The one-day trip can be said to be a great enjoyment for both hosts and guests. Although the beauty of the clouds and mist and the wonder of the skylight are not unparalleled in the world, compared with the famous mountains and rivers, they have their own unique charm. Zhu Zixuan never thought that such a small county would have such a beautiful and wonderful scenery. He was very excited along the way. He even asked Wen Liang to be a part-time photographer and took many wonderful photos. Fortunately, there was a poisonous snake following him, which saved him the fatigue of weighing things in the backpack.
We stayed at the top of Tianlou Mountain for half an hour, and then walked along another road to Pufang Temple halfway up the mountain. Fortunately, we caught the first Buddhist lecture held in Pufang Temple at the beginning of the year. The abbot invited Master Zhifa, a contemporary eminent monk of the Tiantai Sect, to personally explain the essence of Tiantai, the Lotus Sutra. Although it was no longer the grand scene of Master Hongyi's lecture, with Buddhist disciples from all directions and devout men and women gathering together, it still attracted nearly a thousand believers to sit cross-legged on the ground and listen to the wonderful Dharma.
Even the dumbest person knows that we can’t have the vegetarian meal today!
Wen Liang had lived two lives and knew all kinds of supernatural things in the world. It seemed that everything was destined by heaven, so he still had some awe for gods and Buddhas. However, Lei Fang had always been unrestrained, and Zhu Zixuan was young and energetic, and always sneered at supernatural things. As for the poisonous snake, it was a guy who would kill gods and Buddhas, and would not worship anything except Master Guan. They only listened for a while at the temple gate, and then they fell asleep one after another and retreated. However, Zhu Zixuan was greedy for the vegetarian food praised by Wen Liang, and still held a glimmer of hope, so he lingered under the Bodhi tree in front of the gate.
Wen Liang smiled and exchanged glances with Lei Fang. They all knew Zhu Zixuan's unreasonable and noisy personality, so they wisely kept silent and waited for her to get annoyed and leave. Otherwise, they didn't know how long she would be pissed off. Zhu Zixuan stood on tiptoe and looked past the crowd of people to Master Zhifa who was sitting high in the altar. The dark and thin Master Zhifa was plain and ordinary, which made her very disappointed. She left angrily and grumbled.
Lei Fang lovingly helped her tighten the slightly loosened collar of her coat and said, "The head monk is busy boasting, and the old abbot is busy entertaining guests. Even if we prepare vegetarian food, it may not taste as good as usual, so it's better not to eat it!"
He pulled Zhu Zixuan and turned to walk down the mountain. Wen Liang followed him and walked two steps away. He could faintly hear Master Zhifa's Buddhist teachings, "Teaching and preaching Tiantai, returning to the Pure Land... Inanimate objects have natures, one thought is three thousand..." He turned his head and looked at the solemn and majestic gate of Pufang Temple. He felt something in his heart. If there is no Buddha in the world, why can he cross time and space to return to this era? But if there is Buddha in the world, then where is the Buddha
Teach and expound Tiantai, practice returning to the Pure Land, inanimate objects have nature, one thought counts three thousand!
The poisonous snake walked at the end with its hands down. I wonder if it heard these words that sounded like Buddhist verses or scriptures!
Or in other words, Buddhism is vast and only saves those who are predestined to be saved
Going down from the Pufang Temple, there is only a stone staircase built on a steep cliff, which can only accommodate one person. Whenever the upper and lower sides meet, one person must turn sideways so that the other can cross. This stone staircase is named "Lotus Road" by local Buddhists, which means "There is only one Dharma, there is no second or third" in the Lotus Sutra.
The three of them climbed down the stairs. Just after walking about 100 to 200 meters, seven or eight men and women came up from the bottom of the mountain, talking and laughing loudly. A girl dressed brightly complained, "What a lousy place this is. Climbing the mountain and walking on such a narrow road is so suffocating that it's almost suffocating."
A man behind her raised his hand and pinched her butt, grinning obscenely: "Didn't I just feed you last night? Why are you still feeling uncomfortable? How about I feed you again now?"
The beautiful girl twisted her waist, rubbed her raised buttocks against the man's body, and said in a coquettish voice: "Oh, Brother Niu is so bad, my legs are still weak now, if you come again, do you still want me to live?"
Brother Niu proudly touched the thick gold ring on his hand. Another man poked his head out from behind and shouted, "We have come hundreds of miles from Guanshan to worship Buddha. If you two really want to fight, be careful that Buddha will be mad."
Brother Niu spitted and said, "Fuck the Buddha. I didn't see him when I was slashing people, and I didn't see him when I was slashed. You tell me, what the hell is the use of him!"
Someone shouted, "Brother Niu, if you really dare to fight Sister Xiaoyue in Pufang Temple, I will lose five hundred to you!"
"I'll bet five hundred too, but Brother Niu doesn't dare!"
"I followed!"
Brother Niu cursed, "Bah! Do you think I don't know what you guys are thinking? You've been eyeing Xiaoyue's figure for a long time, right? You want to watch the show for free? No way!"
Everyone laughed together. One of the men who looked calm stopped laughing and said, "Okay, everyone, keep your mouth shut. The boss and the others are all behind us. If they hear us telling dirty jokes, be careful of the family rules!"
Brother Niu coughed, turned around and ordered: "Chaozi is right, everyone should leave quickly, go up and make arrangements early, so that the boss and the others won't have to wait when they arrive at the temple."
Before he finished speaking, Xiaoyue yelled, "Hey, make way for me, don't you have eyes when you walk?"
