Chapter 114: A Miracle Appears in the Heavens

Two days later, early in the morning, the sky was still only bright, not far from Puzhou City, in the Pufu Temple, there had been pilgrims one after another, fortunately, the monks in the temple had already prepared, and they were in place in advance and began to welcome guests.

When the day dawned, the temple was bustling, crowded, and began to look crowded, the monks in the temple had never seen so many people arrive at the same time, although the presiding abbot had made arrangements in advance last night, but the monks still felt that the manpower was tight, and they were a little in a hurry.

Among the many pilgrims, in addition to the common people, large and small merchants and officials in Puzhou City also gathered, but these rich and powerful people were arranged to wait in the side hall, so they did not have to crowd with the people outside.

Gu Shanghong arrived relatively late, but fortunately there were a few Gu family guards to open the way, he finally squeezed into the side hall, and just wanted to take a breath, he found that the general judge Huang Yong, the Tongzhi Lord Hai Qingliu and other Puzhou officials of all sizes had already sat inside.

Gu Shanghong didn't care about resting, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, but saw Huang Yong get up and say to him: "Uncle Yue, come and see Lord Zhao of Zhizhou!" Gu Shanghong was such a shrewd person, and immediately understood that this person must be Zhao Yannian, the new governor of Puzhou, who had just arrived yesterday, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Gao Jie and the others were also mixed in the people outside the hall, this situation can be said to be arranged by them, and seeing so many people, the big guy had a great sense of accomplishment.

Since Gao Jie made arrangements the night before yesterday, everyone started to act, and the next day there was a rumor in Puzhou City: "Tomorrow the fire god wishes Rongfu to the Pufu Temple!"

Although the god of fire is not a great god, in the minds of the people of Puzhou, this bodhisattva is responsible for the gift of fire and wealth, and at the same time is also the protector of the family prosperity, more important than the god of wealth in later generations.

Therefore, the blessing of the fire god to the universal salvation temple is, of course, a major event. Although some people were skeptical, they didn't dare to miss it, so the mighty people of Puzhou gathered in the Pufu Temple as early as today.

Gao Jie knew very well how important the gods were to these ancients, and many emperors in ancient times would falsely pass on some natural phenomena as miracles in order to consolidate their rule or win the throne.

Seeing that it was almost noon, the people were tired and hungry, and even the officials and wealthy merchants in the side hall were waiting a little impatiently, when they suddenly heard someone shouting: "Look, the god of fire is here!"

Suddenly, the crowd was in a commotion, and Zhao Yannian and other people in the side hall also came to the outside of the hall, and everyone looked up at the sky with their necks up.

In the sky, there were no clouds, but at this time, clouds were piled up on the horizon, and the color of the clouds became darker and darker, and slowly became a large red patch, dyeing the sky brilliantly, like a ball of fire burning in the sky, and the shape of those fire clouds was ever-changing, as if there were gods driving the clouds.

Everyone's faces turned red, and they looked at this magnificent spectacle in horror, and their hearts were terrified, and they stood on the spot.

At this moment, a melodious and solemn bell rang, the abbot of the Pufu Temple, Master Tzu Chi, wearing a robe, holding a Zen staff, slowly walked out of the main hall with the elders of the temple.

The pilgrims who came to their senses dared to hesitate, and they threw themselves to the ground one after another, kneeling down the Pufu Temple to the full, and some of the people who couldn't squeeze in also bowed down a large area outside the temple.

Gao Jie also pretended to fall to his knees, but secretly admired in his heart that this Tzu Chi master was not only well versed in Buddhism, but also a very reliable astronomer.

The day before yesterday, Gao Jie came to see Master Tzu Chi and asked him to come up with an idea for the opening of Pang Kee Firm. The Tzu Chi master was very knowledgeable before he became a monk, and he especially loved to study the changing seasons, astronomy and geography. He also made some small miracles because of the prediction of many weather changes, so that the incense of the Pufu Temple was much more vigorous than before, and thus sat on the presiding position.

That day, he had the idea that there would be a large area of fire clouds in the sky today.

Of course, Gao Jie agreed with this brilliant idea a hundred times, so he agreed with the Tzu Chi master that his team would be responsible for spreading the news of the miracles of the heavens and the blessing of the fire god, and the Tzu Chi master would be responsible for the deception. It's just that Gao Jie is a little uncertain in his heart, for fear that when the time comes, he will make other arrangements, just in case of accidents.

It was only now, when Gao Jie looked at the red clouds in the sky, that he was truly convinced by Master Tzu Chi. In the past, when I looked at the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang borrowed the east wind, also because he knew astronomy and geography, but now it seems that the Tzu Chi master of the Pufu Temple will never be worse than Kong Ming!

In fact, now this phenomenon is called "fire clouds", belonging to the category of low clouds, is one of the phenomena of atmospheric change, is due to the ground moisture evaporation, the formation of thick clouds, plus sunlight is a mixture of seven colors of light, when the light passes through the clouds, because of the wavelength relationship, other colors of light are scattered and fall, only red and orange light penetrate out, reflected in the sky, clouds, forming a brilliant and dazzling red clouds, so fire clouds generally occur after rain.

Yesterday the city of Puzhou was a rare autumn heavy rain, but today the weather is clear, the humidity evaporates vigorously, and the updraft in the atmosphere has a greater effect, making the shape of the burning clouds more ever-changing, so the miracle has really appeared in the eyes of the people.

