Chapter 1 Death in Wenshu Monastery
"Knock"
"Knock"
"Knock"
As the bell rang three times, there was a sound of footsteps in the corridor outside the main hall.
"What's wrong?"
"What's wrong? The bell rings in the middle of the night. ”
"Could it be that the abbot has something to say?"
"No, even if you have something, you can talk about it tomorrow, why bother disturbing your dreams at night."
In the middle of the night, the monks stood neatly in the main hall, a pair of hazy eyes looked at the abbot with white eyebrows fluttering on the futon in front of him, a pair of wrinkled eyelids under the white eyebrows drooped weakly, covering the already muddy eyes, the eye sockets were deeply sunken, highlighting the towering nose, and the slight breathing sound came from the nostrils, which was relaxed. The shriveled lips were slightly open, and a drop of crystal liquid was about to fall from the corner of the mouth.
The monks couldn't help but feel a little helpless when they saw this situation, obviously the abbot didn't have anything to do with us, so who rang the bell?
At this time, a little monk ran in from the main hall, and because he was running too quickly, he didn't pay attention for a while, and was tripped by the raised threshold.
The precept standing by the door saw that the situation was fast, and he grabbed it with his hand, and when he heard it, he said, "What are you doing here?" So flustered. ”
"Thank you, senior brother" Jie Yan was a little absent-minded, and he didn't reply after thanking him, so he hurriedly ran to the abbot, bowed down and called, "Abbot, abbot, all the senior brothers have gathered." ”
The abbot didn't react for a long time when he heard this, and after waiting for a while, he was about to call a few more times, but he didn't want the abbot to lean his head suddenly, and suddenly woke up, and laboriously opened his eyelids that were still fighting, raised his sleeves and wiped the corners of his mouth, glanced at the ring beside him, and looked at the monks in front of him, and slowly spoke, "Are all the people gathered?" When you are gathered, speak to them. ”
"Yes" bowed and replied, immediately straightened up, looked at the monks in front of him, his mouth was deflated, he almost cried, his eyes were red, he had obviously just cried, and he choked up for a while, "Senior brothers, senior brother he... He had just passed away. ”
"What, how could Senior Brother Qu Se be..."
"Senior Brother Jiese has always been kind to others, and there is no illness in his body, how could he suddenly pass away?"
"That's right, although the junior brother is usually a little lazy, it's not like this?"
Many questions rang out.
"Senior brother, he died in front of the computer, and Master and I both think that it should be that he played the game for too long and died suddenly." Quit wiped his wet eyes with his cuffs and said softly.
A sentence exploded in an instant, and all the monks were incredulous, whispering to each other, all wanting to quit sex, usually have good self-control, how could it suddenly be like this.
"Brother Qu is so obsessed with games, why don't you have sex with him?"
"yes, yes."
Seeing the noisy and noisy monks, he was both irritable and sad in his heart, thinking that he had been roommates since college, and after graduation, because of the high salary of Wenshu Monastery, he came to be a fake monk together. After entering the temple, the two were divided into the same room, so they have been doing everything together for the past few years. Like the other monks, they recited sutras during the day and practiced freely in the evenings.
During this time, the quit color was crazy obsessed with a game, often didn't sleep all night, played all night, and even the quit was also affected, the quality of sleep seriously declined, and he didn't change it a few times, and the two often dozed off during the day, fortunately, the temple management was not strict, otherwise the salary would be deducted.
Tonight, as a few days ago, he turned on the computer to play games when he returned to the room, and he didn't even have time to talk to himself, he had said him countless times, how could he listen to it.
At the moment, he continued to choke and said, "Senior brother, he can't listen to me, and I have no choice but to sleep by myself, I don't want to go to bed in the middle of the night, senior brother suddenly yelled 'suffocate me', and then there was no sound, I was startled, and hurriedly jumped out of bed to see what was going on, but as soon as I touched my brother, he fell, and it really scared my soul." ”
"And then?" The night was dark, and when they heard such news, all the monks couldn't help but shrink in their hearts.
"Then I looked at him again, but I saw that his eyes were white, his breath was gone, and the boss with his mouth open should not be able to breathe." As he spoke, his lips were not bloody, and he should have been frightened.
