Liaozhai: A scholar should draw a sword

Chapter 192
Zhou Yu smiled: "Actually, it's not a big deal, how about talking while drinking?"

"This..." Chenghuang hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said, "Then respect is worse than obedience."

After several glasses of wine, Zhou Yu talked about the grievances and grievances between Feng Yunting, Mei Er, Gu Shi, and Ding Yi.

Finally, he said: "This Niu judge must be known by Lord Chenghuang. I don't want to judge the specific situation, so I ask Lord Chenghuang to investigate and see if the Niu judge really accepted bribes from Ding's family to show favoritism."

After hearing the reason, Chenghuang couldn't help but frowned: "I've heard about this, but I haven't learned about the specifics.

In this way, I will go down to investigate the matter myself in a while. If Judge Niu is really perverting the law, I will definitely report to Lord Yan to punish him severely. "

Zhou Yu immediately cupped his hands: "Thank you so much, Lord Chenghuang."

"You are welcome, sir!"

As soon as Chenghuang came forward, the truth of the matter soon surfaced.

Not to mention that Judge Niu was dismissed from his post, he was also punished with hard labor.Needless to say, Ding Yi committed a heinous crime and was sent to the eighteenth level of hell.

That morning, the servant girls from the Zhan Mansion came to the young lady's room as usual, ready to wait for the young lady to get up and freshen up.

Meier has been unable to take care of herself since she was a child, and she must be taken care of by someone to wash, dress and eat.

I don't even know how to turn when I walk, so I have to be led by someone.

"Miss?"

As soon as she entered the room, the servant girl was surprised to find that the young lady had already woken up and was sitting in the makeup mirror to paint her eyebrows.

Hearing the servant girl's voice, Mei'er turned around with a smile and called out: "Ping'er, how about I comb my own hair?"

"Miss, you..."

Ping Er rubbed her eyes and shook her head, she thought she was dreaming.

"What are you doing in a daze? Come here quickly."

"Miss can talk, miss can comb her hair..."

Ping'er suddenly burst into tears, turned around and yelled a few times, then rushed to the young lady's side and cried bitterly.

"Silly girl, why are you crying?"

"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow..."

Soon, there was a sensation from all over the Zhanfu.

Especially Mr. Zhan and his wife, they were so excited that they burst into tears, pulling their daughter up and down, left and right...

"Father, mother, you have suffered a lot." Mei'er called out sweetly.

As soon as they heard the word "father and mother", the couple hugged their daughter and cried.

My daughter has grown up so much that she has never been able to speak, let alone shout.Now, they finally heard the word "father and mother", so not ecstatic?
When the mood calmed down a bit, Master Zhan couldn't help asking his daughter why.

"Daughter, what's going on? Why are you all healed all of a sudden?"

Mrs. Zhan couldn't help but said: "Master, this is a great joy, why are you asking so many questions?"

"It's okay mother, my daughter just couldn't tell it before, but she knew it in her heart... I had a long dream last night, and it was all right after I woke up."

At this time, Master Zhan suddenly remembered an important matter, his expression changed, and he hurriedly called his wife outside the room to discuss.

"Ma'am, we made a marriage arrangement for our daughter before, what if she doesn't like it?"

"This..." Mrs. Zhan also became worried.

The couple didn't say that they disliked the previous marriage contract because their daughter got better, but they were mainly afraid that their daughter would not like it.

After all, it's finally back to normal. If my daughter is stimulated...wouldn't it be a waste of joy?
"Master, I don't think you should tell your daughter about this in advance, but observe it for a while, and then find a chance to tell her slowly."

"Then what if the daughter disagrees?"

"Well, if she disagrees, then... then I can only explain the reason to Mr. Feng, and hope he can understand."

At this time, Meier came out suddenly, and said with a smile: "Father, mother, you don't need to worry, daughter knows about the engagement, you just need to make preparations."

Hearing this, Master Zhan and his wife finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Soon after, Feng Yunting finally ushered in a happy day in his life, and married Mei Er.

Although Feng Yunting was married before, but this time the bridal chamber wedding was a very meaningful night for him.

After all, he has experienced unimaginable twists and turns.

Needless to say, there is a lot of joy.

Afterwards, Feng Yunting thought of Qing'er, and couldn't help asking: "Lady, I don't know how Qing'er is?"

Mei'er laughed and joked, "Could it be that my husband misses sister Qing'er?"

"No, no, don't misunderstand, my lady. I just asked her about her situation. I wonder if she was reincarnated smoothly?"

Mei'er nodded: "Well, she has suffered a lot, and she should find a good family in this life."

"That's fine, that's fine..."

Hearing this, Feng Yunting nodded in relief.

A few days later, Feng Yunting brought his wife and brought a lot of presents to Zhou Mansion to thank him.

