"Niubi, I'm not afraid of your jokes, I'm having a hard time now!"
Wang Chenghuang put on a bitter face, and seemed to be complaining in front of Guang Han and Chen Jianchen.
Taoist Guanghan waved his hand: "Don't do this. Tell me what's going on. If you don't tell me, I'll leave." Even so, his behavior of stuffing bananas into his mouth would make others think it was inappropriate.
I don't believe he will leave.
Wang Chenghuang coughed dryly: "To be honest, I invited you here for the sake of incense."
Chen Jianchen was stunned, a little confused, and glanced at Guang Han - Incense? What incense?
Guang Han looked normal and continued to eat his bananas, as if he had not heard these words at all. He did not mean that Chen Jianchen would not be a standout, so it would be better to continue eating grapes.
Wang Chenghuang suddenly jumped up, pointed at Guang Han and yelled: "Niubi, what is your attitude? Do you have any conscience?"
Guang Han chuckled: "Old ghost, this trick of yours won't work. I don't use incense, old man. Why are you talking to me about this?"
Chen Jianchen looked amused and couldn't figure out what kind of relationship they had in the past. Anyway, he just watched the show and said nothing.
Wang Chenghuang was so excited that he spat and said, "Niubi, don't push me. If you push me hard, I can do anything."
Guanghan pretended to look at him in surprise: "What are you going to do?"
"The worst I can do is quit and give up the position of City God to Liu Xian."
Wang Chenghuang kept saying that he would not stop until he died.
Chen Jianchen was so surprised that he swallowed whole the big grape he had just held in his mouth, and almost choked - what was going on, why did it come to him as he said it?
He is not a fool. He accepted Wang Chenghuang's Yin Yang Nuan Jade and knew that things would not be simple when he was invited. Without understanding the situation, his silence is golden and he will never express his opinions easily. But now Wang Chenghuang actually
It is said that the position of City God will be given to him, but the development trend of things is a bit strange.
The Yin Division is the world of the ghosts of the dead. Simply put, it is equivalent to another time and space. This time and space is the same as the Yang Realm. It has the same distinct levels and clear classes. The position of the City God is almost equivalent to the governor of the state. He can be regarded as a frontier official.
Qing. Now Wang Chenghuang actually said that he would give up his throne to Chen Jianchen. Are you kidding?
Guang Han's face darkened when he heard this: "You can just give in if you say so?"
Wang Chenghuang snorted: "I can let Liuxian take the Chenghuang test first. With his talent, isn't it easy to capture him?"
Guang Han suddenly laughed and changed the subject: "I remember the time when you were taking the City God test. At that time, the question was 'One person and two people, intentional or unintentional'."
Wang Chenghuang did not answer.
Guang Han continued: "You answered on the spot, 'If you intend to do good, you will not be rewarded even if you do good; if you have no intention of doing evil, you will not be punished even if you are evil.' It is a wonderful sentence. No wonder you can pass the exam in one fell swoop."
Speaking of the glorious history of the past, Wang Chenghuang proudly stroked three strands of his beard.
Guang Han suddenly changed the topic: "But if Liu Xian were to answer this question, I'm afraid it would be different." He turned to look at Chen Jianchen and asked, "Does Liu Xian have the answer?"
Over there, Wang Chenghuang also looked at Chen Jianchen's face with some urgency.
Chen Jianchen pondered for a moment, then opened his mouth and said: "Don't do good deeds because they are small, and don't do evil deeds because they are small."
This sentence is obviously very different from Wang Chenghuang's sentence -
"If you have the intention to do good, you will not be rewarded even if it is good; if you have no intention of doing evil, you will not punish the evil even though you are doing it."
The meaning of this statement is that if a person intentionally does good deeds, no matter how many they do, there should be no reward; and the sinful mistakes a person commits unintentionally should not be punished, no matter what the degree.
This kind of proposition has its own mystery, and it only pays attention to the original intention.
But the answer quoted by Chen Jianchen: "Don't do good deeds because they are small, and don't do evil things because they are small." The main purpose is to focus on the results, whether intentional or unintentional, not to pay attention to these, but to pay attention to the nature of the matter. If it is
A good deed, even if done utilitarianally, is a good person; if it is a bad deed, even if it is committed unintentionally, you still have to bear the consequences. For example, if you kill someone by mistake, even if it is unintentional, killing someone is a crime.
, necessary punishment is inevitable.
This argument should be one of the basic viewpoints of governing the world.
Guang Han smiled and said: "Old ghost, in your opinion, Liu Xian's answer might be able to pass the City God's test?"
Wang Chenghuang said in a serious voice: "The person who is presiding over the examination is a judge, how do I know?" His expression became bleak, and he felt bright in his heart. Chen Jianchen had a scholarly spirit and could not be a Chenghuang at all.
Chen Jianchen asked: "What is going on?" He felt that Guang Han and Wang Chenghuang were both deified, which almost confused him.
Guang Han said with a smile: "A certain city god has lost a lot of his followers recently and cannot collect enough incense, so he wants to smash the jars. He wants to find a scapegoat, so he decided to target you."
Chen Jianchen was surprised and thought to himself: Do you want me to be the one I am?
——He really has no interest in being the city god.
Wang Chenghuang rolled his eyes: "Don't confuse right and wrong. What is a scapegoat? How many people want to break their heads and rush to become the city god but not get it."
