Daoist Abandoned Wisdom

When Tao Xinian woke up, it was already high in the sun, he stretched himself, stood up, and looked under the bed.The repairing edge was gone, and the quilt was neatly folded.

He got out of bed and opened the window. There was a vast expanse of whiteness in the distance, and the snow could be more than a foot high.He changed into a bamboo green jacket with two crotches, tied his hair up briefly, walked to the stove, and kicked the jar lightly.

A mung bean eye protruded from the mouth of the altar, and Abo said, "What? I can come out now."

"Go and clean up your things." Tao Xinian was naturally referring to the unpacked bath water and changed clothes yesterday.

However, when his eyes turned to the screen, he was slightly taken aback.The clothes hanging on the screen were gone.He walked behind the screen, poured out the unfilled bath water from yesterday, and cleaned it up quite cleanly.

Abo yawned, stretched himself, and said, "I don't have to come out again."

Tao Xinian waved his hand and said, "No need." After finishing speaking, he took a thick black cloak from the box, put on short quilted boots, and went out the door.

The snow had stopped, and the yard was clean. The snow was swept into two piles and piled on both sides, leaving a wide road.

Tao Xinian walked towards the front yard without hurrying, passed the Yuanshi Palace, and came to the gate of the Taoist temple.Xiu Yuan was wearing the dark gray robe prepared for him yesterday, and was slowly sweeping away the snow. The clothes drying pole on the high vent was drying his and Xiu Yuan's clothes.

Tao Xinian leaned against the door and coughed.Xiu Yuan turned around, with no expression on his face, and said lightly: "You're awake."

"Go back. You don't wear too much, and you were seriously injured, what should you do if you die from the wind and cold?"

Xiu Yuan blinked his light brown eyes, put down the broom after sweeping a few times, and walked back slowly.

Tao Xinian looked up at the statue of Yuan Shitian in the main hall, lit some incense, meditated for a while, and then walked back.Suddenly feeling hungry, he walked towards the kitchen.

Chicken soup and soup medicine for repairing the edge are hot on the stove, rice is hot in the pot, and two stir-fried side dishes are placed next to them, which are steaming.

He thought that Abo had just made it, and he was afraid that he would be hungry.

He brought the food into the room, and handed a bowl of black soup to Xiu Yuan, saying: "Drink the medicine first."

After Xiu Yuan finished drinking the medicine, Tao Xinian put his hand on his wrist, Xiu Yuan shrank back unconsciously, but stopped, letting Tao Xinian hold it.

Tao Xinian was not only amazed for a while.This person's health is also quite good, he was seriously injured last night, but today he seems to be fine, but his body lost too much blood and he looked weak.

Maybe the leaves of Abo and Ganoderma lucidum played a role.

Tao Xinian smiled slightly and said, "Your health is recovering very quickly. Sit down and eat. The mountains have been covered by heavy snow for the past few days, and there are only radishes and cabbages stored in the cellar. I can't greet you well."

"Master Tao, thank you."

Tao Xinian made rice with chicken soup, took two bites, saw that Xiuyuan was only a vegetarian, and asked: "Xiuyuan, don't the northern monks eat meat? Emperor Liang issued the "Banning Wine and Meat*" a few years ago, and the southern monks are not allowed to eat meat. Yes. I thought Bei Seng had no such taboo."

Xiu Yuan looked up at the chicken in the pot, seemed to want to say something, and held back.Tao Xinian understood, he just didn't want to compete with him for food.So he grinned and threw a chicken leg into his bowl.Xiu Yuan didn't speak, and continued to eat in silence.

Although Xiu Yuan didn't talk much, Tao Xinian was still in a very happy mood.Since he went down the mountain to buy in the first half of the year, he has never gone down the mountain again, and he only goes down the mountain once a month or two on weekdays.Now that the mountain is blocked by heavy snow, it will be several days before he can go down the mountain. Xiuyuan is the only normal human being he can come into contact with during this period of time.Although he doesn't talk much, he is good-looking and hard-working, which is still very good, much more pleasing to the eye than Abo.

As if feeling Tao Xinian's disgust, the jar next to the stove moved slightly.Tao Xinian got excited and said, "That's right, it's time to add fire to the stove."

He put down the bowl, planed the fire a few times clumsily, and threw a few chunks of carbon into it abruptly.

Among the few pieces of carbon that happened to be thrown down, there was a cigarette butt, and the choking smell of smoke came out immediately.Tao Xinian coughed a few times, and imitated Abo's usual way of bending over to blow, the force was too strong, he didn't blow the fire up, but his face was covered with ashes.It's been so long since I haven't worked, I can't even blow the fire.

He closed his eyes and coughed, and stretched out a pair of strong hands behind his back, taking him a step back.

"I'll do it." Xiu Yuan's steady voice came over, and after saying that, he leaned over to fiddle with it a few times, blew a few breaths, and then got angry all of a sudden.

Tao Xinian wiped away the smoked tears with a towel, smiled awkwardly, and said, "Xiu Yuan, you are really capable."

Xiuyuan settled the charcoal fire, and put away the two's bowls and chopsticks.Tao Xinian looked over, and he really started to wash the dishes again, with his skillful movements, as if he was the master here.

"Xiuyuan, let me wash the bowl, you are a guest."

"It's okay."

Tao Xinian also doesn't know how to wash dishes, it's impossible for him to wash dishes in such a cold day.Since Xiuyuan needs to be washed, let him go.

