fog is steaming.

When he looked closely, Zhou Heng suddenly found that a lotus flower appeared in the white clouds, and an old monk sat on the lotus, with silver hair and a smile on his face, and the smile was actually aimed at him. The eyes met, and the old monk's deep voice came: "Little donor, you and I are destined, please enter the temple for a while." "It's so far away, but the sound is like it's in my ears.

Zhou Heng secretly said that it was not good, but he felt that the old monk had a kind face, déjà vu, and looked like a great monk with perfect cultivation, so he hurriedly urged the horse to go over, not to go, who knows if the big bald head is not a black-bellied big guy, took Zhao Min for a while, passed through two waterfalls, and came to an ancient temple door, and the door was written "Qing Temple" above the door. Continuing to walk inside, the kind-faced old monk was already waiting outside the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and he seemed very happy to see him directly, and beckoned him to come close and speak.

Zhou Heng took Zhao Min to bow his hand, and said respectfully: "I don't know what the master has to say?"

I saw the old monk look him up and down a few times, his eyes emitted a scorching essence, and only after a moment did he speak, and the first sentence was: "Little donor, you are wrong!"

Zhou Heng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then hurriedly said: "The disciple is stupid, and I ask the mage to speak clearly." ”

Suddenly, the old monk said earnestly: "The donor is talented, endowed with unique talents, has many adventures, and has profound skills, but it is too easy to obtain, which is contrary to the way of heaven; ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhou Heng was shocked, but he felt that the old monk was like a Buddha descending to earth, and he had such magical powers, but the outliers he was referring to in his world were Zhao Min on one side or a big ball of light, if it was the latter, it would be terrible, it must be the big man in the heavens and all worlds, if it refers to the former, it is also a strong man in this world, but what he said behind him is very reasonable, especially the growth of his own skills depends on the elixir, although he has experienced rolling red dust in other worlds to hone his Dao heart, but he also has the ability to lift the table at any time, so he seems to be free and happy, but in fact, I have been worried that unexpected problems will arise in the future.

Especially the old monk in front of him who has never known him, but he can hit the nail on the head and directly point out his own shortcomings, which is really extraordinary, Zhou Heng thought of this, and immediately blessed his soul, walked two steps closer, bowed his head, and said: "Ask the master to show you a clear way!"

I saw the old monk stretch out his hand to help him up, and said in a compassionate voice: "You must know that there are thousands of ways to cultivate immortals, and accumulating merit is the best." If you can accumulate merit, benefit all sentient beings, benefit the people, and be loved by 100,000 people, you will naturally be able to open the door of heaven and easily overcome all kinds of tribulations. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Heng still didn't quite understand, and asked, "Dare to ask the mage, why is the accumulation of merits helpful for cultivating immortals and becoming gods?"

The old monk said: "Haha, everyone has a little spiritual surname, this spiritual surname can be said to be merit and luck, it is precisely because of this merit and luck that mortals have the foundation for cultivation, merit and luck are connected, and it is very easy to transfer, and everyone loves to transmit merit and luck to you, 100,000 people, each person can become a pool, far better than the power of one person's practice." ”

He paused slightly, and the old monk said again: "And the way of heaven is fair, one more merit will be one more luck, and one more luck will be a higher level, and it will be much easier to cultivate immortals and become Buddhas in the future." ”

Hearing this, Zhou Heng vaguely understood, it turned out that cultivating immortals not only had to improve their skills, but also accumulated merits, it seemed that Buddhism wanted to purify all sentient beings, Taoism wanted to accumulate merit and do good, and Confucianism wanted to govern the country and level the world, the principle was the same, and he was able to break free from the instability of the Dao heart this time, and he could go further, and he still dragged his own merits and luck.

I saw the old monk on the side and said: "Now that the old man's merits are full, he is waiting for the auspicious clouds to go to Elysium, and when I see you at the last moment, I really can't bear to see the pearl of good talent and beauty, so I show up to say the Dharma." ”

As he was talking, he handed over a piece of the quaint Bayeux Sutra, "This is for you, go back and ponder, do a lot of work for the benefit of the people, and achieve great magical powers, we may meet in the Western Paradise." ”

Zhou Heng took the Bayeux Sutra, bowed twice, and when he looked up, the old monk on one side was gone, only a clean white cloud rose and went away with the wind.

