I don't know how long it took, Chen He was woken up from his coma, slowly opened his eyes, the blood on his head flowed all over the ground, where was the little beggar he had helped in the morning, looking at him anxiously, telling him not to move, so he went to call someone to save him.

I don't know how long later, the little beggar appeared in front of Chen He with a masked woman in white, the woman pressed twice on his head, took out a purse, filled some medicinal herbs, and put it on Chen He's nose, Chen He took a few deep breaths, his drowsy head was cool, and he slowly woke up.

"If you hurt your blood, you don't hurt your bones, you can stand up. The woman's voice was hoarse, but calm and temperamental.

Chen He tried to sit up, seeing that the sky didn't know when it was already dark, he seemed to be dizzy for several hours, and his stomach rumbled together.

And Chen He looked at his stomach and realized that he had only a trouser left!

Chen Hexin said: Oh no, the Imperial City is so big, and I don't know the way back, so I can't go home, how can this be good?

"Come with me. The masked woman seemed to see through Chen He's thoughts, and got up to lead the way as she spoke.

The little beggar found a tattered cloak for Chen He to cover his shame, and Chen He hurriedly put it on and followed the masked woman.

The two came to a porridge shop, the owner of the porridge shop was this woman, and the guests in the porridge shop were all beggars, which seemed to be a place to do good, but after Chen He looked carefully, he always felt that there was something strange.

For example, when people do good deeds, they do good deeds in broad daylight, for fear that others will not know that they are great benevolent people, but this woman is in the dark. And the beggars here...... There don't seem to be men, no, there are a few disabled men, and the only few men are disabled people, Chen He was frightened.

"Giving alms to able-bodied men only increases their inertia, so my porridge shop does not give alms to healthy men, my porridge only gives to the elderly, the sick, women and children. You're still the first healthy man to drink porridge here...... But it's also a patient. The masked woman gave Chen He a bowl of porridge, which contained many unknown vegetable leaves in addition to ordinary millet, green and green.

Chen He was already very hungry, looking around, people with good intentions should not be bad people, Chen He hurriedly eaten.

This porridge is like a stomach, and suddenly a wave of heat rushes into the whole body, as if the blood veins in the whole body have accelerated the flow, and a warm feeling arises spontaneously.

Chen He devoured it and wanted to have another bowl, but when he saw that the porridge in the pot had bottomed out, he thought that maybe there were still beggars who hadn't eaten it, so after a struggle in his heart, he returned the bowl to the masked woman and said, "The porridge you made is delicious." ”

Chen He felt the masked woman smile, and looked at Chen He's eyes as if Chen He's thoughts would be seen through by her at all times.

"Come into my monastery and I'll bandage you. The masked woman said.

Next to the porridge shop, there is a Taoist courtyard, as soon as Chen He entered, he saw that the medicine cabinets of the medical hall were full of the entire courtyard, and the courtyard was surrounded by eight private school classrooms for studying.

"The only people who can enter my monastery are children and teachers, and the children who come in must study, and if they don't study, they can do chores, so that they can eat white flour steamed buns, meals and fruits, and sleep on the bed at the back of the house. Those who do not study and do not work, even children can only go out to drink porridge, my porridge is only given to them at night, not during the day, and the world does not raise useless people. The masked woman said.

Hearing the rules of the masked woman, Chen He's first reaction was to express sympathy for those children who could only drink one bowl of porridge a day, thinking that this was too harsh!

But then Chen He said that after thinking about it carefully, he felt that what she said was so reasonable, and he couldn't refute it at all, if he did good deeds without brains, he would only raise a group of lazy and lazy people.

Chen He couldn't help but sigh: "The girl must be a person with great wisdom." ”

The masked woman smiled, drew a pair of medicinal herbs that seemed to have been prepared, and said: "I am just fortunate to have learned the art of heavenly fortune, and I am fortunate enough to be able to see heavenly fortune, so I follow the "Great Dao" and have never made a mistake, so I am not wrong, I am not wrong, of course you can't refute me." ”

Chen He: "Tianyun, Daodao, girl, do you mean that you have read poetry and books since you were a child, and your morality is extremely high?"

