After the two monks of Huikong left, Yuanshi returned to Shenxiu's Zen courtyard, and saw Shenxiu standing lonely under a sycamore tree with his back to the door.

Yuanzhi didn't speak, just waited silently.

For a long time, Shenxiu said in a gloomy way: "All the Dharma is inherent in the heart, ask for it outside the heart, and leave the father to escape." ”

Wow!

Yuanxue couldn't help but cheer for Shenxiu in his heart!

It is worthy of being the wonderful monk Shenxiu who is known as the first in the suspense of the circle, and this alone is enough to prove the profundity of its Buddhism, and it is not under the forbearance of its teacher.

The allusion to this verse comes from the Lotus Sutra, which says that a rich man left his only son in his hometown, and then the family property was lost, and the child became a beggar. The father ran a large business in another city, and the son was exiled there, and he did not know what to do, and went to beg. His father was pleasantly surprised and was ready to take him in and see each other again in the future. But the son did not recognize his father, nor did he know what his heart was, so he fled overnight in fear.

If you don't know the environment and state of mind when you do it, then its meaning is very high, and it can be understood that all living beings have the possibility of becoming Buddhas, and they are all the only sons of Buddhas. The Buddha wants to approach sentient beings and wants them to become the successors of the Buddha, but the sentient beings do not believe that they can become Buddhas, nor do they believe that they have anything to do with the Buddha.

But if you combine the current situation of Shenxiu, the irony of this poem is very obvious.

This means that Huineng's use of such means is a kind of self-weakness, self-deprecation, and no matter how others help him, he will never be able to gain a foothold.

At that time, because of Huineng's own lack of self-confidence, even if he is broad-minded and willing to spare him, Huineng will probably be full of suspicion and "abandon his father and run away".

If you run away from your father, you just leave your father and run away, Shenxiu has a sense of humor......

Yuanzhi was a little embarrassed, but he felt that it didn't seem polite to laugh out, so he persuaded: "Senior Brother Shenxiu, everything is impermanent, silence is joy, and external demons are not removed, how can you meditate?" ”

It means that everything in this world is changeable, and only one's own practice is constant. But if there are external demons, how can they meditate and practice?

Shenxiu smiled bitterly, turned around, and said, "It made my junior brother smile." It's just that my Zen Dharma system will never be coveted by a husband. ”

Speaking of this, Shenxiu's face became firm: "Okay, Li Rong, this person, punish me for being the same door, this matter must not be good with him." Even if he respects him as a national teacher, he can't help but give me an explanation for Dongshan Temple! Hell is not empty, and the oath is not ......"

Speaking of this, Shenxiu suddenly stopped talking, he suddenly thought of what Yuanxue had just said to him, and then thought of the sentence "all things are impermanent" that Yuanxue had just persuaded him, and he had also said it to Yuanxue before.

The two glanced at each other, were silent for a moment, and unexpectedly chanted the Buddha's name: "Amitabha Buddha ......"

Besides, the two monks of Huikong, after leaving Songshan, went straight to Luoyang. After entering the city, the two found a secluded place to change their faces, covered their heads with black cloth, and quietly sneaked to the National Teacher's Mansion.

At this time, it was getting late, and in the National Teacher's Mansion, Lu Heng still did not leave the customs.

The three of Wang Lingfei outside the door were very anxious, but they didn't dare to break into the door and disturb Lu Heng.

Sha Tuozhong sighed in despair: "Lao Di and Master Wei Chi are in prison, and the national teacher can't come out of retreat, is the safety of Datang on the three of us?" ”

Shui Yue sarcastically said: "Do you really think you are a hero? You're just an errand messenger now, but you can't even do such a trivial. ”

Sha Tuozhong was annoyed and angry, glared at her and said, "Can you not always be sarcastic about me? How can I say that I am also your savior? ”

Shui Yue "cut", turned to Wang Lingfei and said, "Otherwise, we will go directly to the emperor and tell him that someone wants to assassinate him, and even the queen will be deceived by casting spells." ”

"Cut!" Sha Tuozhong finally seized the opportunity and mocked: "Do you think the palace is your backyard?" Come as you say, go as you go? ”

Shui Yue glanced at him disdainfully and said, "For those who have the ability, even the palace can enter freely; For people who don't have the ability, they can't even do something as trivial as reporting a message......"

"You!" Sha Tuozhong was furious, "Okay, I'll call the national teacher out of the customs!" National Teacher! National Teacher! Come out of here! If you don't come out again, my Datang will be finished......"

As soon as Sha Tuozhong shouted, Shui Yue's face suddenly changed greatly, and he hurriedly stepped forward and covered his mouth and shouted in a low voice: "You are crazy!" If you anger the national teacher, he can crush you to death with one finger! ”

Sha Tuozhong snorted and said, "Let you look down on me!" ”

"Okay, good, you're great, you're great, okay?" Shui Yue said helplessly.

If it is said that among the three of them, who is most in awe of Lu Heng, it is not Wang Lingfei, who has been taught by Lu Heng, nor Sha Tuozhong, who witnessed Lu Heng slaughtering Juao, it is precisely Shuiyue!

Shui Yue still clearly remembers that on that day, when the national teacher returned to the court, the queen summoned a group of them to perform in the court.

Phantom Tianzhen was demonstrating the art of calling the wind and rain to the emperor, but was interrupted by the national teacher, Phantom Tian shouted angrily, but was slapped by the national teacher, causing them to vomit blood and fall to the ground!

The power of that palm, Shui Yue still thinks of it with fear.

It is a palm that makes people despair, there is no way to hide, there is no escape, as if the world is big, but no matter how you escape to the ends of the earth, you will eventually be crushed under this palm!

