Chapter Seventy-Nine: Peaceful Fire

Xiangguo Temple is the largest temple in Kaifeng City, and it is also one of the largest temples in the world. During the Northern Song Dynasty, it won the royal respect, expanded many times, and at its peak, it covered an area of more than 500 acres and had more than 1,000 monks. The Buddha hall that Wuxu landed and infiltrated that night was a side hall of Daxiangguo Temple, and it was the place where Master Yuanxin and his disciple Jingci practiced alone.

Wuxu agreed to be the so-called messenger of the White Horse Temple and Xiangguo Temple, and he also had some considerations. There are four reasons: one is that the White Horse Temple and Xiangguo Temple are famous temples in the world, Yuan Fa, Yuanxin, are all true spiritual monks who have insight into secrets and know cause and effect. The two, I originally wanted to come out to experience, through this name, walking to visit the famous temples and ancient temples everywhere, it is also just right; three, that is the outer heaven, I am bent on seeking the avenue, I can't think that this outer heaven is the only place to ascend to the upper realm, why not be tempted, not worried?

On the night of Wuxu, he received tokens from Master Yuanfa and Yuanxin. The "Lengyan Sutra" is enshrined in front of the Buddha shrine in the Dharma Realm, and the colorful glazed pagoda is then collected in the Sumeru ring. Why? Dharma weapons, given by the elders and given by the Venerable, are not suitable for refining in the Dharma realm, and receiving them in the Sumeru vows as they are is a sign of respect.

Early in the morning of the second day, Wuxu had breakfast in Xiangguo Temple, and walked out, but saw the crowd outside the temple, only to know that it was a routine temple fair in the middle of the month. Wuxu, with one heart and one mind, went out of the city early, avoided the masked fairy who seemed to come from the sky, and visited the Central Plains Buddha Temple earlier. He didn't stop to take a closer look, but just saw the stitches and walked directly in the direction of the city gate.

I didn't know that after walking for three or five miles, the middle of the street was blocked and I couldn't get around. I can't realize the void, I thought, this is a kind of experience, right?

At the moment, I learned from the person next to me and squeezed through. Before reaching the middle, the inner three layers and the outer three layers, Wuxu only reached the sandwich layer, and heard a woman's crying voice, so miserable. After a little inquiry, I learned that it was a street vendor who had been burned alive at the stall last night, and was only discovered left and right this morning. The new widow, who had come from the country, was now kneeling inside, guarding the charred corpse, weeping like she was dead.

Wuxu said in surprise, "Could it be that the wind of the world is so low? Relatives and friends, left and right neighbors, help this poor woman, put the body into the ground for peace, and make up some subsidies, wouldn't it be good?" The people next to him looked at Wuxu with different expressions, and then stretched their necks to look in,...... Finally, there was a person who seemed impatient with Wuxu nagging there, and said, "You, a monk, eat fasting and chant Buddha in the temple all day long, so you don't know anything! You think it's that simple?" Wuxu glared and asked, "Don't ask the little monk if he knows anything, if you know the hidden secret, why are you still here to sit back and watch?" The man looked at Wuxu with his hands behind his back, as if he was looking at a fool, and laughed twice, but ignored it again.

Wuxu, angry in his heart, squeezed to the innermost, came to the woman, sang a promise, and then said, "This sister-in-law, people cannot be resurrected after death, and they still want to mourn by the way." The little monk has some silver taels here, and the right to use it to bury his relatives and subsidize the deficit. If you have any grievances, you can say that you will come out in front of everyone!"

The people who were watching around, seeing this situation, couldn't help but donate money one after another under the sharp eyes of Wuxu, and threw out some broken silver more or less.

The woman kowtowed to Wuxu and everyone there, but she was still crying, which made Wuxu slightly upset. was about to speak, but saw that the crowd in the audience was like a tide, and a few people who looked like officials walked in.

said that he was an official, but he never wore a uniform, but he was just a little arrogant and unscrupulous. The man in charge came forward, first glanced at Wuxu, who was standing aside without saying a word, and finally approached the woman, pinched his tone, and said, "Your man, playing with fire at night, almost burned a street stall. Nowadays, when they are buried in the fire, we do not hold them accountable for arson. You woman, don't bury the body, put it in the middle of the road, cry for a while, block the traffic, and disturb the temple fair, but why?" paused, frowned and looked at the black corpse, and then said again, "That's it, look at you as a weak woman, under the widow, it is difficult to deal with yourself, I will call someone to help you." ”

After saying that, he made a look, and the accompanying person shouted and stepped forward, lifted the corpse, and threw it on an ox cart behind. Seeing this, Wuxu reached out and drank, "Are you robbing corpses?"

The leader squinted his eyes at Wuxu, then turned his head slightly to look at Xiangguo Temple behind Wuxu, pinched a few rat whiskers on his chin, and asked, "This master, but Xiangguo Temple is practicing in it?" Wuxu didn't bother to answer, just stared at him.

