Infinite Throne

"It's okay if it's not clean. I'll boil the water tomorrow and give you a hot bath." Sister Ma sighed and looked at Ma Ergou with disgust.She was willing to tolerate Ma Ergou, but her tone sounded very strange, as if Ma Ergou was a tied up pig waiting to be slaughtered, and after being scalded with hot water, she could directly use a knife.

"..." Ma Ergou was lying on the bed, and it was even more inconvenient to make a sound. When he spoke, his throat was choked by saliva, but his eyes were very frightened, and he stared closely at the place behind Mrs. Ma.There was a blood-red eye there, just behind the crack of the door, staring in this direction all the time.

"Master, don't be afraid, I will cut the knife very quickly, and I will never make you feel uncomfortable." Sister-in-law Ma thought that Ma Ergou was looking at her, so she said a few words of comfort to him.

Ma Ergou's eyes became more frightened.

[Melon Field Made a Mistake]: Miserable

[Little Apple]: Her knife is not as fast as our Zai Zai's. If our Zai Zai handles the knife in person, now Ma Ergou will only have one leg left

"Sleep, I'll boil the water tomorrow and then take a bath for you." Sister Ma rolled up the soiled quilt and rolled Wang Ergou into a caterpillar that couldn't move.

Sister-in-law Ma and Ma Zhaodi were sleeping in another quilt, and it was only at this time that the mother and daughter showed some intimacy.

The kitchen knife was placed under the bed by Mrs. Ma, who was ready to run for her life at any time to prevent Ma Ergou from recovering suddenly.

If nothing strange happened at night, Lin Yebai stopped paying attention, and occasionally closed his eyes to rest his mind, so as not to make him look too sleepy the next day.

The faint sound of the wooden fish sounded directly from the bottom of his heart, Lin Yebai couldn't hear the sound at first, but the sound of the wooden fish followed like a shadow, very rhythmic.

Whenever Lin Yebai thought it wouldn't make a sound, the sound of the wooden fish would suddenly sound, and Lin Yebai began to pay attention to the frequency and interval of the sound of the wooden fish.

Whenever Lin Yebai felt that he had figured out the pattern and that it was time for the sound to sound, the wooden fish would stop again and successfully appear when Lin Yebai hadn't expected it.

Lin Yebai asked the audience in the live broadcast room, but none of them heard the sound of the wooden fish. They guessed that Lin Yebai might have some kind of hallucination, or that the sound of the wooden fish was only effective for him.

From the perspective of physical senses, Lin Yebai can't hear any sound.The wooden fish in his heart was ringing, as if it was brought about by his thinking, because he felt that he heard it, so he could hear the sound...

This feeling was a bit strange, Lin Yebai could no longer hear the sound after dawn, so he decided to try to divert his attention tonight, to see if the wooden fish could ring as usual...or find the location of the wooden fish.

"Come on, give me a hand."

Early the next morning, after Ma's sister-in-law finished her breakfast, she boiled water in a large pot and asked Lin Yebai to help pour the water into the wooden basin so that she could scrub Ma Ergou's body.

Mrs. Ma is a woman with small feet, and she seems unsteady when she walks.

Ma Zhaodi didn't have her feet bound, probably because she was born with a disability, and her marriage was not going well anyway. Binding her feet would only make things worse for her, and she completely lost her ability to move, so she gave up footbinding.

"With feet like Zhaodi's, it's not easy to marry in the future." Seeing that Lin Yebai seemed to be a little concerned about this, Mrs. Ma sighed slightly.

Ma Zhaodi retracted her feet, trying to hide them all under the jacket and skirt. The skirt was already a little short, no matter how she avoided it, she still showed a pair of natural feet.

This young girl already has self-esteem, and Ma Zhaodi looks a little cowardly because of her legs that are different from ordinary people.

"People outside don't bind their feet anymore, it's normal for you to do this." Lin Yebai said casually.

"Really?" Ma Zhaodi's voice was very soft and timid, her eyes were like a pool of clear spring water.

"En." When Ma Zhaodi looked down at her feet again, she no longer felt ugly.

Women with bound feet are really not suitable for heavy work. Lin Yebai helped Mrs. Ma carry the water, then threw Ma Ergou inside, and Mrs. Ma took off her clothes.

Lin Yebai wanted to go around the village, and Ma Zhaodi showed him the way, taking him to see wild flowers blooming in a secluded place, and taking him to see the puppies born to the pastoral dog Rhubarb.

