Ninety-nine        The Demon Monk of the Desert Temple

In the sixth year of Tianqi in the Ming Dynasty, there was a wealthy businessman Chai Hu in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. His son Chai Yu was over 2008 and loved to study poetry and books since he was young. He was in his prime and was in his prime. He was in his examination for the school and was awarded the title of scholar.

Before the autumn examination, Chai Yu wanted to go to the Nanjing provincial examination and went to the next level to pass the imperial examination. Chai Yuan prepared 500 taels of silver for his son and asked his servant Yuan'er to accompany him. Yuan'er was not weak in the year and was strong and strong. He once became a disciple of martial arts. Although martial arts were ordinary, it was difficult for ordinary criminals to get close to him. When the King of Chuang rebelled, the world was uneasy, so he asked Yuan'er to accompany him to prevent accidents.

Chai Yu was ready to bid farewell to his parents and embarked on the road to Nanjing. Yuan'er carried a short knife on his waist and a silver bag in his hand. The master and servant rode their horses and walked forward with laughter and chatted forward, not lonely. He walked all the way at dawn and stayed overnight, had hungry meals and thirsty drinks, and was safe and smooth.

One day, the two walked to Changzhou. The summer was hot and it was noon. They were hungry and thirsty. They saw a hotel on the side of the road, with a pergola set up with tables and chairs under the pergola. The two got off the horse and entered the pergola and called the shop to set up wine and meat. When they were eating, they saw a Taoist priest wearing a dirt Taoist robe, holding a whisk, and all his beards were white. They covered their sleeves and gathered them. They came rashly and went to the two of them to drink the table. They shouted Wuliang Tianzun and went up to Huazhai and said, "I haven't eaten for three days. Can you give me wine and meat?" Chai Yu was born with kindness. Although the Taoist priest's eyes were bright and bright, he could not hide his vicissitudes. He suddenly felt pity. He handed a roast chicken and poured a bowl of wine for him. The Taoist priest took it, ate it voraciously, and drank it all. After rubbing the edge of his mouth, he said, "It is a good person who is good, I remember it.

Then, can the young master give alms? I am grateful to you." Yuan'er was displeased when he saw the Taoist priest eating and drinking for free. He heard that he was begging for silver, and could not hold back his anger. He slapped the table and scolded, "Why are crazy Taoist priests? I'm so rude, get out of here! Don't make me angry!" Chai Yu shouted at Yuan'er and said, "Yuan'er should not be rude. Money is something outside of his body, so I don't want to cherish it. Monks have always been miserable, and traveling is even more difficult. My father believes in the Tao, so I respect the Tao, please give it to ten taels of silver." The master said, Yuan'er was helpless and took two silver ingots from the silver bag and threw it to the Taoist priest. The Taoist priest took it. Chai Yu bowed and asked, "How can I ask the master's name, what's the way?" The Taoist priest replied, "I'm the name of Qingyuan, who lives in Kunlun Mountain, and is a disciple of Yuanshi Tianzun."

The Taoist priest was full of wine and food. He put the silver in his arms, smiled and opened his eyes to Chai Yu, pressed Chai Yu's head with his middle finger, and said to Wuliang Tianzun. Chai Yu felt refreshed and energetic. The pain was gone. He sighed and said, "Ah! Taoist priest is really a god. Please bow to the young student." Yuan'er was confused and looked at him in surprise. The Taoist priest waved the whisk in his hand, brushed his sleeves away, and said, "Watch the red dust in the Sanqing Gate, and the tourists in the sky are alone. Demons and ghosts see me avoiding it, and they appear in danger." The Taoist priest shook his body and staggered away.

Yuan'er looked at the Taoist priest's back and said in confusion: "This Taoist priest is a crazy person. The young master listened carefully and said, "He said that he was speechless." Chai Yuyao said, "No, this Taoist priest is a master of the world, and it is no pity for this silver gift."