Seeing that Wuxu was doing this, the man said, "Since Emperor Shizu, the imperial court has issued an order that all the monks in Xiangguo Temple shall not interfere in politics or confuse the people. Don't you, the master, know and dare to disobey?"

Wuxu clasped his palms together and said, "Regardless of whether the little monk is a monk of Xiangguo Temple or not, if you come this time, you will snatch the corpse, and there must be a secret in this matter!"

"There's a fart secret!" A thief-headed man in a short shirt rushed over, pointed at the woman, and shouted at Wu Xu, "It's nothing more than today's temple fair, thinking of putting the corpse here, attracting everyone to watch, and asking for a few dollars! You monk doesn't know anything! Be careful, eat my grandson's punch!" After speaking, he rolled up the sleeves of his hands, revealing his cold hairs.

Wuxu turned around, facing the splash surnamed Sun, and asked in a deep voice, "What, want to do it?" The splash looked at Wuxu, hesitated for a moment, put his hand down again, and retreated to the partner who came with him and smiled at Wuxu.

At this time, I heard the woman kneeling on the ground, turned around, lowered her head, and said to Wuxu, "There is Master Lao, the man of my family, he was careless last night, lost a fire, and died. Now, the master and all the well-wishers have helped, and the government has given the burial fee, and the people's daughters, the people's daughters, are already grateful. "Anyway, keep your head down and go around.

Wuxu looked at the old official of the government who was standing next to him, smiling and groaning, and roared angrily, "Don't be intimidating a weak woman!"

The smiling old official put down his hand from a few of his whiskers and said in a deep voice, "The government is here to show compassion to the victims, but you, a monk, have nothing to do here, disrupting the order of the temple fair, and destroying the stability and peace of Kaifeng Mansion, is it a spy from the Red Turban Army, or a remnant of the White Lotus Sect?"

Wuxu's eyes erupted fire, looking at the treacherous old official, and then looked at the woman who was kneeling there, bowing her head and saying nothing, and yelled, but finally did not make a move, and was about to leave. The splash who said he was going to beat Wuxu jumped out and stood in front of Wuxu's road, shouting, "Do you want to leave now?

Then, I saw a young Confucian priest, wearing a white brocade robe, holding a paper fan, with his back to Wuxu, shouting at the old official, "Just now you threatened this woman, saying that if she is still entangled here, you will order the lieutenant who lives there, burn her house, and arrest her children, yes or no?"

The old official did not expect that the whispering between himself and the woman was overheard by him, and he was a little annoyed and angry for a while, and pointed his finger at the middle-aged Confucian who had just appeared, "Hugh is so bloody that he will tell the evidence in everything!"

The middle-aged Confucian snorted coldly, raised a jade pendant to the top of his head, and suddenly, there was a sound in the jade pendant. In the words, if the woman obeys, she will be burned and buried, and if she does not, she will find someone to burn her house and arrest her family!

The crowd of onlookers suddenly let out a burst of boos and dissatisfaction. Wuxu shouted, and was about to take down this insidious old official and a vicious splash. But I saw that the middle-aged Confucian scholar stretched out his white fingers and waved the paper fan, and these people were in different places.

The crowd of onlookers, screaming, dispersed. A small group of officers and soldiers nearby hurried over. The middle-aged Confucian took out an object, shook it in front of the leader of the group of officers and soldiers, and seemed to spread the sound again; he saw that the leader of the team of officers and soldiers bowed down to make a compilation, and led his subordinates to carry away the corpse that had just been beheaded.

Wu Xu, a little remorseful in his heart, why didn't he take the lead and kill these scumbags? It's a big deal to take off into the air, but let this person take the lead. Thinking so in his heart, he stepped forward. Gassho to the back of the middle-aged Confucian scholar and said, "Little monk Wuxu, on behalf of this woman, thank you for your help!"

The middle-aged Confucian scholar, with his hands behind his back, stood there, and replied, "Master Wuxu, don't you thank me for helping to solve the difficulty?" The voice was lingering, and the middle-aged Confucian slowly turned around, with a smiling face with dimples, and a cunning hidden between his eyebrows.

It is Guo Min who has not been seen for many days.

Wuxu was pleasantly surprised, and stepped forward to ask, "Why did you get to Kaifeng too?"

Guo Min, frowning slightly, looked at the crowd around him, as well as the blood on the ground, and said, "It's messy here, but there is a quiet place to talk?"

Wuxu suddenly thought of the morning, came out of the courtyard where Master Yuanxin practiced, passed by, and said with a smile, "I don't know if you have been to Xiangguo Temple? If you haven't been, I know that there is a place where you can look at it while walking, and talk while watching." ”

Guo Min, after listening to it, regardless of whether it was shocking or not, he flew away and went straight to Xiangguo Temple.

As the so-called temple fair outside the temple will cry, and the people in the sea of fire at night will go differently.

It is rare to see many strange and angry people, and women disguise themselves as men and slaughter jade hands.