The sun had sunk into the western horizon, and before it was dark, the light in the valley had dimmed in advance.

Night is coming.

The group of four came out of the backyard and walked along the river that crossed the village in the direction of the waterfall, and the sound of chirping insects and the murmuring of the river in the woods and grass along the roadside was calming.

Ning Tao was very curious about what kind of gift Yin Renjie had prepared for him, he didn't put it in the house, he wanted to come to such a remote place. However, he didn't ask, just led Soft Tianyin to follow the Yin family father and son.

Soft Tianyin was obviously a little nervous, a pair of beautiful eyes looked east and west, and one hand was also tightly grasping the handle of the magic weapon firearm hanging on his shoulder, in a standard state of battle.

Ning Tao leaned into her ear and whispered, "Don't be nervous, there is me." ”

It seemed that the heat rolled into her ears, and the roots of Soft Tianyin's ears turned red, she nodded, but then added: "I want to protect you." ”

Ning Tao smiled, and a warm feeling swelled in his heart. Of course he doesn't need her protection, he protects her almost the same, but in the face of such a sincere feeling, he is not a hard-hearted person, how can he not feel good about her?

After walking for a while, the vision in front of me suddenly opened, and the waterfall rushed down from the mountain peak, cascading on top of each other, splashing countless times. At the foot of the waterfall there are two Japanese-style cottages, which are simple but give a clean and sophisticated impression.

An old man sat fishing by the pond, undecided, and someone came behind him.

Ning Tao's heart moved, awakening the state of his eyes. The old man looked ordinary, even giving people a sense of kindness and peace, but the evil aura emanating from his prenatal weather was pitch black, hanging over his head like a dark cloud.

With so many evil spirits, even the evil leaders like Tang Tianren, Bai Sheng, and Single Wing are much inferior!

Who is this old man?

Ning Tao had never seen it, but at this glance, his heart had already moved to kill, and he couldn't wait to kill this old man immediately.

It is normal for him to have such an impulse, he is a natural intermediary between good and evil, good when he meets good, and evil when he meets evil. When he encounters such a wicked person with a mountain of sin, he will have an evil reaction. On the contrary, if he meets people who are particularly kind, his heart will become very soft and kind.

Yin Renjie stopped and said, "Ning Daoyou, that old man is the gift I want to give you." ”

Ning Tao didn't have a trace of expression on his face, in fact, after walking this way, he suddenly saw an old man who was as sinful as a mountain when he came here, and he already had an expectation in his heart. Therefore, he was not surprised when Yin Renjie said it.

"He's ...... The Japanese army invading China?" Ning Tao asked.

Yin Xun said: "Ning Daoyou is really a very smart person, you can see it at a glance. His name is Mitsutoshi Hirano, and he is the brigade commander of the 128th Brigade of the 91st Division of the Japanese Army invading China. He committed heinous crimes in China, and I don't know how many Chinese died at his hands. He is one of the few war criminals who has escaped trial and is 92 years old. He had been living in seclusion on a small island in Hokkaido, and we found him, settled him here, and gave it to Ning Daoyou as a gift today. ”

The Yin family gave such a gift, which shows that the people of the Yin family have a certain understanding of the situation between him and the Tiandao Medical Center, and know that he has a need for consultation funds, otherwise how could he give such a special gift?

"Ning Daoyou, do you like such a gift?" A faint smile appeared on the corner of Yin Renjie's mouth, "It's just a small gift, please smile." ”

Ning Tao said lightly: "You really took the trouble to prepare such a gift for me." If I accept such a gift, will I give you the hoe?"

Yin Renjie smiled and said nothing.

Yin Xun opened his mouth and said: "If you are willing to give up, you will not be able to give it." Ning Daoyou, it's useless for you to take the mountain hoe, it's better to give it to us, if the fairy comes back in the future, we will explain it to the fairy. If you succeed in crossing the tribulation and go to the fairy world in the future, we will naturally return the Kaishan hoe, so that Ning Daoyou can take the Kaishan hoe to find the fairy. ”

This is said without water, and it is exhaustive. If the Yin Moon Fairy comes back, then the mountain hoe is originally her magic weapon, can Ning Tao still go back? If Ning Tao crosses the catastrophe and becomes an immortal, and comes to the Yin family to open a mountain hoe, the Yin family will dare to say a word? But after the ancient era of Ling, the road to heaven has been broken, who can become an immortal?

In short, no matter which result it is, it is beneficial to the Yin family, as long as Ning Tao hands over the Kaishan hoe, he will not be able to take it back.

"Ning Daoyou, what are you thinking?" Yin Renjie said tentatively.

Ning Tao said, "Can I go and talk to him?"

Yin Xun and Yin Renjie glanced at each other.

Yin Renjie said: "He has been in China for eight years, knows Chinese, and has been studying Chinese culture since returning to China, so you can communicate with him in Chinese." ”

"Tianyin, you wait for me here, I'll go talk to him. Ning Tao said.

"Hmm. Soft Sky answered.