Yuan'er checked the bill, and the two got on their horses and continued to move forward. At dusk, they walked into the wilderness. The weather suddenly changed, the wind suddenly rose, dark clouds were covered with thunder, and heavy rain was coming. There were no villages and towns before, and there were no houses behind them. The two were in a panic. If the rainstorm was pouring, where could they avoid it? Yuan'er said, "Young Master, you can avoid it." The two got off their horses and led their horses to search for it, but they didn't see a cave. Yuan'er said angrily, "It's such a big mountain."

There was no cave, so strange! It was moldy!" Chai Yu said with worries: "If there is no place to avoid it, I will be exposed to rain, and I will be sick. If I miss the journey and cannot take the exam, wouldn't I go on this journey in vain?" Yuan'er put on a shed in his hand and looked around. He saw a light on the hillside. He was surprised and said, "Young Master, there is a light flashing here, and someone will definitely stay there." Chai Yu followed his instructions and saw it. Although the lights were weak, they flashed and dark, they finally saw a place to avoid it.

The two of them led their horses to the front. Under the lightning, they saw that this was not a home, but a broken temple. A plaque hung on the main door, with the blue yellow words: Anle Temple. The plaque is colorful, and this must be an ancient temple. At this time, the raindrops suddenly came, crackling, lightning and thunder roaring, and the atmosphere was very horrifying. Chai Yu hurriedly urged Yuan'er to knock on the door, and Yuan'er slapped the door knocker. Soon, he heard a response inside the door. The door squeaked and opened, and a little monk in gray robe flashed out of the door.

He clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, can the two donors stay?" Yuan'er replied anxiously, "That's it, but if you can prepare a vegetarian food, you will not be able to ask for it." Under the flash, he saw the little monk's face pale and his eyes flashed green. Chai Yu stepped forward and bowed and bowed and said, "My little master, I am a person who went to Nanjing to take the exam. When the road was here, it was already late and it rained heavily. I wanted to stay for one night. Can you?" The little monk said, "Please follow me to the temple to seek peace."

The two of them led their horses to the courtyard. Yuan'er came from behind and covered their mouths with his hands and whispered, "Young Master can see it? Why is this little monk's face so pale?" Chai Yu also replied in a low voice, "The monk is vegetarian and does not eat wine and meat all year round, so how can there be no pale?" Unexpectedly, the little monk heard it all, and laughed and said, "It's reasonable that I eat vegetarian and I can't eat meat all year round, but now I want to eat meat."

The young monk said that he wanted to get a meat, but the two of them didn't understand the meaning. Chai Yu asked in confusion: "The little master should observe the Buddhist precepts and must not violate the precepts." The young monk replied again, sneering and silent, as if he saw a strange light flashing in his eyes, which made people unable to understand it.

The horse was tied under the corridor, and the two walked into the Buddhist temple. The monk lowered his hands and waited outside the hall. When he entered the temple, he saw an old monk sitting at the front of the Buddha statue. Under the faint light of candlelight, he saw that his beards were all white and wearing blue robe. He stood up to greet him, asked the master and servant to sit in the hall, and called the monk outside the door to prepare a vegetarian meal. The old monk personally served tea and said that only the master and disciple were there in the temple, and no servants served him. The two were hungry, and after drinking three cups of tea, they felt even more hungry.

The master and servant were invited to the vegetarian hall. The young monk brought it to the white rice and pickled vegetables. The old monk said, "There is no vegetarian service in the mountains and fields. I am sorry for the two donors. Please eat it, so I will be slow." The two of them were hungry and did not choose food. They said that they could not help but eat it. They ate it voraciously. They swallowed it voraciously. For a while, the wind blew away the clouds, and the food on the table was empty.

