The inner courtyard of Jinlin Hongti Temple, a quiet small courtyard. A bright lamp slowly burns an oil candle with a faint fragrance. Reflecting the smooth wooden floor of the room, the figure of an old man sitting quietly is reflected.

Dressed in a thick silk coat, Guru Puyun was sitting motionless at this time, meditating on a brocade mat. At this time, he had already changed, and he was wearing luxurious clothes when he was drinking tea with Jinlin Hongti Temple. Instead, he wore a very ordinary blue-faced shirt. The only thing that hasn't been replaced is the ebony rosary that hangs around the neck, even in the light, faintly glowing with a yin wood luster.

Silently, Master Puyun sat alone in the room. On the wooden floor not far from Master Puyun, there are also two small charcoal pots made of bluestone lion bricks. In the small copper basin, there is some smokeless charcoal burned in a dark fire. The fruit charcoal is burned by the dark fire, and it still has a faint fruity fragrance. Although the night on the mountain is windy and cool, there is this heating copper basin, but it also makes the small house a comfortable warmth.

"Bang Bang Bang"

The silence was broken by a sudden sound of tapping outside the house. As the vermilion lacquered wooden door was knocked on with a slight sound, a man's inquiry also came from outside the door: "Master, the disciple is back." ”

After hearing what the outsiders said, Master Puyun, who had not yet opened his eyes, said lightly to the outside of the door, "Come in." ”

"No"

After receiving the consent of Master Puyun, the outsider gently pushed open the wooden door. When he walked into the room, he folded his hands and wordlessly bowed to Master Puyun, who was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, and then turned around and closed the wooden door that had been pushed open. Then he stepped down his shoes at the door, stepped on the mirror-like wooden floor of the room, and walked to the side of Master Puyun, who was sitting with his eyes closed.

This man was a middle-aged monk over fifty years old. At this time, his expression was quite dusty. Although the figure is not high, it is not stable, with thick eyebrows, high eyes, wide nose and wide forehead, but it is also a square appearance. He was wearing a blue-faced silk robe similar to that of Master Puyun. Next to the slightly loose placket, a corner of paper peeks out of the placket, thinking that something is tucked in his arms.

When the middle-aged monk walked to the side of Master Puyun, he put his hands together and threw it at Guru Puyun, who was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, and after bowing slightly, he slowly knelt down next to Guru Puyun. As soon as the middle-aged monk sat down, Master Puyun, who was silent, said lightly: "Have you finished reading the test papers?" ”

As soon as the middle-aged monk heard Master Puyun's question, he hurriedly folded his hands and bowed and replied, "Back to Master's words, I have finished reading all the scriptures for today's meeting." ”

Master Puyun nodded slightly, and then asked lightly, "Is there anyone who has eyes?" ”

The middle-aged monk said: "Back to the master's words, there are several monks who participated in the test, and the test papers written are considerable. ”

After listening to the middle-aged monk's answer, Master Puyun paused for a moment and then continued: "In the text, is there someone named Bu Jue?" ”

The middle-aged monk said: "Back to the master's words, there is this person." ”

After listening to the middle-aged monk's answer, Master Puyun slowly opened his eyes, which had been closed for a long time. looked at the middle-aged monk who was still folding his hands and kneeling beside him and bowing slightly. Seeing his own disciple's restrained appearance, he knew his disciple very well, and Master Puyun, who had a temperament, couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth and said: "Light enlightenment, you are so cautious as a teacher and disciple, and it has not changed for decades." This is true even when talking to a teacher as casually as it is now. Your temperament is really suitable to be a person who reads this article. ”

The middle-aged monk who was called by Master Puyun as a light enlightenment was a little mixed in his heart at this time. I am glad that I can be praised by my teacher, saying that it is appropriate for me to be a scholar. And the worry is... It's not the first time he's heard his teacher talk about his too cautious temperament. However, over the years, I have followed the master and cultivated the prudence in my words and deeds... Even if you want to change it, I'm afraid you can't change it. It couldn't help but make him a little worried, afraid that the master would not like his overly cautious nature.

"Amitabha! Disciple, taught! ”

Dan Wu clasped his hands together, and after Master Puyun finished speaking, he paused for a moment and bowed back.

Master Puyun looked at the name in front of him, and when he became famous in his early years, he was regarded as the first disciple to worship him. But there was a bit of love in his eyes. For this disciple who has never left him since he entered his disciple to study the Fa, he has a light understanding. The master-apprentice relationship between the two of them is also beyond the reach of his own disciples and other disciples.

Although among his own disciples, the talent of Danwu is the lowest. So far, they are over fifty years old, and they have not passed the three major examinations and put on the scarlet clothes given by the court. But in his opinion, Danwu is his best disciple.

