After Zhang Dongjie left, Master Yongzhen walked in slowly, he carried a small basin with green potion, he dipped the potional with a towel, and carefully helped Zhao Pan clean his wounds, Zhao Pan grinned in pain for a long time.

Master Yongzhen said, "Amitabha, pain is felt, and the benefactor feels pain because you can feel it. ”

Zhao Pan was sweating profusely, and he said helplessly: "Master, can you still feel pain?" Master Yongzhen was silent, he took out a silver needle and pierced Zhao Pan's arm, and asked, "Does it still hurt?"

After the needle was inserted, Zhao Pan suddenly felt that it was no longer painful, and said in surprise: "It doesn't hurt anymore." ”

Master Yongzhen asked, "Why are you so happy?"

"Because it doesn't hurt anymore. Zhao Pan replied casually, he thought: This is an unknown reason, what does the master want to do?

Master Yongzhen asked again, "Then, before cutting off your fingers, there was no pain, why are you so distressed?"

"Well, because, hey!" Zhao Pan was suddenly stopped by him, and after thinking about it, he didn't know how to answer.

Master Yongzhen smiled and said, "There is no joy, anger and sorrow in the world, but it comes from the heart, and it doesn't hurt either, sometimes you are sad and sometimes happy, and the same wound, sometimes you feel pain, sometimes you don't feel pain." ”

Zhao Pan was so clueless by what he said, he had to ask, "May I ask the master, what do you mean?"

"Bodhi has no tree, the mirror is not a platform, there is nothing originally, where to stir up dust. The heart is not born and is not destroyed, and there seems to be no situation. The reason why the heart has obstacles and dust is only because the heart dwells on the surface of everything in the world. After Master Yongzhen finished speaking, he suddenly asked Zhao Pan again: "Donor, does it still hurt?"

Zhao Pan shook his head and said, "Of course it doesn't hurt." ”

Master Yongzhen said, "However, the old man has already pulled out the needle. Zhao Pan was startled, and quickly looked at his arm, the needle was indeed long gone, and he suddenly felt pain in the severed finger. Zhao Pan was stunned for a while, and suddenly said in surprise: "Master, I understand, thank you for your guidance!"

So, what did Zhao Pan understand? Because he understood the source of all the pain over the years—desire, the pursuit of money, beauty, the yearning for status and power, and the dissatisfaction with the situation of the sling. In fact, everything is empty, only the original mind is true, in the face of the immutable objective universe, everyone's understanding is different, the same thing, you think happiness is happy, you think pain is pain. It is precisely because I have been clinging to the unattainable that I will be physically and mentally exhausted, and I will not be able to live a truly comfortable and happy life.

Master Yongzhen laughed and said, "The donor has the Buddha's mind and Buddha nature, and also has the dust heart and dust nature, the two are just the difference of one thought, and the difference between the Buddha and sentient beings is also the difference of one thought, but the two are in different directions, and the farther they go, the worse they are. The donor should remember that the Buddha's heart, the dust heart, and the difference between one thought. Okay, it's not too early, I'll send you back. Take off your armor first. Zhao Pan found out that he was still wearing hunting armor, and he really had to take it off, otherwise he would be treated as a clown when he went back.

"By the way, Master, you haven't said yet, where can I find Master Yongjing? "Zhao Pan had been struggling with whether his life was about to be lost, and he hadn't thought about anything, but now that he was leaving, he suddenly remembered such an important big issue.

Master Yongzhen smiled and said, "He travels all year round, and he has no fixed residence, and when the opportunity comes, he can see him." His words made Zhao Pan put a big question mark and exclamation mark in his mind. Zhao Pan had no choice but to respond: "Oh, okay." ”

Master Yongzhen pointed to a cushion and said, "Sit down, close your eyes, and your mind is free of distractions, and you see a burning incense." Zhao Pan sat cross-legged according to his request, his hands naturally rested on his knees, closed his eyes and calmed down, imagining that he was looking at a burning incense, and the smoke from this incense fluttered slightly with the wind.

A cold wind blew, Zhao Pan shivered, and there seemed to be tiny raindrops dripping on his forehead, he opened his eyes, and was surprised to find that he was actually sitting by the lake, in the faint twilight, this dark lake could not see the edge at a glance. Zhao Pan shouted in surprise: "Taihu?" Then he glanced at his left hand, the severed finger was wrapped in gauze, and the gauze was soaked in green potion, it turned out that all this was true.

