In order to escape for her life, the delicate princess cut black and white in the court

The little monk replied: "There is a Buddha statue in our temple called Guanshi Buddha. This Buddha statue is a god who descended into the world. It is very effective. Many people come here every day to offer incense. That's why the threshold of Jiyuan Temple has been repaired several times. Being trampled, as long as the benefactor has a Buddha in his heart and is sincere, the gods will perceive it and wake up the benefactor's husband!"

"This...worshiping Buddha?" Li Wa looked at Chu Xianyi, a little hesitant.

Chu Xianyi couldn't help frowning, is it a god again?Could it be that the flood of locust plagues that the people believe in is the wrath of the gods related to this Guanshi Buddha?
Seeing that Li Wa hesitated, the little monk said again: "The two benefactors might as well go and have a look first, and then you will know that what the little monk said is true!"

Indeed, it's time to find out.

"Mom, why don't we go and have a look? Maybe Dad can really wake up?"

"Okay! Then let's go and have a look!" Li Wa looked at the little monk and said, "Then thank you little master!"

"You don't have to be polite, the benefactor, I hope the benefactor's husband can wake up as soon as possible!"

……

Chu Xianyi and Li Wa held incense in their hands and came outside the hall where Guanshi Buddha was located. The people who came to offer incense directly lined up hundreds of meters away from the inside of the hall.

"This... so many people... until when?" Li Wa couldn't help asking.

suddenly.

A gray-haired old man in front turned around and said to Li Wa: "Don't worry! You will definitely be able to worship Guanshi Buddha. The abbot of Jiyuan Temple is considerate of us people who come to pray piously, so we specially set the closing time of the temple at It's child time!"

Seeing that the old man believed in Guanshi Buddha so firmly, Chu Xianyi paused, and asked the old man, "Old man, why do you believe in Guanshi Buddha so much?"

The old man tightened the incense in his hand and said: "My son has had a cough since he was a child, and he has sought many famous doctors, but he couldn't cure it. But one day when I came to Jiyuan Temple to offer incense and worship Buddha, Guanshi Buddha actually appeared, and the whole body of the Buddha statue It emitted a powerful light, and everyone in the hall saw it, and the light from the Buddha statue shone on everyone in the hall, and the most amazing thing was that the Buddha statue actually spoke!"

Seeing that he was so excited that he almost couldn't hold the incense in his hand.

"Speak? What did the Buddha statue say?"

"Let me think about it. I'm old and I can't remember it," the old man thought for a while before answering, "I remember the Buddha statue repeating this sentence at that time, Nan Burning Temple, the gods sent anger to Nan , Harvest the river water, make the trees wither, storm the locusts, deprive the grain fields, and punish the people in the south."

"What's the meaning of Nanshao Temple?" Chu Xianyi asked puzzled.

"In the south, I didn't believe in gods and Buddhas. I felt that I had to work hard to change my fate! So the temples in the south were very bleak. Until one day, the only two temples in the south caught fire, and the monks inside were all killed. The fire burned to death!"

"Since Guanshi Buddha said this prophecy, it is true! Not long after, the locust plague broke out in the south, and those county magistrates who wanted to report the locust plague to the court all died suddenly. This must be Because the temple in the south was burned, all the monks died, and the gods thought it was disrespectful to him, so they punished them and let them die! And the great merchant Luo Zhou also wanted to help the victims, so he died inexplicably!"

"And I often come to Jiyuan Temple to pay respects to Guanshi Buddha recently. I think my son's cough has improved a lot. The Buddha must have sensed my sincerity! As long as I keep burning incense every day, my son's cough will definitely It will be healed soon!"

Sure enough, the people firmly believed that the locust plague in the south was the wrath of the gods, and it was related to the Guanshi Buddha of Jiyuan Temple!
That's why the disaster victims dare not come to Jiyuan Temple.

Then what is so strange about this Guanshi Buddha?
Li Wa was a little shaken by the old man's words, "This... Guanshi Buddha is really a god descended into the world, so spiritual?"

"Of course! As long as you worship Buddha sincerely, everything you ask for will come true!"

