It is said that Wangchen and Chu Xunyu were carving in the Dongshan War, and Mei Wan of Hongdaomen personally went down the mountain to find these two people, but under the peaceful water surface of the Central Plains Daomen, there was an undercurrent, each with his own thoughts. Let's take a look at the outside of Nanyang City, another clue of our story starts here.

A round of scorching sun hangs in the sky, this summer heat is really unbearable, especially at noon, the farmers working in the fields work hard, under the scorching heat, but there is no complaint, it is true: "I don't know the heat when I do my best, but I cherish the long summer."

The field was full of short-clothed farmers, but if you looked closely, one of them, a young man dressed in yellow cedar, with half-short ear-length hair, and beautiful eyebrows, was also in the middle of that rice field, wielding a pickaxe, and doing it with great pleasure, not paying any attention to the heat, but muttering in his mouth, as if complaining about something.

"Alas...... The little monk is bitter, the little monk is bitter, who knows that in the dead of night, he went out to the neighbor's kitchen to get some fasting food, and was bumped into by the master, and was punished for working for 3,000 miles. "This young man of Huangshan is the proud disciple of the abbot of Jinling Tianjie Temple, and he is also the little monk of Mu Yuan who Master Moya wants to take care of by Wangchen.

"Woo, this way, I don't know how far, I want to work and go to Zhongnan Mountain, the master is also pretending, what is the chance to be in the Zhixiang Temple, go there to greet the head of Haibo, it is really unlucky, go to the kitchen to get food, in the middle of the night, the head of the house stands there to do what......?

Although this Mu Yuan is one of the eight juniors of the Central Plains that year, he is talented, but he is an active person, not like the general Buddhist people, solemn, but lively by nature, like to laugh at everyone, the so-called Buddhism is vast, there is no unacceptable person, so Mu Yuan is also an outlier in this Buddhism, obviously dissolute and uninhibited, laughing and scolding, but he is talented, and he is all fine in cultivating Buddhism, and even the abbot of the Tianjie Temple, Hui Tan, can't help but praise him, over the years, in Buddhism, people have gradually accepted him.

This is not, a body of cultivation has obviously reached an immediate view, is about to break through the enlightenment period, has been in the valley for many years, can not eat or drink, but only love mortal food, every once in a while to find some human food to comfort the stomach, fortunately, he does not violate the rules of the teacher, only eats vegetarian food, but can be regarded as barely abiding by the rules. Not long ago, in the middle of the night, I touched the kitchen next door by the dark, took two steamed buns, and was ready to take away another bowl of soup, just turned around, only to see an old monk holding a rosary, silent, looking at himself with a smile, this time, Mu Yuan was taken aback, Rao is cultivation is profound, and he was not lightly surprised.

This old monk is the master of today's Jieji Temple, Master Hui Tan, and also Mu Yuan's master. As a result, of course, needless to say, the next day he publicly criticized Mu Yuan for not abiding by the rules of the temple, committing greed, eating, and stealing, and he inadvertently bumped into Yunyun for the teacher himself, and wanted to punish him for working to go to the Zhixiang Temple in Zhongnan Mountain.

This can make Mu Yuan roll his eyes angrily, this, this, this is all messy, in the middle of the night, I went to the kitchen, just bumped into you, and went to the kitchen next door, you are a dignified host, you have long been hiding inside, hiding your breath, take me a present, this is not clearly waiting for me, and what is the vast Buddhism, the opportunity is very deep, and I want to visit a line, this is really crying and laughing. Along the way, Mu Yuan was muttering and complaining.

In this way, Mu Yuan worked all the way forward, and came to the outside of Nanyang City, Nanyang City, also known as "Wan" in ancient times, because it is located in the south of Funiu Mountain, the north of the Han River. In history, it is related to many famous figures, such as Fan Li, a saint of medicine, Zhang Zhongjing, Zhang Heng, and Zhuge Liang, all of whom are inextricably linked. At noon on this day, Mu Yuan had just finished working in the suburbs and walked to the city.

Walking on the street in the city, looking at the time, Mu Yuan touched his stomach, and looked at the bustling crowd around him, and unconsciously moved his index finger, and took out some scattered silver from his pocket, which was exchanged for doing coolies along the way, the master said that he would work and go, but he didn't say that he might harvest the income from his labor, hum, Mu Yuan thought of this, and he had a chance to take advantage of it.

Smelling the fragrance, I visited a few stalls, bought a bunch of snacks, and tasted while walking, which was really a good enjoyment, so I slowly came to the outside of the city and continued to march towards Zhongnan Mountain.

Outside the city, in a dense place of mountains and forests, Mu Yuan stood on a high place, looked into the distance, sighed lightly, and suddenly, heard a burst of singing, it was a woman, and she could only hear the song:

The breeze is blowing, and the clouds are married.

