Chapter 1429 If Monks Don’t Work, Ask Taoist Priests

The next day,

Early in the morning, word spread that the county government office was haunted, and people talked about it in the streets.

"Have you heard that a fierce ghost appeared in the county government last night and said that he wanted to kill the county magistrate? It was so fierce that the county magistrate almost lost his life."

"I heard that my second uncle's brother is working as an errand at the county government. Last night, he said that the fierce ghost had a green face and fangs, was more than ten feet tall, and had great strength. Those government officials wanted to step forward to save the county magistrate, but the fierce ghost suddenly Just wave your hand and send everyone flying."

"I also heard that the county magistrate was seriously injured and was so frightened that he peed his pants. He is still holding the statue of the Earth God and won't let go."

Hearing this, some people couldn't help but laugh out loud. This is the biggest anecdote in the county. The reputation of County Magistrate Wang is not very good in the county. It's still relatively wealthy, so people are probably complaining.

"The devil said he would give face to the landowner last night and come back tonight."

"Ah, come again. I'm afraid the county magistrate won't be able to escape this time, haha."

Last night, so many police officers saw it with their own eyes. This matter could not be hidden from anyone. Just one morning, the evil ghost made a big fuss in the county government office and demanded his life from the county magistrate. The news spread throughout Lanxi County.

In the afternoon,

A group of monks walked in from the city gate and crossed the street. There were about twenty people in total, all wearing robes. They were reciting scriptures as they walked, looking very solemn. Behind the group was a carriage. As the carriage moved, the carriage The curtain swayed, and a middle-aged monk could be vaguely seen sitting inside. He was the hard-working master of Landuo Temple.

"Hey~~ Look, the monks from Landuo Temple are here. It seems that the county magistrate has invited Master Ku Ming to catch ghosts." Someone shouted.

The crowd on the street quickly got out of the way of the monks' team, and people in the restaurants and teahouses looked around. Even the girls from the brothels were no exception. Some of them were presumptuous and even laughed and pointed out which young monk was handsome.

The Kuming Master of Landuo Temple is still very famous in Lanxi. It is said that Landuo Temple practices Arhat Dharma. After cultivating spiritual wisdom, he visualizes the appearance of Arhat. What Master Kuming visualizes is the "suffering" aspect of Arhat.

Living beings in the three realms suffer three, five, and eight sufferings. To become an Arhat, you have to go through eleven sufferings. After experiencing the eleven sufferings, you can appear as an anagami and turn into an arhat.

According to the tradition of Landuo Temple, when he visualized the word Ku, he did not use his previous name and changed his name to Master Ku Ming.

When the team of monks arrived at the county government office, the county magistrate stood at the door to greet him holding the statue of the God of Earth. Although he was wearing official robes, he was very embarrassed. His head was bandaged with white cloth, and blood was faintly visible. His face was bruised and swollen. Knocked against the wall.

Master Ku Ming got out of the car, looked at Magistrate Wang, put his hands together and saluted, "I see that the magistrate's complexion is dark, and there must be a powerful ghost haunting him, Amitabha."

"Master Ku Ming, you are here. You must kill that evil ghost, otherwise my life will be short-lived." The county magistrate begged.

Master Kuming nodded, "I heard from the messenger that the evil ghost is very powerful and can hurt people at will in the county government. He has become a monster. It will definitely not be easy to accept him."

How could the county magistrate not understand the meaning of these words? He rolled his eyes and said, "Master, I am willing to fund the construction of the Buddha's golden body. Do you think this is good?"

"Well, there are thirty-six Buddha statues in the temple, which can be molded with a hundred and twenty taels of gold. Then I would like to thank the county magistrate." Master Kuming once again put his hands together and saluted.

The county magistrate's face twitched. He was talking about Buddha, but the old monk insisted on saying that all the Buddha statues in the temple were one hundred and twenty taels of gold, which was equivalent to one thousand two hundred taels of silver. The county magistrate's heart ached, but now My life was at stake, so I had to bite the bullet and agree.

One hundred and twenty taels of gold were obtained, but the miserable master remained calm and continued: "Evil ghosts are rampant, but I, the Buddha, are merciful. I will use the Ksitigarbha Sutra to save them. If they are stubborn, I will use the Diamond Sutra to save them." ” It made him lose his mind. ”

"Okay, okay!" County Magistrate Wang was overjoyed.

