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Tang Hai's nine people ran fifty or sixty miles away before they stopped, Tang Hai, Shan Yong, Lin Yuan, and Wolf Ba took off their robes and changed into civilian clothes. Duan Qidao: "Big brother, where are we going?" Tang Haidao: "What is the best plan for the seventh sister?" Xiaolong said: "This big fuss will inevitably alarm the government, I heard that the peasant rebels in Henan and the three sides are rising and falling, and the government has no time to take care of itself, so we can only be safe when we go to these places." Duan Qidao: "In my opinion, simply go to the righteous army and fight vigorously against the Ming Dynasty." Ye Yang was overjoyed, and immediately stepped forward and said, "Seventh sister is a good idea!" The wolf said domineeringly: "A few years ago, King Gao Yingxiang was killed, Li Zicheng succeeded him to the throne, raised the evil sword, and ordered the world's heroes, if we want to vote, we will vote for Li Zicheng." Xiaolong said: "But it is rumored in the rivers and lakes that Li Zicheng was defeated by the officials and troops in Tongguan, and now he is missing." ”

Tang Hai was silent, and Duan Qi said, "Big brother has other plans?" ”

Tang Haidao: "Today's action, will inevitably alarm the imperial court, the wind and lakes, this place is thousands of miles away from Ganshan in the north and Henan in the east. Besides, there are many heroes in the rebel army, and if we don't have our own people, the nine people may not be able to gain a foothold if they go empty-handed. ”

Duan Qidao: "That's what I said. Lin Yuan, Ye Yang, and Wolf Ba hurriedly asked, "Then what should we do?" ”

Tang Haidao: "Fifteen years ago, in order to revive the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Guangzong reused the four great sages, and gave Cao Yin 'Tongtian Wat' to order him to perform the duties of imperial history, investigate the mistakes of hundreds of officials, reform the ugliness of officialdom, and establish the law of strengthening the country. Xu He conceived gold and jade words, held the Tianwa, entered the court, and went straight to the heavens, and the forbidden army and the royal forest could not be blocked. Give Fang Qing, Luo Kong, and Wang Yuechang 'the card of sin', educate the people of Li to be good, and the wicked people in the world, all those who commit crimes, except for disobedience, as long as they enter the Three Holy Gate, they can be exempted from serious crimes, and the government officials are not allowed to search for them, and the enemies of the rivers and lakes can seek revenge. I will, we will take refuge in the avenue for the time being, hide the edge, lurk the minions, and avoid the search. Recently, it was rumored that Zhang Xianzhong's army was defeated and surrendered, Li Zicheng was frustrated and hid in Shangluo Mountain, the situation in the world has changed greatly, I am waiting for the Heming Mountain to pretend to be Qing Xiu, quietly watching the world, once the time is ripe, the brothers will re-enter the rivers and lakes, gallop China, and the world's heroes hand in hand, set up him a Lang Lang Qiankun innocent world. ”

Everyone was happy when they heard this, and they all said: "Big brother has a far-reaching plan, and I am willing to listen to the arrangement." ”

Everyone ran to Heming Mountain overnight, to the bottom of the mountain, the sky has been dawned, Tang Hai left everyone in the dense place of the woods under the mountain, one person climbed the mountain to meet Wang Shan, after the ceremony, Wang Shan said: "Tang Hai, I haven't seen you and other brothers in recent days, where did you go?" ”

Tang Haidao: "The Taoist chief inquired, the disciple did not dare to deceive, the disciple and the eight brothers have been traveling in the rivers and lakes for many years, doing boundless absurd things, breaking through endless crimes, although this time I realized that all laws are empty, only the Tao is great, I wanted to choose a pure place to practice with peace of mind, how can I not tolerate the disciples." Some time ago, I heard that an official had gone in and out of the mountain, and the disciples were afraid of the strict law, so they fled for a few days. ”

Wang Shan said with a smile: "How do you not know that fifteen years ago, Emperor Guangzong gave the king of the Western Dao Changyue a piece of 'crime card', all those who commit crimes, except for disobedience, as long as they enter the Three Holy Gate, they can be exempted from serious crimes, and the government officials are not allowed to search for them, and the enemies of the rivers and lakes can seek revenge." Wang Shan is not talented, he is deeply valued by real people, passing on the mantle and me, if you and the other nine people devote themselves to the Tao, you can vote for me, take refuge in the three Qings, and have the 'sin card' to protect you, who dares to disturb your Qing Xiu? ”

