Journey to the West: Moral Heaven

"My lord, you are welcome!"

The monk titheed, then turned around and called out: "While the young master is here, quickly paint the gold paint, take it out and offer it to the herdsmen!"

"Yes!"

After the monks agreed, two of them supported the mummy's shoulders, one straightened its head, and the other picked up a sharp steel nail about a foot long, pointed it at the top door, and nailed it down.

Without waiting for Chen E to ask questions, the monk took the initiative to introduce: "No matter how delicate the body Buddha is, its head can't be straightened up. If it is taken out to worship the herdsmen, it must not hang its head down. It can only be nailed with steel nails. Let the young lady laugh."

"The mage is too polite!"

Chen E smiled understandingly.

There are steel nails in the neck for support, the face straightened up, slightly downward, as if looking down on all living beings, and then a monk took the gold paint that had been prepared, and painted it over and over again, especially the eyes, the painting is wonderful Vishaw, mighty yet merciful.

Because the gold lacquer would not dry out so quickly, some monks lit a furnace of sandalwood around them, and fanned it non-stop with cattail fans, which could not only work faster, but also diffuse the fragrance of sandalwood into the gold lacquer, killing two birds with one stone.

After touching for about an hour, the monks changed several dials, each fan's arms were sore and sweaty, and someone carefully pressed his finger on the skin of the mummy, and said happily: "His Holiness, it's done, it's done, you can lift it up." Get out!"

Amitabha"

Li Biao proclaimed the Buddha's name in a dignified manner, then turned his head and said, "Do you want to accompany the poor monk to the main hall to watch the ceremony?"

Chen E nodded and said: "It's fine to go and have a look, but if you want to make a big show, we can just hide it to the side."

"You wait to prepare quickly, please come with the poor monk, Mrs. Young Master!"

Li Biao turned around and gave some advice, then led Chen E Wenjiao away.

In the Daxiong Palace, the incense is at its peak, and the herdsmen offer incense devoutly and offer pitiful meager income, such as salt, cloth, copper coins, and some people bring their own cattle and sheep to the temple.

Chen E looked at it for a while, her face became more and more gloomy, then she suddenly turned her head and said, "Most herdsmen are dressed in rags, but they don't hesitate to offer them. If someone dies of freezing and starving because of offering to the Buddha, there will be great karma. You'd better hurry up." It's better to get away."

Li Biao nodded and said: "My lord, in fact, I don't want to be like this. The frontier is not like Chang'an. The herdsmen are very poor. In some tents, the whole family only covers one quilt. Regardless of men, women, children, parents and children, it is cold in winter." How decent it is to hug each other and sleep together.

But even if this is the case, you have to give all your wealth to the Bodhisattva. The little one tried to dissuade you from doing what you can, and worshiping Buddha with sincerity, but the herdsmen did not listen to the advice. , Small inconvenience interferes too much, which makes me feel uncomfortable. "

Wen Jiao sighed and said: "Buddhism in the inland collects money, because the people are rich, there is no big evil result, but the grassland is poor, and the herdsmen eat a meal, but they themselves eat less, sir, this is all caused by you .”

Chen E said disapprovingly: "The Shamanism in the deep grasslands is even worse than the Ksitigarbha Sect. The lady has never seen the bloody cruelty of the shamanism to say such words, and the Ksitigarbha Sect is still very useful. , cannot be dismissed temporarily.

But Li Biao, that's all, that's all, I asked you to preach at the beginning, but I didn't expect to hurt you. I will bear your karma for you. After a few years, you will find a chance to pass away and escape. If a lady becomes a fairy, she doesn't need to worry too much about the true god religion, and she can't miss major events if she lets her evolve on her own. "

"Thank you, Mrs. Madam!"

Li Biao was overjoyed.

Chen E smiled and nodded: "Let's go and see for ourselves, you go and do your work."

"Yes, the little one is saying goodbye!"

Li Biao gave another salute and strode away.

Chen E and Wen Jiao hid their figures and observed the crowd.

After a while, Li Biao changed into a fine attire and returned to the main hall, surrounded by monks blowing their trumpets.

"woooooo"

The dharma name was desolate and majestic, and the herdsmen became quiet one after another.

