Even after living a life without an official, Chen Chong still got up from the rooster's crow and rested with his scrolls in his arms. He lectured with Baibo military officials every day, and also enlightened the children in the village. In his spare time, he sorted out the scrolls handed in from various counties.
It took nearly two months to sort out the three counties of Sanchuan, Yuanyang and Yuanyin.
But it was already December, and there were many family reunions and wedding banquets in the common people's homes, even in the army. Chen Chong's three thatched cottages were able to relax. Although he was only accompanied by Guan Yu, the people here also regarded him as a relative and friend, and often regarded him as a relative and friend.
They gave him salted meat, salted fish and some chickens, and Chen Chong gave him some homemade tofu in return. The villagers discussed privately: I heard that the gentleman was far away from the kitchen, but Chen Longshou could cut open an ox as well as a bamboo. He was really an incredible person.
This month, Chen Chong also received replies one after another. His uncle Chen Ji advised him not to put his emotions first when doing things, but to think about ways to preserve his life first and not to worry his family. His father Chen Kui reprimanded him in the letter for being self-righteous and disrespectful.
Let him behave and not associate with thieves.
The letter written by his wife Cai Yan is very simple. It is a poem about wild geese: The wild geese are returning to the south to send a message, and the wild geese are returning to the north to get my voice. The wild geese are flying high and are hard to find, and they are empty and heartbroken.
The moon is caressing the elegant harp, and the five beats are cold and full of meaning.
Along with the letter was a sachet containing a few strands of green silk she had cut, and Chen Chong was told to carry it with him.
Finally, there was a reply from Zheng Xuan and Zhong Yao. Zheng Xuan did not talk about becoming famous, but only attached a new work called "The Bian", in which he discussed the relationship between revenge and loyalty and filial piety with Chen Chong.
Zhong Yao wrote a letter saying that the political situation in Luoyang has been turbulent recently. Near the end of the year, the emperor fell ill and has not participated in the regular dynasty for ten days. The officials of the court are discussing the matter of appointing a prince. The three princes and nine ministers all support the establishment of the emperor's eldest son "Shi Hou".
", but the emperor preferred the second son "Dong Hou", and the two sides were in a stalemate, and it was not possible to reach a conclusion for the time being.
Before Chen Chong could think of how to reply to the letter, he put it aside and invited the villagers to gather in the hall for a New Year's Eve dinner. The food for a hundred people was not abundant, so he made a daily meal of mutton, dogwood, shepherd's purse, vegetables and dried beans.
Xiangzi. At night, he and Guan Yu replaced the villagers with new peach charms. The children followed him and lit firecrackers all the way. Everyone laughed heartily
On the first day of the first lunar month in the sixth year of Zhongping, he woke up Guan Yu and his attendants. They put on new clothes and left the countryside on horseback. Others did not know where they were going, but followed Chen Chong westward along Yanshui. p>
The surface of Yanshui has formed thick ice edges, shining like gold and stone under the sun. There is no one on both sides of the bank, except for hares swimming in the withered grass. Chen Chong and others walked along Yanshui for three hours, and from the vast loess
I saw three high mountains, surrounded by a city. Chen Chong led his army to this place many years ago. This place was called Fushi (today's Yan'an).
At this time, Fushi was occupied by the Tiefu Xiongnu. When Chen Chong came to visit the city, the people of Helian were quite frightened. Empress Helianchi, the lord of Heliangudu, had been summoned by the Shanyu and was offering sacrifices to the sky in Meiji.
There was no king, only a few guards and ministers, and a few people accompanied Chen Chong on a parade around the city. Chen Chong talked and laughed with them, but they only made promises.
At night, Chen Chong and his party were resting in the city. Guan Yu was about to lie down when he suddenly heard the sound of the door opening next door. He was alert, picked up his knife, put on his robes, and went out to see each other. He saw Chen Chong neatly dressed and carrying a pot.
Drinking wine, untying the horse's rope in the courtyard.
Chen Chong couldn't help laughing when he saw his appearance. He turned around and put his hands on his hips and said, "Yun Chang, please rest first. I want to be alone for a while." Guan Yu refused sternly and said, "You are in a foreign country at this time and your safety is uncertain. You should be more careful."
Chen Chong could only ask helplessly: "Do you want to go with me?"
Guan Yu naturally agreed happily, and asked Chen Chong to wait for a while at the gate of the courtyard. After he put on a green military uniform and a black shawl, the two of them rushed out of Fushi City in the night on horseback.