Tang Hai was overjoyed, knelt down and thanked: "The Taoist chief is merciful, and the disciples are willing to return to the truth." ”

Wang Shan said: "It's just that when you wait for nine people to enter my Dao Gate, you must be sincere and sincere, and you must not create and kill in the future." ”

Tang Hai bowed again: "I will return to sincerity and dare not have any more ambitions." ”

Wang Shanxi said: "Great, today's nine evils are back to the truth, and the goodness is great." ”

Tang Hai went down the mountain, called Xiaolong, Duan Qi and others, and the nine evils knelt down in the Three Holy Palaces, worshiped the sect, and returned to the truth. Nine evils were ordained, wearing a square scarf, wearing a robe, fasting, chanting, praying, and meditating with the Taoists, without quarrel with the world, and living a quiet and inactive life.

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In the February day of Heming Mountain, the wind blows slowly, the warm spring is coming, the peach blossoms are in bud, the willow branches are new, and the image of vitality is bright.

Duan Qi closed the thick "Daozang", lowered his head and sighed, Jin Zi was flipping through the "Hug Puzi Inner Volume", saw Duan Qi sighing, and asked, "Why is Seventh Sister sighing?" Duan Qi shook his head with a smile and said: "I have a headache when I read this book, my eldest brother buries his head in reading every day, except for eating and sleeping, he almost stays in the room to read the scriptures and classics, why don't you think he has a headache?" Jin Zi closed the book and said, "It seems that the eldest brother has a relationship with the Tao." Duan Qi asked again: "Jinzi, you and I have read a lot of Taoist scriptures in the past few months, what do you think of Taoism?" Jin Zi thought for a while and said: "Of course I don't believe in immortals, but Taoism has the effect of educating the people, teaching people not to kill, not to steal, not to speak, if everyone pursues it, wouldn't the world be peaceful?" Duan Qi smiled and said, "The doctrine is indeed good, but ......" Seeing that Duan Qi stopped talking, Jin Zi continued: "However, it is absolutely difficult for everyone to abide by the doctrine, right?" Duan Qi sighed and said: "Yes, the nine of us have entered the Dao, except for the eldest brother who respectfully worships God and asks for scriptures every day, none of the eight of us are pious, from this point of view, it is not easy to let everyone in the world worship the Tao and respect the Fa." Jin Zi said: "What the seventh sister said is that it is against humanity to let people chant and meditate every day and forget the seven emotions and six desires in the world?" ”

As the two were talking, they heard the sound of rapid footsteps outside the door, and Duan Qi smiled and said, "The unbeliever is coming." ”

Xiaolong took Shan Yong, Lin Yuan, Ye Yang, Tang Xi, and Wolf Ba to knock on the door, and Xiaolong said: "Seventh sister, Jinzi, do you know that Wang Dao Chang is going to Daba Mountain to preach the day after tomorrow?" ”

Duan Qidao: "I know, the day before yesterday, when Jin Zi and I sent the scriptures to the eldest brother, I heard him say that it was the Daoist Zhu Ming of the Daba Mountain Zhenwuguan who invited him to write a letter, and the county order of Taiping County in Daba Mountain also sent an invitation, and the eldest brother also said that the nine of us accompanied the Taoist to go together." ”

Ye Yang interjected: "Seventh sister, you don't know what kind of place it is, the mountains are steep, isolated from the world, crows and sparrows don't go to forage, if we go to that kind of place, wouldn't we suffer from it?" ”

Xiaolong said: "We are all people who have committed heinous crimes, and at that time it was said that the Nine Evils were really to avoid disaster, not really to enter the Tao and cultivate immortals, but now Brother Tang is going to take it seriously!" ”

Duan Qi smiled and said, "Brother Long's words, but what other brothers mean?" ”

Shan Yong and others said: "Yes, cultivating immortals and seeking the Tao is an ethereal thing, and if you are addicted, you can only harm people by mistake." ”

