Seven people bathed and cleaned, set up a Dharma Buddha shrine outside the hall, inserted incense and knelt to worship and bless, Lu Zhishen took out a copy of the "Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law" and recited a few words on the wooden fish, and then got up, Zhishen walked to the front of the Buddha shrine, carefully opened the sandalwood box, and presented in front of him was a string of large and round bull's eye Buddha beads, turquoise color, crystal clear, Zhishen held it out with both hands, and the seven leaders surrounded and looked at the eyes full of flowers, and cheered in unison: "Good object!"

"What do you see in the middle of each bead?" Zhishen picked up the beads and looked at the sun, forming a transparent shape. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

"Brother, the middle of the Buddha beads must be the relics of the Bodhidharma ancestor! The predecessors were afraid that the relics would be damaged, so they wrapped them in jade!" Wu Song said.

"No, if that's the case, why are you punching holes in the Buddha's bones to make Buddha beads?" Yang Zhi asked rhetorically.

"This treasure must be naturally condensed. Sun Erniang said.

"The Sprinkle family once heard Master Zhou Tong of Songshan say that Bodhidharma, the full name of Bodhidharma, the people of Nantianzhu, the Brahmin caste, called themselves the twenty-eighth ancestor of Buddhism and Zen Buddhism. Emperor Wu of Liang in the Southern Dynasty sailed to Middle-earth. Emperor Wu of Liang believed in Buddhism. Bodhidharma to the Southern Dynasty capital Jinling will Liang Wu Emperor, the interview is not agreeable, then a reed crosses the river, north to the Northern Wei capital Luoyang, after Zhuo Xi Songshan Shaolin Temple, facing the wall for nine years, passing the mantle in Huike. After leaving Yumen, you will travel for life. The Eastern Wei Dynasty Tianping died in Luobin in three years, buried in Bear's Ear Mountain, buried only the cremation of the bones, some people found eighteen relics in the bones, said that the spirit of the spirit condensed before death, jasper general, the fire does not invade, it must be named after this, this is just a rumor, and now it can be seen that what is said is true. Lu Zhishen recalled Master's words.

"I have also heard the story of Bodhidharma, legend has it that Bodhidharma is the third son of the king of Tianzhu Guoxiangzhi, and since he was a child, he followed the twenty-seventh generation of Buddha Prajnatara after Shakyamuni's great disciple Mahakaya as a teacher.

One day, Bodhidharma asked his master for advice, "When I get the Dharma, where should I go to preach it?" Prajnatara said, "You should go to Aurora (China)." He also said, "When you come to Aurora, don't live in the south, where the monarch loves deeds and cannot comprehend the teachings of the Buddha." ”

Bodhidharma followed the instructions of the master, prepared the luggage, set up a boat, braved the wind and waves, crossed the ocean, and spent three years, going through difficulties and twists and turns, and came to China. After Bodhidharma arrived in China, Jiaozhou Thorn Shi learned of this and hurriedly reported to Jinling, and Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang, immediately sent envoys to take Bodhidharma to Jinling, and treated them as guests.

Emperor Wu was a follower of Buddhism, and the main criticism was self-liberation. Bodhidharma is a Mahayana school of Zen Buddhism that advocates meditation facing the wall and purifying sentient beings. Because of their different opinions, whenever they talked about Buddhism, they always did not speculate. At this time, Bodhidharma felt that Jinling was not a place to stay for a long time, so he said goodbye to Xiao Yan and crossed the river to the north. Zhang Qing said.

"You still know so much about selling human flesh?" Cao Zheng looked at Zhang Qing with his eyes in disbelief.

Zhang Qing said: "I didn't know it originally, but I had planted in Guangming Temple, and I listened to the monks in the temple for a long time. ”

"After Bodhidharma crossed the river, holding a Zen staff, walking and walking, seeing the mountain to worship, meeting the temple from Zen. In the third year of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Xiaochang arrived at the Shaolin Temple in Songshan. Bodhidharma saw that it was surrounded by mountains, dense jungles, beautiful mountains, quiet environment, prosperous Buddhism, and talked and kissed. I thought to myself, this is really a rare pure land of Buddhism. So, he used Shaolin Temple as his dojo for preaching. Widely gathered monks, the first to spread Zen Buddhism. Since then, Bodhidharma has become the first ancestor of Zen Buddhism in China, and Shaolin Temple is known as the ancestral court of Zen Buddhism in China. Now there is an image tablet of Bodhidharma crossing the river in the stele gallery of Shaolin Temple. The ancients had a poem that praised: The road crosses the water and meets the sheep, and crosses the river alone in the bleak and dark. Under the sun, there are two elephant horses, and the two tender Gui Changchang are long. Shi En continued.

