He covered his ears with his hands and ran away.

That night, he meditated as usual, and in meditation, he clearly felt himself gradually flying, flying......

He flew and flew, flew over the green mountains and green waters, flew over the rice fields and meadows, and flew to another world in the sky:

The pine is said to be green, the bamboo is said to be green, and the verdant is soaked in the eternal months; The sky is blue, the earth is green, and the green light reflects the clouds. Jade Palace Qionglou, the four seasons of the ceiling long floating, so far at ease;

The Buddha Kingdom Golden Realm, the six o'clock fairy music is ringing together, and you can come to enjoy it at will.

In this way, we can see that there are seven walls in this world, and each wall is made of gold, silver, glass, coral, amber, clams, agate, and seven treasures, each radiating colorful light.

Within the city walls, there is a beautiful garden, blooming with golden lotus flowers, and in each lotus stamen there is a small celestial maiden dancing.

There are eight-colored glazed canals in the garden, and the canals are inlaid with various jewels, and eight drops of water flow in them, exuding an intoxicating fragrance like fine wine.

What's even more amazing is that the water in the world flows downward, and the water of the eight merits here gushes upward, as brilliant as a radiating ceremonial flower.

There are also lotus flowers blooming in the water, and twenty-four celestial maidens are born in each flower, and each celestial maiden has a wonderful figure, as solemn as a bodhisattva. They hold all kinds of treasures in their hands, which are full of nectar, and if they drink a sip, they can live forever and stay young.

The people here are all as beautiful as fairies, everyone is carefree, the goddesses sing and dance, and the sons of heaven laugh and laugh.

Walking through the garden, I saw a majestic palace again. It is also made of all kinds of precious treasures, jewels and dazzling colors.

In the palace there is an incomparably magnificent, incomparably noble, incomparably tall Leo. Above the throne hung a dharani net, each of which was connected with a Mani orb that radiated seven colors of light. There are countless flying heavens dancing in the air of the main hall, playing beautiful music......

God knows why, but the angels seemed to be waiting for the arrival of the deed, scattering flowers and singing around him. It's true: the ceiling is like rain, and the singing is like a tide and rises again.

The angels actually flocked him to the high Leo seat. What's even stranger is that he seems to be revisiting the old place, and seems to be familiar with everything here, as if he had lived here before......

Knowing his true face, he looked the same as when he was unenlightened, and when it was time to plant rice, he still led the farmers to go down to the field to plant rice, and when it was time to eat, he still walked into the dining hall to eat, and it was as ordinary as a grain of sand falling on the beach, and it was difficult to distinguish him from other monks.

Early that morning, he felt inexplicable heartbeat when he got out of bed, he hurriedly walked out of the dormitory, looked around, the Tianhua Temple in his eyes, as if bathed in a bloody dusk, a blazing red.

The sun is still sleeping under the horizon, the east has just revealed a trace of fish belly white, the morning glow in the eyes has not yet been ignited, the morning light is hazy, why is Tianhua Temple like being shrouded by sparks?

Could it be that this is dazzling?

Tianhua Temple is indeed peaceful, but it is not wrong.

Because what he saw was a scene transformed by a premonition, which was a perceptual phenomenon that a Zen practitioner was sensitive to after his enlightenment.

Qi hurriedly came to the abbot, and the monk Yunqing was sitting quietly on the meditation bed.

Qi Qi put his hands and feet gently, Yun Qing's eyes did not open, but he said: "Qi this, I know what you came to the abbot for." However, what should come, will naturally come; Those who should go will definitely go with fate. Everything has its own cause, everything is born and destroyed, let it be. ”

So, he tiptoed out again.

However, when he walked to the abbot's door, Monk Yunqing said again: "Here, there is a letter on the bar at the door, you can take it." Then, you dispose of it at your discretion. ”

He took the envelope into his arms and went down to the field quietly.

