54. I am really a simple monk
"I don't know the specifics, I've only seen some of them, and I've heard some of them from the nearby Irpo."
"But I'm not an Ilpo, and I can't guarantee whether their words are accurate or not."
"Oh, yes, in your eyes, we're all red-haired and red-eyed, and we're all from beyond the ocean. But actually, there is a big difference between us. We all live on a group of islands, but we have more than a dozen nationalities and more than a hundred countries. Beliefs, cultures, folk customs, etc., are different, and sometimes there are more than a dozen countries on a small island, and there are several languages. ”
"It's very complicated, and even we can't fully figure it out by ourselves."
Bayantu first introduced the situation on his side, gave Tan Moyou a preventive shot, and then talked about the affairs in Peony County.
"Something was wrong in the county, at the beginning, in a village. The village was infected with some terrible disease, and half of the people died one after another. ”
"But fortunately, it was suppressed, and the rest of the people buried half of the people who unfortunately died of illness."
"After the burial, according to local customs, a person closest to the blood should be inserted in front of the tomb and a scarecrow woven by his own hands."
Gradually, some people noticed that hair grew on the heads of those scarecrows woven from withered grass. It's human hair, and it dances in the wind. ”
"After that, the faces of the scarecrows slowly became those who died, and day by day, they became more and more lifelike, as if they were real people."
"At first, the villagers were undoubtedly terrified. But as the news spread that the dead were about to be resurrected, the panic in the village was completely suppressed, and the villagers were waiting for their dead relatives to return. ”
When Bayantu said this, he suddenly stopped.
"And then?" Bai Guzi asked.
"I don't know, I've heard that."
Bai Guzi nodded, clasped his hands together, and said, "It's the poor monk who is impatient, please continue." ”
Bayantu nodded and continued: "Then there are the descendants of a noble lord in the county town, who suffered an accident and unfortunately passed away, leaving only a mother and son to rely on each other. However, the strange thing is that in the past, I only saw the old mother come out, but not her son. ”
"Her son has several friends and has gone to his son many times, but he has never seen anyone."
"It wasn't until later that friends with two of her sons went in at night and were found dead in the river outside the county the next day. Not killed by someone, but by drinking too much wine and then falling into the river and drowning. They were said to have been seen drinking with several people. ”
"And from this day on, the atmosphere in this county town is very strange. I can't tell you how strange it is, but a few great monks went to see it and knew it. ”
The old god Bayantu said.
Bai Guzi smiled, looked at Bayantu, and nodded again and again.
Tan Momu's face was blank, but in his eyes, there was a strange color, and he couldn't help but shake his head slightly.
"How many great monks stay for a meal?" Bayantu asked again.
"No, the poor monks are accompanying their younger brothers to see his eldest brother, and they can't ask people to wait for a long time." Bai Guzi politely refused, and then took Bai Guzi out with them.
After walking a few steps, the mirror void, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke: "If it is not my race, its heart will be different." Second Senior Brother, you have to pay attention, with my fists and feet, I can guard against the sword, but I can't prevent the ghosts from stinging people's hearts. ”
Bai Guzi sighed lowly, "Senior brother, in your eyes, am I so unreliable?" ”
The mirror void doesn't speak, he is a taciturn character, but the eyes in which he looks at the white bones are clearly - isn't it?
Bai Guzi pointed at Tan Mo and said, "Most of the little junior brothers have already seen it, even the little junior brother can see it, but I can't see it?" ”
"Little junior brother sees it?" The precepts asked.
Tan Mo nodded, and then said: "Bayantu lied, I don't know if it's true or not, but there is no doubt that most of what he said later is false." He said that he was not proficient in the language and culture of our place, and he called us big monks, little monks, but in fact...... It's all just him pretending. ”
"Exactly." Bai Guzi nodded and said, "What he said later, the idiom is too familiar, not at all like a newcomer, it is obvious that he has been here for a long time." In addition, the fish and dragons in Peony County are mixed, whether they want to find treasures or buy scriptures or books is probably just an excuse. ”
"And what about their real goals?" The precepts asked.
"I don't know. But most of them didn't dare to beat our idea. Bai Guzi smiled, "Because when mentioning Senior Brother, Bayantu's tone has changed very significantly, and obviously Senior Brother's fame can suppress him." ”
Jie Bodhi couldn't help sighing, he looked at the white bones, then looked at the void of glasses, and finally looked at Tan Mo, and said: "I found that I am really a simple monk, who only knows how to chant scriptures and chant Buddha. ”
The corners of Bai Guzi's eyes twitched, and he said: "Human affection is the article." ”
The Mirror Void continued: "Insight into the world is learning. ”
Tan Momu blushed, folded his hands, and said lightly: "Senior Brother Jiebodhi, it's you who are in love." ”
Precept Bodhi: "......"
After this stubble, the four of them walked and led the way with the precept Bodhi, and soon found the door of his eldest brother's mansion. There were two lanterns hanging from the doorway, nothing more than white lanterns, and even covered with cobwebs.
Two gates, one open and one hidden.
The doorknob was covered in dust.
Looking at it this way, no one has opened this door for a month.
"There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south." Bodhi couldn't help but chant the Buddha's name, with a slight sadness in his eyes. Even if his eldest brother completely abandoned brotherhood for the position of the head of the family, it was only his eldest brother, not him, and he still cared about brotherhood very much.
Although it is not clear what is happening, looking at this scene, Tan Mo and the others already have a number in their hearts.
"There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south."
Talking about the three of them, they followed one by one to declare the Buddha's number. Then Bai Guzi took half a step forward, patted the shoulder of the precept Bodhi, and comforted: "Senior brother, the festival mourns and changes." ”
"In troubled times, wealth is like floating clouds, and the eldest brother was too persistent during his lifetime, and he was blinded and couldn't see his true self. This is what he has entered the devil's path, and he has brought it upon himself. If he wants to be an anti-king, he may have a few years to be rich. It's just that the scholars rebelled, and it didn't work out for ten years. Don't mention it, don't mention it. The precept Bodhi was a little out of shape, and he muttered in his mouth, and the person walked in.
Tan Mo and the others followed in, and then they heard a movement coming from the backyard, so they walked over, and then saw a woman.
Looking at her face, she is not very old, about thirty, but she has white hair and dull eyes, as if she is in the twilight.
"Sister-in-law." Jiebodhi was the first to speak, his emotions were slightly excited, and he asked in a hurried tone, "Where did the eldest brother go?" How did this house become like this? ”