Chapter 857 - Still Collecting Money
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Cui Geng and others finally squeezed into Faxian Temple.
It was impossible to go any further, and there were several thick ropes that cut off the pilgrims from the outside of the hall.
Looking into the hall of the Mahavira Treasure, I saw a three-zhang high, bronze statue of Sakyamuni, condensed with drops of water, as if it was really sweating.
He Lou Aoqing said in a low voice: "Cui Shangshu, you are well-informed, do you know why this Buddha statue sweats?" Could it really be the manifestation of the Buddha? โ
"Of course it can't be the Buddha's manifestation, as for the reason for the sweating of this Buddha statue......" Cui Geng scratched his head and said, "Uh...... The official hasn't figured it out yet. โ
"What? You didn't come up with it, so you concluded that the sweating of this Buddha statue was fake? โ
"That's natural, and the official doesn't believe in any Buddha apparitions at all...... Well, yes, I can probably understand how these monks do it. โ
"Can you figure it out so quickly?" He Lou Aoqing was suspicious and said, "You really just thought of it?" Didn't you already know what was going on and wanted to show off in front of the general? โ
"What am I lying to you for? In fact, this secret is not worth a penny......"
The two whispered, and as soon as they said this, they were interrupted by a "Amitabha". It turned out that there was a fat monk who walked in front of everyone.
He clasped his hands together and said in a loud voice: "All the good believers, the poor monks are not talented, but they are the presiding officer of this Faxian Temple. Do you know why this Buddha statue sweats? โ
Someone in the crowd immediately said, "I don't know, please ask the master to solve my doubts." โ
Yuan Qing said: "This matter is a long story, according to legend, during the Northern Wei Dynasty, there was a Equality Temple in our Luoyang City. There is a Buddha statue in Byodoji Temple, which is two feet high and eight feet high, and whenever there is an incident in the country, it will be wet all over the body. At that time, people called it "Buddha Khan". โ
Someone said: "Is that Buddha statue really effective?" โ
"That's nature. In December of the third year of filial piety, the Buddha statue has a sad face, the eyes are weeping, the whole body is wet, the people of Luoyang feel deeply strange, all come to the Equality Temple to pay homage to the Buddha statue. Some monks kept wiping it with a clean sponge, but the net cotton was soaked without much effort. Then replace it with other net cotton, it is still the same, and it can't be wiped dry at all. This phenomenon has been occurring for three days in a row. As a result, guess what? โ
In April of the following year, Er Zhurong entered Luoyang and killed all the officials, and the people suffered countless people because of this. โ
Monk Yuanqing said: "This layman is not bad at all. And in March of the second year of Yong'an, the Buddha statue sweated again. In May, it was the king of the North Sea who entered Luo, and Emperor Zhuang toured the north. In July, the king of Beihai was defeated, and all the 5,000 Jianghuai disciples led by him were captured, and none of them were returned. ...... in July of the third year of Yong'an.
The monk brought the allusions of the Buddha Khan one by one, and the onlookers were stunned.
Finally, someone couldn't help but ask, "What is the relationship between the Buddha statue in your temple and the Buddha statue in Byodoji Temple?" โ
"It's the same statue of Shakyamuni, of course it's related." Yuanqing monk said: At the beginning, the Buddha statue in the Equality Temple was too effective, the court was terrified, first strictly forbidden the citizens to watch, and then a fire burned the Equality Temple, and the Buddha statue was naturally destroyed in the fire. Now, my Buddha is merciful and appears again in my Faxian Temple! โ
"Huh? Doesn't that mean that this Buddha statue is sweating all over the body, indicating that Luoyang is also ...... today"
It's not just that the great monk is terrifying, but now that Empress Wei is in calamity to the country, maybe after Li Xian's death, the world will really be in chaos, and people's hearts will be gloomy.
Monk Yuanqing said: "It is not unreasonable for you to be worried, I am afraid that this Luoyang will be worried about being attacked again!" Of course, you don't have to be in a hurry. Actually......"
