Accompanied Cen Chi to squat in the vegetable furrow in silence for a while, Xiao Qiang was about to follow his example to find grass between the vegetable plants and pull it out, but saw that Cen Chi, who had already pulled out three or five grasses, patted the little soil on his fingers, stopped his movements and looked at this side, and said gently: "Little Qiang girl, let's use vegetarian food in this temple for lunch!" The greenery in this garden looks at the color and moistens the eyes, and I don't know if it will be very refreshing when made into a dish. ”

This turn came a little suddenly, and after Xiao Qiang was slightly stunned, she suddenly smiled and said, "Hey, sir, you have only looked at them for a few times, and you want to eat them so soon, will it be a little like that...... What's going on? ”

"Cruel."

It's like doing a fill-in-the-blank question, Xiao Qiang has just finished the question, Cen Chi quickly filled in the blank space with two empty words, but this move made the person who made the question react half a beat slower, and when he came back to his senses, he couldn't help but feel surprised in his heart.

Xiao Qiang originally wanted to follow Cen Chi's example of making jokes at the right time to liven up the atmosphere, but unfortunately this time she rarely mustered up the courage to do it, but it was not successful.

Looking at Xiao Qiang's muffled voice for a long time, Cen Chi suddenly sighed softly, and said: "Words, it is really a very strange ability that people have. ”

Xiao Qiang couldn't tell the meaning of Cen Chi's words, whether he was blaming her or something else, and the confusion in her eyes was even heavier.

Cen Chi didn't say anything more about this, just stood up and looked to the side. At this moment, a young monk slowly walked in at the gate of the garden. The gate of the vegetable garden was not far from Cen Chi, and the young monk stepped on the cloth shoes and stepped on the sand and gravel all the way, but only made a slight sound, until he was about to enter the garden gate and was about to walk to his side, Cen Chi did not realize it.

Xiao Qiang's reaction was slower than Cen Chi's, or if it weren't for Cen Chi's upset and sideways looks. She didn't even notice it. Therefore, in her audio-visual senses, it was like an extra monk in a small vegetable garden out of thin air, and she felt very abrupt. Although she knew that this small temple was originally the place where these monks were in charge, when she saw the unfamiliar face of the monk, she still felt a little uncomfortable, and subconsciously took a step away from Cen Chi.

Fortunately, the monk just glanced at her, and then his eyes focused on Cen Chi. As if it was a habit to recite the Buddha's verse with his palms together before he spoke, the young monk said to Cen Chi calmly: "Master Ceng, the two donors who came here with you asked the little monk to ask, I wonder when you will go back?" ”

The two men he was talking about. It was when Cen Chi left the Prime Minister's Mansion to come to the small temple, and Shi Sangongzi arranged two guards for him. Because these two people are carrying advantageous weapons around them, they should not enter the Buddhist hall. Therefore, they just sent Cen late to the gate of the temple, and they stopped to wait.

Thinking that the two guards didn't expect Cen to enter the temple late, they would have to stay for a day, and the two of them, who thought that waiting was the norm of their usual life, would also feel a little empty and unbearable.

There is no wonderful scenery outside the temple, only large areas of green bamboo and a few trees. From time to time, there would be the sound of chanting in the courtyard of the small temple, which sounded to them just repeating a string of musical notes. And with their internal strength cultivation and the task they came here today, they had to spend some energy listening. Staying in such an environment for a day really makes these two laymen who are used to spinning in the world of flowers and flowers impatient.

If you are impetuous, the tranquility of the atmosphere may elevate this impetuousness.

Cen Chi saluted the monk, and then smiled and said, "Don't dare to work, I'll explain to the servant later." ”

The monk bowed slightly. Not happy or impatient, he turned around and prepared to leave.

At this time, Cen Chi suddenly said again: "This master, I have something to ask for advice below." I wonder if you'd like to help me out? ”

The young monk took a step that he had just lifted and put it back very gently, he fixed his figure that was about to turn around, looked at Cen Chi and said calmly, "Why is the donor confused? ”

"People in Buddhism value compassion first, and compassion for all things is ......" Cen Chi spoke very slowly, his gaze drifting away from the monk's face. fell on the green-leaved vegetables that he had just pulled out of the grass beside him, "but in the face of the weeds that grew in this vegetable furrow." In order to preserve the life of vegetables and fruits, or to pull them out, is it not for selfishness to destroy life, and for the sake of evil to abandon good? ”

In fact, Cen Chi was a little distracted when he was pulling weeds for vegetables just now, so it wasn't until he finished pulling a grass that he suddenly realized that this vegetable field had been cleared by the monks not long ago. Because the soil between the plants is obviously very loose, only in close proximity to the plants are there a few weeds, but it is not difficult to see that they are only a few trees that were lucky enough to avoid the hoe after the clean-up work.

A ridge next to the vegetable field is also marked by dense weeds, which also belong to a piece of land under the sky, and there should not be no other plants in this vegetable field except for green vegetables.

