Chapter 35: Became a monk with a poor monk
Legend has it that hundreds of years ago, a man and a sword split the intestine river, since then this raging river, since then changed the course of the river, diverted to flow through Huizhou, from the foot of Mangdang Mountain. The pen "fun" pavilion www.biquge.info now here, has become a famous fish and rice town in Huizhou, especially the sea bass that is abundant here, is deeply loved by the people of Huizhou.
In the reeds on the riverside, there are several simple thatched houses, the thatched houses look at the river, in the milky white reed flowers fluttering, here seems to be extraordinarily born, not falling into the dust, full of peace and tranquility.
There was an old man who was fiddling with a few stones on a wooden table, and he kept dialing them around, as if he was playing chess, but there was no chess chart on the table, so he seemed to have no rules to speak of, and he didn't know what he was doing.
There were a few children next to him with big curious eyes, watching the old man fiddling with these stones, and they couldn't figure out what the old man was doing for a long time. A bold child wanted to ask what he was doing, but the old man smiled and said kindly, it was a 'trap'.
'Swing the trap'?
For children of their age, they couldn't understand it, and for a long time, those children didn't figure out what the trap was, so they had to play with interest.
I don't know how long it took for the old man to stop fiddling with the stones. He raised a pair of cloudy eyes, looked at a little boy who was playing over there, and beckoned: "Little fish, come here, grandpa is going to entertain an old friend today, go back and ask your mother to stew two sea bass for grandpa, to just catch it, the meat is tender, and prepare a pot of apricot blossom wine, put it in the well in advance and ice it, and drink it cold." ”
The little boy named Xiao Yu'er wiped the mud on his hands, sucked the snot hanging under his nose, walked up to the old man with a smile, stretched out his hand and said, "Mother said, you have to pay for food!"
The old man's kind face suddenly froze, and he became embarrassed: "Grandpa didn't bring any money with him, you go back and tell your mother first, and grandpa's old friend will pay her double the money in a while, and I promise that it won't be delayed." ”
Xiao Yu'er looked at the old man and smiled: "Mother said again, the old gentleman will not pay credit here." ”
The old man's face suddenly became ugly, but he was relieved again, and he said with a smile: "Xiao Yu'er wants to practice martial arts, grandpa has a martial arts secret book here, as long as Xiao Yu'er agrees to help grandpa just now, grandpa will promise to teach you martial arts." ”
Which boy is not good at martial arts, a few children who were playing while heard it and ran over and looked at the old man in surprise.
Xiao Yu'er's eyes lit up when he heard this, but he said very puzzledly: "Grandpa Huang, do you know martial arts?" In the past few days, I haven't seen you anything else except seeing you cheating, eating, drinking, and fiddling with a few stones!"
The old man twitched his cheeks, and said with a very unnatural expression: "Staying here with you these days, didn't you spend all the money, where did you come from to cheat and drink, hum, the old man is not a charlatan, do you see, there is a water tank there, I only need to point my finger, and immediately the water tank will poke a small hole, I don't believe you go over and see if there is one." ”
The old man tapped there with his fingers in a similar way, but he didn't see any hidden weapons popping out of his fingertips, or shooting true qi or anything, where did he look like a master of the rivers and lakes? Xiao Yu'er and those children looked at each other for a while, and they all stayed by the side, with a look of disdain in their eyes.
The little fish almost wanted to laugh, but a three-year-old child babbled to the water tank and looked at it, and suddenly screamed, and the little fish and they all gathered around, only to see a small hole in the water tank that was finger wide exposed.
The hole was too small to see where they were standing.
The children who were still suspicious of the old man just now all muttered that as long as the old man was willing to teach them martial arts, they couldn't wait to go home now and steal the sea bass and self-brewed apricot blossom wine caught at home, and put them in front of the old man and begged him to be his apprentice.
