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During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Jia Mou, a scholar from Jiangnan, traveled to Jiangxi.
One day, Jia Sheng came to a temple called Lan Ruo Temple, found that the mountain gate was not closed, and walked in.
But the temple was silent, and there was no one in sight.
Jia Sheng came to the main hall again, and it was also empty.
He saw that the frescoes on the walls of the main hall were very exquisite, and he couldn't help but go forward and touch them with his hands.
Unexpectedly, when Jia Shengmozi built a rockery, he touched the mechanism, the mural disappeared instantly, and a scene that was inappropriate for children jumped into view:
In the dark room, a group of monks were humming and humming with a lot of women, oblivious to themselves.
Jia Sheng was still a young man, where had he seen this formation, and the whole person was momentarily confused.
At this time, a fierce and evil monk reacted, stood up, and angrily rebuked, "Who are you?" What are you here for? ”
02
Jia Sheng suddenly woke up like a dream, knowing that this place was called a Buddhist temple, which was actually an obscene cave, and quickly turned around, planning to slip away.
But how could these monks allow him to spread the word of ugliness?
After a while, jia sheng, who was weak, was arrested and brought back to the main hall like a chicken.
Jia Sheng was thrown to the ground, extremely frightened, and pleaded: "I ask the masters to show mercy and forgive my ignorance, I have not seen anything, I have not heard anything, I will not say anything..."
The abbot scolded, "Is it you who are looking for death yourself, the gods and immortals can't save you, and you still want to get out alive?" ”
One monk said, "Find a rope and strangle him to count the balls!" ”
Another monk said, "Strangle him cheaply, simply put him in a big iron pot and boil him wildly, destroy the corpse, and destroy the traces." ”
When Jia Sheng heard these harsh words, he immediately trembled, and prostrated his head on the ground like pounding garlic: "Masters spare your life, let the little one be a fart!" ”
The monks did not forgive and took turns to rebuke.
After a while, Jia Sheng knew that he was bound to die, but he calmed down and said quietly, "Xiaosheng has offended the masters, I know that I can't live, please ask the masters to reward me with a whole corpse, and win the seventh-level floating slaughter!" ”
At this time, a monk whispered to the abbot, "Make offerings to this boy as a living Buddha, and I will be able to profit from it, and in the future I will follow the example of the living Buddha and send him to the Western Heavens with a fire!" ”
The abbot smiled strangely, "This plan is very good!" ”
03
So the monk shaved Jia Sheng's hair, confined him to a secret room, injected him with dumb medicine, and gave him only food without salt every day.
More than a hundred days later, Jia Sheng's skin was as white as a melon, his body was fat and weak, and he could not stand and move around.
The monks carried Jia Sheng to the outskirts, set up a high platform out of wood, put Jia Sheng on it, imitated the living Buddha and set himself on fire, and sat down to ascend to heaven.
The seat is relatively close to a county seat, and the local zhixian heard the news, decided to travel in micro-service, and led his subordinates to rush to the scene.
But I saw that the seating platform was more than a foot high, and a "living Buddha" wore a Pilu hat on his head, his face was as white as a moon, he was draped in multicolored robes, and he was sitting cross-legged on a bed.
Offstage, some monks knocked on wooden fish, some beat cymbals, some played sheng gongs, some plucked the piano, and the flags were displayed on the spot, and the music was loud and loud, so it was not lively.
There were also countless good men and women at the scene, and the monks silently chanted and worshiped together, one after another, and the momentum was huge.
There are firewood and grass piled up on the left and right of the seating platform, and countless incense candles are lit around it, piled with paper money, quilts, clothes, etc., and the high platform is like a grave mound.
But the "living Buddha" had his eyes closed and tears flowing like rain.
Zhixian stared at the "Living Buddha" and thought in his heart: Since ancient times, I have never heard of a living Buddha ascending to heaven cry like this. What's not to give up?
04
The more Zhixian thought about it, the more suspicious he felt, so he sent a message to the abbot: "When Lord Zhixian heard that the living Buddha had ascended to heaven, he was very happy, and he wanted to personally go to the scene to offer incense, and ordered Er and others to suspend the fire!" ”
The abbot heard that Zhixian was coming and did not dare to disobey the order.
Zhixian came to the scene and asked, "Where is the living Buddha?" ”
The abbot smiled and pointed to the "living Buddha" on the high platform: "His old man is waiting to sit down." ”
Zhixian said: "It is not appropriate to bury today, the living Buddha ascends to heaven, I am afraid that I will not be able to go to Elysium, how about another day?" ”
The abbot replied, "This day was set by the living Buddha himself, and I dare not change it at will!" ”
Zhixian laughed: "I am in the position of county order, so I will choose a good day for his old man to ascend to heaven."
The county has seen the calendar card, tomorrow is an auspicious day, please ask the living Buddha to stay in the county for a night, or let my family also pay homage to it. ”
The abbot monks and others pushed three or four obstacles, and Zhixian disdained it, so that several of his subordinates rushed to the high platform and carried the "living Buddha" back to the county government office.
05
In the middle of the night, Zhixian asked the "living Buddha" what was hidden, and the "living Buddha" burst into tears, but he could not speak.
Zhixian asked, "Can you write?" ”
The Living Buddha nodded.
Zhixian ordered his men to take pens, ink and paper.
The "living Buddha" was fat and weak and could not hold a pen, so he dipped his fingers in ink and wrote down his nightmare encounters.
Zhixian was furious when he found out, and instructed his subordinates to find Langzhong to carefully adjust Jia Sheng, and when Jia Sheng improved slightly, he sent someone to send him back to his original hometown.
The next day, Zhixian ordered the monks in the temple to be summoned to the seating platform and ordered them not to leave without permission.
Hundreds of elite soldiers were also dispatched to seal off the scene.
ZhiXian also sent servants to the temple to carry out a search and arrest, and seized several beautiful women and countless gold, silver and treasures.
After a while, Zhixian came to the stage, and the abbot and other monks asked to welcome the ascension of the "living Buddha".
Zhixian sneered, "The living Buddha has an order, saying that the abbot has done all the good deeds of the great monk, and specially let the abbot ascend to heaven in his place!" ”
After saying that, he brought the beautiful woman and the treasure to the abbot.
The abbot was stunned and immediately knelt down to ask for forgiveness.
Zhixian ordered the servants to tie up the abbot and drag him to the high platform, and found out several masterminds, who also tied them up and pulled them up.
Zhixian ordered a fire to be raised, and at this moment, God was deliberate, blowing a strong wind, the fire took advantage of the wind, it burned fiercely, and several mastermind monks instantly turned into ashes, and the wicked finally got the present worldly retribution.
Reference: "Qing Barnyard Banknotes"