Chapter 34: Fate and the Six Degrees of Separation
The temperature after noon on the mountain has a slight coolness, in the Taoist temple, on the side of the stone seat, make a cup of tea, feel the breeze gently blowing through the old courtyard, experience the vicissitudes of life as a passerby, Qingning put the indifference in the heart, peaceful but not lonely. A pot of tea seems to contain all the flavors of life.
In the afternoon, we had a short rest, and after some food specially prepared for us, we were invited here to have tea. Originally, Feng Xiaolu was still a little dissatisfied with the arrangement of the Taoist priests, but Sun Hao said that Qingyan Daoist had something to do in the afternoon, so it was better not to disturb others, and finally added a sentence lightly that looked very threatening, if he was angry, he would sell us a useless talisman, then we would be in vain.
Feng Xiaolu wanted to speak and stopped, and finally had to glare at Zhang Hui angrily, sit at the stone table and sip tea. Zhang Hui shrugged his shoulders and smiled embarrassedly at everyone, and also picked up the teacup. For a while, everyone didn't speak again, just quietly sipping tea, and in a trance, we seemed to have integrated into this Taoist temple, as if we had been here a long time ago, and had been tasting this pot of tea that I can't name for a long time.
Inadvertently, I frowned, and Lu Xue seemed to see it, she put down the teapot she had just filled with water for me, looked at me with a smile and asked, "What is Brother Xiaoshan thinking?" ”
I shook my head slightly, signaling to her that it was nothing.
She smiled and shook her head slightly.
I nodded slightly.
Luxue winked at me again and smiled.
I raised my head to look at the Taoist temple not far away and sighed softly.
Lu Xue shook her head slightly, chuckled, picked up the teacup and took a sip gently.
"What are they doing?" Feng Xiaolu asked everyone with a puzzled expression.
"I don't know." Zhang Hui replied.
"Eyebrow flirtation?" Sun Hao wondered.
"Perhaps the most unreliable idea we can think of is what Xiaoshan thinks." Wang Huan glanced at me and said lightly.
"I feel like they're so affectionate." Zhou Ying said with a narrow smile, with a hint of teasing.
"No, it's nothing," Lu Xue was obviously teased by everyone, a little embarrassed, and hurriedly explained, "Brother Xiaoshan just wanted to say, I didn't expect there to be such a clean place here." ”
I nodded, "Luxue said, it's very clean here, but don't get too obsessed. ”
"Well, Brother Xiaoshan said again, he knows."
"Lu Xue said that if I like it here, then she will let Sun Hao accompany us next time."
"Brother Xiaoshan said, maybe."
"Lu Xue said, rest assured, she can ask Sun Hao to accompany us at any time." I said.
"You, do you know how to read minds?" Feng Xiaolu looked at us incredulously.
"It's really unreliable." Wang Huan said lightly.
"Still in front of me as an older brother." Sun Hao added unhurriedly.
"But it feels really affectionate." Zhou Ying still said with a narrow smile.
"Well, well, I really feel so affectionate, husband, come and see what I'm thinking now?" Feng Xiaolu hurriedly turned her head and looked at Zhang Hui with her eyebrows squeezed.
Zhang Hui looked at her in a daze, and didn't know what to say for a while.
"You can't have a stomachache, do you?" Sun Hao whispered uncertainly.
"You just have a stomachache!" Feng Xiaolu glared at Sun Hao dissatisfied. However, Sun Hao's chaotic entry can be regarded as relieving Zhang Hui.
Zhang Hui shrugged his shoulders and winked at Sun Hao. Wang Huan glared at Sun Hao fiercely.
Zhou Ying said with a sly smile for fear that the world would not be chaotic, "I understood Zhang Hui's expression on Sun Hao just now, which means thank you." ”
"I also understood Wang Huan's expression just now." Feng Xiaolu said with resentment, "Wang Huan means to shut up." ”
Sun Hao smiled helplessly at everyone, and glanced at Wang Huan apologetically, but the latter simply turned his head.
Lu Xue and I glanced at each other, and we both shook our heads lightly, picked up our cups, and took a sip of tea. Zhou Ying looked at Sun Hao, who was a little nervous, Wang Huan, who was unwilling to ignore him, Zhang Hui, who was cautious, and Feng Xiaolu, who was still angry, also chuckled and shook their heads slightly.
"Is it okay here?" At this time, Daoist Qingyan came over and asked everyone.
"Brother Qingyan, this place is good." Sun Hao said with a smile.
"You kid will be perfunctory to me, and I won't see you come to see it often." Qing Yan said with a smile and sat next to Sun Hao.
Sun Hao hurriedly picked up the tea and poured it for Qing Yan, and said perfunctorily without changing his face, "Aren't I busy." ”
"If you don't come, you won't come, but you have to go to see your uncle often, although the master didn't accept him, but my master has always respected him very much, and he often goes to see on my behalf, he has paid a lot for you." Qing Yan glanced at Sun Hao meaningfully and said flatly.
"I know." Sun Hao nodded solemnly.
Qing Yan nodded and looked at us again, "Everyone is Xiao Hao's friends, don't be too restrained here, just relax here these days." ”
"Then I'll bother the chief." Zhang Hui hurriedly clenched his fists and said, he didn't know his etiquette there.
