Volume 1: The Taiping Bureau (Part I) Chapter 44, Yu Lanlu
Seeing that a few little demons in charge of counting didn't pay attention to him, Ye Yu quietly went around the building and found the familiar figure in a side hall.
Chen Blind Man was still dressed as a Taoist priest in Tsing Yi, but he was not at all as energetic as when he was in Shuizhai, his face was gloomy, as if he was seriously ill, and he was gritting his teeth and turning an axe to deal with a pillar thicker than his body.
Ye Yu ran over and just called Mr. Chen, Chen Blind turned his head and saw that it was him, and he was immediately overjoyed, and said with a smile on his face: "Little brother, what a coincidence, I met you again, you ......"
Blind Chen was halfway through his words, when he suddenly saw the account book in Ye Yan's hand, snatched the account book, and exclaimed: "How can this "Yu Lan Lu" be in your hands? ”
Ye Yu was about to ask about this, but when he saw that Chen Blind seemed to know the inside story, he hurriedly said, "Mr. knows this account book?" Can you give me some pointers on how to use them? ”
Blind Chen took a step back and said vigilantly: "Tell me first, where did you get this booklet?" ”
Ye Yan said: "It was given to me by Master Huai'an, saying that I would help him keep accounts this time, but I see that the things recorded here are very mysterious, and I don't know how to use them."
Chen's blind eyes narrowed slightly, a little incredulous, "Who are you?" ”
Ye Yu was puzzled: "What kind of person? ”
Blind Chen stared down at his face, as if he wanted to see something from above, paused for a moment, handed him back the "Yulan Lu", and said with a smile: "It's nothing, since Master Huai'an asked you to help him untie the upside down, I have to ask you to take care of it in three days."
Ye Mo stretched out his hand to take back the account book, but he knew that Buddhism had an Obon puja, and there was a matter of supporting monks from the ten directions to relieve their relatives from hanging upside down and getting rid of the sea of suffering, and he also guessed that the "Yu Lan Lu" might be related to this, but he didn't know the importance behind this matter.
However, looking at Chen's reaction just now, he was even more sure that the accounts in this booklet should be the root cause of the people in the ancient city who were afraid of Huai'an.
But now, seeing that this fortune teller obviously has a grudge against him, I am afraid that it will be difficult to ask what he wants to know, so he smiled and said: "Well, Mr. has been here for many days, has he found a way out of trouble?" ”
Chen's blind man's expression changed suddenly, as if he was shocked by this sentence, and frowned again: "Do you have a way to get out?" ”
Ye Yu didn't expect a temptation, but he was really blinded by him, and immediately showed an unfathomable look.
The corners of Chen's blind mouth couldn't help but twitch a few times, and suddenly reached out and grabbed the placket of his shirt, and said viciously: "Say, who are you?" Why did you hurt me that day? ”
Ye Mo frowned slightly, he couldn't understand why Chen Blind Man said this, but it was not good to ask rhetorically at the moment, the corners of his mouth squeezed out an arc, and his eyes were mocking.
Chen Blind stared at him for a while, thinking that he had fallen into a trap, and put him on the ground again, forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart: "Boy, you and I have no grievances, I don't care if you come to worship Buddha or ask Zen, we don't need to hide it, last time I was at fault first, open conditions, right?" ”
Ye Lu was dressed neatly, beat the snake and took seven inches, and saw that the flying pincer technique taught him by his father was quite effective, and he grinned again: "Answer me a few questions, and I'll tell you"
Chen Blind hated the root of his teeth, this was the first time in his life that he couldn't take a child, it was really a tiger falling in Pingyang and being bullied by dogs, after thinking about it, he decided to endure this breath.
"You say"
"First of all, what is the function of this "Yulan Lu"?"
"What else can the account book be used for, it is full of debts owed by people who have gone to Fushui Temple to ask for bitter water, among which all those who have received the nectars of acacia flowers owe Buddha's debts, and those who have drunk bitter water and waited for the reincarnation are all indebted to the devil, and the Buddha's debts need to be repaid with sincerity, and the devil's debts need to be redeemed with gold beads."
"If you don't pay off the debt on this ledger, you'll be trapped here forever?"
The night was stunned for a while.
"Unless you are annoyed five times, you can break the illusion body, otherwise you will sleepwalk here every night"
"Nightly? And what about the daytime? ”
"During the day, the six senses are sober, of course not"
"Are you saying that day and night are reversed here and Taiping City, and people are not here during the day?"
Chen Blind nodded, but his hands behind his back were already pinching his fingers like flying, he thought that Ye Yu was a debtless person, but when he saw the Yu Lan Lu in his hand, he doubted his origin.
In fact, in addition to those who have drunk the bitter water of Fusui Temple, there is another kind of people who will also come here.