Brother Niu turned around and saw a group of people coming from the opposite direction. The woman walking in front had fair skin, pretty eyes and eyebrows, and especially a pair of long legs. From this angle, they looked so straight and long that one would want to touch them at first sight.
Zhu Zixuan heard the foul language of these people from a distance, and was feeling extremely sick. When Xiaoyue yelled at her, she immediately became furious and said coldly, "Get out!"
Xiaoyue was stunned for a moment, pointed at herself, and said in disbelief, "You dare to scold me?"
Zhu Zixuan even felt disgusted to talk nonsense with her, and only said one word: "Get lost!"
Xiaoyue was also well-known for her fierce temper in Guanshan's romantic scene. She was a compound talent who could fight, scold, cry and make a scene. But somehow she was attracted by the temperament of the girl opposite her. She didn't even have the courage to talk back. She turned around and grabbed Brother Niu's sleeve, crying, "Brother Niu, she bullied me..."
Brother Niu was used to being so majestic in Guanshan, so he would never take people from a small place like Yishan seriously. Although Zhu Zixuan didn't look like an ordinary girl, he didn't take it to heart. He pulled Xiaoyue behind him and said with a grin, "It's okay. If she bullies you, I can help you bully her back, right? Hey, you little girl are so brave that you even dare to scold my brother Niu's woman. If you don't let me kiss you ten times today, you can forget about going down this mountain!"
What was Zhu Zixuan's background? When had he ever suffered such an insult? Wen Liang's face darkened. Dushe immediately moved sideways to the front and slapped Brother Niu in the face without saying anything.
“Bang!”
The loud sound even echoed in the valley. Brother Niu was shocked to realize that he had been beaten. As a capable subordinate of Guanshan Buddha, how could he be beaten in this small country town
His first reaction was the same as Xiaoyue's. He pointed at his nose and said word by word: "You dare to hit me?"
Without saying a word, Viper struck out as fast as lightning and slapped him again. This time, Brother Niu was finally sure that he was beaten. He yelled, pulled out a dagger from behind his waist, and stabbed him in the lower abdomen.
The venomous snake's cold eyes narrowed into a small slit, and a dagger suddenly slipped out of his sleeve. A cold light flashed before everyone's eyes, and then Brother Niu screamed, the knife fell to the ground with a clang, and he covered his right wrist and wailed.
Blood oozed out from his fingers and dripped onto the stone steps.
This may be the first time that blood has been shed on this lotus road to Buddha since Pufang Temple was built by Master Yanxu!
"You're also qualified to play with knives?"
Viper gave him a look of disdain. Several men behind him immediately squeezed over, but due to the terrain of Lotus Road, they could only line up in a row, pointing and shouting, which not only failed to boost momentum, but was actually quite funny.
Wen Liang apologized to Zhu Zixuan, "I'm sorry, it's my fault for not making arrangements well and scaring you."
Zhu Zixuan was not really a person who didn't know right from wrong, and said: "What does it have to do with you? You didn't know you would meet such a bastard! But if you don't teach them a lesson, I will go back and complain to Sister Xi."
Wen Liang turned around and scolded the Viper, "You didn't listen to Miss Zhu, why don't you do it!"
The venomous snake took a step forward and kicked Brother Niu in the heart. Brother Niu screamed again, leaned back, and rolled down the stairs with the others behind him.
The man called Chaozi was standing at the end. He slightly shifted his feet, fell off his horse, and stopped the people from rolling backwards with his hands. Then he moved forward and nimbly passed Niu Ge and the others, and punched the poisonous snake, causing wind and thunder to move.
Wen Liang's heart sank. This was a man with great kung fu skills. Compared to him, Brother Niu was just like a baby who had just learned to walk.
Viper's eyes became colder, and the flash of his knife became more fierce. Instead of retreating, he advanced forward, rushing forward against the wind of the fist, taking the punch with his shoulder. The dagger in his hand stabbed fiercely into the outside of Chaozi's thigh, and at the same time he hit him hard with his forehead, fighting with his life at risk.
Chaozi has been practicing martial arts for twenty years, and although he has not achieved great success, after following Master Buddha, he has had few rivals in Guanshan. He has always been regarded as one of the top masters under Master Buddha. However, he did not expect that he would be defeated by the man in front of him with just one move in this small mountain.
Chaozi groaned. His legs were injured and weak, and his head was hit hard. He could no longer control his body and fell down, repeating the same mistake as Brother Niu.
Poor Brother Niu and his companions had just struggled to get up, but before they could stand firmly, they were knocked down by Chaozi and fell to the ground one after another.
When the crowd was getting busy, three more people came up from the mountain. The first one was wearing a black Zhongshan suit. He was tall, ruddy, and had big ears. Although they were not as exaggerated as the Buddha's ears that hung down to his shoulders, they were much bigger than those of ordinary people. He held a string of Qilin Eye Bodhi Buddha beads in his hand. Although he had kind eyes and a gentle smile, he walked with a dragon-like gait, and it was obvious that he was not someone who would be under someone else's command for long.
Wen Liang had never met this man before, but he was familiar with the man following closely behind him. He was Shi Daqing, the current director of the Yishan County Public Security Bureau, who had dealt with Wen Liang before because of his son Shi Jie.
But Director Shi was not Wen Liang's only acquaintance. Behind him was Mrs. Fa, with whom he had a serious conflict on Dehua Street. Ever since being taught a lesson by Xu Ting that night, this sissy disappeared from the world and has never appeared in Qingzhou since. He didn't expect to meet her here.
(I’m stuck in a writer’s block and I’m half an hour late. My update is over… what a tragedy) (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets on Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation.) (To be continued)