Judgement

Chapter 43 Overnight at Nengren Temple

Jiang Meng jumped into the front cabin from the top of the boat with one stride, Chen Mengsheng chanted a mantra silently and turned over on a vertical ladder.The two of them were stunned by the appalling scene in front of them. The Giant Turtle Changsheng, who had been relying on the water during the day, had bitten a two-foot-long hole in the bottom of the boat and the side of the boat, and the river water was gurgling into the flat cabin.

Da Yuan wanted to sink the ship and drown the people on board, and he crushed Chen Mengsheng to relieve his hatred.Unexpectedly, the sailor who came out to urinate found out, and bit the sailor in his mouth in a long-suffering annoyance.When Jiang Meng and Chen Mengsheng arrived, the sailor was already bleeding from his orifices, and his stomach was broken.The chest and abdomen of the upper body are separated from the lower half, and the hands are still moving but there is no way to recover.

When the big turtle saw Chen Mengsheng, it screamed again and again, swallowed the sailor and went straight to Chen Mengsheng.

"Brother Jiang, call someone to rescue the boat quickly. I will deal with this evil beast myself." After speaking, he jumped into the Taihu Lake, and the giant turtle Changsheng pursued Chen Mengsheng closely.

Jiang Meng knew that it was Chen Mengsheng who led the turtle away in order to save everyone, so he hurriedly called the whole ship to help repair the ship.The water in the bilge was already submerged, and the whole flat boat was sinking rapidly.Two sailors with good water skills followed Jiang Meng into the hole in the bilge, and took wood to plug the hole.Dozens of people were passing around with basins and buckets to scoop water out.

Chen Mengsheng said exactly that he is a landlubber who can't swim at all.Relying on the breath-holding mantra in the 24 mantras and the movement of the vertical ladder to swim in the Taihu Lake, the big turtle behind him couldn't catch up with him.

One person and one turtle swam for nearly half a stick of incense, and Chen Mengsheng swam to a deserted reed marsh.Leaping out of the water and holding the magic ruler in his hand, he said with a murderous look: "The evil animal lives forever, violated the law of heaven and refused to repent, and now kills people, I will not spare you today."

Dayuan Changsheng looked up and glared at Chen Mengsheng, and said: "You spoiled my good deeds, you have broken the soul-absorbing mirror. I can never go back to the heaven, all this is given by you, this wicked fellow. I have been waiting for revenge every day, wishing I could tear you to pieces, and finally I have you here. Hahaha..."

Before he finished speaking, a cloud of foul-smelling black air spewed out from the big turtle's mouth, rushing towards Chen Mengsheng overwhelmingly.Chen Mengsheng was surrounded by layers of black air.As soon as the clothes on his body encountered the black air, they were immediately corroded and had spots of holes.

Dayuan Changsheng laughed triumphantly in the water: "The ink smoke of Shangtai Laojun's Sanjiao Zhenhuo is not bad, no matter what kind of god you are, it will turn into pus and blood in a short time."

The whistling wind on the water could not blow away the trapped black air at all, on the contrary, it caused the black mass to roll and gather like a big ball.Chen Mengsheng only felt that the skin on his body seemed to be being cut by thousands of knives. If he didn't have the Golden Steel Curse to protect his body from his master, he would have been killed by Changsheng long ago.Chen Mengsheng knew in his heart that if he didn't hit this beast, he would be killed if he hit him, otherwise it would be a disaster for him to escape again.

Changsheng, who was still laughing wildly in the water, suddenly heard Chen Mengsheng's scream in the black air, "Breaking the Hell Curse." Immediately, circles of golden light came out from the black air, enveloping him.Before Changsheng had time to react, he only felt a sharp pain in his body.Changsheng's ears were like thunder, and the pain had disappeared. Dayuan Changsheng felt like he was flying on the clouds and looking down, his body was disintegrated, and he was getting farther and farther away from him. When he thought about it again, he was dizzy. My head is already spinning and soaring into the sky, and then I don't know anything...

