Chapter 1631 The messenger of King Ming
Mei Niang pressed her cheek against the wall, listening with her breath, but she heard nothing.
It was late at night, but Mrs. Feng was not on the bed, which made Mei Niang feel strange. She got back to the bed. It was already summer. There was no brocade quilt on the bed, but just a soft brocade. She looked around and found a dress hanging by the window. She leaned forward and found wrinkles on the bed. It seemed that someone had slept in the bed before.
Mei Niang's eyes turned and returned to the wall. She thought about whether there was a mechanism in the wall. She was about to find out when she suddenly heard a strange sound, which came from the wall. Mei Niang was slightly shocked, but her figure was as charming as she flashed quickly behind the screen, holding a silver needle in her hand, staring at the wall coldly.
Soon, I saw a gap in the wall that was not very loud.
As the gap cracked, firelight appeared from there. Mei Niang frowned and sneered on her lips, thinking that the wall was indeed famous.
Soon, the gap became bigger and allowed one person to enter and exit freely. The sound suddenly stopped. Mei Niang saw that a figure slowly walked out from the gap. The man was wearing a gauze and holding an oil lamp in his hand. After walking out of the gap, he turned around and raised his foot and kicked it gently in an ancient wooden screen. The sound rang again, and the gap gradually closed.
This man was about forty-five or fifty years old, and was a middle-aged woman. She closed the wall and was about to leave when she suddenly felt cold behind her and heard a cold voice behind her, "Don't move, don't shout, otherwise you will kill immediately!"
The woman was shocked, her whole body was shocked, and the oil lamp in her hand almost landed, but she obviously had some knowledge. She knew that since the other party could sneak into the Governor's Mansion and avoid the guards, she must be a powerful character. At this time, she wanted to take her life, which was like taking a baby. Listening to the other party's voice, she was a woman, and she tried to calm herself down and asked, "Who is the girl?"
Mei Niang had a silver needle in her hand and said coldly: "Open the mechanism!"
The woman said anxiously, "Girl..." Before she finished speaking, she felt like a needle pricked on her neck, her soul was scattered, and she almost fainted. Without thinking, she kicked her toes on the screen, and she heard the sound of the wall again.
Mei Niang realized at this time that this ancient wooden screen was indeed famous, but the mechanism was set on the screen.
When the gap opened, Mei Niang said coldly: "Get in!"
The woman said bitterly: "Girl, who are you... who are you? If you want gold, silver and wealth, I will get it for you..."
"Stop talking nonsense." Mei Niang said coldly: "Do whatever you want to do, stop talking nonsense, otherwise when Feng Yuan comes back, he will see a corpse."
Mrs. Feng didn't dare to say much, and took the oil lamp and entered the gap in the wall again, with Mei Niang following behind.
Under the lights, Mei Niang soon discovered that behind the wall, there was a small stone chamber, with incense tables placed on one wall, and a futon was placed below. There was a portrait hanging on the wall, and incense was lit inside. The small stone chamber was full of sandalwood. Mei Niang's first thought was that Mrs. Feng was a Buddhist child, and was this dark room a small Buddhist temple?
The interior looks very simple. At first glance, it is indeed a small Buddhist temple. When Mei Niang saw the picture hanging on the wall on the incense table, she couldn't help but frown.
I saw that there was a peacock with an open-screen peacock on the peacock's head, surrounded by a circle of Buddha's light.
"What is this?" Mei Niang frowned and asked coldly.
Mrs. Feng hurriedly said, "It's nothing, it's just that I have always believed in Buddhism, so I set up a small Buddhist temple here, and I often worship here. The girl knew that Qin State believed in Taoism and the emperor did not like Buddhism, so we couldn't worship Buddha openly, so we could only worship here secretly..."
Mei Niang sneered: "Since it's a worship of Buddha, why is it a peacock picture?"
"We were afraid that others would find it, so we put this picture. Even if we were seen, it had nothing to do with Buddhism...!" Mrs. Feng whispered: "Girl, there is nothing here. If you need gold, silver and wealth, there is nothing here."
"You are lying!" Mei Niang sneered, "I'll ask you again, what exactly is this?"
Mrs. Feng said, "I have already said, girl, you...!" Suddenly, I felt another stinging pain on my neck, and I heard Mei Niang say coldly: "I have stabbed your fatal hole with a silver needle. If I can't clear it within half an hour, you will definitely die. Do you still want to talk nonsense to me now?"
Mrs. Feng's face turned pale and her body became soft. She was already sitting on the cushion, "Girl, you... what do you want? We have no grievances and no grudges..."
"I'll say it again. If you talk about him again, I will definitely feel uncomfortable if you die." Mei Niang said coldly: "What does this peacock mean?"
Mrs. Feng was already cold and said in a trembling voice: "This... this is the Peacock King Bodhisattva..."
"Peacock King Bodhisattva?" Mei Niang obviously knows very little about Buddhist knowledge, "Why do you want to worship Peacock King Bodhisattva?"
Mrs. Feng wanted to speak but stopped. Mei Niang was not patient at all. She reached out and grabbed Mrs. Feng's hair bun, twisted her face, raised her hand and slapped her. With a "pop", it was crisp and loud, and five finger marks suddenly appeared on Mrs. Feng's face.