It was also that palm that made Shui Yue accept his solicitation when he came into contact with Sha Tuozhong, a person of the same clan, and "abandoned the darkness and turned to the light" and defected to the government.

The national teacher's palm told her that ants are ants, and no matter how many conspiracies and tricks there are, they can slap you to death.

As long as the national teacher is still there, following the phantom sky, he will not be able to escape the end of destruction with him in the end.

Wang Lingfei looked at the room with constant rumbling and thunder with anxiety, and she didn't say anything about the interaction between Sha Tuozhong and Shui Yue.

The thunder rumbled in Uncle Shi's room, no matter how loud the noise of these two people was, it was not as loud as the noise of the thunder.

The reason why she was anxious was not because of the side, but simply because of Di Renjie's words.

In prison, Di Renjie told her that she wanted to convey the words to her uncle, and she asked, "Will it affect my uncle?" ”

Di Renjie told him with a serious face: "If the incident is allowed to happen, the national teacher will not be able to escape the fate of being imprisoned." ”

How can this be?

Although she regained her good impression of Uncle Shi, she never forgot her duty - to urge Uncle Shi to fulfill his promise and return hope to Qingyang Palace.

Whether Uncle Shi can compensate Qingyang Palace for a new inheritance secret realm depends on whether he, the national teacher, is stable or not. If Uncle Shi is also put in prison, won't Qingyang Palace be finished?

What to do?

Do you want to call Uncle Shi out?

Concubine Wang Ling was very entangled.

At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared in front of the three of them, Wang Lingfei's face changed drastically at first, and she hurriedly guarded, but after seeing the person who came, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "I've seen Uncle Li." ”

Sha Tuozhong also hurriedly came and said: "Dali Temple Cheng Sha Tuozhong, see Taishi Ling." ”

Shui Yue also followed with a fist salute.

The person who came was Li Chunfeng.

In fact, he has been in the National Teacher's Mansion for a period of time, protecting the Dharma for Lu Heng's retreat, but he is just not showing his whereabouts.

Li Chunfeng glanced at the retreat place, bowed slightly to the three of them, and said, "Senior brother is about to leave the customs, so you don't have to be too anxious." ”

It was like confirming Li Chunfeng's words, as soon as his words fell, he heard the thunder in the room stop abruptly!

The three of them were stunned for a moment, and then they were overjoyed, and they were about to rush to the room.

Li Chunfeng flicked his sleeves, and the three of them felt a huge force coming, and they hurriedly stopped.

Shui Yue and Sha Tuo were loyal to each other, and then they knew that this half-little old man who was not good-looking was actually a hidden master, no wonder he could become the senior brother of the national teacher.

"He still needs to consolidate, just wait here." Li Chunfeng explained, and then said to the corner: "The two of you are uninvited, what advice do you have?" ”

Boom!

As soon as the words fell, Wang Lingfei and Shui Yue each drew their knives and looked over there vigilantly.

Sha Tuozhong hurriedly picked up a stone from the ground and held it in his hand.

After a moment of silence in the dark corner of the wall, the figures of the two men in black slowly appeared.

The two men were fat and short, and they both wrapped their heads in black cloth, revealing only two eyes.

One of them said: "We have no malicious intent, we are here to make a deal with the national teacher." ”

Shui Yue sneered: "Hide your head and show your tail, with bad intentions, what kind of deal did you do?" Have the ability to report your name! ”

The person who spoke before smiled, looked at Shui Yue wantonly, and said, "The little lady has a wild temperament, it seems that she owes a man to clean it up." ”

Shui Yue's eyes burst out with murderous intent, and his figure flew away, drawing his sword and stabbing it.

Who knew that this sword stabbed over, this person didn't even dodge, and when Shui Yue's sword stabbed in front of him, the space in front of this person suddenly rippled like water waves.

Shui Yue's complexion changed greatly, but at this time, he couldn't close the momentum, and he actually drilled over.

Brush!

When she reappeared, Shui Yue realized that she had returned to the same place!

Shui Yue's face was suddenly full of shock, and she looked at this person in surprise, her eyes full of fear.

"It turned out to be ......" As soon as this person made a move, Li Chunfeng immediately recognized the origin of these two people, and said thoughtfully: "Are the two entrusted by Huang Mei, or the one outside the east of the city?" ”

There is Dongshan Temple in Huangmei, and one hundred miles outside the east of the city is Songshan.

The person who spoke just now was none other than Monk Huikong.

The two monks glanced at each other, and they both saw the suspicion in each other's eyes, and Huikong replied: "Taishi Linggong has good eyesight, but the two of us are here, just have a private matter to find a national teacher, and it has nothing to do with anyone." ”

A trace of disdain flashed in Li Chunfeng's eyes, and he shook his head and said, "That being the case, let's wait." ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard the door behind me "squeak" open, and a majestic figure stepped out of the door.

It was Lu Heng!

After several days of retreat, but at this moment, Lu Heng's face was not only half tired, on the contrary, he was very energetic, his two eyes were bright, and he exuded a faint coercion. “

After seeing the two men in black, Lu Heng frowned slightly: "Monk? You two, what are you doing here with your head hidden? ”

A trace of anger flashed in Huikong's eyes, but he forcibly said: "National Teacher, the two of us are here because of a great benefit for you." ”

Lu Heng smiled and asked casually, "How big?" ”

Huikong was stunned for a moment, and said: "Can you win or lose the debate of scripture and righteousness at the debate conference, is this a big benefit?" ”

"I'm undefeated, what's the benefit?" Lu Heng said lightly, "Great monk, I hate it when others speak vaguely and unclearly, if you dare to play sloppy with me again, you won't have to talk anymore!" ”

After speaking, Lu Heng paused and said to Li Chunfeng: "Of course, senior brother, I didn't say anything about you. ”

Li Chunfeng: "......"