The old man naturally would not guess what a woman was thinking, so he remained silent.
Helian Mingyue was shocked, because the consciousness she released not only saw the boy who was still blindfolded, but also saw the stone tablet behind the boy.
And the four big characters on the stone tablet: "When you turn back, you will find the shore."
Thinking about the stone tablet I saw when I started at the foot of the mountain, there were four big characters on it: "Cihang Pudu."
He couldn't help but get furious and said to the old man: "What does he mean by saying these two sentences to suppress me? He doesn't know that the purpose of my holy religion also includes good thoughts, good words, and good deeds!!"
"You mean that stone tablet?"
The old man sighed and said with a wry smile: "When the stone steps were built, this stone tablet was already here. He also explained the reason to me."
"This is just Buddhism used to enlighten sentient beings who have lost their way. Why is it aimed at you, the disciples of the Fire Worship Sect?? When he was building these stone steps, he didn't know you were coming."
After hearing this, Helian Mingyue said in a daze: "What a Cihang Pudu, I want to see how you can ferry me out of the boundless sea of suffering."
"So, there are times when you are unreasonable?"
After hearing this, the old man was shocked and turned to look at the woman beside him, wondering which of the villagers at the foot of the mountain didn't understand the truth?
The truth is engraved on the stone tablet. You can see it or choose to ignore it. Why bother struggling?
Are you trying to cause trouble for the boy, or are you trying to make trouble for me?
After thinking for a while, the old man said: "I really like the saying of "Cihang Pudu" at the foot of the mountain. I'm afraid your Buddha will also preach this truth to all living beings."
The four-character silver-hook iron painting on the stone tablet is three-thirds of the way into the stone.
Looking at the four big characters on the stone tablet, Helian Mingyue moved his eyebrows, turned aside, and angrily shouted: "Bold!"
The old man sighed and had no choice but to reach out and pull the queen's skirt.
He smiled bitterly at her and said, "It's just a sword energy. I told you, just don't look at it."
Taking a deep breath, Helian Mingyue nodded.
She no longer cared about whether the sword energy on the stone tablet would strike at her, but said to the old man: "What did you see before?"
The old man frowned slightly. After a moment of silence, he thought of the iron pillars in the pavilion on the hillside and couldn't help but sigh.
He replied softly: "So what if I saw it? Only if I can find the lost vitality can I pick up the sealed sword."
Just the simplest words, it shows how terrifying the old man's strength was back then.
In the end, he was framed by a woman, and he lost all vitality, and his life was worse than death. Even the most beloved woman left him forever because he saved his life.
The only difference is that Helian Mingyue is extraordinary and has become the king of this world by virtue of his own strength.
The two of them continued to go up, but Helian Mingyue was thinking about the sword energy on the stone tablet and the drop of water that Helian Ruoxue saw on the mountain, and she couldn't help but feel horrified.
Is it possible that the young man I met in the mountains and forests can already be Qingfeng and Ruoxue's husband? ?
"A guest has come from afar. Please drink tea."
Helian Mingyue, who was walking up into the wind and thinking, heard a faint greeting in her ear, which surprised her.
I wonder why I can’t see you sitting here obviously?
She raised her head and looked blankly at the four-character stone tablet that read "Return to the Shore". A simple wooden shed blocked a ray of skylight and also blocked her eyes.
That's why I didn't see clearly the young man sitting in front of the stone table under the wooden shed, his face still covered with a black cloth.
In front of the young man, there were only three teacups, a steaming teapot, and a small stove that was burning gently.
Helian Mingyue was silent for a moment, then moved to sit in front of the young man.
After thinking for a while, he asked: "Why are you entertaining guests in the middle of the mountain? Am I not worthy of you serving tea in the temple? Are you trying to drive me away?"
The stone table has four sides, and the old man sat on the north side by the stone steps, just away from the two of them.
Li Xiuyuan smiled lightly while adding steaming hot tea to the cups in front of them.
He replied: "The mountain is a pure place for Buddhism. I am afraid that Your Majesty will be so angry that he will scare the Buddhas."
The words he spoke were like a gentle breeze, and there was nothing wrong with them in Gongyang Bo's ears, just as Li Xiuyuan received the two elders of the Duanmu family here.
Helian Mingyue took a breath and looked at the quiet mountain forest and the ancient trees in the sky. It was not like the human world, but rather a kind of environment that was free from dust, and sighed.
He smiled and said, "I didn't expect that after saying goodbye in a hurry in the mountains, it turns out that you are a guy who pretends to be a pig and eats the tiger."
Her voice was very soft, even with a hint of gentle care.
But Li Xiuyuan's ears clearly sounded a bit angry, and there was also a hint of complaint.
"Drink tea while it's hot."
Li Xiuyuan took a sip from the tea cup in front of him and replied calmly: "This is just spring tea grown by the villagers down the mountain. I wonder if it can be tasted by His Majesty?"
Helian Mingyue said nothing, picked up the tea cup in front of him and took a sip. After a while, a look of discomfort appeared on his face, and then he gently smoothed away the bitterness.
He slowly raised his head, with no trace of expression on his face.
After a long time, the old man took a sip of the hot tea in front of him and found that it was no different from what he usually drank.
But thinking about it in a blink of an eye, I was afraid that such spring tea would not catch the eye of the Queen, and a wry smile suddenly appeared on her face.
Looking at the bright moon at Hebian, he said: "Even with such spring tea, the villagers at the foot of the mountain are reluctant to drink it themselves, but live by selling it for money."
Li Xiuyuan smiled lightly when he heard this, thinking that only monks like the old man who walked around the town every day could see the suffering of all living beings.
