Volume 39 The Discussion of Boiling Tea
"Seniors are no longer under the Yufeng Gate now?" Ming Xuan was a little surprised, and immediately blurted out, but soon realized that he was rude, and quickly shut up, with a slight apology on his face.
"Alas, it's a long story. Guo Jieren took a sip of tea, looked at the swimming fish in the pond with deep eyes, and his expression was complicated.
"Ming Xuan is rude, seniors forgive me!" Ming Xuan hurriedly left his seat, it was indeed a little abrupt.
"It's okay, it's all old, what is there to say. Guo Jieren smiled faintly and led Ming Xuan to sit down again.
"It turns out that there are four of our brothers, all of whom were orphans when they were children, and they were adopted by the master. We grew up together since childhood, the relationship is very good, Yufeng Guan is not martial arts, so we have practiced to such a level, it is far inferior to the disciples of other Taoist schools, but Yufeng Guan is unique in alchemy, and it is also a little famous in Zhongzhou, and the four of our brothers have obtained the true inheritance of the master, and they are all very proficient in the art of alchemy, and naturally they are also deeply loved by the master. Guo Jieren slowed down and took a sip of tea, as if he was back in that green age.
"Although we are both good at alchemy, but the details of the specialization is still different, I like to specialize in refining some curing and saving people's pills; the second junior brother is determined to like to develop some recipes to strengthen the foundation and improve the strength; and the third junior brother loves to drink, even the refining of pills are related to wine, like to develop some pills to enhance the taste of wine; the fourth junior brother is also taking a new path, like to develop some remedies, the more novel he likes, a pill he has never seen can be happy for a long time, like an old naughty boy. Guo Jieren smiled faintly.
"It's also because everyone's research is different, so the contact is not the same, because I am studying medicine pills, so I often go down the mountain, into the middle of the people, understand some conditions and symptoms, so as to be able to prescribe the right medicine, practice the right pill to treat the pain, over time, but also gradually understand the hardships and difficulties of the people, hard work every day but can only mix food and clothing, how can there be any money left, even the cheapest medicine is extremely expensive for them, many people are just some minor diseases, but they have been dragging not to see the doctor, and wait until Yan zhòng to come, this is either terminally illOtherwise, it is already difficult to treat, and the cost will inevitably be very high, not at all what they can afford, and most of them can only choose to wait at home for death, alas, such a vicious circle, although it is wrong to avoid medical treatment, but it is more of a helplessness. Guo Jieren said with a long sigh.
In reality, this is exactly the case. "Mingxuan has been a medicine picker, and he is also very emotional.
"Although I have the heart to save sentient beings, I hope that everyone can be disease-free, but in the end there is a weak heart, after all, the medicinal materials used also need money to buy, how much still has to be maintained; Whenever we talk about the Tao, we will find that our opinions are very different, and sometimes we will even break up unhappily, which completely shakes my original firm heart to learn the Tao, what is the real Tao. Although Guo Jieren's tone was flat, there was still confusion in his eyes, and it was obvious that he still hadn't thought it through until now.
"What is the true Dao?" Ming Xuan didn't have much contact with the Dao, and he didn't have much understanding.
"Well, most of the Taoist people in the world regard the Tao as the standard pursued by heaven and earth, and the ancient saying goes, 'There are things mixed together, and they are born from nature. Lonely, independent and unchanging, circumferential and not dying, can be the mother of heaven and earth. I don't know its name, the strong word is said to be the way, the name of the strong is said to be big' is also called the way of heaven, is a lot of people regard it as the way of heaven, respect and awe, all advocate the pursuit of the ultimate respect, these I also keep saying that it is wrong, but often people in the pursuit of the so-called way of heaven, but ignore humanity, feel that the people are only in pursuit of their own personal gains and losses, short-sighted, ignoring the way of heaven, is to think that it is humble, words and deeds refer to a lot of disdain, but I don't know when a person eats a meal every day, food and clothing are not solved, and how to pursue what ethereal way of heavenGuo Jieren's voice became more and more serious, obviously very dissatisfied with the status quo in this world.
"There are so many people in the world, disdain can be written on their faces. These words simply entered Ming Xuan's heart.