The finch whispers, the rhetoric makeup.

Fuqin Gechen,

Sigh all the way

Looking forward to the full moon, the tea has cooled.

It can relieve some sorrow.

But when I saw that the morning dew had spoken,

Lan blows the clothes and scatters the fragrance.

Mu Yuan listened to this song, his mind moved slightly, his body flashed, and he found the source of the song, it turned out to be a bamboo house in the suburbs, so he waited quietly outside the door, and waited for the master to finish stroking the piano, and after a while, he only saw the bamboo door "squeak" opened, and a maid went out with his hand and asked: "Is it Mu Yuan's little master?"

Mu Yuan hurriedly tore off the lotus root slices hanging from the corners of his mouth with his hands, clasped his hands together, and replied, "It's the little monk." ”

The maid nodded: "My young lady has been waiting for the little master for a long time, please come with me." ”

Then, Mu Yuan followed the maid into the door. When I came to the house, I saw a woman sitting in front of the piano table, got up and turned around, bowed her head slightly, and said, "Senior Brother Mu Yuan, I've been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Mu Yuan looked at the woman at this time, Qingsi was tied behind her back with a sandalwood hairpin, dressed in green clothes, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and a small ruler-shaped bracelet hanging on her wrist. Looking at the back, there is a pair of words hanging on the wall of the bamboo house, with four big characters on it: "Divide and stop fighting".

Mu Yuan thought for a moment and asked in surprise, "Is it a senior sister Shang Qian?"

The woman smiled, "I didn't expect my senior brother to remember me." ”

Mu Yuan also smiled: "I haven't seen you for a long time, I didn't expect Senior Sister Shang Qian to have married Dan, congratulations." ”

Who is this Shang Qian, and why is he called a brother and sister to Mu Yuan, a person in Buddhism?

It turned out that this Shang Qian was the heir of the Fa family. The surname Shang is naturally the descendant of the Legalist representative "Shang Ying", and the four big characters written on the wall behind him are the essence of the Legalism proposed by Han Feizi, the ancestor of the Legalist. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the world was in turmoil, and a hundred schools of thought contended, and the Legalists were divided into three factions: one faction was headed by Shen Dao, advocating that in politics and statecraft, the emphasis on "potential", that is, power and prestige were the most important. One faction is headed by Shen Buxian, emphasizing "art" and political power. One faction, led by Shang Ying, emphasized "law", laws and rules and regulations.

It wasn't until Han Feizi appeared that he unified his views and made Legalism truly unified for the first time, and Han Feizi wrote more than 100,000 words of books "Lonely Anger", "Five Worms", "Inner and Outer Reserves", "Saying Forest" and "Saying Difficult", becoming the master of Legalist thought. After the book was completed, it was transmitted to the Qin State, and the King of Qin read it and said: "Wow! ”

Since then, Legalism has truly appeared in the world's field of vision, and in the situation where a hundred schools of thought are blooming, it is unique and widely spread by the world.

Not much to say, turn back to the original topic, this Shang Qian is the successor of the Legalist Shang Ying, slightly younger than Mu Yuan, many years ago, the first year of Hongwu, when the world was initially decided, Zhu Yuanzhang established Jinling Tianjie Temple as the leader of Buddhism in the world, and on the day of the ceremony, many sects sent people to congratulate.

At that time, Shang Qian's father, as a representative of the Legalist family, took her to the Heavenly Realm Temple, and at that time, Mu Yuan had already become famous in the Jade Void Palace, not like an ordinary monk. Mu Yuan didn't like the big scene of congratulations, so he sneaked to the back of the Tianjie Temple, and was stealing mushroom buns in the backyard, when he suddenly smelled a beautiful sound of the piano, and looked for it, only remembering that Shang Qian was still a little girl at that time, and was stroking the piano in the courtyard, sometimes distressed, sometimes angry, and her face was still a little haggard.

Mu Yuan felt strange, so he stepped forward to ask, the girl told Mu Yuan, originally from the urine of the love of the piano, but also to the piano into the Tao, but, over the years, with the depth of cultivation, the piano skills are getting worse and worse, always feel that the tone is more and more inaccurate, it has been five or six years, these years have been practicing the piano day and night, but not advancing but retreating, the heart is more and more anxious, everywhere with this piano, more diligent study, hope to make a breakthrough.

Mu Yuan listened to the reason at that time, laughed, and replied happily: "No, it's not that your piano skills are poor, but your heart, the realm is different, and the mood is different, so it's the benevolent heart." ”

Shang Qian was puzzled, so she asked what to say about this, Mu Yuan was eating ghee mushroom buns, and the food was full of fragrance, and at the same time told her the story of the sixth ancestor Huineng.