"Amitabha, the true god is above!"

Li Biao uttered the Buddha's name and said: "All benefactors, the elder Xuanci of this temple passed away a few days ago and left a golden body. According to his last wish, he showed the golden body in the temple to drive away disasters and avoid evil for good faith. Consecrate the golden body today"

"What? A golden body?"

"My God, that's a Buddha in the flesh!"

"Elder Xuanci has become a Buddha!"

Before Li Biao finished speaking, the pot exploded, and some people ran back to summon their tribe to witness this miracle.

"The incense is hot, the Dharma world is smoky, and the sea of ​​Buddhas will be heard from afar, and auspicious clouds will form everywhere, the sincerity will be strong, and the Buddhas will appear in their bodies."

Led by Li Biao, hundreds of monks dressed in splendid attire and holding various magical instruments chanted the adapted Ksitigarbha True Nerve in unison!

The sound of the Buddha's chant sounded in the ears, and the breath of compassion gradually lingered. The herdsmen were influenced by it and knelt down one after another. When the hall was full, they knelt in the courtyard and prayed devoutly.

After reciting for more than an hour, Li Biao made a gesture to the back when he saw that more and more herdsmen came, and even many princes and heads came with their subordinates.

The sutra sound suddenly went up a step. Amidst the high-pitched chanting, eight handsome monks stepped out of the back hall carrying a large urn.

"Come on, come on!"

"Xuanci Buddha is here!"

The crowd suddenly became agitated and gathered towards the main hall. Li Biao waved a soft enchantment to stop the crowd, and shouted the Buddha's name: "Please benefactors, please move around in a hurry. If you trample and hurt yourself, it will be the crime of the poor monk." , Elder Xuanci has the wish to benefit all sentient beings, everyone can see the golden body!"

Li Biao still has some magical powers, stronger than Fa Ming, the presiding officer of Jinshan Temple, except that he has not become a fairy, and it is easy to fool ordinary mortals.

The crowd gradually returned to calm, and the sound of chanting also became peaceful. Eight monks placed the big urn in the center of the hall, lifted the lid, and carefully lifted out a golden sitting Buddha wearing cassock from inside.

The sitting Buddha, with golden light all over his body, piercing eyes, clasped one hand, and formed a lotus seal with the other hand, leaned slightly over his body, faintly emitting sandalwood.

"I met Elder Xuanci, it's really Elder Xuanci!"

"Sure enough, he became a Buddha in the physical body. I wish Elder Xuanci his eternal ascension to the Western Paradise of Ultimate Bliss!"

The crowd made noise again, but no one moved, they just knelt down and kept kowtowing.

Another monk lifted the golden body onto a platform covered with brocade, lifted it up and walked slowly outside the hall. Li Biao and other monks followed behind to chant sutras. Whenever the golden body came, the crowd retreated one after another. And the surrounding area was full of kneeling.

"I am fortunate to see the golden Buddha today, and my Kagong donates all his wealth!"

"I, Yelu Aguda, donate ten sheep!"

"Come on, hurry home and get a thousand taels of gold!"

"Lord Buddha, Lord Buddha, I, Wanyan Tuolei, donated my wife and four daughters to the temple!"

As the golden body walked by, the crowd seemed to be crazy, and countless herdsmen screamed and gave away their belongings, as if this was not enough to show piety. In a short period of time, the wealth gained by the temple increased at an alarming rate.

"Hey"

Seeing this scene, Wen Jiao sighed in depression and said, "Master, I'm so flustered, I don't know what to say."

Chen E glanced at Wen Jiao very strangely. He didn't want to say something at first, but now he had to make it clear, so he said, "If it wasn't for my certainty, the doom of the Tang Dynasty would have come from the grasslands around Youyan, and I wouldn't have said it." They will use such methods, but you don’t have to be too sympathetic to the prairie people. When the middle-earth is strong, they beg for mercy. Once the middle-earth is weak, they will show their fangs and go south in groups to plunder. Remember the blood debt, we are Datang people after all, even if we become immortals, we are also immortals of Datang. Datang is the foundation to maintain our humanity, and our first priority is to protect the interests of the people of Datang.