Dad said: "This is fate, right?" ”

Jiuyi shook his head and said: "In fact, there is no fate in the world, only points. There is no fate, in fact, there is no fate. ”

When the two meet and stay together, they are fated and shared; If the two can't stay together when they meet, they are fateful; If the two don't meet, they have no fate, and if they don't have a chance to meet, they can't talk about staying together, and they can't talk about having a point. This is the world's most recognized theory of "fate". But the ninety-one chief actually did not admit that there is a "fate" in the world, but only that there is a "part" in the world. This made Grandpa feel strange.

Grandpa asked, "Why does the Taoist think so?" ”

Jiuyi walked to the window and said to the starry sky outside: "The sea of people is as vast as the starry sky, some people say that there are so many people in the world, and you just know this person or that person, it is fate." Actually, this is not true. Since you have come to this world, you must know some people, this is inevitable, you don't know these people, you will know those people, there will always be a group of people in different times and places in your life waiting for you to know, waiting for you to make so-called marriages. Life in the world and getting along with people, just like you plunge into the noisy crowd market, you must see many people, meet some people, some people walk with you, some people rub shoulders with you, it is inevitable. Since it is something that must be met no matter what, it is not called fate, and there is no fate. You meet a loved one, you think it's fate, but if that beloved doesn't show up, you will still meet another beloved, maybe with her for the rest of your life. By extension, if you meet a loved one and think it's fate, maybe it's because you didn't meet the person you would have loved more, but you stayed with someone who didn't love you so much for a lifetime. Therefore, the so-called fate is just that people deceive themselves and deceive others. ”

Chief Jiuyi continued: "I have experienced so many previous lives, and before I thought of her, I met a lot of girls, I thought that I had a fate with those girls and got married, and then I met her, and then I remembered that my favorite person turned out to be her. But he already has a family and a room, and he can't get together with her anymore. ”

Grandpa said: "Although you always miss her, you see her every life, which is also fate!" How many people can meet again and again in this life and in the next life? ”

A bitter smile appeared at the corner of Jiuyi's long mouth, and he said, "Why did I have to escape into Dayun Mountain in this life and wait for the oil to dry up and the lamp dry up in my forty-one previous lives, but I have to escape into Dayun Mountain in this life?" Do you know? ”

Daddy shook his head.

"Because I figured it out, because I knew that the so-called fate is self-deception. I thought that I had a fate with her, just like among thousands of people, I tied a unique red thread between my feet and her, even if there was a messy tangled thread, as long as I cleaned it up well and never gave up, I would definitely be able to find her along the red line. ”

"That's right. That's how you should be. You have to believe that you are still destined, and after going through this ordeal, you will eventually be able to meet and stay together. Grandpa comforted. Although he knew that a person who had experienced so many setbacks in his previous life might have his heart cocooned, no matter how soft the comfort or the sharp and piercing excitement was, it didn't matter to him.

"Definitely. Just like what I said earlier, fate is a self-deceptive statement. I thought I was destined for her, but when I think about it, she has always been such a kind girl like a Buddha, except for me, how do you know that she has never buried other weak beings? How do you know that other beings won't be looking for her after they are reincarnated? ”

Grandpa was speechless for a while.

Jiuyi walked up to his grandfather and patted him on the shoulder, as if the person who needed to be comforted was his father, not him.

Grandpa knew that Captain Jiuyi had figured it out since he fled into Dayun Mountain, and now he mentioned this just to persuade him not to look for millet anymore.

Ninety-one is indeed reasonable. That girl can bury a rabbit under the general's father's arrows, she may bury other critters as well, save other creatures before the general fires his bow and arrows, or she may grow up to save other people's lives under the general's butcher's knife. Compared with burying Jiuyi Chang's previous life with his own hands, saving his life before killing seems to be more worthy of gratitude and concern. Ninety-one Chiefs can remember her and pursue her, but it is not necessary that other beings will not remember her, pursue her, and even begin to search for her like the later Ninety-One Chiefs in that life.

Maybe that girl stayed with the people she saved for the rest of her life in that life, and she grew old.

What's more, maybe how many times the girl was a weak creature in her previous life and was saved by others. And she's also looking for someone she's obsessed with.

Later, my grandfather met Xiaomi again, and then saw a Buddhist allusion, and only then did he truly experience the desolate state of mind of Jiuyi.

That Buddhist allusion goes like this. Once upon a time there was an amorous scholar who made an agreement with his fiancée to marry on a certain day, month, and year. But on that day, his fiancée married someone else.

The scholar was hit by this and could not afford to fall ill. No amount of persuasion from the family helped.

