Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality

Chapter 215 The mystery of the stone Buddha, Buddhists be alert!
Outside Xizhimen.

Many people stopped or stood not far away to look in, with a mixture of respect and awe in their eyes.

A half-one-eyed stone Buddha grew out of the good land.

When Lu Bing led the Jinyiwei Tiqi and Zhang Yuangong led the Wucheng Bingmasi arrived, there was already some congestion inside and outside the city gate.

The Jinyiwei had blocked off a ten-foot radius around the one-eyed stone Buddha in advance. After seeing the commander-in-chief, the guard rushed over and whispered, "Commander-in-chief, should we drive away the people nearby?"

Lu Bing shook his head and invited Zhang Yuangong to walk closer to the one-eyed stone Buddha.

This one-eyed stone Buddha is about three feet tall, with the upper part of its body exposed above the ground. What's strange is that, judging from the appearance of the surrounding land, it doesn't look like a pit was dug and the Buddha statue was placed in it and buried.

Zhang Yuangong suddenly felt terrified. It couldn’t really have grown out of the ground, right?
The Ming Dynasty was a dynasty built on the Ming Cult, which was taboo against Maitreya Buddha, and even more taboo against the one-eyed Maitreya Buddha.

The same is true for the monarch, ministers, and people.

Zhang Yuangong subconsciously looked at Lu Bing, and Lu Bing smiled faintly and reminded: "Is there any difference in the soil around the stone Buddha?"

"A little bit heavy." Zhang Yuangong said without hesitation.

"Just touch it and you'll know why the soil is heavy," said Lu Bing.

It is true that the earth can grow all kinds of things, but it can never grow a one-eyed stone Buddha. The one-eyed stone man of Mingwang is fake, and this one-eyed stone Buddha is certainly also fake.

Out of trust in Lu Bing, Zhang Yuangong suppressed his taboo and picked up two fingers of soil from the edge of the stone Buddha. He felt something and said, "It's moist."

This is the city gate, with countless people, horses, and carriages running around day and night. Even though it snowed a few days ago, the snow water on the ground has dried up long ago.

Except for the soil on the edge of the one-eyed stone Buddha, the soil in other nearby areas is dry at first glance.

This is even stranger.

Zhang Yuangong gradually got some clues, but this was not a case of reasoning. The way to find out the final answer was very simple. Lu Bing waved his hand and said, "Dig it up."

Give an order.

The Ti riders took out shovels and started digging the one-eyed stone Buddha without hesitation.

This kind of "touching the trouble" behavior really shocked everyone who paid attention to this place.

The corner of Zhang Yuangong's mouth twitched. Is it possible that in the hearts of the Jinyiwei, there are no people, things, or objects that they respect?
Of course there are.

Of course, there are people that the Jinyiwei respects, but there is one person in particular, and that is the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

As for gods and Buddhas.

Indeed, no one in the Jinyiwei believed it.

In the killings in Shanxi, Huizhou, Zhejiang, Jinling and other places, each Jinyiwei had several lives on his hands. However, even though the Jinyiwei killed so many people in these places that the sky and the earth changed color, no gods or Buddhas appeared, and even slightly supernatural things did not happen.

From then on, the Jinyiwei lacked the most basic respect for gods and Buddhas.

Like Lu Bing, practicing burning incense and worshiping Buddha, and asking for advice from great Taoist and Buddhist masters, this was not to verify the gods and Buddhas, but to find a way to relieve the excessive killing and desire in one's heart.

The only thing the Jinyiwei believed in was the sharp knife in their hands.

A shovel of soil was thrown onto the ground, revealing the entire one-eyed stone Buddha.

Seeing that they were almost done, Lu Bing stopped the digging and said indifferently, "Bring out the one-eyed stone Buddha."

Due to lack of reverence, several Ti riders in the pit, after taking the rope, did not tie the Buddha's feet, but directly tied it around the Buddha's waist. When they felt it was firm, they jumped out of the pit.

As a result, when the Tiqi on the ground exerted their strength, the one-eyed stone Buddha was not lifted up flat, but was lifted up shakily and crookedly. Fortunately, it was all land, and there was no hard place, so even if it hit the wall of the excavated pit, it did not suffer any damage.

The one-eyed stone Buddha was born.

Everyone inside and outside Xizhimen stopped walking tacitly and stretched their necks to look over here.

Lu Bing ordered the imperial guards to lift the blockade and let the people go out and take a look.

The people rushed over in a swarm. They immediately understood everything, including the one-eyed stone Buddha on the ground, the bean sprouts in the pit, the bean smell that hit them in the face, and the bean sprouts that were growing in a mess and showing their true appearance.

People first dug a hole, poured soybeans in it, then gently placed the Buddha statue on top, poured a circle of loose soil on it, and then watered the beans every night when no one was around. The beans grew and sprouted, pushing up the stone Buddha.

This is not a miracle, it's just a life hack.

Zhang Yuangong couldn't help but hold his forehead. There were so many tricks in Dongzhimen and Xizhimen, and even more people were deceived. He was deceived once a day, and each time was different.

Lu Bing looked at the people gritting their teeth and said casually, "Don't waste these bean sprouts. Whoever wants can take them back and fry them."

Miracles are fake, but bean sprouts are real. Edible things should not be wasted.

After saying this, Lu Bing decided not to distribute bean sprouts to the people and turned around to get on his horse.

Zhang Yuangong rode side by side with his horse and asked, "Commander Lu, the magic of the one-eyed stone Buddha has been broken, but who buried this stone Buddha?"

The stone Buddha is neither small nor light, and three or two young men may not be able to lift it.

At Xizhimen, there were guards on duty for twelve hours a day, but they did not notice that someone had dug a pit and buried a Buddha statue under their feet, and that someone was watering the pit every night.

The thief is really too bold.

Before Lu Bing could answer, the two horses just returned to the city and saw that the commander of Xizhimen was captured by the Jinyiwei with an imperial decree. It seemed that he had been severely tortured.

If you want people not to know, unless you do it yourself.

Just as Zhang Yuangong thought, it was impossible that the soldiers guarding Xizhimen had not noticed such an obvious thing, but there was no news, which could only mean that there was an "insider".

The only person who can block everything at the entire city gate is the guard.

The captain of the Jinyiwei who was in charge of arresting and torturing presented the interrogation results. Lu Bing glanced at it and showed no surprise at all, which showed that he had expected it.

Zhang Yuangong standing next to him seemed to be in a very anxious state. He wanted to see but couldn't. He felt extremely uncomfortable.

The result of the Jinyiwei's interrogation of the commander of the capital's city gates was not something that a small commander of the Five Cities Army had the right to see, and as the emperor's father-in-law, that was even more useless.

Lu Bing smiled and asked, "Which temple is closest to this place?"

Zhang Yuangong's eyes lit up and he said, "Baoguo Temple! Could it be that the mastermind behind this is Master Huizhen?"

In the capital city.

Baoguo Temple and Master Huizhen are representatives of Buddhist temples and eminent monks.

Therefore, at certain times, it is also considered to be the representative of Buddhist temples and monks all over the world.

If Baoguo Temple and Master Huizhen were the masterminds behind the birth of the one-eyed stone Buddha, not only would this temple and this monk have to pay the price, but all Buddhist temples and monks in the world would be in trouble.

The father-in-law was obviously a man who liked festivities and did not mind a large funeral.

Lu Bing shook his head, holding the relic of Miao Fa tightly, and said: "The mastermind behind this is hiding in Baoguo Temple, but it has nothing to do with Master Huizhen. Let's go and catch the evil monk!"

(End of this chapter)