: This Life and Past Life (3) "I...I really have no money, I...I only have one copper coin with me, and just...just now, I fell into your soup pot, otherwise, otherwise my one

I don’t want any more copper coins, so just treat it as compensation... Isn’t that enough?" After hearing the waiter's words, the old man waved his hands hurriedly and said

"One copper coin? I have three or four bowls of noodles in this pot. You can't even buy half a bowl of noodles for one copper coin. It's like using one copper coin to compensate me? What a big joke? I don't believe it, huh?"

What's in the package behind you? Do you want to renege on the bill? Let me see..." The shop waiter said, trying to grab the only relatively complete cloth package behind the old man.

But who would have thought that with the waiter's exertion, the old man, who was originally very thin, was thrown to the ground on his back. He staggered a few times and was unable to stand up.

"Get up, don't pretend to be dead for me. Pretending to be dead won't work... It's only natural to pay back debts... Even if you sue the county boss..." Seeing the old man fall, the waiter didn't even think about it.

He meant to help him up, but he immediately laughed and cursed. As he said this, the waiter turned around and took a flaming stick from the soup pot and threw it at the old man, as if he wanted to vent his dissatisfaction.

"Stop..." Just when the wooden stick in the waiter's hand was about to fall heavily on the old man, a voice suddenly came from behind the crowd of onlookers, and as the voice came, the man who had just been

The young man who was being taken care of by the servants quickly emerged from the crowd alone.

"Where did the doll come from? Mind your own business..." Upon hearing the boy's words, the waiter sneered and then waved the wooden stick in his hand again.

"Bang..." As the wooden stick fell, the two-inch-wide wooden stick unexpectedly broke. The old man was so frightened that he closed his eyes because of the stick. But after waiting for a few seconds, he

But he didn't feel any pain coming from his body, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the young man lying on his body

It was obvious that the waiter's stick was blocked by the boy with his body, because there was a huge gash on the boy's back clothes.

"Young Master...Young Master..." At this time, the servants who had followed the young man finally passed through the crowd and came to the young man's side. Faced with the situation at this time, these servants did not have much at all.

No matter what words were said, except for the two people who hurriedly stepped forward to help the young man up, the other four or five people all went straight to the waiter. After just a few moments of effort, the waiter was taken from nowhere.

The ropes were tied up

"You... what are you doing? He rushed here by himself, what does it have to do with me? It's him..." Seeing himself being tied up, the waiter wanted to say something, but who knew that he had not finished his words at all?

, one of the boy’s attendants raised his head and gave the waiter a slap, and then cursed loudly

"You barbarian, you dare to hurt the magistrate's son. Are you really tired of living? Come, follow me to the county government office. I want to see if the magistrate here is as barbaric as you.

unreasonable……"

After that, these people took the shop waiter who beat him directly to the county government office. However, the young man did not go directly to the county government office. Instead, he was sent to a drugstore by a servant for treatment first.

Go to the county government office

The boy left, and the waiter was caught and taken to the county government office. The matter had ended, so the people who had been watching naturally dispersed and continued their business. No one paid attention to the old man, and no one paid attention to the old man.

The old man showed satisfaction and joy after the young man left. Of course, no one cared who the old man was or when he left, because the matter at this time had nothing to do with the old man. After all,

, that famous shop waiter did hit someone, and he was also the prefect’s young master. His result is obvious...

"What...what's going on? Why do you say this is our first meeting? I didn't see me?" After the street once again returned to its previous liveliness, Zhang Qi looked at the people in the street.

The crowd asked Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva beside them

"No, you have seen it, and you have not only seen yourself, but also me... Although we didn't speak, you used your own actions to tell me your essence..." Ksitigarbha

The Bodhisattva said, before Zhang Qi could reply, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva waved one hand, and the street that was still in front of Zhang Qi instantly turned into dust and disappeared, and then condensed in the dust.

This time, the scene that appeared in front of Zhang Qi was a very ordinary house. Putting it all together, apart from the reception area in the main hall, there seemed to be only four or five side rooms. And in the house

The courtyard was filled with officers and soldiers holding sabers, led by a middle-aged man who was wearing very simple clothes and was not an official. He was directing the officers and soldiers to move out of the rooms in the house.

Everything, even the mattress in the room was not left behind

"Where is this place? Where are we now?" Seeing the scene in front of him, Zhang Qi curiously asked Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. However, in the face of Zhang Qi's question, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva still did not answer.

