Chen Yuan could not guarantee whether White Snake did this. The monsters in Yulong Mountain still have a hostile attitude towards people, but they would not take the initiative to harm mortals.
What's more, White Snake has been with him for many years, so he shouldn't be morally inferior.
Listening to the old woman under the eaves outside still chattering, Chen Yuan couldn't help but interrupt. After following him out, he helped the fat Taoist out of the car and went into the room to rest.
The rooms of poor people are poorly furnished. This temporary guest room only has a wooden bed and not even a bedding. Of course, Chen Yuan and the two are not here to stay overnight, they are just trying to find a way out of the rain.
"Master, do you think what the old woman said just now is possible?"
Chen Yuan smiled and shook her head, "I still know a thing or two about Bai Susu's temperament."
With that said, he turned around and walked out the door. The man over there just happened to calm the old woman down. The man smiled at Chen Yuan and said: "Brother, let me make you laugh. My mother is a little bit like this... When she gets excited, her mind goes crazy.
There are some lakes."
"Human nature."
Chen Yuan still had a good impression of this down-to-earth man named Xu. Looking at his mother, she looked as dull as before, so it was difficult to ask questions about Yulongshan from her.
"It's just right. I know some medical skills. Can you let me show it to your majesty?"
"Oh, eldest brother also has medical skills? That's great. Come on, eldest brother, come and sit down." The man looked surprised and hurriedly ran to the other side to bring a low stool under the eaves and placed it next to his mother.
On the other side, he respectfully invited Chen Yuan to sit down.
In the poor people's homes, there is no way to see a doctor. Even if they have been consulted, they can only grab two pieces of medicine and let nature take their fate. Now there is a special doctor for their own mothers. It is too late for the man to be happy, so why do he ask too much about whether his medical skills are good?
Chen Yuan does know a little bit about it. He has been with the group of Taoist priests in Tianshi Mansion for so long, and he has learned a little bit about it. However, the current disease should be Alzheimer's disease, a disease that will often appear in later generations.
First, he checked the old woman's pulse, then checked her facial features, and finally pressed his fingertips on the top of the woman's head, used his magic power to check the brain, and cleared out the blocked parts one by one.
"Actually, there is nothing serious about your father. It's just that he thinks about your father day and night. The blockage in his brain makes him mentally retarded and his memory is confused."
It was impossible for Chen Yuan to say something that the villagers in the mountains could not understand. As expected, the man believed in this simple explanation and nodded excitedly.
"Brother, you are right. Ever since I was a child, I have often seen my mother wiping her tears secretly. At that time, I knew that my mother would definitely spend her whole life guarding my father's spiritual place. Oh, it really hurt her...
Brother, then my mother is now..."
"I just pressed the acupuncture points on her head with my fingertips, massaged and sorted out the meridians. It's almost done now, and the rest will recover on its own as time goes by."
Chen Yuan didn't want to appear too mysterious, so he only did most of it, and the remaining small part was used to let the old woman recover little by little, so that she wouldn't be shocked by others.
But he thought wrong. Xu Hanzi knelt down in front of him and said, "Brother, my family is poor and we have nothing to give you. You have to bear these three slaps!"
After saying that, his head hit the ground three times in succession.
Chen Yuan went to help him, but he refused. He kowtowed three times before standing up. Before the excitement of joy had passed, he went to another room and hugged a crumpled quilt.
"Brother and the Taoist priest don't leave today. It will rain heavily later and we don't know when it will stop. So we might as well stay at my house for the night and leave tomorrow."
The man was very enthusiastic. He went into the room and talked to the fat Taoist priest, while he quickly made the bed. "Taoist master, don't think we are shabby. This was something my father built in the past. He has kept it since he left."
I haven’t used it yet.”
The corners of the fat Taoist's mouth twitched: "I thank you."
"Hey, whatever the Taoist priest said, just treat this place as your home." The man spread out the quilt and said with a smile. At this time, a voice suddenly sounded outside the yard: "Xu Dazhuang, come here quickly. The master is already here. The village
All it takes is your family."
"Just come!"
Xu Dazhuang responded loudly in the room, then put down the things in his hands and looked at Chen Yuan and the other two, "Brother, and the Taoist priest, the Dharma conference is about to begin. Do you want to come with me and have a look? On weekdays
Here, I don’t have this opportunity. I heard that the master was an eminent monk. One summer, some people listened to his lectures and ascended to heaven in front of many people in the crowd."
This time it was Chen Yuan's turn to twitch the corners of his mouth.
Ordinary people soared in the day after listening to the Dharma? Perhaps they were suffering from heatstroke due to being exposed to the sun for too long while watching the excitement in the crowd, so they didn’t save themselves... It was just to cover up, spread lies, and make things full of mystery, so that Hu Nong’s villagers did not know about it.
people.
Based on this rumor, Chen Yuan basically concluded that the master who came here must be fake.
