The faces of the Shaolin monks were ashen, as if a layer of ash could be scraped off. Chen Ang's words were very serious. What he meant was that all the monks in the courtyard were 'hypocritical' and 'ignorant'. None of them was worthy of his respect.
But seeing Xuan Ci's defeated face, they could not say anything to defend themselves. Chen Ang did not mention anyone, but the people present were all shrewd people. They had already guessed the conflict between Xuan Ci and Ye Erniang. They just did not say it out of respect for Shaolin.
All the heroes in the yard stood there in silence. That in itself was a kind of stance. Otherwise, with the good karma that Shaolin had built in the martial arts world, how could no one have spoken up to help them? The lives of hundreds of innocent children, the grief of hundreds of ordinary families, who could bear such a sin?
Xuan Ci looked haggard. He struggled to get up and looked around at the heroes in the courtyard. Looking at their disdainful, sighing, or resentful eyes, he sighed in despair, "Excellent, excellent! Since there is karma, there will be karma. Erniang, you have suffered all these years! Alas … "His long sigh was filled with endless remorse.
Xuan Ci turned around to face Chen Ang and pleaded, "What the old monk has done, even though it is innumerable and unspeakable, it has nothing to do with the other disciples of Shaolin Temple. Shaolin Temple has strict rules and regulations since the ancient times. The other martial brothers and martial brothers strictly abide by the rules and practice Buddhism. Benefactor, you must not generalize! I am an idiot, it has nothing to do with the other Buddhist disciples! "
He knelt down heavily and pleaded, "Benefactor, please allow me to receive the punishment of two hundred strokes of the rod, and then I will go with you to the Six Fan School to be punished!" He spat out the last four words. A line of turbid tears flowed down along the wrinkles. His white eyebrows fluttered in the wind, desolate and lonely.
The crowd of heroes on the scene saw that the Abbot, who was usually full of vigor, now looked like an ordinary old man. They could not help but feel a bit sorry for him. The Shaolin monks even lowered their heads and closed their eyes, silently reciting the name of Buddha.
"Xuan Ci, Xuan Ci, you've let Shaolin down, but what about the others?" Chen Ang sighed and said, "Even in this situation, what you can't forget is still Shaolin's clean reputation? Your child is right in front of you, but you don't even ask about it. You don't even care about Second Mother Ye's life or death. This is your family's business, so I shouldn't say much. "
"But even now, what you can't let go of is still the Shaolin Temple on Mount Song. Have you repented in the past 20 years? At this moment, you still don't know that I'm here to force you today, not because of the bullshit Shaolin rules, but because you've been watching and conniving at Second Mother Ye's evil deeds for the past decades! "
Chen Ang took a good look at the gate of the Shaolin Temple. The words "Zen Sect Ancestral Court" shone in the sunlight. He sighed painfully and said, "Before you die, you are still thinking about the commandments and rules of the Shaolin Temple. It seems to be a great honor for you to die under the rules of the Shaolin Temple. Buddha has chanted the word 'mercy' for so long. Has it become a rule?"
"When I read the Buddhist scriptures, I saw mercy and mercy for all living beings. But in Shaolin's Buddhist scriptures, I saw rules and a bloody word – 'eat people'. Xuan Ci! Xuan Ci, until today, you still put mercy and mercy behind the rules. This is Shaolin's sin! "
Xuan Ci closed her eyes and said, "I did not abide by the rules and made a big mistake. Shaolin's precepts persuade people to do good. It is a very good thing. Today, I have added dignity to Shaolin's rules. I am sure that in the future, the monks will always be vigilant and will not repeat my mistakes. This will not go against the original meaning of mercy and precepts."
"What a pity, what a pity. Your rules are cannibalistic rules. Your precepts are killing precepts. How many tenant farmers at the foot of Mount Song have died because of this rule? At the foot of Buddhism, the life of the poor is even more difficult than in other places. You wear kasayas and gild Buddha's body. You don't produce, don't work. You follow the rules and follow the precepts. But what you eat is human blood and human flesh. Buddha's golden body is gilded with the blood and sweat of the farmers. "
"You are chanting mercy and serving Buddha. In this world, there are people suffering all the time. On the mountain, have you done anything for them? Adding oil in the middle of the night, burning incense day and night. Copper Luohan, gold-plated Dharmakaya. Extravagant serving Buddha but ignoring mercy. Shaolin's rules, why don't you change them into Baizhang's rules? "
Baizhang, the founder of the Tang Dynasty's Zen Sect, worshiped Buddha by bowing to the fields. He advocated self-work and self-reliance. The Shaolin monks naturally knew this. Hearing this, their faces changed.
Xuan Ci took a deep breath and was speechless. He looked at Ye Erniang and thought of his own child. He could not help but ask softly, "Erniang, where is our son? Can't you just tell me? "
Ye Erniang heard this and revealed a happy expression. She wanted to point out to Xuan Ci, but she did not dare. She moved closer to Xuan Ci's ear and whispered something. Xuan Ci looked in the direction of the Shaolin monks. Suddenly he smiled calmly and said, "I didn't expect it! I didn't expect it! Erniang, don't worry. He is a very good child. "
He turned to look at Chen Ang. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something. But suddenly he did not want to and just shook his head. Ye Erniang pulled him and said with a smile, "You go first! I know he is good, so I am relieved. "
Her face showed a calm expression. Xuan Ci and Chen Ang understood something. Ye Erniang took out a dagger from her bosom and said to Chen Ang, "Originally, if you lied to me, I was going to use this dagger to end it. I knew what you wanted to do, so I thought that when I die, you will not have any evidence. But, you did not lie to me?"
