There is a saying in the Book of Rites, and it is not sacrificed but sacrificed, and it is called obscenity. Obscenity is not blessed.

It is not officially cultivated by the imperial court, but by the folk locality, which can also be called obscenity.

From ancient times to the present, there are many records of breaking obscenity in the history books.

Jinguang Temple is one of the famous obscenities in the area.

This Buddhist temple covers an extremely wide area, and there are mountain gates in the temple, the four heavenly kings hall, the Wei Dao hall, the Daxiong treasure hall, the Guanyin Pavilion and so on.

At the time of construction, there were many acts of encroaching on fertile land, only because there was the support of the Tian family and other wealthy families behind it, and there were officials in the country secretly shielding them, so the people who were encroached upon dared not speak out.

Even if someone is bold enough to go to the drama county to find Zhou Guofu, who has always had a clean name, to file a complaint, but when they arrive in the drama county, if they don't see Zhou Guofu, they will be put in prison and poisoned and beaten first.

As for whether he is alive or dead in the end, these county officials don't care, even if they are killed, it is nothing more than a random crime, and then the township where this person is located will have to pay a lot more when they pay taxes.

Therefore, even if there are still bold and resentful people who want to sue later, most of them are caught by the people in the middle before they go out of the door.

The weaker the common people, the more rampant these people become.

It's just that even if they know that this is wrong, these ordinary people have no other way.

In the face of power and wealth, ordinary people who have no power can only bow their heads obediently.

In the Han Dynasty, there was a system, and only the people of the Western Regions had to set up the Lan capital to worship their gods, and the Han people were not allowed to become monks.

It's just that the system is just a system in the end, and it can be regarded as something that has to be broken before power.

Most of the monks in Jinguang Temple were local scoundrels in the past, and the presiding officer Zhao Shan was a ruthless figure who had killed people and fallen into the grass, but later he was thrown into Tanaka's door for some reason, and Tanaka sent him here.

At this time, Liu Bei and Guan Yu were standing in front of the mountain gate outside the Jinguang Temple, which was grand and full of spirit.

It was noon, and there were quite a few people coming up from the mountain, but most of these people had a bitter look on their faces, and there was no joy at all.

"Mountaineering incense should be a sincere thing, but why do I see people on the mountain with bitter faces?"

Liu Bei casually asked an old man who was passing by his side, panting from mountaineering, and temporarily stopped here.

The old man glanced at the two of them and said with a wry smile: "Listening to your accent, you are not from our Beihai Kingdom, so I don't know about this temple." This is not an ordinary temple, and there have never been any Buddhas and Bodhisattvas here, only cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods in the courtyard. If you want to ask for incense to worship the Buddha, it's better to go somewhere else. It's all poor people who come here. ”

"I see that there are many people who climb the mountain and make incense, how to say that they are all cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods." Liu Bei pointed to the pedestrians who were climbing the mountain.

The old man was also kind-hearted, and sighed, "These people who go up the mountain are not here to go up the mountain to pray for blessings, today is the day to pay the incense tax, and these people are here to pay the tax." ”

Liu Bei nodded and asked with a smile: "A certain person also knows the law, but he has never heard that the Han family has this tax."

"Naturally, there is no tax above the law, but there is less tax than there is no tax above the law?" When the old man heard this, he was also angry, "This incense tax is naturally set by these people themselves. ”

"What if you don't?"

"Don't pay? If you don't come to the temple on time to hand it in, the monks from the temple will come down to your house the next day, smash and loot, and rob all the valuable things in your house. ”

"If they can't make up the money, they will use the servants of the government to arrest and put in prison those who have not paid. If your family still can't get enough money to ransom people, the whole village will be implicated. The old man exhaled.

"I see." Liu Bei responded, thoughtfully.

Sure enough, the wicked have their own wisdom, and they are persecuted by violence on the outside, and by the people of the village on the inside.

Difficulties at home and abroad, how can we prevent these desperate people from smashing pots and selling iron.

He smiled and said, "In that case, then I have to go to the mountains to have a look." My brother came from the north, and he has traveled a lot, but he has never seen this incense tax, and today he will definitely open his eyes. ”

When the old man saw that he couldn't persuade him, he didn't persuade him anymore, but just reminded: "When you go to the mountain, you must be careful with your words and deeds." Even if you see something, don't be strong, those people on the mountain are not something you can provoke. ”

The young people are high-spirited and angry, and the old people can't remember how many young people have lost their lives for this.