When Zhou Heng and the others came out of the mountain gate, Zhao Min on the side frowned, and said sullenly: "It's all my fault, as an alien, it will affect your cultivation of immortals slowly, and ...... slowly" Her Su Su's voice was hateful, as if she was complaining about herself, and like complaining about the old monk.

Zhou Heng looked at her somewhat uneasy eyes, and said sincerely: "Don't say that, I never think too far, I don't want to live forever, I don't want to think about boundlessness, I don't want to think about how beautiful tomorrow is, I just want to have today, and having today's happiness is everything." My goal is very simple, whether I become an immortal or a god, as long as I am happy every day, and then revenge is full of blood feuds, you know? Since my parents left, I have been so sad in my heart, hating my weakness and powerlessness, now I am really happy to have you by my side, for this happiness, I would rather endure thousands of hardships. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Min on the side looked at him steadily, and couldn't help but be moved in his heart, and said gently: "Xie Zhou Gongzi pity, now I am glad to know you, I am so glad that I met you in the courtyard that day......"

Looking at Zhao Min's big watery eyes, Zhou Heng suddenly smiled and said, "Then maybe, we knew each other in our previous lives." ”

Hearing it, Zhao Min on the side smiled slightly: "Then I'm going to meet Zhou Gongzi, I don't know in my previous life, but I know what it is now!." ”

Zhou Heng smiled: "Haha, then we are destined for the world, I will pick your flower." ”

Zhao Min on the side said: "It's a blessing that good flowers are appreciated, otherwise they will bloom and fall and drift away with the wind, how lonely and helpless." ”

She said and looked at him with a pair of beautiful eyes, quiet and quiet, with a good demeanor, like a blooming daffodil.

Zhou Heng was stunned for a while.

After waiting for a while, he and Zhao Min continued to get on the horse and hurry, and at the same time took out the ancient Bayeux Sutra given by the old monk to inspect, the identity of the old monk Zhou Heng was still a little unsure of which big guy got off the vest, but he also had some clues, came back to his senses, looked at the scriptures in his hand, but saw that it read: "Buddha said: ....... The worlds of the ten directions, the heavens, the good people, the good people...... Those who have the greatest desire to be born in another country, although they are not able to practice shamuna and make great merits, should have the heart of supreme bodhichitta, cultivate some goodness, and observe fasting....... Like a snow-capped mountain, according to all merits, waiting for a purification, like heavy rain........ Rain Manna Method....... Moisten the ...... of all living beings"

Although Zhou Heng can't fully understand the meaning, but he knows that the accumulation of merit is the foundation of cultivation, he thinks about it, and suddenly understands the reason why God sent him to Qingle Zhi County, this is a good opportunity to accumulate merit and luck, if you stay in Beijing, such an opportunity is only afraid that it will be difficult to find, and so Zhou Heng and the two of them crossed the rooftop, all the way, it is still beautiful mountains and rivers, the scenery is charming, but there are fewer and fewer pedestrian villages, occasionally see a few people are also ragged, there are vegetables, many places along the way have been barren, these good land is uncultivated, Zhou Heng was very surprised, I heard that the coastal area of the Great Zhou is rampant, I didn't expect the harm to be so serious。

When Zhou Heng arrived at Qingle County, it was already an afternoon in early August, but seeing that the city walls were dilapidated and lifeless, and there were no soldiers guarding the gate at the city gate, he and Zhao Min rode into the city slowly, and there were few pedestrians in sight, ten rooms and nine empty, and came to the county yamen, which was also dilapidated, and seemed to have been burned by fire, and some houses even had no roofs.

However, there was a veteran standing in front of the yamen, it seemed that he hadn't seen anyone come for a long time, so he looked weak, and when he saw Zhou Heng and Zhao Min coming over on the side, his face recovered a little bit of spirit, and asked, "You two, what are you doing?"

I saw Zhou Heng on the side and said, "I am the new county commander, and I will not quickly open the door and convene everyone to the second hall for discussion!"

As he spoke, he shook the document in front of him.

The veteran glanced at it, hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and said, "Hehe, the lord forgives the sins, no one has come for a long time, I really didn't expect the lord to arrive." ”

He opened the door while talking, led Zhou Heng and Zhao Min into the second hall, and ran out to greet everyone over, muttering to himself as he walked: "Alas, there is a new master here, and he is still so young, alas, what a pity!"

Hearing this, Zhao Min, who was following behind Zhou Heng, stopped him and asked, "What do you mean by this?"

