Li Ye is already fifteen years old this year. Although he is slightly shorter than Minghui, he is still almost five feet tall.
In the second year after his husband left, he tried to use a small urn to pump up the water from the cold pool and temper his body in the square of the cave.
After persisting for a few times, I discovered that the light gray that had always existed on my body since I was struck by lightning on Tianshan Mountain no longer existed, and my whole body had returned to its previous color.
This was also something that surprised him.
While wiping the iron arrow in his hand with animal skin, Li Ye was thinking about whether it was time for his wife to take Mu Mu back to Prajna Temple to find him, when he suddenly heard Wuyou's voice.
Before Li Ye could open his mouth, Wuyou pushed open the courtyard door and shouted, "Uncle, look who's here to see you?" Before he could finish his words, the dusty Nalan Yu walked into the courtyard and stared wide-eyed. Look at yourself.
Li Ye was startled, put down the animal skins and iron arrows in his hands, and said with a smile: "Brother Nalan, why are you here?"
"Uncle Junior, I still have things to do, so I won't stay here." Xiao Wuyou greeted Li Ye, then turned around and left the small courtyard.
Nalan Yu looked at Li Ye who had changed and grown taller, and almost didn't dare to recognize him.
After staying for a long time, he said: "Brother, I didn't expect that you have changed so much after not seeing each other for a few years. Even I don't dare to recognize you."
Li Ye stroked his long hair and smiled, saying, "Aren't you grown up? Why are you coming to Prajna Temple alone?"
As he spoke, he pulled him to sit down at the table in the courtyard and reached out to pick up the teapot on the table.
Nalanyu picked up the cup and drank a cup of herbal tea, then poured another cup and drank it. This time he took out the letter that was waiting for him.
He smiled and said, "It's a good thing, and it's not a good thing either. You'll know after reading it."
Li Ye reached out and took the envelope sealed with fire paint from his husband. He took out the knife and gently opened it.
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"Brother Nalan is here to take me down the mountain and back to the Central Region?" Li Ye carefully folded the letter from his husband and put it away, then raised his head and looked at Nalan Yu and asked.
Nalanyu smiled and said: "I have been traveling non-stop. The brothers following me are exhausted. I asked them to rest in the Buddha Capital while I went up the mountain to pick you up."
"I'm sorry for causing trouble to you, sir. How are you doing with my wife and Mu Mu in the Central Territory?"
Li Ye suppressed his excitement about returning and looked at Nalan Yu quietly and asked.
Nalan Yu smiled and said: "Sir, they are naturally living a very good life. Sister Mu Mu has also grown taller and become more beautiful. You will definitely not recognize her when you return to the Central Territory."
"I can't believe that Lian Mumu has grown up so quickly in just a few years!" Li Ye said softly while looking at Nalan Yu.
"Also, your parents and sister have also come to the Central Territory and are living with your husband. There is also the little princess and his mother from the General's Mansion in Fengyun City. This big family is quite lively."
Nalan Yu put down the cup, looked at Li Ye and laughed. The current Imperial Master's Mansion is really lively.
"Oh? Mother and the others are here too? Wushuang's mother and Qiu Ming have also come to the Central Territory. It's really lively. Plus Mu Mu, it's a wonder the family doesn't have a falling out."
Li Ye thought of Li Xiaoxue and Mu Mu being together, and his face showed deep longing.
"The two little guys are trained every day by your master wife. Occasionally, my husband will also give guidance. When I have nothing to do, I often go to stay for two days, and there is no day when I am not in a hurry. "
Thinking of the appearance of those three guys, Nalan Yu couldn't help but pat the table.
"Oh, I didn't expect that after ten years of cultivation, I would be leaving after just five years. I really can't bear to leave."
Li Ye looked at the small courtyard in front of him. He had a deep affection for every plant and tree here. "Brother, you go inside and rest first. You will stay here today. We will go down the mountain early tomorrow morning. I have some things to deal with."