After hearing the words of the abstinence, there was silence in the main hall for a while.
"Alas, it is his misfortune and his luck to lose his life at such a young age, to get out of the sea of suffering as soon as possible, and to ascend to bliss, let's go to the undead for it." The old abbot's deep voice sounded, and the monks instantly fell silent, and they all bowed down.
For a while, there was a neat chanting sound in the hall.
......
Let's say that there is a soul outside the hall at this time, fluttering, hesitating and not knowing where to go, "Grandma, playing a game can kill Lao Tzu, it's really fucking speechless." "This soul is the abstinence.
After floating for a while, I still didn't know where to go, so I stopped and thought, 'Well, now that the moon is dark and the wind is high, it's better to go up the mountain to admire the moon, anyway, I don't know what to do, as the saying goes, stand high and look far away'.
Thinking about it, he drifted to the back mountain, and suddenly he had a headache, and he couldn't help but scream miserably, holding his head in pain. There was a burst of scriptures in my ears, and the more I listened to it, the more I had a headache, and I rolled on the ground in pain for a while.
It's not good, this is Master and Senior Brother, they want to overtake me, grandma, I don't want to be exceeded, I still want to live. Finally heard what the voice in his ears was, he had read a lot of this kind of scripture on weekdays, and it was to help the dead to surpass the undead, and now it was his turn, and he didn't expect it to be really useful.
While enduring the pain, he struggled and drifted frantically towards the mountain, hoping to get away from this place, thinking that he would not be able to hear if he was far away.
Sure enough, after a while, the headache was much better, and the speed of quitting slowed down a bit.
"Who are you? Why is this happening? Suddenly, a loud shout rang in his ears, startling a ring.
looked intently, but saw a big monk with wide ears, a straight nose and a square mouth, and a beard on his face, and he didn't know when he was standing in front of him. He was covered with a magnolia robe, a string of huge Buddhist beads hanging on his chest, his shoulders were broad and his waist was round, and he stood there with an iron Zen staff in his hand.
What a big man, who is this person? Why haven't I seen it in the temple before? Besides, how can he see me? I'm a soul now, but he's also a soul?
"This master, I was a monk here when I was alive, and my brother just wanted to overtake me, but I didn't want to be overdone, so I inadvertently escaped here and disturbed you, I'm very sorry." Seeing this person dressed up, he couldn't help but be a little scared, thinking that this person must have been in the underworld before his death, so he moved out the truth and didn't dare to hide it.
The big man looked up and down, and saw that his eyes were sloppy, his cheeks were deep, he was skinny, and one of his arms was thicker than his thigh, and he couldn't help frowning, how could this kid be thinner than a girl, it was really unbearable.
"You are a ghost, why are you afraid of being exceeded, you don't go to hell, you are greedy for the world, sooner or later you will be hooked away by bulls and horses, and then the end will be even worse, the king of Hades is not easy to provoke." Urn voice.
When these words came out, Jiese was even more afraid, but he still asked weakly, "If the master can talk to me, then the master must also be a ghost, so why is the master not afraid of being hooked away by the bull head and horse face?" ”
"The kid is relying on nonsense, the bull head and the horse want to call the big brother when he sees the Sprinkle family, how dare he scare the soul of the family." The big monk patted his chest and was full of pride.
Jiese's heart suddenly felt admiration, his eyes were confused, and he asked stupidly, "Don't you dare to ask the master's name?" ”
The big monk was stunned for a moment, thinking that no one had asked me about my law name for a long time, and I didn't want to be asked again, but I was a little girl, "The law name of the Sprinkle family is Zhishen." ”
"Zhishen? Zhishen? Jiese racked his brains to search for the names of the ancestors in the temple in his memory, and suddenly his heart was shocked, and he asked, "Master... Could it be Lu Zhishen who uprooted the weeping willows? ”
"Yes, it's the Sprinkle family, I don't want you to be a little girl, but I recognize the Sprinkle family." Lu Zhishen looked at the stunned precept in front of him with disdain, he really couldn't get used to the little monk in front of him, and thought that a finger of the Sprinkle family could poke him to death, alas, I thought that the brothers drank wine and ate meat, and acted chivalrous and righteous, so unhappy, but now they have ended up in this step.
