Chapter XXIV
"Those who see my body have bodhicitta and those who hear my name cultivate evil and good, those who preach my Dharma break their fame and appearance, and those who know my heart become Buddhas..."
"......" It seems to be the muffled sound of bells and drums, and like the boiling of human voices, in this long sound, the Buddha horn stopped abruptly, and the strange sandalwood also gradually disappeared with more and more monks who appeared on both sides of the mountain gate of Jiucang Temple, just when Zhu Jiujiu was waiting a little impatiently and turned around to ask what was going on from He Qi, a burst of cheers suddenly sounded like thunder in her ears, Zhu Jiujiu was taken aback, looked back suddenly, but was stunned there in an instant, in the voice of the believers dressed in white, an old monk in white leisurely appeared under the plaque in the mountain gate of Jiucang Temple。
"This, is this the King of Fudo Ming?" Unconsciously, Zhu Jiujiu had already bit her lip, her body trembled, and she looked at the old monk with an indifferent smile but a solemn appearance like a Buddha in the clouds, at this time, she only felt that her heart sank to the trough with a thud, and then slammed into countless pieces, and heaven and earth, at the moment when the old monk appeared in Zhu Jiujiu's eyes, lost its original color.
"It's not a deception, the first time I saw him, he was a strange old fellow who was short and small. He Qi gently took Zhu Jiujiu's hand, and said with a helpless and self-deprecating wry smile: "He said that he was his own person, but in fact, every time we met, it was a different look, this time, if it wasn't for Bai Mu quietly talking about the origin of the help, it would be me, and I wouldn't be able to guess who he was." ”
"But, but, he, he's a gentleman..."Zhu Jiujiu slowly turned her head in despair, her eyes were pale like an empty and dry lake in winter, her smile was bitter, bitter with loss, and the loss was full of unwillingness, so tears soaked her cheeks and flowed silently.
"Born to die, is it extremely evil to be good..."He Qi laughed softly, his smile was bitter and sarcastic, and after a long sigh, he said slowly: "To discover the meaning of life in the face of death, to repent of those bloody and sinful days and then to be reborn, to incarnate as a demon, to punish evil and promote good in a despicable and hateful way, this has always been just our secret creed." ”
"I, I, I have a conscience..."Zhu Jiujiu muttered unwillingly: "We, we are the inheritors of the study of the mind, we want, we want, we want to find the conscience of our own heart to go to death and live!"
"It is also a conscience not to use thunderous means, not to show the heart of the Bodhisattva, to recite the Buddhist scriptures of murder, and to overcome the suffering of the world. He Qi shook his head and sighed lightly: "His psychology, where is he looking for a conscience, is just to change the face of those few words that we secretly ink, his kind of stubborn and good-looking person, will not admit that he copied these words, if it is original, maybe this sentence, you have heard, my only obligation in this world is to do what I think is right at any time." ”
"It turns out that this is the case..."Zhu Jiujiu looked at the smiling old monk in the mountain gate miserably, and a line of tears slowly soaked the white robe under him, when he saw the old monk, all the hidden secrets, all the deceived past, had an answer in an instant, it was for her to give her a new life, a man like a father like a mountain, that was a model who was struggling to save the world for good, and to know and do, however, that man, smiling, just like that, stood on the opposite side of her, and then became the bright emperor she hated for the world.
"He has a name, which begins with ink, and what it is, maybe even he has forgotten it. He Qi continued quietly: " When we met for the first time, as I once told you, I was parachuting, of course I didn't smash him over, but the place I chose, few people came, just came down, he got out, took our dark ink giant order and ran out to recognize his relatives, there are a few photos in his hand, saying that it is his own uncle and elders, let me go with him, where was I willing to listen at that time, naturally I left, one after another several times, I was annoyed by what he said, and there was nowhere to go, so I went to this Jiucang Mountain to be a monk for a while, these things, presumably, you already know。 ”
"Am I funny?" Zhu Jiujiu glanced at He Qi miserably, lowered his head and said self-deprecatingly: "I thought it was very good to hide it, but, but, myself, I have already been seen through..."
