Wandering

Chapter 67

Feng Junzi asked back: "Now there is a vicious dog that bites people everywhere, and its owner can't control it. What should other people do with this dog? I think there are two ways. The first way is to give this dog Put on a chain and put on a chew. The second way is to simply chop up the stewed dog meat soup. Now the dog is grinning and cannot be tied to a chain. In the future, when I stew dog meat soup, others will have nothing to say. I am doing it to the Zhongnan faction. , but also to give myself a step."

"Hey, when you were talking just now, I remember you said that even if Zhongnan Dengfeng came, you should be called Master Uncle. Is that true? Then I also became Qiye's elder?"

Feng Junzi: "That's what I said, tell him to be honest, and don't take it seriously. Besides, there are rumors in the world that you are already Qiye's elder. Don't forget that Master Hexi from Zhengyi also called you Junior brother."

"Don't mention this... You went to see him just now, aren't you afraid that he will turn against you?"

Feng Junzi: "Afraid, why aren't you afraid? Otherwise, what would I do with Hei Ruyi? I want you to hide aside!... He won't accept my suggestion, and he won't fight me easily, all of which are within my expectations middle."

"In case, what I said is in case, what if he really does it?"

Feng Junzi: "Then I have to put you in the front as a sandbag, and I will hide behind and hit him on the head with Hei Ruyi. However, it's best not to get this far. He hurt you, and it's not good for me to kill him." .”

"He hurt me? Did you kill him? After all, you seem to be the only one who is fine? Well, I have a question that I have been wanting to ask for the past few days. If you really fight with Qiye, are you on top of him? ?”

Feng Junzi glared at me, thought for a while and replied: "It's hard to say, it mainly depends on you. If I have Hei Ruyi, I don't have to be afraid of him, at least I can stand invincible, but this kind of person, you are very It's hard to kill him. Today I don't want to do it, and he doesn't want to do it even if he is injured. Otherwise, once he does, it will be a battle of trapped beasts, and the outcome will not be a good thing. If this matter is so simple, I will come all the way Why are you talking nonsense to him?...Actually, when I face him, I feel very complicated."

"Look at mine? Why do you want to look at mine? Also, what do you think about him? I remember you said that he looks like you in some ways, why didn't I see it?"

Feng Junzi: "Why do you ask so many questions? If you don't look at yours, do you look at mine? I didn't provoke Qiye. ... This place is not far from your Shizhu Village, right? Go to your village and find Grandpa Jin, Ask him to help me see the injury."

"Your injury still not healed?"

Feng Junzi: "As the old saying goes, it's so easy to hurt your muscles and bones for a hundred days. I feel chest pain when I move around these days. I really need to find a doctor. Otherwise, I don't need to keep you by my side today. .”

"Then you can go to Miss Ziying."

Feng Junzi: "You don't understand, for my injury, it is better to find Grandpa Jin than to find her."

"Let's go like this. I'm afraid we may not see you. Grandpa Jin may have gone to the mountains to collect herbs."

Feng Junzi: "Does he often go to the mountains to collect herbs? Doesn't he come back at night?"

"Grandpa Jin often goes to the mountains to collect herbs all year round, sometimes for several days. Speaking of which, he is not in the village a lot of time."

Feng Junzi: "Then I'll try my luck. Besides, you have to go home and explain something to your parents."

"Explain what?"

Feng Junzi: "The restaurant will open soon. You are the boss, and you can't hide this matter. You'd better say hello to them now. How can a high school student open a restaurant for no reason? It's best to be honest. Now, don't scare your family."

Feng Junzi was lucky, Grandpa Jin didn't go out at home today.Da Lao Yuan Da Kuai heard our footsteps, and ran out of the yard to greet us wagging his tail.It seems to be very friendly with Gentleman Feng, and it seems to be very happy when Gentleman Feng knocks its nose and pulls its ears.Grandpa Jin was surprised to see the two of us, and asked me with a smile why I remembered to go home today.I pointed to Junzi Feng and said, "Grandpa Jin, Junzi Feng has been injured recently, and I always feel chest pain. I want to see you."

Grandpa Jin looked Junzi Feng up and down for a long time, but he didn't seem to see anything, so he sat him at the table, rested one hand, and pinched his beard to feel his pulse.While feeling his pulse, he asked, "Why are you restless at such a young age? Fighting with others."