Near noon, Qi felt a hot wave of heat rushing in, enveloping Tianhua Temple. When he looked up, he saw several groups of officers and soldiers quietly approaching the monastery from different directions, and quickly closing the circle......

At this point, he whispered a few words to a farmer, and quickly ran to the mountain forest behind the temple.

He climbed a mountain beam and saw that in the mountains and forests, Yingqing, Yingkong, and Yingjing had already tied up the firewood, picked it up, and were about to return to Tianhua Temple.

Qi Qi hurriedly waved his hand and shouted: "Yingqing, you guys stop quickly, don't go back to the temple!" ”

They didn't know what was going on, but when they heard the shout, they stopped.

Qi rushed over out of breath and said to the three of Yingqing: "The officers and soldiers in the Yamen of Zhedong Observation have come to arrest you again, quick, you get out of here quickly!" ”

Ying Qing's face was depressed, and he said: "Senior brother, we are all northerners, we are not familiar with Jiangnan, and when we leave Tianhua Temple, our eyes will be black, where will we go to settle down?" Moreover, we have just been ordained, we have not yet received ordination, and we have not yet been ordained, so in this chaotic year, which monastery is willing to let us place an order? ”

Qi said: "The abbot monk has already thought of this problem, and wrote a letter to the abbot elder of Guoqing Temple in Tiantai Mountain, you can take it and take refuge in him!" ”

As he spoke, he took out the envelope in his arms and handed it to Yingqing.

Ying Qing took the letter and asked with some surprise: "Could it be that the abbot monk already knew that the officers and soldiers would come today, so he made preparations in advance?" ”

Qi smiled incomprehensibly and said: "Between heaven and earth, everything and everything, all changes are nothing more than dependent causes. Therefore, Monk Yunqing has only mastered this law of mutation. ”

Ying Qing was taken aback and exclaimed, "Oh my God, if you can predict the future, isn't it a god!" ”

Qi then patted him on the shoulder and said, "What is there to envy the immortals?" In the eyes of Zen practitioners who have realized the true meaning of life in the universe, the so-called immortal is just a child playing children's games. As long as you practice seriously and see your nature clearly, you can also transcend the immortals. Therefore, I hope that after you arrive at Tiantai Mountain, you will work hard to find your true colors. ”

After the three of them bowed to this Qiheten, they turned around and ran in the southwest direction where Tiantai Mountain was located.

Looking at the firewood they left behind, each load has more than 200 catties, which is twice as much as the firewood they originally threw. With great difficulty, he picked up one of them and staggered towards the monastery.

He had just taken a few steps when he heard hurried footsteps behind him. He turned around and found that they had returned!

Qi was so anxious that he stomped his foot and reprimanded: "Yingqing, what's the matter with you? Are you afraid that I will not be able to deceive you? You climb up the mountain beam to see, the officers and soldiers have surrounded Tianhua Temple to the ground, and even a puppy can't think of getting away! ”

Ying Qing said: "Senior brother, it is precisely because the officers and soldiers have surrounded Tianhua Temple that the three of us can't leave. ”

"Why? You know, the officers and soldiers are here to arrest you! ”

Ying Qing resolutely said: "When we came back, we deliberately let them arrest us." ”

"Oh my God," said Qi anxiously, "once you are caught, there is only one way to die!" ”

"But," said Kagekong, "if we run away on our own and the officers and soldiers pounce on the air again, they will definitely vent their resentment on the other monks, or they will do something unfavorable to Tianhua Temple." Therefore, a good man does a good job, the three of us discussed, we would rather go to Huangquan by our own lives, than just leave, and even affect Tianhua Temple. ”

Qi was very moved by their righteousness, but his heart was calmer, and he asked, "Do you think that with your responsibility, you can avoid the catastrophe of Tianhua Temple?" ”

Ying Qing nodded: "Their goal is to capture our three deserters. Once we are caught, naturally there will be nothing to do to Tianhua Temple. ”

