Noble First Daughter-in-law

It was the old man who told stories to passers-by, especially children, on the mountainside of Banyan Temple!

Compared to his healthy appearance the last time I saw him, he is now much thinner than before. His whole body is skinny and shriveled like a dead tree. He is wearing a gray robe that has been washed white. Like a dead tree, walking unsteadily, still has short hair of more than an inch, gray beard and hair, walking behind a group of monks, like a monk, but not a monk.

He even came to Dayan Temple.

Moreover, he actually entered the Lecture Pavilion and participated in the Inner Altar Dharma Conference? !
Shang Ruyi felt incredible, and watched him step by step out of the preaching pavilion with wide eyes, and walked along the path, chanting words all the way, talking about "painting dragons" and "real dragons", and walked up the road. down this corridor.

As soon as he looked up, he saw Shang Ruyi.

Shang Ruyi was surprised, but still smiled at him.

Since she came to Luoyang with the Shen couple, she went to Banyan Temple to worship the Buddha almost every year. When she passed the pavilion, she would stop to listen to the old man tell stories. Although she had never talked to him, she felt an inexplicable familiarity.

When the old man looked up and saw her, he was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled, obviously recognizing her.

But after all, the two people have never met each other. They suddenly met like this, saying that strangers are strangers, but they are not completely strangers, and it is not easy to talk to each other.

But Shang Ruyi thought about it, and still took the initiative to say: "Old man."

The old man bowed his head and chanted the Buddha's name.

Shang Ruyi smiled and said, "Why did the old man leave Luoyang?"

The old man sighed, and said: "Luoyang was in chaos, the old man brought his family to Daxing City."

"Oh."

Shang Ruyi nodded.

The old man looked up at her again, and said, "You, madam—"

Shang Ruyi said: "I am the second daughter-in-law of Duke Sheng."

When the old man heard this, his eyes widened in surprise, and in his surprised expression, there seemed to be a little complicated emotion, and he immediately bowed his hands and said, "See you young lady."

Shang Ruyi hastily raised her hand to signal him not to be too polite, and then said with a smile: "You don't need to be too polite, old man. I also grew up listening to your stories. It's just that you are not a Buddhist, so why did you come to this Dharma meeting? And it's the inner altar ceremony?"

The old man said with a smile: "Although this old man is not a member of the Buddhist sect, he cannot do without the Buddhist scriptures. This time, the Dharma Assembly is open to all monks and laymen, so this old man came here specially, and in this altar she will—"

As he spoke, he looked back at the lecture hall that had already been emptied, and then said with a smile: "The host said that he wanted to hear the voices of the monks and the lay people, so he allowed the old man to enter."

Isn't Yu Wenjian the host of the Inner Altar Dharma Assembly?

It was he who allowed this old man to enter the lecture hall and attend the inner altar ceremony?
The old man smiled again and said: "This young master Yuwen is still so approachable, and his cultivation level is so advanced, it makes this common man ashamed."

still?

Hearing this, Shang Ruyi was taken aback again: "Have you met?"

The old man said with a smile: "Of course, Eldest Young Master has been to Banyan Temple before."

"Oh……"

Shang Ruyi nodded, but she almost forgot that she had heard from the monks of Banyan Temple before that Prince Yuwen once stayed there, and the hut where he and Yuwenye lived in Jushilin was also his residence.

Shang Ruyi thought for a while, and then asked: "Old man, what did you read just now? What is it that draws dragons and tigers?"

The old man laughed immediately and said, "Oh, it's the gatha that the eldest son just recited."

"Oh?"

Shang Ruyi immediately said: "Can you read it to me again?"

The old man smiled and said, "Of course."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to stroke his beard, and began to chant in a deep voice——

Learning to draw dragons for no reason, Yuan Lai did not get a trace of the brush.

Once he became a real dragon, Fang felt that his previous efforts were in vain.

Hearing this gatha, Shang Ruyi's heart sank for some reason.

After the old man finished reading this gatha, he sighed softly again, and then said: "This old man listens to this gatha very well, it is transparent and clear. However, this old man still can't see it."

Shang Ruyi said, "What can't the old man understand?"

The old man said: "I don't understand what the eldest son has proved. If he really proved to be a real dragon, why—"

Speaking of this, he seemed to feel that it was inappropriate to question Mr. Yuwen in front of the members of the Yuwen family, so he shut his mouth immediately and only smiled at Shang Ruyi.

Shang Ruyi also frowned.

Yes, the first two sentences are just to ridicule the world, and of course it may also be to ridicule one's own stupidity that has not been swept away, and the spiritual platform is not clear. This is the tone of most gatha, and even some practitioners; the fourth sentence is also Irony, when the heart dust is swept away and the spiritual platform is clear, when I look back on my dull past, I will feel that all the efforts at that time were useless.

The strange thing is the third sentence-once you become a real dragon queen.

It is necessary for a person to be deeply enlightened once he has attained Bodhi, and he will be deeply moved.

