Outside the He Family Courtyard is a square with a bamboo platform.
Xu He and the others were tied under the eaves of the corridor and suddenly heard a commotion outside.
Then, the big man who had dragged Xu He to the roof came in excitedly, untied them without saying a word, dragged them to the pillars at the edge of the square and tied them up again.
After the big man checked it out, he couldn't wait to return to the field, talking and laughing with the onlookers.
When Xu He saw this, he realized that this guy should be assigned to guard the two of them, but he wanted to watch the fun, so he took himself and Lu Heng to the sidelines and tied them up!
Their arrival did not seem to attract the attention of the people present.
Everyone was sitting or standing chatting on the sparse yellow mud after the flood, just like celebrating the New Year.
There were men and women among these people, and even whole families were present. The scene was very much like watching a magic trick at a big fair.
Xu He turned to look at the bamboo platform and saw no one on it.
Under the stage, a row of boys in white stood neatly.
Just when everyone was making noise, the "dong dong dong" sheepskin snare suddenly sounded.
The rhythm was slow at first, and then got faster and faster.
Just when the rhythm of the drum beat reached its peak, suddenly, the originally dim bamboo platform suddenly burst into flames, and there was a big man named Kongwu holding a torch in the four corners.
I saw them facing the people in the audience, breathing out from their mouths, and suddenly, a fire dragon sprang out in front of the torch.
Some of the people in the audience have never left this village in their lives. They have never seen such a scene.
The moment the fire dragon burst out, the entire venue was stunned.
Some people shouted in terror, and some children huddled in their parents' arms.
But when they found the fire dragon gradually disappearing, they realized that it was the old official's [spell].
Suddenly, deafening cheers erupted from the venue.
Seeing this, Lu Heng couldn't help but wonder: "Didn't these people just spray some wine on the torches? Why are these people so excited?"
"Poor cognition! Do you understand?"
"What's the meaning?"
"Forget it, don't talk, it will interfere with my watching the monkey show!"
"..."
At this moment, when the people in the field were still immersed in the excitement just now, suddenly, a solemn and solemn voice sounded in everyone's ears:
A stinky skin bag, born from parents, a gathering of pus and blood.
Where does the luck of the soul come from? It is born from a human being.
When I think about it, I have no refuge and my heart is troubled.
Life and death, death and life, no immortality.
The four great deaths are like a fire and burned to ashes.
A little soul, in the underworld, has nowhere to go.
In the Yang world, there is a sick person, and relatives visit him.
In the underworld, no one asks, just a ghost alone.
There was neither sun nor moon, the sky was dim and the earth was dark.
I don’t know where to survive if it hits the ground.
…
"What is this! It's not like chanting sutras, I think it's just a jingle, and it's so mysterious!" Lu Heng thought that there were so many people here, but he was disappointed when he saw these tricks.
Xu He stared at the movement on the stage without looking at her and said: "What do you know? This kind of writing is easy to understand and the content is straightforward. Many of these villagers are illiterate. It's useless no matter how profound you talk. It's better to just talk about superficial things about life and death, and they will understand!"
Sure enough, Lu Heng looked at the venue again. There were people talking and laughing just now. Either because of the influence of the atmosphere, or because they understood what he just said, all the adults except the children clasped their hands and recited. Got the name of Buddha.
Some people may say, that’s it?
Yes, it's that simple, but when a person blends into a group, he will be infected by the atmosphere of the group unconsciously.
There were so many qigong classes in the 1990s, and so many people told them to participate. It’s ridiculous to think about it now, but at that time, each of them claimed to feel qi. Why?
Let’s not discuss the magnetic field of mysticism for now. I guess many people think that if others have me but don’t have me, does that mean I am too incompetent?
Then I started to ignore my random thoughts and started to feel that so-called "qi feeling"?
If this doesn't explain the problem, let's give a simpler example.
When you go to a shopping mall and take an elevator, pay attention. Absolutely most people are facing the elevator car door uniformly.
