Chapter Seventy-One: Persuading People to Be Good
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Yao Yizhen suddenly laughed and said: "Master, did someone donate a lot of sesame oil money, and you agreed to someone to catch monsters, didn't you? If the person who donated the sesame oil money is surnamed Wu, I think you have fallen for someone else's job! We are not monsters who forcibly occupy other people's yards, we bought it with real money." ”
Zhitongqi said: "You monster knows a lot, but even if Master Wu doesn't donate sesame oil money, it is incumbent on Lao Gao to subdue demons and eliminate demons." As soon as he finished speaking, he heard someone shouting at the corner of the street in the distance: "Zen Master Zhitong, this is the truth! If the Zen master excludes these monsters, how about I double the sesame oil money?"
When everyone looked, they saw Wu Youcai hiding around the corner, and he couldn't stop probing his head to look here.
When Wang Chen saw it, he immediately understood a little, and smiled at Yao Yizhen: "It seems that you expected it well, but I didn't expect that the monsters in this courtyard and we were acquainted." This shopkeeper Wu must have suffered a loss under Elder You, so he invited this monk to catch demons. ”
He turned his head and smiled: "Master Zhitong, since you came here after receiving the sesame oil money from the shopkeeper Wu, then, if I pay more than ten times his sesame oil money, can I also ask you to subdue demons and eliminate demons?"
Zhidao: "Of course you can, but did the donor donate the money first?"
Wang Chen said in his heart, why is this old monk so anxious? Unpleasantly, he said, "Master, why are the monks so enthusiastic about this yellow and white thing? Is the master really short of money?"
Zhidao: "Amitabha, the little donor's expectation is good, the old man recently wants to sculpt a Buddha statue in Maijishan, but he has been wishing for many years, and it costs a lot. Xiao Shi mainly contributed to help, although this skeleton demon is powerful, the old man will fight to the death to catch him!" He saw that Wang Chen had the intention of donating money, and his words were extremely eager.
Wang Chen smiled and said: "Master, you are mistaken, I didn't let you capture this Elder You, but the shopkeeper Wu over there, if you surrender him, I will cover all the costs of your Buddha statue in Maijishan." ”
Zhitong was stunned when he heard this: "Little donor, this Wu donor is obviously a worldly mortal, you can't pay for the old man to harm people, isn't this a trick on the old man?" Not only did he think so, Yao Yizhen and You Ming didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in Wang Chen's gourd.
Wang Chen smiled and said: "Master, if you take his life, I, Elder You, will be much happier than you, why should I pay to beg you? I want the master to get rid of the demon in the heart of the shopkeeper Wu, this shopkeeper Wu has a devil hidden in his heart, only the master has a way not to hurt people's lives, and use the vast Dharma to get rid of the devil in his heart." ”
Zhitong was even more strange, "How do you know that Master Wu has a devil in his heart? It's just that this demon is born in a person's state of mind, how can outsiders help him?"
Wang Chen said: "This shopkeeper Wu used this haunted mansion to buy and sell several times to earn ill-gotten gains, is there a greedy demon in his heart? The master is a Buddhist monk, he must have studied the Buddhist scriptures intensively, and he must have a deep understanding of the scriptures that persuade the world to be good. Isn't it an immeasurable merit for the master to use the wonderful meaning of the classic Buddhism to get rid of the demons in the heart of the shopkeeper Wu and to make there one more person in this world who is dedicated to goodness? I think it is much greater than the merit of the master to make a Buddha statue in Maijishan. ”
Zhitong said solemnly: "Good, good, the little donor is so young, the old man really admires, persuades the world to do good, the merit is indeed greater than what Buddha statues are made, it seems that the old man is just a formality, but he forgot the original meaning of Buddhism." The words of the little donor are like a slap in the face, which makes the old man suddenly open his face, Amitabha!"
Over there, Wu Youcai was suddenly in a hurry, this old monk was actually turned against him by Wang Chen's words in a few words, where did he have any demons to get rid of? It was clear that Wang Chen had more money than himself, and the old monk saw that the money was open, and immediately pointed the finger at himself. He immediately shouted: "Zen master, you can't believe the nonsense of the monsters, as long as you catch this group of monsters, I am willing to cover all the costs of your Buddha statue, and add another five thousand taels of silver to add sesame oil?"
Zhitong turned his head to him and said: "Master Wu, this little donor is kind-hearted, not only does he not think that you have the intention to cause harm, but also asks the old man to resolve your demons, you should be grateful to others, and you must not have a bad heart again." ”
Wu Youcai suddenly couldn't cry or laugh, is this the monk he invited to subdue demons? What the hell is going on? His face suddenly turned hideous, and he sneered: "You forced me to do this, don't you regret it!" As he spoke, he took out a small bamboo tube-like thing from his arms, and there was a lead underneath, and he burned the lead with velvet, only to hear a 'squeak' sound, and that thing was actually a firework, which flew directly into the air, and with a loud 'pop', it exploded! The fireworks scattered in the sky were colorful and colorful, very beautiful!
This is a way of communication in the rivers and lakes, mostly for the purpose of calling reinforcements.
Most of the people here knew about this thing, but Wang Chen didn't know why, he said in surprise: "Shopkeeper Wu, did you hear that the master wants to remove the demons in your heart and gratefully set off fireworks to celebrate? ”
Yao Yizhen's face collapsed, "Boy, people are sending signals for reinforcements, do you think this person has the intention of repenting?"
Yu Ming said: "Young master, why don't I throw him into the well in the back garden?
Wang Chen glanced at You, and said, "Elder You, size is a human life! How can you say it so lightly? Even if the government can't hold you to play the board, but the master of Zhitong doesn't agree? Inevitably, do it with you again, is it interesting? We should convince people with reason, and the best policy is to surrender the army without a fight." ”
You Mingda disagreed, and said in his heart: "When the reinforcements arrive, don't you want to start fighting? What kind of bullshit 'surrender without a fight'? If I hadn't been here, you would have been captured by the old monk a long time ago." He knew in his heart, but where was the best way to say it? He was afraid that as soon as he had that meaning, Wang Chen would immediately drive him away. I don't know why, he is resistant to his own work, and he always wants to get rid of himself, but the hope for the revival of the Demon Sword Gate is in this kid, and he not only has to serve carefully, but also has to fulfill the trust of the master of the door and protect his safety. Whatever he wants, he is.
After Wang Chen reprimanded Youxuan, seeing that he didn't say a word, he was a little excited, and said to Yao Yizhen: "Could it be that the reinforcements called by this surnamed Wu are very powerful? Why do you all look very nervous?"
Yao Yizhen said: "The Zhitong Zen Master he invited is so powerful, you can see the way the man gritted his teeth, this is a ruthless move, at least it is more powerful than the Zhitong Master!" She saw that Wang Chen's face was full of indifference, and she couldn't help but be knocked to the ground by this kid's ignorance.