Chapter 270 Lost His Life for Money and Wealth

The monk guarding the temple gate of Dongyue Temple said to her: "He is our abbot, what do you have to ask him for trouble?", the old woman said to them: "My granddaughter Xiao Xiuhua, she is only sixteen years old, she was plagued by a goblin, this goblin has to come to sleep with her every night, my granddaughter Xiao Xiuhua is unwilling, the goblin comes and goes in the clouds at night, we are mortals, and we have no choice!"

The old woman continued to the monk guarding the door with tears in her eyes: "I heard our neighbors at the foot of Peach Blossom Mountain say that the multi-eyed monk can collect goblins, so I specially came to ask the multi-eyed elder master to accept this evil goblin. ”。

The monk Yuankong, who guarded the Dongyue Temple in Peach Blossom Mountain, said: "You wait at the gate of the temple, I will go into the ancestral hall to report to the patriarch Duomu Elder to see how he answers, I am coming out to tell you." ”。

The old woman Mao Shuhua said to the monk Yuan Kong, who was guarding the temple gate: "Then thank you, master." Monk Yuankong said to the old woman Mao Shuhua, "No thanks!", and after speaking, he quickly walked towards the Patriarch Hall of Dongyue Temple.

In an instant, he came to the patriarch's hall, he saw that the patriarch Duomu was telling the monks of Dongyue Temple Guanyin Bodhisattva's "Guanyin Heart Sutra", he walked to the podium, interrupted the patriarch's multi-purpose lecture, he said to the patriarch Duomu: "Patriarch, there is a mother-in-law Mao Shuhua outside the door, there is something important, she asks to see the patriarch, is the patriarch willing to see her?"

The patriarch sat on the podium, and he said to the monk Yuankong, "Disciple, you can ask her to come in and see me." The monk Yuan Kong stood under the patriarch's platform, and he said to the patriarch: "Obey, patriarch!"

After speaking, he walked to the temple gate outside the patriarch's hall, and after a while, he came to the gate of Dongyue Temple, and he said to his mother-in-law Mao Shuhua: "Donor, our patriarch Duomu invites you to go in to see him, you can go with me." ”。

Mother-in-law Mao Shuhua saw this busy and followed the temple gate monk Yuankong to the Dongyue Temple Patriarch Hall, and after a while, they came to the Patriarch Palace, and the mother-in-law Mao Shuhua saw the patriarch sitting on the high podium.

She hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down to the multi-eyed patriarch sitting on the podium and said, "Patriarch, you are very gracious, save my granddaughter." The patriarch saw that kneeling on the pulpit was a white-haired old woman.

He sat on the pulpit and said to the old woman Mao Shuhua: "Mother-in-law, please stand up and speak." He continued to say to the old woman: "Where is my mother-in-law from?

The old woman Mao Shuhua said to the patriarch Duomu: "I am not here to burn incense, nor to repay my vows, I am here to invite you to my house at the foot of Peach Blossom Mountain to collect goblins." ”。

The patriarch said to the old woman Mao Shuhua: "What bad things did the goblins do to your family?", the old woman Mao Shuhua cried to the patriarch and said, "It's a long story. ”。

Seeing this, the multi-eyed patriarch hurriedly said to the monks who were reciting the scriptures in the patriarch's hall: "You all go back and rest, and while resting, you can recite the scriptures and review your meditation lessons." ”。

All the chanting monks said to the patriarch in unison under the patriarch's stage: "We all follow the patriarch's instructions, and we will go back to the dormitory to review the lessons of meditation." ”。

After the monks finished speaking, they all went back to their respective dormitories one after another to review the lessons of meditation, and after the patriarch saw that all the disciples and grandchildren had gone back to their respective dormitories, he walked down the stage of the patriarch and came to the old woman Mao Shuhua.

He said to the old woman Mao Shuhua: "Mother-in-law, please go to my ancestral cave to speak." After speaking, he took the old woman to the ancestral cave, and after a while, they came to the closed ancestral cave together.

Patriarch Duomu brought a stool to the old woman Mao Shuhua, and said to the old woman Mao Shuhua: "Mother-in-law, there are no outsiders here, you explain the ins and outs of this goblin to me clearly, and I can also make preparations for collecting goblins." ”。

The old woman Mao Shuhua said to the multi-eyed patriarch with tears: "Master Duomu, this goblin has done something hurtful. It turned out that in the southwest corner of the Peach Blossom Mountain, there was a family, three generations of grandparents, sitting in four thatched houses.

Grandma is the old woman Mao Shuhua, her son Xiao Ruyun and daughter-in-law Yan Sichun are in love with each other, they gave birth to their daughter Xiao Xiuhua at the age of twenty-four, Xiao Xiuhua when she was a child is talented, innocent and lively, with a pair of big eyes, especially cute, when the girl grows to the age of sixteen, as beautiful as a flower.

On this day, the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, three generations of their family ancestors are eating moon cakes in their yard while admiring the moon.

His father, Xiao Ruyun, said to his daughter: "Xiuhua, taking advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival and the bright moon, why don't you dance a dance for us that you taught in the art school, so that grandma and our parents can open their eyes." ”。

Daughter Xiuhua said coquettishly to his father Xiao Ruyun: "I danced for you to watch, how much performance fee do you give me?", his father Xiao Ruyun said to her: "This way, you dance well, and my mother and I will reward you with five coins of silver." Her grandmother Mao Shuhua also said to her: "Grandma also rewarded you with five coins of silver." ”。

Xiao Xiuhua said to them: "You have to count when you speak!", and they said to her: "Look, we are all old, don't we count when we speak?"

Xiao Xiuhua said to them: "In that case, I'll dance a dance of "Fairy Scattered Flowers" for you." Father and mother, you can take out the erhu and guzheng to accompany me, with the music, I can dance better. “。

After his father Xiao Ruyun and mother Yan Sichun listened to their daughter Xiao Xiuhua's instructions, they hurriedly ran into the house, took out the guzheng and erhu and came to the courtyard where they were eating moon cakes.

His father Xiao Ruyun played the erhu tune of "Fairy Scattered Flowers", her mother Yan Sichun played the guzheng to accompany her, and as the beautiful song sounded, their daughter Xiao Xiuhua danced the dance of "Fairy Scattered Flowers", and their daughter Xiao Xiuhua sang while dancing: "Flowers bloom all over the sky, thousands of purples and thousands of reds are spring, and the flowers in the sky are cared for with love? ”。

Seeing their daughter's graceful dance steps and figure like a hibiscus out of the water, the couple smiled happily when they played the erhu and the guzheng at the same time, and they saw their daughter's achievements in learning dance art, and their husband's and wife's hard work was not in vain.

At this time, a fierce monster flew in the sky and clouds, you see him soaring in the clouds, a black mist enveloping his whole body, his vicious appearance, like the fetal god on the thirty-three days of the Lingxiao Treasure Palace.

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This book was first published in Reading Books