Chapter 34: Dismissal (2)
This is the Zen master, he can be a strict father, a good teacher, a general, a monarch, or a ferryman. It depends on what kind of environment he is in, what kind of people he treats, and what kind of responsibilities he has to bear. As long as he feels that this is the right thing to do, he will put on a face that is suitable for handling the matter, instead of blindly smiling and being a good person. Just like the god Rakshasa who smiles at the good and repays the wicked with a fierce look. Repaying virtue with virtue and repaying grievances with straightforwardness is nothing more than crossing people.
In this way, under the auspices of the Zen master, the fire mansion can be regarded as restoring order. The people live and work in peace and contentment, and gradually return to their original state.
The newly appointed grain officer counted the grain left by the two tigers and was pleasantly surprised to find that there was grain, meat and wine in the warehouse, which was enough for tens of thousands of people in the city for half a year. With this half-year transition, the revival of Huofu is just around the corner. Following the orders of the Zen master, he distributed some grain to the inhabitants of the city so that they could have some reserves. Most of it is left for public consumption. Then some were divided for celebration. He also picked out some large and full grains to be used as seeds for spring ploughing in the coming year.
The first evil has been defeated, the evil has been eliminated, and the fire house is in order.
This was followed by a half-month carnival to relieve the seven years of frustration of the residents.
In order to celebrate the defeat of the two tigers, the residents of Huofu designated this day as a carnival. On this day, every house opens its doors and cleans the house inside and out. This was never dared in the past, let alone open the door and clean the house, even if you say a word loudly, it may anger the second tiger and kill him.
It was night, and everyone gathered in the square to laugh and laugh. They surrounded the Zen master, the China, and the bear.
The Zen master sits in the center, with a small table in front of him, on which are placed fruits and meals, all of which are prepared with the finest ingredients. With her back to the crowd, she was holding a sheep and nibbling on it, her tail swinging to the left and then to the right, as if she was very comfortable. Xiong Huang lazily leaned on China, put one hand on his big belly, and poured an urn of wine into his mouth with the other.
Undoubtedly, Xiong Huang's credit is the greatest, and people continue to come to toast. Xiong Huang is a massive, and those who come do not refuse. As soon as someone came to toast, he opened his belly and poured it into his mouth. drank down seven or eight strong men, but no one dared to come to toast anymore.
A huge bonfire was lit in the square, and the whole city, without exception, arrived here. People gather around the campfire, chatting, singing, dancing and juggling, as noisy as a night market.
There are also people who are disappointed, thinking of their dead relatives, silently weeping, complaining and scolding. Someone went to comfort him, for the dead were dead, and the living must live, and in a short time they would join in the revelry, and with the help of wine, they would forget their sorrows.
Of course, a fire is not enough, and the square is not big enough, so some people demolished the dilapidated houses next to the square, expanded the area of the square, and started a new stove to accommodate more than 10,000 people.
At this moment, there was a bang, and a huge firework exploded in the sky. The girls screamed happily and looked at the place where the fireworks were set off, and some of the children had never seen fireworks and plunged into their parents' arms to peek at them.
Fireworks, a very common thing, brought the party to a climax at this time. The mood that had been suppressed for seven years was released by the big flower in the sky, and tens of thousands of people cheered together, and the sound was continuous, shaking the sky and the earth.
Boom, two more fireworks bloomed in the sky. People all stood up and ran around the campfire, screaming, eating and drinking. The carnival was less than halfway there, and the wine and meat brought by the grain officials were not enough. He was so pleased that he immediately asked someone to carry it again, and he brought in five carts of wine and meat, barely enough for tonight.
The Zen master nodded with satisfaction, he was worried that these people would let go of their unhappy sins because of hatred. At this time, under the influence of fireworks and alcohol, these people will be able to revel, and they will be able to dilute the nightmarish past and let go of the hatred in their hearts. As the saying goes, things are easy to solve, but knots are difficult to solve. Seeing them happy, the Zen master was satisfied.
There was another muffled thud, this time more violently than every previous one, and the Fire Mansion seemed to shake. But this time there were no fireworks in the sky, but instead knocked down many dilapidated houses. Everyone was startled and stretched out their heads to look over there.
By the light of the fire, I saw a black man get up from the wreckage of the ruined house, shake the dirt on his body, and scolded: "It's unlucky, one of the eggs got damp and didn't fight." It landed right on the gunpowder pile, and if I hadn't run fast, I would have had to take my life. Hey, you don't know me when you become a grain officer? Bring the wine. ”
The grain officer carried a bottle of wine, and hurriedly ran over with a smile to suppress the man's shock: "Hearing this sound, I thought it was a dragon, and I let out a dragon's fart that shook the sky." Look at the collapse of those houses, it turned out to be your old boy's fart. Ha ha. Come on, I'm shocked, I've worked hard for you......"
