I looked at the old man and said, "I suddenly know what his obsession is." ”

Mr. Lu also nodded and said, "I understand too." ”

The old man looked at the two of us and asked with some confusion, "What do you understand?" "The island is looking for a plan.

Mr. Lu said: "Senior, the reason why you can't leave this valley is because you have an obsession in your heart. ”

The old man looked down for a moment, then nodded and said, "It seems that this is indeed the case." But I don't know what my obsession is. ”

Mr. Lu said, "Once you leave the deep valley, you will cure the apprentice's illness. Then your vow back then will be broken. Your obsession is the oath you once made. You want to keep your oath, but you have to break it, so you are unwilling and turn into obsession. ”

Subsequently, Mr. Lu said: "If you can figure it out and give up your vow, then the obsession will be self-defeating, and you can leave." ”

When the old man heard Mr. Lu say this, he suddenly became excited. He exclaimed, "Do you think I swore wrong?" ”

Mr. Lu didn't answer, just smiled and soothed his feelings.

The old man was excited for a while, and then said very aggrievedly: "I have been busy for a day and a night, and I have tried my best to solve the problem, but that person is too sick. Unless it's a god. Otherwise, no one can save them. I didn't save anyone, but I worked hard. Why did his family beat me up? Do you think I should feel wronged? ”

Mr. Lu didn't answer, and I couldn't help but nodded: "Grievances, whoever changes will be unhappy." ”

Mr. Lu smiled helplessly, waved his hand at me and said, "Zhao Mang, don't be in a hurry to add fuel and vinegar." ”

The old man glared and said, "How can this be regarded as adding fuel to the vinegar?" That family beat me up. and escort me through the streets. In my life, I have saved the dead and helped the wounded, and there are countless living people. I thought that good deeds would be rewarded, and I was respected when I was alive, and I enjoyed yin virtue after death, so that I was spared suffering in hell. Who knows, it will end up like this. Isn't that too hurtful? ”

Mr. Lu nodded silently and said, "It's really a bit sad. ”

The old man sighed and said, "It's a great shame, it's a great shame. In a fit of rage, I made a heavy vow, not only to get justice for myself, but also to avoid further humiliation in the future. ”

I looked at the old man and thought, "What he said makes sense." There's nothing we can do about it. Even if it were me, I'm afraid I would have to make this oath. ”

Mr. Lu pondered for a while, and then said, "Senior." Back then, you were good friends with my master. When you two talk, I often serve left and right. At that time, I often heard you mention a word. I didn't know what it meant when it was said to be "the benevolence of the healer", and it puzzled me for many years. ”

The old man said casually: "Mencius said that compassion is the end of benevolence. The so-called benevolence of a doctor is nothing more than a requirement for a practitioner to always have compassion and treat patients well. Rescue the needy and work tirelessly. ”

Mr. Lu said again: "Then I don't understand. Why does it have to be benevolence? Can't you have a normal heart? ”

The old man looked at Mr. Lu with some doubts, as if he couldn't answer for a while.

Mr. Lu said, "What you are doing is a great good deed to save lives and help the wounded. How can a patient's great good be interrupted because of a patient's small evil? The families of those patients were very wrong, but the rest of the patients were innocent. The gods, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the temple will not bless the people in the world because of the slander and abuse of some evil men? ”

The old man sneered: "You compare me to a god and Buddha, but it's a bit elevated." ”

Mr. Lu said sincerely: "The Bodhisattva is in heaven, with great mercy and compassion. You are in the world, and the healer is benevolent. You and the bodhisattva do the same thing. ”

It can be seen that the old man is a little moved. His lips moved, and he argued a little unwillingly: "Could it be that I learned medical skills, but I was trapped?" Can't I wash my hands in a golden basin? ”

Mr. Lu smiled: "If you really want to wash your hands in a golden basin, you won't have any obsessions." Are you hiding in this deep mountain, do you really want to go into hiding, or do you want to be angry? ”

The old man was silent.

