Tan Zong saw that the monks were dumbfounded, and said with a wry smile: "At this time, the old man has to confess to my Buddha first, since more than ten years ago, the elder Dazhi first appeared in the White Horse Temple, and then every other year he has to bother the abbot of the place of cultivation to escort him, our team is getting bigger and bigger, except for the Tan Lin junior brother sitting, no one dares not to come in person, the reason for this is only clear to us in our own hearts, but we are also very confused, the identity and status of the elder Dazhi are so important, what is his origin, the old man has been haunting him for all these years. Now he met a person who had a connection with his past, and to tell the truth, the old man was indeed a little curious, sinful, sinful. Then he closed his eyes and recited the scriptures in silence.

Lin Jianlan heard it clearly outside the door, and his heart was extremely moved, the demeanor of Tanzong's wide robe and big sleeves fluttering away was still in his mind, he was the head of Shaolin Temple, not to mention martial arts, Buddhism cultivation must have already reached the extreme, the heart is empty, how can there be any curiosity about the life experience of a wise elder, but it is just to exchange for the permission of the elders with self-humility, others see how he cultivates, he has already put it out of his mind, everything is clear in his heart and does not care about it, this "does not care" Three words, easy to say, but difficult for others to do.

All the abbots inside looked at each other, but they didn't know how to respond, for a while, Dao Ning said: "The matter has come to this, there is no need to pursue the past, the abbot of Tanzong is also a thought of compassion, no matter what, tomorrow we will take Elder Dazhi to continue to hurry, separate here, see you again in the future, this young man asks to see Dazhi again, for us, there is nothing to do, but I am afraid that after Elder Dazhi sees him, he will be stimulated again." ”

He was originally a disciple of Tanzong, so he refused to easily refute Tanzong's opinion, and his words were very tactful, and the other abbots listened to it, and naturally refused to offend Tanzong, and after communicating with each other, he publicly pushed the evidence and said: "Since it is about Lin Shizhu's biological father, it is inconvenient for us to hinder his filial piety, as long as Elder Dazhi agrees with him, but there is one condition, when they talk, someone needs to be present." ”

Tan Zong nodded and said: "This is Lao Cheng's serious words, since we are all people who have escorted the great wisdom for more than ten years, we must also know how much this person weighs, the old man and Lin Shi are acquainted, and they should be avoided, since the matter happened in the Ci'en Temple, I think it is better to entrust the abbot of the Taoist certificate to be around?"

Everyone nodded yes, Dao Zheng was a little proud, and said with a smile: "In this case, the old man will no longer shirk it, everyone will wait here." After that, he opened the door and went out, and saw Lin Jianlan coming up, so he changed his solemn expression and said: "Master Lin, father and son nature, we monks will not stop it, but firstly, Senior Brother Dazhi may not be willing to see you, and secondly, in order to avoid any accidents, the abbots entrusted me to take care of Senior Brother Dazhi on the side." ”

Lin Jianlan bowed his head and bowed: "This is natural, the younger generation is really grateful to all the senior monks for their compassion and care. ”

Dao Zheng nodded, did not speak, walked towards the inner room where Dazhi was resting, and only stopped when he reached the door, and said in a deep voice: "Elder Dazhi, there is a Lin Shizhu who has asked to meet with you. ”

There was silence inside, although Lin Jianlan was still outside the door, he had already bowed unconsciously, and when he couldn't hear the answer, he was uneasy in his heart, and said secretly: "Could it be that Elder Dazhi is not awake yet? Could it be that when he sees my appearance, the excitement is so great? Or he is already awake, but he doesn't want to see me again, so what's the matter?"

Dao Zheng secretly said in his heart: "Like the abbot of Tanzong, he is moved by the heart of curiosity, not to mention me? Although Elder Dazhi has a respected status, he still has many mysterious things, could it be that he really has any dealings with this young man's father?" and said with a secret smile: "He usually looks like he has a deep cultivation, and the other abbots also respect him very much, but I didn't expect to see the son of the old man faint, I think it's just a false appearance." ”

The two of them stood outside the door for a long time, each with their own thoughts, and then heard the door "squeak" open, and Xiao Shami Wuchang bowed his head and stood at the door and said, "Elder Dazhi invites Master Lin Shi to come in." ”

Lin Jianlan was surprised and delighted when he heard this, and hurriedly stepped forward, and the Dao Evidence was about to follow, but Wu Chang cringed and said: "Fang, abbot, Elder Dazhi doesn't, don't let others in, go in." ”

Seeing his appearance, Dao Zheng suddenly became a little nameless, his eyes widened, and it was inconvenient to reprimand loudly, so he only sank his face and said, "You get out of the way." ”

Wu Chang was most afraid of his reprimand, and even hid behind the door all of a sudden, and he didn't dare to let the Taoist certificate in, and he didn't dare to close the door, so he only peeked at the abbot's face and didn't dare to squeak again.