When Chen Mengsheng returned to the flat boat, Jiang Meng led the crowd to plug the hole in the bottom of the boat.When Jiang Meng saw Chen Mengsheng in rags, he said in surprise, "Brother Mengsheng, what's wrong with you? Where's the goblin?"

"Brother Jiang, I'm fine. The goblin has been beaten to pieces by my spell, and I have chopped off his head with the magic ruler. It is impossible to survive."

Jiang Meng said in embarrassment at this moment: "Brother Mengsheng, this Yangzhou boat cannot go. This is your five taels of silver, and I have refunded their silver. Now this boat can go to the dock in Huzhou Prefecture for repairs." I guess it won't be repaired in ten days and a half months."

"Brother Jiang, you might be able to use this money to repair the ship. Although it is not much, it can also help you to have a meal with your brothers." Seeing Chen Mengsheng's kind expression, Jiang Meng didn't say anything more. Zuo Yi was busy directing the sailors to hurry to Huzhou.

Chen Mengsheng went back to his cabin and took out his clothes to change. Fortunately, the book of life and death and the judge's pen in the tattered clothes were intact.The purse that held the money was spotty and full of holes, and the remaining five taels of silver were poured out and hidden in the sleeve pocket.When the package was packed and the upper body was carried, the flat boat had already landed at the ferry of Huzhou Prefecture, and the people in the back cabin all disembarked in shock.

After Chen Mengsheng got ashore, Jiang Meng clasped his fists on the boat and said, "Brother Mengsheng, the green mountains will not change, and the green water will always flow. Our brothers will meet again later." Chen Mengsheng waited for the flat boat to row to the dock for repair until it disappeared into the night. Just got to the ferry.

There is a Shuangfeng bridge above the ferry called Luotuo Bridge. Chen Mengsheng saw the lights flickering not far away, but he only left a little money on his body.Forget it, find a place to spend the night casually, and continue on the road tomorrow.

All the way to the east, there is a ruined temple not far away.There are three big characters "Nengren Temple" written on the plaque of the temple.Push the door and enter the ruined temple. There is a big monument erected in it, and you can see it by the moonlight.It turned out to be written by Yan Zhenqing of the Tang Dynasty, but many characters have been incomplete for a long time...

Chen Mengsheng walked into the temple, where the statue of Avalokitesvara was enshrined.The ruined temple was quite clean, with some worn-out mats and a few raw sweet potatoes left on the ground.It was clear that someone had lived here, Chen Mengsheng just wanted to survive the night and jumped into the altar.After a little cleaning, I lay down and rested. I was really tired from the battle with the giant turtle, and I fell asleep in a daze...

When Chen Mengsheng was sleepy, he vaguely heard someone talking and entered Nengren Temple.One of them was wailing, and the other was scolding him: "Two bald man, I told you not to go there to steal chickens, but you just didn't listen. You don't know that the house there is haunted. It's not your life this time." God bless."

"Little six, you can't say a few words less. When I go to steal chickens, you will eat less?"

When Chen Mengsheng heard those two people talking about haunting, his heart was awakened all of a sudden, and he secretly looked at the movement in the temple.

In the moonlight, two boys who were twelve or three entered the temple, lit the fire and took out an oil lamp from under the Buddha statue. After lighting it, Chen Mengsheng could see clearly that there were two children, a boy and a girl.

There was a large area of ​​blood stains on the boy's forehead, and it was unclear whether the wound was pasted with incense ash or mud.The clothes on her body were all shredded.The girl next to her was very handsome, only the plaster from some boys' heads stuck to her fair face.

The girl said: "Your bald boy, don't move, be careful and the opening is split again. Take off your clothes and I will wash and sew for you later."

"Little Six, I'm in pain, ouch... ouch..."

