Chapter 25, North to the Central Plains
Liang State, called the Central Plains region has three states, for Jingzhou, Jizhou, Jinzhou, Buddhism Songshan General Altar is on the eight hundred miles of mountain range in Songshan County, Jinzhou.
There are more than 3,000 temples and houses, tens of thousands of Buddhist monks, hundreds of thousands of various Buddhist statues, and more than one million Buddhist scriptures and books. This is the confidence and place of the main altar of Buddhism.
Along the stairs of more than 1,000 bluestone slabs in the main vein of Songshan, the pines and cypresses on both sides and the statues of the Buddha gate are projected on the stone stairs accordingly.
At the end of the stairs, there are three low wooden houses, in which sit three old monks with white hair, they sit cross-legged on the lotus platform, motionless, like iron Buddha statues, exuding a peaceful and quiet atmosphere, so that every passerby is quiet in their hearts, even the Eight Sages King who is extremely upset about the important affairs of the court.
The three old monks are the three masters with the largest and highest strength in Buddhism, they are the first, second, third, and three masters of the younger generations. On weekdays, he sat quietly in the wooden house, quietly recited the scriptures, and seemed to never care about the outside world, and did not receive any guests, even the envoys of the noble Eighth Prince and the Emperor of Liang, let them stand in front of the wooden house and talk.
"Three masters, in the lower Liang Liewei, the demon thing in many places in the Liang country is frequent, it can be seen that the demon disaster thousands of years ago is about to reappear, as we all know, the Buddhist means are the most effective for the demon generation, I beg the three masters to ....... The eighth prince said respectfully
"Three senior brothers, as of today, in the news received in the air, there are a total of fifty-eight demon incidents, of which my Buddhism has suffered thirty-two, hateful demons, even the White Horse Temple, the origin of my Buddhism, has also suffered a catastrophe, those fellow Buddhists and the precious scriptures passed down by the Buddha have all been destroyed. Senior brother, isn't it time for us to make a move? Master Moriku, the abbot of the Matsuyama Temple, said eagerly
"The catastrophe is determined in a few days, Senior Brother Kong, you don't have to be so panicked by the Eight Sages King, besides, we have been guarding the entrance to the Demon Realm, and now the trouble is just some small fights. Master Yi said slowly
"What, the entrance to the demon world is under the wooden house of the three masters, no wonder in the past hundred years, the three masters have never left the wooden house for half a step. The Eight Sages King said in surprise
"The Eight Sages King is really smart, the demon world belongs to the outside world, and the demon things in the world are all the remnants of the invasion of the demon world back then. In this way, the big problem of demons is naturally solved, but it has also caused the current situation of lack of resources in the cultivation world. The second master continued
"In fact, the entrance to the demon world is not only this Songshan, the main altar of the Daomen, the general altar of martial arts, the imperial court, and other cultivation sects are guarding the entrance, so the demons have the tendency to make a comeback, and the most worrying thing is not the demons who make waves and attack the fire prevention, but these entrances, once the seals of these entrances are broken, the demon army will invade, and now the situation of the withering of talents in the cultivation world. Alas, I fear that we and the Terrans will fall into the abyss of terrible slavery. The three masters said
"I see, attacking and preventing fire is a plan to attack the west, but let these demons do this, we are also very passive, and the people will be uneasy in the world.... The Eight Sages King said anxiously
"As I said just now, the catastrophe is determined in a few days, and there is a catastrophe and a savior. A master said
"I beg the Master to tell me the name of the savior, and I'll look for it. The Eight Sages asked
Oh Mituo Buddha, the power of demons is vast, and the name of the savior must not be divulged, so as not to change. The second master said
"However, the three masters, we can also find a master in advance to protect the growth of the savior. The Eight Sages said
"Oh Mituo Buddha, it's empty, the demons below are impacting the seal again, I have to concentrate on suppressing it, you take the Eight Sages King and the others back." “
"The Eight Sages King, we know your wish for the peace of the world, but the catastrophe is inevitable, send a word, everything is fate, do not force it. The third master said and waved his hand,
With the closure of the three wooden houses, the Eight Sages King looked lost, so he had to return to the room with the others, although the abbot was empty, and continued to discuss the method, after all, the recent demon attack and arson have caused a great impact, although those ordinary people do not know the truth of the matter, but many people in the cultivation world know the arrival of an earth-shattering change and a vast catastrophe.
Murder by mistake, although it is not a very serious crime, but it is enough to put Gu Jianping in prison for a period of time, but with the help of the shopkeeper of the teahouse and other diners, plus the Qingyan Temple and the Qingyan County Order in the past, after a fine of 1,000 taels of silver and two months of hard labor in the quarry, Gu Jianping embarked on the road north to the Central Plains.
The ancients, things in the world, nine times out of ten, Gu Jianping deeply realized this at this moment, the trip to the White Horse Temple was originally a meritorious trip, but it turned out to be a big trouble, and was targeted by demons, and finally answered Qingyan Temple safely, but encountered such a terrible thing again.
Under the venting of anger, the improvement of cultivation seems to be a good thing, but the moment he makes a move, the new power that has not yet adapted to it will be killed by Cheng Kun with a palm. Prison is avoidable, but hard work is not avoidable. The huge fine of 1,000 taels made Gu Jianping go into debt everywhere.
Gu Jianping, who was almost penniless at the moment, turned all the way, like an ascetic, after half a year of walking, passing through many states and counties, and four thousand miles of mountains and rivers, he finally came to the location of Songshan County.
"Have you heard, in a few days, the prince's second son will hold an anniversary baptism at Songshan Temple and pray for blessings? “
"Yes, it's strange, if you want to talk about anniversary baptisms and prayers, weren't the cases of previous years held in Xiangguo Temple in Jingzhou, and now how did you come all the way to this Songshan Temple. “
"Eh, you don't understand this, our Songshan Temple in Songshan County is where the main altar of Buddhism is located, and there are three world-famous monks of the word generation, and the emperor wants to bless the safety of his descendants is naturally the best choice. “
"Well, this old man has some truth in what he said, but I heard that this time it was the prince's son that something strange happened. A businessman in red said
"yes, what's the matter? Another person asked curiously,
Hearing this, Gu Jianping also leaned over curiously, wanting to hear what happened to this kid, but what was disappointing was that this businessman-like guy had been talking about his own speculation for a long time, and there was no real and reliable information.
But even so, it also made Gu Jianping a small scene of future changes, in the past six months, the imaginary demon resistance has not happened, and the frequent attacks and abductions of fire prevention have also disappeared, and they have never happened again, and the Buddha Gate Daomen was extremely calm for a while,
There must be a reason for things to go wrong, and at this moment a strange thing is happening at the Matsuyama Temple.