Chapter 121 The sound of Bodhi under the big locust tree

Jingci Nunnery is located in the suburbs of the northwest corner of Yunshan Mansion City, built in the previous dynasty, the years are very long, it is rumored that a certain former dynasty official for the transcendence of his mother, took out a sum of silver to build this Jingci Nunnery, the scale is not very large, the main offering is the great mercy of the Great Compassion Guanyin Bodhisattva, the golden body of Guanyin Bodhisattva remodeling, enshrined in the largest hall of Jingci Nunnery Guanyin Temple.

This is a nunnery, not as grand as the monk temple Daxiong Treasure Hall, but it is also solemn and towering, there are two pillars of small stupa in front of the hall, the tower body is beautifully carved, there is the statue of the Buddhist wrestler goddess on it, lifelike.

The suburbs where Jingci Nunnery is located are relatively remote places in Yunshan Mansion, and there is a considerable distance from the market.

There are not many buildings in Jingci Nunnery, but they are all very exquisite, there are many dense pine forests, there are plantain growing sparsely in the pine forests, there is a green bamboo forest in the nunnery, on the side of the bamboo forest, it is the Guanyin Temple.

In the Zen courtyard, there are a lot of golden silk Bodhi trees, green pines, strong bamboos, Bodhi trees swaying slightly, and most of the time there is silence in the Jingci Nunnery, and the silence is like the eternal silence of the Elysium.

The nunnery does not always receive pilgrims, only three or five days a month can enter the nunnery to worship the Buddha, and the visitors are all women, and almost never receive male pilgrims.

The black bucket eaves of Daqin's characteristics under the canopy, showing an extremely thick cultural character, only from these exquisite attic Zen courtyards, there is a sacred smell, the air is filled with a faint sandalwood fragrance, it is really the benefit of the Buddhist children's practice, quiet and solemn.

After the heavy snowfall, because of the remoteness, there is still snow on the road outside the Jingci Nunnery, and it is not cleaned, today is also the day when the Jingci Nunnery opens its doors to welcome pilgrims, although it is said that many pilgrims are like clouds, but there are many pilgrims who come to worship the Buddha, and there are many cars and horses outside the Jingci Nunnery.

Chu Huan came to worship the Buddha with Linlang today, for Linlang, only because the Su family is currently in great difficulty, so he worships the Buddha and incense, praying that the Bodhisattva can bless the Su family through this predicament.

In addition to Chu Huan, Linlang also brought the maid Cuiping, and the other two nurses, got out of the carriage, and Linlang said to Chu Huan: "Chu Huan, you are waiting here, you are men, it is not good to enter the nunnery, Cuiping and I will come out soon!" ”

Chu Huan nodded and smiled: "Don't worry, let's wait here!" ”

Linlang smiled, and then took Cuiping to Jingci Nunnery.

The carriage driver was already smiling and said, "Master Chu, you come here to sit!" He got down from the carriage himself, and diligently summoned Chu Huan to go up and sit, which was regarded as making room for Chu Huan.

The subordinates of Su Mansion now know that Chu Huan's true identity is the general of the Praetorian Guard, which is not trivial, and everyone also knows that there are thousands of households in the dignified guard, but Chu Huan cut off his arm with a knife.

Originally, the nursing home recruited by Linlang was still dissatisfied with Chu Huan as the nursing master, but after what happened last night, everyone was convinced, and the Su Mansion was also in awe and awe of this "Master Chu".

Chu Huan was not pretentious, he sat down at the head of the car, looked at the Jingci Nunnery not far away, and asked, "How old is this nunnery?" I look at the two-pillar stupa for some years, but the courtyard wall looks like it was newly repaired. ”

A nurse in his early thirties next to him had already stepped forward and said with a smile: "Master Chu, speaking of this Jingci Nunnery, it has been built for some years, and it has been built since the previous dynasty, and it has been forty or fifty years. ”

Chu Huanqi said: "But the courtyard wall outside here looks like it has just been built." ”

"Yes, this Jingci Nunnery was renovated just last year." The nursing home smiled: "It has been renovated from the inside out, it seems that a great good man gave the money to rebuild, but no one knows who made the money." ”

"And such good people?" Chu Huan smiled: "That's a living Lei Feng!" ”

"Living Lei Feng?" The coachman and the two nurses did not understand.

Chu Huan knew that he had missed his mouth, and waved his hand, but his eyes saw that Jing Ci'an did not leave, and he had already thought in his heart that Master Rulian was driven out from here, and he was very puzzled.

At this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps next to him, and there was a whimpering sob, Chu Huan turned his head to look, only to see a man in coarse cloth holding a five or six-year-old child, who was hurrying past the carriage, followed by a woman wearing a gray turban, the woman sobbed as she walked, very sad.

Chu Huan frowned, and a nurse next to him saw Chu Huan's doubts, and had the intention of currying favor with Chu Huan, so he chased after him and said loudly: "What happened to you?" Where are you going? ”

The big man didn't look back, he walked straight forward, and the lady glanced back and said sadly: "The child is dying, let's ask the gods to save ......!" ”

The nursing institute thought that they were asking for the Bodhisattva's blessing, and pointed to the Jingci Nunnery: "Asking the Bodhisattva to go that way, you are going the wrong way." ”

The man who walked quickly turned around and said hatefully, "What kind of Bodhisattva is that?" Our husband and wife worship Buddha wholeheartedly, but in the end it is like this, those gods and Buddhas, no matter if they are disrespectful. Don't say much, lead your mother-in-law and walk away quickly.

