"This son, I don't know which old man's collection of books he likes? If you like it, just take it. "The old Confucian couldn't eat the master for a while, so he pretended to be generous.

Shi Zixuan seemed to have heard nothing, and browsed with his back in front of the bookshelf.

I don't do anything, I don't flip through books, I just look around.

But in a quarter of an hour, Shi Zixuan returned to his seat, held the tea in his mouth, and said slowly: "Old man, although you have a lot of books here, most of them are useless classics. That 'Purple Mansion Danxiao Jue' is quite reluctant. ”

"Oh, Childe is still familiar with the Taoist scriptures?" the old Confucian raised his eyebrows.

"Not only familiar with it, but also often chanted and practiced. Shi Zixuan seemed to sigh and said: "I heard that Liu Shusheng said that the old man has a lot of books here, and if he wants to borrow them to take a look, he thinks that they are all ordinary things. ”

Shaking his head, Shi Zixuan put down the teacup in his hand, got up and said, "Excuse me, old man." ”

After speaking, under the stunned gazes of the old Confucian student, the scholar, and Liu Puzhi, he turned around and left.

After a long time, Liu Puzhi came back to his senses and shouted: "Dao Chief, wait for me!"

As soon as he went out, he turned back and said, "Sir, I'll visit you another day." ”

After saying that, he chased after him.

The old Confucian also came back to his senses, was dazed for a moment, and suddenly asked the scholar, "What did he call that person just now?"

The scholar said: "It seems to call that person as a 'Taoist'." ”

The old Confucian was shocked in his heart, and said secretly: "Dao Chief? Could it be that this person is a Taoist cultivator? It's just that he is so young, what kind of Taoism can he do? Could it be that he is a Jianghu warlock who has come to find me?"

This old Confucian is an old man who is an old man, and he is suspicious.

But after thinking for a moment, I thought to myself: "I'm just a teacher, and apart from these books, there's nothing worth the effort." ”

stroked the book of "Purple Mansion Danxiao Jue" with his hand, and said secretly: "This Taoist scripture is indeed a treasure. But the Dan Sutra left by the former national teacher. This person recognizes it, maybe he really has some practice. ”

As soon as the old Confucian thought of this, a blazing heat suddenly appeared in his heart: "I have obtained this Taoist scripture for more than ten years, and I can't find a way to practice after trying to figure it out, maybe today is the opportunity?"

raised his foot and was about to chase the person back, but as soon as he stepped out of the door, he hesitated again, and said secretly: "Don't panic, don't panic." This person came strangely, maybe he took a fancy to my sutra and wanted to coax him. Let's see, let's see. ”

The old Confucian made up his mind and said to the scholar: "You go and keep an eye on Liu Puzhi and that person, you must record their every move, come back and tell me." ”

The scholar didn't know why, but the gentleman commanded, how dare he not obey?

At the same time, Shi Zixuan walked out of the gate of Xuehai Academy with his hands behind his back and leisurely.

Liu Puzhi chased after him from behind, half strange and half complaining: "Dao Chief, why did you leave suddenly? It's rare for the teacher to see us, and I also heard you not mention the matter of returning the cow." What now?"

He said: "If I knew this, it would be better for me to speak, maybe the teacher listened to me and solved the misunderstanding, and this cow might be returned to me." ”

When Shi Zixuan heard this, he was angry and funny: "What's the matter? Are you complaining about me?"

Liu Puzhi said embarrassedly: "No, no, I'm also in a hurry, don't blame the Taoist." ”

Shi Zixuan didn't know what he was thinking, shook his head, and said: "Liu Shusheng, you just ask God to worship Buddha for help, and you have to give some time, let alone me? If you don't believe me, then I don't care." ”

Liu Pu said hurriedly: "I said the wrong thing, how can I not believe the Taoist? ”

This scholar, who was in the past, knew that Shi Zixuan was not related to him, and he was kind to himself, so he didn't have to worry about this matter. Helping him is a kindness, not an obligation.

Thinking about this, Liu Puzhi felt guilty and apologized again and again.

The human heart is fickle. Always like to complain.

It's just that after all, he hasn't attained bodhichitta and can't be as sexless as a real person. A sullen feeling was born in my heart, but I also felt the difficulty of those righteous gods and immortals who sheltered all beings.

