As Lu Zhishen, Wu and Song grew older, they no longer just traveled around. They would also return to their respective temples to live and worship Buddhism, and sometimes travel for a while, until the Qi Dynasty
The capital was moved to Yanjing, and Lu Zhishen was already seventy-one years old...
In the temple, the monks sit cross-legged, twirling Buddhist beads, meditating and chanting sutras. Incense smoke curls in front of the ancient Buddha's green lantern, but the melodious ringing of the temple bells and the lingering sound also make the atmosphere of this temple located in the capital particularly solemn.
And Lu Zhishen sat cross-legged on the futon with his eyes closed and chanted sutras. Although he had killed many evildoers over the years with the iron-milled Zen staff in his hand, Lu Zhishen, who used to transform into a diamond with angry eyes and a crazy look, has grown with age.
As my career progressed, although I still had a loud voice and a heroic demeanor in the temple, I was able to get along with the monks in the temple more and more harmoniously. Now I seem to be able to calm my mind, and I am not as impatient as I used to be when I meditated.
appearance.
However, when the morning classes were over in the temple, Lu Zhishen suddenly seemed to have a feeling, and immediately laughed loudly and said: "It's time!"
The monks in the main hall were startled by Lu Zhishen's sudden voice. Among them, the leader of the temple, who was not much younger than Lu Zhishen and had a kind and easy-going face, more like a host, stepped forward and asked Lu Zhishen: "
Host, this is..."
Lu Zhishen stood up slowly, with a relieved look on his face. He looked around at the monks in the hall, most of whom looked astonished. Then his eyes fell on the leader. He clasped his hands together, changed his usual rude behavior, and bowed to him respectfully.
Said: "Xuanzhen Chief, from now on this Pufa Temple will be entrusted to you to take care of..."
The first one hurriedly returned the gift. He originally thought that Abbot Zhishen was going to travel around the world with Patriarch Zhaowu Qingzhong, but when he heard his words, he vaguely felt that something was a little strange. Lu Zhishen immediately returned to the Zen room and handed over the brocade gift given by the emperor.
He put on his cassock and sat in the Zen chair. When the monks came to look at Lu Zhishen in surprise, they saw a furnace of good incense rising in the Zen room. Lu Zhishen folded his feet and sat on the Zen chair.
The expression on his face was not only calm, but the faint smile that bloomed at the corner of his mouth seemed to have frozen.
There was a prison in charge of the temple, and Dusi asked carefully, but Lu Zhishen, who had a calm face, just didn't respond and remained motionless, as if he had naturally taken to the sky and could no longer hear the slightest sound in the mundane world.
The leader of Pufa Temple looked at it for a moment, and suddenly his expression changed, and he realized what had happened to Abbot Zhishen. "All actions are impermanent, which is the law of birth and death. The birth and death has ceased, and cessation is bliss..."
"Gradually, the leader's expression became relieved and sighing. He then sat down cross-legged respectfully and began to chant the Buddha's name. Upon seeing this, the monks inside and outside the meditation room also sat down and chanted. The solemn sound of the Buddha's name gathered in one place.
It has been echoing in Pufa Temple...
In an instant, all delusional thoughts were eliminated. Yi Liezhao and Zen master Lu Zhishen passed away in this way...
When Lu Zhishen, his good friend Deng Yuanjue, died in battle, he had the sudden enlightenment to untie the golden rope and break the jade lock. However, although he later achieved great success, the sins of greed, anger, and ignorance still exist in the world, and because of
With deep loyalty to his brothers in Juyi, Lu Zhishen still cares about what he has to do in this life. But now he has been able to let go of all the fetters and attachments of the world. With all virtues perfected and all evils eliminated, it is time to let go.
Get rid of the state of outflows and defilements, and become a Buddha immediately.
The emperor of the Qi Dynasty and even the officials in the court sighed with emotion after hearing the news that Lu Zhishen had passed away. They also went to burn incense and pay homage. After doing the merits for three days and nights in Puhua Temple, Lu Zhishen's body was placed in a scarlet niche.
The skin was cremated according to the Buddhist ritual of emptying all the four elements after completing the retribution in the world. Although Zen masters from various temples came to chant sutras, they personally held torches and went to the shrine to cremate the deceased Lu Zhishen, but they were in close contact with each other.
In Weishi, Wu Song, our best friend and brother, has been working together for many years, living and dying together, even after escaping into Buddhism.
