Chapter 40: Zen Retreat

Xiao Doubao stared blankly at the small words looming in the account book, and didn't say anything for a while. Could it be that the old man is playing some tricks? I wonder in my heart that there will be no more moths, and Zuihou will be empty and happy.

"How's it going, little bean bag, what's the clue?" I asked, stretching my neck.

Xiaodoubao smacked his lips, put the account book on the table with a dejected face, and said helplessly: "There are clues, but it is equivalent to cutting off clues." ”

"What do you mean?"

"That thing is in Wu Yue, in the hands of a senior monk I admire. Xiao Doubao looked up at the sky with a look of reverence, and muttered, "Why is that thing in the hands of Zen Master Yanshou?"

"Who is Zen Master Yanshou, very powerful?" "Zen Master Yanshou, who is it? I'm sorry, I don't know, it sounds very famous.

Xiaodoubao seemed to be dissatisfied with the fact that I had not heard of the name of Yanshou Zen Master, glared at me, and then explained it to me.

Longevity Zen Master, common surname Wang, the word Zhongxuan, number hugging a son. At the beginning of the small official, at the age of 30, according to the Cuiyan order of the Longshu Temple, and later went to Tiantai Mountain to consult the national teacher of Deshao, the first time to learn meditation, get its mysteries. Later, he practiced the Lotus Sutra in the Guoqing Temple, and had a lot of feelings, so he read and recited the Lotus Sutra and refined his pure karma. At this time, the longevity of life was created to create a Zen and pure double cultivation, and such initiatives have already opened a historical precedent and become a temporary trend.

Longevity Zen Master, a collection of the third generation of the Zen Gate Dharma Eye Sect and the six groups of the Pure Land Sect, its achievement in Buddhism is to advocate the combination of Zen and purity, and the teachings of the sect will lead to the Western Pure Land. This is where the characteristics of its Buddhist thought lie.

It took about an hour for Xiao Doubao to instill in me a lot of Zen and Dharma teachings of Master Longevity, which made me dizzy and almost fell asleep.

"There is Zen but no pure land, ten people and nine roads, if the underworld appears, follow him. There is no Zen and there is a pure land, and ten thousand people will go, but if you can see the Buddha, why not be enlightened. There is Zen and a pure land, just like wearing a horned tiger, a teacher in this world, and a Buddha in the future. There is no Zen, no pure land, iron beds and copper pillars, thousands of calamities and thousands of lives, and no one is to rely on. ”

In the end, Xiaodoubao also recited a Buddhist poem of longevity with great interest, which ended the brainwashing storm of religious teachings, but unfortunately I didn't listen to a word.

Yanshou is a master that Xiaodoubao respects very much, and he wants to get the jade seal from Yanshou, but he doesn't know what to do. It seems unlikely that it will be righteous or forcible to take it.

Longevity in Wu Yue, great prestige, once invited by Wu Yue King Qian Yu, moved to live in Yongming Temple Avenue field, daily confession, sitting meditation, saying the Dharma continuously, at night to eat ghosts and gods, during the day to redeem the living souls, at dusk to the other peak around the Buddha, called the Mi Tuo holy name 100,000 sounds, every late at night, the temple public can hear the sound of Luobei Tianle and the master chanting Buddha. Yongming is diligent day by day, taking the hundred and eight Buddha things as a regular lesson, and returning all the Buddha's merits to the solemn Pure Land, when people suspect that Maitreya Bodhisattva is born.

If he really has a jade seal in his hand, even if he wants to hand it over, the biggest possibility is that it will be handed over to Uncle Qian Hong, the loyal king of Wu Yue, and Xiaodoubao can't convince the other party at all.

And when it comes to the use of force, it is even more useless. According to Xiaodoubao, the longevity Zen master is not only profound in Buddhism, but also in martial arts. The Central Plains martial arts, since the late Tang Dynasty Huangchao Rebellion, has added the "five hidden theories" of the rivers and lakes. And this longevity Zen master is the "Zen Yin" who is the first of the five hermits.

Zen Yin Yanshou never used force with others, and the only time in his life was to have a discussion with Qin Yuqing, who was famous in Yanbei at that time, in Yongming Temple.

It is said that Qin Yuqing was a chivalrous man when he was young, and he was dissolute and uninhibited, so he was good at fighting injustice. With his martial arts and medical skills, he has made a great name in the sixteen states of Yanyun. And what really made him famous all over the world was the assassination of the Liao Emperor Yelu Deguang by the Liao army on the way back to the army after the defeat of the Later Jin. Although the assassination was not successful in the end, Yelu Deguang died of illness within a few days, so Qin Yuqing's name was called "Qin Daxia" in both Jiangbei and Jiangnan. That's really a fairy-like character who comes and goes freely in the midst of thousands of troops.