Xiao Yu'er hurriedly said happily: "Go and go, how can your stewed sea bass compare with my mother's craftsmanship, you stand farther away." Xiao Yu'er looked at the old man's kind face and bargained: "My mother loves me the most, I just go back and tell my mother." But Grandpa Huang, you have to teach me the trick you just now, and I'll go back and help you." ”
The old man smiled and said, "Now I believe that the old man is not a liar, but you also have to learn this trick, it's okay, the old man can find someone to teach you." ”
"Don't lie!" Xiao Yu'er laughed out of the crescent moon and took out a mouthful of teeth.
The old man nodded, and smiled in his heart that when he said it as him, he had always been a man of his word, how could he lie to you, a child?
"Grandpa Huang, you sit down first, and then I'll go home and let my mother stew you with tender sea bass and self-brewed apricot blossom wine on ice. The little fish jumped out of the old man's sight.
The old man kindly touched a child's head: "Do you want to listen to the story? Let Grandpa Huang tell you about the things that are circulating in the rivers and lakes." The old man smiled and told them about the rivers and lakes they longed for......
There are swords and swords, affection and righteousness, intrigues and intrigues, and justice and awe-inspiring......
Hongni seemed to know Li Fengling's mood at this time, and took him to gallop on the mountain road with fast steps, one person and one horse swayed the sweat on his body to the fullest, releasing the lingering haze in his heart.
One man and one horse passed through the dense mountain forest, and then crossed the knee-high stream, and the crystal water droplets splashed on Li Fengling's face, making him feel relaxed and happy, and his mood became more cheerful.
He was originally a sunny and happy teenager with a bold and uninhibited temperament, if it weren't for the misfortune of his family, he would not have had such a hard time, otherwise he should have lived a very happy life at this time.
But there are not so many assumptions in the world, there is no way to change what has happened, either spend a lifetime in sinking, or face it bravely, only these two things, of course, there is a third one, then choose to die!
Li Fengling naturally will not choose the third way, he may go to the first road one day, but he will not at present, because he is now taking the second road, he chooses to face the unfortunate fact of his relatives......
The red mud carried him out of this calm stream, and suddenly jumped to the side of the official road, from here to the top of the official road there is a ninety degree bend, people's eyes can not see the other side, so if the horse gallops wildly, someone suddenly walks through here, so it is easy to kill people.
Li Fengling had no intention of stopping, but a monk suddenly turned out from the opposite side. The monk was wearing a red and yellow robe, with a few holes in the tattered top, and he held a wooden fish in his hand, but it was also rotten. He knocked on the wooden fish as he walked, and sang some nonsense of scriptures in his mouth, but no one could understand it anyway. However, looking at his slightly fat face, it looks quite similar to the Maitreya Buddha offered in the temple, but it gives people a touch of amiability.
The monk suddenly turned out, Li Fengling was taken aback, and he didn't have time to pull the horse and hit the monk directly.
"Be careful!"
Bang!
Even though Li Fengling held the reins tightly, the red mud still couldn't contain the inertia, and flew straight out of the monk, floating a few feet away.
Li Fengling was shocked and anxious, this time he killed someone on a horse, but he was burdened with a life debt, and he was still a monk, isn't it against the Buddha like this?
"Master, are you alright?" Li Fengling flew over and asked eagerly.
The monk lay on the ground and groaned twice, before he said with a painful face: "The poor monk's waist seems to be broken, and he can't stand up......"
"Huh?" Li Fengling was frightened, and planned to use his hand to probe the monk's injury, but the monk slapped his hand away and shouted: "What are you doing, don't be rude to me as a monk, if you let the Buddha know what you did, you will be punished!"
Li Fengling wiped his sweat when he heard this, and had to explain: "The master misunderstood, I just want to probe your injuries, and I have no other purpose." ”
The monk suddenly realized, "Oh, I see. But what's so nice about this, you hit a poor monk while riding a horse, and you will directly compensate me, what else do you see?"
This monk has no common sense to speak, Li Fengling can't do anything about him, but seeing that he can still make demands with himself, Li Fengling is also relieved, which shows that it is a great luck not to kill someone: "Okay, okay, if you accidentally hurt the master, you will naturally have to pay compensation." Here is a pair of plasters, and if the master takes it and puts it on his waist, he will surely be cured in five days. ”
The monk was surprised when he heard this: "What kind of plaster can have such a miraculous effect?"