Come to think of it, Shi Zixuan himself is still angry enough by this stupid book. Those immortals and Buddhas are begged every day, you also ask, I ask, he also asks, who should respond?

But if you don't respond to anything and don't do it well, you will be resented.

Liu Puzhi is still a scholar, understands the reason, and is still the same. If you change to a person in the market, you will be short-tempered, but I am afraid that you will slander the law and scold.

Shi Zixuan looked at the busy traffic, walking among the sentient beings, and suddenly wanted to say: "This heavenly immortal Buddha does not owe you anything, even if it is a pillar of fragrance." Those who are destined, enter the practice, and have their own immortals and Buddhas. He who has no faith will go to himself, why should he be resentful and revilate?"

With a broken thought in his heart, seeing that Liu Pu was panicking, Shi Zixuan's anger also disappeared.

"Alright, you don't have to. Since I promised to help you, it is the fate of the law, whether it is successful or not, I can't say well, but I don't ask you to reciprocate, I just hope that you don't lose your normal heart. ”

Shi Zixuan said.

"I see. Dao Chief, shall we go home now?" Liu Pu scratched his head, and regretted it in his heart.

"The matter is not done yet, what are you going to do when you go home?" Shi Zixuan laughed and said, "Liu Shusheng, didn't you say that you were going to sell words? ”

Liu Puzhi was stunned, and found that he really couldn't understand what kind of calculation this person was making, so he could only follow him and go to the market.

It is also easy to set up a stall to sell words, find a vacant space, Liu Puzhi went to rent a table, spread a white cloth, and took paper, pen, ink and inkstone to put on it.

Liu Puzhi was obedient this time, and asked first: "Dao Chief, how do you sell this word?"

Shi Zixuan said: "Then how do you sell it on weekdays?"

"On weekdays, I write a few words, make a façade, someone is optimistic, take the money and take it away, if there are special requirements, I will write again. ”

Shi Zixuan asked, "How much can you sell your words for?"

Liu Pu said straightly: "One copper coin at a time." If it is a letter, it is more expensive, and it costs three copper coins. ”

Shi Zixuan smiled: "You are too cheap." ”

After thinking about it, he said: "They all say that they will help people to the end and send Buddha to the west." If I make a move once, how can I make you sell the words cheaply?"

A little rice paper and said, "Liu Shusheng, I said, you write." ”

"Okay, Dao Chief, you say!"

This scholar, polishing the ink and lifting the pen, is like a different person, and the whole person's spirit is different. I saw one saying, one was writing, the dragon flew and the phoenix danced, the iron painted silver hook, and more than a dozen words were written down, all in one go, which was extraordinary.

Putting down the pen, Liu Puzhi shook the rice paper and read the words he wrote, but it was:

One word breaks the blessing and misfortune, the second word turns the good and the bad, the three words of longevity, and the word and a scale of gold.

After reading it, Liu Puzhi was stunned for a moment and said, "Dao Chief, are you going to tell fortunes?"

Shizi Xuan said: "It's not fortune telling, it's just calculating, deducing cause and effect." ”

Liu Puzhi didn't know the mystery, and seemed to understand whether he understood or not: "Oh." However, the Taoist is long, and he weighs gold every word, which is too exaggerated. Where would anyone want it?"

Shi Zixuan said: "Who said no? ”

Liu Puzhi was a little unimpressed, but he couldn't say anything, and hung the word haode in a conspicuous position.

It didn't take long for passers-by to see it and couldn't help but be attracted by this expensive "word gold". One of the curious people stepped forward and asked, "Which of you is a fortune teller?"

Shi Zixuan raised his eyes and saw that he was a middle-aged man, looking at his clothes, he was either rich or expensive.

The middle-aged man asked again: "Who is measuring words?"

Shi Zixuan said: "It's me." Do you have any money?"

The middle-aged man looked him up and down and said with a smile: "Young man, I'm not here to test words, and I don't believe this." I'm just curious that you dare to ask for a scale of gold, and I want to see what you are capable of. ”

Shi Zixuan said: "This layman, please advise, I don't know who the most famous calligrapher is today?"

The middle-aged man thought for a while and said, "There are bitter bamboo monks in the south and Chen Liuxian in the north, all of whom are famous in the world. ”

Shi Zixuan asked again: "One word geometry?"

