The old man nodded, and sighed faintly: "This is also the reason why the Buddha insisted on refusing to act, just because those monks died too unjustly, no wonder they could not rest in peace after death, and turned into evil spirits to take revenge on sentient beings." ”

"This should be an old case two hundred years ago, our side of the treasure country is the sacrificial country, there is a pagoda in the city called the Ejian Famen Temple, there is a Buddha treasure on the top of the tower, I don't know when it was introduced into our country, day and night shine, shine in all directions, ensure that the wind and rain are smooth in the country of the sacrifice race, the people are rich, live and work in peace and contentment, and all countries come to the court. ”

However, the good times did not last long, two hundred years ago, there was a bloody rain under the ground, which polluted the pagoda and took the Buddha treasure on the top of the pagoda. His Majesty the King was furious when he heard the news, and immediately ordered Yousi to investigate the matter thoroughly, and to be sure to recover the Buddha treasure, and the officers who handled the case shouted back and forth on the stupa to investigate, and spent two or three months, almost breaking the wooden ladder above the stupa, and still could not find the slightest clue. ”

His Majesty the King couldn't help but be furious, suspecting that the monks in this temple were guarding and stealing the Buddha treasure, and deceived him into embezzling this Buddha treasure, so he ordered the court lieutenant to arrest and imprison hundreds of monks in the whole temple, and tortured them day and night to extract confessions, trying to pry open the monks' mouths and find out the whereabouts of the Buddha treasure. ”

However, these monks were very tough, although they couldn't withstand the tragic torture and cried for mercy, there were many people who were killed, and there were less than a hundred or so left, they still gritted their teeth and struggled to support, refusing to bear the charge of this thief. ”

His Majesty the King was furious, so he ordered the remaining dozens of monks and the corpses of the monks who had been tortured to death to be escorted to the main square of the national capital, and under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of people, they counted the charges of stealing the Buddha's treasures, and then tied the monks and their corpses to pillars, piled up firewood and grass, poured fire on fire, and lit a fire to burn them. ”

"Burning their skin by the fire, the monks knew that they would die, and their hearts were inexplicably sad and indignant, pointing their fingers at the heavens and scolding the king for being mediocre and cruelty, and they swore a poisonous oath that if the gods and Buddhas had spirits, they would turn into evil spirits and evil spirits after death, and seek revenge on the whole country. ”

However, these were only the words of grief and indignation before they died, and His Majesty snorted coldly, not paying attention to them. But in just a quarter of an hour, a raging fire burst into flames, engulfing the bodies of the monks, who cried and cursed helplessly, and gradually burned into a pile of dry ashes, leaving only a little spark, which flickered on the ground. ”

Although His Majesty had killed all the monks, because he had not found the Buddha treasure, the only glimmer of happiness in his heart became boring with the passing of the monks, and when he saw that they had all turned to ashes, and the whole square became scorched and smelly, he felt that he had gone too far, and felt a little remorseful, so he collected the ashes alive and enshrined them on the stupa. ”

The servants gave up their promises, just about to prepare the guys to clean up the ashes, not wanting the originally calm ashes to rise without wind, but actually spun up without sky-high prices, and slowly condensed into a black and translucent pearl in the center of the ashes, although it emitted black light, but it can illuminate the sky, and the light is sprinkled for miles, which is strange and magical. ”

His Majesty the King looked at this black bead, only to say that the Buddha treasure was hidden by the monk privately, and it was burned black by the fire at this time, and he couldn't help but secretly scold the monks for their hard mouths, and they would rather die than give this treasure in, which is really not worthy of sympathy. ”

In an instant, the countless ashes surrounding the black bead seemed to be activated, turning into countless black gases, and in an instant, they stretched out their claws and heads, turning into thousands of evil ghosts, with hideous faces and grinning teeth, and rushed towards His Majesty. ”

"They came so violently and without warning that the guards guarding His Majesty had no time to react, and the evil spirits swooped down on His Majesty in an instant, and despite his cries for mercy, they swarmed up, bared their fangs and wept and gnawed, and in a few minutes they gnawed him into a pile of bones. ”

At this point, Sun Wukong clapped his hands and applauded, nodded and exclaimed: "Wonderful, wonderful, this king is stubborn and self-serving, does not distinguish between loyalty and treachery, kills innocents indiscriminately, and ends up like this, it is natural, but the evil spirits have already avenged their murder, they should be reincarnated, and then act as a human being, how to still entrench themselves on this pagoda, bewitch sentient beings, kill indiscriminately, and drive all the people in the country out of the capital, it is too decisive." ”

The old land glanced at the monkey hurriedly, and said with a deep salute: "The Great Sage can get to the point, although the evil spirits killed His Majesty the King and got revenge, they all looked up to the sky and roared, and the hideousness on their faces seemed to have weakened a lot, they quietly suspended next to His Majesty's bones and paused for a moment, then wrapped that black bead, flew to the top of the pagoda, and entrenched themselves. ”