"How do you know I did not lie to you? Don't you want to verify it? "Chen Ang asked.
"When I saw him, I knew it. His eyes and brows are not wrong! When I look at him, it is like looking at a piece of my flesh. It is very intimate. "Ye Erniang said calmly," He has a mother like me. Is it very embarrassing? "She was fine a moment ago, but when she said this, she could not help but sob and tremble.
"He is a kind person. He will not feel embarrassed! He will only be grateful to you, love you, and use his life to atone for your sins! "Chen Ang said slowly.
"No, no, my sins are so heavy. I don't want him to pay for them for me!" Ye Erniang's voice was choked with tears. "He should be innocent and live his own life. It has nothing to do with me, a damn woman! Don't let him know. Don't let him know about me. "When she said this, she felt like a knife was being twisted in her heart.
"Do you know who took your child away?" Chen Ang let out a long sigh.
"I beg him, I beg him not to disturb my child!" Ye Erniang said painfully. She could not help but want to protect her child, but she did not dare to. She could only helplessly grab the rigid board and leave streaks of blood on it.
"No one is innocent. All sentient beings are sinners. Xuan Ci, the blood debt outside Yanmen Pass will eventually be repaid by someone. You broke his family, and he separated your flesh and blood. Life is unpredictable! "
"Revenge breeds revenge, when will it end? Karma, karma, retribution! " Xuan Ci sighed and said, "I wonder how many of the Qiao couple, Ma Dayuan, and Xuan Ku were killed by that benefactor?"
"Ma Dayuan was killed by his wife who had an affair with Bai Shijing. The others were all killed by him!"
"Will he harm my child?" Ye Erniang looked at Chen Ang helplessly.
Chen Ang looked back at Xiao Feng and said, "Hero Xiao is 80% similar to him. They are both good men. I think he would not bully an orphan."
Ye Erniang smiled bitterly and said, "Good! It's good that he won't! "She pulled out the dagger and looked at her face under the cold light of the dagger. She sighed and said," I want to! I want to hear him call me 'mother'. "She suddenly turned back and stabbed her right arm.
"Erniang!" Xuan Ci was shocked and tried to stop her, but she was blocked by Ye Erniang's flesh and blood.
Ye Erniang cut off a bloody piece of flesh from her own body. She said to the crowd, "In the past, I acted recklessly and unscrupulously. I committed many evil deeds. I even separated the flesh and blood of my loved ones. Today, I, Ye Erniang, cut off my flesh and bones to pay for my sins."
Her voice was high-pitched and intense, startling everyone on the scene. Even Chen Ang was taken aback, he didn't expect her to be so resolute. He saw Ye Erniang backhandedly cut off her little finger. Xuan Ci rushed forward and pulled her.
The old monk cried bitterly and said, "Erniang, all the sins are because of me. You can't do this!"
"I know!" Ye Erniang smiled bitterly and said, "I am also a mother. How can I not know how the hatred of losing one's own flesh and blood can drive one crazy? What I experienced twenty years ago, the people here, the people in the world have all experienced. In the past, I could not wait to eat their flesh and sleep on their skin. Today, how many people have experienced the same pain as me and have such hatred?"
She smiled and said, "I want my child to live a pure and innocent life in this world. His mother should also be a pure and innocent person. I only hope that my flesh and blood can make up for that one in a million sin, so that Buddha can bless him, bless him to be safe and happy, so that he will no longer bear the burden of my sins!"
Xuan Ci said with a trembling voice, "Erniang, Erniang, you must have a reason, a reason." He held her and stood up.
He trembled and put Ye Erniang on the ground. He was afraid that his tears would drip on Ye Erniang's wound. "You are afraid, aren't you?" Chen Ang sighed and said.
Ye Erniang cried out involuntarily, "I am afraid, I am afraid! Those children, those children come to find me every day. It's fine if they find me, but don't pester my child. I have experienced that kind of hatred, that kind of pain. I know that they will not let us go! "
She pulled Xuan Ci's hand and said with difficulty, "We can't live, but our child is still alive. He is so young, and he doesn't know martial arts. If others find him, what will he do? Now, as long as I die, the more miserable the better. The more miserable my death is, the less resentment they will have, and the safer my child will be. "
"As long as he can live happily and peacefully, I don't want anything else."
Xuan Ci said painfully, "All of this is because of me. Erniang, why do you have to suffer such pain?" He looked up to the sky and let out a long cry. His voice was full of desolation and helplessness.
"How can my pain compare to that of those parents who have lost their children? It's not even one ten-thousandth of the pain. This is the retribution I deserve! I was wrong, I was really wrong. People's hearts are made of flesh. I only hope that they will let go of this hatred for the sake of me dying without a complete corpse. This is my only wish. "Ye Erniang said with a smile.
Xuan Ci raised his right palm and struck his left hand with the full force of the Great Vajra Palm. In an instant, his muscles and bones were crushed. He laughed and said, "Erniang, I will accompany you!"
"Almsgiver Chen, can you recite a copy of the Reincarnation Scripture for those children?" Ye Erniang begged.
Chen Ang nodded silently and sat cross-legged. Clear Sanskrit sounds echoed in the sky.
"Namo Amitabha Night
Dota Jiduo Ye
Shivering Night He
Amitabha Pi … "
That day, the rain of blood fell for a whole night, and thunder rumbled unceasingly. A young monk looked at the sky curiously. Did he know that someone had redeemed a sin that could not be washed clean for him?
The souls of two sinners would accompany each other, entangled on the River of Three Roads. Day and night, they would forever fall into the Avici.
All emotions are sinful!
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