It was early in the morning, and the grass was damp with dew. A pair of bamboo and linen straw sandals fell on the dewdrops, and the hem of the patched monk's robe fluttered gently in the morning breeze. The monk wore a hat and a robe, and stood quietly in front of the mountain gate of Fangcun Temple. He held a bamboo cane in his right hand and a pottery bowl in his right hand, and it seemed that he was going to go far away.

The monks in the monastery said, "Senior brother, take care. ”

Monk Hui sighed and said, "Master's body has already been found, and it is in the Akshaya Company on Luogu Island in Dongfu City. I will go for as little as three or five months, and as many as ten years, you should be optimistic about the mountain gate and do your homework diligently. ”

The monks were sad in their hearts and nodded together.

Suddenly, a person shouted: "Stay monk!" If you want to go to Dongfu, you can borrow money from me? Why don't you dress up like a flower child, you want to beg for food? The monks looked up and saw the mountain master who sold tea in the Banshan Pavilion walking slowly.

When Master Zhiguo died, Master Kanshan also "happened" to be outside the mountain gate; Monk Hui was about to leave the mountain, and he also "happened" to arrive. The monks secretly guessed in their hearts: "Could it be that Master Kanshan has cultivated his discerning eyes and can see through cause and effect?" "It's just that these monks have always despised Master Kanshan, and even though they know that he has extraordinary powers, they only bow their heads slightly—this is already polite.

The monk rolled his strange eyes: "It is the monk's duty to turn into a relationship!" I went down the mountain this time, one was to find the master's body, and the other was to practice through karma. Why should outsiders talk too much! Finally, he fought with Master Kanshan, and knew that he couldn't beat others, although his words were a little rushed, he explained two more sentences.

Master Kanshan's words called Hui Yan were gagged, but he just sneered and didn't say anything anymore.

Hui Yan and Shang Heshi saluted his junior brothers and nephews, turned around and strode away. The monks of Fangcun Temple returned the salute together and said in unison: "Senior brother, let's go!" ”

Monk Hui Yan walked a few steps, and suddenly turned around and said: "I think of a very important thing: the third junior brother Hui Idiot was imprisoned this time, and the crime was only to steal the body, and he may be released after half a year." Then do not seek revenge against him, but take good care of him. ”

The monks of Fangcun Temple and the master of the mountain were stunned. A young monk of the deep character generation of Fangcun Temple said: "Why? That thief deceived the teacher and destroyed the ancestors, and he could not atone for his sins by death! I can't wait to eat its flesh raw to quench my hatred. If you want me to take care of him, I can't do it! ”

Hui sighed and said, "Alas! Back then, my master, Master Zhiguo, once forced the wife of the idiot to death, and for hundreds of years, I thought that the resentment in the heart of the idiot had long been resolved! Unexpectedly, he still hated the master, so he made the move of stealing the body! ”

Most of the monks of the Hui generation of Fangcun Temple were witnesses of that incident, and they were all silent. The monks of the deep character generation did not dare to imagine that the highly respected master Zhiguo would actually commit such a crime. The young monks exclaimed together, "Huh? ”

Monk Hui said: "Back then, the master was dedicated to the whole sect and adopted Hui idiot, but he didn't teach him the Dharma, and only let him read the four books and five classics. Hui idiot was extremely beautiful back then, and he won the first place in the township test, and the student made him wear a big red flower and ride a big white horse around the city three times, which is really an infinite glory! Seeing that the time was ripe, Master immediately ordered him to be ordained! ”

The monks thought about the demeanor of Hui Idiot back then, and they were all stupid for a while. Hearing Master Zhiguo ordering the idiot to become a monk, they all faintly felt that this thing was inappropriate.

