Youdao is the beginning of the third lunar month, the warm wind is coming, and in a blink of an eye it is the slight summer heat in June.
This season is the most humid and sultry time of the year, and Huang Donglai and his party also crossed the Qinling Mountains and entered Xi'an in the past few days.
At dusk that day, when the four of them walked down the mountain road and reached the northern foot of Guifeng Mountain, the sky was gradually getting dark.
At this moment, the outlines of several buildings appeared in the distance.
Although it was still far away, the four of them could tell that the shadow was most likely a temple.
So, they quickened their pace and wanted to try their luck before it was completely dark and see if the monk in the temple would let them stay for a night.
Let me mention here that the relationship between Buddhism and Taoism at that time was quite good, so generally speaking, it was okay for Taoists to "hang orders" in monk temples; of course, you If your ability allows it, it's best to be "meaningful" and add some incense to others. If you don't have it, forget it. Anyway, don't just hang around without giving money.
To make a long story short, Huang Donglai and the others are very fast, and this distance can be reached by just raising their legs.
But when they walked around to the gate of the temple, they were dumbfounded
They saw that the gate of the temple was crowded at this moment, and a large group of people lined up in a long queue all the way from the temple. The line at the gate goes down the mountain road so far that you can't even see the end of the line at a glance.
"Why is it getting dark today? There are so many people queuing here. Are they queuing up all night to grab concert tickets?" Huang Donglai immediately complained in his mind.
Fudozi, Lin Yuancheng and Tyrell are also confused.
Just when they were confused, a monk wearing monk's robes came towards them holding a lantern.
"What do you want to feed you?" When the monk opened his mouth, it was in a lecturing tone. Forget about "Amitabha", he didn't even say "donor", "queue over there." Son, how did you get here?"
"Uh, Master!" Huang Donglai didn't argue with the monk. He just took a few steps forward and replied politely, "We are just passing by. Yes, I just came down the mountain, but I don’t know why so many people are lining up here.”
“Ah, passers-by.” When the monk heard this, he raised his eyebrows, raised the lantern a little higher, and Huang Donglai and the four of them looked at each other and said, "Oh, then you are not locals."
"No." Huang Dong said back and forth.
"Oh, then it's no wonder you don't know." The monk's tone softened a little at this time and became a little proud. He turned his head and motioned to those who were queuing up at the entrance of the temple. "People," he said again, "these people are here to seek medical treatment."
"Seeking medical treatment" Huang Donglai added another sentence, wanting the other party to continue talking.
"Yes." The monk replied arrogantly, "Everyone in this Hu County area knows that on the ninth day of every month, it is the day when the miracle doctor Xiong Feng of Wuren Temple Mr. Shan Lao'sWhen the clinic opens, so every night on the eighth, eighteenth, and twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, there will be a long queue here. Everyone is afraid that if they arrive late, they will not be able to see Mr. Xiong. ”
While the monk was speaking, Huang Donglai quietly turned his head and exchanged glances with the three companions beside him.
Obviously, the four of them were very interested in this. The so-called "miracle doctors" are all highly skeptical
First of all, if this "miracle doctor" is really skilled in medicine and wants to help the world, then he would have to open a medical clinic in the city and go here. Why do you come to the temple to stay with the whole "clinic opening every nine days" gimmick?
Secondly, the words and deeds of the "monk" in front of me don't look like a monk who cultivates his moral character. On the contrary, he looks like a monk. The evil servant of the local tyrants and evil gentry; in fact, Huang Donglai, who had an extremely sensitive sense of smell, had already smelled the smell of wine and meat from the other party, so he was very sure that this was definitely not a serious monk. The "master" of such a person would be a good person.
Thirdly, as we have mentioned before, in the past twenty years, there have only been three "miracle doctor" figures among the people. They are "Medical Sage" Qing Feiyun, "Medical Sage" The evil doctor Yue Qicheng, and the "Fairy Fairy" Hu Ning'er.
Although Huang Donglai is not very old, as a person who is determined to become a "Bai Xiaosheng", these three names are his.
However, this is the first time Huang Donglai has heard of "Xiongfeng Mountain"
To sum up, although it is just a new arrival, Huang Donglai basically knows it. It has been determined that the so-called "miracle doctor" in this temple is a liar, and the possibility that the "Wuren Temple" in front of him is a fraud gang's den is also very high.
"Oh, that's it." Huang Donglai paused for a moment. After a pause, he spoke again, wanting to test the monk, "Master, we don't want to see a doctor. We just want to stay here for one night. I wonder if your temple can make it convenient."
