The sky is full of splendour, colorful light and shadow, all the people on both sides of the Yi River seem to be in the midst of bliss, their hearts are filled with excitement and happiness, and they can't help but be more noisy and indulgent.

At this moment, Tiangong is not beautiful, can not see the excitement of the world, a huge wind blows, rolling up the wind and sand dust on the road, blowing the lights swaying, the lights and shadows are scattered, people have to cover their mouths and protect their faces, run in all directions, and suddenly there is chaos around the Yi River.

A thick layer of dark clouds blew from nowhere in the sky, obscuring the starry sky, and then there was a loud rumbling sound, and a hideous silver lightning flashed out of the dark clouds, and more lightning followed, like thousands of troops shaking the sky and the earth, rushing forward.

On the high-rise building of the Dawu Emperor's Palace, the Queen Mother, who was still in tears just now, was also a little panicked when she saw such a scene, and asked: "Yu'er, have we done too much, alarmed the Heavenly Buddha Kingdom, and attracted the Heavenly Punishment of the Buddha Kingdom?"

Wei Yu asked the people around him: "What about the national teacher, why is he not here today? Let him check the celestial phenomena today, why is it so unexpected!"

The eunuch next to him: "Emperor Huiwu, today is the last day of the national teacher's sacrifice, have you forgotten? Do you want me to call the astrological officer over to investigate?"

Wei Yu was about to give an order, and Yan Qing next to him said coldly: "No need, my brother and I are both proficient in star arts, so we don't need to embarrass others." This is a meteorological change caused by the heat of the summer night, and it has nothing to do with the stars, nor does it have anything to do with the power of the Buddha country, but there will be heavy rain soon, so let's send Lafayette back to the Buddha Hall. ”

As she spoke, a raindrop the size of a bean smashed on the queen mother's face, and she was coldly shocked into a cold sweat, and said tremblingly: "Yu'er, the mourning family wants to go back to the Buddha hall, and the mourning family asks for the blessing of the Buddha, Amitabha, Amitabha-"

So the eunuchs and maids were in a hurry, preparing to help them back to the Buddhist hall.

On both sides of the Yi River, the overwhelming pouring rain poured down, causing hundreds of people on the shore to take care of nothing.

Holding the crying child, supporting the elderly parents, the students ran in a panic, the ladies lifted their skirts and hurried, and more ordinary people ran around like headless flies, and the monks in the stands also lifted their robes one after another, looking for steps to get off the stage, and avoid the heavy rain.

Yifeng and the others were rushed by so many ordinary people, all of them were scattered in the crowd, they wanted to fly up, but they were helplessly coerced by the people, they couldn't pull away, and they were afraid of hurting them.

In the panic, the depths of the dark clouds continued to roar, and the shouts were to no avail, and the rain became heavier and heavier, so they had to run to the city.

Shuli was wrapped in the crowd and ran into the city, in the chaos, he didn't know which city to run to, the city in front of him had already been crowded, so he had to run with the crowd to the more remote city.

When he saw an eaves with fewer people, he was already soaked, and he didn't care much at this time, so he ran to that eaves.

When I got closer, it was a Confucian school, and Shuli couldn't help but hesitate for a moment, but still walked over.

Many people stood at the door to hide from the rain, sorting out their wet clothes one after another, complaining about the heavy rain that disturbed the rare grand occasion.

Although it was night, the door of the school was opened, and there were plenty of lights inside, and it should be that the students of the school saw the rain and opened the door to hide from the rain for the people.

But most of the people did not go in, but only crowded under the eaves and at the door, making a noise.

As the rain intensified and continued, everyone lost the interest in talking, and watched the rain blankly, hoping that the rain would stop as soon as possible so that they could return to their warm home.

Shuli's eyes looked around, worried about them, and he was lucky to see if there were any of these people who were hiding from the rain, and after a while, Shuli withdrew his gaze in disappointment.

A flash of lightning suddenly lit up the sky, but Shuli was suddenly startled, he turned his head sharply to look at the crowd hiding from the rain, and with a panicked gaze, he finally locked on to two people, and those two people happened to look at him too, their eyes met, and they saw their respective panic:

"Book Ceremony!"

"Book Mountain?"

The people on both sides almost screamed, and they took two steps in the same direction, and then stopped, as if they both felt a kind of embarrassment.

In the end, Shuli hesitated for a while, but still walked forward, greeted Shushan, "Uncle Shushan," and turned to Shuhe and said, "Shuhe junior brother." ”

Both returned the salute, but then fell silent again. They also didn't expect to meet in this situation, and they didn't know what to say for a while.

The rain has not abated at all, and the streets have been covered with a layer of rain, flowing nowhere.

Shushan cleared his throat and said to Shuli: "Shuli, more than a year has passed, are you okay?"

Shuli said in a low voice: "Thank you Uncle for your concern, it has been a difficult year for a while, but I finally came over." ”

Shushan said: "That's good, but it's too early for you to say 'come here', and the disaster of Buddhism doesn't seem to have started yet!"

When Shuli heard it, it was quite meaningful, and asked, "Dare to ask Uncle Shushan, what do you mean by this?"

