I heard some movement outside.
The housekeeper, who had been prepared for a long time, also changed into night clothes and covered his face.
The strong men dispersed in all directions, their purpose was clear, kill people first and make money later.
They knew where the goods in the house were from the housekeeper, and they were not afraid of not finding them.
As for the people in the mansion, their purpose on this trip was to kill them all, and even the housekeeper had no intention of letting them go.
Seeking skin from a tiger is tantamount to seeking death.
The butler also had his own goals. He covered his face, held a sharp knife, and didn't care about anything else, he went straight to the attic of Julia, the daughter of the Kou family.
He was not a kind person to begin with, otherwise he would not have taken advantage of the second lady's loneliness and emptiness to do such evil things. Now, taking advantage of the strongman entering the house, he also had evil intentions towards Julia.
Julia is alert, and with such a thunderstorm night, it is difficult to sleep. So she is sitting cross-legged on the bed, holding a sword given to her by Xiao Bailong, using her energy to nourish the sword, hoping that one day she can use the sword of her heart. Blending, reaching the state of unity between man and sword.
Although Xiao Bailong now specializes in marksmanship, his swordsmanship is equally extraordinary. Seeing that Julia has quite a bit of aura, he teaches her this set of swordsmanship.
Suddenly I heard some footsteps on the bamboo stairs downstairs, and they walked all the way to the door.
Although she had only practiced for a few days, the skills taught by Xiao Bailong were also magical, which were naturally not comparable to ordinary mortal skills. At this time, seeing things at night was naturally not a big problem.
呲——
The blade of the knife was inserted through the crack in the door.
Ding!
There was another soft sound, and the door latch was knocked off.
How brave!
Although she had known that there would be a day to test the sword, Julia did not expect that this day would come so quickly.
call--
calmly.
Julia lay flat on the boat and slightly adjusted her posture. While hiding the sword, she hoped to send the blade into the villain's throat as quickly as possible.
The visitor's footsteps were very light after entering the house. He seemed to be very careful, probably because he was afraid of waking himself up.
The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer.
And even Julia, who had been mentally prepared in her heart, could not help but become nervous at this moment. The hand holding the sword hilt was relatively steady at first, but as the man's footsteps continued to come closer, her hand became nervous. He began to tremble consciously.
The housekeeper looked towards the direction of the bed and saw that Julia showed no sign of waking up, and felt a little reassured.
He held the knife forward and was about to wake up Julia with a scold——
choke!
A flash of silver flashed past.
The housekeeper's eyes suddenly felt cold, and then there was a burning and tingling sensation that reached Tianling.
ah--
A scream!
Ding dong, the weapon in his hand fell to the ground, and the housekeeper knelt on the ground, covering his eyes with his hands, screaming in pain.
tread!
Julia jumped down from the bed, without saying a word, struck twice more, probably on the opponent's legs, and kicked away his fallen weapon.
At this time, the commotion outside became louder. Not long after, a group of officers and soldiers went upstairs with torches. They saw a bloody thief lying on the ground. They also saw the daughter of the Kou Mansion holding a sword and having a sonorous aura. They were even more shocked. Shock.
I didn't expect that this daughter of the Kou family would have such methods.
The leader quickly apologized: "I was late, and Miss Julia was frightened!"
"It doesn't matter."
When Julia saw that they were officers and soldiers, she sheathed her sword. Although her heart was pounding, she still pretended to be calm at this moment, without any hint of cowardice. "I haven't asked the officer yet, why are you here late at night?"
"The magistrate of my family received a letter from the magistrate of Diling County, saying that a group of thieves had sneaked into the city. The magistrate concluded that they came here in search of wealth. In addition, your mansion saw off Master Sanzang this morning, so there was such a big fuss. Due to the momentum, we guessed that they would take action against your mansion in the near future, so they sent us to set up an ambush here at night. However, not long after they entered the mansion, we immediately went out to arrest them, but we didn't know that this fish that slipped through the net actually came here. I disturbed the girl."
The thief was still screaming on the ground.
Julia heard the thief's voice quite familiar, so she said: "Please take off his mask, sir."
The commander pulled off his mask and exclaimed: "Oh! Why is it you!"
Julia also looked over quickly. If it wasn’t her housekeeper, who was it?
Bang!
He raised his leg and kicked him, hitting him right in the abdomen.
"Eat something from the inside out!" Julia yelled angrily: "You really deserve to die!"
Seeing how ruthless the girl was, the commander couldn't help but shudder, and said quickly: "Girl, all the bandits must have been captured by now. Why don't we take this animal into custody and go visit your father-in-law first?"
