No wonder we exclaimed, because we had seen him not long ago, and it was he who brought us here and guided us into this new city.
Yes, that's the old ferryman. I had always suspected that he was a great monk before, but I didn't expect that he was really an eminent monk. Although his image is different from his outside image now, without the big beard, The monk's robe is not full of patches or tattered, but the look on his face is always unmistakable.
"Why are you here?" It was Hui Gen'er who asked. Obviously he couldn't connect the two images. One was indifferent and could see through the world, and the other was compassionate and full of compassion.
As for why he didn't tell us clearly on the ferry, why he got here is not the key to Hui Gen'er's question. He just wanted to prove again whether these two people are the same person
Facing Hui Gen'er's question, Master Hongren just looked at Hui Gen'er with a smile, his eyes full of meaning, but how could Hui Gen'er know? I just became more and more confused and scratched my head anxiously. However, I saw a little difference in the smile. That is, the old ferryman outside had a scar at the corner of his eye, as if it was caused by a serious wound, but Master Hongren did not.
The scar was not big, just about the size of a small fingernail. If I didn’t see it accidentally, I wouldn’t pay attention to it. Unexpectedly, it gave me an answer now. I blurted out: “You are not the ferryman outside, because You don’t have that scar!”
Excited, I pointed to the corner of my eye and made signs. Maybe I was the only one who noticed this detail, so after I said it, everyone looked at me inexplicably.
However, Master Hongren smiled again and said: "Amitabha, you have discovered it after all. The person ferrying outside is my younger brother, who is also my guardian monk. He is Hongye, and Hongren is me."
"Ah" Hui Gen'er suddenly reacted fiercely and pointed at Master Hongren without caring politely. She was speechless except for the shocked sound of "ah" coming from her throat.
Seeing how uncomfortable Hui Gen'er was holding back, I gently hit Hui Gen'er's back a few times before Hui Gen'er could breathe again.
Master Hongren seemed to have a childlike innocence. When he saw Hui Gen'er like this, he smiled. Different from the somewhat cold smile of the ferryman, the great monk Hongye, his smile had a childish innocence without any pretense. He said: "Big A dream, I don’t know if it is a dream, is also a kind of pain. How can a real soul have the feeling of being choked by words like a yang body, are you right?"
What a big dream...
But Hui Gen'er didn't care about that. She bowed her head to Master Hongren. It seemed that she was about to kowtow, but Master Hongren grabbed her and asked in a low voice: "Is that young monk Huijue okay?"
Uncle Hui? Uncle Hui was mentioned inexplicably. Hui Gen'er was not the only one who was excited at this moment, but all of us except Lu Shan and Tao Bo. I was even more excited and couldn't help but tremble all over, just because Uncle Hui always Someone who was with my master now called Uncle Hui the title "Little Monk". It was as if I were seeing a relative. How could I not be excited
After Hui Gen'er was pulled up by Master Hong Ren, she was already about to cry. However, due to the state of her soul, unless she suddenly felt something great like Jue Yuan's, it would be impossible for her to shed tears. However, this did not prevent Hui Gen'er from using her He cried and said: "I haven't seen my master for many years, seven or eight years."
Hui Gen'er didn't say the specific reason. Perhaps at this time, when there are thousands of words to say, but there is nothing to say, Master Hongren sighed and said: "I must follow that idiot Li Chun'er to find it." Just Kunlun, Kunlun is Li Chun'er's obsession, and the friendship between Hui Jue and him, isn't it Hui Jue's obsession? Everyone has obsessions, just like me, wanting to save this place is also an obsession. I won’t give up until I die.”
After saying this, Master Hongren chanted a Buddhist chant, and finally said quietly: "Whether you have obsessions in your heart is the difference between a mortal and a Buddha."
I don’t understand this obsession, just like I don’t understand how the pursuit of goodness can become an obsession. Maybe I haven’t reached that level. In Master Hongren’s emotion, I only noticed one sentence: Not giving up until death? Could it be... .
Master Hongren noticed my thoughts and said to me: "I died ten years ago, and my soul remains here just to continue to save these thousands of struggling and suffering souls, Amitabha."
