The son was puzzled and asked, "Why?" ”

Shao Yong then explained: "Birds can feel the changes in the earth's qi more in advance than humans, and now the cuckoo flies to the north, indicating that the earth's qi flows from south to north, and the normal state should be just the opposite, the earth's qi is chaotic, the world will be in chaos, and recently, many diseases that only appear in the south have also appeared in the north, it seems that my Great Song Dynasty must have a big disaster." ”

The son hurriedly asked him where he could avoid chaos, and Shao Yong said five words: "Shu can avoid chaos." In the last years of Song Xuanhe, after Shao Yong's death, his son really led the whole family to move to Xishu, so as to avoid the suffering of war caused by the invasion of the northern peoples. It ensures the safety of his family's life and property. Shao Yong picked "Shudi" to avoid chaos, it is really a unique vision, because Sichuan is indeed a good place to avoid war, it is worth noting that until the War of Resistance against Japan, the fierce Japanese army failed to enter Sichuan one step. Moreover, in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, when there was a war in Guanzhong, Tang Xuanzong and Tang Xizong fled to Sichuan to avoid chaos.

When Li Yuanwai read a lot of Shao Yong's stories, in his heart, he slowly formed such an understanding of fate: In this world, in fact, many things have already been determined. What should come will always come, it won't come, you can't ask for it, in short, fate is determined, and it's useless for people to toss around.

Therefore, gradually, Li Yuanwai also developed a strong interest in fortune-telling and fortune-telling, because the more he felt that his fate had been determined, the more he wanted to know how his fate was "determined".

As soon as he had time and opportunity, he spared no expense to visit fortune tellers and the like. But looking around, he never met a real master that he admired.

As the saying goes, if you have the intention to plant flowers and flowers, you have no intention of planting willows and willows, but when Li Yuanwai didn't deliberately look for them, she happened to encounter them.

Once, he went to the south to do business and met an old man in a monastery. This old man has an extraordinary appearance, and his beard is all white, and he looks like a fairy wind and bones, which can't help but make people awe-inspired.

After chatting with him for a few words, the old man said to him: "You are a person in the officialdom, you can go to the exam next year and enter the school palace, why don't you study?" ”

Li Yuanwai was a little surprised when he heard this, so he quickly explained that the reason why he did not participate in the imperial examination was because he was ordered by his mother, because his mother did not want him to enter the official career, but let his son inherit his father's business and do business well.

After hearing this, the old man nodded again and again, saying that Li Yuanwai was a filial son. He also introduced himself as a native of Yunnan and a disciple of Shao Yong in the Song Dynasty. As soon as Li Yuanwai heard that he was Shao Yong's second disciple, he couldn't help but be extremely excited, because he had read so many books about Shao Yong, and he admired him infinitely, but he didn't expect to meet his second disciple! Is this providential? So, Na Ken missed it, so he tried every means to invite the old man to his home, and gave this qiē, 1510 sù to his mother.

The old lady is a shrewd person, and he has seen the world, he was suspicious of the old man brought by his son, and decided to test it first, so after a little thought, he said: "Since this gentleman is good at numerology, then ask him to calculate some of the things you experienced when you were a child, and try to see if it is spiritual."

The old man took a sip of tea unhurriedly, then smiled and nodded lightly. Bian unhurriedly put Li Yuanwai's birthday eight characters, and as a result, Mr. Kong's calculation, although it is a very small thing, is very accurate Li Yuanwai's birth eight characters, those things he experienced when he was a child, and even the origin of the small scar on Li Yuanwai's left cheek, this old man said it clearly.

Li Yuanwai's mother and son couldn't help but be dumbfounded. I feel that this old man really has real skills, and there is a world of difference between him and those who go to the rivers and lakes to deceive people. Since you have met a master, of course, you have to ask him to help you calculate your future destiny, and the previous ones are just to test him, and to calculate your future is valuable.

The old man said that Li Yuanwai had read so many books about Shao Yong, and he was Shao Yong's second disciple, which was fateful, so at the request of the mother and son, he seriously calculated the good fortune and misfortune of his life for Li Yuanwai.

The old man said the important life stages of Li Yuanwai's life one by one, and he knew very well which year he would get the first place in the examination, which year he should make up for the students, and which year he should be a tribute student, and when the tribute students came out of the tribute, in a certain year, he should be elected as a county commander of a certain province, and after serving as the county commander for three and a half years, he resigned and returned to his hometown. When he was 45 years old on August 14, he died of his life, and calculated that Li Yuanwai was destined to have no son, which made Li Yuanwai's mother and son very sad.

Li Yuanwai also recorded the old man's words one by one, and then began to stop doing business and start reading again. From then on, whenever there was an exam, the results and rankings of the exams were completely consistent with the old man's pre-calculation.

