Li Ye, who was locked in the room, completely put down all his affairs and slept for the longest time since coming down from Fangcun Mountain.

In his words, he was basically half asleep and half awake.

When you are half dreaming, you don’t want to pay attention to the secular world. When you are half awake, you want to find the truth of this world.

In his opinion, the reason why he killed someone in the back hill of the Great Buddha Temple was because he was on the verge of life and death and had no choice.

Later, he encountered water bandits on the Fuchun River. Although he took action, he only shot and wounded rather than killed him.

Finally, on the way to Xixuan Territory, I met Ming Hui and then met a group of killers, who did it when his life was at stake.

Otherwise, I'm afraid that I might have turned into a pile of bones under the cliff.

In Li Ye's words, my life is very tough. If you want my life, you have to be prepared to take your own life.

I can't even be killed by a lightning strike, how many killers will I be afraid of?

However, this time Li Ye was no longer facing a killer who wanted to kill him, but thousands of troops from various grassland tribes. In any case, he had planned it first and killed 20,000 grassland soldiers.

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No matter what excuses I have given myself these days, I always feel like I am lying to myself.

"It would be great if Senior Brother Minghui was here, even if Master Lao Shang from the Great Buddha Temple was in front of me. At least I could ask them for advice on these things that I don't understand, so I don't have to hide in the room and worry about it."

Li Ye, who was lying on the bed, turned over and sighed quietly.

Since ancient times, sages and sages have all been lonely, wishing to sleep forever and never want to wake up.

There was no sun or moon in the dream, and when I woke up I was stroking my beard.

"Master, they say that King Kong subdues demons with his angry eyes. What if the opponent is a living being instead of a demon?"

Li Ye murmured as he fell asleep.

"Idiot, even the angry eyes of Vajra are for the benefit of more sentient beings!"

The old monk Kuchan in the dream had a kind look, looking down at him.

"What's the explanation?" Li Ye asked.

The Buddha said: "The mind is like a painter, painting all kinds of five shades. In all the worlds, it is impossible not to make things. What it means is that the human heart is the source of being able to do good and evil, knowing good and knowing evil."

The old monk lowered his eyebrows and spoke softly.

"Ability to do good and evil, know the origin of good and evil?" Li Ye was murmuring in the dream.

"Human nature and psychological love and hate are the two sides of love and hate. In order to satisfy his selfish desires, the king will have infinite greed. However, when his selfish desires are difficult to satisfy, resentment will follow."

The old monk lowered his eyebrows and spoke softly, just like the Buddha's words.

"From the perspective of the self, love and hate are the nature of the heart and instinctive, and love and hate are often the cause of suffering and the source of troubles in the world."

"Master, the more you talk, the more confused I become." Li Ye replied softly.

"Alas! Idiot. To use an analogy, if you want to do the same thing as Vajra's angry eyes, you must first have the compassionate heart of a Bodhisattva with low eyebrows, and embrace the love and hatred of compassion."

"When sentient beings suffer disasters, Bodhisattva will stop them and prevent them from doing evil. Bodhisattvas are willing to shoulder the cause and effect of stopping evil people, which gives a different realm of love and hate in the world."

"Buddha said: A bodhisattva who is free from love and hate is a transcendent Bodhisattva, and a sage who loves and has no hatred is a sage in the world." The old monk observed this way.

Li Ye was startled and said: "A Bodhisattva who does not lose love and hate is a transcendent Bodhisattva, and a person who has love and no hatred is a sage in the world?"

"Are you thinking about the Bodhisattva in this Buddhist hall or do you want to be a sage in the world? It all depends on your thoughts. Whether they are soldiers in the southern border or soldiers in the grassland, they are all living beings in this world."

"But the soldiers of the grassland carried out sword attacks on southern Xinjiang because of the king's desire, causing countless people to be displaced and putting millions and tens of millions of sentient beings under the sword. This is evil."

"If you can save the people of the grassland and southern Xinjiang from fire and water, even if you look like a king with angry eyes, it will be another manifestation of compassion." The old monk reached out and caressed Li Ye's forehead. There was compassion in his eyes, which was also love.

"Master, what do you mean, master, is that if you become a Buddha with just one thought and become a demon with a single thought, if you have no self in your heart and do the things of the devil, is this also the other side of the compassion of Buddhism?"

In the dream, Li Yeruo realized something and murmured to himself.

The old monk nodded and smiled, and continued: "The Bodhisattva prays to all living beings. The reason why the Bodhisattva became the Bodhisattva and the reason why the Buddha became the Buddha is because there are living beings for him to save and there are living beings for him to perform meritorious deeds."

"Therefore, Bodhisattvas can become great saviors, and Buddhas can achieve the great perfection of merit and wisdom. If there are no sentient beings for them to save, then they cannot become Bodhisattvas or Buddhas."

"The Bodhisattva wants to ask for help from all living beings... A good person wants to ask for help from all living beings. Master, why didn't you explain these Dharma to your disciples earlier, so that the disciples would be less likely to get lost in the abyss of killing karma..."