Master Kuming continued: "There is one more thing that needs to be done by the county magistrate. Evil ghosts are afraid of popularity. The more people there are, the more popular they are, and the better they can suppress evil ghosts. Call more people here tonight. In this courtyard, the more people there are, the better." good."

As soon as the county magistrate heard this, he immediately shouted to the master and the police team leader beside him: "Hurry up and gather people. All the gate clerks and the three-class yamen servants are all called to me. By the way, inform Chief Registrar He and County Magistrate Luo. Yang Jiaoyu came over and said I would treat them to a drink."

People called people one after another, and the county government office began to become chaotic. After a short time, dozens of people gathered in the county government office. Knowing that they were called here to ward off evil spirits for the county magistrate, they all looked nervous and panicked.

They heard what happened last night from their colleagues. The evil spirit was very powerful. He was two feet tall and had a green face and fangs. He could crush people to death with a wave of his hand. No one wanted to come, but they couldn't disobey the county magistrate's order, so they had to bite the bullet and come here.

Not long after, a Yamen servant came back and replied to the county magistrate: "Sir, Director He said that his daughter-in-law was giving birth and could not come to the banquet. Prime Minister Luo County said that he would be on duty in the prison tonight. According to court rules, it is not convenient to drink alcohol while on duty. I’m not coming, Yang Jiaoyu.”

"What happened to Yang Jiaoyu?" Magistrate Wang said angrily.

The yamen servant was frightened and trembled, "Yang Jiaoyu said that he had hemorrhoids and could only stay in bed and couldn't get up. Let me apologize to you on his behalf."

Magistrate Wang snorted in his heart, knowing that these guys were afraid of death and did not dare to come.

Your Master He's daughter-in-law gave birth. Why were you so nervous as a husband? Could it be that it was your child? I'm afraid you weren't that nervous when your wife gave birth.

Prime Minister Luo Xian made an excuse to be on duty in the prison. When the hell have you been on duty in the prison? You even mentioned to yourself the court rules against drinking alcohol, and you pretended that I didn't know about it every night.

A bunch of unreliable guys.

Looking at the minor officials in the courtyard and the third class of government officials, Magistrate Wang shouted loudly: "You all cheer up me, the evil spirit is here, no one can run away, and if anyone dares to run away, I will fire him immediately. "

These county government officials were all recruited by the county magistrate. They had no choice but to stand here, but many people cursed Magistrate Wang in their hearts.

In the courtyard, petty officials, government servants and others stood in the outer circle, with futons placed in the middle. The monks sat in groups, Magistrate Wang sat in the middle, and Master Ku Ming, the great monk, sat in front of him. Magistrate Wang was holding a He was reading a Diamond Sutra, and Master Ku Ming asked him to recite it continuously. Magistrate Wang had no choice but to hand over the statue of the earth god to the master in the distance.

"Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta~!"

The monks kept banging the wooden fish in their hands and chanting words, making the entire county government compound look very solemn.

The sky was getting dark. There was only a crescent moon tonight, and the surroundings were pitch black. Torches were lit in the county government courtyard, and the firelight was blurred by the wind. Everyone became more and more nervous.

"Gululu~!"

"Gululu~~~!"

"Guluuluulu~~~!!!"

There was a sound of wooden wheels rolling over the stone pavement. From the sound, it seemed that the cart was carrying heavy cargo, which made the stone pavement rattle.

The sound became louder and louder, and people knew that the car was heading towards the county government. The gate of the county town had been sealed at night. Who would transport the goods at this time? Something was fishy, ​​and people began to become nervous.

The sound of wheels stopped outside the county government office.

Just when people were guessing that the county magistrate was going to send someone out to take a look, someone suddenly pointed to the top of the county government building and shouted, "Ghost, ghost!"

Everyone looked for the sound and saw a figure glowing with green light appearing on the upper floor of the county government office. He had a green face and fangs, eyes as wide as bells, and glanced at everyone with an angry expression. Anyone who was stared at by these eyes would immediately be affected. An eerie and terrifying feeling arose, and chills spread all over the body. Some people were so frightened that they even wanted to pee. At this moment, they finally understood Magistrate Wang.

When Master Ku Ming saw the evil ghost appearing, he quickly shouted: "Recite the Ksitigarbha Sutra!"

