(Let the spring blossoms bloom and let the flowers blossom, prefer the red fall on the ground)
Autumn turned to winter, and Lan Feng had been staying in Jinshan Temple for several months before he knew it.
The green lantern in front of the Buddha suppressed the evil fire in his heart, and the Yinghuo Demon Star did not do it again.
In addition to reciting scriptures in morning classes every day, two senior brothers, Jingyan and Jingguo, also sometimes accompany Lanfeng on outings. Although Jinshan Temple is large, it has been visited extensively by Lan Feng in the past few months. Only the Sutra Pavilion has never had the opportunity to enter. Lan Feng also asked his two senior brothers. They said that there are the scriptures that Master Tripitaka asked for. Many scriptures in the world are rubbings, so they usually don't do it. open.
There is also a rumor that there is a monster locked on top of the Sutra Pavilion. Master Sanzang kept it here at that time. In order to save him from doing good deeds, he ordered him to guard the Sutra Pavilion.
But the Sutra Pavilion is only open every year at the end of the year. There are seven floors in the Sutra Pavilion, but only the lower two floors have been opened over the years. The keys to the future are all held by Elder Xuanzhi, so the third floor has never been opened since.
Lanfeng was curious when he heard this. He had been listening to books in the county and city of Tongtianhe, and he was told that Tripitaka's journey to the West was very strange. How could he not be itchy to see the Sutra Pavilion where Master Tripitaka left his books? However, the Sutra Pavilion was not open until the New Year, so he had no choice but to endure his curiosity.
In the winter months, the lake around Jinshan Temple is filled with ice floes, and the white snow also covers the top of the temple. The three brothers Lanfeng were ordered by Kong Xiang to clean the garden at the back of the mountain, but when they looked at it, they could only see the red plum blossoms blooming proudly under the snow.
This Hundred Gardens is located behind the Sutra Pavilion. According to legend, this place was originally an open space five hundred years ago. Ever since Master Tripitaka left a book to suppress demons, hundreds of flowers have grown on the ground. It's just that it's cold in the twelfth lunar month, and all the other flowers have withered, leaving only the red plum blossoms in the snow.
Lanfeng looked at the red plum blossoms in the garden and was very happy. He asked: "Brother, what kind of flower is this?"
Jingyan said quickly: "Haven't you seen this? This is a plum blossom."
"Plum blossoms?" Lanfeng said, "It can still bloom in such a cold weather..."
Just as Jingyan was about to speak, Jingguo handed him a broom: "Go, go, you want to be lazy again, right? Go over there and sweep the snow!"
Jingyan originally wanted to lend Lanfeng some time to slack off, but Jingguo caught him in the act. He reluctantly took the broom and went to sweep away the snow.
Lanfeng smiled at Jingguo and took the broom from his hand to sweep up the snow.
"Senior Brother Jingguo," Lan Feng asked again, "It's still snowing today, why did Master ask us to sweep the snow again? Isn't this sweeping in vain?"
Jingguo held the broom and smiled: "Junior brother, have you recited sutras today?"
"Recited." Lan Feng said.
Jingguo asked again, "Are you enlightened?"
Lan Feng shook his head.
Jingguo said seriously: "That's it. I haven't enlightened after reciting the sutra, so I have to recite the sutra and realize it bit by bit. If the snow in the plum garden is not swept, it will freeze the plum blossoms. If it is swept, let it snow a little bit." Water turns into the soil and nourishes the plum blossoms. This is the principle..."
Lanfeng seemed to have some understanding, and Jingguo continued: "Master asked us to clear the snow, but he actually wanted us to understand this principle. He is different from Master Dakong. Uncle Dakong cultivates to enter the world and save the world, while Master cultivates Born to be a destined person.
But whether you are joining the world or leaving the world, it is all practice. Only by passing through common people can one become a destined person, and by passing through a destined person can one see my Buddha.
This is why it is said that "Buddha is destined to be a person, not everyone". Do you understand? "
Lan Feng was confused: "Senior brother, what you said is too complicated, I can't understand it."
Unexpectedly, Jingguo suddenly stopped his serious look and laughed: "Hahaha! Junior brother, I don't understand either! The master just said these words to me, hahahaha!!"
Lanfeng looked embarrassed, but he didn't expect Jingguo to use him to make fun of himself.
The three of them were sweeping the snow under the red plum trees. They didn't want a strong wind to blow and scatter the snow into white mist.
"Junior brother! The wind is blowing, please be safe!" Jingguo narrowed her eyes due to Xue Wu.
Lanfeng also lost his sight in the vast white snow. Hearing Jingguo calling him, he was about to answer, but unexpectedly, the strange wind mixed with a wisp of brown and yellow breath blew him to the ground.
Lanfeng felt a buzzing sound in his head and vaguely saw a figure walking from under the plum blossom tree in front of him. The figure was five feet away from him, and his appearance could not be clearly seen, but he could vaguely see that the figure was wearing military armor.
"Who are you?" Lanfeng asked.
The figure didn't speak, just stood in front and stared at Lan Feng. Lanfeng felt frightened, turned around and shouted: "Senior Brother Jingguo! Senior Brother Jingyan!!"
But still no one answered him. He looked at the figure again and saw the figure raising his hand and pointing at him. In an instant, Lan Feng only felt a warmth surrounding him, taking away the coldness of the wind, snow and snow around him.
Lan Feng looked around again, only to see that this place was still a plum garden with snow and wind. It was clearly a land of gentle wind and rising sun, spring waves and hundreds of flowers. But the figure still couldn't see his face clearly, he just stood there.
Seeing that he didn't seem to be hostile, Lan Feng asked: "Who...are you?"