When he said this, Master Hongren looked calm and talked about his own life and death, as if he was talking about something as simple as eating today, but we are not calm at all. What kind of sentiment is this? No matter according to Taoism or Buddhism, a soul like Master Hongren can completely transcend, and even escape from the pain of reincarnation. Yet he actually stayed in this hell
But Master Hongren didn’t want to talk more about this matter, just as he didn’t want to comment more on the behavior of my master and Uncle Hui. But Hui Gener finally shed tears and knelt down again regardless of Master Hongren’s objection. , bowed after bowing his head, kowtowed three times, clasped his hands together and said: "Master is in front of me, but I didn't recognize him when he passed by. Now that master and uncle are in front of me, I have to kneel down and worship first. Besides, go back and kowtow to your master."
Great uncle? Master? The shock caused by these two titles in my heart was like a tsunami. According to Hui Gen'er, the ferryman we met turned out to be Uncle Hui's master, and the person in front of us turned out to be... .
As soon as Hui Gen'er finished speaking, Jue Yuan also knelt down. He was about to kowtow regardless, but Master Hong Ren stopped him. He said: "It's understandable that he worships me, but it's not right for you to worship me." I can't stand it, because strictly speaking, my junior brother and I are on the same page, and I don't belong to your lineage, so you can't worship me."
Jue Yuan didn't know what to say. He could only sigh, stood up, performed a Buddhist salute to Master Hongren, and said: "Although Master does not belong to our lineage, he has been one of our ancestors for hundreds of years." Jue Yuan, the most outstanding person in this lineage, cannot kneel to you now, but the respect in his heart cannot be expressed even with three bows and nine kowtows."
However, Master Hongren shook his head and said with a smile: "At this point in my life, all the etiquette in the world is no longer important. Respect in the heart is true respect. If there is no respect in the heart, what's the use of doing a full set of etiquette to temporarily hold the Buddha's feet? That's all. , I can’t be regarded as the most outstanding number one person, how can he be okay, Fazhao? He was the number one person back then, and he and Taoist Lao Li came here and really did a great thing. "
I heard the news about my master again. It turns out that Jue Yuan, the powerful predecessor who entered the Lake of Ten Thousand Ghosts, was called Fa Zhao. He was the one who entered the Lake of Ten Thousand Ghosts with my master
Faced with Master Hongren's question, Jue Yuan quickly and respectfully answered: "My uncle was exhausted mentally and physically after entering the Lake of Ten Thousand Ghosts, and he passed away not long after."
Master Hongren sighed after hearing this, and then said: "He is considered consummated. He and Lao Li did that great thing. I can only follow in his footsteps and come here with my junior brother to guard all this for him." , when you arrive, the opportunity will also arrive.”
At this point, he suddenly added: "Back then, I thought it was the young monks Li Chun'er and Huijue who would trigger this opportunity. I didn't expect that all the people who came would be my grandchildren, haha... "
Master Hongren showed a child-like smile again.
But I was thinking, was it supposed to be my master and the others? It seems that there are a lot of secrets involved, but Master Hongren seemed a little anxious and unwilling to explain too much. Under my confused eyes, he only said one sentence: "However, it shouldn't be them, because After I came here, I learned about what Lao Li said, saying that his generation of disciples could not trigger this opportunity, and they had to wait for the next generation."
So, it seems that this matter is the fate that has led us to this place, but Master and the others deliberately avoided this place. So, does Uncle Hui know that his Master is here? In fact, Uncle Hui never mentioned his master's affairs in front of me once...
Master Hongren's words caused my mind to spin thousands of thoughts, but there was no answer to any of them. Everything pointed to my god-like master, who arranged all this and calculated every one. The node of fate...
"I don't have much time left. This time I made an exception and paid a price. Who is Li Chun'er's disciple?" Master Hongren suddenly asked.
It turns out that there is really not much time. This confirmed my guess. Master Hongren could do all this here, who said he had to pay a price. Although I had doubts in my heart, when Master Hongren asked me, how could I dare to be negligent? He stood up and responded: "I am it!"