Chapter VII The Copper Coin 7
As soon as I heard this, I became even more convinced, isn't this monk just hinting to me that he has real skills?
Then, without waiting for him to ask again, I told me about what I had encountered in the past two days.
Lao He didn't have any surprised looks, and kept drinking tea with a teapot. After listening to me, he nodded slightly: "This matter is easy to do." I will write you a six-character mantra, that is, when the Buddha came to the great day to suppress and defeat the Buddha's 'Om, Ma, Na, Horn, Mi, Hu', come and come, you take it, and the gods and ghosts must retreat. What copper coins, ingots, no medicine to heal themselves. "
Then, he took out a paper bag from under the bed, in which was a bald pen and a bottle of ink, and then tore off a piece of the paper bag, and picked up the pen to write.
I secretly thought in my heart that a superior person is a superior person, and he acts so uninhibitedly
After the six-character mantra was written, I took it in my hand, and I didn't know how to thank it. The monk actually stretched out his hand to me.
I was a little surprised: "Master, what are you doing?" "
The monk said confidently: "Give money." Six words, ten dollars per word. "
My face was pulled down in one fell swoop, isn't that a lie?
The abbot saw that my face was full of displeasure, and he did it again on the rattan chair, holding a teapot in one hand, looking at the beam of the room with both eyes, and said slowly: "When Tang Seng learned scriptures from the West, at the foot of Lingshan, the two Venerables Ah Tan and Jia Ye still asked Tang Seng for personnel, not to mention me here. Little brother, the scriptures are not passed on in vain, and the truth is not given indiscriminately. With that, he jerked the piece of paper back from my hand.
I secretly thought in my heart: "Interesting, this place is called the Great Holy Temple, are all the rules really according to Journey to the West?" Probably people who have the ability have a strange temper, in order to save their lives, give money. "
The abbot took me sixty dollars, put it in his arms, and then asked me, "Do you have any other difficult questions?" Whether it's marriage, career, enmity or enmity, you can talk to me about it. "
I hesitated for a moment and said, "Master, I just thought, no matter how powerful this talisman is, I can't carry it with me all day long, what if one day, I take a shower, or change clothes, and accidentally forget this talisman, what if those little ghosts look for me again?" "
The abbot glared and asked, "What do you want to do?" "
I was a little embarrassed and said, "Can you please go for yourself?" Kill those little ghosts, so that I can rest assured? "
The abbot's face was displeased: "I have been cultivating here for many years, and I have never stepped into the red dust." "
I thought about it for a while, and escaped with the remaining two hundred yuan in my pocket: "You take this, it is regarded as the incense I donated to the temple." "
The abbot sighed: "Sure enough, he is a destined person who is dedicated to the Buddha." If the Buddha does not cross people, what is the use of passing on the scriptures? Well, I'll go with you. "
I was overjoyed and thanked again and again.
By this time, the pilgrims in the temple had already left.
The abbot locked the temple door, and Youzai Youzai took me out.
I saw that he was calm and relaxed, and couldn't help but ask, "Master, don't you think this river stinks?" I don't think you're reacting. "
The abbot said lightly: "Get used to it." "
When I came out of the Great Holy Temple, it was already afternoon. The two of us had a quick meal and headed to the city. By the time we got to the street where the ghost market appeared last night, it was already a little dark.
I pointed to the secluded path and said, "Master, this is it." "
The abbot nodded, stood in the middle of the road, his eyes widened, glared a few times, then nodded, and said to me: "I opened the eyes of heaven just now, and I saw that there are indeed many ghosts here. "
I was a little scared, took two steps back, and stared at the big lush trees: "What should I do then?" "
The abbot closed his eyes slightly, and his mouth began to mumble a series of syllables like chanting.
After a long time, he finally stopped and said to me, "It's all wrong, a passing spell, and all those little ghosts have been reincarnated." There will be no more harm to the world. "
I was dumbfounded: "It's that simple? "
The abbot nodded: "It's just some little ghosts, raise your hand and run away." "
As the two of us talked, the street lights came on. At this moment, I suddenly saw that the beautiful woman from last night appeared, just under the street lamp not far in front, slim and elegant, looking forward to life, as if she was waiting for someone. And, I could see clearly, she still had no shadow.
I was suddenly scared into a cold sweat, but when I turned my head to see the abbot beside me, my heart was much more settled. I secretly pointed to the beautiful woman and said to the abbot: "Master, there is another ghost over there, that beautiful woman, do you see it?" "
The abbot looked at the beauty and looked at me suspiciously: "Is it a ghost?" "
I stared at the beautiful woman and whispered, "Yes, Master, you see, she has no shadow." "
The abbot rubbed his eyes and suddenly exclaimed, "Mom, there is really no shadow." Let's hurry up, there's a ghost. "
I hurriedly grabbed the abbot who turned around to leave: "Don't go, aren't we here to catch ghosts?" "
The abbot didn't care about this, he broke me free and strode back, and the previous calmness and relaxation became of course gone.
