Phoenix City has a very unique scenery. Most of the dogs here do not bark and are not afraid of humans.
When walking down the street in the afternoon, from time to time I can see big dogs or small dogs lazily crawling on the stone pavement, and tourists ignore them when they pass by.
There are no cars in the ancient city, and there are very few bicycles. Occasionally, a rickshaw comes, and the dogs just stand up slowly, walk only a few steps, and then lie down again. It seems that they were born in Phoenix City just to be full.
rest.
Grandma Chen also has a little yellow dog. Ever since Zhu Tong and the others moved in, it has been lying behind the door and only gets up and moves around for a while when eating.
Ye'er often touched it while playing cards, and later Zhu Tong also stretched out his hand. The little yellow dog was still lying lazily, not feeling strange at all, enjoying the comfort of being groomed.
"You guys go and have a rest. It's been a long day's journey. Let's soak your feet." After winning the last game, Grandma Chen was in a good mood and pushed open the mahjong to close the door. In winter, there were few tourists, so only the four of them stayed in this family hotel.
guest.
When Zhu Tong returned to the room, Huang Hai was fast asleep. The buzzing air conditioner made the temperature in the room a bit higher than outside. He took off his clothes and went to the bathroom to take a shower and put on the dog skin plaster given by his senior brother.
The wound is recovering well, and I feel that my right arm can move normally. As long as the movements are not too intense, there should be no problem.
The bathroom in the family hotel is small, only has a shower, and the temperature is low.
When Zhu Tong came out after rinsing, Ye'er opened the door and came in; he was only wearing shorts and no glasses, and his whole body was exuding heat.
Ye'er said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I'm here to deliver this." She put some newly bought toiletries on the table and ran out with a blushing face.
Outside, Mei Lanting giggled, joked with Ye'er a few times, and then said to Zhu Tong: "Doctor Li, I want to go in and have a look too, is that okay?"
Before Zhu Tong could speak, the door next door had been closed.
Huang Hai lifted the quilt and sat up. Zhu Tong asked, "Have you been pretending to sleep?"
"Where can I sleep? Doctor Li, you---I didn't expect that you look weak, but you are actually very strong. Injured shoulder?" Huang Hai was a little surprised.
The muscles on Zhu Tong's body are even and full, which is not normal for a doctor.
"I like sports. As a Chinese medicine practitioner, I also practice some soft qigong. Acupuncture and massage are very labor-intensive and are passed down from family." Zhu Tongyi poked two needles into his shoulders and put on his underwear.
Make a cup of tea for Huang Hai: "Tell me about your business? My sprain doesn't matter."
Huang Hai's attention was successfully diverted and he lit a cigarette: "Where are you talking about?"
"You meet another angel here." Zhu Tong reminded him.
"It's a flower." Huang Hai's eyes glowed.
"We hired a tour guide in Zhangjiajie. He has dark skin and beautiful eyes. He also explained in detail along the way. However, Xiao Xiao is Ye'er's classmate Xiao Xinmei. She is more selfish. I saw other tour guides helping guests carry their luggage.
, so she asked our tour guide to carry her bag. Xiao Xiao was afraid that things would be too expensive after entering the mountains, so she bought a lot of things. She usually doesn’t like to exercise, and she got tired before walking very far.
"Our tour guide is a short, slender girl named Duohua who loves to sing. She said that she is just a tour guide, not a coolie. Later, I took over Xiao Xiao's luggage. In this way, it was very pleasant along the way.
Awkward, the unhappiness later was inevitable. When we stayed at night, Xiao Xiao kept blaming Duohua because of the power outage, and her words were very unpleasant to hear. Duohua endured it all the way, and finally broke out. If it weren't for me and
Ye'er advised that the two of them had to fight. Later, Duohua sat outside the door and cried, and Xiaoxiao sat in the room and cried. I had no choice but to pay the tour guide fee and told Duohua that we would take the bus down the mountain to Fenghuang early tomorrow morning.
go.
