Aspirations

Chapter 187

"This real Ye is my friend for many years. He is a Daoist priest. He claims to be a fairy descending to earth. He also knows fairy arts. He pretends to be a god, plays ghosts and talks about mysteries all day long. I want to ask Master, is Master Ye a descending from a fairy? What's the use of this down-to-earth god?" Jin Jia pointed at Ye Muping and smiled, "Old Ye, don't blame me for exposing your old background. You don't tell lies in front of real people. You, a real person, will show your true colors in front of the master. gone."

Ye Muping smiled subtly: "True gold is not afraid of fire, Master can tell at a glance whether a poor Taoist is a god or not."

"Master, is Master Ye an immortal?" Cao Shujun came over at some point and asked eagerly.

Master Shanlai laughed: "What is false is true and false, true is false, false is true, who can really tell the difference? The so-called big form has no form, and the elephant has no form. The Buddha said that there is no form and no form. Ye Zhenren Whether it is a god descending to earth or not, even the poor monk does not know. If you know, it will be a sign."

"After talking for a long time, it's like not talking about it." Cao Shujun muttered, "All Taoists like to talk about mysteries, but in my opinion, Buddhists prefer to play tricks on mysteries."

"Don't be rude." Xia Xiang scolded Cao Shujun, "The profoundness of Buddhism is beyond my generation's ability to understand. It is said in the "Diamond Sutra" that the Buddha said Prajna Paramita, that is, it is not Prajna Paramita. Prajna Paramita... The first sentence is false view, the second sentence is empty view, and the third sentence is middle view. The Buddha also said that all appearances are illusory. If you see that all appearances are not appearances, you will see the Tathagata. Therefore, the Buddha Home wisdom lies in the Middle View, in the presence and absence, in neither emptiness nor existence."

Cao Shujun opened his eyes wide, and was stunned for a long time with a look of amazement on his face, then said: "It's amazing, but I don't understand."

Jin Jia was also shocked: "Mr. Xia Lang, when did you read Buddhist scriptures and how do you know so much?"

Ye Muping nodded repeatedly and praised: "It's so good, Mr. Xia is not only extremely intelligent, but also has a lot of wisdom roots. He will surely achieve great success in the future. The poor Taoist is really happy for the emperor. The so-called prosperity of the country, there must be good ministers and auspiciousness. Xia Xianzun is the auspiciousness of the country."

Master Shanlai looked Xia Xiang up and down a few times: "I've heard about Xia Xiangzun's reputation for a long time, but now I see it today, and it's true. The poor monk doesn't understand a few words, and I want to ask Xia Xianzun to teach me a few words."

Xia Xiang waved his hands again and again: "Master, don't kill me. I don't care about Buddhism, Taoism or Confucianism. I am just a beginner. How dare I use an axe in front of the master? I dare not talk about it..."

"As the saying goes, young people are fearless, and newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. There is a priority for getting started, and there is no sooner or later for enlightenment. There are ages, and there is no priority for enlightenment." Master Shanlai took Xia Xiang's hand without any explanation, "Come, come, and explain to the poor monk. Confusion. There is a saying in the Shurangama Sutra: Knowing and seeing is the foundation of ignorance, and knowing and seeing without seeing is nirvana... The poor monk can't understand it after thinking hard, can the Venerable Xia have a high opinion?"

In Buddhism, there is a saying of practicing Chan and Huatou. Many Buddhists spend their whole lives meditating on a sentence, and sometimes they get stuck in circles, and they can’t get out no matter what. They need an opportunity to break through.Xia Xiang had read many Buddhist gongan, and knew that the "Lengyan Sutra" was a very profound Mahayana scripture in Buddhism. He thought about it for a while, but couldn't understand it, so he shook his head and said, "Forgive me, Master, I'm really stupid, and I can't understand it." Can't figure it out."

Master Shanlai showed a slight disappointment, then shook his head and smiled: "It's okay, it's okay, the time has not come, so I can't force it."

Ye Muping took the opportunity to ask: "Master, when will the emperor's time come?"

Shanlai turned around and glanced at the emperor for a few times, his eyes wandered over several princes, and finally stopped on Xingwang for a moment, and sighed deeply: "The emperor's troubles start from Xishan and end in Xingzhou, the timing is within ten days. "

"Within ten days?" Ye Muping bowed his head in silence, calculated secretly, nodded and praised, "The master's calculation coincides with the poor Taoist, but the poor Taoist doesn't understand why the emperor's troubles originated from Xishan. ?”

"Don't you know about the West Mountain?" Jin Jia stared and wrinkled his nose. "What the master is referring to is obviously that when the emperor went hunting in the West Mountain, he strayed into a secret source and met a fairy."

"There is such a thing? Why have I never heard of it? Come and listen to it, Mr. Jin Jia." Cao Shujun suddenly became excited, and grabbed Jin Jia's arm.