And Dan Wu has lived up to his importance to him over the years. As long as it is something he commands, whatever is entrusted to him to do, he will do it well. Even his other disciples, who are better than those who have learned a lot more than Dan Wu, are not as good as him.

It is precisely because of Danwu that he was one of the earliest initiation disciples he received in the past. Now he is the only one who remains by his side. It was a matter of indifference and enlightenment, and naturally became the "senior brother" among his disciples.

Those old disciples who used to worship under their own doors like Dan Wu. As time passes, as they grow old, they also grow old, and they gradually wither as they grow old. Either he has died due to illness or retirement, or he will no longer ask questions. But they all have a good future in the sect, and it is not a problem to start a family and have children and grandchildren.

But Danwu is still unmarried. Even if he had chosen him a few years earlier, the daughter of the temple vein clan of his family's Jin Yun Hongji Temple allowed him to be his wife, but he politely declined. Later, he dispelled it, and the idea of marrying for him had to be let go naturally.

And now because of that... And when he came to this family of twelve temples, Jinlin Hongti Temple acted under the cover of opening the scriptures. Although it is a cover-up, it is necessary to do what it says, and he has already sent a message this time, and he will accept the monks of Jinlin Hongti Temple as his disciples.

It was the light realization that came with him this time, and under his own command, he became the main reader of the scriptures for himself and read the texts of this scripture test. And according to the light understanding and cautiousness, it is a little too much, and it will definitely be a good place to consult the test text, and it will be finally decided after reading it over and over again.

From the light understanding to check, but I am also relieved. But... The instructions he gave him were not just a matter of being tried...

"That's... On the road? ”

The smile on Master Puyun's face, as he said the light words, couldn't help but take on a bit of seriousness.

Dan Wu hurriedly folded his hands, bowed slightly to his teacher and said, "Back to Master's words, that... It's already on the road. ”

Looking at his disciple's face, there was a hint of bitterness on his face. Master Puyun sighed and said lightly, "Alas! All these are the fruits of the One who deserves them. After all, if he does not plant causes, where will the effect come from? Like three years ago... If you don't go to him as a teacher, you won't have anything to do with him. The cause of what he planted back then was to place him here after receiving the decree of the Dharma. Now the cause that was planted for the teacher back then has also come to fruition... This is the fruit of his journey. ”

After listening to Master Puyun's words, there was still a trace of bitterness on his face. After a little muttering, he put his hands together again, bowed slightly to Master Puyun and said, "But, Master... Brother, the disciple still thinks... Feel that one, he.. No matter what he says, it's... Alas! Amitabha! Sin! Sin! ”

Guru Puyun seemed to be able to tell from his disciple's unfinished words what he meant, and he said with regret: "That... If you just talk about talent, it is also a rare rising star over there. Unfortunately, he shouldn't have done that. You shouldn't have buried yourself for nothing for the sake of an unworthy person. When he was expelled from there, he was no longer him, though the skin was still the same skin. Because of this, he is not the one you didn't say just now. Now he is only a penitent man, and he has no other identity. ”

"Amitabha... Disciple, taught. ”

After listening to what Master Puyun said, he bowed back with his hands folded. After replying, he realized that there were still doubts that plagued him. Then he bowed to his teacher with his hands folded and said, "But... Master. The one... He, why would he want you... Will the first question of this examination be changed to Dadu Tanleng? ”

After asking the doubts in his heart, he couldn't help but think of what happened when he first came that day, and went to the place where the teacher lived. In the conversation with the teacher, he heard that the teacher was going to hold a sutra test here. He suddenly proposed to his teacher that he would take the first question of the examination with generosity as the first question of the examination.

I don't know why he suddenly made this request. But this time, it was the teacher who came for him, and he immediately responded to the invitation. As a result, the pre-determined will be crossed out by the first question.

But this matter... In the past few days, it has really bothered him. After all, he is the one who checked the teacher's own order. It was the scripture that was originally set by his teacher as the first topic of the sutra, and he also consulted it more than 100 times, and it was really foolproof. But as the one asked the teacher, he suddenly changed to a scripture that he hadn't prepared... But he was really caught off guard.

Although he also memorized the Dadu Tanleng Sutra. But I am not very familiar with this obscure scripture. After returning to Jinlin Hongti Temple, he took advantage of the fact that there were still a few days left for the test, and hurriedly memorized the Dadu Tanleng Sutra very well.

In his memorization, however, he did not only read the first volume of the scriptures that he had proposed. Instead, by the way, I also read the following volumes... This seems to be in my heart, and I can't help but have a karmic thought through this incident. So that although the meeting is over, he still has doubts and can't let go. That's why I mentioned this to my teacher like this.

"Hehe~ Your prudence is actually your biggest karma. Where did the monks come from so much and couldn't let go? If you can't let go, why do you become a monk? ”