Chapter 104: Aren’t the Bean Soldiers here?
The sun rose higher and higher.
On Huangcao Mountain, the two sides saluted each other.
The crow flapped its wings and flew into the sky. The wolf demon turned into a big wolf and left. The three people and the fox also began to walk back.
The monster turned back to its original form and was held in the hand of one of the Third Senior Brother's soldiers. It was just a lizard-like gecko-like monster about three feet long, gray with stripes all over its body. It must be because its original form was weak and powerless, so it had to maintain its human form to fight with them. However, its strength was not that great, but its reaction, speed and running speed were far better than those of humans.
"These monsters just arrived this morning," said the third brother, "They are not usually in the temple."
"Well, they have a strong aura of death. If they were usually in the temple, we would have discovered them as soon as we arrived." Lin Jue paused, "According to what they said, the Bodhisattva appears on the third day of every month. These monsters should come regularly every month, take away the silver and leave the elixir behind."
"That should be the case. Those monks should have exchanged money for pills. I wonder if they were 'life-saving poison pills' or 'immortal pills'." The third brother said, and couldn't help but sneered, "No matter if they were poison pills or immortal pills, they probably didn't think that these pills were fake."
"yes……"
"How did you get to know these two?"
"Brother, don't you know? The Thousand Days Wine that you've been dreaming about is what you exchanged for Earth and Wood Essence with them." Lin Jue said, "The one who wanted to use the Thousand Days Wine to help his long-time friend achieve enlightenment."
"Thousand-day wine!"
The third brother suddenly remembered and felt regretful. The wine was only produced once every ten years, and ten years was not a short period of time for a person.
This is also true for Taoists.
If we are delayed for a moment, we will have to wait another ten years.
Even if you are a Taoist priest, or even if you become an immortal, how many decades or twenty years will it take?
"Junior brother, you are amazing. I thought I was the one with the most friends in the temple. I didn't expect that there would be monsters helping you in such a far place." The third brother said with a smile.
"It was just a chance meeting."
The three of them walked further and further away towards the morning light.
Below are still the red-leaf forests and villages, shrouded in a long strip of morning mist. As the sun rises, the mist clears and the true appearance of the forest gradually emerges.
"That crow has attained enlightenment."
The junior sister looked back frequently and exclaimed in surprise.
"yes……"
This is a good thing.
……
We walked down the mountain, passed through the red-leaf forest, and walked back along the road beside the field. Unexpectedly, we met pilgrims running out of the temple, among whom was the pilgrim named Wang.
When the pilgrims saw them, especially the bean soldiers following them and the big lizards in their hands, they were all shocked.
"Don't be afraid, everyone."
Lin Jue felt that he should be more approachable, and in their eyes, the third senior brother might be a powerful killer, so he handed the sword to the younger junior sister, walked out and saluted them:
"We are Taoists who practice in Fuqiu Peak of Yishan Mountain. We are not bad people. We just happened to pass by this time and stayed here for the night. The monks in the temple pretended to be ghosts and tried to steal our money and kill us. Because we know some magic, we discovered their tricks and they tried to poison us. During the fight, we found out that they were in league with monsters, so we just subdued the monsters and exorcised them."
Many pilgrims trembled in fear, not daring to believe it for a moment, but also not daring to refute it.
Seeing this, Lin Jue had no choice but to continue:
"I just happened to need your help with something. After you leave here, please report this to the government in the nearby city. We will not leave and will wait in the temple."
After hearing this, everyone began to believe it.
In fact, there were officials among these pilgrims.
"Do you really mean what the Taoist said?"
"Of course I take it seriously." Lin Jue said, "Please think about it: We are just Taoists who passed by and stayed here. How could we kill these monks without any grudge? There are so many famous mountains and temples in the world. How can there be a temple where the Bodhisattva appears every month? These monks took so much money from incense offerings, but they didn't use it to repair the temples or gild the Buddha statues. Where did they use it? Are there any poor people who are helped by them? You are the people who live in this place. You should know better than us Taoists who come from afar, right?"
