At dawn.

A flat-bottomed boat came to the ferry on the river. Wen Shenyou couldn't wait for a long time, and his men shouted for the boat to come quickly.

"Quick, quick, quick."

The group of people had already unloaded their carriages and horses, and now they were loaded onto the boat, and then they wandered towards the other side of the river.

After crossing the river, we walked uphill for a while and finally saw a city.

Luyang County, the county seat of Lucheng County, was called Lucheng in ancient times. It is only separated from Xihe County by a river and a mountain, but the level of prosperity is completely incomparable, as if they are worlds apart.

It is located in the hub area of ​​the Yangtze River waterway. It has Lujiaopu, the largest port in Yunzhou, connecting the east, west, north and south. You can directly reach the capital by boat from here.

In addition, this place is also an important military town. There are many warships at Lujiaopu on the riverside, and there are thousands of camps and soldiers scattered around to guard against the Bashu and Northern Dynasties in the west.

Looking from a distance.

On one side, ships were coming and going in the harbor, their sails were heavily shadowed, and there were endless shouts from the shore.

On one side, the city is within the city, and the city walls are connected to the city walls.

Walls of different heights are stacked on top of each other, connecting the port with the inner city, outer city, Guocheng and Cangcheng.

Roads extend in all directions, and cattle, horses, and vehicles are squeezed together at the gate, waiting to enter the city.

In the distance, there are shadows of soldiers practicing in the camp.

Naturally, Wen Shenyou didn't have to wait in line and drove into the city in a hurry. Before he could catch his breath when he got home, he saw a figure sitting calmly in the lobby.

Wen Shenyou was suddenly shocked, why was grandpa still at home in broad daylight?

In the past, the other party either went on patrol in the army, or was in the governor's mansion or the governor's office, and rarely stayed in the house.

What's even more strange is that there should have been many servants in this mansion, but today I didn't see any of them. It was surprisingly quiet.

Wen Shenyou felt something was wrong and wanted to quit.

The wind is tight.

Shout.

However, the figure in the lobby had already looked over.

Wen Shenyou had no choice but to step forward immediately to greet him: "Master, why are you at home today?"

The other party's eyes widened: "What's wrong, I can't keep you anymore?"

Wen Shenyou was like a mouse seeing a cat: "Master, you have many things to do every day. You are always worried about official affairs and family affairs. Don't I care about you?"

Lucheng County Prince Wen Ji's tone calmed down and he asked with great concern.

"Buddha slave!"

Wen Ji waved to Wen Shenyou to come over, and Wen Shenyou walked forward slowly, preparing to stage a scene of a loving father and a filial son.

Wen Ji's expression suddenly changed, he laughed twice without meaning and said.

"oh!"

"No, I almost forgot."

"It should be called Shenyou now!"

Wen Shenyou hesitated: "Isn't this divine blessing also nice to hear? Divine blessing, Buddha slave, isn't this about the same..."

Wen Ji slammed the table: "Bang!"

Snap, Wen Shenyou fell to his knees all of a sudden.

I haven't had time to explain yet.

Looking up, Wen Ji took out a big stick from nowhere.

Wen Shenyou: "Hey, grandpa, grandpa, what are you doing!"

Wen Ji: "What are you doing? I'll beat you to death, you bastard."

Wen Shenyou: "Master, Master, this can't be done!"

Wen Ji: "Why not? I can't beat you anymore?"

Wen Shenyou: "Hit me as much as you want, but you can't call me a bastard. Doesn't that include you?"

When Wen Ji heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then the blood suddenly surged up on his face and he turned red.

"Hit whatever you want, good, good, good."

"That's what you said."

Wen Ji waved a big stick and his face turned red with anger: "I went out for a walk and even changed my name. Do you plan to change your last name in two days?"

Wen Shenyou: "It won't work if we don't change it. The gods have their will. This is arranged by God. What can I do?"

Wen Shenyou was rolling and crawling. He was short in stature, but extremely agile.

Rolling around on the ground, Wen Ji couldn't hit him.

Wen Ji waved the stick again, and Wen Shenyou went directly under the table, hitting the table with the stick.

Wen Ji said harshly: "Come out here. If you don't come out, I will ask your mother-in-law to beat you."

Wen Shenyou suddenly trembled when he thought of his mother-in-law.

Grandpa only hit him a few times to vent his anger, but when Grandma hit him, she really hit him to death!

"No, no, no, I'm coming out now."

Wen Shenyou crawled out from under the table and was pushed to the ground by Wen Ji.

