Folk Tales: Catching Demons (by Liu Xiangxia)

In the early years, there was a mountain in the far northwest of Pizhou, and the forest on the mountain was tall and dense, covering the sky and the sun. Looking at this mountain in the distance, the fog is foggy, dark and heavy, like a black pot upside down. Therefore, people named this mountain Black Mountain.

In front of the Black Mountain, there is a temple, there are five courtyards in front and back, and there are three big characters above the temple door : "Yuan Emperor Temple". The presiding officer of the temple is a high monk with a noble path, and everyone calls him Huizhi Zen Master. Zen masters often hold a Zen staff in their hands, which is said to be an ancient treasure that can cast down demons and exorcise demons. In addition to preaching the scriptures every morning and evening, the old Zen master also went to The Black Mountain to collect medicines and came back to practice various elixirs to treat the villagers under the mountain. Not far from the temple, there is a city of good kings, and the good kings who live in the city always come to talk to Hui Zhi Zen master about the scriptures and play chess.

After the morning lesson on this day, Zen Master Hui Zhi took medicine baskets on his back, held a Zen staff in his hand, and went all the way up the mountain to collect medicine along the path of the back wall of the main hall. I was walking when I overheard someone shouting, "Help, help... The voice was miserable and intermittent, and Zen Master Hui Zhi was shocked in his heart, stopped and looked around, but after searching for half a day, he found nothing. The old Zen master thought he had heard wrongly, and he lifted his feet and just wanted to leave, "Help, help... Two more in a row. Although the sound was light, this time Zen Master Hui Zhi could really hear it, and the sound came from under the root of the back wall of the main hall. The monks are compassionate, and even if they meet death, they will not be saved. Zen Master Huizhi walked quickly to the place where the sound was coming from, and pulled open the grass to look for it. Fang Yuan looked for dozens of miles away, but still found nothing. The old Zen master was wondering, only to see that there were two thin and yellow He Shou Wu trees at the base of the back wall of the main hall, and the leaves were all gone, half dead. When he saw the old Zen master come to him, he shook the straw straight and made a sound like a baby crying. The old Zen master's heart moved: Could it be that this He Shou Wu shouted to save it just now? Look at these two He Shou Wu yellow and thin, probably crowded in the wall of this hall, lack of water and fertilizer, right? This is a good medicinal herb. I will first water them with loose soil, and when they grow up, I can also pick a tree to come to medicine, save them first. The old Zen master took out a medicine hoe from the medicine basket and shoveled the soil next to Shou Wugen. As soon as the planer was deep, I heard a "clucking" sound in the soil, and the old Zen master thought to himself, "Broken, I dug up the root of He Shouwu." "Quickly peeling open the floating soil, I saw that two He Shou Wu had grown into human form, the shape of a man and a woman, next to each other. Next to He Shouwu was a large caddiss with a shaved head, fat and fat, with a long tulip handle. Although the head of the scorpion had fallen, its body was still squirming, and its head was still on the stomach of the female shou wu, biting the body of the shou wu and not letting go. Hui Zhi looked closely at the two shou wu again, and each shou wu's stomach had been bitten by a large hole by the scorpion, only with a little skin attached. The old Zen master chanted, "Amitabha! "I understand in my heart. It seems that these two shou wu often listened to the sermons and praises behind the main hall, and had been cultivated into human form. Because they were bitten by the slugs and could not escape, they saw that they were going to die in the mouths of the slugs, and when they saw that they were passing by, they called out to save them. Zen Master Hui zhi folded his hands and recited a few times, "Amitabha! "With a medicinal hoe next to the two Shouwu plants, he cut out the weeds, dug out the wet soil, smashed it into the Shouwu pit, and pressed it tightly. He also pinched a half-inch long licorice stem, joined the head and body of the cadaver together, went to the vegetable garden in front of the main hall and dug a small pit to bury the caddiscus with the head, and recited the Sutra of Past Lives several times before leaving.

