Chapter 54: Pretending to be a ghost
Li Mingzu is the only son of Li Taishi, who has been pampered since he was a child, does not learn and has no skills, and is an unsuccessful master. Although his own Lao Tzu is a national master and is only eight buckets high, he can't read a basket of big words. And he has been arrogant since he was a child, he doesn't know how thick the sky is, and he is going around causing trouble, and few people can work with him.
Taishi Li also had a headache for his son, but he was just such a lone seedling, and after the crown, he didn't dare to let him enter the court, for fear that he would have such a bastard temperament and stab the big basket again, so he has been idle at home, and he doesn't even have a serious official position.
Later, Li Mingsu became the crown princess, he was not afraid of the sky and the earth, relying on power, bullying men and women, doing all kinds of evil, and he didn't know how many lives his subordinates had. Officials and officials protect each other, no one dares to break ground on the head of the Taishi, and the people in Beijing dare not speak out.
He usually loafs around, and his favorite thing to do is to sit in the elegant room facing the street of Yiming Teahouse, listen to pipa songs, drink Peacock Tongue Tea, and overlook the street market below from the second floor. Next to it is the money village under his name, the pawnshop, the location directly opposite is the fireworks alley, the green building pavilion, every dusk, there are groups of girls dressed in flowers, under the leadership of the turtle slave out of the street, twisting the waist like a water snake, looking down from a high place, the snow-white chest trembles and trembles, and the water ripples fluctuate.
As long as there is a girl who catches his eye, even if it is a woman from a good family, he throws the handkerchief under his hand into a ball and hits whoever hits the head, who will be doomed. He himself jokingly called it "throwing flower balls", and after a long time, the women in the capital walked around that street.
Today, he asked two fox friends to eat and brag in Yiming Teahouse, and was complimented by the two, and felt that today's bird's tongue tea was also sweet.
In the lobby downstairs, the sound of silk and bamboo was applauding.
Li Mingzu was tickled by the charming tune, and called the little guy guarding the door: "Go, show the master who is singing there, such a big movement." ”
The little guy took the order and left, and after a while, he ran up excitedly, out of breath: "Master, there is an old man downstairs, leading a girl to walk the field, good water voice." That figure is very seductive. ”
Li Mingzu was suddenly unhappy: "This shopkeeper, why is he so eyeless today, and there are beautiful girls who don't know how to call me to take a look?" Today, the lord's veil has not yet been settled. ”
The little guy immediately responded happily, and after a while, he came up with an old man with gray hair and a girl in a cloth dress, and nodded with a flattering smile: "Master, come up." ”
Li Mingzu nodded and rewarded the little servant with half a pot of wine: "Guard the door." ”
The little maid closed the door and sat on the chair next to him and poured himself a drink, which was very comfortable.
Li Mingzu looked the girl up and down with bad intentions, her figure was graceful, and she was quite expected. The girl was frightened, and shrank behind the old man tremblingly, her eyes lowered, and her face covered with a blue scarf.
"Why is the little lady still covering her face, afraid of seeing people?" Li Mingzu asked with a lewd smile on his face.
The old man didn't dare to provoke him, so he swallowed his anger and flattered with a smile: "The little girl was born with smallpox when she was a child, so she has always been ashamed to see people." ”
Li Mingzu stepped forward to take advantage of the old man's unpreparedness, and lifted the girl's face towel with one hand, revealing a pitted face. Suddenly it was boring.
The girl did not dare to look up, and her face hung lower.
"It's really disappointing, such a good figure turned out to be an ugly monster."
The old man dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, and laughed wryly: "The little girl is ugly, but her voice is better than that of the yellow bird." I wonder if you're interested? ”
Li Mingzu sat down stupidly and waved his hand: "Play it, play it, you will be rewarded if you play it well." ”
The old man and the girl sat down in a chair in the corner, and struck the beat, and the girl took the lute in her arms, and tried to pick two, and then the strings sounded, and a song of spring water flowed out. She was probably a little shy, hooked her head, lowered her eyelids, opened her throat, and really did as the old man said, her voice was tactful and crisp, surpassing the yellow bird.
One string and one song, like the sound of heaven, the three people in the room listened to it as if they were fascinated, and their minds were in a trance, and their eyes gradually drifted away.
The girl's sleeves fell, revealing a jade arm like a lotus, and Li Mingzu walked towards the girl in a ghostly manner. The girl seemed to notice something, raised her head shyly, and looked at him with a pair of blue water-cut eyes, the ripples in her eyes, which clearly reflected his chaotic and dull face.
Li Mingzu felt that the girl in front of her seemed to emit a golden light, and then became more and more dazzling. He thought that he must have been dazzled, closed his eyes, shook his head, reopened his eyes and looked again, the ugly girl had changed her appearance, with long eyebrows and crescent moons, jade face and lips, kind face and angry face, holding a willow jade bottle, wearing Lingbo white clothes, raising her slender hands lightly, Li Mingzu staggered under his feet, and involuntarily knelt on the ground, shouting "Guanyin Master" in his mouth.