Nalanyu waved his hand and said: "You can go alone, I will handle it myself."
Li Ye put away the iron arrows and other sundries, waved to Nalan Yu, and opened the door of the small courtyard.
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"So, have you decided to leave Fangcun Mountain?" Minghui, who was sitting in the Buddhist hall, looked at Li Ye and sighed deeply.
"Sir, you have to call me back!" Li Ye sat down opposite Minghui and replied softly.
Minghui sighed again: "It's just that your eighth-level mental method has never been perfected, which means that you still can't restore your cultivation level and use the true energy in your body. This will be detrimental to your cultivation in the five realms. Small risk.”
"There's nothing I can do about it. The more anxious I am, the less responsive I am." Li Ye shook his head gently.
Minghui stared at the Bodhisattva on the Buddhist altar in trance for a long time.
Then he looked at Li Ye calmly and said: "Forget it, you are not going to walk alone in the world. After all, you are serving in the army. You don't have to face the risk of fighting alone. After you solve all the troubles, you can come back to practice." Not too late."
"I am leaving in a hurry. Junior brother, I am not here to say goodbye to senior Qingxu from Xuantian Temple. I also ask senior brother to confess to him for me when I see him in the future, saying that I will come back to study with him one day. The way to refine medicine.”
Li Ye thought of Qingxu and felt extremely guilty.
"It doesn't matter, senior brother will handle it for you." Minghui looked at him and replied with a smile.
Li Ye looked at Minghui with a firm expression and said: "I just have something to ask my senior brother for advice. This time I go to southern Xinjiang and I can't stay out of the war, but my Buddha's mercy is not for killing! When I returned to the Central Region, I How to deal with it? How to face it?"
Hearing Li Ye's doubts, Minghui smiled faintly: "Vajra's angry eyes are for all living beings, and Bodhisattva's lowered eyebrows are also for all living beings. There is nothing right or wrong in this world, only the human heart is wrong... Only you are willing Not willing to pay for it.”
"It turns out that what senior brother said is the same as that of the old monk in my Buddhist temple. Junior brother understands a little bit."
Li Ye looked at Minghui thoughtfully, nodded gently, and then smiled.
"In this battle, killing is inevitable. As long as you keep the right path and have compassion in your heart, remember that there are people and sentient beings behind the opponent's army at the critical moment. Let it go when you can. This is the supreme merit. "
Minghui sighed, looked at him and said quietly. It was as if he had already been on the battlefield and saw the coming Shura Hell.
"Isn't there a better way to solve the problem? For example, through negotiation?" Li Ye continued to ask unwillingly.
Minghui looked at him and shook her head, sighing: "If the problem can be solved through negotiation, the two sides will not mobilize their troops and fight against each other."
When Li Ye heard this, he couldn't help but sigh and said: "The heaven and the earth are unkind, and treat all things as rudderless dogs; the king is unkind, and treats the people as rudderless dogs..."
"Junior brother, your wisdom has deep roots. It's so good! It's really a good thing for you to think like this. But there are some things that God can't do anything about. All evil comes from the human heart. When the mind has thoughts, it will give rise to the source of evil. "
"People's hearts are good and people's hearts are evil. So it turns out that human nature is also here in a single thought?" Li Ye looked at Minghui and murmured.
"You have deeply understood this truth during your practice of the Formless Dharmakaya, so I won't say more about it."
Minghui put her hands together and held a lotus flower in her left hand.
After listening to Ming Hui's words, Li Ye continued to speak softly after a moment of trance: "The mountains are high and the road is far away. It is not easy to listen to senior brother's teachings. I hope that senior brother can come to the Central Region to travel in his spare time, so that he can have a good time. Show your kindness as a landlord."
"Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. When the abbot, senior brother, travels back to the temple, I should also go out and walk around. Maybe I will appear in front of junior brother that day." Minghui looked at him and smiled quietly.