Lin Jianlan just stepped in, and at this time he was also standing in the same place, looking at Dao Zheng and Wu Chang, he was in a dilemma for a while, and was in a stalemate, when he heard an old voice inside: "Dao Zheng Abbot, please talk to this donor alone." ”

Dao Zheng was stunned for a moment, and said: "I came here as a guest abbot, Senior Brother Dazhi has just woken up, and his body is still weak, so he can take care of it from the side." ”

Dazhi said: "Since the old man has decided to see him, there will definitely be no more problems, please ask the abbot to convey the old man's thanks to the abbot for taking care of him." ”

Dao Zheng was about to say again, and the great wisdom said: "I can have no worries about my past, so why should I be obsessed with others, seeking fame and fortune is greedy, and seeking meaningless secrets is also greedy." ”

Dao Zheng was shocked, his face suddenly became solemn, and after a while, his face showed joy again, as if he heard Lunyin, and bowed down and said, "Thank you, Elder Dazhi." After saying that, he hurriedly turned around and ran, and Wu Chang also sighed, tiptoed out of the door, and covered the door.

Lin Jianlan looked back and saw that Dazhi had already gotten up and sat on the bed, so he stepped forward and bowed: "Junior Lin Jianlan visits Elder Dazhi, please forgive the sin of disturbing the junior today." Seeing that Dazhi didn't speak, he just looked out of the door thoughtfully, and praised: "After the elder's order, I'm afraid that the Taoist abbot's cultivation will have to enter the realm again." ”

Dazhi let out an "oh" and said with a smile: "He naturally understands this truth, but he understands this, but he wants to make him commit a 'private' word." Seeing Lin Jianlan's puzzled face, he said: "When he went back to see the other monks, he would only say that Lao Qu insisted on not allowing others to be present, and what he said just now would be enlightened alone, how could he understand the true scriptures?

Lin Jianlan didn't know what he meant by this, he was a little dazed, and suddenly remembered that he had finally met Dazhi, not to talk about Buddhism and the Dharma, and asked, "Elder Dazhi, I ...... it."

Dazhi picked up the conversation and waved his hand, "I know what you're going to ask." After that, he looked at Lin Jianlan and looked up and down, but there was no trace of surprise on his face, with a smile in his plainness, but his eyes showed nostalgia, and said, "You are really similar to your father." ”

Lin Jianlan was still calm and calm, only for the sake of his grandmother to look for his parents, but at this moment, when he heard Dazhi's short sentence, his heart suddenly turned upside down, and he realized that he cared so much about his father, who had never met, and his tears were almost falling, and he choked up: "Since the elder and my father are acquainted, can you tell the younger generation where he is now? Why did he disappear from the news back then? Where is my mother?"

Listening to this series of questions, Dazhi was a little apprehensive and said: "After seeing your old man, I understood, strange that she was devoted to him at the beginning, but he was not moved at all, it turned out that he had already had a family, but we never knew about your mother, I didn't know anything about your mother." ”

Lin Jianlan saw that what he said was vague, who else was devoted to his father except his mother? These seemed to have nothing to do with his father's traces, but he felt that even knowing a little bit of his father's past was precious, and said hurriedly: "Then I hope the elder will tell me how to get acquainted with my father?" My father and his ...... What kind of person is he?"

What awaited him was an extremely long silence, watching Dazhi, as if he was closing his eyes and recalling, his face was no longer indifferent, it was really a mixture of joy and sorrow, as if all the past events had left traces on his face.

High-spirited, nostalgic, sad, helpless, disappointed...... There was also a hatred like a knife carving, which solidified on his face for a long time, and then slowly melted, leaving no trace.

Da Zhi slowly opened his eyes, and saw Lin Jianlan looking at him eagerly, his hands had unconsciously crumpled the placket of his clothes, although he was not yet born and was convenient for the separation of his biological father, but how could this father-son nature be easily cut off after many years of separation? Thinking of this, Da Zhifang said slowly: "What are the two words of your name?"

