Chapter 76: Quell the Tiger Plague

After nearly 20 years, Guan Zhenjiang saw Shi Deren again, and he was embarrassed, as if he was separated from the world. Thinking of the great trouble in his heart, coupled with the invasion of foreign enemies, the disaster of Shanxi Tiger, and the difficulties at home and abroad, he was at a loss. As soon as he saw Guan Zhaoguan leading Shi Deren in, he saw hope as if he was lost in the dark night and saw the light, and couldn't help but say that he was troubled by the trouble, just like Corporal Lixian did twenty years ago, and asked Shi Deren.

After Shi Deren listened, the pair of triangular eye bones turned around a few times, and presented Guan Zhenjiang with a plan of "killing two birds with one stone" to harm Zhang Shaofei in the court.

"Good plan! Zhang Bang recruited talents, focusing on posting the area of Yunwu Mountain in Qiu County, leading Zhang Shaofei to take the bait, waiting for Zhang Shaofei to see the list and go to Shanxi to serve the tiger, and secretly sent Hui Ming, the head of the imperial court martial arts to follow. Guan Zhenjiang said this, his eyes showed a fierce light, "The day the tiger is eliminated is when Zhang Shaofei is not alive!" Even if you can't get rid of the tiger trouble, you can't escape the palm of Huiming's hand. It's a two-bird solution! ”

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After the list was posted, Zhang Shaofei, who was compassionate, really hit the plan, hurriedly bid farewell to his mother, and rushed to Shanxi day and night.

At noon that day, Zhang Shaofei entered Yunxin County in Shanxi, thinking: First go to Yamen to understand the situation, and then make the next step.

Zhang Shaofei came to the Yunxin County Yamen, only to see a large group of people gathered in front of the Yamen, pointing and talking loudly in front of the Yamen.

A burly man, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and the appearance of a hunter, surnamed Wang, and named Tianbao, said to the man with a beard and a short mound next to him: "Qin Tianlei, our brothers are like brothers, since the county lord came forward to invite us, then, how much reward can the county yamen give?" ”

Qin Tianlei said loudly: "Five hundred taels of silver!" ”

"Wow, that's a lot! We've been doing it for years! Wang Tianbao urged in surprise, "Brother Tianlei, let's pack up and go!" Brothers, let's go! ”

"Wait!" At this time, a man who looked like a scholar, surnamed Li, named Jin Ming, and known as Zhi Duoxing, shouted to stop the eager hunters. He turned to the two escorts who were standing beside him to calm the tiger trouble: "These two big brothers, you also have hunters in Shanxi, why did you come to Yunxin to find us?" ”

Those two tolerances are both first-class masters of Shanxi martial arts, one is called Zhang Gan, and the other is named Wang Sheng. The two of them hesitated, glanced at each other, and Wang Sheng said, "You are the most outstanding hunters in our area, so the county lord sent us to invite you!" ”

Li Jinming asked casually, "Is Boss Li in your county okay?" ”

Wang Sheng blurted out: "What's good, let the tiger tear off a thigh and half an arm, can it be good!" He ......"

From the solemn faces of the people at the scene, Wang Sheng knew that he had missed his mouth, and hurriedly stopped talking.

Li Jinming asked: "He, is he the one who was injured by the group of evil tigers?" ”

Wang Sheng had no choice but to nod and said, "The hunters in our county, there are several people who can't hunt tigers, but they are killed by tigers, and no one dares to come forward anymore, so ......"

Li Jinming said: "It was the same as I expected. Boss Li's skills and means are even more powerful than my two brothers. He can't help those tigers, and my two brothers won't have a better way to subdue the tigers. The tiger can seriously injure Boss Li, which seems extraordinary! ”

"The county master said, I can't invite you, I want to ask the two of us! The eldest brother ...... "Seeing that Li Jinming was indifferent, Zhang Gan turned to Wang Tianbao and Qin Tianlei: "These two masters, you are strong and strong, and you will definitely be able to subdue the tiger of that mountain, please ......"

Wang Tianbao and Qin Tianlei, who were still very excited just now, were wilting at this moment, and they just wanted to hide behind others.