Wen Ji waved a big stick and spanked him hard several times. Although the beatings seemed severe, they were not serious.

However, Wen Shenyou screamed repeatedly, but he kept looking at his grandpa from the corner of his eyes. It seemed that the other party finally got out of his anger, threw the stick on the ground, and then sat down again.

"If it weren't for your mother-in-law, I would have beaten you to death."

Wen Ji looked at Wen Shenyou who stood up rubbing his butt and said angrily.

"Okay, stop pretending."

Wen Shenyou bared his teeth and said, "I'm not pretending, it really hurts."

Wen Ji was too lazy to pay attention to him: "The emperor worships Buddha, so I named you Buddha slave. Do you think this name can be changed at will?"

Wen Shenyou: "As long as the emperor can see Yun Zhongjun's power and magical powers, he will definitely change."

Wen Ji: "You are so sure, so what kind of ecstasy soup did the people in Xihe County pour into you to make you so obsessed in just a few days?"

Wen Shenyou stepped forward: "No, no, no, this is not an ecstasy soup. Grandpa, this time I really saw a god with great power and supernatural powers."

Wen Ji had been out on inspection before, so Wen Shenyou only reported it and did not explain it in person, and what he could explain in the letter was limited after all.

but.

Wen Ji, the king of Lucheng County, did not completely believe it, but he did not deny it either.

The decision he made was to let Wen Shenyou invite the witch to come to Lucheng. He would know if it was true or false in person.

If he is really a person with great power, then he will report the auspiciousness to the emperor.

However, Wen Ji was not too concerned about this so-called witch and auspiciousness. It was good to have nature and it would please the emperor.

Because he is different from Jia Guina and others, these things are not of great benefit to him who is already a minister and a clan king. At most, they are the icing on the cake.

However, there is no harm in it.

At this moment, Wen Shenyou spoke carefully about what he had seen in Xihe County.

For example, the incredible scenes on the sacred peak of Yunbi Mountain, the ghosts and gods encountered when traveling at night, and the large crater caused by thunder outside Jingu County.

This is what he saw, and there were some things he couldn't see. All these things came together, and Wen Ji, the king of Lucheng County, was also a little surprised and confused.

Wen Ji: "Is there really such a magical thing in this world, and it happened on the other side of the river?"

Wen Shenyou: "Master, I saw this with my own eyes and I can't fake it. You will know when the witch comes this time that the Yunlou Palace must be repaired."

Wen Ji didn't agree, but he didn't reject it either.

The so-called Yunlou Palace is actually a tower and a shrine, and its construction would not be any burden to Wen Ji.

But you have to look carefully, if you find out in the end that you have been fooled by a pretender.

Wen Ji stood up: "You said it so powerfully, I want to see who the witch is."

At this time, the servants from outside also came in, and the whole lobby became lively. Some people informed Wen Ji about what happened outside, and some people cleaned up the messy tables and chairs and picked up the sticks that fell on the ground.

After hearing the report, Wen Ji walked outside and at the same time turned back to Wen Shenyou and said.

"recent."

"Master Nianhua Monk came to our Yinzhou to perform a religious ceremony. Now he has heard about what happened in Xihe County. It is said that he also wants to meet the shaman of the Yunzhong Temple."

Wen Shenyou was suddenly startled: "Master Nianhua Monk, isn't he in the north?"

This flower-carrying monk is not an ordinary person. It is said that he comes from the Protectorate of the Western Regions and is taught by a great Buddhist master.

It is said that the demon monk who had gone astray was dead and had gone astray during a sutra debate. It is said that he was pale and fell to the ground when he died.

He also once persuaded a murderous king in the Western Regions to convert to Buddhism, so that even the king gave up and followed him wholeheartedly.

It can be said to be famous.

The principles that Wen Shenyou said before about the Buddha being the Enlightened One actually originated from this flower-carrying monk. It can be seen that he was deeply influenced by him and the Buddhist principles he preached spread far and wide.

Wen Ji didn't want to say anything, but he still gave his son some advice.

"Master Nianhua Monk arrived in Jinzhou a few days ago. After I heard about it, I asked him to come to Lucheng."

Wen Shenyou immediately understood that his grandfather wanted to see if the witch really had magical powers.

However, it was impossible for him to do this kind of thing himself, or to deliberately make things difficult for the witch.

If the witch was really a god, wouldn't he have offended the other party?

Therefore, they invited an eminent Buddhist monk to come over. They didn't even need to do anything, let alone hint or say a word. The flower-carrying monk would naturally test out for them whether the shaman was a true god or a swindler.