I didn't give up, and kept tugging at his robe. Finally, the abbot stomped his feet and said to me, "Xu You, let me tell you the truth." I don't know spells, and I'm not really a monk. The last abbot of the temple was my cousin, who passed the temple to me and wanted me to eat. "
As soon as I heard this, my heart suddenly cooled: "You don't know how to catch ghosts?" "
The abbot nodded sincerely: "It really won't." "
I shook my head: "You lie to me, you will definitely be, the Great Holy Temple is just you, who else but you?" "
The abbot sighed: "I really don't lie to you, young man, I see that you are also quite educated, why are you so superstitious?" "
My mind was already dazed, and I muttered, "You don't know how to catch ghosts? You don't know how to hunt ghosts and dare to come here? "
The abbot said angrily: "How do I know that you can meet a real ghost?" I thought you were scaring yourself into playing. Well, can't I give you the money back? Let's go. "
Then, he dragged me and hurried outside. My mind was full of thoughts: it's over, the master is fake. But the copper coin on me is real. Am I going to die? Seven days have passed, two days have passed. What should I do for the rest of the day? Eating, drinking, prostitution, gambling, smoking? Kidnapping and stealing? Beat up the dormitory manager's aunt? Touching the girls' dormitory building in the middle of the night?
As I was thinking this, I suddenly felt the abbot's palm shake violently.
I was a little surprised and asked, "Abbot, what's wrong with you?" "
The abbot trembled and pointed to the front: "Look." "
I tilted my head and looked over his body to see a beautiful woman standing under the lamp, seemingly smiling at us.
I was taken aback: "What's going on?" Why are we back again? "
The abbot looked at me in horror: "It's like a ghost hitting the wall." "
I looked around, and it was dark, and I couldn't see anything clearly. At this moment, the abbot shouted in a panic, "That woman is coming at the two of us." "
I turned my head to see that the beautiful woman with a ghostly smile on her lips had already walked over.
The abbot and I were so frightened that we turned around and ran.
At this time, it doesn't matter what the hell is hitting the wall, let's run for your life first.
The two of us ran for a while, and suddenly there was another light in front of us, and under the street lamp, there was also a beautiful woman.
The abbot and I were so tired that we were panting and chilling with fright.
The abbot gasped and complained in a low voice: "Xu You, Xu You, you can hurt me, how good it is for me to eat and recite scriptures in the temple in a good manner, why did I follow you here?" "
The abbot was chattering and complaining beside me, and I suddenly had an idea: "Abbot, why do we have to run on the road, let's run to the side of the road." "
The trail is very remote around it, and there are large lush trees beside it, which is darker and more gloomy inside.
However, the two of us had no choice, gritted our teeth, and the two of us walked in one after the other.
The two of us went into the woods, muddy and watery, kicking and tapping.
This kind of forest is completely wild and uncultivated, and the two of us fumbled and drilled into it.
The abbot seemed to be frightened, and ran faster than a rabbit, and I could only see a little of the abbot through the shadow of the trees. I was terrified, and whispered to him all the way to wait for me, but the abbot ignored me, and continued to dig into the woods.
I drilled along for a while, and suddenly something felt wrong. Although I haven't been here many times, the scenery on the side of the road is familiar, and there are a few trees here, but it can't be so many, and it hasn't been drilled out for so long?
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but slow down.
At this moment, a cold hand suddenly put on my shoulder.
I was so frightened that I almost called back, and I looked back in a panic. There was a man standing behind him, and it was so dark that he couldn't see who it was.
The man's voice was hoarse and trembling: "Young man, what are you doing here?" "
The sound scared me numb, but vaguely, I felt like I had heard it somewhere. I thought about it and asked tentatively, "Are you Chen Po?" "
He snorted and said, "Young man, don't go inside, come with me." "
Then, Mrs. Chen took my arm and walked slowly outside. After only a few steps, we were back on the road, the street lights shining brightly overhead.
I hurriedly said, "The abbot is still in the woods." "
Chen Po's face suddenly became mysterious and nervous, and she said to me, "That person is not the abbot, hurry up." "
I was nervous, my heart was pounding, I looked left and right, and followed Chen Po to escape for my life on the path.
This time it went well, we didn't meet the ghost market, and we didn't meet the beautiful woman. Safe on the road.
As soon as I walked out of the path, I heard an eager voice ringing in my ears: "Xu You, are you back?" "
I turned my head and saw that the abbot was standing on the side of the road, as if he had been waiting for us for a long time.
I was surprised: "Why did you come out first?" I thought you were in the woods. "