Great Sui Guoshi

"...The world is like a quilt~~~It's not as good as a broken house with two rooms~~The old tree courtyard, watching the beautiful scenery of the stars~~Crush the clouds~~The world and people are dreams~~Riding an old donkey alone Together with the heavens and the earth~~"

jingle jingle...

The autumn wind blows the yellow treetops, and the smoke and dust are all over the official road. An old donkey swings a pair of copper bells around its neck, carrying a scholar lying on its back, slowly walks through the road here, passes through the business travelers, and stops at the tea shed.

Lu Liangsheng stopped singing, turned over, put the gourd hanging in his hand on the bookshelf, took out a big toad and put it on his shoulder, and took the rein with the other hand, and tied it to the stake outside the shed.

"Young master, what do you want to eat? Pancakes and scallions are enough!"

The clerk stepped forward, cleverly took off the bookshelf from the donkey's back, held it in his hand and graciously invited the scholar in, put the bookshelf beside the square table, and wiped the bench quickly.

"Two pancakes and a bowl of herbal tea." Lu Liangsheng replied to the waiter with a smile. His eyes swept over the other tables in the shed. Almost all of them were filled with passers-by and vendors, so he ignored them and waited for the waiter over there to give The table that came first finished serving a few pancakes, and when it was his turn, he pulled over the waiter and asked:

"Brother, let me ask the way, how far is it to Wanfo Temple?"

Qi County has not yet come, and Lu Liangsheng also asked the merchants he met on the way, and asked about the direction, but the answer was vague about how far it was and which mountain it was in, and he asked several people, and it was the same.

The guy put down the plate, poured tea for Lu Liangsheng, and glanced at the big toad lying on the corner of the table, with purple and black bumps all over his back, which made him panic.

Pulling out the teapot, he quickly replied: "Young master is going to Wanfo Temple, so you are asking the right person. It is not the people of Qi County. Most of the people who come from outside can't find it."

Opening up the conversation box, the clerk was not so afraid of the big toad in the scholar's hand. Like drawing a map, he drew a chopstick from the chopstick cage and drew a route on the table with a few drops of water stains that fell just now.

"Young master, walk eastward from the official road outside, about two hundred miles, and you can see a stretch of mountains after crossing Qishui. There is a reclining Buddha in the middle. If you still don't recognize it, you will face people Just go to a lot of places, and you will definitely find it.”

Looking at the lines outlined by the water stains on the table, Lu Liangsheng wrote down his words, smiled and bowed to the guy, and put a few copper coins into the guy's hand without leaving a trace.

"Thank you brother for your pointers."

The clerk glanced at the shopkeeper on the other side of the earthen stove, stroked the copper coin in his palm, and put it into his sleeve: "Young master, you are polite, help others and yourself, you eat slowly, and the younger ones will go to work first."

"Please."

Lu Liangsheng replied, and when the clerk left, he reached out and took a piece of pancake and tore it in half, and broke one half into several small pieces, and put it in front of Taoist Ha.

The sound of Dharma came out of the chewing mouth.

"Master, after dinner, let's go on the road. I'm tired of staying in the bookshelf. I'll put you on the donkey's head later."

"Remember to tie the rope for the teacher."

Taoist Toad stuck out his tongue, rolled up a piece of pancake, pulled it into his mouth and rubbed it, then spit it out again in one mouthful: "There's not even any oily smell, and there's no salt, it's unpalatable."

"Master, let's make do with it...there are no more frogs in autumn."

Lu Liangsheng broke the pancakes into smaller pieces, and took another pancake and bit it into his mouth. There were guests at the nearby tables, surrounded by twos and threes, chatting with each other.

"By the way, who of you remembers the incident with the demon star in the sky a few days ago?"

"I know, I was doing business in Donglai at that time..."

Just like the usual gossip and chat, there are also words whispered at a nearby table: "This time I found that girl, I must beat her up."

"Don't say it here, be careful that others will listen to you."

"I'm so afraid, we arrest the girls in our village, are we still afraid that others will gossip?"

