Unexpectedly, just before walking to the temple gate, Zhang Xu hadn't touched the wooden card, across the high courtyard wall, a boxy palm-sized yellow paper talisman suddenly flew out of the small temple, and the paper talisman quickly rose to the size of a basin in front of everyone, and a crooked rune rushed out of the rune paper, converging into a fist shadow the size of a bowl, flashing, and hitting the tall man's chest accurately.

After a muffled "bang", the man's tall body rose in the air, fell more than a dozen feet away, fell to the ground, hummed and chirped for a long time and couldn't get up, his face was pale golden, a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth, fainted, the ground was dusty, and the hard soil was knocked out of a big pit half a foot deep by the man.

Several onlookers were so frightened that they retreated, but a man's cold words came from the temple: "It's your business to see a doctor or not, and it's the master's business to treat a disease or not." In the future, on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar calendar, you can offer incense in the temple and pray for the blessing of the gods and Buddhas, and at other times, if you dare to open the temple door without the permission of the master, stretch out your left hand to cut off your left hand, and stretch out your right hand to cut off your right hand. Now, who dares to come and support this man, and cut off his hands and feet. ”

In the crowd, a young man showed a look of horror on his face, and whispered to the others: "Let's go, let's go, it's better to mess with him less if the evil star of the Zhou family is in the temple." ”

Everyone immediately dispersed

As a result, the tall man lay in the cold wind for an afternoon, and it was not until it was dark that the man woke up, struggled to get up, and slowly crawled away.

The small temple is still the small temple, the monk is still the monk, if someone can seek medical treatment according to the two conditions on the wooden sign in front of the temple, the monk will also help people heal. However, in the hearts of the villagers. This form of healing has changed its taste.

Just because of the wooden plaque in front of the temple, it was originally praised by everyone as a "living Buddha". In just over a month, he became known as a "money-hungry monk" and "damned bald donkey".

As for the second son of the Zhou family, who raised the tiger, he has already become a "cursed" "evil star" among the neighbors.

Of course, during this period, neither the "money-greedy monk" nor the "evil star" seem to have killed anyone, nor have they reached out to slap or kick anyone in person, let alone blackmailed anyone for money.

As for the monk's illness, he was optimistic about many people's illnesses before. But not many people seem to talk about his goodness.

Those patients who have been cured, whenever they talk to others, most of them will only happily say that they have done great luck and were cured by the monk before he was not greedy for money, and if it is put now, it will be troublesome, and there is a hint of schadenfreude in the words.

Only a few people will say good things for the monk when they defend the monk. Speaking of what the monks used to do, they couldn't eat, they couldn't sleep, how could they live? Besides, it's not like the monk doesn't stop treating people now.

Such a big truth is often ridiculed unceremoniously by others.

"You're stupid. The monk did that before with ulterior motives, just to make his name famous. Take advantage of the opportunity to make money. ”

Some people even said, "Does a living Buddha also need to eat and sleep?" That can only mean that his mana is too low and he is not worthy of being a living Buddha. ”

Slowly. There is no one to fight for the Muji monk anymore, at most he silently remembers his good in his heart.

On this day, it snowed heavily, a middle-aged man dressed in mink fur pushed open the temple door, walked out of the small temple, seven or eight men dressed as servants guarded outside the temple, shivering from the cold, saw the man come out, hurriedly greeted him, and called "master".

Then he respectfully welcomed the middle-aged man into a warm sedan chair carried by four people.

The warm sedan chair had just been carried out of Hanquan Village less than three miles, but the middle-aged man said to himself in the sedan chair: "The dead bald donkey actually punished the county for kneeling in front of the Buddha statue for three days and three nights, and it is really not good to die." ”

One of the servants who carried the sedan chair heard it clearly, his heart trembled, his feet slipped, the sedan pole was crooked, and he fell to the ground.

The middle-aged man in the sedan chair hit his head on the car, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and a cloud of anger suddenly rose in his heart, and he hurriedly climbed out of the sedan chair, walked to the servant who fell, stretched out his foot, kicked him twice, and scolded angrily in his mouth: "Bastard, can't you carry a sedan chair firmly? What is the use of asking you, be careful that the county will throw you into prison." ”

The servant with a shrewd face hurriedly crawled over, kowtowed again and again, and said: "The old man spares his life, the old man spares his life, this is actually not to blame the villain, if you want to blame the old man, you should not scold the living Buddha, the villain walked well just now, but his legs suddenly weakened, and he fell to the ground, I am afraid that it is the living ...... The living Buddha is in the dark, ...... in the dark"

Speaking of this, this person didn't seem to dare to say any more, and looked timidly at the angry "master".

The middle-aged man's pupils shrank, the anger on his face suddenly disappeared, he touched the bulge on his forehead, a trace of fear appeared on his face, and he hurriedly looked left and right. only to find that except for the servants he brought, there was not a single figure in the ice and snow, not even a crow or sparrow.