From that day on, the old monk went to the place where the slugs were buried every day to recite the Sutra of Past Lives, and then went to the back of the temple to water, cultivate the soil, and fertilize the two He Shou Wu trees. In less than two months, the two shouwu trees were more than a dozen feet long, growing dense fine green leaves, climbing up against the back wall of the main hall, and the wisteria green leaves also bloomed a lot of small white flowers.

That night, Zen Master Hui Zhi was meditating in the Buddhist hall. Suddenly, the lamp dimmed, and when he looked back, outside the main hall stood a monster with a sharp head, thin arms and legs, carrying two large pincers, and pointed at the old Zen master: "Old bald donkey, you hurt your life, and the Dao karma that you are about to succeed in is also destroyed by you." If you dare to be nosy later, I will surely let you die without a place to die. Saying, a mouth, a cloud of black gas sprayed at Hui Zhi. Zen Master HuiZhi hurriedly pointed his Zen staff at the black qi and chanted, "Amitabha! Immediately, the black qi dissipated, the lights in front of him were bright and bright, and the monster outside the main hall was gone.

Time is rushing, it is March or April of the following year. On this day, Master Hui Zhi was just about to go out, when he suddenly saw the little apprentice Kong Ming rushing to him and saying, "Master, the Liang King has sent someone to invite you to the palace to see him sick." I heard that King Liang was very ill. Hearing that his friend was ill, the old Zen master hurriedly let Kong Ming carry the medicine box on his back, prepare various elixirs, and go straight to liangwangcheng.

When the two masters and apprentices came to the Liang King's Mansion, they saw the Liang King lying on the bed, panting, his eyes blank, and his face gray and yellow. The old Zen master was shocked and asked the Liang King, "I haven't seen him in a few months, how did I get sick like this?" King Liang sighed and said, "The king doesn't know how to say that he can't get up when he gets sick... Master Hui Zhi sat down, put his hand on the Liangwang Pulse Gate, and at tea time, the old Zen Master shrugged his eyebrows and said with a puzzled face: "Liang Wang, the monks do not make jokes, forgive the old man for telling the truth, Lao Gong trumpets your pulse, yin and yang, the body seems to have been drained." Please don't hide it, tell me quickly, what have you encountered? Otherwise, I am only afraid that wang ye's life will not be long... ”

Liang Wang hesitated for half a day and said embarrassedly, "Don't hide from Zen Master, three months ago, I was about to go out of the city to you and find you to play chess." Suddenly, a young woman came to me and reached out for silver. I asked her why she showed up to beg at a young age? She said that her surname was Lou, her name was Gu, her home was in a foreign country, because her parents had died, she came alone to join her relatives, and her relatives also moved to other places. She was penniless and had to beg. Seeing that she was crying with tears and rain, I moved my heart, so I took her into the palace and accepted her as a beautiful concubine. Since she came, the former wife and concubine, the king did not even want to look at it, only in the harem and the beautiful concubines. I really hope to fall in love with The Princess forever, who thought that ten days ago, suddenly felt dizzy, cold sweat, even breathless. Please come to how many LangZhong, light potion to drink a few large tanks, the disease is not only not good, but more and more serious. Zen Master Hui Zhi read the Buddha a few times, nodded his head and asked, "I wonder if you have found anything else in your house?" King Liang took a breath and said, "I haven't found anything else, but in the past two months, I haven't seen more than a dozen young palaces." "Oh! Didn't the prince let people look carefully? "Looking for it, the whole liangwang city wall corner has been searched, and there is not a single gong'e." "Will they go home separately?" "No, they all grew up in the city, this is their home, how can they leave without quitting?" When the old Zen master heard this, he frowned with two green eyebrows. After pondering, as if to say to himself, as if to say to the Liang King, "It seems that they are less fierce than Ji... Amitabha! What a sin! Wang Ye, why didn't your beautiful concubine wait by your side, where did she go? King Liang looked outside the door and said, "It is strange to say that Gong'e, who was waiting outside before she and Princess Mei went to bed last night, disappeared again this morning, and Princess Mei was furious and said that these Gong'e were all running away because they saw that she was from a poor background and looked down on her." I went to look for the palace lady from last night this morning, and I haven't returned yet. Hui Zhi nodded, whispered in the ear of the apprentice Kong Ming, and with a wave of his hand, Kong Ming left. Turning back, he took out a bottle of Dan medicine from the medicine box he brought, placed it on the edge of Liang Wang's bed, and said: "This medicine tonifies the kidneys, nourishes the qi, and nourishes the essence, and wang ye takes one pill every morning and evening, which can dispel the disease and strengthen the body." As long as it is taken on time, Wang Ye can be cured of his illness. Just by taking this medicine, Wang Ye should not be close to the female color for half a year. Otherwise, Wang Ye's life would be in danger! "This, this, this king is not even allowed to be close to the beautiful concubines?" She's going to blame the brain king! The old Zen master clapped his hands together and chanted, "Amitabha! Bowing his head in the ear of the Liang King, he whispered, "The prince's body has been invaded by evil spirits, and he really cannot get close to the female color anymore." Lao Gu gave you a spell, you put it on your chest, and I taught you a few more words of exorcism. You meditate three times a day before going to bed. In this way, not only will the beautiful concubine not blame you and resent you, but the evil spirit will also leave you. It's just that today, when Lao Gong came to the palace, Wang Ye must not tell anyone and the beautiful concubine, if he does not listen to Lao Gong's words, he is only afraid that Wang Ye will be in trouble. Remember! Amitabha! The old man resigned. “