After the meal, the monk placed the master and servant in the wing room to sleep. At midnight, the rain stopped, Yuan'er felt a faint pain in his abdomen. Then, the pain was unbearable and vomited wildly, and the ground was covered with dirty. Chai Yu looked at it with the lamp and saw that the things that Yuan'er vomited were not food, but maggots! Mixed with dirty blood and crawled around the ground, he was also very nauseous, and he vomited, and the things that were vomited were the same as Yuan'er, and he felt unbearable. When he went to the toilet, he bleeded. Chai Yu's prescription, Yuan'er also bleeded. Both of them vomited and diarrhea, like competition, until their eyes were exposed, their livers were broken, their hands and feet were limp, their backs were sore, and their backs were sore and cramped. The two were lying on the bed with breath and gasping.

Xu. Yuan'er was so energetic that he said, "Young Master, we have seen ghosts. If we escape slowly, our life will be over!" Chai Yu said, "I am weak all over. How can I escape? You are strong and have learned martial arts. You carry me on a horse to escape." Yuan'er said, "What is the use of high-quality martial arts at this time? I am also weak all over. Why should I bear it?" Chai Yu sighed, "My Chai Yu has been smart and studious since he was young, and his parents have cared for me. He has shown that I am very talented. When I am angry and strong, I don't want to die here tonight. Are you sad!" Yuan'er also sighed, "I don't want to die. The young master has married a wife and got married. I haven't got married yet. A flower has not bloomed. How sad!"

At this time, a storm and lightning outside the window were blowing, and the window paper was blowing, and the cold wind entered the house, which was creepy. The master and servant crawled into the quilt, covering their heads and trembling. Suddenly, a huge wind blew open, and a figure stood at the door. Chai Yu peeked through the quilt, and under the flash, he realized that he was an old monk! Seeing that the old monk's face gradually changed, the horizontal flesh on his face gradually became wider, his mouth became larger, his tongue stretched out, his hands became sharp claws, and the word "Wang" appeared on the head, turning into a white tiger with white eyes and white forehead! Chai Yu was about to shout but couldn't come out, Yuan'er pulled out a short knife from under the pillow, and wanted to sit up but couldn't sit up.

The white tiger smiled and said, "I haven't eaten human flesh for many days, but I didn't expect that there are delivery people to the door now. Haha! I tell you that there is a Glauber's salt in the tea I just drank just now, so that you can vomit and diarrhea, and drain the filth, so that I can eat it cleanly!" After saying that, he opened his bloody mouth, opened his teeth and claws and rushed towards Chai Yu. Chai Yu's eyes closed, and my life was over! At this time, Yuan'er didn't know where the courage came from, and drank, and said, "Let's wait! Eat me first, I'm delicious!" Baihu thought: There was such a brave person at this time, so I'll eat it first. He turned around and rushed towards Yuan'er. Yuan'er wanted to fight to the death and slashed at him.

The tiger claws, but the force was not in mind, only cut the white tiger's right claw. The white tiger was caught off guard and was injured. He was irritated and said, "I eat you!" Yuan'er faced the brutal white tiger at this time, and waved his sword to slash, and fought to the death. Just when he was in danger, he suddenly heard a scream outside the door, and a red light flashed. A Taoist priest broke into the door, with a silver beard, swung the whisk, and used a thousand pounds of force to hit the white tiger. The white tiger knocked down and rolled. Chai Yu looked at it carefully. This Taoist priest met the Taoist priest Qingyuan in the hotel, and shouted: "Tao Master, please help!" Qingyuan said, "Don't be afraid, two donors, I'm here!"

The white tiger jumped up and turned into an old monk. He took off the ribbon on his waist and sneered, "What do you think? It turned out that the dead Taoist priest, my defeated general, is here to die again, hehe! Don't go, look at the whip!" He waved his belt and smashed it to the head of the Taoist priest. Qing Yuan raised the whisk to greet him. The belt and the whisk collided, and a loud and dazzling light, like lightning strikes, deafening. The dust in the room fell down, and both sides retreated. Qing Yuan shouted, "White Tiger Spirit! Your disciple has been killed by me, and the demons have been sent to death!" The white tiger spirit heard that his disciple was dead, and he was furious and said, "Die Taoist priest, you Ming dare not come here, but he came to sneak attack secretly. I fight with you!"

