My years as a fortune teller

It was really cold when the night wind blew in. I saw Master standing on the rock, so I took out a Taoist robe and gently put it on Master's body.Master did not speak, but just patted my hand casually.

I did not dare to speak, and stood silently behind Master.I don't know what Master is looking at, and I don't know what Master is thinking.But I know that Master must be very sad at this meeting.

After standing for about half an hour, my legs felt a little numb.Master turned around and looked at me, signaling to go back to the hut.So I helped Master down the rock and walked towards the hut.

I knew that the teacher and Uncle Xuanhe were meditating inside, so I tried to walk as lightly as possible and helped the master to walk.Who knew that the master was halfway there, so he insisted on sitting down next to the big bluestone and taking a rest.

I didn't know what happened to Master, so I had to follow his intention and came to the big bluestone.After Master sat down, I turned around and prepared to boil some water, when Master said, "There is no need to boil water, come here and I will talk to you."

I felt strange when I heard it, so I squatted in front of Master and asked, "Master, what's wrong with you today, why do you feel weird? Is there something wrong with me that made you unhappy?"

The master chuckled and said to me: "If you are really a peaceful person, I don't want you as an apprentice anymore. I let you refine your mind in the world of mortals, not only to practice the knowledge you have learned, but more importantly, to practice Mind. How to train the mind is to experience different things, cultivate the endurance of the heart, and maintain a sense of normalcy when being disturbed by the outside world."

I nodded and said to Master: "I'm talking about the morning thing, not other things. I know I made a fuss a little too much in the morning, so you can punish me however you want." I stood up and lowered my head.

Master took my hand, let me continue to squat down and said: "Actually, this is nothing, you are a little too much. But what you said is the truth, even if it is a little too much, it can be forgiven. But I I was really angry at the time, do you know why I was angry?"

I shook my head, and then I heard Master continue to say: "You have been with me for a long time. I saw that when I talked to you that time, I quoted a lot of scriptures like you did this morning. ?You can’t say something wrong when you communicate with them like this, but have you thought about one thing? Not everyone can understand what you said, many people will understand a passage out of context, and some people will understand it according to your Think about it elsewhere."

I nodded and said to Master: "I see, what Master meant. Even if it is a story of enlightenment, not everyone can see the really important part. Maybe you want to tell him through these This truth, but he just understood it as another truth."

Master nodded, touched my head and said, "You see, there are many translations of the "Tao Te Ching" in ancient and modern times. Why are there so many translations? It is nothing more than different understandings of individuals. Some people understand it this way, and some people It is understood in that way. The reason why modern people cannot learn knowledge from the Tao Te Ching is simply because some of these translations have different understandings in different eras, and some are annotated from other aspects. There is another important reason, the annotation The level of people is not high, and after reading it twice, they will write a pile of eloquent words. May I ask, who can get help after reading such annotations?"

Master's words were like a slap in the face, which was more thorough than what the senior in my dream said.Yes, this is the case now, how many people can see through these classics?There are hardly a few, but they are all written by themselves after reading other people's translations.

I took Master's hand and said, "I understand, I will never do this again. Today is indeed a little too much, and I am willing to accept any punishment." My attitude of admitting mistakes is still sincere.

Master patted me on the shoulder and said to me: "Okay, I said I won't punish you anymore. I will call you here. Besides what happened just now, I have one more thing to tell you. In a few days, the few of us We are about to go to Gansu. Your master uncle is in Gansu, and he has already completely found out the curse on those people in Qinling. This time you are going to deal with Wang Dingyi's apprentice, and you will probably be alone again."

This is not good news, but what can I do after Master said so?Thinking of this, I comforted Master and said: "It's okay. I didn't want to bother the three masters when I came here this time. It's just that I couldn't understand some problems, so I wanted to come and ask. Now everything is clear, and I will solve it." It's not a problem, besides, he has nothing to fear except playing tricks."

Master smiled and patted my hand, so I leaned against Master and sat outside looking at the stars.Suddenly, a melodious and slightly desolate tune sounded. It is unknown who played it with a hole flute.

The tune was played really well, and as I listened to it, I gradually shed tears involuntarily.At this moment someone patted me on the shoulder and said: "Little fat man, listen to me playing a tune, and you will cry secretly. When did you start to become so sentimental!"

"Ah!" I yelled in surprise, and turned my head to see Master Xuanhe sitting on the tree behind us, holding a flute in his hand, looking at me with a smile.Faint to death, it was actually Master Xuan He who was playing just now.I have not been with him for a day or two, and I have never seen him play this kind of instrument.

I turned over and stood up, and snatched Master Xuanhe's flute.While looking at it, he asked: "Master, you can actually play the flute, why didn't I know? When will you show kindness and teach me a little bit of this skill!"

Unexpectedly, Master Xuanhe took the flute from me with a smile, and then said to me: "You are too fat, you can't learn this. You need to use skills, otherwise, you won't be able to blow it even if you are angry." ring."

"Uncle, you despise me!" I looked at Uncle Xuanhe and said, "If I don't take someone like you, I'm just a little fatter. You actually despise me as a fat man, I want to draw a circle and curse you."

Uncle Xuanhe came over and grabbed my ear and said: "You fat man, I just said one thing, you dare to draw circles and curse me, do you believe that I make you wet the bed every night? Little bastard!" Shaking my ears, I walked into the hut with the flute.

Master also laughed, and then looked at the stars in the sky and said to me: "Go and rest quickly, you won't be able to sleep for a few hours. After you go down the mountain tomorrow, don't rush to find those people. Just take this Just write a letter, just treat it as a child’s prank. I think in a few days, those people will come to you after they know you’re back.”

I nodded, and what the master said was actually the same as my thoughts.I went into the room to rest as Master said.Uncle Xuanhe and teacher started to meditate again.I didn't disturb them either, and fell asleep quickly in bed.

Early the next morning, the three masters didn't let me eat, so they let me go back down the mountain.Although I was still a little bit reluctant, Master told me to go down the mountain. Even if I stayed here, it wouldn't make much sense.

After arriving at the foot of the mountain, I finally stopped a car and wobbled back home.As soon as I opened the door, I saw something white on the ground. I picked it up and saw that it was another letter.

Looking at the signed envelope, I immediately knew it was from those people again.After I offered incense to Patriarch, I opened the envelope and saw that it was indeed written by those people.The above content is exactly the same as the previous letter.

The only difference is the following content.On the basis of the original letter, this letter added the words invite me to drink coffee, and the place is not far from me, and it is also a place I often go to.After reading the letter, I pondered it for a long time, and finally made an important decision.Then I picked up my cell phone and called Erye Cui.I told him that the other party sent another letter. I didn't expect that Cui Erye also told me that he had received a similar letter.It seems that these people can't wait to do it...