The boss coughed dryly again and looked at Huineng with inquiring eyes.

Huineng lowered his head and muttered for a long time before whispering: "I'm sorry, big brother, it's me, it's me who released all the wild things I caught." ”

"What? Put? All put? Are you fucking crazy? Silly? That's all white money! ”

The second child also asked puzzledly, "Why are you doing this?" We are hunters, catch the prey and release it, drink the northwest wind? ”

Huineng's demeanor became calm: "I saw that they were too pitiful to be dying, so I released them." ”

The boss seemed to have a small insect crawling into his throat, and he coughed dryly for a long time before he said slowly: "Huineng, this is your mistake." We hunters leave their homes and leave their hometowns like savages to burrow into this uninhabited deep mountain and old forest, just to earn a living from wild animals. The parents, wives and children of the family all depend on this for their livelihood. If you do this, won't you cut off everyone's financial resources? ”

Huineng said: "We have a family, and the animals also have a family!" Kill it, and its children will starve to death? ”

The boss was a little angry: "But we are people, they are beasts!" Hui Neng said confidently, "What's wrong with the beast? People didn't provoke us, they didn't have the hatred of killing their fathers, and they didn't have the hatred of taking their wives, so why don't you have to get along with them, you have to hunt them down? ”

The boss stood up and said, "I can't tell you fool. ”

The boss turned around and walked out of the cave in a huff. The third and fourth children were about to beat Huineng again, but the second stopped them: "Forget it, forget it." If you fight again, you have to die. Let's go, let's go! ”

The third and fourth children were pulled out of the cave by the second child. Outside the cave, the third child said, "You dog bastard let go of our prey, so that we will have less silver, and we will not be allowed to eat from now on, so as to save our losses!" ”

Huineng was beaten all over his body and groggy. For a whole day and night, Huineng endured the pain and meditated, and did not leave the cave.

The next evening, the hunters ate at the stone house. The second child squatted at the door with a rice bowl, looked at the direction of the cave, and said to himself: "It's been two days." People are iron, rice is steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you will panic. I didn't eat anything for two days, and I would starve. ”

The third child glared at the bull's eye and said, "You mean that kid Huineng?" Starve him to death, he deserves it! When I talk about ugly things ahead, who the dares to sneak food to that kid, is deliberately unable to get along with my third child, and my fists are itching! ”

The third child pinched his knuckles and crackled. The second child glanced at the boss and whispered: "He still has such a serious injury, in case he ......"

The boss said, "It's okay if you don't eat for two or three days." It is better for him to be hungry and hungry, so that he will remember this lesson. When he is so hungry that he can't stand it, he will come out on his own. ”

The fourth said: "That's not good, he must admit that he is wrong and admit his mistakes to everyone." Otherwise, resolutely don't let him eat our food! ”

After eating, the fourth child hummed a little song and walked outside the cave. He deliberately said to the cave: "What's the matter, I haven't eaten a grain of rice for two days, and it doesn't taste good, right?" The eldest brother said, as long as you admit that what you did was wrong, and promise not to be stupid in the future, and no longer ruin everyone's good deeds, ask the fifth child to bring you food. ”

There was no movement in the cave. The fourth raised his voice and said, "What? Didn't you hear? Deaf? There was still no response. The fourth child kicked away a stone and said, "You and I are pretending to be stupid and hard, you are a good man, you will be hungry for two more days!" ”

Sure enough, another two days passed, and Huineng still didn't get out of the cave. In the early morning, the hunters pointed in the direction of the cave and whispered about it.

Lao Wu said admiringly: "Huineng's bones are so hard, he would rather bend than bend, he is a good man." "Whether it's a good man or a bad seed, it's the fourth day. If you don't think about it, you're going to die. Starve people to death, and they will eat lawsuits! ”

The second child slanted his eyes at the third child. The third child's face turned red: "I, I...... I didn't expect this guy to be tougher than a cow, and I'd rather die than admit my mistake. What can I do with this, this, this? ”

"What to do? We can't force people to starve to death, right?! The third child was at a loss, looked at everyone helplessly and said, "I didn't expect things to freeze to this point, I, I...... Why don't I go kowtow to him and beg him to come out and eat something? ”

The second child pouted: "I knew today, why bother in the beginning!" ”

The eldest came out of the stone house, looked in the direction of the cave, and said, "Little Wuzi, you go and take some food and send it to the cave." The others continued to hunt, so that Hui Neng was embarrassed to see people. ”

Just as everyone was about to disperse, the boss said, "Listen, this is the end of the matter." No one is to mention it again. Otherwise, huh! ”

The fifth child was just about to get food for Huineng to deliver, but the fourth child grabbed him and said, "Fifth child, you don't care, I'll send it to him." ”

"It's like a human saying. The matter was originally caused by you and the third brother, and the bell still needs to be tied to the bell. It's best for you to deliver food. ”

The fourth elder smiled and didn't make a sound. When everyone had gone to work, he filled a pot full of meat and said to himself, "I see if you can eat it!" ”

The fourth child sent the meat basin to the entrance of the cave and shouted inside: "The eldest brother said, this matter is over, ask me to bring you food, you can eat." ”

Inside the cave, the hungry Huineng heard this, and a smile of victory appeared on his face. Outside the cave, the footsteps of the fourth child were far away. Huineng muttered a prayer: "Amitabha, Buddha bless ......"