Zhang Gan said, "If you can go, the reward will be doubled, and I will give you a thousand taels of silver." One thousand taels! ”

Qin Tianlei muttered in a low voice: "If you put your life on the line, what's the use of rewarding 10,000 taels of silver?" ”

The two were disappointed and were about to leave, but unexpectedly, a young man who was polite and talented stood up and said, "Two big brothers, I'll go!" ”

All the people couldn't help but be stunned: "Seeing that you are polite, thin, and powerless, how can you subdue the evil tiger in the mountain?" ”

Wang Sheng said: "Brother, will you make fun of us?" ”

Li Jinming also said: "What are you kidding? ”

The man had a serious face and said solemnly: "It is our bounden duty to eliminate harm for the people, how can I be joking?" ”

Li Jinming looked at the young man and said, "Look at your face, may I ask your surname, are you from other places?" ”

The person who came was Zhang Shaofei. He thought to himself: This place is not far from Chang'an, I am afraid that the eyes and ears of Zhenjiang are here, and it is not appropriate to say his real name in case of accidents. So, he bowed his hand to Li Jinming and said: "This brother Tai really has good eyesight, he is not expensive, his surname is Zeng, his name is Acheng, and he has traveled from other places. ”

"You're just a tourist, do you know the minimum knowledge of hunting? You didn't hear that the mountain evil tiger was even injured by the experienced old hunters, look at your Sven Wen, how can you deal with them! ”

Zhang Shaofei patted his chest and said confidently: "I have my own way." ”

Seeing that he was resolute, Zhang Gan couldn't help but ask curiously: "This big brother Zeng Acheng, he must have practiced some kung fu, right?" Maybe ......"

"In my opinion, he may be a scholar who can only read the scriptures. However, tigers are not vegetarians! Li Jinming interjected.

"Buddhism prohibits killing, you can't use bows and arrows, poisons, and traps to harm the lives of tigers, you just recite the sutras for a lifetime, how can you make the tiger change its evil ways and no longer harm the people?" One of the sabers of the tolerance, even more disappointed.

Zhang Shaofei said: "The Buddha Shakyamuni said that all sentient beings have wisdom and virtue. So, I believe that we can find a way to prevent tigers from harming human lives. After speaking, Zhang Shaofei wanted to go out.

Li Jinming grabbed him: "Zeng Acheng, don't mess around!" A tiger is not a monkey, so why should you bury your life in vain! ”

Zhang Shaofei said: "The Buddha Shakyamuni once sacrificed his life to feed the tiger, if I was buried in the tiger's mouth for the people, I would also die a worthy death." Besides, I'm not going to die. I once sat face to face with a tiger for more than an hour, and it didn't eat me. Therefore, I will definitely be able to think about pacifying the tiger plague in Shanxi. ”

"Really?"

Zhang Shaofei nodded.

When the hunters saw that the young man was so confident, they stopped stopping him.

Zhang Shaofei followed the two tolerances to the Yamen of Yunxin County, Shanxi, and after Zhang Gan and Wang Sheng reported to the county magistrate Zhang Khan Wen, Zhang Zhixian instructed the two of them to help eliminate the tiger plague in the Jiaoshan tiger before and after Zeng Acheng.

On the way, Zhang Shaofei tried hard to think about the scene of dealing with tigresses in Tianlu Mountain and Yunwu Mountain. At that time, man and tiger were face to face. But if a person does not have the intention of harming the tiger, the tiger has no intention of harming others.

He once again remembered the story of Shakyamuni Buddha who sacrificed himself to feed the tiger, and immediately thought in his heart: The tiger eats people because of hunger; If it has food in its belly, it certainly won't risk biting. It is often said that the hungry tiger pounces on food, and the hungry tiger is unstoppable. The Hungry Tiger is so ferocious because hunger threatens its life!

At noon, Zhang Shaofei and his entourage came to the foot of Jiaoshan Mountain and inspected the tigers in the mountains. He found that the radius of dozens of miles here was bare, and there was no grass. Grass-fed rabbits, wild sheep, sika deer, etc., have no food and leave for other places. The tiger is a beast of prey with a relatively fixed hunting territory, and it cannot find an animal to feed in its sphere of influence, and when it is hungry, it will naturally attack the intruding humans.

So, he asked Zhang Gan to buy food, put it in the place where tigers often haunted, and gradually threw the food into the deserted mountains and old forests.

The group of tigers finally dived into the depths of the mountain and disappeared.

The tiger plague in Jiaoshan in Shanxi was quelled by Zhang Shaofei in this way.

Zhang Shaofei saw that this mountain was bare, and he felt very strange, so he walked to look at it.

After Zhang Shaofei left, suddenly, Wang Sheng found a big deer standing in the col, quietly took out the bow he was carrying and set up an arrow, and shot an arrow at the deer with a "whoosh".

"Smack!" missed, and the arrow went into the dirt next to the col. However, the deer stood still.