Feng Junzi: "I'm wronged, I never fight with others."

Grandpa Jin: "Then what happened to your injury?"

Feng Junzi: "It's a long story, and this is a disaster for no reason. I was walking on the side of the road that day, and a farmer brother pulled a donkey cart into the city to deliver food. The donkey was startled for some reason, and suddenly ran away. , I saw a big girl in front of me. Seeing righteousness, I stepped forward and pushed the donkey, but was kicked by the donkey."

Grandpa Jin: "Oh, that's it. Your injury really looks like you were kicked by a donkey. It's really hard for you. You have such kindness at such a young age. Let me see the donkey's hoof prints."

Feng Junzi: "Grandpa Jin, don't praise me, as long as the girl is fine, I will be relieved. Donkey hoof marks? The donkey didn't have nailed paws, and I wore thick clothes without leaving any scars."

Grandpa Jin: "You have to look at it, and quickly lift up your clothes."

Junzi Feng had no choice but to take off his coat and lift his underwear to his chest.Grandpa Jin looked at it for a long time but didn't see anything, then stretched out his hand to touch it a few more times, frowned and thought for a while and said, "Fortunately, the injury is not too serious. How about this, I will prescribe you a prescription, and you go to the city by yourself Go get the medicine. Go home and fry it and drink it, take one dose early and one dose later, and you will be fine in ten or so days."

Feng Junzi: "Can't I grab the medicine with you?"

Grandpa Jin: "I don't have those medicines here, but they must be available in the pharmacy. You'd better go back to the city to get them."

Grandpa Jin wrote a prescription with a brush, Feng Junzi took it over and praised: "What a wonderful calligraphy, it is really from the hands of extraordinary people, no wonder Shi Ye's handwriting is so beautiful!" He put the prescription in his pocket and walked with me He said goodbye and went out, and came to my house again.Mother went to the market and did not come back, only my sister was at home.

My sister was overjoyed when she saw me: "Brother, why did you come home today? Junzi Feng, you're here too? Wait, I'll call Dad back, he's working in the field."

When my sister went out, I checked the time. It was two o'clock in the afternoon. Normally, my father should not have come home by this time.I sat there, greeted Junzi Feng to drink tea, and found that Junzi Feng was looking at me with a smile that was not a smile.I know what he is thinking in his heart, and my feeling at this time is also weird.

I now have a house and a shop in the city, and soon I will be the owner of a big restaurant.However, neither the house nor the store belonged to me. I was just a middle school student working in a noodle shop.And the Zhiwei Building that is about to appear is not mine from the beginning to the end, but I will probably own the shares.If you calculate it this way, I can be regarded as a rich man in the city. Although I can't compare with the rich, I am at least much better than ordinary people.Such a person, his father is still working in the field, and his mother is still carrying a basket to the market to sell things, it seems really inappropriate.

But I am a fake rich man. All I really have in my pocket is a savings of more than 2000 yuan. Of course, I still have a monthly allowance of 80 yuan.As for the other nominal wealth, I didn't feel anything, at least it didn't bring me anything now.Of course, if I want to spend money, I can ask sister Ziying for it, but I can’t ask for it, because I didn’t earn the money myself.So when Junzi Feng heard that my father was still working in the field, he would look at me in that way, as if he was asking.

I was very confused and couldn't help asking him: "Mr. Feng, if you were me, what would you do?"

Feng Junzi thought for a while: "If I were you, I can't make any big changes now. But in the future when Zhiwei Building opens, if you have money, you can tell your parents about the changes. Then you can subsidize your The family is gone, as long as they are willing to accept, this kind of thing can only be forced to go with the flow. So the key now is, how can you open a restaurant? Have you thought about how to say it?"

While talking, my father had already returned, went to the kitchen to fetch water to wash off the dirt on his hands in the yard, and entered the house to greet the guests.Few of my classmates and friends came to my house, only Feng Junzi, Teacher Liu, sister Ziying, and our dean Fang Zhouzi came here successively.The villagers are simple and honest, and all the visitors are guests, so of course they should be treated well.The father first greeted Feng Junzi, telling him to stay for dinner, and then asked his sister to go to the market to call his mother to come back and cook.