"It's true, when I discuss the Tao with my brothers and sisters, I always break up unhappily, they all think that I have gone astray, and they keep admonishing me, but I laugh at everyone and I am drunk and sober, but later, even the master who raised me all my life also thinks that I have gone mad and deviated from the true Taoism, although he can't win against me in Taoism, but he can't change it, and it completely makes my heart half cold, and even the closest people around me can't change it, so how can I change others? I was disheartened, but I always thought that I was right, did not give up my point of view, and finally the contradiction became deeper and deeper, for this matter I and my brother and master are almost incompatible, in order not to hurt our feelings for decades, I finally angrily left the teacher, stopped learning the Tao, opened a medical center to concentrate on treating the people, and it can be regarded as a kind of insistence on myself. Guo Jieren smiled bitterly and said, the many hardships were unimaginable to Mingxuan.
Ming Xuan really couldn't imagine his determination at that time, but what an unbearable parting it would be to cut off the Dao that had cultivated him for decades, and to abandon the master who had raised him all his life and the senior brother who had been in his relationship for decades! Just to stick to his own Dao.
"Hehe, these are just my personal radical words, and the young man may not agree with it, just listen to the old man's nagging, and don't take it too seriously. He has been misunderstood by the world all the year round, and he doesn't expect Mingxuan to understand him.
"I really don't have much understanding of the Tao and can't discern who is right and who is wrong, but I think what my predecessors said is right. Ming Xuan said affirmatively, this more or less overlapped with the insistence in his heart.
"Thank you, Shaoxia, for your leniency. Guo Jieren smiled faintly, he thought that Ming Xuan was just polite words.
"Senior, what I said is from the bottom of my heart, although I don't feel as deeply as my predecessors, but I also have similar opinions......" Mingxuan didn't see that Guo Jieren thought he was just perfunctory to him, and hurriedly defended, so he told him what he had seen and felt along the way, and he was recognized in his heart, and Mingxuan's opinion of Guo Jieren took a 180-degree turn.
After listening to Ming Xuan's narration, Guo Jieren was convinced that Ming Xuan was not perfunctory to him, and found that Ming Xuan might really be a like-minded person with him, and suddenly felt a burst of joy in his heart, at least on this road of insisting on loneliness and loneliness, he was not alone, although Ming Xuan's understanding was still very simple, not deep in the world, and he did not have much experience in the world, but he could also see his pure heart now.
"Among all living beings, I can't imagine that there is a like-minded person like Brother Gu, and I, Guo Jieren, am very pleased. After recognizing Mingxuan, Guo Jieren's title for him has changed, and he can be regarded as a year-old friend.
"I'm not as great as my predecessors, I can only see so thoroughly, I can only be regarded as a good person at best, but I can't help the world like my predecessors. Ming Xuan said from the bottom of his heart, although he had the heart to change the world, but after making efforts, he got nothing, so he gave up, just let himself not be assimilated, but he did not insist on changing the world like Guo Jieren.
"I can't help the world at the same time, at most, I just want to help a few people and alleviate a little pain in this world. Guo Jieren laughed, he was not as great as Ming Xuan said, or he was powerless.
"Senior, what do you think is the right thing to do for a person who is really a person who has learned the Tao? Ming Xuan was also very puzzled, what would his future become, would he still become the same as others.
"As I said before, people in the world attribute the Tao entirely to the way of heaven, but in fact it is not true, the way of heaven can be pursued, but they cannot abandon humanity, all things have a law, all things are the way, how can we only pursue the way of heaven and abandon humanity? Guo Jieren said in a low voice, hearing that Mingxuan was very proud, but he really couldn't fully understand what he said.
"Shaoxia's experience is still shallow, maybe you can't fully understand, you will slowly experience it in the future, now I just hope that Shaoxia can always maintain this pure heart. Guo Jieren's words are also the words of his own experience that he has gained for a long time, and they are indeed not something that the young Ming Xuan can understand.
"The younger generation remembers the teachings of the predecessors. Although Ming Xuan couldn't fully understand, he also knew that this was the summary of the old man's life's work.
"I hate to see you late, we can talk freely regardless of generation!. Guo Jieren saw that Ming Xuan was still more restrained in etiquette, and laughed, very hearty.
"Dare not obey!" "Mingxuan has been more mature than his peers since he was a child, so there is nothing to talk about, and later he came into contact with more people than Mingxuan, although he got along very happily, but he was also confined to his age, and he didn't talk deeply, it was rare to meet Guo Jieren who ignored his seniority and like-minded people, and simply put down the etiquette, this old man urinated in this chic pavilion and boiled tea and talked about it, this year Mingxuan was fourteen years old, and Guo Jieren was sixty-three years old.