What he said is true. In the underworld, the position of City God is very powerful, and it is a typical fat job. If he really wants to give up, he might still be reluctant to give up.
Chen Jianchen said in a deep voice: "Wang Chenghuang, let's get down to business. Otherwise, if the Taoist priest doesn't leave, the young man will have to say goodbye and go back."
Wang Chenghuang stretched out his hand and said, "I'm asking you to help me with my business."
"Help you collect the incense? But I don't even know what incense is."
Wang Chenghuang said: "Now that the matter has come to an end, I will tell you frankly..." Immediately, he gave a summary of the matter.
After listening, Chen Jianchen understood the true meaning and function of the term "incense".
The so-called "incense" refers to things used by people to worship gods in the Yang world, but in the underworld, it is an invisible mind power - the mind power of incense.
Nian means faith.
When people worship gods, are pious and respectful, and make wishes, they will produce a kind of telepathy, which is called "incense telepathy". It is called incense, but it does not mean that the more real incense is burned, the stronger the telepathy will be.
It is powerful, but only when the beliefs of those who worship God are pure and clean can it be produced.
As the saying goes, "Buddhas compete for a stick of incense", and fighting for one means believers.
The importance and significance of this incense mind power in the underworld is equivalent to the aura in the Yang world. Cultivators swallow the aura to improve their cultivation, while the Yin souls must absorb the mind power to upgrade. In comparison, it seems that Chen Jianchen's righteousness has a unique approach.
It is necessary to kill evil and benefit from it.
In the Tiantong Dynasty, the Yinsi was established for an unknown number of years, and life has been very smooth. Things started to change when the Shi family came to the west——
There is no such thing, because the Buddhist practice also requires the absorption of incense and mind power, and it requires mind power to build a golden body.
In this way, the two sides are destined to become mortal enemies.
From this extension, the Tiantong Dynasty has always been unwilling to see the Shi family, and there may be many underworld hands and feet intervening in it. This is a normal thing. Who would want an outsider to steal their job?
To put it bluntly, this is a battle for resources.
In this invisible war, Yinsi has always been the winner. Unexpectedly, starting from last year, Emperor Zhengming changed his government and promoted Dharma on a large scale. A grand Dharma promotion meeting was held in all the eighteen states, and monks were invited to chant sutras. In short,
It gained the support of many believers in a short period of time.
Various temples dedicated to Arhat Bodhisattva have sprung up in various places. Every day, countless people go to worship, donate incense money, and offer incense and mindfulness.
In contrast, the forces on the Yinsi side have been retreating steadily. In Jiangzhou City, since the establishment of Chongyang Temple, the incense in the City God Temple has been declining day by day, with 40% to 50% missing.
This situation corresponds to the old saying: "Foreign monks like to recite sutras", but the local gods are not able to do so.
There are many reasons for this situation. On the one hand, the performance of the local forces in the Yin Division is not satisfactory. Those land and mountain gods often resort to many despicable methods in order to plunder incense. Over time, they will lose the support of the people; on the other hand, the Shi family
The scriptures are complete, the writings are unique, and the theoretical level is very high. When you talk about the scriptures, and then use the thunder sound magic, it is like a lotus flower blooming in your mouth. You can talk about it so beautifully that even stubborn people will nod, let alone ordinary people?
Chen Jianchen had no personal experience of the Dharma propagation conference in Jiangzhou in the past, but he heard Wang Fu say that after a sutra recitation, the people were in high spirits and shouted to convert to Buddhism.
Very fanatical.
Fortunately, Wang Fu felt his head hurt after listening to one session, so he did not participate again. Otherwise, if he had participated in two more sessions, he would have passed away.
This shows the influence of Buddhism.
Originally, Taoism was a major force against the Buddhist invasion of the west. The problem was that Taoism emphasized freedom and inaction, and had no direct conflict of interest with the Buddhism, so it did not take any major countermeasures, and most Taoist priests still closed their doors.
When cultivating, don’t worry about worldly affairs.
At this moment, the people all went to the Shijia temple to worship Buddha and burn incense, and their faith and power naturally ran away. From the perspective of the Yins, it was like they were snatching meat from their own bowls, and a lot of the meat had already been taken away.
How can you still hold back? An urgent order was immediately issued, asking the city gods in various places to work hard to regain the incense. Those who could not complete the task would be punished according to the law.
Wang Chenghuang felt the heavy pressure from above and had no way to deal with it, so he invited Guang Han and Chen Jianchen, hoping that they could help.
After clarifying the ins and outs, Chen Jianchen was thoughtful, but there were still many questions that had not been answered. Combined with the knowledge and memory of the previous life, if they really overlap, it means that the Yin Division was originally created by a powerful person of the Buddhist family.
Established? Therefore, there are too many similarities between each other's cultivation methods, and terms such as King Yama are all translated from Sanskrit by the Buddhists.
Or it can be understood this way. Initially, the Shi family came to the west and built the Yin Division. Later, due to some reasons, the Shi family's power withdrew from China, and the remaining Yin Division began to operate and develop independently, and other variables were derived. As time went by,
, the leaders of the Yin Division no longer want to be controlled by the Shi family, and want to break away and form their own family...
However, these are all his personal guesses and are difficult to confirm at present. After all, many legends and myths have long been distorted due to the age. The so-called truth is mostly based on the evidence of scriptures and scriptures.