Chapter 87: The Tanuki Playing Tricks

Once upon a time, there was a man who liked to play with guns and sticks, practiced a good martial arts, and was bold and righteous, and everyone called him a good man. On this day, the hero went to a distant friend's house as a guest, and the friend was also a person who practiced martial arts, and the two met to learn first, and after a hundred rounds, they did not know whether they won or lost, and when they were tired, they sat down to rest, and when they drank tea, their friend told him about the strange things that happened on the nearby mountains.

Friends said that there is a tanuki on the mountain Daxian is particularly fond of playing tricks on people, it will turn into a human form, deceive the villagers' property, for example, a villager near here has fallen on it, the villager sold firewood back, passing through the foot of the mountain, saw his wife walking in front, the villager caught up with his wife, asked what he was doing. The wife said that she went to the market, but she forgot to bring the money and went home to get the money. The villagers naturally gave the money from selling firewood to their wives, and the wives took the money and went back, and the villagers continued to walk home, and when they got home, they saw their wives sitting on the kang and taking the soles of their shoes、、、、、、 just like that, the villagers were tricked by the raccoon cats and were defrauded of money.

When he heard this, he was angry, jumped up, and said angrily: "There are such harmful things in the world, is it easy for villagers to earn some money!" With that, he picked up his sword and ran up the hill to slay the spirit. His friend hurriedly stopped him, saying that he couldn't go, that thing came and went without a trace, it was a good person, don't let it kill him. The hero looked at his friend and said, "Hmph! How can a person who practices martial arts be so cowardly, if this martial arts cannot eliminate harm for the people, what use do you want it! The friend stepped aside and said, "Brother Ren be careful, do your own thing, and the younger brother is waiting for you to return victoriously at home."

The good man carried a knife and quickly ran to the mountain, and he shouted into the dense forest: "Where is the monster!" Come out and eat your grandfather's knife! There was silence in the forest, and without any response, the good man walked about the mountain path, thinking that he might be able to see the spirit. He walked and walked, and he had been gone for half an hour, and he had not seen a single ghost, so he couldn't help but feel anxious, and he speculated that maybe his friend had just heard a rumor. Just as he was about to go back, a little woman came across from him, and the man stood and stared at her, only to see that the woman was walking forward with small steps, dressed in a golden bun full of gold ornaments, and dressed in silk and satin. The heroes pondered, in this remote mountain forest, even if there are women walking around, they are all collecting medicine and doing farm work, such a beautifully dressed woman is a girl from a rich family at a glance, how can they come here with pampering? Could it be the cunning tanuki? The woman also saw the hero, and smiled at the hero, the hero became alert, clenched the Pu knife in his hand, and he remained silent, waiting for the woman to approach.

The beautiful woman did not know the danger that was coming, and walked closer and closer, and when she was a few steps away, the hero suddenly waved the sharp knife in his hand and slashed at the woman's waist, and the woman was immediately cut in two, and her life was whimpered.

The hero looked at the woman lying in a pool of blood, waiting for her to show her original form, but after a long time, the woman was still two corpses, and the blood was almost gone. The hero couldn't help but panic, could it be that he was wrong in his judgment? Is this actually a normal woman? The hero was dumbfounded, he stared blankly at the dead body, and stepped back step by step. At that moment, he saw three maids rushing towards him.

"Miss! Miss! ”

The three maids knelt in front of the corpse and cried out to the sky and the ground, crying into tears.

The man was so scared that he couldn't move, oh my God! Killed! I killed someone! His mind went blank and the world spun around.

"It's him! It's her! "A maid saw the bloody knife in the hero's hand, pointed at the hero and shouted." I'm going to call the master! She got up and ran. But before she could run a few steps, a murmur of horses' hooves came, and soon came to her. At the front was the well-dressed man on a white horse, followed by dozens of retinues on black horses.

"What's going on?" The old man asked the maid.

The maid cried and cried, pointing to the corpse of the young lady on the ground.

The old man looked down and was shocked, and saw the man with the knife again, and his eagle-like eyes seemed to grasp the soul of the hero.