The other monks immediately recited the Ksitigarbha Sutra loudly. Master Kuming stood up, holding a golden bowl in one hand and a wooden pestle in the other, and shouted to Zhu Guang on the roof:

"Prajna Buddhas, Arhats, subduing demons, and evildoers dare to come out to cause harm to the world. I am here today. How can I allow you to be arrogant? My Buddha is merciful and will recite the Ksitigarbha Sutra to send you into reincarnation. Otherwise, I will definitely make your soul fly away."

Then he shouted to other monks: "Every law enforcement weapon, if this monster dares to attack, use the Eighteen Arhat Formation to trap him."

"Yes, master!"

This group of monks immediately jumped up from the ground and took out their magical weapons, such as vajra pestles, wooden fish, vajra bells, conchs, golden bowls, gold cymbals, golden cymbals, and golden drums. Then they put on various postures, all of them were eighteen Arhats. potential.

As long as that fierce ghost dares to come down and immediately trap him with a formation, he will be sent to bliss today.

Zhu Guang looked down, with a wicked smile on his lips, thinking hey, the young master has already given instructions on how to deal with you monks, and wants to lure me down to be trapped by you. Am I that stupid? I have prepared gifts for you a long time ago.

"Monk, Wang Denzhi harmed my name. If you defend him, you are helping the tyranny. Is this what the Buddha taught you?" Zhu Guang said loudly.

The miserable monk looked at the ghost unmoved and said, "I am not in charge of the human world. I only know that people and ghosts have different paths. Evil ghosts harm people to cause harm. Ghosts should go where ghosts should be. I want to tell you now, you There is still a way to the afterlife. Otherwise, I will directly scatter your soul."

"It's too much to bully ghosts!"

Zhu Guang yelled, and his giant claws suddenly grabbed behind him. A cart pulling a barrel flew into the air, and with a strong swing, the cart crashed into the field.

The miserable monk saw the wooden cart flying towards him and sneered, "Do you want to break the formation with this little ability? Break it for me!"

After speaking, he shook his sleeves, his feet suddenly flew up from the ground, and he slapped the wooden cart.

"No!"

Someone among the government officials shouted that this guy was in charge of city sanitation. At this moment, he could see what the car was used for, but at this moment his warning was too late.

"Bang~boom!"

The hard-working monk was very skilled. He slapped his palm on the wooden barrel. The barrel exploded with a bang, and a stream of black and yellow excrement soup poured down. The first was the hard-working monk, who was poured all over his head. His face, head, face, and clothes were all covered with human feces, and there was soup, water, and hard lumps.

The others were not much better. Eighteen Arhats were hit one after another, with feces and water all over their faces and bodies, dripping down their bald heads.

Magistrate Wang's official robe was also covered with soup.

The petty officials, government servants, and policemen around him were all affected by the attack, and their bodies were splashed with large amounts of excrement. Not many of them were spared.

The miserable monk fell to the ground and stood there with his eyes open in a daze. He never imagined that he would be tricked to such an extent today, that he would be poured with excrement and water, and that his reputation would be ruined today.

"Monster, I will drive you to pieces." The miserable monk roared angrily.

Whoosh,

A beam of wood flew over, and the monk was unconscious at all. The beam hit the back of the monk's head hard. The monk couldn't stop his eyes, thinking that he was miserable, and then he fainted.

When the others saw that the evil spirit was so ferocious, they didn't care about anything else. They were so frightened that they screamed and ran away. When the other monks saw that the master was knocked unconscious, they knew that the evil spirit was too powerful and could not be subdued, so they picked up the poor monk and ran away.

When the county magistrate saw that everyone was running away, he was so frightened that he peed his pants again. He ran to the master in a few steps and snatched the tugong from the master's arms.

"Lord of the Land, help me! Lord of the Land, help me!"

Zhu Guang saw that the effect had been achieved and the talisman given by the young master was useless. He laughed a few times and made a few sharp and strange laughs.

"Wang Dengzhi, I will come again!"

After saying that, his body disappeared.

The county magistrate was really scared. Now only the statue of the Lord of the Land in his arms could give him a sense of security. "Quick, have someone move my bedding to the Land Temple. I will not leave the Land Temple until the evil spirit is eliminated."

"Master, go and ask for a master. If a monk doesn't work, ask a Taoist priest." The county magistrate shouted to the master of the land.

"Yes, Master. I will go and find him right away."