The lobby of the Kou Mansion.
All the gangsters died and were injured.
The dead bodies were placed outside, and those who were still alive were tied up and kneeling outside.
Only one person was captured in the lobby, kneeling in front of the bandits.
Kou Yuwai stretched out his hand and pointed at him for a long time before he realized that his eyes had been scratched by his daughter's sword, and he could not see anything at the moment.
"Brother Kou." The prefect stepped forward, whispered a few words of comfort to the Kou member, and asked him to sit down: "Brother Kou, please forgive me."
"Sir!" Kou Yuanwai took hold of the prefect's hand and said, "I'm not very angry in my heart. I just don't understand that I don't treat him badly on weekdays, and he is greedy for some money on weekdays. I miss him for his hard work." , I just pretended that I didn’t see it. But I didn’t expect that he was so ambitious. If the prefect hadn’t arranged it in advance to nip it in the bud, I, the young man of the house, would have asked his family to murder him this time.”
"Brother Kou was able to turn danger into safety this time, which is actually the result of brother Kou's good deeds during the day." The Lord Magistrate smiled and said: "To be honest, I came here today because of the warning from Master Sanzang's disciples. They said this was the steward of Kou Mansion. I left the city at night and went to Diling County to collude with this group of bandits, intending to murder the entire Kou family and rob the gold and silver. Isn't this retribution for the good deeds accumulated by Brother Kou?"
The prefect's words spoke to Kou Yuanwai's heart.
He said in his heart that the good deeds he had done in his half life were not in vain.
But Wu Jing, who had been watching, said in his heart: "If this is really the case, we should not even encounter this disaster."
Master once said that although good and evil retribution do exist, what is preached in the world today is not the true essence of the way of retribution, especially what the common people understand, perhaps it is more of just a superficial representation.
Whether its function is to persuade people to do good, or to deceive their minds, I'm afraid there are still two opinions.
This is what Master dares to say, and Senior Brother can pick up a few words.
They usually listen to it, and at most they can say a few words in their minds.
Wu Jing saw clearly that there were more than thirty bandits who came tonight. This group of thieves could be considered a full force. Perhaps it was because the Kou Mansion had a lot of property and there were not enough people to move it all.
But this also allows the people in the yamen to catch them all in one fell swoop, eliminating future troubles.
The affairs of the Kou Mansion have been almost settled.
Wu Jing's few spirit bodies didn't stay too long. After the prefect took the robbers away, he left.
As for how the second lady confessed to Kou Yuanwai afterwards, and how Kou Yuanwai would handle the matter. That was a family matter in the Kou family, and Wu Jing was not interested in watching on.
Instead, on the second day, Zhu Liya proposed to Kou Yuanwai that she could recruit Vos as her daughter-in-law. Since her two elder brothers and her younger brother Kou Hui were unwilling to take over the Kou family's property, it would be better to let her take over. Moreover, she also asked her father It made it clear that he wanted to expand his business to the Tang Dynasty.
The three sons looked down upon their poor family and wanted to study and preach.
If there is no one to take care of this family's wealth, who will benefit from it in the end? Isn't that why the housekeeper starts to covet it?
Regarding Julia's request, Kou Yuanwai agreed.
But he still found Voss and carefully asked his opinion.
Voss immediately said: "I like Julia. As long as I can be with her, I don't care what status she has. Besides, she will go to Datang to do business in the future. I have acquired the skills taught by Elder Sun, and I will definitely specialize in this way in the future. Keep Julia safe."
Member Kou was very pleased with this.
But he still said: "I hope you will remember what you said today. If one day I find out that you have cheated on Julia, I will not let you go even if you are in trouble."
Yinsi.
The King of Hell received a letter from Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and wrote: "There is a good man Kou Hong in the world, who can increase the longevity of Yang by one season, and after death, he can be the chief case officer of the Yin Department in charge of good destiny books."
Since it was Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva who spoke, the King of Hell naturally obeyed, and it was just a matter of letting the judge take action.
Early the next morning.
The sound of rain gradually stopped, and the thunder clouds also dispersed.
In Huaguang Courtyard.
Basically all the mountain ghosts and elves in this mountain gathered here. They received a night of Buddhist baptism last night, and today it has been quite effective. They are repairing the Huaguang Pavilion under the command of Xiao Bailong.
In the Lingshan Mountain not far away.
"coming."
The Bodhisattva looked at the Buddha above him and said.