"Duohua was very embarrassed and refused my money. She said a lot, but in the end she accepted the money and left. After we arrived in Phoenix City, Ye'er was immediately fascinated. She only liked the Tuojiang River, and she also
There are these stilted buildings; Xiao Xiao doesn’t like to walk, so she likes to go to the bars here. So, I later traveled around here alone. On the third day after arriving in Phoenix, I met a few friends in the bar and went to a mountain with them.
In the Miao village, I saw another flower at the entrance of the village."
At this point, Huang Hai seemed to be immersed in his own world, and the word order became a little confusing.
"Before entering the village, we had to drink and sing antiphonally. There was a group of Miao girls in front of the door. I don't usually sing, so those friends all sang songs before going in, and I was left alone outside. It was a flower in
To embarrass me, she kept making me drink and sang one song after another. Every time she sang a song, she would make me drink a bowl of wine. Duohua was wearing Miao clothes that day, and I didn’t recognize her as Duohua at first.
Flower. The flower in Zhangjiajie is black and wears ordinary clothes. But the person who let me drink the wine was a fair and beautiful girl from the Miao family. The silver ornaments on her head and body were shining. I didn't expect her at all.
flower.
"I drank eighteen bowls of wine before I was allowed to enter the village. After visiting the village, my friends went boating on the river at the foot of the mountain. I don't know how far they had gone. Duohua also took me on a small boat.
She held the water with a bamboo pole, and there were only two of us in the boat. Dr. Li, I have never seen such scenery. It was August. There were green grass and wild flowers on the shore. The water was very clear. Flowers were singing while holding the boat.
She kept smiling at me and asking me if I still remembered her?
"Later, Duohua told me that the color on her face before was because she was afraid that others would have bad intentions towards her; she liked a free life, going to places and playing around, and she went to Zhangjiajie to work as a wild tour guide because she had a quarrel with her mother. That day
We talked a lot, Duohua was holding the boat in the mountains, and Miao people on the riverside would often talk to her. Before I knew it, it was getting late. It was like I was in a dream, and I completely forgot about going back to Phoenix. I felt
It was very relaxing to be with Duohua, and there was no pressure at all. Later, we set up a bonfire by the river, Duohua caught some fish, and we grilled fish and drank together, so---later---"
Huang Hai suddenly blushed and stopped talking. Zhu Tong could imagine the situation at that time; on a summer night, two young men of the opposite sex slept in the mountains, drinking and singing; even he himself had to endure the temptation of wild flowers like Duohua.
I can't help but pick it up.
After a while, Huang Hai returned to normal and continued: "I returned to Phoenix City the next afternoon and told Ye'er that it was late to play in the mountains. She didn't say anything, only a little unhappy. After having dinner together in the evening, Ye
My son was playing cards and talking with Grandma Chen, and Xiao Xiao took me to go clubbing outside. I didn't dare to run around anymore, so I went to bed first. It was still in this room at that time, and Duohua suddenly came in the middle of the night. She came in through the window, and we---
---. For three days in a row, I went out to walk around the mountains with Duohua during the day, and Duohua came back in the middle of the night. She knew that Ye'er was my girlfriend, and said that Ye'er was prettier and more educated than her, but she wasn't angry or jealous.
Until the day we left Phoenix, she looked at us from a distance, and I could see Duohua crying. We took a bus to Jishou to catch the train, and an old woman came up halfway and sat next to Ye'er.
Only then did I know that she was Duohua’s mother.”
"Have you ever been to any special place? For example, a cave."
"Dr. Li, the scenery in the mountains is really beautiful. Duohua took me to many places. She rowed a boat - there was a special place. We went to a butterfly cave." Huang Haibian said,
His face still looked intoxicated.
"The cave is not very big. There is a pool in front, a peach grove, and mountains all around. There is only one waterway in and out. When Duohua took me there, the cave was full of butterflies, probably tens of thousands of them."
"Butterfly Cave." Zhu Tong asked: "Do you still remember the way there?"
"I don't remember, you can't get there on foot, you have to take a boat."
