Chapter 6: Counting Life
It sounds so real, as if it is all around us, like a dream, but it is more real than a dream. The old lady's long sharp-beaked monkey cheeks, her face wrinkled, huddled together like a drained pork rind, and a mouth full of scattered teeth, kept calling to me: "Good boy, come and check." ”
Although this old lady looked terrible, I didn't have any fear at the moment, but walked over obediently, and checked it little by little, and the old lady kept chanting: "Hurry up, hurry up, be so good." ”
Suddenly feeling hot in her hand, the old lady said with a smile: "Let's continue to check tomorrow, my good man." ”
After a long laugh, the old lady disappeared, I also woke up with a breath, looked down, it was the "Pure Sutra" held in my hand turned a page of the statue of Lao Jun, what I didn't notice was that the color of the statue of Lao Jun was very dark.
After I woke up, I thought about it for a long time, this dream was not good, and it was estimated that it was someone from the Huang family, but it couldn't be explained.
First, this is a Taoist temple, and it is impossible for evil demons to come in casually.
Second, the old lady has nothing to do with me counting the folds on his face, which is not right, if you really want to kill me, why don't you just do it? Why bother with me here?
I was thinking about whether to talk to the master about it in bed, and after thinking about it, I might as well forget it. My arrival has caused a lot of trouble to the master, so let's take a look at it again, after all, it is an excellent habit not to cause trouble to others.
The master strode over, looked at me on the bed, and said, "Hurry up, it's time for morning class, and I can't hear the sound of the cloud board so loud." ”
I hurriedly got up, went to the bathroom, washed up briefly, and followed the master to the classroom, where the senior brothers were already waiting, and when they saw the master coming, they stood up one after another, and the master motioned for me to kneel in the last row.
With the knocking of the magic weapon in the master's hand, the sound of scriptures sounded, and I was anxious enough to choke on the side, let alone sing along, I couldn't even find the words, and I was sweating in a hurry. The senior brother next to me put the scriptures together and pointed them to me with his hand. I looked down, but I didn't know a few words.
What can I do?
The magic weapon in the master's hand was unhurried, and the sound of the senior brothers chanting came and went, and I just wanted to sleep at the moment, who didn't know how to read.
With the heavy beating of the chime in the master's hand, I opened my eyes with a spirit, and the morning class was finally over, and the senior brothers began to line up and walk to the Lent Hall, and I also followed the stream.
Just about to walk in, he was dragged out by the senior brother behind him and asked, "Why are you going?" ”
I was stunned and replied, "Isn't this place for eating?" ”
The senior brother explained, "New here, right? Before eating, recite the Mantra of Offering and the Mantra of Fasting"
I don't know how to read this thing, so I closed my eyes and stood next to me, and finally finished reading, only to feel that I was about to starve to death, and just about to leave, I was dragged again, and the senior brother whispered: "The prison, the acquaintance, and the scripture master will eat first." ”
I also complained in my heart, it was really difficult to be a Taoist priest, and there were such big rules for eating. After some rituals, I finally ate this mouthful.
After eating, a little Taoist boy came to him, and the Taoist boy said, "The master wants you to go to the classroom." ”
I followed Dao Tong to the classroom, and the master was already waiting here, so I hurriedly went in and said, "What's the matter with calling me?" Master. ”
The master said lightly: "There are no rules, go out." ”
As soon as I reacted, I retreated from the door, hurriedly pinched a meridian decision, and said, "The disciple has seen the master. ”
"Sit." The master still has a salty tone.
Sitting at the desk, the master said, "You have to do your homework every day, and today's homework is to copy the scriptures." ”
As soon as I thought about it, it was okay, and it was uncomfortable to be idle, so I picked up the pen, just copied a few words, and my heart suddenly hurt sharply, and the painful pen was not stable. The master came over from the opposite side, quietly helped me pick up the pen, signaled me to continue copying, I picked up the pen, and the pain in my heart suddenly hit again, and I was caught off guard by the pain.
The master's eyes were sharp in an instant, and his left hand quickly pinched the decision that I couldn't understand, and slapped his palm on the ground, and the ground made a muffled sound, and the master's face became solemn.
The master stood up, stared into the distance, and said to himself: "I wanted you to copy the scriptures and recite the scriptures and then return to the dead Huang family undead, and slowly surpass them, maybe this cause and effect will be opened, but I didn't expect that the Huang family has such a deep resentment towards you." ”
Hearing this, I also understood, presumably, the severe pain just now was also the fault of the Huang family, but why did you talk about the resentment so deeply?