"Big... Master, can you tell me about your heroic deeds? You finally captured Fang La, why don't you take this credit to get an official to do it, but listen to your master's words and pass away? Is there anything hidden in this......" Jiese was so excited that he asked a bunch of questions in a mess all of a sudden.
Lu Zhishen couldn't help but be stunned, looking at the ring color that was still in a daze just now, his mouth was full of water, and he thought, could it be that this person is a fool? Sometimes demented, sometimes insane, very pitiful, no wonder he lost his life at a young age. Thinking about it this way, my perception of him has changed a little.
"The Sprinkle family doesn't have any heroic deeds, it's just some murderous things, when Fang La was captured, the Sprinkle family is already in the dust, and he only wants to be a Buddhist disciple." Lu Zhishen replied.
"Huh?! Then why are you still here after you have been dead for so long, not reincarnated like those brothers of yours? Do you have a deep affection for this place? "Quit color is like a gossip reporter, keep asking questions, and his eyes are full of anticipation.
Lu Zhishen has been here for so many years, alone, very lonely, I don't want to break into a ghost today, I don't want to see the color of the abstinence very wrong, but after saying it for so long, it has gradually changed a little, and now I feel that it is not bad to have someone to talk with, it can relieve boredom, so many years, every day just chanting the scriptures, it is really boring.
opened the chatterbox, Lu Zhishen was not a person who did not hesitate to speak, his eyebrows squeezed towards the ring, and asked, "Little monk, do you still know those brothers of mine?" So guess what's in the jar behind me? ”
Isn't it obvious that you are asking this great monk? When I'm stupid? Pretending to be pondered, he replied slowly, "Could it be the bones of your brothers?" Seeing Lu Zhishen shaking his head, he replied immediately, "Could it be the souls of those brothers of yours?" ”
"Hey, the little monk is good, the Sprinkle family still thinks you are a fool, it seems that you are not only not stupid, but also quite smart." Lu Zhishen saw that the other party guessed twice and guessed correctly, and couldn't help but look sideways.
"So, guess where the souls of my brothers are?" Again.
Jiese smiled secretly in his heart, hey, what's so hard to guess, you have been guarding them here for so long, and it was...
"I guess you collected these souls." He replied with some smugness.
"Wrong, I found this place by myself after the death of these brothers of the Sprinkle family, hahahaha." Seeing the surprise on his face, Lu Zhishen let out a long laugh, and couldn't help but feel great joy, he hadn't been so happy for a long time.
"That's... So why is it that their souls are in jars, but yours are not? Jiese was a little puzzled, and suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, and without waiting for Lu Zhishen to answer, he said first, "I know, it must be that you have cultivated the right fruit and become a Buddha in the flesh." ”
"Hey, boy, you can guess that, yes, yes." stroked the beard on his face, and said with a red face, "The Sprinkle family killed too many people back then, but fortunately, the master of the Sprinkle family had four mantras to sprinkle the family, so that he could put down the butcher knife and achieve positive results." I was going to go to the Buddha to listen to the Dharma, and I didn't want to sprinkle the brothers and other sins, and the Sprinkle family couldn't bear to let them go to hell to suffer, so they stayed here, and the king of Hades didn't dare to force it. The Sprinkle family chanted sutras and recited Buddha every day, just to atone for their sins as soon as possible, and to ascend to bliss with all their brothers. ”
"I see, Master, you are really painstaking." Jiese praised sincerely, and admired Lu Zhishen a little, "Master, when will it be the end of your guard?" ”
"When the Sprinkle family gets to me, all the brothers are my Buddha, and the Buddha is the end." Lu Zhishen was also a little helpless.
"Master, the little monk has an immature opinion, I don't know if I can say it." Jiese thought for a moment and said.
"If it's an immature opinion, then it goes without saying." Lu Zhishen waved his hand.
In a word, I was stunned, and I thought to myself, I am a humble statement, you are really serious, you are really speechless.
Looking at the ring color a little stunned, Lu Zhishen laughed and said loudly, "Boy, the Sprinkle family sees you talking to your mother-in-law, mother-in-law, follow you."
Just kidding, if you have something to say, say it quickly. ”