While the three of them were having a happy conversation, Li Hongxiu and Tang Qiuyu led Mu Mu and Xia Wutong back to the Bluestone Courtyard.
As soon as he opened the door, Mu Mu shouted at the door: "Brother, you can have barbecue!"
Li Ye turned his head and looked at her in surprise: "Where did the meat come from?"
Xia Wutong was shy, so she pulled Mumu's clothes and whispered something.
Mu Mu made a face at her, ran over and took Li Ye's hand and said, "There are a lot of wild boar meats at the master's wife's place."
Li Hongxiu stared at her angrily and walked into the kitchen.
After a while, he dragged the large wooden basin used for washing vegetables, walked into the yard in three or two steps, and placed the wooden basin on the ground.
Looking at Mr. and Ouyang Dongli, he said, "I'm lucky today. I happened to catch up with the disciples in Guanli who hunted some game in the mountains. I grabbed half of it and brought it back."
"Have you paid?"
What the husband is concerned about is not wild boar meat, but the word "grab" mentioned by Li Hongxiu.
"I'm not a bandit. Why didn't I give the money to the old Taoist in the temple? I threw down a few gold coins and took Mu Mu with me and ran back. If you don't believe me, ask Mr. Tang."
Li Hongxiu sat down next to her husband, picked up his cup and took a few sips of herbal tea.
Tang Qiuyu picked up a chair and sat opposite Li Hongxiu. Li Ye poured her a cup of herbal tea.
She smiled lightly, looked at her husband and said, "It seems that Wutong and I are lucky. We had game when we first came to Xuantian Temple."
Ouyang Dongli was the most excited. He rubbed his hands and said, "I just said that if we drink two drinks tonight, there will be game. It seems that we won't get drunk tonight."
The gentleman shook his head, looked at him and said with a smile: "Where will you go when you get drunk? There is no bed for a great god like you to sleep in the small courtyard here."
That means drink less and go back to your own home later.
Unexpectedly, Ouyang Dongli waved his hand, pointed at Li Ye and said, "With a disciple as talented as me here, what are you afraid of?"
Li Ye looked at the two people and shook his head.
I went to the back of the yard and picked up a few stones, piled an earthen stove outside the kitchen, and found some branches from the kitchen to start making a barbecue grill.
Although he hasn't cooked barbecue since leaving Tianshan, fortunately, he still needs to cook all the meals while practicing in Tianshan, and his skills are still familiar.
Holding the knife in his hand, the barbecue problem was solved in a short while.
Sniffing the gradually rising fragrance, Li Hongxiu and Mu Mu each moved a stool.
She chose a comfortable position to sit diagonally and teased Li Ye, "I thought you would stop eating meat after entering the Prajna Temple."
Li Ye cut the wild boar meat in the basin into small pieces and marinated it with salt and spices.
While instructing Mu Mu and Xia Wutong to take out firewood from the kitchen to light a fire, they ignored Li Hongxiu's teasing.
Since the day he met her, he had never taken advantage of Li Hong, so he would naturally ignore her.
He lowered his head and looked at the meat in the basin. Could it be that as he went further and further on the road of killing, would he lose control of himself one day and become possessed?
Looking at the bloody game in the basin, he felt a sense of compassion in his heart.
But after killing someone during an attack in the Central Territory, I felt an inexplicable pleasure.
The old monk from the Great Buddha Temple repeatedly told him: Buddha and demon are just a matter of one thought, and one can become a Buddha or become a demon with one thought.
Thinking of this terrible question, he couldn't help but shudder in his little heart, thinking: How can I be possessed by a demon?
My husband is a righteous person. The old monk at the Great Buddha Temple and Master Ouyang on Fangcun Mountain are both righteous people.
How could I be possessed by the devil? How could I be possessed by the devil?
The cool summer wind from the mountains blew over from the mountain stream in the back mountain, trembling a green pear tree in the courtyard, and fluttering the eyelashes on his slightly frowning brow.
He held the knife in his hand and gradually fell into meditation. A cold air rose from behind him and covered the blade of the knife in his hand like water from a lake.
A withered leaf from a pear tree was blown down by the wind and fell with the wind before it could reach Li Ye.
He suddenly slashed with his backhand... In the flash of lightning and fire, the dead leaf instantly turned into pieces and fell softly to the bluestone at his feet...
At this time, Li Yehun didn't pay attention to Xia Wutong and Mu Mu who had covered their mouths and exclaimed, and continued to meditate.
The gentleman sitting opposite Ouyang Dongli saw Li Ye's various reactions and felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart.
