Nightmare Attack

1605 - Became a Buddha

"In addition to this man, there are many other men who came together. These men are surprisingly enthusiastic, and they are rushing towards the gate of the temple while begging for incense money."

"They all clamored that their families needed to do something, and hoped that the monks in the monastery would follow them back to the village. There were all kinds of excuses, but there was one thing, they all called on Huicong by name."

The abbot's tone became more and more serious, "Although the poor monk has escaped into Buddhism for a long time, I know exactly what these villagers are thinking. I asked my disciples to stop them all outside the temple gate and return all the incense money. I can't see Let my disciples make mistakes again and again."

"But before I persuaded the villagers to go down the mountain, the villagers suddenly seemed crazy and started shouting. As soon as I turned around, Huicong...it was actually my disciple Huicong who came out."

"He walked straight into the villagers, surrounded by the villagers, just... just went down the mountain with them."

"Master didn't stop him?" Jiang Cheng was incredulous.

"I thought about it, but just as I was about to speak, my disciple turned around. He glanced at me, and it was still... the same feeling. I was immediately stunned." The abbot's tone became urgent, with a hint of rareness "He knows what I'm going to say, no, he even knows what I'm going to say next, I mean... he knows every word I'm going to say!"

"Amitabha." As if to suppress his frightened heart, the abbot recited the Buddha's name in a hoarse voice.

Jiang Cheng was not taken away by the story of the abbot, he was looking for loopholes in it, "Master, I don't know one thing, the peasants in the village should be very traditional, how can such things as passing on the family..."

"How can you pretend to be someone else?" The abbot didn't hesitate, and directly added what Jiang Cheng hadn't finished.

"Yes."

First he sighed, and then the abbot said slowly: "The benefactor, do you know why those villagers sent the stone girl to this temple for meditation?"

"The benefactor thinks they are wise and stupid? Do they really think that they can give birth to a fat son for nothing by relying on meditation alone?"

"It's true that the peasants in the village pay attention to tradition, but they are not stupid at all. Compared with fame, it is more practical to have the latter, and it is more urgent to be precise!"

"The benefactor thinks the village is peaceful? Is it true that blood is thicker than water for the blood relatives who live in the same courtyard?"

"Hehe, has the benefactor heard of Jieshiwa?" The abbot's attitude changed, and he was actually a little gloomy.

Jiang Cheng nodded, "I've heard that after the head of a family dies, if he has no heirs, then his family property will be controlled by his fellow villagers. First, close relatives will be selected, and after relatives, nearby neighbors will be selected. It is a fellow villager, after such a toss, there is nothing left in this person's house, let alone valuable things, even the better tiles on the house will be removed, so it is called "removing dead tiles". There is a name, called Chijuehu."

The abbot took the words and added: "Or the gentry in the village will sell all the land and property left by the person in his lifetime and exchange them for silver, and then use the money to hold a running water banquet in the village, from the beginning to the end of the village, and the banquet will be held in the village. For every household in the village, it can be as short as a few days, as long as ten months, in short, until all the savings of the family are eaten up, it is not enough to stop."

After a pause, the abbot continued: "The wealth mentioned by the poor monk also includes these stone girls, they are not real villagers."

"So in order to have a future, these seemingly foolish peasants can tolerate a lot and let go of a lot. The benefactor knows why the man who took the lead was willing to let them go the night Huicong and the two village girls were tied up on the mountain?"

"That's because the poor monk sent money to buy those two stone girls!"

"A monk should not do such a thing, but this is a man, and it is also the condition proposed by the husbands of the two women, otherwise they will beat the three of Huicong to death in front of me!"

"And with this money, a man can buy another woman to continue his incense."

"Huh—" the abbot let out a long breath, as if he wanted to let out the depression accumulated in his heart, "These villagers are doing everything they can to make money, and the benefactor is not far from here. Walking around are some barefoot doctors, load-carrying shopkeepers, and wide-sleeved Taoists wearing fairy hats for begging children."

"These guys don't have any real skills, but they are strong and have bushy hair. Everywhere they go, they will be invited to live in a certain master's house. In the name of exorcising evil spirits, they will share a room with those stone girls. In 2 or 3 days, at most half a decade, these people will leave by themselves."

"Of course, everyone in the village is not surprised. Every family has a hard-to-recite scripture. Even if those stone girls are really happy, the neighbors will keep their mouths in check and never talk about the past."

Hearing these things gave Jiang Cheng a headache. He felt that the abbot had been rambling on for a long time without getting to the point. All he cared about was Monk Huicong, "Master, let's talk about your apprentice, Huicong."

"Hey, since that day, Huicong seldom came back to the temple. I also sent people to look for him at the foot of the mountain, but those disciples... those disciples always returned without success. Obviously, Huicong was still there a moment ago. When they arrived, the Huicong people disappeared."

"It is said that he lived a very happy life, and the surrounding villages invited him repeatedly and regarded him as a guest of honor."

"It was also during that time that all the stone girls in those villages disappeared. The men farming and the women weaving in the village were peaceful, and those fake doctors and Taoists who cheated money never dared to go again, fearing that they would be beaten out with sticks. "

Jiang Cheng endured it for a long time, and finally said solemnly: "Master, your apprentice is so amazing."

The abbot didn't know if he cared about Jiang Cheng's words, but after a long time, the abbot sighed heavily, "No way, no way, he...he shouldn't kill people!"

Jiang Cheng's expression changed, "Murder?"

Killing is a serious crime, let alone murdering. Jiang Cheng thought of Monk Huicong's soft and weak appearance, but he had no idea that he would actually kill someone.

"Who did he kill?" Jiang Cheng asked: "Those men who forced Shi Nu to do that kind of thing?"

The abbot's tone was full of misery and self-blame, "No, more than that, he killed a lot of people, including men, women, and... a baby who was just a few months old and was waiting to be fed."

"Why?" Jiang Cheng was shocked.

"The poor monk couldn't figure it out at the time, let alone figured it out. When I went down the mountain and saw him, he was sitting on the ground, his whole body was stained red with blood, and a hatchet was thrown in front of him, and there were piles of corpses scattered all over the ground. dead body, no one dares to approach him."

"It wasn't until I showed up that his frozen face finally had an expression. He cried, crying heartbreakingly, and said he was sorry, Master, and this disciple didn't want to do this either, but...but there was nothing I could do, disciple I am going to become a Buddha!"

(End of this chapter)