As soon as Lin Jianlan said "He fainted", a monk hurriedly stepped forward, took the old monk from his hand, and carefully helped him to the side hall, it seems that this old monk has a very extraordinary status in the temple, and the monks and Tanzong and others in the temple were all moved, and most of them were extremely concerned.

Lin Jianlan followed them into the inner room in a daze, the old monk had been laid flat on the bed, Tan Zong took his wrist, gently put his finger on the pulse, after a while, his face was a little relaxed, and he muttered: "The pulse is a little short, but it is not in the way, it seems that the qi and blood are surging for a while, so that you faint, lie down for a while, and you will naturally wake up." ”

The abbot of the Temple of Mercy and Grace frowned and said: "Senior Brother Dazhi has already arrived at home very much, his heart is as calm as water, and it is difficult to make waves, how can he suddenly surge his blood today? Then he turned to the novice and said, "Wu Chang, come here." ”

The novice squeezed in tremblingly, lowered his head and said, "Abbot." ”

The abbot said: "How did you take care of the Great Wisdom Elder? It has been almost a year since he let him happen today, if there is a good one in the Temple of Mercy and Grace, it will be difficult for our whole temple to take care of it, go and get forty Zen sticks yourself!"

The novice almost cried, sniffled, and walked out dejectedly, Lin Jianlan hurriedly said: "Abbot, it's not about this little master, it's the younger generation who is reckless!" and described what happened just now, but omitted the words mentioned by the old monk.

In fact, all the monks saw that Dazhi was mixed up by him, and most of them already felt that Dazhi fainted and must have something to do with him, only because Tanzong's face was not good to ask him face to face, at this time, seeing him tell what had happened, they were all silent, and after a while, the abbot said: "Everyone is making noise here, which is not conducive to the senior brother's recuperation, please move to the main hall, Wu Chang, you are here to wait for Elder Dazhi, if he wakes up, go to the main hall to report." Thinking about it, he said: "Lin Shaoxia, there is still food in the hall, if you don't think the small temple is crude, you can use it yourself." "Let's talk about it and the monks for a while.

Lin Jianlan saw that the old monk was still lying on the bed with his eyes closed, but Wu Chang was slightly happy because he was beaten less, and saw Lin Jianlan pondering, he walked to him softly and said, "Donor, the curtain is ......"

Lin Jianlan was shocked, he forgot about Wan Xiu in the west wing room because of this incident, he felt quite guilty, and hurried out of the house, and when he arrived at the door of the house, he quickly packed up the scattered curtains and rushed back to Wan Xiu, seeing her hiding in the shadows at the corner of the bed, leaning on it, holding a book and reading it carefully, and whispering in her mouth, seeing Lin Jianlan hurriedly put down the book, seeing that he was hurriedly covering the curtains, Fang took off the black veil on his face, and looked at Lin Jianlan for a while: " Lin Gongzi, why are you suddenly restless? But is something wrong?"

Lin Jianlan was stunned, he didn't know whether to mention the matter of the old monk and his father to Wan Xiu, lit the oil lamp in the corner of the case, and said: "Ah Xiu is hungry, I'll go get some fasting, it's good at home for a day, it's difficult to go out for a thousand days, I'm afraid we have to have a meal." Then he turned and walked away.

The two of them silently used some fasting, because they had something in their hearts, but they didn't eat much, Lin Jianlan occasionally raised his head, and he could see Ah Xiu raising his eyes to look at him, but he immediately lowered his head and was silent. He knew that Wanxiu was sensitive, and secretly worried about himself, but the old monk saying his father's name really made him feel troubled, and they had nothing to say, but they heard a few knocks on the door outside, and someone said: "Master Lin, the abbot of Tanzong invites you to go to his meditation room to talk." ”

Lin Jianlan and Wan Xiu glanced at each other, and said softly: "Ah Xiu, there are indeed some things now, I want to ask for clarity, if I don't say it now, I am afraid that you will be worried, you can rest here for a while, and I will come when I go." ”

Lin Jianlan followed the monk to Tanzong's resting place, seeing that the room was very frugal and clean, Tanzong was sitting on the futon and meditating with his eyes closed, and there were three incense burns next to him, the monk let him into the house and softly closed the door and left, Lin Jianlan did not dare to disturb quietly, only stood quietly at the door.