I'm afraid that Xiaodie'er, who ran down the mountain countless times, didn't understand it as deeply as the old man.
Thinking of this, Li Xiuyuan sighed lightly and asked, "I wonder if senior has told Xiao Die'er this truth so that she can also see the difficulties of the villagers?"
Helian Mingyue was startled when he heard the words, and thought to himself that I was talking to you, but you took it elsewhere.
However, she did not speak, but took another sip of hot tea in the cup, thinking about what Gongyang Bo said.
The old man sighed. He smiled and said, "When I was chatting with that little guy in the inn, I talked about it a few times. In the end, I don't know whether she can understand it."
Li Xiuyuan nodded, thinking that Xiao Die'er before was a wild princess and might not be able to see sentient beings.
But after Wang Tian was possessed by a demon outside the city, and after his aunt's sudden death, he should have understood some truths in the world.
Then he looked at Helian Mingyue and smiled: "When I first started practicing with my husband, the first thing I had to learn was to make tea."
Li Xiuyuan's face was calm and compassionate when he talked about his past practice, but it was like a spring breeze in the ears of Helian Mingyue and the old man, giving people a warm feeling.
Helian Mingyue couldn't help but ask: "What kind of iron piano weighs a hundred pounds?"
"That harp, after I could move the iron harp, I started to practice with Mr."
Li Xiuyuan said: "It wasn't until one day that I made a xylophone and returned the treasure to my husband. Thinking about it now, I still miss it very much."
"What does this have to do with drinking tea?" the old man couldn't help but ask.
Li Xiuyuan smiled: "Making tea is the same as cultivating. Whether it is the rare spiritual tea in the sky or the crude tea that ordinary people drink, there will even be a day when you can't even drink tea, you can only drink water."
Thinking about flying up to the Xiutian Luo Realm to follow the master, I don't know how many years I haven't drank spiritual tea.
Went back to the Tang Dynasty Hongchen Inn. He was so busy that he didn't have time to drink tea. Li Xiuyuan had a faint smile on his face.
Looking at the two people, he said: "I haven't drank tea for many years due to some reasons, and I have also tasted tea that is tasteless."
"If you think about it seriously, for me, there is not much difference between drinking spiritual tea and drinking crude tea. In terms of Buddhism, these are the three realms of practice."
The old man understood this passage, but Helian Mingyue did not.
So, putting down the tea cup in his hand, Helian Mingyue asked: "Which three realms?"
“Look at mountains as mountains, and see water as water. This is how my husband and I first learned the tea ceremony. It wasn’t until I left my husband many years ago and practiced alone that I returned to seeing mountains as mountains, and water as water. "
"Senior, you climb mountains and look at water every day. Do you have such insights?" Li Xiuyuan asked, looking at the old man beside him.
The old man was stunned, looked at the two of them and replied: "It's a big detour, but you want to use the principles of spiritual practice to tell me whether this is the state of drinking tea?"
Helian Mingyue nodded gently, her heart moved slightly. Her master had also said this to her back then.
However, as time passed and after sitting on the throne, some of the truths gradually faded away.
Maybe later, she could explain this truth to Yun Qingjiao and Ruoxue on a snowy day.
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said: "I can't discuss spiritual practice with you two. I can only talk about tea and wine and other recreational topics."
After understanding this truth, Helian Mingyue would naturally not talk about such topics with Li Xiuyuan again.
This was not her original intention of coming to Furong Town.
Changing the topic, she said coldly: "The guests of the Meng Mansion and the imperial guards from my imperial city have disappeared in your mountains. Do you want to give me a replacement?"
At this point, the old man stopped talking. This was a matter between Li Xiuyuan and Helian Mingyue, and he couldn't interrupt.
The old man maintained his position that he would not help anyone. No matter who he helped, he would always be biased because he was afraid that the woman in front of him would suddenly become unreasonable.
As a result, the town would be a river of blood in broad daylight, which was not the result he wanted.
Li Xiuyuan nodded lightly, but his consciousness forgot about Huajiao, who was sitting in the living room.
Thinking about the life-and-death feud between Huajiao and Meng Wuhen, I couldn't help but feel some anger and resentment in my heart.
Immediately he replied coldly: "I went up this mountain last winter and never went down again. It's going to rain, and someone comes to the mountain with a knife to chop me. What can I do?"
Unexpectedly, Helian Mingyue didn't think so. Thinking about the situation when he went up the mountain, a hint of frost gradually appeared on his face.
He said: "You have made this place look like a hell on earth. Who can come to this mountain to kill you? Even when I go up the mountain today, I have to see what you want."
"That's because your thugs broke into the mountain, so that's why."
How could Li Xiuyuan spoil her? Not even the Queen was afraid of him.
Immediately he responded: "Ask your seniors, there are naughty boys as young as three years old and old people at the top."
"When did the magic circle on this mountain stop their footsteps? No matter it was early morning or sunset; whether it was spring breeze and drizzle, or heavy snowfall."
"When has this mountain ever stopped the villagers at the foot of the mountain? I am neither a Bodhisattva nor a god. Those who come to the mountain to kill our masters and disciples, I will leave them as fertilizer on this mountain!"
The old man sighed leisurely and said with a wry smile: "I witnessed the burning of the house and the murder on the mountain with my own eyes."
The frost on Helian Mingyue's face gradually thickened, and he continued: "I'm talking about five hundred forbidden troops and five hundred lives."
Li Xiuyuan smiled coldly: "I will never be soft-hearted towards killers who come up to the mountain in the middle of the night. Not to mention the Imperial Army, I also killed Duanmu Qingyun of the Duanmu family!"
After saying that, under Helian Mingyue's anger, he quietly took out a jade pendant and placed it in front of her.
(End of chapter)