Chu Huan heard it clearly, but he felt very strange, jumped out of the carriage, and said, "You guys wait here, I'll go see what's going on." ”

Several people hurriedly agreed, Chu Huan quickly followed the couple, walked all the way, only walked for a while, turned to a fork in the road, and saw a grass shed not far away, and on the edge of the grass shed, there was an extremely tall locust tree.

In the winter snow season, the locust tree only has dead branches, bare and towering, and the couple in front of it is the big locust tree that passes.

Chu Huan could see clearly that under the big locust tree, there were dozens of people in the dark, all sitting on the ground around the big locust tree, although the snow on the ground was swept away, but in such a cold winter, they were sitting in the ice and snow, but they didn't know why that group of people were like this.

The couple had already stepped forward quickly, and the man had already shouted, "Gods help, gods help......!" ”

Chu Huan frowned, took a few steps forward, and finally saw clearly that the group of people were sitting around the big locust tree, and under the big locust tree, there was a black-robed man sitting cross-legged.

The man's whole body was covered with black robes, and even his nose and mouth were covered with a black cloth, revealing only a pair of eyes, and the whole person looked a little thin, like a black stone under the big locust tree.

The man shouted for help, and the people under the locust tree turned their heads to look, Chu Huan also saw clearly at this time, but the people around the big locust tree were all ordinary people, poor people in coarse cloth clothes, but also rich people in brocade clothes, more than 20 people centered on the black-robed man, and everyone looked very pious.

The couple came suddenly, obviously alarming the people here, and the black-robed man also raised his head, and when he saw the man holding the child and quickly grabbed it, and raised his hand, a common man stepped forward to take the child from the man's hand, and two of them immediately took off their clothes, put them on the ground, and lay down on the child's clothes.

Chu Huan was surprised, he was already close to the past at this time, but these people didn't care about his arrival, and no one paid attention to him.

The child was placed in front of the black-robed man, and the couple had already knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Immortal save the child, he is about to die...... Please, save him......! ”

Chu Huan went over, followed the example of those people, and sat cross-legged on the ground.

He looked at the black-robed man, and saw that the black-robed man had white eyebrows, obviously an old man, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, soft eyes, and the scriptures seemed to have the meaning of seeing through the bitterness of the world, and the thin body seemed to have indescribable strength.

The black-robed man stretched out his hand, rolled the child's eyelids, and then quickly looked at a few places on the child's body, picked up the child's hand, and removed the sleeves, Chu Huan couldn't help but be surprised when he saw it, only to see that there were more than ten black poisonous sores on the child's arm, which looked very terrifying.

Everyone in the four corners was holding their breath, and although a few people also showed horror in their eyes, they didn't make a sound, as if they were afraid of disturbing the black-robed man.

The black-robed man looked at it for a while, but he held the child's little hand with his somewhat dry hand, closed his eyes, and did not make any other movements, just whispered softly.

Chu Huan's ears were sensitive, although he was not very close to the black-robed man, he could hear it very clearly, and he vaguely felt that the black-robed man seemed to be reciting Buddhist scriptures.

"As a disciple of the Buddha, he often recites the Eight Great Enlightenments day and night: the first enlightenment: impermanence in the world; The land is fragile, the four great bitter emptiness, the five yin and selflessness, the mutation of birth and death, hypocrisy and masterlessness, the heart is the source of evil, the form is sin, and if it is observed, it is gradually separated from life and death. Second Awareness: Desire for Suffering; Fatigue of life and death, starting from greed, less desire and inaction, physical and mental ease. The third awareness: the mind is not tired, but it asks for more and increases sin; Bodhisattvas do not think of contentment, peace and poverty, but wisdom is the ...... karma! ”

Although he could only see a pair of eyes of the black-robed man clearly, he could feel that the black-robed man seemed extremely calm, his voice was low, but it seemed to have magical power, and the people around the tree quickly followed suit.

All of a sudden, under the big locust tree, the Buddhist scriptures are everywhere, and the low and solemn sound of the Buddhist scriptures seems to be integrated with all things in heaven and earth, and everyone is extremely pious.

When Chu Huan heard the sound of chanting the Buddhist scriptures, he also felt a sense of relaxation on his body, as if his body had also been fused with a tree and a tree, and in his mind, he quickly had a feeling of floating, and his whole body seemed to have turned into goose feathers, fluttering.

Suddenly, Chu Huan seemed to feel something, and suddenly opened his eyes, his willpower was extremely tenacious, and he faintly felt that something seemed wrong.

When he fell into that light feeling, there seemed to be only the chanting sound of the black-robed man in his ears, and the voices of the others stopped abruptly, and when he tried to open his eyes, he found that those people under the big locust tree were chanting in a low voice, and the sound of everyone chanting in unison was in his ears, which felt extremely strange.

Chu Huan looked at the child, and saw that the black-robed man was still holding the child's arm, but the poisonous sores on the child's arm began to rupture, and from the poisonous sores, black blood actually flowed out slowly.