Li Ye sat quietly in front of the Buddha, thought about it again and again, and finally said goodbye to Minghui with his hands together.
"In that case, I'll take my leave. If there is anything going on in the temple in the future, please send me a message to Wujian Inn in the Buddhist capital. The clerk there will pass it on to me. I will definitely meet up with you before the meeting."
Minghui waved his hand and said: "Go, rest early, you have to rush on your way tomorrow. Don't tell the monks in the temple about your departure. I will tell Wuyou that guy in a few days."
"That's great. I don't want to disturb the monks and senior fellow apprentices in the temple." Li Ye sighed.
"If he wants to see you in the future, just take care of him. Remember: when walking in the world, keep a normal mind, compassion, and bodhicitta."
Minghui thought of Wuyou's appearance, and finally couldn't bear to say something to Li Ye.
Li Ye nodded, stood up and bent down to salute again, bowed his head and exited the Buddhist hall.
Looking at Li Ye's leaving figure, Ming Hui frowned tightly.
After a long time, he sighed deeply and said: "Seeing this dragon entering the sea, I'm afraid there will be a lot of trouble in the five regions."
That night, the lights of Minghui Buddhist Hall were still shining in the sky.
That night the lights in the small courtyard were also bright until dawn.
At dawn, Li Ye gently closed the door of the small courtyard where he had lived for five years.
He took a deep breath and turned around resolutely. Following him was Nalan Yu with a solemn expression on his face.
Arriving at the square in front of the main hall, Li Ye stopped and knelt down to worship the Buddhas in the main hall.
He raised his head again, took a look at the solemn golden palace, and pulled Nalanyu and rushed out of the mountain gate.
It wasn't until Li Ye turned around to leave that two figures appeared on the railings of the main hall, but they were Minghui and the little monk Wuyou.
At this time, Wuyou's eyes were red from crying. He looked up at Minghui and asked, "Uncle, will little uncle come back to Prajna Temple again?"
At this time, Minghui's eyes also had ripples.
He waved his hands and said softly: "Wuyou, there is no banquet in the world that never ends. You have been practicing for many years, so you naturally understand this truth. I know that you are deeply in love with Junior Brother Mingchen. After you practice for a few more years, if you still think about him , so I went down the mountain to look for him. The five realms are very small, and you and I are both here."
Wuyou nodded, clasped his hands together and said, "Uncle, you have mercy."
The morning bell rings and morning classes at Prajna Temple begin again.
Li Ye was running on the mountain road, but he was whispering in his heart: "Prajna Temple, I will come back."
The autumn wind blows on the mountain road in the early morning.
It will snow soon.
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The three days before the beginning of winter were sunny, and the weather was still sunny.
After taking a nap at noon, the young lady opened the door, fetched water and washed her face. She sat in the living room for a while, then went to the table to pick up the teapot and drank half a cup of herbal tea.
Seeing that there was no movement in Xu Jingyun's room, he wanted to go out and browse the library in the college.
After dressing up, I walked off the terrace, walked to the courtyard door, reached out and opened the closed door.
With a "squeak" sound, the door opened, and there was a handsome young man in black robe standing in front of the door, about to knock on the door.
The young lady was startled, took a step back, and asked in a deep voice: "Who are you looking for?"
The young man in black robe grinned, ducked, and stood aside.
The young lady looked up and saw that behind the young man in black robes stood a young man as tall as the young lady, wearing a purple bamboo hat, white linen monk robes and mango shoes.
"Li Ye of Prajna Temple comes to see Shangguan Wushuang of Fengyun City. Please introduce me to the girl."
Before the young lady came to her senses, the young man who bowed his head and saluted asked.
Like a thunderclap on a sunny day, the young lady stood stunned on the spot, and tears fell down her cheeks instantly...
"Li Ye!" The young lady did not hug the young man in front of her as she imagined. She just held the courtyard door and fell softly to the ground.
