There is an ancient temple in the cold mountain on the outskirts, called the work wheel temple. It is said that the ups and downs have been in place for thousands of years.

In December of the ancient calendar, the west wind blew into the cold mountain, the mountains and fields were covered in silver light, the winding ladder road led to the Yelun Temple on the top of the mountain, the cold of the steep was not dissipated, Tang Yu buried his head in the down, and the incense was hurriedly squeezed into the crowd, and a group of pilgrims stepped on the stone ladder towards the Buddhist temple on the top of the mountain.

The pine and white snow accumulated, occasionally falling a little, looking at the crowd Tang Yu frowned slightly, and his amber-like bright eyes kept scanning the surroundings with his eyes, looking for those rich pilgrims, waiting for an opportunity to start. This kind of business is an empty door in ancient sayings, yes, Tang Yu is a person with an empty door, not the empty door of the Buddha door, but the empty door of the wonderful hand.

I heard that the temple has not been repaired for thousands of years, and it has stood in the wind and rain for thousands of years, even if it was a major earthquake in the past, not a single brick or tile was dropped. Even so, looking at the small ancient temple that could be toppled at any time, Tang Yu was very puzzled in his heart, why so many people came here to make incense and make wishes, if it was useful to visit the Buddha and worship God, there would not be so many wicked people in this world.

Thinking of this, Tang Yu's clear eyes rarely flashed resentment, helplessness, and strength and many emotional contents, as for the stories and experiences in them, as long as Tang Yu knew.

The fireworks on the incense burner in the temple are difficult to blow away even the west wind of this wax moon.

Tang Yu is a person who does not believe in Buddhism, ghosts, saints, sages, and people do not believe in it, and they do not believe it more and more. Tang Yu is an orphan, he grew up in a gangster pile when he was a child, and he saw it all over the world, and later embarked on the road of a thief because of food, clothing and many reasons, but Tang Yu didn't like to call himself a thief, but called himself an empty disciple, as if this empty disciple and this thief were separated.

The art of emptiness was discovered by Tang Yu by chance in a broken ancient book, although it was a fragment, but Tang Yu was talented, and his hands were white, soft, long, and skillful, plus Tang Yu's tenacious personality, and he practiced the stealing technique in the ridicule of others.

Because of his mastery of emptiness, Tang Yu also remembered the admonition, not stealing from the poor, not stealing from the good, and not collecting money. Therefore, Tang Yu has become a strange person in this circle, but he has also developed Tang Yu's carefree and unrestrained character, but he is very much like a chic ronin in the rivers and lakes, and it can be regarded as a strange flower nearby.

But if Tang Yu chooses by himself, he still likes to be born in the rivers and lakes, chic and free, beauty, wine, beautiful scenery, think about it is fascinating, flying eaves and walking on the wall, chivalrous and righteous. Relying on his own strength to do the injustices between heaven and earth, Tang Yu has seen a lot of injustices, has a lot of emotions, and does what he can under the condition of knowing how to protect himself, speaking of which, Tang Yu, a thief, is more like a human than many so-called people.

After Tang Yu solved the incense in his hand on the side of the incense burner, he pretended to be a spectator and walked towards a few guys with oily faces. Looking at those guys with gorgeous brocade clothes, big bellies, and oily faces, Tang Yu felt disgusted from the bottom of his heart, maybe he was too young or for other reasons, Tang Yu was also an excited youth.

These people must have done a lot of evil things in their hearts, and they will come to this ancient temple to comfort them in their hearts, Tang Yu secretly broke a mouthful of spit, expressing his disdain, people nowadays really like to deceive themselves, Tang Yu thought in his heart, but in fact, Tang Yu also knew in his heart that most civilians who had nowhere to complain could only take the gods and Buddhas as sustenance, hoping that one day they could sweep away the injustice of the world.

But for some people, Tang Yu is really disdainful in his heart, if his heart is clear, frank and open, why should he fear the gods and Buddhas? If the gods and Buddhas really have eyes, then how can they tolerate these people living in the world and doing wrong? Isn't it when the sky thunders and the sky thunders?

On the other side, in the Daxiong Treasure Hall, some pilgrims were stopped outside, and the treasure hall was also a little free, and the few men who seemed to be rich didn't know that they had been targeted by Tang Yu, or they still looked at the several Buddha statues sitting on the top of the hall with a reverent face, and worshiped in a standard Buddha posture.

The real posture is really fucking standard, it is comparable to the old monk in the temple, Tang Yu said in his heart.

