Longevity starts from Liaozhai

Chapter 117 Meeting Huang Meng Again
Late at night, after the thunderstorm, the moon is in the sky.

The forest is full of vitality.

This is the time when ghosts and mountain spirits are active, and the ghosts, driven by the tiger demon who has become a spirit, pour into the abandoned ancient temple.

There is no Buddha statue in the main hall, and the ghosts are howling, but before they really pounce on the people in the main hall, the eerie atmosphere seems to be exaggerated to the extreme.

"Noisy."

Accompanied by a young man's voice, the morning bell of an ancient temple rang.

An invisible force invaded the ghost's soul body.

Each ghost showed a terrified expression.

Because the howls in their mouths turned into Buddhist scriptures:

"Namo Amitabha Ye Dotagata Ye..."

Among them, most of them had never even heard such Buddhist scriptures before their lifetime, but they still opened their ghost mouths and read out word by word.

A Jianghu man named Li Tie often participated in rituals in the village, and said in horror: "The Sutra of Rebirth."

This is a scripture mantra used in Buddhist rituals to save resentful spirits from rebirth.Facing ghosts one by one, it makes sense for the living people in the hall to protect themselves with the curse of rebirth.

However, the scriptures and mantras of each word were actually read from the mouths of the ghosts. This scene itself was even weirder and more frightening than the appearance of the ghosts.

Do ghosts transcend themselves?

Neither Li Tie nor Ning Heng and others believed it.They had just heard the voice of a "noisy" young man.

It seems a little familiar.

But Ning Heng and the others were more shocked by the scene in front of them, and their minds hadn't turned the corner yet.

Every time a mantra of the Sutra of Rebirth is recited, there will be one less ghost in the hall.

Say one sentence, one less.

I don't know if it's a transcendence, or the soul flies away.

Of course people don't understand this.

It is unheard of for ghosts to recite Buddhist scriptures to save themselves, beyond their cognition.If there are ghosts in the world, if there is such a consciousness, there will still be ghosts haunting the world?
Of course it doesn't work that way.

But what is the reason?
Seeing the ghosts disappear one by one, everyone's hearts gradually settled down, recalling what happened just now.

That sound "noisy".

Gradually someone came to their senses, and their eyes fell on Qin Chuan.

that voice?

Ning Heng began to realize that the voice of the young man just now was not the voice of Qin Chuan?It was Qin Chuan who actually recited Buddhist scriptures and saved himself by ghosts?
Is he a human, a ghost, a god, or a Buddha?

But Qin Chuan gently stroked Ying Ning's little head at this moment, coaxing her to sleep.

This calmness is not like being in a dilapidated and gloomy ancient temple that was still crowded with ghosts just now.

Without the invasion of ghosts, the gloomy atmosphere of the main hall dissipated a lot, the bonfire brightened again, and the moonlight falling from the glass in the courtyard was very friendly and moving.

Qingqing skillfully added firewood to the bonfire, and used a piece of firewood to dig out the ashes to make the fire burn more vigorously.

Ning Heng looked at Qin Chuan, with a hint of uncertainty, and asked, "Brother Qin, is it you?"

Qin Chuan made a hissing gesture and whispered softly: "It's coming."

With the disappearance of the last ghost, and the chanting of the Buddhist scriptures, there was the crackling sound of firewood burning in the bonfire in the hall, but everyone still listened attentively to Qin Chuan's soft whisper.

"It's coming?"

Everyone turned their heads to look at the gate, and the fear that had just subsided, gushed out again like a tide.

A ferocious tiger appeared at the entrance of the Buddhist hall. The ridiculous and frightening thing was that it was wearing a brocade cassock.

But when the fierce tiger put on the cassock, he didn't look like an eminent monk. Instead, he looked even more terrifying and frightening.

The tiger's eyes swept over everyone in the hall, and no one dared to look at him.

Finally, his eyes fell on Qin Chuan.

"You did it?"

The fierce tiger has refined its bones and can speak human words.

It's kind of doable.

What's more, as a fierce tiger, his talent is far beyond that of ordinary monsters.

"Although the Buddhist temple is located in the deep mountains, it is also a human building. After all, it is still the territory of human beings. If you trespass without authorization, you will be punished."

The tiger opened its eyes wide, and saw a phantom of the primordial spirit coming out of Qin Chuan's body, floating in front of it, and an invisible force that it could not resist suppressed it.

In its sea of ​​consciousness, a black sky demon god appeared, and the aura of the demon king oppressing everything was simply inviolable.

Even if it is the king of the mountains and forests, when it sees this black sky demon god, it has to bow its head and bow its head.

