Chapter 486: Mohist Miracle
The stars are shining brightly tonight. Under the starry sky, hundreds of people carrying various tools are standing still less than fifty steps away from the pile of bricks and stones.
The beam of light swayed slowly, shining back and forth on their faces and bodies.
The chanting continued without stopping, making people feel sacred, and those dirty thoughts gradually disappeared.
The people in the Central Plains believe in their ancestors, but they also revere gods.
Especially when you are about to do something bad, the sound of chanting the Heart Sutra suddenly comes, which is like a wake-up call to you, and all greed disappears.
"Who is chanting?" Chen Zhan was the first to wake up.
"Mr. Chen, there is still music."
The attendant said: "This sound is still clearly audible from a long distance. I'm afraid... I'm afraid... it's not caused by humans."
A man rushed over and said, "Mr. Chen, the singing and music all come from that pile of bricks and stones."
Chen Zhan couldn't believe it. "Bricks and stones can play music and sing? Idiot!"
The man cursed and swore, "If this is a lie, I am willing to be punished by God!"
Even the word "divine punishment" was used, which shows the fear in the man's heart.
Chen Zhan's heart sank. He looked carefully and saw that the man's face was ashen and he looked extremely frightened.
"I...I dare not go again." The man said, "What we did has angered the gods. I have a wife and children at home...I dare not bring trouble to them."
"Let's go and take a look." Chen Zhan didn't believe that any bricks or stones could sing or play music, so he squeezed into the crowd with his entourage.
Wang Er was right at the front, staring blankly at the pile of bricks and stones in front of him. The sound of music and singing continued to come from him. The singing was clear and the music was melodious, and when combined together, he couldn't help but think of a temple.
"Where?" A voice came from behind, and then someone roughly pushed Wang Er away. A scholar stood where he was originally, looking at the pile of bricks and stones in front of him, his face changed drastically.
The five guards drew their swords in one hand and held torches in the other. The firelight illuminated the brick and stone pile in the front. Chen Zhan had good hearing and could tell that the singing came from the brick and stone pile in the front.
Someone sneered, "There must be someone hiding behind the bricks and stones."
Chen Zhan looked carefully. He prided himself on having good hearing, but when he stared with his eyes wide open, he saw only bricks and stones in front of him.
If people hide down there, let alone singing or playing music, it would be difficult to even breathe.
"This..." The attendant was already stunned, "Mr. Chen, this is a miracle, the gods have descended to earth."
Chen Zhan's body shook, "How...how is this possible?"
There are countless rumors about gods descending to earth, but they are all rumors. No one has ever actually seen what gods look like, let alone seen any so-called miracles.
Fools are ignorant and attribute some inexplicable phenomena to gods... This is what Fang Zhuo said when he was drunk.
Thinking of Fang Zhuo, Chen Zhan's heart suddenly sank.
"Guards! Yes, guards!" Chen Zhan felt that he was being stupid. He could tell the truth just by looking at the expressions of the guards in Xin'an Lane.
If they knew about it beforehand, even if they were pretending, they wouldn't be able to hide it from Chen Zhan's eyes.
Chen Zhan took a step forward and looked at the five guards carefully.
The five guards looked nervous and looked back at the pile of bricks and stones from time to time.
Chen Zhan dared to bet his life on this, but these five people were unaware of this.
In other words, this is not man-made!
But...a miracle!
The miracle of Mohism!
"Mo..." Chen Zhan groaned in pain. He found that things were getting out of control.
Under the watchful eyes of the public, the Mohists actually performed a miracle. If the events of tonight were to spread, the name of the Mohists would be covered with a sacred robe. And the instigator of all this was actually the Confucians.
This is helping the opponent!
Chen Zhan raised his head suddenly, with a smile on his face and a mad look in his eyes, "A god descended to the world? So what!"
After Wang Er stood firm, he glared at the scholar. When he found that the scholar was followed by two big men, he muttered and hid to the other side.
Someone shouted: "The gods are just ahead. Go and pay your respects to them, and good fortune will come naturally."
Chen Zhan shouted, and the crowd behind him began to surge.
He sneered and said, "What if it's a god? If I can make Jiang Qing die without a burial place, I am willing to be the enemy of the gods!"
"Let's fight to get rich!" Wang Er gritted his teeth and followed the crowd forward.
Just as the chanting of the Heart Sutra ended, Chen Zhan could not help but be overjoyed and shouted, "The spirit has left."
After a while of music, the chanting suddenly changed, becoming a man's voice, grand and majestic. "Put down the butcher knife, and become a Buddha right here!"
The crowd that was rushing over stopped one after another. Wang Er's face changed drastically. "The gods have come again. We have offended the gods and there will be divine punishment!"
Gods above, Wang Er swore that he had never heard such a majestic voice and such grand music.
He couldn't help but kneel down and kowtow, "God, please forgive me, God, please forgive me..."
Chen Zhan was also stunned.
This god actually turned into a man?
The music also changed, becoming grand and awe-inspiring.
Put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha right away... The follower said in a trembling voice: "Mr. Chen, the gods are angry. They are furious. We... we are blaspheming the gods!"
The gods told you to be quiet, but you still dared to incite the people to grab bricks and stones. Are you seeking death?
Chen Zhan's body trembled, "No! No! Jiang Qingzhi can't summon a spirit."
"This is the fortune of the Mohist school!" The follower immediately filled in the rest of the content in his mind.