After a moment of silence, he said to the servants: "Hurry up, hurry up, go quickly, you can't stay here for a long time." ”

Then the group hurried into the snow, and the fallen servant limped forward after the group. Secretly proud in my heart, it seems that the name of this "living Buddha" is quite useful.

In the small temple, in front of the Buddha statue, Shui Sheng sat cross-legged, with a wry smile on his face, and said: "The master must have heard, right? This is what the person who just recited the sutra in front of the Buddha did? This county lord is afraid that a fur on his body is worth dozens of taels of silver, but he still has to pretend to be honest, and would rather kneel in front of the Buddha than pay ten taels of incense. This man is so treacherous that he should not have been cured of his illness, nor should he have been allowed to kneel in front of the Buddha for three days. ”

The Muji monk slowly opened his eyes, looked at the aquatic life without blinking his clear eyes, and said: "This is to ask the donor, the donor himself said that this person has a good official reputation, and after taking office, he built bridges and paved roads, and did a lot of practical things for the people? ”

Shui Sheng touched his nose, smiled, and said, "That's because I'm blind and deaf, and I've been deceived by his superficial articles." ”

"Amitabha! Being scolded by him is nothing, as long as this person is still willing to do things for the people, let him go. No one is perfect, and if the benefactor distinguishes between good and evil too clearly, he will lose his compassion. ”

Half a month later, on the day of the next wedding, during this time, I am afraid that I will not be able to listen to the master's teachings. ”

"Amitabha, congratulations to the donor!"

Thirteen days later, the Zhou family.

The neighbors came in and out, busy, two rows of fires were built in a corner of the courtyard, several large iron pots were set up on the stove, and various dishes were warmed in the high cage racks, and the fragrance was permeated. Near the stove, the chopping wood was piled up like a hill. There are four freshly killed fat pigs hanging on the wooden shelves outside the kitchen, and the courtyard is lit up outside the courtyard, and even the streets are full of red lanterns, and the smell of joy is everywhere.

For the aquatic "cursed" by the neighbors, the villagers of Hanquan Village have different views, if there is no aquatic "evil", I am afraid that the neighbors are still suffering from the daily "sleepover" of relatives and friends.

What's more, Shui Sheng has never beaten anyone in the village, scolded or bullied anyone, and when he sees the elders, he will still say hello with a smile on his face, and he does not put on a fairy stand.

What's more, the black tiger has "abandoned evil and followed good" and no longer steals chickens and dogs, on the contrary, with the black tiger, not even a single evil wolf that will sneak into the village every winter to make trouble has appeared, and Hanquan Village is even more peaceful.

Twenty miles away in Du Village, the Du family is also full of lights, and the blue brick courtyard that has just been completed in autumn is crowded with villagers who have come to help, all with smiles on their faces, busy before and after.

As the saying goes, people want clothes, Buddha wants gold, in the west wing, Du Juan sat on the pit, under the red satin new clothes, bright and shining, with a sweet smile on her face.

A group of chirping little sisters surrounded Du Juan in the middle, some envious, some jealous, but they said nice words one by one.

In the past six months, Du Juan's face seems to be much brighter than before, and her smile has increased, and the shadow of Shui Sheng has quietly burned in her heart, although she has not seen Shui Sheng a few times, and Shui Sheng has never been to the door of the Du family once, but it does not affect Du Juan's favor.

The "evil star" in other people's mouths, in Du Juan's heart, is a reasonable and humble gentleman, those bright eyes, the pair of black sword eyebrows, the straight nose bridge, and the angular cheeks, every time I think of it, my heart beats wildly, and I am sweet, that is my own man, who will accompany me for a lifetime in the future.

Because the Zhou family sent a dowry of fifty taels of silver, the Du family built a blue brick house, and it was also a standout in the village. Du Juan's two younger brothers also went to private school, no longer in tattered clothes and unable to eat enough, Du Juan also secretly followed her younger brother to learn the three-character classic, wanting to read and hyphenation, and wanting to be a good daughter-in-law of the Zhou family.

Everything is ready, just waiting for the moment to sit in the sedan chair.

At this time, Shui Sheng took the black tiger to the side of the cold spring, sat on a big rock and was stunned.

Two days later, the woman named Du Juan will be carried to her home in a sedan chair, become her wife, and then spend her life with her.

The spring water in the cold pool is cold to the bone four a year, but it will not freeze in winter, the turquoise pool water is like a smooth mirror, reflecting the aquatic face, the eyes are still clear, but there are many more imperceptible things in it, looking at his own shadow, the aquatic life does not know how to suddenly think of Mei Xian'er and Shangguan Yu's two daughters, and his heart is suddenly confused.

At this moment, the black tiger suddenly raised his head, pricked up his ears, looked into the distance, and let out a low roar from his mouth, and there was a faint impulse and violence in the roar. In the more than half a year since he returned to Hanquan Village, the black tiger had never had such a reaction, Shui Sheng was shocked, took his mind back, hurriedly let go of his divine sense, and swept around.

This chapter is over, to be continued, I wish you a happy reading. (To be continued......)