Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2712 There is light, there is darkness, and there is chaos

  Buddhism emphasizes an epiphany.

  What is epiphany?

  Sudden enlightenment is the root of wisdom. Those who have the root of wisdom can achieve sudden enlightenment, and those without it will be difficult to realize sudden enlightenment.

   Lu Bu didn't quite understand.

  Lv Bu became more and more confused after listening to Mitraro's lecture on Buddhism.

  Actually, many eminent Buddhist monks themselves don’t quite understand it, at least they came to hold a Dharma meeting for Lu Bu, and even Mitra, who taught Buddhism, couldn’t explain it clearly. Mitra told Lu Bu that in order to understand the Buddha-nature, one needs "sudden enlightenment", that is, "seeing one's nature clearly". But what is "sudden enlightenment", how to "sudden enlightenment", or how to "clarify the mind and see the nature", sorry, Midoro couldn't explain clearly, at least Lu Bu couldn't hear clearly.

  As for the issue of Lu Bu not feeling any "epiphany", Midoro can only say that Lu Bu does not have "enough qualifications" for the time being.

  Mitraro means that Lu Bu’s accumulation of merit is not enough. Anyway, the matter of merit is like a leader saying whether a subordinate can do it or not. There is an intuitive value for merit, is there a panel like in the game, or is there a shining merit value? Obviously not. So how much merit a person has, even if he has it, is actually uncertain.

  Mitra told Lv Bu that one needs to practice and accumulate merits, and one will naturally have sufficient qualifications. At that time, one can enter the Dharma door from the secular world, realize non-emptiness, pay attention to the order of rituals, and practice six perfections and ten thousand actions.

  Lv Bu heard the secret taught by Midoro, and suddenly realized...it was impossible. He couldn't understand what Midoro was saying, or what the words in it meant?

   It's not that Lu Bu didn't ask Midoluo for advice, but after Midoluo explained to Lu Bu, Lu Bu felt like a fool.

  Mitraro said that seeing one's nature clearly is like water. Water is both tangible and intangible. It can freeze into ice or turn into gas. When people are in the secular world, it is like touching water, but they only know a form of water. Seeing the nature of the mind is like fully understanding the changes of water...from emptiness to non-emptiness, and then from emptiness to emptiness. Non-emptiness, to non-emptiness...

Lu Bu didn't listen to Midoro's explanation, and he still had some understanding of his own, but after listening to Midoro's explanation, Lu Bu's thoughts became more confused, and only this "empty" remained in his head. , that "empty", then "empty" and "not empty", "not empty" and "empty"...

   Lu Bu asked again, what exactly are "empty" and "not empty"?

  Mitra told Lu Bu that if you want to know emptiness, you must know its appearance. To realize emptiness, one needs to get rid of all appearances. Including the thirty-two appearances of the Buddha, the eighty types follow the form, all of which are judged as ignorant appearances.

  『Seeing the Buddha with color and seeking the Buddha with sound are all evil ways, and the Tathagata cannot be seen. Mitra said in a deep voice, "For this reason, the Tathagata often said, you monks, know my teachings like a raft." The law should be abandoned, not to mention illegal. 』

  The more sincere Mitoro's expression was, the more confused Lu Bu was.

  The biggest difference between idealism and materialism is here...

  For an advanced concept, Idealism will say this, if you don’t understand it, it’s your problem.

  Materialism means that if it cannot be repeatedly proved by practical experiments, that is my problem.

Idealism expresses that if one wants to give a Dharma to a person, there will inevitably be deviations, just like talking about mobile phones, tap water, high-speed trains, airplanes, etc. to ancient primitive people. After listening to primitive people, there will naturally be deviations, so "do not speak" . Therefore, there must be good roots first, and only after having good roots can there be wisdom. As for what is good root and wisdom fruit, everyone cannot see or touch it. Idealism said that the most important thing is not to contradict, you have to believe to see the truth, sincerity leads to success.

