Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1491 1163. Filthy Scroll

"Burn! Kill!"

"Burn! Kill!"

The shadowy low wailing, like the sound of wind before the earthquake, echoed from the pillars and corners of the courtyard.

They spoke human language, but the emotions and sound texture contained in them were completely unlike those of living things.

The huge and thick filth was piled up and maintained on this painting.

And the monk with a peaceful face was still kneeling peacefully in front of the scroll.

Two candlesticks were placed beside him, as if he was concentrating on appreciating the painting full of resentment and hatred in front of him.

There was no monk's compassion, nor was there any intention to purify the filth. He was indeed appreciating and tasting it.

Master Rihu was the creator of this painting.

Of course, what he created was not this painting, but the scroll itself, which was just barely worthy of being in the middle class.

This painting was just a room decoration bought by a wealthy family from a calligraphy and painting shop for a few silver coins.

What he created was the filth and resentment on this painting.

"Namo Myoho Renge Kyo."

While praising the Nichiren sect's Buddhist name, Hirugo Shonin fiddled with the Buddhist beads in his hand.

He still remembered several interesting experiences he had while creating this scroll.

Accumulating and strengthening the mere [filth] to such an extent that it could even harm countless people with the [filth] itself in a time interval of more than ten years.

In this process, in addition to the accumulation of [filth], there will naturally be resentful spirits, hatred, and other messy things.

After all, there are many things left behind after a person dies unnaturally.

[Filth] is just equivalent to the corpse water left by the corpse. Although it smells bad, it usually only makes you uncomfortable for a few days.

And those souls full of resentment and fear, according to common sense, will become different things due to various factors.

Most of them will become resentful but harmless souls. After wandering in the world for a while, they will either dissipate naturally or be saved by priests, monks, or Yin-Yang masters.

A small number of them will become monsters because of their resentment.

A woman who loses her child and feels guilty and hateful may become a Guhuo bird.

A person who is tortured by hunger and cannot forget that feeling until death may become a hungry ghost.

An old man who is abandoned by his children and dies in the mountains with resentment may become a mountain woman.

And so on and so forth.

However, under the management of Master Rihu, a large number of people who died because of [filth], none of them became monsters or even wandering souls outside.

"It's all in the painting." The guardian spirit [Dream-eating Tapir] squatted beside him. Even if Master Rihu put his hand on the scroll and gently stroked it, what could the resentment and filth in the painting do to him?

He still remembered that there was a grudge in the painting. It was a woman who killed her husband and committed suicide in front of her young daughter.

She was completely out of control at the time because of the [filth].

But even so, after she died, she became a equally filthy soul, but she was temporarily free from the influence of [filth] and had a moment of clarity.

And what did this woman do?

The woman who sold bamboo baskets in the city to supplement her family income, her mind, which had been mediocre and muddled all her life, unexpectedly became brighter after her death.

Maybe all the wisdom in this life was used in that moment?

She immediately realized that her soul and the filth produced after death were controlled by something.

But she did not beg Master Rihu like others, asking him to let her go to the afterlife.

She only asked - not to let the filth produced by her death entangle her daughter.

A smile appeared on the corner of Master Rihu's mouth.

Every time he thought of the situation at that time, he would always smile.

Because after that, he specifically let the [filth] produced by this woman entangle her daughter.

Now, they are all in the painting.

For this reason, even though this woman has become a wild soul filled with resentment and hatred, she will still come to him relentlessly.

But

"Vile thing, you still want to contaminate the noble's body?"

When Master Rihu touched the scroll, the wisps of black air on the painting seemed to be entangled.

But the [Dream Eater Tapir] next to him sniffed, and the black air full of resentment and persistence could only be sucked into its nose unwillingly but helplessly, and then sprayed back onto the painting.

"Haha! Hahaha!"

Even though it has been more than ten years, Master Rihu still enjoys this situation.

"Vile thing! Vile! Still want to climb up? Still want to overthrow the superior! For generations, even if you want to dissipate, it is not your turn to decide!"

Just like tasting a glass of mellow and clear wine, Master Rihu always likes to take out this scroll to appreciate it when he is free.

The luxurious robes rubbed against the tatami. After he felt happy, he rolled up the scroll again and put it back into the long box.

At this time, a monk who was waiting outside dared to come in and speak with his head down.

"Master." The monk was strong and powerful. He knelt down respectfully as soon as he entered the door. "This is the recent account book."

As he said that, the monk took out a book from the lining of his robe, bowed his head respectfully, put the book on the ground and pushed it forward.

