Miscellaneous Notes of the White Lotus School

It is said that Xiao Min's nature is frank and frank. When he came to Bayong Tower, he still planned to do some serious business, and he didn't want to make a living by deceiving and abducting.Unexpectedly, the owner of Bayong Tower has long since changed hands. Min San couldn't recognize his relatives, so he decided to become a magic stick.Even so, everyone in the Xiao family in Bayonglou knew that it was a music workshop for people from the Song Dynasty, so why did it suddenly become a place of romance?Min made inquiries and finally found out what was going on.

At that time, the Liao Kingdom was defeated by Jin and moved westward in a hurry. Yelu Dashi made a comeback in Ye Mili and issued ten imperial decrees to call Xiao Lan back to the court.This Xiao Lan thinks that Yi Qing is a gambler, and even beat her only daughter Xiao Ying after drinking, taking this opportunity, she tells Yi Qing to go and return as soon as she goes, and also said that she will take Xiao Ying to visit her mother's family by the way, but she never returns.Ever since his wife and daughter left him, Yiqing has given up on himself, lingering in gambling shops all day long, dissipating all his family wealth, and even mortgaged the Bayong Tower.Later, a man from Gongzhou named Duan Xiaotian paid off his gambling debts for him, bought his Bayong Tower, sent away the musicians, and opened the Xianggongtang, which became what it is today.The original musicians started from scratch, respecting a foreigner named Chen Yu as their ancestor, so I won't go into details here.Xiao Lan's Yin-Yang sword is still enshrined in the hall, but it has been in disrepair for a long time, stained with makeup and alcohol, and has long lost its sharpness.

Now the West Wazi of this city is divided into East and West Streets, the East Street is for performing arts, and the West Street is for selling body. Qingfeng Bayong Building is at the intersection of East and West Streets.Min San walked around for a while, knowing that money can turn ghosts, if he can afford money, even if his clothes are ragged and his body smells bad, those gentlemen will smile all over their faces, and they will be like glue to him, even if he does not bathe for a year. Can also lick him clean.But now that he can't keep eating, he wanted to sell his mount reluctantly, but unexpectedly there was a law in Song Dynasty that Khitan horses were not allowed to be bought or sold privately, so he had to pawn a fur belt, changed into a camel-colored commoner, bought a box of cinnabar, and kept some Wrapping around is no different from a walker.

After meeting Bai Xian in Xixian Village, Min San also learned a lot.There is always some suspicion, if you don't believe that he is a member of the Bailian sect, if you insist on asking the truth, he can't just memorize the treasure book, talk without evidence, can't justify his words, sooner or later he will show his feet.It takes God's help to convince people.So he searched for many stones in the woods on the outskirts of the city these days.If it is slippery, it will be carved into a lotus flower; if it is angular, it will be carved into a lotus shape.

Every time he carved more than ten pieces, he threw them to the nearby stream, scattered them everywhere, and then went to other places in the forest to find another pile of stones, and repeated the old technique.For fear that people would not be able to see the vision, he picked up some fallen leaves and cut them into lotus petals.After seven or eight days of tossing around like this, seven or eight hundred yuan of stones were carved, and countless fallen leaves were cut. They must have been piled up, and they had already filled up a tree. , You have to enter the city to see the outcome.

This day Ri Minsan wrapped a bunch of stones and leaves, hung them on the horse, and after leading the horse into the city, he threw them all over the city. The characters are simply dismissive.Stones and fallen leaves can't talk, how can they teach people to see?Min San was planning how to teach Shitou to speak when he suddenly had an idea and came up with a good idea. He took out the "Bailian Baojian", found the pages of Yuanyuan, and pieced together a nursery rhyme: "A vision descended from heaven, and Maitreya descended." World. Venerable White Lotus, save the common people.”

Min San silently recited it a few times, and there were only four sentences with a total of sixteen characters. It should not be difficult to remember, so he planned to teach some children to sing.I happened to see five or six children on the corner of the street, about six or seven years old, with hair and braids like him, so I went to try my hand at it.Seeing Min San coming with a horse, those children ran away one after another, except for a boy who looked at Min San and wiped the corners of his mouth, but did not leave.

