The moon comes to take pictures

Yuan Junyu found a bamboo house on the mountain, more than half a mile away, and became neighbors with the monks from Lanquan Temple.

Thanks to his business acumen, he has saved some money before, and now he is living more chicly than when he was the son of the prince. Occasionally, he imitates his old friend Bigu, and occasionally goes to the temple to eat a plate or two of vegetarian food. With the wonderful method of Buddhist scriptures in my ears, I feel like I am in Taoyuan.

When he was in the temple, Yuan Junyu saw Ning Ruichen a few times from a distance, and seemed to avoid it on purpose, but each time he only saw a hesitant figure from the back, and soon disappeared into the densely populated temples.

Day after day, seeing the weather getting cooler, the sweet-scented osmanthus in the mountains bloomed again before winter, and a faint fragrance floated in the temple. Yuan Junyu sat on the stone bench beside the lecture hall and listened for a while. The scriptures in it were suddenly overwhelmed by drowsiness, and he fell asleep like this.I don't know how long this sleep has passed, and in a daze, I heard someone buzzing in my ear.

"Is it a pilgrim?"

"Why are you sleeping here? It's so cold..."

"Hey, Junior Brother—"

It was indeed cold in the mountains in late autumn. Yuan Junyu's palms were cold, and suddenly he was covered by something warm, and rubbed them up and down, left and right.He opened his eyes in a daze, and there was an old Jiangzhen smell. The first thing he saw was the backs of the monks leaving, and then a pair of black and white eyes. When he moved a little, there was the sound of Buddha beads being tapped lightly.

"You..." Yuan Junyu's mind went blank. For some reason, she was inexplicably happy. She just stared into those eyes and said, "I'm here for a casual walk."

Ning Ruichen lowered his eyes and covered his hands: "Winter is coming soon, why are you wearing such thin clothes?"

"I..." Yuan Junyu was in a daze, scrambling for words, "The newly ordered winter clothes haven't arrived yet."

"The people in your house..."

"I have handed in the jade seal, and now I am a wandering cloud and a wild crane, all alone."

When he said "alone", he wanted to keep an eye on Ning Ruichen, as if he had nowhere to escape.

Ning Ruichen was speechless, let go of his hand, wrapped the hanging Buddhist beads around his wrist, and said after a while, "They told me, I thought it was a joke."

The first day, the brother in the monastery told him this incident as a story, what was his first thought?It seems to be going down the mountain, but what to do if you go down the mountain?His heart was empty, and he dreamed a few times, but they were all bad nightmares, and he thought about going down the mountain again, but he was still timid when he was close to his hometown, as if he had plunged into the horns of a bull, and it was difficult to turn around again.

He laughed at himself, didn't he throw himself into the sea of ​​suffering?

Yuan Junyu was afraid that he would think too much, if he didn't say anything at this time, there would be many misunderstandings, so he hurriedly said: "I feel very comfortable in this way. There is no banquet that can't be eaten, and there is no face that can't be enjoyed. The world's delicacies, It's not as good as a mouthful of dried orchids in the temple."

Hearing what he said, Ning Ruichen pursed his lips, seemed to smile, stood up suddenly, and rubbed his palms on the gray monk robe: "It's still early, wait another hour, the brothers in the Zhaitang will start to work , I will also make dried orchids today. I will go to the stream to get water later, and I can make it after I get it."

Yuan Junyu said in a warm voice: "I'll go with you, and I'll have a free meal later, so I can be confident."

Ning Ruichen pursed his lips again, this time he really smiled: "Okay."

The two of them went out of the mountain gate, stepped down the stone steps, and found a clear stream in the depths of the bamboo forest in the mountain. I took a rest in a small pavilion.

Looking from a high place, the algae at the bottom of the stream seemed to be flying in the air. Ning Ruichen took a small gourd with him and took a ladle of water, took a few sips to moisten his throat, and after a while, asked inexplicably: "Let's go up, Shi How many steps are there...do you guess?"

Where does this question come from?Yuan Junyu looked down from the small pavilion, and the sunlight sparsely passed through the pines and miscellaneous trees, making the mountain road quiet and quiet, and there were countless layers of stone steps underneath.

"One hundred and eighth level." Ning Ruichen said: "It corresponds to one hundred and eight kinds of troubles in the world. I pass here every day, and the cost is only a stick of incense. Isn't this just a moment of ignorance... Then I understood that these one hundred and eight troubles were all empty."

Yuan Junyu took a breath and looked at him quietly.