The masked woman motioned for Chen He to sit on the ground, and the woman took out gauze and said to Chen He's head: "The Great Dao can also be hidden in the book, that is, the clarity of the personal comprehension, the Great Dao refers to the reincarnation of the Heavenly Dao, the cycle of cause and effect, and the words spoken are too illusory and ethereal, as for the Heavenly Fortune, it cannot be explained." If I do good deeds to cure the sick and save people, but follow the road and only do "the work of raising my hands", the medicine that the little beggar's mother you see today needs is enough for her mother and daughter to live for a year, so for her, if I am for her, it is not a "work of raising hands" that can be resolved. Therefore this is her life, and if there is such a calamity in her life, I will not save it. And if you help him resolve this calamity, it is not a good deed, but a great good, and you have merit. I will treat you here, it is the little beggar who found you, otherwise you will have tetanus and death from your wounds tonight, because the good thoughts in your heart today have been rewarded and your current calamity has been resolved, and this is cause and effect. ”

Chen He was in severe pain, the wound was opened by the woman, and the blood flowed out again, and then the masked woman blocked it with medicinal herbs and bandaged it.

"A little understanding, a little understanding, the girl is so powerful, she must be a big Confucian!" Chen He said with a smile.

The masked woman said: "I'm not a great Confucian, this is the Great Dao of Zen Enlightenment, which requires a huge amount of effort, and I know more than ordinary people." People can't help but worship those who give more than themselves, this worship stems from jealousy and envy, it's better not to indulge in this, you can leave. ”

Chen He looked at the woman with the pure eyes of a young man and said, "But I just like this feeling of being envied! If the Great Dao of Zen Enlightenment can become a great Confucian, this is what I want! I don't want to be respected, so I also want to be respected like you! Can you teach me the Great Dao?"

The masked woman ignored him and turned to leave the temple.

Chen He caught up and said: "I didn't ask in vain! I can work hard, and I can pay, otherwise our lives will be blended, you will go to graduate school and I will be admitted to graduate school, and we will produce cause and effect together, okay?"

The masked woman stopped, turned to look at Chen He and said, "You want to have cause and effect with me?"

Chen He stood up and said, "Yes!"

The masked woman looked at Chen He's eyes, as if she wanted to see through Chen He's soul, and then said: "If you want to have cause and effect with me, but it will be very hard, and I won't drink others casually to produce cause and effect communication, you let me take the postgraduate examination for you." I don't have enough medicinal materials here, so early tomorrow morning, you go to the easternmost pharmacy in the imperial city to buy ten copies of all the medicinal materials for me and come back to me, and I'll test your comprehension tonight. ”

Chen He asked, "Okay, but why does it have to be the easternmost pharmacy?"

The masked woman said: "This is the west of the city, the humidity is heavy, and it is the core of the city's heavy industry, there are many laborers, and the people are prone to diseases. ”

Chen He agreed, and the test of the masked woman that night was to ask Chen He to sleep cross-legged on the floor of the gym for the night to feel what it was like to sleep on a stone.

The Taoist hall is full of Chinese medicine, and when you look up, you can see the starry sky, and the masked woman taught Chen He a moral scripture, and Chen He recited it for a night.

The next day, the masked woman asked Chen He how he felt, and Chen He said that his buttocks were frozen and his back hurt badly.

The masked woman smiled and said that it would be good to press it, but you don't have the qualifications to pursue the Great Dao.

Chen He replied that he didn't need the Great Dao, as long as he understood a small part of the wisdom of the Great Dao, and he asked if he could be respected and envied as long as he saw a part of it, just like the masked woman now?

The masked woman said, "Naturally, if you are qualified to stay by my side, you can be above millions of sentient beings as long as you have a little meditation on the wisdom of the Great Dao, but now go buy me medicine." ”

Whether Chen He has already failed the test, and whether he can also learn the Dao with the masked woman, of course the woman said, "No." ”

The woman gave Chen He a piece of gold and told Chen He to follow this road all the way to the east, and Chen He went lost, but he ignored the size of the imperial city, and walked for four hours before Chen He walked to the medicine shop that the woman said.

Chen He, who had not eaten anything in the morning, was naked and wearing a cloak full of patches and peculiar smells, plus he had not slept all night, and his body was tired and tight! After finding the shop, he was almost kicked out of the pharmacy by being treated as a food, and the people on the street also pointed fingers at Chen He, which dealt a great blow to his self-esteem! How could he have suffered such a cold outfit in brocade clothes and jade food, Chen He realized that his outfit was too ugly, and he really wanted to change into clean clothes.

