Chapter Two Hundred and Thirty Two Demons Out of Lanruo Temple
As a landlord and wealthy businessman in Guobei County, Li Dafu naturally knows everything about the big and small things in this place. Moreover, after what happened with County Magistrate Liu last time, the Li family also specially raised a group of idle men.
Pay attention to the situation in the county.
So as not to be confused about big and small things.
"Dao Lanruo Temple, my son went to the city during this time, I'm afraid he doesn't know."
Li Dafu sighed and said: "Lanruo Temple was still a temple with great incense in the first half of the year, but in the few months after autumn, for some reason, the incense decreased rapidly."
"At first, my father didn't pay much attention to it. After all, my father has never been interested in the affairs of this temple. However, when the floods hit the Lanruo Temple some time ago, a strange thing happened."
Li Xiuyuan asked: "What's weird?"
"Due to the rising water, many victims from nearby villages fled to the county. Because Lanruo Temple is a temple, it opened its doors widely and accepted many victims." Li Dafu said, his face became more solemn.
"However, only the victims who entered Lanruo Temple were those who went in and those who did not come out. Our family also sent a few idle men to inquire about the news. After all, it was something that happened near the county and we could not ignore it. However, the idle men who went to inquire about the news
But just like those victims of the previous disaster, they entered Lanruo Temple and never came out again."
"Later, people in the county gradually spread the news that evil spirits are eating people in Lanruo Temple. Most of the victims and pilgrims who entered Lanruo Temple were eaten by monsters. My son, tell me, such a
In this haunted temple, all the monks have disappeared long ago, how can there be still monks from Lanruo Temple?"
After listening to this, Li Xiuyuan understood completely in his heart.
The hidden dangers left in the past finally broke out.
The one who harms and eats people is definitely not an evil spirit, but the thousand-year-old tree demon.
It's just... Li Xiuyuan didn't expect that this matter would worsen so seriously. He thought that even if the thousand-year-old tree demon wanted to do evil, it would at least go through a process. And he was near Guobei County, so he could do it if he heard the slightest disturbance.
Rush to stop it immediately.
That's what he thought at first.
But who could have imagined that a flood or disaster would worsen things to this point.
As expected, chaos started in one place and chaos everywhere.
The Dragon King of Wujiang is like a spark. A disaster has brought out countless monsters and ghosts in this land.
"My son, you can't go to Lanruo Temple. There are evil spirits there. Next time you pass by, you have to go farther away to avoid being targeted by evil spirits." Li Dafu said earnestly.
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "Father, don't worry, I know the child well, but the monk outside the house is still waiting for the child. Out of etiquette, I should go out and see him. Maybe the monk is still an acquaintance of the child."
"If you are an acquaintance, you have to meet him. Well, my son, please go and meet that monk." Li Dafu nodded and said.
"That kid has to leave first."
After Li Xiuyuan saluted, he stood up and left the wine table.
At this moment, outside Li's Mansion, an old monk with a skinny face, a sallow complexion, and a long beard was standing there motionless, with his eyes closed and a peaceful expression, with a calm and unmoving expression.
Not angry.
This is indeed the look of an eminent monk.
"Amitabha, Mr. Li is here?"
Suddenly, the old monk opened his eyes, clasped his hands together, and chanted the Buddha's name.
"It turns out to be Master Kong. I wonder why Master Kong came all the way to find me?" Li Xiuyuan strode out, saluted, and then asked.
But when I saw the somewhat unreal appearance of Master Kong's body, I couldn't help but feel a shiver in my heart.
Master Liokong had a look of pain on his face at this time and sighed slightly: "On that day Mr. Li came to Lanruo Temple to burn incense and wanted to cut down the sacred tree in the temple. Lao Na and all the monks in the temple devoted themselves to stopping Mr. Li and helped the sacred tree escape.
, now Mr. Li really got what he said. The sacred tree turned into a demon and caused chaos in the temple. Now it has killed all the monks in the temple, as well as many pilgrims, victims of the disaster, and passers-by.
, committed a mass murder, and although I have little power, it is difficult to stop it. Now I can only shamelessly ask Mr. Li to come forward and subdue the evil monster, so as to prevent more people and living beings from being harmed."
"It is indeed the tree demon causing trouble."
