Qi Yue Wuyi

Anyway, under the guidance of the girl, Li Chongwen and others finally found a place to stay before dark. There was only one old lady in the girl's house. In order to thank a few people for saving the girl, the villagers arranged accommodation for them , and arrange for someone to take them down the mountain tomorrow.

"The Blood Guanyin Temple on the mountain is a long story." The old lady put a large bowl of noodle soup on the table, "It's cold in the mountains, drink some soup to warm your body."

"Thank you, ma'am." Ginger was added to the soup, and after drinking it, I felt my body warmed up. Li Chongwen took a sip and put it aside: "I don't know what is the origin of the blood Guanyin temple on the mountain?"

"You stayed there overnight? I don't know if there is any adventure?"

"This...we stayed for two nights, and when we woke up, all our horses were gone, and the ruined temple had returned to its original appearance." Li Chongwen said, and the old lady looked at Nanfeng: "He also passed out there. Is it?"

"Exactly, there are two other companions who disappeared somehow." Li Chongwen said, "Old lady, what do you know?"

"I'm afraid... I won't be able to get it back, my fault." The old lady sighed, "Is there a village outside that disappeared overnight?"

"How do you know?"

"To tell you the truth, some people have been there before, but they never came back." The old lady said, "It used to be an old earth temple. A few decades ago, someone went up the mountain to collect firewood, and suddenly brought some golden incense sticks He came back and said that the dilapidated earth temple on the mountain suddenly turned into a golden temple. After discussing with the elders in the village, they felt that this was the manifestation of the land lord. Then, I returned the treasure, and everything was fine."

"Everyone in the village knows about the Golden Temple?"

"Yes, but this man is always greedy. There was a gambler in the village. He was so poor that he couldn't take it anymore, so he stole incense candles and went up the mountain, saying that he wanted to borrow the land master's treasure to celebrate the New Year. How could he borrow it? He won't be able to pay it back in his next life, just like that, he stole a candlestick and sold it in the town, and exchanged it for money." The old lady sighed, "It's because of him, the bandits in the mountains, and the corrupt officials down the mountain, all know about it. After hearing about the Golden Temple, treasure hunters flocked to it for a while, and the county magistrate ordered the Golden Temple to be dismantled and moved back to his private treasury, especially the precious Guanyin statue."

"Wait, you said Guanyin statue?"

"That's right. It's a rare white jade Guanyin with a bit of emerald green on it. It's just where the willow branches are. It's as beautiful as it is carved. I remember that it's half a person's height. The old people in the village said it was only A treasure that can only be found in the sky." The old lady sighed, "At that time, the county magistrate's wife was about to give birth, so they moved back."

"Old lady, do you remember that it is really a statue of Avalokitesvara? Why did we see King Ksitigarbha?"

"It's the Avalokitesvara statue. That precious Avalokitesvara statue is a god-given treasure at first glance. That piece of jade can't be seen in the world. I remember it clearly. When the Avalokitesvara statue was carried away, I still took it with me." I followed my daughter-in-law to kowtow on the main road, and prayed to Goddess Avalokitesvara to leave a concubine for our family. Unexpectedly, after three days, my daughter-in-law would be born." The old lady clasped her hands together and said, "Hey, if the statue of Avalokitesvara hadn't been placed It’s in the ancestral hall of the county government, and I still have to take my daughter-in-law to fulfill my wish.”

"Old lady, can you tell me in detail what happened decades ago?" Li Chongwen raised his eyebrows, "I think your granddaughter is only in her teens."

"About 20 years ago, I don't remember exactly how many years, but my daughter-in-law is pregnant with a grandson, who is several years older than my granddaughter."

"Old lady, do you remember the name of the official who carried away the Guanyin statue?"

"I don't know about this. I only know that it's from Shanxia County. It seems to be...Master Chang, the magistrate of Taiping County."

"I heard that the county magistrate Chang has been a clean and honest official all his life. How could he do such a thing?"

"He was an honest and honest official, but that was after he had a son. The Chang county magistrate's three generations of ancestors were no more than high-ranking officials, but he was a land grabber. Not to mention Taiping County, this is it. Even places where the birds don’t poop in the mountains can give him a layer of oil, probably because of the ancestors’ sins. Their family’s children are weak, and they are in their thirties when they come to him. I haven’t seen any farts.” The old lady said, “This Chang County magistrate is very depressed. In order to have a son, he also robbed many other people’s wives. The kind that gave birth to three or four sons, it’s a good name. It will be easy after setting a precedent, but ah, when these women are at their husband’s house, ah, it’s time to be born, and there is no movement in their house for ten and a half months, ah, the stomach is like an old monk sitting in meditation. Yes, that’s called an immovable mountain, and later people said, it’s no wonder that the land is not fat if it can’t grow crops, your kind of seed can’t take root, and the fertile land is useless.”

"This county magistrate is really careless." Peng Hu smirked, "What happened later? Did he have a son?"