The Bodhisattva was solemn and strict, with anger in his eyes, hanging in the air with his bare feet, and said to Li Mingzu condescendingly: "Li family child, you are full of evil, evil and courageous, instructing people to smash my Buddha's golden body, demolishing my temple, hurting my Buddha disciples, and countless unjust souls and soldiers sued you to the king of Yama, saying that you destroyed the martyr's tablet enshrined in the Daxiong Treasure Hall, causing countless soldiers to have nowhere to live, wandering around, and your death time is here today!" ”
Li Mingzu is a wicked person, he didn't believe in evil, he did a lot of evil things to dig graves and destroy temples, and never believed in retribution. Today, when I saw the Bodhisattva appear, I thought it was a dream in a trance, and pinched myself fiercely, it hurt a little, and then I turned around to look at my two companions, still shaking their heads, listening to it as if they were fascinated, and they didn't see the scene in front of them at all.
The father and daughter are still singing and beating the festival, and in their ears, the sound of bamboo has long stopped!
He just believed it, because he didn't listen to the old man, and it really provoked the anger of the sky, and he said tremblingly: "That's the subordinate who is good at making claims, and the villain doesn't know it, otherwise he would never be so ridiculous and dare to be disrespectful to my Buddha." ”
The Bodhisattva smiled coldly: "What are your thoughts in the mortal womb of the flesh, my Buddha's eyes can naturally see it clearly, and children don't need to quibble." Do you know that good and evil are rewarded, and you have many karma, and you will not end well. Naturally, there will be countless unjust souls on the Huangquan Road waiting for you to eat meat and bones, peel skin and grind tendons, and never be reincarnated? ”
When the Bodhisattva's words fell, Li Mingzu felt the gust of wind around him, the ghost cried wolf howl in his ears, and there was a more terrible cry than a miserable scream, knocking on his heart, as heavy as a thousand pounds.
Li Mingzu was paralyzed, he was so frightened that he drowned, and said in a trembling voice: "Bodhisattva is merciful, save me!" ”
The Bodhisattva sighed deeply, and there was a compassionate look on his face: "Do you really know that you are wrong? ”
"Knowing that he was wrong, he realized it thoroughly, and the villain sincerely repented." Li Mingzu's face is like earth, and his kowtow is like pounding garlic.
"For the sake of you still having a trace of remorse, I will leave you a small life for the time being, and give you a year of longevity to see the after-effects. You should rebuild my Buddha's golden body, donate money to build the Martyrs' Shrine, bear the guilt, and do more good deeds. If you do a good deed, you will increase your life expectancy, and if you do an evil, you will reduce your life expectancy by 100 days. ”
How dare Li Mingzu question it? I took a bite and sweated profusely.
Suddenly there was a sound of silk and bamboo in his ears, and he raised his eyes, where was the Bodhisattva figure in front of him? The old man was still playing the knot, the girl lowered her eyes and played, and the two friends closed their eyes and shook their heads, just when they were proud to hear it, they all turned a blind eye to him, and the song "Bodhisattva Man" was about to come to an end.
Li Mingzu summed up in his heart, the Bodhisattva of the right talent appeared, and he worked hard to educate himself, which was enough to have the kung fu of tea, and this song was not over, just like a dream of Nanke. He raised his hand, the pinch marks on it were still there, and the crotch of his pants was wet and cold, and he knew that it was not sleeping.
He looked around him with the doors and windows closed, and there were half a dozen other figures, not to mention where the ghost cried wolf howl from. He stood up in a panic and nudged his two friends.
They opened their eyes and asked impatiently, "What are you doing?" ”
"Have you ever seen a flash of golden light and the Bodhisattva appear?"
My friend shook his head: "There are only a few people here, listen to the music decently, where did the female Bodhisattva come from?" Didn't you hallucinate when you listened to this song "Bodhisattva Man"? ”
Still in disbelief, he opened the door and asked the servant sitting at the door, "Can you see people coming in and out?" ”
After drinking the wine, Shi Cai leaned back in his chair and took a nap, afraid of punishment, shaking his head like a rattle: "I have been guarding the door, I have never gone anywhere, and I have never seen anyone approaching here for half a step." ”
Li Mingzu returned to the house suspiciously, the song was already over, and he looked down at the girl who was singing, still covered with a scarf, feeling ugly. He was no longer in the mood to listen to the music, and waved his hand to the two of them, signaling to go down.
The old man said a blessing to the girl, and asked him for a reward of silver, but he was impatient and was about to get angry, but he remembered what the Bodhisattva had said, and did not dare to commit murder, so he reached out and took out a piece of broken silver and threw it to the old man. The old man took it with great gratitude, and pulled the girl out.
Two friends joked that he had never been so merciful on weekdays, why was he so generous today?
He felt that it was a shameful thing, and he didn't want to say more, plus the crotch of his pants smelled bad, and he suddenly lost his mood, so he happily paid for the tea and water, like frost hitting eggplant, and turned around with a wilt.
Tossing and turning at night, thinking again and again, I felt that I would rather believe it than not believe it, and early in the morning of the second day, I got up and put on the silver ticket and went to Fenglin Temple. Take a turn in the Daxiong Treasure Hall, look at the Buddha's compassion in the past, today it looks a little hideous, the heart is afraid, it is really as the Bodhisattva said, to a hatred of the guilt, and then donate a lot of silver taels, promise to start looking for craftsmen to reshape the golden body of the Bodhisattva Buddha after the year, and build a martyr's shrine next to the Fenglin Temple, to worship the martyrs who died in battle.
Yiyi got the advice of Baili Jiu in advance, collected all the silver and silver, and turned it into a point, which shocked Li Mingzu.