Even though Wang Shouren is a son of Confucianism, he has never despised Buddhism and Taoism.

Taoist metaphysics, Buddhism cause and effect, has its own reason, and it has also attracted Wang Shouren's interest and dabbling.

Even if Wang Shouren was born as a jinshi and entered the six ministries of politics, it seems that he has put his heels on the ground, but he is still the Wang Shouren who has the idea of being a saint.

That being the case, he attaches great importance to Shen Rui, the first disciple, and wants to be the sage and Yan Hui of the Ming Dynasty with Shen Rui.

Shen Rui's reverence for him as a teacher is not false at all, but Shen Rui seems to be cautious, but there is no awe in his heart; Ambition is lofty, but he does not miss his country and the world.

It can't be said that he is not a gentleman, but he only stares at his own honor and disgrace, and the pattern is too small.

Because of this, Wang Shouren has hidden worries in his heart. Shen Rui is indifferent to his relatives and has no reins on him, and he is worried that he will develop an unscrupulous temperament when he enters the official career in the future.

Wang Shouren specially brought Shen Rui to meet a monk, wanting to use the observation skills of these two masters to see Shen Rui's shortcomings.

The words of the Taoist priest were exactly what Wang Shouren was thinking.

Wang Shouren not only wants to be a saint, but also has high expectations for his disciples.

The great monk stroked his belly and said: "Don't rejoice too early, Shen Xiao's career may not be smooth." Although he has merits to protect himself, he also has evil consequences to be paid, and twists and turns are indispensable, and he will not even create bad karma. The best way is to enter the Buddha Gate and cultivate all the bad karma in order to be safe and healthy. ”

Wang Shouren was stunned when he heard this: "He is a young man, but he is only more than ten years old, where does this evil result come from?" ”

The great monk said: "Good is rewarded with good and evil is rewarded with evil, not that the time has not come." Even if Lord Shen's relatives can pass on the merits to him, they will naturally be able to pass on the bad karma."

Wang Shouren knew the situation of Shen Rui's family in detail, and knew that he had a grandmother, a father, and a brother in his family. Counting further up, Shen Rui's grandfather and great-grandfather were not very old when they died. How much bad karma can such a scholarly family create?

Listening to the meaning of the great monk, the bad karma passed down from Shen Rui and the merits of Shen Rui's body will confront each other, which will add a lot of trouble to Shen Rui's future life. But the Sun family has done good deeds for decades, could it be that the ancestor of the Shen family has done dozens of evils?

In the courtyard in front of the apse, Shen Rui stood in front of two tall magnolia trees and looked up.

Tiny flower bones, obediently nestled against the branches.

The outside of the city is not as warm as the city, and there is also a magnolia tree in the courtyard of the Xu family, and the flower bones are already as long as a finger.

What's so nice about this magnolia's little flower bone? Shen Rui got tired of it after a few glances, but he was not in a hurry to go back to the meditation room. Wang Shouren's intention to send him out just now was obvious, most likely because those people had something important to say.

Shen Rui asked Xiao Shami to continue to lead the way, and walked around the front and back of the mountain temple, and saw a few ancient acacia and ancient pines.

This temple is small in scale, located in the West Mountain, but later generations have never heard of it, I don't know whether it was destroyed in the war or otherwise, and disappeared in the long river of history.

Shen Rui stood here, looking at the undulating mountains in the distance, and was interested in climbing the mountain, but after estimating the time, he rested his thoughts. Every time I was in the capital in my previous life, I had to climb Xiangshan once every ten days and a half months. After a few days, the weather will get warmer, and I will often come to Beijing to walk around.

After turning the small mountain temple back and forth, about half an hour later, Shen Ruifang returned to the Zen Temple.

Wang Shouren is holding an agarwood bracelet in his hand, and he can't put it down.

Seeing Shen Rui coming back, Wang Shouren beckoned him to him, stuffed his hand into his hand, and said, "Thank you to the master, this is the master's meeting gift with you."

The great monk "Ha Lu Ha" said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few years, but Lord Wang's face is getting thicker and thicker...... The meeting ceremony is the meeting ceremony, and this bead is also related to Shen Xiao's donor, and he will recite the "Dizang Sutra" three times every night in the future, and he will be blessed by the Buddha."

This agarwood bracelet is heavy in the hand, the beads are dark, shiny, and it is the best texture of agarwood in the agarwood.

Agarwood has been the nobility of spices since ancient times, and its price remains high; The great monk looked like he was in pain again, obviously extremely reluctant.

Although Shen Rui thought that this bracelet was good, the gentleman did not win people's love, so he could only look at Wang Shouren hesitantly.

Wang Shouren glanced at the great monk and said to Shen Rui: "This is an object worn by the master for many years, and it has its own spirituality, and I hope that through the blessing of the master, I can protect you and keep you safe." You can accept it with peace of mind, and I have promised to give him a chess game to make up for his loss. ”

Shen Rui accepted the bracelet and sincerely thanked the great monk.

The meeting gift of the great monk was given, and the Taoist priest was naturally not easy to fall here, so he untied a peace card of Hetian jade to Shen Rui.

The morning's work passed in the blink of an eye, and when it was time for lunch, Shen Rui also had great expectations for the feast.

Unexpectedly, there was only a porridge and a soup, and a plate of steamed buns.

The porridge is millet porridge, the soup is cabbage and tofu soup, and the steamed buns are yellow-black coarse wheat.

Shen Rui was surprised in his heart, Wang Shouren and the monks and Taoists couldn't see any different colors on their faces, and they had already begun to eat.

