The three of them were about to leave the alley when they suddenly heard the sound of a gong on the street. Then, although there were people coming and going, the lifeless street suddenly exploded!
When he walked out of the alley, Wang Xian saw that the crowds that were originally going south and north all rushed in one direction following the sound of the gong.
Wang Xian grabbed a young man and asked, "May I ask, what are you doing here?"
Seeing that he spoke with a foreign accent, the young man glanced at him and said impatiently: "Master Xiang is about to preach! Let me go quickly. If I'm late, I won't be able to join the queue!"
"What are you doing in line?" Lingxiao asked.
"Receive the alms." After the young man finished speaking, he tried his best to break away from Wang Xian. But after taking a few steps, he seemed to remember something again and turned back to stare at Wang Xian. Wang Xian looked back at him, but the young man quickly turned back and said,
Join the crowd.
"Let's go take a look too." Wang Xian didn't care and followed closely with his two daughters.
"Where have you gone, sir?!" Zhou Yong and others were originally following Wang Xian, but now the crowd surged and they could no longer find their target...
Wang Xian followed the crowd and arrived at a courtyard. The courtyard was already crowded with believers who came to listen to the lecture, and people continued to pour in.
But there is no chaos in the courtyard. On the one hand, there are more than a dozen big men maintaining order. On the north platform of the courtyard, the smiling Maitreya Buddha statue seems to have powerful magic power, allowing the believers to worship obediently.
No one dared to crowd. Of course, the magic power could come from the dozens of large baskets on the platform, full of golden pancakes...
Wang Xian and Ling Xiao have had the experience of listening to a lecture, and Gu Xiaolian is the former White Lotus Saint... Of course, she is a saint from Shanxi, and the believers in Shandong do not know her. The three of them all know what to do at this time.
, hiding in the crowd is not eye-catching.
When the believers were all in place, a Shandong man in his forties, wearing a straight jacket and cassock, who looked a bit nondescript, stood on the high platform, first offered incense to the Maitreya Buddha statue, and then led the believers to kowtow to the Buddha statue.
Then he began to recite sutras. The sutras he recited were from the White Lotus Sect. They were not much different from what Wang Xian heard in Yuncheng last winter. The main idea was that there is a supreme goddess in the world, named Wu
"Birth Mother", she created the universe and mankind, and at the same time saved the descendants who were drowning in the sea of suffering, and sent Maitreya Buddha to the earth to save all living beings.
This is the origin of the words "Incarnate Mother" on the lintels of those shops. As for the "Vacuum Hometown", it is the place where the Inanimate Mother lives. It is the birthplace and final destination of human beings, equivalent to the Western Paradise of Buddhism. Sutra
The article says that once people return home, they will enjoy the beautiful scenery of heaven, have no birth or death, and be safe and happy. But people in the world have been lost and cannot find their way home, so they will suffer in this world. They can only hurry up and take part in spiritual practice
The Great Way of Inaction, know the Dafa of Vacuum, so that you can return to your hometown of Vacuum under the guidance of Maitreya Buddha!
The scripture is simple, straightforward, and full of temptations. It exaggerates the beauty of the "vacuum hometown" in a huge space. The believers who listened were fascinated and thought about the sea of misery they are now in. Many people burst into tears and beat their chests in tears!
After the sutra was recited, the middle-aged man smiled and accepted everyone's thanks, and asked: "Dear fellow believers, if you have any questions about today's Buddhism, just ask the owner of this incense, and we will study it together."
Immediately, someone stood up and asked, when will Maitreya appear and take them to his hometown of Vacuum?!
"This is a heavenly secret that should not be leaked," the incense owner said solemnly, "but I, the Buddha, are compassionate and ask this incense owner to tell you that the day when Maitreya will appear is not far away!"
"Ouch! That's great!" The crowd burst into loud cheers.
"Incense Master," when the cheers died down, someone asked timidly: "I heard that the Mother Buddha has come to this world. Is that true?"
The believers were obviously very concerned about this issue, and everyone immediately echoed: "Yes, incense owner, I heard that the Mother Buddha was preaching in Jiaodong, and she showed her power and burned down the emperor's three main halls!"
"Master of incense, is the Buddha Mother the Incarnate Mother?" Someone asked loudly, which led to bursts of exclamations. People all blushed with excitement. They thought that it must be like this! The Buddha Mother surrendered.
It’s up to Seira to save them! Will the day when everyone returns to their hometown in the vacuum be far away?
The atmosphere in the venue was close to boiling, but the incense owner on the stage had an unnatural expression. Wang Xian stared at his expression and saw his lips moving a few times, as if he was having a fierce ideological struggle, and he couldn't help but be surprised!
Finally, the incense owner spoke, and he said in a trembling voice: "That Buddha Mother is not an inanimate old mother..."
With a buzzing sound, everyone was stunned and looked at the incense owner in disbelief, hearing him continue: "Wusheng Mother has already sent Maitreya to the earth, why bother to go there in person? So Buddha Mother should not be Wusheng Old Mother.
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"No way!" Everyone's disappointment was palpable, and someone asked loudly: "Buddha Mother, isn't she the mother of Maitreya Buddha? Isn't Maitreya Buddha's mother the Inanimate Mother?!"
"Yes! The Buddha Mother's power is boundless and she can burn down the emperor's three palaces. Who is the Innocent Mother?!"