The veteran on the side slapped his mouth and said, "Oh, it's nothing, I mean everyone is looking forward to the master!"

Zhou Heng glanced at him, a ray of divine light appeared in his eyes, and he saw a chill in the man's heart, knelt down, and said, "I....... In the past three years, there have been a total of 10 county commanders in this county, but none of them have stayed for more than half a year, and most of them have gone to find other jobs...... As a result, it was harmed by the Japanese coars, alas...... What a terrible death!"

Zhou Heng knew that it was serious, but he didn't expect the situation to be so serious, so he waved his hand and said, "Go, you go and call everyone over." ”

After a while, all the personnel came, and there were only seven or eight people together, and as the "officials", "households", "rites", "workers", "criminals" and "soldiers" of important departments of the county government There are only three people in the sixth room, and the rest are just miscellaneous servants, one of the three people is the pipe in charge of the barracks, surnamed Li, named Tianle, about forty years old, one is the master of the household, surnamed Wang, named Ji, relatively young, and the other is a head catcher, whose name is Zheng Long, about fifty years old, a few people looked at Zhou Heng, who was young and still with his female dependents, with a look of pity in his eyes, as if to say: "Another poor man with a lot of blood!"

Seeing that everyone was coming, Zhou Heng first showed the official documents of the officials, and when everyone had finished saluting, he first said to Wang Ji: "Please also introduce the current situation in this county." ”

I saw that Wang Ji cleared his throat and said: "You know, the original people in this county are 300,000, which can be called a rich township, but in recent years, the Japanese are rampant, the sea water is flooded, the flash floods, and the plague, the people's life is very difficult, many people are forced to go away, and some people take refuge in the mountains, now the population is only 100,000, and the county seat had 45,000 people at its peak, and now there are only a few thousand people. ”

He shook his head as he spoke.

"Then you see, what is the greatest scourge in this county?" Zhou Heng continued to ask.

"Needless to say, it's naturally a wolf!" replied indignantly.

Wang Ji on one side said: "The county's seawater inflow, flash floods, plague epidemics, these have always existed, it is not surprising, the biggest problem at present is that the Japanese are raging, you must know that every three months and two months, there are groups of Japanese people ashore, more than hundreds, less than dozens of people, burning, killing and looting, all kinds of evil, and more Han annihilation to lead the way, so the harm is huge, the people are not able to make a living, and the people of the county can not cultivate well at all." ”

Hearing this, Zhou Heng turned his head and asked Li Tianle, who was in charge of the military power on the side, and said, "What about the county militia group?

I saw that Li Tianle shook his head: "Lord Qiyu, the militia in this county has long been dispersed, the former magistrate of the county has recruited people in every possible way, but the Japanese are powerful, once they attack, most of the militia groups will die tragically, so no one wants to come, and now there are only more than ten old and weak soldiers, and they are not the opponents of the Japanese at all." ”

Zhou Heng asked again: "How are the people in the city living?"

Wang Ji on the side said in an extremely low tone: "Now, there is a shortage of food in the county, and most of the people are barely satisfied, and there are even hungry people who are hungry and their families are starving to death. ”

And before he could finish his words, there was a sudden shout from outside: "Everyone run, those widows are here again!"

Except for Zhou Heng and Zhao Min, all the people present were frightened, and a few of them ran away, and they didn't care about the safety of the county master, and only Li Tianle and Zheng Long, the head catcher, were still there. Li Tianle said: "My lord, hurry up and avoid it." ”

As he spoke, he was about to pull Zhou Heng to find a place to hide, but he saw Zhou Heng on the side waving his hand and said, "You guys hide first, and I'll stay here to see." ”

And Zheng Long had long been eager to run away, thinking that this new county magistrate was only afraid of going crazy.

Li Tianle on the side still needed to be persuaded again, but was stopped by Zhou Heng, so he had to dodge first.

After waiting for a while, Zhou Heng saw that there was no one around, took out an Ultraman mask and put it on, Shi Shiran walked out of the county office, and as soon as he went out, he happened to see a group of Japanese robbers looting goods from house to house, one of them was holding a knife in his right hand, and he was screaming something, and an old man on the ground was split in half, and his intestines flowed all over the ground. There are also a few people who are pulling and pulling around a middle-aged woman, her tone is lewd, the woman's clothes have been half pulled apart, seeing this scene, Zhou Heng couldn't help but be angry, and pressed out a palm a few feet away, several people immediately fell to the ground, their bodies spasmed, blood from their mouths and noses, and they couldn't live.