Cao Zheng said: "I don't understand the specific story of Bodhidharma, I only know that there are four classics, you are talking about crossing the river with a reed, and facing the wall for nine years, breaking the arm and standing in the snow, and only returning to the west." ”

"You know so much about being a butcher?" Sun Erniang quipped. Cao Zheng listened and laughed with a few people.

"The good time has come, brother should hang the beads earlier!" Wu Song said.

"Hmm!" Lu Zhishen agreed, putting the Buddha beads around his neck.

Each bowed to the Buddha shrine a few more times, and then cleaned up and entered the temple, and several people wanted to celebrate and drink. Lu Zhishen said: "Today's Double Ninth Festival is a drunk!"

Everyone drank wine, Shi En became interested, got up and left the seat and said: "I will sing a poem to everyone to help the fun, and I still remember the song "Remembering Shandong Brothers on September 9th" by Wang Wei of the Tang Dynasty............ Alone in a foreign land as a stranger, every festival is full of relatives. The remote knowledge brothers ascended to the heights, and there was one less person in the dogwood. After Shi En finished singing, Yang Zhi and several people cheered in unison.

Wu Song said: "I don't know where my brother Song is in Shandong and Yuyu?

"Isn't it the people in the rivers and lakes who call Song Jiang and Song Gongming timely rain?" Lu Zhishen asked.

Wu Song replied: "It is this person, two years ago, I met Song Gongming's brother in Chai Jin Daguanren Zhuangyuan, worshiped as a brother with a different surname, and I will never forget it until I die." ”

Lu Zhishen said excitedly: "The Sprinkle family has heard the name of Song Sanlang in Yuncheng, Shandong Province for a long time, and he is a good man who helps the poor and helps the needy.

"I'm afraid to mention it, you say that I Wu Song is lying nonsense, how can I Wu Er be a little person who can recognize such a hero, and I am afraid that you will not believe me and laugh at me. Wu Song looked at the six people and said.

"How can you not believe it, Wu Erlang is a man who stands up to the sky, how can he deceive people. Yang Zhidao.

"Brothers don't have to worry, they will meet each other by fate. Zhang Qingsun Erniang explained Wu Song and said. A few talked while drinking, chatted with Song Jiang for a while, and talked about some things about the rivers and lakes, ate and drank to their heart's content, and went to their respective jobs.

Erlongshan put aside for the time being, and said that in the Shaolin Temple of Songshan, Zhou Tong abbot has nothing to do, watch the sky at night, occasionally see the stars into materials, just should be Xiangzhou, then want to go down the mountain to find, teach the art industry to protect the family and protect the country in the future, thinking has been decided, return to the meditation hall to meditate, just wait for the dawn to travel to Xiangzhou.

On the second day, Zhou Tong Abbot handed over all the affairs to the temple, carried a nine-ring Zen staff (the same as Tang Seng), set off, and went straight to Xiangzhou, Hebei West Road.

A few days later, the old abbot arrived in Xiangzhou, walked all the way to the fate, secretly visited Jiangxing, and went straight to Tangyin County in Xiangzhou (now Tangyin County, Anyang, Henan), while walking to inquire whether there was a peculiar teenager in the county, someone in the county told Zhou Tong that "there is no special teenager in Tangyin County, there is only one Yue's child, called Yue Fei, the word Pengju, only eleven or twelve years old, the strength is greater, the adult man is not an opponent, the family education is very strict, he does not often go out on weekdays, only study hard at home, and he likes to read some "Zuo's Spring and Autumn", "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and "" Wu Qi Art of War" and other books of righteousness and war. It is said that when the child was born, there was a big bird similar to Penghu, flying on his house, so his parents named him Yue Fei word Pengju; born less than a month, the Yellow River burst the embankment, the water suddenly surged, Yue Fei's mother Yao sat in Weng with Yue Fei in her arms, and was washed to the shore by the water to survive. His father, Yue He, was a well-known and good man, and in times of disaster, he could save his rations for the hungry people; if someone cultivated and occupied his land, Yue He simply ceded the land to the occupier and did not care, and did not call for the money borrowed from him. ”

