Jagged city

Iron-Blooded City - Chapter 260 People Are Not Plants

Lin Tao stayed in Baishi Town for three days, and left under the eyes of the old people in the Lin family. 【@】Lin Tao took Xiao Xiao with him. Six hours later, when he came out of K City Airport, the Junlian Group's motorcade had already been waiting for a long time.

Lin Tao and Xiao Xiao rushed to the Yuhuangding of Tiecha Mountain without stopping.The two old Zen masters also smiled when they saw Lin Tao and his wife, and the wrinkles on their faces continued to stretch.Lin Tao and Xiao Xiao respectfully kowtowed to the two old monks.

Old monk Huiming said with a smile: "Senior brother, if this is a layman, juniors should give red envelopes to celebrate the New Year."

The old Zen master Huineng shook his head and said: "Money is something outside of us. In the past seven or eighty years, I don't know what money looks like."

Lin Tao said with a smile: "It's too late for me to honor the two teachers, so I don't dare to ask for red envelopes. But if the two teachers have any tricks that are under the box, you might as well pass them on to your disciples."

"Hehe, I just like Xiaotao's simple nature." The old monk Huiming smiled, and the old Zen master Huineng on the side also nodded, looking at Lin Tao very satisfied.

Xiao Xiao curled her lips and said, "He's thick-skinned. Two teachers, this is a gift prepared by Lin Tao and I for the two elders."

Xiao Xiao and Lin Tao not only brought several top-quality teas, but also a wax-sealed glass box, which contained a foot-sized ginseng, and the roots were three feet long.

The old monk's eyes brightened and he said, "This is a century-old wild ginseng."

"Ah, where did you get it? I said that I wouldn't let me see the mysterious way. You wanted to bribe the teacher behind my back." Lin Tao yelled.

"This ginseng is probably more than 300 years old." The old Zen master Huineng said, stroking his beard.

"This was bought in Changbai Mountain years ago. It is said that this is 500-year-old ginseng. The two teachers don't touch meat, so it's just right to use this ginseng to make tea." Xiao Xiao respected these two old monks from the bottom of her heart. Instead of being filial to my parents, I followed Lin Tao to show filial piety to the two old monks.

"The daughter-in-law has a heart, this kind of ginseng is already a rare treasure, I'm afraid it's expensive in the world!" Old monk Huiming looked at Xiao Xiao and said.

"Didn't the master say that money is something outside the body." Xiao Xiao laughed.

"It's the old monk who has a good look—haha—" The old monk's hearty laughter came from the meditation room.

Monks big and small in the temples on the mountainside laughed and watched as the workers sent bags of rice, white noodles, and pots of high-quality soybean oil into the warehouse.The monk in charge shouted from time to time: "You little thief, walk slowly, there are duck eggs inside, and they will shatter when dropped on the ground."

Old monk Huiming's ears moved, and he said, "Why is the lower courtyard in such a mess?"

The old monk standing by the door said with a smile: "It's my junior uncle who sent a large number of new year's goods, and those disciples are trying to tease them."

Although the Tiesha Mountain Temple keeps burning incense, there is not much money for incense. Although there are government subsidies, life has always been relatively poor.There are more than 30 monks, old and young, in the temple together, and the daily expenses are also quite a lot.I am very happy to see two big carts of New Year's goods delivered today.

"Well, I have ignored the affairs of the temple for many years. I think the disciples are living a relatively poor life. The apprentice has a heart." The old Zen master was very satisfied with Lin Tao.

Lin Tao said with a smile: "This is what disciples should do, but the masters are all vegetarians, so this new year's goods took a lot of thought from the disciples. Unlike ordinary people, they don't care about cold food, and they can choose all kinds of meat when they enter the market."

"Oh, then what kind of New Year's goods did you buy for those junior disciples?" The old monk asked curiously.

"Patriarch, I have requested a gift list here." The old monk at the head of the gate said.

When Lin Tao turned his head and saw the old monk holding a delivery order, he thought to himself, what kind of gift list is this, but it is really the same thing, it can be called a gift list.

"Then read it aloud, let's listen." The old Zen master said with narrowed eyes.

"300 bags of high-quality rice, 300 catties each. [-] bags of refined flour, [-] catties each. [-] pots of soybean oil. [-] catties of eggs, [-] catties of duck eggs, [-] catties of fungus, [-] catties of mountain mushrooms, [-] catties of various fresh vegetables, [-] catties of pastries, and five grains Three thousand catties of miscellaneous grains, soybeans, mung beans, and black beans. Three thousand catties of white sugar and brown sugar. Three thousand catties of various fruits—one thousand catties of various seasonings.”

