In the middle of the courtyard, there is a screen shadow wall, and there is a huge vermilion lacquer Buddha character on the top, facing the main entrance of the tiled house in the courtyard.

As if he had returned to the door, Fa Yu reached out and knocked on the wooden door familiarly, and after several taps in a row, there was a steady sound of footsteps in the house.

With a creak, the wooden door was pushed open from the inside, and an old gray-clothed monk with a charitable eyebrow opened the wooden door, and when he saw the young monk outside the door, his eyes suddenly lit up, and surprise crept up his wrinkled face.

Fa Yu clasped his hands together and respectfully bowed to the gray-clothed old monk to the end: "Master, the apprentice has returned from a journey of thousands of miles. ”

The old monk smiled, and there were bits and pieces of cloth patches on the faded gray robe, and nodded: "It's good to come back, it's good to come back." ”

The master and apprentice reunited after a long absence, naturally they smiled, and during the conversation, the old monk turned his head again, and gave a Buddhist salute to Bai Yun, who was carrying a wooden sword: "Who is this donor?"

This is a friend he made on his way home. Fa Yu said triumphantly: "The disciple carefully followed what the master said, walked thousands of miles, and looked at the faces of all living beings, but found that all living beings are inseparable from them, greed, hatred, hatred, love and evil desires are vividly vivid, and only such a fearless appearance is seen. ”

The old monk smiled with satisfaction and quipped: "Then your trip can be regarded as 'meritorious'?"

The gray-clothed old monk glanced at Bai Yun with a deep gaze, and said with a pleasant face: "Let's talk about it first." ”

"Let's go. Fa Yu whispered to Bai Yun.

In the house, the old monk made a pot of tea and poured a cup for Bai Yun and Fa Yu respectively.

The courtyard outside the house is simple and elegant, and even more so inside the house, except for a statue of Buddha hanging on the wall, a few pieces of home furnishings can be seen at a glance.

The tea had just been brewed, and the chair and stool under the buttocks had not yet been warmed, so Bai Yun couldn't wait to ask: "Master, I can't hide it, in fact, I am one of the disciples of Jixia who participated in the meeting of Muru Temple, but there was an accident when I passed through Xiangyang City, and I was separated from the same family, so it took a long time to arrive at Muru Temple, tomorrow is the meeting of Muru Temple, I have to hurry up with them, I don't know where my senior brother and they live in the temple now?"

The gray-clothed old monk was already yellow and thin, the two white eyebrows hanging down to his cheeks were slightly raised, and the hand that had just picked up the teacup was slowly put down.

After putting down the teacup, the old monk stroked his eyebrows and smiled: "Donor, your senior brother and they live in the Orchid Garden in the east of the temple, they have been looking for you for a long time, you should go and see them." ”

Bai Yun's face was overjoyed, and he immediately got up and clasped his fists and saluted: "Thank you, master, then I will leave first." ”

The old monk's other hand, which was as dry as a bamboo pole, was playing with a string of Bodhi Buddha beads, and said with a slight smile: "Do you know the way?" Let Fa Yu lead you. ”

Fa Yu just lifted his butt from the wooden bench and sat back again, just because Bai Yun shook his head and said: "No need master, you and Fa Yu have just reunited, how can I delay your master and apprentice."

When we get together, I feel the way by myself. ”

"This is very good, if you can't find your way, ask the monks in the monastery and let them lead you there. The gray-clothed old monk said.

"Farewell. Bai Yun saluted the two again and hurriedly left the house.

When the young man left the courtyard, the house was much cleaner, and the old monk took a sip of tea, and his warm smile was undiminished: "Fa Yu, do you have any insights on this trip down the mountain?"

Fa Yu looked at the clear tea in the cup, and said with a slightly distracted gaze: "The disciple finally understood why that high monk had to walk thousands of miles just to obtain Mahayana Buddhism. ”

The gray-clothed old monk nodded contentedly, put down the teacup, and the moment the cup fell on the table was crisp and pleasant: "Fa Yu, you have walked all over the land of Daliang, as a teacher, of course, I believe in your eyesight, the Buddha's light shines, and there is no one in a million fearless phases, you just said that your friend has a fearless appearance, can you talk to the teacher in detail?"

It was about a tiring journey, and when the tea faded away from the hot mist, Fa Yu calmed down and drank the teacup, and then told the old monk in gray that Baiyun was desperately saving the passenger ship with the power of ants.

The gray-clothed old monk's face blossomed, and he praised: "What a fearless sentient being." ”

After Baiyun walked out of the simple courtyard of the gray-clothed old monk, he returned to Wanfoping along the road, when he went up the mountain along the stone road, Fa Yu mentioned that the layout of Muru Temple was very organized, Wanfoping and the seven-story pavilion was the layout center of Muru Temple, and it was also the only place in Muru Temple for pilgrims to worship and add incense, and the rest of the places were all closed to the public, and there would be monks guarding the road intersections during the day, so as to prevent pilgrims from entering the important place of Buddhism by mistake. Behind the Ten Thousand Buddha Ping is the monk's dormitory of the disciples of Muru Temple, the east side is the courtyard community that receives guests, the west side is the place where the disciples of Muru Temple practice, and there is an extremely secret sect forbidden place on the west side, but there is a good distance from the place of practice, and there are clear regulations in the temple that both the disciples in the temple and the visitors are not allowed to approach.

The length and width of the Ten Thousand Buddha Ping are not more than 100 zhang, compared to the Discussion Road Ping on the Chaoyang Peak of the Bun Xia, and the cool breeze of the late autumn festival is blowing, but even so, the white clouds are still sweating, somehow walking on the Ten Thousand Buddha Ping, the white clouds always feel as if there are Buddhas floating above their heads, but when they look up, there is only curling green smoke.

