Chapter 1: Worship God

It is rumored that the murder king Huang Chao had been stationed here for three days, the big locust tree at the entrance of the village is the place where Huang Chao tied the horse, this village was called Huangwang Village a few decades ago, after the Mongols unified the world, all the place names of the world with the king and the emperor were forcibly changed, and since then Huangwang Village has been called Huaishu Village.

There has always been a legend about Huangchao in the village, saying that in ancient times, there was a son named "Mulian". He is a good Buddha and a kind person. is very filial to his mother, but the mother of Mulian, as a mother, was born with a violent surname and likes and dislikes.

Once, the mother of Mulian suddenly came up with a bad idea on a whim: the monk recites the Buddha and eats vegetarian. I'm going to make a fool of them and get sick and eat dog meat. She ordered to make 360 dog meat steamed buns, saying that they were vegetarian steamed buns, and that she was going to the monastery to give fast. When Muren learned about this, he persuaded his mother not to listen, and hurriedly called someone to inform the abbot of the temple. The abbot prepared 360 vegetarian steamed buns. Hidden in the sleeve of each monk's robe. The mother of Mulian came to fasting and gave each monk a dog meat steamed bun. When the monk chanted the Buddha before the meal, he used the vegetarian steamed bun in his sleeve to change the dog meat steamed bun and then ate it. Seeing that the monks had eaten her steamed buns one by one, Mulian's mother clapped her hands and laughed and said, "Today, the monk is dizzy!" The monk eats dog meat steamed buns! The abbot clasped his hands together and chanted aloud: "Amitabha, sin, sin!" Afterwards, 360 dog meat steamed buns were buried in soil at the back of the temple.

When the Heavenly Jade Emperor found out about this, he was very angry. Knock the Mother of Mulian into the eighteenth layer of hell and turn her into a vicious dog, and she will never be able to be reborn.

Muren is a dutiful son, and he learns that his mother has gone to hell. He practiced all night to save his mother and open the gates of hell. The Mother of Muren and all the demons escaped from hell and were reborn in the mortal world. The Jade Emperor was furious, and he ordered Mu Lian to devote himself to the Yellow Nest. The demons who escaped were recalled to hell one by one, and later "Huangchao killed eight million", the legend is to collect these demons who escaped from hell.

To this day, there is still a proverb in the folk that Huangchao kills eight million people and is in a catastrophe.

Let's say that there is a family surnamed Lin in this village, the owner is called Lin Qiliu, he is honest and honest, and the village calls him Lin Laoshi, but no one calls this big name after a long time. Lin Laoshi's ancestors were abjectly poor for eight generations, and it was even more unbearable in his generation, so he relied on a few acres of thin fields from the landlord Zhao Decai's family, who knew that he married a good daughter-in-law who was envied by ten miles and eight villages, not to mention that the female red knitting was strong, and could read and break words, his daughter-in-law Li was originally a scholarly family, or a minor official in the previous dynasty, after the Mongols seized the world, the ancestors of the Li family hated the Mongols, leaving the ancestors of the ancestors for generations not allowed to be Tartar officials, and the family gradually declined for decades.

In Li's generation, the Li family is no different from ordinary people, Mr. Li has no sons, only three girls, the eldest daughter and the second daughter are married, leaving the third child originally planned to recruit a son-in-law, and he fell in love with Lin Laoshi, and things were all discussed.

As soon as the old man Li died, the eldest daughter and the second daughter came back to fight for his poor family property, so they drove their sister out, and the third child already had a marriage contract with Lin Laoshi, so he returned to Huaishu Village with him, and followed him to endure hardship. Lin is a person who loves his daughter-in-law, and after a long time, Li empathizes with him, and he also feels that there is nothing wrong with it, and the two of them live a down-to-earth life, although they are poor, they are also safe and happy. It's just a little bad, it's been ten years since I've been married, and the Li family hasn't been pregnant with a man and a girl.

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Although Lin Laoshi didn't say it in his mouth, he said that he was sad and sad, as the saying goes, there are three filial pieties, and no queen is great, and the Li family is also very anxious, but whenever he has free time, he goes to seek medical advice, and the family has a little money to buy home remedies, and there is no money left, but there is still no movement in the stomach, and he has no choice but to ask God to ask the Buddha.

Later, Lin Laoshi had already accepted his fate, but the Li family was still unwilling, and he had no choice but to lose his stomach, and the day passed like this.

This time, Lin Laoshi went to the neighboring village to help, helping the idle is actually his own work is done, helping the family who lacks labor to collect the land, the work is not in vain, he can always earn a few small dollars every day, but he doesn't care about the food, this is not to blame the villagers for not taking care of them, they are all poor families, and everyone is a careful budget.

Li began to work early in the morning, first made breakfast for Lin Laoshi, after eating and left, cleaned up the house, and made lunch to send to him, the neighboring village is not close, back and forth more than ten miles, ready to cook, Li packed it in a basket, brought two cans of water, and walked slowly towards the neighboring village alone.

The road is a mountain road, a sheep intestine trail, Li back and forth do not know how many times, it stands to reason that he should not have been lost, but this day began to be gloomy from the morning, almost noon when it rained for miles, Li was afraid of the rain and poured the food and could not eat, so he turned towards the mountain, hoping to find a mountain to avoid the rain.