In the Japanese Warring States Period, temples and monks were not small characters.

Seriously speaking, there are only a few daimyo in the entire Japanese archipelago who can stand upright and speak in front of the temple.

Monk? That's Master Monk!

Just like the path that powerful religious groups always take.

In the process of development, the temple gradually expanded from a religious institution to an economic institution.

The temple began to lend money, accept deposits, and invest in business. It was like a loan shark that developed brutally and was full of force.

If you have money, you have people and fists in troubled times. The quality and armament of the monks and soldiers, and the defense facilities of the temples will often make the nominal leaders and daimyo of the region dumbfounded.

It's just that in Mino, after all, it was cleaned up by Saito Dōzo when he was defeated more than ten years ago.

Moreover, although the head of Changzai Temple was not liquidated by Saito Dozo at that time, his status was also sensitive.

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Therefore, the energy of Changzai Temple can be said to be too shabby compared to temples with the same prestige in Japan at the same time.

But even so, it is completely okay to regard Chang Zaiji as one of the top wealthy families in Mino. Moreover, they are a wealthy family with a relatively violent and unreasonable behavior.

Master Rihuo did not go to get the account book.

He just smiled kindly and asked: "Or Thirteen Sakura Village?"

The monk who brought the account book in to report was silent for a while and then nodded.

In fact, there is profit in the books, and even in the eyes of many despicable people, the profit is still a figure that they would never dare to imagine in their lives.

Nowadays, for any big temple, it is just a question of making more or less. How can it possibly lose money?

But what you earn from visiting the temple is considered "little" in the eyes of monks and monks.

And they are also very unhappy and even angry about this "little".

"Shisanying Village also rented out cattle and horses this year, and the number is still larger than last year. Our temple rents out cattle and horses, right?"

The monk carefully raised his head and looked at the host.

"Should the rental rate be lowered?"

During the farming period, it was common sense that working animals were more valuable than people.

The temple, as a loan shark with a long history, of course also leases livestock to outsiders.

The rules and regulations are strict. There is a price for breeding, a price for doing work, and there are corresponding prices for what kind of work you do and how long you do it.

There are also corresponding contract terms for the changes in the livestock's weight before and after leasing and whether they can lose fat.

But in Shisanying Village, the livestock fostered in their village are surprisingly easy to feed.

Over time, he managed to snatch part of the leasing business away from Chang Zai Temple.

So often in the temple, everyone hates this village and says they don't respect the Buddha.

"Don't worry about them." Master Rihu said calmly, as if he didn't care about the accounts and interest rates at all.

But what he said next, although still calm, made people feel chilling.

"Soon. Tonight, they will no longer be in business."

The words were so cold that even an outsider who had listened to them could feel the malicious intent and coldness in them.

But the monk who came in to deliver the account book looked happy: "Ah! Does this master have a way to punish those beasts that disrespect the Buddha?"

He doesn't care about compassion and Dharma, he only cares about the business of the temple.

In fact, if they weren't worried that the Mino Viper would find an excuse to attack Chang Zai Temple suddenly, the group of monks would have used force to cause trouble in Shisanying Village.

Master Rihuo just held his beads and smiled without saying a word, while the monk also bowed and bowed in recognition, and then exited the courtyard with a happy face.

"[The filth] has accumulated to its limit. Come on, give it a try."

After the monk left, Master Rihuo gently rubbed the long box containing the scroll next to him with a calm expression on his face.

"Try and see what I can do to the Meinong Country you usurped! Horenbo!"

As he spoke, Master Rihuo's face became ferocious.

He looked at the Nagara River and Inaba Mountain across the courtyard, mainly the 'abcess' on Inaba Mountain that was encroaching on the greenery - Inabayama Castle.

Although he didn't know why, he always felt in his subconscious that although his temple was only a stone's throw away from the world-famous Mino Castle, Saito Yoshiryu, the son of Saito Dosan who was in charge, would not notice it. own actions.

However, as a monk who received family education and subsequently converted to the Nichiren sect, he still left the opposite city with a clear mind.

Saito Douzan has become a monk and retired from the position of head of the family.

No one in Mino has learned what the current head of the family, Saito Yoshiryu, can do.

But it's never a mistake to be careful.

Relying on his resentment and vigilance towards Saito Dao's experience in the Three Thieves Kingdom, Master Rigo carefully resisted the unexplained relaxation deep in his heart.

The [Dream-Eating Tapir], which exuded a dreamy golden light like a spiritual stone, kept squatting beside him with neither happiness nor sadness.