Maybe it's because I'm in this special place, and I can still hear the slight sound of chanting in my ears, but because of Xiao Qiang's words, I think of the death of my fellow disciples again, and it's easy to be confused about killing and forbearance in this matter of weeding.

But Cen Chi didn't know that he had naturally overlooked one thing at this time. Just now he secretly laughed at Xiao Qiang for saying the things that are taken for granted in life too cruel, why didn't he enter this mental obstacle at this moment?

"I am a Buddha with compassion and compassion for all things as I am myself."

The young monk began to speak after a moment of silence, and the meaning of his words seemed to be a repetition of the first sentence that Cen Chi had just said. However, if you think about the words that came out of his mouth, there are subtle differences. The meaning of the young monk's words was more superficial, and he was more immersed in his bosom than when Cen Chi said this.

After saying the previous sentence, the young monk paused, and when he spoke again, the words and the context of his words took a subversive turn. His eyes were still calm and he continued: "Of course, whether it is grass or vegetables, things are man-made, and fate is determined by heaven." ”

After saying this, the young monk did not have the intention of waiting for Cen Chi's reply, but directly said goodbye and left.

It wasn't until the monk left the vegetable garden that the expression on Cen Chi's face was still slightly frozen, and the thoughtful expression in his eyes did not fade at all, and he came back to his senses after Xiao Qiang, who approached him, and gently pushed it.

Cen Chi looked sideways at Xiao Qiang, and saw that she was a little curious and a little confused and asked, "Sir, what did you mean by what you said to that monk just now?" Why did he go so badly and you lost your mind here? ”

"Nothing." Cen Chi smiled faintly, thought about it and added: "I just talked about Zen with Master Xixin, and I wanted to show off in front of his disciples, but as a result, I made a mistake!" ”

He thought that he could amuse the girl with clear eyes in front of him, but the other party not only did not laugh, but fell into a burst of thought, and at the same time said seriously: "No, I think Mr. just asked sincerely, and the monk also answered sincerely, but ...... I always felt that something was wrong. ”

Cen Chi didn't explain anything more as Xiao Qiang thought about it, and of course, he didn't refute anything. However, at this time, he seemed to be silent, but he actually sighed in his heart: It is terrible to be serious.

After walking a few more laps in the vegetable garden, Cen Chi looked at the sky, and suddenly said to Xiao Qiang: "Little Qiang girl, just now in the meditation room, I still have half of the conversation with Master Xixin about Zen, and I will stay here for an hour or two in the afternoon, so I need to bother you to go outside and explain to the two guard brothers." ”

"Yes." Xiao Qiang quickly nodded in response.

She seemed to think of something suddenly, and then spoke, her tone full of apologies: "Sir, isn't it rude that I pulled you away from the meditation room halfway just now?" ”

As soon as she said this, she had already recalled what she had seen in the meditation room under the big tree, and her heart became more and more uneasy, and she said, "When you left, Master Xixin didn't even look back, is he annoyed with me?" ”

Cen Chi said gently: "You came here suddenly, which surprised me a little. ”

Noticing the nervousness in Xiao Qiang's eyes, and listening to her conjecture about Xixin, he couldn't help but sigh, and said: "The monks are indifferent to seven emotions and six desires, how can you be so easy to get angry." During the Zen talk, he sat like that all the time. ”

The stone pressed in Xiao Qiang's heart was finally lighter, but the doubts in her heart were not over, and soon she remembered the scene she saw in the Buddha Hall, and immediately asked: "But, why did he make a move in the Buddha Hall?" At that time, he seemed to be really angry, but at that time he had just met you! ”

"Hmm...... He was a little annoyed at the time, but his annoyance was directed at me. Cen Chi slowly spoke, while pondering in his heart, to smooth out the doubts found by the girl who came from the Prime Minister's Mansion and his unclear purpose, but wanted to overshadow the real reason for her doubts in the explanation, "Today you are here for the first time, maybe you don't know, I left the Prime Minister's Mansion last year and traveled abroad, in fact, I have been wandering here for a few months, but I don't meet him every day." I have come today with the intention of seeing him, which is a bit coercive for him. ”

As for the reason why Cen Chi must see Xixin, Xiao Qiang quickly attributed it to his depressed mood and urgent need for someone to explain. However, when she carefully considered Cen Chi's coercion, she said with some disapproval: "Mr. just wants to talk to him, what kind of coercion is this, if he is displeased because of this, his mind will inevitably be disappointed." ”

Indeed, if a highly qualified monk would be so unhappy about this that he wanted to smash the long-used lottery, it would indeed be a bit unreasonable.

However, this phenomenon was only described by Cen Chi. The real reason for Xixin's anger in the Buddha hall is much more complicated and heavy than this appearance. But for this real reason, Cen Chi will not say it to Xiao Qiang calmly.

However, Cen Chi saw that this girl had begun to shift her attention from the reason for Xixin's anger to the issue of Xixin's personal cultivation, and he was very relieved to see her change of contradiction. He smiled at her, and sighed softly in his heart: Senior brother, let you be a wicked person once, you shouldn't care about this now!