His eyes widened, and he observed by the light of lightning: this stone chamber was not large, about two zhang high and three zhang wide, and to his surprise, there were stone tables, stone benches, stone incense burners, and a flat and wide place on the inner wall, like a stone bed.

Amazingly, there are water droplets on the top of the rock, which are endlessly poured into the stone incense burner, and the water is as clear as nectar, and it never overflows.

The outside of the rock is covered with anchovy grass, chicken bone grass, mountain peach, mountain bean, and other plants that can be used to satisfy hunger.

Zhang Shaofei breathed a long sigh of relief, secretly happy in his heart, on the way to Guanghuai to get bird's nest, when he was in the dark, he seemed to be protected by God.

Zhang Shaofei took off his wet clothes, wrung out the water, and left it aside.

He lay on the bed, put his clothes inside, and remembered the series of encounters that had happened after his demotion and exile......

Outside the stone room, thunder and lightning were blowing, and the rain was pouring non-stop.

Soon, Zhang Shaofei slowly blinded his eyes and fell asleep unconsciously.

In the haze, Zhang Shaofei seemed to hear something, he suddenly opened his eyes, heh, the sky has brightened.

The clouds and rain are raining, and the mountains and fields are washed by the rain overnight, which looks bright and green, and the air is exceptionally fresh.

Looking into the distance, I saw a small green river like green silk sandwiched between the green mountains on both sides, like a jade belt, winding and twisting in the hills and ravines.

By the river, there are rows of villages, hidden in the dense phoenix tail bamboo forest.

The slopes under the ridge are like dragons entrenched;

The mountains and peaks in the distance, filled with smoke, appear and disappear from time to time.

"Ah, Heavenly Creation, why is there such a heavy eagle atmosphere here?" Zhang Shaofei felt strange in his heart.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside the stone room, Zhang Shaofei walked out of the stone room, looked to the right, and saw a woodcutter forty miles away on the mountain road, holding a machete, carrying a straw spear and a strip, stepping on the fallen leaves all over the ground, and came up the mountain.

After the rain, the mud and decaying leaves on the road are particularly loud when people step on them.

When the woodcutter suddenly saw a man come out of the stone chamber, he was shocked and asked, "Who are you?" How can Morning Yoyo be in this Hawksbill Rock?"

Zhang Shaofei rubbed his hands and explained: "Last night, I passed by this mountain range, and I encountered wind and rain, so I had to take shelter from the rain here. ”

When the woodcutter saw that he looked like a man who reads, he relaxed and took a step forward: "Where did you come from and where are you going?"

"This .....". Zhang Shaofei knew that it was not appropriate to disclose his life experience to the public at this time, and replied, "My surname is Wang, my name is Ah Fei, like a floating wild goose, wandering the world, and the four seas are home. ”

"Ah, you're a wanderer." The woodcutter's sympathy was spontaneous.

Zhang Shaofei couldn't help but ask again: "Big brother, may I ask what kind of place is this?"

The woodcutter pointed to the mountains: "This mountain is called Fengshan Ridge, this cave is called Eagle Beak Rock, and the river under the mountain is called Fengshan River."

"Where is this?" Zhang Shaofei couldn't help but ask again.

"Guanghuai!" The woodcutter said bluntly.

"Ahh Guanghuai? I came to Guanghuai? Zhang Shaofei's heartstrings were violently touched, and he couldn't help muttering, "Guanghuai, Guanghuai......"

When the woodcutter saw him muttering to himself, he asked inexplicably, "Guanghuai, Guanghuai, ...... Are you chanting?"

It turned out that Zhang Shaofei suddenly had a sentence in his heart that his father had said to him when he was a child: "When you grow up, you must cherish the world." ”

Zhang Shaofei thought for a while, then turned to ask the woodcutter: "What do the mountain people here do for a living?" ”

The woodcutter replied, "Reclamation of the mountains for hunting, collecting firewood, what do you ask for?" ”

Zhang Shaofei sighed and said, "I came here after a long journey, feeling physically and mentally exhausted, and I want to rest here. ”

"This ......," the woodcutter thought about it, "Well, I have a mud-brick house in my house that is free, so if you don't dislike it, please come and live in my house." The woodcutter was a warm-hearted man.

And Zhang Shaofei had his own opinion, so he excused himself and said: "Big brother, I understand your kindness." However, I never want to cause trouble for others, what do you think of this eagle's beak rock? ”

"In this stone room, the accommodation is quiet, but it is also lonely." The woodcutter looked at Zhang Shaofei and said his opinion.

Zhang Shaofei smiled and said, "I just like to be quiet. ”

During the chat, the woodcutter sneezed several times.

Zhang Shaofei was proficient in medical skills, and asked with concern: "Big brother, are you suffering from a cold?" ”

"I went out in the rain the other day and came home with a fever that night. But the mountain trail is rugged and difficult to travel, and it is too far to go to the polder city to seek medical treatment. The woodcutter recalled.

Zhang Shaofei said with concern: "Big brother, your illness can't be delayed again and again. ”

The woodcutter looked helpless: "Then what can be done?"