"In that case, you six big men persuade the eldest brother, what's the use of looking for us two women?" Duan Qi smiled and said: "Gold, now the mountain flowers are brilliant, let's enjoy the flowers." ”

Lin Yuan said: "The eldest brother has made up his mind, saying that we are being taken in and sheltered by the royal Taoist, and we should try to reciprocate, and that the brothers are too angry, and following the Taoist to teach the Fa can also dissolve some of the violent anger." I'm really worried that my eldest brother will follow the Taoist every day and listen to too many moral scriptures and go astray. ”

"Gone astray?" Duan Qi had already pulled the gold out of the door, and the two of them strode towards the mountain, walking more than ten steps away, Duan Qi didn't look back and said, "I think you guys have gone astray." ”

Ye Yang saw that Duan Qi and Jin Zi had gone up the mountain, and he didn't care about the six of them, so he laughed and said, "I said that a few of you, you don't have an idea if you have something, you want to come to discuss with two women, and now it's boring to talk to yourself." ”

The wolf said domineeringly: "We also go to the top of the mountain is to welcome the immortal pavilion, it is now the spring flowers, while enjoying the scenery while discussing this matter, how good!" ”

Lin Yuan echoed: "Yes, the day before yesterday, Brother Tang Xi and I went to Yingxiantai, and it is indeed a good place. ”

Tang Xi said with a smile: "I didn't greet the immortals the day before yesterday, today the eight of us will go, so we will have eight immortals to cross the sea, and go directly to the sky from the Yingxian Pavilion, the eldest brother likes to go to the poor and remote place of Daba Mountain to teach the Fa, so leave him alone." ”

Heming Mountain Yingxian Pavilion is a dilapidated wooden pavilion, Wang Shan feels that this pavilion is located on the top of the mountain, the surrounding scenery is beautiful, standing on this high place, looking up to the sky, down to the peaks, making people's hearts wide and happy, so it was decided to rebuild this pavilion, named "Yingxian", there is pious to the Tao, the meaning of welcoming the immortal to the lower realm.

Eight people walked into this six-sided pavilion, sat down around the six-sided wooden bench, the eyes were far away, the green peaks were like clusters, it was really a good scenery, everyone was amazed, they had long forgotten the business, but Shan Yong was silent, thinking about Duan Qi's words repeatedly.

"Seventh sister, listen to what you mean, do you know that the eldest brother has another meaning to go to Daba Mountain?" Shan Yong felt that the eldest brother had always been steady, and he would definitely not give up his ambition just because he read a few scriptures, and he escaped into the Daomen.

Duan Qi smiled slightly and said, "You have been with your eldest brother for so many years, do you think he is the kind of person who can change his ambition with a few scriptures?" ”

Shan Yong said: "The eldest brother is thoughtful and ambitious, I don't believe that he will easily change his ambitions, but in the past few months since he entered the Tao, the eldest brother does not ask about the world, and talks about the Tao with the Taoist chief all day long, and he sleeps at night with the scriptures in his hand, which has to make people worry." Doesn't the seventh sister know the plan in the eldest brother's heart? ”

Duan Qi smiled and said, "How do I know? However, the eldest brother is not a foolish person, we don't have to worry about what he decides, I believe that the eldest brother has a point. ”

Xiaolong nodded and said: "What the seventh sister said is that the eldest brother has always been measured in his work, and all of us may be worried about the sky." ”

3

Daba Mountain is located at the junction of Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan and Hubei, the mountain is high and the forest is deep, the road is rugged, the terrain is steep, the population is sparse, the villagers are difficult to get out of the mountain once in several years, it can be said that the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and the gods do not care about the place.

Taiping County is a small mountainous county in the middle of Daba Mountain, Wang Shan took the Taoist monk Mo Song twelve disciples into the mountain to preach, Tang Hai, Xiaolong, Duan Qi and other nine introductory disciples accompanied, 22 people walked for more than ten days to Taiping County, there were already Taiping County Taoist Association Si Dao Hui Che Wei, Zhenwu Guan Tidian Zhu Ming Dao Chang and other nine people to greet.

