On the morning of December 2, the seventh year of Tensho (1579), inside the east gate of Shishan Imperial Palace, at the top of Ninomaru Castle, a middle-aged woman was holding her child.
Not far away, on the outer wall of the Four Maru, there are already hundreds of monks sitting there. They are all eminent monks of the Jodo Shinsect, all wearing cassocks, kneeling on the futon and knocking wooden fish.
A large number of incense, Buddhist niches, and Buddha statues were also arranged at the top of Shinomaru Castle. Several layers of dog blood were sprinkled on the outside of the city wall. In order to find these dog blood, all the dogs in the city were killed. The fragrant mist shrouded them.
, the entire city seemed to have become a Buddhist temple.
"Mom, I'm afraid." The child hugged his mother's waist and said shivering, "Will the Buddha drop thunder from the sky and strike us!"
"Don't be afraid, Dalang. According to our family, we have always abided by the rules and never failed to donate to the Buddha. Your mother, your father, and your grandmother chanted the Buddha's name day and night. The Buddha will bless us." The mother patted the child.
She raised her head and tried to force out a smile to comfort her, but her own calves were also trembling.
"But mother, why did Buddha attack the city the day before yesterday? Are there bad people in the city? Aren't those outside the city the bad ones? They must come to attack us! Why didn't Buddha attack them? He wanted to attack them instead!"
The child reluctantly raised his finger and pointed to the outside of the city, grabbing the woman's clothes and saying, "I heard from many uncles that the Buddhist books read by the masters were false, so the Buddha sent thunder from the sky to strike us!"
"Don't listen to their nonsense!" The mother hurriedly covered her child's mouth after hearing this, and looked around with some worry. Although there were people around, no one seemed to pay attention to the conversation between mother and son. The entire Shishan Royal Square
The believers basically crowded onto the walls of Sannomaru, Ninomaru, and Honmaru, looking at the more than a hundred monks chanting sutras on Ninomaru.
"The masters won't lie. Aren't they chanting sutras there..." Mother pointed to the monks at the top of the city. "The masters are extremely skilled. If they work together, they can suppress all kinds of demons and ghosts! That rainy autumn and red leaves
It’s not borrowing the power of gods and Buddhas, it must be magic! With the masters here and pouring blood on it, no magic will be of any use!”
"Yeah, yeah." The child nodded with tears in his eyes and hugged his mother tightly, "The masters will protect me, right?"
"Don't be afraid." Mother nodded. Countless believers throughout the city had the same mentality at the moment, watching the monks at the top of the city from every corner.
At this time, Yu Qiuping's shouting sounded through the loudspeaker again.
"There is no use in chanting sutras or praying. Your teachings are false. No matter how many times you recite them, it won't help. Unless we arrest those monks who delete the teachings, deceive superiors and subordinates, and exploit the common people, the Buddha will not calm down!
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"Believers in the city, listen carefully! The true teaching of Jodo Shinshu is justification by faith! As long as you have Buddha in your heart, you can be saved! If you believe the rumors of those masters, donate money or land, or for Honganji Temple
If you fight, you disobey the will of the gods and Buddhas and you will go to hell! The gods and Buddhas will rain down thunder to punish you!"
Yu Qiuping once again preached his doctrine. But this time, all the believers in the city just listened quietly, and no one cursed or retorted like the day before yesterday.
While Yu Qiuping was shouting, the monks at the top of the city were also quickly knocking wooden fish, playing rosary beads, and reciting Buddhist scriptures plausibly. They were all sweating profusely in the winter and working hard.
I tried my best to cover up Yu Qiuping's shouting and inner fear with chanting in unison, but it was useless.
"Those who are chanting sutras at the top of the city are the ones who deceive the superiors and conceal the inferiors! For the sake of money, they have changed the teachings without permission, so that you who could have easily gone to the Pure Land have been burdened with all kinds of burdens for no reason! Whether it is paying money or handing over land,
Whether it’s war or not, it’s all made up by them and forced upon you! They use your money to live and drink, they use your land to collect rent, and they rely on you to shed blood and sacrifice in the front to protect their ill-gotten gains! This is blasphemous to God.
The people of the Buddha are treasonous and unruly! The gods and Buddhas were angry with them, so they sent down thunder from the sky as a divine punishment just the day before yesterday! If you are stubborn and don't realize it, be careful that the gods and Buddhas will be angry and chop you down too!"
Yu Qiuping's words immediately caused a commotion in the city, and many of the sneakers who had sneaked in before began to take advantage of the opportunity to incite the believers' dissatisfaction with the monks and officials of Honganji Temple. The people of Honganji Temple hurriedly suppressed it, and then barely curbed the momentum.
At this moment, Yu Qiuping once again burned the couplets "Specialize in Chanting Buddha's Name" and "Originally Vow to Chant Buddha's Name", unfolded the scroll "Justified by Faith", and pointed his hands towards the sky.
"Gods and Buddhas, let's rain thunder from the sky to punish these Buddhist scum who disobey the gods and Buddhas!"
After Yu Qiuping shouted these words, the monks at the top of the city began to beat the wooden fish like crazy, and turned the rosary beads as fast as a circus sideshow. The Buddhist words in their mouths changed their tune and began to chant randomly,
The first sentence was not followed by the next sentence, just because the voice was loud. All the believers in the city also put their hands together, chanting all the Buddha's names they knew, and focused their eyes on the east city wall, praying for the forgiveness of the gods and Buddhas——
They no longer ask gods and Buddhas to send down thunder from the sky to split the rain and autumn.
