Resist the world, but I spread the curse

Chapter 49 The Story of Miao Zhu

"Bodhisattva, today I am the first to worship you again." In the scorching summer, the hunched old man with missing teeth covered his mouth and smiled kindly. Years have passed, and I have snatched this incense for decades."

With a compassionate smile on his face, the stone bodhisattva lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, with a solemn treasure appearance, holding a jewel in his left hand and a tin staff in his right.

The old temple Zhu smiled and sat on the futon, chatting with the Bodhisattva as usual, as if the Bodhisattva in this temple was an old friend of his.

After talking to himself, he stood up with his hands behind his back, ready to open the temple. Even though he knew that no one would come to worship today, he would still clean the temple meticulously and open the door on time.

This is no longer a matter of responsibility for him, but a part of his life.

However, when the door opened today, Lao Miaozhu encountered an unexpected incident.

I saw a staggering middle-aged man standing at the gate of the temple early in his arms holding a three- or four-year-old doll.When he saw someone waiting outside the door, the first thing Lao Miaozhu thought of was not that the other party was waiting for the opening and coming to worship, but came to ask for help.

The father and daughter don't look rich, and there are obvious unhealed wounds on the father's face. The more he looks at it, the more he feels depressed.

After being stunned for a while, Lao Miaozhu asked curiously: "Hello, what's the matter?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man who is the father immediately expressed his intention of coming: "My daughter and I are here to burn incense and worship."

Lao Miaozhu looked surprised, and then smiled, welcoming the father and daughter. Although he was a little surprised, he was not very surprised.

When the father and daughter came to the temple, Lao Miaozhu stood aside and prepared to burn incense for the two of them. By the way, he briefly mentioned the steps of burning incense and worshiping, and then stood aside and watched without saying a word.

During the process of the pilgrims worshiping, Lao Miaozhu felt a little emotional in his heart. He didn't expect that there were people in this world who remembered Bodhisattva like him.

However, Lao Miaozhu soon discovered that the behavior of the father and daughter pilgrims was a bit strange. Generally speaking, when burning incense and worshiping Buddha, everyone would worship the main god of the ancestral shrine. I prayed all over again. When I worshiped the red-faced general next to the Bodhisattva, I worshiped for a little longer than the Bodhisattva, and my eyes were faintly more devout than when I worshiped the Bodhisattva.

Lao Miaozhu was full of doubts, and he couldn't help asking until the father and daughter pilgrims finished their worship.

Regarding this, the middle-aged man said with a sincere look: "We have all been saved by him, so we are very grateful to him."

Lao Miaozhu was a little surprised after hearing this, and then asked, "Do you know who this Bodhisattva is?"

The middle-aged man shook his head.

"Then do you know who this red-faced general is?" Lao Miaozhu frowned slightly and asked again.

"I only know his name is General Zeng." The middle-aged man shook his head, and then asked sincerely, "Please teach me."

Lao Miaozhu was silent for a while, and he just felt weird, because no one would travel dozens of miles and climb a hundred-meter-high mountain to worship just after knowing the name of a god, or the name of a side god of the main god. .It was as if what the middle-aged man said just now was true. He really met the gods and was saved by the gods. He was grateful.

This is unscientific... Lao Miaozhu thought for a moment.

In this regard, Lao Miaozhu still slowly told the middle-aged man the story about the gods enshrined in this temple: "You want to know that this red-faced general is not a righteous god, he is not even a god.

Both he and General Qingmian were demons who caused chaos in the world. After being overwhelmed by the Bodhisattva's Dharma, they converted to the Bodhisattva and became the current Dharma Protector. Later, they were ordered by the Bodhisattva to protect the world.The two generals were enlightened by the Bodhisattva and possessed magical powers. They had the eyes to see through the merits and sins of all living beings, so they gave orders to everyone.

Red generals order people with high merit to increase their lifespan, while green generals order people with serious crimes to shorten their lives.Therefore, the green general is called the damaged general, and the red general is called the increased general..."