Although Li Ye had gone through many robberies and killings from Fengyun City to Fangcun Mountain, the two masters had not seriously discussed the issue of killing or not killing.
What's more, he is practicing in Prajna Temple and is influenced by Buddhism every day, so he will naturally develop a kind of compassion for heaven and earth.
Suddenly seeing the killing scene... Mr. sighed softly.
He thought to himself how outstanding his disciple was, but he was only ten years old after all. It was already very rare for a ten-year-old to be able to perform as well as he did now.
It seems that I have to find a way to enlighten him.
After coughing slightly, the husband said loudly to Li Ye: "Look at the knife in your hand again, and you will see that the sun is about to set."
That means that your Master Ouyang, me, and Mr. Tang are still waiting to eat your barbecued meat and drink wine.
Li Ye was stunned and suddenly woke up. He looked up at Mr. and others and giggled twice.
He smiled and said, "It's a skill to sharpen your knife and chop firewood. The fire is just right, ready for roasting."
Piece by piece, put the marinated meat on the shaved barbecue rack, and the aroma will rise in less than a moment.
Mu Mu, who was so anxious that she squatted aside, screamed and looked at Xia Wutong covering her mouth and snickering.
Li Ye rolled his eyes at her with disgust and said, "Mumu, it's not your first time eating, so why are you so anxious?"
Xia Wutong squatted down next to Mu Mu and reached out to turn the meat on the grill.
Mu Mu ignored him and followed Xia Wutong in turning the meat on the grill.
Then he raised his head and looked at Li Ye, and said seriously: "Mu Mu has eaten a lot of brother's roasted meat on Tianshan Mountain, but this is the first time he has come to Fangcun Mountain."
After speaking, he pouted and looked at Li Ye with aggrieved eyes.
Li Ye's heart softened. He was only thinking about his own practice, but he ignored this precious guy. He stretched out his hand to straighten the hair that fell on her forehead.
He said softly: "You can eat more later. We will roast all the meat in this pot. If it is not enough, my brother will take you to the mountains to hunt some pheasants and rabbits when we come back later..."
After hearing this, Mu Mu nodded with satisfaction.
He stretched out his hand and pulled Li Ye to squat down next to her, and whispered in his ear: "Brother, is this Xia Wutong here to see you?"
Li Ye was stunned and couldn't help but rub her head.
He smiled and said: "You are so young, what are you talking about? Don't burn the good meat."
Xia Wutong stared at Mu Mu and Li Ye with his wonderful eyes and said, "What are you two secretly talking about?"
Mu Mu chuckled and said, "I told my brother that I would give the roasted meat to Sister Wutong later, hahaha..."
After speaking, he clapped his hands, stood up, and ran to Li Hongxiu's side.
While shouting: "Master, please pour me a glass of wine, Mu Mu hasn't had a drink for a long time."
...
After a long drink, Li Hongxiu arranged for Tang Qiuyu and Xia Wutong to rest, and then stood up holding Mu Mu who was yawning.
Looking at Mr. Ouyang, he said: "We are also taking a rest. Mr. Ouyang drank a bottle of wine and did not go back. I set up a lounge chair for you under the eaves. The weather is just right for this summer night."
The husband waved his hand and said: "Go and rest first, I'll chat with Ye'er for a while."
Li Ye helped Ouyang Dongli, who was about to get drunk, walk to the eaves and lie down on the lounge chair.
He turned to look at his husband and said, "Sir, I'm going to make a pot of tea. It's cool in the night. Let's talk some more?"
The husband nodded and said, "That's what I meant."
After Li Ye finished cleaning up the mess on the table, he put on the small stove for making tea and lit it.
The charcoal fire on the barbecue stove in the courtyard has gradually extinguished, and a gust of mountain wind has blown away the smell of oil in the courtyard, leaving only the faint green fragrance of the green pear trees in the courtyard in the night.
While Li Ye was washing the tea and warming pot, a small figure appeared in the courtyard and walked under the pear tree so that Li Ye could see her face.
Xia Wutong, who had drunk half of the fruit wine, was still blushing at this moment.
Looking at her husband and Li Ye at the table, she hurriedly put down a box of pastries on the table, gave her husband a blessing, and left.
"A little gift, please taste it." She said suddenly as she was about to enter the room.
Looking at her back, Li Ye suddenly thought of the young lady from the General's Mansion. He had not seen the young lady again for four years since he went to Tianshan with his husband.
He rarely thought of the young lady on Phoenix Mountain, but after seeing Xia Wutong, he suddenly thought of the young lady from far away in the quiet night. He didn't know whether it was because of the similar age or other reasons.