Li Xiuyuan said solemnly: "Master helped the tree demon that day because he thought about the difficulty of the tree demon's thousands of years of Taoism and brought incense to the temple, so he kindly helped the tree demon and saved his life.
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"As everyone knows, what you did that day was like a farmer saving a poisonous snake. If the tree demon was really a kind tree demon, he would not have watched the green plum girl fall to death in front of the tree that day without being indifferent.
If the pilgrims are not saved, how can we still expect it to become a god and save all people?"
"The tree demon has no good intentions in his heart and just enjoys the incense blindly. He has become a god and an evil god. I insisted on cutting down the wood that day, both out of anger and because I wanted to solve this scourge. Unfortunately, the master did not understand me at the time.
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Master Liokong sighed again, "Young master Li is absolutely right. Therefore, what was sown in the past will be harvested today. Lao Na's misunderstanding at that time made a big mistake. Now nine out of ten monks in Lanruo Temple are dead, and the remaining
They all escaped, and Lanruo Temple became a deserted temple within a month, and the incense was cut off. This is exactly what Buddhism calls karma."
Li Xiuyuan said: "It's not too late to remedy the situation. There is such an evil monster in Guobei County that harms people. I will not sit idly by and do nothing. But don't worry, Master Liaokong. I will take care of the tree monster tomorrow."
Go and solve it, and I will never let it harm anyone again. It's a pity that I got the news a little late and couldn't detect it at the first time. Otherwise, I would never let this tree demon harm so many people."
"Everything is destiny and calamity. I can rest assured that Mr. Li is here today."
Master Lokong breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, with a look of relief on his face.
"Master Kong, you're welcome. This is something I have promised before." Li Xiuyuan said.
After he left Lanruo Temple last time, he had already made preparations to go to Lanruo Temple to exterminate the demons again, but he was delayed due to various things and the lack of news.
Master Liokong clasped his hands together again: "Amitabha, now that I have fulfilled my wish, it is time to atone for my sins. Only by suffering the pain of three reincarnations can these sins be washed away."
After saying that, the figure that originally seemed a bit illusory became even more ethereal.
It was too dark to see before, but now it is more and more obvious.
Only a moment passed before Master Liao Kong completely disappeared from sight.
The only concern was gone, and the tree demon of Lanruo Temple was also handed over to Li Xiuyuan, so this obsession was gone.
"Ah~! No, it's gone."
Seeing Master Kong disappearing out of thin air, the guards beside the mansion, as well as Xiaodie and Du Chunhua following behind, all screamed in fright.
"It seems that Master Kong also died in the hands of that tree demon?" Li Xiuyuan thought to himself.
A thousand-year-old monster is fine if you practice self-denial and have little impact on the people, but once it starts doing evil, it is not that easy to deal with.
He has seen many great demons who have practiced Taoism for thousands of years.
Heishanjun, Polygonum multiflorum spirit, Wujiang Dragon King, Hua Gu... Except for Polygonum multiflorum spirit, each of the remaining big demons has hands stained with blood, and is burdened with countless killings. The harm is enough to harm a county and a whole country.
City, and their virtues are so high that even the gods in the sky can hardly kill them, and they may even be defeated at the hands of these thousand-year-old monsters.
Evil can conquer good.
"Young Master, the old monk who disappeared just now is the Master Liao Kong who stayed at Lanruo Temple with his slave last time?"
Xiaodie timidly hid behind Li Xiuyuan. She was timid and obviously a little afraid of these gods and ghosts.
Li Xiuyuan nodded: "It's Master Liaokong from Lanruo Temple. Now Master Liaokong has passed away. What just happened is that his obsession has not dissipated. He asked me to go to Lanruo Temple to eliminate the demon and bring peace to this place."
Xiaodie said again: "Master, there are monsters in Lanruo Temple. What should we do if we burn incense for the lady in the future?"
Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved slightly and said: "Since there is a monster causing trouble, it is natural to destroy it. There is no need to worry about Qingmei. I have a sense of propriety."
"It's getting very late. Let's go back. The family dinner is almost over."
He didn't stop much, but immediately returned to his house with his two maids, Xiaodie and Du Chunhua.
Even if we want to eliminate the demon, we have to wait until tomorrow.