I dare not

Gu Qiao turned over and sat up, "Wait, it's not what you think."

"Amitabha, the poor monk didn't think of anything." Fazhang looked at the wall without looking at the wall and said, "It's just that Chang Huan went to check the medicine that Huang Qi gave this little benefactor today. It's an emergency, so I have to come late at night." .”

"What did you find?"

"Chang Huan found a large amount of snail fruit from the dregs they secretly dumped. This fruit has the effect of hypnosis and pain relief, but excessive use will damage people's mind."

The snail fruit is a unique fruit in Lianzhou. It is buried deep in the ground and is named after it looks like stacked snail shells.

Gu Qiao once read in medical books that although this fruit has good effects, it is not widely used by doctors because of its serious side effects that destroy people's minds.

A large number of snail fruits... It turns out that they were made fools by others!

Seeing the ignorant look of the young man, Gu Qiao couldn't bear it, "Dare to ask Master, he is mentally damaged now, how should he be treated?"

"This..." Fazhang thought for a while, "Because no one has ever taken a large amount of snail fruit, so the poor monk doesn't know how to treat it, but no matter what you say, you should stop taking this medicine first."

Gu Qiao grabbed the boy's hand, "When they ask you to drink the medicine tomorrow, don't drink it."

The boy was stunned for a moment, "That medicine is very comfortable every time I drink it, but I feel uncomfortable if I don't drink it."

Fa Zhang nodded clearly, "In addition to destroying people's minds, snail fruit has another harm, that is, it is addictive. As long as it is taken continuously, it will cause strong dependence."

There is no record of this in the medical book, so Gu Qiao worried, "What if I don't drink it anymore?"

"If you don't drink it, you will feel a strong pain all over your body, which is very unbearable."

Gu Qiao clenched the young man's hands, "No matter how much it hurts, you have to endure it. You have to find yourself and stop being a fool, understand?"

The young man nodded with a vague understanding.

Fazhang took out a small bottle and handed it to the fool, "This is Chang Huan's painkiller pill made from Corydalis corydalis. There are not so many medicinal materials right now, so I only make this small bottle. You can take one every time the pain is unbearable." .Remember, the pain must be unbearable before eating."

"Oh." The boy took the small bottle and muttered softly, "I can hold back."

Fazhang looked at the little fool with pity, "Amitabha, God is about to send a great mission to the people, you must first work hard on your heart and muscles. If the little benefactor can survive this test, he will be able to gain something."

Gu Qiao pressed the young man on the bed, "Go to sleep. I'll see you tomorrow night."

When Fazhang and Gu Qiao returned to the Buddha Hall along the secret passage, the bandit guarding Gu Qiao was still snoring and beating loudly.

"The matter entrusted by little benefactor Gu has been properly arranged, and it can start tomorrow."

Gu Qiao clasped his hands together, "Thank you, master."

Fazhang bowed earnestly with one palm up, "This is really a good deed for the benefit of the common people. The poor monk would like to thank the little benefactor Gu on behalf of everyone in the temple."

The two of you came and went politely.

After Fazhang left, Gu Qiao tied the bandit's rope back to her lap, closed her eyes and fell asleep in the rhythm of the snoring.

The next day, Chang Ling didn't come to look for him from the roof again, but swaggered in through the main entrance.

She brought Gu Qiao some food, some pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and a few old books.

The person following Gu Qiao was sitting by the door listening to the movement inside.

Chang Ling said in a volume that they could hear: "Benefactor Gu, Master invites you to go to the morning class together."

Gu Qiao stood up: "Thank you, little master."

They walked forward, followed closely by the two watchers.

These two were also Lianzhou civilians who had escaped from the disaster, and they were bought by Du Gong just to eat a few bites of meat.They heard that the young man talked about self-help and the world of ultimate bliss when he was preaching the scriptures the day before, and many people were talking about this.

Said the young man had a way of getting them home.

Going home, they also want to know how to get home.

But Huang Qi told them not to talk to Gu Qiao, and also said not to look into Gu Qiao's eyes, saying that this person has the ability to control people's hearts.

When we arrived at the lectern in the backyard, there were twice as many people as yesterday.Everyone formed a circle, with three floors inside and three floors outside, enclosing Fazhang in the middle.

When Gu Qiao arrived, everyone automatically opened a path for him and let him go to the innermost part of the circle.

Master Fazhang sat on the futon in the center of the crowd, and Chang Huan stood beside him expressionlessly.

After Gu Qiao and Fazhang saluted each other, everyone fell silent.

As in the past, Fazhang first talked about a few scriptures, and then explained these scriptures word by word. Gu Qiao was fascinated by what he said in a simple and easy-to-understand manner.

But others are different.

Everyone wished that the law could be explained faster, or they could quickly ask Gu Qiao, because they came here today to hear what Gu Qiao had to say.

Yesterday I said that I should save myself and create a world of bliss by myself.

Everyone has talked about it for a day, and it seems to be such a reason, but how to save ourselves, how to create a world of ultimate bliss?Peasants only know about farm work, and they have never heard of or even thought about creating or searching.

After Fazhang finished speaking the scriptures, he talked about a few Buddhist stories, before bringing the topic back to what Gu Qiao said about self-help yesterday.

