Collection of strange powers and chaotic gods

Chapter 126 Fake Guanyin

A long time ago, there was a scholar named Zhou in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. One day when he was visiting the West Lake, he met Zhang Tianshi who was traveling down Longhu Mountain.

The two hit it off and talked happily.

Zhou Sheng developed a strong interest in Taoism and begged Zhang Tianshi to take him to travel around the world.

Zhang Tianshi repeatedly refused, but Zhou Sheng was determined to follow. In desperation, I could only agree.

On this day, when the two of them passed by Baoding Prefecture in Hebei Province, it was getting late, so they found a hotel to stay.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw a beautiful woman kneeling at the foot of the stairs, as if praying.

Zhou Sheng didn't know why, so he asked Master Zhang why the man was kneeling there for no reason.

Zhang Tianshi said: "This is not a human being, but a vixen! She is kneeling there, praying to me for incense in the world!"

Zhou Sheng asked: "Do you want to promise her?"

Zhang Tianshi said: "She has been practicing for several years and has absorbed a lot of spiritual energy from heaven and earth. If she is given the incense of the human world, her power will increase, and she will cause trouble in the human world unscrupulously!"

Zhou Sheng admired the beauty of the woman and had a good impression of her, so he put in good words for her and begged Zhang Tianshi for mercy.

Zhang Tianshi said: "For your sake, I can't bear to refuse your request, so let her enjoy the incense for three years! However, this period must not be exceeded!"

Zhou Sheng thanked him profusely.

So Zhang Tianshi asked the judge to approve the yellow paper and give it to the beautiful woman.

Three years later, Zhou Sheng took the provincial examination in the capital but failed.

After being defeated, Zhou Sheng left the capital full of frustration and headed back to his hometown.

When passing through Suzhou on the way, I heard local people say that the Guanyin Bodhisattva in a temple on Shangfang Mountain (also known as Langjia Mountain, named after the Langjia Temple on the mountain. It is located northwest of Shihu Lake in the southern suburbs of Suzhou) is very efficacious.

Thinking of his repeated failures, Zhou Sheng planned to go to the mountain to offer incense and pray for himself, hoping that he could be named on the gold list next time.

After walking down the mountain, Zhou Sheng felt a little tired, so he wanted to rent a small sedan and have someone carry him up the mountain.

Those who went up the mountain to pray with him all believed that going up to offer incense must be pious and must be done on foot.

Those people told him: "The Guanyin Bodhisattva on this mountain is very efficacious. Anyone who is not sincere and unwilling to walk and takes a small sedan chair to go up the mountain will definitely fall down halfway!"

But Zhou Sheng firmly didn't believe it and insisted on riding a sedan chair up the mountain.

The people accompanying him saw that their persuasion was fruitless, so they had no choice but to let him go.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Sheng got on the sedan chair, and after taking only a dozen steps, the lift bars of the sedan chair broke, causing Zhou Sheng to fall to the ground.

Fortunately no one was injured.

In desperation, Zhou Sheng could only walk up the mountain.

After entering the temple, I saw that the incense candles inside were very strong, but the so-called Guanyin statue was placed in the brocade curtain so that no one could see it.

Zhou Sheng was confused and asked the monks in the temple what he meant.

The monk said: "The statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva in our temple is too beautiful. I was worried that people who saw it would have evil thoughts, so I covered it up."

Zhou Sheng was even more curious, so he decided to lift the curtain and take a look.

The monk tried to stop him in every possible way, but Zhou Sheng insisted on finding out.

After he opened the curtain, he took a look and saw that the Guanyin was indeed very charming and not as dignified as the Guanyin in other places.

Taking a closer look, it looked familiar, as if I had seen it somewhere.

Zhou Sheng lowered his head and thought for a long time before suddenly remembering that this was the beautiful woman who lived in the Baoding hotel back then.

Zhou Sheng was immediately furious, pointing at the statue and scolding: "I helped you plead to Master Zhang before, so that you could enjoy the incense of the world!

Not only are you not grateful for my kindness, you also broke my sedan chair and made me fall. This is simply ungrateful!

Besides, Master Zhang only allowed you to enjoy the incense for three years. Now that the time limit has passed, why are you still reluctant to leave? Did he forget his previous agreement? "

Before he finished speaking, the Guanyin statue suddenly fell down and shattered into pieces.

The monks in the temple were shocked! But he also heard Zhou Sheng's scolding words just now, so it was hard to say anything.

After Zhou Sheng left, a statue of Guanyin was rebuilt in the temple, but it never worked again!