My Taoist Temple is trending again

After the college entrance examination fraud case was over, Xu Qingmu didn't rest for long, and soon had to work again.

The last time Wang San came to distribute a pennant to Mr. Xu, an enthusiastic citizen, he asked him to check Nengren.

Nengren is a famous monk. No one in Wang San's unit suspects that there is something wrong with Nengren, so his proposal to investigate Nengren has not received a response.Moreover, the monk Huikong was also very tight-lipped. After a long trial, he only accepted the case of cheating in the college entrance examination, and he couldn't relate to Nengren at all.

But Wang San still felt that even if Nengren was only an honorary abbot of Mingyuan Temple, it was impossible for him to be completely ignorant of Huikong's actions.

Wang San suspected that he couldn't check it by himself, so he took the favor from the past to ask Xu Qingmu for help, and Xu Qingmu agreed.

It's just that, as a Taoist priest, he went to investigate the matter of the monk, and it was still a cross-circle law enforcement, so it was not good to be too high-profile.He chose a sunny day, changed into casual clothes, and went down the mountain with Song Jue, intending to visit Mingyuan Temple first.

When we arrived at the destination, we saw an endless stream of pilgrims as soon as we got off the bus, and the incense of Mingyuan Temple was still strong.

Song Jue said: "The pilgrims probably don't know that Hui Kong was arrested. In order to prevent the public from continuing to speculate about the college entrance examination fraud case in weird directions, the news broadcasts used pseudonyms, and did not mention that Hui Kong's occupation is a monk. So The matter of Huikong was only dealt with within the Buddhist sect, and it was not announced to the outside world, so the incense is still very popular."

Xu Qingmu nodded and said, "Let's go, let's go and have a look first."

After walking a few steps, I saw Wang's beautifully landscaped artificial lake at the entrance of Mingyuan Temple. There was a small stone arch bridge on the lake. Many pilgrims were passing through this bridge. nervous.

Xu Qingmu and Song Jue spoke at the same time, and said, "Strange."

After finishing speaking, Xu Qingmu turned to look at Song Jue in surprise, and asked, "Did you see it too?"

Song Jue himself was also surprised, nodded and said, "Yes, I saw it, there is a ghost under this bridge."

It didn't take long for Song Jue and Xu Qingmu to see Bai Meimei when they first started practicing. Later, they gradually saw more and more ghosts, and now they can see even a little bit of ghost aura.

It seems that Song Jue really has a celestial destiny, and it would not be surprising if he suddenly had spiritual power one day.

But right now there is no time to think about it, Song Jue quickly turned his attention to the real thing, and asked: "But, this is the bridge at the main entrance of the temple, how can there be ghosts? And it looks like ghosts have been entrenched for many years. Once it’s down, it won’t get rid of it for a while.”

Xu Qingmu frowned, took a few steps forward, and looked at the posture of those pilgrims crossing the bridge carefully, feeling even more strange.

The bridge is obviously not steep, and these pilgrims don't know what they are nervous about.

After a middle-aged man got off the bridge, his face was full of surprises. He let out a long sigh of relief, patted his chest, and walked into Mingyuan Temple as if he was the rest of his life after a catastrophe.

"Ah." Xu Qingmu suddenly realized, "It's the Naihe Bridge and the Blood Pond."

Song Jue folded his arms, waiting for Xu Qingmu's answer.

Xu Qingmu continued: "According to Buddhism, the first hurdle for the soul to go to the underworld after death is the Naihe Bridge. Under the bridge is a surging blood river, which is full of snakes and insects. Only good people can walk across the bridge smoothly, while those who did evil will fall off the bridge and be eaten by snakes and insects. There are bridges in front of some monasteries, and devout men and women will burn incense and paper in front of the bridge to show their devotion, praying for gods and Buddhas after death It can bless you to cross the Naihe Bridge smoothly. In the old days, in order to cheat money, some monks would deliberately smear tung oil on the bridge surface to make pilgrims wrestle.

Song Jue took a few steps forward and looked at the bridge. There was no trace of tung oil, but he quickly realized: "Using tung oil is still too obvious after all. Suppose there is a ghost under here, grab it A person's ankle dragging under a bridge is much better than tung oil, and much more terrifying."

"Yes, this monk Huikong from Mingyuan Temple... well, he is really a genius who makes money." Xu Qingmu paused, and then said, "Tell me, you can see the ghostly aura under this bridge, no Maybe Nengren can't see it? Nengren has been the honorary abbot for so many years, and it's impossible not to come to Mingyuan Temple once. He may not be involved, but it's strange that he doesn't know anything about Huikong."

Song Jue went on to say: "Hui Kong should have dealt with the ghosts under this bridge before he was caught."

Xu Qingmu also felt the same way.

Then the two of them walked across the bridge and walked towards Mingyuan Temple.

After looking around, I found nothing. I ran into several monks, but they were all ordinary monks without spiritual power.It seems that in the entire Mingyuan Temple, only Hui Kong has spiritual power.

Perhaps nothing will be found here.

The two planned to take a look at the Daxiong Palace before returning, but at this moment, they saw a skinny ghost in front of the incense burner at the door.

The ghost thought that no one could see it, and it was lying in front of the incense burner and sucking incense, its face was full of satiety, as if it would never be full no matter how much it ate, it looked like a starving ghost.

Even in Mingyuan Temple, except for Hui Kong, none of the monks has opened his eyes. After all, it is a famous temple. There are so many Buddha statues in the temple, and this ghost is not afraid at all?It is also strange.

Xu Qingmu and Song Jue looked at each other in surprise, and then became happy again.

This trip was not in vain.