"So that's how it is." The middle-aged man suddenly realized, and laughed heartily, "So this is why I can live till now?"

Lao Miaozhu looked at the middle-aged man and shook his head secretly, not knowing whether the other party was suffering from hypocrisy or not, so wishful thinking.

After getting answers to questions, the middle-aged man bought the temple's peace amulet necklace from Lao Miaozhu. The father and daughter each had one necklace, and carefully hung it around their necks.

For a moment, Lao Miaozhu felt that the father and daughter might be more devout than he was to the Bodhisattva.

But what happened in the next few days made Lao Miaozhu unexpected.

A few days later, a group of mysterious people dressed in black seemed to belong to an organization. Like the father and daughter pilgrims, they came to worship without warning, although they were not as sincere as the father and daughter pilgrims. , but overall it can be regarded as respect, and after the worship, I asked him about the stories about the gods enshrined in the temple.

Lao Miaozhu was also worried that this group of people were not kind, so he patiently answered them one by one.

In the end, the group of mysterious people smiled and donated tens of thousands of incense sticks to his temple, and then left. By the way, they bought some statues of Bodhisattvas, guardian generals, and other charms that he carved in wood in his spare time. product.

While watching the group of people leave, Lao Miaozhu felt for a moment that his temple seemed to have a chance to flourish again.

However, after that, no one came again, and the temple returned to tranquility again.

Lao Miaozhu sighed in his heart: "After all, it's still a 3-minute heat, it's really not that easy."

He sat in front of the red table at the door, looked at Shi Bodhisattva, and said with a smile: "After all, I'm the only one with you."

Another night, Lao Miaozhu, who fell asleep on the table with his head propped up for some reason, woke up suddenly. Seeing that it was getting late, he prepared to close the business and wanted to rest early.

But at the moment before closing the door, Lao Miaozhu noticed a young man in simple clothes standing in front of the Bodhisattva, looking at the stone statue with a peaceful smile, as if he was admiring or joking.

"Young man, it's time to close the door today to thank guests. If you still want to see the Bodhisattva, come back tomorrow." Lao Miaozhu said with a smile while leaning on his waist.

Hearing what Lao Miaozhu said, the young man looked back at him, as if he hadn't heard what Lao Miaozhu said, and asked with a smile: "How many years have you been here? How long has this temple been here?"

The old Miao Zhu was not annoyed, and explained with a smile: "This temple has been here since I was born. According to my master, this temple has a history of three to four hundred years, and I spent my time here. for more than 400 years.”

"Do you believe in him?" Lin Ling pointed to the stone statue without respect and asked.

"Believe me." Lao Miaozhu said with a smile, "This is also the reason why I have persisted for so many years."

"Do you believe that good things will happen, or do you believe that bad things will not happen?"

"In the past, believing in Him might have considered these things, but now, believing in Him has become a natural thing. You don't worship Him because of whether He can help you achieve your wish, and you don't believe in Him because of His greatness... This is It’s like eating and sleeping, I just feel that this is something I will definitely do if I live.”

"Enlightened." Lin Ling nodded with a smile, patted Miao Zhu on the shoulder, and walked away slowly.

Miao Zhu only felt that this young man was so weird, and his behavior was not big or small, but for some reason, he felt surprised and natural, and he would not feel awkward. He sniffed lightly, and felt that the residual temperature of his shoulders was warm, leaving behind something like burning incense. The pyrotechnic atmosphere makes people feel refreshed and comfortable.

Then he suddenly felt startled, his mind flashed, everything in front of him disappeared like clouds and smoke, he fell into darkness, and immediately saw light in the black seabed, his strong desire to survive made him chase after the one who wanted to get away from him of light.

"Uh——" Miao Zhu woke up, sitting in front of the red table at the entrance of the temple, sweating profusely, the door beside him was open, the sun was shining into the house, and the autumn wind was blowing people's spirits. He looked at the dust on the ground and on the table, and unexpectedly There are millimeters thick.

Immediately, the young Miaozhu burst into tears, crying endlessly...

　There is another update in the evening, which opens the story of the third volume.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)