"Taihu Lake is vast across three states, the clear streams on all sides are meandering, and there are seventy-two lonely mountains of all sizes, so you have to eat fresh fish nets to pocket. "Someone is singing?" Zhao Pan followed the prestige, and in the twilight, a lonely sail could be faintly seen sailing here. Soon, the boat was getting closer and closer, so close that you could see the faces of the people on board.

"Little brother, hello!" Before Zhao Pan could speak, the person on the boat had already spoken, and it seemed to be an old man. Zhao Pan had no choice but to reply: "Old man, hello!"

When the boat came to shore, the old man tied the boat to a tree and walked down with a basket that crackled and must have been caught freshly caught. "Can you do me a favor?" the old man said with a smile as he looked at Zhao Pan.

"Okay!" Zhao Pan hurriedly ran over to help him carry the basket together. "Old man, have you caught so much?"

The old man smiled and said, "Yes, there are friends from afar, of course we have to catch more." ”

"Oh, do you have a friend visiting?" Zhao Pan asked casually.

The old man said, "Exactly, this friend is far away in the sky, close in front of him." When Zhao Pan heard this, he was really taken aback. The old man laughed and said, "Come into the house, I think you must be hungry." ”

"Oh. Zhao Pan had no choice but to answer and follow him all the way to the shore. Zhao Pan was surprised to find that this was actually a small island, and the diameter of the island was at most one or two hundred meters, which was simply a pocket island. Rounding a few boulders, it was soon to the old man's home. The old man's house was very simple: three rooms with stone walls and thatched roofs, and a smaller kitchen next to it, and there was nothing modern in the house.

"Listen to the accent, you seem to be a local?" said the old man, busy with his work.

"Well, my name is Zhao Pan, and I live by Taihu Lake in Wuxi. Zhao Pan replied.

"Oh, half a fellow. The old man picked some larger fish and put them in another small basket, and said, "Roast the fish, and the one that comes out of the fire is the most fragrant." ”

When Zhao Pan heard this, he said happily: "Yes, when I was a child, I also liked to eat it directly on the fire." "But the thought that those memories were just implanted by others makes me a little sad. He followed the old man to the kitchen, where he lit the charcoal in the iron stove with a layer of barbed wire on it, and skewered the fish with iron bars. He poured a sticky sauce over a prepared pot of leaves, stirred it, wrapped the sticky leaves around the fish, and grilled them directly on the barbed wire. Soon, the room was filled with the aroma of fish and meat, as well as the fresh smell of sauce on the leaves, and Zhao Pan smelled saliva and filled his mouth.

"Come, taste it, it's very fresh and delicious. The old man said this and gave Zhao Pan a fish. After Zhao Pan thanked him, he took it and smelled it, the delicious taste soaked into his heart, and his hands didn't care about burning, and quickly opened the bark on the surface.

Zhao Pan ate his face full of ashes, and said happily: "Thank you old man, it's so delicious, I've never eaten such a delicious grilled fish." ”

When the old man heard this, he said happily: "How can you eat grilled fish without old wine? This is the old man's own rice wine, well, it is five years old, let's have a can." He took out two dusty jars from the corner behind him, blew the dust with his mouth, opened the jars and handed them to Zhao Pan.

"This, this is too embarrassing, I didn't do anything, I ate and drank here with you, how can this work?" Zhao Pan said a little embarrassed, but after smelling the wine in the jar, the taste was too mellow, and he couldn't help but want to take a big sip. Zhao Pan sighed in his heart: What kind of golden incense, Zhiyou, nobles, and Yaochi are all just passing clouds, and after a moment of cheerfulness, it is not even more empty and lonely? Where can it be compared to this fishing song singing late and drinking happily? Fishing during the day, walking by the lake in leisure time, eating fragrant grilled fish and drinking mellow old wine every day, the greatest happiness in the world is no more than this.

"Little brother, what are you thinking?" the old man asked with a sip of wine and a smile.

"Old man, I really envy you for being at ease, really living like a fairy. Zhao Pan said sincerely.

The old man smiled and said, "It's over, Zi Feiyu, what kind of life is not important, and it doesn't matter whether you are happy or not." ”

"What the old man said is that everything is in the heart, and the heart is at ease, so no matter how you live, you are at ease, is that what you mean?" Zhao Pan asked.

"Haha, that's a good point, I don't know how you got to me, and where do you want to go?" asked the old man suddenly.

Zhao Pan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, didn't he just say that he had a friend from afar, didn't he explicitly allude to himself? Could it be that he was just joking? Zhao Pan said: "It's a bit difficult to explain, but how can I get to Wuxi?"

When the old man heard this, he laughed and said, "I can't go, I can't go anywhere." ”