Mrs. Feng's eyes showed anger, but when she saw Mei Niang's face with half a mask, she was shocked. Mei Niang grabbed her hair and sneered: "Don't play tricks with me. The colorful things in your intestines are clear. I raised my other hand, held a silver needle in my hand, and without saying a word, she stabbed her head and mind on Mrs. Feng's face.
Mrs. Feng felt a burst of pain on her face and cried, "Girl..." Before she finished speaking, Mei Niang had already shouted loudly, "Shut up, if someone hears it, kill it immediately."
Mrs. Feng had no choice but to lower her voice and tremble, "If you put on the Peacock King Bodhisattva, you can... be immortal..."
"Eternal life?" Mei Niang frowned and said, "Nothing is true. You can never live forever if you worship a Bodhisattva. You are not telling the truth..." She raised her hand and tried to stab Mrs. Feng in the face with a silver needle.
Mrs. Feng hurriedly covered her face with her hands and said bitterly: "I didn't lie to you. I really... I can live forever. This is... This is the Bodhisattva in the west. As long as the Bodhisattva of the White Peacock King, her messenger will give us immortality...!"
Seeing her eyes, Mei Niang didn't seem to be lying. She glanced at the Peacock Picture and asked, "Who told you that you can live forever by worshiping this Bodhisattva? What does it mean when you say it is a Bodhisattva in the west?"
Mrs. Feng said: "Actually... I don't know much. I only know that this Peacock King Bodhisattva is very respected and trusted in the west. He is a Bodhisattva with high magic power. It is... the master built a small Buddhist temple here, specifically to worship the Peacock King Bodhisattva. The master said, this Peacock King Bodhisattva is the Buddha's mother and the mother of the Tathagata Buddha, so his magic power is profound...!"
"Western..." Mei Niang was thinking, suddenly thought of something, and blurted out: "Are you talking about the Daxin Sect?"
She had been with Shubojia for a while and naturally knew that Shubojia was a disciple of the Great Heart Sect. Shubojia mentioned the Buddha's sect's heavenly dragon and dragon relics, but did not mention the Peacock King Bodhisattva. But Mei Niang naturally knew that Shubojia was a Buddhist child from the Western Regions. From Shubojia's mouth, Mei Niang also knew that Daxin Sect had a strong influence in the Western Regions. The so-called Great Zen Sect only flourished in the Central Plains.
Mei Niang can be said to have a shallow understanding of Buddhism, but when she was with Shubojia, she was idle and naturally talked about some things in Buddhism.
Mei Niang knew that since Sakyamuni founded Buddhism, there was not only one sect in Buddhism. In fact, according to different understandings of Buddhism, at its peak, there were hundreds of sects that were passed down to the Buddhist sect in the Middle Land. After the Central Plains transformation, it later became a great Zen sect. It was just a sect of Buddhism. Zen sect had a profound influence in the Central Plains, but after leaving the Central Plains, the influence of Zen was minimal. At least the countries in the Western Regions knew nothing about Zen.
For any sect in Buddhism, other sects belong to heretics. Zen Buddhism regards itself as orthodox Buddhist sects and regards other Buddhist sects as heretics. However, in the eyes of other Buddhist sects, Zhongyuan Zen Buddhism is just a heretic.
Just like the countries in the Western Regions, many countries believed in the Xinzong and regarded the Xinzong as orthodox. Mei Niang knew from Shubojia that the Xinzong had a strong influence in the Western Regions, just like the status of Zen Buddhism in the Central Plains.
At this time, Mrs. Feng claimed that the Peacock King Bodhisattva came from the west, so Mei Niang naturally thought of the Xin Sect of the Western Regions.
When Mrs. Feng heard this, her face changed slightly and she said in a lost voice: "You...how do you know about the Xin Sect?"
When she asked, Mei Niang became even more sure that the Peacock King worshipped by Mrs. Feng was the Buddha of the Heart Sect.
"Of course I know." Mei Niang smiled coldly, pretending to be unfathomable, "You and Feng Yuanpo secretly worship the Peacock King, that is to say, you both believe in the Heart Sect?"
Mrs. Feng hesitated for a moment before saying, "We... we know that the Peacock King can make us immortal, so... so we worship the Peacock King...!"
"Is it Feng Yuanpo who believes in the Xin Sect to live forever?" Mei Niang frowned.
Mrs. Feng nodded and said, "Yes... it is what the master said. The master met the envoy of the Ming King Bodhisattva and had witnessed the magic power of the messenger. The master said that the envoy's magic power was profound and would definitely allow us to live forever..."
Mei Niang immediately asked, "Who is that messenger? Have you seen where you are now?"
Mrs. Feng shook her head and said, "No...no, the master said this, you can't say it even if you beat me to death..."
Mei Niang snorted coldly and said, "It seems that Feng Yuanpo is very affectionate to you, and these things have been told to you..." His eyes stared at the peacock picture and murmured to himself: "Eternal life... It turns out that Feng Yuanpo wants to live forever. Who is the envoy of the Ming King?"
Chapter completed!