  Materialism means that as long as it is simple physics that can be observed, there is nothing that cannot be said. Mobile phones can be explained step by step with a microphone, tap water can be demonstrated with pipes, high-speed rail can be used with wheels, and airplanes can be used with feathers. The air is invisible and intangible, but it can be proved by experiments that the earth is round rather than flat, and the same can be proved by experiments. Materialism means that you don’t need to believe it first, I will show you directly, whether you are sincere or not, the result will be the same.

  Wei Xin quit the group cursing.

  Wind Heart can walk directly on the buttocks, just like Midoro. Lv Bu, who put his head on the problem, ran away, saying that Lv Bu should continue to practice.

   But Lu Bu couldn't get through it so quickly, or drop it.

  If Lu Bu is still young and doesn’t suffer from so many illnesses, then naturally he wouldn’t believe in karma. It's like telling Xiaonian not to look down at the phone every day, because there will be problems with the cervical spine. Before there is a real problem, Xiaonian will not stop torturing the cervical spine.

   Only when you are in pain or sick, will you panic and realize that what you said before is true!

  The same is true for Lu Bu.

   Lu Bu is almost a pure warrior. When he found that his body began to decline, his physical fitness declined, and his illnesses increased, the panic in his heart was not much worse than congratulations on graduating again at the age of thirty-five.

  Lv Bu's ability to make a living in his family is to be able to fight. Once he can't fight, for Lu Bu, it seems that he has lost the meaning of life.

  He is easy to trust others, but also easy to doubt others. To put it simply, he doesn't have much opinion, and his three views follow his ears. The root cause of this is that Lu Bu himself does not have enough knowledge.

If Lv Bu was in Chang'an at this time, he would happily go to some martial arts hall to accompany Mr. Ma and retreat to the second line after being enlightened by Fei Qian two or three times, but Lv Bu was in the Western Regions, and someone persuaded him to go back before. Don't want to go back.

   Not going back is not what Lu Bu wants to do, but what Lu Bu doesn't want to do.

   Lu Bu is not good at politics, so he suffered a lot in this regard. Under Dong Zhuo, under Yuan Shao, in Jizhou, and in Yanzhou, he suffered losses all the way. Some people can learn lessons from it and grow from it, but Lu Bu just remembers that he suffered a loss, only lessons but no growth. So Lu Bu subconsciously wanted to avoid it, thinking that he was avoiding Chang'an, so he avoided the political vortex.

  In addition, the environment of the Western Regions is a bit similar to the desert. For Lu Bu, who was born in Jiuyuan, he prefers the life here.

   Lu Bu's soul yearns for freedom.

   But Lu Bu doesn't have enough knowledge, so he doesn't know that there is no absolute freedom in this world.

  Lu Bu fell into the thinking and exploration of concepts such as Buddhism, Buddha nature, emptiness, wisdom root, etc. Naturally, he paid less attention to his original responsibilities.

  Of course, having said that, in fact, Lu Bu has never paid much attention to the government affairs of the Western Regions, but he used to ask sometimes.

   Lu Bu specializes in Buddhist affairs, and the happiest thing is not those eminent monks, but a group of people under Lu Bu headed by Wei Xu.

  Originally, there was Gao Shun who would give some suggestions and find out some problems from time to time, but Wei Xu and others felt that Gao Shun was a troublemaker, so they simply encouraged Lu Bu to throw Gao Shun to Yumen Pass.

  The reason is correct, Yumen Pass is very important, and non-generals cannot guard it. Gao Shun is at Yumen Pass, everyone is relieved.

   Lu Bu wondered if this reason was wrong? It seems that there is nothing wrong. Could it be that Gao Shun is not allowed to go, but Wei Xu is sent to garrison Yumen Pass? Wei Xu said that I am not as capable as Gao Shun, if I go to Yumen Pass and mess things up, wouldn't it delay the big event?

  So Gao Shun went to Yumen Pass.

  Among the Western Regions, Gao Shun, the only true love, left.

  Some people don't like serious people, thinking that serious people are hypocritical.

   Even when there are some conflicts and disputes, it is inevitable that some people will stand by and persuade them, saying that as for it, what is the big deal, why are you so serious? Is there something wrong?