After Huang Hai finished speaking, Zhu Tong roughly sorted out the context of the matter. Duohua's mother was the one who raised the poisonous insects. She plotted against Ye'er for her daughter, but she did not dare to use the poisonous insects on Huang Hai. She should treat Huang Hai, the prospective son-in-law,
I also see it in my eyes and like it in my heart.
Most Miao men are not tall, but Huang Hai is tall and strong. He is much more respectable than the young people nearby. He is indeed lovable.
"If you were asked to choose regardless of background, which one would Ye'er or Duohua prefer to live with? If all aspects were put together, what would be your choice?" Zhu Tong asked calmly, although it was a bit cruel, but
Huang Hai must now make a choice, which is related to Ye'er's life and death.
"I don't know myself. Before Ye'er got sick, I thought I could forget Duohua, but it didn't work. Now I'm just cruel to myself. If I hadn't been too selfish, she wouldn't have to suffer like this."
"People are selfish." Zhu Tong comforted Huang Hai, "Everyone makes mistakes, and regrets are useless."
After saying this, Zhu Tong thought to himself: Without Duohua's mother's intervention, it would have been easier for Huang Hai to choose.
After all, Huang Hai was a policeman. After being confused, he returned to normal. Reason once again prevailed: "Dr. Li, my family will not accept a Miao woman as a daughter-in-law. Although Duohua is beautiful, she only went to junior high school and then did not go to school again.
In Shanghai, she can't find any living space at all. Our family doesn't really care about how much money she can earn, we care about other things, you know. For me, it's very contradictory now. Duohua is very cute.
"If there are no strings attached, I still like to be with Ye'er, but I'm a little afraid of Duohua's mother."
"I'm just a doctor, and I care about the health of my patients. I don't know much about poisonous insects, but the person who untied the bell must tie the bell. As a man," Zhu Tong looked directly at Huang Hai and said slowly, "If Duohua's mother
If Ye'er's life is threatened, will you choose to marry Duohua?"
Huang Hai lowered his head and said nothing, and Zhu Tong patted his shoulder: "Don't worry, go see Duohua first tomorrow and make an appointment for me. I want to see her mother, preferably the day after tomorrow. Just say I don't mean any harm.
I don’t intend to disturb her world. Just go to sleep, everything will be solved."
The lights in the room were turned off, and the two people lay down and thought about their own thoughts.
The day after tomorrow that Zhu Tong said was the time it would take for the injury on the shoulder to recover; it was impossible to convince Duohua's mother to free Ye'er from the poisonous insects by just relying on words. If Huang Hai didn't marry Duohua, the only way was to compare her strength.
Duohua's mother should be a wizard. The Zhu disciples are least afraid of competing with wizards. Exorcism is their specialty.
In the early morning, Zhu Tong was awakened by a strange "Bang! Bang! Bang!" sound. He got up and opened the window to look. There was water mist on the hazy river surface. A small boat was wandering back and forth. There were a group of young women on the opposite side.
Washing clothes on the stone slabs by the Tuojiang River.
The Yellow Sea was still sleeping soundly. Zhu Tong looked at the distance from the window to the river, and there was always five meters. He imagined the flowers rising and falling silently in the middle of the night. As a girl, that infatuation was really embarrassing.
Ye'er also got up and was picking rice with Grandma Chen in the hall. She was asking something. Boss Chen got up very early every day. He was going to Nanhua Mountain for morning exercise. He came down from Nanhua Mountain and was sweeping the door with a broom.
stone road.
"------It is rare these days that people spread poison and raise poison. When I was young, I heard of------." Grandma Chen rambled, and Zhu Tong understood after just a few words that she didn't know that world.
Judging from her expression, she has long been accustomed to the mysteries of this land. Ghosts, ghosts, witches, and ghosts are no different from snakes and insects to the people who have lived here for generations.
After breakfast, Zhu Tong went with Huang Hai and told Ye'er to look around for any clues.