Xu Qingmu stepped forward, squatted down, looked at the starving ghost lying on the ground smoking incense, and asked, "How does it taste, buddy?"

"It's okay..." The starving ghost kept one eye open and the other closed, and continued to gnaw, "Recently, the benefits are not very good, and there are fewer rich pilgrims coming to the door. They are all inferior incense, and the taste is mediocre. .”

Xu Qingmu said: "It seems that you are enjoying yourself."

The starved ghost said: "Is there any way, I am not picky, first meet the basic food and clothing, and then talk about the quality of life."

After finishing speaking, the starving ghost took another big sip, and said leisurely: "It's better when Huikong was around, then..."

Speaking of this, the starved ghost suddenly stopped. It opened its eyes in a daze for two seconds, looked at Xu Qingmu and said in shock: "Wait... who are you? You saw me?"

This ghost attached to Buddhism doesn't seem to have much regard for Xuanmen, and doesn't know Xu Qingmu at all.

Xu Qingmu smiled at it and said, "A trivial little Taoist priest."

The starving ghost took another breath, stood up slowly, and said, "Why do you come here, a Taoist priest? Forget it, you go, don't delay my incense, I tell you, beat me if you want, I'm not afraid of you, I'm not even afraid of the statue of Sakyamuni in the Great Hall of Great Heroes."

Xu Qingmu said: "Oh, really."

After finishing speaking, he just snapped his fingers lightly, and a burst of powerful spiritual power attacked the starving ghost with coercion. It felt that it was instantly crushed into a piece of paper, and the incense that it had just inhaled vomited out.

Then Xu Qingmu withdrew his hand, and the starved ghost regained his fullness in an instant. He let out an "ah", and then cried out in pain: "My incense!"

After speaking, it took another puff violently and tried to inhale as much as possible before it turned into a cloud of black smoke and wanted to run away. Xu Qingmu didn't panic, stepped forward and stretched out his hand, and easily grabbed the starved ghost's ankle. The dead ghost struggled feebly, but continued to inhale incense.

Xu Qingmu was speechless, he glanced left and right to find something to hold it, Song Jue thoughtfully handed over a mineral water bottle.

Xu Qingmu stuffed the starved ghost into the bottle, and it struggled to pull the mouth of the bottle, opened its mouth wide to inhale, and said with difficulty: "Let me take another bite!"

After Xu Qingmu stuffed it in completely, it leaned against the edge of the mineral water bottle in pain and looked at the incense sticks outside and began to cry: "Ah, I spit it all out, what a pity, blah blah blah."

"You are too good to eat." Xu Qingmu was almost amused by this starving ghost.

I thought that there would be no gains today, but who knew that someone with a bad brain would come to the door on my own initiative.The two of them and one ghost left Mingyuan Temple, rested in a nearby small park, and interrogated the starving ghost by the way.

The starved ghost fell to the bottom of the bottle helplessly, and said with a mournful face, "I'm so hungry, so hungry, so hungry."

Xu Qingmu said: "If you say it, I will let you eat it."

The starving ghost touched his belly and said: "I am a wild ghost that no one pays homage to. I was captured by Hui'an. He made me squat under the bridge, and when he saw rich pilgrims, he dragged me down, cheating pilgrims. Money. He gave me a blessing ceremony, so I can move around in Mingyuan Temple without being hurt by Buddha statues and ritual objects. As long as I do well, Hui’an will allow me to eat incense from Mingyuan Temple every day. Ah, You don't know, some rich pilgrims offer exquisite incense, it's really delicious, I want to eat..."

Xu Qingmu was speechless, he shook the bottle to let him continue talking, don't just think about eating.

The starved ghost continued: "Hui'an seems to have caught a lot of ghosts to help him do other things, but I was only responsible for dragging people under the bridge, so I don't know for sure. Later, he probably knew that something was going to happen to him and heard some rumors , I started to deal with the ghost in my hand, and because I ran fast without being scattered by him, I escaped unharmed."

Xu Qingmu asked it: "Why did you go back to Mingyuan Temple after you ran away?"

The starving ghost immediately broke down and cried: "Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow? , is nothing more than a scammer...you are merciful...you are so hungry after talking so much, can you give me something to eat..."

Xu Qingmu: ...

Song Jue: ...

When other ghosts were caught, they all begged for mercy, but it was the only ghost that kept thinking about food.

Xu Qingmu didn't want to talk to it at first, but it kept crying miserably, as if it had been severely abused. Xu Qingmu couldn't help it, so he threw a few melon seeds into the mineral water bottle.

Ghosts can also eat the food in the Yang world, but it is not as delicious as incense to them.Anyway, some of them ate, and they could barely stop the mouth of the starving ghost.

Next, we should go to Lingxing Temple.

When they reached the door, the two of them didn't rush in, they just watched at the door.Lingxing Temple is worthy of being a famous temple. Pilgrims are really coming in an endless stream. The temple is also magnificent and luxurious. You can see a huge golden statue of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva from a distance.

After all, I met many monks from Lingxing Temple in Bixi Valley last time, and the trouble was not very pleasant.

Xu Qingmu could have painted his skin and put on a vest to get in, but Monk Hui'an is not a simple eater, so it might be more embarrassing to meet him, and he would be deemed to be here to mess things up.

Xu Qingmu just wanted to find out what was going on with this matter, and didn't really want to have a conflict with Buddhism.

The two of them were in a bit of trouble, so they looked at the situation from a distance at the door, and the starving ghost started to cry and howl again: "Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow It doesn’t matter if I take a bite and I’m out of my wits now, woo woo woo.”

Xu Qingmu suddenly missed Wen Bohan.

In front of this starving ghost, he really doesn't talk at all...