"You're hungry, I'll cook sweet potatoes for you right now." After speaking, he picked up the sweet potatoes on the ground and dragged out an earthen jar from under the altar, and washed the sweet potatoes in the earthen jar.Pile up a few pieces of gravel to support a small iron pot, add water to start a fire, and then put the sliced ​​sweet potatoes in the iron pot with an iron sheet in your hand.

Chen Mengsheng was stunned. The little girl acted as if she was running smoothly without a trace of sloppiness.The boy was whining just now, but now he is silent.Chen Mengsheng murmured inwardly that the boy's three souls had been dissociated and the seven souls were scattered. If the boy was not rescued, he would not survive the dawn, so he hurriedly cast a requiem spell on the boy.

The girl didn't know all this, and when she saw the boy fell asleep, she picked up a pair of picks from the side of the Buddha statue, carried the loads and left the temple.

When the little girl came back from fetching water from the river and saw that the sweet potatoes in the pot were still unripe, she took out a square of sackcloth from her bosom, scooped water from the ladle, and helped the boy wipe his face.While wiping, he said: "Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva, please save the second bald man. As long as he recovers, I would like to reduce my life by ten years, and we will never dare to steal and eat again."

What Chen Mengsheng heard behind the Buddhist altar was a burst of bitterness. The two half-sized children actually made such a heavy oath in order to feed themselves, and said: "Little girl, don't worry, he will be fine with me." After speaking, he walked out of the altar He jumped up and stood in front of the two children.

Form the formula with your hands, and recite the mantra with your mouth.A green light of the nectar spell sprinkled on the little boy's forehead, and the wound healed immediately without leaving a scar.

The girl looked at Chen Mengsheng in astonishment and said, "Big brother, who are you?"

"I was sent by the merciful and compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva to save you."

"Really." The little girl's eyes were full of joy.

"Then tell me, what are your names? And why are you living here?"

"My name is Xiaoliuzi, and his name is Ertu Donkey. They both escaped from Shanxi with their parents and came here three years ago. Later, my parents only wanted brothers and sisters, so they threw me here on the boat and left. Weeping by the river, he jumped down to pick me up. We swam in the river for a long time but still couldn’t catch up with the boat. The second bald man said that his parents would definitely come back to find him, so we kept on Wait here..." Xiao Liuzi broke down in tears after saying this.

The little boy lying on the ground was coughing for a while, and when he woke up, he saw Chen Mengsheng sizing him up. "Who are you? This temple has an owner, so don't even think about taking it."

Chen Mengsheng couldn't laugh or cry when he was told by the second bald man, but he didn't expect that he was also treated as a flower.The little six twisted Erbald's back and said: "What nonsense are you talking about? This big brother was sent by the Bodhisattva to save us. I don't believe you can touch the wound on your head and see if it's still there?"

The second bald man touched it, and the wound on his forehead was gone except for some incense ash and mud.That's why he smiled stupidly at Chen Mengsheng in embarrassment.

The little six took the small pot and said to Chen Mengsheng: "Brother Shenxian, eat sweet potatoes, there are only two left. You and Erbald eat, I have already eaten." After speaking, the little six pretended to be full. Look, go to the side.

"Hehe, little girl. Immortals don't need to eat."

The little girl said again: "Second bald man, you haven't eaten all day. You should eat all of it. Your parents will come to see you in the future." When the little six son thought of his parents, he felt dejected and stared blankly at himself. His feet were silent.

Er Baldy took a sweet potato in each hand and walked up to Little Six. "You haven't eaten for a day, you can eat."

Chen Mengsheng looked at the two children, wondering if he should look for their parents.After all, there are tragedies in the world every day these days, and it is definitely not within my ability to sigh: "You two little guys, eat something. Get a good sleep and I will take you to have a good meal tomorrow."

After Erbald and Little Six heard it, it took a while for them to react. "God, I want to eat Wang Po's pancakes." "I want to eat bean curd." "I want beef soup."...

Not long after, the two children fell asleep with sweet smiles...