He glanced around, and said mysteriously, "This Buddha Khan has another secret. โ
"What's the secret?"
"My Buddha is merciful, and that Buddha Khan has the ability to seek good fortune and avoid evil. Whoever can bring a drop of Buddha Khan home will be able to keep him safe in this great calamity. Of course, the Buddha Khan could not be invited in vain, but had to express a certain amount of sincerity to the Buddha. If you have a lot of money, you don't have much to give. If there is no place to stand, there is a lot of money for charity. In the end, whether the heart is sincere or not, God knows that you know the Buddha, but the poor monk does not know. โ
"I ...... I will pay 100 yuan and ask the master to give me a drop of Buddha Khan! โ
"A small one can barely make twenty strokes!"
"I, Wang Ziyun, am willing to give a thousand, a thousand! That's half of my net worth! โ
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As soon as the words of the great monk fell, the crowd suddenly shouted as if they were leaning on the pot, lest their "heart is not sincere", and the Buddha would not bless them.
He Lou Aoqing said: "These people are about to be deceived, why don't you hurry up and stop Cui Shangshu?" โ
"Block?" Cui Geng smiled bitterly: "When Zheng Pusi cheated the queen's property, did you, General He Lou, ever debunk him?" โ
"How can that be the same!" He Lou stomped his feet anxiously and said: "The queen is very favored by His Majesty, she wants the wind to be windy, she wants the rain to be rainy, everyone is the queen, how happy is she to come, who dares to sweep her interest?" Otherwise, what is reasonable will become unreasonable. โ
Cui Geng said: "This official also doesn't dare to sweep the interest of these people now." You see, these people are all agitated. If I stand up, I'm afraid I'll think I'm going to dominate Buddha Khan, and maybe I'll make some big mess. โ
With Cui Geng's identity, the general pretending to be a ghost can be directly debunked, and there is no need to have so many scruples. However, if this matter is really related to Zheng Pusi, he can't help but be cautious. He instigated the people to beat himself and wounded himself, where can he reason?
He Lou Aoqing said anxiously: "Then what should I do?" โ
Cui Geng said confidently: "Let's wait and see what happens, in fact, as long as there are no these people present, it is not difficult to deal with a few monks." Eh......"
Suddenly, Cui Geng felt a little strange and said, "Isn't it quite easy for you to take Zheng Pusi's money?" Don't you know it's disaster relief money? How did you get here, so sad and compassionate again? โ
"I ...... Maybe it was out of sight before. He Lou Aoqing sighed and said, "I thought it was nothing in the palace at the beginning, but today I really can't bear to see so many people being deceived." โ
Cui Geng really wanted to say, "You are really a gentleman who cooks far away", but the irony of these words was too strong, looking at the sincere face of the little lady, he didn't say it.
"This Nizi is not evil in nature." Cui Geng thought secretly in his heart.
While speaking, many people have already offered money, and the great monk is happy to close his mouth.
But at this time
Dangdang~~
There was a loud gong in the distance.
Immediately after, someone shouted "dodge, dodge, don't get in the way of adults", and the people were in chaos.
About half an hour later, a middle-aged official in a scarlet robe parted the crowd and came to the front of the Faxian Temple.
This person Cui Geng and the monk Yuanqing both know each other, and it is Luoyang Ling Cui Rizhi,
He looked at the mountains of belongings in front of him, and suddenly shouted: "Good for you, a Yuanqing monk, you dare to bewitch the people and take the opportunity to collect money!" Someone came, and the official took him back to the yamen and interrogated him severely. โ
After a pause, he pointed to the pile of belongings and said, "These are all stolen money, and they will be taken with them." When the errand is clear, return it to the original owner. โ
When this property is in the hands of the government, can it be returned? Even fools know it's impossible!
Someone in the crowd immediately said in a deep voice: "Cui County Order, your actions today are equivalent to robbing the Buddha's offerings, aren't you afraid of retribution?" โ
"Huh? Who's intimidating the official? โ
"That's me, what's wrong?" The man was fearless, separated the people, and stood in front of Cui Rizhi.