Chen He was thirsty, hungry and cold now, but all these medicinal materials were down, and there were still more than sixty yuan left.

At this time, Chen He was faced with a choice, what could he do with sixty yuan?

You can go to the bathhouse to take a comfortable bath to relieve fatigue, you can buy twelve meat buns to satisfy your hunger, you can buy yourself a set of serious clothes to avoid the guidance of others, you can hire a cart porter to pull Chen He back to the Taoist hall directly, or spend five cents to buy a pair of shoes, the soles of your feet have worn out the skin. No matter how bad it is, you can spend a penny to give the well keeper water to drink water to quench their thirst, and it also costs money to drink water in the imperial city.

So here's the problem, this money, the masked girl didn't say you could use it, and she didn't say that you couldn't use it. Do you spend it? Even if it's a penny.

Chen He took two steps and saw the bun stop.

After looking at it for a long time, I said in my heart, I don't have to sell myself if I have money, I walked forward, saw the clothes shop, and stopped.

After a long time, even if he bought new clothes, he would only stain his clothes, and continued to walk forward, seeing a well in front of him, and a penny of water for a night, Chen He stopped again and touched his chapped lips.

At this time, Chen He, whose throat was dry and his physical strength had reached the limit, flashed through his mind, just like everyone else.

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So, you didn't buy yourself a sip of water, you really walked back like a beggar. The masked woman looked at Chen He, who was embarrassed by the beggar at this time, with a little surprise.

The masked woman looked at the sixty yuan in her hand and looked at Chen Hedao: "Have you ever thought that the person who can give you a gold ingot at will care about the sixty yuan?"

Chen He's sweat soaked through the thin cloak at this time, dirty and sticky to his body, and the whole person was like an exhibitionist. And his lips were blue from the cold, his eyes were a little dehydrated, and he didn't wear shoes from early morning to afternoon, and his feet were swollen.

Chen He scratched his head in embarrassment and said: "I just think that taking this money without telling you is regarded as stealing, and it is still not good, I also want to leave a good impression on you and see if you can teach me the Dao." And I blame myself for being stupid, so I just asked you "if you can spend the rest of the money" before I go. Isn't it right for me to do that, in your wisdom?"

The masked woman sighed: "It's terrible, whether it's from the perspective of human life or from the perspective of human survival." You are the son of a rich man, as the so-called starvation is a small loss of moderation, you do not have the consciousness of being a famous family and a model for people, but it is irresponsible behavior. And you force yourself like this, this is an act of not caring for your body, sorry for your parents, you can only be described as a "stupid" in any way. ”

Chen He scratched his head in embarrassment at this evaluation.

Then the masked woman said, "But in terms of Heavenly Dao, you have done a good job. I made a bet in my heart that you would definitely lose to selfish desires, and it would cost at least a penny, and if it was just a penny, I would forgive you and take you with me. But since you have fulfilled your agreement and have not used any of the sixty cents for yourself, this is the most standard answer, and I have lost. Your integrity and perseverance in controlling your selfish desires are admirable. You're a gentle and honest man. ”

Although Chen He was scolded very miserably before, but now that he was praised, he couldn't help but leak out of the young man's satisfied smile.

Then the masked woman said: "You are qualified to have cause and effect with me, your sincerity is qualified to participate in the Great Dao of Enlightenment, no wonder you will easily fall into Mrs. Wu's confusing mind calling talisman, this talisman is the most useful for a young man with an honest heart like you." ”

Chen He was stunned.

"Let's go, let's go to the Heavenly Master's Mansion. The masked woman said and motioned for Chen He to follow her.

Chen He looked confused, watching the masked woman in the distance walk to a place he couldn't see, Chen He reacted and hurriedly followed, asking why the masked woman knew that she had saved the mother and daughter of the Wu family.

The masked woman said with a slight smile, it is clear that Chen He has fallen under the spell of others and confused your mind, but you have to pretend that you are really in the ancient way and saved the other party, which is not good.

Chen He scratched his head embarrassedly, the girl taught her that her brain was indeed a mess at that time, and her heart was hot, so she rushed over. But how did the girl know about it?

The masked woman said: "In the Heavenly Fortune Avenue, there is nothing I can't calculate, including what you are thinking, I know everything. Since you have thought about such a rude thing, don't you plan to apologize to me? I am the daughter of the Great Heavenly Master you want to marry, Zhang Xingyi. ”