Chapter 168: Sweeping Old Monk
As soon as I walked into the temple, I felt a chill come up from the soles of my feet.
"This place, it's warm in winter and cool in summer, huh?" Zhang Qiang also walked over, and he looked up at the temple's environment.
Unlike what I imagined, there was no particularly strong smell of incense here, only a faint scent of sandalwood wafting from the main hall.
It seems that it is a tribute incense lit in the incense burner where the Buddha statue is enshrined.
We looked and walked into the main hall.
"Well, walking into this, I feel irritable and seem to be a lot more relaxed, worthy of the pure land of Buddhism!" Du Deming smiled, and the expression on his face seemed very relaxed.
"No, you don't look at who's looking for it." Zhang Qiang immediately raised his head proudly.
Ignoring Zhang Qiang's words, I looked around with some suspicion: "Qiangzi, didn't you say that this is a temple for Internet celebrities to check in?" It stands to reason that there should be a lot of tourists, huh? But...... We've all been in for a long time, why haven't we seen anyone? ”
"Qiangzi, you can't get this ranking!" Du Deming glanced at Zhang Qiang teasingly and said.
I looked up at the arhats and bodhisattvas with different expressions on both sides, and the Buddha statue sitting in front of me, but for some reason, I had a strange feeling in my heart.
"How do I know, here, it's the first time I've been here!" Zhang Qiang scratched his head, looked left and right, and looked puzzled: "Could it be that I was pitted?" ”
Suddenly, with sharp eyes, he saw that the curtain on the left hand side facing the Buddha statue had been opened.
"Hey, you say, will people be there?"
So saying, he walked over.
However, at this moment, a hand suddenly reached out from the other end of the curtain.
"What's the matter!!" Zhang Qiang was startled, his eyes widened, and he hurriedly ran back to the three of us.
"Don't shout."
When I saw that the person who came was a plainly dressed monk, I hurriedly reached out and smashed Zhang Qiang's ribs.
The monk seemed surprised to see someone come in.
"You are ......"
"Oh...... I haven't introduced myself yet, hello little master, we are here to visit, and we have recently ......" I smiled, then turned my head and glanced at the three people behind me: "Recently, a few of us have encountered some strange things, and we want to come to your temple to seek a solution, I don't know if they can help us with this." ”
The little monk was slightly stunned, and didn't seem to have reacted to what was going on.
"Hey, call your most famous master here, we have something to look for him!" Zhang Qiang saw that he was stunned, and hurriedly said.
"You talk a lot!" Zhao Qiqi immediately glared at him.
"I'm sorry, my brother has a bit of a brain problem." I smiled apologetically at the little monk.
"Hey, I'm ......" Zhang Qiang wanted to say something, but Du Deming covered his mouth all of a sudden.
"It's okay, it's okay. But the abbot of our house said that he would not see anyone today. The little monk looked at us politely: "So, please go back!" ”
"Don't see anyone? Why? When Zhang Qiang heard this, he immediately took Du Deming's hand away and asked.
"That's right, we made a special trip here today, please let the little master talk about it again, let's see the master."
The little monk listened, but waved his hand: "If the master says no, he won't see, so let's go back!" ”
After that, he stopped talking to us and turned away.
"I'll go! This is leaving? I climbed such a high mountain!! Zhang Qiang shouted dissatisfiedly in the direction where the little monk left.
"Hey, forget it, since people won't see us, it's not easy for us to force it." I sighed and persuaded.
"However, listening to the words of the little monk, the abbot already expected that we would come, how did he know?" Du Deming asked suspiciously.
"Don't think about it yet, let's go down the mountain first!" Zhao Qiqi interrupted the words of several of us, turned his head to look around, and said.
"Yes, since he won't see us, there's no point in staying here." I nodded, "Let's go!" Let's go down the mountain first. ”
With that, a few of us turned around and walked out of the main hall.
As soon as I walked out a few meters, I saw an old monk with a gray beard standing under the plaque of Guyin Temple.
At this time, he was holding a broom and sweeping the fallen leaves on the ground one by one.
"Huh? When will there be more people here? I paused, turned my head and whispered to the others.
"I don't know." Du Deming shook his head.
"Yes! We were in there just now, and we didn't hear any movement, when did he come over? Zhang Qiang was also blindfolded.
"Forget it, don't make trouble, let's go quickly!" I thought about it for a moment and said to the others.
"Okay, let's go!" Zhang Qiang nodded.
However, just as a few of us were about to bypass the sweeping old monk and leave, he threw the broom horizontally, as if unintentionally blocking our way.
I looked up at the old monk with a smile: "This master, you ......"
Just wanted to say something, but the old monk looked at us lightly with those clear eyes.
"Donor, be careful, don't step on ants."
A few of us were stunned for a moment, and immediately looked down at the ground.
Right at my feet, there was actually a group of ants heading in a line to the right.
"Hey, I thought it was, wasn't it just ants...... It's okay to step on it. Zhang Qiang looked at it and muttered.
"Hadron, don't talk nonsense."
Knowing that the monks were compassionate, I quickly glared at Zhang Qiang.
Turning his head to look at the old monk: "I'm sorry, we were careless." ”
Nodding apologetically to him, I finished and prepared to walk outside.
"Wait." The old monk suddenly stopped us.
"Anything else?" I turned and looked at him suspiciously.
The old monk stared at us silently and did not speak for a long time, and just when we thought he was not going to speak again, he finally spoke again.
"Don't underestimate ants, people have a world of people, ants also have a world of ants, in the eyes of ants, everything they create is great, just like human beings look at their own civilization. One flower, one world, one leaf, one Bodhi, be kind to those who are weaker than us, otherwise, one day, we will be defeated by something weaker than ourselves. As he finished saying this, the group of ants on the ground happened to have walked over.
He ...... What the hell are you talking about? Why can't I understand? Zhang Qiang knocked his head in pain and asked.
My eyes lit up, and my expression became serious.
stepped forward and gave him a solemn salute.
"Excuse me, master, what do you want to tell us?"
The old monk looked at us for a long time, and finally sighed, he turned his back and didn't look at us, but continued to sweep the fallen leaves.
"The road ahead is not easy to walk, you better take the trail behind the mountain! The bell must be tied to the bell, and all the cause and effect, only when you are on the right path, can you understand the reason. ”
After speaking, he took out a few yellow talismans from his arms and put them on the ground.
"Your stuff is gone."
After he said such a sentence lightly, he turned around and walked into the main hall.
Looking at the disappeared back of the old monk, several of us looked at each other in confusion, not understanding what this meant.