Chapter 214 God's Big Pie
Li Wei kowtowed to him repeatedly: "I know I was wrong. Master Zhang Ping, I'm sorry. But what happened back then was really all done by the Guiyuan Sect. I can't do anything about it! Will you spare my life? I promise!"
He raised his hand and swore to the heavens, "I swear, from now on I will turn over a new leaf! I will give away all my wealth! I will give all the money I have embezzled over the years to the people!"
"From now on, I will be a good official, a good official like you. Zhang Ping, you are a good person and a good official. Good people should always have a compassionate heart, so please forgive me this once, Zhang Ping!"
"A good person? Always compassionate?" The old turtle smiled, and a fierce light slowly emerged in his eyes. "Have you forgotten that I am a demon, not a human?"
As he spoke, he suddenly raised his hand and waved it. His sleeve brought out a huge gust of air, which instantly knocked Li Wei away. Then he crashed into the antique display cabinet, and the precious porcelain shattered all over the floor with a ping-pong sound.
"I really want to smash your skull with one palm. But how can I let you die so easily and not be worthy of the thousands of souls who died in Ping'an Town?"
The old turtle slowly floated closer, and the shadow in front of it gradually covered Li Wei.
Li Wei kept vomiting blood and was in so much pain that he couldn't make a sound. When he looked up, he saw that the old man's eyes had turned a strange scarlet color.
"Go to sleep. Dreams hold the deepest terrors and the most tragic deaths. Look, all those you killed are waiting for you in your dreams."
"Mercy..." Li Wei rolled his eyes and his consciousness sank into a dream.
When he opened his eyes, he found himself in a peaceful town.
The wind was blowing coldly and dark clouds covered the sun.
Countless ghosts snarled and swirl around him, shouting over and over again:
"Give me back my life, give me back my life!"
"Corrupt officials deserve to die, damn them!"
"Eat his flesh and drink his blood!"
Countless ghosts, like angry wasps, were madly biting his flesh and blood.
Although the dream is empty, the feeling of being eaten alive is real.
Finally, his soul separated from his body in extreme pain.
But as soon as it floated out, it was swallowed by the old turtle.
At this point, the old turtle got what he wanted and avenged himself and the people.
He wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, turned around and bowed solemnly to Lin Qingyue: "Thank you for giving me this opportunity."
Lin Qingyue said, "Since your obsession has been resolved, go and reincarnate. In this life, you have been an honest official, working for the benefit of the people, and have accumulated a lot of merit. In the next life, you should be able to be reborn into a good family."
The old turtle suddenly knelt down before Lin Qingyue. "Miss Lin, I know you're going to eradicate the Guiyuan Sect. They've been killing people and committing heinous crimes. Please allow me to follow you and help you eradicate this evil!"
"No need." Lin Qingyue refused coldly, "You are already a demon. If you die again, your soul will be scattered."
"I'm not afraid!"
At this time, Dongfang Qi flashed in from outside and asked, "Is it ready? The shielding formation outside is about to fail, and the girls detained in Li Mansion are also coming over."
Lin Qingyue's gaze fell on the old turtle: "Do you really want to come with us? Aren't you afraid of death?"
The old turtle nodded heavily: "I have died once before, what is there to be afraid of?"
After a brief thought, Lin Qingyue said, "You possess Li Wei. Tonight, you will use his identity to bring Dongfang Qi and me into the Guiyuan Temple."
The old turtle nodded, and his soul quickly flew into Li Wei's body.
Soon, Li Wei "came back to life".
Although he still looked chubby, his expression had become somewhat kind.
Appearance is determined by the mind, it is indeed true.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
The old turtle exchanged glances with Dongfang Qi and Lin Qingyue, then imitated Li Wei's tone and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Sir, the girls have already finished bathing and changing clothes. Please have a look."
The old turtle said arrogantly, "You're ruining my interest by dawdling like that! Get out of here!"
"yes!"
The footsteps outside gradually faded away.
Dongfang Qi said to Lin Qingyue with satisfaction, "Old Turtle performed well. He is indeed worthy of being an official."
The old turtle said, "I wasn't like this when I was an official. I just remembered the tone of Li Wei's speech to his subordinates, so I tried to imitate it."
Next, several people discussed the action plan for the evening in the house.
In the evening, Lao Gui found an excuse to release all the detained girls.
As for those boys and girls... they are a bit suspicious, so they stay in Li Mansion for the time being.
Afterwards, the old turtle had a big meal with Lin Qingyue and Dongfang Qi at Li Mansion, then he packed his clothes and went to Guiyuan Temple.
As night falls, there are no stars or moonlight in the sky, and the world is pitch black.
The Temple Square, which is bustling during the day, is deserted at night.
The raindrops fell, quickly becoming dense. The heavy rain washed away the filth of the world, but it could not cleanse the greed of the human heart.
The beggars wanted to hide under the eaves of the temple from the rain, but the patrolmen's whips were more fierce than the oracle, and they fled in panic.
The temple is so sacred, how can it allow these "lowly bones" to defile it?
But who still remembers that some of these beggars were once rich people who knelt down and worshipped them with boxes of gold and silver in their hands?
They stripped themselves of all their possessions and offered them up as a sacrifice, but instead of receiving salvation from the gods, they fell into an endless sea of suffering.
Even though they were soaked by the heavy rain and huddled in the mud, their eyes looking at the golden tiles of the temple were still pious to the point of being almost foolish:
It's my fault that I'm too sinful, that I'm not pious enough, not the gods' fault...
The Bishop said:
The sufferings of this life are all the result of sins committed in past lives. The more suffering you endure now, the greater your blessings in the next. Do not be greedy for temporary pleasures, and even more so, do not covet gold, silver, and other worldly possessions. Only by severing worldly desires can you accumulate merit and attain eternal happiness.
But those poor people whose eyes were blinded could not see the dazzling light of the night pearls on the eaves of the temple, nor could they see whose pockets were filled with the gold and silver offered on the altar!
What is God? What is man?
What is the afterlife and what is this life?
Who can tell the difference and explain it clearly?
It's just that some people use faith as shackles, paint the sufferings of this life into a pie in the sky for the next life, and coax the poor people into giving up everything they have.
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