Zhang Shaofei has learned to use mountain herbs to cure diseases with Ding Bo since he was a child, and he also understands that there are endless mountain herbs in the mountains that can heal people, so he said, "This mountain is full of mountain herbs that cure diseases." ”

The woodcutter was puzzled: "The mountain herb that heals the disease? The mountains here are full of grass, where is there any medicine? ”

"If you know it, it's medicine, and if you don't know it, it's grass." Zhang Shaofei pointed to some weeds on the side of the road, "You pick those herbs and go home to decoction, and then cover them with a heavy quilt and press them, sweating all over, your illness will be cured soon." ”

Now, the skeptical woodcutter had no choice but to follow Zhang Shaofei to pick mountain herbs and go home with the mentality of trying.

The next day, the woodcutter happily came to tell Zhang Shaofei that his wind cold had really been cured.

The woodcutter's name was Wang Xiaoer, and in order to thank Zhang Shaofei, he specially invited him to his home.

At the beginning of the meal, Wang Xiaoer's wife brought out steaming soup and vegetables, and a rich aroma came to her nose.

Zhang Shaofei asked: "Big brother and sister-in-law, what kind of soup and what kind of dish is this?" It smells so good! ”

Wang Xiaoer said mysteriously: "This is a famous dish that our mountain people entertain distinguished guests, called 'Dragon, Tiger and Phoenix'." ”

Zhang Shaofei couldn't hear that this was the words of the locals, so he was stunned and puzzled: "Big brother, what is 'dragon, tiger and phoenix'?"

Wang Xiaoer triumphantly explained: "'Dragon' refers to a poisonous snake, 'tiger' refers to a wild cat, and 'phoenix' refers to a pheasant. This soup and dish are made with these three kinds of mountain products, which are very nourishing and delicious. ”

Thinking that the pheasant that was originally living freely in the mountains has become a delicacy on the table, Zhang Shaofei couldn't help but feel distressed.

This meal, Zhang Shaofei endured the temptation of the aroma of meat, did not drink soup, did not clip the chopsticks to the pheasant, and ate the green vegetables on the side of the meat.

Wang Xiaoer was very strange, and when asked the reason, Zhang Shaofei frowned and said: "I never kill, when I think of the bloody scene of killing chickens, I feel uncomfortable." ”

Wang Xiaoer listened to it and felt that Zhang Shaofei was quite reasonable.

After that, Wang Xiaoer not only did not eat pheasants and birds, but also advised other neighbors.

The good story spread, and the villagers and mountain people went up the mountain to find this "Wang Langzhong" when they were sick, while Zhang Shaofei responded to requests day and night, wind and rain, and often collected medicine to treat people.

……

On this day, the mountain breeze is cool and the sun is shining.

Zhang Shaofei helped the villagers to return to Jizuiyan after doing farm work at the bottom of the mountain, and suddenly, he saw a middle-aged monk lying on the side of the mountain road, his face was pale, his lips were chapped, and his breath was dying, so he hurriedly stepped forward, picked off the diamond fruit on the side of the road, kneaded it and stuffed it into his mouth, and then pressed the "human center" for him and rubbed the meridians.

Not long after, the monk woke up, opened his eyes, saw Zhang Shaofei's charitable face, nodded to him gratefully to express his gratitude, and then asked, "Are you?" ”

After Zhang Shaofei saluted, he said, "My surname is Wang, and my name is Ah Fei." May I ask you, Master, where are you a wandering monk? ”

The monk's voice was still weak, and he replied, "The poor monk is called a enlightenment. ”

Zhang Shaofei asked, "Which master did you study Buddhism with?" ”

Ichigo replied, "I am the apprentice of Master Rujue. ”

Zhang Shaofei listened to his father recite the "Diamond Sutra" since he was a child, listened to his father tell the anecdotes of the ancestors of Buddhism in the past dynasties, and also heard the name of the master of consciousness, so he asked: "Is it the master of Rujue who the sixth ancestor Huineng authorized to set up his own door under his lineage?" ”

"The Sixth Patriarch Huineng, in the history of Zen thought, is a figure who inherits the past and the future, and his Zen thought is rich in connotation and feasible in practice. The second brother of its establishment and the convenience of starting with it, this meditation method has a direct impact on the thoughts of Fahai and other descendants.

The practice of Rujue is full of epiphany thoughts, and later generations commented that the "Six Ancestors Altar Sutra", which was dictated by the Six Ancestors Huineng and recorded by his disciple Fahai, is quite a fusion of Buddhist Zen mechanism and Chinese culture, and is the only Buddhist sutra written by the Chinese that is respected as a "sutra". ”

Zhang Shaofei said with admiration, "Sixth Ancestor Huineng has had a bumpy life and a bad fate. His father, Lu Xingtao, was the prefect of Fanyang, was framed by traitorous ministers, degraded by the imperial court, exiled to Nanban Xinzhou, and died of poverty and illness. Huineng, who lost his father since childhood, lives with his mother and sells firewood for a living. At the age of 24, he was sponsored by a senior monk and went north to Huangmei Dongchan Temple in Hubei Province to meet the five ancestors of Zen Buddhism, Hongren and learn Buddhism, and finally achieved positive results and became the six ancestors of Zen Buddhism. ”

