Liaozhai: A scholar should draw a sword

Chapter 193 Dragon King Sacrifice
Three days later.

Fahai finally passed the customs smoothly.

"Congratulations, Abbot!"

"Congratulations, abbot..."

As soon as Fahai came out of the meditation room, the monks in the temple looked happy,
They all came forward to congratulate.

"Amitabha, good, good!"

Fa Haihe even recited a Buddhist name to express his gratitude.

Then, he went out of the temple and came to Zhou Mansion.

Zhou Yu was accompanying Bai Min'er and chatting with Bai Suzhen, when Xiaoqing hurried in.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, the monk from Jinshan Temple is here."

"Oh, I see."

Zhou Yu responded, stood up and went out to meet him.

As soon as he left, Bai Suzhen told Xiaoqing: "Xiaoqing, make a pot of tea and send it to the front hall."

Not long after, Zhou Yu walked into the front hall with Fa Hai and sat down.

The polite words had already been said on the way, and Fa Hai didn't say any more words of thanks. While drinking tea, he chatted with Zhou Yu about some cultivation matters.

Although the two are from different sects, one is Confucianism and the other is Buddhism, they have some ideas in common, not to mention Zhou Yu's extensive coverage.

After this catastrophe of inner demons, Fa Hai's state of mind has also undergone subtle changes.

In the past, he had always been aloof and regarded himself as a god, but he ignored one thing: in this life, he was reincarnated as a human being.

Perhaps, he knew it in his heart, but he was unwilling to face it.

It wasn't until this time that he experienced the calamity of the demons that he realized that even if he was the reincarnation of Tianlong, he still couldn't avoid the laws of heaven and human instincts, which led to the creation of the seven emotions and six desires.

After chatting for a while, Fahai couldn't help but said again: "Thanks to you showing up in time this time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."

Zhou Yu smiled modestly and said, "Master's Dharma is profound, even if I don't remind you, I believe that I will be able to overcome the demons in the end."

Fa Hai had a rare moment of humility, and shook his head: "No, it was indeed dangerous at that time. After all, my obsession was too deep."

Zhou Yu said with a smile: "It's not a bad thing to have obsession, it just depends on what kind of obsession it is. Some obsessions can make people go further, but some obsessions are like a cloud of fog, which makes people lost. in.

Therefore, in the process of cultivation, we must learn to be willing, learn to let go, learn to be tolerant, learn to discern, and learn to blend in..."

The two chatted for three days and three nights without knowing it.

Although Zhou Yu is erudite and talented, his knowledge of Buddhism is definitely not as good as Fa Hai's. After all, Fa Hai's previous life was an eight-part celestial dragon, and he specialized in magic.

Therefore, this chat was of great benefit to Zhou Yu.

Since then, the two have exchanged frequent visits, and Fa Hai's views have also undergone subtle changes.

He is no longer as high as before, watching the world with cold eyes, but trying to calm down, feel the world, and feel the joy, anger, sorrow and joy of the people.

Because he finally realized what he was reincarnated for, precisely to overcome the disaster of the world of mortals.

If you have always regarded yourself as a god, how can you talk about crossing the world of mortals?
As time went by, Wendao Academy became more and more famous.

In the past, many people questioned the teaching method of Wendao Academy, thinking that it deviated from the essence of scholars.

But after a long time, many people realized that the purpose of Wendao Academy is to cultivate Confucian scholars, not the kind of pedantic scholars who only talk in rhetoric, read rote books, and accept dead principles.

Many scholars advocate "keep your ears out of the window, and only read the books of sages and sages".

But it ignores the important point, which one of the sages who wrote the chapters handed down from generation to generation studied hard behind closed doors?Most of them have traveled all over the world.

Without personal experience, without having seen the fickleness of the world, that is a bird in a cage and a frog at the bottom of a well.

Just like the sage Confucius back then, he often took his disciples to travel around the world, seeing the customs and customs of various places with his own eyes, and the world.

Zhou Yu also often arranges outings for the students of Wendao Academy, led by the teachers in the academy or himself.

As soon as Qingming passed this year, Zhou Yu left Qiantang County with more than forty students and headed east.

On this day, a group of people came to a small town surrounded by mountains and rivers.

"Sir, it seems that a sacrificial activity is being held here."

Zhou Yu nodded: "Well, it should be, it seems that the scale is not small."

After walking for a while, some students asked the people in the town, and they knew that the people in the town wanted to sacrifice to the Dragon King.

There is nothing strange about offering sacrifices to the Dragon King. There are customs of offering sacrifices to the Dragon King in various places to pray for good weather and the safety of animals.

Under normal circumstances, livestock and poultry are used to sacrifice to the Dragon King, but here, living children are actually used to sacrifice to the Dragon King.