"Can you tell me why people in the village like to worship Buddha?" Lin Yebai sat casually on a curved tree trunk, lifted Ma Zhaodi up and put it aside. The seven or eight-year-old girl was thin and It doesn't press the hand at all, like a reed stick.

Below is a quiet and flowing stream. Ma Zhaodi was carrying a bamboo basket, which contained freshly picked mulberries, exuding a sweet fragrance. She wanted to share it with Lin Yebai, but he refused.

Ma Zhaodi turned her head and glanced at Lin Yebai. The seven or eight-year-old child, thinking of Buddha, showed a very complicated expression, resistance, fear, panic, and a little pious.

"Because as long as you worship the Buddha, the Buddha will make your wish come true."

"Is there a price to pay?" Lin Yebai asked.

Ma Zhaodi was silent, as if she wanted to speak but dared not.

Maybe she has some limitations?

"Then let me ask, you only need to nod and shake your head." Lin Yebai thought of a roundabout way, and his voice was very soft: "Buddha statues need a certain price to fulfill their wishes."

Ma Zhaodi nodded.

"The price is a part of your body, an arm or a leg. You can also replace it with someone close to you."

From what Mrs. Ma said to Ma Ergou, it can be inferred that Ma Ergou's old mother should have tried it, and Ma Zhaodi was begged.

Ma Zhaodi continued to nod.

"The desire to be satisfied is not only to have a son." Lin Yebai continued to analyze.Because Ma Zhaodi is also a product of worshiping Buddha, she is a girl, which means that it is not necessarily a son who prays to Buddha.Since you can ask for a child, you should also be able to ask for wealth, longevity or other things.

Ma Zhaodi nodded again.

"Why do you believe in such a Buddha?" Lin Yebai asked.

"Everyone believes."

The reason is strong and convincing.

People follow the crowd and are born to believe, so it is taken for granted.

"Did anyone die from it?"

Ma Zhaodi was stunned, she didn't nod her head, she didn't look back, she seemed to find it difficult to answer this question.Finally, under Lin Yebai's gaze, he lowered his head and said:

"It's not death, it's going to the Paradise of Ultimate Bliss."

"All the sufferings we have suffered in our birth are the sins we committed in the previous life. As long as we believe in the Buddha and sacrifice our lives for the Buddha, we can redeem our sins and gain rebirth."

"We are always walking on the road to the paradise, some people go fast, some people go slowly."

When Ma Zhaodi said these words, she was a little scared, but also a little strangely pious, her eyes were dull, staring at the flowing water in the distance, dazed.

"As long as you believe in the Buddha, you can redeem your sins."

"As long as you worship the Buddha, your wish will come true." Lin Yebai repeated Ma Zhaodi's words, she nodded seriously, and asked:

"Cousin, do people outside also believe in Buddha?"

Lin Yebai called Ma Ergou his cousin, so Ma Zhaodi called Lin Yebai cousin.

"People outside believe in themselves. Everything we obtain is obtained by ourselves, and has nothing to do with gods and Buddhas."

What Lin Yebai was talking about was not the outside world of this era, but the main god space he was in.The reincarnators never believe in the main god, and only regard the space of the main god as a way to gain power.

It was the first time for Ma Zhaodi to hear such an argument. Her clear and bright black eyes showed a bit of novelty, and she felt that it made sense, so she begged:

"Can you tell me something about the outside world?"

"The adults said that the village was very dangerous. There were wars everywhere. Cannons fell from the sky, and a large number of people died."

"Our village can exist because of the blessing of the Buddha. If you only believe in yourself, how will you survive?"

Lin Yebai explained: "Because the village is too remote, there is no war. If you want to enter the village, you have to climb mountains and mountains. It's not worth them to come here."

"Everyone says it's because of the Buddha. You say it differently from them." Ma Zhaodi seldom thinks about it. She usually thinks about where the pigweed grows well and should be mowed, rather than doubting her belief.

"Does everyone in the village believe in Buddha?" Lin Yebai asked.

Ma Zhaodi nodded, and then mentioned another matter: "You must not say anything like this again. Cousin, you are an outsider. It is fine to live here for only a few days. If you continue to live here, you will be punished if you don't believe in Buddha." Ghost kills."

"Dr. Xia in the village used to say that the Buddha was not trustworthy, and then he died. People in the village drink incense ash water when they are sick. Some of them are cured, and some are not." Ma Zhaodi mentioned Dr. Xia, with a look of fear in his eyes .

