Walking into the temple, you are faced with a large and quiet courtyard. However, rituals are currently being performed, and a temporary mourning hall has been built. Some monks are sitting upright, playing instruments, or reciting scriptures to save the souls of the dead. ""
Near the south, there is a birthday coffin, with many family members kneeling in front of it, crying.
Chen Jianchen glanced up and had a general idea. Immediately, a monk who knew the guest came to greet him, asked the purpose of his visit, and said: "Mr. Chen, we happen to be performing a ritual for someone in this temple. I'm afraid this will have an impact on you"
Chen Jianchen smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, we just stay one night and leave early tomorrow morning."
The monk Zhike took a look at him and saw that his clothes were simple. He expected that he came from a poor family and had no extra money to stay in an inn, so he did not avoid it and insisted on staying in the temple. "Since you don't care, please come with the poor monk."
He walked through the courtyard and arrived at a side room: "Young Master can rest in this room tonight. This ritual will end at Haishi."
"Thank you very much."
This side room belongs to the outer courtyard. From the window, you can clearly see the situation in the courtyard. If the rituals are not stopped, the noise will be endless, which will really have a big impact.
The Buddhists believe in opening the door to convenience, so many side rooms will be set up in temples to provide accommodation for people staying overnight. Of course, these people will be screened, and they cannot be so generous as to accommodate beggars and homeless people. To put it bluntly, it is mainly prepared for scholars, who want to infiltrate the Buddhist scriptures into Confucian culture and expand their influence. church
In this way, we can completely take root in the Tiantong Dynasty.
The Buddhist family's measures to open the door to convenience quickly gained a reputation among middle- and lower-class scholars. Many poor scholars established relationships with temple abbots and even lived in temples for a long time, taking advantage of such a quiet place. Having a place to study hard, copy, write, etc. not only saves on accommodation fees, but can even provide lighting and some food.
You must know that, except for children from rich families, the hardships ordinary scholars live are simply unimaginable. Needless to say, the food is poor, and even a stable residence is difficult to achieve. "Everyone is happy" is not an exaggerated expression of art.
Chen Jianchen understands this very well. The life he lived in Jingyang Village was like this, but he experienced it personally, without any trace of moisture.
When a person is completely immersed in the so-called "books of sages", is deaf to what is going on outside the window, and has no business skills other than that, it will be very difficult for his family life to be good. The former bookworm Zhang Huanyun is also a living example.
"Sir, why do you have to do rituals in the temple? Shouldn't you be at home?"
Yingning asked a little strangely.
Chen Jianchen replied: "Perhaps it is required by certain customs and rituals. It is actually not surprising."
¡ª¡ªDoing things for the deceased contains the meaning of salvation, which is also a very popular skill among Buddhists.
This religious ceremony, which included playing and beating, chanting and chanting, finally came to an end at Haishi. The monks all dispersed, but the coffin remained in the mourning hall, and some family members also stayed in the mourning hall. church
The whole temple began to quiet down, and there were insects chirping all around. I have to say that if there was no funeral, staying in Suyun Temple would be much better than staying in an inn.
In this Suyun Temple, the monks in the temple are all ordinary people. It is incomparable to the temples in major cities in the world. After all, when the Buddhist family came to the west, there were not many real monks. They could only recruit some disciples with wisdom and then send them to small counties or towns to serve as abbots. Spread your power as much as possible.
When the environment became quiet, Chen Jianchen and Ying Ning went to bed, but they couldn't fall asleep for a while, so they lay there thinking about something.
Suddenly, there was a sudden movement in the world of Niwan Palace, and Haoran Yangwu Sword became restless and alert.
Chen Jianchen stood up quickly.
"Sir, what's the matter?"
Almost at the same time, Yingning also sat up.
Chen Jianchen raised his head and looked out the window, and saw a shocking scene: "Look!"
Yingning then looked over¡ª¡ª
The mourning hall built in the courtyard has its opening facing the side room. The red candles are burning high inside, and it is not far away, so the scene can be clearly seen.
A coffin was placed upright in the center, but at this moment, the coffin lid, which had been tightly closed, moved quietly to the side, and then, a withered and skinny hand lifted it. come out.
This scene is very strange. If ordinary people saw it, they would be scared to death on the spot.Lost his soul and peed his pants.
"evil Dead?"
The first time this idea came to Chen Jianchen¡¯s mind.
Beside the coffin, four family members were kneeling to keep vigil. They knelt down and bowed their heads. At this time, they did not notice what had happened to the coffin. They remained motionless, as if they were trapped in the grief of the death of their loved ones and could not extricate themselves.
The lid of the coffin was quickly removed by half, and a dry old man sat up like this. He was wearing a neat shroud, with three sparse beards floating on his chest. He looked very kind. But in such a situation, it can make people feel palpitated and frightened to death on the spot.
Chen Jianchen opened his eyes wide. He had experienced a lot, but this was the first time he had witnessed such a supernatural scene. It was like a living ghost story.
"No, it's not a corpse"
At this time, Yingning said softly, she also held her breath.
Then I saw the old man floating lightly, like a feather without any weight, floating behind the four people guarding the body.
The terrible thing is that the four people were as if they were under a restraining spell, like clay and wood sculptures, without any notice.
The old man stood behind the first person, bowed his head, and got close to his Tianling Cap, licked his lips, and breathed lightly¡ª¡ª
Phew!
As if a breeze was blowing, visible to the naked eye, a thin line of light red breath was sucked out of the man's Tianling Cap, and instantly entered the old man's mouth like eating noodles.
Plop!
The man was so limp that he seemed to have no bones in his body and fell to the ground.
Soon it was the second one¡¯s turn, and then the third one
In response to this, none of the four people reacted with resistance, and they knelt there and submitted obediently.
"This, this is Yang-sucking!"
Yingning suppressed her voice and trembled slightly.
Sui Yang means absorbing Yang energy.
Chen Jianchen could understand, but what he didn't understand was why this recently deceased corpse was able to absorb Yang. Demons and ghosts wanted to absorb Yang Qi from people, and they had intercourse, devouring flesh and blood, etc., which were all at a low level, and absorbing Yang, It is undoubtedly a high-level approach. With just one breath, it can suck out all the yang energy from a person's body, effortlessly and cleanly.
So, it stands to reason that for such a corpse whose death time is so short, even if the corpse is transformed, it is impossible for it to know the art of absorbing the sun.
There is something very strange about this matter.
"It's coming to us"
After finishing sucking the four men who were guarding the body, the old man twisted his body and walked to the side room lightly.