"Just call me Brother Dao, there's nothing to disturb, it's just that there are many rules for monks, I hope everyone can take care of it." Qingyan said with a smile, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and then put it down again.
"That, that Dao Chief, oh, Brother Dao, do you also have a spirit rune here?" Feng Xiaolu asked cautiously.
"Talismans? Yes, yes, but it's useless for you to come. Qing Yan frowned.
"Who said that you can keep peace, and pray for blessings?"
Qing Yan chuckled and shook his head, looked at Feng Xiaolu with interest and asked, "Then do you know the side effects of the talisman?" ”
"Spells have side effects?" Feng Xiaolu asked suspiciously.
I looked at Qingyan Daoist and frowned again inadvertently.
"Of course there is, there are times in life when you have to have it, and there are times in life when you don't force it, if you force it, you will have to pay it back twice one day."
"Then, then you see if my talisman is the kind that will make me pay back double?" Feng Xiaolu seemed to be frightened by Qing Yan's words, and hurriedly took out the charm and handed it over.
Qing Yan took out the talisman and looked at it, smiled and put it back in the talisman bag and handed it back to Feng Xiaolu, "There's no problem." ”
"That's still a problem, then I, then do I still have to take it." Feng Xiaolu asked in horror.
"There's no problem, take it, if you encounter something important, it may be able to help you block it, and then pay it back slowly, this kind of charm is very peaceful."
"I don't understand what it means, do you understand?" Feng Xiaolu hurriedly looked at Zhang Hui.
"The Taoist chief means to say, oh, it's like a loan, if you need the money urgently and can't get it out, then it's better to take a loan from the bank to get through the difficulties, and then pay in installments, but you have to add some interest." Zhang Hui thought for a moment and explained.
"Oh." Feng Xiaolu nodded as if she didn't understand.
"Can Brother Dao help me tell my fortune and see what kind of situation I will have in the future?" Feng Xiaolu asked again.
Qing Yan shook his head and said lightly, "What if you know?" Do you change your life against the sky? That's just the second half to fill in the present, what's the point. ”
"At least it's always good to know."
Qing Yan shook his head slightly.
"Fate." I whispered to myself, shaking my head disapprovingly.
"Oh, does this little brother have an opinion on fate?" Qing Yan smiled and asked me.
"Ahem" Wang Huan hurriedly pretended to cough and glared at me, which seemed to say, don't do weird things.
I ignored Wang Huan, sorted out my thoughts and said, "There are only six people separated by any two people in this world, that is to say, in this running world, the fate of people is just the connection and communication between people, and then it has evolved into a life trajectory formed by self-improvement thinking and accidental burst of creativity." Therefore, human destiny is not fixed and immutable. ”
Feng Xiaolu looked at me blankly, then turned to Zhang Hui and asked, "What is Xiaoshan talking about?"
"Six degrees apart." Zhang Hui replied with a sigh.
Lu Xue smiled and nodded slightly.
Wang Huan looked at me with a difficult face, which seemed to mean that it was a mistake to bring you here.
"Hehe," Qing Yan smiled and said, "It's an interesting statement, but how do you explain the human nature that is easy to change and difficult to change?" ”
"Inertial thinking, people are used to inertial thinking, because it subconsciously represents safety."
"Then what is the formation of the human state?"
"Different social division of labor has formed different growth experiences and thinking patterns."
"Oh, can you explain how different people choose when they meet another person with different life experiences? Can you describe the life trajectory of Mo people, or even the life trajectory of all people in the world, in the mistakes and complexities of people all over the world? Qing Yan looked at me with interest and asked.
I thought for a moment and said, "No, it's too big and there's too much contingency. ”
Qing Yan nodded, "The world is always changing, it may be the vicissitudes of life in an instant, and the human heart is even more changeable, only the Tao is unchanged, not increasing or decreasing, it is consistent, everything in the world is evolved under the Tao, and seeking the Tao can deduce the affairs of the world." ”
"How do you prove it?"
"No proof is required." Qing Yanyun said lightly, "Everything in the world is in the Tao, the cycle of cause and effect, good and evil are rewarded, life and death are reincarnated, and flowers and flowers bloom have a fixed number." ”
"A definite number?"
"Yes, a definite number. When a person's accumulated virtue is exhausted, then he must deal with the calamity, in this life, even if you pass by others, it is also contaminated with cause and effect, maybe in this life or in the next life, you always have to pay back, this is the cycle of cause and effect, this is the numerology of people. ”
"You always have to pay it back when you come out to mix." Feng Xiaolu winked at me and whispered.
I ignored Feng Xiaolu's ridicule, and turned my head to look at Daoist Qingyan, who was looking at me with a light smile. I frowned and thought about his words, the cycle of cause and effect, what is cause and effect? Past life and present life, what is the past life?
"No one knows what it looks like after death, and there is no way to prove whether the soul really exists, so the theory of the past and present lives, the cycle of cause and effect is inconclusive." I raised my head and looked at Qing Yan and said calmly.
"So how do you prove what is unreal and what is real? Zhuang Zhou dreams of butterflies, butterflies dream of Zhuang Zhou, both of which are in the Tao. Qing Yan took a sip of tea, raised his head lightly, looked at the floating clouds in the sky, and said lightly.