Li Ye's brows, which had been furrowed for several days, finally slowly opened and a smile appeared on his face.

"Idiot, if you don't experience a lot of suffering, how can you understand the many mysteries of this Buddha? Many truths in the world are separated from the principles and Zen explanations that are not Buddhist, but only depend on their own understanding and persistence."

"As the saying goes: There is no difficulty in the ultimate path, only choice. If the kings of the original tribes do not make evil choices, you don't have to make the choice of Vajra Angry Eyes. This is your suffering, and it is also your opportunity to understand the Dharma. Amitabha,

So good!"

The old monk picked up a flower and gently pressed it on Li Ye's forehead.

"One flower, one world, one leaf, one Bodhi. See the world from the flower, and don't let the leaves obscure the Bodhi!"

The old monk finished his Zen prayer and gradually left...

"Master, don't leave, wait for me, disciple..." Li Ye woke up from his dream and sat up as he yelled.

Staring at the ceiling blankly, he murmured in his mouth: "A Bodhisattva who is free from love and hate is a transcendent Bodhisattva, and a sage who loves and has no hatred is a sage in the world... The Bodhisattva wants to ask all living beings... Yihua

One world, one leaf, one bodhi... With the compassion of a Bodhisattva, I hold up the sharp sword of Vajra's wrathful eyes..."

If I go towards the mountain of swords, the mountain of swords will destroy itself.

If I go to hell, hell will dry up on its own.

Even if I can't be a Bodhisattva or a sage, I still have to win this war and give an explanation to the people of southern Xinjiang and the people of the grassland.

For the cavalrymen of the three towns, it is best for you to go back to where you came from.

My hole has been dug and my knife has been sharpened.

Brother Yeluqi, you'd better persuade King Khan to withdraw his troops.

Otherwise, next spring, these hundreds of miles of wilderness will be the burial place of the prairie cavalry.

Even if I am going to hell in the next life, I will end this war in this wasteland in this life.

The Buddha said if I don’t go to hell, who will?

I said that if I don’t bear the consequences of this war, who will?

Li Ye already understood the world of practitioners, but he had just intervened in the secular world.

Looking back on the past, he finally understood why his husband took him to Tianshan Mountain to practice, and why he traveled thousands of miles to Fangcun Mountain to isolate himself from the world.

I just want to give him a clean and quiet cultivation environment so that he doesn't get caught up in the dust of the world before he joins the world.

I have the Dharma as a beacon, so why should I be afraid of the ugliness in this world?

After thinking about many truths, a smile finally appeared on the corner of his mouth.

After getting dressed and getting out of bed, he opened the door and shouted toward the door: "Mumu, I want to eat barbecue!"

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Li Ye shouted, but instead of calling Mu Mu, he called the little girl Yue Ying in.

"Brother, are you finally willing to go out? Sister Mumu and I have sent you meals for five days, but you haven't eaten even once."

The little girl came up and took his hand and said softly.

"I've been sleeping for five days? No wonder I'm a little hungry. Where is your sister Mumu? What has she been doing? Why hasn't she been seen? Has she taught you how to read and write these days?"

Li Ye took Yueying's little hand and walked out, asking a bunch of questions.

"Sister Mu Mu and Brother Nalan went out. They said they were going to the foundry and would be back soon."

"You come in and sit for a while. I'm going to ask my mother to cook some porridge for my brother. My mother said that my brother hasn't eaten for many days and he needs to eat some white porridge first when he wakes up."

Yueying looked up at Li Ye, narrowed her eyes and smiled.

The smile on the little girl's face has never stopped since she returned to Nanyun City with Li Ye.

Not only did she put on the new clothes Mu Mu bought for her, and she no longer had to go hunting in the snowy fields, the most important thing was that under Li Ye's careful guidance, she succeeded in gathering energy.

He became a practitioner that the tribesmen on the grassland could not even imagine.

This is her happiness and her pride.

Li Ye thought for a while, then followed her, took out some mushrooms and dried bamboo shoots and put them on the table.

He smiled and said, "Please ask your mother to cook a pot of mushroom porridge. You will also eat some later and leave a bowl for Mu Mu. We will find a way to barbecue in the evening to satisfy your craving."

Yueying nodded kindly and replied: "Yueying likes to eat barbecue the most, and Sister Muyi also likes it!"

Li Ye patted her little hand and said, "Send it over first. Later, I want to test what poems you have learned these days."

Yueying wrapped all the mushrooms and dried bamboo shoots on the table in a handkerchief and skipped out.

He smiled and said, "Sister Mu Mu just taught me a song called "Rhythm Enlightenment" and I only memorized half of it.

"Sound enlightenment? That's fine. It can be used to enlighten you now. Although it's a little late, it's better than nothing."

Li Ye looked at Yueying running out the door and said to himself.

In Li Ye's heart, the original decision to take in Yueying and her daughter was just a joke made by Mu Mu.
To be continued...