He gestured to Zhang Qi to the young man in the main hall of the house, and then said, "Keep reading...you will understand after a while..."

At this time, this young man was the young man Zhang Qi had just seen in the street. However, this young man's age seemed to have changed a lot. In addition to growing a lot in height, the young man's face also changed.

He lost some of his immature look, and his frown made this young man look more mature.

"Damn it, he is a prefect after all. Why does such a big official have nothing at home? Doesn't it mean that he has stolen a lot of money? Where's the money? Where's the gold and silver? It's really annoying. It's so hard to get the house raider.

I thought I could make some extra money, but this is great. Not to mention the money spent, I met such a poor guy..." A few minutes later, the middle-aged man who was the leader watched the officers and soldiers move out.

The things he bought were so worthless, and he couldn’t help but cursed in a low voice.

"Don't talk about my father like that... My father is an honest official and never accepts bribes from anyone. How can he take bribes?" After the middle-aged man finished speaking, the young man who was standing in the main hall immediately shouted to him.

The middle-aged man said

"Integrity? If you are incorruptible, why would the court raid your home? Is it possible that your father was wrongly accused of corruption and perverting the law?" The middle-aged man said, and couldn't help but chuckle, and then said to the young man again.

"Don't think I don't know. You, a young master, spend a lot of money on weekdays. You buy this and that when you go out on the street. Where did your money come from? You must have hidden those things privately. Say, those jewelry you bought

Where are the jewelry hidden? If you don't tell, you will definitely end up worse than your father. He is a court official. I can't do anything to him. There are so many pairs of eyes in the court watching, but you are different.

No one will care whether you die or not... Don't forget, besides my people, you are the only one in this family now..." After that, the middle-aged man stepped forward and continued to talk to the young man.

threaten

But who would have expected that in the face of the threat from this middle-aged man, the young man had no fear at all. Instead, he ridiculed the middle-aged man and said, "It's true that I often go to street shops to buy things, but I have never bought gold or silver."

Jewelry, and I never bought a mansion or land. The things I bought were all needed by the common people, and those things were all donated by me to the poor people. The guilt of my father's crimes was simply unwarranted and was committed by the imperial court.

The traitors were in power and tried to recruit my father to join the gang, but my father would rather die than follow. They framed my father in order to eliminate dissidents. If my father is really corrupt and perverting the law, then they only need to visit your home to find out.

, you, a small county magistrate, must have more wealth than my family, right? If my father is corrupt and perverts the law, then you are committing a heinous crime... If my father wants to be sent to the frontier, then you should be cut into pieces by a thousand cuts.

…”

"You...you...whatever you say, you are just a commoner now. I will kill you just like killing a grasshopper. Just wait...this matter is not over today...don't let me do it again."

"I saw you." The middle-aged man seemed to be swayed by the young man's words. He turned around in a panic and led the officers and soldiers out of the house.

As these officers and soldiers left, torn pieces of paper and smashed wood chips were scattered in the courtyard. Even the flowers and plants in the courtyard were all broken by the officers and soldiers, and in addition, the ones hanging on the beams and pillars of the house were all broken.

White lanterns and white linen also make this house look desolate.

As for the young man, after the middle-aged man left with the officers and soldiers, a trace of sadness once again appeared on his extremely angry face. He sat on the doorstep of the main hall, holding his mother's memorial tablet in his arms and bowing his head.

remain silent

"Just...just now you said that I told you my true nature through actions? Did you say...you said that this boy is me?" Seeing this boy reappearing in two places just now and now, such an obvious story

Of course Zhang Qi understands the male protagonist, but Zhang Qi doesn’t quite believe it.

"Yes, this is you in the previous life. At this time, when you and I met, you were an upright and honest son of the magistrate in Jiangnan. However, because of your father's integrity, you were jealous of the officials of the same dynasty and falsely accused him of embezzlement.

, was dismissed, and although he saved his life in the end, he was sent to the border to become a soldier, and your mother also couldn't withstand the blow when the incident happened and passed away..." Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said.

, seemed to sense the question Zhang Qi was about to ask, and then gestured to the house in front of him again, and continued, "You want to ask me where I am, right? You'll find out if you keep reading."

And just as Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said this, Zhang Qi saw that all the changes in front of him accelerated. In just a few seconds, the sky turned dark, and in more than ten seconds, the sky became bright again.