Shushan didn't answer his words, and asked again: "I see that you haven't shaved your hair like before, do you want to go back to the scholar's house?"

Shuli was stunned for a moment, and replied: "The disciple is used to freedom, cultivate the Buddha and cultivate the mind, the Buddha is in the heart, and there is no need to care about the appearance." ”

Shushan shook his head and said: "I don't think so, you Buddhism doesn't often say 'born from the heart', although you yourself think that you can cultivate your mind, but in some corners of your heart that you don't realize yourself, you don't agree with Buddhism anymore, so you don't bother to shave your hair and practice." ”

He kept telling himself that he was a wandering Buddhist practitioner who didn't need to be in the framework of Buddhist teachings.

But after such a little clarity in Shushan, his heart, which was as round as a Buddha bead, seemed to have cracked a crack.

Seeing that Shuli was silent, Shushan continued: "Since you are still in the Buddha Gate, there are some things that I can't say to you, but although you yourself have said it well, I don't think so. Looking at your current state, I'm afraid you're already in a bit of a dilemma. ”

Shuli raised his head, wanting to refute, but his thoughts were suddenly confused, before he said to the fire monkey that the Tao in his heart has nothing to do with the outside, just for the sake of the common people in the world and to support justice, but at the same time, he said to the fire monkey that sometimes, he will really doubt the "Tao" of Buddhism.

How can a person be so contradictory?

Shuhe glanced at Shuli and interjected, "Senior brother, why don't we go to the academy and sit down first?"

Shuli was a little dazed and nodded.

The three of them walked into the school, and several students who were reading at night saw them come in, and left one after another with lanterns, and the school was placed with wooden long tables and chairs, and in the center, a picture of a saint was hung, and Confucian precepts and classic aphorisms were hung on the surrounding walls.

Shuli suddenly saw a few of them: "Heaven and earth have righteousness, and they are mixed with manifolds." The lower part is the river mountain, and the upper part is the sun star. Yu people say Haoran, full of gloom. The royal road is clear, containing and Tuming Court. When the poor festival is seen, one by one. ”

His heart shook.

After coming down from the scholar's house, he has been nurtured by the compassion and kindness of Buddhism, growing in kindness, being alert in evil thoughts, and constantly guarding against himself, which inevitably aggravates his anger.

These were good, but they lacked a mountain-like spirit.

He has been exposed to the righteousness of the calligrapher since he was a child, the momentum is majestic, the sky is vast, and he plans for the world, but he is consumed under the pure nature of Buddhism, so in the face of injustice and disaster, he is cautious, but he is not as brave as a wind, firm Buddha's heart, and let go.

In the final analysis, it is the different atmosphere of Buddhism and Confucianism that has created his current state of mind, and the essence of Confucianism and Buddhism may be the same.

However, the atmosphere of pure practice of Buddhism and the vast atmosphere of Confucianism will have a profound impact on people.

He was originally a genius of calligraphy, and when he was born, he had a crane in the world, and Huang Zhong shook the sky, how proud he was in the world and had a bright future.

However, since he practiced Buddhism, in order to concentrate on cultivating Buddhism, he has lost his arrogance, buried his righteousness, and hid his youthful chivalry.

In this way, in the future, I am afraid that no one in the Dawu Empire will ever hear the legend of "calligrapher genius" again, let alone "one by one", which is not a regret in life.

He originally thought that he could take into account the exercises and teachings of Buddhism and Confucianism, and that the avenue was public, but different roads and different scenery would make people different.

Confucianism, Buddhism, what kind of person do you want to be?

He was completely confused.

Shushan looked at Shuli and lowered his head in contemplation, followed his previous gaze, and saw the vast and open shocking aphorisms on the wall, and immediately understood his inner struggle.

Shuli's thoughts were surging in his heart at this moment, and he sighed for his fate. But at this moment, if he was allowed to leave Buddhism suddenly, he thought of the lively and mischievous little junior sister, the humorous second senior brother, who was rising and needed to be protected.

The rain was still falling, Shushan took out something from his arms, handed it to Shuli and said: "Shuli, last time I brought your words to the family, the elder of the second clan, your father, against the public opinion, insisted on keeping the Fire Dragon Ball by your side temporarily."

"Not only that, but he also suggested that the family elder give you this treasure of the town clan 'Ying Tian Mirror' for protection, which offended many clan elders and took great pains.

"This time I came to Junzhou City, we already knew the news in advance, you will come to Junzhou City, so the second clan elder asked me to bring this treasure and send it to you, tonight is the first time we came out to find you, I didn't expect to meet again."

"I know you're still hesitating in your heart at the moment, but the door of the book is always open for you. ”

Shuli's heart was shocked, and a warm current spread throughout his body, and he asked blankly, "Why did you give me the 'Ying Tianjing'?"

Shushan said: "Because of the catastrophe of Buddhism, it is not far away, you take care." ”

After speaking, he and Shuhe were about to walk out of the school hall and run into the rain, Shuli shouted loudly behind him, "My father, are you okay?"

Shushantou didn't look back and said: "He also came to Junzhou City, and if he is free, go and see him." ”

The figures of the two fell into the vast night rain and disappeared.

Shuli looked up at the dark night sky, why does the rain not stop?