Besides, when An Daocheng talked about Li Xiaolan, he opened his mouth and said, "Li Xiaolan, she..." and then said nothing more.
Seeing that An Daocheng did not continue, the Sixth Patriarch Huineng asked urgently: "Uncle Acheng, how is Sister Alan?"
Under repeated questioning by the Sixth Patriarch Huineng, An Daocheng calmed down his emotions and talked about something little known about Li Xiaolan -
Li Xiaolan was born in a scholarly family in Houliang. The fortune teller said that this girl would grow up to be an oiran.
Speaking of Li Xiaolan, there is another reason why she was named Li Xiaolan.
It turns out that when Li Xiaolan's mother was pregnant with Xiaolan, she dreamed of offering incense and worshiping Buddha in a Guanyin Temple with a lotus pond in front of the temple. Later, when she saw Li Xiaolan falling into her arms, she named the child Li Xiaolan.
"Oh... So Xiaolan is the reincarnation of Jinlian?" Sixth Patriarch Huineng heard this and murmured to himself.
"Maybe." An Daocheng continued -
Li Xiaolan has been a pretty and elegant person since she was a child, just like Li Xiaolan's original intention, she is aloof and refined, pure and pure, she looks very delicate and elegant, and everyone loves her.
When Li Xiaolan was five years old, another fortune teller came to the family and said that this girl was not suitable to stay at home and that her life was in danger and she had to go three mountains away to be safe.
Li Xiaolan's parents refused, thinking that Li Xiaolan was the one they loved, so how could they just send her to the world to suffer hardships, so they sent her to a private school run by her father, where she and Huineng had the chance to study with the teacher Li Xueru. arts.
Since you moved to Nanhai with your mother, Li Xiaolan has never gone to his father's private school to study essays...
"Brother Aneng, let's not talk about the past, let's talk about it after you left them in Longshan?" An Daocheng said looking at the Sixth Patriarch Huineng lying on the sofa.
"Yes." The Sixth Patriarch Huineng lay on the sofa and nodded.
On the day Liang Jinlian returned to Tianlu Mountain, Li Xiaolan also packed her bags and went back to Houliang Village.
Not long ago, a relative in Li Xiaolan's family who had been in the martial arts world committed a murder and was about to be beheaded. Her grandmother took pity on him and begged her clan members to save his life.
Li Xiaolan's family was the richest in the family, so they naturally paid the most money and bought his life through the Yamen.
The man's name was Lei Yihu, which sounded like a vicious person, but he really lived up to his name. Lei Yihu was rescued by Li Xiaolan's family. He was extremely grateful and vowed to repay this life-saving grace.
Li Xiaolan and her father, Li Xueru, despised this relative and only offered this money because of her grandmother's favor.
Although Lei Yihu said he wanted to repay his kindness, in reality he did not change his nature. Seeing the wealth of Li Xiaolan's family, he secretly became jealous.
Li Xiaolan saw through these false and deceitful things at a glance. She was disgusted and painful, but she was also secretly competing. She hated, hated why she was born like this, and what others saw as glory and wealth was nothing to her.
In this case, why not have a good time!
Li Xiaolan made up her mind not to live in pain anymore. When she heard that Lei Yihu was good at kung fu, she worshiped him as her martial arts teacher.
Lei Yihu wielded a "nine-turn deadly knife" and traveled around the world for decades. The reason why he was caught by the government was not that his skills were inferior to others, but because someone reported him.
This informant was his disciple, a flower wine monk.
Ding Zhicong, the flower wine monk, was originally a monk in the Shaolin Temple. He was tall and liked wine and beauty even more.
Why Ding Zhicong could become the first disciple of the Discipline Academy was not because of his own ability. Before he became a monk, he was a well-known local villain. For many years in the fish and meat village, no one could cure him.
It is strange to say that Ding Zhicong is extremely ugly, but there are still beautiful women who actively throw themselves into his arms. It is really strange.
The woman who took the initiative to throw herself into his arms was not forced by Ding Zhicong, but whether it was forced or not, who can say clearly.
Ding Zhicong thought he had this ability and showed it off everywhere.
Things in the world are so unpredictable. Some people do it for wealth, some do it for fame, and some do it for sex. There are really jealous people who come here just because they can't stand Ding Zhicong's beauty.
According to the Jianghu saying, don't show off in front of me.
Ding Zhicong really offended his master, who killed his whole family in one night and raped all the women he had an affair with.
Poor Ding Zhicong, who usually has a lot of brute strength, but now he can only watch his family suffer a tragedy. What's even worse is that the person who committed the crime blamed all the crimes on Ding Zhicong. The local officials who usually keep an eye open are now But his face changed completely, and he was immediately arrested and brought to justice.
