Monk Qiuyuan is indeed suffering a miserable life. He went down the mountain with the determination to save the common people, but found that he could not do anything. He had only all the magic power but no corresponding means. Facing this troubled world, facing the frustrated people and toiling sentient beings, and yet
What can be done?
However, at this moment, Wang Hao found that his current mental state was as cold as stone, and his rationality was terrifying.
He seemed to view the monk's joys, sorrows and joys from God's perspective, but he himself was neither happy nor worried, and did not even have too many psychological fluctuations.
This strange experience made him uncomfortable.
"So, out of grief and anger, you chose to commit suicide?"
The monk said: "No, life is rare, like a blind turtle on driftwood. Suicide is also killing. I don't dare and don't want to break the precept. I just heard that the kid Niu San beat him up and became a bandit. In the next ten years or so, I want to
I tried to persuade him to turn back as a prodigal son, but he searched hard and couldn’t find it.”
"After this, there is another story."
There were several turmoils, the locks were quickly loosened, and the famous reins were suddenly released, and time passed by.
After decades of running around, as Ksitigarbha's power faded, the Jiuhua Mountain lineage continued to decline. The monks died, fled, and began to retreat into the mountains and forests in despair.
The water in the waves is turbid, but I can wash my feet. Being prudent and self-sufficient is the philosophy of life for most people.
Even a great monk like "Qiu Yuan", who possesses unique skills and has been through the ups and downs of the human world for a long time, does not know where the way forward is when faced with the gray world. What is right and what is wrong? It is difficult for him to distinguish at first.
, struggling in the long world of mortals.
On this day, Monk Qiuyuan came to Naihe Town, a poor place.
The further away from the Suspended Mountain, the more impoverished people become, with starvation everywhere, and famine and plague becoming commonplace.
It hasn't rained in Naihe town for a year, the land is cracked, and the farmland has not been harvested, resulting in a great famine. I heard that the landlords had hoarded a large amount of grain, so Monk Qiuyuan tried to persuade the landlords to open warehouses to release grain and treat the victims.
As soon as I walked into the town, I saw the "three dozen cows" that I had been looking for, transformed into a robber, and was about to kill someone with a knife.
At this moment, "Niu Sanda" is seventeen or eighteen years old, strong and strong, and at his feet is an old man who is over sixty years old.
Qiu Yuan shouted loudly: "You evildoer, why are you hurting people here!"
Niu Sanda knew that Master "Qiu Yuan" had great magic power, so he quickly put down his butcher knife and kept kowtowing: "Master, the world slanders me, bullies me, humiliates me, laughs at me, underestimates me, despises me, hates me, deceives me, how to deal with it?
Huh?"
Qiu Yuan replied: "Just tolerate him, let him, let him, avoid him, be patient with him, respect him, ignore him, wait for a few more years and you can see him."
Niu Sanda knelt on the ground: "Master, in the poor mountains and rivers, it is normal to suffer from hunger. The women, children, old and young in this village are not good people. They make a living by robbing caravans. This old man not only robbed people but also killed people."
, and they also feed on human beings, so how can they sell human flesh for hundreds of bucks?"
"This old man just wanted to stun me with sweat medicine and catch me to eat it!"
"If I tolerate him, let him, let him, avoid him, tolerate him, respect him, and ignore him, wouldn't I have lost my life in vain?!"
Monk Qiu Yuan was stunned and said angrily: "How dare you make sophistry!"
Even though he knew that what Niu Sanda said was not a lie.
But at this moment, he himself was confused and didn't know how to save these countless evil people.
The cow kept kowtowing for three times: "Master, you often say, if I don't go to hell, who will. Now hell is in the world. Look at the women and children in this village, hungry and with their bellies tied in three strips. If the master can convince them not to go to hell."
Eat human flesh. I have three dozen cows, and I am willing to lead my neck to be slaughtered!"
Monk Qiuyuan took out a little money and dry food, and said: "I don't want you to be killed at your neck. I only advise you to turn back as a prodigal... you go away... and don't do evil again."
Niu took three steps and turned around and left.
Naihe Town, the place is as its name suggests, Naihe.
What can be done?
As soon as the monk entered this place, he saw a miserable situation like hell.