He returned to the house, kicked the jar by the stove, and said, "Get up quickly, and follow me to the master's room to clean."

Abo jumped out of the jar in an instant, shaking the leaves, looking very energetic.

"You still want him to live?"

"Shh, keep your voice down! He was injured again when the mountain was snowed heavily, and he will have to stay for at least three to five days."

Abo's mung bean eyes looked out of the window, and he hummed and said, "I see...he's almost healed. He can still wash clothes, sweep the floor and cook. He can go down the mountain today."

"Shut up and go!"

Abo jumped out of the window sullenly, and quickly opened the door of Daoist Qingyun's room.Since Taoist Qing Yun's body was dissected, this place has been vacant for two years, and the ground is covered with dust.

Tao Xinian took a broom and followed him, but he choked on the dust after sweeping twice.Abo jumped up and patted him on the back, and said, "Give it to me, it's a precious life, you go and wipe the dust on the table, the rag is there."

Tao Xinian wiped the dust on the table, seeing the hanging portrait of Master in the room, he felt a little emotional.It has been two years since Master passed away after his autopsy, and he has been here in Qinglong Mountain for six years.

In the past six years, he had almost lost all of his friends in Jinling City. Even when they met down the mountain, they just nodded and said hello. Only Yu Yuandao occasionally went up the mountain to visit.Other than that, there's only Arbor.

He wants to become an Earth Immortal, so that he can come and go in the world of mortals and enjoy the glory, but he, the lone star of the evil spirit, will still be alone even if he succeeds in cultivation.Is it possible to go to double cultivation with monsters?

After thinking about it, the movements of his hands slowed down, and he didn't notice the sound of footsteps not far away.Abo's ears were very sharp, knowing that the monk was coming, he immediately huddled up in the corner of the wall, as if the grass had grown in the corner of the wall that had been in disrepair for a long time.

When Xiu Yuan came in, Tao Xinian was slowly wiping the table, the broom was lying aside, the work was only half done.He saw a clump of grass growing by the wall, he thought that the room would not stay for a long time, without thinking too much, he stepped forward two steps, and pulled the grass out with one hand.

"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts... It's a long life, it's a long life, the roots are exposed, let go, dirty! dirty!"

Abo broke free from Xiu Yuan's grasp, ignored the fallen leaves, quickly covered the roots with the leaves on his body, and cursed: "Shameless! Shameless! It's so obscene!..."

Tao Xinian was taken aback and went to see Xiu Yuan, only to see his face was green and shocked.

"monster?"

Tao Xinian quickly hugged Abo, and explained: "He is my friend, named Abo, he is a good monster, don't take offense, hahahaha..."

Xiu Yuan was shocked for a while, and said: "It's nothing, it's because I have too little experience. This is a Taoist temple, and it's not unusual for there to be spirits and monsters."

Tao Xinian breathed a sigh of relief, luckily he didn't scare anyone.Abo became angry: "Monk, why are you so diligent! You have so many hands and feet... You made me reveal myself..."

Tao Xinian tapped him on the head, and said, "What's so interesting about those few whiskers of yours! Hurry up and help with work if you have nothing to do."

Aborted, Abo jumped off the ground, turned his back to the two of them, and began to sweep the floor.Xiu Yuan apologized and said: "Brother Abo, I'm sorry, I'm new here, I disturbed you..."

Abo snorted and ignored him.Tao Xinian kicked him lightly and said, "Being more and more presumptuous and rude."

Xiu Yuan took Tao Xinian's rag to wipe the bed.Tao Xinian watched the two from the sidelines, having nothing to do, so he took a cushion and sat at the low table that had just been cleaned, and ate peanuts.After a pile of peanut shells were piled up on the table, he suddenly said, "Xiu Yuan, I'll find you some thick clothes."

He rummaged through boxes and cabinets for nearly half an hour, and finally found the oversized jacket and a thick cloak that he hadn't worn before, and found a new underwear. When he went again, the room had already been cleaned.

Abo was making a quilt for the bed, while Xiuyuan wiped all the household items in the room.Tao Xinian handed him the clothes, he thanked him, and put the cloak on his body.

The corner of Tao Xinian's mouth twitched, thinking that you still feel cold, right?This stubborn donkey also swept the snow and washed his clothes in the morning. It was so cold that he wouldn't blame himself.

The author has something to say: In the Han Dynasty, the crotch was women's attire, and it was worn inside. In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, both men and women could wear it, and it became a kind of casual clothes. If you are interested, you can search for pictures. The style is quite beautiful.

"Ban Jiu Meat * Essay" was written by Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty, and it was written in 511 AD.At that time, Buddhism had not been introduced to China for too long, and the diet was not so strict, and monks also ate meat.There are three pure meats, five pure meats, and nine pure meats in Buddhism, which probably means that the practitioner did not see the animal being killed, did not hear the sound of the animal being killed, or that the animal was not killed for him, and the animal died naturally , killed by other animals, etc., the meat is edible.

Therefore, before Emperor Wu of Liang, monks could choose whether to eat meat or not. There was no express rule that monks could not eat meat.

Xiao Yan is a very devout Buddhist. According to the Buddhist scriptures "Brahman Sutra", "you must not eat the flesh of all sentient beings, and you will suffer immeasurable sins", "you must not eat the five spices: garlic, onion, leek, scallion, xingqu", etc. The rules require monks and are enforced throughout the country.

Xiuyuan is from Wei in the north. At that time, Emperor Wu of Liang's policy had only been promulgated for a few years, so it shouldn't have that much impact on the north...