Chapter 85: fake monk
"Sir, monk, wait for me."
Qin Shaoyou and Monk Ma were halfway along when they suddenly heard someone calling from behind.
Turning his head, he saw that Zhu Xiucai was chasing after him.
"What's wrong? Is there something in the yamen?" Qin Shaoyou stopped and asked.
He thought that something had happened in the town demon yamen, so he asked Zhu Xiucai to come to them.
In the end, Zhu Xiucai ran to the front and back of the two and said, "Monk, are you going to teach the master the Vajra Armor Seal? Bring me one, I want to learn it too."
He really wanted to learn the Vajra Armor Seal. He had seen Monk Ma use it a few times before, and he felt that this Buddhist supernatural power was very powerful.
From Zhu Xiucai's point of view, Monk Ma can't show off. If he knows this magical power, even if he doesn't put on a handsome appearance, he has to drink it before he can show his strength.
He kept thinking that when Shao Qin traveled to study the Vajra Armor, he would follow him to learn a little bit.
In the end, he just went back to the Tongpu after going to the thatched hut, and the two had already left. Only when Wen Li Shi knew that they had gone to the Luohan Temple, he hurriedly chased after them.
Hearing that Zhu Xiucai also wanted to learn the Vajra Armor Seal, Monk Ma was a little embarrassed.
"Xiusai, it's not that I didn't teach you, but that I taught you, and most of you can't learn it. You don't have that wisdom."
Zhu Xiucai was unhappy: "Monk, if you say my Huigen is smaller than adults, then I will admit it. But you said I don't have Huigen, and you haven't tried it. How do you know I don't have one?"
Monk Ma didn't quarrel with him, and replied, "That's fine, you can come with us. Let's talk about it first. If you can't understand and learn, don't blame me."
Seeing that Monk Ma was willing to teach, Zhu Xiucai immediately put on a smile: "Don't worry, if you can't learn it, it's my own problem, and I won't blame you."
Immediately after, he took out a piece of cake from his arms and said earnestly, "Monk, have you had breakfast yet? Come, have a cake."
Monk Ma waved his hand and said, "No, my lord has already invited me to eat."
When Zhu Xiucai heard him say that, he was not polite. He broke the cake and stuffed it into his mouth. While eating the cake, he followed Qin Shaoyou and Monk Ma.
The three of them quickly came to the Luohan Temple.
This temple is located in the southwest of the city, next to Gongyuan and Chenghuang Temple, and you can see the towering pagoda in the temple from a distance.
The incense of Luohan Temple has always been very strong, which has attracted many vendors to set up stalls outside the temple, so even in the early morning, the outside of the temple gate is very lively.
In addition to selling incense wax and fortune-telling, there are also barbers, pedicurists, and even people who come to sell seasonal vegetables and firewood.
In a large open space a little farther away, there are people who are running in the rivers and lakes. At the moment, they are sorting out their luggage and props. As long as there are more people, they will start the performance.
The worldly liveliness outside the temple gate and the clean outside of the temple gate are just separated by a door and a wall, forming a very subtle contrast.
Qin Shaoyou and the three passed through various stalls, and just as they reached the entrance of the temple, just as they were about to enter, a bald head in a robe suddenly appeared beside him.
After walking towards Shao Qin with his hands folded, he said with a serious expression: "Amitabha, I look at the face of the donor, who is really a person who has a relationship with the Buddha..."
Qin Shaoyou was stunned when he heard the words.
Monk Ma said that he had a predestined relationship with the Buddha, but now another monk has popped up, saying that he has a predestined relationship with the Buddha?
Just as he was surprised, he saw that the monk took out a bamboo token from his arms.
"I have a piece of Buddhist artifact here. A scholar bid five taels of silver before, but he did not sell it to him. Because this Buddhist artifact is only given to those who are destined, and the donor is you who are destined. Now this instrument does not need Five taels of silver, you don’t need three or two, you can take it away with one tael of silver. It can be kept at home to ward off evil spirits…”
The monk touted the 'magic weapon' in his hand incessantly.
But Qin Shaoyou saw very clearly that this so-called magic weapon was just an ordinary bamboo card, and it didn't have any spiritual power at all.
It's a fake!
Looking at this monk again, most of them are fake.
There really is such a thing as pretending to be a monk and selling amulets.
Monk Ma's face suddenly darkened.
Although he is still vulgar, he has been a real monk after all, and at a glance he can see that the bald head in front of him is a fake monk.
