I'm the villain in the book

Chapter 248 You Jia's Wish

Like Shuzhou, Longzhou is a frontier state, located in the west of Daning.

It is adjacent to Yuanzhou in the north, Lingzhou in the south, Anzhou in the south, and then Shuzhou.

From the perspective of geographical location and climatic conditions, Longzhou should not be very rich.

And the facts are indeed the same. If the thirty-six prefectures of Daning had a GDP ranking, Longzhou would definitely sit at the bottom of the list.

But it is such an extremely poor state and county, which is the only pure land left by Buddhism in Daning.

Contrary to Daning's overall religious policy of "emphasizing Dao and despising Buddhism", the people of Longzhou are more inclined to believe in Buddhism, and most of the warriors practice Buddhism.

As for the reason
It is said that "Taoism cultivates this life, Buddhism cultivates the afterlife".

Perhaps the poorer people are, the more they can only pin all their good hopes on the next life.

The carriage drove all the way out of Longzhou City, and then traveled along the potholed official road for more than ten miles, and arrived at the "Jerusalem" of Daning Buddhism - Lingkai Mountain in less than half an hour.

The Folian Temple is hidden on Lingkai Mountain. The neat and smooth stone steps start from the foot of the mountain and lead directly to the gate of the temple.

Tsk tsk tsk, it is estimated that there are no such high-end steps in Longzhou yamen.

Sure enough, no matter how hard it is, you can't suffer children, no matter how poor you can't be poor monks
Wei Changtian muttered something in his heart, walked up the stairs with Qin Zhengqiu and You Jia, and soon saw a magnificent and solemn temple.

Mix in the endless stream of pilgrims and walk to the gate of the temple. The three gates, one big, two small, which symbolize "wisdom", "compassion" and "convenience", are all painted with bright red paint, and there is a pair of couplets engraved on both sides. .

Above: The avenue is selfless, but it can be empty, so why don't you ask for the South China Sea.

Bottom: Mijin Guangji, if the mother-in-law is passed on to the world, this is the Western Paradise.

Well, I really didn't understand it, but anyway, I feel that the last sentence is quite unlucky.

So I really don't have Buddha affinity?

Wei Changtian shook his head without thinking too much, stepped across the threshold, and casually grabbed a young monk who was sweeping the floor.

"Little Master, is Abbot Hui'an in the temple?"

"what?"

The little monk was taken aback, holding a broom in one hand, and performing a single palm salute with the other.

"Amitabha, the abbot is indeed in the temple now, but I don't know what are the benefactors doing?"

"I have something important to discuss with him."

Strictly speaking, he has no conflicts with Folian Temple, so Wei Changtian's tone is still polite: "Please ask little master to lead the way."

"this."

After a moment of hesitation, the little monk asked in a low voice: "Several benefactors, can I let the little monk go and report first?"

"It's natural, little master just needs to tell Abbot Hui'an that we are here for Jingyuan."

"Pure circle?"

The little monk was taken aback.

The word "Jing" starts with the word "Jing", so it should be his masters and uncles.

But there is no uncle named Jingyuan in the temple?
He looked at Wei Changtian with some doubts, seeing that the latter didn't intend to explain, so the little monk had no choice but to say "Young monk understands" and turned to leave.

Only then did Wei Changtian move his gaze away, casually glanced at the surrounding situation.

The place they are in now is the Shanmen Hall, which is the place where the "Second General Hengha" is enshrined.

Compared with the Buddha statues enshrined in the Tianwang Hall and the Daxiong Hall later, the second general Heng Ha is undoubtedly very faceless.

But right now, there are still a dozen men and women in ragged clothes kneeling in front of the hall, holding Gao Xiang in their hands and kowtowing.

Unlike many temples in the previous life that did not allow tourists to bring incense privately, not only did there not be such "capitalized" rules in ancient times, they even placed Buddhist incense in front of the incense burner, and pilgrims could just take it by themselves.

To put it bluntly, it is provided for free.

However, although there is an opportunity to worship Buddha for "free prostitution", in fact, no pilgrims will come empty-handed.

Even if they may go hungry for days.

For example now.

"Mom, we haven't eaten enough for several days."

A little boy in a patched padded jacket gently tugged at the corner of a woman's clothes, begging in a low voice, "I, I want to eat steamed buns."

"I, let's use these copper coins to buy steamed buns, okay?"

"Clang~"

Although the little boy's plea was very pitiful, the woman in the same tattered clothes was not moved by it, and still threw a few copper coins in her hand into the merit box placed in front of the Buddha statue.

"I beg the two King Kongs, bless us orphans and widows."

"We only need to be able to eat a full meal a day, please bless King Kong, bless King Kong"

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The pious prayers were not loud, but Wei Changtian and the three of them had already reached the fifth-grade state of "clear ears and eyesight", so they could vaguely hear them.

Take the food money to worship the Bodhisattva, just ask yourself to have enough food
Wei Changtian complained about the magic of this scene in his heart, but Qin Zhengqiu didn't care about it at all.

Only Youjia hesitated for a moment, and then shook out a small piece of silver from his sleeve, only about two or three coins.

She obviously knew that if she gave too much, the mother and child would not be able to protect her, so she chose such an amount that was not too much, not too little.

"Shh!"

A flash of silver light flashed, and the broken silver just fell into the bamboo basket in the woman's hand, which was used to hold Buddhist incense. After shaking a few times, it rolled down to the bottom of the bamboo basket along the gap.

Aware of this scene, Wei Changtian turned his head to look at Youjia.

The latter didn't explain anything, but asked in a low voice after hesitating for a moment:
"Can I also go to offer incense sticks?"

"."

"Ask me what I do, go if you want."

Wei Changtian was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile, but felt a little strange in his heart.

Youjia is following the path of Taoism, so why do you want to worship the Buddhist King Kong?

Although there is no rule against "worshiping God when you see it", but the exclusivity of faith should be very strong.
Wei Changtian didn't understand, didn't ask, just watched Youjia walked up to the glaring Second General Hengha, took three long incense sticks and lit them, then knelt down on the golden silk futon and bowed three times earnestly.

You Jia didn't speak, so Wei Changtian didn't know what she was begging for, and he already shifted his gaze to the little monk who came back from a distance.

But if he could hear Youjia's inner voice, his expression might not be as calm as it is now.

"The little girl knows that her sins are serious, and she doesn't want to have a good death in this life and the next life"

"But if the two King Kongs have spirits, please bless Mr. Wei with peace and joy in this life, the next life, and the generations to come."

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The fragrance of Buddha is ethereal, and the sound of wooden fish and chanting are intertwined in the distance.

The Buddhist pagodas full of Buddha bones and relics are hidden by the fragrant flowers, and the incense is full of solemnity and sacredness.

The pious prayers were repeated over and over again in her heart. Youjia knelt down for a long time for the last time, but when she looked up again, she found that Qin Zhengqiu was left alone.

Wei Changtian didn't know when he had already walked away behind the little monk.

ps: I'm asking for everyone's opinions here. Basically every character in this book has a complete story line, but if they are all written out, it may squeeze Wei Changtian's appearance frequency.So do you think it is better to write the story of the supporting role in a more complete or compressed way?

(End of this chapter)