Bai Yutian came to the door of the hut and saw Master Zhizhi packing up his belongings. He walked in and asked softly: "Senior, are you planning to leave?"
While packing his clothes, Master Mingzhi replied: "Although the scenery in this place is beautiful, it is not convenient to eat and drink. I am an old man living alone, and I have to travel more than ten miles to buy a pound of meat. I might as well leave early."
After Bai Yutian heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief and found that his stomach was tight. He walked to the desk and poured a cup of tea to drink.
Master Mingzhi took out three books from the wooden box, one "Spring and Autumn", one "Lotus Sutra" and one "Tao Zang", and placed them on the desk, with a friendly expression on his face full of farewell. He said: "If you choose one of these three books, you will treat me as if I have fulfilled my duty as a landlord and not starved Jiang Qingcheng's disciples."
Bai Yutian smiled, picked up "Spring and Autumn" and said politely: "Thank you, senior!"
Master Mingzhi looked puzzled and said: "You guys are really ignorant. This "Lotus Sutra" is half a unique copy, and "Tao Zang" also took me half a lifetime to cultivate. It is an excellent thing. Do you want me to return it? I may not be willing to give it.”
Bai Yutian smiled and said: "Senior, although the Lotus Sutra is good, if you put down your hatred sword and become a Buddha immediately, those heroes and knights will not die in peace. Although Daozang has spent half your life cultivating, if I want to live forever, There is no need to lick blood with a knife to survive and live such a precarious life. It is better to read "Spring and Autumn" to understand the righteousness, apply what you learn, and neither wrong yourself nor others."
When Master Mingzhi saw that Bai Yutian was using a solid piece of wood, he was afraid that he would continue to speak dirty words and tarnish the spiritual energy of Buddhism and Taoism, so he quickly collected the two scriptures and put them in a wooden box. He packed his belongings, handed the baggage to Bai Yutian, poured a cup of tea, drank it, and said, "Let's go."
Bai Yutian prepared his baggage, walked out the door, put on his raincoat and bamboo hat, and said to Zhang Yan'er who was coming towards him: "Let's go, we'll reward our stomachs after we get out of this big mountain, and we'll have lunch and dinner together."
Seeing that Master Mingzhi had locked both doors, Zhang Yaner touched her hungry belly and said reluctantly: "Okay!"
Master Mingzhi jumped lightly, hung the door key on the inner wall of the eaves of the roof, fell to the ground, put on his raincoat and bamboo hat, and walked towards the mountain road leading to the outside of the mountain. Bai Yutian and Zhang Yaner followed closely behind him. back.
On the way out of the mountain, Zhang Yan'er thought of Zhuo Yifei and the others and asked, "Brother Bai, why don't you go and send a message to the Taoist Priest and the others? What if they keep waiting for us?"
Bai Yutian replied: "No, they should have left early."
Zhang Yaner was puzzled and asked: "Why?"
Bai Yutian smiled and replied: "Because you came here! In order to prevent you from walking more mountain roads, they naturally don't want you to walk back."
Zhang Yaner chuckled and said, "Taoist Master and the others still care about people!"
Master Mingzhi then said: "If Taoist priests don't know how to care for others, how can those good men and women listen to their deception, eat fast and chant sutras when they have nothing to do, and only think about attaining the Tao and becoming immortals."
Zhang Yan'er asked: "Senior, are you saying that cultivating Taoism and becoming an immortal is a lie?"
Master Mingzhi smiled and said: "I don't know whether I am lying to others. I only know that when the year is good, the weather will be smooth without burning incense and worshiping Buddha, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment. When the year is bad, no matter how much incense is burned, no matter how much worship is done, the weather will be smooth. Buddha, I don’t see gods coming down to earth to eliminate disasters, and poor people are waiting to die of starvation one after another.”
Zhang Yan'er turned her little face to Bai Yutian and asked, "Brother Bai, do you think Senior Li is right?"