Mr. Lu said: "When I came here, I met a family of three at the bottom of the mountain. All of them are seriously ill, and you alone can heal them. They have been waiting for you for ten years, and they have been waiting for you to be white, and the soul still does not want to leave. ”

When the old man heard this, he was shocked. He slowly stood up and said with a gloomy expression: "I was wrong, you are right, I don't really want to wash my hands. I'm here to be angry. Until now, I still can't let go of this medical skill. I don't have to keep the oath I made back then. ”

Mr. Lu said happily: "Now that you have figured it out, the obsession will disappear into invisibility, and we can leave." ”

Mr. Lu picked up the big knife on the ground, beckoned to me, and said, "Zhao Mang, help the seniors, let's go." ”

I was very happy in my heart, and I didn't care if the old man was a ghost or a human.

I helped him take two steps forward. Suddenly, the old man's face changed, and he said, "I still can't go." ”

Mr. Lu and I were a little helpless and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The old man sat on the ground and said, "My obsession is still there. ”

Mr. Lu said suspiciously, "Haven't you already given up your vow?" ”

The old man frowned and thought for a long time, and then said, "My obsession doesn't seem to be on the oath I made. When I came out of the stone house and decided to heal the pendulum, I was already planning to give up my vows. ”

Mr. Lu nodded suddenly and said, "That's right. That's right. Thou shalt heal the drooping hair, and from that time forth thou shalt no longer be bound by vows. It's me thinking wrong. ”

I sat down dejectedly and asked, "Senior, where is your obsession?" ”

The old man didn't seem to hear me, and he kept muttering, "I came out of the stone house that day." Although I am unwilling, I am constantly persuading myself. The pendulum is my relative, how can I let him die for a vow? From now on, I only heal good people, and that's right. ”

"I know there are a few herbs on the hillside. I slowly climbed down. Want to take them away. But soon, I ran out of energy, and I couldn't hold on. As soon as I let go of my hand, I tumbled down the hillside. ”

"I was in a coma in the valley for a day. It wasn't until the evening that I woke up in pain. I knew my leg was broken. So I bandaged it hastily. I struggled to go back. But when I climbed here, I remembered that I hadn't picked the herbs yet. If you go back like this, you will still die. So I wanted to go back and collect the medicine. Unfortunately, I hurt my internal organs, and after tossing like this for a while, I soon lost my breath. ”

The old man seemed to know what his obsession was, and he said, "Over the years I have often wanted to climb up the hill and pluck the herbs. But my leg was broken and I couldn't get up. ”

Mr. Lu said, "Your obsession is herbs. ”

The old man nodded and said, "Yes, it's an herb." I know that the drooping hair must no longer be alive. But when I couldn't get this herb, I felt that it was useless to go back. Never been able to take a step forward. Hey, obsession, it's really obsession. ”

Mr. Lu glanced at me, I smiled bitterly, and said, "I understand, I'll pick it." ”

Then I asked the old man, "What does your herb look like?" ”

The old man said, "It is a little grass more than ten inches long, and the leaves are very small. There are many yellow flowers blooming at the top, and the flowers are small but numerous, clustered together like an umbrella cover. You'll find them easily. ”

I nodded, and slowly made my way up the slope.

Mr. Lu stood below, looking at me nervously. I crept cautiously for a while, and soon saw the herb that the old man had said. I reached out and tore off a large mass with all my might. Then he slowly climbed down with it in his hands.

The old man said with a smile: "The young man really has convenient legs and feet. If the old man had such a good body as you, he wouldn't have ended up like this back then. ”

He took the herb and looked at it, nodded, and said, "Yes, this is it." Let's go back. The drooping hair should be in a hurry. ”

I looked at the dry bones scattered on the ground and said, "Do you want to pick up your bones?" ”

The old man shook his head: "No need. Buried in the valley, buried in the valley, I can be regarded as paying some price for the oath I made back then. ”

I helped the old man step over his body with ease. After leaving the valley, the old man suddenly said, "Young man, you don't have to hold me. My leg is fine. ”

I looked down and saw that the old man's leg had indeed recovered.