The people on the road are like jade, and the gentlemen are like no other in the world.
The beauty on Moshang has left, how can Wushuang be safe in the distance?
It’s been years since we’ve been apart, and there’s no time to see each other again.
At this moment, Li Ye somewhat understood the meaning of the poem "Young Man Doesn't Know What Sorrow Is" that he read in Zizhu Courtyard.
When we meet again, I will still be the same person I was then, and will you still be the same person you were then?
Li Ye sighed softly, lowered his head, and saw the exquisite emblem Xia Wutong placed on the paper box on the table.
I couldn't help but open it gently, looked at my husband and said, "This is the peach blossom cake from Hua Man Lou. Mu Mu and my wife like it."
The husband looked at him quietly and replied thoughtfully: "If you have something on your mind, please tell me. They happened to be asleep."
After pouring freshly brewed hot tea for his husband, Li Ye picked up a piece of pastry from the carton, put it under his nose and smelled it.
Said: "It still tastes the same, but I prefer Fengyun City's apricot blossom cake."
"Yes, this is a food memory you have developed since childhood. It will follow you throughout your life, no matter where you go?"
The gentleman picked up the cup and blew gently.
Li Ye took a bite gently and tasted the taste carefully. After a long while, after finishing the cake, he took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands.
He looked at his husband and asked: "Sir, we are far away from home. What is the purpose of practicing hard all the way?"
The teacher put down the tea cup in his hand and replied calmly: "In your opinion, what is the purpose of practice?"
Li Ye lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then looked at his husband and said, "I remember when I first met you, I said that I was in the abyss and my heart was in the sky. Now I think about how arrogant I was at the time. I didn't even understand the meaning of practice. ..."
The husband was startled and carefully recalled a moment of that year.
Then he smiled and said, "If it weren't for your arrogance, I wouldn't have accepted you as my apprentice. Only with dreams can there be hope."
Li Ye was stunned when he heard this, looked at his husband blankly, and murmured to himself: "Why do you say this?"
The teacher pointed to the teacup and teapot and said calmly: "Some people practice to strengthen their bodies and have a good future. Just like the teacup on the table, in his opinion, as long as the cup is filled with water, he will be satisfied." ”
"Some people practice cultivation for the sake of wealth. When they are rich, they can buy a house and land, have no worries about food and clothing, marry a wife and have children, and carry on the family line. It is like the teapot on this table. As long as the pot is filled with water, that is his life."
"There are also people who practice for power. After practicing to a certain level, they enter the circle of powerful people. Just like a girl from the five realms who enters the Royal Academy, they can become an official and worship the official after they come out, and they can honor their ancestors. These are more practitioners. dream."
"When this dream reaches a certain level, they will not be satisfied with just appointing officials and worshiping the prime minister. Their desire reaches a certain level. If given the opportunity, they will also want to be the master of a palace or the king of five regions, just like The second prince who has wanted your life several times."
"There are also some people who practice. This is not limited to humans. It can also include spiritual monsters, such as Bai Susu, Lao Yuan and Lao Lang on Tianshan Mountain. The meaning of their practice does not care about the wealth and enjoyment in the world. They A lifetime of practice is just to break through the shackles of oneself, to break down the barriers of practice, to ascend and leave, and to find the path to immortality.”
"The sage said: "What is metaphysical is called Tao, and what is physical below is called tool. Utensils can be found in different sizes, and there are also deficits and losses. Therefore, there has been a saying of "late blooming of great things" since ancient times. "
"There is a saying that "it takes ten years to make a sword" for those who forge swords, and it is even more important as "the most important weapon of the country." If the practitioner can make the sword, he can take on the important tasks of cultivating one's character, managing one's family, governing the country, and bringing peace to the world."
When the gentleman said this, he poured the tea in the cup on the table, stretched out his fingers and drew a few circles.
Pointing to the youngest among them, he said: "In the eyes of some people, a city is the world, such as Fengyun City; in the eyes of some people, a region is the world, such as the Dongxuan Region and the Xixuan Region; In the eyes of some people, the five regions are the same as the world, such as the dignitaries in the imperial city of the central region."
At this point, the gentleman pointed to the last circle and said with a smile: "There are still some people who believe that only by jumping out of these circles can they return to the real world, just like Poxu Monk, Bai Susu and others who ascended away."
Li Ye couldn't help but frown as he watched his husband draw circles over and over again.
Suddenly he asked: "Sir, does it mean that as long as you jump out of these circles, you can see all the heaven and earth after ascending?"
Upon hearing this, the gentleman smiled lightly and looked at him with satisfaction.
He replied mysteriously: "What do you think?"
