Chapter 2 Gifts

Changjie Monk asked Xiao's mother again: "Where are the female benefactors and Ling Lang going?" Xiao's mother was stunned for a moment and returned: "My son and I are going to go to Uncle Jinyang's house from Chang'an City to join relatives." Changjie monk said: "It just so happens that our master and apprentice are also preparing to go to Jinyang, is the female benefactor willing to go with us?" Seeing that Xiao Zheng's body had not yet recovered, Xiao's mother hired an ox cart, and a group of four people sat on the ox cart and slowly walked towards Jinyang in the handlebar-style shouting.

Only half a day of companionship, Xiao Zheng and the little novice walked acquainted, the little novice is seventeen years old this year, two years younger than Xiao Zheng, in the end is a juvenile heart, this little novice called Yi'er does not have a little bit of monk's restraint and rigidity, but is on the ox cart and Xiao Zheng chatting with the sky, Xiao Zheng found that this little novice is very knowledgeable and his age is extremely incommensurate, just a simple chatter, fifteen-year-old age to the Buddhist scriptures at hand, some Confucian allusions come out, but they are used just right, Xiao Zheng did not doubt at all that this little monk would definitely be a person who spits lotus flowers in a few years. That is, Xiao Zheng relied on the solid knowledge of Chinese classical literature when he was a Chinese medicine doctor, and talked very happily with this little monk, Xiao's mother is also a person who knows how to read and break words, watching this son chatting happily with this little monk, he doesn't speak on the side, but Xiao Zheng's eyes are more loving. But with more than a thousand years of knowledge and the angle of seeing things, how can they be hidden, in order not to make others suspicious or cause shock, some things are also point-to-point, Rao is so, the views and opinions on some issues are also open to the ears of Changjie monks, and Xiao Zheng's eyes are even more colorful.

On the road, the Changjie monk prescribed Xiao Zheng a few more conditioning decoctions, from the perspective of Xiao Zheng's later generations of Chinese medicine, although there are some shortcomings, but it is also a rare prescription in the world, so he didn't make a sound and just took the medicine.

Stop and go along the way, Xiao Zheng, who calmed down, is also in the mood to observe his new early Tang Dynasty world, the Tang Dynasty at this time is far from her heyday, although it is early spring, there are still pieces of wasteland on both sides of the official road from Chang'an City to Jinyang that no one cultivates, some small villages on the side of the road have only a dozen families, most of the houses in the village have traces of being burned by fire, and the wounds left after the war can be vaguely seen. Compared with the war in the former Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty has ended several years of war, and there is no displacement during the war, and people's faces look peaceful and calm.

Ten days later, Jinyang City is close at hand, Xiao's mother and son and Changjie master and apprentice are about to separate, after Xiao's mother paid for the car, she pulled Xiao Zheng to worship Changjie monk again, Xiao Zheng, who was originally a modern person, was extremely disgusted with kowtowing, but after thinking about it, this monk saved his life, and it didn't hurt to bow down, so he knelt down with Xiao's mother, and after getting up, Changjie monk looked at Xiao Zheng and said: "The reason why I walked with your mother and son is also to have my own selfishness, and I am also a little fascinated." Xiao Zheng was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and replied: "The master has no problem, the kid knows everything." Changjie monk thought for a while and then said to Xiao Zheng: "I am also a little familiar with the art of physiognomy, I see that your face is rare in the world, the fake death of the dead and resurrection in the world is not nothing, I have also seen, but like you after the death and resurrection of the red light cover body, only the qi rushed straight to the canopy, the face is extremely rich but there is no emperor's posture, acting sitting and lying down but it is difficult to distinguish between good and evil, so I want to walk with you, along the way the little monk sees you and quite a wise root, if you enter my Buddhism, the cultivation of Buddhism will become a generation of monks and great virtue......s in the future. ”

Xiao Zheng felt a chill on his back after listening to the words of the Changjie monk, and he felt that he had been stripped naked for the first time after coming to this world for only ten days, but he also admired the Changjie monk for being able to say his thoughts frankly and directly, this monk had selfish intentions in his heart, and it was impossible for him to say these words in public, but he was also amused by the nagging appearance of this monk. Xiao Zheng is a person who came from the next generation, he has seen more big scenes, and his psychological quality is not comparable to the people of the world, and he said to Changjie Monk after fixing his mind: "The master of all things in the world can see through a few percent, there is a way that is a flower and a world, a leaf and a Bodhi, some things are too much to see through and try to increase troubles, and if you can't see through it, you don't see it but put it down."