"What, they actually used children as sacrifices?"

"What a bunch of fools..."

"It's just brutal, sir, and we've got to stop them."

"This is a bad habit, disregarding human life, let's report to the officials..."

A group of students were filled with indignation and spoke out one after another.

Now that this kind of incident happened, Zhou Yu couldn't just sit idly by, so he asked someone to inquire about it in detail, only then did he realize that the use of children as sacrifices was only popularized in recent years.

Just as he was about to inquire further about the details, there was a sudden commotion on the street.

"You beasts, give back my son, give me back my son..."

"roll!"

"Gu Xiucai, if you dare to mess around again, don't blame me for being rude and sending you to the county government..."

"Hey, you dog slave, you are a slave to a tiger, you will die!"

"It's against you, come here, give me a hard beat..."

Zhou Yu and the others followed the sound and walked over, only to find a man who looked like a scholar was wrestling with several servants like crazy.

From the looks of it, this scholar's skill is not bad, he was able to fight back under the siege of several servants.

As an ordinary frail scholar, let alone a few servants, I'm afraid it would be difficult to deal with one of them.

However, after all, he still couldn't stand the crowd of the other party, and was finally thrown to the ground by two servants from behind, and the other three quickly stepped forward to hold them down firmly.

"Hit, hit me hard!"

"Yes, sir!"

Several servants responded in unison, and when they were about to make a move, a loud shout came: "Stop!"

Immediately afterwards, several scholars rushed into the arena.

"Several servants teamed up to beat up a scholar, who gave you the guts?"

The servants couldn't help but look at each other.

If only one or two rushed in, they might not be afraid, but five or six scholars rushed in at once, and there was a group of people outside the crowd...

What's the situation?A meeting of scholars?
Zhou Yu stood outside the crowd and didn't show up. He took a group of students out for a tour. He wanted them to see the customs and people's sufferings of various places with their own eyes.

Also let them learn to deal with some things by themselves, so as to accumulate some life experience from it.

"Who are you?"

The person who spoke was the butler of Feng Yuanwai's mansion, the richest man in the town.

"student!"

Butler Zhang snorted: "Hmph, I don't care who you are, I advise you to mind your own business."

"We'll take care of this business!"

"That's right, in broad daylight, the sky is clear, and you beat up scholars in the street, do you still have the king's law in your heart?"

"Hahaha!"

Several servants laughed at the same time, as if they had heard the funniest joke in the world.

In their cognition, if you want to talk about the king's law, the master in the town is the king's law, and in the county town, the county magistrate is the king's law.

As long as the master opened his mouth, let alone beating people, they would dare to kill people in the street. Anyway, the sky fell and the master supported him.

Zhang Butler also smiled coldly and said, "You are indeed a bunch of poor scholars. What else can you do besides talking about it?"

While speaking, his eyes subconsciously glanced at Gu Xiucai who was pinned to the ground by several servants.

"Hehe, dog slave, widen your dog eyes and see what a real scholar is."

One of the students strode forward, walked up to Steward Zhang, grabbed his collar, and picked him up like a chicken...

"Hey~"

The people watching from a distance couldn't help but gasp.

They wouldn't be surprised if a peasant picked someone up like that.

The key point is that the image of scholars in their minds is basically weak in writing, weak in style, and powerless.

This suddenly produced a huge contrast, so it was so shocking and unbelievable.

"Let me down, you are so brave, do you know who I am..."

Butler Zhang blushed and kicked his legs in vain.

"Boy, you are courting death!"

"Side by side!"

When the servants saw that the chief manager was at a disadvantage, how could they care about pressing Gu Xiucai on the ground, and rushed up...

"Bang, bang..."

In the end, the scholar picked up Butler Zhang, spun around like a spinning top, and immediately swept away the two servants.

Then he threw Butler Zhang to the ground, went forward to meet him, and knocked down the remaining three servants to the ground.

"Stop it, who are you? How dare you make trouble at the gate of my Feng residence."

The real master finally appeared, and it was Yuanwai Feng.

"We are students of Wendao Academy."

"Wen Dao Academy?"

Yuanwai Feng couldn't help being stunned.

"It turns out that you are students of Wendao Academy, and you are Gu Yuanming. Thank you for your generous help."

Gu Xiucai came forward and bowed his hands to the students to express his gratitude.

"Brother Gu, what's going on?"

A student couldn't help but ask.

Hearing this, Gu Yuanming couldn't help but look sad and angry, glanced at Feng Yuanwai and shouted: "They captured the dog and said they would sacrifice to the Dragon King..."

Hearing this, the students were even more angry.

"absurd!"

