Chapter 9: Wonderful learning, grief-stricken
When I heard it, the Buddha told Su Bodhi. The work of Yi Jin has been completed, and only then can it be done. This name is a silent night clock, which does not interfere with human affairs. The day is in a hurry, busy with food and clothing. After three meals, let the wind and water go away. When I saw the stars at dusk, I lit the lamp and illuminated the dark room. After finishing homework in the evening, I will rest in bedding. The masses snore and sleep, forgetting life and death. The bright one wakes up alone, and cultivates in the dark. Sigh tonight, one less day in the past. Impermanence comes quickly, and the body is like a fish in few waters. Obviously, how to save, what is the day of blessing and wisdom, the four graces have not been repaid, the four edges have not been separated, the four wisdoms have not appeared, and the three lives have not been converted. In the contemplation of the Dharma realm, there are four beings and three preparations, six roots and six dusts, five aggregates and three paths, and heavenly and human asuras. The six realms have different tendencies, the two truths cannot be fused, and the six degrees cannot be possessed. Seeing is not seeing, and ignorance does not stop. The eyes are not shrewd, and the eyebrows are not on the ground. How to know the separation and get the intention of nirvana. If you can see it, you can't see it. The snail horn is a thousand worlds, and the eyes are scorched. In a drowsy and drunken dream, time is lost. Wandering in life and death, the sea of suffering is boundless. Great Compassion............
Qin Tianci was able to memorize the text of the general outline by heart.
The old monk began to teach him the specific content of the scriptures, which are divided into six paths, the first five of which are the way to refresh the mind and elaborate the mind, but the order of learning must not be disordered, and it must be gradual and gradual, otherwise the mind will be lost. Especially the sixth way, if the first five ways are not learned, the sixth way is enough for people to distort and understand the content of the scriptures.
After all, this is a very profound Buddhist work of Bodhidharma. Being able to rank first in Shaolin is naturally risky. But once the written text is fully studied, then it is easy to read other texts, and it is easy to learn other martial arts.
The first five of these six paths, in order, are, "The Beginningless Bell Qi Chapter", "The Four False Chapters", "All Saints Return to the Same Chapter", "The Thing and Me Are the Same", and "The Walking, Dwelling, Sitting, and Lying Chapters".
After Xiao Tianci quickly mastered the trick, he entered the first learning: "The universe has a reason, and it is difficult to hear and understand. Whoever can attain enlightenment belongs to the vitality. There is no reason to be lucky, and there is no reason to be angry. Handed over and consistent, inseparable from each other. The epidemic is uninterrupted, and everything depends on life. Wear gold and make stone, water and fire can be combined. Parallel does not harm each other. Reason and qi are the same. There is an ambush and killing machine in life, and there is business in killing. Reason is used by qi, and qi is used by reason. That is, the body is used for manifestation, and it is used for the body. It is neither the body nor the use, and the body and the use are not standing. Neither irrational nor angry, a word penetrates heaven. A hundred steps forward, primitive and beginningless. Only when you understand the meaning can you say that you can wash the marrow......"
After everything was ready, the old monk made a slight adjustment to his current life. They decided that Qin Tianci's way of life, poetry and book etiquette were mainly taught by Yun Sanniang. And he promised to teach his children martial arts, but he may not have much time at the moment, because he decided to go into the water to dig the silt under the boulder, and change Qin Hui'an to go into the water after going ashore. He seized the time on the shore to improve his luck and regain his heat and physical strength, and he could continue to work when he was launched next time.
In addition to teaching children knowledge, Yun Sanniang also prepares food for everyone and prepares a fire for them at any time. With homework in this cold environment, everyone's food consumption has also increased, so Yun Sanniang's affairs have also increased. However, for the sake of the child's future, it is worth it for the three of them to be busy.
After Qin Tianci memorized the scriptures, he began to cultivate on his own according to the guidance of his master. It's only occasionally that I don't understand something, so I take advantage of Master's rest to ask. In general, Qin Tianci is a smart and clever child, and he understands many things at all, whether it is scriptures or knowledge. They all learned unexpectedly quickly, and they were basically able to draw inferences from one another, and soon surpassed Yun Sanniang's knowledge.
Qin Tianci's daily and every scripture study has also been unprecedentedly improved. He felt better breathing and better spirits. Maybe because I am growing up day by day, my physical fitness and strength have improved significantly. According to the master's prompting, every breath Qin Tianci took was breathed according to what the scriptures said. And every breath of air seems to be able to travel through the whole body, converting the gas into other things, collecting qi in every joint and every organ.
