Chapter 99: I will splatter the Tathagata with my blood!
"I know how to play!"
Li Yan was the first to discover it, looking at the Buddha statue with amusement on his lips.
It is impossible for a Tathagata to descend to the mortal world. Maybe in some worlds with high ceilings, there will be traces of immortals and Buddhas, but obviously not in this world.
So this is...
Does anyone want to offer auspiciousness?
After all, everyone knows everything about Xiangrui, and many of them are quite technical and innovative.
Doing some little tricks inside the Buddha statue to make the Buddha respond can be regarded as a kind of auspiciousness.
"The Buddha has appeared! The Buddha has appeared!!"
Sure enough, although most people lowered their heads and prayed sincerely, there were a few who looked up and could see the shaking of the Buddha's head.
They were stunned at first, then surprised, and finally showed piety and shouted loudly.
It didn't matter if he shouted. Everyone looked over and saw that the golden Buddha face with its solemn appearance was really shaking slightly.
The eminent monks and masters from more than a dozen monasteries performed the rituals without any surprise.
But there was quite a bit of blame in the eye contact.
Who is it that did such an exaggerated thing? It will be very difficult to do it again if you do it again!
Li Yan couldn't laugh or cry: "Is the religious world also like this? Why do monks suffer so much..."
To be fair, this effect is indeed surprising, but it is not just this time that it is like parading in the air.
From now on, I have to move my head every time, just in case it is revealed that there is someone inside...
"Wait, is there anyone?"
Li Yan's eyes suddenly focused and he looked at the Buddha statue.
As soon as he said it, the Buddha's mouth hissed, and was forcefully pushed open by a head.
Obviously that part had been cut open long ago, and now its true shape was revealed, and a familiar yet unfamiliar face poked out, looking down.
Li Zhi's eyesight was not good and he could not see clearly, and his expression was slightly dazed.
Empress Wu's eyes were as bright as fire, but she was suddenly stunned.
Judging from the appearance, the one looks like her nephew Wu Minzhi, but his age is so different from the Wu Minzhi in his impression.
But the next moment, a familiar voice confirmed his identity and spread to all directions: "I am Wu Minzhi, Mrs. Yang of Rongguo is my grandma. Today is her seventh birthday, and I am here to see her off!"
A chill went straight to everyone's heavenly spirits.
The missing Wu Minzhi is hidden in the Tathagata Buddha statue that he supervised and built to pray for Mrs. Rongguo?
What is he going to do?
Empress Wu's reaction was still the fastest, and she shouted: "Guards, quickly drag this evil thief who disrupted the Dharma assembly out of the Buddha statue!"
Immediately some guards came forward, but the surrounding people who worshiped Buddha began to riot.
"Buddha appears! Buddha bless!!"
"You must never blaspheme my Buddha!!"
The believers who worship the Buddha don't know who is hiding inside. They are just spreading the word about the Buddha's appearance crazily, and then try their best to squeeze in here.
Seeing that chaos was about to break out, Li Zhi took a breath and turned pale: "Quick, quick, push the Buddha statue into the Suzaku Gate!"
The guards rushed forward. Dozens of powerful men, including Anshen Gan, immediately pushed back the frame on which the Buddha was placed.
But during this process, Wu Minzhi’s voice echoed in my ears:
"When I was thirteen, my grandmother forced me to have sex with a man and woman in the Buddhist temple..."
"There is no one else in the Buddhist hall, only the Tathagata statue, looking down silently..."
"Every time when I couldn't bear it, I would raise my head and look at the Buddha imploringly, praying that he could stop Grandma..."
"But Buddha is always like that, standing quietly and never responds to my request!"
"Everyone in the world prays for the Buddha's blessing! Why doesn't it appear? Why doesn't it appear!!"
In more than a dozen temples, including Ci'en Temple, all the monks clasped their hands and chanted the Buddha's name, hoping to cover up the sound.
We heard nothing.
But obviously, although the Buddha statue is tall, it is still six stories high, not the thirty stories of Tongtian Pagoda.
You can certainly hear me clearly when you shout from the sixth floor.
Ever since.
Except for Li Zhi, who knew the inside story through the Meihua Internal Guard, and Empress Wu, who knew about the dirty things between her mother and nephew.
This news was like a bolt from the blue, shocking everyone else who could hear it.
Wu Minzhi is twenty-nine years old this year, sixteen years ago when he was thirteen.
Mrs. Rong Guo is ninety-one years old this year and was nearly seventy-five at that time.
Damn it!
The ministers who had been close to Wu Minzhi were shaking all over and almost fell down. The other ministers who had nothing to do with them exchanged glances with each other, showing that they were watching a good show.
The imperial guards were so shocked that they listened with their ears pricked up, but they knew that the stakes were very important, and for the sake of their own future, they did not dare to hesitate in the slightest, and they used all their strength to push the carriage into the imperial city.
But a moment later, Empress Wu's sharp voice burst into the air: "You are talking nonsense, who put you in the Buddha statue, slandered Mrs. Rongguo, and brought trouble to the court!"
Wu Minzhi did not answer, but laughed loudly: "No one else, I am here to settle the karma...Buddha bless you, Buddha bless you! Come here quickly!"
The last words were shouted to the people who worshiped Buddha.
Due to the angle problem, except for the direction of the Suzaku Gate, where you can clearly see the front face of the Buddha, the others are from the side, and some are simply from the back of the head.
And how can ordinary people understand Wu Minzhi's voice? They only know that after worshiping Buddha for so many years, Buddha finally appeared!