Chen Chong rode Qing Wei in front, crossed the ice of Yanshui, and galloped up the slope of Fenglin Mountain. The slope was full of gravel and sand, mixed with a few shrubs. The higher you go up, the more steep the mountain becomes, and the more noisy the mountain wind becomes.
, until Qingkui didn't know where to set foot, Chen Chong walked back to the path, listening to the whistling mountain mist turn into the sound of rocking wood.
When they reached the top of the mountain, it was the waning moon. The moon marks were light, but the stars were shining brightly. The top of Fenglin Mountain was an open flat land with only a few pine trees. Chen Chong got off his horse, tied Qing Wei to the pine tree, and then moved
A rock was placed on the edge of the cliff, and Dafang Hu sat on the rock overlooking the mountain.
Guan Yu followed suit and sat aside. He also looked down and saw that in the darkness, Yanshui seemed to be a blue spar running from east to west, reflecting against the starlight, the towering shadows of Qingliang Mountain, Fenghuang Mountain, and Fenglin Mountain, and the mountains between the three mountains.
The outline of Fushi City was looming in the gap. At this time, Shanlan also became quiet, and the two people on the silent mountaintop looked down at the three mountains and two rivers in silence.
Guan Yu was immersed in this wonderful atmosphere when he suddenly heard that Chen Chong stood up from the stone and asked him with a smile: "Yun Chang, do you want to roar?" After hearing this, Guan Yu looked up and saw Chen Chong's excited expression and his eyes.
He was familiar with the emotion, which was the boiling blood of a warrior. He stroked his beard and smiled and replied: "That's exactly what I meant!"
The two looked up at the world between heaven and earth and howled wildly. Chen Chong was short of breath, Guan Yu was long. Chen Chong vented all the passion in his chest until his voice was hoarse, but Guan Yu still had enough energy left. Chen Chong heard Guan Yu's roar flowing away like the east water. In this wilderness
There was no reply at all. After Guan Yu had finished his whistle, he sat down with a lingering aftertaste, smiled at him and said, "Ting Jian, I have never seen you look like this before."
Chen Chong gently rubbed his face and touched his short mustache. He couldn't help but smile and said, "How do I look now?"
Guan Yu thought about it, then shook his head and laughed and said: "I don't know how to say it, but I think that once you are determined in your heart, Ting Jian, you will be determined to the end, and no one can stop you." He looked up and recalled, and said in a brisk tone: "I
When I first met Tingjian, I knew that your heart was as solid as stone."
Having said this, he turned to Chen Chong and asked, "Why did Ting Jian come here on a whim today? I have never heard of any wonders here."
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Chen Chong sat up straight and said to Guan Yu in an exaggerated tone: "Yun Chang, that's because I know God's will, and God's will has led me here. This place is extraordinary and can touch the aura of a saint! I only tell you, you
Don't talk to others." "Just say it, Ting Jian."
Chen Chong was about to continue joking, but he looked sad after thinking about the aftermath. He sighed and said: "The loser is insignificant, the loser is insignificant."
Guan Yu saw that he was sentimental, shook his head and said seriously: "How can Ting Jian say this? Even though I am a martial artist in the county, I also know that life and death are not the same as success or failure. Mencius often said that one should sacrifice one's life for righteousness. Quzi also sang: "The direction of my heart, although it is
Nine deaths without regrets. You and I want to do something big, but I thought you just regarded life and death as normal!"
Chen Chong looked at Guan Yu, suddenly smiled and said: "Yun Chang, you are right. I do have a barrier in my heart. Since the chaos was over, I have been extremely unhappy. Even steel that has been tempered hundreds of times will break one day. If I am not here
I'm afraid I won't be able to bear this vent." Chen Chong stood up, took off the jug from his waist, and spilled all the wine from the jug. He watched the wine gurgling away and said solemnly: "Oh my god.
If there is love, heaven will also grow old, and the right path in the world will be vicissitudes of life."
After saying this, Chen Chong felt relieved. He smiled frankly and said to Guan Yu: "I am the same me now, Yunchang. Now I can say that I can fight against heaven and earth!".
He turned around and walked towards Qingkui, and was about to untie the horse's rope when he suddenly heard a murmur. He carefully discerned that there was a man chanting sutra: "Sariputta said Subhuti, how can there be no intention? Subhuti said, there is no intention either."
.It’s not nothing. It can’t be obtained. It can’t be known.”
The man's words were harsh. Chen Chong looked closely and saw him walking out of the forest. He had dark skin and blue eyes. He was wearing a worn-out cassock and his hair had been picked off. He looked like a Samana from Tianzhu.
