Chapter 3? Statue
A great man once said: "Fighting with heaven, the joy is endless; fighting with the earth, the joy is endless; fighting with people, the joy is endless." The great man is The number one person in the Three Realms, even the Jade Emperor, is afraid. Several years of natural disasters have not broken mankind's belief that man can conquer nature.
Since God is against us, we will rely on our own efforts to build reservoirs and drill wells. During droughts, motorized wells are used to irrigate the ground, and when there is a lot of rain, the fields are stored in reservoirs. After fighting against the weather for several consecutive years, they improved grain crop varieties and applied chemical fertilizers, resulting in bumper harvests for several consecutive years. Under the leadership of Shi Yunteng, Shitun Village began to restore the original scale of the statue. This time, even more effort was put into making the statues. Tens of thousands of kilograms of grain were used to build the statues. Each statue has grain in its belly, so future generations can withstand disasters for a while.
Finally, when they arrived at the statue of Confucius, Shi Yunteng asked the hanging statue to be taken down and then replaced with a clay sculpture. Shi Sanhe said secretly: "Father, my eldest brother was able to become the magistrate only because of the blessing of Saint Kong. If in a disaster year, people eat all Saint Kong, do you think the saint can still protect our family?"?
Shi Yunteng thought about it and asked: "The other statues are all made of gold. This statue of Saint Kong is so old, I feel bad."
Shi Sanhe said: " Father, do you think this is a good idea? We can't find enough steel, copper and other metals now. Let's go to the back mountain to find a big stone and make a stone statue for Saint Kong. The base should be made empty and filled with grain to leave for future generations. Order some food. In the future, people will not eat stones even if there is a disaster. Then bring the hanging statue to our house as an offering. When the time comes, Saint Kong will definitely favor our family, and my second brother may be destined to become a general. "Shi Sanhe did it for my own good, but in the end he actually harmed me, but I don't blame him.
Shi Yunteng said: "It's better to be a godson, but he's not a general. The ones protected by Kong Shengren are all civil servants, so just be a censor. I'll leave this matter to you. I listen. He said that you have received personal instructions from your father in recent years, and you must carve the statue of Saint Kong."
Shi Sanhe said: "But it's hard to find big stones, and you still have to find a way to transport them down the mountain. ?”
Shi Yunteng said: “It’s easy, I’ll let you use the tractor in our village.”
Shi Sanhe said happily: “Okay.”
Shi Sanhe carried dry food on his back and went up the mountain. Because it was difficult to find a good stone, he searched for several days but could not find the right one. I looked worried, so I called the mountain god and asked him to help me.
At noon that day, Shi Sanhe ate some dry food, drank a few sips of wine, and fell asleep leaning on a sunny hillside. He dreamed about his dog. When people had food to eat, they stopped thinking about dogs, and a few wealthy households also raised dogs. Dogs seem to be more spiritual than humans. It seems to have known its own lifespan and returned to Shi Sanhe. The dog saw that Shi Sanhe was upset about looking for stones, so he secretly went to see the land at night. The land and the dog have developed feelings for each other during this time. The dog brought a piece of donkey meat to the land as an offering and a bottle of wine. The land is very happy. As the saying goes: "Dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat in the ground. Eating donkey meat often will extend your life, and drinking donkey soup often will lead you to a long life." Pairing donkey meat with wine, it feels comfortable to look at it. The land is happy to drink it and feel comfortable to eat it. , revealed the news to the dog and said: "Dog, you are a beast after all. When you dig stones, you are digging for the descendants of the mountain god. The mountain god said that you have not taken their mountain gods seriously in the past few years. He I want to make an offering. Go back and tell Shi Sanhe to give the mountain god a statue, and then let him enjoy the offering. He will give you a good stone." The dog got the message and left.
Shi Sanhe woke up, stretched a bit, and saw a dog lying next to him, the same dog that originally rescued him. He hugged the dog and said, "It seems the dream is true." The dog returned to Shi Sanhe.
The next day, he prepared tributes, prayed to heaven, and carved a large mountain god using a mountain top that looked more like a human. There were very few statues carved using the entire mountain top, and some mountain statues were lying on the ground. Most of the Buddhas and some human figures in the mountains are incomplete works carved by the ancients. The piece of mountain used by Shi Sanhe is also an unfinished work by the ancients. Shi Sanhe mainly carved the head of the mountain god, which is just a spiritual resemblance and looks like a mountain god to others. When it was completed, people from nearby came and brought offerings, incense and candles. Shi Sanhe personally removed the red cloth covering the head of the mountain god and consecrated it. In fact, the red cloth is just symbolic. People asked for red cloth strips torn from red cloth, and tied them on trees and farm tools to pray for a good harvest in the coming year; tied them on doors, hoping for safe entry and exit; tied them on the heads of livestock, hoping for the prosperity of the animals; lovers tied them on locks I hope we will always be together. The mountain god's vanity was greatly satisfied. A large stone appeared at his feet. Shi Sanhe looked at it and saw that it could be used to carve a statue of Confucius.
