Chapter 23: Taishang

The night was late, the breeze was slow, the water was murmuring, and the old man sat on the ground, closing his eyes and wandering.

The boy took out the stone bowl and went to the stream to get water, the stream was not big, but he was too small, his legs were short and his arms were short, he lay on the side of the stream and reached out to scoop the water every time he got very little, the boy tried again and again to reach down, his head was sweating, and he still couldn't get a bowl of water.

The child is honest, every time he fetches a bowl of water for the old man, he really can't get it, so he goes up the stream, every few steps to try, the hard work pays off, the little boy grinned with two little hands holding a full bowl of water, and walked back happily along the stream.

"Roar!"

The little boy turned around, stunned, a behemoth stared at him with a fishy wind, his body was like a mountain, his head was like a hill, his eyes were blue, his teeth were bright, the little boy's face turned pale, and he turned around and shouted: "Run...... Run...... Mr...... Come on...... Big Bug ......"

When Shi Ji came back, he saw a colorful evil tiger behind, a little boy running desperately in front, the evil tiger lazily hung behind the child, the child was insignificant in its eyes, worse than the rabbit in the mountains, eating it was just a tooth sacrifice, it was better to tease him first.

The little boy shouted and ran, the two little short legs twitched, Shi Ji just wanted to make a move, but the old man stood up, as soon as he stood up, the evil tiger stopped, the evil tiger looked at the old man, but the little boy didn't know at all, he was still running desperately.

"Du, sir is here, where are you going?" the old man said.

The boy shouted without replying, "Sir...... Run...... Run...... Come on...... Yes...... Yes...... Big Bug ......"

The old man was moved and pleased, he was so vain, what more could the husband ask for, he beckoned to the child: "Don't be afraid, come to Mr.'s side, Mr. has his own reason to talk to it." ”

The boy reacted slowly, and ran more than ten steps to understand the old man's words, he turned back, and the big worm really didn't chase him, and the boy didn't hesitate to turn and run towards the old man.

"First...... Mr. ......"

The boy stumbled towards the old man with red eyes, and when he saw that he was about to arrive, he fell, and the old man hurriedly stepped forward to help him up.

"Wow...... Mr. ......"

The boy cried, very sadly.

The old man hurriedly asked, "But it hurts?"

"First...... Mr...... Water...... Water...... Gone...... Woo woo...... "The little boy looked at the empty stone bowl and cried even more sadly.

The old man looked at the little boy's water-soaked clothes, the broken stone bowl clutched by his two little hands, and the little face that was crying, his eyes drooped slightly, hiding the light of the water, and he patted the dust off the child's body while saying, "Mr. has drunk it, Mr. has drunk it all." ”

Shi Ji saw a scene, her heart was very moved, suddenly she understood, she understood, the sage never looked at the two bowls of water, but the little stammer's pure heart, the little stammer has a clean and spotless heart, because of this pure heart, he can be in the land of thieves and not steal, being bullied by the clan is still grateful, she envies the little stammer, but is not jealous of him, she is happy for him, such a child, she also likes, she also admires the sage's insight, this disciple is better than thousands.

Thinking of herself, she couldn't help but smile bitterly, her original plan to have a three-point chance of winning was not worth mentioning in front of the bowl of water of the little stammer, like dust.

The boy stopped crying, his red rabbit-like eyes were round and wide...... The big worm came towards them.

"Don't be afraid, there is a gentleman. The old man touched his head and pulled him to sit down.

The evil tiger came over and stretched out his paws to pat the little boy away, but the old man gave him a faint look, and the evil tiger retracted his paws, walked to the other side of the old man and lay down.

The old man looked at the stream and said something to the child, and the crouching tiger lay quietly on the side, listening with his ears pricked up.

"Sir...... This...... This big worm ...... Why...... Not leaving?" the boy asked uneasily.

"It wants to hear the word of the beast. The old man replied.

"For ...... For the Beast...... There are also ...... Does that make sense?" asked the boy in surprise.

"Yes. The old man nodded.

"It'...... It...... Can...... Understood?" the boy wondered.

"Yes. ”

"That'...... That...... Mr...... Tell...... It...... No...... Don't eat people...... Okay?" said the boy hopefully.