That is the person who took the secret medicine when he went out to do a game like this, but was accidentally interrupted when he returned to the Soul Green Ghost Domain, and after the remnant soul fell into the creation and migration, he escaped from death.
It's just that this is a nine-line secret, and he can't tell outsiders.
Ye Mo carefully recalled what he had seen in the city before, and it was true that he couldn't see half a figure when it was dark, but he didn't expect it to be like this: "This is the case with all of them? ”
Blind Chen nodded again.
"If it's a dream, aren't all the accounts in this account book fake?"
"How can I say this, although I am sleepwalking here, but this world is not empty, everything is true, if you can realize the void, then it is another matter"
"Then don't you know when you wake up during the day?"
Chen Blind smiled, and shook his head slightly: "Most people don't remember, this is the same as people can't remember the previous life, sleepwalking is just a cheap saying, not so much dreaming, but living another time, otherwise how to say that everything is dead when you wake up, and the dream is as usual."
Night was stunned for a moment, and suddenly understood the meaning of that strange couplet.
"Is there anything special about untying the upside down?"
"Tell me how to get out and I'll tell you"
When asked about the most critical point, Chen Blind suddenly changed his words, and he was mainly anti-customer.
Ye Yu secretly hated it, but he also had a countermeasure: "It's not easy to get out of here, you need to wait for someone"
Blind Chen frowned slightly: "Who are you waiting for?" ”
Ye Mo deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Old Master Zhang"
Chen was taken aback, and said happily: "You have seen him, where is his old man?" ”
Seeing that he was so anxious, Yelu smiled and kept silent.
Chen Blind shook his head bitterly: "Not everyone can solve the hanging things, every sketch will have a karmic debt to add to the body, if it is not for the immeasurable merit of the monk holding the pen, so many people write it down, even if your ancestors have accumulated ten generations of yin virtue, most of them will die without a place to be buried, Suo Po Dao, karmic debts are tossed and turned, one after another, not increasing or decreasing, you and I mortals, can only exchange from him"
Ye was suspicious: "What is self-exchange?" ”
"It is to exchange one's own blessings for the bad karma of others"
The young man was not surprised at all that Huai'an had a plan for him, but he didn't expect it to be so vicious.
Chen Blind looked at Ye Yan's face solemnly, and stroked his beard: "Little brother, we are all understanding people, presumably you have other plans here, if you get into such a big cause and effect, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get out."
Ye Mo heard his meaning: "You have a way?" ”
Chen Blind Old God is here: "Yes, but it depends on your sincerity"
"What sincerity?"
"First, tell me when Old Master Zhang will come, and second, write off my Buddha debts, so that I don't come here every night and suffer from sleeplessness."
"You want me to pay you a debt?" Night Drink chuckled.
Blind Chen shook his head slightly: "Don't say it so ugly, you help me pay off the Buddha's debt, I will help you survive the demon tribulation, this is also an exchange between yourself and him, you will earn more and less after all"
Ye Yu saw that he was proud, and his heart was a little sour, but if he didn't agree now, he was afraid that he would be riddled with karmic debts in three days, and it would be even more difficult to leave this ghost land at that time, so he said casually: "Master will come on the fifteenth of this month, how can you pay off the debts you said?" ”
Blind Chen smiled faintly: "Simple, can you recite the Medicine Master Mantra?" ”
……
When the two were talking secretly, next to a spiritual spring pool in the Buddha country, Huai'an, who was sitting still, suddenly opened his eyes, the corners of his mouth flashed a slight mockery, stretched his waist, stood up slowly, and disappeared in place suddenly.
At this time, Ye Yan had just removed the Buddhist debt owed by a blind man whose real name was "Chen Tianfan", and through the record in this "Yulan Lu", he knew some of his details.
Originally, he thought that Chen was just a fortune teller, but he didn't expect that he was doing it behind his back, stealing graves and digging graves.
At this time, he picked up the pen from the paper, and suddenly felt a tightness in his chest, as if he was choking on food, and his whole body sank, and he was slapped from behind before he gasped, and when he looked back, he found that Huai'an was standing behind him for some time.
The young man's face changed in shock, and he was a thief for a while, and he didn't know how to explain it.
The blind man Chen on the side was even more shocked, like a cat that had been stepped on by its tail, swooped out, swept a few feet away, took out a copper bell and held it in his hand, as if facing a great enemy.
Huai'an didn't pay attention to the night, but took a look at the account book, and then looked up at the blind man Chen: "Taiping City and Liulitian have long had rules, and they don't offend each other. When I am good, am I easy to deceive? ”
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding"
Blind Chen retreated and bowed down to apologize: "Master Huai'an, I'm here to return things this time, I hope you don't care, I'll leave now."
"Then why do you still have the Five Aggregate Bell in your hand?"