Time flies little by little, there is still a month left to be Tianci's birthday, and the weather in May is already very hot, during this time the old monk and Qin Hui'an have increased their workload. Finally, the mud under the boulder that had been cleaned by the two of them loosened, and the boulder slid down a few feet with a slight shock. The drainage hole was already enough to poke into a person's head, and in a few days, it would be done, and the four of them would be able to leave the place they had been trapped for decades.
In the past few days, everyone is preparing to go out, Sanniang looked at the mountains and rivers, not that she was reluctant, but she was full of memories here. Looking at the cistern on the mountain to the north, the bamboo was cut open and nailed diagonally to the wall in order to provide clean drinking water. The water flowing from the mountain slides down the bamboo into a reference cistern made of wood on the periphery of the pond. A gap was left at the highest point of the wooden cistern and the water was diverted back to the pond with bamboo. The entire bucket is covered with a lid made of wooden strips to keep out the dust. In other words, part of the water in the mountain will flow to the unpolluted bucket first, and when the bucket fills up the drinking water, the excess water will flow back into the pool.
Qin Hui'an has been in the army for so many years, and he will still build some of these temporary machinery and equipment on the way.
Looking at the two small wooden houses in front of him, Qin Hui'an would cut down a few trees every year to repair the damage to the roof and avoid water leakage. In addition, in February and March every year, the trees around the other three mountains are branched so that some small saplings can be planted.
In autumn, everyone will also pick fruits to satisfy their hunger and change their taste. There was still a lot of mead that had been brewed, and they took out some of it to drink as a final goodbye in the past few days, and the unfinished ones were stored in the ground forever. If anyone accidentally falls here again in the future, at least there will be some fine wine to ward off the cold.
And so on and so forth...... Looking at everything here, the time of the old monk for more than 30 years, and the eleven years of Qin Hui'an Yun Sanniang's time have been consumed here, and a few people still feel a lot......... At the same time, this is also the birthplace of his baby son Qin Tianci, which is really of great significance to several people......
Finally, on June 15th, everything is ready, and today is the time for everyone to get out of this valley of despair. The four of them packed up and came to the pool.
The old monk said at this time, "Let's go out from here today, but no one can say what difficulties and dangers we will encounter on the way." But we will protect the child's thoroughness, so I put this order on the child first. God's Gift, Come ......"
Saying that the old monk firmly stuck the Jianghu Order on the inside of the Tianci clothes, Qin Hui'an and Yun Sanniang did not answer, and the old monk continued, "Hui'an, Sanniang, if I encounter an accident on the way, please be sure to help the poor monk bring this Jianghu Order back to Shaolin, so as not to be carried by this token again." ”
"Senior ......"
"You don't have to say more!"
Qin Hui'an thought for a while, and also said, "The matter of being entrusted by someone to end up is difficult for the husband to chase after him. The younger generations also have something to ask for. ”
"Oh? What's the matter with you? ”
Qin Hui'an said solemnly, "We will definitely follow the things explained by the seniors, it is too dangerous to go out this time, I hope the seniors will take care of my children, if something happens to my husband and wife, please help me ......"
The old monk said angrily, "Hui'an, what stupid things are you talking about? You two husbands and wives have their own natural appearances, don't talk about these unlucky things. ”
Yun Sanniang worried, "It's just that this pool of water is extremely cold, I don't know if Tianci can stand it at such a young age." Hey......"
The old monk encouraged, "If you can't stand it, you have to accept it, and Tianci is also a man who stands up to the sky, right?" ”
"Hmm... Master, I'm already a man. ”
The old monk smiled and said, "Don't worry, the scriptures that Tianci has learned in the past two years also have the effect of lifting his qi and regulating his spirits, and his body and bones in the past two years are better than those of ordinary peers." After a while, I will take him with me, he just needs to hold his breath as much as possible, and the poor monk will always send him internal force as much as possible to ensure that his body can tide over this difficulty. ”
Qin Hui'an and Yun Sanniang immediately knelt on the ground, Qin Hui'an said, "Thank you, senior, my husband and wife will be relieved to have your words......"
The old monk hurriedly helped the two of them up, "Okay, okay, don't do this." Let's talk about what we have to say, but we don't know how deep this hole is, where it is after we go out, and whether we can come back again, so we have to be more careful. When you're ready, let's go. ”
The old monk and Qin Tianci were in front, Qin Tianci was beside the old monk, and the old monk tied Tianci's waist and his own waist together with a linen rope to avoid getting lost underwater, and then stretched out a hand to hold Tianci's hand. A few steps behind, it was Qin Hui'an and Yun Sanniang, and I saw that they were also tied with the same linen rope around their waists, and their hands were interlocked, extremely nervous and excited.