This is all about Ding Zhicong, and Li Xiaolan also knows this. How he escaped and how he became Lei Yihu's disciple is unknown. What's even more strange is that Lei Yihu was betrayed by Ding Zhicong and almost died. After escaping, he did not settle the score with Ding Zhicong.
Considering Lei Yihu's character, this move is really unbelievable. Ding Zhicong did such a thing to deceive his master and destroy his ancestors, but he actually stayed by Lei Yihu's side with peace of mind, as if nothing happened to the two of them.
Li Xiaolan learned Lei Yihu's "Nine-Turn Deadly Sword" very quickly. She mastered the thirty-nine moves of the sword in just one year, even better than Lei Yihu.
Lei Yihu was shocked that a weak woman like Li Xiaolan could learn the "Nine Turns of Death" sword technique so easily. He felt that this woman was not an ordinary woman. It only took him ten years to master it in just one year. His sword skills can be called a martial arts wizard.
Lei Yihu has no love for talent, only jealousy of talent. Seeing that Li Xiaolan was so good, he hatched a vicious plan, "Huh, if you know how to learn, I will ask you to learn some martial arts that are harmful to the body and mind, and I will kill you without a burial place!"
Li Xiaolan learned the "Nine Turns of Death" knife, and the first thing she did was to smash the knife into pieces.
Li Xiaolan laughed into the air, then cried loudly, like a crazy woman.
People said that Li Xiaolan was crazy and became obsessed after learning the evil skills. Some people said that the fortune teller's words finally came true. Li Xiaolan suffered a fateful disaster this year and her character changed drastically.
Li Xiaolan finally left home without saying goodbye.
Li Xiaolan left without saying goodbye. Li Xueru and his wife cried so hard that they paid a lot of money to search for her.
Li Xiaolan took Ding Zhicong away and followed Ding Zhicong to Luoyang to find Master Mingyi in Luoyang. She really wanted to become a monk.
The reason why Ding Zhicong followed Li Xiaolan was because of Lei Yihu's secret instructions. Lei Yihu was always worried and could not guess what kind of medicine Li Xiaolan was selling.
Master Mingyi is an eminent monk at Longyang Temple in Luoyang. The eminent monk never takes action in front of outsiders, and only acts as a monk chanting sutras all day long.
The life of a monk is so boring and boring. No wonder Ding Zhicong couldn't stand the burning of Buddha with green lanterns and became a meat-and-wine monk.
…
Master Mingyi saw that such a beautiful woman came to his door and wanted to join his sect. The originally withered complexion seemed to have regained a lot of color, and he immediately replied: "Very good, very good."
With a move of his withered hand, he asked Li Xiaolan to get closer.
Li Xiaolan was horrified when she saw Master Mingyi's appearance. She had never been afraid of Lei Yihu and Ding Zhicong, who were killing people without blinking an eye, or she had already forgotten what fear was.
As for Monk Mingyi, just the sight of his withered hands made her feel horrified. This is not martial arts.
Master Mingyi placed Li Xiaolan in the temple and kept Ding Zhicong outside the temple.
Although Ding Zhicong was dissatisfied, he had no choice but to leave Longyang Temple because he was afraid that Master Mingyi would recognize him as a monk from Shaolin Temple.
How could Master Mingyi fail to recognize who Ding Zhicong is, but Ding Zhicong is not worth mentioning in his eyes.
Master Mingyi immediately accepted Li Xiaolan as his disciple and wanted to shave his head to pay him incense. However, Li Xiaolan refused to shave her head and convert to Buddhism because she also had a beloved brother Aneng who was not in line with the common things in the world. It happens on a regular basis.
Master Mingyi also smiled and said: "Amitabha, I am fasting and chanting Buddha's name. If you ask me again, it is not what a strong man wants."
But Li Xiaolan also smiled and replied: "Master, if that's the case, why don't you invite Ding Zhicong into the temple? Master wants to drive Ding Zhicong out of the temple. Isn't that a sign of contempt?"
Master Mingyi laughed wildly to the sky: "I am not crazy, but now I am crazy." He ordered Li Xiaolan to chop wood, cook, sweep the floor and wash clothes.
Li Xiaolan is willing to accept everything. Some things she is willing to do, and some things she is unwilling to do cannot be forced.
Longyang Temple is also a large temple in Luoyang, with a prosperous incense. It is not easy for Li Xiaolan to do those ordinary chores, but he has a strength in him, and it is not difficult for her to do these complicated things.
Whenever Master Mingyi sees Li Xiaolan like this, he often touches his palms and says happily: "Very good, very good."
Although Ding Zhicong was not in the temple, he still inquired about Li Xiaolan's every move in the temple through various channels. He was very puzzled when he heard that the usually pampered rich girl could do those chores safely in the temple.
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The days passed like this, and Li Xiaolan lived peacefully in Longyang Temple. When nothing happened, An Tai's temperament was as good as the Buddha descending. His whole body exuded an aura of peace that could not be found in ordinary people.