Both sides jumped into the courtyard, each climbed into the sky, used their skills, and fought together. Chai Yu and Yuan'er looked out through the window, and saw a red light and a white light in the sky suddenly circling and suddenly moving away. Both sides did not carry tough weapons, but the whisk and the belt fought each other, and a loud rumbling sound was made, like thunder, shocking the earth.

The two sides fought for a long time, but the winner was not decided. The sky gradually turned white, the fish belly white in the east, and the sky was about to dawn. At this time, the white light gradually weakened, and the red light became stronger. The red light pressed towards the white light. The white light flashed and there was nowhere to go. The red light did not chase him. Qingyuan fell from the sky.

Qingyuan fell from the clouds and went into the house to look at it. Seeing that the master and servant were in a state of sanitation, he took two pills from his arms and asked the master and servant to take it. Chai Yu and Yuan'er immediately recovered their strength and felt relieved. Yuan'er knelt down on the ground and said ashamed: "Immortality, please forgive the villain for having no eyes and not knowing the real person. In the hotel, my words were offensive, please forgive me." Qingyuan smiled and said, "The little hero stood up, and it is not surprising that those who don't know it. The old monk originally practiced.

The white tiger spirit for a thousand years has turned into a monk, causing trouble and devouring people and animals. I have fought with him for a hundred years. My two disciples have died. In order to avenge, I have been in seclusion on Kunlun Mountain for decades. Now I have come to this place. If it weren’t for the young hero who injured his right hand, it would be difficult to win now. Now that he is fleeing, I have killed his disciple, and he will not give up. In a few days, his injuries will be restored and he will definitely take revenge."

When he left the house and looked at it, he saw a little tiger cub crossing the corpse outside the door. Qingyuan picked up the tiger cub and threw it into the yard like a chicken. He took out a talisman from his pocket, recited a spell, lit it and swallowed it into his mouth, and then squirted flames out of his mouth and hit the tiger cub. The tiger cub suddenly burned it, and it burned into ashes in a moment. The master and servant looked at it from one side, and were very surprised.

Qingyuan said to his master and servant, "I still have something important to do, so I will say goodbye for the time being..." Before Qingyuan's words fell, the master and servant knelt down and asked, "Don't leave the immortal family. If the white tiger spirit comes to take revenge, how can we resist the body and mortal fetus?" Qingyuan smiled and said, "How can I abandon it and avoid it? I want to set up the Eight Trigrams Sequence Demon Array, wait for it to arrive, don't be afraid of it." What is the Eight Trigrams Sequence Demon Array? That is, in the Eight Trigrams Sequence Demon Array, Gan, Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun, Dui, correspond to it, press Xiu, Sheng, wound, Du, Jing, die, shock, open, set up eight gates, and each gate is pasted with a talisman to suppress demons, lure the demons into the formation and annihilate it.

Qing Yuan formed a formation in the open space outside the temple, and secretly posted a talisman in each of the eight directions. After the arrangement, he said to the master and servant: "The two donors prepare enough food and drink, stay in the temple temporarily, and do not go around randomly. I will make sure that the white tiger skill is skilled in seven days, and you will return to this Anle Temple to seek revenge." He took out something from his arms and handed it to Chai Yu, and told him, "This is a firecracker that surges into the sky. When the white tiger spirit arrives, don't panic and lit the lead of this surge in the sky. When I hear the explosion, I will come immediately." After saying that, it turned into a red light and passed away.

According to Qingyuan's instructions, the master and servant did not dare to go away or return home, and they suffered all day long. As expected by Qingyuan, the White Tiger Essence Fruit arrived on the evening of the sixth day. A gust of cold wind came, and sand and stones flew away. The White Tiger Essence turned into an old monk, pressed into the clouds, entered the courtyard, and saw the lights in the wing room flashing, and howled, "You two people stayed and didn't go, may you wait for death? Last time, they were disturbed by the dead Taoist priest, but it was not my delicacy, haha! I look at who you are here to save him tonight." After saying that, I wanted to rush into the house.