Gu Qiao said: "I don't know how to do it yet, but we can figure out a way together. As long as we have Bodhi in our hearts, we can overcome all difficulties and reach the ultimate bliss we are after."

Everyone was extremely disappointed when they heard what he said. The impassioned feelings yesterday were just a mouthful!

Gu Qiao said again: "Master Fazhang is an eminent monk, we can ask him to ask the Buddha for help, right Master Fazhang?"

Fa Zhang nodded in agreement.

"However, the Buddha manages a lot of things every day. In order to prevent the Buddha from being unable to remember, I discussed with Master Fazhang. We can write everyone's difficulties on paper and the master will pass them on to the Buddha."

Now the crowd was buzzing and buzzing.For simple working people, he may not understand what you tell him about struggle and self-help, but he will immediately believe in your right words that eminent monks can ask Buddha for help.

But everyone is a farmer with his face facing the loess and his back facing the sky. Who can write?What about those who can't write?Can it really be handed over to the Buddha after writing it down?people chirped.

Fa Zhang opened his mouth at the right time and said: "From today onwards, after morning class every day, Donor Gu will write the script here, and those who can't write can dictate, and Donor Gu will write it on paper and give it to me, and I will pass it on to the Buddha."

Do you see it?The master has personally said that he can pass it on to the Buddha, how can it be false?

After breakfast, Gu Qiao moved a small wooden table with a crippled leg, set up pens, inks, papers and inkstones, and asked Chang Ling to help sharpen the inks, and thus became Mr. Ghostwriter.

The two followers scrambled to be the first to let Gu Qiao write, lest they fall behind and the Buddha would not see his own difficulties.

But in the blink of an eye, people lined up from the pulpit in the backyard to the gate of the temple.

Du Yuwen asked Huang Cishi to have lunch together today, and before he left the house, he heard Huang Qi rushing to report, saying that Gu Qiao had cast a spell to make everyone circle around him.

"What did he have those people do?"

"He asked everyone to line up, dictated one by one, and then he wrote it on paper, saying that it was to be handed over to the Buddha."

"Dictation of what?"

Huang Qi also felt strange, "It's everyone's name, where they live, how many people in the family, how many acres of land, and then which landlord the land was sold to, where the family members went, and so on."

Du Yuwen sneered, "There's nothing to write about, anyway, those people won't live long."

"Do you want to stop him?"

"No, just let him go, nothing will come out of it. The more capable he is, the better, anyway, it will be used by me in the end."

"Yes."

Huang Qi respectfully followed Du Yuwen down the mountain.

At dusk, the enthusiasm of the people queuing up did not diminish, but there were still more and more queuing postures.Gu Qiao didn't even eat lunch, she was already so hungry that her chest was pressed against her back.

"It's getting dark, I can't see clearly, come back tomorrow!"

Chang Ling's voice was like the sound of nature. Gu Qiao threw the pen and collapsed on the chair.Chang Ling covered her mouth and smiled, "Benefactor Gu, hurry up and go to rest. You have to write all day tomorrow. I saw that there are still people queuing up on their side."

The "they" that Chang Ling mentioned were the group of people who took refuge in Du Gong and joined the bandits. Some of them went out to "hunt", and when they came back, they immediately came to line up when they heard about it.

Sure enough, the Buddha is more appealing.

That night's vigil was still the thunderous brother from last night. He also lined up to look for Gu Qiao to write on behalf of him during the day, so Gu Qiao knew that his name was Wang Weili. He was from Hongliu Village, Hechi County, Lianzhou. There were five people in his family. A younger brother went to the gold mines, a younger sister married and lost contact with her in the north, and her elderly parents died of illness in the flood three months ago.

Wang Weili does not do farm work, but has been doing chores for others.The younger brother who went to the gold mine lost news three years ago. He went to the gold mine, but the mine said there was no such person.After the flood, the big landowner in Hechi County said that he cleaned up the affected farmland and repaired the water conservancy. If he wanted to continue farming, he had to sell the land to him at a low price, or pay him for cleaning and repairing.

Wang Weili didn't like farming in the first place, but when he saw that he wanted to give money, he immediately ran to Luoxian Mountain and became a general under Duke Du of Shaocheng Temple.

After recording for this day, Gu Qiao found a very strange phenomenon. Almost half of the people said that their male son went to the gold mine and there was no news for a while.Going to the gold mine to find someone, the gold mine either said that there was no such person, or that he was working in the mine tunnel, anyway, he would never see him again.

The mine belongs to the supervisor of the Shaofu, it is the emperor's private property, and no one dares to trespass.Even those who dared to trespass would not be able to get past the Hongyi cannons at the entrance of the mine.

There was an old mother who squatted in front of the mine for half a month in order to see her son. In the end, she couldn't hold on anymore and passed out. Only the mine staff sent her back to the village.

Because of his father, Gu Qiao is very familiar with the operation of the mine.There is only one explanation for the sudden disappearance of so many people, and that is the mine disaster.

According to the laws of the Kingdom of Hao, any mine disaster that killed more than ten people must be reported to the court, and the family members of the deceased must be given corresponding comfort money. It is impossible to just tell people that there is no such person.

What's more, this is a mine under the supervision of the Shaofu, and concealing the mine accident is a crime of deceiving the king.

Gu Qiao didn't tell anyone about the doubts in her heart, she just wrote down the matter secretly, and decided to find a chance to find out.