The middle-aged man said: "Every word is golden." ”

Shi Zixuan said with a smile: "People can sell a thousand gold, I only need a pound of gold, how cheap it is." ”

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Those two are famous people in the world, and they can't be overstated for how much gold they sell." I look at this word, although it is not a family of its own, but it also has a backbone, if it is a tael of silver, I will buy it. ”

When Liu Puzhi heard this, his face suddenly showed joy, and he was about to agree, but he saw Shi Zixuan shaking his head and said: "I'm sorry, this word is only tested and not sold, if you want to measure, please pay the word money first." ”

When the middle-aged man heard this, he was a little amused, and wanted to say something more, but he didn't say anything more, turned around and walked away.

Liu Pu saw that the cooked duck was flying, and couldn't help but want to say something more, but suddenly thought of the previous assurance, and swallowed it back again.

This afternoon, this "one scale of gold" really attracted a lot of people, but most of them were curious, came up to ask, and really took out a scale of gold to measure the word, and there was no one.

Seeing that it was dark, Liu Puzhi had already begun to yawn.

Shi Zixuan glanced at him and said, "Clean up, we'll go back and come back tomorrow." ”

"I'm afraid that tomorrow will be a day of hard work. Liu Puzhi muttered to himself, and quickly closed the stall.

Don't show this person for the time being, a scholar sells words here.

said that the Miss Bai family who came with them all the way encountered difficulties at this time.

Qinghe County, Bai Family.

This Baimen Mansion is the wealthy family of this county. Since the previous dynasty, there have been several people as officials, and to this day, Han Qinhou rules the land of the seven counties, and there is no shortage of talented people who are officials and leaders in the Baimen Mansion.

In this generation, although Master Bai is not an official, he has been doing good deeds all year round, and he is also a well-known good elder in the entire Qinghe County, and many people have received his favors.

The old man of the Bai family was originally a kind and respectable person, but recently, for some reason, he suddenly changed his temperament.

The young lady of the Bai family has just returned home and is about to go to greet her parents. But when she saw her mother running out of the inner room, and when she saw her daughter coming back, she burst into tears, grabbed her hand, and said in a wail, "Daughter, you should not come back." Your father is already crazy, let's go and go back to my mother's house with my mother. ”

Bai Shu was taken aback, his father and mother raised their eyebrows in the past, respecting each other like guests, but today for some reason, they want to go back to their parents' house.

"Mother, what's wrong?" Bai Shu looked puzzled, pulled his mother and hurriedly asked.

"Your dad is crazy. To marry you off, he promised you to the prince of Han Hou. Madame White said with tears in her eyes.

"My father wants me to marry?" Bai Shu was taken aback, and panicked for a while: "How could it be?" My father knew my intentions and promised me to make up his own mind, why did he suddenly want to marry me off?"

That Han Hou Shizi, it is said that his character is extremely bad, and your father doesn't know why, he went to Fucheng once, and when he came back, his whole person changed. ”

Madame White wept profusely.

"Mother, don't worry, let me go and see my father and ask why. Bai Shu said.

"What else do you want to ask? Your father is now eager to marry you off immediately, and the marriage certificate has been sent!"

Madame Bai said hatefully.

Bai Shu's body shook for a moment, shook his head, and said in a trembling voice: "I don't believe it." Daddy loves me so much, how can he do this?"

Ignoring his mother's obstruction, he took a long skirt and trotted into the inner courtyard to ask Master Bai.

Listening to his daughter's inquiry, Master Bai held his face, and he was not as kind as before, and said, "You are not young anymore." An ordinary daughter's family, as old as you, has already given birth to children, and now that she is married, it is not easy for someone to ask for it. This time I went to Fucheng and met the prince of Han Hou, a talent born to you, who is your good match. ”

Bai Shu's face was pale, and he knelt on the ground and said, "Daddy, I once swore in front of the gods and Buddhas, and in this life I vow to keep a pure body and do good to save people, how can I break my promise?"

Master Bai said disapprerovingly: "That's all the nonsense of the children's family, how can you be serious? This matter is already a certainty, I have already sent someone to send your marriage certificate, and now you are half of the Han family." ”

ignored his daughter's crying, and said slowly: "Don't go out these days, stay at home, learn from your mother how to marry and teach children, go." ”

When Bai Shu heard this, he felt that his eyes were dark, and he was unconscious.