More than a month later, the Confucius statue was completed, and a consecration ceremony was held in Shitun Village. Monks and nuns were invited to chant sutras and beg, and the offerings were even more abundant. The four old cypress trees in the temple were also enshrined and smiled.
In the evening, we had a meeting to celebrate. The Jade Emperor said: "Everyone is very happy today and rejuvenated."
Tathagata said: "Foolish people, you only know that you are romantic and happy. Look, we are a group of male gods who want to see It's difficult to perform a song and dance."
Sanqing said: "Guanyin, you perform one."
Guanyin said angrily: "I am a man, I can't perform a sexy dance." My ignorance makes me neither male nor female.
I said: "I will recite an Analects for everyone to liven up the atmosphere."
Tathagata said: "Bah, who wants to listen to your hoarse voice? There is no one like Guanyin. The eunuch's voice is pleasant."
Guanyin did not dare to offend Tathagata and said, "Buddha made fun of you."
The Jade Emperor said, "Don't worry, I invited the Jade Emperor Temple in the county." Fairy, I'll be here soon. Don't worry, everyone will be satisfied."
Sanqing said, "Did you invite Fairy Chang'e?"
The Jade Emperor rolled his eyes at him and thought. : "This old guy has been thinking about my mistress. Last time you arranged for your apprentice Tianpeng to tease him, I already punished him, but you still don't give up and still miss her." He said, "Not this time."
Tathagata said: "There is no Moon Palace Fairy, it's nothing." Tathagata recalled that the monkey made trouble in the Heavenly Palace and was crushed on the Five Elements Mountain. The Heavenly Palace held an Antian Conference, and the Moon Palace Fairy paid tribute to the Tathagata. I drank a glass of wine and still think about it.
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This time, on the surface, it was a celebration meeting, but in fact, they plotted against me. They all have bodies made of clay and are known as the Earth Faction. Only the Mountain God and I are made of stone, so we are known as the Stone Faction. From now on, our two groups have been fighting. They envied me for being tough and different. The most important thing was that they were afraid of being eaten by people in bad years. So they used celebration as a trap for me. They praised me very highly, and the Jade Emperor said: "This time we can consecrate together, it is because of the good luck of Kong Lao Er. Everyone toasts to Lao Er." They got me drunk and discussed Big plan.
In 1966, this was my eighth year of worship. Shi Yunteng thought to himself: "According to Meng Daoxuan's prediction at that time, our village should have five officials. Now we have only four. What about the fifth?" Who should it be?" The statue of Confucius hung in the west wing of his house. He placed offerings for Confucius, knelt down and said, "Sage Kong, thank you for your blessings in the past few years. Two officials have been born in our family. One is My eldest son became the magistrate of the city, and my second son became the chief security officer. The second son is stupid, so it would be good if he could become the chief security officer. In our village, the Wang family has two officials, one of whom is in the civil service department. Responsible for the evaluation of officials, one should be the county magistrate. According to the predictions of the year, there should be another official. I hope you can make it clear.
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I can't talk to people directly. Can Shi Yunteng's little thoughts be hidden from us gods? Shitun Village has the largest population with the Shi surname, and the second largest surname is the Wang family. If the Wang family has another official, We can directly compete with the Shi family. If the village director is elected again, it may fall into the hands of someone with a foreign surname. Now he has two jobs, and he is afraid that he will step down. In fact, I wanted Shi Sanhe to be an official. , because he carved me so well that it looked like a real person, but Shi Sanhe had no intention of becoming an official. Now his stone carving skills are very good, and many people outside ask him to do work, and I am often not at home to watch other people. No. The Jade Emperor is not behind the Wang family's decision. Let's discuss it at the meeting tonight.
People's predictions are not really accurate, but they are accurate. For the sake of balance within the gods, we had to agree to what others said. Originally, I promised to have one official every year, but the Jade Emperor did not agree. We broke up and had a dispute. Finally, we came to the conclusion that we would do what Meng Daoxuan said, and we would have one official every year. Five officials. We, the Stone faction, will protect two, and the Jade Emperor and the Earth faction will discuss the last one. This is how gods fight sometimes. The two factions get into a big fight, and one side wins in the end. /p>
I am protecting the Shi family, while the Jade Emperor is protecting the Wang family. Shi Yunteng is the village party secretary and has a certain background as an official, but he is old and has no future, so I protect his eldest son. When the Jade Emperor saw that it was not working, he asked Wang Wenzhong, a boy from the Wang family, to be the chief inspector of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He was mainly responsible for the evaluation of officials. Although he was a fifth-grade official, he could impeach the governor and control the governor. From a fifth-grade official, equivalent to the current mayor). The Wang family is also prosperous in Shitun and can directly compete with the Shi family. A brother of Wang Wenzhong's family became the county magistrate. This made Shi Yunteng very nervous. I didn't want my rights to fall into the hands of others, so I decided to let my second son become the guardian. Now, the Shi family and the Wang family were tied. The key was the last spot. I thought that no matter who I gave it to, it would break the balance. . The most important thing is that it has been eight years. The gods can't keep their words and get five officials.
