Chapter 24: Fighting the Dharma and the Buddha's Way
Tong Lake is more than ten miles, the water surface is calm like a blue mirror, as if you have seen the horizon at a glance. Two rows of weeping willows are planted in the sand dunes on the shore, and I don't know if there are thousands, tens of thousands, and the lake is framed with green. In the new season of spring, the willow flowers are clustered and hazy with clusters of yellow mist.
The Taoist walks on the shore, the fresh willow leaves float and send fragrance, and the wind stirs the robe, which is very comfortable. The two little apprentices had fun as usual, climbed up the tree with joy, picked a few fresh wickers, picked a handful of wild flowers, and made two garlands to wear on each other's heads. Walking on the sand dunes, learning to walk crookedly with ducks for a while, chasing and running madly for a while, there is no time for laughter. The beautiful scenery is good, and the Taoist is happy to chant: "Luofan has read the Quartet for three years, and the Tonghu Lake is ten miles away from the sea." Qingmeng's two children play in the sand, and the dragon mother roars in the sky. ”
Xuanyi ran over sweating profusely, took the Taoist's hand and pulled it to the lake, and said with a smile: "Master, master!" It's a big lake, it's a big lake. Don't recite any crooked poems, teach us to swim, the water must be fun. ”
"How do you swim in the cold water in the spring? Besides, there is a big demon in the lake, and you don't take you as dinner when you go into the water. The Taoist laughed back. Wow, I forgot, there's a monster in the water. Then we'll have to stay away, youkai like to eat cute kids like us. Xuanyi laughed. Master, this lake is open, you can't see the edge at a glance, how can you catch it out when the monster hides in the water? Xuantian asked, putting his hand on the pergola and looking at it from afar. It's okay, let's go to the village on the shore first to inquire about the details of this demon, and then it's not too late to find a way. ”
Along the shore, walk another mile. Seeing that the sandy shore in front of us is open, and in front of a dozen thousand-year-old willow trees, thousands of fishermen have gathered, and they are doing something lively. Xuan Yi was so lively, so he threw down the Taoist and ran away with his younger brother. Behind him, the Taoist shouted: "Xuanyi comes back, otherwise he will cause trouble again." She ran merrily like an unrestrained wind, and turned back and shouted, "Hee-hee-hee! Master, in broad daylight, what is the disaster. Let's go and make a front stop for you first, and you follow slowly. ”
The second boy left the Taoist and ran to the willow field in one breath. The fishermen on the battlefield were busy, and some dozens of people were slaughtering sheep, pigs, and cattle, making a bloody mess; Some dozens of people are moving wood, building flagpoles, driving wooden stakes, and building a high platform, making the whole scene clang; There are also hundreds of people who tie thick bamboo with hemp rope and bamboo strips to make bamboo rows. In the center of the field, there is a bald red hair, convex eyes and concave cheeks, black teeth and small ears, wearing a big red robe, holding a yin and yang mirror. The seven red-skinned and shirtless apprentices under the command of the strange Dao were carrying items such as fragrant flowers, treasure candles, spirit tablets, and divine tablets, as if they were going to do some magic things.
Seeing the two children coming, the fishermen seemed to have seen something strange, and they all stopped what they were doing and looked at it. Xuanyi was not afraid of life, walked to the middle of the field to take a look, pinched his waist and smiled: "Hehe, what do you think we do?" I've never seen a foreigner. It's not a year, it's not a festival, it's not the birthday of the Taoist Ancestor and the Jade Emperor, how do you make such a big dojo? My master is also a Taoist priest, can I join in the share? ”
The red-haired old man looked at it at a glance, the dead white convex fish eyes showed joy, and the old man in the linen coarse clothes, the rickety, and the bamboo pole on the side of the ear whispered: "Village chief, it is really heavenly jade." These two children's flesh and blood fairies are the highest grade spirit fetus, and if they can sacrifice to the dragon god, they are better than thirty or fifty children. Quickly arrest them, and we will be able to get twice the result with half the effort. ”
The village chief's cloudy old eyes came to the divine light, his face was full of trouble, and the bamboo guard pointed at the second child and shouted: "These two little babies are good sacrifices from God." Everyone, catch them, don't let them run. Hundreds of fishermen immediately left their work and ran to arrest Ertong. Xuanyi hurriedly pulled Xuantian to run, "Ah, the master's mouth is spiritual, and when he encounters such a mess, my brother should run quickly, otherwise he will be used as a sacrifice to feed the fish spirit and turtle monster." ”
The second child was brisk and accustomed to running, and the fishermen, even though they were old, were quickly thrown away. Throwing off a group of fishermen, Xuan Yi turned around and laughed loudly: "Haha, a bunch of stinky fish and rotten shrimp with unfavorable legs, turtle Wang Ba with weak feet, and bad-eyed crabs with broken legs, you also want to catch this prodigy, go and do your spring and autumn dreams." ”
"Dao Chief, the little baby is about to run away, what can I do!" The old village chief hurriedly asked the red-haired old road for help. "Hmph, they can't escape from the palm of their own way!" Lao Dao snorted coldly, then twisted his fingers with his hand, and recited a spell in his mouth to exorcise the gods, "There is no true meaning, the spirit comes from my heart!" Pointing to the hemp rope on the bamboo frame in the distance, the rope was like a living snake, and the lightning flew towards the second child.
Xuan Yi was complacent, and when he saw the hemp rope chasing after him, he exclaimed: "Ah, I met the master again, and the apprentice is going to suffer." The second boy ran faster but couldn't get faster than the rope, and in the blink of an eye he was tied together and lay down on the ground.