Bai Yutian smiled and replied: "That's right! If all men go into temples and become monks, and women lose their men and can't have children, and all people become extinct, then the six paths of reincarnation mentioned by Buddhism will be empty talk. So. I think there should be people first, and then there is the theory of the six paths of reincarnation."
Zhang Yaner raised her little mouth and said, "Then why do people still believe in it?"
Bai Yutian said casually: "Those who have no worries about food and clothing naturally want to live longer, and those who live in poverty naturally hope to have no worries about food and clothing in the next life. Who doesn't yearn for happiness! Fools all know that eating when hungry, adding clothes when cold, sleeping when tired, It is impossible to sit down and rest, let alone those normal people. This is the instinctive behavior of life, and it happens because of necessity."
Zhang Yan'er was still a little confused and asked: "Since it's all fake, why does the imperial court still waste money and people on construction projects, build temples and Taoist temples, promote Buddhism, and confer heavenly masters?"
Master Mingzhi replied: "It's all because of necessity."
Zhang Yaner asked: "Senior, what do you need?"
Master Mingzhi replied: "What is the need? Unfair fate, the need to be content with the status quo. The poor live too hard and yearn for food and clothing; the rich live too moist and yearn for longevity and official career; the officials feel power Restricted, not enough, yearning for imperial power; the emperor felt that he was the son of God, sacred and inviolable. For the needs of rule, of course everything should return to the status quo. The poor are happy with the poor, and do not offend the rich; the rich are happy with the rich, and do not offend the rich. Offend officials; officials are loyal and do not offend the emperor; the emperor loses potential enemies, so naturally he can live in a state of intoxication, year after year, looking forward to immortality."
Zhang Yan'er smiled and said: "Senior, if that's the case, then why have you been studying those scriptures every day for ten years? Isn't it a waste of effort?"
Master Mingzhi chuckled and said: "You kid, things can be distinguished from true from false, but not necessarily good from bad. Confucianism talks about being proactive, Buddhism teaches people to do good, and Taoism talks about prolonging life. These are all good things. . Not only must we get close to it, but we must also spread it widely and carry it forward.”
The three of them chatted for a while and walked out of the mountain road. The wind stopped and the rain stopped.
Zhang Yaner had just put away the paper umbrella when a sweet voice came: "Yanyan, why are you walking so slowly? You made us wait for so long."
Zhang Yan'er happily ran up, took Hu Yanqing's little hand, and said happily: "Sister Qing, you are so thoughtful! Aren't you too good?"
After hearing this, Hu Yanqing smiled sweetly and said, "It's really heartless. It's wrong to treat you well."
Zhang Yan'er took Hu Yanqing's little arm and said jokingly: "Sister Qing, they say that hunger and cold make the heart steal. You can't blame me. After walking on the mountain road for most of the day, I drank a cup of tea. My conscience has long been stolen by hunger. ”
Bai Yutian walked over with Master Mingzhi. Taoist Master Jingyin and Zhuo Yifei saluted Master Mingzhi and said hello, "I've met Mr. Li!"
Master Akechi smiled slightly and laughed.
Bai Yutian walked with Taoist Master Jingyin and said, "Taoist Master, didn't Senior Jiang and the others go down the mountain with you?"
Taoist Master Jingyin replied: "This time I left the mountain, the three heroes of the Jiang family felt that the journey was difficult and dangerous, and their future was still uncertain. They didn't know whether they would come back alive, so they specially stayed to have dinner with their families and say goodbye in a solemn and solemn way, so as not to leave regrets in the future. .”
"Return to the Three Heroes of the Jiang Family. I think we should just call them Sanniang of the Jiang Family. Mother-in-law and mother-in-law, the longer you live, the more you can go back." Master Mingzhi took the words and walked forward.
Bai Yutian smiled and followed Master Mingzhi's footsteps towards the small town not far away.
Zhuo Yifei walked beside Bai Yutian and said: "Xiao Bai, Senior Jiang and his friends are pure-hearted and have not set foot in the world for twenty years. The ghostly tricks of Danyangzi's group are too sinister. I think it is better for me to stay."