Ye'er looked at the two of them with some suspicion and said that they were here to treat themselves. How could two grown men run away on their own? Mei Lanting went to Nanhua Mountain with Old Man Chen in the morning and they haven't come back yet. Zhu Tong asked Ye'er
Waiting for Miss Mei, pull Huang Hai out of the inn, walk through the alley, and go up to Hongqiao.
Huang Hai rented a car and went into the mountains to find flowers, while Zhu Tong walked leisurely to the Tianwang Temple.
Also this morning, at the Red Cloud Golden Summit of Fanjing Mountain, a hundred miles southwest of Phoenix City, the bamboo Taoist priest and Ma Ye stood on the cliff, watching the sea of clouds and watching the rising sun, just like being among the gods.
Fanjingshan, a famous Buddhist mountain, has many temples. Although many of them have collapsed and become abandoned, the Red Cloud Golden Summit is the place that devout Buddhist believers yearn for.
The Red Cloud Golden Summit is shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, and the purple air rises. At this time, the sun just breaks through the clouds, and the light shines everywhere, and the Golden Summit instantly turns golden.
On this peak, which is only a few tens of square meters in total, there are two ancient temples: the Sakya Hall on the left, dedicated to the Buddha Sakyamuni; and the Maitreya Hall on the right, dedicated to the Maitreya Buddha. Separating the two halls is the Golden
Dao Gorge is located in the middle of the Golden Summit, 100 meters deep, and the narrowest point is less than three feet. The gorge is connected by three flying bridges up and down, and the most famous "Tianxian Bridge" is at the top of the peak.
It is the wish of good men and women to worship Sakyamuni and then Maitreya. It is cold winter now, and there are only two of them on the Golden Dome, but they are not here to worship Buddha. They stand on the Tianxian Bridge and lean on the railing to watch the sea of clouds on the Golden Dome.
The bell rang in the deep canyon, and three eminent monks turned around at the foot of the mountain, all wearing red robes.
The one in the middle has a rosy complexion and is calm and calm. He walks calmly and holds a Buddhist bead in his hand. He cannot tell how old he is. After stepping onto the red cloud golden roof, a pair of clear eyes meet the bamboo Taoist priest.
"The Living Buddha Suowonda is well, but Taoist Bamboo came to visit rashly and disturbed the living Buddha's purity." Taoist Bamboo spoke first, with a trace of surprise on his handsome face.
"Amitabha, you're too polite, Bamboo Taoist. It's just an inch above the golden dome. It's rude of me to only see the true face of the number one Taoist leader in the Taoist sect until Suowonda reaches here." Although Suowonda Living Buddha remained calm, he was probably shocked in his heart.
He was still above the Bamboo Taoist Priest, and with his level of cultivation, he didn't notice the two people on the golden summit until he was very close. It was a very rare situation.
Suowonda Living Buddha comes from Weizangbutian Temple. It is said that the four-turn golden body of Ningpagu Living Buddha won the honor for the Golden Buddha two hundred years ago. Thirty years ago, 19-year-old Suowonda cultivated the phantom body.
The fifth seal among the seven seals, he is known as the first person in esoteric practice.
Thirty years have passed, and the living Buddha Suowonda rarely takes action. No one knows how high his cultivation level is now.
"I wonder if the Living Buddha is here to pay homage to the Sakya Hall or the Maitreya Hall?" This time, Ma Ye, the master of traditional Chinese painting, spoke up, and there was a lot of mystery in what he asked.
Although the two temples on the top of Hongyun Golden Summit are not big, they represent the two schools of Buddhism and Zen. Suowonda Living Buddha didn't know what he thought before, but now he can't please him no matter how he answers.
Living Buddha Suowonda was originally a disciple of Tantric Buddhism, so he should worship the Sakyamuni Hall first. However, since he is now cooperating with the first-grade Golden Buddha of Zen Buddhism, he should worship the Maitreya Hall first.
"All Buddhas are empty and bright. As long as you are sincere, it will be the same no matter which one you worship first. How can an ordinary person fathom my Buddha's heart? This question from the Taoist Master falls into the realm of common things." Living Buddha Suowonda is not simple either, and his answer is watertight.