Ning Tao walked towards Hirano Mitsutoshi, and it wasn't until he came to Hirano Mitsutoshi's side that Hirano Mitsutoshi looked over to look at him.

Hirano Mitsutoshi smiled at Ning Tao, nodded slightly, and then looked at the fish floating in the water.

The Japanese are like that, they are very polite and look very kind. But that's just their habit, just like pandas like to eat bamboo. Nowadays, people can only see the cuteness of the panda, and how many people know that it actually eats meat, and how many people know that its other name is iron-eating beast?

A beast is a beast, and when it is full, it will be peaceful, but when it is hungry, it will show its claws and eat bloodthirsty meat!

Ning Tao sat down next to Hirano Mitsutoshi, looked at the fish floats in the water, and then glanced at the fish basket placed at the water's edge.

The basket was empty, and there wasn't even a single fish.

At this time, Hirano Mitsutoshi spoke: "They told me that a guest from China wants to see me, is that you?"

He speaks Chinese, which is very standard.

Ning Tao nodded: "I'm that guest, I see that your fish basket is empty, is it difficult to catch the fish in this pool?"

Mitsutoshi Hirano lifted the rod, and there was no hook on the line under the float. He pulled the line back, grabbed a ball of bait from the bait box next to him and kneaded it on the line, and then carefully lowered the line into the pool.

That's why he couldn't drop the fish.

Ning Tao smiled: "Old man, you are feeding fish like this, not fishing, why do you do this?"

Mitsutoshi Hirano said, "I am a guilty person who committed many sins when I was young. I've been through a lot in my life, and it's hard to look back. I now believe in Buddhism, I don't kill, and I've been a vegetarian for 10 years. ”

"Then old man, do you think the sins on your body have been lightened?" Ning Tao asked.

Hirano Mitsutoshi was silent for a moment before he said: "Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha, the Buddha said that everyone has Buddha nature, and those who do evil can become a Buddha by abandoning evil and following good." There was a dark time in my life, it was a big time, and I couldn't escape it. But now my heart is at peace, I don't hurt anyone, any living beings, I'm concentrating on practicing Buddhism, and I'm very happy now. ”

A cold smile appeared at the corner of Ning Tao's mouth: "The old gentleman's Han culture is very good, and I can also feel your peace and happiness from the old gentleman." ”

Hirano pulled the line back, put on the bait, and put it in the pond. Then, he smiled at Ning Tao: "I like Han culture very much, and I especially like a sentence in the Analects, that is, 'Hearing the Tao in the morning, you can die at night'." Although I am late in my pursuit of the truth, even if I understand the truth in the morning and die in the evening, it is worth it, and it is not too late. That's my situation, I realized this very late, but I feel that I am very lucky, I am also very satisfied, and satisfaction is the greatest happiness. Young man, are you right?"

Ning Tao said lightly: "You are right, the truth is also the truth." Whether it is to put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot, or to die at the end of the day, it is the truth condensed by thousands of years of culture, and no one can say that it is unreasonable. But I'm very confused in my heart, and I also have a question I want to ask the old gentleman, I don't know if the old gentleman is willing to answer me?"

Mitsutoshi Hirano smiled, "Uh, you say, what's the problem?"

Ning Tao said: "The old gentleman is calm, satisfied, and happy, what I want to ask is, what about those who were killed by you, who were persecuted by you and suffered all their lives?"

The smile on Mitsutoshi Hirano's face froze for a moment, and then slowly faded.

Ning Tao continued: "I'll give you an example, you must have done a lot of such things. For example, if you take your Japanese soldiers and storm into a Chinese village, but you can't occupy it, you are afraid that the village will help the Chinese army, and you even suspect that some of them are Chinese soldiers, so you order to kill all the people in that village. So your soldiers began to kill, one after another, old men, children, women, and yellow-skinned men......"

Hirano Mitsutoshi's lips quivered, as if he wanted to say something, but no sound came out of his mouth.

Ning Tao continued: "Those unarmed honest villagers who have never even seen what a gun looks like, they kneel down for you, crying and begging for mercy, but have you given them a chance? When your soldiers used bayonets to open the bellies of pregnant women and insulted Chinese women, did you give those women a chance? How many women, children, or old people have you used your samurai sword to cut off the heads of women, children, or old people, and show off your sword skills to your subordinates? How many women have you raped when you were in a furious state, and how many of them have you killed or underage children after rape? When they cried and begged for mercy, did you give them a chance?"

"That's enough!" Hirano said angrily.

Ning Tao smiled: "You said that the Buddha said that as long as you put down the butcher's knife, you can become a Buddha, everyone has the opportunity to pursue the truth, now it seems that you have indeed put down the butcher's knife, there is a Buddha in your heart, you also understand the truth, get happiness, those who were killed by you, because you lost your loved ones and suffered all their lives, who gave them a chance?"

"Who are you—who are you!" Mitsutoshi Hirano can no longer maintain the peaceful state of "having a Buddha in his heart" just now.

Ning Tao smiled indifferently: "The spokesperson of the Heavenly Dao." ”