Although Fang Zhicheng ran across the Tianxian Bridge on the abyss with the help of the fairy, he was still very scared and frightened when he recalled the scene just now. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info He remembered that the fairy also told him that after crossing the fairy bridge, turn right one hundred and seventeen steps, and he would find nine red roses on the snowdrift. Will his next path be smooth?

As soon as he walked a few steps, he saw a miserable scene, as if it were a battlefield hundreds of years ago, hundreds of corpses lying crookedly in the valley, turning around, missing arms and legs, and blood flowing all over the ground. He also heard the sound of ghosts crying wolf, and several wild wolves were biting at the corpses of the defeated soldiers, and several wild ghosts chased after him and demanded his life.

He was very frightened, scared again, he turned around and wanted to run back, but behind him was the abyss, the fairy bridge he had just walked was long gone, and he had no way to escape. He desperately explained to the wild ghosts: "I didn't kill you, I didn't kill you, please get out of the way and let me pass." ”

The wild ghosts shouted together: "I didn't say that you killed me in this life, you killed us a few lifetimes ago, and this matter is not wrong to you at all." ”

Fang Zhicheng quibbled: "No way, why don't I remember?"

The wild ghosts said: "How can you, a mortal man, remember the events of your previous life? Hundreds of years ago, you were a general of the other side, and you led an army of 100,000 to attack our country, and our hundreds of soldiers guarding the frontier were attacked by you without any defense. After we lost our combat effectiveness and surrendered, you promised to let us live, but you reversed yourself and shot us to death with random arrows. ”

Fang Zhicheng said: "Absolutely impossible, you have recognized the wrong person, let me go quickly." ”

The wild ghosts chased after Fang Zhicheng and said, "You must taste the suffering we suffered back then, what is the heart-rending pain?"

Then the ghosts looked at each other, and one of the foreman's ghosts said, "Let's tear him to death together, so that we can avenge our deep hatred?"

After the ghosts nodded, they pounced on Fang Zhicheng with their teeth and claws.

Fang Zhicheng pleaded eagerly: "Slow, slow, I don't understand something, I ask you to explain things clearly before I die." Since you have been dead for hundreds of years, why don't you go to Lord Yama to report to the Lord of Yama as soon as possible and reincarnate as soon as possible?"

The wild ghost in charge said: "For hundreds of years, the soldiers of Lord Yama have come to arrest us again and again, but fortunately we have found the time and space tunnel in this mysterious area, and hid in it, time and events have been stuck in the scene you saw shortly after the end of this war. ”

Fang Zhicheng sat on the ground with a frightened head, frightened and called his father and mother, at this time the scene of her mother knocking on the wooden fish and chanting the Buddha appeared in front of him, and he remembered his mother's entrustment: When you are in danger, don't forget to chant the Buddha to eliminate disasters for yourself.

At this critical juncture, he sat cross-legged on the ground, clasped his hands together and kept moving, and his mouth kept chanting: "Amitabha, Amitabha, Amitabha・・・・・・"

His eyes were kept closed, because he was so scared that he didn't dare to look at the ferocity of the wild ghosts, and he didn't dare to see the wild ghosts pounce on him. After a long time, his heart gradually calmed down, and he began to wonder, how could he still be alive if the wild ghost was about to bite him just now? He opened his eyes slightly and peeked at it, the evil ghost just now had long since disappeared, and the bloody battlefield scene just now was long gone.

He was so happy when he saw that the sun was shining on the snow that he said, "Thank you Buddha, thank you Bodhisattva for saving your life, and thank you for your teaching・・・・・・s."

He stood up and continued to walk forward, he saw a bamboo forest, and there was a melodious flute sound from the bamboo forest, and auspicious clouds were still in the sky above the bamboo forest. He eagerly approached the bamboo forest, and saw a simple small bamboo building in the bamboo forest, and a small courtyard was surrounded by short bamboo in front of the small bamboo building, an old man sat in the middle of the courtyard playing the flute, and the old woman sat in front of the spinning wheel spinning thread.

Fang Zhicheng walked forward, bowed to the two old men, and then asked, "May I ask the old man, what kind of village is this? I'm thirsty and hungry, can you give me something to eat and drink?"

The old man said: "This is Niujia Village, our old couple has already been out of cooking for several days, it is okay to drink a bowl of water, my family can't even find a grain of rice, it is difficult to eat a bowl of rice." ”

Fang Zhicheng said: "That's fine, thank you old man." ”

The old woman got up and went to the house to bring Fang Zhicheng a small bowl of water, Fang Zhicheng took the bowl from the old woman's hand and asked, "Why is this water so small? ”

The old woman said, "That's all there is left with the water in our house, have you drunk it?"

Fang Zhicheng handed the bowl to the old woman again and said, "Old man, I can't drink this water, if I drink it, you won't be able to drink it, this last drop of life-saving water, I can't drink yours, let's leave it for you to drink." ”

The old man said: "We are all so old, we have already lived enough, and sooner or later we will die, so you should drink." ”

Fang Zhicheng knelt on the ground and cried, crying and saying, "Old man, I can't drink this water." This is your last drop of life-saving water. ”

The old woman asked, "Then why are you crying?"

Fang Zhicheng said: "I cried because I remembered my father and mother, they saved money, fried pots, sold iron and blood for me to go to school, and I haven't had time to repay them." I did this stupid thing to come to the roof of the world, a thousand miles of snow, and I happened to encounter an avalanche, and my body was injured again, and I ran out of food, so I had to wait to be a starving ghost. It doesn't matter if I die, but I haven't repaid my parents for their nurturing kindness. ”

The old man smiled and said, "Could it be that you are also here for this legendary treasure?"