"What dragon king are you offering sacrifices to? I think they are monsters!"

As soon as these words came out, Feng Yuanwai couldn't help but his face changed drastically, and he said angrily: "You are so brave, you dare to blaspheme the Dragon Lord, it is really treasonous!"

Speaking of this, Yuan Wai rushed to the crowd of onlookers on the street and shouted loudly: "Dear folks and elders, these scholars uttered wild words, blasphemed the Dragon King, and even slandered the Dragon King as a monster..."

As soon as these words came out, all the people were so frightened that they knelt down and kowtowed in the direction of the Dragon King Temple.

Obviously, Feng Yuanwai wanted to arouse public anger and incite the people to deal with a group of scholars.

As expected, someone in the crowd shouted, "We can't let them go."

"Yes, if the Dragon King is angry, it will definitely bring disaster to us. We must take them to the Dragon King Temple to redeem their sins..."

"Arrest them..."

Seeing that the crowd was furious and the situation was about to get out of control, Zhou Yu had no choice but to stand up.

After all, these people have been fooled, and there will inevitably be casualties in the event of a conflict between the two sides.

So, Zhou Yu shouted loudly: "Everyone be quiet, listen to me first."

His voice echoed in the air, shocking the hearts of all the people, and they all glanced over.

"Here, let me ask everyone first, who came up with the idea of ​​using children as sacrifices to the Dragon King?"

It was said that all the people looked at me and you, but they didn't make a sound.

In the end, it was Gu Yuanming who came forward, cupped his hands and said, "Sir, it was the magistrate of this county who proposed to use children as sacrifices to the Dragon King..."

Before Gu Yuanming could finish speaking, Feng Yuanwai hurriedly interrupted: "Gu Xiucai, don't talk nonsense if you don't know the inside story."

Zhou Yu glanced over and asked, "So this old gentleman knows the inside story?"

Feng Yuanwai said arrogantly: "So what if you know, so what if you don't know? What right do you have to ask this old man?"

"Presumptuous, how dare you be rude to my husband!"

Some students were so angry that they immediately yelled at Yuanwai Feng.

Zhou Yu waved his hands at the students, then looked at Yuanwai Feng, smiled slightly and said, "If you know, you'd better tell it face to face. Otherwise, you will definitely regret it."

"Hahaha, you are a gentleman in the academy, right? The old man doesn't say anything, what can you do with the old man?"

Zhou Yu shook his head and sighed: "Then I'm sorry, you asked for it yourself, kneel down!"

"thump!"

Feng Yuanwai really knelt down in front of everyone.

It wasn't that he wanted to kneel, but that he couldn't help himself.

Has Mr. Feng ever been humiliated like this?Kneeling in the street in front of so many people is undoubtedly a great humiliation for him.

At this moment, I couldn't help being ashamed, anxious and angry, the veins on my forehead were throbbing, I tried my best to stand up, but in the end I couldn't make any effort.

"You... what kind of magic did you cast on the old man?"

"You bastards, why don't you help the master up quickly?"

In shame and anger, he yelled at Zhou Yu first, and then yelled at a few dazed servants.

Several servants came to their senses and hurried forward to help.

It turned out to be strange, as soon as they ran to the master, they also knelt on the ground one by one.

At this moment, Yuanwai Feng finally came to his senses: I met an expert.

"Now, can we talk?" Zhou Yu asked Yuanwai Feng.

"I said, I said..."

Yuanwai Feng felt terrified and aggrieved, so he could only obey obediently.

"It's like this. In the past, our county was sometimes dry and sometimes flooded, and ferry boats and fishing boats often had accidents in the river.

At this time, a mage came and said that the people had neglected the Dragon Lord, so the Dragon Lord fell into a disaster in a rage.

Master Liu sympathized with the suffering of the people, and spent a lot of money to ask the mage to help the people tide over the difficulties.

The mage put down the altar and negotiated with the Dragon Lord, and the Dragon Lord promised not to bring disasters again, but asked the people to sacrifice two pairs of boys and girls every three months..."

Hearing this, Zhou Yu couldn't help but snorted coldly: "Absurd! The Dragon King is the upright god who spreads clouds and rain, how could he devour children?

Either it violated the rules of heaven, or the monster pretended to be the Dragon King..."

"Dragon King forgive me!"

"Lord Dragon, please be merciful..."

As soon as Zhou Yu's words came out of his mouth, all the people were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

After all, they depended on the sky for their food, and they were extremely devout to the gods. When they heard Zhou Yu say something disrespectful to Lord Dragon, they were naturally shocked and frightened.

However, they knew that Zhou Yu was not an ordinary person and could not be offended, so they could only kowtow to the Dragon King for mercy...

(End of this chapter)