Once, according to the old man's original calculation, the rice that should be received for the sake of the birth should be received until ninety-one stones and five buckets before the tribute can be paid. But when he received seventy-one stone rice, Xuetai approved him to make up for the tribute.

At that time, Li Yuanwai once doubted the accuracy of the old man's prediction.

But later, he was promoted to Gongsheng and finally applied, but after the review of higher-level officials, there was no pass, so that promotion of Xuetai did not materialize. It wasn't until the year of Ding Mao that he was allowed to be promoted to Gongsheng, and at that time, the total amount of rice he received happened to be ninety-one stone and five buckets, which was exactly the same as the old man predicted. After Li Yuanwai experienced this incident, he believed even more: A person's gains and losses, promotions and fortunes, good luck and bad luck are actually destined. What should come will always come, what should go will always go, it's yours sooner or later, and you will never get it if it's not yours, so he looks at it very lightly, and goes with the flow, no longer so persistent, trying to change something.

When life reaches this state, there is no disappointment, let alone hope, because you know the critical stage of your life clearly and clearly, you can't change it, and you can't refuse, so Li Yuanwai's heart is as calm as stagnant water.

But what happened next, his life, which had already been on track, suddenly took an unexpected turn, and this change was too bizarre.

After Li Yuanwai was admitted to the Gongsheng, according to the regulations, he had to go to the Beijing Historical Book Editing Institution to take up a position, and before he officially took office, he decided to go to Qixia Mountain first to meet the Yungu Zen Master, who was a monk who had attained the Tao.

After Li Yuanwai saw Zen Master Yungu, in the meditation room, Yungu looked at him and asked in surprise: "It seems that your current cultivation is very good, because since you came in, I have never seen you have a delusion, and if you are not an extremely profound cultivator, you can't reach this kind of profound realm, how did you do it?" ”

Li Yuanwai told Yungu in detail about the old man he met, and how the old man accurately predicted his life, and finally said: "My life was calculated by that old man, when I was born, when I died, when I was proud, when I was disappointed, there was a fixed number, and there was no way to change it." Therefore, once you know that life is doomed, you will be discouraged, and there will be no delusions in your heart.

After hearing this, Zen Master Yungu laughed and said: "I originally thought you were a great hero, but after you said this, I realized that you were just a mediocre ordinary man."

Li Yuanwai was a little confused about Yungu Zen Master's evaluation. Zen Master Yungu further explained: "The fate you are talking about is actually the life of ordinary people, and for some people who have cultivated extremely high, their fate is not a fixed number, but a variable. The saints are happy to know their fate, but they do not accept their fate, but have the courage to struggle, and they are promising, and his life is in his own hands, and the fixed number of fate cannot bind him. The first meaning of the opening chapter of "Yi" says: "The house of goodness will have Yu Qing", that is, those who actively do good deeds, his original destined fate will slowly change, and it will change for the better. Therefore, life can be changed by oneself, and Buddhism is to let people understand the power of the principle of extreme good and evil, and to do it according to it, life is made by me, and blessings are sought by myself; If I do evil, I will naturally be blessed; If I cultivate goodness, I will naturally be blessed. What was said in various poetry books in the past is really true, clear and good lessons. Our Buddhist scriptures say: If a person asks for wealth, he will get rich, if he asks for children, he will have children, and if he asks for longevity, he will live long! "What Zen Master Yungu said is very complicated, in fact, the core meaning is that in a word, fate is in your own hands.

But Yungu's words woke up Li Yuan, and he also began a life of being active and accumulating his good deeds.

Since then, Li Yuanwai has been very cautious about his every move, word and deed. For example, even in an empty dark room, he will treat it solemnly and will not shout and curse, for fear of offending heaven and earth and offending ghosts and gods.

When encountering people who hate him and slander him, Li Yuanwai can also accept it calmly and not argue with others. From the second year of meeting Yungu Zen Master, when Li Yuanwai went to the Ministry of Rites to take the imperial examination, the fate predicted by the old man suddenly began to fail According to the old man's original prediction, Li Yuanwai should take the third place, but as soon as the results came out, Li Yuanwai actually took the first place! The old man didn't predict that Li Yuanwai would be able to lift people in the exam, but in the autumn township test, Li Yuanwai actually won the exam! And none of this turned out to be his destiny.

Seeing his efforts to change his destiny with such a remarkable effect, Li Yuanwai became more confident.

Then he made a vow to do 3,000 good deeds, and from the day he made the vow, he became even more active in doing good deeds. After more than 10 years of hard work, 3,000 good deeds have been completed. As a result, Mrs. gave birth to a son, of course, this Mrs. was the one before Zhang.