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After returning to Banruo Temple, Fu Peibai took the medicine first, then went to see Lu Qingwan, told him about the arrangements for the past few days, and then rushed to attend the altar opening ceremony of Abbot Mingwen and Master Kuchan.

For a whole day, she sat cross-legged in the main hall with the disciples of Prajna Temple, chanting "Buddha Says Amitabha Sutra" and "Rebirth Mantra" in unison. After the sound, the incense curls up into the air, and then disappears in the mountains and forests.

Fu Peibai didn't believe in gods and Buddhas, but at this moment he seemed to be the most loyal believer, with lightly closed eyebrows, reciting Buddhist scriptures solemnly with unfamiliarity, and the words that Abbot Mingwen and Master Kuchan said to her kept flashing through her mind.

"Sometimes there is good and evil, the choice is in people's mind, and the thought of gods and demons is free in the heart."

"The poor monk and Master Fu have only known each other for a few hours, but they feel that they have known each other for a long time and they hit it off very well."

"The mountain is high and the water is far away, and the road of life is long and difficult. Fu benefactor must cherish everything."

"In troubled times, life is like a mustard. Under the nest, how can there be any eggs?"

"Don't be that black and white pawn, be the one who holds the chess."

"Boss Fu, you are that person."

She opened her eyes suddenly, and the flickering scenes in her mind gradually dissipated. This was the third day she came to chant sutras for the abbot and the mage.

Bathed in the fragrance of Buddha every day, with all kinds of scriptures lingering in her ears, she suddenly felt that she had realized something, but she was still ignorant. The Dharma is profound, and she can only understand one or two superficially through the Buddhist scriptures.

She stood up, looked at the shining golden Buddha statue standing in the hall, clasped her hands together, bowed reverently, and then exited the hall.

Today is the last item of the passing away ceremony, tea ceremony.

She followed the crowd to the incarnation cellar and stood silently aside.

The slender middle-aged monk was still in charge. Fu Peibai had already learned from the little monk that he was the abbot and the mage's junior. The one who succeeded the host of the Prajna Temple, whose dharma name is "Hui'an".

Holding a flaming torch, Master Hui'an recited loudly: "All things are impermanent. It is the law of birth and death. After birth and death, it is joyful to be silent. After following the fate and following the silent, it is the law of the law, and the dream of a hundred years of Hongdao With a body of asceticism, enter a state of Nirvana..."

After saying that, he threw the torch into the incarnation cellar and shouted "Burn!"

The monks of Banruo Temple, big and small, recited the Buddha ten times, chanted "Zan of the West" and "Gather of Hui Xiang", and kowtowed three times to the fire cellar.

The flames in the incarnation pit grew clusters, and the fire light reflected into Fu Peibai's pupils, dyeing her pupils the color of flames.

"Ape."

Hearing the voice, Fu Peibai turned his head in astonishment, looked at Shiqi with doubts on his face.

"Why are you here?"

"Abbot Mingwen and Master Kuchan are well-known for their generous donations to the public. Although I have never received their favor, as a junior, it is appropriate to commemorate their last journey."

Fu Peibai turned his head and said in a daze: "Master told me that life and death separation is not the end, but another new beginning, re-entering reincarnation, don't be sad."

"The abbot and the mage have their own way of Buddhism, and we ordinary people naturally have our own way. The two do not conflict. For me, life is life, and death is death. After death, the soul dissipates. There is no self anymore, people live forever, only these few short decades, I just want to live wantonly, free and easy, and live up to this life with the one I love."

Fu Peibai hooked the corners of his lips and squeezed out a faint smile, "Yes, I don't think I can reach the realm of a mage in my life. I can't see through this life and death, and I can't let go of the seven emotions and six desires. In this life, I can only fall into the world of mortals." I've become a layman."

While the two were talking, the bodies of the abbot and the mage had already been burned, and the death ceremony would be officially over when the residual temperature faded and the relics were taken out and enshrined.

Fu Peibai took a deep look at the incarnation cellar, and was about to leave when someone stopped him.

"Benefactor Fu stay here."

The person who stopped her was Master Hui'an, with a warm and mellow voice just like her own.

Fu Peibai turned around and saluted, "This junior has met Master Hui'an."

Hui'an was much younger than Kuchan and Mingwen, but his eyes were equally compassionate and solemn. He strode over, with a strong fragrance of Buddha lingering on his body.

"Benefactor Fu, the poor monk has something to say to you, can I take a step to speak."

Fu Peibai nodded, and whispered to Shiqi: "You go back first, take Zhi'er to dinner first."

After Shiqi left, she followed Master Hui'an to the side path.

Hui'an was in front, and she followed behind. The two walked slowly, and neither of them spoke for a while.

A few days ago, Fu Peibai would have seemed a little irritable and asked questions first, but after a few days of burning incense and chanting, her irritable temper seemed to have calmed down a lot.