After the salute, Che Wei arched his hand and said: "The king Taoist came to Taiping to preach the Dharma, which is really a blessing for the people of Daba Mountain!" Zhu Ming also said: "Yes, Lord Che is very right, I have been waiting for a long time to hear the name of Wang Dao, and I am looking forward to it, and I will only see it today." ”

Wang Shandao: "Wang Shansu heard the name of Zhu Dao of Zhenwu Temple, and he had already come to ask the Taoist chief for advice on Taoism. ”

Zhu Ming said: "The king is too modest. Che Wei said: "The king is a real person, and the county commander of this county has specially ordered the Daoist to welcome the Daoist, and the Daoist County Government will speak." ”

Wang Shan said: "There is a labor lane meeting. ”

The group entered the county government and sat down in the temple on the left side of the county yayi gate. After a while, the county ordered Niu Kui to lead the county Cheng, the canonical history, the inspection, the head catcher, the monk and other county officials to come to meet, after the salute, Niu Kui said: "This time to invite the king to come, it is actually Zhu Ming's proposal, do not hide the king of the chief, the Daba mountain area is hundreds of kilometers away, there are ten counties, the mountains are high and the road is far away, the passage is difficult and dangerous, the people are ignorant, do not obey the king, there have always been rebels and evil leaders here in vain claims of God and Buddha, broadcast cults, concoct apocryphal scriptures, secret conspire, and plot against evil. I have long heard that the Taoist chief of the king is a real person in the world, holding the gold medal of the emperor Guangzong to educate the people and save the living souls, so the official plans for the people of Taiping, and has the courage to ask the Taoist chief to come to spread the Fa without tirelessness, guide the people to be good, and return to the king. ”

Wang Shandao: "Poor Dao and Zhu Ming Dao are both disciples of the Three Qing Dynasty, and it is my duty to educate the people, so why do I need to thank you?" ”

Niu Kui was overjoyed, arranged to put down a vegetarian banquet in the flower hall, and after a while, the official came to report that the vegetarian banquet was ready, Niu Kui then led everyone through the three halls to the flower hall to dine, and after the meal, he arranged for Wang Shan and his party to stay in the guest house, and the next morning sent fifty taels of silver, and sent several people to send Wang Shan, Zhu Ming and others to the Zhenwu Temple sixty miles away.

That night living in Zhenwuguan, Tang Hai gathered the nine brothers: "Although Tang Hai is not talented, if he doesn't care about face, he wants to mix three meals a day, get a brocade clothes and food, seek wealth and fame, and it is not difficult to be confident." Tang Hai is still like this, all brothers and sisters are heroic and heroic, and they have good means, and it is even easier to get rich and noble. However, Tang Hai often thought to himself, how could the nine of us go to flatter and rely on the strong to bully the weak for the sake of fine clothes and food? How can you be willing to do nothing and be stupid all your life for the sake of worry-free food and clothing? The nine of us are like-minded, although I can do earth-shattering things and shock the rivers and lakes, but I am also happy, but what merit is there to go on like this? Isn't it just to kill a few corrupt officials? How many bullies are chopped? It's just a few bad breaths for the people. Besides, how many corrupt officials can the nine of us kill? How many bullies can you kill? Can you get rid of one percent of the wicked people in the world? Thousandth? One in 10,000? No, we will never be able to get rid of the wicked in the world. Killing the wicked is only a momentary ability, and the speed of a day cannot solve the worries of the common people for a hundred years and the suffering of a thousand years. For example, today, the people are not happy, the officials are forced to rebel, the thieves are everywhere, and the heroes stand side by side. ”

Xiaolong said: "The eldest brother is in the rivers and lakes, and he cares about the people, which is commendable. ”

Tang Hai's tone was slow and firm, and he said: "Recently, I heard that Zhang Xianzhong returned to the imperial court and was stationed in Jingxiang, Li Zicheng's army was defeated and Tongguan absconded in Shangluo Hill, all the departments of the righteous army were scattered, and the righteous banners in the world fell. This Daba Mountain is full of forests and deep ravines, rarely populated, and is only more than 200 miles away from Shangluo Mountain......"

Tang Hai is inexhaustible, his words are incomplete, and he leaves it to everyone to think about himself.