"Buddha bless you!!"
"We can't take the Buddha for ourselves, we also need the Buddha's blessing!!"
Especially when they saw the imperial guards pushing the Buddha statues into the imperial city, the fanatical believers couldn't bear it anymore and rushed forward one after another, even without fear of the internal guards.
Li Yan was sandwiched inside, stopping the crazy believers while listening to Wu Minzhi's wild laughter:
"Grandma has done so many scandalous things, why should she enjoy her old age and receive all the glory after her death?"
"Just because she is Mrs. Rong Guo and the mother of the evil woman Wu Mei?"
"Now you still want to go to heaven and pay homage in order to pray for the next life?"
"Why!"
Loud roars echoed in the sky above, and believers rioted below.
Crazy Buddhist worshipers came from behind to bathe in the Buddha's light.
The inner guards formed a human wall around them, but they were still pushing them forward. There was a crowd everywhere and screams began.
As a result, dozens of guards pushed the huge carriage, but there was no room to retreat.
Seeing that the people were causing chaos, Empress Wu glared sharply and was about to speak.
Li Zhi grabbed her sleeve and shook his head.
Not to mention that this is the Zhuque Gate in Chang'an, this is a Dharma gathering to accumulate merit for Mrs. Rong Guo. There are some things that must not be done.
Wu Minzhi knew this very well, so he tried every possible means to hide inside the Tathagata Buddha statue, and waited until the Dharma gathering started before attacking.
If you raise the butcher's knife, everything will be over.
Empress Wu also realized it and looked sharply at the eminent monks present.
The eminent monks headed by Master Puguang all lowered their heads and clasped their hands together. No one dared to respond to Empress Wu's eyes.
No monk dared to risk the disgrace by performing Qing Kung Fu, flying forward, and desecrating the Buddha statue in front of the public.
Seeing this, Empress Wu's chest heaved with anger. Li Zhi's eyes squinted and he nodded slightly.
"I come!"
Suddenly, a Taoist priest with long sleeves flying out of the crowd said: "How dare you do such a thing that blasphemes the gods and Buddhas? Come down!"
Li Yan looked over: "Ming Chongyan!"
On the surface, Chang'an Buddhism and Taoism are very peaceful, with no friction, and they all serve the imperial power, but there are always intrigues behind the scenes.
Whether he was a plum blossom inner guard or a Taoist priest, Ming Chongyan was very happy to give Buddhism a head-on blow at this time.
Then, in front of everyone, Ming Chongyan floated out, performed Qinggong, pointed two points on the Buddha statue, and flew up to the Buddha's head with his elegant posture, and grabbed Wu Minzhi with both hands.
Li Yan said silently: "It's over..."
Not to mention Wu Minzhi, even he couldn't resist Ming Chongyan if he was stuck in the Buddha statue.
However, the next moment, it was Ming Chongyan who suddenly changed his color.
Because he pulled hard, Wu Minzhi was not pulled out, but blood spurted out.
He took a closer look and exclaimed: "Did you sew yourself together with the Buddha statue?"
"I am the Tathagata! I am the Tathagata!"
Wu Minzhi was extremely lucky because he had squandered the money to build the Buddha statue.
It wasn't that he was short of money, but just like the banquet during the funeral, he hated Mrs. Rongguo in his heart, and these were all ways to vent his anger.
As a result, the Buddha statue has become a shoddy project. It looks bright and beautiful on the outside, but in fact the craftsmanship inside does not meet the requirements at all.
As the Buddhists say, one drink and one peck are all predetermined.
Only in this kind of Buddha statue could Wu Minzhi get in from the bottom and ask Kumarajiva to do something.
A crazy and cruel thing.
"come out!"
Ming Chongyan was unwilling to give in and reached out to pull it again. He saw that the skin and flesh were torn open, and streams of bright red blood flowed out along the gaps in the linen cloth of the Buddha statue.
"His! His!"
Wu Minzhi's facial features were distorted by the pain, but he laughed crazily and said: "I will die here! Let's do it! Let me see if you dare to kill me, a first-class Duke, here!"
Ming Chongyan's pupils shrank, and he cut across with his palm, trying to stun him, but it had no effect. The old face was so hideous as the blood spattered, and he was frightened, and he did not dare to strike again.
Capturing Wu Minzhi alive is a meritorious service, killing Wu Minzhi is completely different, otherwise the guards would have killed him with crossbows.
Ming Chongyan's figure spun around and retreated.
Although Li Zhi below could not see the details clearly, he saw that Ming Chongyan returned empty-handed, and Wu Minzhi's voice still rang through the sky.
Disappointment flashed in the saint's eyes, and Empress Wu became even more furious: "Bring me a bow and arrows! Shoot them for me! It doesn't matter whether you live or die!"
The key is that the commotion outside the court is even greater.
"Look! Buddha is bleeding! Buddha is bleeding!"
Wu Minzhi's voice was so hoarse that people who were a little further away couldn't hear what he said at all.
But at this moment, when Wu Minzhi was pulled hard several times by Ming Chongyan, the sutured wound burst with blood.
The originally golden Tathagata Buddha statue started from the head, and streaks of sad blood flowed downwards.
In the sky and on the earth, there is a bloody Tathagata.
Under this unprecedented impact, Wu Minzhi let out his final scream:
"Buddha said, karma repays you."
"I said, that's exactly what it should be."
"Use my blood and my life to wash away the sins of this life!"
"With my blood and my life, you will not be rewarded in the next life!"
"Grandma, my dear Sun Minzhi is here to see you off..."