Feng Junzi waved his hand and said: "Don't be so polite, Shi Ye has something to do at six o'clock in the evening, I'm afraid it's too late for dinner."

Father said: "Ishino will go to do things if he has something to do. You must stay for dinner after you come here... Xiaoye, why are you free to come home today?"

Before I could speak, Feng Junzi said first: "Uncle Shi, I'm here to congratulate you. Your family Shi Ye has done a few great things this time. He has done so bravely and collected money. Ask him..."

My father was confused and looked at me with questioning eyes.Feng Junzi's nonsense came as soon as he opened his mouth. He gave me a head start, and then looked at me to see how I continued.I thought for a while, then bit the bullet and continued what he said: "That's how it happened. One night when I was walking by the river behind the school, I encountered gangsters who robbed a person. As a result, they tore and beat him. That person was killed by the gangster." Pushed into the river. The gangster ran away, I went down to the river and rescued the man."

Hearing this, my father asked worriedly: "Have the gangsters been caught? Xiaoye, are you all right?"

"The gangsters haven't been caught, of course I'm fine, don't you think I'm fine now?"

While we were talking, my sister and my mother also went home, rushing back from the market a few miles away.Hearing our conversation when he entered the door, he came over and asked me about the process of "doing what is right".Mother patted her chest and said, "Amitabha, fortunately Xiao Ye is fine."

The younger sister said: "Of course my brother is fine, my brother has good water skills."

Father said: "Don't interrupt... Then what's the matter with picking up money?"

I glanced at Mr. Feng, who understood, and answered for me: "That was a few days ago. Ishino picked up a bag at the school gate. Opened it, and it was full of documents, certificates, and contracts. Anyway It was just a pile of waste paper, without a penny. And he waited foolishly until dark, until the owner came to find him. Guess what happened? It was the chairman of the Rongdao Group who lost the thing, and the waste paper in the bag was still It's very important, it's worth a lot of money. The man wanted to thank Shi Ye with a lot of money, but Shi Ye didn't want..."

Father said: "It's right not to ask for it. We farmers should do this kind of thing. What happened next?"

Feng Junzi smiled and said: "I don't know what happened later, you have to ask Shi Ye yourself. Isn't there such a restaurant?"

Father: "Restaurant? Why are you talking about restaurants again?"

Feng Junzi's words were too jumpy, and he jumped directly to the top of the restaurant, and I had to follow him and say: "Later?... Later, I didn't expect that the person who threw things and the person who fell into the water knew each other! They ... They are planning to open a restaurant together, but they haven't found a business project yet, and they haven't decided who to hire to run it."

Feng Junzi continued: "That day, the two of them went to Boss Han's restaurant to thank Shi Ye. They tasted the wine and food in the restaurant and were full of praise. We must invite Shi Ye to join the team and open that restaurant together. "

Father: "Isn't that right? If you want to invite Boss Han, it's right. Ishino is just a guy."

Feng Junzi coughed: "The wine and dishes that day were all made by Shi Ye. Boss Han has something to go out."

The younger sister finally couldn't hold back her words: "When did my brother know how to cook? What did you cook that day?"

I could only answer cheekily: "It's nothing, it's just a dish of braised mutton. I usually learned it from Sister Ziying."

My mother also asked: "Are they asking you to work as a chef in a restaurant?... Xiaoye, you should study hard and go to university in the future. Now that the family is not in trouble, you don't need to go out to earn money so early. You didn't agree, did you?"

"No, no, you misunderstood. They didn't want me to be a chef, but they wanted to give me a share in the restaurant. They just wanted me to go and take care of it if I had time."

Father said: "They open the restaurant by themselves, don't they take care of it?"

Junzi Feng interrupted again: "Those are all big bosses, did you hear that just now? The chairman of Rongdao Group! What is a small restaurant? How can I have time to ask myself? Of course, I have to hire someone to be the manager."

My father pondered and said again: "Xiao Ye, these two people gave you the shares of the restaurant, I'm afraid it's not because of your little craftsmanship, it's just to repay your kindness, and you can be regarded as a good person. You are a student, what kind of restaurant manager? I think Forget it, thank you, and study hard.”

The mother also said: "Aren't you working in Boss Han's restaurant? You left, what will Boss Han do? That girl treats you so well, you can't help but say hello."