Xiaolong, Duan Qi, Shan Yong and others understood the heart, everyone was overjoyed, Ye Yang stroked his palms and smiled: "Great, we are reversed, there is no need to hide in the future, we will cut down when we touch the officers and soldiers, burn them when we meet the yamen, and make a big fuss tomorrow, happy." ”

Tang Hai said worriedly: "It has always been rumored that Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others are evildoers and murderers, and there are rumors that they are heroes who kill the rich and help the poor and do the right thing for heaven. At the Xingyang Conference, I only had a one-sided relationship with Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others, and I didn't know much about them. We are here in Daba Mountain, but we want to have the opportunity to know the peasant rebels in person, and we must not believe the rumors. ”

Xiaolong praised: "The eldest brother has a far-reaching plan, which is beyond my reach. ”

4

Unconsciously, Wang Shan, Mo Song, Tang Hai and other 22 people spent more than half a month in Taiping County, under the arrangement of Che Wei and Zhu Ming, Wang Shan, Mo Song and others successively in Taiping County Luowen, Hekou, Baisha, Baiyang, Guandu five towns 10 lectures, preaching "Persuasion of Kindness", "Taishang Induction Chapter", "Taoist Precepts" and other Taoist scriptures, the first few days the venue was full of people listening to the scriptures, and then slowly the number of people decreased, Wang Shan and others did not care. Tang Hai arranged for Xiaolong, Duan Qi, Shan Yong, Lin Yuan, Jin Zi and others to go deep into Batai Mountain, Yanxia Mountain, Yuquan Mountain, Bian Bucket Gorge and other sparsely populated places in the name of preaching to find the remnants of the lost peasant army, but for more than half a month, they found nothing.

According to Daoist Zhu Ming's arrangement, the next lecture will be in Yongning Township.

Yongning Township is more than 100 miles in circumference, with only four or five thousand people, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the forest is deep and the road is winding. On this day, Wang Shan, Zhu Ming, and Tang Hai sat on the stage, and Wang Shan preached the "Jade Emperor Sutra", and there were more than 100 people in the audience listening to the law.

"When the Jade Emperor ruled, if he wanted to come, that is, before the meeting, he would raise six kons to ......" Wang Shan preached the "Jade Emperor Sutra" while explaining the meaning of the scriptures in layman language. It didn't take long to see a group of people in Tsing Yi coming from afar, about a dozen, all of them with a mighty momentum. This group of people came to the stage and did not sit down, went to the altar, Mo Song was preparing a speech for Wang Shan under the altar, seeing that this group of people was coming, they hurriedly greeted and prepared to ask questions, but the leader of the man pointed at Mo Song and shouted: "What kind of cult are you preaching?" If you dare to show off in front of the third phase of Pudu, aren't you afraid that the Buddha will condemn you? ”

Mo Song couldn't help but shudder when he saw that these people were all angry, and he didn't know how to answer in horror.

As soon as these people appeared, most of the people in the audience who listened to the Fa were immediately scared away.

Wang Shan looked at Zhu Ming, and Zhu Ming said softly: "I don't know who they are, it seems that the people who came are not good." Wang Shansui stood up and shouted to the man who was the leader: "This good lord, we are from the Three Holy Palaces of Heming Mountain, preaching Taoist teachings and educating sentient beings, and we have no intention of acting in front of any Buddha master. ”

The leader of the man said: "You are the devil's way, our three-phase Pudu Dafa is the right way, leave here quickly, otherwise we will protect the Fa," the tone was firm and righteous, as if to catch and expel the thieves.

Zhu Ming stood up and said: "I am Zhu Ming from Zhenwu Temple, this Wang Dao Chief was invited by the county magistrate and the Dao Hui Division from Chengdu Heming Mountain, you are rude." ”

The man in charge scolded: "You dare to use the government to suppress me? You evil ways are afraid of the government, but we are not afraid of the righteous ways. ”

Zhu Ming was furious when he heard this, and was about to reply to the conflict, Tang Hai pulled his robe and signaled Hugh to be reckless. Tang Hai walked to the front of the stage with a smile, and bowed kindly to the man who led the audience: "May I ask what this good lord is called?" What kind of sect you are, we can all learn from each other. ”

Ye Yang hurriedly walked over, Tang Xi and Wolf Ba followed, Tang Hai was afraid that the three of him would come over and add fuel to the fire, so he hurriedly waved his hand at them, signaling not to come, and the three of them had to stand still and watch the development of the situation.

