The monk sat motionless with his eyes closed, like a statue, neither drinking tea nor reciting scriptures with Buddhist beads in his impression, as if the Buddha statue behind him was just a lifeless sculpture.

The old man in cloth smiled to himself, as if he had expected that he would not answer, and continued to drink tea, now it seems that he has only noticed that the old man in cloth has only prepared a teacup for himself, if outsiders are present, they must feel strange, the scene at this time is really not understandable.

The old man in cloth looked at the wind and snow outside the window, and slowly put down the teacup, "Alas, you said you are an old guy, how rare it is for me to come once, but every time you come, you are like this, you don't move, I really don't know what your cultivation is, this 'eye of the heart', it is a chance." Can you succeed without opening your eyes to people all your life?"

The old man shook his head as he spoke, as if he were reprimanding. "You've been closing your eyes for almost thirty years, and it's okay if you don't open your eyes, but you can't really make a statue if you live in this broken temple, you can't really make a statue of it, you can't know about it, I've been there, it's true, I'm afraid there will be no clean days after this." ”

The old man took a sip of tea again, "Hmph, Dongzhou may be in turmoil, I'm afraid you won't be able to close your eyes and watch the sky for a long time, but I really don't understand, how can the people of your 'Tianxuan Temple' be like this, saying that you don't eat or drink all day long here, don't laugh or speak, don't watch and sleep, what so-called yin virtue of yours can be consummated?"

The old man said a lot, and felt a little chatter, but the monk didn't hear it and didn't move.

"Well, forget it. The old man gave up his endless words, and there was some helplessness in his eyes, "Then let's talk about business, the fortune of heaven has appeared, although I don't know if it is a blessing or a curse, but the 'Holy Academy' has sent the 'heavenly machine' to the past, and the plan for today can only be temporarily suppressed, but I don't know what 'that' will be like when it really comes." ”

When he said this, suddenly the monk moved, just opened his mouth slightly, and took a breath, although it was only this subtle action, but it seemed to feel a sudden coercion invasion around him, as if even the dust was frightened, and for a while, the dust in the room was swept away.

A gentle and peaceful voice came from the monk's mouth, "Since the matter has come to this, then let's wait and see, if the future really backfires, destroy it." ”

The old man looked at the monk in a daze, this has been how many times he has come, but this is still the first sentence of the monk after many years, although he didn't expect it, but the old man still sighed, "Alas, I really don't know what you Buddhists do, one is more rigid than the other." ”

"If you want to talk about the foundation of talent, your Buddhism is invincible in the world, but if you want to say that this is a brain, you are still the first in the world! Cultivating luck is the principle of heaven, what do you have to cultivate? Then you might as well gouge out your eyes, I think you can achieve this 'closed eyes and watching the sky Zen'!"

The monk was still expressionless, but the corners of his mouth opened slightly again, "The Buddha Gate is the Gate of Heaven, and the cultivation of meditation cannot be forced by external forces, the heart is natural, and the Buddha is natural!"

The old man's eyes widened, and he felt that the monk seemed to talk more today, "Hehe, don't tell me about your theories, I don't understand, I just know that the first person in your Buddhist family in the past hundred years is to cultivate your broken Zen and disappear. ”

The monk said again: "The way of meditation is also the way of luck, the Zen practiced by King Ming, no one knows, maybe the realm has reached a higher level, and the 'life beads' of Buddhism are still lit, so ...... This matter is taboo in Buddhism, and it should not be said again. ”

The old man smiled: "Hehe, I just mentioned it by chance, but your words today seem to be a bit too much." ”

"It's not much, it's just that as you said, I'm afraid the situation in Dongzhou won't be stable for many years, I really want to see how many talented people will come out when it is turbulent! It seems that the Qing cultivation of the past 20 years is about to come to an end..."

.........

The night has gone deep, Cangzhou City is extraordinarily quiet today, it may be that people are tired from watching the show for a day, so they rest very early, and tomorrow is the time to release the list, and the future talents of the Great Xuanguo will have the answer from tomorrow.

In the marking room of the Liangfu Academy, many examiners are still stepping up the review, all of them are very serious and careful, which is not the case in the past, but today is different, because there is an examiner who does not know the background and accompanies them to mark the papers.

Liu Dian was removed from his post and imprisoned, so the man in Tsing Yi took his place in person. Marking exam papers is a very boring job, all the exam papers are disrupted, and the examiner is assigned to which area, which area will be reviewed, with today's Liu Dian's lesson, it seems that no one dares to cross the thunder pool.

Just when everyone was stepping up their review, one of them suddenly exclaimed: "This... How is this possible!" The voice was a little louder, attracting everyone's attention.

The man in Tsing Yi also raised his head and said, "What's the matter?"

The examiner hurriedly saluted and said: "Oh, the answerer, the lower official reviewed the examination paper of a candidate, and he was just a little amazed, this examinee was amazed in his thinking, and all the questions of Moyi were answered correctly, and even the questions of that level were answered by him without any mistakes!"

"Oh, who?"

"Answer the man, this man is in the sky!"

After hearing this, the man in Tsing Yi was not surprised, and nodded slowly, "En, the asset of the national fortune, the top of the poetry list, Moyi has won the first class again, and the double armor shows talent!"

"Your Excellency!" interrupted an examiner on the other side.

"My lordship, the heavens are here...... This son, yes, it's the top three!" said one of the examiners aloud.

"What?

"No, I heard that he didn't choose the 'Thesaurus', but he chose to count!"

"You're not kidding, you're kidding, you can get the first class by counting? ”

The official hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand and said, "My lord, the lower official is indeed the counting exam paper of Lintian, but the lower official is dull, please review it again!"

The man in Tsing Yi was expressionless, he already knew how Lintian did in the exam, although he didn't look too carefully during the day, but he only glanced at it a few times, but he knew that Lintian's calculations must be good, but he just didn't expect that he could be all right.

The man in Tsing Yi looked at it seriously, and all the officials also put down the things in their hands, and they all looked at it, it is not a big deal for a candidate to get a first-class, but to say that this number is all right, and it is still a top three, it is a big deal.

For a long time, the reading room of the Liangfu Academy, which was originally quiet, shook, as if something surprising had happened......