After hearing this, everyone seemed to be somewhat confused.
If you just believe sincerely with an ordinary heart, you will naturally not have any doubts. Even if you do have doubts, you will naturally be able to find verbal explanations yourself.
When they were fighting just now, the monks did have monsters to help them, and the three Taoists were holding monsters. Although the warrior was unusual, he was more trustworthy than the monster.
Of course, the most trustworthy thing is that these three Taoists are willing to let them go and ask them to report to the authorities.
"What about the Bodhisattva's manifestation?"
"The golden light of the statue is just a trick, and the chanting is also done by the monks." Lin Jue said, "If everyone does not have the reverence for the Bodhisattva and the Buddha, and dares to get closer to take a look, or goes back with us now, they will definitely be able to find some mechanism under the altar."
"No, no, no..."
"Then please go back. Don't worry too much about it, don't think too much, lest you get hurt. No matter how far this matter involves, it won't bring you any more trouble. At most, you will just lose the money you got before. Just think of it as a nightmare."
Everyone looked at him, finally less timid.
How can a person be without a mind? Listening to the Taoist's words and seeing his expression, one can begin to distinguish between good and evil.
The three returned to the temple, and it was still a mess.
There were two beheaded giant snakes on the ground, not pythons but grown to be almost as big as pythons, and a spider that was almost chopped into pieces, the size of a wheel. Looking at the wounds on the python and the hundreds of wounds on the spider, one could imagine how fierce the fight outside the door was.
Half of the monks died, and the other half were left and locked up in the main hall. At this time, there were still several bean soldiers guarding the hall.
At this time, there was not only blood and energy in the temple, but also some deathly energy.
"Senior Brother, do you feel something is wrong?" Lin Jue asked with a frown.
"What's wrong? Of course it's not right!" The third brother is also smart. "Obviously there is a demon behind the scenes, using elixirs to control these bald donkeys."
"more than……"
"what?"
"Silver, death energy." Lin Jue looked at him, "Third Senior Brother, don't you think it's a little familiar?"
"hiss!"
The third senior brother was stunned.
When I thought about it carefully, I was even more shocked.
"This place is still hundreds of miles away from our Yi County!"
"Yes."
“If there really is a connection…” “Yes.”
At that time, the evil spirits in Yi County were probably completely cleared out by Lord Yili. At least until now, more than half a year has passed. Although there are still some evil spirits around Yi County, and sometimes people from the mountains come to Fuqiu Temple for help, there has never been any silver theft in the city. After Lord Yili's statue was moved to the city, there have been almost no similar strange things in the city.
But if what happened here is related to what happened in Yi County, how big is the influence of the monster behind it?
"In that case, Junior Brother, it was absolutely right for you to chase after it just now, otherwise it would have tipped you off."
"I'm just angry."
"Hahaha! I like this reason better!"
"..." Lin Jue shook his head, "We have to inform Qiyun Mountain and ask them to ask the gods to expand the scope and conduct another thorough investigation."
"These gods are very lazy, especially now. I'm afraid their minds are not on exorcising demons at all." The third brother said disdainfully, "Fighting for the temple and incense, and establishing the status for the next few hundred years is the top priority."
"We just had a big ceremony, so it should be better."
"Maybe." The third senior brother said, "Anyway, we have to inform them. If the gods worshipped in Qiyun Mountain can really find out, I will look up to Lord Yili and Emperor Yujian from now on. Whenever I see their temple, I will go in and burn a stick of incense."
"Then I'll go too!"
"Haha! But in this situation, we should not stay here for the time being. This evil temple in the mountains is not good. Let's take them to the county first, just in case!"
"Brother, this is very thoughtful."
Lin Jue paused as he spoke, then turned to look at the room inside: "But I have one more thing to ask."
"what?"
The third senior brother followed his gaze, immediately understood, and smiled.
"I'd like to borrow it from Third Senior Brother's friend."
"it is good!"
