Besides, there is a Feng County Order from Shixing Yamen, this Feng County Order is diligent and loves the people, often pays private visits, and observes the people's feelings, and is a good official.

Soon after Feng Xianling took office, there was a severe drought in Shixing, the farmland dried up, and the rivers were cut off. As the local parent official, Feng Xianling is very anxious, if the drought continues to be incomprehensible, and the crops are not harvested, then the people will not be able to make a living!

Therefore, Feng County ordered the people to show that first, we should insist on using the local traditional pedal wooden leaf waterwheel to fight drought in order to alleviate the drought, and second, we should organize villagers to worship the temple and worship the gods, praying for the morning rain from heaven.

On this day, Zhang Jiuling, who was only five years old, saw a group of people worshipping and begging for rain at the open altar, so he couldn't help but laugh at an old man who looked like an official, and said: "Master, why do you have a living Buddha who doesn't worship but worships the dead Buddha every day?" At that time, how did he know that this old man was Feng County, the magistrate of Shixing.

Feng Xianling saw that this little boy dared to speak to him like this, and reprimanded him on the spot: "What does the child know, you are careful and talkative, who is the living Buddha and who is the dead Buddha?" Nonsense!"

Zhang Jiuling turned around and left with the childish appearance of a child, saying as he walked: "I know and I won't tell you." ”

Feng Xianling asked the people around him whose child this was. Everyone told him that this child was the prodigy Zhang Jiuling who was spread all over the neighborhood.

As soon as Feng Xianling heard this, he immediately caught up with Jiuling and grabbed his small hands, squatted down and asked him: "Zhang Jiuling, I heard that you are very smart, how can you say anything about the life of the Buddha and the death of the Buddha?" Aren't you afraid of offending the Buddha?"

Zhang Jiuling's lips curled, and he said childishly: "Afraid of offending him, so many people burn incense every day to worship him Lafayette, not even a drop of water, what is he if he is not a dead Buddha?"

Feng Xianling asked: "Then who is the Buddha you are talking about?"

Zhang Jiuling said with a little "hanging" at this time: "If I don't tell you, he will blame me." ”

Feng Xianling said: "Silly boy, since he is a god and Buddha, he should eliminate harm and eliminate disasters for the people, how can he blame you." You just say it to me, and I won't tell him that you said it. ”

Zhang Jiuling said: "This god and Buddha are far away in the sky, close in front of you." ”

Feng Xianling was anxious, so he said: "Good boy, tell your uncle to know, and I will give you money to go to school in the future." ”

So, Zhang Jiuling said: "The birth of the Buddha is in the monk's house of Qixingdun." ”

Feng Xianling asked, "Who is it?" Could it be that Huineng?"

Zhang Jiuling raised his mouth again and said childishly: "Uncle, this, this, I won't tell you this, anyway, there is a person there who is very deep in the Tao is a Buddha, if you go to ask him, he will definitely give you rain." ”

Feng Xianling said: "There are several monks in the monk's house of Qixingdun, how do I know which one?" Who would admit to believing in Buddhism? You're kidding me, aren't you?"

Zhang Jiuling said very seriously at this time: "Uncle, if you really have the sincerity to find that living Buddha, I can tell you a way. ”

Feng Xianling said: "If you have any good way, I will listen to it." ”

Zhang Jiuling said: "Uncle, you first go to the monk's house in Qixingdun to find out how many monks there are, and then make how many pairs of leather shoes and how many pairs of straw sandals, and give each monk a pair." If there is a monk who only accepts straw sandals and does not use leather shoes, he is the living Buddha you are looking for. I can guarantee that he will rain on you. ”

Feng Xianling thought for a long time and still didn't understand the truth in the child's words, so he asked Jiuling: "Good boy, why is the monk who doesn't want leather shoes a Buddha?"

Jiuling said: "Because no matter what skin is peeled off from the body of living animals, ordinary monks will not know the truth that all things have Buddha nature, and a truly compassionate monk will never bear to wear the skin of living beings on his feet and step on them all day long." ”

After listening to it, Feng Xianling realized that what this little guy said was indeed very reasonable, so he did what he said.

According to Zhang Jiuling's suggestion, Feng Xianling quickly got a few pairs of leather shoes and a few pairs of straw sandals and sent them to the monk's house in Qixingdun to give alms to several monks. Sure enough, there is really one among several monks, and there is only one monk who only takes straw shoes and not leather shoes, and this monk is Huineng Zen Master.