After that, he joined Zhou Yu's family and entered the Wendao Academy to study hard. After that, he finally got his wish and passed the Juren examination. The next year, he became a Jinshi in high school and stayed in the capital as an official.

However, he did not forget his roots, adhering to the Confucian philosophy of "self-cultivation, family harmony, state governance, and world peace", and eventually became a famous Confucianist in the dynasty.

This is a later story, so I won't show it for the time being.

Let's say that this afternoon, Zhou Yu was resting in the courtyard with his eyes closed, when suddenly his heart moved, he raised his eyes and glanced into the air.

There seemed to be nothing unusual in the sky, and the wind was sunny.

But Zhou Yu could vaguely see a wisp of black mist hanging over the Jinshan Temple, condensing and not dispersing.

How could this be?
Zhou Yu couldn't help but frowned.

After all, Jinshan Temple has Fahai in charge, so how could there be abnormalities similar to demonic energy?
With a thought in his mind, Zhou Yu couldn't help soaring into the sky, and soon arrived at the sky above Jinshan Temple.

Coming here, he was able to sense the unusualness of this black mist, and its energy fluctuations were quite large. Once this power erupted, not to mention Jinshan Temple, even the people of Qiantang County would suffer.

Could it be Fahai?
Although there were eminent monks in Jinshan Temple, Zhou Yu knew very well in his heart that no one could release such a powerful force except Fa Hai.

And now he knew in his mind that the reason for this strange behavior must be that Fa Hai was on the verge of becoming obsessed and was fighting against his inner demons.

Once out of control, the consequences will be disastrous.

So, without any hesitation, Zhou Yu immediately flew into the temple.

Two monks were sweeping the floor nearby, and when they saw Zhou Yu suddenly appearing, they couldn't help being startled...

After seeing clearly that it was Zhou Yu, he quickly greeted him and bowed to each other.

All the monks in the temple knew Zhou Yu, because Zhou Yu had been to Jinshan Temple many times.

And all the monks also knew that Zhou Yu was not an ordinary person, otherwise, the abbot would not have to personally receive him every time.

As the matter was urgent, Zhou Yu was also lazy and polite, and asked, "Please report to me, I have something urgent to see Master Fa Hai."

"This……"

The two monks were a little embarrassed.

"What's wrong? Is it inconvenient?"

"Benefactor, the abbot went to retreat a few days ago, and said he didn't see anyone during the retreat."

"Let's make a long story short. I sense something is wrong with Master Fahai. There are signs of madness. I must go to him now."

Before the two monks came back to their senses, Zhou Yu had disappeared.

The next moment, he appeared at the door of Fa Hai's meditation room.

Generally speaking, it is the most taboo to be disturbed during the retreat period, especially at the critical moment of practicing the exercises.

Once someone interferes, it is likely that all previous efforts will be wasted, or even go crazy.

But in the current situation, Zhou Yu concluded that Fa Hai was on the verge of going mad, and he had to help Fa Hai to overcome this calamity.

In case Fahai really goes into a rut, when the time comes, his demonic nature will explode, how many people in the world can stop him?

However, Zhou Yu did not push the door rashly to enter, but stood outside the door, using the Tongue Blossoming Lotus Skill, and chanted a "Bodhi Gather" loudly:
No Bodhi tree, nor stand mirror

The Buddha nature is always pure, where is the dust
The body is a bodhi tree, the heart is like a mirror stand

The bright mirror is pure, where is the dust
No Bodhi tree, nor stand mirror

There is nothing, where is the dust

Bodhi only seeks from the heart, why bother to seek mystery from the outside?

I heard that according to this practice, the West is only at present..."

He only chanted it once, but his voice kept reverberating over Jinshan Temple, and it became faintly golden verses.

For a while, the Sanskrit sound wafted up from the monks, and the bell rang melodiously, which surprised all the monks in the temple. When they recovered, they chanted together again.

In the Zen room, Fa Hai sat cross-legged, his eyes closed, his face distorted, and he was sweating profusely.

He was indeed on the verge of madness.

It seems to be sitting still, but in fact it is fighting a group of demons and ghosts.

Of course, these demons and ghosts are not ghosts in reality, but his inner demons.

Demons in the heart are the catastrophes that practitioners must go through.

There are many reasons for inner demons, but in the final analysis they can be summed up in one word: desire.

That is desire.

The so-called no desire and no pursuit actually does not exist at all, because no desire and no desire itself is a process of pursuit and a kind of desire.

Ordinary people mostly pursue money, power, beauty, wine, etc. This is desire.

Most people in cultivation pursue higher realms, which is also a kind of desire.

As strong as the Buddha, he will also have inner demons, because the Buddha also has pursuits.

Both humans and gods have pursuits, and this is the meaning of life or existence.