And the Japanese who carried the knife was probably the leader of it, and at this time, the strange cry of "woo la mm" was seen, and after a while, thirty or forty people were recruited to surround Zhou Heng, and one of them said in stiff Chinese: "Yours, what kind of people are working?"

Hearing this, Zhou Heng shouted angrily: "Hmph, before you say this, think about what kind of person you are, dare to burn and kill and plunder in my Great Zhou, are you impatient?"

The widow translated Zhou Heng's words to the people next to him, and as a result, dozens of people laughed wildly and gathered around, and suddenly five or six people raised their long knives at the same time, Zhou Heng was resentful in his heart, and showed no mercy, his palms came out, and a gust of wind blew the sand and stones, and it took a long time to hear the sound of the blade "crackling" on the ground, and after the wind passed, everyone fell to the ground, stretched their legs a few times and died, only the leader seemed to have a breath.

When Zhou Heng returned to the county office, he took off his mask and shouted loudly: "The widows have all died, everyone go out and have a look!"

He shouted several times, only then did Wang Ji poke his head out of the cellar, boldly glanced at the door, saw a large number of dead bodies, and was stunned, quiet in the distance, it seems that the Japanese are indeed gone, and then shouted loudly: "Everyone come out to see, the Japanese are doing evil things, the sky is thundering, and the Japanese are all dead!"

I saw everyone on the side slowly walking out to inspect, and Zheng Long, the head catcher, suddenly said: "Lord Qiyu, there is still a living one here!"

Zhou Heng instructed: "Lock it up and interrogate it carefully!" Watch it carefully, don't let him die." ”

And Zheng Long took out the rope and tied the man down in threes and twos, and this hand was quite sharp.

When everyone came back to their senses, they all looked at Zhou Heng blankly, not knowing what was going on, and they didn't know why this new county master was so bold.

Zhao Min on the side smiled: "Look what he is doing? I just lay down in the crack of the door and looked out, and saw a masked man coming from a distance, and killed all these people in the blink of an eye!"

Zhao Min stunned everyone for a moment, and he didn't know what kind of masked man was coming, and he was so powerful.

Zhou Heng instructed everyone to pull the corpses together and burn them on the spot, and Li Tianle, the pipe belt on one side, said to Zhou Heng: "My lord, the long knife of that widow is very sharp and can be collected. ”

Suddenly, everyone on the side rushed up, first collected the money and belongings on those people, and then piled the corpses together, and lit a fire in front of the yamen, in fact, the fresh corpses were not easy to burn, or Zheng Long took some firewood and threw it into it to burn.

I saw Li Tianle put together the silver he had found, and there were two or three thousand taels.

Zhou Heng said: "Haha, I have just arrived in this county today, I can't thank you, these silver are not public funds, and I don't know who is the sufferer as stolen money, so let's divide it, and do it hard in the future!"

Everyone on the side cheered, and they all said in their hearts: "This new county order is really not ordinary, and it will give us great benefits on the first day of taking office! If you reckon others, you will already be in your own pockets!"

When everyone divided two hundred taels of silver, everyone smiled, after all, it was easy to do things with money, and now everyone came to the spirit, and their eyes were different when they looked at Zhou Heng.

I saw Zhou Heng on the side take out 10,000 taels of silver tickets from his arms and instructed Wang Ji: "Find a few people, go to the nearby counties to buy grain, and come back and distribute it to the people!"

And Wang Ji looked at the silver ticket and was a little suspicious in his heart: "Could it be that the old man got relief money from the imperial court? But this is not in accordance with the rules, the big old man above actually didn't take six or seven percent of the past?"

However, he didn't think much about it, and immediately nodded in agreement, and led a few officials to go.

Zhou Heng and Zhao Min have already planned in their hearts Now, in Qingle County, there is a lot of waste to be revived, and it must be people-oriented! Money is a trivial matter, Zhou Heng and Zhao Min are both characters who have seen all kinds of rare and exotic treasures, and they don't care about this mere 10,000 taels of silver at all, besides, Zhou Heng has experienced so many worlds, these yellow and white things don't need too much at all, not bad money! Now food is the first step, after all, with food can the people gather, the people also have to eat, with the people can work together, unite as one, and send out infinite strength!