Li Xiaolan could no longer feel the shock in Master Ming Yi. When he looked at Master Ming Yi again, he felt a feeling that he could not explain emanating from the body of the dead tree.
It turns out that the length of time and level of cultivation are not so simple. Everyone has their own cultivation, but everyone doesn't know it. It is even more difficult to know the cultivation level of others.
Li Xiaolan took the initiative to meditate in the back mountain. There was a small room in the back mountain, which was a place that ordinary monks could not reach. To enter the hall in the back mountain, the abbot's permission was required.
Although Master Mingyi is not the abbot, he has the prestige and authority of an abbot.
So, Li Xiaolan entered the back mountain and moved from cleaning, chopping wood and carrying water to the inner hall of the back mountain to concentrate on reading Buddhist scriptures.
The Buddha's Dharma is boundless and seems to contain myriad principles.
Since Li Xiaolan entered the inner hall of the back mountain, she has been reading Buddhist scriptures day and night, and the madness in her body that others have said has gradually weakened. In addition, the scenery of the back mountain is beautiful and the air is fresh. It is really a good place to cultivate one's character.
Although it is not intentional, the meaning is hidden in it. There are mysteries in the Buddhist scriptures that Li Xiaolan read. Only those with high understanding can see through the superficial mysteries and learn the inner Buddhism.
There are 100,000 books in the inner hall of the back mountain. It would take many years and months to read them all.
When Li Xiaolan first read the Buddhist scriptures, she aimed to read them quickly. She didn’t want to just think that although she knew a lot, it was all superficial. She also thought that it would take many years to understand the inner meaning from the surface.
Li Xiaolan didn't want to gamble like this, but even though he was extremely talented, it was not easy to decipher a reading system in a short time, let alone these Buddhist scriptures, which were extremely mysterious in the world.
Li Xiaolan thought about this and realized that she had been in the inner hall of the back mountain for half a year. She thought that she had learned Lei Yihu's "Nine Turns of Death Sword" and mastered it in one year, but she had only comprehended these principles in the inner hall for half a year. . Why can I be called a genius? I can't help but feel a little discouraged.
In fact, with Li Xiaolan's high talent, she is considered a genius. If ordinary people had the opportunity to enter the inner hall of the back mountain, everyone would be ecstatic and intoxicated, wishing they could stay there for the rest of their lives.
Who can get out of it.
Li Xiaolan was puzzled for a while, and she felt annoyed again. That night, she was watching the moon alone on the side of the mountain, and suddenly she remembered Brother Aneng, who was her classmate.
A line of clear tears flowed down Li Xiaolan's face.
She has never shed tears since she put all the Four Books and Five Classics behind her.
Now, these tears were revealed from true feelings. He couldn't help but ask himself, what was he doing for this? What is it for?
Under the moonlight, there seemed to be a figure. Li Xiaolan approached and saw a girl standing in front of her, about the same age as herself and pretty.
Li Xiaolan was shocked. She would only be horrified when she encountered two possibilities. One was the power hidden deep within Master Mingyi, and the girl she had not noticed at all in this year.
Although they are the same two kinds of deepness, they are completely different. Master Mingyi's deepness is an unattainable deepness; but this girl's feeling is like that of an almost non-existent person. .
"Could it be a ghost?" Li Xiaolan was secretly frightened.
The girl smiled and said: "If I were a ghost, I would just eat you if I talked nonsense with you."
Li Xiaolan smiled and said: "It is said that female ghosts like to deceive men. They first use their beauty to deceive people and then eat them. I think you are either a human or a female ghost."
The woman shook her head, looked at the moonlight and said, "Did you know this is here? Although it is the back hill of your Longyang Temple, it is also the back hill of my Cining Temple."
Li Xiaolan looked at the woman, and the woman looked at Li Xiaolan.
"Is it a nun?" After saying that, both of them laughed.
Li Xiaolan had never visited this back mountain in the inner hall for a year, and she didn't know that this back mountain was also the back mountain of Cining Temple.
The woman's original name was Ding Xiang, and she was the daughter of a poor family in Luoyang. However, she was optimistic by nature. Although life was difficult, she still faced it with a smile and never complained about others. The only reason why I came to Cining Temple was to pray for my mother.
It is said that the Bodhisattva in Cining Nunnery is very efficacious. For female pilgrims, going to Cining Nunnery is like going to kneel down to see Guanyin Bodhisattva.
Dingxiang also came to worship the Bodhisattva in the nunnery. Seeing that she had such a kind heart, the master begged her and kept her by his side. He wanted to accept her as a closed disciple. When her mother recovered from her illness, she would be ordained and officially convert to Buddhism.
"Based on this, I really want to be a nun, donor." Ding Xiang pursed her lips and smiled softly.