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But Ma Ye shook his head and said: "The Living Buddha is wrong. First, I am a layman. Ma Ye has traveled thousands of miles and cannot be called a Taoist priest. Secondly, although Sakyamuni and Maitreya are both called Buddhas, there is a Taoist here. Look at this Golden Knife Gorge.
, it is said that it was because Sakyamuni Buddha and Maitreya Buddha competed to practice Taoism on this golden dome. Later, the dispute broke out and went up to the Yunxiao Palace. The Jade Emperor made a fair decision and split the red cloud golden dome with a golden sword. They did not
How can future generations say this about fighting for this pillar of incense?"
Ma Ye was causing trouble, secretly elevating the Taoist identity by using folk legends, and satirizing the contradiction between Zen Buddhism and Tantric Buddhism, in order to break the purity of the Buddha's heart of the Living Buddha.
He knew that although the red cloud golden dome was shining brightly, it was extremely dangerous. The Bamboo Taoist Priest and Ma Ye were here to block the way of Suowonda Living Buddha to Phoenix City, and both sides might take action at any time.
Although there is usually harmony between the first-grade Golden Buddha and the second-grade Taoist sect, the appearance of the Bamboo Taoist here proves that the Taoist sect is very aware that the Golden Buddha wants to use the hands of the fourth-grade red fire to deal with the seventh-grade Zhumen; this is a statement, which means that the Taoist sect
He has already intervened in this dispute.
Living Buddha Suowonda looked at the sea of clouds and shouted three times, causing the clouds to roll: "Buddhist sects believe in no respect for superiority and inferiority. Suowonda saluted the Buddha with this auspicious cloud, and the light of the Buddha shone everywhere in the world. But Master Zhu's arrival here was indeed an accident.
To worship Buddha?"
Sure enough, the clouds and mist around the Red Cloud Golden Dome gathered around the two halls, and the sunlight shone in, making it look sacred.
"The rivers and lakes have just begun to improve, and the eight sects should support each other. The little Taoist hopes that the living Buddha will have a generous and compassionate heart and will not go to the troubled waters of Phoenix City." The bamboo Taoist said with an innocent smile on his face, and spoke in a gentle voice to get to the point.
Anyone who faces the Bamboo Taoist priest will think that he is a little Taoist priest with a yellow mouth. However, from the first moment he saw the Bamboo Taoist priest, Suowonda Living Buddha was attracted by his grace. With Suowonda Living Buddha's brilliant eyesight, how could he be attracted by him?
Bamboo Taoist's appearance deceives him? What surprises him is: Bamboo Taoist's cultivation has changed from complex to simple, and he is not at all like the romantic Taoist rumored by the outside world.
But now he couldn't think too much about it. Since the Bamboo Taoist priest appeared at Hongyun Golden Summit, it meant that his coming from the east was no longer a secret. Suowonda Living Buddha went to Fanjing Mountain to practice meditation three months ago and spent every day on the Red Cloud Golden Summit.
The rising sun in the sea of clouds understands the secrets of heaven; the Secret Seal Wheel practiced by Suowonda is a penance technique that challenges the limits of the body. His Phantom Body Seal can only realize the ladder of progress when facing desperate situations and clever opponents, between life and death.
For more than ten years, Living Buddha Suowonda traveled all over southern and northern Tibet in search of an opponent who could defeat him. He once went on study tours outside the snow-capped mountains, and also practiced in seclusion on the top of the snow-capped mountains.
Although this trip to the east was to fulfill the agreement between the Butian Temple and the Golden Buddha Temple, he was also looking for a skilled opponent to prove his teachings, whether it was the Taoist master Zhu Taoist priest, or the mysterious senior of the Zhumen, Suowonda Living Buddha.
All longing for a while.
With his opponent in front of him, Suowonda Living Buddha chanted the Buddha's name with his secret eyes, put aside the distracting thoughts in front of him, and faced the bamboo Taoist priest and said: "With the bamboo Taoist priest coming forward, Suowonda's journey to the Phoenix will stop here, how about it?"
