He Tongda shouted: "This is all white money!" He stared at the iron box and couldn't move it away anymore, so he almost stuck his head in.
Master Xie watched clearly from the side. The iron box was full of silver notes. After a while, he couldn't even count them. He Tongda grabbed the banknotes that the thin Taoist had just handed over from the table. The star plate was stained with saliva.
He stood up on his legs and simply counted the banknotes on the Grand Master's chair. "One thousand, three thousand, eight thousand..., 120,000 taels, 120,000 taels of silver. Eh? What is this?
thing?"
There was also a brocade bag on the bottom of the iron box. He Tongda opened the brocade bag and poured it into his palm. Yingying raised her eyes and saw a few small pieces of paper falling out of the brocade bag. He Tongda twisted a piece of paper as big as a palm.
The piece of paper read: "Pay... Wanhua House... three months... rent one thousand taels of silver..., bah, blind man, what are you writing? It makes me dizzy. I see you."
I'm tired of living." He Tongda angrily threw the piece of paper into the brocade bag and threw it back into the iron box.
The blind man timidly said: "Master Qingtian, I am a blind man. How can I know whether I am writing clearly or not? I write an expense bill because I am worried that these two dogs will one day count money for me, so I just wrote it."
Write down all the expenses on a piece of paper."
He Tongda said with hatred and anger: "More than one hundred thousand taels of silver, you three are fooling around like crazy. I get angry just looking at you, so I put the three of them in jail. I have defrauded so much money and am waiting to be jailed."
Sit on and wear it!”
The guards lifted up the three people who were hanging their heads and escorted them out of the lobby. He Tongda packed up the banknotes and held the iron box and asked in a low voice: "Master Xie, you also saw how successful Gu Jing was when he was defrauded of his money. This
Silver is not as good as..."
Everyone in the court knew what He Tongda was thinking. Qi Ying smiled and continued: "Master He is indeed as clear as water and as bright as a mirror. Uncle Gu is not here, but you are still worried about this money. Uncle Gu can't go far yet, so let me
Send it to him."
"Who said I care about his money? I just want to share Gu Jing's worries. He smiles so happily when the money is gone. Isn't it given to everyone..."
Before He Tongda could finish his words, Qi Ying kowtowed and said, "Thank you for your promise, sir. I will trust Uncle Gu to send the money. No wonder the people in Huizhou secretly say that there is no fish in the water, and no official is greedy."
Qi Ying stood up and grabbed the iron box from He Tongda's hand, turned around and ran out of the county office in a hurry. He Tongda didn't recover from Qi Ying's words for a long time, smacking his lips and tilting his head and repeating "He Shuiwu" repeatedly.
Fish, as the saying goes, why officials are not greedy...
"Master Xie, was that girl complimenting me just now?" Master Xie smiled helplessly and nodded.
He Tongda said happily: "What the girl said is really good. I like to hear her praise me. Huh? No, where is my money?"...
Gu Jing was walking on the bustling bluestone road in Huizhou in despair. Qi Ying ran over quickly and panted heavily. She wanted to return the iron box to Gu Jing. But when she saw Gu Jing's eyes were dull and dazed, Qi Ying had no choice but to
She hired a car for him to escort Gu Jing back home. Qi Ying handed Gu Jing and the iron box to Mrs. Xu. When Mrs. Xu saw that Gu Jing had gone out well and now looked like this, she panicked and lost her mind.
Qi Ying comforted and said: "Aunt Xu, Uncle Gu is acting like this because he is so angry. Go and ask a doctor to take a look. Forget it, let me go and ask for it. Aunt Xu is still here to take care of Uncle Gu.
good."
Qi Ying invited the doctor to take Gu Jing's pulse and prick the acupoints with silver needles. After half an hour, Gu Jing sighed and finally woke up. Seeing that Gu Jing was awake, Qi Ying and
The doctor then said goodbye to Mrs. Xu. Gu Jing told Mrs. Xu that he had been deceived. The two couples were very grateful to Miss Qi Ying. Gu Jing opened the iron box and added it up with Mrs. Xu, and the amount of money that had been deceived was less.