Bai Yutian turned around and asked Taoist Master Jingyin: "Taoist Master, what do you think?"
Taoist Master Jingyin glanced at Master Mingzhi's back and said, "Why don't you ask Mr. Li?"
Bai Yutian caught up with Master Mingzhi, walking side by side, and said, "Mr. Li, do you think Zhuo Yifei needs to stay?"
Master Mingzhi looked back at Zhuo Yifei and said, "I'll forget it. Firstly, this kid is not familiar with this place and can easily be exposed; secondly, the three Jiang brothers are used to being alone, so one more sword, One less sword is just that, it doesn’t have much effect.”
Bai Yutian stopped and said to Zhuo Yifei: "Zhuo Yifei, you and sister Yan Qing should follow Mr. Li and take care of his diet and daily life."
When Master Mingzhi heard that there was someone he could use in the future, he stopped, took a good look at Zhuo Yifei and Hu Yanqing, and said, "Old man, I'm old and I like to eat fish. You two have to remember."
Hu Jiayan replied with a green smile: "Senior, it is good to eat fish. Crucian carp promotes blood circulation. Mix it with a little bit of Sichuan scallops to make a soup and take it to treat cough and asthma; silver carp, it replenishes qi, warms the stomach, moisturizes the skin, nourishes qi and maintains health; herring , tonify qi and nourish the stomach, dissipate dampness and diuresis, dispel wind and relieve troubles; snakehead, tonify the spleen and diuresis, remove blood stasis and regenerate, clear away heat and dispel wind, tonify the liver and kidneys, cook with ginger and red dates to treat tuberculosis, stew with brown sugar to cure tuberculosis Nephritis; grass carp, warms the stomach, calms the liver and dispels wind, warms the body and replenishes deficiency; hairtail, warms the stomach, replenishes deficiency, rejuvenates the skin, expels wind, kills insects, replenishes the five internal organs, and can also treat yellow disease; eel, replenishes qi and nourishes blood, Softens tendons and sharpens bones; Monopterus albus moistens the liver, spleen, and kidney meridians, replenishes deficiency, removes rheumatism, and strengthens muscles and bones. Long-term use can treat internal hemorrhoids and bleeding; Loach nourishes the middle and replenishes qi, removes dampness, quenches thirst and sobers up, and removes toxins. It can reduce hemorrhoids, reduce swelling and protect the liver. Cooking it with garlic over high heat can cure edema caused by malnutrition. Frying it in oil until brown and adding water to cook it can cure night sweats in children. Stewing tofu can cure jaundice due to damp heat. Boil it with shrimp roe and take it together to cure men's jaundice. ..."
When Master Mingzhi heard this, he was greatly surprised and said, "Girl, what is your name? Where did you learn from me?"
Yanqing from the Hu family replied with a smile: "The little girl Hu Yanqing is the daughter of Hu Yiqiu, and she learned from her mother."
Master Mingzhi said: "Is that the little girl named Luoxia, the daughter of the Fish King Yan Suqing?"
Yanqing of the Hu family replied: "Yan Luoxia is my mother, and Yan Suqing is my grandfather."
Master Mingzhi said happily: "What a good relationship. One loves fish and the other understands fish. They complement each other."
Hu Jiayanqing bowed slightly to Master Mingzhi and said: "I am willing to serve Mr. Li."
Master Mingzhi laughed and said: "Come, come, come, my daughter, let's go together and don't let those who don't know how to fish get an advantage."
Zhang Yaner chased after him and said, "Mr. Li, who said we don't understand fish? Brother Zhuo understands it very well."
Master Mingzhi said: "What does he know? He looks like a country boy."
Zhang Yaner took Hu Yanqing's little hand and joked: "Mr. Li, you are wrong. He understands Sister Qing, a mermaid."
Bai Yutian chuckled, which made Zhuo Yifei's cheeks turn red, and he disappeared with embarrassment.
A joke broke out, and the six of them headed towards the town, with funny words all over the place.