The fierce tiger seemed to be subdued by a nightmare.

This is the idea of ​​the Heitian demon god concept of Buddhism, and it is the first-class protector of Esoteric Buddhism, subduing demons and suppressing ghosts, and getting rid of demonic obstacles.

The power of Qin Chuan's primordial spirit, even if the eminent monks who practiced this method in Qingliang Temple used this method, it is no more than that.

If it is displayed by the original round karma, it will be far behind.

The fierce tiger in cassock suddenly knelt down on the ground and chanted the Buddha's name.

"Namo Amitabha."

With a sound of the Buddha's name, the evil spirit on it will fade a bit.

"Qingqing, put the gourd in front of it."

Qingqing took the green gourd and put it in front of the tiger.

A wave of evil spirit from the tiger's body was accompanied by the sound of the Buddha's horn, and as the evil spirit dissipated, it poured into the gourd.In the end, the tiger languished, and finally couldn't hold on anymore, and fell to the ground wearily, and the minions showed a little strength.

"Let's go."

Qin Chuan's words fell softly.

The tiger suddenly disappeared.

Qin Chuan hugged Ying Ning, and the little green donkey got up and followed. Qingqing picked up the green gourd and followed behind.When he came to the gate, he turned around and took a deep look at Ning Heng,
"Brother Ning, goodbye."

"Uh, Brother Qin, goodbye." Ning Heng replied subconsciously, and then wanted to catch up with Qin Chuan to talk, but found that his legs were numb and he couldn't use any strength. When he struggled to get up and went to the door, Qin Chuan and his party His figure had already gone far under the moonlight.

Right now, he was no longer sure whether Qin Chuan was the number one genius in Lingzhou, Qin Chuan.

Is the young man I met just now a human, a fairy, a Buddha, or a god?

In any case, this encounter is firmly engraved in the hearts of everyone in the Buddha Hall.It's too bizarre, too terrifying, and the ending is too incredible.

Where did the tiger demon who cultivated to become a spirit end up?

This is the doubt deeply buried in everyone's heart.

"Those ghouls and tiger demons just recited Buddhist scriptures. Could it be that Mr. Qin is the incarnation of Buddha walking in the human world?"

"It's not like, but it's a bit fairy-like." Li Tie said, quite envious of Qin Chuan's posture of leaving just now, like the master of the novel.

"Hmph, it's not uncommon for my Confucian school to be proficient in the three schools of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism." Ning Heng said.

Seeing that he was getting close to Qin Chuan just now, everyone was afraid, but they didn't refute.

What's more, scholars are indeed of higher status.

When it was dawn, everyone hurried to leave.

As for the tiger demon that caused disasters in the mountains and forests, it has already been eliminated, and this incident began to spread as these people from the rivers and lakes left.

It's just that the stories they tell, no one believes at all.

The ghosts recite the Sutra of Rebirth, and the tiger demon speaks the Buddha's name?
The story is not so outrageous.

However, after Ning Heng returned, he didn't talk about this matter.

Scholars respect ghosts and gods and stay away.

He also didn't want to put a veil of gods and monsters on Qin Chuan.

It's hard to say whether it's Qin Chuan from Lingzhou Prefecture or not.

He asked someone to go to Lingzhou Mansion next door to inquire about Qin Chuan's appearance, and when he came back, he found out that he really matched him.Then Qin Chuan should be a master of cultivation.

Ning Heng could only make such an explanation.

It's a pity, if it wasn't for the evil spirits of the tiger demon, they could still walk together.

Qin Chuan left in a hurry because he didn't want the two of them to get along anymore, it was very embarrassing.

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After entering Huaning Mansion, Qin Chuan first went to Nanke Town, and then went on to the boundary of Jinhua County in Huaning Mansion.On the road, a scholar was riding a horse, followed by two schoolboys.

"Brother Qin?"

The scholar saw Qin Chuan.

"Huang Meng." Qin Chuan was a little surprised, his mind was wandering on the road, he didn't care about the people around him, and indulged in the mountains and rivers.

It wasn't until Huang Meng called out his name that he came back to his senses.

He put away his surprise and said with a smile: "Brother Huang, it's true that we never meet again in life."

Although there was some feud with Huang Meng, there was no real conflict after all.

What's more, Huang Meng went to the government office to report the letter before.

When people are in other places and meet fellow villagers, even if they have any grievances or grievances, they will temporarily abandon them.

Huang Meng was very happy to see Qin Chuan. He was convinced of Qin Chuan, and he recognized the title of Lingzhou's top talent.

"Where do we not meet in life, good sentences. Brother Qin is still a great talent, and he speaks well."

