Wandering

Chapter 98
I didn't celebrate the New Year at home, but it was very lively during the New Year at my house, because a person who claimed to be my girlfriend ran to my house and said that Ishino was not there, and she came to accompany my parents to celebrate the New Year.She was wearing a police uniform when she entered the village, and she asked where Ishino's house was, which startled my parents, thinking that I had committed something, and called the police.Unexpectedly, as soon as she entered my house, the uncle and aunt called out very affectionately, claiming to be my girlfriend.Who is this guy?Needless to say, everyone can guess that it is the female police officer Qu Ling.

In the eyes of my parents, or in the eyes of the villagers of Shizhu Village, a city girl like Qu Ling should be a very good match.The man is beautiful, and he is a national cadre, and he has a very respectful attitude towards the elderly.Although my parents didn't know what was going on, they still received her very politely, and asked in confusion what was the relationship between her and me?Qu Ling said that she was my friend and I had saved her.And she is also one of the shareholders of Zhiweilou, my business partner and my current partner.

This girl is quick enough to do things, and if she wanted to chase me, she went directly to my house. It is a local custom that women go to the man's house to celebrate the New Year, which means that things are settled.Although my parents had a good impression of Qu Ling, they were not too confused. They stayed with her for two days, and my sister accompanied her for two days in the countryside, but they didn't keep her for New Year's Eve.Tactfully advised her to go home to spend the New Year with her parents, and since I'm not at home, it's not easy for them to make decisions.

It was not only Qu Ling who visited my house years ago, Ziying also went.She knew that I was not at home, and wanted to take my parents and sister to the city for the New Year. The place to live was already prepared, which was Teacher Liu's new house on Binjiang Road, and Teacher Liu accompanied her there.When they arrived, Qu Ling had just left, which made my parents a little overwhelmed and even flattered.Although they are simple villagers, after all, they have lived for decades, and some things can still be seen one or two.They didn't stay in Quling for the New Year, nor did they go to the city with Han Ziying to celebrate the New Year.

As a result, Mr. Liu's apartment was not available for the Chinese New Year. Mr. Liu took his parents to Wucheng for the New Year, saying that he wanted to take a look at the new house of Liu's family and taste the food and wine of the newly opened Zhiwei Building.There is another reason why Teacher Liu stayed in Wucheng and did not return to Qingquan Town for the New Year, that is, she still goes to the Lvxue Tea Room to drink tea every day.

Qihua of the Zhongnan School, the owner of Xuanhuazhai, Layman Xuanhua, is a lay disciple and a family member, so it is natural to be with his family during the Chinese New Year.Qixin didn't go back to the Zhongnan School, Ziying didn't want her to be alone, so she invited Qixin to Zhiweilou for a New Year's Eve dinner during the Chinese New Year.Han Ziying, Axiu, Yiyi and Qixin spent years together, and they also learned to play poker.No one is alone anymore. I was the only one who spent New Year's Eve sitting on the top of Huangshan Yuping Peak.

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The day before school started, I came home and lied to my parents that I was back from BJ.I also brought a fake BJ roast duck, which I said was brought back from BJ, but Ziying roasted it for me.Of course my son came back with delicious food and drinks to give me condolences. I can only reason that I just ate in the city and I couldn’t eat it.Of course my parents didn't do it when I didn't eat at home, but was quickly distracted by two other things.

The first thing is money. I gave them a sum of money, which is a dividend for opening a restaurant.I didn't dare to take too much for fear of frightening them, so I only gave [-] yuan, which has been our family's income for several years. I was worried that my parents' reaction would be too agitated.Unexpectedly, although they were very excited, they were not very intense. The reason is that they had already frightened Qu Ling once.It turned out that Han Ziying didn't expect Qu Ling to come to our house and didn't tell her anything, so Qu Ling almost told my parents about the situation in Zhiweilou.She told my parents how much money Zhiweilou's business can make, how many shares I have, and so on. At that time, my parents were almost stunned.

My mother took the money and said she would save it for me and use it to marry a wife in the future, and then she talked about the second thing.First of all, Qu Ling, he asked me what is the relationship between Qu Ling and me?I said they were just ordinary friends, but the two elders didn't quite believe it. Who could come to our village with a pole like this?Later they said that I wanted to have a girlfriend and they couldn't interfere too much, but they reminded me not to forget that I am still in middle school and will be admitted to university in the future, so there are some things that should not be too anxious.If the relationship can be settled, it will be settled. As for the marriage, we will talk about it in the future.