"This ...... I haven't had time to pay it back, as long as you don't embarrass me, I promise to cross the uncertain bridge, I will give it to you, and I will never break my promise! ”
"Then why did you lie to him to help you get rid of your Buddha debt?"
"Uh...... Master Huai'an, you also know that I am a person in the Taoist sect, this day and night holding this Buddhist scripture is not a matter after all, this does not see that this little brother is very benevolent, and he made a deal in private, you love me, I don't believe you go to ask him"
"Then why don't you tell him first that he has always been self-indebted? Even if you want to ask him to remember it on your behalf, have you ever talked about how to repay it? ”
Ye Mo stood behind Huai'an, and when he heard this, he suddenly realized that he had been deceived by this blind man just now, and he couldn't help but be a little annoyed.
But in this world, he is not only allowed to deceive others, and others are not allowed to deceive his reasoning.
……
Seeing that the quibble was useless, Chen Blind suddenly shook the five aggregate bell in his hand vigorously, and the bell was like a string of thunder beads exploding, which lasted for a while, shaking the entire pavilion to the ground, and the bell body shot out a shimmering clear light, and all the things that were illuminated disappeared and disappeared, gradually becoming invisible.
However, such an earth-shattering momentum is difficult to take a slight, the black-clothed monk is like a reef standing in the turbulent waves, let the waves go one after another, one wave is stronger than a wave, always as stable as a mountain, and his black robe is like a night sky, no matter how prosperous Ren Qinghui is, it is difficult to reduce the slightest, but it makes it look more and more bottomless.
Ye Mo squatted on the ground with his head in his hands, covering his ears with both hands, seeing the changes in the surrounding scenery, many people screamed and fell from the sky, and disappeared like bubbles, and they were so frightened that they couldn't scream for a while.
Blind Chen shook the five aggregate bells more and more urgently, and he had the posture of burning all the jade.
Huai'an just slowly stretched out a right hand and pointed a little forward, so that the bell stopped abruptly.
I only listened to him and said slowly: "Seeing the color is like gathering foam, receiving it is like soaking in water, although you have read the five aggregate sutras, but you have not read through, let alone empty, the five aggregates are born of the accumulation of karma, there is no self-nature, if you can't be empty, you can't really exert the power of this bell, or give it to me."
After saying this, he beckoned again, and the five aggregate bells had already fallen into his hands, and everything was like a spring breeze, and it was clear and silent.
Blind Chen was also very resolute, not reluctant at all, almost at the same time, the figure flickered, and in an instant, several doppelgangers were shaken out, and they fled in all directions, the speed was staggering, and it disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Ye Yu was exiled to the rivers and lakes, and he saw mostly the life-and-death struggle of swords and swords, and rarely saw such a magic competition, and he couldn't see the two of them coming from for a while, and finally he saw a little bit of Chen's blind man's cultivation foundation, making it like the "ghost shadow fan" of the Maoshan lineage of the Shuzong, but it was only speculation and could not be determined.
And Huai'an saw that the person ran away but didn't chase it, his eyes were golden, he recited Sanskrit, waved his hand and gently wiped it to the side, as if brushing away a piece of smoke and dust, and then let all the clones who had scattered and fled turn back the way they came, and became one person again in an instant.
This time shocked Ye Yu even more than just now, and even felt that his brain was a little insufficient, and secretly asked what realm he could make the world turn backwards and time against the flow with a wave of his hand?
Could it be that this Huai'an is already a saint of the Nine Realms who can see the past and the present?
Looking at the blind man on the other side, he was also stupid on the spot, his eyes stared directly at Huai'an, the beads of sweat on his head crackled and fell, and his mouth opened and closed empty, like a fish about to die of thirst in the dry land, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.
Huai An waved his hand twice in a row, and the pavilion that had disappeared before was instantly restored to its original state, but the subsequent changes made Ye Yan a little dizzy.
Just looking at the rapid changes of the surrounding heaven and earth, Chen Blind Man's whole person was like a puppet, dancing in between, circling around the Forgotten Worry Pavilion, the Imperial Grain Wharf, the Water Village, and all over the ancient city, until he finally retreated to an ancient mansion in the south of the city.
Night drunk rubbed sour eyes, saw the dry vine wall in the courtyard, barren grass everywhere, not like someone lived, everything is very strange, only the stone pavilion in front of the door looks very similar to the one in front of the guest Quanlai, but there is an extra plaque on it, and the word "three lives" is engraved, I don't know where it is for a while.
