Immortal wind and deceit: the secret scriptures of the seven chapters of Xuanjun at the beginning Chapter 114 Shangxian spares his life, Mandrill's confession
Chapter 114 Shangxian spares his life, Mandrill's confession
"Are you still thinking about what happened in Jiangyuan Town?" The civet cat walked to Wu Qiudao's head and looked up from this angle. Its cat face was inverted with Wu Qiudao's line of sight, which looked very interesting.
Wu Qiudao smiled casually. To be honest, the "Grey God" Shushu was a little unjust. Although he liked to eat blood food, the idea of giving the food to Shushu's woman when he got married was completely a trick devised by Miao Zhu himself who was greedy for gifts.
But out of the principle that dogs that bite people must be beaten to death, Wu Qiudao still sent Shushu and Miao Zhu away together.
Wu Qiudao lay on the carriage of another caravan, silent. That's right, after they finished the commission, they found another passing caravan to ride on the carriage. This time, the local caravans in Tangxing County were wearing their clothes.
After being flattered, the caravan leader showed considerable respect for the four of them.
At least Wu Qiudao got the special treatment of lying alone in a truck. Out of boredom, he picked up a money bag and counted the rewards casually.
This trip was a fruitful one. Not only did I uncover the yellow list of "Changping Mountain Rat Infestation", but I also uncovered the "Jiangyuan Town Sending the Gray God" list issued by the Tangxing County Government. In addition, various villagers
Eating local products, etc. are not included.
On the contrary, after killing Miao Zhu, the money was divided between his daughter and the victim woman's family, and the four of them did not get a cent.
The reward for eradicating the rat infestation in Changping Mountain was two copper coins, which were divided equally among the four, each receiving 500 copper coins. The total reward for sending the Gray God reached 647 taels of silver, and Wu Qiudao took 600 taels alone.
The remaining forty-seven cents were left to Zhang Tianqin and the other three to divide among themselves.
It was definitely difficult to carry so much silver, so Zhang Tianqin took Wu Qiudao to find a bank and exchanged the silver for gold ingots. 10,000 copper coins = 10 copper coins = 10 taels of silver ≈ 1 tael of gold, so 600 taels
The silver was only exchanged for fifty-nine taels of gold ingots.
According to the bank, since the two-tax law replaced the rent-yong regulation, the supply of copper coins has gradually exceeded the demand, so that "money is more important than material". From a few decades ago, gold and silver began to flow into the market to make up for the lack of copper coins.
In addition, since the Anshi period, the practice of privately minting copper coins has flourished in various vassal towns, and the discount prices of copper coins vary from place to place. Therefore, Wu Qiudao's behavior of exchanging silver coins for gold, although it seems to be a loss, actually preserves the value.
If this huge sum of money were given to an ordinary Tang Dynasty farmer, it would be enough for them to buy more than ten acres of fertile land and build a big house. With the remaining money, they could team up with someone in the county to buy a shop to pass on to the family, and they could suddenly become a landlord.
Class.
But Wu Qiudao knew that this possibility did not exist, not to mention that the local gentry class had its own complex and colluded with each other, and would not allow farmers to become landlords easily. Moreover, if you have to go to the Yamen to notarize the deposit, you have to scratch it no matter what.
Give me a layer of skin.
The subordinate officials who take charge of lawsuits, the officials who have become officials who bully the common people, the landlords and gentry who annex land, the elders who defy money and food, and the clan elders who arrogantly judge the countryside, together are the so-called "gentry" and "village sages".
Since ancient times, imperial power has not been in the countryside, and these country gentry are the real masters of the vast countryside.
In addition, in the background of the late Tang Dynasty, there were tax collectors who forced heavy taxes, military vassal towns that forcibly recruited young people, bandits and bandits who robbed wealth and killed people, evil spirits who harmed the people, and cruelty to mortals.
It is not easy for ordinary people to live a peaceful life, Qi Refining Monk.
Moreover, as a time traveler, Wu Qiudao also knew that uprisings and rebellions were happening all over the country, and that the Tang Dynasty, Zuo, was already in danger. By then, the world would be in chaos, and ordinary people would be hard pressed to survive.
