I Can See the Book of Life and Death Chapter 87: Unresolved Doubts
"Baby Tower?"
Zhang Mingtu was stunned. He had never heard of this word before.
He was quite unfamiliar with this term, but in the Book of Life and Death, the future brother clearly understood it, and his tone suddenly became heavy.
"No wonder so many people disappeared without a trace. Do you usually use the people in the baby tower to feed these monsters?"
"Oh, I thought you nobles were completely unaware. Beings like weeds are destined to die in the tower. Is there a problem with using them to feed the thousands of descendants of my grain ship gang?"
“Is there any problem with normal operations?”
The other party did not answer my question, but just sneered. I also felt that my question was a bit too stupid.
I have seen the county magistrate's son disregarding human life and directly hunting hunters in the mountains. Where is the normal ecological environment here?
It is impossible for a normal merchant to capture a grain ship to help with such a large business.
Seeing that I was speechless, the leader of the Grain Ship Gang burst into laughter.
“It is said that demons eat people and are the most terrifying and frightening to humans.
"But these aristocratic families are much more cruel and violent in their cannibalism than the demons. The demons simply devour people alive, but they won't just eat our generation, they'll eat everyone in the next generation and the next, and there'll never be a chance for us to turn things around."
"Even if the demons eat it, they will protect our grain ships, allowing us to sail freely in all the major rivers. The reefs and secret passages are all marked for us, so the pirates and thieves who ambushed us under the ships in advance will not be able to harm us..."
"And the Wang and Li families, as well as all the other major families along the way... ha!"
The leader of the grain ship gang sneered and said nothing.
"That's not the reason for you to do these things. The right path will always work. What's the difference between what you're doing now and what those aristocratic families are doing?
"Land annexation, human trafficking, collusion with demons..."
"It works, but that's because it works now. It wasn't possible for me back then."
When he said this, the leader of the grain ship gang had an inexplicable look on his face.
More than four years ago, Jianyi and Xingguo had undergone a major cleanup. Many wealthy and powerful families who committed crimes and exploited the people were punished according to the law, without any room for maneuver.
The administration of the entire Jianyi and Xingguo counties was cleaned up.
The leader of the Grain Ship Gang, the local tyrant in Jianyi, knew it very well.
In the past, he was needed to make connections, and the officials in charge of him no longer accepted money from him and would never hold him back at critical points.
Because of the downfall of Wang and Li's families, business was much less than before, but his income was still 20% higher than before.
The matter ends here. We both have a scale in our hearts and our own persistence.
The leader of the Grain Ship Gang collected babies discarded by others from baby towers all over the place and threw them into the Ganjiang River to feed the demons.
When there were floods, droughts, torrential downpours and poor harvests, he would go around and gather up those who were about to starve to death, those who were dying of old age, the old, weak and sick, and throw them into the river to feed the demons.
The purpose was to trade with the monsters in the river in exchange for their spiritual armor and blood essence. This was also the reason why he, despite his poor background, was able to let the grain ship help hundreds of people practice martial arts and raise more than ten warriors who had their marrow washed and their blood changed.
At the same time, the demons will protect him while he travels in the Ganjiang River, ensuring a smooth journey.
I felt confused and overwhelmed with doubts. I even stopped reciting the Sutra of the Past Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and was unable to make a breakthrough.
The purpose of the Sutra of the Past Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is certainly lofty, to help others dispel their obsessions, resolve their sufferings, and avenge them from the underworld.
But there are so many sufferings and so many tragic things in the world. Why don’t we change them? Instead, we have to wait until we fall into the underworld to change them?
For example, the Baby Tower was originally built to accommodate babies who died at birth or had defects and could not be raised.
Later, poor people everywhere would be unable to feed their babies because they had no milk or their families were too poor.
The people around him were in the same situation. They couldn't find anyone to raise their babies, and when they went to the city, the babies weren't good-looking enough to be adopted by wealthy families.
Even healthy newborn babies are thrown into it.
Over the years, many people have died in the Baby Tower.
The world is already hell, so why go to hell to save ghosts?
I was puzzled. After reaching the fifth level of the Sutra of the Past Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, it was difficult to continue practicing.
He also sought help from a monk in Jianyi, but the monk just shook his head and said nothing, only saying that Buddhism not only focuses on this life, but also seeks the afterlife.
The Buddhist Bodhisattvas are willing to relieve the sufferings of hell, which is already a great wish and ambition. It is difficult for me to understand the lofty nature of Buddhism by saying that I do not have the wisdom.
I just lowered my head and said nothing, then went to Jiujiang County to visit Donglin Temple.
Donglin Temple covers a vast area, with hundreds of temples scattered among the mountains, with inlaid beams and painted rafters, and a constant stream of smoke and fire, attracting many pilgrims.
There were also many people who were dressed in luxurious clothes, covered in silk robes.
Those who are starving and cold, those who are pale and thin, seek their afterlife here, hoping to be rich and prosperous.
Those dressed in silk and with rosy faces come here hoping to become richer and more prosperous, to live a prosperous life, and to have many children and blessings.
The area within a radius of dozens of miles is the location of Donglin Temple. Both Buddhism and Taoism are quite prosperous in the world today.
Large sects like Donglin Temple don't even have to pay taxes.
All the Buddha statues in the temple are gilded, and the main Bodhisattvas enshrined are made entirely of gold.
It is said that a nobleman prayed to Buddha here and it was quite effective, so he made offerings and specially made a golden statue of Buddha and Bodhisattva.
The farmland within a radius of dozens of miles is almost all controlled by Buddhism, and it is roughly estimated that the farmland under its name is more than 100,000 acres.
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