According to legend, Tang Gaozong Yifeng was in the first year. It was the eighth day of the first month of the year, and Huineng came to Fasheng Temple in Guangzhou. One day, the wind raised the banner of the temple, and the two monks were arguing whether it was "wind" or "flags"? Huineng said: "It is neither the wind nor the flag, but the benevolent heart is moving." Huineng's statement amazed all the monks and attracted the attention and respect of Master Yinzong.

Mu Yuan used this story to tell Shang Qian, it is not that your piano skills have deteriorated, nor is it caused by your cultivation, but that your mood has changed, everything remains the same, but your own heart has moved.

Shang Qian listened, was silent at the time, if he had an understanding, but he couldn't explain it in detail, so he opened his mouth to ask, Mu Yuan thought about it, there was nothing to do today, so he simply went to the kitchen, took a bowl of lotus root soup, sat on the grass, and taught Shang Qian's "Lenga Sutra" The first three chapters.

Most of the disciples of Buddhism and those who have achieved success in cultivation are all eloquent and eloquent. Mu Yuan explained the scriptures, but he spoke wittily, and his tongue was as bright as a lotus. Listening to Shang Qian, he had a lot of epiphanies, and his mood improved steadily.

Later, on the day of his father's departure, when Shang Qian and Mu Yuan said goodbye, they left each other's names, and they hadn't seen each other for many years, but they didn't expect to meet here.

However, Mu Yuan didn't believe that this was an accident, so he asked, "Senior Sister Shang Qian, why are you waiting for me here?"

Shang Qian smiled: "Speaking of which, I have freshly baked fried Sayuri, which I asked people to make, why don't you sit down and talk?"

When Mu Yuan heard this, he smiled and said, "It's so wonderful." ”

said to the maid next to him, Shang Qian said, "Look at the tea." ”

After a while, he came with a cup of tea, and the two sat on both sides of the bamboo table.

Not long ago, Shang Qian was at home, feeling that her cultivation had reached a bottleneck, so she discussed with her seniors in the family, and her family suggested that she should go out to travel, and Shang Qian also had this intention, but how could the family rest assured that she was a girl and went to the rivers and lakes alone?

At this time, news came from the Tianjie Temple, Hui Tan presided over the order to bring a handwritten letter, brought the token of the door to see the people of the Legalist family, the letter mentioned that Mu Yuan will come to pass by in the near future, Shang Qian can go with him, as for the reason, the clansmen of the Fa family did not tell Shang Qian, but Shang Qian was very happy to hear it, and finally could leave home, so the elder of the Fa family asked her master and servant to wait in this bamboo house, waiting for Mu Yuan to come.

When Mu Yuan heard this, he smiled bitterly in his heart, and his heart turned out that every move was in the eyes of the master, and he really had nothing to hide, and he was bitter.

Shang Qian smiled and asked, "Senior Brother Mu Yuan, can you travel together?"

Mu Yuan disagreed, the master spoke, and he had no choice but to respond, so he nodded: "Since the host has a word, of course we will travel together." ”

Shang Qian nodded and said, "The first time I went out, I asked my senior brother to bother on the way." ”

Mu Yuan replied while eating with a fragrant mouthful: "Yes, you don't have to be polite." ”

After a while, Mu Yuan was full, so he and Shang Qian packed up their things and went out together, Shang Qian turned back to the maid and said, "Xiaoyu, you go back first, tell your family that Senior Brother Mu Yuan has arrived." ”

The maid nodded yes and went back.

At this time, Shang Qian asked again: "Senior Brother Mu Yuan, where are we going?"

"You need to go to Nanshan for a long time. ”

Shang Qian was puzzled: "Why did you go to Zhongnan Mountain? Could it be that Senior Brother has an appointment at Daomen?"

Mu Yuan was also frank, and told her the story of going to the neighbor's kitchen to steal food, Shang Qian giggled for a long time before raising his head and saying, "Okay, just follow what the senior brother said, and go to the south." ”

After that, Mu Yuan raised his feet and left, Shang Qian asked curiously: "Senior brother really wants to go on foot?" I thought it was just talking, there are thousands of means to travel in the sky, why do you really want to go on foot?"

Mu Yuan wiped his mouth: "Travel, naturally you have to travel all over the world, if you travel in the sky, what is the difference between it and usually in the mountain gate? This walk is also a way to train the mind, and in contact with mortals, you may also have the opportunity to get unexpected opportunities." ”

Shang Qian nodded and responded: "Then, according to what Senior Brother said, let's walk." ”

The two of them packed up their things and went to Zhongnanshan, but they didn't know that they had really encountered great changes this time.