When everything was ready, the old monk and Tianci both took a deep breath and jumped into the water one by one. When Qin Hui'an and Yun Sanniang saw them jump into the water, they also followed closely behind, taking a deep breath and plunging into the water.
The old monk and Qin Hui'an had been working underwater for more than two years, and they had long known the underwater direction well, and soon they swam to the boulder. Although you are underwater, the water is clear and clear, and the location of the boulder is not the deepest place, so the clarity is still very high. There is a large hole in the mountain behind the boulder, which is black, and now a small half of it has been hollowed out and sunk by the silt under the boulder because of their work in the past two years, revealing a small half of the position. The water flows here like an automatic suction cup, and the current accelerates towards the mouth of the cave, which is enough to prove that this is the outlet of the pool pool, and the only exit from the Valley of Despair.
The old monk quickly followed the water flow with the heavenly gift, and suddenly it became extremely dark. At this time, Tianci was almost frozen to lose consciousness because of the cold of the pond water, and the old monk grabbed him with one hand and supported his back with the other, constantly sending him internal force, hoping to help him buy as much time as possible. At the same time, the old monk used his feet to control the imbalance brought by the flow of water.
Yun Sanniang, under the leadership of Qin Hui'an, also came to this cave entrance soon. In the past few days, the mouth of the cave has moved a little distance, and the speed of the water has increased, and at the same time the return flow has turned against everything around the hole. The mud beneath the boulder had been pulled out by the two of them, and it had long since been loosened. At this moment, the current of water broke the silt under the supporting boulder, and the boulder instantly collapsed due to the collapse of the silt, and the entrance of the cave suddenly opened by more than half, and the speed of the water flow became more rapid in an instant. The old monk clearly felt the change in the speed of the water in front of him, and hurriedly stopped moving forward to look back to see what was going on.
Qin Hui'an and Yun Sanniang took advantage of this and hurriedly rushed into the cave along the water.
This time, the boulder fell deep downwards and smashed the side of the mountain. This smash turned out to be a big thing, and this smash surprised many creatures, and all this dense stuff swam over.
A few days ago, the boulder sank, and part of the silt was removed, so the stone slipped outward. This time, the boulder collapsed inward, that is, on the side of the mountain, due to the collapse of the mud caused by the water flowing back to the cave entrance. This smash is not trivial, and it surprises some special creatures.
When these dense creatures got closer, they saw clearly that they were hundreds of white snakes. No wonder these white snakes have only been seen occasionally over the years, and they have never found these white snake nests, so they can only live on guard against these white snakes. Unexpectedly, these white snakes turned out to be water snakes, living in the water, and their nests are in the crevices of the mountains below the waterhole. No wonder these white snakes are cold things, they have lived in this cold pool for many years, and the cold poison situation can be imagined.
Now is not the time to discuss why this white snake lives here, this dense white snake actually swarms with this rapid current.
Yun Sanniang looked at these white snakes swimming densely at the entrance of the cave, where the visibility was no longer very high, and then looked back at her son Qin Tianci, who was a little inside the cave. I saw that he had held his breath almost to the limit, and he looked at himself sadly. She turned her head and looked at Qin Hui'an affectionately. After all, it is a husband and wife who have lived for more than ten years, although there is no way to communicate underwater, Qin Hui'an understands what his wife means, he looked at his wife with a smile, also looked back at his son, smiled at him, and then turned around, and the two faced this group of white snakes......
The old monk also immediately understood what they were going to do, and was about to swim back, but unfortunately the water was too fast, and the underwater time was too long, and his strength had already softened by five or six points, not to mention that the temperature in the water was too low, and his body had long since refused to listen to his own call. At the moment when the old monk and Tianci were swept away by the current, they saw Qin Hui'an and Yun Sanniang wrap the rope on their bodies around the stones on the inner wall of the cave entrance a few times, and then the two of them used their bodies to block the hole where the snakes impacted...... Although they didn't block it all, a few white snakes still rushed in...... But most of the snakes were blocked by the couple...... In this way, the old monk and the little Tianci were washed out by the current......
The old monk was annoyed in his heart, and he regretted that he had gone ahead. If he walked behind, maybe there would be a way to deal with these snakes, and it would not be so that Qin Hui An Yun Sanniang and his wife would exchange their lives for this chance to escape. Maybe it's the light of God, mother's love and father are the most important emotions in the world......
Tianci saw his parents sacrifice their lives in order to save himself and leave a chance for himself to escape, which must be more uncomfortable and difficult to accept than the old monk. It's a pity that Tianci couldn't support it anymore, and after exhaling his last breath, he fainted......