"The great masters of the Mohist school have been ascending to heaven for more than a thousand years and have established good relations with the gods. This is to invite the gods to come down to earth to cheer for Jiang Qingzhi."
"Shut up!" Chen Zhan's face turned pale.
He looked around and saw that everyone except the three of them were kneeling.
I drop God!
Someone is marveling.
At this moment, the music suddenly changed and became ethereal.
Then a man's singing voice was heard.
"In spring there are flowers, in autumn there is the moon, in summer there is cool breeze and in winter there is snow..." This song is also distant and ethereal, without any worldly air.
The music is so melodious that it seems like the sound from another world.
"If there is nothing to worry about, it is a good time in the world."
Chen Zhan was well-read and could tell the origin of this song.
This was written by a monk in the pre-Song Dynasty. It sounds simple, but has profound meaning. Now it is arranged and sung with the ethereal music and voice, which makes people feel out of this world.
"This……"
Chen Zhan's inner defenses finally collapsed.
Wang Er looked up, as if he saw the gods under the starry sky looking down at him majestically. He kowtowed and said, "Please forgive me, gods. I won't dare to do it again. I won't dare to do it again..."
Everyone present was scared. The five guards looked livid and didn't know what to do.
Hu Zongxian told them to guard here tonight, thinking there would be a fight. But when they saw hundreds of people pouring in, and there were still many people outside, the five guards were in despair.
But at this moment, music and singing were heard from behind.
The gods have descended to earth!
They looked back and the music and singing were clearly not far behind them, but they only saw a pile of bricks and stones.
The feeling was awe-inspiring and even more terrifying.
"Stand back!" A guard was so nervous that he couldn't help shouting.
The people crawled back on their knees, but refused to leave.
Wang Er was at the front, praying devoutly: "May the gods bless me to get rich! I am poor and can barely fill my stomach with three meals a day. I can bear it, but seeing my wife and children starving, I... I wish I could die."
He choked up and said, "Please have mercy on me, God, and lend me a hand!"
More and more people are coming from outside.
Chen Zhan stood there dumbfounded. Someone shouted, "Hey! Are you three trying to blaspheme God? Why don't you kneel down?"
The attendant whispered, "Mr. Chen, let's go!"
If he were recognized, given Jiang Qingzhi's character, he might kill Chen Zhan.
Chen Zhan numbly walked out of the crowd. Looking at the people who kept pouring in, he murmured, "All the scheming and calculations turned out to be a wedding dress for Jiang Qingzhi. All the scheming and calculations, all the scheming and calculations...hahahaha!"
The soldiers guarding the city found something wrong and reported it immediately. The general immediately sent someone down the city wall to investigate.
Soon the sergeant came back, "Deputy Captain, a spirit has descended to the Mo family's land."
What the hell!
After asking carefully, the general was shocked and went out of the city to investigate personally.
When he arrived at the scene, he saw thousands of people surrounding the area.
"Get out of the way!"
The soldiers led the way and the generals walked to the front.
At this moment, the music changed to the Diamond Sutra.
The general was a Buddhist, and when he heard the music and singing, he couldn't help but kneel down.
"Deputy Captain, there are more and more people coming." The soldiers under him were worried about a mass incident.
"Report it!" The deputy captain continued to pray devoutly.
The news quickly spread to Xiyuan.
"what?"
Yan Song, who was on duty, was stunned when he heard this.
"Those bricks and stones were playing music and singing, from the Heart Sutra to the Diamond Sutra, for a long time. Thousands of people were kneeling there, singing along..."
As the night deepened, the singing of thousands of people reached the city, causing the common people to stay awake and come out to check.
Yan Song and his son looked at each other.
"Could it be that someone is playing tricks on me?" Yan Shifan said, "I don't believe in gods descending to earth. It's probably Jiang Qingzhi's doing."
The flag bearer who came to report said in panic, "Young Lord, I saw it with my own eyes. There was nothing but a pile of bricks and stones there. The music was magnificent, sometimes male and sometimes female, and it sounded like the sound of nature. It could not be man-made."
Yan Shifan looked at him suspiciously, even wondering if Jiang Qingzhi had bribed these people.
"I swear." Xiaoqi said solemnly, "and thousands of people witnessed this, so it is impossible to be false. When I arrived, the music and chanting had already become the Taoist welcoming of the immortals."
Yan Shifan took a deep breath, "Does the Mohist school really have such luck that it can bring down gods to earth?"
The Taoist priest was practicing, and after Yan Song delivered the memorial later, he would need to deal with it until dawn and then rest.
The Taoist priest who was accompanying him was reciting scriptures.
After an unknown amount of time, the Taoist said, "Your Majesty, it's done."
The Taoist opened his eyes and said, "Today I feel uneasy, as if a demon is bewitching me."
The Taoist smiled and said, "You just need to be pious, and the gods will naturally protect you, and evil spirits will not be able to get close to you."
"Have the gods ever come down to earth?" The Taoist seemed to be asking himself.
The Taoist said, "Of course there are, but there are very few people who have the chance to see them. Only a few people have seen them over the years."
"Several people!" The Taoist felt a little regretful.
"His Majesty!"
Huang Jin came in hurriedly, "Your Majesty, the land outside the city that Chang Weiber had...showed a miracle."
Dao Ye: “…”
Taoist: “…”
(End of this chapter)