Rarely with their backs turned.
Why?
The truth is quite different from the current scene.
Xu He can be sure that among these villagers there must be undercover agents of the White Lotus Sect, and their role will be to support the store in future generations.
Just when Xu He was thinking wildly.
Suddenly, the fire-breathing performance on the stage started again. The difference from the last time was that this time two people came out from behind the bamboo stage.
The two people turned somersaults and came to the center of the bamboo platform like a opera singer, and then shouted loudly: "Old mother of no life, in the vacuum home, under the seat of Maitreya, the power of the gods appears!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a person appeared from the darkness behind the bamboo platform, dressed in white clothes and wearing a Ksitigarbha lotus crown on his head. He flew out like a Diaowei Ya and stood on the shoulders of the two people just now.
Xu He took a look, wasn't this the leader of the White Lotus Sect in the courtyard just now?
I saw that he, like the villagers in the audience, put his hands together and said:
Maitreya Buddha, for all sentient beings, lives in the mortal world.
Incarnate as a man, surnamed Muzi, over forty years old.
Marrying the king's family will bring you two flowers.
There is a Tathagata, no matter how bad it is, he has already become a Buddha.
Open the door, teach the magic, speak the void!
…
The hall leader was still talking about the teachings.
But Xu He extracted some useful information from the paragraph just now.
The leader of the White Lotus Sect should be named Li. He married a wife named Wang and gave birth to two daughters.
In a cult like this secret society, the identity of the leader is generally not easily disclosed.
Since the leader of the hall said it himself today, the only explanation is that the White Lotus Sect has been preaching in this area for a long time.
Combined with the words that Granny Liu just said "Old official preaches", it further proves Xu He's guess.
Thinking of this, Xu He couldn't help but be shocked.
The area around Qin Lake is not far from Hailing, and Yangzhou Prefecture, where Hailing is located, can be said to be the most important tax center of the imperial court.
Under the nose of the local government, someone has been secretly preaching for so long without being discovered. No wonder Zhang Jingxian and Chen Yingzhao felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy when they heard the name of the White Lotus Sect last time. Went to Liangduo.
At this time, the church leader had finished reading the scriptures in the teachings.
The people at the scene had already ignored the turbid muddy water on the ground and knelt down one after another and recited "Amitabha".
At this time, the masked woman in white clothes who was next to the hall master came to the bamboo platform.
She looked at the believers in the audience with compassionate eyes for a while, and then said: "This time, I and the church leader Lao Guan are here to introduce all the brothers and sisters to join the church under the order of the leader."
Speaking of this, she silently looked at everyone for a while before continuing: "Entering the religion is all voluntary. Brothers and sisters who don't want to be escorted by Maitreya to their hometown of Vacuum can now go to the sidelines to receive cakes and leave! We will hold a ceremony next It’s time for the initiation ceremony!”
After she finished speaking, no one left.
Seeing this, the hall master behind her nodded with satisfaction, and then clapped his hands.
Immediately, a boy in white brought out the statues of Maitreya Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Amitabha Buddha and a female figure and placed them high on the stage.
Then bowls were distributed to everyone present and tea was poured.
Then, the woman said: "Worship the Inanimate Mother!"
After saying that, everyone in the audience drank the tea in one gulp.
Xu He didn't see any common scenes of throwing bowls, and then the woman announced: "We are now sisters and brothers in the church. I have a word of caution for everyone."
"Now that you have joined our religion, you should burn incense and kowtow at home every morning and evening. On the day of admiration, everyone should sit around here under the leadership of the altar master, knock wooden fish, and recite Buddhist scriptures!"
"Can you do it?" Suddenly, the woman shouted loudly.
"Can, can, can..." The people were like crazy, no matter men, women, old or young, they all shouted in unison!
Xu He felt a little familiar when he saw this scene.
oh! correct.
Isn’t this the scene of a pyramid scheme? No wonder!