"Finally here." The Buddha was as solemn as ever, sitting on the main hall with bright golden light.
On the contrary, it is the Bodhisattva. Although there is clear light flowing around her body, her outward Buddha nature seems to be much more restrained than before.
The Bodhisattva stood on the white lotus platform and looked towards the foot of Lingshan Mountain, "I wonder how the Buddha is going to deal with them?"
"Why bother?" Buddha also said with a smile: "I just invited him to come to get the scriptures. Now that he is here, just give the scriptures to him and take them back to the Tang Dynasty."
"It should be like this." The Bodhisattva nodded, and then asked the Tathagata Buddha: "I heard that he promised all the way, and I left a lot of doubts. I have to wait until I get to Lingshan to personally consult the Buddhas in Lingshan. What is the Buddha's intention?"
"When they go up the mountain, when all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are gathered together, they cannot be absent without any reason."
After hearing this, the Bodhisattva didn't know what he thought of, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.
Fortunately, she always had a smile on her face and a compassionate attitude. Although Tathagata Buddha saw it, he didn't ask any questions.
Or maybe the Buddha already knew what the Bodhisattva was thinking, and seemed to say something casually: "I heard that Master Tripitaka is good at teaching disciples. His four disciples are now very profound in Buddhism, especially Sun Wukong, who has long since lost his stubbornness. .When we get to Lingshan Mountain, maybe let them show it off."
After hearing the words, the Bodhisattva took a deep look at the Buddha. His smile subsided, but his compassion became deeper. He saw her clasping her hands together and saying, "Great kindness!"
She suspected that Buddha did it on purpose.
At this moment, there were only two of them in the Main Hall, so their conversation was relatively straightforward, without any quips. But that was the end of the topic.
To be honest, Tathagata Buddha, who seemed to have the pearl of wisdom, really didn't think of how to deal with them.
Moreover, even if the Buddha had thought of some countermeasures in advance when facing this Master Tripitaka, who was no longer as usual, he might not be able to use them when he actually met him.
After all, along the way, their master and apprentice basically didn't play by common sense. Even if the Buddha inferred some solutions based on his current acting style, it would be better to remain unchanged in response to all changes after meeting.
What's more, Tathagata Buddha also wants to train Master Tripitaka to become the next Buddha.
As for the future Buddha Maitreya Buddha, he can just take care of his future, why worry about the present things.
Just like the Lantern Ancient Buddha, although he also has the name of the past Buddha, his situation in Lingshan is indeed very ordinary. He doesn't even have a monastery in Lingshan.
There are more factions in Buddhism than imagined.
What the Tathagata Buddha can control is actually the three thousand mortal guests who were forcibly transferred back then. However, most of these people are Arhat Vajra, and those who can achieve the status of Bodhisattva are very rare, let alone become Buddhas.
If there was a great sage in the demon world in the past, it could be used as an excuse to block him in front of him. Now he is hiding in the demon world and cannot come out, although he has left a soul black lotus behind. In the Six Paths of Reincarnation, I want to find a Black Lotus Holy Envoy in the Three Realms, but there still seems to be no news.
Fortunately, Tathagata Buddha still met with Kinnara in white, and learned some news about the great sage Wutian in the demon world from Kinnara in white.
Even the great sage of the demon world was helpless against Baiyi Kinnara's betrayal of himself.
Moreover, the current Great Sage of the Demon Realm is searching for the incarnation of the Jade Emperor everywhere in the Demon Realm. This Demon Realm is his base camp. When they met that day, he did not expect that the incarnation of the Jade Emperor would be so restless.
After the meeting between the two parties, the Great Sage of the Demon Realm originally thought that the other party would retreat, but he never expected that the incarnation of the Jade Emperor would use his supernatural powers to escape deep into the Demon Realm. Even he could not trace his traces for a while.
It is said that there is no room for others to snore on the side of the bed. The Jade Emperor suddenly gave him such a hand. It would be a lie to say that he was not worried.
The most troublesome thing is that he has found this incarnation of the Jade Emperor, and he actually has no way to deal with it. It is not a matter of whether he can defeat it. He is afraid that if he really surrenders this incarnation, his real body will be attracted. What should we do then?
The general in black robe under the command of the Great Sage of the Demon Realm was facing the Great Sage, "Your Majesty, Tang Sanzang and his party are almost at the foot of Lingshan Mountain."
"You don't need to call me your great king from now on, call me Wutian Demon Ancestor."
As for the Buddha, it is obvious that he will not be able to do so for a while.
(End of chapter)