Xuan Yi struggled and shouted with a red face: "You red-haired and skinny evil way is about to let go of the two of us, otherwise my master will come and swell your stinky fish face, and then smash your mouth full of black teeth." The red-haired old man said angrily: "This little baby is a mouthful, carried them to the house, and fed the dragon god together at night to see how rampant she is." ”
The fishermen were about to step forward to arrest the two of them, when they saw that the sand suddenly magically bulged, and a big hand made of sand and soil sent the two children out of the encirclement.
Xuanyi looked up and saw the master, jumped up and stood like a worm, bared his teeth and smiled: "Master, you came too slowly, hello apprentice was almost caught and fed to the monster." The Taoist swept the dust, and the hemp rope on the two of them was untied, "You good apprentice makes trouble for me all day long, it's not you who let me walk slowly, but blame me for the accident." "Hey, hey! The master came just in time, just right. The red-haired old man and a group of stinky fishermen want to catch children and feed them to the monsters, master, you go and beat them up and vent their evil anger for the children! Xuan Yi turned around and pointed to the airway again.
The fishermen saw the supernatural powers of the Taoist, and retreated to the field in fear. The red-haired bald old Taoist twisted his red beard, his eyes radiated golden light, and he looked at the cultivation of the Taoist. Sensing that there was no Dan Qi in the Daoist's body, he smiled and said, "It turned out to be a mortal fetus with a physical body, but I just learned some exorcism skins. Don't panic, I'll take him personally! ”
Then he led seven red-skinned disciples forward. The other side saluted, but the words were coercive: "The Tao is really immeasurable, and the old Tao is called the Buddha Dao." I don't know which mountain man the little Taoist priest dares to come and mess with my dojo. ”
"The Way of the Evil Buddha? Are you a Buddha, a Tao, or a demon? I can't even give a name, so I guess it's also a liar who came out to sell fake medicines! Xuan Yi was amused for a while, and raised his hand to laugh.
The Taoist swept the dust and swept Xuanyi, and returned the salute: "Fusheng immeasurable Tianzun, the Taoist is polite." I am a Taoist priest of the Qingtian, just a scattered road that travels all over the world, and there are no famous mountains. These two are bad people, and they don't know how to offend the Taoist, and they ask for atonement. ”
Lao Dao snorted coldly: "It turns out that they are your apprentices." Since you are also a Taoist, you are also a fellow Taoist. There is a big demon in this Tong Lake, and I am preparing a ritual to intercede with it, so that the people on this side of it can be safe. Now there is still a shortage of a pair of golden boys and girls, and these two apprentices of your family are the cause sent by God. It should be sacrificed to keep the people at peace. ”
"What? The great demon scourge, you will give it to us to eat? You old Taoist ugly brain is also deformed, monsters are harmful, you don't fight monsters, but help feed them? I'm afraid that the monsters in this water are your relatives. Look at your red hair, you can't keep it all right, it's the nursery that some spirit in the water invited! Xuan Yi pointed angrily and scolded.
The Taoist then looked at the head: "The little apprentice is young and doesn't know the etiquette, and the Taoist is not strange." But since there is a demon who does evil, it is reasonable to get rid of the demon, why should it be fed to the children? Wouldn't this be a problem for raising tigers, making this demon more and more rampant. ”
Lao Dao's face was pale, and he raised his fingers and drank: "You, a little Taoist, have only been practicing Taoism for a few years, and you dare to preach to my old Taoist." You don't know, the true body of this Tonghu monster is an ancient dragon, with a body of hundreds of feet and mountains, and a single breath of the dragon can destroy more than ten miles of living beings. Such a fierce monster, don't say that you and I are difficult to surrender even if you are a congenital master. ”
"Old Dao, if you can't do it, it doesn't mean that my master can't either! What kind of ancient dragon, if my master makes a move, it will become a loach in the ground, and one foot will be flattened. I advise you, hurry back to your mountain, don't come out and embarrass the Taoist! Xuan Yi choked.
The Evil Buddha Dao was so angry that he pulled out the golden demon pestle on his waist and shouted, "Hmph! The little baby is rampant, and you dare to compete with my old way. In this case, I will let you know the prestige of my sinful Buddha path. I have been a spirit boy since I was a child, and I studied under the old golden fairy in Hongsha Mountain. After 80 years of cold and summer, he has practiced copper skin and iron bones to immortalize his body, and has learned 66 of the Five Elements Dafa. Calling for wind and rain to drive away spirits, moving mountains and reclaiming the sea to show skills. The fugue is too void to make friends with the immortal family, and the soul comes out of the earth to summon Yama. In the eighteen years of founding the mountain, he received 3,000 disciples and grandchildren. Casting spells everywhere to show divine might, the world respects me as a holy Taoist. Whoever sees me in these five hundred miles does not kowtow and bow down, and does not call me a holy word! You screaming Broken Dao people, how do you know my Fa Wei! ”
Lao Dao boasted for a moment, and the seven red-skinned disciples behind him were also all majestic.
Xuan Yi laughed heartily when he heard it, and pointed to the old man and said, "Haha, you laughed at me to death." I don't know what your way is, but if you go to the street and laugh, you can make a lot of money. If you say something big, I'll make it up too. Listen, my master is the Sun and Moon Cave of Qiankun Mountain, born with a saint, born with the Three Qing Method, accepted the Buddhas of the West Heaven as disciples, taught the immortal emperors of all worlds as sons, the nine heavenly emperors as maids, and the ten Arhats as servants, raising their hands to accept the universe, stepping on the reverse Xuanhuang, creating eternal worlds and the like, and the strange poverty of the ancient source, since the name is famous, people worship the holy ancestor of the sky, and the blue sky is a true way. ”
"Ahh What a big breath, up! ”