"Gold, silver, pearls and gravel, once paid for, love, hate, and resentment, turn into smoke in a blink of an eye, aren't they all emptiness... It turns out that 'emptiness' means great wisdom, and it turns out that 'emptiness' means enlightenment." Ning Ruichen After talking for a long time, he raised his eyes, his eyelashes trembling slightly: "Brother Yu, I..."

The sound of flowing water in the mountains gradually became clearer and clearer like throwing jade.

Yuan Junyu pressed his hand: "I will do whatever you want."

Ning Ruichen froze for a moment, as if wanting to confirm who the person in front of him was, he looked at Yuan Junyu up and down.He thought that Yuan Junyu would be unhappy and would obstruct him more, but he didn't expect him to say that.

"You can be freed from the confusion, I am really happy for you. You don't have to think about me in the future. It is enough for me to communicate with you for a moment." Yuanjun Yuxu said , held Ning Ruichen's hand, and sighed softly: "It's just that I live in the back mountain now, so I'm afraid I'll come to disturb you often, will you bother me?"

He has such a heart, Ning Ruichen didn't dare to look at him: "I..."

In an instant, Yuan Junyu was depressed, and said slowly: "If you don't want to, I won't come."

"No." Ning Ruichen immediately denied it, and was silent for a while before saying: "You just leave like this, will the court make things difficult for you?"

"If I'm an idler who eats the imperial rations for a few more years, I'm afraid the imperial court will come to chase people away." Yuan Junyu squeezed Ning Ruichen's hand, and the other side immediately said "huh", and pulled his hand back in embarrassment.Now Yuan Junyu was honest: "Cui Zhu went to Beijing yesterday, I asked him to say a few words for me, it's fine."

Ning Ruichen worried: "That person..."

"There is always one thing that is reliable about him, and that is his mouth. Even if it is nonsense, after he polishes it, black things can be said to be white."

Ning Ruichen was still worried: "What if he—"

"Don't worry, I'm alone now, free and easy. If he comes to arrest me, I'll hide in the temple too, and be a couple of monks with you..." He saw Ning Ruichen pursed his lips again, The voice changed: "How long have you been in the temple, don't you intend to convert?"

As soon as he said this, Ning Ruichen fell into deep thought again, curling his temples blankly: "It was planned...but the abbot said that the opportunity has not yet come."

What is chance, the old abbot didn't talk about it, and Ning Ruichen didn't ask.This "opportunity" may be a more subtle level of Buddhist principles than the "wisdom" he thinks. Asking again, wouldn't he fall into a deeper confusion?

On the way back, the two still shared a load of water.Yuan Junyu didn't do this often. He walked and swayed all the way, and when he reached the top, there was still half of the barrel left.Yuan Junyu blushed slightly, covered the mouth of the bucket with his sleeve slightly, and was about to say something when suddenly a monk waved from behind the mountain gate: "Junior brother, your brother is here."

In the blink of an eye, there was a man holding a child in front of him, talking to the monk there.Beside him was a woman with a food box in her hand, looking here.

Yuan Junyu knew that Ning Yuquan didn't like him very much, but because of the matter of speaking for the Ning family before, his attitude has improved now.Seeing Yuan Junyu approaching, Ning Yuquan held the child in his arms and weighed it, and said in a low voice when passing by, "Last time...thank you."

When their family got together, Yuan Junyu was not to be disturbed, and sat outside the kitchen to help for a while. In a blink of an eye, Ning Yuquan turned around the porch, dawdling a few steps away, as if he had something to say .

Yuan Junyu pondered for a while, and called him by his nickname: "Brother Ranzhai, what's the matter?"

Ning Yuquan had a hard time in prison, and walked with a slight limp. When he heard him call himself, the boss walked over unwillingly: "I have never had a chance to talk about it. Take care of what happened before."

Before Yuan Junyu could answer, Ning Yuquan said again: "I'm here this time, I want to ask you something."

Yuan Junyu nodded slightly, motioning for him to say.

"Rui'er is willing to see me, because I'm his real brother, it's okay," Ning Yuquan seemed to be unable to speak, rubbing his cheeks, his eyebrows furrowed deeply, "He is willing to see you, because he... is close to you."

"Rui'er has a relationship with gods and Buddhas since he was a child, but as an elder brother, do I want him to take refuge in the precepts and live a lifetime in the mountains?" Ning Yuquan sighed and shook his head: "I am... a selfish brother, I just hope to lock him up and stay in the world of mortals for a while longer."

Seeing his gloomy expression, Yuan Junyu also felt emotional for a moment.After thinking about it, he still called out solemnly: "Brother."

Ning Yuquan raised his eyebrows and opened his mouth. He didn't say anything after all. He patted Yuan Junyu on the shoulder and walked slowly towards the dining hall.