'It's fine if the fake monk defrauds some money, but if the random gestures arouse the anger of the dragon in the mountains and cause floods during the heavy rain, then the people in this village will suffer.'
As soon as the thought passed through his mind, Chen Yuan smiled and nodded, showing a curious expression.
"It's true that I haven't seen many Dharma meetings. I just wanted to go over with you to have a look." As he said this, he looked at the fat Taoist. The latter had a dark face and showed no expression. He forced himself to sit cross-legged on the edge of the bed and meditated with his eyes closed.
, quite a bit like an outsider.
"You all go ahead. This is where I will be able to enter meditation and meditate on the wonderful Dharma."
"The Taoist priest is meditating at home." Xu Dazhong probably also understood that there was some disharmony between Buddhism and Taoism. After all, most people in the south worship Buddhism and there are temples everywhere. After saying this, he closed the door of the hall and went to take the old woman away.
He carried it on his back and walked ahead to lead the way for Chen Yuan. He quickly arrived at the Shaiba side of the village, where there was a bustling crowd of villagers watching.
Most of them were dressed simply, and the poor ones were barefoot, with mud spots all over their feet. It was obvious that they had just come back from the fields. In the middle, there was a decorated altar, with the three sacrifices of pigs, sheep, chickens and animals placed under the altar.
The ground was covered with yellow silk, and the incense burner, legal signs, wooden fish and other cooking utensils were all available.
At this time, a prestigious old man in the village was following a fat monk with a shiny head, wearing a monk's robe underneath and a yellow-orange cassock outside.
Hanging a Buddhist bead on his palm, he saluted the village elder with a vertical seal: "Old donor, don't worry. Since I became a monk, I have been killing demons and eliminating harm for the people for many years. I have long heard that there are water monsters running rampant here, disturbing the people in the surrounding area. It is a pity.
I have been unable to get away. If you hadn't been so strong yesterday, I would have been entangled in worldly affairs again."
"The elder knows that, and the little old man is relieved. The flood will come here in a few years, and once it comes, our village will starve and suffer." The old man has no choice, otherwise he would not let everyone pool some money to add money to the temple.
The sesame oil money is a huge expense for them, enough to feed and drink the whole village for a year or two.
It feels painful to use all this, but once the water monster is eliminated, the Xujia Village will benefit from it for generations to come. All in all, everyone gritted their teeth and every household took out all their money.
"What the donor said is that demons are ruthless and good at causing floods. I, the Buddha, have already realized this. Today, I came here on the order of the Buddha beads to eliminate this problem for the villagers."
As he spoke, he picked up the beads, held the Dharma seal, and walked behind the altar. His plump lips muttered unintelligible scriptures.
Chen Yuan couldn't understand either. You must know that monk Zhenhai often recited sutras in front of him. After reciting them for many years, he could always understand some of them, whether they were sutras to ward off demons or to soothe people's souls.
Can hear some.
But right now, the fat monk is simply reciting words randomly.
"If Zhenhai sees it, I'm not afraid that the monk will piss himself."
Chen Yuan glanced at the people in the surrounding villages. The villagers gathered around him clasped their hands devoutly, closed their eyes and bowed their heads. In addition to the demented old woman, Xu Dazhuang also had a look of admiration on his face.
"If we expose the monk as a fake at this time, I'm afraid it won't be effective, and instead he will be disliked by the villagers."
Rumble——
The thunder that was the precursor to a rainstorm rolled from afar and exploded among the low clouds. The monk chanting sutras over there stopped talking nonsense and slowly opened his eyes. His eyes were full of majesty.
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"The sutra for opening the blessing path has been recited. All donors, please stay back. I am going to open a forum to lecture on Dharma to drive away demons. I don't want it to affect you."
When the surrounding villagers heard this, they immediately took a few steps back in a noisy manner. After standing still, they stared at the master behind the altar without blinking.
Holding his breath and concentrating, the fat monk looked calm, grabbed the incense in the incense burner, pinched it a few times and touched it on the top of his head. Chen Yuan was dumbfounded. This deceptive thing was not as competent as Sun Zhengde back then. At least it was still good.
I've done the trick where the incense sticks on the ground.
"Mommy, Mommy, coax~~"
The monk's mouth smelled like a lake, but the expression on his face made people couldn't help but feel awe. After applying the incense ashes, he picked up a stick of incense, lit it on a pair of red candles, and inserted it into the furnace.
Then he closed his eyes with vertical seals and began to beat the wooden fish rhythmically.
"It seems that I was too worried. I thought that some people just cheated people with a little bit of cultivation. They were pure liars..." Chen Yuan smiled. Such liars made him feel relieved. After all, they couldn't lure people out of the mountains.
Water monster, it won’t be too late to expose him when he finishes his rituals.
But Chen Yuan soon thought of an idea.
