Dazed

"It's going to be a holiday soon, do you have any plans?" Cao Jingxing asked casually.

Qi Zheng has thought about this problem. They are already juniors, and they will go out to study in half a year. The school arranged an internship opportunity for this pile of civil engineering students. Qi Zheng also signed up. I don't know what the result will be, so he said : "I might stay here for an internship, but unfortunately the school doesn't allow me to live during the winter vacation. I guess I have to find another way."

"Are you doing an internship at a construction site? Actually, you can also live with me, as long as we share the electricity and water." Cao Jingxing suggested.

Qi Zheng was a little moved when he heard the words. After all, Cao Jingxing's community was just outside the bus station, so it was convenient to travel, so he asked, "Aren't you going home during the holidays?"

"I won't go back. Our family doesn't have that much idea of ​​getting together. During the Chinese New Year, we just make a phone call to express condolences, and then go to different places to travel. We seldom get together during the Spring Festival." Cao Jingxing said lightly, with some wavering in his words Do not go lonely.

"Why don't you go out to play together?" Qi Zheng was very surprised. It was the first time he heard that Chinese people didn't gather together during the Spring Festival. This feeling is too bad, so he couldn't help asking suspiciously.

"Our family likes different places, and no one wants to suppress themselves, that's all." Cao Jingxing said helplessly, but he was used to being a loner, so it didn't matter much.

Qi Zheng is a person with a strong family concept. Hearing Cao Jingxing's words, he just found it incredible, but thinking that Cao Jingxing's family is probably more avant-garde abroad, he didn't say much, just said: "Foreigners are also like this. , your house is fashionable."

Cao Jingxing smiled slightly and didn't say any more.

The bus drove all the way for an hour before arriving at the stop. There was a simple bus sign standing in the thick bushes, so hidden that you couldn't find it unless you looked carefully. Cao Jingxing and Qi Zheng got out of the bus. They looked around and decided to go in the same direction. past.

They came here for different purposes. Qi Zheng wanted to be admitted to the hospital to consult the elders of the temple. Cao Jingxing didn't know why he came here. Assemble, okay?"

"No problem." Qi Zheng nodded.

This temple in the middle of the forest looks very quiet. The steps at the door are cast, and a layer of black dirt has been uncontrollably attached. The temple door is small and painted with cinnabar red. Entering the gate and entering the courtyard, the ground is covered with short grass and fallen leaves, and the sound of birds chirping becomes more and more clear. This temple is deep in the woods, with few people and no incense. Qi Zheng entered the temple and only saw A monk in a gray monk's robe was sweeping the fallen leaves in the courtyard. The rustling sound of sweeping the floor echoed the birdsong outside the courtyard, showing the cleanliness and grandeur of a Buddhist courtyard.

Qi Zheng glanced left and right, and stepped into the main hall. There were three Buddha statues in front of him. They were of Confucius, Laozi and Sakyamuni. It is translucent, so it still has a bit of majesty. There are a few bunches of incense sticks on the square table in front of the Buddha statue, and the smoke is lingering, which makes people shocked, and subconsciously brings a little awe.

Qi Zheng first took three incense sticks from the table next to him, lit them, and stood in front of the Buddha statue and bowed sincerely. In the golden incense burner, thin smoke curled up with the air, floated to the Buddha statue, and disappeared .

Immediately, he stepped over the threshold, turned right and walked towards the corridor, stopped in front of a gatehouse, and gently pushed it open. An elder dressed in pajamas sat on a mat, closed his eyes, held a Buddhist bead in one hand, and an olive-shaped wooden clapper in the other, his lips kept moving, and the clear and loud sound of the wooden fish accompanied the elder's deep and heavy chanting Even when Qi Zheng came in, he couldn't affect him.

The sun is high, and at noon, the Buddhist courtyard is full of trees, light and shadows are vague, and dust is flying on the old decayed wooden windows. Under the light, it looks like a fairy flying happily, with a rotten smell of the world.

Inside the monk's room, the light was dim, and the elder and Qi Zheng sat facing each other. At this time, he put down the shiny Buddhist beads and gavel in his hands, opened his eyes, put his right hand in front of his lips, and practiced the unique etiquette of Buddhists, saying Say "Ani Tuo Buddha".

Qi Zheng bowed to him, and then sat on the master's mat. In the deep meditation room, there seemed to be some purity inherent in Buddhism, which can wash away the dust in the world and make people feel peaceful. Qi Zheng couldn't help but hold back for a while. Feeling restless in my heart, wait quietly for the elder in front of me to recite Buddhist scriptures devoutly.

"Why did the benefactor come here?" After a while, the white-bearded old man opened his lips and asked, his face was covered with wrinkles and folds, his eyelids were drooping, but his eyes were always as warm as water, calm and calm.

Master Yuantong of the Keats Buddhist Temple holds Buddhist customs once a year in November. The number of times is not many, and only people who are destined to meet each other are selected. Qi Zheng is lucky. He came here for the first time and was selected, so he had this opportunity Can there be an eminent monk who has practiced Buddhism for many years to help solve the confusion, and he also lowered his head when he heard this, and asked reverently: "Master, have there been any monsters in the town recently?"

Master Yuantong smiled kindly and said: "If there is a monster in my heart, there will be a monster here. If there is no monster in my heart, there will be no monster here."

"Is there anything that can make people see ghosts?" Qi Zheng asked again.

"Everything in the world has a law of operation. If there is a vision, it means that you have broken the rules of both."

Qi Zheng frowned and said, "But I don't even know what I did."

"In the old days, Yangtian was full of dust and dust, and only marriage could be repaid. There is still a long way to go for the donor to really get rid of the worries in his heart." Master Yuan Tong pointed out again.

Qi Zheng raised his heart suddenly, his brows were furrowed, and he felt that he was like looking at flowers through fog, hazy and vague, the meaning seemed to be understandable but he couldn't figure it out, and he didn't know how to reply.

Master Yuantong saw his doubts, sighed, and continued to recite the scriptures. The deep chanting sound seemed to be a magic weapon for washing away impetuosity, and Qi Zheng slowly calmed down. He just sat there and listened quietly.

After a long time, after reciting a volume of scriptures, the shadow on the window sill slanted and slanted, Master Yuantong said in a deep voice: "The benefactor can leave now, if you can understand these two sentences, your confusion will be solved. "

"Thank you, master." Qi Zheng had no choice but to stand up and confess to this practitioner.

The sun was still shining outside the window, only a few pillars of agarwood slowly burned out the soot, and scattered a faint agarwood all over the ground.