The master seemed to see through my thoughts, and continued: "This thing that is furry with horns and wet eggs, I am most looking forward to listening to the scriptures and hearing the Dharma in this life, I took the initiative to take you to copy the scriptures and give them dedication, they even refused this, which shows how much they hate you." ”
Suddenly, I thought of a question and hurriedly asked, "Master, is it really the Huang family?" ”
The master returned unhurriedly: "Otherwise? ”
I thought about it, then this is even more wrong, and said: "This is a Taoist temple, how can the Huang family swagger in?" ”
The master was also thinking about this problem, and after thinking about it for a long time, there was no result.
The master looked at me, then at the pen on the table, and said, "Don't copy it yet, I'll arrange something else for you." ”
In this place, there is no shortage of work, such as wiping ritual utensils, sweeping the yard, receiving pilgrims, etc., and there are countless of them. According to the master's meaning, my wisdom root is too shallow, so I will cultivate my mind first, and directly arrange a work for me to wipe the Dharma.
As soon as I heard it, it was okay, even if I had food and shelter here, the master didn't need money, and I felt better when I did some work, so I picked up the rag and started wiping.
It doesn't matter if I rub this one, maybe because my hands are heavy, and the clanging sound of smashing the magic weapon, the face of the master next to me is not very good, so simply, the master threw me a broom and began to sweep the yard.
I was sweeping the yard, and the master asked me next to me, "Huh? Did you do what I did last night? ”
I was shocked when I said this, like a child who didn't do his homework, and whispered: "No ......"
The master sighed heavily and said, "Then did you encounter anything strange last night?" ”
I blurted out: "I dreamed last night......"
Halfway through speaking, I suddenly thought, forget it, don't make trouble for others.
I didn't say anything, but I choked the master so badly that I asked me vigorously, "What's the dream?" Say it. ”
I quickly explained, "It's nothing, I mean, it's kind of a dream to dream." ”
The master glanced at me disdainfully and said, "I can't understand the nonsense, hurry up, let me tell you, if you don't tell me the truth, it will cost you a small life." ”
I was a little scared when the master said, so I stopped what I was doing and said, "Well, I just had a strange dream, I dreamed of an old lady." ”
The master kept urging me next to me: "What's wrong with you?" Halfway through talking, I dreamed of an old lady, and then what? ”
"The old lady asked me to count the folds on his face." I whispered to the master.
This sentence made the master's face look very ugly, and the master looked at me and asked, "Have you counted?" ”
"Counted ......"
The master's face became more and more solemn, and he said, "Hey, this is the Huang family to check your longevity, and when you find out how many folds there are on her face one day, you will live to the end!" ”
I feel dizzy when I say this, I have checked it all, what can I do.
The master raised his hand and touched my head, raised his left hand and pinched it, and said to me, "You stay away from the wood." ”
Needless to say, I also felt it myself, and the seriousness of this matter should have exceeded my imagination.
The master looked at the sun in the sky and said, "Tonight, come to my room to find me, remember, walk around the Sanqing statue, tonight I will open the altar, I will talk to the Huang family, I think, they have done a little too much." ”
The day passed quickly, the yard was almost sweeped, the sun had set, the master didn't know where to go, and there was nothing to do, so I returned to the guest room early.
The cloud board stick of the Taoist temple was knocked for two hours, and every time I knocked it, my heart trembled, and when the bang sounded, my mind trembled, as if waiting for someone to judge. Finally, when I got to the son, the sound of the bangzi shocked me a little unsteadily, and I trotted all the way to the master's room, and the master had already prepared.
I saw that the master was wearing a splendid high-performance magic robe, pedaling ten cloud shoes, and behind him a five-color order flag with the words "Summoning Ten Thousand Gods" was inserted straight in the middle, and a three-foot god case was placed in front of him, with all kinds of magic weapons on it.
The master stood in front of the desk, his eyes clear and sharp, and when he saw me coming, he motioned for me to stand behind.
I saw the master pick up the altar wood on the table with his left hand and pat it on the case, shake the Sanqing bell with his right hand, and read in his mouth: "When the Taishang said the law, the golden bell rang the jade sound; Nine places of filth, all demons are in the forest......"
After the master finished reciting a mantra, the wind was blowing around, and when the master saw this, he took out the canopy ruler and threw it upward, and a force came out of nowhere, and the canopy ruler was lazy and broken into two sections.
The master glanced at it, his face was gloomy and he could squeeze out the water, and shouted: "It's not good! It's him! ”