Chapter 578: The Postman Delivers the Letter
Qian Jishi said that there is a good way, that is, after you change your evil and return to righteousness in this life, you will recite the name of Amitabha Buddha every day, and when you die, your deceased soul will be led by Amitabha Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva, and Dashi Zhi Bodhisattva on the lotus seat, and then you will be truly liberated.
As soon as the big man was excited, he slapped his hands and said loudly, Master said so well, I'll chant Buddha! Born in the Western Elysium.
Other thieves, such as the medium man, also said: We don't want the undead to be reincarnated as animals in a hundred years, or even human beings, we just want to be reborn in the Western Elysium.
Qian Jishi said happily, then you should insist on reciting the name of Amitabha Buddha! Amitabha Buddha made 48 great vows, and the most convenient one is that whoever recites his name, he will lead him to rebirth in the Western Elysium.
At this time, the thieves began to chant the name of Amitabha Buddha. A few days later, a number of thieves who had stolen the steel bars of the Mida Temple such as big men and medium heights not only believed in the Buddha and recited the Buddha, but also took their families to believe in the Buddha and recite the Buddha together, and often came to the Mida Temple to do volunteers.
Qian Jishi told the real cases he had experienced, and Gu Weixing listened to them with relish, and he was amazed. Then I left, it was almost dawn, and it was really not early. Qian Jishi then fell asleep and soon fell asleep.
In a trance, he saw a man standing in front of him and bowed deeply, and said in his mouth, Monk Qian, I want to worship you as a teacher, can you take me as an apprentice and shave for me. I also want to become a monk.
Qian Jishi asked, where are you from? What is the last name?
The man replied: My name is Cao Nanshan, a native of Huguang. In the previous life, he was a strong man, he participated in the robbery of a boatload of soybeans on the Chibi River, and killed one of the seven bandit gangs of a family of seven, in this life, because of his reform, accumulating virtue and doing good, and he also did a thing that had saved people, the just king of Yama called my sins in my previous life and the good deeds of this life with the divine scale of Hades, and my good deeds outweighed my sins, so I was forgiven, and I did not have to go to hell to be punished, and after the sentence was completed, I did not have to degrade animals or hungry ghosts. The king of Yama also said, "If I am reincarnated again, I can protect my body, I can give birth to a good land, and I will have blessings, longevity, and wealth."
Now I take a swim out of the underworld before I have drunk the Soul Forgetting Soup and my mind is clear, and then I will return to the underworld and wait for the arrangement.
Before I went out to wander, I had a thought in my heart, hoping to meet a monk who was destined for the Tao. Unexpectedly, my soul drifted to the sky above Nalanda Temple in the Eastern Land Kingdom, and it was night, when I heard a monk telling a story about persuading the world, I followed the sound and landed, and I arrived at this humble guest house, only to know that the storyteller was you. From your conversation with a benefactor named Gu Weixing, I also know that you are a monk of Qian Jishi.
Let me tell you, tonight, I listened to the story you told your benefactor Gu Weixing, and I was very moved; I also understand a truth, being a human being and being an immortal, no matter how great the blessing is, it is not in the end, and in the end, the blessing is over, and there is still the danger of degenerating into a hellish beast and a hungry ghost, it is better to concentrate on reciting the name of Amitabha Buddha as you said, and you can be reborn in the Western Paradise and no longer suffer from reincarnation.
Oh! I see. Qian Jishi hadn't understood yet, he asked, I told Gu Weixing the story of persuasion and punishment I experienced, why didn't I see you there?
Cao Nanshan smiled slightly and said, Didn't I say it? I died because I gave myself to save others, that is, I gave up my human body, and my soul is still alive. When you preached the good law to Gu Weixing, I listened carefully to it, and of course you, as living people, could not see my soul.
Qian Jishi didn't react in time, and asked again, Then why can I see you now?
Cao Nanshan said, then I'll pierce the window paper! You're in a dream now, and once you wake up, I can still see you, but you can't see me.
Qian Jishi let out an "oh", which was completely understood. He said, Master Cao, according to what you said, I can't wake up now, and when I wake up, I won't be able to see you anymore, and I won't be able to talk to you.