"Him? I invited the Guanyin statue back and made a wish that if I could give him a son and a half, he would change his mind and become an honest official, benefiting the whole party. The Guanyin empress was also compassionate. After more than a month, his The wife is there, and he is happy to dismiss all the Yingyingyanyans in the backyard, and concentrate on taking care of his wife, and... he has really reformed himself and started to be a serious official." The old lady said, "This man Ah, it’s really a change, a person like that, hey, he has really become a good person, and he doesn’t take money or pervert the law. Everyone said that it was Goddess Avalokitesvara who instructed him to benefit the people."

"I heard that there was a plague in the city later?"

"Oh, that's not true, but that's all for later." The old lady let out a long sigh, "After Chang County Magistrate got better, he added a young son, but he didn't find out until he was a teenager. It is a monster with neither male nor female, oh, it is an unlucky thing to be born, how can ordinary people grow up like this? The people in the city were terrified, saying that it was the goddess of Guanyin who asked the county magistrate to return his temple. The county magistrate followed suit and rebuilt the Golden Temple, but the Guanyin statue was not returned."

"Why not?"

"Because when digging the foundation, something incredible was dug up."

"Ksitigarbha?"

"Eighteen prison officials."

"What is that? Why haven't I heard of it?" Peng Hu asked curiously. In fact, he was not familiar with anyone except the Vulcan Zhu Rong. A small school of thought holds that each level of Hell has a Hellmaster."

"What the hell, how could such a thing be dug up underground?" Peng Hu frowned, that was too unlucky.

"Who said no, at first I just dug up some statues of little ghosts, and then dug down, oh, it's terrible down there..." The old lady clasped her hands together in fear and said Amitabha several times, "Under there, there is actually a statue. The underground palace, this underground palace has [-] floors, and each floor is built according to the regulations of hell, so eerie and frightening to death, it reminds me of Senluo Palace."

"Old lady, aren't those statues all made of gold?" Tai Xueniang asked.

"That's right, girl, all the strong men from the city and the nearby villages went there at that time, and there were clay sculptures in the hell, only the eighteen gods in charge of the prison were made of gold." The old lady said, "At that time People who have passed through it seem to have lost their souls after they come back, pity my son and daughter-in-law...it's all because of this..." She covered her face and began to cry sadly.

"My condolences, old lady."

"I burn paper for them every year and during festivals. They are all honest people. I hope Grandpa Hades will not blame them."

"Those who don't know are innocent, old lady, go ahead and talk about it, what happened to the Senluo Palace later on?"

"Later, the magistrate of the county said that he had offended King Yama, so he hurriedly sealed it up again and restored the Golden Temple, but not long after it was restored, ghosts began to haunt the place, and it was very noisy." The old lady said , "The magistrate of the county said that the Avalokitesvara statue could not be suppressed anymore, so he reshaped the image of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva according to the standard of those golden statues, and then slowly stabilized."

"No wonder gold is used."

"Do you understand?" Peng Hu looked at Tai Xueniang in surprise, and Tai Xueniang nodded: "Usually, statues of gods are made of mud and golden paint, and then painted with colored paint, but there are some people who have profound merits and virtues and are loved by the people. The golden statue, commonly known as the golden body, is said to represent the merits of the gods, that is to say, he must have enough deeds to benefit the country and the people to be eligible to be made into a golden body, and some people say that the golden body is the deity of the gods , where the golden body is, it means where the god is.”

"Oh, I understand, those underground are all golden bodies, that is to say, those judges are here, and they cannot be suppressed by an emerald Buddha, so it is still wrong to use golden bodies to suppress them, why not make a Where is King Yama?" Peng Hu asked curiously.

"There are ten hell kings in the underworld, Yama is only one of them, and he only convicts sins, and the eighteen hells are not under his control, so it is not very useful to model him, but the Ksitigarbha king is different. The whole underworld is under his control. The judges in charge of the eighth floor prison are all under his command, so of course he can suppress it." Li Chongwen suddenly felt that something was wrong, "No, old lady... Where is Ting Di?"

"Listen to the truth?"

"There is a dog beside Ksitigarbha, who ascended with him. Isn't it strange that the owner is here but the dog is not?" Li Chongwen asked.

"Maybe they have no money, and there is no need to build a golden body for the dog." Tai Xueniang said.

"A dog does not need a golden body." The old lady said, "Because of the dog, here..."

"Ah!" Tai Xueniang screamed and hid behind Peng Hu, the old lady suddenly laughed: "Hahaha, little girl, sure enough every time I say this, it can scare people."

"Mother, why are you scaring me on purpose?" Tai Xueniang curled her lips, and the people next to her snickered, Peng Hu said amusedly: "You girl who is not afraid of anything is actually scared by a dog, really... "

Before he finished speaking, he was punched in the head by Tai Xueniang: "Do you want to go down and match Chang Xiaoqi?"

"Okay, okay, let's get down to business, old lady, there is still one most critical problem that has not been resolved. Since this matter has passed like this, why is it called the Temple of Learning Guanyin?"

"Well, I'm going to mention the dog you just mentioned." The old lady's expression was very strange under the suddenly dimmed light.