Jin Jia pushed Cao Shujun away: "Don't make trouble, listen to the master's important business."

Master Shanlai recited a Buddhist name: "It's better for the poor monk to talk about the emperor's mistaken entry into the secret source in the west mountain. Later, the emperor fell in love with this woman. After several trysts, he wanted to bring her back to the palace, but she disappeared without a trace. Since then, the emperor has no interest in government affairs and has never had a child. The emperor was the only one who went to Miyuan, and many people thought that the woman the emperor met was a witch. Although not many people knew about it, in some people's eyes, it was just an affair of the emperor, but they didn't know about it. It completely changed the emperor's fate!"

Xia Xiang was shocked, no wonder the emperor had no children for many years, and he didn't enrich the harem any more. It turned out that there was a woman in his heart.But, what is the identity of this woman, is she a witch or a fairy?Thinking about it again, the emperor is also a deeply affectionate person, and the position of empress has been suspended for many years. Many ministers wrote to ask the emperor to be a queen, but the emperor has always refused, because he couldn't let go of an old love.

"Changed the emperor's luck? Is it good or bad?" Cao Shujuan spoke quickly, and asked without thinking.

"You say it's good or bad, idiot!" Jin Jia knocked Cao Shujun on the head, "The emperor has no children, and has been seriously ill for three years. He almost died, and now he is still under the dictatorship of King Xing and Hou Pingpan. How can you still treat me?" Asking whether it is good or bad is really stupid."

"I, I, I'm not stupid, but I thought of a sentence." Cao Shujun said forcefully, "I said, its government is boring, its people are honest; its government is inspected, and its people are lacking. Misfortunes are blessed." What one leans on, where blessings come and where misfortune lies. Who knows its extreme? It has no rightness. Righteousness becomes wonders, and goodness turns into demons. Man’s delusion lasts for a long time!刿, straight but not sloppy, bright but not dazzling."

"Mr. Cao Lang is right. Misfortunes and blessings depend on each other. The good will turn into wonders, and the good will turn into monsters. They are changing at any time." Master Shanlai said, "Everything has a definite number and there is no definite number. Because of this change of fate, it is both the emperor's misfortune and the emperor's great fortune. The misfortune is that the emperor will be childless and sick for several years. Prestige not only submits to the whole world, but also unifies the world, as far as overseas."

"Ming Jun was born?" Ye Muping smiled slightly, looking up at the sky, "I don't know if the Ming Jun mentioned by Master Shanlai is that Ming Jun?"

"It's that Mingjun." Master Shanlai smiled implicitly.

"According to what Master Shanlai said, the emperor's trip will surely be auspicious."

"Fortune and misfortune depend on each other, righteousness turns into strangeness, goodness turns into monster, and it is changing at any time." Master Shanlai repeated what he said just now, then turned to Xiao Wu, "Young man, do you have something to say to the poor monk? "

"Exactly, exactly, master, my name is Xiao Wu, and I am Mr.'s entourage. I have lived with my elder brother and sister-in-law since I was a child, and I only remember things after my teens, and things before. Just thinking about it gives me a headache, and I don't know what's going on. , Master, please save Xiao Wu." Xiao Wu bowed respectfully to Master Shanlai, but felt that it was not respectful enough, so he knelt down with a plop, and kowtowed a few more times.

Master Shanlai did not stop him, and after letting Xiao Wu kowtow, he said: "Xiao Wu, your surname is Xiao, so you can see that you are descended from the Khitan people. Your name is Wu, so it should be ranked fifth. Integrate into the Great Xia, and part of it goes to the far north. You are probably part of the integration into the Great Xia. Okay, okay, stop kowtowing, get up."

Xiao Wu stood up, with a big bump on his forehead, he smiled and touched his forehead: "I will do whatever the master asks me to do."

"What if the poor monk asks you to kowtow again?" Master Shanlai was serious, not joking.

"Kowtow." Xiao Wu kowtowed as soon as he said kowtow, knelt down again, and kowtowed one after another without saying a word.The sound was so loud that even Xia Xiang felt distressed. He wanted to stop Xiao Wu, but Ye Muping held him back.

Ye Muping shook his head lightly and smiled.

At this time, the sun rose above the head, and the grand sunlight covered the Hutuo River and its banks. Looking around, there were countless people standing on both sides of the river, waving to the dragon boat.There are escort ships at the front and back of the dragon boat, as well as several accompanying boats.

On a boat not far away, Lian Ruohan, Cao Shuli and others could be vaguely seen standing on the bow of the boat, looking towards the dragon boat.Originally, the emperor granted Lian Ruohan permission to board the dragon boat, but Lian Ruohan politely declined, and Xia Xiang did not force her to go with Cao Shuli and her sisters.