"One flower, one world, one leaf, one Bodhi" Changjie monk heard this sentence after his body was shocked, silent for a long time, and then sighed and said, "I have been participating in Zen for decades, but I was enlightened by your words, and you meet seems to be a great cause, although it is said that I saved you, but also because of your words I also understand the Zen machine, it is worthwhile, it is worthwhile!" If you have the opportunity to enter my Buddhism and practice the Dharma, it will also be a great blessing ......."

Xiao Zheng said secretly in his heart: "Here it is again, master, you are too much, how can I ignite you with a common sentence in later generations!" Why am I the same as the master", thinking like this in his heart, he couldn't say it, so he could only bow down and say modestly: "The kid is talking nonsense, and besides, there is a living Buddha around the kid who needs to be offered, as for you to let the kid join the Buddhism, please forgive the master." Saying that, Xiao Zheng pointed to his mother next to him and said, Changjie Monk laughed after hearing Xiao Zheng say this: "The mother around me is also a Buddha, this is the first time I have heard of this statement, but it is also appropriate, since you don't enter my Buddha, I will no longer force it."

The Changjie monk lowered his head and thought for a while, turned around and opened his package, took out a black jade Buddha of about an inch from it and said: "I have a fate to meet you, this black jade Buddha is a gift from my ancestor, there are two in the world, one is in his hand." Said with a hand to stand next to the little novice, and then said: "I all the way but with you to the fate, I see that you will have great wealth in the future, this Buddha to you, may you be blessed and long-lived, but also hope that you will be rich and do more good deeds, great help to the people, stabilize the people, I originally lived in Luoyang Pure Land Temple, but these two years Wang Shichong and the Tang army war, in order to avoid the war I went to Jinyang to find the deceased, I view the Tang Dynasty has the general trend of the world, he can go to Luoyang Pure Land Temple to find me ...... in the future."

In Xiao's mother's continuous thanks, Xiao Zheng respectfully accepted the Jade Buddha and suddenly asked the Changjie monk: "

Ask the master, I was sick to death a few days ago, and now my mother and son are lonely, the red light mask boy you said has not seen himself shine at night when he sleeps at night, and he has to light an oil lamp when he gets up, why can't I see the wealth you said now, can you tell me the deadline, so that the boy has a thought, so that my mother has a hope, otherwise this wealth has not come for twenty or thirty years, and it will not ruin the name of the master and your old man."

The little novice next to him almost fell to the ground with a pestle after hearing this, the Changjie monk smiled after hearing it, gently patted Xiao Zheng's head and said: "You kid is no less clever and wise than me as an apprentice, but you are much more cunning than him, you will use these smarts for the right way in the future, you must not be smart for a while to harm others and yourself, how can there be a certain number of things of wealth and wealth, there is a way that cannot be leaked, I hope you will cultivate more merits, when the time comes, you and I will not pass by......."

Xiao Zheng secretly said in his heart that he still didn't say it, this great monk is too capable of fooling, but for the sake of giving himself a gift of jade Buddha, he bowed down and said that he was taught, and watched the master and apprentice turn around and leave. After walking a distance, Xiao Shami suddenly asked the monk Changjie, "Master, is it wrong for you to give him such a valuable thing for only one side?" After hearing this, the monk sighed and said: "This person is difficult to determine cause and effect, and he will become a great weapon in the future, but it is difficult to distinguish between good and bad, I hope he will be kind to the world, let's go." The master and apprentice were talking, and they heard Xiao Zheng shouting to the little novice from a distance: "Little monk, when he waits for me to become rich, I will invite you to drink flower wine!" After hearing this, the little novice shook his body again, and without replying, he slowly walked away from the master.

When Xiao's mother heard her son say such things, she slapped Xiao Zheng on the back and said: "The master and apprentice saved your life, and gave you gifts at parting, but you are talking nonsense here, be careful of retribution, see that you are fine, let's go to your uncle's house quickly." Along the way, Xiao's mother told Xiao Zheng that his family was originally in Chang'an City, and when Xiao Zheng asked his mother why he left home and why he fainted on the Baqiao, Xiao's mother sighed and explained: "It's okay if you forget some things, but it's a good thing for you to not know." Xiao Zheng saw that his mother insisted on not saying anything, so he didn't ask again, and walked to a village called Du Yuan at dusk.