……
Huai'an came to the pavilion, looked at the blind man Chen who had become illusory in the pavilion, frowned slightly, and said, "Where are you from?" ”
He had already been frightened by Huai'an's immortal methods just now, and the Taoist in Tsing Yi, who was trembling like chaff, stumbled and said, "From ...... From Takefugaoka"
Huai'an's eyebrows jumped lightly: "What are you going to do there?" ”
Chen's blind Adam's apple did not move, and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, not daring to hide it for a while: "It's the treasure hunting bureau in the industry, looking for the remains of the ancient gods."
Ye Yan's heart moved slightly, he had seen some records about the ancient gods in the "Book of Yuejue", legend has it that they are the guardians of the ancient gods, controlling the way of heaven, with the incorruptible physique of King Kong, each of them is the top powerhouse in the world, but in the melee of the ancient worlds, most of them have fallen, and now only two of the Great Zhou Yongdu Haotian Tower are still alive, guarding the only remaining heavenly stone in the world.
"Found what?" Huai'an continued to ask.
"A broken ruin shell, but when it came back, it was intercepted by the people of the Seventy Princes," Chen replied in a hurry.
Huai'an's eyes narrowed slightly: "How many of the nine fiefdoms have been opened this time?" ”
"Three, Chiwang, Shenwei, and Wufu" In order to survive, Chen Blind Zi can't care about the rules and regulations of the city at the moment, and he knows everything.
Ye Yu heard that the "Seventy Princes" was secretly frightened, if there is any force in the rivers and lakes of Middle Earth in addition to the Yueyinmen and Taipinglou, there is still a-for-tat confrontation with the Great Zhou Youcha Division, it must belong to this mysterious organization founded at the end of the Qin Dynasty and composed of the widows and young of the seventy princes of the former countries, but I don't know where the nine fiefdoms that Huai'an asked refer to.
A faint smile appeared on Huai'an's face: "This is interesting"
Seeing this, the blind man hurriedly bowed to the black-clothed monk again and again, crying and begging: "Holy master spare his life, the villain was covered with lard just now, I hope you will forgive me, give me a chance to reform myself, I am willing to be a cow and a horse, let you drive"
Huai'an ignored him anymore, waved his robe sleeves, cut off all the sounds in the stone pavilion, and turned to look at Ye Yan: "Now that you are his creditor, what do you want to do with him?" ”
Ye Yu said, "Can you pay him the debt I took on his behalf?" ”
Huai'an shook his head: "The karmic debt can be turned but not repaid"
Ye Yu was a little stunned, seeing the blind man Chen kowtowing there and begging for mercy, he couldn't make up his mind for a while: "What will be the consequences?" ”
Huai'an said: "You have become a demon, remembering the demon debt can accumulate merit and increase Zen wisdom, but repaying the Buddha's debt is a self-imposed shackle, if you go out from here, it is equivalent to bearing the cause and effect for him for the rest of his life, and the fate will be very different."
The night was stunned, and he was puzzled: "Why is it so troublesome? ”
Huai'an said: "Liulitian is the root of people's mind, it is the seventh consciousness of people, and it is the starting point of all thoughts, such as the trunk of a tree, you bear the Buddha's debt for him today, that is, you will cut off one branch and marry another, he will wake up in the filthy soil one day, be impregnated by the five aggregates and six consciousnesses, and the twelve karma will be derived, and it will naturally smoke into all kinds of karmic fruits."
Ye Yan was silent for a while, pondering the truth repeatedly, and a layer of cold sweat gradually oozed from his head: "Is there a solution?" ”
Huai'an said: "If you use the Buddha to understand, you will break ignorance and achieve complete enlightenment, if you use the demon to solve it, melt him into yourself, and combine your thoughts into one, although it is still difficult to change the cause and effect, it will not lose the previous way."
Ye Mo hesitated a little in his heart, and lowered his head and thought for a long time: "After I take the debt for him, what will happen when he wakes up?" ”
Huai'an said: "I have you to give it away, the number of lives will be returned, the remnant soul will be replenished, and you can borrow your body to return the soul when you wake up, and you will be reincarnated as a human being."
Yeyu's face stiffened slightly, but he didn't expect that Chen's final goal was this, and he was annoyed.
The young man's face became cold: "How to melt thoughts?" ”
Huai'an's eyes were compassionate, and he recited Sanskrit sounds, stretched out his hand in the air and grabbed it in the pavilion, and the blind man immediately turned into a green bead and flew into his palm: "Just take this bead."
Ye Mo stretched out his hand to take the beads, and said in his heart that he would harm others and end up harming himself, and he couldn't complain about me, so he put the beads in his mouth.
At this time, a thunderbolt suddenly sounded in the sky, and the heavens and the earth burst like a bubble in an instant, and the two of them instantly returned to the Buddha Tower.
Huai'an looked up at the roof, but his gaze fell on the void far higher than it, where dark clouds rolled, lightning and thunder, like nine days of thunder about to boil.
He smiled faintly and left the Buddha kingdom.