The name of Wanfoping actually has a great origin, Murushan is adjacent to the gourd mouth of the north and south confluence of the Yangtze River, when the dynasty fought for thousands of miles without the rooster crowing white bones exposed in the wild, the unjust souls who died in the gourd mouth were not less than 300,000, and the same as the Xiangyang City in the past, the gourd mouth is a veritable gloomy place, whenever the night is deep or the wind and rain are shaking, these unjust souls will be in the gourd mouth to make a big move, the devil cries and the wolf howls and overturns the boats. It is rumored that when the Muru Temple was first built, the yin and evil things in the Hulukou area gathered on the Muru Mountain, begging the monks in the temple to overcross, these tragic deaths of the cold river soul is not less than hundreds of thousands, for a time the whole Muru Temple is shrouded in black fog, these unjust souls are extremely heavy, while pretending to seek to transcend the reincarnation, in fact, while encroaching on the fortune of the Muru Mountain, trying to occupy the whole Muru Mountain as a ghost mountain.

At that time, the old host of Muru Temple was angry in Wanfoping

Led the Ten Thousand Buddhas to the Sect, and dispersed the hundreds of thousands of unjust ghosts and ghosts that the delusional dove occupied the magpie's nest, so he got one of the Ten Thousand Buddha Ping. Although it is to keep the peace of the gourd mouth for hundreds of years, but it is still a symptom but not a cure, whenever the wind and rain sprinkle to the time of the gourd mouth is still a stormy wave, the businessmen who pass through the gourd mouth will be shocked into a cold sweat, fortunately, there is a wooden temple sitting in the gourd mouth, the Buddha's light shines, these unjust souls will not be as strong as the beginning, these hundreds of years Mu Ru Temple will set up a stall by the river every year to try, beyond the river soul, how helpless the grievances of the soul in the river are too deep, always in vain.

At this time, the bright moon is in the sky, the white clouds walk through the ten thousand Buddha Ping and do not forget to stop and look at the seven-story pagoda, hundreds of green lights under the night are flickering and flickering, mysterious and magnificent, although it is not clear to see the fine sculpture on the pavilion, but it is still able to see that the whole pavilion has exhausted the mind of the craftsman, the pavilion gradually narrows from one floor to seven floors, showing the shape of the top narrow foot width, but the pavilion is not all neatly narrowed as the ordinary pagoda, the first to second floors are extraordinarily open, the third to five floors suddenly narrow, compared to the first and second floors to be narrowed by half, the sixth to seventh floors are half the width of the third to the floor, plus the fine carving on the pavilion, under the moonlight, the shadow of the pavilion reflected on the ten thousand Buddha Ping, presenting a picture of the Buddha sitting, is really exquisite.

After watching for a while, Baiyun turned his head again, and it happened that there was a seventeen or eight-year-old monk sweeping the fallen leaves on the Ten Thousand Buddha Ping, so he stepped forward and asked the direction of the Orchid Garden.

After leaving Wanfoping, Baiyun followed the route pointed out by the sweeping monk, and finally found the Orchid Garden, and hurriedly walked into the courtyard with great joy, only to enter the courtyard gate and saw a man dressed as a scholar, who was leaning against the stone wall and looking up at the moon, stunned.

"Senior Brother Lin!" Bai Yun shouted in surprise.

The scholar looked at him in response, his eyebrows were overjoyed, and he changed his Confucian temperament in the past, and ran to the young man in ecstasy, grabbed his shoulders tightly and said, "Baiyun! You're finally here!"

Bai Yun's heart bloomed, and he let out a sigh of relief and said, "Senior brother... ”

Lin Xueshu patted Bai Yun's shoulder and said, "Yun Mengze has been fighting, and the Yin Snake is chasing after you, and I'm still worried that something will happen to you." ”

Lin Xueshu, who didn't care about his elegant demeanor, looked Bai Yun up and down, and then breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Before going down the mountain, Master and Master told me everything, let me take good care of you on this trip to Jiangnan, if you have three long and two short, Senior Brother doesn't know how to deal with Master and Master, and now seeing that you are safe and sound, Senior Brother has finally let go of his heart." ”

Bai Yun Hao smiled, scratched his head and said, "It's Bai Yun Bucai who bothered Senior Brother." ”

Lin Xueshu looked behind Bai Yun again, and said in surprise: "Hey, what about Senior Sister Yuruo, isn't she with you?"

Bai Yun faded his smile and said solemnly: "Yuruo she rushed back to Xiangyang City." ”

Lin Xueshu was shocked: "Senior Sister Yuruo has returned to Xiangyang City?"

Bai Yun nodded again and confirmed: "The reasons are intricate and difficult to summarize in one word. ”

The thoughtful Lin Xueshu looked around, although he couldn't guess a rough idea for the time being, but from Bai Yun's expression, he could read the ins and outs of it was not simple, so he said softly: "It's not convenient to talk here, I'm afraid that the wall has ears, let's go into the house."

Let's talk about it. ”

In the house, Qi Yuzheng, Chen Jing and others were meditating in the house, and suddenly saw Bai Yun walking into the house, and they were all surprised.

Zhang Zishan didn't seem to believe his eyes, and put his arms around Bai Yun's shoulders, overjoyed.

"Everyone's bothered. Bai Yun bowed deeply to the bun and the others.

Lin Xueshu smiled, and then closed the door firmly.

Chen Jing saw Lin Xueshu close the door, her heart tightened, and she got up nervously and asked, "Senior Brother Baiyun, what about Yu Ruo herself?"

(End of chapter)