Seeing that this scholar is dying, he will soon pass away. At this time, a wandering monk passed by. When the monk heard about this, he came to the scholar and took out a fishbone mirror from his bosom and told the scholar to look at it.

The scholar saw the vast sea in a fishbone mirror and saw a murdered woman lying naked on the beach.

Occasional people pass by the beach. The first passer-by took one look at the woman's body, shook his head and left.

The second passer-by saw the woman's body, took off his clothes, put them over the woman's body, and left.

Soon a third man passed by, and he walked over, dug a pit, and carefully buried the body.

The sight in the fishbone mirror vanished, and the scholar saw himself.

The scholar was puzzled and asked the monk why he was showing him this.

The monk put away the mirror and explained that this is a mirror to be able to see your past life, and that the female corpse on the beach is your fiancée's past life. You're the second person to pass by and have given her a cover-up. She fell in love with you in this life, just to repay you. But in the end, she has to repay the person for the rest of her life, and she is the last person to bury her. That man was her current husband.

The scholar had an epiphany, and soon his illness was cured.

Grandpa thought that Jiuyi was a practitioner of non-Buddhism and non-Taoism, familiar with both Taoist scriptures and Buddhist philosophy, and he might have decided not to pursue the girl who had been pursuing for forty-one lives after seeing this allusion.

A person who has experienced about 400 years of the 41st life, but cannot find fate, naturally will no longer believe in the word "fate".

"You're only the first life." Chief Jiuyi ended the conversation that night with this sentence.

After that night's conversation, Chief Jiuyi left Thrush Village early the next morning.

Grandpa sent him to Laohe, but he didn't let him send it again.

Jiuyi said goodbye to his grandfather: "Ma Xiucai, there is an old man visiting early tomorrow morning, remember not to close the door at night." ”

Grandpa asked, "I came to visit early in the morning, I just got up early, why can't I close the door at night?" ”

Ninety-one said to him, "I have left something in your house, so people can only follow that thing to find here." If you close the door, no one will be able to find you. ”

Seeing that he didn't say the name of the deceased, Grandpa knew that it would be in vain to ask, so he nodded and agreed.

After Jiuyi left, my father returned home, and when he saw that Luo Buzhai no longer went out to talk to him, he felt cold and sad, and couldn't help but sigh. He remembered that Chief Jiuyi had left something at home, so he searched everywhere, and finally saw a yellow paper cinnabar charm on the fishbone mirror.

Daddy didn't think much of it, and casually put the mirror back in its place.

At noon, a man from a nearby village came to his father, saying that his daughter was in poor health all year round, and often had diarrhea, and she lost several pounds when she had diarrhea. He took his daughter to see many doctors, and the doctors said that his daughter was weak in constitution, poor in stomach, and was born with a deficiency, and there was no other effective treatment except for paying more attention to it. He usually boils soup and porridge for his daughter to nourish his spleen and stomach, but there is still no sign of improvement◎ The day his daughter had diarrhea again, almost emptying the whole person, sweating profusely, her face turned yellow, and she was no longer human.

He was afraid that his daughter would die of illness, so he came to see his grandfather.

The father asked him when his daughter had diarrhea.

He gave the dates he remembered.

After hearing this, Grandpa pinched his fingers and sighed: "It all appeared when the ghost star was on duty." ”

The man was stunned and said, "Really? I never paid attention to what the stars were, I only thought about whether the climate was changing drastically. ”

Grandpa smiled: "I don't blame you, I also found this common ground after considering many other factors first." If you don't know how to calculate the stars, you won't be able to find out. After speaking, the father asked his daughter's birthday again.

The man gave his daughter's birth date.

Grandpa calculated again, and then Ting, sighed again: "The day your daughter was born also happened to be on the Ghost Star duty!" No wonder she is like this! ”

The man's lips trembled slightly, and he asked, "So, is there something wrong with her?" Can it still be saved? ”

Grandpa thought for a while and said, "Whether there is salvation or not, this is secondary." Whether it can be saved or not depends on chance. ”

The man panicked: "If you can save it, you can save it, if you can't, you can't, why do you have to look at chance?" ”

"Your daughter's salvation is different. I have a method here, but I can't guarantee that it will work. ”

The man grabbed his father's hand and begged, "Ask Ma Xiucai to save my daughter's life!" Our family will remember your kindness! Never forget! ”

Grandpa got up and said, "If you can save your daughter, you can thank the person who saved your daughter, don't thank me." ”

The man thought that his father was unwilling to help, so he grabbed his father's hand and cried: "I did say that you were bad behind people's backs, saying that although you drove away ghosts and saved people, you also brought some unclean things to us, which made people uneasy. I'm sure you've heard others talk about these things, which makes you unhappy. I apologize to you today and will never say such a thing in the future. ”