That night, When Princess Mei returned, King Liang remembered Master Hui Zhi's instructions, and only said that he was sick and wanted to sleep, and did not tell Princess Mei anything. Princess Mei saw that King Liang did not want to pay attention to her, and reached out to lift the quilt on King Liang's body. Who knew that the hand was still more than half a foot away from the front of The Liang King's body, and suddenly a golden light shot out from the quilt, and MeiFei immediately felt like a knife slashing and chopping, "Ah yo" a sound, fell down in front of the bed. King Liang opened his eyes and asked, "Concubine Mei, what's wrong with you?" "No, nothing, I didn't stand still, I fell." "Princess, go to sleep, the king can't accompany you."

Since that night, as soon as Princess Mei approached the Liang King, there was a golden light shooting at her. Princess Mei felt strange and asked the Good King who had ever been there? The Liang King remembered the Zen master's words" "It is important to save his life", and when he asked three questions, he didn't know, and he hated the beautiful concubine's teeth and clenched, secretly thinking, how to get close to the Good King.

Forty-eight days passed in the blink of an eye, and on this night, after the Liang King secretly took the Dan medicine and read the Exorcism Sutra three times, he felt refreshed and refreshed, and his illness had improved by eight or nine minutes. Remembering that these days are too sloppy and beautiful concubines, anyway, there is still a day away from forty-nine days, so I will make love to the beautiful concubines. Turning around, I saw that The beauty princess was lying on her back on the edge of the bed, trembling, her arms and legs were pumping straight together, and her body was still emitting black gas. When King Liang saw this scene, he covered his chest with his hands in fright, and asked Concubine Mei with trepidation: "Aifei, what is wrong with you and you?" At this time, Princess Meifei widened her eyes, looked at the Liang King, and said: "Wang Ye, people say that 'one day husband and wife are like a hundred days of grace, and a hundred days of husband and wife are like the depth of the sea,' Xiao Concubine entered the palace and Wang Ye's love is as deep as the sea, and she can't imagine that Wang Ye not only does not talk about the kindness of husband and wife, but also listens to the rumors of outsiders and wants to harm the life of Xiao Fei. Wang Ye, this is the feelings of others who are jealous of our husband and wife. Could it be that wang ye did not miss the love of the past at all? The beautiful concubine said while crying, and the king of Liang was softened by her, and thought to herself: "Anyway, my illness is still good, and if the beautiful concubine is dead, where will I go to find such a beautiful person with a beautiful face and a moon, maybe this is really the monks who are not used to favoring the beautiful concubine, and deliberately say that there is an evil intrusion to scare me." At this time, Princess Mei cried again and asked, "Wang Ye, is it that the old thief Of Hui Zhi gave you any spells, she thinks that you are only in love with you in the palace, and you can no longer accompany him to play chess and preach the scriptures, and deliberately want you to harm you." "The Liang King thought that The Beauty Princess was right, so he told the Beautiful Concubine all about the old Zen master's coming to the Liang King's Mansion. He took out the rune paper from his chest again, shredded a few handfuls, and hugged Concubine Mei and said, "Princess Ai, the king almost fell for Hui Zhi's deception and killed you." Princess Mei was overjoyed, and without the spell, she returned to her delicate appearance. He wrapped his hands around Liang Wang's neck and opened his mouth to bite liang wang's throat. At this moment, I overheard outside the door of the palace: "Amitabha! Obstacles are bold! When the sound arrived, the old Zen master Hui Zhi broke in with a Zen staff in his