This Feng County Commander really admired Zhang Jiuling, a child, and he never expected that Shixing, a mountain and grass county, would hide the dragon and crouching tiger, and produce such a smart prodigy!

At this time, Feng Xianling couldn't think about anything else, he sincerely knelt at the feet of Huineng Zen Master, and must ask Huineng Zen Master to go out of the mountain to save the people from fire and water.

Huineng asked: "I don't know what the adults want the poor monks to do?"

Feng County's order told that Shixing had been dry for a long time and there was no rain, and the people could not save themselves, and hoped that the master could sympathize with the suffering of the people, give sweet rain to help the people, and relieve the suffering of the people.

Moved by Feng County's sincerity in caring about the people's livelihood and suffering, Hui Neng, who was compassionate by nature, readily agreed: "In this case, the poor monk is willing to do his best." I don't know if the adults want it to rain or rain?"

Feng Xianling asked: "What is Shangma Rain?" What does it mean?"

Huineng said: "The rain on the horse is to get on the horse, and the rain is to come when you get off the horse." ”

Feng Xianling said: "What kind of rain is coming, you need that kind of rain." ”

Huineng said: "Then the adults can go back to the house, and the poor monks will do it here." ”

So, Huineng instructed the monks to grind the ink urgently, not long after, grind a basin of ink, Huineng poured the ink in the air, and suddenly the wind was fierce, and the dark clouds were thick, it was really a rumbling thunder and mighty wind, and the river was poured into the void; The fire between the scales made lightning and the golden snake swept into the stratus clouds at night.

After Huineng obtained the Five Ancestors' Clothing Method, Buddhism has been refined, and the Buddhist epiphany has been perfected, so the method of seeking rain is different. Ordinary people pray for rain to worship the dragon king, the wind god, the thunder god and the rain god, because the dragon has the function of dividing water and rain, and is the assistant of the gods, and the wind and the wind are longitudinal, the thunder god opens the way, and the rain god rains. When Huineng begged for rain, he went straight to the gods and asked for help from the Buddha. Therefore, he does not need to set up an altar, he can only ask for a pot of thick ink.

As he spoke, the sky was stormy, and the water dragon, the wind bo, the thunder god, and the rain god all turned over the river and the sea, and then it poured down, overwhelming.

Besides, after Feng County's order said goodbye to Huineng, he hurriedly jumped back home not far from the Qixingdun Mountain Gate. Sure enough, as soon as he got on horseback, it was immediately stormy and rainy, and it rained heavily, and he was already drenched before he returned to the county office. Only then did he realize what he could say about "going to the rain".

After experiencing this incident, Feng Xianling, a dignified local parent official, and Zhang Jiuling, who was young, became friends who forgot their old age, walked very diligently, and both sides benefited.

Back then, when Huineng was living in seclusion in Qixingdun to practice, he was moved by the sincerity of the Yafeng County Order of Shixing County to pray for rain for the people, and resolutely applied rain to relieve the drought. However, after the rain.

Huineng immediately thought that this matter must be a ploy offered by Zhang Jiuling, a little ghost. Give each monk a pair of leather shoes and a pair of straw sandals, in order to test the truth of the Buddha's heart, this kind of resourceful insight, only Zhang Jiuling has it!

At this time, Huineng was mixed with joy, and the happy thing was that the intelligent Xiao Jiuling had comprehended the essence of Buddhism, and used ingenious methods to make himself rain, relieving the threat of drought for the people. Such a character must be a good official with a big mind and great wisdom in the future! But what worries him is that the retreat of Qixingdun can no longer stay.

It turned out that Huineng lived in seclusion in Qixingdun to practice, mainly to avoid the pursuit of the disciples of the Northern Sect of Buddhism. Because although Huineng has not spent much time under the Five Ancestors, he has deep roots in wisdom and a very high level of understanding, and he has experienced the true meaning of Zen epiphany in a short period of time. Later, because of the four verses "Bodhi has no tree, the mirror is not a platform, there is nothing originally, where to stir up dust" and won the appreciation of the five ancestors.

The Fifth Patriarch knew that Huineng had attained enlightenment, so he passed on the Dun Sect and the mantle of the patriarch to Huineng.