For the first time in recent decades, there were burning clouds in Puzhou City, and everyone prayed in awe, silently making thousands of wishes before the "miracle" under the red clouds in the sky. The entire temple was silent, only the melodious chanting of the monks floated in the air.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang from behind the main hall, which startled everyone.

The Tzu Chi master hurriedly ordered someone to investigate, and soon after, several monks returned to the front of the temple with a copper basin, placed it in front of Tzu Chi, and whispered a report to the abbot.

Amid the bewildered gazes of the people, Master Tzu Chi stood up, chanted "Amitabha", and then announced loudly, "The Fire God Bodhisattva has just blessed my temple, and when I see all the believers praying sincerely, I have blessed the Buddha light for the most sincere believers!"

When all the people heard this, they were all overjoyed and grateful.

Master Tzu Chi continued, "The Fire God Bodhisattva has specially sent down another miracle this time, which is the fire oil and bronze medal in this copper basin!"

Only then did everyone realize that there was a raging flame burning in the brazier, but because it was daytime and the sky was shining red, they didn't notice it just now.

After waiting for a moment and the bronze medal was no longer burning, the Tzu Chi master put the bronze medal into another basin filled with clean water brought by the monk.

When the bronze medal was no longer hot, the Tzu Chi master fished it out of the basin, wiped it with the sleeve of his robe for a long time, and then held it up in front of his eyes, and while carefully identifying it, he read: "Buddha's grace is vast, Pudi Longdive, his ambition is business, and his blessing is hot!"

After finishing the recitation, Master Tzu Chi slowly closed his eyes and twisted the beads with his right hand, as if he was meditating on these four mantras.

The people stared closely at Master Tzu Chi of Bao Xiang**, and they did not dare to come out for fear of disturbing his meditation.

Gao Jie was the only one who secretly laughed, and he really felt that this play by Master Tzu Chi was so wonderful and beautiful that even Yu Hongzhi, Ji Longfeng and Ali next to him believed it, and their eyes were about to fall out of their sockets.

The so-called fire oil was accidentally discovered by Gao Jie in the back mountain of Yongfeng Mountain in his hometown of Mizhi County, in fact, it is the oil of later generations, Shaanxi has a lot of oil reserves, and the ancients also accidentally found this black strange liquid, but I don't know what it is, Gao Jie is not strange, and also collected some at home. This time, he came out to practice, and he brought a small can with him, which finally came in handy this time.

The bronze medal was naturally arranged by him, and as for the words on it, it was an ancient seal engraved by Master Tzu Chi, and now Gao Jie is waiting to hear how this old monk explains these words!

After waiting for a full cup of tea, Master Tzu Chi recited Amitabha Buddha again, slowly opened his eyes, breathed a sigh of relief, and then said in a deep voice: "These four mantras given by the Fire God Bodhisattva have meanings, but they have fallen on the person surnamed Pang!"

The people exclaimed, then fell silent again, waiting to hear the Tzu Chi master continue to solve the mystery.

Master Tzu Chi said slowly: "Buddha's grace is vast, Pudi Longdive, these two sentences mean that the Fire God Bodhisattva has given the greatest blessing of this miracle to a lucky person in my Puzhou land, whose surname is Shangguang and Xialong, that is, Pang Ye!"

The vast majority of the people were illiterate, and Tzu Chi was what it said, and the Puzhou officials and wealthy businessmen who had read the books listened to it and pondered it carefully, and they couldn't help but nod their heads in deep opinion.

Master Tzu Chi continued: "The last two sentences are: "His ambition is to do business, and the meaning of the sentence is: This person surnamed Pang is a business wizard, and he will be able to become rich in the world!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the people began to talk about it, because most people knew that a few years ago there was a famous business wizard named Pang Weifeng.

Of course, there are still many people surnamed Pang in the crowd, their little hearts are pounding, and they secretly wonder if this is talking about themselves?!

The wealthy businessmen in Puzhou at the gate of the side hall are complicated, because in their business circle, the only one who can be called a business wizard over the years is Pang Weifeng, and today the Fire God Bodhisattva came in person and sent down miracles.

Several giant businessmen who had partnered to suppress the Pang family at the beginning were even more uneasy, and for them, this was not good news.

Huang Yong and Hai Qingliu also thought of Pang Weifeng, and were secretly thinking about it, when they suddenly heard the new governor Zhao Yan ask in a young voice: "Is there such a person in Puzhou?"

The two glanced at each other, a little unsure of what to say, and finally Huang Yong arched his hand and said: "Lord Zhao, although we thought of a person, this person's situation is a little complicated, please allow us to return to the yamen and then tell you in detail!"

Zhao Yannian showed a curious expression on his face, nodded and said, "It seems that this person is really interesting, I will listen to his allusions when the time comes!"

The burning clouds slowly dispersed at noon, and hundreds of people poured incense and bowed in the various shrines in the Pufu Temple, especially the hall dedicated to the fire god Zhurong Bodhisattva, before they dispersed. Zhao Yannian and a group of officials met cordially with the Tzu Chi masters, and after asking a few words of Buddhist advice, they also hurried back to the Yamen.

Just now, after Master Tzu Chi revealed those four sentences, Gao Jie still couldn't help but give him countless praises in his heart, and finally everyone was almost gone, and was about to go to thank him in person, but at the door of the main hall, he was suddenly stopped by a charming voice.

"Gao Gongzi, I knew you would be here, but I can be regarded as catching you!"