Yao Heng racked his brains and couldn't think of how to persuade his younger brother to give up the idea of becoming a monk, and suddenly remembered Yao Xiao in desperation. Yao Tianxi had a good relationship with Yao Xiao when he was a child, and he obeyed his sister's words, so he got up early and rushed to the neighboring village to ask Yao Xiao to come back.

Yao Tianxi, who was distraught, was not in the mood to read the books he couldn't put down when he brought back, and he was sitting on the big stone at the door at the moment, and the past was vivid.

The grandmother who dotes on him very much, the mother who prepares hot meals every day and waits for him to come home, Mr. Meng who teaches him, Gao Qi and Yang Ji, who are geniuses, and the red Qianying in the bamboo forest......

Yourself, are you going to let go of all this and become a monk outside the party? No, I'm not reconciled, but there is no better way out at this time, so I can only do it for a while and then make another plan.

Cut constantly, and the rationalization is messy......

When Yao Xiao heard that her younger brother was going to leave home, she was startled, and hurriedly rushed back from her mother-in-law's house, and when she saw her younger brother sitting on the stone, she walked over with a cold face.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard the sound and saw that the person who came was my sister who I hadn't seen for a long time, and I was a little happy, "Ah Zi, why are you back?" ”

"Hmph, do you know that I'm your aunt? I thought you didn't recognize your six relatives, I thought you really wanted to be a monk and break off the relationship with us! Yao Tianxi saw her sister's ridicule, knowing that she was angry because she made a decision without consulting her.

"Sister, I originally wanted to tell you before I left home, so as not to worry you." Yao Tianxi lowered his head, like a child who had made a mistake.

Yao Xiao was already angry, and inadvertently raised her voice, "So that I don't worry?" You're sensible! You became a monk, will you still have my sister in the future? At the beginning, the family saved money for you to go to the countryside to study, hoping that you could learn medical skills in the future and win glory for our Yao family! Now that your father won't let you study, you're going to become a monk, do you still have a little conscience? ”

"Is it useful to study medicine? My grandfather has been a langzhong all his life, but isn't the family still poor? My father has been a langzhong all his life, and in the end he can't even save his mother, so I continue to practice medicine, what can I change? ”

Yao Tianxi saw that her sister misunderstood her a lot, so she could only try to explain.

"The current emperor strongly advocates Buddhism, I have been to the city, the most seen is the temple, the right monks are more beautiful than the county Yin, I can at least not be burdened by food and clothing, can have an environment to study and progress. Our family has no power and no power, and we don't even have a piece of land, if we want to change, we can only wait for me to learn something, and then I will return to the vulgar as an official and win glory for our Yao family! ”

Yao Tianxi argued repeatedly, Yao Xiao was angry when she heard it, and she was about to scold.

At this time, Yao Zhenqing's voice came: "Don't make any noise, he insists on going, just let him be." Yao Zhenqing's figure appeared at some point.

"You are gifted and intelligent, and you have a strong heart, if you were born in a rich family, it would be good, you must be a general. It's a pity ......" Yao Zhenqing closed his eyes and sighed, as if he was more than ten years old in an instant.

"It's true that our family background delayed you, and after Mr. Meng sent you to Fucheng, he came back and had a deep conversation with me. I knew you would lose the heart of studying medicine when you came back. I really can't figure out whether it was right or wrong to ask Mr. Meng to take you as an apprentice in the first place......"

Listening to his father's words, Yao Tianxi was moved and guilty, and he was already entangled and worried, and he didn't know what to do this time.

"Since you're going to become a monk, why don't you choose Myochi-an, which is closer to home, we miss you, and it's convenient to go over and see you......"

Rao is Yao Tianxi's tears have dried up in the past few days, and at this moment, tears are also raining down, kneeling down to kowtow to his father to thank him.

But how can we be thankful for this kindness?

"The child will resign to his father today, and he will come back as soon as possible to repay him!"

Yao Tianxi didn't dare to look back at his family's gaze again, and left quickly.

Yao Zhenqing, who looked lonely, looked at the weak figure of his son who was far away alone, and his liver and intestines were broken, and tears came out of his eyes!

What does the father love for the ages, let the world travel all over the world!

Yao Tianxi knew that his decision might be selfish in the eyes of his family, but he also wanted to one day let them no longer suffer from this shabby and repay them as soon as possible......

His grandmother believed in Buddhism during her lifetime, and Mr. Meng also admired Buddhism when he was alive, so Yao Tianxi knew Buddhism quite well, and he thought that the precepts of Buddhism would not be violated.

Moreover, he has not yet performed the crown, and according to the precepts, he is not allowed to shave directly, so he should first be a novice for a period of time.

I kept thinking about it, so I approached Myochi-an.

Myozhi Nunnery was built in the second year of Liang Tianjian in the Southern Dynasty, and was originally called Fahua Nunnery, and later renamed Miaozhi Zen Temple, commonly known as Miaozhi Nunnery.

Myochi-an has been through the rise and fall of dynasties, almost completely destroyed several times, and gradually revived after several generations of abbots.

At this time, it is already the eighth year of Zhizheng, since the eighth ancestor in the temple Miao commuting civil engineering, the disciple Sun Zong spread the crowd and finally renovated the Miao Zhi Nunnery.

The last time I came with Mr. Meng, I only renovated the Buddhist hall into a hall, but now I have expanded some Buddhist houses again, so it can be said that this is the peak of the incense of Myozhian.

Yao Tianxi was apprehensive in his heart, but when he thought of the approachable old Zen master's ancestry, he felt a little at ease, and walked into Miaozhi'an to find the ancestry.