After hearing this, Huang Meng dismounted from his horse, approached Qin Chuan, and couldn't help but praise him.

He still couldn't help pantothenic acid in his heart, how could he compare with this person.

Huang Meng has been studying hard for the past few months. It can be said that his head is hanging on the beam, and his buttocks are pierced.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he came to Huaning Mansion, he would meet Qin Chuan, his opponent who had always been in his heart.

Before he had time to show his recent progress, the sentence "Where do we never meet again in life" made all those small thoughts in his mind go out immediately.

This person is getting more and more amazing, and his words are in order.

Just saying that we don't meet each other anywhere in life will not make him depressed. What is frustrating is that Qin Chuan just said it out of his mouth.It can be seen that the Fu of the article has already penetrated into the bone marrow.

If Huang Meng had read martial arts novels, the words in it would be that Qin Chuan's every move of his hand and foot is an exquisite sword move. Facing such a character, what can he use to contend.

Qin Chuan smiled, "It's just nonsense, Brother Huang is here to study?"

Huang Meng nodded, "The world is not peaceful, and there are two bookboys who can learn martial arts at home. Is this Brother Qin's bookboy? How do you call it? The little girl?"

"This is Qingqing. Her throat is not feeling well, so it's inconvenient to greet you. This is Yingning, sister-in-law."

Ying Ning smiled at Huang Meng.

Huang Meng dreamed that she was innocent, with a pleasant smile, and she was quite happy in her heart.

Speaking of which, he didn't like children in the past, but when he saw Ying Ning, he treated him differently.It might not be because of Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan was the target of his pursuit, and there was an unexplainable veil of mystery, which made him curious about the people around Qin Chuan.

Huang Meng untied a piece of jade pendant, "I didn't prepare a special gift when we met for the first time. This piece of jade is quite effective in nourishing people, so I gave it to Miss Yingning."

Ying Ning didn't answer and looked at Qin Chuan.

"Uncle Huang sent it to you, so you can take it."

Huang Meng's smile stopped, he was only eighteen this year.

"Thank you uncle."

Huang Meng laughed awkwardly, comforting herself in her heart, so that I am a generation older than you.He thought it would be much more comfortable, after all, he seemed to have defeated Qin Chuan somewhere.

Qin Chuan didn't care about these things, anyway, Huang Meng's dead ghost ancestors would definitely not be able to bear it if they really talked about seniority like this.

Even the land god can't bear his worship.

And Qin Chuan is used to talking about each other.

Huang Meng said again: "Nanke Town in front is an important road for business travel, and it has always been prosperous. There is a Changle Restaurant inside, which produces a kind of immortal mash wine, which has always been famous. I invite Brother Qin to drink, I wonder if Brother Qin will show respect?"

"Then thank you, brother Huang, for your kindness."

Huang Meng asked the book boy to lead the horse and walk side by side with Qin Chuan.

He took the opportunity to talk about articles with Qin Chuan on the way, intending to show his recent progress, but no matter what knowledge he talked about, Qin Chuan could easily follow up and effortlessly.

He hadn't understood some of the questions yet, so Qin Chuan lightly said a few words and cleared the clouds.

Huang Meng was half uncomfortable, half admiring: "His writing and poetry are not all talent. I don't know who taught him all this knowledge?"

"What if I had a teacher like that?"

"Hey, even if there is, it probably won't be enough."

He has many famous teachers in his life, and everyone praises him quite a bit, thinking that he is the rare seed of reading in ten years.

But since meeting Qin Chuan, he has been frustrated everywhere.

If it were the children of other big families, they would have taught Qin Chuan a lesson by means of vicious means.Huang Meng thinks very highly of himself. Wouldn't doing that mean he completely surrendered.

But now there is really no way to beat Qin Chuan.

Fortunately, he has been hit many times, so he won't be dejected, but more and more frustrated.

What my uncle said is that there is a difference between repeated defeats and repeated defeats.

Soon a group of people came to Changle Restaurant. This restaurant has a hotel business, and there is a small courtyard behind the restaurant.

Maybe they came early and there was not much business.

It's just that it can support such a large restaurant, and there are few business channels, so the business is definitely not bad.Maybe not yet.

Huang Meng was slightly surprised, thinking so.

When they came in, the waiter came up to greet them, "Young masters, please come inside."

Both Huang Meng and Qin Chuan were dressed as scholars, with extraordinary clothes.

Especially Huang Meng, the fabric of the clothes on her body surprised even the well-informed Xiaoer.