Minsan greeted: "Boy, come here." Seeing the child walking, he took out a cloth bag from his arms, spread out more than a dozen paper-wrapped fruits, took out another one, and waved it in front of the child Yang went, smiling all over his face and said: "Good boy, do you want this chewing gum?" The kid's eyes were shining, and his saliva was about to flow out again, and he replied, "I want to!"

Min San said again: "Then our family will teach you to say a word, and you can read it word by word, okay? If you have memorized it word by word, then this candy will be with you." The child glanced at Min San , I have to reach out to explore.Min Sanyi raised his hand, hid behind his back, and said: "Wait a minute, wipe your mouth quickly, learn this sentence first."

The kid was twitchy, and Minsan got angry for no reason, if this kid was from Khitan, he would have taught Minsan to cut his teeth.But now that he has something to ask for, at least he suppressed his temper and comforted him: "Be good, our family doesn't lie. If you learn a word, just take a sip. It won't be too late to enjoy this candy after you recite it fluently. Anyway, he I have no legs, so I can’t run anymore.” The child said “Yes”, followed Min’s wishes, shook his head, and followed him to recite.However, this son's memory is very poor. When he read the last few words, he forgot the first ones.Minsan refrained from scolding, and taught again and again.But the child said: "This candy has been sucked a few times, and it will melt. Why don't you eat it with me first?" Min San said softly: "You memorized the first horoscope, this one is for you. Then memorize the second horoscope , our family will give you another one." After so much effort, both soft and hard, double the cost, he finally coaxed this son to memorize his sixteen characters.

Hearing that the child recited everything backwards, Min San finally heaved a sigh of relief.One child is already so hard to deal with, fortunately the others have run away, if five or six come together, how can they survive?After thinking about it, if he had taught Shaoma so patiently and persuasively, where would old Yelu sue him?But with his quick talent, so what if he lives in another country?The kung fu frame steps taught are still in handy.

Seeing that the child was eating with gusto, Minsan hit the iron while it was hot, and said, "Don't you have some playmates? You taught them to memorize, bring me to sing and listen to it, and you all have fruits to eat. "The kid agreed and ran away.However, Minsan wandered around for a few days and saw that group of children several times, the fun was still there, and the nursery rhymes seemed to have been forgotten; so he had to go elsewhere and find another child, using sugar as bait, so as to teach him something.A few came back, and they were all obedient, but Min San could teach the latter one, but he forgot the former one, and he was annoyed to teach him again. three?

Min Sanjiao and those children were exhausted, and they gave more and more gummies, but they didn't listen to the singing for a long time.It is because of the disheartening that the weather is beautiful today. It is already November, but the sky and the earth are full of white cranes overwintering.For some reason this year, the white cranes flew south late, or seeing that Jincheng hadn't turned cold yet, they stopped to rest for a while.In this way, white cranes can be seen everywhere in the city, and the withered leaves and white feathers form an interesting contrast, which is a wonderful sight.

The white crane is an auspicious sign of Buddhism, which is exactly what he said in his nursery rhyme, "a vision from heaven".Nursery rhymes and celestial phenomena, the two complement each other and complement each other, saving Min San a lot of effort, so he took advantage of the situation to teach many children, and engraved this sentence on stones and placed them all over the city.

After three or two days, nursery rhymes gradually began to be sung in the streets and alleys.Min San was overjoyed and went to the Wazi Winery to inquire about it. He hadn't seen anyone talk about it yet, but as soon as he left the door of the restaurant, he caught a glimpse of a man at the corner of the back street. Xiang, put some fruits as a tribute, knelt and bowed, muttering to himself: "Venerable Bailian, please guide me, and help me avenge my revenge."

The man paused for a moment, and then said: "Trust man Qi Zhen, he came from a family of officials. My father was a county magistrate. Once he seized the thief's stolen goods, he hid a calligraphy and painting privately. When people knew about it, he was dismissed from office and sent to prison. My two sons Mother saw that he was losing power, so she packed her bags and left that night, and stole a few ingots of silver left by my father. Our family was desperate, so we had to go to Qingfeng Bayong Building to work as a handyman. , this end calls me "Mr. Qi", and the other end asks me to pour Yexiang, and I have to pick two barrels at a time. If it is spilled along the way, I have to wipe it off with my clothes and pants. Grass”, took the opportunity to beat and scold me. Once in the kitchen, he suddenly removed my pants and rubbed my butt with something. I was so shocked that I overturned the food and was beaten violently. I suffered like this every day. Xinnan is desperate, seeing His Holiness claiming to save the common people, so he can only be bold and ask for it!"