Taking advantage of the large number of people, Tang Yu squeezed around a few men, then smeared oil on the soles of his feet, and immediately went to the crowded place in the main hall, touched the thick stacks of money in his arms, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it was really generous, looking at these white silver tickets was to know that they were used to honor the monks of the temple and make the sesame oil money.

Grandpa took it. Tang Yu said in a very good mood.

Tang Yu looked up at the painted Buddha statues, and said with a secret smile in his heart, "I spent your sesame oil money for you, and you have the ability to come to me yourself, but it's a pity that you are all boring sustenances in the world, it's really ridiculous." After saying it in his heart, he didn't forget to sweep the Buddha statue, and then hummed a small tune out of the hall in a hearty mood, ready to go down the mountain.

After finishing speaking, Tang Yu glanced at the Buddha statue, only to feel that a golden light flashed in front of him, and his head was slightly dizzy. Suddenly, there was a feeling that the Buddha statue had a spirit. Thinking of this, Tang Yu smiled self-deprecatingly, it must be because he was a little tired in recent days, otherwise it would be impossible to come up with such a ridiculous idea.

Taoist?

Tang Yu, who left the temple, inadvertently glanced at a sloppy old Taoist sitting under the Bodhi tree on the side, the Taoist looked extremely downcast, the Taoist robe was broken in several places, and the beard was glued together in several places, probably too sloppy, and the pilgrims who passed by on the side automatically ignored this Taoist priest, and no one paid attention to this sloppy Taoist.

It's funny that there is a down-and-out Taoist priest in the temple. Tang Yu pulled his clothes, picked up the few dozen silver tickets in his arms, and waited to go down the mountain to send the extra money to those poor people, anyway, he was not short of money to spend.

Tang Yu sat down next to the Taoist priest after thinking about it, and then said jokingly to the Taoist priest, "Old Daoist, why did you come to this temple as a Taoist priest? Could it be that you, a Taoist priest, don't respect the Three Qing Daozun, but worship the Buddha?"

The Taoist priest turned his head to look at Tang Yu with some puzzlement, and then turned his head to look at it again, as if wondering if the other party was talking to him.

"Don't look at it, it's you, are there any other Taoist priests here besides you?" Tang Yu glanced at the Taoist priest, this temple is the one who is dressed in strange clothes, and it doesn't look like the Taoist priest is asking for food, how can he stay and sit here? It seems that he didn't look at this person when he went up the mountain himself.

"Can you see me?" The old Taoist priest's eyes flashed with excitement, as if he had found something interesting, and his originally cloudy eyes also burst into light.

"Nonsense, of course I can see you here as a big living person, look at your down-and-out appearance, do you have no money?" Tell me......" At this time, Tang Yu had already positioned the old Taoist in his heart as a sloppy Taoist priest who was delirious, depressed, and had not eaten enough for a long time.

The Taoist priest's fingers moved slightly, as if he was telling fortunes, and then smiled slightly, as if he understood, before Tang Yu finished speaking, the old Taoist priest's robe shook and looked at Tang Yu with a smile.

I met the ancestor of the thief.

Tang Yu swallowed his saliva, the other party was also empty-handed, and the old Taoist robe just moved away, and the two of them fought for several rounds, and the stacks of silver tickets in their arms were all taken away by the other party.

Master, master of masters.

Tang Yu asked himself that his stealing skills were unmatched in this acre and three points of land, but he didn't expect to meet a stronger master than himself today.

"The qualifications are good, but it's a pity that the foundation is not good, the speed, the skills, are all a bad mess, it's really a waste of empty magic. The sloppy Taoist touched his beard and commented on Tang Yu's performance with a masterful look.

", all I got was a few hundred words of scraps, with a base. Tang Yu said angrily, this sloppy Taoist must know the empty magic technique, and the opponent's tricks were similar to his own when he just fought, but the opponent's tricks were much stronger than his own, but there was a little strange feeling in it for some reason.

To be sure, this unsightly sloppy Taoist stealing trick threw himself a few blocks away.

"No wonder, no wonder, do you want to learn the perfect empty magic? I think you are a peerless genius in ten thousand, if you worship me as a teacher, I will teach you the perfect empty magic, but in the future, you must respect the teacher, and do whatever the teacher wants you to do, you must not disobey. The sloppy Taoist raised his eyebrows at Tang Yu and said, as if he was not afraid that Tang Yu would not agree.