"Brother... when it comes to Buddhism and Zen mind, I am not as good as you after all. I will eventually realize the fruit of such worldly vows and give up this body. I should feel comforted... I will give you a gift today.
Cheng. It’s just that brother, your worldly affairs are over. It seems that brother, my practice will continue..."
He was already old enough to have seen the vicissitudes of the world, and he knew that Lu Zhishen could be said to have fulfilled his wish. Therefore, Wu Song did not show much sadness on his face, he just sighed with emotion, and then he lit the niche with a torch and watched.
Lu Zhishen completely put aside his body and body, put his hands together and saluted respectfully, and then drifted away in full view of the Qi Dynasty monarchs, ministers, and Zen masters and monks everywhere...
From then on, for a long period of time, neither the monarchs nor the common people of Qi Dynasty knew where Wu Song was.
And when the world thought that Wu Song, who was already old, might have passed away, the story of Qi Chao Zhaowu Qingzhong's deeds of eradicating rape and eradicating violence came out. It happened several times in the following years, and there were people everywhere.
There have been incidents where characters dressed as tutuo killed local evildoers with their own hands, or tied up the criminals and threw them at the gate of the local county government along with any evidence of their crimes.
In this way, every time someone thought that Wu Song was dead, there would be news of a wanderer appearing in the rivers and lakes. There were even hunters in the deep mountains and forests who said with their own eyes that they had seen the ancestor of Zhaowu Qingzhong, Wu Erye, having a big insect.
A man who went on a rampage of cannibalism lay drunk in the mountains and killed a beautiful tiger with a white forehead with a pair of iron fists. However, when the local county government sent people to patrol the mountain to investigate, they only saw blood leaking from all its orifices.
There was blood, and most of the insect corpse was dented in the flower-skinned top, but there was no trace of Wu Song at all.
The last time Wu Song's deeds were reported under the rule of the Qi Dynasty, merchants in a remote mountainous area encountered rogue bandits, and several villagers were about to be brutally killed, but suddenly another tuotuo appeared out of thin air.
But when I saw that Toutuo's temples were the color of silver frost, most of his hair was still black, his face was still bright, his bones and muscles were still strong, and he exuded the awe-inspiring majesty of a thousand-foot-high cloud. That Toutuo was
A pair of snowflakes and iron swords, which were as sharp as clay, cut off their heads and blocked their waists, killing all the bandits to pieces, leaving only one bandit tied up. When the merchants and servants thanked the merchants for their kindness, they didn't say much.
He didn't sign up for his number. He only left a few words to teach everyone to escort the thieves to see the officials, and then he left in a hurry. Everyone saw the Tutuo escaping into the mountains and forests. His body was strong and he could climb over cliffs, chasms and thorns, and his steps were vigorous and fast.
Like a galloping horse...
According to the rumors at that time, the founding emperor of the Qi Dynasty later practiced martial arts with Patriarch Zhaowu Qingzhong. Although Wu Song followed the path of Buddhist Shaolin in martial arts, he had already mastered the book titled "Wanshou".
Understand the exquisite and profound mental methods from the Taoist and Xuanmen classics "Tao Zang".
In this way, people don’t dare to talk about it anymore. In the original work of Water Margin, there are different opinions about the whereabouts of Wu Song, who originally lived to be eighty in the original work of Water Margin. Except for Gongsun Sheng and others who devoted themselves to cultivating Taoism but did not reveal what happened next, Zhemo is also the longest-lived among the heroes of Liangshan. Some people say
Perhaps he really understood the secret of immortality. After all, long before Zhang Sanfeng, the Wudang master who was born in the seventh year of Chunyou in the Southern Song Dynasty and emerged in the late Tianshun years of the Ming Dynasty, there were Jiang Ziya, Peng Zu, Wu Pu, Liu Huizhao, Chen Jun...
. and other biographies of people who are said to have an incredible longevity. However, people in the world hope that Wu Song will always be alive. Most of them are out of fear that Wu Song took power and raped the abusive official Cai Jun. He eliminated harm for the people and joined the heroes in Liangshan to help the mountains and rivers.
, the memory of someone who, after becoming successful and famous, still goes around doing righteous deeds to fight against injustice and eradicate violence.
Perhaps in fact, Wu Song still has his own pride. He has witnessed the death of many Juyi brothers in battle and has experienced too many life and death. He does not want to teach himself in vain because of his death. The brothers who are still alive sigh.
It only adds to the sadness and is not refreshing enough. In this life, you might as well just focus on the pleasure that comes and the freedom of leaving...