I looked at Mr. Feng again, Mr. Feng stared at the ceiling and said nothing, so I could only say to myself: "You heard wrong, in fact, the manager of the restaurant is not me, but Sister Ziying. They asked Sister Ziying to be the manager of the restaurant, Ziying Sister Ying also agreed, and I will go to help Sister Ziying."

Father said: "If that's the case, it should be. However, don't delay your studies, and those shares, I think you don't want them."

Mother said again: "Shares? Is it a dividend? If they really want to give it, you can't ask for too much."

Feng Junzi finally took his eyes back from the ceiling, and said with a smile: "The restaurant hasn't opened yet, so you guys have discussed it first. This matter is not up to Ishino, and it is also appropriate to continue to help Boss Han. , since you are a helper, you should get wages. Ishino doesn’t take wages, but some bonuses are justified. Ishino should have shares. This is taught by the ancient sage Confucius..."

Let alone my parents and sister, Feng Junzi's last sentence, even I was confused. What does my shareholding have to do with Confucius?He only heard his father ask him: "You are all learned people, I don't study much. But what does this matter about Ono have to do with Confucius?"

Feng Junzi: "Let me tell you a story. Confucius had a student who did a good deed. The other party thanked him, but he refused. When Confucius found out, he criticized him. Why? To put it simply, it is also complicated. People say that good deeds are rewarded with good things, so what you do must convince the common people. Of course, Ishino does good deeds not for the sake of benefits, but if people who do good deeds are always rewarded with good things, wouldn’t that be the case? I’m sorry for the kind-hearted people in the world? Confucius didn’t ask students to accept things from others, but to teach him the principle of “rewarding kindness”. Only in this way can the world gradually repay kindness to good people. Therefore, I think Ishino must accept the shares of the restaurant , otherwise I will be sorry for the teachings of the sages."

Feng Junzi's words sounded like lip service at first glance, but when you think about it carefully, the truth is very deep, and the hat is quite big, which made my parents blink.My father scratched his head and said, "Scholars have their own reasons. Since this is the case, I won't say much..."

Feng Junzi smiled again: "Are you afraid that he will delay his studies? Don't worry, Shi Ye has made a lot of progress in his studies this semester, and the teacher thinks that he can take the first place in the class." This sentence made our whole family smile. Things are so vague.It's not easy to sing along with Gentleman Gentleman, I'm almost sweating on my forehead.

Gentleman Feng and I planned to rush back immediately, but my parents must not let us go hungry.I'm afraid it won't be too late for dinner, so my mother rolled out two bowls of soba noodles, filled each bowl with two eggs, mixed with her own broad bean paste, and the taste is also very fragrant.

After eating the noodles, Junzi Feng and I went out to rush back to Wucheng.When passing by the foot of Zhaoting Mountain, Feng Junzi stopped and looked at the mountain with a very complicated expression.I asked him what's wrong?He said thoughtfully: "I was thinking, is it really ruthless?" This sentence was not addressed to me, but he was talking to himself.

……

On November 1990, 26, Abbot Fayuan of Jiulin Temple finally finished all 32 chapters of the Diamond Sutra.After the Dharma meeting ended, Fayuan left me alone, and sat there and asked me: "Shi Ye, you are already famous among practitioners in Wucheng today, but when I first saw you last year, you were still ordinary." This year, it seems that you have had many adventures."

As the saying goes, one word can be a teacher. I listened to the scriptures taught by Fayuan for a month, so I had to be polite no matter what: "Master, what happened that time was a misunderstanding."

Fa Yuan shook his head: "It can't be regarded as a complete misunderstanding. I saw you in the mountains at the time, and your spirit was weak, and the mountain god behind you was possessed by a ghost. A practitioner like me will take action anyway. I and My senior brother, Fa Hai, is different. When practicing Zen in the world, he always asks about worldly affairs. This is somewhat similar to my second senior brother, Fa Ling."

Fayuan mentioned his second senior brother Fa Ling, who was the anti-Japanese hero Wang Jinling before liberation.I echoed: "Everyone in Wucheng knows the deeds of Master Faling in your temple, and I also admire them very much. Master, thank you for explaining the scriptures to me these days, and I have learned a lot."