At this time, the hero's hands and feet trembled, and he knelt down with a "plop" and said: "I killed the good man by mistake, I should pay for my life, please kill me immediately!" After speaking, he closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and looked like he was going to die.

The old man said angrily: "Manslaughter? Nonsense! Why do good people kill? Say! Who sent you? Isn't it Master Li of the Li Mansion? I have a long-standing grudge with him, and he must have taken revenge by taking my daughter out to hunt today, sending you a killer and killing my family. ”

The hero opened his eyes, said no, and told the old man the original reason. When the old man heard this, he stroked his beard and said, "No matter what your reason, killing will pay for your life, I will kill you immediately, to tell the truth, you really can't afford to pay for this cheap life." After speaking, he took out the straddle knife at his waist and slashed at the hero's head, wanting to split this stupid head in half.

Just when the blade was a few millimeters from his hair, a distant call made the old man tighten his hand.

"Slow~ and slow!" It was the voice of an old man.

Everyone followed the prestige, only to see an old monk walking and running, gradually approaching.

The old monk finally ran to him, panting, and said: "Leave someone under the knife, don't kill him, although this person is reckless, but he has a great heart, it is better to let him go, let him take refuge in Buddhism, chant scriptures every day, and spend time on Miss." ”

The old man sighed and said, "Master Suri is good friends with me, so I will follow Master, alas! Maybe I did too much evil, and my daughter blocked a knife for me, which is also providential. ”

In order to express his determination to convert to Buddhism, he picked up a knife and cut off his hair.

"Not bad! Not bad! The old monk nodded again and again, and said, "Now I want to recite a sutra for the young lady, so that she can walk steadily on the road." Just follow my example. ”

The good man followed the example of the master, sat cross-legged on the ground, folded his hands reverently, and closed his eyes、、、、、、

After a while, the hero felt someone push him, he opened his eyes in a panic, and saw a villager carrying a hoe, and the villager asked him curiously, "What are you doing here?" ”

The good man looked at the villagers blankly, and then looked around, the surroundings were empty, where were there any young ladies, where were there old men, where were there monks, only the hair cut off by himself on the ground、、、、、、

The man blushed and went down the mountain, embarrassed to go back to his friend, and walked along the way home. When he got home, he wrote a letter to his friend, telling him about being teased by a tanuki and saying that he would take revenge when his hair grew long.

Half a year later, the hero visited this strange mountain again, and during this half a year, he did not dare to go out, and every day he hoped that his hair would grow soon, and he was furious when he looked in the mirror. Now he walked on the mountain road, hoping that the spirit would come out soon, he had already planned, this time he would pierce its heart, and if he pierced its heart, he would not believe that it would not die.

"Your grandfather, I'm here again!" He shouted into the depths of the forest. But like last time, there was no response.

The good man wandered around in the dense forest for a day, and had already reached the depths of the dense forest, and he was now walking on a path with branches and leaves, carefully avoiding the thorns on the ground, and it was getting late, and the color of the setting sun was like a pickled duck egg yolk, shining through the dense forest, and the good man's stomach was also gurgling, and he was dejected and planned to go back. He returned the way he came, and after searching for a long time but did not find the avenue, he found that he was lost. The mist of the mountains and forests rising in the twilight became gloomy, and the hero couldn't help but be afraid, but he felt that "fear" was a shameful thing for those who practiced martial arts, so he pretended to be calm on the surface.

"There should be a temple on this mountain, right? Find a temple to spend the night and go down tomorrow. He muttered to himself.

He anxiously continued to walk among the trees, until a stream appeared, no longer full of green leaves, and he breathed a sigh of relief and hope in his heart. The stream was paved with a few large flat stones, and the good man stepped on the stones to cross the stream. After walking half a mile, he saw a temple, and the hero pushed the door and walked in.