"A person who doesn't ask your name and doesn't wonder about your past, although it is indeed a sign of excellent cultivation, but the so-called truth is often just an illusion of other events. He Qi gently touched Zhu Jiujiu's little head, and laughed softly: "In the future, when you meet such people, you have to be careful, because the reason why they ignore them is because they already know everything, in fact, I don't blame you, maybe you never expected that from beginning to end, the gentleman you respected in your heart, and the old guy you hated in your heart, have never, never been just an uncle in our secret ink." ”
"Yes, what a great irony, I thought I was born again, with a clean soul, and could live a different life, forgetting the days of blood and crying. The expression on Zhu Jiujiu's face gradually turned cold, and his voice was gloomy and hoarse and chuckled: "It turns out, it turns out that it's just self-deception, what qualifications does a person like me have to be reborn and redeemed, I, I'm just his toy..."
"You are a completely different person now than you were many years ago. He Qi looked at Zhu Jiujiu's eyes seriously, his smile was bright like countless rising suns, illuminating Zhu Jiujiu's empty and dry eyes little by little, the temperature from the palm made Zhu Jiujiu's heart ache, and he lowered his head and shoulders and shook it, and the tears flowed irrepressibly: "I, I, I want to be a good person... I thought, I want to be a new person..."
"It's different anymore, now you can use this. He Qi smiled slightly, and gently hugged Zhu Jiujiu, Zhu Jiujiu's body stiffened, his face turned red in an instant, his mouth moved, but he was nervous and didn't say anything, but this sudden softness and hug only lasted for a blink of an eye, and the abrupt and cold thing in his palm broke the warm picture, and He Qi also stood aside with a smile between Zhu Jiujiu and Zhu Jiujiu, Zhu Jiujiu bit his lip, looked down, but almost shouted out in shock: "This, this is the giant order! ”
"yes, you're his answer, that stubborn old fellow. He Qi glanced at the man who was standing between the mountain gates chanting the Buddha's name, smiling the same way, sighed, smiled and frowned, feeling as if he had gone back in time:" At that time, we broke up on the top of the small light of Jiucang Mountain, in order to be such an answer, he always wanted to prove that he was right, he naively thought that the reason why this world became rampant was precisely because people like us stood up, so the weak began to believe in the power of prayer and heroes, instead of trying to protect themselves, so, he became those rampant beasts, to force the weak to corner, forced to rise up, he firmly believes that only the weak themselves can protect the weak, but, the weak, in addition to clinging to the strong and crying and kneeling on the ground to pray, what can they do, so, we need an answer。 ”
"So, I became the answer?" Zhu Jiujiu's body trembled slightly, anger surging in her chest, but the coldness from the giant seal in her palm and the sunny smile on He Qi's face turned this anger into a lot of resentment and softness, she bit her lip, lowered her head, and waited quietly.
"Although I have guarded many people, I have never intended to protect anyone. He Qi pointed to himself and smiled quietly: " A person who is too good-looking and too kind, then he has all the qualities of lies and deception, the same gorgeous and seductive, so, the real me, is a man who is unkind, and sometimes, if not too familiar, he will be very mean, so, at that time, I told him that the weak are incurable, and they always expect others instead of standing up themselves, and this will never change, so he left Dark Ink because of different ideas, and what he has done over the years is all wishful thinking. ”
"Presumably, sir, I'm angry. A trace of tenderness flashed in Zhu Jiujiu's eyes, those days that followed the old monk with peace of mind were calm and full of sunshine, which made her heart sour again, her eyes flashed with tears, and the sun shone in colorful colors, just like the shadow of those times, she seemed to see the man who walked on the street in tattered cotton clothes in the wind and snow, sending warmth and hope to every wandering and down-and-out weakling, so insistent on faith, so unswerving, so unswerving, so unyielding, just to find their own conscience, at that time, they were poor and happy…
"I was almost mad, if it wasn't for those monks who persuaded him, I would have been strangled to death by him. He Qi smiled and continued: "But later, when he counted all kinds of absurdities of our dark ink, I shouted a few hellos, but he became strange, turned around, and argued with me for a long time. ”
"It's really weird. Zhu Jiujiu couldn't help but shake his head and smiled, then glanced at He Qi in a sneering manner, and said in a low voice: "I heard, I heard, you don't want to protect this world anymore, is that really the case?"