The two walked under a huge bodhi tree, Hui'an stopped, turned around and looked at Fu Peibai with a smile, and asked, "Benefactor Fu, why don't you ask the poor monk what you have to say to you."

"The junior who the mage is looking for, the mage will make it clear sooner or later, it doesn't matter whether the junior asks or not."

"Although benefactor Fu is young, his temperament is much calmer than that of his peers. He is neither arrogant nor impetuous. He will make great achievements in the future." The smile on Hui'an's face deepened, and his deep pupils stared at the young man in front of him. It is a sincere compliment and it seems to be a polite greeting.

Fu Peibai met his scrutinizing gaze, neither humble nor overbearing, with a calm face.

The two looked at each other for a while, Hui'an withdrew his gaze, turned to look at the lush green linden tree, and said, "Abbot Mingwen and Master Wen went to the Qingyang Temple in Baihua Mountain a month ago, and visited that unborn Taoist expert. , Daoist Songyang."

Hui'an paused for a moment, turned around again, faced Fu Peibai, and continued: "It's strange to say that Buddhism and Taoism have different worship, and their beliefs are naturally different. Buddhism emphasizes fate and cause and effect, and Taoism believes in Destiny, the two are originally opposites, but after the abbot and the mage returned to the temple, they looked up at the starry sky from time to time, muttering in their mouths that since Si Wei came out, the world is in danger."

"The poor monk happened to be returning to the mountain at that time, and after asking, he learned that Taoist Master Songyang used astrology to observe natural phenomena, and the world will be in chaos, and he informed the abbot and the mage of this conclusion," Hui'an finished. Seeing that Fu Peibai still had that calm expression, he asked, "Don't you be curious about what the Taoist Master Songyang and the abbot Master said, so they suddenly summoned you into the temple and sent you to the mysterious wooden box?" Leave it to you?"

Fu Peibai smiled self-deprecatingly, "It must be that the Taoist priest of Songyang made the hexagram that I am the son of the savior, the abbot and the mage still believed it."

Hui'an laughed out loud suddenly, losing a bit of the poise of an eminent monk, "Blesser Fu, you are really funny. As you said, you guessed it right. When the poor monk heard this statement at the beginning, he couldn't hold himself back and laughed loudly, but Don't get me wrong, it's not that the poor monk despises you, but that this hexagram theory is true and absurd, but the abbot and the mage firmly believe it."

Hui'an smiled, and resumed his calm and steady appearance, "The poor monk doesn't understand where the abbot's obsession comes from, and he stubbornly pins his hope for the stability of the world on a young man. When it comes to you, the poor monk is still puzzled."

"In the past few days, the poor monk has been observing you, and I can see that you are kind and resolute. However, as far as the common people are concerned, it is only a kind heart that can save the people from fire and water. Before the Dao, before the righteousness, you will Faced with countless choices between good and evil in human nature, giving up one person's life can save hundreds of people, are you willing to give up this person's life? The road to salvation is rough and bumpy, will you be timid and shrink back?"

Hui An stared steadily at Fu Peibai's black and white eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Benefactor Fu, it wasn't the poor monk who attacked you. Do you know how important the word "common life" is? How can one person bear it?"

Fu Peibai lowered his eyes and said hoarsely, "I understand."

"It's still too late to let go now. There are heroes in troubled times, and it doesn't have to be you or me."

Hui'an's voice is warm, with a gentle tone, and the sloppy voice reveals a hint of bewitchment.

But Fu Peibai was not bewitched, she was only silent for a while, and when she raised her eyes again, her eyes became clear, she looked into Hui'an's eyes, and said firmly: "I understand what you said, but I am already in the hall , Before the solemn treasure appearance, I promised in my heart that I would do my best to fulfill the dying wishes of the mage and the abbot, and I will have no regrets in this life, and I will die before I die."

It was quiet under the Bodhi tree, and a few rays of sunlight fell on Fu Peibai's face through the gaps in the green leaves. Hui.

Hui'an was stunned for a moment, he let out a muffled laugh, and then laughed loudly, "Okay, okay, after all, the poor monk underestimated you, but the abbot and the mage saw you right."

"The mage was testing the junior just now?"

Hui'an smiled and shook his head, "It's not so much a test, but a choice for you. If you choose to give up now and return the box, you can still be a free and unrestrained hero in the future, but if you choose to accept, you can't just accept it." Live for yourself, but live for the whole world.”

Fu Peibai bowed his hands solemnly, "This junior understands."

What the mage wishes is not what she wishes, the world is peaceful, there will be no more wives and children, no more family ruins, there will be no second Fu Peibai who lost a loved one, and there will never be such a miserable life experience like Ni Zhi, She wants this world to return to happiness and stability, where everyone is happy and content.

If there is no one to do it, she will do it. If saving one person cannot soothe her restless heart, then she will save a hundred people, a thousand people, and tens of thousands of people in this world. No matter what the final outcome is, she only asks for a clear conscience. .