Originally, I wanted Shi Sanhe to be an official, but Shi Sanhe offended Tathagata. . It turned out that Shi Sanhe was the one who started eating the idol soil last time, and Tathagata ate it first, which made him angry. Later, when people were fighting for the idol soil, Shi Sanhe arrived and picked up a golden eagle on the ground. The golden eagle has been standing behind Tathagata and is the protector of Tathagata. The statue of Tathagata was sculpted during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. It was renovated several times in the late Qing Dynasty. The golden eagle behind him was made by imperial craftsmen and donated by King Lu Zhu Yi. , made of pure gold, with fine workmanship, it has become spiritual over time. Seeing that some unscrupulous creature had replaced the earth man's walking stick with a sorghum pole, he found a Thuja walking stick on the top of the mountain. Someone turned the golden sculpture into a dragon head and placed it on Tutu Lord's Thuja cane. When the Tutu Lord was happy, he praised Shi Sanhe for being sensible. The golden eagle turned into a golden dragon. I am very happy that my status has improved a bit. You may ask: "Why did Shi Sanhe give up his precious golden eagle to build a dragon-head crutch for Lord Tu Tu?" In fact, Shi Sanhe was repaying his kindness. When Shi Sanhe was about to die, Lord Tu Tu refused to accept him, and Black and White Wuchang came here. The land master used a cover-up trick to get away. Later, his dog always received help from the Land Master, and Shi Sanhe always wanted to repay the favor. ?
This Tathagata was very angry, and he even quarreled with the land man several times. Tathagata wanted the land to return the gold. Although the golden eagle turned into a dragon head, it was still valuable. The Tutu Master was a piece of meat with a hard backstage, and said: "You, a foreign god, want to take care of the affairs of our local gods. Besides, Tathagata is your disciple and you are rude. It is true that good will be rewarded with good and evil will be punished with evil." ." Tathagata became even more angry and wanted to argue, but Tu Tu Master restrained him with one move.
Tathagata said: "You don't know that it is stolen goods."
The Earth Master said: "First, it was not me who stole it; second, it was not me who turned the golden eagle into a dragon head. "Thirdly, the dragon head is for others to honor me. I am in charge of the land of the whole country, and it is difficult for me to receive a little filial piety. I have to ask you, a foreign god, to approve it."
Tathagata was so angry that he was speechless. Only then did he realize why the land was so hard. It turned out that when he received the dragon head, he asked Sanqing for instructions. Sanqing said: "Since you have turned into a dragon and cannot change back, just accept it.
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There is a golden eagle missing behind Tathagata, and careful people can see it. That is Wang Wenzhong's mother. Every time he makes an offering, he will put a coin in the golden eagle's mouth. That time He lost the golden eagle and didn't know who had lost it, so he asked his son to make a silver eagle and place it again behind Tathagata. Tathagata thought to himself: "The silver one is silver. I will definitely help the Wang family in the future." ”
Shi Sanhe’s use of the mountain to carve statues of gods caused a great sensation. More and more people came here to worship the mountain gods. A general in the Taihang Mountain Military Region, Li Guangyu (equivalent to the current place Commander) heard about it and came to see it incognito. This mountain god is more than 80 meters high. The mountain at the foot of the mountain god is dozens of acres in diameter, like a base. People at the foot of the mountain built several houses to house the land master. The land was also stained with light. Li Guangyu looked at it for a while, bowed, and then went up the mountain to look at the terrain. This was also a habit he had developed over many years of fighting. Everywhere he went, he had to look at where it was suitable for garrisoning troops and setting up camps. . This area is steep and sparsely populated. Guard Xiao Chen followed General Li and suddenly pushed him towards Li Guangyu, who fell into the cliff. Xiao Chen laughed...
Li Guangyu fell into a cliff and was hung by an old cypress tree. He did not die, but his situation was very dangerous. Li Guangyu climbed out of a pile of dead people. He was very optimistic and thought: "I didn't expect it to happen. Attacked me. "He thought of Li Shimin singing: "Whoever saves the Emperor of Tang Dynasty, you will be the king and I will be my minister. Whoever saves Li Shimin, the country will be evenly divided..." He laughed at himself: "Hey, it seems Gonna die here. Throughout my military career, I never died at the hands of the enemy, but at the hands of villains. ”
After two days, Li Guangyu was already a little dizzy from hunger. He was already old and it was cold on the cliff. He was not afraid of death, but he was afraid of dying in an unknown way and afraid that the enemy would steal it. He could not help but burst into tears because he was afraid that his children would be wronged. Build a temple so that you can enjoy human worship. ”
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