Lu Liangsheng turned his head and took a look. The table that was talking in a low voice was five men wearing short hexagrams. They were thin and dark-skinned. Under the shorts, all five of them were wearing the same straw sandals. They had thick hands and feet, and they looked like peasants.

Several people soaked the pancakes in the herbal tea and drank it loudly, which made the diners around a little uncomfortable. One of them seemed to notice the gaze of the scholar over there, raised his face to look at each other, and then buried his head and continued to eat and drink. I will stop talking.

'A group of peasants came out to arrest people, it should be related to marriage... Forget it, they may not be able to find it. '

Qi County is not too small, if the woman who escaped from marriage intends to leave, there is a huge crowd, it is really difficult for these five people to catch her, not to mention that Lu Liangsheng wants to help, and he doesn't know where the woman is.

After a while, the five people left first after eating, and Lu Liangsheng had already finished eating. He put down the money for the meal, put the bookshelf on the back of the old donkey, took the reins, and walked in the direction indicated by the buddy.

In the afternoon, the sun slanted slightly, and the mountains were full of autumn scenery. Lu Liangsheng passed the Qishui that the man said, and asked the boatman at the ferry for the specific direction of Wanfo Temple. After a blink of an eye, he went to the mountains.

bang~~~

Evening bells echoed far away among the recumbent Buddha, and in the dim sunlight, egrets brushed across the water and flew to the mountains and forests.

Lu Liangsheng stood at the foot of the mountain, listening to the distant and deep sound of the bell, walked past a stall spontaneously set up by the nearby villagers, and led the old donkey up the green brick path among the mountains and forests in the smell of incense and money paper. The chirping of cicadas is still ringing in the nearby branches one after another, and occasionally there are a few apes in the distance.

In the past, the iron chain bridge connecting the cliff on the opposite side, on the cliff, countless potholes carved Buddha statues, some of the time was too long, covered with moss, and the facial features can still be seen.

"Is it because of this that the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple got its name?"

Over there, Taoist Toad snorted, as if he felt the Buddha's breath, which made him a little uncomfortable, and half-opened his eyelids: "A bunch of bald donkeys, just playing tricks."

It was only then that Lu Liangsheng remembered that Master had a lot of troubles with Wanfo Temple, especially that old monk from Zhenhai.

After crossing the chain bridge, we walked another hundred steps. On the road paved with gravel, we passed through the old pine trees with lush branches on both sides, revealing the magnificent building in front of us.

Green smoke curled up from the Buddhist temple, came to the mountain gate, Lu Liangsheng greeted the Zhigu monk waiting outside the gate.

"This little master, Lu Liangsheng, is in Xiaqixia Mountain. I don't know if Master Zhenhai and Master Fajing are in the temple?"

"Amitabha!"

The Zhike monk bowed to the Buddha, looked at the scholar in front of him, and immediately lowered his head and made a vertical seal: "Return to the benefactor, Brother Fajing is in the temple, but the master is currently practicing meditation in retreat, and no outsiders are seen."

After listening, Lu Liangsheng nodded, and left the old donkey outside, and put the master on the bookshelf, anyway, he didn't like to stay here anyway.

Soon, the scholar walked into this thousand-year-old temple alone.

5 Chapter Twenty

Reclining Buddha Mountain is located in the mountains in the southwest of Qi County. The whole mountain looks like a Buddha lying on its side. The Wanfo Temple is backed by the chest of the "Buddha". , the Heavenly King Hall is carved with hollows, long rows of wind chimes hang from the four eaves, and there are also low houses with yellow and fallen leaves. Pilgrims can be seen everywhere, and monks in gray and simple robes hold Buddha's palms.

The Zhike monk walked in front, turned his head occasionally, folded his hands and bowed, leading the scholars behind him to go around to the backyard of the temple.

"Benefactor Lu, this way please."

Lu Liangsheng nodded, looked at the halls of Heavenly King and Daxiong in front of him, followed the Zhike monk in front, and said something without saying a word from time to time.

"Master Fajing, haven't you already left the temple to practice?"

"...Brother Fajing, it is true that he has left the temple, but because the master entered Zen and realized the Buddha, he stayed behind and guarded the door."

"I see."