Lin Jue walked to the door of the innermost room. The fox jumped over the corpse on the ground lightly and followed him. Behind him were several bean soldiers carrying the monk's body.
The door was still locked at this time.
Lin Jue slashed the door open with his sword and pushed it open.
The remnant souls inside were deeply obsessed and full of resentment, and they were restless even during the day. However, their shadows were so blurry that they were almost invisible during the day. One had to look very carefully to see their fangs and claws, wanting to bite Lin Jue but afraid of the sun, hiding in the dark corners of the room.
Bean Soldier came in with heavy footsteps.
"Boom..."
The monk's body was thrown on the ground.
As soon as the door was closed, the room suddenly became dark.
Only a tiny bit of light came through the gaps in the room, illuminating the path of the flying dust in the room.
Several remaining souls drew their swords and were about to rush towards Lin Jue, but suddenly they paused and looked at the monk's corpse on the ground.
"You heroes must have discovered their tricks, and you couldn't stand them taking advantage of the poor people, so you didn't want to go along with them. That's why you were harmed by them. You won't be content even if you die!"
Lin Jue didn’t know if it was true or not, but he said so anyway.
But they are actually dead. They have no physical body and only the remnant souls are left. They are not even ghosts and cannot actually hear anything. They have to go into the bean soldiers to restore their five senses. At this time, they can only feel thoughts.
How one's thoughts are conveyed is revealed in the words.
When the mind and words are one, even the gods and ghosts will know.
"Now that we have eliminated these monks and killed three monsters, you can let go of your obsessions now."
Lin Jue said this, and thought this in his heart:
"It is torture to stay in the human world for a long time. Those who can leave should leave. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
"If you don't want to leave, you can follow me!
"Nothing else, just help me punish evil and promote good, exterminate evil and eliminate demons, put an end to such injustices in the world, add a touch of peace to the chaotic world, and have fewer such things!"
The obsessions of several remaining souls have calmed down.
Two of the residual souls were already faint, and they became increasingly fainter and gradually dissipated. The remaining three looked at Lin Jue.
Lin Jue took out a bottle.
"If you are willing to follow me, I will be very grateful. You can stay in the bottle for a while. When I return to the mountains, I will naturally build a body for you heroes. I will trouble you in the future. Now I would like to thank you all here first."
"Fuck!"
Three ghosts suddenly rushed towards him.
Lin Jue was very respectful and put away the bottle.
Don’t we have Doubing now?
As for the two who disappeared, it may be that they did not agree with Lin Jue's thoughts, or they may not be interested in what Lin Jue said, so they left naturally. As for the three who stayed because of Lin Jue's words and state of mind at that time, they must have agreed with what Lin Jue said, and they must have been attracted by Lin Jue's thoughts and character at that time. In this way, they are naturally three heroes.
It is only natural to show them more respect.
……
While still on the way, he met the city police.
The third senior brother showed his certificate of ordination and explained what happened in the temple. He asked some of them to take the monks back to the city for detention and interrogation, and then took some of them back to the temple. The scene shocked many police officers and their eyes widened.
Then he stayed in the city for a few days.
Although many people saw the monks summoning the monster, and the monster's body was still placed in the yard, other evidence such as the breakfast provided by the monks, the space under the altar for the monks to hide and chant, and even the corpses of the people they killed buried behind the temple were all found, and the third senior brother held an unusual certificate of ordination, but this matter was of great importance after all, and naturally it would not be closed in a short time.
If this kind of thing were to be spread out, it would probably shock the people of the area. I don't know how many years it would be passed on by word of mouth. It might even reach the court and even appear in someone's book.
But he is just a mediocre official.
The county magistrate didn't care about the evil monks in the temple, the monsters that harmed people, or the money that was cheated, as long as he was not cheated or harmed. When he saw that the three people were very powerful, he immediately treated them as guests of honor. It was hard for Lin Jue not to feel that if it was the evil monks who won, he would still do the same.
(End of this chapter)