When Chai Yu saw the white tiger spirit coming, he was shocked. He sifted his whole body and shook it into a ball. He took out the sound of the sky and held the light to point the lead. Because his hands were trembling, the fire could not reach the lead. Yuan'er's hand was quick and his eyes were quick. He snatched it and ignited it. He reached the window. He burst out, and the sound broke through the night sky and resounded through the sky.

Qing Yuan appeared in the night sky. If he arrived as promised, he held a sword in his hand, sat cross-legged on the clouds, and shouted loudly: "White Tiger Spirit, my hundred-year resentment with you is over now! I returned to Kunlun Mountain and borrowed the Green Dragon Demon-Subduing Sword. Your life will be over tonight!" The White Tiger Spirit jumped into the sky and also shouted: "Don't be crazy when defeated generals are defeated tonight! I will take revenge tonight, and let your dead Taoist priest return the life of my disciple. Look at the weapons in my hand, which are blood-grained Zen sticks, and take your life!" Qing Yuan shouted: "White Tiger Spirit, you have turned into a monk and defiled the Buddhist sect. Now I will clear the door for the Buddha Lord, and you will get rid of it!"

The two sides fought together, and the red light and the white light were entangled, like twists and turns, and the Azure Dragon Demon Sword and Blood-Sharpening Zen Staff hit each other, and the dazzling light was like lightning, rumbling sound, like thunder. The two sides fought for more than twenty rounds, and the red light moved outside the temple, and the white light chased them. The master and servant leaned down on the window and looked up, as if they were stunned.

Outside the temple, Qingyuan lured the enemy into the Bagua Demon Sequence Formation. He secretly recited a spell: "Tianyuan Taiyi, the commander of the Jingshi Division, Huanglong descended to the sky, the Emperor's Shouhou was inaugurated, Jingxiao Cave Chapter, eliminated demons, but it was not urgent, as urgent as the rule!" The talismans pasted by the Eight Gates immediately appeared, covering the White Tiger Spirit. The appearance of Qingyuan Zhizhi Formation, the White Tiger Spirit was covered by eight golden lights, as if they were in a cage, rushing left and right, jumping up and down, using all their skills, it was difficult to escape.

The White Tiger Spirit was trapped, howled, struggled for a long time, exhausted, and showed its true form, turning into a white tiger with white forehead! He leaned on the ground and gasped. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qingyuan waved his sword, stabbed it from top to bottom, and stabbed it violently. The sword penetrated the heart of the White Tiger Spirit. The White Tiger Spirit wailed and died!

Qingyuan collected the formation and eliminated the corpse, and the temple was calm. The master and servant saw that the white tiger spirit had been destroyed, and knelt down and kowtowed, thanking Qingyuan for saving his life. Qingyuan said, "You two asked to get up. It is my duty to subdue demons and demons. A few days ago, in the hotel, I first saw Mr. Chai. I saw a red light above your head, which was auspicious air. I counted on my fingers. You are Wenquxing, and you have a bright future in the future. Therefore, I went forward to feast and ask for money to test whether your heart is good? If the young master dislikes the poor and loves the rich and maliciously acts, then the young master will die. I will not save him. When the young master is eaten by the demon, I will take action to eliminate the demons again. However, the young master is kind and kind, and polite, how can I not save him? This provincial examination, the young master will be on the list! It is not advisable to stay here anymore. Please take the horse on the road, so I will go." After saying that, he rose up in the air and there was no trace in an instant.

A few days later, the master and servant went to Nanjing. Chai Yu passed the imperial examination on time, and was awarded the imperial examination. The good news came to his family, and Chai Hu was very happy and the whole family celebrated it.

Later, Chai Yu received a palace examination and won three yuan in a row. He became the left minister of the Ministry of Rites. This is a later saying.
Chapter completed!