The persuasion person doesn’t care about who makes sense and who doesn’t. It’s like someone blocking the queue on the road, and then stalemate there. One wants to block and the other refuses to let go. Will you follow the reason and let the person who is blocked go to the back line, or will you persuade the person who was blocked to calm down? It's all possible, but it's more likely that the people who come up later will choose to see which side of the person is better to bully, and who is more like a good person to persuade.

  At least point the gun at a good person, and you won't be beaten.

  Yes, it is not right or wrong based on right and wrong, but to persuade which side looks more like a good person to endure. He even stands on the side that is obviously wrong and persuades people to agree to jump in line, the reason is that continuing to block the road will delay his work. But these people never thought that the problem was actually caused by jumping in the queue, but in the eyes of these people, it became a real problem.

  The same is true for Gao Shun, he is serious, and then he is not popular. Because it is really serious, you have to queue up, big and small to get things in order, but if you get them in order, how can you take advantage?

  So Wei Xu took Gao Shun away first, and then everyone cheered, and there was no need to line up.

  In addition, Lu Bu, who was supposed to be in charge, was thinking about issues such as peace in the Western Regions, boundless merit, and so on. How could there be time to manage these trivial matters?

  So Wei Xu and others were even happier.

  『Brother! Brother! Big deal, big deal! 』A man ran up to Wei Xu with his head down, bowed his head and bowed his waist.

   Wei Xu was half lying under the canopy, and the sun could not shine on his face and body.

  The canopy is not used by ordinary people, but Wei Xu said that it is not a canopy, but a parasol. You see, there are no colorful and streamers, so this is not a canopy, but a parasol.

  Wei Xu has gained a lot of weight now, and sometimes he can't even wear armor.

  Because people get fat, but armor doesn't. Although the armor has straps, it can be adjusted to some extent, but after exceeding the adjustment range, it is naturally impossible to adapt. So Wei Xu didn't like to wear armor very much. Anyway, the Western Regions are now very peaceful and there are no problems, so it seems that there is no need to wear any armor.

  The fatter you get, the more lazy you are to move, and the fatter you get.

  In summer in the Western Regions, the heat is still very hot, with a large temperature difference between morning and evening.

  But such conditions have made the melons and fruits of the Western Regions very sweet...

  Wei Xu was lying halfway down, and while eating melons and fruits, he turned his head and looked at the person who came, "Ergou, why are you so impatient?" 』

   Wei Xu just called it like that. After so many years, he didn't think there was any problem with this name.

  Brother Wei Xu is not really Wei Xu's blood brother, but a soldier who followed Wei Xu all the way back then. Or it can be called a soldier, because he has no name or surname, but he is loyal enough. In addition, Wei Xu followed Lu Bu to travel here and there. Filling the hunger with big cakes means that these soldiers are all their own brothers, and they will never forget their own brothers when they are developed.

  From this point of view, Wei Xu did not break his promise.

   Now that Wei Xu has developed, so these people have also developed with Wei Xu.

  『Brother, hehe, you know, brother,』 said Er Gouzi, 『A few days ago a businessman came to me...』

  『The one you mentioned last time? Wei Xu waved his hand and said, "No, that is for war horses. Although the price given is good, but with such a large quantity, there will definitely be problems when passing the customs...It will not be worthwhile to involve us at that time..."

   Spices, war horses, the most expensive commodities in the Western Regions.

  『Brother, they are willing to double again. ’ Er Gouzi said.

  『Hiss…』Wei Xu took a breath, dropped the melons and fruits, sat up, and said, 『Doubling again? 』

  The price of the war horse itself is high, and if it is doubled and doubled, it will naturally be a considerable profit.

  But after a while, Wei Xu lay down again, "Forget it, really, although the price is really good, but the risk is really high, if it is found out..."

  War horses, selling a few in small quantities is not a big problem.

   After all, this is the Western Regions, not Guanzhong. In addition, Lu Bu doesn't care much about things, and many systems are not perfect. Small transactions like this are sometimes reported war damage, and there has been no problem all along, but this time the merchants demanded too much. On the one hand, it is not easy to allocate. After all, war horses are not ordinary horses. After training, you will not be afraid to live with humans, and you will not recognize the owner's horses in particular. On the other hand, the number is indeed too large, not dozens of horses, nor one or two hundred horses, but a total of five hundred horses !