Forget it, I don't want to go this far. The more I think about it, the more uncomfortable it will be. As for whether Jiangyuan Town will cause trouble again in the future, it has nothing to do with him as a Yaxing Ranger.
Since the road was inconvenient at this time, the road back to Chengdu Prefecture took the same official road this time. It once again passed the ruined temple where mandrills from all over the country gathered that day. There were few people nearby and it was not easy to camp, so the caravan decided to go there too.
Stay one night in a ruined temple on the mountain.
Wu Qiudao casually glanced around to see if there were any monsters and strongmen lurking around. Who knew he actually saw a shadowy figure in the forest? He casually reported that he had three emergencies and chased after him.
After chasing for a while, he lost sight of him. He was not in a hurry. He passed his eyelids with his sword finger and opened the "Dharma Eye of Insight": "Close your eyes and rest your mind to seek tranquility. The mind has already awakened itself. The prescription for purifying the dregs is pure, and the tear duct is drained."
The eyes will be clearer. The ratings will return to listening, and the appearance will be different. Open up!"
As soon as his Dharma eyes were opened, it was indeed clear. Wu Qiudao immediately saw the fleeing figure. He flew over with his sword and landed in front of the fleeing direction. When he looked up, he saw that it was indeed a mandrill.
However, these mandrills all had no facial features and only had two large holes for their eyes. They all seemed to look the same, so Wu Qiudao really couldn't identify who the mandrill in front of him was.
Wu Qiudao asked curiously: "There were so many mandrills gathered together that day, which one are you?"
The mandrill was so frightened that he knelt down and begged for mercy: "Immortal, please forgive me, I... I am Maosheng, the god of Wangsizhen. I did not... did not offend the immortal that day. I returned, I also took a bowl of monkey...
...The monkey wine must be tasted by the Immortal!"
Wu Qiudao raised his eyebrows and asked: "You were lucky last time when you didn't come back to eat the three animal sacrifices. Those who came had their hearts ripped out by my sword and died! I ask you, why did you say that that day?
Are you trying to brainwash me with some weird rumors about the 'One who unites all things'?"
The mandrill kowtowed on the ground and said: "We are indeed the Protectors of Silence and Wrath in the Tantra. We practice the four tantras of "The Success Tantra", "The Action Tantra", "The Yoga Tantra" and "The Supreme Yoga Tantra"!
Contains the secret teaching of the Buddha that unites all things in the Vajrayana!"
"Because the immortals broke into the illusions we created for no reason, I wanted to lure the immortals into my secret teaching on a whim, so as to obtain the wisdom of the Supreme Vehicle! This is the Tantra Dharma of the Absolute Holy Abandoned Wisdom, and we will never harm anyone.
My heart! Please ask for guidance from the immortal!"
Wu Qiudao had a headache when he heard it. He more or less understood the Vajrayana Yogayana. In short, it was Tibetan Buddhism and Tantric Buddhism mixed with the messy things of Tibetan Bonism, and it also gave you initiations and gave them to the top of your head!
He curled his lips and asked again: "Even if you have good intentions and want to achieve enlightenment and become a Buddha, and teach me some Supreme Vehicle wisdom and Dharma, but when everyone is hypnotized by you, you will bring out evil spirits who want to dig out people's hearts and kill people."
Now that the ritual is out, it’s not like I’ve wronged you, right?”
Who would have thought that after hearing this, the mandrill Mao Sheng actually expressed his grievances: "How barbaric is the act of killing people and digging out their hearts? No matter how you say it, we are the famous tigers and gods in Sichuan, and we really can't be like this!"
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"Besides, this Tongxin Temple is our gathering place. If we really want to have a taste of people's hearts, we can let the believers offer them. Why do we have to do it ourselves and desecrate the temple in vain? Even mortals will not sit at the guest table.
Killing chickens and cows, right? How dirty is that? Please seek enlightenment from the gods!"
"Huh?" Wu Qiudao originally didn't expect the mandrill to have any explanation, but after hearing this argument, it seemed that it really made sense!
In this case, isn't it the mandrill who kills people and digs out their hearts? Although these obscene priests of the Mao God have killed countless people, and killing a few of them would not be considered unjust, but just killing the mandrill in front of you will not help. The key is to dig out the heart.
The mystery remains unsolved!
If you calculate it this way, who killed the person and dug out his heart?