"What kind of lodging?" And the monk's reaction was consistent with Huang Donglai's prediction. Before he could hear Brother Huang finish what he said, he interrupted impatiently, "No, no, no, haven't you seen how busy we are here? I have time to entertain you idlers." He said, waving his hand, making a driving gesture, and said, "Go, go, go, wait in line if you want medical treatment, and leave as soon as possible if you don't want medical treatment. It's very sneaky and intrusive here. "
The wording he used in this paragraph is actually considered "very polite" in his own opinion.
According to the context, this sentence "leave quickly" "It should be "get out of here". If it weren't for the purpose of maintaining the "monk" persona, this guy would have said the uglier things a long time ago.
When he heard this, he didn't say anything. Dongzi, but he couldn't listen any more.
The old man stepped forward, and in the blink of an eye he was in front of the "monk", staring at him with a look of displeasure. Ladies and gentlemen, this Fuzi is over a hundred years old, but he looks like a young man in his twenties and thirties, and he is about 1.8 meters tall. Under his robe, he is covered with tendons and twoThere were tendons on all four sides of his arms
Such a strong man poked the "monk" in front of him and stared at him with a condescending look. The latter must have been a little scared.
"What are you going to do?" The monk only stared at him for two seconds before feeling his scalp numb and instinctively retreating.
"You are really a monk" Fudozi looked into the other person's eyes and asked word by word.
"Of course it is." The monk stuttered a little because he was afraid.
"Why don't I feel like it?" Fudozi said, "How about you recite a few lines of the Diamond Sutra to me?"
At this moment, the monk again A little relieved from the fear, maybe he was also a little angry out of fear, and a ferocious look suddenly appeared on his face, "Why are you looking for trouble, right? I'll tell you how sneaky you guys are from "Come down from behind the mountain, it turns out you are here to cause trouble." He said, immediately turned around, and shouted at the top of his voice, "Brothers, come quickly, there are some troublemakers here."
This guy is also real I was so anxious that words like "brothers" that were not used by monks were blurted out.
As for his "brothers", they also reacted quickly, because several "monks" who were patrolling elsewhere had also noticed the situation here, so when they heard their companions calling for help, they They all ran over quickly.
But when I saw this group of so-called "monks", all of them had strong skills and fierce eyes. In addition to lanterns, many of them carried sticks and sticks, and some even held ropes. He has a style of painting that is often aggressive with others.
As soon as the battle came out, the people queuing up nearby also cast their eyes over and watched the excitement.
"Don't, don't, don't misunderstand me." However, Huang Donglai did not let the fight break out after all, "Dear monks, my senior fellow apprentice has a hard time with his head and is confused when speaking. Don't be as knowledgeable as him. He I mean nothing else, we are just passing by, and we don’t want to cause trouble, so let’s just leave now.”
As he spoke, Huang Donglai stepped forward and held him still, dragging the old man and turned around. Walking down the mountain; Lin Yuancheng and Tyrell didn't say anything when they saw this, they just followed the trend.
With Brother Huang being so conciliatory, it was hard for those "monks" to say anything. After all, they just asked the monk to recite a few sutras. Even if this request was inappropriate, it was definitely It wasn't to the point of getting into a fight, it was just that the guy who was asked to do so felt guilty, so he reacted so violently.
Now that Huang Donglai and his party have chosen to settle the matter and leave on their own, this group of "monks" who are responsible for maintaining order have no reason to pursue them and make things worse.
So, this conflict ended here.
The four of them followed the long queue of people and walked all the way down the mountain. After walking for a long distance, Fudozi spoke to Huang Donglai and said, "Donglai, what other ideas do you have?" "Okay?"
This old man is not stupid either. He naturally guessed that Huang Donglai had an agenda, so he cooperated with the latter and did notContinue to struggle with those "monks".
If Fu Fuzi’s original idea was to be followed, he was just going to show the group that “there is a high wall between my bare hands and your weapons.”
“It’s not really a trick,” Huang Dong replied, “I just think that we don’t know what this group of scammers have done yet. We just met them face to face and started talking to them directly. Conflict makes it easy to do things wrong, or leave some things slipping through the net, so I think it’s better to take it slow and wait until the matter is investigated clearly before taking action.”
“Okay, very good” doesn’t move. Hearing this, the Master immediately said, "It is a great righteousness to eradicate evil. Coming from the east, you have such a strategy and mentality of swallowing your anger in order to eradicate the roots. I should learn more from you, the leader."
This is not true. Dongzi was sincere when he said it, but when it fell into the ears of others, it always felt a bit strange, and he didn't know whether it was a compliment or a loss.
Of course Huang Donglai would not dwell on this. He just continued what he just said, "Well, since the master understands, you might as well listen to my plan."
Then, Huang Donglai immediately said to The other three people made some arrangements, which will lead to Tyrell causing trouble in Wuren Temple, and Huang Donglai outwit the fake miracle doctor.