This mountain and wild man actually knew everything about Buddhism, and he felt strange: "Ah, you are a layman, how can you know so much about Buddhism?" ”

"This ......," Zhang Shaofei hesitated for a while and said, "I firmly believe in Buddhism and Zen Buddhism, so I also know a little about it." ”

Yiwu inquired and asked, "Which school of Zen do you believe in?" ”

Zhang Shaofei saw that he looked kind, and replied bluntly: "Epiphany." ”

Yiwu was overjoyed: "It turned out to be a fellow practitioner." ”

Zhang Shaofei: "I don't know what the master thinks about this?" ”

"The three ancestors put forward 'no need to seek the truth, only to see', this is the earliest established epiphany Zen method, and the fourth, fifth, and sixth ancestors are in the same line...... "Yiwu said like a few family treasures.

The more I continued, the weaker my voice became, and I seemed weak.

Zhang Shaofei saw that he was too hungry, so he took out his own dry food for him to eat, and then asked, "How did you come to the deep mountains and old forests of Guanghuailing?" ”

After hesitating for a moment, seeing Zhang Shaofei's kind eyebrows, he replied bluntly: "When I was promoting Buddhism in the mountains at the junction of Anhui and Zhejiang, I was calculated. ”

Zhang Shaofei was puzzled: "Promoting Buddhism will also be calculated?" ”

Ichigo sighed: "There are wicked people who have framed me for illegally assembling and colluding with local cults. I can't argue now, so I can only rush away and avoid it. ”

"Oh...... It turned out to be a disaster avoidance. For the sake of prudence, Zhang Shaofei did not reveal his true identity to Yiwu, but just asked, "Where are you going now?" ”

Ichigo's face was pious: "When I come here, I don't want to go anywhere again." ”

Zhang Shaofei was a little puzzled: "Why?" ”

Kazugo stood up and pointed to the bottom of the mountain: "Look! ”

As soon as he realized this action, Zhang Shaofei had already comprehended it, and said: "You mean that the mountains and rivers here are unusual. ”

"Hmm." Ichigo nodded and asked rhetorically, "Do you feel the same way?" ”

Zhang Shaofei pointed out solemnly: "You see, the circular slope under the Guanghuai Ridge is like a futon on the knees of a monk, and the round size stones on the base of the pond are arranged in an orderly manner, and it is like a string of Buddhist beads in the hands of the monks. ”

"What you say is like a person in my Buddhist sect, and there is a little bit like ......" Yiwu showed a look of surprise on his face.

Zhang Shaofei didn't wait for a moment to finish his words, and picked up the conversation again: "The small post not far away looks like gossip, and it also looks like a half-open and half-closed scripture; The mountain peaks that stand in order in the distance are called the thirteen peaks of Huashi, you see it is smoky, hidden from time to time, just like the Buddha land cave sky, it has a unique artistic conception. ”

Yiwu listened to Zhang Shaofei's guidance and explanation, and said with the same feeling: "The surrounding clouds are steaming and ethereal, making people feel like they are in the place of 'Prajna Samadhi' and 'Unstained Ten Thousand Realms'. The distant mountains float in the sea of clouds, like ten thousand Buddhas coming to court. It seems that it is a creation of heaven, and the mountains and rivers given by God here have such a strong Buddha aura. ”

Zhang Shaofei nodded sympathetically.

Ichigo laughed: "So, you and the poor monk have the same opinion?" ”

Zhang Shaofei smiled "haha" and said, "Didn't you say that we are fellow believers?" ”

Yiwu and Zhang Shaofei looked at each other and smiled.

Zhang Shaofei pointed to the chicken mouth rock and sincerely invited: "If you don't dislike it, go there and live with me." ”

Yiwu hurriedly nodded and said, "I am fortunate to live with Wang Jushi, and the poor monk is what I can't ask for." ”

It's rare to know each other in life. Zhang Shaofei and Yiwu lived in the Jizui Rock in Guanghuailing.

Zhang Shaofei and Yiwu met in the midst of tribulation, quite "like-minded" people, usually go down the mountain together, to help the villagers work, plough the fields and harrow, and do everything. Find food and share it together; Find the spring water and taste it together; When encountering difficulties, they discuss and solve them, and it is more about talking about scriptures and exchanging Zen teachings.

After some time, the case of Ikwu's involvement was clarified, and he decided to return to the north to promote Buddhism.

Although Zhang Shaofei was reluctant to leave this Buddhist friend who got along with him day and night, he also knew that everyone had their own ambitions and could not be forced.

Yiwu's return to the north was indeed a great thing for the promotion and widespread dissemination of Buddhism, so he did not intervene to stop it.

Yiwu gave Zhang Shaofei the manuscripts of "The Theory of Absolute View" and "Heart Inscription" written by Rujue when he was leaving, and said: "These scriptures are my painstaking efforts for many years. Now I leave it to you that the meditation experience of the ancestors is good for you. I don't know your past though I don't know; But when I talk to you about Zen and Taoism, I have a vague premonition that you will have an extraordinary future. ”