"Amitabha, little donor, we met so soon, but something is looking for me?" Zong Chuan smiled when he saw Yao Tianxi coming.

Yao Tianxi knelt on the ground with a "bang", "Master, please accept me as an apprentice!" ”

"Master Meng Shi taught you a lot during his lifetime, why do you want to enter Buddhism instead of studying Confucianism?"

"Master, my family is poor and cannot afford to send me around to study, and I don't want to be a burden to my family. I first passed away in my family, and Mr. Meng also died suddenly, so the road ahead is confused at the moment, so it is better to be an outsider and be at ease. ”

Zong Chuan smiled and said, "But as far as I can see, you are a person with a strong heart and great ambitions. Now that the world has not yet experienced all kinds of things, don't you regret becoming a monk at a young age? ”

"Tianxi knows in her heart that if she follows her father as a doctor, she may have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of her life, but I don't want to live a mediocre life like my father and brother. I thought I was fortunate to be taught by a famous teacher, study diligently and repay my family for success in the future, but my family is also tired of livelihood and is becoming more and more difficult, how can I study with peace of mind? I beg the master to take me as a disciple and give Tianxi a place to study. ”

At this time, the literati and scholars mostly lingered in the temples and palaces to talk about the Tao, and the sect itself had read a lot of Confucian classics, so he did not reject Yao Tianxi, who was yearning for sages.

And the scale of Miaozhi Nunnery is not large, most of the monks turn to the big temple, there are only six monks in the temple at the moment, the older the sect is, there is no favorite disciple, at this time the smart Yao Tianxi came to vote, quite happy.

Although he has repeatedly experienced life and death, after all, Yao Tianxi is not very old and has little experience, and this time he is not dedicated to Buddha, and he needs more guidance.

After a little thought, the sect came up with an idea, "Amitabha, the Dharma is not separated from the worldly law, and if you make good use of the worldly law, then the worldly law is also the Dharma." Since you have made up your mind, you will stay for a period of time to be a novice, and you can read as much as you want in addition to your practice, and you can read the books in the temple at will. If you regret it, you can leave at any time. If you can comprehend the Dharma with your heart and get out of the world, when you are old, I will shave your ordination and give you the ordination of monks, are you willing? ”

Yao Tianxi gladly accepted, "Thank you, Master for taking it in!" ”

Zongchuan knew that he was extremely talented, and he was very happy to accept him as a disciple.

"Since you are my disciple, according to the seniority in the temple, you should be the Taoist generation, your fate is bumpy, and finally take refuge in my Buddha, I will give you the name 'Daoyan', I hope you can concentrate on cultivation in the future."

"Dao Yan thanked Master."

Although he had been mentally prepared, Yao Tianxi was still a little apprehensive at the moment, from then on, there would be no Yao Tianxi in the world, only Dao Yan......

"During this time, you should first study the precepts of Buddhism with me, and understand the basic knowledge of Buddhism such as Buddhist branches."

Later, Zong Chuan arranged a place for Dao Yan to live, and prepared some daily monk clothes and other things for him.

Far away from the noise and noise, the serious and silent Zen room made Dao Yan gradually settle down.

Dao Yan looked down at the monk's uniform on his body, and was full of emotion, he was still the youngest son in the family yesterday, and today he has become a novice in the temple, and he doesn't know how to treat his family when he sees him in the future?

Are a few friends also surprised and pity themselves?

And that Miss Liu, I guess I wouldn't have guessed that I had become a novice, right?

Yao Tianxi thought that several heart-wrenching partings of life and death and the confusion of the unknown road ahead were the most bitter in the world, and he converted to Buddhism with complex feelings and became Taoyan.

As everyone knows, compared with the Wuzhong region, which is quite economically and culturally developed, the Huaixi region, which has suffered repeated natural disasters, has been starved to death due to serious famine.

"Expel the Hulu and restore my Han Chamber...... King Ming was born, and the sun and moon live forever! ”

If Dao Yan is here, he will definitely be able to remember that this is exactly what Liu Yue'er and others said in the bamboo forest that day!

Kneeling on the ground at this moment are some beggars, neat and orderly, all with fiery eyes!

The remnant sun behind the mountain quickly swept through the light, and the black shadow on the ground quickly devoured everything, revealing a terrifying face.

A lighted torch illuminates everyone's eyes with warmth, and one of the beggars' eyes is especially bright.

He had just eaten the porridge, not the porridge he had begged for as usual, but the porridge that someone had put around his shoulders and fed him!

So, this bowl of porridge alone made his dirty face glow and radiant, and he shouted the slogan loudest, and the physical strength that he had finally recovered poured out, and the shouting became an angry roar at the end!

After the unknown worship service, he got up and went to drink some porridge, picked up the tattered hat on the ground, and turned away, not looking at the messy clay bowl on the ground again.

Remembering the corpses of his relatives rolled in grass, recalling himself fighting a vicious dog for a piece of moldy meatloaf, recalling the Mongolian nobles who trampled under his feet and humiliated, he wanted to shed some tears, but found that he had already dried up crying, so he laughed wildly, and the wind accompanied by his laughter blew the clay bowl behind him violently and shattered to the ground......

In 1348 A.D., in the eighth year of the Yuan Dynasty, the fourteen-year-old Confucian scholar Yao Tianxi entered the Miaozhi Nunnery to make a novice, self-cultivation, and Confucianism and Buddhism; Zhu Chongba, a beggar who was seven years older than him, became a member of the Ming Sect and decided to return to Huangjue Temple, read and write, and practice martial arts.