  If the business can be successful, of course you will earn more, but the risk is relatively high.

   Wei Xu's call from the Western Regions, of course no one will investigate, but if you go through the Guanzhong route, you will definitely be investigated.

  Some time ago, a document was sent by the relevant Chinese authorities, saying that there was a phenomenon of smuggling of war horses, and they asked the Western Regions to investigate.

Didn't Lu Bu care too much about things? The writing naturally fell into Wei Xu's hands. Wei Xu found a reason to say that some soldiers sold it privately, and they have already been executed. Part of the money from the sale was recovered, and most of it was taken by soldiers. used up.

  This matter is considered closed, anyway. But this also left a mark in Wei Xu's heart, so now that Er Gouzi is talking about buying a large number of war horses, Wei Xu feels that he doesn't want to do this business.

  Where there is light, there will naturally be darkness. When the darkness makes the light brighter, the light will also make the darkness darker.

  The trade in the Western Regions is light, and under the light, there are naturally all kinds of darkness.

  In these darkness, there is the sweet smell that dark creatures like most, luring these people to get carried away one by one, sinking into the darkness.

  『No, big brother, they said it, they have a way! Er Gouzi said, "They said that after a few trials, they found that the Guanzhong side only checks for more than five war horses... So they can put the war horses in Longyou first, and then pass the customs in small numbers many times..."

"Oh? ”Wei Xu was stunned for a moment, “Is there another way? 』

  『Yes, they say it can be done. And they said that they even told us the method, and they are really sincere to do business with us..." Er Gouzi blinked and said, "Brother, look at this... double it..."

  『Doubling again...Batching up...』Wei Xu stroked the beard on his chin.

   This is really a solution!

  Spices are not easy to get, but war horses are really easy to get. Because they don't have the spice Wei Xu, but they have war horses.

  Before I didn’t dare to sell the goods, but now with this method...

  The method of small batches and multiple passes is not only understood by backpackers of later generations.

   Wei Xu seemed to see a golden light all over the sky.

  『Brother? ’Er Gouzi shouted tentatively from the side. If this business is done, he will have a lot of money, that's 500 horses! And it's doubled!

   "It's doubled, I don't want to be too stingy..." Wei Xu said slowly.

  Er Gouzi nodded aside: "Yes, yes, brother is right. 』

  『But these five hundred horses are not a decimal number...』 Wei Xu continued, 『If you want to say more than a dozen horses, you just take them out. This horse runs every day, so how can it not be damaged? But these five hundred horses..."

There is a sudden damage of 500 horses, of course there must be a plausible reason, if you directly report the daily damage, even a fool can see the problem, and you don’t need to pass it to Guanzhong, those Zhiyin supervisors in the Western Regions can find it Something is wrong.

  So either it is to make false accounts, and then slowly make up for it later.

   Either...

   Really suffered a battle loss.

  Wei Xu frowned, weighing left and right.

The advantage of making fake accounts is mainly that the movement is small, but it is more troublesome to make up slowly in the follow-up. It has to be increased or decreased every month. Dozens of horses, lost there, etc., it is really troublesome.

  Director Yin Yin...

   Tsk tsk.

Sometimes Wei Xu really wants to kill those guys, but those Zhi Yin supervisors just deal with paperwork in the official office every day, and then ask if there is something abnormal, and then write it down. Sometimes Wei Xu is impatient and explains randomly. I didn't chase after it to the end, but just wrote Wei Xu's words directly, so that Wei Xu sometimes had to go back and make up a better record to change the original record.

   Say it’s a hindrance, it’s really a hindrance, but Zhi Yinjian only focuses on the writing. As long as the writing is correct, they won’t do much, so Wei Xu just endured it. After all, Wei Xu knew that smearing the text was not a big problem, but if people were smeared inexplicably, it would be a big problem to check.

   Then make a big one?

   Wei Xu rolled his eyes, and he remembered that he had heard that there were horse thieves in the Western Regions...

  (end of this chapter)