"How did you die?"

"I don't know. He was already dead when everyone found him. His eyes were wide open, his mouth was wide open, but his tongue was gone. Someone should have cut it off and taken him away. Anyway, there is no one in the house." Ma Zhaodi still remembers that day When she went to Dr. Xia's house, she saw a horrible scene.There was blood everywhere, as if all the blood had been drained from his body.His expression was also extremely frightened, as if he had seen some horrible picture.

"Everyone in the village said that because he was dishonest in his beliefs and did not receive the blessing of the Buddha, he was killed by the evil ghost."

"So that's how it is." Lin Yebai has already determined that the strange things in the village are all related to the Buddha statue. Perhaps the reason for him to leave this dungeon world is also because of the Buddha statue.Since villagers like to enshrine Buddha statues at home, is there a temple dedicated to Buddha statues?

"Let's go back quickly. If we don't go back, my father's leg..." Ma Zhaodi's tone was a little hesitant. In fact, she and her cousin were able to go out for a stroll because Mrs. Ma wanted to keep them away so that he could cut off his leg.

If she goes back early, there is still a chance to stop her.If she had returned late, Ma Ergou's legs might have been chopped off.

Both her father and mother want a son, and the two of them talked about exchanging Ma Zhaodi for him.But if you stop the mother, she will die herself.

Ma Zhaodi walked slower and slower, thinking of the possible consequences, her face turned pale.I wish I could go on this road forever, never go home, and face such a choice.

She wanted to tell her parents, don't want a son, okay, the three of them will live on like this, and no one's legs should be chopped off.

But she still arrived at the door of the house, and Mrs. Ma came out with a kitchen knife, and with a smile, asked Ma Zhaodi to go in and help hold down Ma Ergou.

"I'm busy right now, can you chop up today's pigweed for me?" Mrs. Ma arranged a task for Lin Yebai. When she said it, she still felt a strange pressure in her heart. She always felt that this cousin should not go. Do the kind of work like chopping pigweed.There are few things that can push him away, let alone picking manure and pulling weeds.

"Okay." Lin Yebai found the pot where Mrs. Ma used to chop pigweed, and there was a rusty kitchen knife inside.This knife is so rusted that it can't cut meat, and it can barely cut pigweed.

Mrs. Ma was relieved when she heard the sound of chopping pig grass outside, neat and rhythmic.Seriously tie a straw to Ma Ergou's disobedient third leg, so that he won't worry that Ma Ergou will pee again and get his legs dirty.

Ma Ergou's eyes were about to burst, and he winked at his daughter Ma Zhaodi, trying to get her to persuade Mrs. Ma.At this moment, Ma Ergou suddenly didn't want a son anymore.

"Mother, which one to cut?" Ma Zhaodi received the gaze, thinking of what she had overheard, pretending that she hadn't seen it.When he was sleeping at night, he also heard Ma Ergou tell Mrs. Ma that he would dedicate her to Buddha in exchange for his younger brother.Although the Paradise of Ultimate Bliss is very good, when she thought of going there, she instinctively felt a sense of fear.

"I also thought about it for a while, and I felt that either one would do. I really couldn't think of one, so I decided to cut off both."

"One leg makes a wish, and I will give you a younger brother."

"On the other leg, make a wish that your leg will be healed, and you will never walk with a limp again."

"Mother, you are so kind." Ma Zhaodi completely gave up the idea of ​​saving Ma Ergou now.

"If my father has no legs, what will happen to the field work in the future?" Ma Zhaodi asked.

Ma Ergou thought to himself, he is the only strong laborer in the family, so he must not lose his two legs, otherwise no one will do the farm work in this family.

"What do you think of Uncle Shuanzi?" Mrs. Ma asked in a low voice.

"Very, very good." Ma Zhaodi really didn't expect this to happen.

Shuanzi is a widower in the village. His wife is dead, and his family has a large tile-roofed house made of blue bricks.He didn't remarry, and he didn't have any children. If Mrs. Ma married, they would have a family, just right.

Ma Ergou's face was livid with anger, he never thought that his wife would have sex with Shuanzi!If he hadn't been beaten up like this by the devil who borrowed at home, he doesn't know when he will know these things.

"Should we cut it now, or at night?"

"Let's cut it now, and at night we Zhaodi will no longer be a little lame."

Lin Yebai was standing at the door, relying on the audience in the live broadcast room to listen to the entire conversation.

