The man in charge said to himself: "Han Shanzi's heart moved, folded his head and bowed his body, and recited the Buddha's name with his mouth.

The old man stopped, bowed and said, "Where is the monk?"

Han Shanzi lowered his head: "From wherever he comes."

The old man asked again: "Where is the monk going?"

Han Shanzi looked up: "Go to where you go."

The old man smiled and said, "The monk is interesting and good at speaking."

Han Shanzi shook his head: "The monk can't speak, he can only recite scriptures."

The old man stroked the stick and said, "Why does the monk recite scriptures?"

Han Shanzi paused and replied after a while: "Save yourself and save others."

The old man asked tightly, "Why do people need to cross?"

Han Shanzi replied casually: "The sky is vast."

The river breeze blew by, and the old man laughed a few times. He simply shook his straw raincoat and stepped across the river that was nearly ten feet wide. His posture was calm, as if he was walking slowly in the air, and his clothes were flying onto the boat. Then, he asked with a smile: "There is a road on the ground and a boat on the river, why do you need to ferry?"

Han Shanzi was stunned.

The spring breeze is gentle, and the spring rain is just about to stop. In the distance, the mountains and rivers like sparse pens and inks are faintly highlighted, quiet and distant; near, there are small bridges and houses, bamboo fences and thatched huts, bright and vivid, and vivid in my mind. A peach girl sang gracefully from the depths of the willow shade.

The old man smiled: "A woman."

Han Shanzi closed his eyes, shook his head and sighed, "Like a dream, like a bubble, like a dew and lightning, you should observe it like this."

The old man exclaimed: "The spring scenery is drizzling, and the green is green and the red is snuggled."

Han Shanzi had a bitter face: "Miaomiao. Kong Kong."

The old man looked straight and held his long beard: "The monk moved his mind, and it turned out that the Buddha also had falsehood."

Han Shanzi opened his eyes, his face changed drastically, and he closed his body and said angrily: "The old man can bully monks, not me, Buddha."

The old man smiled and said calmly: "Women are humans, monks are also humans. If they are empty, how can I come from my Buddha?"

The old man has no surname, the monk has no intention,

Hanshan's heart moved and looked shocked. From then on, he realized it suddenly.

"Interesting, interesting. Hanshan deliberately meditated, but although he suddenly realized, he was not as easy as a monk. Master Hanshan once asked: What other tricks can he hide? Shide said: Maitreya Bodhisattva once said: Some people scold Laozi, but Laozi had to say; some people beat Laozi, and Laozi fell asleep. He sighed on his face and let it do it. I save energy and he has no worries... Laozi wore a torn jacket, and was full of food in his belly, and replenished the problem. "It is good to cover the cold, and everything goes with the flow."

The man in the leader laughed and said, "It's rare that Brother Shi can remember it so clearly. Isn't it easy, not easy?"

The man in the next head heard the praise from the leader and obviously felt a little satisfied. He glanced at the man, smiled and said, "Don't Brother Luo remember clearly, too?"

The person in charge said, "Old man wears a torn jacket, eats a lot of food, and replenishes the problem. "It is good to cover up the cold, and everything goes with the flow."

The two of them were slightly stunned and then laughed.

These two people are none other than Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong. Since resigning from office and retired in anger, Shi Nai'an relied on his reputation to be a teacher in Suzhou. He is free to teach and educate people on weekdays. However, Suzhou has been an ancient cultural city since ancient times. There are many bookstores in the city. The artists who tell books talk about the ancient and modern times, and tell stories about heroes and heroes of all generations, vividly. The listeners are relish, sometimes sad, sometimes happy. Shi Nai'an also often goes to the bookstore, sits with hawkers and citizens.

He listened to people's books. He liked to listen to stories about the heroes of Liangshanbo the most. In the late Northern Song Dynasty, Song Jiang and others' uprising in Liangshan was later edited by folk artists and circulated widely. At that time, the plays of Li Kui, Yan Qing, Wu Song and others were often staged on the stage, which made him a little lost. He just thought how could there be such a good story in the world? It would be great if more people could hear such stories. With this idea, he also paid a lot of attention when listening to these stories on weekdays.

On that day, he went out to wander. In a book shop, he found that there were many handwritten books, with a book called "Thirty-six People in Song Jiang" in the middle. The book completely recorded the names and nicknames of Song Jiang and thirty-six people. Shi Nai'an was as if he had a treasure and immediately paid for the book. From then on, he had an idea to compile the heroes of Liangshan into a complete book. So he collected materials everywhere and started writing them.

Every time I wrote it, I asked my friends to see it. After a while, the stories of the heroes of Liangshan spread in Suzhou. Shi Nai'an became more famous. After reading too much, his friends were worried and said to him, "The heroes you wrote were called 'thieves' by the government, and they made famous biography for them, but they took risks."

Shi Nai'an replied firmly: "I just want to write about these 'thieves' avenge for the people and kill corrupt officials. Of course, in order to reduce trouble, I will not mention a word today."

In order to write a book wholeheartedly, Shi Nai'an closed the school and asked someone to draw thirty-six portraits of characters based on "Thirty-Six People in Song Jiang". He hung these portraits in the room, observed them carefully every day, thought carefully, and imagined how these characters would act and speak. Sometimes, he also "conversations" with the characters in the painting, and people often hear him asking and answering questions and answering them alone.

When he was tired of writing, Shi Nai'an would sit in a restaurant and teahouse for a while, drink a glass of wine or a bowl of tea, listen to people chatting from all over the world, or go to the theater to watch plays. He remembers people's legends and actors' appearances and performances, and then changes these characters and writes them into the book, named "The Legend of Jianghu Haoke", which is written in one hundred and eight heroes of uprising, each with a nickname, such as "Hubaoyi Song Jiang", "Zhiduo Xing Wu Yong", "Leopard Head Lin Chong", "Pi Li Fire Qin Ming", "Flower Monk Lu Zhishen", "Rangli Baitiao Zhang Shun". These days, the story of "Strange Birthday Outline, Chao Gai, Wu Yong and other grassroots heroes fighting wits and courage with Yang Zhi, an officer of Daming Mansion. This story is extremely exciting, but Shi Nai'an wrote

It feels a bit tricky, because the whole story is about Wu Yong using a strategy to seize the birthday gift. The whole story is written with a battle of wits and courage. For this reason, it hurts Shi Nai'an's head. He has been familiar with the books of sages since he was a child. He has learned the benevolence and righteousness of sages. It is rare to see such ways to harm people everywhere. For this reason, he has written the "Smart Birthday Gift" dozens of times but still cannot satisfy him. When he was worried, a friend told him that a scholar named Luo Guanzhong in Hanshan Temple was writing a story about "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". What are the stories of Liu, Guan and Zhang Taoyuan's Three Romance, Dong Zhuo's Rebellion, Guandu, and the Battle of Chibi. He used many strategies to find him, and maybe he can give you an idea!"
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