The small temple is very dilapidated, the yard is full of weeds, and it seems that no one has taken care of it for a long time. The good man walked into the main hall and saw a golden Buddha with a blackened surface enshrined on the altar. This golden Buddha is strange and has only one eye. The hero stared at the Buddha statue, his heart straightened, and he turned his eyes away from looking. Because the main hall was very wide, he found that there were two monks on the left side of the main hall, an old and a young, who were playing chess. The good man walked up and asked the old monk if he could let him stay, or show him the way home. He stood beside them, but they didn't even look at him, as if they didn't know that someone was coming, and still bowed their heads and played chess. The hero stared at the chessboard, but he didn't know how to play chess, so he felt bored, so he looked at people's faces, this glance made him subconsciously take a few steps back, this old and young monk only had one eye! He looked around againβ€”the Arhats, the Celestial Maidens, the Cranes, the Qilin、、、、、、 all of them all had only one eye.

The hero became more and more frightened, and he asked the old monk, "What kind of place is this?" ”

The monk raised his only eye and said, "This is 'One-Eyed Mountain, Ichimoku Temple'." No one dares to come here, what is this strong man doing here? ”

"I'm just lost, I'm here to find the tanuki, I'm here for revenge, it's playing tricks on me. Have you ever seen a tanuki? Do you know where it is? The good man said.

As soon as the hero's words fell, he only heard the deafening cries around him coming in waves, and the hero was startled, and hurriedly looked around, only to see that all the things in the hall with one eye, including the golden Buddha, opened their big black mouths and cried loudly, and the cry was grief-stricken, as if he had experienced some painful setback.

The old monk stood up and said, "Why is the donor so stubborn and holding on? Don't pursue it anymore, turn a blind eye and forget it, go against the fairies, you are not an opponent, beware of becoming like us. ”

The good man was dumbfounded and said, "Don't you 、、、、、、 too?"

The old monk nodded.

The good man sneered: "Hmph, can't the dignified Buddha cure a little spirit?" What kind of Buddha is this? You are a bunch of liars who cheated the people out of sesame oil money. One by one, they have fat heads and big ears, sit back and enjoy their success, deceive the world and steal their reputation! ”

The old monk sighed and bowed his head in shame.

The hero left angrily, walked to the door, and saw a sedan chair.

"Strong man, please take a sedan chair home, you can't get out by yourself. Remember, don't come looking for the fairy again, or you'll lose an eye. The old monk stood at the door and said.

"Thank you, thank you." The hero thanked him and turned to walk towards the sedan chair.

"Please be proud."

A palanquin man lifted the curtain for the man and invited him in. The hero nodded, he glanced at the sedan chair man inadvertently, and gasped, this sedan chair man only had one eye, and he looked at the other one, there were four sedan chair men, and those three also only had one eye. At first glance, it was quite frightening, and the hero got into the sedan chair tremblingly.

"Hero, please close your eyes, don't open them!"

The sedan chair man who opened the curtain for the hero solemnly instructed.

The hero said yes, closed his eyes, and waited for departure.

Maybe because the road is flat, maybe because the sedan chair doesn't move at all, the hero sits in the sedan chair and doesn't feel any fluctuations. The hero is very curious, what will happen when he opens his eyes? He wanted to open his eyes and take a look, but he thought of the gentleman's words, the horse is difficult to chase, so forget it, honestly close it. However, he could always hear the whirring wind in his ears, and gradually, the wind became louder and louder, and the palanquin seemed to rise to the sky and fly in the air. The man was so curious that gradually, he quietly raised his eyelids and wanted to open his eyes slit, but before he could separate his eyelashes, the palanquin drivers seemed to have discovered his actions, and sternly admonished, "Never open your eyes!" "You said it! Don't open your eyes! ”

The hero was ashamed and closed it tightly again.

After a while, the sedan chair drivers shouted to him to get off the sedan chair, and the hero hurried out, opened his eyes and looked around, isn't this his own door! He looked back and wanted to thank the sedan chair drivers, but when he turned around, where was the shadow of the sedan chair drivers? The sedan chair driver has disappeared cleanly. The hero sighed and thought, it seems that these monks have some skills, and they can't deal with that spirit, let alone me, a mortal? Since then, he has not gone up the mountain again.

The hero once talked to his friend about the "one-eyed temple", the friend was puzzled, he lived here for forty years, and never heard of such a strange temple, it seems that this hero friend met the tanuki fairy again. However, he didn't say it, if he did, I'm afraid this good man friend would not be calm again.