The old man smiled and asked, "Is it good for people not to hunt?"

"That'...... That...... How...... Yes...... Do not hunt...... Person...... Will starve to death. ”

The old man smiled: "If it doesn't eat people, it will starve to death." ”

"This ...... This...... How...... The same thing?" the boy blushed, how could a beast compare to a man.

The old man asked, "What's the difference?"

"People...... Person...... Reasonable...... Well...... Smart ......" the boy nodded heavily.

The old man smiled and said: "Then do you know that today's heavenly principles are all from the heavenly court, and what the lord of the heavenly court says is the greatest truth, and the lord of the heavenly court is the lord of the demon clan, you say, which one is more reasonable and which is smarter?"

The boy lowered his head and spit out a word in frustration: "Demon." ”

In front of the demon race, the human race is not as good as ants, how can it be compared.

"If the beast opens the mind, it is a demon, the beast is ignorant and ignorant, just like the ignorant children of the human race, if you are born this tiger, will you starve to death and not eat people?"

"Yes. The boy nodded heavily.

The old man shook his head and said solemnly: "Du, you have a firm heart of purity, which is commendable, but ...... This is not enough, you have to learn to open your heart, humbly tolerate all things in the world, you must not only tolerate people, but also tolerate this tiger, tolerate this stream, the fish swimming in the stream, tolerate the forest over there, the beast running in the forest, tolerate the sky above your head, and the birds flying in the sky...... When you can accommodate all things in the heavens and the earth, your heart is the heart of heaven, and you are the supreme. ”

"Sir...... All...... All...... I don't understand......" Xiao Tong said confusedly.

The old man smiled: "Don't worry, you are still young, let's start with this big worm first, don't be afraid of it." ”

"Oh. The little boy peeked at the big insect lying on the side and listening quietly, and it didn't seem so terrifying.

When it was dark, the old man sat cross-legged, the boy leaned on the old man and fell asleep, and the evil tiger lay in front of the old man to shield him from the mountain wind.

Shi Ji sat a hundred meters away and quietly looked at such a picture, old and young, man and beast, everything is so harmonious and natural, she looked at this natural picture, thinking about Tianxin, thinking about Taishang.

The night passed in a trance, as if there was something to be gained, and it seemed to have nothing to gain, which was no longer important, she hurriedly got up to freshen up and take care of herself, and then began to make tea, the faint fragrance of tea spread, and lingered for a long time in the morning mist by the stream.

The old man's eyelids moved slightly, the little boy rubbed his eyes, the evil tiger kept licking his big mouth, eager to try, but he didn't dare to go over, Shi Ji was not like the old man's breath, the murderous aura on her body was extremely heavy, and the little wise creatures didn't dare to make a mistake.

"Everyone, go wash your face, it's time for us to go. The old man patted the child.

"Oh oh!" the little boy sniffed, and his dark eyes looked at Shi Ji again, this sister's boiled water is so fragrant.

The evil tiger looked at the tea bowl in Shi Ji's hand and whined, a pitiful look, Shi Ji rolled his eyes, it was useless to pretend to be pitiful, you didn't shoot you to death yesterday, and today you still want me to invite you to tea, my heart is really big.

Shi Ji put away the tea set, bowed down with a cup of fragrant hot tea and waited in front of him, the old man and the little boy walked over, Shi Ji felt his heart pounding so fast.

The old man walked over without squinting, but the little boy turned his head frequently, curiously looking at the hot tea in her hand.

Shi Ji sighed secretly, sure enough, she saw that day that little stammering two bowls of water were favored by the old man, her heart moved, and she hurriedly went back to pick immortal tea, she wanted to use the innate wonder of immortal tea, the old man should not refuse, as long as the old man was willing to drink her tea, she would be hard to apprentice.

"Sir...... Can...... But...... The water ...... Isn't it clean?" the boy thought for a long time before he thought of a possibility that the gentleman would not drink water.

"No, sir, is not thirsty. The old man replied.

The boy was suspicious: "Can ...... Can...... Mr...... From yesterday...... Only...... Only...... Running out of water?"