As he spoke, he slowly walked towards the figure. Unexpectedly, the figure started to tremble when he saw Lan Feng approaching, and stepped back step by step...
Lan Feng felt strange. Just when he was about to run away, he suddenly heard a Sanskrit sound: "Amitabha!"
This Sanskrit sound fell from the sky, like an enlightenment. Lanfeng trembled, and saw that the spring breeze had dispersed, and he returned to the snowy plum garden.
"Junior brother, are you okay?" Jingguo held Lanfeng's shoulders with both hands, while Jingyan also looked ahead.
I saw Abbot Kongxiang standing in front of the three of them at some point. He said to the figure: "You evil beast, why is your body still out of body and scary? Go back quickly!"
The figure pointed at Lan Feng tremblingly, making a whining sound from his mouth.
"What! Do you still want to grab the Buddhist beads?!" Kong Xiang said, "Today I will teach you a lesson for Master Tripitaka!"
After saying that, the Kongxiang Buddha held his hand in front, danced the one hundred and eight rosary beads on his neck, and hit the figure. When the figure saw Kongxiang hitting him, he just dodged and had no intention of fighting back. He whimpered. He shouted, as if he had something to say. But the rosary beads received the Buddha's seal, and coupled with the swiftness and agility of Kongxiang's moves, there was no room for the figure to talk too much.
Kong Xiang saw the opportunity and grabbed the figure with one claw of his dragon-capturing hand!
At this moment, the flower sachet in Lanfeng's arms suddenly flew out. The sachet emitted glow, causing red plum blossoms to fall all around. The stars and red plum blossoms danced together with the white snow in an instant, and actually restrained Kongxiang's Qinlong. hand!
The figure looked at the flower sachet in a daze, and slowly knelt on the ground while trembling.
Seeing this situation, Kong Xiang was confused for a moment. He withdrew his body. The red plum petals were scattered on the ground, and the flower sachet was also held in Kong Xiang's hand.
"Woo... Wu..." The figure held up the red plums on the ground, looked at the flower sachet and started crying, crying so sadly...
In the end, the figure dissipated little by little into the white snow.
Lan Feng stepped forward and grabbed Kong Xiang's cassock and said, "Master..."
Kong Xiang took the sachet and asked, "Son, where did you get this sachet?"
Lanfeng said: "Yes... it was given to me by my sister."
"Your sister? Is she the daughter of Mr. Su's family?" Kong Xiang said.
Lan Feng nodded, Kong Xiang returned the sachet to Lan Feng and said: "Everything in the world has a cause and effect, I can't ask more questions." After that, he turned to Jingguo and said quietly: "You two, what happened today , rotten in the stomach! Do you understand?!"
"Yes, master!" Jingguo said quietly.
Kong Xiang said: "Okay, go back as soon as you finish sweeping. Don't freeze your body in this cold weather."
After saying that, Kong Xiang left straight away. When Lan Feng saw Kong Xiang leaving, he hurriedly asked Jingguo: "Senior Brother Jingguo, what happened to that figure?"
Jingguo said: "It should be the monster guarding the Sutra Pavilion, but this monster has not come out in the temple for hundreds of years. It is really strange that it came out to disturb people today. But little junior brother, what is the origin of your sachet?" Ah, why are you still protecting that monster?"
Lan Feng was also confused. He only knew that an old woman gave this sachet to Wan Xi, and Wan Xi gave it to him. As for why he helped the monster, he didn't know. If he really wanted to verify it, he would have to ask Wan Xi.
Thinking of this, Lan Feng shook his head and told the two senior brothers the origin of the sachet.
After listening to Jingguo Jingyan's words, they just heard that the words were bizarre. Although Lanfeng was young, the many adventures he experienced made the two senior brothers even more confused. However, the so-called monks have a big heart, so the three of them stayed in the plum garden for a while, and then went back to the room noisily.
After Kong Xiang left, he came to Elder Xuanzhi's room. He saw Xuanzhi meditating, his figure floating in the air.
"Elder..." Kong Xiang stepped forward and bowed deeply.
When Xuanzhi saw him coming, he stopped his movements and sat on the futon. He narrowed his eyes and said, "You...have something on your mind?"
Kong Xiang sighed, sat cross-legged opposite Xuanzhi, and told Xuanzhi what happened in Baiyuan Garden today. After hearing this, Xuanzhi said: "I didn't expect that child's romantic relationship is so shallow..."
"Does the elder know the origin of the sachet?" Kong Xiang asked.
Xuanzhi said with a smile: "I don't know..." He changed the subject, "The new year is approaching, and we are preparing to open a Tibetan Scripture Pavilion for disciples to refer to..."
After hearing this, Kong Xiang said: "The monster on the roof of the attic is acting strangely. Do you want to open the attic at the end of this year? If it hurts someone again..."
"Kong Xiang..." Xuanzhi said, "It doesn't matter whether it's a demon or a Buddha. As long as it doesn't harm anyone, it's fine, and it won't cause trouble for the time being."
Kong Xiang said again: "The elder is surprised, and I can't understand why Master Tripitaka left this monster to guard the Sutra Pavilion, which is an important place in our temple..."
"Now that it's here, let's make peace with it. Maybe it has some connection with Master Tripitaka..." Xuanzhi said, "Okay, go back and prepare for the New Year."
Kong Xiang accepted the order, said goodbye to Xuanzai and left.
In the Baiyuan Garden, the piece of falling red was still lying in the snow and was gradually covered by snowflakes. No one knew that a pair of eyes on the top of the attic where the scriptures were stored were staring blankly at the Baiyuan Garden. After a long time, a sigh came out...