hand. With a wave of the Zen staff, a golden light went straight to the door of Meifei's face, and Meifei let go of the hand that was wrapped around The Liang King's neck, pretending to be stupid and asking Hui zhi: "Old Zen master, the monks are compassionate, and you have no wrongs and no revenge, why do you want to harm your life several times?" "Ahem!" The old Zen master sneered and said, "Demon, Lao Gong hurt you by mistake, and his heart could not bear it, so he buried you next to the main hall and recited the Sutra of Past Lives every day, for you to exceed, I did not expect that you had gained your life, and then you became a beauty to confuse the good king." Since you entered the palace, you did not think about assisting the Liang King, but instead mutilated the young Gong'e. Nibble on their bodies and add to your karma... "You're talking nonsense, blood is spewing, what evidence do you have that you ate Gong'e?" Princess Mei did not wait for the old Zen master to finish speaking, and shouted loudly. The old Zen master held a Zen staff in his hand: "Empty Ming, take out the evidence and show it to her." Carrying a large baggage, Kong Ming came to the Liang King, opened the bag and fell down, "Ding-dong! "The headdress rings worn by the palace ladies and a pile of red, red, green and green dresses are piled up on the ground. The old Zen master looked at The Beautiful Concubine and said, "Evil obstacles, if you want people to not know, unless you do nothing." Lao Gong heard the Liang King say that Gong'e was missing more than a dozen that day, and he felt that things were strange, so he let Kong Ming modify and hide outside your palace, and the result really let Kong Ming find out. Whenever the Liangwang is asleep at midnight, you always have to sneak out of the LiangwangCheng and go to the Qinglong Mountain, which is more than a dozen miles away from the Liangwangcheng, and there is an unknown cave covered by green vines in the mountain, and you will dig out the liver and eat the brain marrow in that cave. The dozen or so white bones in the cave were still there. These jewelry rings and dresses were taken back in the hole. Evil obstacles, you just eat Gong'e is not enough, but also coaxed the Good King, absorbed his essence, and wanted to wait for the Good King to die after you were killed by you, you would become his form and replace him. The deficit was discovered in time. If you come one step late, the good king will have a life. Demons, don't be quick to be bound! Princess Mei gritted her teeth and sneered, "Old Thief Bald, you have done bad things three times and twice, last time I almost got those two Shou Wu Dao Karma, you were nosy, you shaved off your head, ruined your Kung Fu Dao Karma, see you read the Past Life Sutra to Me every day, I didn't look for you to settle the account." I didn't expect that this time you were nosy again, and I would never spare you again... "As he spoke, he slammed his mouth shut, and a cloud of black qi sprayed at Master Hui Zhi and the crowd." You guys are flashing away! The old Zen master shouted loudly, and the Zen staff in his hand reached forward violently, reciting the True Sutra of Exorcism from Evil Spirits in his mouth, only to see the Golden Light in front of the Zen Master, and a thousand rays of Qi, forming a barrier. Princess Mei wanted to get close to the Zen master again, but she couldn't take a step. Seeing that she could not win in the palace, the beautiful concubine jumped out of the palace one step at a time, and fell to the ground, and after a puff of black smoke passed, she saw a long sword on the ground, short wings on her back, four long legs, two large tongs on both sides of her shoulders, a goblin with a sharp head and a big mouth, and a goblin with teeth exposed outside her lips, dancing with large tongs, and pounced on the old Zen master. The Good King almost scared to death when he saw it. In the past, the beautiful concubine turned out to be such an ugly goblin, and her heart was full of regret and hatred.

