Chapter 13 Lanruo Temple, a thousand-year-old locust
"It's not bad to live like this. The goal has been achieved, so I am satisfied." Wang Zhe thought to himself. He is a person who is relatively easy to be satisfied.
Just a little full!
After all, people cannot be resurrected, so it is always good to get more money.
He has heard some rumors about the county magistrate in the past two years, and they are all about corruption and bending the law.
He also thought about killing the county magistrate directly, but who can guarantee what the next one will be like? Besides, he has been working as an errand in the yamen for the past two years, so the county magistrate is not without merit, and he is doing his job well.
In the afternoon, Wang Zhe was chatting with Lao Hou on the street when he suddenly saw two monks walking on the street in front of them.
One is slightly older, looks to be in his fifties, over six feet tall, has a thin build, and has a grimace on his face. The other monk is in his twenties, over seven feet tall, and has delicate features.
"Monk, monk from Lanruo Temple?" Wang Zhe narrowed his eyes slightly.
There is an ancient temple in the mountains and forests thirty miles outside Guobei County, called "Lanruo Temple". There are more than twenty monks in the temple.
It was this temple that made Wang Zhe temporarily give up the idea of leaving this small county town for two years.
No way, it's too famous.
For this reason, he made a special trip to visit the "Lanruo Temple", which was located in the lush forested mountains. It looked like a quiet ancient temple, and behind the temple was the continuous old forest in the mountains.
He also specifically asked the monks in the temple if there was anything special in the deep mountains, such as wild monsters, strange rocks and trees.
An elderly monk told him that there was an old locust tree in the mountain. It had grown for who knows how many years. It was tall and lush and quite extraordinary.
After hearing this, Wang Zhe's heart skipped a beat.
"Grandma, Dryad!" He almost shouted outright.
At that time, he considered burning the old tree with a fire, but when he got to the back mountain and took one look at the big tree, he gave up the idea.
The crown of that big tree was as big as half a temple, with lush branches and leaves, covering the sky and the sun.
It is surrounded by trees and trees, like stars holding the moon.
There is a quiet path in the forest, which seems to have been trampled by the monks from the temple over many years of going to the back mountain.
When he got close to the old tree, he didn't know why, but he always had a strange feeling that the big tree was "looking" at him. This was so weird!
He had an idea at that time that this big tree was the "grandma" in "A Chinese Ghost Story".
But at this time, "Lanruo Temple" has not yet been destroyed, and he has not yet become a monster.
Then Wang Zhe immediately went to the temple, found the abbot of the temple, discussed the matter, mentioned his worries, and told the old monk that the old tree would turn into a spirit in the future and harm the world.
But the old monk told him something like "Buddhism is compassionate and everything has animism. It is not easy for that big tree to grow for thousands of years. Moreover, this place has been blessed by Buddhist monks of all ages, so there will be no monsters."
Huan Wangzhe has a predestined relationship with Buddhism, so he might as well enter Buddhism, escape from the sea of suffering, and reach bliss as soon as possible.
Wang Zhe was so angry that he wanted to open the old monk's head with a wooden mallet.
"I'm telling you about monsters, and you want me to become a monk. Is that fair?"
Before going down the mountain, Wang Zhe went to the old monk again and specifically reminded him that the old monk still looked calm and calm.
"Beware of the day when you wake up and become fertilizer!"
That day, Wang Zhe was worried. At that time, he realized that he might be in a world similar to "Liao Zhai".
After coming down the mountain, he decided to stay in this small county town and use his "plug-in" to slowly and steadily develop. When he was almost ready, he could go out and have a look.
However, in the past two years, I have occasionally heard legends about ghosts and monsters, and the world is generally peaceful.
It seems that the "Grandma" tree demon won't appear anytime soon.
Seeing these two monks, Wang Zhe's mind wandered a little far for a while.
"If these monks don't recite sutras properly in the temple, why do they come down the mountain?"
"That's Zen Master Guangyun from Lanruo Temple!" Lao Hou was startled when he saw the old monk.
"Guangyun, is he famous?"
"Of course, there is a famous eminent monk near Kuaiji! Don't you know?"
Wang Zhe shook his head. In fact, he knew the old monk and had a chat with him at "Lanruo Temple" last time.
When the two monks passed by them, the elder monk Guangyun suddenly stopped, looked at Wang Zhe, and walked up to him after a moment.
"Amitabha, has this donor ever been to Lanruo Temple?"
"Master has a good memory. Indeed, he has been there before and even met him face to face." Wang Zhe said with a smile.
He had not seen many monks, but this monk had seen many pilgrims. It was really not easy for Zen Master Guangyun to remember him.
"The donor is destined to be a Buddhist."
This sentence again?!
Wang Zhe's face darkened.
"I have no connection with your Buddhist sect. Have you seen that there are more than one people who have killed people with knives? I'm a regular at the "Chunxiao Tower" over there."
Wang Zhe patted the knife on his waist and pointed to the "Chunxiao Tower" not far away.
"Amitabha, my Buddha has also killed demons and demons, and killed living beings to protect living beings. The donor has not released any vitality, so even if he went to that romantic land, it would just be a show, right?" the old monk said with a smile.
"The monk's eloquence is indeed remarkable. If you don't chant sutras in the temple, why are you here at the foot of the mountain?"
"The county magistrate sent someone to the temple and said that several police officers were going west to protect the people and wanted to perform a ritual for them. The abbot ordered me to go down the mountain."
Wang Zhe was amused, but the county magistrate seemed to be scared. Did he invite a monk from Lanruo Temple to save the souls of the dead?
"The donor possesses the power to conquer demons and also has the intention to conquer demons. I hope the donor can stick to the right path and benefit the people." Zen Master Guangyun said.
"Monk, hurry up and do the ritual. Don't keep the county magistrate waiting." "Welcome the donor to be a guest at Lanruo Temple."
"Don't go, don't go. Behind your temple are deep mountains and old forests, and there is also a thousand-year-old tree, which may become a spirit one day. Be careful, don't kill yourself by chanting sutras." Wang Zhe was a little confused.
He waved his hands impatiently.
"Thank you donor for reminding me." The old monk put his palms together and saluted, then turned and left.
"What did you two just say, about subduing demons and becoming spirits?" Lao Hou asked in confusion. He was confused by what was said between Wang Zhe and Zen Master Guangyun just now.
"The old monk wants to persuade me to become a monk at Lanruo Temple."
"That's not possible. Before your father passed away, he specifically told you to carry on the family line and spread the branches. This old monk is not authentic. You must not have such an idea!"
"You don't have to worry about that. How can I become a monk when I'm a good policeman? But this old monk has some skills!"
Wang Zhe stared at the old monk's back, his eyes sparkling with light. He used the method of "looking at the energy" to see that the old monk's body was covered with a yellow light.