In the yard, a big goose was hanging on a wooden frame, its mouth was tied with straw, and a rusty kitchen knife was hung on the goose's paws. When it jumped, the kitchen knife hit the chopping board, and the sound of chopping pigweed came intermittently.

Listening to the voice, Mrs. Ma felt that her cousin, a scholar, was not used to farm work, so she didn't take it seriously, but soon found that the sound of chopping pigweed became more orderly again, and she felt more at ease.

After Lin Yebai finished listening, he put the goose down, pulled off the straw that bound the goose's beak, sent the goose hard into the room, and continued to chop pigweed.

[Ruanruan cat ears]: Plain and plain.jpg

【Garlic Eggplant】: Has been shown

The goose's eyes were filled with hatred. At first, he wanted to fuck, but under the influence of inertia, he rushed into the room. When he saw the familiar straw, he just pecked at it.

Ma Ergou was in silent convulsions of pain, unable to speak, drooling: "Ah..."

Mrs. Ma was startled, the kitchen knife fell to the ground, and accidentally cut her own foot. No bone was injured, but a cut was made, and the blood flowed fiercely.

"Mother, are you okay?" Ma Zhaodi hastily helped Ma's sister-in-law to sit up, picked up the kitchen knife and put it aside.

When Ma Ergou found Ma's sister-in-law injured, he couldn't help showing a happy expression. He must be devout, and the Buddha didn't want him to be hurt by the adulterer and adulterer, so he interrupted her several times.As long as he can recover, he will definitely take revenge on this woman!

"I'm fine... Let your Uncle Shuanzi chop it up tonight." Sister-in-law Ma hurt her foot and walked with a limp.Ma Zhaodi was born with a disability and walked with a limp. Under Ma's sister-in-law's instigation, she carried some eggs to Uncle Shuanzi's house.

Lin Yebai helped move Ma Ergou to the bed, and the pigs and grass were chopped up. Mrs. Ma stared at Lin Yebai several times. It is better to have a man at home.

She and Lin Yebai were not of the right age, and she worked very hard. She looked like a woman in her 40s.It's not bad to recruit Di, she is a beautiful woman, even if she is a little thinner, she will be able to marry after a few years of raising her.

Being stared at by her, Lin Yebai inexplicably felt a sense of crisis. Could it be that she wanted to kill me too?Or do you want to kill me when Shuanzi comes at night?

[Melon Field made a mistake]: Isn't this the way the mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law?

[Super rich orange seat]: Indeed, the more I look at it, the more satisfied I am, and I think the same is true for Zai Zai

[Male plus male]: Mother will never allow Zai Zai to be with this recruit!

[Three Juice Stew Pot]: I smashed the sword cp

[Ordinary Me]: I heard that Zai Zai lives next to the Dragon King, so I knocked Daolong

[Huangfu Qiangzi]: You guys are too evil, I'm going to kill you and myself!

[Sui Sui]: I told my dad to go

Ma Zhaodi came back soon after delivering the eggs.

"Cousin, Uncle Shuanzi is coming tonight as a guest, let's go outside and play."

"Mother, give me some sweet potatoes. We can pick up firewood and roast sweet potatoes to eat. If we can find some bird eggs, it would be even better to roast them together..."

Sister-in-law Ma sent Ma Zhaodi and Lin Yebai together, firstly because she didn't want them to stay at home and get in the way, and secondly, she hoped to give them a chance to get along.

At this time, girls can marry at the age of fifteen or sixteen, and it is not uncommon for girls to be younger at the age of thirteen or fourteen.Ma Zhaodi is already eight years old, and she will be able to marry in a few years, so she is about to start looking for someone.

"Does Doctor Xia have any relatives?" Lin Yebai continued to ask questions that he hadn't finished before.

"Of course there are relatives, Uncle Shuanzi. Dr. Xia's sister married Uncle Shuanzi. Later, she fell ill and couldn't get out of bed. She kept coughing and drank a lot of incense ashes, but it didn't help."

"Doctor Xia said that you can't drink incense ash water, you need to drink traditional Chinese medicine, incense ash water can't cure the disease, no one believed him, and Uncle Shuanzi beat him up."

"Later, Dr. Xia's sister died of illness, and they had a quarrel and never saw each other again."

"Why didn't Shuanzi ask the Buddha to heal his wife?" Lin Yebai asked.