The two old monks were shocked when they heard it, and old monk Huineng couldn't help saying: "These things are enough for the temple to eat for a year."

"Don't take this as an example. If you get these things, disciples, I'm afraid they will make their mouths tricky and they won't think about worshiping Buddha." Old monk Huineng said with a frown.

Lin Tao said with a smile: "Master, there are very few eminent monks who pay homage to Buddha wholeheartedly like your elders. Even the Western Paradise described in the scriptures is full of delicious food. Those masters at the foot of the mountain have more contact with ordinary people. , Blindly suffering is also hard to bear, and this big Chinese New Year should also have fun."

"Sophistry, in the past six months, has your kung fu lagged?" The old monk didn't bother with this issue anymore. In fact, before entering Buddhism, these two eminent monks also drank alcohol and ate meat. Meditate every day to practice Qi, occasionally read some scriptures, worship the Buddha and meditate, and go through the years like this. Occasionally, when I think of the lay life, I also feel that my mouth is bland.

"Junior brother, your kung fu has already reached the innate level, and the two masters have hidden everything, so you should let senior brother open your eyes." Zhao Banxian, who entered the Buddhist gate, said.

"Little brother, how dare you use an axe in front of senior brother." Lin Tao laughed.

"Don't be wordy, change your clothes in the side room, and wait for you in the backyard as a teacher." The old monk said angrily.

"Of order." Lin Tao followed Xiao Xiao out of the meditation room with a smile, and under the guidance of his nephew, he entered a side door, which was a small courtyard with three rooms.

"Uncle, since you lived in this monastery, it has been cleaned every day, and no one has stayed in it." The old monk opened the door and said.

"Senior nephew Gu Yue has a heart. I am too busy to serve the master. Everything depends on the work of my nephew. This is my phone number with Xiao Xiao. If there is any need in the temple in the future, or if there is anything to ask, please give me in time Make a phone call. For the exquisite food that was brought in, Mr. Lao supervised the kitchen to feed the master every day. There is still a catty of good tea here, you can take it.” Lin Tao took out a box of top-quality tea from his bag.

"Thank you, uncle, I will do my best to serve my master." Gu Yue closed her black and white eyebrows and twitched.Serving Zen Master Huineng these years, since Lin Tao started seven or eight years ago, the old monk has always drank top-quality tea. Every day, Gu Yue made tea for the old monk, and he felt itchy when he smelled the fragrance of tea, but he never got to drink this tea.What I drink is nothing more than the tea provided by the temple.

Xiao Xiao looked at the old monk who called Lin Tao Master Uncle, and felt very interesting, no matter how old he was, he must be 70 or [-] years old.Can't help asking curiously: "Master, this year is a long life."

"The female benefactor is the uncle's wife, and the elder of the little monk. You can just call me Gu Yue. The little monk has wasted seventy-five years this year." The old monk clasped his hands together and said.

"Oh, does Gu Yue's nephew and secular family have relatives?"

"The little monk has a younger brother. Three generations of grandparents and grandchildren live in Leping City, a hundred miles away. Every Mid-Autumn Festival and Spring Festival, my younger brother will go up to the mountain to visit the little monk. This year, my younger brother had a stroke and didn't come. It was a younger nephew who visited me." The old monk There was some sadness in his eyes.

Lin Tao had already changed into his sportswear and walked out of it.Said to Xiao Xiao: "You also change your clothes, and let the master give me some advice later. My nephew Gu Yue and I will go there first."

Lin Tao and Gu Yue came out, and just heard the conversation between the two inside, and couldn't help asking: "Nephew, your younger brother is sick and is in financial difficulties. Uncle Shi has little savings and knows the experts in the hospital. You don't want me?" polite."

"Thank you uncle for your concern. My younger brother has two sons and one daughter, and they are still doing well. They are financially well-off, and they are also very filial to my younger brother. The stroke has been cured and he is recuperating at home. I'm old, I'm afraid I won't be able to go up the mountain to see me in the future." Gu Yue said with a sigh.

"Nephew, why don't you visit your brother's house this Spring Festival?"

"This——I have served the patriarch this year, and I have never left." Gu Yue was already moved. One day before Lin Tao came, his nephew and grandson came and said that his younger brother was ill. Open your mouth.