Qi Ji shook his head very seriously and said, "Yingqing, you are wrong. If the three of you are arrested in Tianhua Temple, the guilt of Monk Yunqing and the other monks for harboring deserters will really be confirmed. In this way, it will be difficult for Tianhua Temple to escape from the involvement, and if the officers and soldiers take advantage of this to make trouble, the entire temple, along with the abbot of Yunqing, will be in a catastrophe. ”

Ying Qinggang wanted to say something more, but waved his hand to stop him: "You don't have to think about it. Since Monk Yunqing had already anticipated today's events, he had his own reasons for how to arrange them. So, according to the abbot's wishes, go to Tiantai Mountain. ”

Yingqing couldn't help but burst into tears, and knelt down in the direction of Tianhua Temple......

When Qi returned to Tianhua Temple with a load of firewood, the officers and soldiers had already gathered all the monks of the temple in the open space between the Tianwang Hall and the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and were forcing them to hand over the three deserters with their cold swords.

As soon as he entered the mountain gate, he was immediately caught by the officers and soldiers. Monk Yunqing glanced at them and whispered, "Since you are outside the temple, why do you have to come back?" ”

"Everyone is scared here, and I can't stay out of danger alone. ”

The leader of the officers and soldiers walked up to Yun Qing and said, "Old monk, you say, where did you hide those three deserters?" ”

Yun Qing sat on the ground, not only ignored him, but didn't even raise his eyelids.

This is clear contempt! The leader was furious, and with a snort, he pulled out his sharp sword, put it on the neck of the abbot of Yunqing, and shouted: "Old monk, haven't you heard of a general who kills people without blinking? ”

Yun Qing slowly opened his eyes and looked at him for a while before he slowly said, "How do you know that there are monks who are not afraid of death!" ”

The calm courage of the abbot of Yunqing, the composure of seeing death as home, even the leader of the officers and soldiers who killed countless people had never seen it, and the arrogance of the leader couldn't help but fade a lot. He withdrew his sword and said in a calm tone as much as possible: "Old monk, you don't have to hide me, we have already inquired clearly, those three Shanxi deserters, named Yingqing, Yingkong, and Yingjing, are hiding in your Tianhua Temple." ”

Monk Yunqing smiled faintly and said, "Since you know, why do you have to ask me?" Isn't it okay if you go and get them out? ”

The chief said, "But you have hidden them, and we cannot find them." ”

"Tianhua Temple is such a big place, you have searched it several times inside and out, where can we hide them? As soon as you came, I told you that there were no three people in Tianhua Temple, such as Yingqing, Yingkong, and Yingjing, as you said. ”

"So, where did they go?"

Monk Yunqing closed his eyes again and stopped talking.

The leader seemed to persuade very patiently: "Old monk, as far as I know, those three fake monks killed living beings, ate meat, framed their fellow monks, and seduced widows, all of which were simply evil, why do you still protect them?" ”

Yun Qing said: "However, the three of them have already shown their repentance and changed their ways. Now, they have officially taken refuge in the Three Jewels and are married. Therefore, as a follower of the Buddha and the abbot of the monastery, I cannot leave them alone. ”

The leader of the officers and soldiers threatened: "If you don't hand over the people, I will burn down your monastery!" Could it be that for the sake of three people with bad deeds, you are willing to give up such a good temple? Do you do it, is it worth it? ”

Yun Qing smiled faintly and stopped talking. The leader was furious and really ordered the temple to be set on fire!

The torches in the hands of the officers and soldiers were lit one by one!

The monks of the whole monastery sat silently cross-legged on the ground, motionless, quietly waiting for the last moment......

The flames soared into the sky, and the flames rose, reflecting the mountains and fields, and the sky red. Wood burns and crackles.

In the crackling sound, the hoarse voice of Monk Yunqing sounded: "In order to calm greed, why not practice meditation in the world." Purify all desires, and the red lotus will be born in the fire......"