This method and idea are not on the same level as Wen Shenyou, who was bruised and swollen by his previous encounter with Leng Touqing in Xihe County.

——

The monk's dharma name is Kong Hui, but everyone calls him the Flower Nian Monk.

Because he once gave a lecture in a peach blossom forest, all the peach blossoms bloomed overnight, and he held the flowers in his hands like a Buddha, so he got this name.

This was originally a beautiful story and an anecdote, but because of his handsome appearance, he attracted many female believers and even the daughters of noble men to listen to his sermons. As the name "Flower Nian Monk" was passed on, his taste changed somewhat.

"This is the hospital that treats patients?"

The monk, who was about thirty years old and had a white face and red lips, had a good appearance. He came alone and stood in front of a large house on the corner of the street.

He was wearing a simple monk's robe, a bamboo hat on his head, and a half-smiling expression on his face, just like the Buddha statue in the temple.

The boy leading the way nodded and pointed to the inside of the house.

"That's right, it's right here."

"There is a Taoist priest Jin Ao in the hall. It was he who trapped all the plague ghosts here and then drove them out one by one."

"If it weren't for this Taoist priest, I don't know how long the epidemic ghosts would have been spreading."

"Monk, if you want to find someone to exorcise ghosts, you must have found the right place here."

The monk gave the money, but the boy didn't accept it.

Said: "Taoist Master Jin Ao didn't even charge for saving people. How can I charge for showing him the way?"

Just by listening to the words of the boy who led the way, the monk knew that this Taoist already had a certain influence in Lucheng.

But this is normal. Saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Taoist Jin Ao did not know how many people he saved this time, which is better than building many pagodas.

There were people guarding the outside of the hall, and the monk walked around the area. From time to time, he asked people to ask questions, and he learned half a dozen things about the situation inside the hall.

"The so-called plague ghost is just a disease."

"It seems that this Taoist has mastered this method of healing, so he came here to cure diseases and save people in the name of exorcising ghosts."

"Maybe it's a bit of an idea to expand the number of believers, but the merits of curing diseases and saving lives are real."

The monk came to the door again, chatted with the guard for a few words, and looked inside.

"In addition, there are some rules and regulations in this method of treating diseases and saving people."

"To isolate and house sick people in this way, and to take them in and treat them at the same time, the rules are like marching to war; and the methods of boiling water, lime, and treating diseases are also unusual."

"No wonder it has left such a big name in this area."

"If this method is promoted and passed down, when the plague comes again in the future, we will have a way to deal with it. I don't know how many people can survive."

Although Taoist Jin'ao came to Lucheng to exorcise ghosts and cure diseases, the spread in Lucheng was passive. It was not as active as in Xihe County and Jingu County, so it was naturally not as twists and turns.

The monk naturally didn't know some of the secrets behind this, but he analyzed a lot of things based on what he had seen so far.

The monk waited at the door for a long time, and finally when Taoist Jin Ao came out, he immediately stepped forward to stop Taoist Ao.

The flower-carrying monk bowed: "I've met the Taoist priest."

Taoist Ao, who had lost a lot of weight recently, looked at the monk, who was about thirty years old, and asked, "What do you want from me, monk?"

Monk Nianhua immediately said: "I want to seek this method of exorcising ghosts. The Taoist priest actually has this wonderful magic formula. If it can be spread far and wide, then not only the people in this city will be saved, but ten cities will be saved."

Isn’t it a great good deed for the people of a hundred cities?”

Taoist Jin Ao was angry: "You are such a ignorant monk, how can you teach this immortal prescription so easily?"

"You just say nothing, slap your hat on my head, and try to steal other people's things. How can you do such a good thing?"

The flower-carrying monk smiled and said nothing.

Taoist Jin Ao continued: "Although you don't know anything, I can tell you that I have taught these prescriptions and methods to the doctors in the hospital."

"In the future."

"If the epidemic ghost comes again, they will naturally know how to drive away the ghosts and cure them."

"You don't need to worry about it, monk."

The flower-carrying monk said: "So that's how it is. It's so good. It's just a poor monk who thinks too much."

"Taoist master has achieved great merits in this life, and he will definitely have great blessings in the next life."

Taoist Jin Ao: "It's not that I have great merits. This is what the witches taught me after passing down the immortal recipe. It's the power and benevolence of Lord Yun Zhong."

"Also, I can't bear your blessings in the afterlife."

"I, Yun Zhen Dao, practice the way of immortality. I am instructed by the Immortal Saint to save people. I will definitely be able to ascend to the upper world and worship under the throne of Lord Yun Zhong in the future. It has nothing to do with your Buddhism."