Huang Mengdao: "Open the largest private room, first serve a pot of your signature fairy mash wine, and serve all your best meals, remember, I want fresh dishes, if the taste is not right, I will immediately smash your signature. "

Xiao Er's face turned bitter, "Master, it's okay for you to ask for other things, but our restaurant really can't serve this signature fairy wine now."

Huang Meng: "Is there no puree?"

At this time, the shopkeeper of the restaurant came over and sighed: "Young master, you just came from other places. I'm really sorry, something happened to our restaurant. Now let alone the puree, it is the foam of the fairy wine. We can't get it out either."

Then the shopkeeper opened his mouth to explain the reason.

Changle Restaurant is a well-known restaurant in Huaning Mansion, known as the best in Huaning.Five years ago, a wandering Taoist priest came to a restaurant to drink. The shopkeeper saw that he was very handsome and wanted to make friends with him, so he waived his drink fee.

In the next six months, the Taoist priest would come over frequently.

The shopkeeper invited him every time, and even bought him some side dishes to go with the wine.

Finally, the shopkeeper's wife couldn't stand it anymore, and said to the Taoist priest: "Master Taoist, count how much wine you have drunk in the past six months, and don't give a penny. If every customer is like you, then we can't do it." It's business."

The shopkeeper was told many times by his wife about this matter, and the family was even a bit discordant. This time, his wife took the initiative to point it out, but she didn't say anything.

The Taoist smiled slightly after hearing this, "So you are asking for money for the wine, you should have said it earlier."

Immediately, he took out a talisman and said to the shopkeeper, "Please fetch a bowl of hot water."

The shopkeeper then did as he was told.

So the Taoist lit the talisman paper, sprinkled the ashes into the hot water in the bowl, then walked to the backyard of the restaurant, and sprinkled a bowl of talisman water into the well mouth in the courtyard.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper's wife asked him what he wanted to do.

The Taoist smiled and asked them to fetch a bucket of well water, and then let them taste it.

Immediately, the shopkeeper's wife thanked the Taoist priest a thousand times.

It turned out that when the water from the talisman was sprinkled in, the well water turned into wine, which tasted delicious, even better than the original puree of fairy mash wine.

Moreover, the well water is endless, which means that the restaurant has an extra hen that lays golden eggs.

The shopkeeper's wife was overjoyed and thanked the Taoist priest a thousand times.

The Taoist smiled without saying a word, and then drifted away.

With a Sakai that produces fine wine, the business of Changle Restaurant has become more and more prosperous.But a few days ago, the wandering Taoist came to the restaurant again.

When the shopkeeper's wife saw it, she hurriedly stepped forward to say hello with a smile on her face.

The Taoist also smiled and asked her, "How is the wine in the well?"

The shopkeeper's wife naturally said many good things, but at the end, she said a wrong sentence,
"It's good, it's just that the wine was made in the past, and the remaining lees can be fed to pigs, but now there is only wine."

The Taoist sneered when he heard the words, then walked to the well, recited the mantra, and then left.Since that day, no wine has come out of the well.

However, because of the existence of a wine well in Changle Restaurant, the wine cellar at home has long been abandoned.

That is a wine cellar that has been kept for hundreds of years. Once it is abandoned, it will take several generations of people to raise such a wine cellar.

The wine brewed now, not to mention that it is too late, even if it is brewed, it cannot be compared with the past.Moreover, the guests have tasted the original wine. Even if Changle Restaurant buys wine from other stores and sells it, it cannot compare with the original wine from Sakai.

So the business is deserted visible to the naked eye.

This matter has already spread, and it is said that the shopkeeper's wife is greedy and angered the elder, and the shopkeeper dare not hide it from outsiders.

Otherwise, the reputation of the restaurant will be completely ruined.

The shopkeeper's wife offended the Taoist priest because of her wrong words, which made her family lose her livelihood, so she fell ill that night and was bedridden, unable to think about food or tea.

Getting thinner day by day.

The shopkeeper was also worried about this, and had to find a doctor to see his wife.

After listening to Qin Chuan, he asked, "Shopkeeper, do you blame that Taoist priest in your heart?"

The shopkeeper: "I originally planned to invite the Taoist priest to drink, and Sakai has produced wine for several years, far more than the half-year wine cost. To be honest, I am very grateful to him. The villain still saved some of the business I have done in the past few years. The cost, I can bear it hard, but my wife can't afford it, so I really don't know what to do. The medicine prescribed by the doctor doesn't work."

Qin Chuan then said: "Shopkeeper, we are all hungry, let's serve the food first, and then make a pot of tea."

"it is good."

Everyone entered the private room.

Huang Meng: "Brother Qin, what do you think of this matter?"

(End of this chapter)