Red Dust Daqian

Zhou Sen sighed and said, "No wonder, today I saw that Lord Shangguan's forehead was black, with a bloody light, and a disaster was about to happen." Zhou Sen looked around vigilantly and said softly to Shangguan Wuhou, "This is a Buddhist place, it is inconvenient to talk about how to avoid disasters and Buddhist punishments. We need to find another place and discuss the whole thing with Brother Shangguan."

Shangguan Wuhou felt that he was about to face a disaster, so he could not wait any longer and quickly replied: OK~OK~OK~. Then Shangguan Wuhou pulled Zhou Sen into his carriage and drove away, leaving Shen Qianrou who followed him up the mountain aside.

The carriage arrived at a lakeside manor. The manor was strictly guarded, and there were guards patrolling around at all times. It seemed that Shangguan Wuhou was greedy for pleasure. The guards stopped Zhao Tiechui outside the door. It was Zhou Sen who greeted Shangguan Wuhou and let him in.

Zhou Sen sighed, damn, such a big manor, it seems that Shangguan Wuhou has embezzled a lot of money in Changnan County over the years. After entering the manor and coming to a pavilion in the middle of the lake, Shangguan Wuhou directly dismissed everyone, quickly bowed to Zhou Sen, and pleaded: "Wuhou sincerely repents, I hope the master can guide me."

Zhou Sen rubbed his fingers, seemingly calculating something, and then said with embarrassment: "Both Taoism and Buddhism have the doctrine of punishing evil and promoting good. Buddhism punishes evil, and Taoism should not stop it. It is not my wish to make enemies with Buddhism for no reason."

Shangguan Wuhou looked at Zhou Sen rubbing his fingers. Regardless of whether he understood correctly or not, he directly took out one hundred taels of silver and handed it to Zhou Sen, continuing to plead: "Master, I hope you can give me some advice. Wuhou is really trying to change his ways." Zhou Sen shook his head pretending to be serious and said, "Sir Shangguan, what do you mean? That's not what I meant." Shangguan Wuhou didn't care about anything and took out the bag he had just taken off the carriage and handed it all to Zhou Sen, saying: "Master Mu, please save me for the sake of our friendship." Shangguan Wuhou pleaded in a crying voice and was even about to kneel down to Zhou Sen.

Zhou Sen quickly helped Shangguan Wuhou up, felt the silver in the bag and found that there were about 500 taels, and signaled Zhao Tiechui to come up and take the silver. Then he said with embarrassment: "I calculated that Brother Shangguan should have a big happy event recently, and after the big happy event, there will be a big sad event. I don't know what this big happy event is, Brother Shangguan? I calculated that this big happy event does not match Brother Shangguan's status, but conflicts with it. Did Brother Shangguan use some tricks to force this big happy event?"

In order to avoid trouble, Shangguan Wuhou told Zhou Sen everything about forcing Miss Shen to marry him.

Shangguan Wuhou said embarrassedly: "I went up the mountain today to pray for good luck to the Goddess of Childbirth at the request of Miss Shen from the Shen family. But the Goddess of Childbirth found out and wanted to punish me. Heavenly Master, how should we solve this problem?" Zhou Sen said meaningfully: "Without great joy, there will be no great sorrow. Without sorrow or joy, you can survive this catastrophe."

Shangguan Wuhou thought for a moment and felt that no matter how beautiful a lady was, compared to life, it was more important to avoid disaster. Shangguan Wuhou said reluctantly, "I will arrange to cancel the engagement and the Shen family will not marry Miss Shen. Is this feasible?" Zhou Sen thought to himself that it was not easy. Miss Shen didn't have to worry. Shangguan Wuhou would cancel the engagement soon.

Zhou Sen pretended to deduce for a while, then continued, "The calamity can be temporarily resolved. If Brother Shangguan wants to be safe for a long time, he should still do more good deeds and accumulate more virtue. For every bad thing you do, you should do twice as many good things to make up for it. Those who do too much evil will eventually perish."