The man in the audience said: "To tell you the truth, I am the third phase of Pudu Protector Lu De, with my Lu De, any of your demons will not want to deceive people in my Yongning Township, get out of the way quickly, avoid being harmed, if you are obsessed, don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless." ”

The dozen or so people behind shouted in unison:

The blood stains the wild grass of Bashan red, and the evergreen pine on the top of the dragon frame.

The third phase of Pudu True Buddha Lord, protecting the Dharma and destroying evil spirits.

Get lost! Get lost! Get lost! ”

Tang Hai was puzzled when he heard this, what is this 'Three Phases of Pudu', what is the 'True Buddha Lord', there are only Buddhas, Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats and other names in Buddhism, where did the Buddha come from?

Wang Shan was also stunned, he didn't know what sect they were, and he had converted to Taoism for many years, and he had never heard of any 'three-phase Pudu'.

Tang Hai was about to ask again, but the man named Lu De waved his hand and said, "Don't say it, do you get out or not?" Hurry up. As soon as Lu De finished saying this, more than ten people behind him jumped onto the stage one after another, and the people who had not left the audience saw this and scattered in a panic.

Tang Hai turned around and returned to Wang Shan and said, "Dao Chief, let's leave this place for the time being, and go back to the True Martial Arts Temple to discuss." Wang Shan looked at Zhu Ming, Zhu Ming also looked helpless, Wang Shan had no choice but to nod and say, "Alas! Let's go! ”

5

Since ancient times, you have used more healing to save people as the guide, and if you cure people's diseases, others will believe you, and then you can take the opportunity to preach and preach and win the trust of others.

Wang Shan was unwilling to quit, and took everyone to the Batai Township Market, set up four medicine stalls, saw a doctor for free, gave away medicine for free, and erected a sign with the words "Seeing a doctor and sending medicine is not a penny".

The people in the township are not rich, many sick people have no money for treatment, suddenly see someone to see a doctor for free and send medicine, everyone rushed to come, the stall was placed soon, there were twenty or thirty people around, Wang Shan, Mo Song and others one by one for everyone to diagnose the pulse, where the disease can be detected, there is medicine on the stall, all for free, there is no medicine on the stall, so that Mo Song and Wolf Ba take the patient to the pharmacy to buy, the cost is paid by Mo Song, each patient is distributed a volume of "Taishang Laojun Induction Chapter", if the diagnosis of the disease, Wang Shan apologizedIt is recommended that the patient go to the hospital.

In this way, more than 100 patients were received in one day, and many of them refused to accept the "Taishang Laojun Induction Chapter" after taking the medicine, and they said: "We are the disciples of the third phase of Pudu Buddha, and we don't learn your foreign evil law." ”

Seeing the red sun sinking in the west, the people who rushed to the market dispersed one after another, and many hawkers were busy cleaning up their stalls and closing. Tang Hai said to Wang Shanyan: "Dao Chief, you are tired for a day, let's go back too." Wang Shan said: "It's okay to be tired, I hope it's not in vain, let's wait a little longer, maybe someone will come." Ye Yang next to him smiled: "I'm afraid that the Taoist chief is tired for another day." Wang Shan and Tang Hai looked at Ye Yang, puzzled, Ye Yang said to Nunu on the street: "Daoist Jinkou Yuyan, said that someone came, and sure enough, it came." ”

Everyone looked around, there were five or six big men, followed by more than a dozen people with hoes, flat poles, and crowbars, and a group of people walked towards this side fiercely, Tang Hai hurriedly said: "All the Taoist leaders, please leave quickly, and my brothers and I will stop them." He said to Ye Yang and the others: "The fourth brother protects the Taoist elders and goes back first, and the Tang Xi brothers and the wolf bully brothers come with me." ”

After Tang Hai finished arranging, he hurried towards the comer, and Tang Xi and Wolf Ba hurriedly followed.