Hui Yan said: "Originally, Hui Idiot was raised by the master, so he should listen to the master's words. Who knew that what he had read since he was a child was Confucius's articles, and when he spent his heart, he wanted to be an official and a rich man! I forcibly tied him up, shaved his head, and burned his ring scars! Master did this, which caused a lot of noise in the Song Dynasty, and the reputation of Fangcun Temple at that time can be said to be even known to milk dolls! ”

The monks of Fangcun Temple chanted in unison: "Amitabha! ”

Monk Hui sighed and said, "At that time, many students came up to the mountain to reason with the master, and the master sent them away in two sentences: 'I raised this child, and I have the final say on whether he will be a monk or an official!'" The more troublesome things go, the more famous Fangcun Temple becomes. Later, this matter reached the ears of the Lin prefect who retired from Binjiang. He took a look at the poems of his idiot brother, and he snapped! He slapped his thigh three times, swollen it, and said, 'What a good article! Great article! Such a person can be my son-in-law! ’”

Of course, it was impossible for this Hui Anger monk to see the reaction of Governor Lin at that time, most of them were listening to what others said. If you want to come to someone else's prefect, you will naturally not slap yourself in the thigh when you see a good article, only when the old farmers in the countryside are happy, they will have such actions. Otherwise, the prefect would read "Three Hundred Tang Poems" once, and he would slap his thigh nine hundred times, and it is estimated that he can practice some martial arts.

When the monks heard the appearance of the prefect of Lin, they secretly thought that the fifth senior disciple of the five disciples, Hui was a staff member of the prefect's mansion before he left home, and then looked at him secretly shaking his head, as if he had thought of something bad, and immediately understood that this matter also had something to do with him.

Hui Yan continued: "When Governor Lin arrived at Fangcun Temple, he didn't mention anything about Hui Idiot, and he chatted with Master without a word. When the master saw the prefect coming to the door, he only felt that there was a light on his face, and he did not have the slightest suspicion. Where do you know, this matter is a ploy by the prefect's staff, the prefect here stumbled the master and me, and the prefect's soldiers found the idiot in the temple, and he didn't say anything, a scholar's green shirt was thrown on his head, and a few soldiers picked up the idiot and ran outside the temple. ”

Hui sighed again and again, and the past of hundreds of years ago came back to his heart, and he couldn't help but have tears in his eyes. At that time, he was a staff member of Governor Lin's mansion, and he thought that idea was extremely clever!

Hui Yan said: "Senior brother Hui is bent on cultivating into a human form, and he completely ignores other things. I served tea next to the master again, and the other monks in the temple wanted to tell the master that something had happened, but they were stopped by the prefect's personal soldiers. Until the prefect left, the master did not know that something big had happened in the temple. Later, the master knew that Hui Idiot was robbed by the prefect, and it was also his life that he should have this calamity, so he moved his liver and let me bring a cattle slaughtering knife and go to the prefect's house to ask for someone. ”

When the monks of Fangcun Temple heard that Master Zhiguo actually asked Hui Yan to bring a cattle slaughtering knife to ask for someone, they didn't expect Master Zhiguo's temper to be so hot back then-this is a murderous intent! If you think about it, who hasn't been young, who hasn't done a few ridiculous things?

Hui Yan thought of the events of that year, and his chest rose and fell: "When we arrived at the prefect's house, it was already completely dark. The prefect's compound was lit up inside and out--it turned out that the prefect was also very good at doing things, and after he caught Hui Idiot, he immediately ordered him to marry his own girl! Now that the elder brother is the son-in-law of the prefect, there is boundless wealth waiting for him to enjoy, and it is impossible to ask him to become a monk again. ”

The monks of Fangcun Temple said "ah" together, that Lin Governor is really courageous, and he is extremely decisive, which is really rare. But people can be big officials, how can they be successful without some courage?

When Master heard the news, he was so angry that his whole body trembled. Without saying a word, he led me through the gate of the prefect's house and fought all the way to the cave - how could those soldiers be our opponents? It fell at the slightest touch, and I didn't use a knife. Hui said lightly.

The monks thought that Zhiguo and Hui Yan broke into the prefect's compound back then, and they couldn't help but be unconvinced by such courage and arrogance - but in retrospect, what did the monk want to be bold and arrogant?