Waiting to leave the mountain temple, Wang Shouren said to Shen Rui the reason for the meal, it turned out that this mountain temple is different from other temples, few pilgrims are used for fasting rice, even if there are occasional outsiders, they will not prepare food alone, they are all big pot rice.

When Shen Rui heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched, no wonder this temple would disappear after it was the most ugly.

Although Buddhism advocates "equality of all beings", where can all living beings be truly equal?

Everyone goes out to worship the Buddha, naturally willing to look for a quiet place, the location of the mountain temple is not bad, but even the fasting meal is not prepared, obviously there is no pilgrim as the habit of the king of heaven and Laozi.

Xishan is forty miles away from the city, and the official road paved with bluestone slabs of one color is just because there is snow on the ground, and the coachman can only go slowly, and for nearly an hour, the teacher and student return to the city.

According to the customs of the capital, the merchants open on the sixth day of the first month, and there are already many people on the street, which are no longer as quiet as a few days ago.

Wang Shouren listened to it for a while, and said to himself: "I am really still an insider" and did not forget to explain to Shen Rui: "The landscape must be seen, the world must also be seen, and life is varied, among which there is its own knowledge." ”

Shen Rui nodded, the world is insightful and knowledgeable, and the practice of human feelings is an article.

Thinking about the news he got from the eldest master, Shen Rui asked, "Is the teacher going to enter the criminal department after the year?" ”

Wang Shouren nodded and said, "The head of the Yunnan Qing Officials Division of the Criminal Department. ”

"Congratulations teacher," Shen Rui said.

Although the officials and officials of the six departments have the same rank, they are actually divided into high and low according to the order of officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers.

There are times when even if it is a horizontal rotation, but it is also divided into promotion or exile.

Wang Shouren was previously assigned to the Ministry of Industry to observe politics, but he was able to enter the Criminal Department and be the head of a department, which can be regarded as a small step.

Wang Shouren said: "No matter where I go, it's no different for me, but 'in his position, he seeks his own government,'" ”

Seeing that he was in good spirits, but his body shape was obviously reduced, Shen Zhu persuaded: "No matter what the teacher wants to do, how much revenge there is, the body is fundamental...... Has the teacher practiced boxing in the past two years? ”

This punch is not Shen Rui's "Xingyi Boxing" that came out here, but Wang Shouren's boxing method.

Wang Shouren said "hehe" twice: "It's been too busy in the past two years"

Seeing that Wang Shouren was obviously perfunctory, Shen Ruike was a little uneasy. Historically, Wang Shouren resigned several times, sometimes because of unsatisfactory officialdom, and sometimes because of physical reasons.

It's just that since ancient times, it has been the teacher who has managed the students, and there is no reason for the students to teach the teacher. Shen Rui kept this matter in mind, and when he thought about going to Wang's house one day, he discussed this matter with Wang Hua Haosheng.

Shen Rui, a student, can't control Wang Shouren, but Wang Hua, the old man, can't discipline his son, but it's just right.

When he arrived at Shen's house, watching the Wang family's carriage disappear at the mouth of the alley, Shen Ruifang turned around and entered the gate.

Still as used to yesterday, Shen Rui went directly to the upper room.

No, not only was the eldest master not there, but also the Xu family, Zhou's mother said: "The master went to Jianchangbo's mansion, and the wife went to Nancheng to visit the sick, and Young Master Lin, Young Master Qin and Young Master Bao also followed." ”

There were only three rooms in Nancheng, Shen Yong's father and son and Shen Ling, and the Xu family went to visit at that time. As for the eldest master, needless to say, he must have gone to the Zhang family on behalf of Shen Zhu to make amends.

Shen Rui sighed in his heart, didn't ask any more, and went back to Jiuruju to change clothes.

I just changed into homely clothes here, and Changshou over there has already been a message from Liu Cheng and came to see Shen Rui.

"What happened to Shen Zhu? The eldest aunt used to visit the patient, but which one picked it up? Shen Rui said.

According to Xu's habits, if you really want to visit the patient, you will go in the morning, and you will never delay it until this time.

Changshou said: "Outside, the villain went to Antaitang at the corner of the street, and also saw the doctor who saw Young Master Zhu yesterday, Young Master Zhu only had skin injuries, not broken muscles and bones. Here in the main courtyard, the villain couldn't inquire for a while, but I heard that before the eldest lady went out, Young Master Qin and Young Master Bao took Young Master Lin to the upper room together. ”

People's hearts are biased towards the weak, no matter how arrogant and rude Shen Zhu was before, and now that he has been beaten badly, Shen Qin, Shen Bao and others are afraid that they feel pity for Shen Zhu.

"That's it, starting tomorrow, you will go to Wang's house more, inquire about the teacher's side, and there will be someone around you to take care of you." Shen Rui commanded.

By the fall of this year, Wang Shouren's wife will be the third anniversary of his death, and the matter of remarriage cannot be delayed.

As the eldest son, Wang Shouren has the responsibility of inheriting the heirs, but the children's popularity is thin, and now there is no man and half woman.

Shen Rui really felt that Wang Shouren took morality, the country and other aspects too seriously, and did not think about himself at all, so there was nothing wrong with this, but sometimes it was too lonely, which made people feel worried.

After the master and servant finished speaking, they sent away Changshou, Shen Rui got up and wanted to go to Shen Jue's place for a walk, but as soon as he pushed the door out, he saw Shen Jue hiding his face with his sleeves and walked in.

"If you don't keep it well, why did you come out?" Shen Rui said angrily.

Shen Jue laughed twice and said, "It's really boring over there, I heard that you came back, so I came to see you." ”

Half of his face was scarred, and he looked very scary. Otherwise, with his temperament, he would not have done such a thing as hiding his face with his sleeves......