Yu Wenjian wrote this gatha, could it be that he was "enlightened" as Aunt Hui said before?

Now that you are enlightened, why do you want to return to this troubled world?What's more, after this Dharma conference, he wants to return to everyone's sight?

What exactly is the "true dragon" he obtained?
The more Shang Ruyi thought about it, the more chaotic her mind became, and the enlightenment of others became her three thousand threads of trouble, almost entangled her whole body, and she was extremely disturbed. She couldn't help but whispered softly: "True dragon? To prove the real dragon...?"

When he looked up again, he met the smiling eyes of the old man.

It was only then that Shang Ruyi realized that there was almost no difference between his appearance and the way he had just walked over while muttering words.

She smiled embarrassedly.

The old man didn't say much, he just cupped his hands and said: "Madam must have something important to do, so I won't bother you. This gatha, I have to think about it again."

After speaking, he turned to leave.

Shang Ruyi hurriedly said: "Old man, wait a moment, I have one more thing to ask you."

The old man smiled and said, "Young Madam, please ask."

Shang Ruyi said: "The last time - it was half a year ago, I heard the old man tell a story about resurrecting a dead body to a passing child in the pavilion of Banyan Temple."

The old man's eyes flickered, and he nodded immediately: "Remember."

Shang Ruyi said: "Is this story true? Is it false?"

The old man's gaze flickered again, and he glanced at Shang Ruyi again, and then said with a smile, "What does Young Madam think?"

Shang Ruyi thought for a while and said, "This story is too mysterious."

The old man immediately laughed and said, "No matter how mysterious the stories in this world are, they are nothing more than human affairs, and people in the mortal world can't say anything outside the mortal world. Therefore, what can be said, naturally happened."

Shang Ruyi's breath tightened, and said: "So, the old man believes that there is a dead body in this world?"

"..."

The old man didn't answer her immediately, but looked at Shang Ruyi with a smile. Although his eyes were chaotic, they were clear, which made Shang Ruyi feel a little weak. She lowered her head subconsciously, and the old man Immediately smiled and said: "Young madam asks this, it seems that I want the old man to deny it."

"..."

"I hope to deny it, is it because the young lady knows that such a thing happened?"

"..."

For a while, Shang Ruyi didn't respond to his words.

It's not that she doesn't know how to respond, but at this moment, she feels as if she's being strangled by the neck and is about to suffocate.

The old man didn't seem to need her response, so he just smiled and said, "Young Madam, does this old man admit to such a thing? It's just a useless mouth saying useless words. But what really matters is Young Madam herself heart of."

As he spoke, he lowered his head, recited the Buddha's name in a low voice, and was about to leave.

Just when he came to the side, Shang Ruyi thought about it, and asked again: "Old man, after talking for a long time, I haven't asked your Gao surname yet."

The old man smiled and said: "Gao dare not, old man Jiang Yu, also known as Wupan."

Jiang Yu?Nothing?
Shang Ruyi only said it silently in her heart once, and immediately figured out the taste of the name. Prajna means wisdom, and his name Wuba means that she has no wisdom. The name Jiang Yu is even more ironic. It was written directly on the face.

It seems that this old man is very free and easy. The world sees him as reluctant to part with wine and meat, and also reluctant to part with Buddha, but now thinking about it, he has obtained wine and meat, and also obtained Buddha.

Thinking of this, Shang Ruyi seemed to relax a little.

She said, "Mr. Jiang is easy to leave."

This Jiang Yu bowed to her, then walked forward, muttering with a smile while walking: "Why are there so many people concerned about resurrecting the dead?"

After a while, he went down the corridor.

And Shang Ruyi stood in the same place, watching the skinny figure disappear outside the mountain gate, then turned around, when she looked at the lecture hall again, she suddenly saw, behind the lecture hall, There seemed to be a figure flashing past.

Seeing that figure, all the hairs on Shang Ruyi's body stood on end.

Almost instantly, the feeling that her soul was about to be pulled away hit her again, almost suffocating her!

But this time, she was not overwhelmed by the almost drowning suffocation. Instead, she gritted her teeth, raised her feet and followed!

But just as she walked to the door of the Jingjing Pavilion, that figure had disappeared. She looked to the side anxiously, but saw the Queen of the Heavenly King Hall in front of her, passing by one by one.

Shang Ruyi hesitated, and followed her again.

In this way, like the wind being chased by the clouds, she walked through one hall after another, through one promenade after another, and got lost in this piece of Buddhist temple halls without knowing it.

Her breath was heavy and her heart was beating like thunder, but she still refused to give up.

Seeing that there was no one around in the almost deserted temple of Dayan Temple, Shang Ruyi gritted her teeth and walked forward with her skirt in hand.

But just as she passed by a Buddhist hall, suddenly, a gust of wind blew open the half-hidden door.

Shang Ruyi subconsciously looked inside——

A group of clear white clouds floated over.