A ray of light was projected from the window, reflecting the shadows of the three incense sticks on the ground, as if a hazy light smoke was wandering on the ground, and the three tiny black pillars were getting shorter and shorter, and finally all of them were extinguished. Lin Jianlan saw the last piece of cigarette ash falling, heard Tan Zong cough lightly, looked back, saw him smiling, very kind and amiable, and said, "Young man, can your mood calm down?"

Lin Jianlan realized why Tanzong sent someone to find him here to talk, but he meditated here without saying a word, it turned out to give himself a period of calming his mind, at this time, the hour of a stick of incense passed quietly, and the fragrance was full of room, and it was no longer as inextricably entangled as just now, and he also smiled, walked to Tanzong's side and sat down cross-legged and said, "It's much better." ”

Tan Zong nodded and said, "Then the old man said bluntly, the elder who fainted today is called 'Great Wisdom', after you left, the old man and the other abbots actually had some doubts in their hearts, just because we knew that he would never be frightened because of a fast and a meal, so the abbots entrusted the old man to come and ask you if there was anything else hidden in it." ”

Lin Jianlan said in his heart: "Sure enough, because the dishes were broken and he fainted, no one would believe it." But when this old monk saw that my face changed drastically, and called out my father's name again, how do I know why?" Thinking of this, he said: "Abbot, there are indeed some hidden secrets in it, but I don't know what to do, can I take the liberty of asking, where does this Great Wise Elder come from?"

Tan Zong pondered for a moment, and said: "Young man, there are some things that Lao Gu is not clear, and some are not clear to you even if he knows, I can only say some irrelevant things, have you ever noticed that Lao Gao's generation is the generation of the word 'Tan', most of them have passed away, or there are other senior monks who are hidden in the barren mountains and wild temples, and rarely come and go, while Lao Gao's disciples are called by the word 'Dao', the abbot of the Temple of Mercy and Grace is called 'Dao Certificate', and the generation of Lao Gan's disciples and grandchildren is the generation of 'enlightenment'. ”

Lin Jianlan said curiously: "Then this Great Wisdom Elder, but in that generation?"

Tan Zong said: "Yes, his Dharma name is different from everyone else, although the Taoist certificate calls him a senior brother, but he can't be regarded as a disciple of Lao Qu.

Lin Jianlan was really confused when he heard him go around in terms of seniority, and asked, "Then he must always have a master, which monk is his master?"

Tan Zong frowned and said: "This elder of great wisdom, more than ten years ago to become a monk in the White Horse Temple in Luoyang, although the monks are empty, but there are some situations in the world that are not bad, he did not worship any master, and came to call himself 'Great Wisdom', naturally regarded as an arrogant and arrogant person by the monks of the White Horse Temple, and was ostracized. ”

Lin Jianlan said suddenly: "It turns out that the monks also have any thoughts. ”

Tan Zong said: "This situation lasted for about a year, the abbot of the White Horse Temple suddenly treated him very politely, personally sent him to the Shizhen Temple, but the elders in the temple were very dissatisfied, when leaving, it happened to fall a light rain, and the great wisdom suddenly said: 'The wind blows in the pool, and the duckweed shakes'." Speaking of this, Tan Zong said: "The Dharma Elder deliberately humiliated him, so he grabbed this sentence and ridiculed, saying that his monks were really moved when they saw the duckweed shaking. ”

Lin Jianlan nodded and said, "I don't know much about these Zen skills, but what this Dharma Transmission Elder said is not bad. ”

Tan Zong stroked his beard and smiled: "This is the way of great wisdom, he originally intended to say this, listened to the words of the Dharma Elder, and continued: 'The wind does not rise because of me, Ping does not shake because of me, the wind and rain blow Ping, I look at it and laugh. There is nothing and no self, and since there is nothing and me, and non-things are not me, why bother to distinguish between them? ”

Lin Jianlan sighed: "This answer is even more ingenious, his own foreword is flawed, and after seeing the Dharma Transmission Elder answer, he answered, saying that this elder insisted on the harmony of people's hearts and things, but instead entered the Demon Dao, Elder Dazhi has actually reached the realm of seeing mountains and water being water, and calmly facing it." I wonder what happened to him?"

Tan Zong said: "The abbot of the White Horse Temple wanted to know the identity of this person, but he didn't say much, and he took care of it all the way and sent it to Shizhen Temple, and it was another year. ”

Lin Jianlan said: "Presumably, after the confrontation in the White Horse Temple, no one looks down on him anymore, but why did he only live in the Shizhen Temple for a year?"