Cao Nanshan smiled and nodded. Qian Jishi said, then I won't wake up for the time being! I just want to ask you, you just said that you have always been early in your previous life, and you once participated in a gang of robbers to rob a boatload of soybeans on the Chibi River and killed a family of seven on the boat, and you are also a heinous sinner.
What I don't understand is, since you killed someone, after you died in your previous life, why didn't Yin Cha arrest you and send you to hell to be punished, or degraded as a beast or a hungry ghost? You can tell me the reason or the merits of it, and let me hear it, and I can tell the world about it, maybe it will have edifying significance.
Cao Nanshan said, yes! It is indeed edifying. This story is something I have personally experienced, and it is really full of twists and turns, and it is difficult to describe it in a word.
At this time, Qian Jishi also bowed to Cao Nanshan, and then said, I will listen to you.
Cao Nanshan said, how can you give me a salute, it's really killing me.
Qian Jishi said, no problem. Tell me!
Cao Nanshan nodded, and talked about it from beginning to end-
During the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, there were many wine shops in Puqi City, merchants gathered, and the pedestrians on the street were bustling and lively.
This is the morning of the 14th day of the lunar month, a cold wind blows on the surface of the Lushui River from time to time, pouring into the West Street, only to see an apricot yellow flag picked out by a big archway flipped and made a "pop" sound.
A young man dressed in green hurried towards the archway. He carried a green cloth bag with two large black lacquer letters on it: Postman.
The postman approached the archway, stood and looked up at the fluttering apricot yellow flag for a long time, until it stopped as the wind stopped, and the four vermilion Wei stele characters marked on the flag "Caojia Liquor Workshop" could be seen clearly.
The postman walked into the big archway, smelled the smell of wine in the air and moved his nose, and said to himself that it must be a grain wine brewed here, so fragrant.
In a corner of the courtyard sat a woman, wearing a tight-fitting cotton jacket, and the fabric was full of ingot-like prints. She is embroidering cross-stitch with flying needles, and the cross-stitch plaque is placed on the table.
Seeing only the woman's back, the postman walked around to her and took out a letter from her bag.
The postman said, may I ask my sister-in-law, is Cao Yang from here?
Before the woman could reply, the postman heard a helper who was serving wine over there saying, "Come here, don't affect the embroidery of the cross plaque by Huqin's sister-in-law."
Hu Qin stopped working, looked at the postman and asked, "Do you have something to do with the master?"
The postman shook the letter in front of her and said that a letter had come from Xindi Street, Honghu.
Hu Qin said, give it to me! I am Cao Yang's insider.
At this moment, a man of medium stature walked over from the side where the wine was kept. As you walk, where did the letter come from?
Hu Qin stretched out his hand and snatched the letter from the postman's hand to browse the mailing address under the envelope, then raised his head to look at the middle-aged man who walked over.
Hu Qin smiled and said, Cao Yang, who is in charge, was sent by Honghu's uncle, Hu Qinqi.
When the postman saw Cao Yang coming, he nodded and left the Cao Family Winery.
Hu Qin opened the letter and handed it to Cao Yang, there were only a few lines on it.
Cao Yang looked at his belief - Dear cousin: Please help me buy soybeans for tofu in Puqi, I want as many as I want, and strive to ship across the river before the New Year, and then I will pick up the goods in Wulin, opposite Chibi.
There were still some words behind the letter, Cao Yang only read it silently, stopped reading it, and handed the letter to Hu Qin. He said, I'm so busy making wine and selling wine, how can I have time to collect soybeans with him?!
After reading the letter, Hu Qin raised his head and said, "Boss, when did Hu Qinqi ask you for help?" As soon as I look for you, I want to push. Hu Qinqi was so polite, and it was also written in the letter, asking our family to go to Honghu for the New Year this year.
Cao Yang said, I don't know if I have time, I still have to put a table of wine to sell a year ago.
Hu Qin said that there are still ten days before the new year, and he will win.
Cao Yang frowned, thinking about it, and said, if you win, you will go, and if you can't win, you will not go. The question is what to do with the soybeans? I don't have time.
Hu Qin said, you promised our family to go to Honghu Lake for the New Year, and I have a way to harvest this soybean.
Cao Yang said, that's okay! That's it.