The second elder asked a few people very sensitively, such as Axiu, Liu Yiyi, Han Ziying, what is the relationship between these people and me?They've all seen it, and they can see that we're not in the same relationship, so it confuses me.I can't answer this, so I just say they are friends, very good friends.The only person they didn't ask was Teacher Liu, and they probably didn't think of it either.When I was sleeping at night, I vaguely heard my parents discussing in the room. They seemed to mention Han Ziying’s name more often, and my mother also vaguely said a few words, "He is very nice, but he is a little older..." and so on.

I also feel a little confused lying on the bed, I must marry Liu Fei'er, but I still can't explain this matter clearly to my parents.As for Ziying, she is my woman now, and it can be said that she is the only woman who is truly mine. Her status is too special, and I will not abandon her. Anyway, I have to figure out how to get along with her.As for Axiu, I really don't know what to do with this weird elf girl, but I know in my heart that I don't have no affection for her, it's just a subtle feeling.And Liu Yiyi, I will take care of her, and will always take care of her, not because of Junzi Feng's request, but because I really should and have the responsibility to do so.

I am not a vagabond, and there are various reasons for this situation, which cannot be explained clearly in a few words, nor can it be handled simply.But Qu Ling is an exception. I didn't expect her to like me, and she used such a direct way, maybe because of what happened in Fanchang Township.I have no special feelings for her, so she is different from those people. If I have the opportunity, I should refuse and tell her clearly.Since the spring breeze has no intention, don't mess with the flowers and branches.

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After the start of school, the arts and sciences have been divided into subjects, and the second semester of the second year of senior high school has passed half of the entire high school, and the atmosphere of study has gradually become tense.However, what I am concerned about is not the exam, but the Nine Revolving Zijin Pill and a series of other troubles.The news of Zezhong's death was known to all practitioners in the world.The reason is very simple. Director Gu didn't think of keeping a corpse a secret. After it was cremated, someone would see it, so the news spread.

I saw with my own eyes Shouzheng's back cast Shenxiao Tianlei, and Zezhong died the next day.I only told Feng Junzi about this matter, and Feng Junzi said that he would do the same if he was upright, but he didn't want others to know.No one else knows who killed Zezhong, but I, Ishino, are the ones who are talking about killing people.Because the reason why Zezhong was hunted down by Zhengyimen is known all over the world, he died inexplicably, and no one came forward to claim the credit for "removing harm", so it is likely that Ishino who "reported personal grievances" did it.

This incident got me into a fair amount of trouble, though I didn't know it at the time.At that time, I just asked Feng Junzi when he could get the thousand-year-old spiritual blood.Feng Junzi told me that it's best not to worry, that thing is still fresh and has good medicinal properties, and he will give it to me before closing the furnace.And now, I have to do the second thing, which is to go to Jiulin Temple to see the legendary monk Fahai.

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I met the famous Zen master Fahai in a quiet room in the backyard of Jiulin Temple, or I could say I saw Fahai's physical body.There was only one person with me in the room, that old urchin Master Facheng.Abbot Fayuan knew I was coming, and he also knew what his junior brother wanted to do. He neither supported nor stopped our actions, but simply out of sight and out of sight.

I was surprised when I saw Fahai, not because he was special, but on the contrary, he was just like an ordinary person sitting there, as if he had just started to meditate.What surprised me was that Fa Hai in front of me was abnormally young. If he combed his beard and hair well, he would be in his 20s, not more than 30 years old.There were originally nine monks of Fa's generation in Jiulin Temple, and Fa Hai was a big brother, so he should be considered older.But Fa Cheng is the ninth younger brother at the bottom, and Fa Yuan is the fourth.

Master Facheng, who was at the bottom of the list, looked innocent, but he was described as very old, at least eight or ninety years old.That Fayuan should be quite young, but he looks like a majestic middle-aged monk.And this Fahai, who has been sitting here for 90 years, is said to be 60 years old, but he looks so young!He was wearing a gray and white monk's robe, without cassock.I couldn't see the ring scar on his head clearly, because his hair was black and thick, half a foot long, and there was a big beard under his jaw.Facheng explained: "Every year on the second day of February, I will shave my elder brother's hair and cut the nails of his hands and feet once. It will be half a month until the second day of February, and my senior brother has not had a haircut for almost a year."