Qin Yuqing is a good young man, but he likes Buddhism in middle age, and heard the name of Zen Master Yanshou, so he traveled thousands of miles to Yongming Temple to ask for Buddhism. Venerable Yan Shou and Qin Yuqing discussed Buddhism for three consecutive days, and the latter was so inspired that he studied Buddhism with Venerable Yan Shou in Yongming Temple.

Qin Yuqing stayed in Yongming Temple in March. In these three months, he was not only deeply impressed by the Zen master Yanshou in Buddhism, but also bumped into the martial arts of Yanshou by chance, so he started to learn from Yanshou.

In the way of martial arts, Qin Yuqing has always been conceited, with superb martial arts, and has never encountered opponents in the north and south of the river. And after learning from Yanshou, he raised the sky, and then said in a happy surrender: "Yanshou is really a god monk in the world!"

At that time, the situation of Qin Yuqing's battle with Yanshou Zen Master, Xiaodoubao was not clear, and I heard it later like Qin Yuqing's beloved disciple Yin Amei.

At that time, the two of them were in the Zen courtyard of Yongming Temple, and it was when the peach blossoms in the courtyard were blooming brilliantly and the garden was full of beauty.

Zen Master Yanshou looked at the peach blossom and said to Qin Yuqing: "Master Qin, the poor monk didn't want to compete with the donor, but the donor begged for many days, and the poor monk shirked and changed his appearance. Look at today's peach blossoms, how about you and me?"

Qin Yuqing looked at the peach blossoms on the branches curiously, and asked, "How to compete?"

Longevity stroked his beard and smiled: "It's limited to one move, and let's see who can get the saffron without sticking to a leaf." ”

In that courtyard, the branches of seven or eight peach trees intersected, the leaves and flowers supported each other, green and verdant, red and bright. To achieve a hundred flowers and no leaves, what a lot of effort is needed!

Qin Yuqing didn't care, she was full of confidence, so she readily agreed.

The two of them had already made up their minds, so they secretly prepared. Qin Yuqing observed the peach blossom in front of him, and saw that at the highest point of the branch, a budding peach blossom was standing tall, standing alone, so he jumped up and smiled at Yanshou: "Master, Qin has taken the first step. Qin Yuqing's light skills are elegant and chic, where he flies, there is no wind and no swing, the peach tree, the peach leaf, still and unmoving, but I saw that the peach blossom was already sandwiched between the two of him.

Qin Yuqing walked up to Yanshou with a smug face, and said with a smile: "Master, the peach blossom is already in hand, but there is not a single leaf on the body." ”

Yanshou didn't answer, but bent down, stretched out his right hand, and leaned towards Qin Yuqing's left shoe. When he looked into it, he saw that there was an extra young leaf in his hand that was only the width of his little finger.

Qin Yuqing's face was red and white for a while, looking at the tender leaves in Yanshou's hand, knowing that he had failed, but Yanshou had not yet made a move, and the victory or defeat was unknown, so he said: "The master has not made a move yet." ”

Yanshou was not shocked, but he stretched out his right hand and flicked his fingers, only to see that on the peach tree in the distance, a peach blossom on the branch broke and flew into the air. Then, Yanshou took a step forward with his right leg, got up with the help of his strength, and obtained the broken pink peach blossom in mid-air two feet away from the peach tree.

What kind of kung fu is this, flicking his fingers in the air, Qin Yuqing has been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for decades, and he has never seen a flick of his fingers that can be released externally, what a profound internal skill is required.

Qin Yuqing lost, but he didn't show any disappointment, and was even more surprised and admired: "The master's internal strength is profound, Qin is ashamed." ”

Yanshou put the flower in his hand under the peach tree, and said leisurely: "The flower blooms and falls, and it has its own fixed number, and the peach blossom in the hands of the poor monk has decayed." Winning or losing is just an appearance, can the donor get something?" Qin Yuqing realized a little, nodded and said: "Thank you for the master's teachings, Yuqing is obsessed with the result, but she forgets to appreciate this peach blossom spring scene, ashamed, ashamed." ”

Since then, Qin Yuqing returned to Youzhou, hid on an unknown mountain, planted mountain peach blossoms, and called himself a Taoshan person. Since then, the rivers and lakes have been passed down to Qin Yuqing, and there is also the name of Zen Yin longevity.