Fang Zhicheng nodded and said ashamedly: "Yes, I fell to this point because I was fascinated by ghosts for a while. ”

The old man said: "For this legendary treasure, I don't know how many people have fallen on this snowy plateau from ancient times to the present?"

Fang Zhicheng asked: "Old man, is there any treasure in this snowy plateau?"

The old man said, "I can't tell you about this. If you were asked to choose again, would you choose to live a poor life and do your filial piety to your parents, or would you choose treasure hunting?"

Fang Zhicheng said: "If time could be repeated, of course I would choose to be filial and no longer greedy for treasure money." ”

The old man nodded and said, "That's good." ”

Fang Zhicheng calmed down for a while and asked the old woman: "Old man, since we have run out of cooking, we can't support it for a few days if we continue like this, why can you still concentrate on spinning thread so much, and the old man is still in the mood to play the flute?"

The old lady said: "We have already learned to face everything calmly, there is something to do than nothing to do this life is more fulfilling, and not to mention that until the last moment of life, maybe there will be a turnaround in this matter." Although we are old, you are still very young, no matter what the circumstances, you must be confident, do not give up life easily, you must think that your father and mother are waiting for you to come home like us. ”

Fang Zhicheng said: "Thank you for the old man's teaching, but some things are easier said than done. You live here, have you ever heard of nine red roses growing in full bloom on the snow in this neighborhood?"

The old man said happily: "I have also heard of the legend of the nine red roses, but we have never seen them, and I heard that only the people who are destined for sincerity, sincerity, kindness and filial piety can see their fragrance." ”

Fang Zhicheng said happily: "If there is really this legend, in this way, I still have a glimmer of hope for survival." ”

The old man said, "Just now I heard the sound of ghosts crying and wolves, it seems to have come from the Devil Valley, I wonder if you heard those sounds?"

Fang Zhicheng said: "Old man, I just walked out of the Evil Ghost Valley, and I experienced that scene just now. ”

The old man said, "Then how did you get out of danger?"

Fang Zhicheng said: "When I was in a great emergency, the scene of my old mother eating fast and reciting Buddha came to my mind, and I meditated and chanted 'Amitabha Buddha' in a hurry, and when I opened my eyes, it was a sunny day in front of me." ”

The old man said: "The Buddha only rescues the destined people, and the Buddha only rescues the good people." The only reason why you were able to escape the catastrophe just now is because you are a person of great filial piety. If you are filial to your parents at home, you are a living bodhisattva in your family. Your mother believes in Buddhism, do you believe in Buddhism?"

Fang Zhicheng said: "I went to university, but I didn't believe in Buddhism and thought my mother was superstitious. But after this catastrophe, I believed. ”

Lao Weng said: "Buddhism has existed in our country for so many years, and the reason why it can be passed down from generation to generation is only the truth that it can be handed down. The Buddha's mind is open and broad, although you didn't believe in him before, but you are a good person, a good person should have a good reward, although you have tribulations, but your life should not be extinguished, so the Buddha will come to your rescue. ”

The old woman said: "Buddhism is not superstition, it can be simply understood as the education of enlightenment, in the long history, especially in ancient times, there were only private schools, there were no modern schools. Private schools are still available to a small number of children of the wealthy, and the children of the poor cannot afford to go to school. ”

"Historically, temples have borne the burden of education, and temples are places for translating scriptures and preaching, and each posture of each Buddha statue in the temple has a different educational significance," said Lao Weng. ”

Fang Zhicheng nodded and praised: "I see, I really haven't heard of it before." ”

The old man said, "We are destined to meet, so I will give you this flute and a bowl as a gift." ”

Fang Zhicheng said: "Old man, isn't this okay?

The old man said, "What I gave you is not an ordinary thing, you drink this water, you play this flute, see what?"

Fang Zhicheng picked up the small bowl, thinking that he could drink it clean with a sip, but no matter how he drank it, the water was neither more nor less, still so much, so sweet. Even if the small bowl is turned upside down, the water will not come out. What's even stranger is the taste of the water, which is really the taste of nectar race elixir.

Fang Zhicheng wanted to play the flute, but the flute automatically flew to his mouth, and when he blew it gently, the flute emitted a pleasant melody. Fang Zhicheng has always been musically blind, but this flute is amazing! What's even more beautiful is that after listening to this music, he feels that his body is light, and he feels like a fairy.

The old man wiped his beard and said, "I will give you these two magic weapons, you have to keep them well, do more good deeds, and you will definitely have a blessing." When you encounter difficulties or dangers, these two magic weapons will help you. If you do something bad, the magic weapon will fail, and it will teach you a lesson. ”

Fang Zhicheng knelt on the ground and said, "Thank you, old man, I will follow your teachings. What is the name of the old man?"

In an instant, the bamboo forest and the small bamboo building just now were gone, and the old man and the old woman just now turned back into the appearance of a fairy, and the old woman just now said: "The old man just now is the master of Qixing Cave, and I am his wife Our Lady of Qixing." ”

Fang Zhicheng kowtowed several times in a row, and when he raised his head, the Qi Xing Cave Lord and the Qi Xing Holy Mother had already left, only to hear the voice of the Qi Xing Cave Master in the air: "These two magic weapons will be helpful for you to find the Nine Red Roses." ”

Fang Zhicheng said with tears of gratitude: "Thank you, two old immortals, thank you!"