When he saw Chen Chong and Guan Yu, there was a smile on his face. He stepped forward and bowed and said: "The young monk is resting on the mountainside just now. He suddenly heard the voice of the gods and humans on the top of the mountain, so he went up the mountain to have a look.
After all, I unexpectedly saw two of them."
The three of them greeted each other and found out that Nana, the branch secretary, came from the Western Regions and wanted to preach in the Central Plains. However, when he was traveling to Wusun, he unexpectedly encountered chaos in Liangzhou and the roads were blocked. He waited for more than a year, but still did not see any improvement, so he took a detour to the desert.
Walking from the desert for seven days, we entered Shangjun.
When he was passing by Fushi, Zhishi Nanana saw the Fenglin Mountain, which was like a giant palm lying across the front of Fushi. He couldn't help but climb into the mountain and rest in a cave on the mountainside. Unexpectedly, he heard the Buddha's voice in his dream, and also dreamed that he was in the mountain.
There is a nine-story pagoda built on the top of the mountain, and there are Buddha statues everywhere under the pagoda. After he woke up, he made up his mind to carve various reliefs in the cave, and he has persisted for more than a month.
Chen Chong asked: "Listen to what the master just said, what he is reciting is the "Tao Xing Sutra", but the master is practicing Mahayana Buddhism?" Sub-branch Nana shook his head and said: "The young monk is indeed reciting the "Tao Xing Sutra", but the young monk belongs to Theravada.
.Mahayana is mostly lies and has little merit. The donor knows that those who practice Theravada are the true Dharma."
Speaking of this, the branch monk Naradassi said: "The Sangha has been divided for hundreds of years, and new laws are established every hundred years. What the young monks learned was formed from the four gatherings of Kashmila. The World-Honored One said: That person If they don't realize it, 'We will be destroyed!' If they know this, they will stop arguing. But the young monk cannot give up his own anger and has traveled thousands of miles to this point. He wants to achieve the fruition, but he still doesn't know where he will wait. Time."
Chen Chong didn't know much about this, but after hearing the introduction of the situation in Tianzhu by the branch secretary Nana, he knew that most of the monks who came to the Han Dynasty to preach were from the Northern Buddhism, and the orthodoxy of the World Honored One (Sakyamuni) was in the Southern Buddhism, and the Northern Buddhism The Southern Buddhism knew that it was not the true words of the Buddha, so it dismissed the Southern Buddhism as Hinayana, and respected itself as Mahayana. The Southern Buddhism called itself Theravada, and the Northern Buddhism was called the Mass Buddhism.
Ten years ago, Zhishi Nana set out from southern Tianzhu, entered Guishang via the northwest, then entered the Western Regions from Guishang, and finally entered the Han Dynasty from the Western Regions. He talked about his experiences along the way and sighed to Chen Chong and Guan Yu: "The little monk has traveled all the way. , everything I hear and see is that the three poisons are rampant, all living beings are suffering, paranoia is false, and the true nature is not seen. It is like this in Tianzhu, like this in Guishuang, and like this in Han Dynasty. How close is the age of the end of Dharma mentioned by the World Honored One? There is not existence, and emptiness is not emptiness. ,When will the world wake up?"
But Chen Chong shook his head and said: "Master, I respect the Buddha, but I don't worship the Buddha. The World-Honored One said: All living beings are suffering, and all sentient beings are evil. Then, if you seek to illuminate the five aggregates and realize the Buddha nature, you can escape the sufferings of the six paths. But I only feel that In this life, people do not ask for cause and effect, but only ask whether there is existence, emptiness or emptiness in this world. I came to this world to seek results."
Nana, the branch secretary, opened his eyes wide and sighed to him: "The donor can be said to be angry. He can abandon the appearance but is paranoid about the appearance. But the donor has the original Buddha nature and has already followed the Bodhisattva precepts. Good, good."
After saying that, the branch office man put his palms together and said goodbye to Chen Chong and Guan Yu. Chen Chong and Guan Yu went down the mountain, met with the guards in the city, and returned to Santangli by the same route after dawn. They spread out the paper and tried to write a reply home. , but for a moment I was so confused that I only wrote the beginning and could not continue writing.
In the evening, he heard a rapid hooting of horses outside the hall, and saw Meng Jian hurriedly come in and said: "Teacher, there is news from Yanmen that the war is not going well. Liu Shijun was defeated by Sang Qian!"