Hui Yan continued: "Master followed me into the cave room, lifted the quilt and brought Hui back with a slippery look!" I didn't expect this to cause a big disaster! When we lift the quilt, we inevitably see the body of the prefect girl - in fact, it seems to us that it is no different from the body of a baby! But Miss Lin didn't think so, she hanged herself that night! Master made a big mistake, and he was bent on atonement for his sins, and he was imprisoned for several years! My Buddhism talks about cause and effect, and the Master planted the evil cause and just wanted to eliminate the evil cause as soon as possible, so the worse the jailer treated him, the happier he was. ”

All the monks nodded, feeling that it was really better to eliminate sins in this way.

Hui Yan said: "After Hui Idiot returned to Fangcun Temple, the whole person was wrong, sometimes crying at the candlestick, sometimes crying and screaming after waking up from a dream, and standing in front of the Buddha statue in a daze from time to time. I used to have a good relationship with him, but after this he didn't say a word to me for fifty years! ”

The monks compare their hearts to their hearts, and the wisdom idiot falls from heaven to hell, sitting alone before the lonely lamp, and when he dreams back at midnight, it must be not easy.

Hui Yan told again: "Speaking of which, it is me and the master who are sorry for Hui Idiot. Over the past few hundred years, Master has also been reflecting, telling me many times that he is just a Master and should not have decided the life of a fool. It's just that hundreds of years have passed, and I didn't expect that Hui Idiot still hates Master! Alas! When you see him later, be kind to him. ”

The monks didn't expect that there was such a period of cause and effect between Zhiguo and Huizhi, and Zhiguo also had kindness and hatred for Huizhi. I really don't know how to deal with such a thing on myself.

This matter was originally a huge secret of Fangcun Temple, and the five major disciples and even Master Zhiguo were reluctant to mention it. It's just that now that one of the two parties is dead and the other has been arrested, Hui Yan said it in order to let everyone understand Hui Idiot.

Hui Yan told the secret of the year, and his chest felt comfortable, and he couldn't help but think of a key question: "Do any of you know which direction Dongfu City is in?" ”

The monks looked at each other, all at a loss. It turned out that Fangcun Temple was a Qing cultivation sect, and the monks in the temple rarely paid attention to world affairs; Dongfu City was a small beach in ancient times, and it was only in the 80s when the economy took off that the city was built - how would these monks know?

Hui sighed and said, "Forget it, I'll ask!" "Walk down the hill. It turned out that he didn't know where Dongfu City was, otherwise he could fly there with his supernatural powers.

This time, the monk went down the mountain, dressed like an ascetic, and behaved like an ascetic, and did not ride the clouds, so he looked for the path between the mountains and forests and strode along. There is an instruction in the Buddhist scriptures: "Thou shalt not speak, thou shalt not speak." "There are two things that cannot be said, but there are many things that are referred to: induction cannot be said, realm cannot be said, and supernatural powers cannot be said. It's not that the Buddhists deliberately want to make it so mysterious, but as soon as you say it, others will envy it, and you will leave an obsession with others.

For cultivators, supernatural powers are just by-products of cultivation, and even if they know what kind of supernatural powers others have, they will not be so envious. But ordinary people are different, I heard that others have supernatural powers, so they are not envious to death? Therefore, true cultivators will not show their supernatural powers in front of ordinary people, and as for charlatans, they don't have any ability, and they have to boast that they have ten skills, which is naturally different.

Monk Hui Yan was wearing a hat, wearing a robe, and stepping on mango shoes, and was walking halfway up the mountain, when suddenly a woman in the sky asked sharply: "Hui Yan!" Did you use a spell to hurt me? ”

Hui angrily held the hat in his hand - blocked the reaction, turned around and walked away - ran away reaction, did not dare to say a word - this is the reaction of doing something wrong. Although he was reluctant to use his supernatural powers, his physical strength was very strong, and each step reached more than three meters, and although he walked through the mountains and forests, he was as fast as the wind.

Even so, he couldn't get rid of the woman, and the woman's voice still came from the sky above him: "Hey! Don't run! You make it clear to me! ”