Li Xiaolan looked at the girl in front of her without smiling. After hearing Ding Xiang's words, she couldn't even laugh. Somehow seeing this girl made her feel that the life of a monk was really boring.
Maybe this is really human nature.
Maybe people like Ding Zhicong also have a right side.
Ding Xiang sincerely worshiped the Buddha and said those words with joy. But it sounded bitter to Li Xiaolan, but Li Xiaolan was touched deep in her heart.
Li Xiaolan was silent for a long time after listening to Ding Xiang's words, uncharacteristically.
When Ding Xiang found out that Li Xiaolan called Lianhua by her name, she praised her and said that the woman's name was actually related to Buddhism. No wonder you could enter Longyang Temple.
Could it be that I entered Longyang Temple because of my name?
Ding Xiang smiled and said: "Don't you know that when you go to the back mountain, you have entered a forbidden area of Buddhism. Ordinary people have no chance to enter, but only those who have a predestined relationship with Buddha can enter. The inner hall is not accessible to ordinary people..."
Ding Xiang's master had already told Ding Xiang clearly about Buddhism, unlike Master Mingyi who never told Li Xiaolan about Buddhism matters. Even if there was a back mountain in the temple, Li Xiaolan discovered it while carrying water. But according to Ding Xiang's words, she is truly a person with a predestined relationship with Buddha. "Is it really right for me to become a monk?"
Li Xiaolan smiled mockingly to himself. He had already forgotten the purpose of becoming a monk in the first place.
Li Xiaolan thought to herself: Oh, yes, it’s easy to play, but now, what is she going to play with?
Ding Xiang is also a person who has a predestined relationship with Buddha. It turns out that the back mountains of Li Xiaolan Temple and the back mountains of Longyang Temple are connected together.
It's just because it is a forbidden area for Buddhism and no one is allowed to enter it casually.
Ding Xiang seemed to have enjoyed all the mountains and rivers in the back mountain. She saw the candlelight in the inner hall of Longyang Temple every night and saw Li Xiaolan studying hard in the inner hall, but she didn't bother him. Li Xiaolan never knew all this.
The Buddhist teachings Ding Xiang learned were not as extensive as what Li Xiaolan learned, enough to build an inner hall to store books. She only learned a meager amount of Buddhism from the Heart Sutra.
Li Xiaolan looked at it and sighed: "If I only read this Heart Sutra, I would not have a happy life." But she immediately shook her head, thinking that only learning one Heart Sutra would limit her knowledge and be detrimental to the long term. But they don’t expect that the Buddhist teachings are boundless, and the mysterious martial arts within them are also boundless. What Li Xiaolan learned is one kind of mystery, and what Ding Xiang learned is another kind of mystery, which is incomparable.
From then on, the two women played together in the back mountain and studied Buddhist scriptures together.
Since having Lilac by her side, Li Xiaolan has swept away the madness hidden in her heart and become gradually refreshed, which is exactly what Li Xiaolan intended.
However, good days always pass by quickly, and they always disappear without being able to withstand the fleeting changes.
God always makes fun of people and completely destroys the originally beautiful things. Soon, Ding Xiang's mother died of illness, and the efficacious Bodhisattva suddenly became ineffective. These were a huge blow to Ding Xiang. She wanted to go back to accompany her mother, but the master changed her face at this time and refused to let Ding Xiang go back. Ding Xiang begged but was not allowed.
Li Xiaolan knew that Ding Xiang's master Jing Xin was unwilling to let Ding Xiang go back to accompany her mother, but was so unkind, and said angrily: "What kind of evil skill is this? What kind of Heart Sutra is it!"
In Li Xiaolan's anger, she no longer wanted to study the Buddhist and martial arts systems that she had originally thought about. She could no longer read any of the Buddhist scriptures that she originally wanted to read. Now these have become harmful and useless things!
Li Xiaolan went to find the Queen Mother of Meditation Master, and she was determined to change this reality.
Ding Xiang's master, Jing Xin Shitai, was very angry when Li Xiaolan came to her door. In anger, she stopped letting Ding Xiang go to the back mountain to study Buddhism.
Master Jingxin never expected that there would be such a woman hidden in the back mountain of the Buddhist Holy Land, and that this woman would be so close to her beloved disciple. This was absolutely unacceptable. She never imagined that there would be anyone in the world who could have a deeper relationship with Buddha than her beloved disciple.
The Buddhist sutra in Ding Xiang's hands was indeed no ordinary Buddhist sutra. The more painful Ding Xiang was, the deeper her mental power became, and it advanced by leaps and bounds. In the end, it was no longer controllable by human nature.
Li Xiaolan told the matter to Master Yu Mingyi. Master Mingyi looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh and said: "The fate of the world is over, the fate of the world is over, let's go down the mountain."