"Well, it's okay to tease him and create some illusions to expose this fake monk in front of everyone."
Thinking about it, his eyes fell to a house behind him, and when he saw the firewood piled on the wall behind the house, his eyes were full of smiles, and he hooked his fingers in the sleeves of his hands behind his back.
Looking behind the people at the altar, a more mysterious scene appeared. The pyre was originally tied with straw ropes, and dead branches of different sizes were floating one after another. As Chen Yuan was thinking
With a movement, dozens of branches twisted and turned into long snakes of different colors falling to the ground.
"go!"
Chen Yuan scolded in a low voice, and with a flick of his fingertips, a group of snakes formed, spitting out letters, and quickly started to snake and swim on the ground.
Over there, the villagers who were watching the Buddhist monks knocking wooden fish and chanting sutras suddenly felt something climbing on the instep of their feet. A strong woman lowered her head subconsciously, her eyes suddenly shrank, her scalp was numb, and she jumped up with a loud voice.
Pull it apart and cry out: "Ah!! There is a snake——"
People are different. Maybe this person is not afraid of tigers and wolves, but when he sees a snake crawling on the ground, he will be scared to death. There are also people in the village who will scream in fear when they see a snake.
The shouting sound immediately startled the other villagers around. They all looked at their feet, and their expressions suddenly changed. Some people were not afraid of snakes, but I had never seen dozens of them coming at once. Those who were not afraid would just kick the snakes away. Those who were afraid would directly kick the snakes away.
Then it will jump to someone nearby and hang on it, and it will not go down until it dies.
The originally solemn Dharma assembly suddenly became chaotic. The fat monk who was chanting sutras over there was still thinking that after reciting a few times, he would go for a walk by the river, then go back to the temple, enjoy the three animals he brought back, and let the people in the temple
The monks also tasted the fishy meat today.
"Snake!"
"Master, think of a way quickly!"
The sudden noise interrupted the good things in his mind. The monk frowned and opened his eyes. When he saw the crowded and chaotic villagers at his feet, his solemn expression suddenly changed and his feet felt a little weak.
He is also somewhat afraid of snakes.
"Master, it's weird. As soon as the master lectured on the Dharma, these snakes came out. It must have had an effect."
The village elder was not afraid, but he excitedly ran to the side of the altar and pointed at the snakes on the ground: "Master, please do something quick and collect all these snakes. Maybe there will be no floods this year."
Goo!
The monk forced a smile and was about to speak when the old man suddenly looked panicked and pointed at his shoulder: "Master, there is... a snake on your shoulder!"
The fat monk's heart trembled, and he twisted his neck with difficulty to the shoulder pointed by the old man. At some point, a long gray snake climbed up. The snake's head was tilted up, flashing letters, and its cold snake eyes were straight.
Stare at yourself.
"Ah!"
The monk was so frightened that he jumped up on the spot. He pulled the cassock with his other hand and shook the snake off. He stepped on the snake with his foot.
"scare me!"
"Stomp you to death!"
"Buddha bless you!"
He rushed out one by one, stamped and stamped with his feet, and screamed vigorously. The snake was crushed to pieces immediately, and he suddenly noticed that there was no sound around him.
The fat monk stopped and saw all the villagers looking at him. The village elder suddenly clapped his hands and cheered loudly: "Master stepped on it well!"
"good!"
A group of villagers clapped and shouted.
Chen Yuan stood in the crowd, raised his hand and slapped his forehead violently, what the hell can he do?
"Hahaha!"
The fat monk over there was stunned for a moment, then when he saw the flat snake at his feet, his majesty and solemnity returned to his face, and he bowed vertically towards everyone.
"Donors, please don't panic. Lao Na just showed off his skills. These monsters heard the Buddha's scriptures and couldn't stand the test. They climbed out from all corners of the village. Later, Lao Na recited a few more verses and then went to the river.
, and brought down the monsters in the water. In this way, the misfortune of Xujiacun was lifted, and the world was restored to peace!"
"Okay!" Everyone shouted again.
Chen Yuan sighed,
'Forget it, let him do whatever he wants.'
Just as he was about to collect the magic power from the snakes that had been driven away or crushed, he suddenly stopped and looked away from the altar to the outside of the village. He heard the faint sound of water waves in his ears.
Wow——
Boom!
At the moment when the sound of water and thunder intertwined, the villagers standing on the edge of the dam noticed the clues. Some people ran outside the village and took a look. Their faces turned pale. Before they could rush back, they screamed loudly at the entrance of the village.
"No, the flood is coming!"
The five-foot-wide river outside the village flows from east to west, hitting the embankments on both sides and sweeping in, bringing the great romance to the shore.
The parked fishing boats and small boats were pushing and hugging each other, and were pushed and scraped against the shore one after another.
In the midst of the surging waves.
It's as if there is a huge beast driving this white practice.