Monk Nianhua: "I heard that the Taoist Master comes from Yunzhen Taoism. The god worshiped by Yunzhen Taoism is Yunzhongjun?"

Taoist Jin Ao: "That's natural. I'm too lazy to tell you. I have something else to do."

The fat Taoist stepped away, and the monk bowed again, but he already had a clue in his heart.

The monk then walked away along the road, and after leaving the city, he entered a temple. The gate of the temple consisted of one large door, two small doors, and three small doors. There were two large Vajra statues sleeping on both sides of the inner door.

The name of the temple is Tenryuji Temple, and the characters are painted with gold paint.

As soon as the monk entered, the monks in the temple immediately gathered around him, bowed respectfully and shouted.

"Mage!"

"The mage is back."

"The mage is back."

All the monks were extremely respectful, and the flower-carrying monks all responded with smiles.

After entering a Zen room, several disciples of the Flower Nian Monk also came to meet them. The youngest disciple was only about 20 years old, and the older one was even more than ten or twenty years older than the Flower Nian Monk. He looked like he was already hanging down.

Too old.

But everyone was very convinced of the monk Nianhua who performed the teacher's ritual.

One of the disciples asked: "Master, are there any gains this time?"

Monk Nianhua: "I have met Taoist Jin'ao and tested him."

The disciple asked: "What? Are you a heretic who pretends to be a god or a ghost, a demon who deceives the world and steals his reputation?"

Flower Nian Monk: "I asked him to hand over the immortal prescription. Although he was annoyed, he did not refuse it completely. Moreover, he had already taught the immortal prescription to the doctors who had treated patients and saved people before. It was not a selfish wish.

People who want to make huge profits in this way."

One of the disciples clasped his hands together and said: "It seems that the Taoist of Yunzhen Dao is a man of merit, and the Lord Yunzhong he worships is not an evil god or demon Buddha. I think the same is true for the witches who come to the Yunzhong Temple."

Monk Nianhua nodded first: "It's just that I think that although that Taoist has some compassion, his mind is entirely on immortality. He doesn't seek righteousness and is completely focused on heretics."

The flower-carrying monk shook his head again: "This is about to enter the devil's path."

The disciple added: "However, Yunzhen Dao and Yunzhong Lord are very famous in the Yinzhou area. Even the Lucheng County King has great faith in them. But it is difficult to handle. We want to promote our Buddhism here."

, this is a big difficulty.”

The flower-carrying monk clasped his hands together with a compassionate expression: "Otherwise, in my opinion, this is a great opportunity to promote my Buddhism."

The disciple looked left and right: "What a great opportunity?"

Monk Nianhua: "Although Taoist Jin'ao has some means, his mind is wavering and he is chasing the elusive eternal life. In fact, his heart is empty and he doesn't know what he really wants."

"These living beings are so busy that they don't know what they want. They seem to want something, but what they are pursuing is just a dream."

"I think the Taoists from Yun Zhen Dao and the shamans in Yunbi Mountain are also this kind of people."

This means that these so-called Taoists, shamans and believers appear to have beliefs, but in fact they have no program and no real unified thinking.

They are just people who follow old ideas and believe in nonsense.

"If I can preach Buddhism to them, I will definitely be able to enlighten them."

"Let them know that eternal life is just a mirage in the clouds. They should practice my Dharma to save all sentient beings when they are born in this world. Resurrection is just a method of escape. Only by entering this world can they achieve the true result."

Disciple: "Do you want to convert that Taoist of Yun Zhen Tao?"

Flower Nian Monk: "Exactly."

This is not the first time that Monk Nianhua has done this. Several of his disciples have passed through the door one by one like this. He is very confident in this.

"We were forced by the Demon Buddha lineage in the Northern Dynasty, so we had to come to the Southern Dynasty, and we happened to open up the situation in Yinzhou."

"If I can lead this generation into the righteous path of Buddhism, I will let Lord Yun Zhong become a White Cloud Bodhisattva, or a Buddha."

Disciple: "Can we also confer this title to the Bodhisattva Buddha?"

Monk: "Why are we here?"

Disciple: "Promote Buddhism."

Monk: "This is to save sentient beings from the sea of ​​suffering. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are just clay statues. The so-called Buddha is just the name of an enlightened being. What we preach is the sutra and the Dharma."

"If Buddhism can be truly spread, everyone in this world will be a Buddha."

The disciples admired him and fell to the ground.

At this moment, a black bird flew up from the wall and disappeared in an instant.
Chapter completed!