Get up, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, the moon sets and the sun appears again, and the cycle begins again and again, and the only thing that has not changed may be the young man sitting on the steps in front of the main hall.

Three or four days have passed, and the young man has not taken any water, his face has turned pale, and his lips have become chapped. Even his hair in a bun on the top of his head is scattered, even though he is still wearing the suit that can show that he is

The robe of identity, but the feeling of abjection can be clearly seen on his body.

"Child... wake up... child..." Just when the young man finally fainted due to exhaustion, the old man who had been saved by the young man appeared again.

However, despite the old man calling several times, the young man did not wake up. Seeing this, the old man couldn't help but shook his head and sighed, and then took off the package from behind that he had always carried on his back.

What was contained in the package was not gold and silver treasures, nor dry food or grains, but a pair of dark red cassocks that looked a little shabby. When the old man covered the young man with the cassocks, the boy

The old man kept thinking about this secretly, and at this moment, a golden light appeared on the old man's body and cassock, reaching straight into the sky. When the golden light disappeared, the old man and the old man who were still in the house appeared.

All the young men disappeared...

"That old man...is he Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva?" Zhang Qi asked in surprise when he saw the young man and the old man disappearing with the golden light.

"This is not my true god, but my incarnation in the human world. I use it to promote Buddhism and find people who are related to Buddhism. And you may be exactly the person I am looking for. It is not because of you in this life.

Poor and helpless, but because you have kind thoughts, and I already knew the first time I met you. Among so many people watching, you were the only one to help, and after that incident,

The people you have helped are almost countless, and these alone are enough..." After Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva finished speaking, he waved his hand again, and everything in front of Zhang Qi changed again, and this time, there appeared

In front of Zhang Qi's eyes, there is a scene of overlapping mountains. In a cave among the mountains, a young man who has been tonsured and wearing yellow monk clothes is sitting cross-legged among many monks, and among them

Right in front of these monks, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is also here

"This is Jiuhua Mountain, where my Taoist temple is located, and it is here that you have practiced Taoism in isolation for hundreds of years. You have tried the warmth and coldness of the world on your own, and you know the difference between suffering and happiness. In just a hundred years, you have achieved the right result.

Among the Arhats, he is called the Venerable Miao Dharma, but your brothers and sisters can only become ordinary monks." Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said, turning to look at Zhang Qi, and then continued

said

"Now, I think you should know your true identity. You are the God of our Western Buddha Realm and the Venerable Arhat of our Western Buddhist Realm."

However, after hearing Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's words, Zhang Qi couldn't help but shook her head slowly, and then said, "I am...I am an Arhat? One of the five hundred Arhats? The Master of Miao Dharma? But...but why am I

It seems that there is no mention of me, the Arhat, in the books? Why is this? Could it be that what is recorded in the books in the human world is not correct?"

"The reason why you are not listed among the Five Hundred Arhats is because you were expelled from our Western Buddhist community shortly after becoming an Arhat. And how could an expelled Arhat appear in books promoting Buddhism?

What? And you are also the first Arhat to be expelled from the Buddhist world in tens of millions of years..." After Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said this, Zhang Qi looked even more surprised, and then hurriedly asked, "Be... expelled from the Buddhist world.

?Why? Did I make a big mistake?"

"That's not the case... You didn't make a mistake, or in other words, you took the initiative to petition to remove the golden body of your Venerable Mystic Dharma... And this incident is also the reason why you have to go through ten reincarnations..." King Ksitigarbha

After the Bodhisattva finished speaking, before Zhang Qi could ask, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said again, "I'll take you back to the beginning of the matter and let you see for yourself..."

Having said that, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva raised his arm and waved, and then Zhang Qi's eyes turned into a mountain forest. In a cave here, Zhang Qi, who had become an Arhat, was closing his eyes and continuing to practice escapism.

Seeking higher deeds and achievements

In the forest outside the cave, not far from the cave, a white spirit fox did not shuttle through the woods like her kind, looking for food for her survival, but quietly

Lying down not far from the entrance of the cave, looking into the cave for a long time without leaving

"What's going on? This fox is going to..." Seeing the scene in front of him, Zhang Qi wanted to ask, but Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva interrupted him and said to him

"This white spirit fox was inadvertently attracted to your Dharma. She felt the Buddha light emanating from you. Even because of these Buddha lights, she forgot time and hunger. She listened to the Buddha's name in your mouth and felt
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