Li Wa looked down at the incense in his hand, and suddenly regretted, "If I knew that Guanshi Buddha is so spiritual, I would have bought more incense just now..."

Li Wa and Chu Xianyi didn't enter the hall until it was dark, and only then did they see that the huge incense burner in front of the Avalokitesvara Buddha statue in the hall can sleep more than a dozen people.

Li Wa lit the incense and put it in the incense burner in front of him, then folded his hands together, with a serious expression, he knelt down, and Chu Xianyi also knelt down.

She clasped her hands, but her eyes were half open. She carefully observed this towering and majestic Guanshi Buddha. The appearance of this Buddha statue is no different from that of ordinary Buddhas. What is so different about it that it can speak in front of so many people? Talk, and shine all over?
Chu Xianyi took a closer look at the portrait, and suddenly found it strange, but she couldn't tell what was wrong.

At this time, after Li Wa finished worshiping the Buddha, Chu Xianyi slowly got up, and she walked forward, her eyes fixed on the body of the Buddha statue.

Suddenly, a hand stretched out in front of him.

It is the host of the temple.

The host raised a hand in front of his face and said, "Amitabha, don't move forward any more, don't be disrespectful in front of Avalokitesvara!"

Chu Xianyi bowed slightly, made a salute, and said in a weak tone, "Don't blame the host, the little girl really admires the Goddess Avalokitesvara who came down to the world, so she wants to step forward and get a taste of the Buddha!"

There was no change on the face of the host, without any expression, he said: "Benefactor, since the worship is over, come back tomorrow, please come back!"

Chu Xianyi glanced at the Buddha statue one last time, left the hall with Li Wa, and returned to the county government office.

……

However, Chu Xianyi and Li Wa were almost unable to get in because of the dense crowd of victims in the county government office.

After Chu Xianyi sent Li Wa to the room, she went to find Wei Jinyan.

"Lijiang City is in such a shortage of workers, why are there so many disaster victims resettled in the county government office?"

Wei Jinyan sighed and said: "Most people in Lijiang City think that the plague of locusts in the south is flooded, what is the so-called wrath of the gods, the county magistrate who wanted to report to the court and Luo Xing's father are dead, they are afraid to take these The victims will be punished by the gods, so only a few who are really desperate accept the victims as workers."

"However, I have contacted all the grain shops in Lijiang City, and as a lord, I guarantee that they will give them [-]% more than the original price in return within one month, so they agreed to borrow grain, but there are so many victims, and the grain is only enough for one or two days. If it has not been sent to the capital, it is not an option to continue like this!"

Chu Xianyi hesitated. It seemed that the investigation of the county magistrate's body had to be put aside for now. Only by dispelling the rumors could the livelihood of the victims be resolved.

"Prince Ren! Can you go to Jiyuan Temple with me after midnight tonight?"

"Jiyuan Temple? Why go there?"

"The so-called flood of locusts and the wrath of the gods came from a man named Guanshi Buddha in the main hall of Jiyuan Temple!" Chu Xianyi replied.

"Mouth...?" Wei Jinyan was a little puzzled.

"The people who lined up hundreds of meters outside the Guanshi Buddha Hall came to worship it. I learned from an old man that before the locust plague in the south, this Buddha statue shone brightly and spoke. Three temples were burned down, and all the monks died in the fire. The god thought it was disrespectful to them, so he sent anger and punished them with a plague of locusts! The old man also said that his son had been suffering from cough since he was a child. After worshiping the Guanshi Buddha every day, my cough is much better than before."

"Prince Ren, do you believe it?"

Wei Jinyan thought about it seriously and said: "The Buddha may exist in another form or form, such as a doctor who saves the dying and heals the wounded, a knight who draws his sword to help, a passerby who helps passers-by, or like Luo Xing's father who spends money and gives away porridge. Any businessman who keeps hungry victims alive is a Buddha!"

"But the gods are angry," Wei Jinyan sneered, "It's nonsense!"

Wei Jinyan paused for a moment, then suddenly thought of something, and said again: "But what I just said is the Buddha of the world, and there is one person who is the Buddha in my heart."