And if you die, you will die in vain, not to mention what these people will say.

Liu Bei nodded and smiled: "Rest assured, elder, I know."

………………

On the square outside the main hall of Jinguang Temple, a monk has already placed a huge merit box in the center.

The merit box is made of wood, with a golden Buddha on it, and there is no ceiling in front of the wooden box, and all the money obtained must be invested in it.

There are a few bald men with big shoulders and round waists and yellow robes guarding the merit box, with fierce looks between their eyebrows, not at all like believers in Buddhist temples, but like vicious slaves raised by wealthy families.

Behind the merit box is a bald old man with a long white beard, this person looks quite kind, but when he looks at the common people not far away, a fierce light flashes in his eyes from time to time, this person is now the host of the Jinguang Temple, Zhao Shan, who is secretly called the smiling tiger by the villagers.

"Ahem." Zhao Shan coughed deliberately.

The originally noisy square immediately quieted down, and everyone looked at this "kind-faced" old man, and those villagers who came to pay the incense money were even more breathless.

Zhao Shan saw everyone's expressions and nodded with satisfaction.

What he wants is for these people to be afraid, and only by letting these people be afraid to the bone will they not dare to do those things of resistance.

This person's eyes passed over everyone, and it was a pity that he had never seen the woman who came last time.

He exhaled, bowed his head slightly, whispered the Buddha's name, and then raised his head and looked at the people from the countryside who came to pay the incense tax, "You have come from afar, and the Buddha will certainly have mercy on your pious heart and let you be blessed in the next life." If you donate money to my Buddha, you are destined to be a person. My Buddha can cross the destined people. ”

As soon as he said this, the villagers stepped forward one after another to put the money into the merit box.

Someone on the side laid out a piece of paper, and recorded the name, place of origin, and the amount of money paid in the book.

At this time, Liu Bei and Guan Yu stood behind everyone, looked at the past, and saw that although there were many people in the square, those monks dealt with it but not chaotic, obviously they had experience.

He turned his head to Guan Yu and smiled, "It seems that these people are quite experienced in doing these things."

Guan Yu's face was already a little red at this time, and his fists were clenched.

At the beginning, he was angry and killed people because he couldn't stand the bullies in the township, so he fled to the rivers and lakes.

The two of them were in a trance, when they suddenly heard a burst of shouting and scolding from in front of them.

Looking up, the old man who had gone up the mountain with them was being pushed to the ground by a bald man.

"Why do I have to pay so much more money for incense?"

The old man was pushed to the ground, unable to struggle for a while, but he couldn't care about the injuries on his body, and first asked why he wanted to pay more incense money.

The host Zhao Shan took a few steps forward, leaned over, and laughed in a low voice: "Originally, there was naturally no need for so much. It's just that a few days ago, some of you were disrespectful to the Buddha and wanted to go to the county to sue us. Although I was stopped by you before I could come to the county to complain, I still got some rumors here. ”

He stood up and looked down at the old man who was sitting on the ground, "I am a kind-hearted person, I wanted to cover things up like this, but the gods cannot be deceived, and that night the Buddha dreamed of me, saying that in the next life, I will beat you and others into the animal path, and then you will be embarrassed." Fortunately, I interceded for you at the time, so that the Buddha responded to ask you to wait for you to avoid disaster. ”

"We are all people who believe in Buddhism, and if we are disrespectful, it will be okay, but this person should be disrespectful to the Buddha. Now it's just to overcharge you and other money, but I have borne the great cause and effect for you. ”

The old man lying on the ground couldn't speak.

When the white horse came to the west, Buddhism entered the Central Plains, although there was a white horse temple in Luoyang, but Buddhism spread in the Han Dynasty was not deep. Among the Han people, few people believe in the mud embryo body on the altar.

Now this person's so-called Buddha's dream is naturally not believed by everyone, but because of the power behind this person, they have to believe it.

Zhao Shan made a nondescript Buddha ceremony, and said with a smile: "It's better to go back early to raise money, otherwise even if I can't bear it then, in order to pay respect to the Buddha, I won't be able to protect you."

A middle-aged man took a few steps forward and stopped beside the old man, as if trying to help the old man to his feet.

The old man was about to thank this person, but when he looked up and saw this person's face, his face changed suddenly.

The man didn't wait for the old man to speak, and slipped out of his sleeve with a sharpened sharp horn knife, and rushed straight towards Zhao Shan on the opposite side.