"Hey, the Buddha still has three relatives and six relatives, and they are reciprocal. That is the only relative of my nephew, so I must go and see it. I have been in the temple for five days, not to mention my brother is beside the two teachers, so my nephew can do it for me." Go home and visit my younger brother. Wait a minute, tell the teacher, how about I talk to the teacher?" Lin Taoxin asked, is it easy to live in the temple, there is not even a TV, and people who eat fast and chant Buddha every day are not suffocating crazy.

"Thank you uncle for your enlightenment, nephew and nephew will explain everything to the patriarch." Gu Yue listened to Lin Tao's persuasion, her brows relaxed, and she happily led the way.

"Nephew, after you go home, if you need help with anything, don't be polite, you must call me. Your uncle is still young and capable, and can solve ordinary things." Lin Tao patted The old monk's shoulder said, Lin Tao actually wanted to pat the old monk's bald head, but thinking about it, it was too much, even though he was a nephew, he was 80 or [-] years old after all.

"Yes, disciple understands." This Gu Yue served beside the old monk. Every time Lin Tao came, Gu Yue basically waited on him, and she knew some things about Lin Tao quite well.For example, Gu Yue knew about Lin Tao's business in K City, Lin Tao got married, became a general, and went to Xiliang to take up his post.Therefore, I understand that Lin Tao really wants to help, not just talking casually.

When Lin Tao walked to the backyard, Xiao Xiao also changed her clothes and chased after her. She was wearing a blue sportswear and her black hair was tied behind her head. girl.It doesn't look like a 30-year-old mature woman at all.

On the Yuhuangding of Tiesha Mountain, there is a main hall dedicated to Sakyamuni, and behind it are nine meditation rooms, which are divided into three small courtyards. In the past, the old monk and Gu Yue lived together. In recent years, there have been more old Huiming. Monk and Zhao Banxian are more popular.This Yuhuangding is the upper courtyard, and most monks live in the middle courtyard halfway up the mountain 200 meters below.Occasionally, pilgrims came to the upper courtyard to look curiously, but they were mostly blocked by Gu Yue, just to see the Buddha, and would not enter the backyard where the old monk Huineng practiced and lived.

The backyard that Lin Tao and Xiao Xiao went to was actually a flat land on the top of the mountain. Except for dozens of ancient pines, there were only big bare rocks. Two old monks sat cross-legged on a five-foot-high rock, and Zhao Banxian stood below, He watched Lin Tao and Xiao Xiao come over with a smile.

"Master, Uncle, you see, the younger brother and Xiao Xiao are getting younger and younger. Xiao Xiao is like a girl at the moment, not like a married woman who has children. I see the Yinyue Kung Fu that Xiao Xiao has learned this year. There has also been a lot of progress.”

"Well, that's true. This Lin Tao's daughter-in-law is also a material for martial arts. Your junior brother's innate ability to delay aging is nothing. Your uncle and I only entered the innate realm after the age of 80. We can't compare with your junior brother."

"Master, should I practice Bagua Lotus Palm?" Lin Tao asked.

"Okay, you can take a look." Old monk Huiming said.

Lin Tao took deep breaths, took three deep breaths, and then his body began to turn slowly. Xiao Xiao watched intently. Although Lin Tao's movements were slow, every movement involved the whole body to rotate together. It seemed natural and there was no disharmony. place.It feels like the whole person is like a rotating circle.At the beginning, Xiao Xiao could see Lin Tao's moves very clearly, but with Lin Tao's rotation, the speed gradually increased. This kind of increase was not felt, but made people feel that it had always been at this speed.It wasn't until Lin Tao turned into phantoms on the flat ground that he saw the difference.

"Ah, how did it become so fast?" Xiao Xiao exclaimed.

Three talents, four images, gossip.Lin Tao stepped on the direction and walked quickly, only stopping occasionally in eight directions. Before that, Lin Tao's pause was not visible, but a phantom continued to circle around. After 2 minutes, on the arc of six meters in diameter, the Lin Tao suddenly appeared in the south, then the north, the west, the east—all directions.

Covering her mouth, Xiao Xiao watched in surprise, eight Lin Taos actually appeared on the field, practicing martial arts there, and all the postures were the same, and the palms of these eight Lin Taos were still changing.Suddenly all the shadows disappeared, only Lin Tao who was facing the east was left standing there.