They lost seven or eight thousand taels. The money loss was not big, but the couple didn’t know how to explain it to their son...
The house leak coincided with the continuous rain, so Gu Jing resigned as the general manager of the house and took care of everything himself. When he went to collect the land rent in the city, he was caught in a heavy rain and contracted the wind and cold. New illnesses and old injuries overwhelmed Gu Jing. Home
There is one person in charge of a thousand families. When Gu Jing fell ill, all the Gu family's property was entrusted to Gu Mingen. Gu Mingen didn't have the information to be in charge of the family. Every day he held a few miscellaneous books on becoming an immortal and seeking the Tao. In the business world
Things were left to their own devices, and from then on the Gu family began to decline...
Suddenly another big event happened in Huizhou city. Thousands of people gathered not far from Gu Jing's mansion out of nowhere. Gu Jing was lying on the hospital bed and was woken up by the noise and wanted to go out.
It was hard to find out what happened, so we had to send Xu and Gu Ming'en to investigate together.
After a while, Mrs. Xu came in and replied: "I don't know where the monk came from. He is sitting in front of our house and annoying a lot of onlookers."
Gu Jing said angrily: "It was a Taoist priest last time and now it's a monk. They are all deceptive tricks. Don't pay attention to them."
Gu Ming'en rushed into the house and said, "Dad, Mom is amazing. There is a golden Buddha head growing out of the ground... out of the ground..."
Mrs. Xu shook her head and said: "Sir, Ming'er is already quite old. But she still doesn't speak seriously. Can a golden Buddha head grow out of the ground? Ming'er, now that your father is seriously ill, you are the backbone of our family.
Ah, mom knows that business matters are difficult for you. Dad and mom just want you to be a normal person, and nothing else is important. Those who are cultivating immortals and becoming Taoists are all liars. Your dad is a Taoist.
It’s such a pain in the ass.”
Gu Ming'en shook his head and said: "Mom, it's true. That monk is really a god. So many people just saw that after the monk recited the mantra, the ground rose up, and it didn't take long for it to rise from the ground.
A golden Buddha's head has grown out of the ground. People outside say that it is a god and Buddha who has come to the world, and they are kneeling down to pray for protection from the god and Buddha."
Gu Jing stood up and said: "It must be another trick to deceive people. There are no gods in the world. I will never believe it again, cough... cough..."
"I'm telling you that I'm playing the lute to an ox. There have been many mortals in the past dynasties who have cultivated immortality. I think that monk is a god, and I want to learn the method of cultivating immortality from him!" Gu Ming'en waved his hand and walked out of the room, Gu Jing thought repeatedly.
She called him to stop, but Gu Mingen turned a deaf ear. Xu followed Gu Mingen to see what was going on.
When Mrs. Xu came out of the gate, she was really startled by the crowd of people kneeling on the ground. With Gu Mingen, she finally managed to get in. The monk in the street had a jade-like face and a solemn appearance, wearing a well-railed cassock.
With eyes closed, he kept pinching and turning eighteen longan-sized beads in his hand.
Gu Mingen and Mrs. Xu heard people talking about the monk. Some said that the monk was an Arhat who had been meditating here for three days without eating or drinking. Some said that the monk could give the golden Buddha in the ground to
If they are recruited, there will definitely be big changes in Huizhou city...
"Amitabha, you are a boy in front of the Buddha, but you are going in the wrong direction in Buddhist practice. When will you be able to achieve enlightenment?" The monk's voice was not loud, but his words could be heard clearly by Gu Mingen and Xu. Mrs. Xu secretly wondered if her son was really not an ordinary person?
Gu Ming'en bowed his hands to the monk and said, "I really don't understand the Zhuji Zen sayings spoken by the great master. I owe it to the great master to give me some advice."