Zhao Shan was also a figure with a head and face in the cottage in the past, although he was not known for martial arts, but he had a lot of blood on his hands. At this time, when he saw the man pounce, he immediately put his feet on the ground and retreated reluctantly.

The knife-wielding man did not give up and chased after Zhao Shan, and at this time, the bald monks on both sides of the merit box had already come to their senses, surrounded them, and surrounded the knife-wielding man in the middle.

Although this person was holding a sharp blade and moving his hands in a fighting posture, it was obvious that this person had never practiced martial arts, so he was knocked to the ground by those strong men in just a few rounds.

Suddenly, there was such a change, and the villagers who had been in front of the merit box all dispersed.

Liu Bei took a few steps forward and picked up the old man who was still lying on the ground struggling, "Does the elder know this person?" ”

The old man sighed, "This person is a person from Changleli, surnamed Feng Mingxu, a few days ago he went out to do business, and his wife came to pay the incense money, who would have wanted to ......"

Liu Bei nodded, "It turned out to be him." ”

At this time, Feng Xu had already been punched and kicked by those bald men, the sharp knife in his hand fell off his hand and fell aside, and the whole person lay on the ground, forcing himself to sit up.

The danger has been removed, Zhao Shan took a few steps forward, looked at the middle-aged man in front of him who was bleeding from the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be you, I want you to come today for the sake of your lady?" It's really a bloody man, even I have to be moved. ”

Feng Xu just stared at Zhao Shan, if his gaze could kill, he was afraid that this person had already died thousands of times.

"Heaven has the virtue of a good life. I don't blame you for doing such a thing today. I think it's because you have evil spirits at work, and I used to get rid of demons for your lady that day, but unfortunately the time was shorter, and it didn't take effect, so it came to you. ”

Feng Xu roared angrily, and he had to stand up and go to this person desperately, but his injuries were too serious, and he couldn't get up after several struggles.

Zhao Shan was even more proud, and looked at Feng Xu with a smile, "It seems that now you have a heavy demon barrier, and you can't be left behind." But don't worry, after you die, my wife will be brought to live in the temple, and then drive away the demons on her body. ”

Feng Xu roared angrily, and was about to get up, but at this moment, someone put his hand on his shoulder.

The man smiled softly in his ear: "There is no need to do this, your lady is still waiting for you to return home, and I will leave this matter to me."

Feng Xu turned his head to see that standing beside him was a young man with his hands folded in the sleeves of his wide robe and a gentle smile on his face.

Zhao Shan also looked at this young man he had never seen before, and the smile on his face was even worse, "I actually want to help this demonic barrier, I think you are also infected by demons, it seems that I can only surrender with you." ”

The old man who was helped up by Liu Bei before gritted his teeth when he saw this, hurriedly stepped forward, pulled Liu Bei, and said with a sneer: "It's all a misunderstanding, this person is an outsider, and he doesn't understand our rules here."

Liu Bei smiled, stretched out his hands from his sleeves, pushed away the old man's arm that was pulling him, and then pressed his hand on the sword.

He took a few steps forward and came to the merit box. The long sword at his waist was unsheathed, and he held the sword in his hand, and without hesitation, he slammed his sword towards the Buddha statue on the merit box.

The golden body of the Buddha statue was immediately cut into two sections.

He turned his head to look at Zhao Shan and the others who were distracted on the side, and said with a smile: "Now it seems that I really have a deep demonic obstacle, and even the Buddha has cracked." I also ask you to take action to subdue the demons, I can't ask for something. ”

At this time, Zhao Shan and the others had already come back to their senses, and he hesitated a little in his heart, this person still dared to be so rampant in the Jinguang Temple, was he young and frivolous, or did he rely on it?

It's just that he has been in the Jinguang Temple for a long time, and the officials and wealthy clans in Beihai have colluded with him, so he only hesitated for a moment, and immediately made up his mind to solve this person.

He glanced at the bald monks around him, and these people understood and surrounded Liu Bei.

Liu Bei didn't panic at all, and put the sword in his hand back into its sheath.

"Yun Chang, you have to be careful when dealing with these people. Killing and maiming them is cheaper. Liu Bei laughed.

"Brother, rest assured, Yu will definitely leave them alive."

The red-faced man behind him had already rolled up his cuffs and looked at him angrily.

Guan Yu took a few steps forward and looked at the monks in front of him, and the killing intent in his heart became stronger.

"Don't delay, come up and die!"