Tan Zong said: "This is the strange thing, every temple, he only stayed for a year, and then went to other temples, when he arrived at the Shaolin Temple where Lao Qu practiced, he had already been to nine temples in front, and the person who escorted him to this temple was the presiding officer of the nine temples in front. ”

Seeing Lin Jianlan's look of surprise, Tan Zong continued: "When he arrived at Shaolin Temple, his cultivation was already quite profound, but he no longer debated with others, he was much more introverted and deep, and he rarely spoke on weekdays, but if he could get his advice, it would be helpful." When he came, he was personally sent by several abbots of the monastery, like such people, who doesn't want him to stay in the monastery for a long time?"

Lin Jianlan said: "Then why don't you leave him behind?"

Tan Zong smiled bitterly and said: "The reason for this, Lao Qu can't say much, Dazhi stayed in the Shaolin Temple for a year, and then Lao Qu and the other nine abbots sent him away. And so on every other year, they would gather at the monastery where he was and send him off to another place. Over time, his status was indeed much higher than that of the abbots of the monasteries, so as soon as he fainted, the old man and the others were very nervous. ”

Lin Jianlan whispered: "It turns out that the people who are walking with you on the road are actually the abbots of various temples, I thought they were disciples of your temple." It's so weird that it doesn't seem to me like an escort but like a guard. ”

Tan Zong's eyes flashed, and his expression was complicated: "No matter what, tomorrow will be another year, Lao Qu and the others will be sent to another place together with the abbot of the Taoist Evidence of the Temple of Mercy and Grace, he fainted today, so we are really a little worried, if we can't get on the road in time, I'm afraid there will be some trouble, so the reason why he fainted, although we don't care very much, but if it's convenient for you, please also reveal one or two." ”

Although Lin Jianlan had concealed something when he heard Tan Zong talk about things related to this Great Wisdom Elder, his words were very polite, and he did not mean to force him to ask, but he was a little difficult to answer, and after thinking for a long time, he felt that he knew very little and had nothing to hide, and said: "Abbot, it's not that I don't want to tell you, but I myself am very ignorant. After that, he told the little novice what he had just disturbed, and said: "Elder Dazhi turned around when he heard the sound of the dishes breaking, but his expression changed greatly, and the younger generation thought that he was an ordinary old monk, because his lunch was disturbed so strangely, so he planned to leave after making amends, but he didn't expect Elder Dazhi to say a few words. Speaking of this, Lin Jianlan sighed and said: "These words are the name of the younger generation's biological father, and the younger generation is like five thunderbolts when they hear it, I don't know how this old monk knows the name of his father." ”

Tan Zong was amazed: "This is a strange thing. ”

Lin Jianlan's eyes were red, and he said: "My father went to Beijing to take the exam at the request of the younger generation before he was born, and he disappeared without a trace if he didn't want to, and his mother also ran away from home shortly after I was born. His expression was also very strange when he saw me, and I am afraid that this is why he will have a convulsion. ”

Tan Zong said in a deep voice: "I didn't expect that Elder Dazhi still has something to do with your life experience, but the four major monks are empty, and the memories of the past are all gone, and there is no longer anything to worry about the past, not to mention a person like him who has a deep cultivation? ”

Lin Jianlan kowtowed and said: "The younger generation also thinks so, not only explaining the reason for the matter, but praying that I can see Elder Dazhi alone, it is a matter of life and death of my father, and I hope that the abbot will be considerate and helpful." ”

Tan Zong said with a sad face: "On the abbot's side, it is necessary for the old man to sell the dough again, but Elder Dazhi may not be willing to see you again, alas, you come with me." ”

The two of them returned to the main hall, and the rest of the elders were all here, thinking that they were waiting for the result of Tanzong's question, and when they saw Tanzong stepping forward, they said, "Uncle Tanzong, what is the matter?"

Tan Zong's face was a little solemn, he closed the door, and saw Lin Jianlan pacing back and forth under the corridor outside the door through the pane, about his biological father who he had never met, and his mood was naturally very anxious. Turning around, he repeated what Lin Jianlan had just said, "What do you think?"

Among these people, Tan Zong had the highest status and seniority, so as soon as his voice fell, there was silence, and no one answered. Tan Zong said with a smile: "The old man and this Lin Shi are old acquaintances, seeing that he is sick and weak, he insisted on inviting this young man to accompany him, giving him a convenience, I don't want to cause this turmoil, you don't have to hinder the old monk's affection, if you feel that it is not appropriate to have more rights and wrongs, the old man will go out and ask him to leave the temple and continue to hurry." ”