Tang Hai spread his hands and stopped the group of humans: "We are the disciples of the Sanqing who heal the sick and save people, may I ask what you neighbors have to say?" ”

One of them said: "If you cure the disease, you will cure the disease, why do you scatter evil books, spread demons, confuse the people, and slander the right path, how can the protector of my great Buddha country tolerate you?" Another shouted: "The day before yesterday, I was soft-hearted, I didn't punish you demons, I never thought that you came here again, this is the Batai Dharma Protector Pang Wen, today our two Dharma protectors are here, we must guard the right path, kill demons and eliminate demons." ”

Tang Hai recognized that the person who spoke behind him was the Dharma Protector Lu De who he met in Yongning Township the day before yesterday, and thought to himself what kind of sect these people were, and they actually had power in all townships, so I asked for details: "Two Dharma protectors, you speak the right way, and you speak about the Dharma protectors, may I ask what sect you are and what Dharma you protect?" ”

Pang Wen was upright and proud, and said proudly: "We are disciples of the Great Buddha Country, and we are protecting the third phase of Pudu Dafa!" Lu De sneered: "Protector Pang, they are spreading cults in seven or eight townships in Taiping County, and we can't let them go." The group of people behind also shouted in unison: "Protect the right path, slay the demons and eliminate the demons!" Defend the right path, slay demons and eliminate demons! Guarding the right path, slaying demons and destroying demons......"

Tang Hai was about to ask again, but suddenly heard someone behind him: "Taoism is a thousand-year-old righteous path, why are you slandered as a cult?"

When I looked back, I saw that Wang Shan, Mo Song, Ye Yang and others not only did not leave quickly, but followed.

Pang Wen said angrily: "There are only three phases of Pudu Dafa in the world, and the rest are all cults!" Lu De said to Wang Shan: "Since you claim to be on the right path, do you dare to fight with our righteous path?" ”

Wang Shan asked, "How to fight?" ”

Lu Dedao: "Then you still need to ask, a fight is, whoever wins is the right way!" Pang Wen and all the villagers said: "Yes, you will know who is the right way by fighting a fight." ”

Wang Shan couldn't laugh when he heard it, and he stepped forward to reason, but Pang Wen hit him with a fist. Seeing that he was about to hit Wang Shan's face, Ye Yang suddenly flew up and kicked Pang Wen away, and several people behind Pang Wen hurriedly supported him, and this Dharma protector who was still menacing was already pale, and the corners of his mouth were bloody.

"Want to fight? Okay, grandpa will fight with you to see which is the right way and which is the evil way! Ye Yang roared.

When the gang saw that the Dharma Protector Pang Wen had been beaten, they immediately shouted, "Get rid of the cult and help the right path!" "Everyone rushed over with hoes, poles, and crowbars. Tang Hai saw that the situation was not good, and threw a sentence of "Don't hurt people" to Tang Xi, Wolf Ba, and Ye Yang, pulling Wang Shan with his left hand and Mo Song with his right hand and running away, and the rest of the Taoist priests also hurriedly avoided one by one.

Wolf Ba, Tang Xi, and Ye Yang stopped the villagers, knocked over the few who rushed to the front, Tang Xi grabbed a flat pole, Wolf Ba handed over a crowbar, Ye Yang grabbed a hoe, and the three of them held against the gang. The wolf bully said to Ye Yang: "Brother, the eldest brother told you not to hurt people, you must be in control with a hoe." Ye Yang shouted: "What kind of fight do you fight if you don't hurt anyone?" Seeing that Ye Yang had the intention of fighting fiercely, the wolf bully was worried that he would hurt people, so he forcibly snatched the hoe from Ye Yang and exchanged the crowbar in his hand for him.

As soon as the two of them changed their weapons, Lu De and Pang Wen led everyone to rush over, and the three of them flashed left and right, fighting and retreating. Ye Yang got angry, picked up a crowbar and swept wildly, and a large piece fell everywhere he went. Seeing that there would be deaths and injuries if this continued, the wolf bully forced Ye Yang to run away. Tang Xi danced and resisted for a while, and when he turned around, he saw that Wang Shan, Tang Hai, Mo Song and others were gone, and he thought that he had run away, so he hurriedly withdrew. Pang Wen, Lu De and the others saw Tang Xi walking like a fly, and knew that they couldn't catch up, so they had to shout and give up.

6

Taiping County Zhenwu Temple in the ancestral hall.