I watched Fa Hai meditate, and Fa Cheng rested his chin on the side and watched his senior brother not speak.The question I was thinking about was not how to wake up Fahai, but why Junzi Feng wanted me to wake up Fahai?There must be a reason for this.Feng Junzi said that before teaching me the third alchemy kung fu of four doors and twelve floors, I have to go through the vacuum of heaven.I don't have to go through this heavenly catastrophe, but there is someone's catastrophe, and he guesses that this human catastrophe is Fahai, because he thinks that Fahai is in a vacuum.

I have also read a lot of books recently and thought about a lot of problems. I am no longer the teenager who knew nothing a year ago.Looking at Fahai, I remembered a legend, so I turned to Facheng and asked, "Master Facheng, have you heard the story of the three-car arhat?"

Facheng: "The Buddha said there are three chariots: sheep chariot, deer chariot, and white ox chariot. Sheep chariot is like a shravaka vehicle, deer chariot is a vehicle of enlightenment, and an ox cart is a bodhisattva vehicle. What does this have to do with my brother?"

The Buddha said three chariots, sheep carts, deer carts, and white ox carts. What does it mean?The goat cart is like the vehicle of the voice-hearer, the deer cart is like the vehicle of enlightenment, and the ox cart is like the vehicle of the Bodhisattva.This is the realm achievement of comprehending Buddhism, but there is a legend about three chariots of arhats attached to it among the people.It seems that this Facheng read mostly the Tripitaka classics, and not too many unofficial history notes.I told him the legend—

It is said that when Xuanzang traveled westward to learn scriptures, he met a monk who must have been sitting for thousands of years in a snowy valley in the Himalayas.Tang Seng knocked on his ear with a purple gold bowl, and the sound of ringing gold woke him up.After the man came out of samadhi, he told Xuanzang that he was a monk before Sakyamuni Buddha.He can go to ask for advice on the Dharma.Xuanzang told him that the Buddha had passed away long ago, and that he had gone too far in samadhi.Xuanzang also advised him not to enter this emptiness, but to go to the human world to practice in a trance.Later, the soul of this person left and reincarnated, and was born in Chang'an as the nephew of General Wei Chigong.Xuanzang told Tang Taizong about this after he came back from the Buddhist scriptures, and Tang Taizong asked the man to become a monk for him to worship the Buddha.But this man put forward a condition that he would become a monk only if he had a cartload of wine and meat, a cartload of beauties, and a cartload of books.Tang Taizong agreed to him, and he later became a monk under the name of Kuiji.

This legend says that Buddhism and Taoism are not distinguished, so it should be a joke allusion, and it may also imply that "empty concentration" is not the real Mahayana realm.I didn't study Buddhism in the first place, so I didn't care about the twists and turns. What I cared about was how did Xuanzang wake up that person?Facheng patted his head after listening: "That's right, no wonder people say you have a way. It turns out that Shi Zhenren really has more wisdom than me. How come I haven't heard of such an interesting thing? Otherwise, let's try it with a purple gold bowl." Try? Xuanzang used a purple gold bowl, and the ritual vessel that my master passed on to me is also called a purple gold bowl, wait a minute, I'll get it right away."

Facheng brought the purple gold bowl and clanged it in front of Fa Hai, Fa Hai sat there motionless and did not respond.Facheng saw that he was not good at knocking on the bowl, so he handed the purple gold bowl to me.I tried knocking on Fahai's ear for a while, but Fahai still closed his eyes like a clay puppet.That didn't seem to work, so Facheng and I sat on the side again, staring at each other in a daze.

We knocked on the bowl just now, it was just an ordinary knock, we didn't use any supernatural powers, and we didn't use the way of using the imperial weapon.That Fa Hai's Ding Gong is profound, and it's normal for him to pretend not to hear. In Ding Si, he can cut off the outer edge and not be disturbed.What if you try to cast a spell on him with a purple golden bowl?It may be a little inappropriate to do this. When doing the exercises, I am most afraid of being forcibly interrupted by someone casting spells. Therefore, if you want to find a secluded place, you often need someone to protect the spell.Both Facheng and I are practitioners and understand this truth.

While meditating, I heard Fa Cheng suddenly shout: "Oh, it's not good! Will senior brother run out to reincarnate like that Sanche Arhat Master Kuiji? It's really hard to find!"

(End of this chapter)