The abbot asked where the Yue's house was again, and went straight to it. Zhou Tong walked to the county but saw several teenage children playing beside the stone mill, and a young man in moon white clothes was betting with other children and said: "Meng Bangjie, do you believe that I can lift this mill?" The children all said: "Don't believe it!" The young man in white saw that the children didn't believe it, walked to the stone mill and stretched out his hands to grasp the mill, and lifted it above his head, and the children stammered and said: "Brother Yue is so strong, how can this mill have two or three hundred catties, we take it." The young man in white gently put the mill in its place again.

Zhou Tong looked at it and came to the front of the Buddha to make a Buddhist salute. "Amitabha, may I ask a few petty officials, do you recognize Yue Fei and Yue Pengju?" The children pointed to the young man in white and said, "He is Yue Fei." ”

Yue Fei saw that Zhou Tong was an old monk with a fluttering silver beard, so he came to Zhou Tong and saluted and said, "I am Yue Fei, what advice does my master have?"

Zhou Tong said: "Lao Qu is Zhou Tong, the abbot of Songshan Shaolin Temple, and he came down the mountain to find my apprentice. Yue Fei asked, "I don't know who my master's apprentice is?" Zhou Tong smiled and said, "Lao Gao's apprentice is you!"

"I, Master has recognized the wrong person!" Yue Fei pointed at himself with his index finger in surprise.

"That's right, it's you Yue Fei, do you have any lofty ambitions?" Zhou Tong said with a smile. Yue Fei puffed up his chest and said: "When I grow up, I want to protect my family and defend the country and be a general." ”

"You make me an apprentice, I will hand over all my skills to you, and you can be a bigger official than a general in the future. Zhou Tong said. Yue Fei said: "Master, it is not difficult for me to be an apprentice for you, but you have to get the consent of your parents. ”

"Where is your home? The poor monk went and told your parents. Zhou Tong looked at Yue Fei. Yue Fei said: "My house is not far in front, come with me!" Yue Fei led the way in front, Zhou Tong followed, and after a while, he came to the door of a house. Yue Fei said to Zhou Tong: "Master, this is my home, please come in." Saying that, Yue Fei pushed open the door and let Zhou Tong in.

"Mother...... Mother...... There are guests coming. Yue Fei led Zhou Tong into the door and shouted. I saw a woman who heard the shouts and came out of the house, not very old, in her early thirties, dressed neatly and neatly, it was her mother-in-law, Yao.

"Who is it?" asked Yao. "It's this old man. Yue Fei replied. Only then did the mother-in-law notice that Yue Fei was followed by a silver-bearded old monk. Yao said to Zhou Tong, "Master, do you want to turn into a relationship? Wait a minute, I'll go get some white rice and steamed buns." Zhou Tong said: "Lao Wei is here to turn fate, but not to turn rice noodles, but to turn people who are destined." ”

"I don't understand this woman's words!" said her mother-in-law, Yao.

"Lao Wei doesn't mean anything else, he just wants to accept Yue Fei as a closed apprentice, I don't know what Madame thinks?" Zhou Tong said with a smile. Only then did the mother-in-law understand, and said to Zhou Tong: "That's the case, please talk in the master's room!" Zhou Tong leaned on the Zen stick by the wall outside the house, Yao invited Zhou Tong into the house and sat in the guest seat, Yue Fei also followed, Zhou Tong looked at the simple and elegant room in the house, and knew that it must be a kind family.

After a while, the mother-in-law, Yao, made tea, brought the tea cup to the small square table next to Zhou Tong and said, "Master, please use tea, there is no good tea to entertain you in the humble house, and please forgive Master." ”

"It's okay, it's okay. Zhou Tong looked at Yue Fei and then at his mother-in-law, and his mother-in-law knew what he meant, so she said: "Fei'er, it's almost noon, and the pigs in the backyard have not been fed yet, so you bring some swill to feed them." Yue Fei heard this and went out to feed the pigs.

"Master, if you have anything to say, it doesn't hurt to say it. Yao said.