The monk smiled and said: "The greedy monk Mingkong, the people inside the threshold haven't realized it yet!" No matter how much Gu Ming'en asked Zen Master Mingkong, the monk seemed to have fallen into trance. He closed his eyes and bowed his head in silence. Ming'en walked home and closed the door to prevent Gu Ming'en from asking the monk...
Although Gu Mingen was helpless, he was still thinking about what Monk Mingkong said. Could it be that he failed to become an immortal because he went astray? The more he thought about it, the more it made sense, and the more he thought about it, he realized that the monk was not a mortal. In the middle of the night, she was lying on the bed tossing and turning, unable to sleep. Mrs. Xu was afraid that her son would be deceived again, so she sent two servants to guard the door of Gu Mingen's room. Gu Mingen was even more anxious in the room. Waiting for the servants at the door. After starting to take a nap, Gu Mingen climbed out of the window of the room and climbed up the courtyard wall. He saw many people holding torches guarding the Golden Buddha with Zen Master Mingkong.
Gu Ming'en climbed out of the courtyard along the wall. Before he could approach the monk, he spoke first: "If you step inside the threshold, you will be outside the threshold. The poor monk is willing to save everyone in the world and do good." Gu Ming'en looked at Zen Master Mingkong. The people around him were some of the evildoers in Huizhou City, and they were all kneeling in front of the golden Buddha in obedience.
Gu Ming'en stood in front of the monk Mingkong and said: "Master's divine method is Guangze. My disciple has always been unable to find a way to cultivate immortality. I hope the master can give me some guidance."
Zen Master Mingkong wrote the word "Sacrifice" on the ground with his hand: "Back then, Manjushri Bodhisattva became an immortal because he gave up his family, and Buddha gave up his body and became a real person. Does the donor understand?"
Gu Mingen said hurriedly: "I understand, I would like to ask the master for clear words."
Monk Mingkong smiled and said: "I have told you, you can go and gain enlightenment on your own."
Gu Ming'en guarded the golden Buddha with everyone, meditating on the word "Sacrifice" said by the monk. After dawn, the Gu family found that Gu Ming'en was missing. The girl found Gu Ming'en in front of the monk and tried to persuade him to go back, but Gu Ming'en was ignored. En drove him away. In the end, it was Xu who supported Gu Jing before dragging Gu Mingen back, sealing Gu Mingen's doors and windows and shutting him inside.
Gu Mingen was imprisoned in the room without eating or drinking, and spent the whole day practicing meditation and enlightenment. Xu sighed and said to Gu Jing: "Master, I think it's better to forget about this. He has been obsessed with Ming'er since he was a child. To become an immortal, even locking him in a room will not help."
Gu Jing said sadly: "I am in pain today because I listened to the evil talk. I am also to blame for Ming'er becoming what she is now."
"Master, this is a scam deliberately set up by evil people. Master, please stop blaming yourself. I think we might as well find a wife for Ming'er. A woman can take care of him and win his heart."
Gu Jing nodded and said: "This is a good idea, but Ming'er has not liked to interact with others since he was a child. I really don't know what kind of wife he can find for him to win his heart?"
"Sir, I think the girl from the Qi family is pretty good. Zhou Zheng is good-looking and has a good heart. She didn't even take any money from the iron box that brought us the banknotes. Miss Qi has been with Qi Changshui since she was a child. The daughter of the family is Miss Qi handles all the work alone."
Gu Jing sighed: "Miss Qi is both civil and military, so I'm worried that Ming'er will suffer in the future."
"Haha, sir, I think Ming'er in our family needs someone who can be more aggressive to take care of him. I'm also worried that Miss Qi doesn't like Ming'er?"
While the old couple were discussing in the room, the girl ran in hurriedly and said: "Master, half of the golden Buddha outside Madam's door is exposed. Many people have begun to donate money and plan to build a temple here.
ah!"
Gu Jing took a breath and said: "If we build a temple here, Ming'er will be in deep trouble. If we move, if we can't offend him, why can't we hide away?..."