"Master, is this Baguazhang? Why are there eight figures?" Zhao Banxian exclaimed.

"Junior brother, what do you think?" Old monk Huineng asked.

"Senior brother, Xiaotao is already better than blue, and the younger brother can barely reveal four figures now. He has far surpassed me in speed."

"Well, old people don't use their muscles and bones as energy. Even though their gong is innate, it can't resist the erosion of time. Disciple, Hunyuan gong has reached the seventh floor." Senior monk Huineng shouted loudly.

"Master Mingjian, this disciple just broke through to the seventh floor in Wudang Mountain last night." Lin Tao replied respectfully.

"That's right, you've made rapid progress, and I'm very pleased to be a teacher. I only reached the seventh floor 30 years ago, and now I'm only on the eighth floor. I'm afraid it will be difficult to break through the ninth floor. Breakthrough to the ninth floor within the year. I really hope to wait until that day. Just now in the meditation room, you asked me if there is any trick to suppress the bottom of the box. In fact, there is another boxing method in this sect, called Hunyuan Thunderbolt Boxing. Your master once demonstrated it to me, but it was only in appearance, because your master's Hunyuan Gong only reached the fifth level. Only after the innate can you truly understand the true meaning. Over the past few decades, I Study this boxing and gain something, I will teach it to you here tonight." The old monk said word by word.

"Thank you master!" Lin Tao was very excited.

Xiao Xiao couldn't help asking: "Master, can't you let us open our eyes?"

The old monk smiled and said: "In the future, Tao'er will learn this boxing, let him show you. But remember, this kind of boxing should not be easily revealed in front of others, if you show off in front of others, my teacher will definitely not let you go."

The old monk was smiling at the beginning, but when he said the second half of the sentence, his eyes became sharp, as if two rays of light pierced people's hearts, even Lin Tao shivered.

"I understand, master, please rest assured." Lin Taoxin said, this old monk is still much better than me, it seems that it will take ten or twenty years to surpass the master.

"Xiao Xiao, you can be regarded as a registered disciple of the master. Although you have not obtained the true instruction of the master, the "Yin Moon Kung Fu" is also a rare method. You can practice it and let everyone see it." The old monk twisted his beard. , said with narrowed eyes.

Xiao Xiao agreed, and began to practice Yinyue Kungfu, which is a practice of inner qi, and there is a way of Yinyue Palm as a package.Although Xiao Xiao is a novice, she fights every move very seriously, and in addition to being with Lin Tao for these years, she has some foundation, and she fights decently.

The old monk nodded and said: "That's right, you need to practice more in the future. This yin and moon gong is pure yin, and Hunyuan gong is pure yang. The combination of yin and yang between your husband and wife can promote each other even more. It is said that Hunyuan qigong and yin After cultivating the Moon Kung Fu to the ninth level, you can truly reborn and reach an incredible state. However, according to your master ancestor, there have only been one or two rumors in the past thousand years, and no one has seen such a state. Even if you are a teacher of this level The eighth floor is already rare. But I see hope in your husband and wife as a teacher."

Xiao Xiao felt a little shy when she heard it, because what the old monk said was the harmony of yin and yang, that is, double cultivation and love with Lin Tao.

Zhao Banxian suddenly said: "Teacher, hundreds of years ago, Wudang real Zhang Sanfeng was known as a land god, could it be that level."

"Although it is a folk rumor, but if you think about it carefully, it should be the same. It is rumored that Sanfeng's real person is eclipsing rice, and it may be true. Once for the master, he punched the Hunyuan Thunderbolt Fist with all his strength, and the internal energy wasted too much, and he felt very hungry in his stomach. Eat a lot Although the control is three times a day, it still lasted for half a month." The old monk said with emotion.

Lin Tao suddenly found it funny. The old monk must be embarrassed to eat too much, and he has only been hungry for half a month.Lin Tao said to Gu Yue: "Senior nephew Gu Yue, if master has such a situation again, he must prepare a lot of food, and don't starve master."

"Disciple understands." Gu Yue smiled.

"You little guy—well, it's almost time for dinner. Let's go back." The old monk was already striding forward without seeing how the old monk moved, as if the old monk hadn't sat cross-legged on the stone, but had been standing The ground is average.