Walking past a wooden sign that says "Tourists are not allowed to stop" is considered to be within the scope of the backyard of Wanfo Temple. , the thick rhizomes protrude from the ground and spread in all directions. Under the lush canopy, several rows of palaces with red walls and black tiles sounded like chanting sutras and chanting Buddha.

"Lord Benefactor, this is the Chanting Hall, and further ahead is the Meditation Hall."

The Zhike monk explained, clasped his hands together and bowed again, walked around here quickly, for fear of disturbing the fellow disciples who were chanting sutras inside, after more than a hundred steps, he stopped in front of a few houses, turned around and greeted the scholar.

"Benefactor Lu, we're here, and the monk will leave."

"Thank you little master for leading the way."

Lu Liangsheng raised his sleeves and arched his hands. After the guest monk left, he strode close to several meditation rooms over there, turned around the temple wall with red walls and black tiles, and there was a smile on his face. Far away, outside a meditation room in front, A chubby figure sits cross-legged on a futon, with his right foot on top of his left, and sits in the Vajra pose.

Hearing the slight sound of footsteps approaching, the fat monk opened his eyes, with a smile on Dayuan's face, stepped on the linen monk's shoes, and stood up with his hands clasped together.

"My Buddha...merciful, Lu Shi, Lord, why did you come to Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple..."

"Come here specially to see Master Zhenhai."

Lu Liangsheng looked at the tall and fat monk in front of him, he was a little more peaceful than before in Wujiang Mountain. After returning the gift, he invited the fat monk to walk under the eaves, and told him the reason for coming, emphasizing on the demon star The possession of fragments will bring about strange changes to humans or demons.

The latter frowned after listening, stopped, and looked back at the meditation room over there.

"Lu Shi, Lord, Poor, Master Monk, since Wu, came back from Jiangshan Mountain, came to the temple, entered Zen, realized Buddha, never came out half a step, so Poor, Monk is also here, always waiting. ...so, I'll go over and ask, ask."

"I'm tired."

Lu Liangsheng cupped his hands in thanks, Fajing shook his head, and said: "It should be." Then he went to the meditation room over there, came outside the door of the master's closed room, and shouted the Buddha's name.

Then, the voice spread like a bronze bell.

"Dharma, just ask to see, Master."

Inside the closed door, there was no sound, and it was as quiet as before. Fajing stood up straight and said, "Master, Lu Shi, the Lord has come all the way from Chang'an to see you. Can you come out and meet me?" ?”

The courtyard is quiet and warm, the green trees rustle softly, the branches and leaves sway slowly, and a few yellowish leaves swirl and quietly fall to the eaves.

There was still no words coming out of the room under the eaves, Lu Liangsheng sighed, reached out to stop Fajing who was still about to speak, glanced at the door, and said softly:

"Master Fajing, don't shout any more. I think your master is at a critical juncture to practice meditation. Afterwards, if you leave the seclusion, you can just tell him what I said just now."

"Really... Really, I'm sorry..." Monk Fajing also felt apologetic. Seeing that the scholar was about to leave, he stretched out his hand to invite him, and walked aside with a vertical seal.

"Poor monk, see you off."

"No, master stop."

Lu Liangsheng raised his hand to tell the monk to stop, and he turned around and left under the long eaves without further urging. Fajing sighed, shook the Buddhist beads around his neck, and dragged his fat body back to the meditation room Outside, just as he sat down cross-legged, an old voice came from the door behind him.

"Fajing..."

Hearing these weak words, the fat monk quickly stood up again before his butt touched the futon, facing the door and clasping his palms together.

"Master, brother, son is here."

After a while, inside the door, the old monk Zhenhai spoke slowly and feebly in silence.

"As a teacher... I dreamed about your uncle yesterday."

Soft words sounded, and it fell silent again. Fajing stood there for a long time, but there was no sound, and sat back on the futon again, taking up the vajra posture.

Looking at the swaying pines outside, he sighed regretfully.

"I am in Buddhism but I can't save sentient beings..."

.......