When they saw that there was nothing important, the crowd rejoiced again...... Talented people performed the show, or told jokes, or sang, or played the violin, and there were two people wrestling. There are also swords danced, although the sword technique is not practical, but the viewing value is very high......
Without the fireworks, everyone couldn't help but feel bored, and the cheers like the previous falling waves were gone. The Zen master sat by the fire and performed fireworks to make the city residents happy. It's just that his skills are much better than that old boy.
He stretched out his hand and pinched a fire out of the fire, and with a twist of his hand, the fire turned into a small red lotus. He put some salt in the stamen of the little lotus. The Zen master held his hand upward, and the lotus flower slowly rose into the air, like a lamp. It flew until it was one or two hundred feet in the air, and it was like the sound of flowing through a bay of water. The red flower bloomed in the sky for a long time, and its stamens bloomed with golden light, as dazzling as a small sun in the sky.
Everyone looked up at the golden and red fire lotus, and excitement spread among the crowd. A few children ran to the Zen master and insisted that the Zen master teach them.
How can this be taught? Zen masters comprehend the power of fire to the peak, so that they can make flowers from fire. He patted the children on the head and said with a smile: "This can't be learned, it depends on your own ability and understanding." ”
Of course, they didn't understand what the Zen master said, but they all knew that the sparks were good-looking. The Zen master took out a few more flowers from the fire and sent them into the air. With a bang, several fiery red flowers bloomed at the same time, more beautiful than any fireworks. Although there is no previous golden bloom, this time it is to light up the entire Fire Mansion into a real "Fire Mansion". Looking from afar, I saw a raging fire burning in the sky above the Huofu, and the flames were soaring into the sky, shining thousands of miles.
Another city a few hundred miles away.
A group of city guards were patrolling the city walls, and suddenly they saw the sky in the distance as bright as day, and they ran to the city walls to look at the place.
The captain of this team is a caring person, secretly wrote down this incident, turned around and said: "The vision of the sky is extraordinary, I'm afraid something will happen." Looking at the direction seems to be the direction of Huofu, it is said that it is close to the land of demons and has long been abandoned by the state. I'm afraid that there are demons at work. I'll report this to my superiors first, and you can continue to patrol and don't be lazy. ”
With that, the man hurried away and reported to the authorities......
The crowd cheered again, and both men and women hooked their shoulders and danced under the sparks. However, the air here is so hot that everyone's sweat is brushing down, and drinking three bottles of water in a quarter of an hour is not enough to sweat.
Even China stuck out her tongue and drooled down, and her expression couldn't help but pause, and even her ears drooped listlessly, and she didn't even bother to eat the little lamb. Lying on the ground, quietly watching the humans laugh, China also found it amused and smiled slightly. Seeing that the Zen master showed his hand, and the weather was too hot, he also showed his hand to cool down the air......
As soon as China's mind moved, an ice sculpture appeared next to the fire, and the ice was a maid carrying a lamp. The Zen master took a flame from the fire and placed it on the lamp. Suddenly, the ice sculpture turned into an ice lamp. The ice lantern emits a colorful light, and the intensity of the light is much greater than that of fire. It attracted everyone's attention, and everyone cheered again.
An ice sculpture looked lonely, and in a short time twenty or thirty were created, each different, emitting a thick cold fog that brought a hint of coolness to the square. In some cases, whales spew water, and the Zen master places fire on top of the "water" that spews out, just like a whale spewing light. Some of them are like elephants, with their noses curled and their nostrils upward, and the Zen master puts fire into its nostrils, just like an elephant holding up a fire. Some are a palace, the palace is not big, only for children to enter, the Zen master put fire on the roof of the palace, the palace is illuminated in all colors. There is also a swallow, and the Zen master puts fire in the swallow's mouth, like a swallow holding on to the fire. He took the swallow off the icicle and said a mantra, and the ice swallow spread its wings and circled in the sky......
When the children saw it, they were even more amused, and they cheered and chased after the swallow......
The only one who didn't show his talent was Xiong Huang, who was slightly drunk at this time, and even lost a shoe, and was lying on the ground without an image, holding a piece of ice chewing with his eyes closed. Rattle, grunt, pour a sip of wine, drink it with ice, and chew it very vigorously......
The children were tired of chasing the swallows, so they started the idea of China and Xionghuang. Xiong Huang drank a little too much, and was lying on the ground, and he was kind and kind, so he let them make trouble. When a child saw that the bear's belly was full of elasticity, he climbed up and cried out, "Look, what have I found?" ”
I saw him laughing on the bear's yellow belly, jumping around at the same time, jumping higher than the other, like jumping on a trampoline. Xiong Huang lay on the ground and watched, the more he looked, the more frightened he became, for fear of falling him, so he didn't dare to move and let him jump.