"The living Buddha is truly a bodhisattva. The little Taoist thanked him." The bamboo Taoist bowed respectfully on the Tianxian Bridge. He was extremely pious. When he got up, he saw that the living Buddha Suowanda was also joining his hands in salute.
"I don't dare to be a big gift from the Bamboo Taoist priest. Although Suowonda promised not to go to Phoenix City, he reluctantly asked Taoist brother to do it. After Suowonda learned the phantom body seal method in Yingyun Snow Mountain thirty years ago, he has been far away
I went to the Western Regions, India, and various parts of Nijin, just looking for the Dharma mirror that could be verified. Maybe Suowonda didn’t practice enough, so I didn’t meet a happy opponent. Before I came east this time, I had heard for a long time that the Bamboo Taoist Master was studying Tai Chi formations.
, I will ask Taoist brother to help the young monk to have a pure heart today."
After the Living Buddha Suowonda finished speaking, he solemnly bowed down in his dharma robes, and then looked at the Bamboo Taoist with great expectation.
Ma Ye complained in his heart that it might have been better if Living Buddha Suowonda was a powerful man; but now he happily promised not to stand up for the first-grade Golden Buddha, and then asked the bamboo Taoist priest to be his confirmation mirror. His attitude was frank and unpretentious.
Hypocritical, if Taoist Bamboo agrees to his request, he will only suffer a big loss in terms of momentum.
Tao Zong's mental method emphasizes late strikes, and the fundamental factor is to consider the opponent's character in the moves; the more evil the opponent is, the stronger the counterattack will be. But when encountering an opponent like Suowunda who uses martial arts to pursue Taoism, he will not be able to inspire the Bamboo Taoist priest.
The fighting spirit of the Tai Chi formation cannot be used to exorcise evil spirits and strengthen the righteousness.
The bamboo Taoist priest spread his red lips and smiled brightly, and took out a half-foot-long bamboo knife from his waist: "Since the living Buddha is so generous, it would be hypocritical for the little Taoist priest to shirk it anymore. Please enlighten me."
The half-foot-long bamboo knife was emerald green and translucent, swaying back and forth in the morning glow of the red clouds and golden roof. Watery green ripples slowly flowed from the blade, and the surrounding scenery swayed vaguely.
"The little Taoist priest is the most unpromising. I have liked the randomness of landscapes since I was a child. Now I can only master the eight-stroke semi-shanshui sword technique. This is the first technique: water and sky are one color. Please give me some advice from the living Buddha." said the bamboo Taoist priest.
At the end, the half-foot-long bamboo knife made a complete circle, and the green ripples spread into the air, gathering the entire red cloud and golden top into the same color of water and sky.
The Bamboo Taoist priest changed his previous habit and struck preemptively. He stretched the sleeves of Suowonda Living Buddha's robe, his left hand was like a wheel, and his right hand was like a drum, and he shouted: "My heart is like a diamond, and I will not give up all the objects of desire. Om, Mani, Padme, Hum!"
When the bamboo Taoist priest drew his sword, Ma Ye and the two disciples of Suowonda Living Buddha could no longer resist the green ripples on the golden top of the red cloud, so they each retreated to one side.
As soon as the six-character motto of the living Buddha Suowonda came out, it was like a huge stone coming from the sky and slamming into the green ripples.
Ma Ye was also shaken by the proverbs. When he opened his eyes and opened his eyes when his mind was calmer, he was shocked: the figure of Suowonda Living Buddha could no longer be found on the Red Cloud Golden Summit.
"The second form, flowing clouds and flowing water." The bamboo Taoist wielded a half-foot-long bamboo knife and slashed upward diagonally.
The clouds are billowing on the golden top of the red cloud, and the green ripples gather on the top of the half-foot-long bamboo knife, forming a cool light shield.
Only then did Ma Ye see that half of the body of Living Buddha Suowonda was shrouded in the turbulent clouds, flying in the sky like a god.
He shouted "Bodhi"; the living Buddha made lotus seal with his right hand and struck out lightly.