However, the ground still shook violently, and the explosion came sooner or later. The East City wall, which was still fine, suddenly exploded as if a dragon had burst out of its hole, and in an instant it was destroyed.
The smoke and dust swallowed up countless wooden fish, rosary beads, and futons flying into the sky, together with the masters wearing cassocks. After a while, blood splashed, and the things that flew into the sky fell down like rain together with the gravel.
Crash into a column of dust and smoke.
The entire Shishan Yufang believers collapsed in an instant. The methods of the masters who had given them all high hopes had no effect, and the thunder still fell. Their faith collapsed. In the troubled times where people are inferior to dogs, they were hungry, cold and hard-pressed and put everything aside.
The Pure Land that is placed in the afterlife. But now, that Pure Land seems to be just a lie by the Honganji monks. They made up lies to defraud believers of everything, and may even cause them to go to hell. Gods and Buddhas are already angry, and they actually
Thunder fell from the sky twice in a row, and all the believers saw it with their own eyes. This is something that can only be seen in legends... If the monks at Honganji Temple did not lie, and if Yu Qiuping outside the door was the liar, then why did the gods
Instead of attacking Yu Qiuping, who abused the name of Pure Land Shinshu and rebelled against gods and Buddhas, why should he attack Ishiyama Gobo? The excuse he used to stabilize people's hearts a few days ago now seems ridiculous and ridiculous.
Some people wailed and fell down and were at a loss; some people knelt down and kept chanting sutras and kowtowing, begging the Buddha for forgiveness; more people ran around aimlessly, not knowing where to hide; the smoke exploded in the east city.
Devouring the land within the city, countless believers scrambled to flee to the west. They trampled on each other, causing countless deaths and injuries.
And in the chaotic crowd, the crow's meticulous movements are waiting for opportunities.
The one who was sitting on the side just now
The monk who had been placed survived the explosion and was running towards the Honmaru with his wooden fish in his arms. Along the way, he was loaded up by a group of believers led by Crow's Shosaku. Crow's Shosaku didn't hesitate, he rushed up and gave it to him.
He punched him and yelled at him: "Why do gods and Buddhas still want to attack us! Are you lying to us! Why are the Buddha's names useless! Are these Buddha's names fake? Have you changed all the scriptures?
?You beasts! Did you use the incense money that we paid you frugally to visit the whale house?"
Crow's meticulous and crazy behavior immediately ignited the anger of the surrounding believers who were on the verge of emotional collapse. They swarmed forward and vented their anger on the monk. Similar riots occurred in many places in Shishan Imperial Palace, and the entire Shishan Imperial Palace was already in a state of chaos.
There was a chaos. The monk soldiers were even forced to shoot to stop the riot of believers. However, all they could do was to stop the believers from attacking the Honganji monks. They lost control of the believers, and the city had completely lost order. There was a fight.
, fights, murders and murders broke out in the city, and hundreds of thousands of believers fell into chaos. The once holy Shishan Yufang was now like a hell on earth.
"It's over, it's all over." Shimoma Lai Lian stood at the top of the Honwan Castle, the iron cannon in his hand hanging down feebly. He had just led the monk soldiers to maintain order, but was affected by the chaos, and had no choice but to ask those who usually could do it for Honganji.
The believer who risked his life to fight opened fire. At that moment, Lai Lian felt that his heart had died, and the goal he had been striving for was instantly dimmed.
Looking at the peaceful believers on the street in the past, they are now in danger of themselves and attacking each other because of the chaos. After the order is lost, human rationality also collapses. No one can keep them safe, they can only form groups with each other and move towards each other.
Strange people took action. Lai Lian could tell at a glance that many of the leaders among these people were craftsmen with ulterior motives, probably the crow. But he was unable to reverse the situation at this moment, and such chaos was not human.
It can be solved.
The Ishiyama Gobo is finished, and so is the Honganji Temple. If it can no longer be defended, as long as the Oda Army launches an attack, everything will be over. The Oda Army doesn't even need to take action, the chaos and riots in the Ishiyama Gobo alone are enough to destroy the Honganji Temple.
But why...why could Yu Qiuping invite Tianlei? Can he really know Qimen Dunjia? Or is everything true as Yu Qiuping said. The teachings of the Pure Land True Religion that he believed in throughout his life have really been changed, and Yu Qiuping really
He was an envoy from Benshan from the Ming Dynasty, who came to correct the doctrine...but Shishan Yufang's resistance angered the gods and Buddhas.
Yu Qiuping's move was so vicious that he actually destroyed Shishan Yufang, which had held firm for ten years, in just four days.
"Nothing you can do will help. Master, please leave quickly." Shimo Lai Lian sighed, turned around and looked - only to find that the Honganji Temple, which was standing not far behind him, had disappeared.
"Sir, it's not good, the Dharma Master is on the street!" A monk hurriedly ran to Lai Lian in the lower room.
"What did you say?" Lai Lian was shocked when he heard this. He glanced at the chaotic street and said, "Bring the Lord Dharma Master back quickly. The streets are full of chaos. It's too dangerous! You are acting recklessly!"
He grabbed the wall and turned to look at the street, trying to find the figure of Honganji Temple, but he was stunned there.
Yes, this kind of chaos cannot be solved by humans.
But God can.
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Chapter completed!