The sky gradually turned red, and Lu Liangsheng walked out of the temple where the incense was smoldering, and went straight to the place where the old donkey was tied. He took the rein in the direction when he came and went, walked through the iron chains of the mountain stream, walked through the tree-lined path, disturbed the pilgrims who were shouting, and returned to the foot of the mountain.

bang——

The evening bell came from far away from the reclining Buddha mountain behind him. The scholar stopped, looked back at the lying mountain, took the rein, and continued to walk north.

"Liangsheng, does that old bald donkey disagree?"

The small door of the bookshelf compartment opened with a creak, Taoist Toad kicked his legs a few times, and struggled to climb up. In the three characters of "old bald donkey", the old donkey dragged the rein and turned over the donkey's face, and the toad patted it with the frog web Its head: "Didn't mention you."

Afterwards, Da Lala sat down with two short legs stretched out, while fastening the rope around his waist, he looked up at the apprentice who was holding the rein in front of him.

Lu Liangsheng shook his head, and then laughed: "I haven't even seen each other. Monk Zhenhai is in retreat to enlighten Buddha, and there are no outsiders."

"Hmph." Taoist Toad snorted coldly, embracing the frog webs, and turned his head to look at the gradually receding mountains behind him, "Isn't that what the bald donkey is like? When it comes to trouble for the teacher, it comes without saying a word."

"That's not necessarily the case. How many people can sacrifice their lives to the Buddha, Master Zhenkong?"

Lu Liangsheng squinted his eyes, looked at the red-hot sky in the west, bathed in this red glow, walked the official road with the old donkey swinging the copper bell, and heard the bell echoing in the distance.

"Maybe, it's not the right time."

He said something casually as if joking, Lu Liangsheng waved his wide sleeves, and the slow-moving old donkey walked away a few feet away. According to the previous plan, after coming to the Wanfo Temple in the east, no matter whether the persuasion can succeed or not, he must Go north to Chengyunmen, join Laosun, two big factions, one of them will succeed, right?

The original plan was to search for fragments of the demon star on the way, but along the way, I didn't even encounter a single goblin or ghost, but that's pretty good, at least no people were harmed.

The sun is setting, and the last rays of light go to the foot of the mountain.

Flocks of birds returned to the forest, chirping non-stop. Lu Liangsheng led the old donkey and chatted with the master who was holding a pair of long ears on the donkey's head. They went down a gentle slope. Shunliu is not far from the village, meandering from the foot of the mountain, there are many farmers walking on the dirt road in the field with hoes on their shoulders.

"I miss Lu's Village a bit." Taoist Hama sighed as he watched this scene.

"It's a little bit, but I don't need to sleep in the wild tonight."

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Lu Liangsheng took the old donkey and swayed down the hillside. In the passing field, there happened to be an old farmer carrying a water bottle and walking up the field with a hoe.

"Young master, what are you doing in our village?"

The words of the old man attracted the villagers nearby. The people in the mountains were very united. When they saw strangers coming to the village, they would not go back home for the time being. They came over with a hoe and stood beside the old farmer. .

"I'm traveling around to study and gain some knowledge. Seeing that it's getting dark, I saw that there are people living here, so I came here and wanted to spend the night with you folks. I wonder if it's possible?"

Lu Liangsheng let go of the reins, arched his hands towards the people in this village, and used his mana to force sweat stains out of his head. Several villagers who came over saw him covered in sweat and his clothes were wet, and they were quite embarrassed. They looked at each other. Go back and exchange a few words in a low voice before someone comes over.

"It's not easy for you to travel a long distance as a scholar, so you can spend the night in the village, but you have a word first, don't leave your room at night, and leave at dawn!"

People in the mountains have the rules of the people in the mountains, not to mention that there are few lights and candles in the mountains, and wild animals appear at night, which is not a strange rule.

Lu Liangsheng nodded, cupped his hands to thank him, and went back to the village with the old farmer. There were very few scholars with this idea, especially in some mountain villages, where a scholar suddenly came, and many people went out to see it.

"That scholar is so handsome, better looking than the men in the village."

"Maybe it's the son of a wealthy family in the city..."

"That's really bold. If you dare to run into the mountains alone, you won't be afraid of encountering big bugs and trail-shearing strongmen."