Due to year-round famine, people have used their wives and children as "vegetables" to sell to others for food; there are also people who specially capture victims who run outside, make them unconscious and sell them again.
A squire and landowner walked into a restaurant, and the owner brought out two "vegetarians" and asked the cook to "quickly remove an arm" so that the squire could eat.
Qiu Yuan was greatly shocked. The "vegetarian" was dying, his hands and feet had been chopped off, and he had lost blood all over his body. It was obvious that he would not survive for long.
But this is the custom of this place. Under the famine, these civilians become more and more cruel and cruel.
"How can humans cannibalize the same kind? How different are they from wolves and wild beasts?!" the monk said to a cook.
The bitter shopkeeper bared his teeth and said, "You bald donkey doesn't know what it's like to be hungry. If you're so hungry that you're hungry for ten days and a half, you'll have to eat even Guanyin soil! It's good if we don't eat our own children here.
Still chattering there!"
"I'll give you dry food." Monk Qiuyuan took out his luggage, but he didn't have much food left.
"How can such a small amount of dry food be enough? Even if it were ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times more, it would not be enough!" The shopkeeper paused for a moment, seemed to have some compassion, and said in a good voice: "Monk, I see that you have special skills, and you are not a local.
, and it won’t harm you...just leave quickly, don’t mess with this muddy water. Just go as far as you can, and leave quickly!”
And this act of sharing dry food attracted a large number of beggars.
These hungry beggars gathered around one by one. Their eyes were bloodshot and they were so hungry that they were skin and bones.
Qiuyuan gave them some steamed buns, but it was not enough, far from enough.
Even after all the distribution, this large wave of beggars will still follow him.
"No more!" one of the little beggars shouted loudly, "Why don't we even have any meat?"
"How can the monk have any meat? His whole body is covered with meat." After the beggars distributed the dry food, they followed behind them and laughed strangely.
Monk Qiu Yuan looked at the hungry people with his eyes, and suddenly a clear understanding arose in his heart.
These people want to eat themselves!
I also recalled what Niu Sanda said: "If the master can convince them not to eat human flesh, I, Niu Sanda, will be willing to lead my neck to death!"
He couldn't even convert the people in this village.
In this life, he cannot be saved by himself!
All kinds of past events come to mind, and as time goes by, there is still time for mediocrity to lament.
In this world of mountains and seas, even people themselves are cannibalizing, so it is not surprising that gods have evil thoughts of cannibalism.
Even Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was influenced by others to have evil thoughts!
With this understanding, recalling the experiences of these years, I couldn't help but feel discouraged and suddenly shouted: "Then, you can eat me!"
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"So, you were eaten like this?"
After hearing the whole story, Wang Hao was still unfazed. If he had been in the past, he would have lamented the monk's tragic experience.
But now, it seems like I just heard a story.
There is no doubt that Monk Qiuyuan is a very compassionate person. No matter how critical you are, he is still a good person in the true sense.
He did a lot of good deeds in his life, killed a lot of evil gods, and made some small achievements.
His reputation is quite good in the world of mountains and seas.
The bad thing is that this monk is mediocre and has too high demands on himself. He obviously does not have enough means to change the world, but he has too lofty goals.
This... is too difficult.
Therefore, in the past, he would have sympathized with this person's miserable life.
But now, Wang Hao is just looking at the merits and demerits that happened to the monk in a more rational way of thinking.
To put it bluntly, even if there are ten thousand or one hundred thousand such monks in the world of mountains and seas, they will not affect the overall situation.
In a state of general entropy increase, local reverse entropy can only affect a small local area. In the face of the panic and general trend, there are no eggs left under the nest, and ultimately nothing can be changed.
"No wonder you said you became like this voluntarily. How stupid, Qiu Yuan, do you want to save the people of that village in this way?"
"But have you ever thought about it, there are people who wear human skin on the surface, but are actually jackals and tigers and leopards on the inside. If you want to make wolves, tigers and leopards stop eating meat, it is a whimsical move."
"What's the point of stabbing yourself and scaring others with the splattered blood? The jackals, tigers and leopards smell the blood and want to eat you. If they eat you, they won't do anything.
Feeling guilty."
To be continued...