Faced with the doubts of the believers, the incense owner looked livid and sweated profusely. He finally did not dare to speak nonsense anymore and could only prevaricate: "I will ask the hall master for instructions on this question. Please ask the hall master for instructions from Maitreya Buddha. Let's see what the Buddha says."
Say!" Then he signaled his subordinates to give alms quickly and hastily ended the ceremony!
Seeing the incense owner leaving in a hurry, although the believers were full of questions, they could only suppress it for the time being and start queuing up to receive alms. The so-called alms are the cakes in the baskets. Each person can receive one and leave the venue after receiving it. Wang Xiansan
The people also behaved well and lined up in front of the stage. They followed the example of the believers, first raising one palm and flexing two fingers, and pointing the other finger to the chest. The man giving the alms nodded and handed each of them a pancake made of rice noodles. The three of them.
He took the cake and left the venue.
As soon as they left the venue, Zhou Yong and others came up to him with anxious faces. Seeing that the three of them were safe and sound, Zhou Yong cried out, thank God. Wang Xian was not seen for a whole hour, but he was frightened to the point of leaving his body and soul.
Ownerless.
"Okay, don't act like a bitch." Wang Xian helplessly looked at Zhou Yong, who was crying and snotty, and surrendered: "Go back, let's go back."
The three of them got on the carriage and quickly left here under the protection of Zhou Yong and others.
As soon as the group left, a group of men armed with sharp swords and wearing red scarves hurried over. The leader was the incense master who had just preached on the stage. He stared at the crowd coming out of the venue, and at the same time, he took out
A picture of a shadow. The young man in the picture looks very similar to Wang Xian.
But until the crowd dispersed, the man painted on the picture was not seen. The incense owner was very unhappy and asked the young man next to him in a rough voice: "Where are the three people you mentioned?"
That young man was the one Wang Xian asked for directions. He scratched his head and said timidly: "I watched them come in."
"You're not blinded, are you?" The incense owner's subordinates didn't believe it: "Why would such a big official like him wander around alone on the street?"
"I really saw it! He is very similar to the man in the portrait!" the young man argued.
"Where's that person? Where did he go?" someone else asked.
"Maybe we should leave before we come..." the young man muttered in a low voice.
"Forget it, forget it!" The incense owner put the portrait in his arms. He was currently worried about the affairs of the 'Buddha Mother' and 'Maitreya', and had no intention of delving into the matter. He glared at the junior in displeasure and led others
He left. If the senior officials of the White Lotus Sect knew that if he came here just a little earlier, he would change the fate of the White Lotus Sect and even the general trend of the world, and they would definitely reduce the incense master to ashes...
Returning to the retreat, Wang Xian immediately asked Zhou Gan to be found, and immediately asked: "Is the boss of the White Lotus Sect the Mother of Buddha or Maitreya?"
Zhou Gan was stunned for a moment, and some of the answers he asked were inappropriate: "The White Lotus Sect has a very strict organization, and the local branches do not belong to each other. Each branch only recognizes its own leader. Originally, the White Lotus Sect in Shandong only recognized Lin San. After Lin San's death, those leaders
Everyone has their own plans, and no one is willing to obey anyone. The appearance of the Buddha Mother is to reintegrate the various forces." After a pause, he said: "As for Maitreya... I haven't heard of anyone showing off under the guise of Maitreya. If there is,
If so, it should have the same purpose." After speaking, he asked Wang Xiandao: "Sir, where did you learn about it?"
"I heard it myself!" Wang Xian's expression was quite ugly. Zhou Yong quickly told Zhou Gan about the situation of Wang Xian's private visit in disguise and attending the meeting of the White Lotus Sect.
Only then did Zhou Gan understand where the yellow pancakes that Wang Xian had been playing with came from. He couldn't help but feel ashamed and said: "My subordinates are all trying their best to track the Buddha Mother, and they are a little worried about Jinan. The lights are dark.
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"Hmph," Wang Xian snorted and said angrily: "The city of Jinan is already under the rule of the White Lotus Sect, and you still have the nerve to say it's dark under the lamp!" Zhou Gan knelt down to apologize.
Fortunately, Wang Xian had no intention of dealing with him, and said in a deep voice: "Please take this matter to heart and carefully check where Maitreya came from?!" He said in a slightly gentle tone: "I
It feels like there is something wrong between him and the Buddha Mother. If this is true, it will be a huge benefit to us!"
"Yes!" Zhou Gan hurriedly responded in a deep voice: "I'll go check it out now!"
"However, we still have to put the whereabouts of the Buddha Mother first," Wang Xian thought for a while and then ordered: "This matter needs to be investigated carefully, but there is no need to be too anxious."
"Yes." Zhou Gan agreed again.
"Go." Wang Xian waved his hand and Zhou Gan resigned. When Zhou Gan left, Wang Xian ordered Zhou Yong: "Fetch Lao Hu and ask him to come at night so that no one can see him."
"Yes." Zhou Yong responded quickly. Lao Hu is the former Shandong bandit Hu Sandao. This guy is now a member of the Imperial Guard. This time Wang Xian comes to Shandong, he will naturally bring this local snake with him. But Hu Sandao did not fight with Wang Xian.
Xian entered Jinan together, but quietly followed with others to prepare for emergencies.