Everyone gathered together, and Zhu Ming said to Wang Shan: "I'm ashamed, I have frightened Daoist Wang in the past few days, and Poor Dao immediately told the Taoist Master Che, asking him to send a catcher to the county magistrate, one to protect the safety of the Daoist, and the other to punish those lawless fanatics." ”

Tang Hai didn't want the people of the government to intervene in this matter, so he hurriedly said to Wang Shan: "Dao Chief, we came from afar, not only failed to show favor to the people, but caused disputes, and we are already very sorry for the villagers. ”

Wang Shan nodded yes, and said to Zhu Ming: "Daoist Zhu should not tell the county government, if you arrest someone because of this, you will lose the original intention of being good." Besides, it didn't hurt us, so it's not a big deal. ”

Zhu Ming saw that Wang Shan's words were sincere, so he had no choice but to say: "That is really wronged by Wang Dao Chang." ”

Wang Shan stood in front of the statue of Lu Zu and prayed silently, Ye Yang looked at the statue of Lu Zu, and said casually: "The Taiping people really bite Lu Dongbin and don't know the hearts of good people!" Lin Yuan said: "Brother said yes." ”

Wang Shandao: "Do you know how many grievances Lu Zu suffered back then before he ascended to the immortal?" Lu Zu transcended life, death, disaster, blessing, joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness in the world, and finally passed the ten tests of the immortal Han Zhongli, obtained the true inheritance, and achieved the immortal fruit. Compared with Lu Zu, it seems that today's humiliation is nothing! ”

Where did Ye Yang understand what Wang Shan said, and said with a smile: "I, Ye Yang, only know that if there is kindness, it will be repaid, and if there is revenge, I don't understand the affairs of the fairy family." ”

Wang Shanjian said this to Ye Yang as if he was playing the piano to the cow, so he didn't say it anymore, and continued to pray silently.

Tang Hai asked Zhu Ming: "Daoist Zhu, these people keep claiming to be the Buddha of the Great Buddha Country, what sect are they?" Buddhism? ”

Zhu Ming sighed with a bitter face and said: "I don't know them either, more than ten years ago, our Zhenwuguan incense was vigorous, and then the villagers believed in the third phase of Pudu, few people came to the temple to burn incense and worship God, we only care about the cultivation of the Taoists, and we don't want to care about worldly chores." ”

Tang Haidao: "Such villains, lawless, don't the government turn a blind eye?" ”

Zhu Ming said: "There are only more than 100 officials in the county government, in addition to the county government station, the county school, the city god temple, the Lu rice cabin, the government branch of the government office, the branch of the rub, the mansion, the river management department, the inspection department, the water horse division, the monk association division, the Taoist division, the tax department, the express delivery shop and other official offices need to be guarded by the class strong, how many can be transferred out to do things?" If it is not peaceful today, and the anti-thieves in various places harass the Quartet, making people panic, it is better not to provoke these evil people, if they are provoked to make trouble, I am afraid that they will rush to the county government and turn against the world, will not the gains outweigh the losses? ”

Tang Hai asked: "I heard that thieves are rampant in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and other places, and now there are many rogues who have been tossed in Sichuan, Shu and Lianghu areas, causing public resentment, I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

Zhu Ming sighed and said: "I heard that thieves kill people when they see them and rob them when they see money, but fortunately, we are in a deep mountainous place, the people are poor and the land is barren, and the thieves do not come to harass them, but it is also a good thing." ”

Tang Hai was silent when he heard this, and when Wang Shan finished praying, Tang Hai asked, "Dao Chief, what should we do next?" ”

Wang Shandao: "Fate is not strange, fate is natural when it comes, and there is a fate for people!" Since we have no connection here, we have to go back for the time being, and come back when the opportunity arises in the future. Alas, it's just that there is no merit in this trip, and it has disappointed the expectations of Niu County Ling and Zhu Daochang. ”

Zhu Ming said: "Where Daoist Wang said, it is man-made, just do his best, but let all the Taoist friends be wronged, Zhu Ming is deeply disturbed!" ”

Tang Hai was also worried that there would be an accident if he stayed here for a long time, and besides, Xiaolong, Duan Qi, Lin Yuan, Tang Xi, and Jin Zi had searched all over the countryside and mountains for a long time, but there was no trace of the rebels, so after weighing it, he had to nod and say: "In this case, it is better to go back to Heming Mountain sooner rather than later." ”