But before he could scold him, Qin Shaoyou interrupted the fake monk's promotion and asked with a sneer, "How many people have you told this story that is related to Buddha?"
The fake monk was stunned for a moment, still pretending, "Of course he only told the donor."
Qin Shaoyou snorted: "Don't pretend, if you look at the fortune-telling, I don't bother to care about you. But you sell ordinary bamboo cards as a magic weapon, in case someone really believes you and buys this junk to go back, When encountering a ghost, not only do not escape, but also use it to suppress the ghost, wouldn't it kill people's lives?"
The fake monk's face finally changed.
At this time, Monk Ma also accused him of impersonating a monk and cheating, which was a violation of many Buddhist precepts.
"I don't know what you are talking about. I kindly want to give you a blessing, so you don't have to."
The fake monk was about to leave, but was grabbed by the monk Ma.
Before he could shout, Zhu Xiucai had already called two officers who were patrolling the streets around here.
The guards didn't want to take care of these matters at first, but Zhu Xiucai whispered a few words to them before he came to arrest the fake monk.
When the fake monk was taken away, he was still dissatisfied and shouted, "You will be punished for doing this."
Monk Ma replied, "If you pretend to be a monk and cheat, you will be punished even more!"
Zhu Xiucai said, "Retribution? Female ghosts or banshees? You let them come, how many, how many grandpa I kill!"
The people around watched the excitement without money, and they all gave Zhu Xiucai a thumbs up, who was not afraid of ghosts and dared to kill them, and praised him for his greatness.
Zhu Xiucai was triumphant, and thanked the surroundings.
Qin Shaoyou and Monk Ma didn't bother to pay attention to him, so they went straight to the Luohan Temple.
Seeing this, Zhu Xiucai quickly chased after him.
After crossing the gate of Luohan Temple, the first person to enter is the Hall of Heavenly Kings.
The four heavenly kings were lined up on the left and right holding the pipa, the sword, the streamer, and the dragon and snake, and they all stepped on the ferocious ghosts.
After the Hall of Heavenly Kings, there is a square with a stone statue of Maitreya Buddha sitting in the center, behind it is the Hall of Maitreya, and the two corridors on the left and right are the Hall of Five Hundred Arhats.
Zhu Xiucai, who followed up, introduced to Qin Shaoyou: "The most famous of the Arhat Temple is the Arhat Hall in the two corridors. Every year on the first day of the first lunar month, many people come here to offer incense and count Arhats."
Counting Arhats is a folk custom, that is, after entering the Arhat Hall, according to your age, you will count Arhats one by one. In the end, what he counted was his own natal Arhat this year.
There is a saying that if the Arhats counted have kind eyes and benevolent eyes~www.readwn.com~, the fortune will be very good this year.
And if Luohan is vicious, he has to be careful out of bad luck.
Of course, there are many ways of counting Arhats to ask good or bad luck, and there are different ways in different places. But one thing is the same, that is, when people count the Arhats that are not good for them, they will count them again.
Qin Shaoyou glanced at Zhu Xiucai, a little surprised: "You haven't been in Fucheng before, so how do you know about Luohan Temple?"
Zhu Xiucai said with a smile, "Although I wasn't in Fucheng before, I come here every year to offer incense on the first day of the new year."
Qin Shaoyou was amazed: "I didn't see it, you are still a believer in Buddhism."
Zhu Xiucai shook his head and said, "I don't believe in Buddhism. The main reason is that every year on the first day of the new year, many young ladies come with their families to offer incense. I want to see if I can choose one."
Well, the Luohan Temple on the first day of the first lunar month has become a blind date corner?
"Then why are you still single? After all these years, you haven't been in a relationship yet?" Monk Ma asked curiously.
"How is that possible! I like several people every year, but I like them, but they don't like me. Maybe they think I have no prospects."
Zhu Xiucai shook his head and sighed.
Qin Shaoyou patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "You have to have confidence in yourself, you are not worthless."
"Are they blind?" Zhu Xiucai asked.
Before Qin Shaoyou could answer, Monk Ma replied quietly, "You never thought about it, it's because you look ugly?"
The battered Zhu Xiucai was silent.
Qin Shaoyou and Monk Ma didn't tease him anymore.
Because the three of them have already passed through the Maitreya Hall.
Veduo Bodhisattva is enshrined behind the Maitreya Hall.
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