Huineng was extremely weak, swallowing his saliva, and moved towards the entrance of the cave step by step.

Outside the cave, the fourth child hid behind a boulder and peeked at the entrance of the cave. He saw Hui Neng slowly walking outside the cave, and a mysterious smile appeared on his face. His body was stretched into a bow, ready to rush over when Hui Neng had taken his first bite of meat and tease him. However, he was disappointed, and Huineng finally walked to the basin, and when he saw that there was a pot of meat in the rice bowl, he recited aloud: "Amitabha, sin and sin!" Then he hurried back into the cave.

The fourth grunted and cursed: "Bastard, I'll leave the meat there and tease you, I'll see how long you can last!" ”

Sure enough, although Huineng retreated to the cave, his heart was still in the temptation of the pot of meat. His empty stomach was constantly squirming violently at the wafting aroma. He fidgeted, trying his best to resist the urge to rush out of the cave and eat meat. He turned his back to the cave and sat down. However, the smell of meat still wafted in, disturbing his mind, and from time to time he turned his head to look at the pot of fragrant meat......

The ghost sent him to the cave like a sleepwalker again. Suddenly, as if from the depths of the soul, there was a dying cry of a small animal. He slapped his mouth hard and said to himself: "Huineng, Huineng, you are a disciple of Buddhism, how can you break the vows for the sake of survival?" You can't even resist this temptation, so what's the use of practicing meditation? ”

Huineng calmed down, deliberately sat facing the meat, contemplated emptiness with great concentration, and entered meditation with his body and mind......

It's a brand new day. The morning sun is about to rise, and the sky is full of sunshine. Everything in the world is immersed in a wonderful peace. The hunters in the stone house had just gotten up. The boss kicked his shoes to the stove, and when he saw the cold pot and the stove, he couldn't help frowning. He returned to the stone house and asked the fourth, "Did you bring food to Huineng before?" ”

The fourth said, "Send it." ”

The boss said to himself: "Strange, why hasn't he come out of the cave yet?" Little Five! ”

Xiao Wuzi agreed outside the house. He walked in with the pot of meat that had dried and had fallen a lot of dust, and put it in front of the fourth child with a "bang".

The fourth child said in surprise: "Hey, isn't this the meat I sent to Huineng yesterday?" What's the matter, he didn't eat a bite? ”

"Smack!" The boss slapped the fourth child hard.

The fourth child covered half of his swollen face and took a step back: "Big brother, I ......" "Smack!" The boss slapped him again, gritted his teeth and scolded: "You guy, you know that Huineng is a member of Buddhism, and you don't eat meat." But you deliberately gave him meat, and it was too yin for you! ”

The fourth child looked at the third child as if asking for help, and the third child glared at him angrily: "Hmph! The boss said, "Quick, go to the cave and have a look, in case Huineng starves to death, I can't spare you!" ”

The hunters hurried to the cave. On the way, the second child suddenly pulled the sleeve of the boss's coat, pointed to the cliff above the cave and said, "Big brother, look! ”

On the cliff, the monkey released by Huineng led a group of small monkeys to jump down and put dried fruits such as pine nuts, acorns, and pecans at the entrance of the cave.

Hui Neng walked out of the hole. His face was red and radiant, as if he had been reborn. The little monkeys played around him and were very happy. The youngest monkey cub jumped on Huineng, pulled out a peach pit from his mouth, and put it in his hand.

Huineng picked it up lovingly, and said with a smile: "The peach pit can be used as medicine, but not as food, so let's plant it and let future generations enjoy the sweet peach." After saying that, Huineng really buried the peach pit in the soil. Later, a rare peach tree really grew here, which bears fruit every year, and is unusually sweet, like a fairy peach in the sky. Strangely, there are no nuts in the peach pit and cannot be transplanted. People miss the merits of planting trees of the six ancestors Huineng, and then call the highest peak of the Shangai Ridge, Guizui Rock, "Six Ancestor Rock".

How have hunters ever seen people and wild animals so close? The second leg was weak, and he sat on the ground with his buttocks, and muttered, "Oh my God, this is a living Bodhisattva!" ”

Huineng also saw the hunters, he walked over quickly, bowed deeply to the third and fourth brothers, and said, "Thank you to the third brother and the fourth brother for triggering the opportunity and helping me practice." ”