After Zen Master Huineng knelt down to accept the clothes, he asked: "After the law is accepted, who will pay the clothes (I have already received the law, who should I give this ancestral clothes to in the future)?"

The fifth ancestor replied: "Master Xi Dharma, when he first came to this land, people did not believe it, so he passed on this clothes, thinking that it was a body of faith, and it was passed down from generation to generation. The law transmits the heart from the heart, and all make self-understanding and self-understanding. Since ancient times, the Buddha has only passed on the body, and the teacher has paid the heart. Clothes are disputes, stop you and don't pass it on. If this dress is passed on, life is like a hanging thread. Thou shalt go quickly, lest others harm thee. ”

Zen Master Huineng asked again: "Where should I hide?"

The fifth ancestor replied: "Stop every time, and hide it when you meet." ”

Before leaving, the Fifth Patriarch instructed Huineng: "In the future, Buddhism will flourish through you." Three years after you leave Huangmei, I will be silent. Hurry south and do what you want. Don't rush out to preach the Dharma. You will have calamity in the midst of this. ”

Huineng Zen Master once again bowed to the five ancestors, and then set off to the south, and arrived at the Great Yuling in less than two months.

After sending Huineng away, the Fifth Patriarch told the disciples in the seat: "The mantle and lineage of the ancestor have been transmitted to the south!"

The crowd was shocked and asked, "Who got the mantle?" The Fifth Patriarch replied, "Those who can get it." ”

Master Shenxiu, the eldest disciple of the Five Ancestors, was recognized as the heir to the mantle of Zen Buddhism at that time, and now he was easily obtained by Huineng, how could he be willing? So he secretly sent dozens of groups of people to the south to hunt down and kill Huineng Zen Master, wanting to seize the mantle in Huineng's hands, thus deducing a series of thrilling stories.

In order to avoid accidents, Zen Master Huineng once lived in seclusion in Lingnan for fifteen years. Later, when the karma matured, Zen Master Huineng came to Caoxi Baolin Temple in Shaozhou and began his brilliant career of propagating the Dharma (this is a later story).

Huineng paced back and forth in the Qixingdun monk's house, thinking about his actions: Now that he is doing the rain, his whereabouts have been revealed, so he has to leave quickly and find another place to hide.

Not to mention that Huineng was planning to leave, and that Xiao Jiuling came together early this morning, he clamored for his mother to take him to see Master Huineng.

Xiao Jiuling's mother asked him, "Why do you have to go today?" ”

Xiao Jiuling said: "If you don't go today, it will be difficult to see Master Huineng in the future." ”

Xiao Jiuling's mother didn't believe him, where could she trust this child's words? But Xiao Jiuling said it mysteriously, and it seemed that there was something in the words.

In order to verify whether his words worked, Xiao Jiuling's mother still took him to Qixingdun to see Master Huineng.

As soon as Zhang Jiuling arrived, Huineng pulled him to the side room of the monk's house: "Little donor, you have made me miserable." ”

From Huineng's actions and words, Xiao Jiuling had a premonition that something was wrong, he blinked a pair of big smart eyes, and said, "Master, I have grown so big, and the person I admire the most in my life is you, how can I harm you?"

Hui Neng was angry and funny: "What kind of idea did you give the county master?"

"What the hell is an idea, a god idea? I only have one idea. Zhang Jiuling tilted his head and pretended to be confused.

Facing this innocent little Jiuling, Huineng couldn't bear to hurt him, and said: "Little donor, you are smart and studious, you are very talented, and you do have a lot of ideas, but you can't hide it from others." ”

Huineng thought that he and Xiao Jiuling were about to be separated, and said earnestly: "You nobleman, with your talent and wisdom, you have a bright future in the future, and you regard high-ranking officials as dung." But it's a pity that you are too straight-hearted, not moderate enough, and easy to provoke the jealousy of others. So I think you can only be the prime minister for a few years at most in the future, be a high-ranking official, and enjoy pure happiness. ”

A good Zhang Jiuling, young and vigorous, listened to Huineng's heartfelt words crookedly, thought of evil, and unceremoniously said to Huineng: "I think the master will be a bodhisattva at most, and he will be as big as the sixth ancestor, and you can't become a Buddha!"

Who would have thought that the world is like chess, and juvenile bickering will become a proverb. Zhang Jiuling's ending was said by Huineng, and Huineng's Buddha fate was also said by Zhang Jiuling.