Min San stood behind him, and couldn't help saying: "It's so pitiful." Qi Zhen didn't know it was Min San who spoke, but only heard that the stone had appeared. He was surprised and said, "My lord, did you hear me?" Min San walked up to him and said: "Amitabha. The inanimate old mother has a spirit, and we are destined to lead you to the deity. May I ask what you want to ask the benefactor?" Qi Zhen once saw Min San, and kowtowed several times, saying: "My lord, please help me." I, get rid of this sea of ​​suffering! Even if I can’t leave the Bayong Tower, I’ll teach that tortoise that evil will be rewarded with evil!” Min San thought for a while, and then said: “This is easy to handle. You go and buy some longan, red dates and ginger, and soak it with the tortoise Tea. Drink with him every day before the deity comes to visit.”

Qi Zhen thanked him again and again, his sorrow disappeared, and he ran away.Minsan only thought it was funny, so he couldn't laugh out loud.Watching Qi Zhen leave, seeing that the tribute was still warm, he took it and tasted it, but someone behind him said: "Master Fuze common people, can you help me this lost lamb?"

Min San turned his head to look, and saw only one person by the neckline. He raised his eyes and saw that it was Bai Xian again. He put on a humble look, clasped his hands together to welcome him, and said, "Brother Bai, we are really destined to meet again here. How can our family help you?" Bai Xian bowed at his feet and said, "Master, it is not a glorious thing for a villain to become a bandit and rob his house. Hearing the master's words that day, it was like enlightenment. "Min San wondered: "You suddenly become very educated, what do you want to do?" Bai Xian said again: "If the master accepts me as a follower and helps me purify my body and mind, the villain will follow me to the death, and will also preach the scriptures, Carry forward this sect." Min San asked: "Do you want to join the White Lotus Sect?" Bai Xian replied: "Exactly." Min San asked again: "What is your sincerity?"

That Bai Xian stood up suddenly, and suddenly raised his face and said: "You speak Chinese, you can tell who you are when you hear it. Today's children are very smart, how can they listen to you? The children who sing and dance on the street these days Babe, they are all taught by our tutor." Min San was stunned, and Bai Xian took advantage of the situation to step forward again, and said, "Then you will accept me or not?"

Min San only felt that this guy was very cunning, and he didn't want to deal with him at first, for fear that he would ruin a good thing.However, Bai Xian insisted on joining the religion, and it seems that he has seen through Min San's background, so it is better to use his tricks, let him show his strengths, and he will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.In addition, he is handsome and looks seductive, so why not take him under his seat?Immediately said: "Take it! Take it well." Although the last four words were not spoken, he had already made up his mind, took out the box of cinnabar, dipped his finger in it, tapped it on Bai Xian's forehead, muttered a word, and said: "Mother Wusheng is above, and you will bless and trust the man Bai Xian. From today on, you are a member of Bailiancai. You must first discipline yourself before helping others. Amitabha." Bai Xian said loudly: "Thank you, Mother Wusheng! Thank you, Master!" Then kneel down three times and knock down nine times.

Bai Xian's move attracted many passers-by to stop and watch.Min San thought to himself that this guy is really clever, he is very good at acting on every occasion, and taught him a little more believable, so he asked him to get up, and said: "Okay, Bai Xian, go out of the city with this deity." Bai Xian replied "Yes." , then led the horse with Minsan.The two stood in front of each other, looking as if they were taking the west meridian. Passers-by saw this and gave way one after another.

In this big show, the two are really their own villains.Why Baixian joined the Bailian sect is not explained here.And Minsan, the suzerain, seems to cast a net everywhere, catching only fish from Bayonglou.As long as you enter the gate of Bayong Tower dignifiedly, and then go deeper into the back door, it is like searching for something.Can Minsan get his wish?Let's listen to the next chapter.