It is said that a long time ago, there was a bottomless pool in the area of Guanzhong . People usually rely on this pool of water to irrigate farmland. One year, a turtle spirit came from the pond. This turtle spirit did evil and did everything evil. It often dived into the bottom of the water to suppress the spring, causing the water to suffocate and cause severe drought. The people's lives were unsustainable, so they had to sacrifice live animals every day to exchange for temporary peace.
This story reached a monk named Cihai. He asked someone to make a bronze ball, and the surface of copper ball was filled with spikes of two feet long. He took advantage of the giant turtle's out to enjoy the sacrifice and threw the copper ball into the spring. He also asked the monk with good water to put a wooden stake on the bottom of the water to fix the copper ball, so that the giant turtle could not block the spring with its body, and the drought here was alleviated.
On this day, the abbot Cihai was meditating. A middle-aged man came from outside the door. He was a small head, long neck, but round and fat, and his eyes were not big but bright. He sat opposite the abbot Cihai and asked sternly, "Mencius is compassionate, you bald monk are so vicious!"
Cihai saw that he was angry and clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, what's the point of giving the donor left the pond and came to the place of my monk?"
The middle-aged man was stunned and sneered, "Since you recognize me, you won't hide it anymore, I am the giant turtle spirit. Why do you use a copper ball full of spikes to block the spring? This is obviously not to be with me, so are you not afraid that I will smash your broken temple?" The turtle spirit was so angry that it gritted its teeth. The spikes on the copper ball were sharp and hard. No matter what method the giant turtle spirit used, it could never block the spring with its body. It wanted to push the copper ball aside, but it could not pull off the wooden stake.
Ci Hai laughed after hearing this, and he said to the giant turtle spirit, "In theory, you have been practicing for more than a hundred years. You should do good deeds and accumulate virtue, rather than doing evil to harm the people in the country. I did not kill animals or do evil, so you said that I am vicious and not suitable!"
"You ruined my good deeds, so you can't let it go!" The giant turtle spirit said angrily, "I am older than your grandfather, and your little tricks cannot do anything to me. Now I will give you three days to move the thorny copper ball away, otherwise I will be polite to you!" After saying that, the giant turtle spirit left.
"Master, it seems that the giant turtle spirit is not a good person. What should I do? Let's do as it says, otherwise all the people here will suffer." At this time, a young monk said to Ci Hai with panic on his face.
Cihai clasped his hands with a very calm hand and said, "Amitabha, that giant turtle is not afraid."
"Why did Master say this?" The young monk was very puzzled.
"Even if you have practiced for thousands of years, your nature is still a turtle." Ci Hai was calm and calm, without any panic.
"That's right! He is not as powerful as we think. After all, he is helpless in the face of the copper ball. What's the terrible thing?" The monk said with a little concern: "But what if it asks for rain to flood here? This is what it is good at. We can't fight against it, and everyone will suffer when the time comes!"
"Don't panic!" After Ci Hai finished speaking, his eyes closed and he recited the scriptures.
Three days later, the giant turtle spirit came to the temple again. It asked Cihai: "You bald monk, do you want to take away the bronze ball? I will ask you the last time. If you don't take the bronze ball back, I will flood here, so that none of you can survive!" After saying that, the giant turtle spirit thought of a spell, and suddenly it was covered with dark clouds, sand and stones flying on the ground, and heavy rain was coming soon.
Cihai smiled and said, "Don't be angry, don't be angry, there is a key under the big bell. After you take it, you can open the iron lock and take away the copper ball. Why do you need to get angry?" After that, he brought the giant turtle spirit to the big bell and pointed to the key under the big bell and let it take away.
The giant turtle spirit didn't think much about it. When he reached out to get the key, Ci Hai patted the big clock. Suddenly, the bronze bell weighing about a thousand gold fell to the ground, covering the giant turtle spirit.
The giant turtle spirit was fooled again, and it said furiously: "You traitor monk dared to lie to me, and you will not have a good end after I go out!"
Cihai said: "Amitabha! I am for your own good. Now you are reflecting in this big bell! I chant scriptures for you every day to eliminate the violent aura in my heart.Three years later, if you can truly repent, I will let you go! "
The giant turtle spirit said angrily: "You bald thief can survive me? When you die, someone will definitely let me go. At that time, I will turn this place into rivers, lakes and seas, and all of you will be doomed! "
Ci Hai disagreed. Since then, she has been chanting scriptures and meditating in front of the bell every day. The young monk still drums in the morning bell and evening drums every day. The giant turtle spirit cannot bear this torture and began to beg for mercy.
Three years later, Ci Hai felt that it was punished and stopped talking wildly, so she asked the monk to pry open the big bell and release the giant turtle. When the giant turtle spirit came out, Ci Hai saw that its turtle shell was cracked, so she found some herbs to apply it on its back and said, "Don't do evil again when you go here. It's not easy to practice. I hope you cherish it very much! "
The giant turtle spirit raised his head weakly and looked at him and said, "Thank you for your education, we will have a date in the future! "After saying that, he slowly climbed into the river.
At this time, several young monks surrounded Cihai and said anxiously: "Master, you are so confused. What is the difference between this move and letting the tiger go back to the mountain? The giant turtle was carefully resentful and would retaliate after returning. How should we deal with it then? "
" Yes! In my opinion, I can't show mercy. It is thanking you on the surface, but actually thinking about how to take revenge on us. The anger in the eyes cannot be hidden. You should get rid of it and do what you do for heaven, and the people will thank you. "The young monk started to say one thing in one's words.
Cihai replied: "Everything has desires and selfishness. Although the giant turtle has a hostile spirit, it is also to satisfy the desires of the mouth and not harm human life. How can I do something to kill in the name of practicing the way for heaven? "
These young monks shut up after hearing this. In the following days, Cihai often picked some herbs and threw them into the pond to heal the giant turtle. Although the giant turtle did not say thanks, it never did anything bad again.
One year, a flood suddenly broke out in the upper reaches of the river. Faced with the floods coming from the flood, the people were sweating profusely. As they were about to destroy their houses and farmland, people found Cihai anxiously and said, "Master, think of a solution! What should I do when the river channel is about to burst? Our home can't be saved anymore, it must be the giant tortoise. "
Ci Hai shook his head and said, "This matter is not clear about the whole story, so don't have prejudice. "After saying that, Ci Hai summoned everyone to block the dike with him.
When they came to the river, they were surprised to see that the water flow was much smaller. They walked upward and found that it was a turtle-shaped giant rock across the middle of the river, which separated the flood and flowed into the depression, bypassed the village and then flowed into the river. From then on, the people here were no longer worried that the river would break the dike.
Everyone was stunned when they saw this scene. At this time, an old farmer passed by and said, "This giant turtle is not broken. This time, thanks to it blocking the river and changing the path of the river, it's a pity that it can never come back! "
Cihai patted the huge rock and sighed, put his hands together and bowed to the huge rock and expressed his gratitude. Many years later, this mountain grew into the shape of a giant turtle, which is called "Xiangui Mountain", and often comes to burn incense and worship.
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This story is a purely original folk story, which is educational and entertaining, aiming to enrich readers' amateur cultural life, and all plots are compiled based on folk oral narratives. Pure literary works, using the past to describe the present, and making sense of the truth, do not match feudal superstitions! Plagiarism and infringement will be pursued!
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