Ma Zhaodi suddenly felt that Uncle Shuanzi was not a good match anymore.If his mother is sick, and Uncle Shuanzi also makes him drink incense ash water, what's the use?

"What disease does his wife suffer from? Have you seen it?"

"It seems to have been lying on the bed covered with a quilt, always coughing." Ma Zhaodi recalled that Dr. Xia's sister used to be a smart person who could work, but after she fell ill, her face was pale and frightening.

"Did she lose her legs?"

"..." Ma Zhaodi was terrified.

"His family has suddenly become rich, has anything changed?" Lin Yebai continued to ask.

Ma Zhaodi thought of the big brick house in Uncle Shuanzi's house, which was the place she envied most, magnificent and beautiful.It is said that Uncle Shuanzi dug up a jar of silver coins in the yard, which should have been left by his ancestors.

Later that time, every night someone went to the Shuanzi yard to dig.The entire yard was searched and nothing was found, and no one found half a tael of silver.

Ma Zhaodi explained the matter and asked, "Could it be that the big tile-roofed house in his family was obtained by the Buddha..."

"His wife, his brother-in-law are all dead, only he is alive and well." Lin Yebai had already seen the difference between Mrs. Ma today and yesterday, the target to be chopped off changed from one leg to two, and then Ask: "Has your mother seen him today?"

Ma Zhaodi nodded, mother said, Uncle Shuanzi came to the house while she was out with her cousin and talked about the marriage proposal, saying that the two sides just made do.Otherwise, their horse and dog have already fallen like this, and there will be no strong labor in the future, so it will be difficult to live.

"Cousin, let's go back now, I'm worried about my mother..." Ma Zhaodi was afraid that something would happen to Mrs. Ma.

"Even if he wants to do it, he won't do it to your mother tonight."

"Don't worry, your father should die tonight." Lin Yebai comforted.

Ma Zhaodi burst into tears, but did not feel comforted.Although Ma Ergou has been looking forward to having a son, and has a flat attitude towards her eldest daughter, and even has some disgust, Ma Zhaodi does not want this biological father to die.

"What's ahead?" Lin Yebai pointed to a red-painted temple.Many temples have red paint on their exterior walls, and this one is no exception.The sky was getting dark, and from a distance, the red paint on the outside of the temple looked like human blood, so red that it was dazzling, and the open temple door was like a big mouth, waiting for people to enter.

"This is the Ci'en Temple in the village, and everyone who wants to make offerings comes here." Ma Zhaodi explained.

"Can I make an offering?" Lin Yebai asked.

"Yes, but you have to bring a sacrifice. If you empty your hands, it is disrespectful to the Buddha."

Lin Yebai picked up a stone casually and walked inside.

"How can stones be used as offerings? This is disrespectful to the Buddha. Cousin, come out quickly. If you want to pay tribute, we can go to the river to find a fish..."

"It's okay, didn't you bring some sweet potatoes?" Lin Yebai mainly wanted to see if the Buddha statue could be dismantled.

Ma Zhaodi couldn't persuade him, so she limped and followed, a little tired.I hope the Buddha will not be angry with my cousin...

There was no one in the Ci'en Temple, and an oil lamp was burning slowly.When I stood at the door and looked in, the Buddha statue had grown many arms and thighs, which looked like the legendary Avalokitesvara, but there was no beauty at all.

The Buddha lowered his eyebrows, his expression was indeed compassionate.

There was an incense burner and sandalwood on the table. Lin Yebai took three sticks of sandalwood, lit them with the flames of the oil lamp, and put them in the incense burner.

The familiar scent of sandalwood came, which smelled exactly the same as the scent of sandalwood that lingered in the village. When we came into close contact at this time, the scent was also mixed with a very faint smell of blood.

Even if this Buddha is really alive, he is definitely an evil Buddha.

In the floating smoke, Lin Yebai raised his head, only to realize that the Buddha's lowered eyes were actually looking at a scale placed in front of his knee.Among the many arms of the Buddha statue, one hand is cutting flesh from the thigh and placing it on the balance, as if it is weighing the weight.

Lin Yebai remembered a Buddhist allusion about cutting flesh to feed eagles.

The Buddha couldn't bear to see the eagle hunting for blood, hoping to influence the eagle and release the prey.

The eagle said, Your mercy is to keep my prey alive. If I let it go, I will die without food.

The Buddha then cut flesh from himself until it was equal to the weight of the eagle's prey.

The Buddha is merciful, he can hurt himself and save all beings.