"I'm not an ignorant kid on the street, don't talk to me in this tone, do you think I look like a random fool?" Tang Yu said disdainfully, and took advantage of the situation to pull a distance to the side, showing that he didn't know this Taoist priest with a very strong taste.

"It's fate for me to meet you today, if you don't want to learn, don't force it, just when I don't have the fate of master and apprentice. ”

"Learn, why don't you learn, don't be an idiot for the benefits of sending it to your door. ”

"You can keep this cheat first, but before that, you have to go with me to get something, I think your stealing skills are not bad, and the things that were taken by the old bald donkey of this karmic wheel temple can be taken back as a teacher. The sloppy Taoist patted Tang Yu's shoulder, let out a long breath, as if he had accomplished something important, and then flicked the dust off his body, got up and left.

"What are you taking?" Tang Yu blankly put the quaint leather cheats in his hand into his arms, and then followed the sloppy Taoist priest into the backyard of the Karmalun Temple, and about two quarters of an hour later, the two came to a side courtyard. Tang Yu looked at the secluded courtyard, wondering why he hadn't found out that there was still this place in the Karma Wheel Temple?

After going back and forth, Tang Yu looked at the sloppy Taoist quite strangely.

There was only one quaint house in the courtyard, Tang Yu looked at the locked door behind him, and asked, "It's useless to even have a guard around these four corners, Master, why are you bringing me here? You won't frame me, right?" Looking at the empty courtyard, Tang Yu's heart became more and more strange.

"This place is set up by the bald donkey of the Karma Wheel Temple, and the teacher is here to help you block those monks, give you a quarter of an hour, hurry into the house and find a stone box, and then take it and leave. The sloppy Taoist seemed to be particularly afraid of something, and the person just stood outside the courtyard and urged Tang Yu vigorously.

Although Tang Yu had doubts in his heart, he still entered the courtyard and came to the house, looked at the big lock covered with patina, and played with it curiously a few times, but he didn't expect it to "click" and the whole thing fell off! It must be too old, and the steel lock was broken! Tang Yu thought to himself.

Then he hurriedly pushed the door in, and the sloppy Taoist also crossed the threshold and followed Tang Yu closely.

The room was covered with thick dust, cobwebs, a neat brocade quilt on the bed, and a half-burned red candle on the candlestick. I always felt that this room had not been cleaned up, so it was locked in a hurry.

"You go and take down the scroll on the wall, as well as the red jade and red lotus enshrined under the scroll and the stone box. The sloppy Taoist was very excited in his heart, and hurriedly commanded Tang Yu to go to get something, but he was afraid of something, and he didn't dare to get close to the scroll.

With a little ghostly light, Tang Yu saw an ancient painting in the shadows, and the person on the painting was smart and moving, slim and elegant, dressed in silk clothes, vivid, and the person was almost about to come out of the painting.

"This painting must be worth a lot of money. Tang Yu wiped his saliva and thought to himself.

"What are you rubbing? Hurry up and bring me the painting and the thing. The sloppy Taoist seemed to be impatient in his heart, urging vigorously, and his originally indifferent face also showed an anxious face......

Tang Yu frowned, and then found the red jade lotus that the person said, the crystal clear red lotus flower seemed to be blooming with a red flame, it was a treasure. Just as Tang Yu picked up the red lotus, the house immediately shook the mountain, and the surrounding scenery quickly and slowly shattered, turning into ashes and disappearing inch by inch.

When the sloppy Taoist saw this, he screamed badly, but he didn't expect that there was an enchantment under the bald donkey cloth of the Karma Wheel Temple on this red lotus, and between his thoughts, there was a cry like rolling thunder outside the house; In the era of reciting the end of the Dharma, it was not easy for you to cultivate the thirty-six realms of earth evil, and you had to self-destruct. ”

Outside the door, the golden light is sheng, and the sloppy Taoist in the house has a hideous face, and his heart is quite unwilling, and he is one step away from winning this treasure, and his heart is very uneven, and he also shouted; "Don't think of the old way, I don't know that your Yelun Temple established this place to suppress this scroll, and this red lotus, as long as I understand the mystery, I will definitely be able to break through the seventy-two earthly evil realms and enter the Tiangang cultivation, and it is not impossible to cultivate the Yuanshen Avenue in the future." ”

"While we wait, we will keep our old promise to keep this place for that man. And if you pick the immortal Dao person to get that person's division of the Dao system, you actually want to peep into such a forbidden place, if that person comes back in the other day, it will be a big disaster, you still have to surrender quickly, so as not to destroy the souls. Voices rang out like bells.