The old Zen master saw the goblin pounce, clutched the Zen staff with both hands, and smashed it against the goblin's head, "bang", smashed a big pit on the ground, but the goblin disappeared. The old Zen master looked around, suddenly felt the pain in his neck, and looked down to see that the goblin had already burrowed into the ground, showing only his head and two large tongs to clamp the old Zen master's legs. The old Zen master hurriedly used his Zen staff to pound, and a large hole was punched in the ground of "Hutong", and the goblin disappeared again. As soon as the old Zen master turned around, his neck was caught by large tongs, so several times, the old Zen master's two feet and necks were already covered with blood. The old Zen master was lamenting that he could not escape the magic of the earth, and let the goblin escape several times. My heart was anxious, and I overheard a voice, "Amitabha, the old Zen master don't be anxious, let's help you catch this goblin." Hui Zhi looked up, and there was a man and a woman and two dwarfs, the man was dressed in red, red pants, with a ruler tied on his head and a wisteria braid with green leaves, and the woman's upper body was wearing a green veil, wearing a red skirt, and a wisteria braid on her head. The two of them both gave a deep salute to the old Zen master, "pounced" twice, and both went into the ground and disappeared.

At this time, I suddenly saw a mound of mounds more than three feet high on the ground, two outside and one inside, and the three mounds would go to the east, one would go to the west, and the next would turn around in a circle. About a cup of tea kung fu, "whirring" two dwarfs, one side of the goblin riding tightly bound by wisteria came up. The goblin rolled his eyes and shrugged his head. The old Zen master folded his hands and said, "Amitabha! I wonder where the two fairies came from? Thank you very much! "Don't, don't, old Zen master, you haven't thanked you yet!" If you hadn't rescued them from the goblins' mouths, and then cultivated soil, fertilized, and watered them, and let them listen to your sermons and praises every day, where are they today, now they are already descendants, thank you for the old Zen master's grace of reconstruction, they went back... ”

At this time, King Liang came over and said, "Zen Master Huizhi, you should leave this goblin at your disposal!" The old Zen master nodded in agreement. The Liang King waved his hand: "Come, throw this goblin on the road, you go and catch a hundred big cars to run over it, and I see if it can hurt people again!" ”

The goblin was thrown in the middle of the road, at first it could still hold on hard with its own skill, but when the ninety-ninth big car came, the goblin felt that it could not breathe, wanted to stretch its head to catch its breath, who knew that just stretched out its head, only to listen to the "click", the goblin's head was rolled off. "Gollum" rolled by the side of the road. The goblin's body was still struggling desperately at this time, it was not willing, its claws were scrambling, it wanted to take its head and press it, and it just so happened that the hundredth big car came and crushed its body. The Wise Zen Master had a Zen staff to pluck up two piles of earth to cover the goblin's head and body. Over time, these two piles of soil came together and became a mountain. People named the mountain "Reptile Mountain." Because the goblins were desperately trying to find their heads before they died, people also called this mountain "Pickpocket Mountain." ”

To this day, this mountain is still two names. Because the goblin was changed by Lou Gu, people replaced Lou Gu with a bug and called her a scorpion. Because He Shou Wu was saved by the old monk Hui Zhi, everyone in this place called this medicine "Monk Wu." ”