The sun is setting.The meditation room was already dark, so Lin Tao turned on the light.Lin Tao ordered some incandescent lamps to be installed in the meditation room three years ago.The original 25-watt light bulb is almost like a wax head. Fortunately, the old monk reads scriptures during the day. If he reads the scriptures at night for decades, his eyes will definitely go blind.

Back in the meditation room, Gu Yue made tea for everyone.Then he asked: "The disciples in the middle courtyard said that there are eighteen vegetarian meals for dinner. I don't know if the two teachers are eating alone or with the uncle."

"This is not that big a table, you four can eat together." The old monk said.

Lin Tao, his wife, and Zhao Banxian went to the side courtyard, and soon two young monks brought four three-layered food boxes, and said respectfully: "Please eat, master, and then retreated."

Xiao Xiao said with a smile: "Here they are all masters."

Zhao Banxian touched his bald head and said: "The two teachers are too long-lived, and their seniority is still high. In fact, those young monks are all grandchildren. Let's see what delicious food they have made."

The food box was opened, and a puff of aroma rushed out.

Xiao Xiao inhaled with her nose and said, "Is this vegetarian food good?"

"Practice with the two teachers, the food is okay, if not, there will be birds in the mouth, your senior brother and I used to have sex with each other!" Zhao Banxian brought up a plate of vegetarian dishes.Lin Tao and Xiao Xiao couldn't watch either, they opened the food boxes one after another, and the Eight Immortals table was quickly filled.Although there is no meat, it is full of color and flavor.

"Although it's vegetarian, it tastes like meat!" Xiao Xiao said after eating a piece of vegetarian chicken.

"Actually, monks are also greedy for meat. Why don't you eat vegetarian chicken? Just eat tofu. What is this circle? It's delicious." Zhao Banxian said while eating.

"Ah, isn't this a squid ring? Maybe the delivery person made a mistake. Do you want to tell the two teachers?" Xiao Xiao said after taking a bite.

"No, just eat it whole, and treat it as a vegetarian meal. Don't talk about it when Gu Yue comes." Zhao Banxian sneered.

"Brother, you are really bad." Xiao Xiao smiled.

"Actually, it's okay to eat meat, but I've been a monk for a long time, so I don't want to. Or I want to eat, but I'm too embarrassed to eat it. I know that in some temples, chicken, duck and fish are eaten." Lin Tao said with a smile.

"Young brother is right. The Buddha said that there are hundreds of thousands of worms in a bowl of water, and you have to drink it after reciting the Sutra of Rebirth. That's not a meal." Zhao Banxian said, chewing on squid rings.

"Brother really has profound Zen principles, I admire you." Lin Tao said with a chuckle.

After a while, Gu Yue also walked in, sat down, and ate with Lin Tao and others.And the squid rings are also very tasty, the three of them looked at each other and smiled, and continued to taste various vegetarian dishes.

"Martial nephew, have you ever asked for leave to go home to visit your younger brother?" Lin Tao asked.

"The patriarch has granted me the permission to come back before the fifteenth day, but I'm used to staying in the mountains, but I'm not used to living in the secular world."

Lin Tao sighed: "Whether you pay homage to the Buddha, you are still a human being after all. How can a human being cut off the emotions and desires, especially the blood and family ties. There is no such thing as a Buddha mother in the Paradise of Ultimate Bliss."

"Junior brother is right. The Buddha didn't cut off the family relationship, let alone me as a disciple." Zhao Banxian said with a smile.

"Amitabha!" Monk Gu Yue's eyes were slightly red, and after reciting the Buddha's name, he continued to deal with the squid rings, thinking in his heart that he would get off early tomorrow so that he could take the car to his brother's house.

In the courtyard next door, two old monks, facing a table of vegetarian dishes, also had a big appetite, humbly giving in to each other, and kept sending food to their mouths.

"Well, this donut is delicious."

"It's good."

In the Shantang in the middle courtyard of the temple on the mountainside, these monks not only eat squid rings, but also have an extra dish than the one above.Big chunks of braised beef.This is the welfare of the monks. Except for the New Year's Day, the Tiecha Mountain Temple will have a meat dish on the fifteenth night of every month.Let the monk Tiechashan, who lives in the rules and regulations, have hope.On the second day, we prayed collectively in front of the Buddha, begging the Buddha to forgive this small breach of precepts once a month.

Yes, presumably the Buddha who enjoyed in the Western Paradise would also forgive his disciples and grandchildren for breaking the precepts, and he would also bless Monk Gu Yue's younger brother to recover sooner!