The shock made Tang Yu's ears buzz, and his head was slightly dizzy.

After a while, the monk outside the house seemed to have lost his patience, and saw the golden light rolling in the sky, crackling and destroying the courtyard. Seeing that there was no hope of winning the treasure, the sloppy Taoist grabbed Tang Yu, took the stone box, and then threw it in the opposite direction of the bald donkey, and he turned into a black mang and escaped.

Before Tang Yu could recover from this fantastic and abnormal scene, he saw a change in the scenery around him, and he suddenly fell to the top of the stairs, and then his feet slipped and rolled down the mountain road directly in a mellow posture.

"I forgot to tell you just now, you took the sesame oil money of those bald donkeys in the west, and provoked them, I originally told you to be careful, but you are destined to cause trouble and suffer yourself, today is for you to block this calamity for the old way, and those two treasures are also given to you. The Immortal Daoist pinched his fingers, said with a smile, and then turned around and disappeared into a streamer. Then I saw that a white light shot from that person, hitting the red lotus in Tang Yu's arms.

With a few clicks, several cracks spread out on the red lotus.

The eighth chapter of the Lengyan Sutra says: "The fire of karma is dry. ”

Tang Yu regretted his cheapness for the first time, he took the money of those men and fled immediately, why did he provoke those Buddhas if he had nothing to do, if it wasn't for the momentary speed of the picture, he would not have ended up with no bones and blurred flesh and blood. I also regret that I have nothing to do to provoke the old Taoist priest?

But there are no ifs in the world, what happens is what happens.

That's right, Tang Yu is already dead, and the worst thing is that he is still looking at a group of pilgrims around his blurred corpse with a soul posture, pointing and pointing. The indifferent crowd just looked at the stranger who had unfortunately died.

No one is sad for themselves, and these judgmental onlookers just use this as an after-dinner joke to pass the time.

Tang Yu looked at his corpse, he didn't know what to think for a while, he had always been atheist, and he regretted it for the first time when he despised all gods and Buddhas, and he didn't fear gods and Buddhas. It is said that there are gods in the three feet above the head.

Not long after I scolded those Buddhas, retribution came so soon.

But he is dead, what about the impermanence of black and white in the legend? Could it be that he has done a lot of evil and is destined to be a lonely ghost? The more I think about it, the more boring I feel, but there seems to be something wrong.

That's right, there's something wrong. The more Tang Yu thought about it, the more wrong it became, he should be in a soul state now, why did he feel the red lotus in his hand in his hand? In a hurry, he wanted to throw away the red lotus in his hand, but only heard a few clicks, and the red lotus cracked.

Before Tang Yu could figure it out, a bewitching scarlet flame rose up in his body.

Tang Yu watched his soul turn red, and then slowly cracked, or ten, or more wisps were stripped out by the flame, and turned into a demonic red lotus under the flame.

Therefore, the name of Na Luojia is called Red Lotus, which is the legendary red lotus karmic fire.

Tang Yu scolded the gods and Buddhas of the heavens and the hell Yama all over again, not to mention that he had no corpse, and now he had to be tormented by this ghost red lotus karmic fire, didn't he say that the immortals and Buddhas had cut off the seven emotions and six desires?

The cold is pressing, and the body is torn.

This is the most genuine feeling. Although it is fire, it is indeed cold to the bone, although there are no bones now, but with the little ink in his own alone, Tang Yu really can't think of how painful he is now.

Anyway, it's more painful than an egg. It is said that egg pain is dozens of times more painful than giving birth, you can know how painful it is by listening to the heart-rending voice of the woman who gave birth, and if it is dozens of times more painful than this, you will know how unbearable the egg pain is.

The fire of the red lotus that burned the karma burned all the sins of Tang Yu's life cleanly.

"Evil!" Several monks of the Karma Wheel Temple who rushed over looked at Tang Yu, who was about to be burned into nothingness, clasped their hands together, and chanted words in their mouths, only to see that ten thousand golden lights burst out, and one by one golden Buddhist texts poured into the red fire, only to see that the red heart in the eyebrows of several Buddha statues in the temple was also eclipsed in an instant.

"Whether you are reincarnated or scattered depends on your own fortune. The high monks of the Karma Wheel Temple let out a long sigh, the power of the red lotus karmic fire was beyond their capabilities.

Tang Yu gradually fell into a state of confusion, and slowly fell into a state of sleep, between the void, it was like a golden passage opened, and a red lotus wrapped in Tang Yu's soul, blooming with a bewitching bright red and disappeared into that passage.