Li Fengling reluctantly took out the black jade intermittent ointment, put it in front of the monk and said: "This is the black jade intermittent ointment, it is the wonderful work of the martial arts doctor and the magic knife, which has the effect of promoting bones and tendons." I accidentally injured the master, so I had to use this plaster to make amends to the master. ”
The monk's face was strange when he heard this, and his two eyes stared at Li Fengling and Heiyu intermittently and staring back and forth: "Are you a fool to be a poor monk, how can there be such a miraculous plaster in the world, how can I believe your nonsense?"
Li Fengling spread his hands: "How can the master see that there is no reason to deceive you in the next decision." ”
The monk sneered and said: "Although the poor monk is a monk, he recites scriptures and eats fast in the temple on weekdays, and rarely gets involved in the world, but he is not confused because of this, don't want to use this black thing to deceive me." He pushed away the black jade intermittent cream in Li Fengling's hand, and snorted and made a straight face.
Li Fengling sighed helplessly: "How does the master want to compensate you?"
The monk glanced at Li Fengling and said strangely: "Today, the little brother rode a horse and injured the poor monk, which means that he has a fate with me, which is in line with what the Buddha said. If the little brother can worship the poor monk as a teacher and become a monk with the poor monk, it will be the cause and effect of this matter. ”
Li Fengling was stunned for a while, and only after a long time did he come back to his senses and said: "What? You let me worship you as a teacher and become a monk together?" Li Fengling stopped again and again: "No, no, I haven't seen through the red dust, how can I become a monk, don't be embarrassed by the master." ”
The monk said with a straight face: "The little brother was injured today, if there is no accident, the poor monk may spend the rest of his life on the couch." It is the cause that you hit the poor monks, and taking care of the poor monks is the effect, there is a cause and effect, and it is a reincarnation. Now the little brother can only take refuge in my Buddhism and take care of the poor monks in this life, so that this cause and effect can be eliminated. ”
Li Fengling said with a big head: "I am attached to Hongchen, but I don't have the idea of becoming a monk, don't force the master." Li Fengling took the black jade intermittent ointment and said: "This is really the black jade intermittent ointment, I didn't lie to you in the next intermittent ointment, the master put this plaster, and the injury can be healed, so you don't need to become a monk with the master." ”
But Li Fengling didn't expect that this monk didn't listen to his explanation at all, and was determined to let him become a monk, Li Fengling let out a long sigh, and planned to take this monk back to Huizhou City, find a Lang Zhong to show him, and then make plans.
But at this time, the monk squinted, his nose sniffed in the air a few times, and the light suddenly released from the feet of the two eyes staring at the red mud: "Wine?!"
As soon as the monk smelled the wine, the whole person jumped up from the ground excitedly, ran to the feet of the red mud and picked up a wine bag overflowing with wine, put it on the tip of his nose and smelled it, raised his head and poured a few sips into his mouth, and then said unsatisfied: "Good wine, really good wine, I haven't drunk such mellow wine for a long time." ”
Li Fengling was stunned from the side, it turned out that this monk had been pretending to be injured and deceiving him, and now that his true form was revealed, Li Fengling was simply annoyed and angry.
Li Fengling walked over and said, "The master is a monk, and he even drinks alcohol, so he is not afraid of the Buddha's punishment?"
The monk took another sip of wine and said, "Little brother, I'm afraid I haven't heard of wine and meat piercing the intestines, the Buddha left this sentence in his heart, right? The poor monk has a Buddha in his heart, since he has a Buddha, no matter what the poor monk does, it is enough to have a Buddha in his heart." ”
Li Fengling was stunned by the monk's words again, it seems that this monk is an outlier among the monks in the world.
"Since the master is fine, this pot of wine has the right to make amends to you, farewell!" Li Fengling didn't want to continue to entangle with this monk, so he left a sentence and jumped on his horse and rushed out in the direction of Huizhou City.
While drinking wine, the monk saw that Li Fengling had already ridden out on horseback, and hurriedly shouted: "Hey, you haven't agreed to be the apprentice of the poor monk, why did you run away, ...... hey?"