Looking back to the boat again, he accidentally found that King Xing, King Yun, and Hou Pingpan were casting gloomy gazes at him, and his heart sank.Such a good time, if there were no changes of Xingwang and Hou Pingpan, it would be a great event, but Xingwang and others insisted on making troubles secretly, Xia Xiang secretly sighed, the heart of eternal hatred is not as good as water, waiting to make waves on the flat ground!
"Fifty, 51, 52..." Xiao Wu knocked non-stop, using all his strength for each knock, the deck was sunk by him forcibly, not to mention, his forehead was bleeding, and the deck was wet.

Xia Xiang couldn't bear it very much: "Master..."

The words were just out of my mouth, but Master Shanlai stretched out his hand to stop him: "It will be a big deal if you don't go through some difficulties, Xia Xianzun, please be safe and don't be impatient, it will be fine soon."

"It'll be fine soon, it'll be fine soon..." Xiao Wu was counting at first, but he was misled by Master Shanlai's words. After learning, he only said a few words, realized what was wrong, and couldn't help feeling very annoyed, "It's broken, Xiao Wu can't remember how much he counted. Forty? No, sixty? Not right. 54, 55? Yes, it's 55."

Xiao Wu kowtowed again: "55, 56!" He seemed to think of something for a moment, and was stunned, "55? 55? I remembered, Xiao Wu remembered! My father's name is Xiao Shiwu, who died in the rebellion Among them. Xiao Wu followed his father in the South and North Wars since he was a child, and learned martial arts. In a battle, his father died in order to cover Xiao Wu. His father let Xiao Wu live well, and he wanted to serve the court and benefit the people. Xiao Wu Remember, brother and sister-in-law are not Xiao Wu’s relatives, they just picked Xiao Wu and want Xiao Wu to be their slave. Also, before his father died, he told Xiao Wu to let Xiao Wu go to Lingshou Zhongshan Village, find a Mr. Li Dingshan..."

"Mr. Li?" Xia Xiang's heart was pounding, "Your father knew Mr. Li?"

"I know, I know." Xiao Wu couldn't care less about wiping the blood on his forehead, and jumped up excitedly, "Daddy said that he was originally a rogue on the border of Daxia, and then he met Mr. Li, and he was enlightened by Mr. Li's education. He surrendered to Daxia and became a military officer on the frontier. If it weren't for Mr. Li's enlightenment, he might have been inactive all his life and would not have made great achievements. His father also asked Xiao Wu to guard Mr. Li all his life. He said that Mr. Li is a A great talent is the pillar of the country, with Mr. Li around, Daxia's foundation will be solid."

Cao Shujun couldn't stand it anymore, handed the handkerchief to Xiao Wu, gritted his teeth painfully and said: "This is my favorite handkerchief, with famous inscriptions on it, forget it, let you wipe the blood, save you The blood on the face is very scary."

Xiao Wu didn't know how to cherish, so he took a handkerchief and wiped it carelessly, and said, "Thank you, Master, for your advice, Xiao Wu didn't kowtow in vain. No, Xiao Wu has to kowtow again, it's not enough."

Xiao Wu leaned over to worship, but was stopped by Master Shanlai. Master Shanlai laughed: "Kowtow is not the purpose, but healing is the purpose. The Buddha said that the Dharma should be sacrificed, let alone illegal? Dharma is just a raft for crossing the river. After that, the raft can be abandoned."

"Yes..." Xia Xiang suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and he bowed respectfully and respectfully to Master Shanlai, "Master, I have been enlightened by the master, and I suddenly realized something, what the master asks and knows immediately , that is, ignorance, knowing and seeing without seeing, this is Nirvana, I have a sudden whim, I don’t know if I should say it or not?”

Master Shanlai was overjoyed immediately: "Say it, say it quickly."

"To know and see and to know is the origin of ignorance, to know and see without seeing, this is Nirvana... If you change the sentence, it becomes: Knowing and seeing and establishing, knowing is the root of ignorance, knowing and seeing nothing, seeing this is Nirvana... that would be good ?" Xia Xiang was also inspired by Xiao Wu's kowtow and Master Shanlai, and suddenly had the idea of ​​understanding.

"Knowledge and seeing are established, knowing is the root of ignorance, knowing and seeing is nothing, seeing this is Nirvana..." Master Shanlai muttered to himself, his eyes were downcast, "Knowledge and seeing are established, knowledge is the root of ignorance? Knowledge is the root of ignorance! Knowing and seeing nothing, seeing this is Nirvana... Ha ha ha, wonderful, wonderful. Ignorance without seeing, great enlightenment, clear mind and nature, poor monk understands, understands."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shanlai grabbed Xia Xiang's arm and walked towards the emperor: "Go, follow the poor monk to see the emperor."

Xia Xiang didn't know, so he had no choice but to let Master Shanlai drag him to the emperor.The emperor was talking to King Jing, when he saw Master Shanlai coming, he got up to greet him.

Master Shanlai clasped his hands together and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the poor monk is about to return, so I come here to bid farewell to the Emperor."

The emperor was surprised: "Go back? Where is the master going?"

(End of this chapter)