Fayuan: "Please come to Jiulin Temple. There is a reason for this. One is because my younger brother, Master Facheng, has an appointment with others, and the other is that I owe you a favor. The last time I rashly attacked you in Zhaoting Mountain, it was the monk. No. Let me ask you, have you obtained the achievement of the sravakas in the ears?"

I nodded: "I got it, I got it on the first day."

Fa Yuan: "Then my favor will be repaid, and you are truly blessed. In the matter of Zhaoting Mountain, if another expert intervenes, the poor monk will not intervene. It is only about my junior brother Fa Cheng. Handle with care."

I was confused when I heard it, because until now I don't know what Facheng wants to see me, so I asked in puzzlement: "May I ask what Master Facheng wants to see me? Could it be that all the eminent monks of Jiulin Temple My supernatural powers, can't you solve it?"

Fa Yuan said: "My senior brother Fa Cheng is different from others in his carefulness. He came to you not for himself, but for my senior brother Fa Hai. Senior brother Fa Hai has profound Zen skills and has been in meditation for more than 59 years, but Fa Cheng is not. He thought he was lost, and wanted to find him back. He ran into a naughty boy in the market a few days ago and asked, "Where did the monk come from?", and he thought of his senior brother Fa Hai. The boy told him that you can help him find his senior brother, but He is not good enough in practice and is going through a catastrophe in the world, so he will help you in secret, and invite you to Jiulin Temple to listen to Buddhism. He grew up in the temple, and he always feels that the world should have a relationship with Buddha."

Fayuan's words not only did not solve my doubts, but made me feel like hearing a scripture from heaven.Fa Hai lost?I can get him back!Why did Junzi Feng say such things to Facheng?

"Isn't Master Fahai still sitting in the temple? How can I get him back?"

Fa Yuan: "Senior Brother Fa Hai has been sitting for decades without asking about world affairs. During this period, the world has repeatedly repeated. This is his practice. Although I feel a little inappropriate, I dare not destroy his practice without authorization. My senior brother Fa Hai Cheng is different from me. He always feels that the Zen that the Buddha said should not be practiced like senior brother Fa Hai, so he always wants to find him. How does the senior brother find him in meditation? It is not as simple as waking him up. If he asks you for help, I hope you can deal with it carefully, and the poor monk will not say anything unnecessary."

……

"Feng Junzi, what the hell are you doing? You actually told Fa Cheng that I can find Fa Hai! How can I find it?" This was the night of that day, and I met Feng Junzi Yinshen again at Zhuangyuan Bridge.We made an appointment on this day, because Fayuan's "Diamond Sutra" was finished.

Feng Junzi: "How do you know if you can do it if you don't try it? In fact, I am as curious as Facheng. What exactly does the old monk want to do after sitting for decades? I'm sure he didn't become a Buddha. Don’t move even once, is it really lost?”

"You wonder why you didn't help yourself, but asked me to come?"

Feng Junzi: "Last time you told me about the World Zongmen Conference, I also went to inquire about it. Guess what the result of the inquiry is? In the last World Zongmen Conference, it was the Dharma of Jiulin Temple who won the championship. Hai! After Fa Hai surpassed the current world, he actually chose not to ask about the world. What kind of practice is this? Of course I am interested! And next year’s Zongmen Conference, do you know who will win the championship?”

I once asked Mr. Zhang this question, but Mr. Zhang refused to let me ask.Hearing this, I asked him back: "Could it be Qiye?"

Feng Junzi: "If Qiye participates in the Zongmen Conference, then he will undoubtedly be number one in the world."

"Are you so sure? Are people like Shouzheng and Living Buddha inferior to Qiye?"

Feng Junzi smiled: "Although I listened to what you said about the Zongmen meeting, I later learned more rules than you. Every Zongmen meeting is an exchange between disciples of the same generation, and the elders do not take action. For example , next year's Zongmen Conference will be attended by disciples like Ze Zi from Zhengyi School, Qi Zi from Zhongnan School, and Zhang Zhi. He Xi, He Chen, Deng Feng, Deng Wen, Fa Cheng, and Fa Yuan Even Shang Yunfei and Mr. Zhang will not fight with the younger generation. The generation of Shouzheng Zhenren and Ge Jujizan Living Buddha did not make a move at the last Zongmen Conference. Those people are not seven Ye's opponent."