Lin Jianlan seemed to be startled by the voice of the words after a long silence, and raised his head and said: "Junior Lin Jianlan, the 'sword' of the sword, the 'Lan' of the waves." ”

Dazhi repeated in a low voice: "The 'sword' of the sword, the 'lan' of the waves, it can be seen that he has high expectations for you, a son who has not waited for the birth. Speaking of this, his eyes looked at Lin Jianlan, Lin Jianlan only felt that he seemed to be looking at himself, and seemed to be looking behind him, his eyes were empty and distant, and he continued: "More than ten years ago, on the shore of Slender West Lake in Yangzhou, a young scholar was introduced to me by someone to get acquainted with me, and I have not forgotten the name of that teahouse, which is called Guanlian Teahouse. ”

Lin Jianlan listened to the young scholar mentioned by Dazhi, and his heart suddenly tightened, and he really heard Dazhi say: "The old man was still a little famous in the world that day, but the scholar was not very respectful, and when he heard someone introduce me, he only said flatly: 'My surname is Lin Xiaoyu. The old man looked up, and saw that he was dressed in a plain robe, very simple, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were dark, but if he looked closely, he seemed to have a starlight, and his eyebrows were raised, and there was a sense of self-confidence and pride in his face, and the old man had never forgotten it, alas, you must have guessed that this young scholar was your father, and you looked like him. ”

Lin Jianlan felt sour in his heart, and said with some doubts: "Elder Dazhi said that he was slightly famous that day, and the monks naturally spoke more modestly, presumably he was very famous that day, I don't know who he is?"

Dazhi said: "I really appreciate his wildness, and I am a little annoyed by his wildness, so I said: 'The old man wants to reward Wang Zhi with his blood, thank you for the guests, what are the two words of your name?' He didn't think about it, and replied directly: 'But with the power of the Nine Heavens and the Clouds, who is not Lingyun?' The two of us looked at each other and smiled, like confidants I hadn't seen for a long time. ”

Lin Jianlan saw him talk about the scene when Lin Xiaoyu met that day, his father's eagerness and ease were like seeing it in person, and he couldn't help but feel excited, and the last two sentences were embedded with the words "Xiao" and "Yu", but he didn't know what Dazhi's name was.

Lin Jianlan said: "My father said before he left home that he wanted to go to Chang'an to gain fame, why did he go to Yangzhou?"

Dazhi sighed with emotion: "People live for a lifetime, but it is rare to meet a few confidants, see him respond quickly, but it is rare to meet the artistic conception of my first two sentences, I know that he is also a person with great ambitions, and then talk about it more speculatively, he has extraordinary knowledge, and he also wants to do a career, but he regards fame as dung, which is this, so that I take him as a confidant." Speaking of this, Dazhi seemed to be a little sad and angry, and said: "Several people here are all powerful figures in the past, but now they are dead and scattered. ”

Lin Jianlan heard him mention the several people present, and he was secretly wondering why the end was so miserable, but he heard Dazhi continue: "It's all because of Lin Xiaoyu!"

Lin Jianlan couldn't help but be shocked, seeing Dazhi close his eyes, his expression was calm, and after a long time, he opened it again, sighed, and his face was calm again, and said: "This is my heart knot for more than ten years, donor, you should have seen that the first time Lao Qu saw you, he never concealed his hatred, even if he visited the Buddha day and night, he never erased this hatred engraved in his heart." ”

Lin Jianlan was already shocked at the moment and didn't know what to say, thinking that Dazhi had indeed shown an expression of hatred for himself several times, he only looked at Dazhi in a daze, and said with a sad and happy expression: "Over the years, Lao Wei has deliberately not thought about these past events, the more afraid he is to touch them, but the more unforgettable he is, when I first saw you, it was like seeing Lin Xiaoyu with my own eyes, knowing that it was a phantom, I still wanted to tear this image to pieces and burn it to ashes." At this time, the old man was liberated, what he hated, what he complained, it was all meaningless, if there was anything left, it was just a trace of nostalgia. Where did he go later, was it against his original intention to seek earthly wealth, or what, the old man no longer cared, but the nature of father and son cannot be severed, if the donor still insists on looking for it, you are not far from the capital of the Tang Dynasty, but you can ask someone to find out whether he has entered the court and gained a prominent reputation. ”

Lin Jianlan trembled and said, "Why is my father ......?"

Dazhi shook his head and said: "Don't ask again, although you have Lin Xiaoyu's intelligence, you can also see that you are a kind person, and the past cannot be traced, why should the old man put these past hatreds on you, so that you can bear the shame and guilt of your fathers? ”