"The original crisis has passed, if the two sides do not fight, maybe they can still be safe, but every night, these evil spirits will cry out on the pagoda, as if telling some injustice, helpless and vague, and wary of it, full of people in the city, no one can understand, not only that, but also stir up the people in the imperial city to panic, all day long, can not live in peace. ”

The people could not bear it anymore, and their hearts were uneasy, so they rushed to tell each other, and gathered thousands of people to sit in front of the palace to petition, begging His Majesty the newly enthroned King to find a powerful Buddha and Taoist priest elsewhere to destroy the evil spirits and eliminate the evil spirits of the family and country. ”

"The new king, who was young and had little prestige, was under pressure from the people, and was determined to avenge the king, and consulted with his courtiers, and resolved to eradicate this scourge. ”

However, from all directions, the Buddha who is known as the profound magic, one by one, the mouth is like a river, the Tao is mysterious, when the shot, not only failed to eliminate the evil spirits, not to mention the life, and finally the evil spirits on the tower were angered, and the black beads that fell on the shrine on the top of the tower once again released brilliance, and actually gave birth to the power of demagogy, tempting the pedestrians on the road into the pagoda, killing and killing people, turning into powder. ”

This was self-defeating, and the people were even more frightened, thinking that they could not resist the bewitchment of this black bead, and it was difficult to save their lives, so they moved their families one after another, and fled to the six hundred miles of thorn ridge outside the city to live in peace. ”

Bajie was dumbfounded when he heard this, and said with a shocked face: "Ya, it seems that you can't wronged people at will, looking at the resentment of these monks, it is too deep, they have driven the people of the entire country out of the imperial city, this revenge can be regarded as revenge, how to still entrench on the pagoda, using this black light to bewitch and harm people, it is indeed too much." ”

The old land glanced at the old pig with admiration on his face, nodded and said: "Yes, the resentment is really too deep, the black bead is the condensation of the monks' grievances, but it has not dissipated with the reward of resentment, just because it has been refined by the monks into a resentful relic, at this moment the relics are not extinguished, the monks' resentment will be deeper and deeper, and there will never be the possibility of transcendence." ”

As soon as the words came out, Wen Tianshu was shocked and moved, and muttered to himself: "Alas, I have lived in the world for thousands of years, and I have only heard that the relics handed down after the Nirvana of the Taoist monk are all treasures that transform sentient beings and are worshiped by others, but I have never heard of any relics of resentment, and they are used exclusively to kill people and kill people, which is really incredible." ”

The old land sighed faintly when he heard this, and echoed in his voice: "What the girl said is that it can be seen that there are no wonders in this world, and there is nothing unusual for the monk to leave relics, and it is really a miracle to give birth to such a harmful evil thing." ”

Ao Bai was silent for a moment, and asked a key question: "Then you keep saying that these monks are wronged, you must know that the mastermind behind the theft of the Buddha treasure is really shameless, but you can't bear it, and you have harmed the people on this side in vain, and you have harmed the monks and kings, which is really shameless." ”

Unable to stand the aggressive eyes of everyone, the old land sweated non-stop, and said vigorously: "Well, the old man has indeed heard of this, but the old man abides by the rules of heaven and is not allowed to interfere in the affairs of the world at will, although he is full of sympathy, but he is also helpless, helpless, not to mention that the person's magic is strong, it is really unspeakable, unspeakable." ”

Sun Wukong glanced at him with disdain, and said with an expression of hatred: "Ya, you old slippery head is really hateful, since you know the truth of the facts, but for the sake of your own future, Mingzhe protects himself, and it is really cruel to watch those hundreds of monks being wronged by the king and burning to death." If it were my grandson, even if he gave up his land and official position, he would have to explain the reason to the king in a dream at night and save these monks, and there would be no tragedy in the future. ”

The old land was full of shame when the monkey said it, and he was embarrassed, and only explained weakly: "The lesson of the great sage is that on the one hand, the old man is to protect himself and seek an official position, and on the other hand, he is also for the sake of the lives of tens of thousands of Li people in the sacrifice country. The strength of the man who stole the treasure was extraordinary, and if the old man really revealed the truth, His Majesty would surely raise a large army to carry out the crusade, and if he accidentally provoked that man, he would be furious and mighty, not to mention that no one in the army that went to the expedition would survive, and even the people of the city would inevitably be doomed. ”

"In contrast, just let these hundreds of monks suffer some grievances and kill themselves, and the consequences are slightly milder, the so-called lesser of two evils, which is also the best way in desperation. However, although the old man tried his best, he never expected that because these monks were full of resentment, they actually cultivated into this resentment relic, and killed many living beings, but it was still much lighter than the consequences of angering that person. So to this day, although I have a guilty conscience, I have never regretted the choice I made in the situation at that time. ”