"I see. So what does this have to do with Fahai?"

Feng Junzi: "What is the difference between the No. 60 in the world 32 years ago and the No. [-] in the world now? This is what I want to know. As for the matter of you helping Facheng find a senior brother, there is no rush now. You don’t know how to find it, and neither do I. The practice of Buddhism is different from yours and mine, but there is a level of realm similar to it, which is the heavenly vacuum you are about to face. This catastrophe You don’t have to go through it in your practice. What happened in Fahai may be your worldly calamity. Since it is a human calamity, it’s useless for you to ask more....Okay, let’s not mention this matter for now. Today your [-] chapters of the "Diamond Sutra" "Have you finished listening?"

"I've heard it all."

Feng Junzi: "What does the Diamond Sutra say?"

"I don't think--it didn't say anything."

Feng Junzi: "Oh, then what did you hear?"

"Buddha is mentioned in the scriptures. If you see me with color and ask me with voice, you are walking in an evil way and cannot see the Tathagata. Since the Tathagata is invisible, of course you don't say anything."

Feng Junzi: "What is Tathagata?"

"The Tathagata has neither come nor gone, hence the name Tathagata."

Feng Junzi blinked: "Then what should we do? What did the Buddha say?"

"Finally, the Buddha said—all conditioned dharmas are like dreams and bubbles, like dew and lightning, and should be viewed as such."

Feng Junzi: "How do you understand the word 'youwei'?"

"Everything in the world that can be seen, known, touched, heard, and conceived is promising."

Junzi Feng sighed and said: "It seems that you really understand it, I understand it, and I understand the source of the scriptures. But judging by your appearance, you haven't become a Buddha, have you?"

"Of course I didn't become a Buddha, nor did I have a source of Dharma."

Feng Junzi: "What you and I understand is the understanding of the meaning of the scriptures, not the real verification and enlightenment. Sometimes listening to monks explaining Buddhism, it feels like listening to party and government leaders reading speeches to serve the people. When laymen talk about practice, they are often prone to make this mistake. What they talk about is clear and logical, but it is just empty talk. They say it is good, they say it is bad, they say it exists, and they say it does not exist. Too much is useless. Take what I taught you about 'breaking delusion' as an example, the world can use thousands of words to talk about 'delusion mind', but I have never experienced it myself, and I have no real experience after all."

Junzi Feng mentioned breaking the delusion, and I also thought of the serious thing: "Gentleman Feng, I have finished listening to the scriptures, should I go and pick Liu Yiyi out of the delusion?"

Feng Junzi: "The time has come, but there is still one thing to do first. Shi Ye, you will accompany me to find Han Ziying tomorrow. I have something to discuss with you two. After the discussion, you go to pick up Liu Yiyi .”

"Why? What does this have to do with Miss Ziying?"

Feng Junzi: "Have you thought about it? If Liu Yiyi can leave Zhaoting Mountain, how do you plan to let her gain a foothold in this world?"

Feng Junzi's words stunned me.I hadn't really thought about this before!If Liu Yiyi could leave Zhaoting Mountain, with what capacity could she return to this world?

……

"Miss Boss, if Zhiwei Building opens, will you help Shi Ye?" It was lunch time the next day, and Feng Junzi asked Miss Ziying, and I sat by the side.

Sister Ziying: "Then of course I want to go to Zhiweilou. Zhang Zhi said that the manager of this restaurant still wants me to be the manager. If it is Shi Ye's restaurant, I am willing to be the manager."

Feng Junzi: "Then I'll call you Manager Han. May I ask Manager Han, what do you do with this Shiji Restaurant when you go to Zhiwei Building? Is it just closed?"

Han Ziying smiled, and she looked at Junzi Feng: "You have a plan in mind when you ask me that. What are you going to use this place for?"

Feng Junzi: "It's easy to talk to smart people, and it's clear. I want to borrow this shop and use it. The restaurant is closed, and I want to open a teahouse."

Sister Ziying: "Did Senior Luxue agree to you?"

Feng Junzi's face darkened, he shook his head and smiled wryly: "No, she has always refused. But this tea room is also prepared for Liu Yiyi. If she enters the world again, she must have a foothold in this Wucheng."

(End of this chapter)