Shangguan Wuhou regretted his past and said, "Master Mu, I will definitely correct my mistakes and shut down those shameful activities." Zhou Sen thought that he would make you give up all the money you have embezzled over the years. He continued to shake his head and said, "Isn't it enough?" Shangguan Wuhou added to himself and said, "I opened a soup kitchen to help the poor, opened a school to teach young children, donated money to charity, and supported the weak and the elderly."

Zhou Sen calculated in his mind that if he continued to do this, Shangguan Wuhou would not be able to vomit everything. So he nodded silently and said, "Go ahead, do these good deeds in the name of the county government and this poor Taoist. As long as you do it, I believe that the Buddhists will give me some face in Taoism."

Shangguan Wuhou felt both relieved and heartbroken. He felt relieved because he could finally escape the Bodhisattva's punishment, and he felt heartbroken because all those properties were what he had collected with great difficulty over the years.

Zhao Tiechui had been listening outside the pavilion. He didn't dare to face Zhou Sen and Shangguan Wuhou at this moment. He knew all the plans clearly. Shangguan Wuhou was fooled by Zhou Sen. He didn't know how Zhou Sen had such great self-control to talk nonsense seriously. He didn't have such great self-control. He turned his back to the two of them and tried to hold back his laughter. He almost broke himself.

Zhou Sen figured that the original purpose of helping Shen Qianrou break off the engagement had already been achieved, and there were additional results and gains. He thought it was time to quit while he was ahead. There was no need to continue to meddle in other people's business. The more things got involved, the more clues would be revealed.

Zhou Sen said goodbye to Shangguan Wuhou early. He and Zhao Tiechui rushed back to the Tianshi Mansion without stopping. After arriving at the Tianshi Mansion, Shen Qianrou, Xiangcao, Xiao Zhuyu, and Madam Xiao had already been waiting anxiously in the lobby. Namo Amitabha, there was also a statue of Guanyin hanging in the hall. Except for the Taoist Xiangcao, the others were burning incense and praying for forgiveness and blessings! Madam Xiao was also silently reciting Buddhist scriptures.

Zhou Sen and Zhao Tiechui came back laughing and talking. As soon as they entered the hall, everyone anxiously waiting for the result gathered around them and hurriedly asked about the negotiation results. Zhou Sen was about to start talking when he saw the Guanyin statue hanging in the lobby. He put his hands together and bowed casually, saying, "This is the Taoist Tianshi Mansion. It's not appropriate to hang this Buddhist Guanyin statue in the lobby."

Mrs. Xiao explained: "You have made trouble for the Bodhisattva today. I am afraid that the Bodhisattva will blame and punish you. The statue of the Bodhisattva is placed in the main hall for everyone to chant sutras and pray for you." As a materialist in the 21st century, although Zhou Sen did not believe in these things, he could not resist the kindness of others and would not let them down.

Zhou Sen thanked Madam Xiao respectfully, and then thanked the Bodhisattva. Then he asked Madam Xiao to take the Bodhisattva back to Madam Xiao's room first. After all, this is now the Taoist Tianshi Mansion, and it is not good to talk about those things of cheating in front of the Bodhisattva. Although Zhou Sen is not superstitious, he dare not be 100% sure that there are no demons, ghosts, gods and Buddhas in this world he traveled to, so it would not hurt to at least keep some.

After asking the Bodhisattva to come down, Zhou Sen first reassured everyone, informed everyone of the successful realization of the plan's purpose, and comforted Shen Qianrou, "Miss Shen, you can rest assured. This operation is going quite smoothly, and the result will definitely be a success. It won't be long before Shangguan Wuhou will break off the engagement with the Shen family. Even if the Shen family wants to marry, I'm afraid Shangguan Wuhou won't dare to marry her." Shen Qianrou finally let it go, her eyes filled with tears of emotion, and she sincerely thanked everyone.