Wang Sheng took the arrow and drew the bow again. Zhang Gan stepped forward to stop him and whispered: "Don't shoot again, the deer's hearing is the most smart, and it will run away as soon as there is a wind and grass." And this deer is motionless, it's so strange! Let's not collide with the mountain gods. ”

Wang Sheng quietly touched over and saw a deer on the ground that had been shot dead by a crossbow. The big deer was standing next to the little deer, and he jumped over and pushed, and the big deer fell to the ground with a bang. It turns out that it has been out of gas for a long time. Wang Sheng jumped high with joy: "This time I made it, the crossbow shot a small one, and I also caught a big one, we are rich!" ”

Zhang Gan said: "Strange, how did this big deer die? There wasn't even a single scar on his body. It didn't look like it died of illness, and what was even stranger was that it died standing on its own. ”

"It doesn't matter how it dies, as long as the meat isn't bad." Wang Sheng pondered for a while, and said to Zhang Gan, "You cut open its belly and take a look." ”

Zhang Gan dissected the belly of the deer, took a look, and was startled.

Wang Sheng asked in surprise: "What's wrong?" ”

Zhang Gan's voice trembled and said, "It, its heart exploded, and its intestines were broken into several ......."

The two tolerances were feeling weird, and at this time, Zhang Shaofei came over, Wang Sheng and Zhang Gan asked in unison: "Zeng Acheng, what's going on?" For no reason, how could Dalu's heart be broken? ”

Zhang Shaofei was silent with a tiger face.

Zhang Gan whispered to Wang Sheng: "The deer that was shot dead on the ground must be the cub of this doe." When the doe saw that the child was shot to death, she was angry and bloody, and she ......"

Wang Sheng yelled angrily: "Don't fucking say it! Bah! Bah! What a fucking shit, bury them! ”

Wang Sheng and Zhang Gan hung their heads and their hearts were heavy.

Wang Sheng stood aside, pinching his palms repeatedly with his fingernails. After a while, he finally broke his silence and said slowly: "I won't do this murderous work anymore." ”

Zhang Gan pandered: "I don't want to do it either." I heard that people like us who practice martial arts and killing will fall into hell after death, go up the sword mountain, go down to the sea of fire, and enter the oil pot. Then they were reincarnated as animals and told others to slaughter them one by one. ”

"I'm afraid it's too late for us to change careers now. We've killed a lot of people and beasts, and if we go to hell, we'll go to hell. Wang Sheng deliberately pretended not to care.

At this time, Zhang Shaofei said: "Amitabha." Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot. Like all living beings in the world, you are pure and kind in nature, but you only kill because you are burdened by desires, do not understand the true purpose of life, and are delusional in your heart. Now, your hearts have become clear from the turbidity of your hearts, and you know that killing is for the sake of money. The birth of this thought is enlightenment, the sea of suffering is boundless, and the return is the shore. Coupled with serious repentance, sinful karma can naturally be eliminated. ”

Wang Sheng said suspiciously: "It's not such a cheap thing, right?" Let's kill a lot of animals, kneel in front of the Buddha statue and confess a few words, and then it's okay, we don't have to go to hell? So, isn't it true that everyone can go on a killing spree and do bad things, as long as they repent later......"

Zhang Shaofei said solemnly: "You are not talking about repentance, but prayer." True repentance is unrepentance. What is confession? What is repentance? Repentance is the confession of previous sins, foolishness, pride, jealousy, and other previous sins. Repentance is the cutting off of faults that may occur later. Repentance is called repentance for all sinful deeds that have been realized now, and will be cut off from all sins in the future. How can we atone for sins if we only know how to confess past mistakes and constantly exclude possible mistakes that may occur in the future? ”

Zhang Shaofei's words made them moved. Zhang Gan walked up to Zhang Shaofei and said, "Brother Zeng Chengxian, you are a living bodhisattva, right?" You're here specifically to educate us? ”

Zhang Shaofei humbly said: "You are joking, I am just a student of Buddhism, and my cultivation is still not hot." ”

"Anyway, you know better than we do. Like me, I have done many evils in my life and killed living beings indiscriminately. If the karma of sin is tangible, I'm afraid this house won't be able to hold it, can you help me repent of my sins? Zhang Gan said frankly.

Zhang Shaofei said lightly: "Okay, you find out your sinful karma, and I will help you repent." ”

Zhang Gan scratched his ears and cheeks, turned over his pockets again, and said embarrassedly: "Sinful karma is not a tangible thing, it is not easy to find." ”

Zhang Shaofei smiled: "Since you can't find the sinful karma, won't the sinful karma be repented of?" ”

Zhang Gan was stunned for a moment, and then said happily: "I understand, I finally threw away all my sinful karma." Thank you, thank you, Master Zeng! ”

Zhang Shaofei said: "All the sins in the past are as empty as a mirror, as long as you change your past mistakes and no longer create evil, it is true repentance!" ”