Even if it is a small grass, it will work hard to grow towards the sunny place, or it will work hard to push away the stones that are pressing on it.

The reason why Fahai had a heart demon this time was because he moved Fanxin.

A month ago, Fa Hai traveled abroad for a few days, during which time he sensed a ghostly aura in a mountain, so he followed it to find it.

It turned out to be a wolf monster.

This wolf demon not only harmed the people nearby, but also captured many women and brought them back to the cave for pleasure.

When Fahai entered the wolf demon's cave, there were more than a dozen women inside, all of them naked...

At that time, Fahai didn't think too much about killing demons.

But after returning home, the scene that he saw that day appeared in his mind from time to time, and the more he wanted to forget, the scene became clearer and clearer, a large area of ​​nothingness, and Fahai finally moved his heart.

For Fahai, this is undoubtedly a shame and humiliation.

Because he has always been conceited and regarded himself as a god, the result still inevitably produces indescribable thoughts.

I wanted to retreat for a few days to cut off this bad sign, but in the end, I had already developed a demon, and I had to enter my own state of mind to transform into a calamity.

If it can be resolved, the cultivation base will surely go up to a higher level.

If it fails... the consequences will be disastrous.

Before Zhou Yu's arrival, Fa Hai was on a killing spree in his mind.

Dozens of monsters of all kinds have been entangled with him. Although Fahai is strong, these monsters seem to be endless and inexhaustible.

This batch has not been killed, and the next batch will come again.

As time went on, no matter how strong Fa Hai's magic power was, he began to feel tired of coping, but he didn't dare to let go.

Once he is relaxed, the inner demon may take advantage of it and make him fall into the devil's way.

"You evildoers, dare to break into the holy land of Buddhism?"

Fahai shouted angrily while fighting.

This is also a helpless move, he knows where these demons come from, but in order to cheer himself up, he can only see the phantoms transformed by these demons as real demons.

"Jie Jie Jie..."

"Fahai, we all came out of you, how can we call it random?"

Fahai: "Presumptuous, I am born with wisdom and profound morals, you dare to provoke me, watch me kill you all!"

"Jie Jie Jie, come here, come kill us..."

"When you kill us, you are also killing yourself..."

Fa Hai: "Don't be a monster, stop talking nonsense... I have a Tathagata in my heart, and I am as quiet as a Tathagata..."

"Hahaha, we have Fahai in our hearts, we are all Fahai."

"Yes, yes, don't be a monk, don't obey the rules and regulations, how much have you enjoyed the prosperity of the world?"

"What's the benefit of you subduing demons and eliminating demons? It's better to enjoy yourself in time..."

The voices came and went, echoing in Fahai's ears over and over again, which almost made him lose his mind.

In a rage, the power exploded again:

"Thunder and lightning, kill!"

"Yaksha devil, kill!"

"Demon Lord and evildoer, kill!"

"Hell ghost, kill!"

"Dawei Tianlong..."

"Dawei Tianlong..."

"World Honored One Ksitigarbha..."

"World Honored One Ksitigarbha..."

"Vajra Buddhas..."

"Vajra Buddhas..."

"Guardian of the gods..."

"Guardian of the gods..."

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

At this moment, Fa Hai's expression appeared extremely ferocious, his complexion darkened faintly, and wisps of black mist appeared above his head.

He was almost on the verge of collapse, on the verge of becoming obsessed, his mind was full of anger, blood, and murderous thoughts.

The black mist that Zhou Yu saw was Fa Hai's killing intent, and it was also a demonic intent.

Fortunately he came in time.

A piece of "Bodhi Gathering" suddenly reverberated in Fa Hai's mind, like a ray of clear spring flowing through, which shocked him, and his scarlet eyes gradually regained clarity.

so close!

Fa Hai secretly called it a fluke.

He himself knew very well that he almost fell into the boundless darkness.

At the same time, Zhou Yu saw that the black mist in the sky began to fade outside, knowing that Fa Hai had controlled the situation, he was slightly relieved.

Of course, this does not mean that Fa Hai has passed the tribulation smoothly, because the heart demon is the most difficult level.

The higher the mana, the harder the level.

"Master Fahai, calm your mind and don't be fooled by illusions."

Outside the house, Zhou Yu reminded him again, and then ran to find the elders in the temple, and asked the elders to bring a group of disciples to chant scriptures outside Fa Hai's meditation room to help Fa Hai overcome the catastrophe.

The elder did not dare to be negligent, and immediately called all the disciples of the temple outside the meditation room, and recited the "Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra" aloud.

With the Sanskrit sound, Fa Hai felt refreshed, concentrated his mind with all his strength, put aside the distracting thoughts in his mind and the messy monsters and ghosts in front of him, and began to chant sutras...

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(End of this chapter)