The mountain that Li Shi drilled is not tall, the height of 100 zhang or so, the terrain is also gentle, compared with the Xiongshan mountain next to the 1,000 zhang high, it is not so much a mountain, it is more appropriate to say a small earthen bag, it is strange to say, although this mountain is small, but it is very different. The mountain next to him is majestic, but it does not block the sunlight, there is a small river meandering under the mountain, the sunshine, the water is not lacking, the whole mountain is gloomy, the trees are low, that is, the weeds are shorter than the rest of the place, what is more strange is that the Yin surname herbs on this mountain are growing extremely luxuriant, the medicine surname is also strong, and the mountain next to them, as if they are two different worlds, so it is called the Liangjie Mountain, the villagers call this hill Xiaoyin Mountain, and the one next to it is called Dayang Mountain.

The trees on Xiaoyin Mountain are low, the rain is gradually getting heavier, the autumn cold is already pressing, pouring the Li family lost his soul, with his body to protect the bamboo basket, looking around, I don't know where I went in a hurry, I saw a dilapidated small temple in front, this temple does not know how many people have experienced the wind and rain of the world, the broken one has long been gone, even a plaque can not be seen, the temple looks really dilapidated between the forest and the serval, the roof tiles of the temple are broken, there is not even a courtyard, the red paint of the two wooden doors has long peeled off, and the door is half covered.

The dark clouds in the sky are stacked, not transparent to the slightest bit of light, the daylight is like the night, the rain is also rapid, this temple is really a little gloomy, Li was still hesitant to go in, just listen to the "creaky ......" a gust of wind swept by, the temple door opened, Li was startled, calmed down, just a thunderbolt flashed, rumbling thunder, he looked towards the Buddha hall by a short light, there was no one in the dark hall, only a statue of a god smiling and staring in the wind and thunder.

This is a bluestone statue, I don't know who the god is, it doesn't look very old, in his twenties, wearing a colorful Xia clothes, wearing a king's crown, carrying a long sword, his face is white and beardless, smiling slightly, there are two blue-faced ghost slaves on both sides of the body to serve, lifelike, Rao is Li has been studying since he was a child, and he doesn't know who this statue is, and the two ghost slaves in the thunder and lightning are even more hideous.

Li has been begging for a son all these years, and there is almost no worship to see the gods, and this will think that he can take shelter from the rain here, which is also fate, and he knelt down respectfully at the moment, and recited the words in his mouth: "The gods are above, bless the little woman to get a son and a half daughter, and fulfill her wish, and set the current to restore, the little woman's poor family does not dare to say that the golden body is recalled, but every New Year's Festival tribute incense and candles never dare to be missing, but ask God to bless ......"

After worshipping the gods, Li took out the food in the bamboo basket, put his share at the foot of the statue, took out a jar of water and put it down respectfully, and retreated to the corner, muttering to himself in his heart, this meager tribute does not know that the gods are not satisfied?

Li leaned against the corner, and as soon as he quieted down, he felt even more cold, and he only had this shirt on his body, which had long been wet, sticky to his body, and could only be dried slowly with his body temperature. At this time, a gust of wind blew, the temple door was wide open, a dwarf tree outside was struck by lightning, the fire was ignited, and the burning was booming, Li was startled, by the firelight, looked around the small temple, and saw that there were countless evil ghosts painted on the walls around him, with different forms and extremely hideous.

In the firelight, these evil spirits came to life, some with sharp beaks and fangs, some naked[***], some laughed furiously, and some ate people and sucked the marrow...... There are all kinds of things. Although the murals are old, I don't know what kind of pigment they are used to paint, in addition to covering a layer of dust, the colors are still very bright, and there is that layer of dust, which increases the hazy state, as if a hundred ghosts gathered, rushed out of hell, and descended on the world.

Li Shi was frightened and screamed, and hurriedly rushed out of the small temple, it is strange to say, just now it was still stormy, she came out of the sky and the dark clouds rolled, and she began to slowly clear up, this will Li Shi also knew that he worshiped the evil god, and he was shocked and frightened in his heart, and walked away quickly with a bamboo basket, and it was smooth along the way, and he found Lin Laoshi and brought out the food, but he was still a little uneasy.

Lin Laoshi didn't see anything abnormal in his wife, he took Li home after finishing his work, the two chattered about homely things, Li didn't remember to worship God, Lin Laoshi will go to help tomorrow, Li made dinner, and waited for Lin Laoshi to sleep, she originally wanted to wash two clothes, but she felt poor spirits, her body was heavy, and she was a little drowsy, so she lay down, in a daze, suddenly someone knocked on the door outside the door, and a thin and cold voice screamed: "Li, Li...... Open the door! ……”

Li wondered, who is knocking on the door this big night, could it be that something happened in the neighborhood and asked my family for help? She turned her head to look at her husband, but saw that he was sleeping soundly, snoring loudly, and banging on the door in a hurry, so she hurriedly got up and went out to open the door, and when she opened the door and looked out, she saw a blue-faced imp grinning at him outside the door.

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