Chapter 19 first quarter

Cherry blossoms are in full bloom. The more drooping the branches, the denser the cherry blossoms are. There is no wind. Not even the wind to blow a cherry blossom petal. The sun shines on the cherry blossoms from the blue sky. Abe Seimei’s residence—Hiroya Minamoto sat in the narrow corridor, watching the cherry blossoms in the garden with Seimei. In front of the two of them, there is a wine bottle and two wine glasses.The wine glass is a goblet made of black jade. That's a luminous cup. It is the luminous cup mentioned by Tang Dynasty poet Wang Han, the wine cup passed down from the Tang Dynasty.

The two watched the cherry blossoms, toasted and drank casually, and then turned their heads to watch the cherry blossoms. Suddenly, cherry blossom petals fell. It's just a petal—it's like the sunlight from the clear sky gradually penetrates into the petals, making the petals unable to bear the weight of the sun and falling down. "Sunny..." Boya seemed to be deeply afraid that the breath he exhaled would cause the cherry blossoms to fall, so he lowered his voice and spoke. "What's the matter?" Qingming's voice was almost indifferent. "I just saw a very moving scene."

"what did you see?" "Evidently there is no wind, but a cherry blossom petal flutters down." "yes?" "Didn't you see it?" "I see." "After seeing it, don't you feel anything?" "What's the meaning?" "I mean, Seimei, aren't there a lot of cherry blossoms over there?" "Ok." "Among the countless cherry blossom petals, even though there is no wind, one petal falls, just one." "Well." "What I saw was exactly that scene. In a few days, the petals of the cherry blossoms will fall one after another. At that time, we will not be able to tell which petals of which cherry blossoms are falling, right? But, the one that is falling now Petals, perhaps the first petals that fell from that cherry tree this spring..."

"Well." "Anyway, I saw the scene of the petals falling. Isn't it very touching?" Boya's voice was a little louder than before. "So what's the matter?" Qingming's tone remained indifferent. "Could it be that you didn't feel anything when you saw that scene?" "It's not like I don't feel nothing." "So, do you feel it?" "Have." "What does it feel like?" "How should I put it? For example, it might be like this: I feel that because of the falling petals, Boya was under a spell."

Boya seemed unable to understand what Seimei said, and replied: "What do you mean? What does the falling petals have to do with the curse?" "If you say yes, it is indeed relevant; if you say no, it is indeed irrelevant." "what?" "Bo Ya, what I mean is, for you, the answer is related." "Hey, Seimei, wait a minute, I don't understand what you're talking about at all. If the answer is relevant to me, maybe it's irrelevant to others?" "That's exactly what it means." "Bo Ya, listen carefully..." "Ok."

"The meaning of the petals falling from the branches is just falling." "Ok." "However, once someone sees that scene, a curse will be born." "Another curse? I always feel that every time you bring up a curse, it just makes things more complicated." "Don't do this, listen to me, Boya." "I am listening!" "To use an analogy, for example, beauty." "beautiful?" "It's the state of mind that feels beautiful or comfortable." "So what's the matter?" "Bo Ya, can you play the flute?"

"meeting." "Wouldn't it be nice to hear someone else's flute playing?" "Well, that's right." "However, when hearing the same flute sound, some people feel beautiful, while others feel nothing." "Of course." "Bo Ya, what I want to say is exactly this." "Which point?" "To put it simply, the sound of the flute itself is not a kind of beauty. Just like the stones or trees that can be seen everywhere, it is just a kind of existence, and the so-called beauty is a kind of artistic conception that arises in the heart of the person who hears the sound of the flute."

"Well, um." "Thus, the sound of the flute is only the sound of the flute, but in the heart of the listener, it can change into beauty, or it can not change at all." "Ok." "So, beauty is just a kind of mantra." "No, no, no." "When you see that piece of cherry blossom petals falling, you feel beautiful in your heart, or if you are moved by it, it means that the curse of 'beauty' has sprouted in your heart." "Well, um." "Therefore, Boya, the so-called 'emptiness' in Buddhism is exactly what it means."

"What's the meaning?" "According to Buddhism, everything that exists in this world seems to have the thing of 'emptiness'." "Is that 'form is emptiness'?" "The meaning of something existing somewhere must be the existence of both 'that thing' and the 'watching people's heart', and 'that thing' will produce the meaning of its existence." "..." "It's not enough if the cherry blossoms are only on the tree. It must be seen by Yuan Boya, and the cherry blossoms will breed 'beauty'. However, if you are here alone, it won't work. Not only must there be cherry blossoms, but also "Beauty" exists in this world only when there is such a person as Yuyuan Boya, and Boya is moved when he sees the cherry blossoms."

"..." "Generally speaking, everything in this world exists in this world through the 'mantra', a human induction." Seimei said. "Seimei, when you see the cherry blossoms, do you always think about such complicated truths in your heart?" Boya asked dumbfounded. "It's not complicated at all." "Seimei, you should be more simple. If you see the cherry blossoms falling and feel beautiful in your heart, shouldn't it be enough to be honest and frank? If you feel incredible, then it's okay to think it is incredible?" "It turned out to be incredible..."

Seimei said in a low voice, then seemed to be thinking about something, and remained silent. "Hey, Qingming, what's the matter with you?" Boya asked the silent Qingming. Seimei, however, remained silent. Hey... When Boya was about to call out again, Seimei called out: "I see!" "What happened?" "Cherry blossoms." "Cherry blossoms?" "It turns out that cherry blossoms are cherry blossoms. Didn't we just talk about cherry blossoms?" Hearing what Qingming said, Boya was still in a fog. "Bo Ya, this is all thanks to you." "what did I do?" "Thanks for telling me about Sakura." "..." "Although I said that cherry blossoms are just cherry blossoms, but in fact, I didn't understand the truth." "Really?" Boya still nodded his head as he was still a King Kong. "To be honest, since yesterday, I have been thinking about something, not knowing what to do, and have been hesitating. Now I finally know what to do." "Qingming, what are you talking about?" "I'll explain it to you again, but can you do me one thing first?" "What's up?" "There is a Master Zhide living in the east of the Three Great Roads, can you go to his place?" "Yes, yes, but what am I going to do with that Master Zhide?" "It is said to be a mage, but it is actually an onmyoji from Harima. He just moved to the capital three years ago. Now you go to his place and ask me something." "what?" "Ask him 'where is Master Rat Ox now'." "and then?" "He will probably reply that he doesn't know. However, you can't stop here. I will write a letter. If Master Zhide refuses to answer, you hand him my letter and ask him to read it on the spot." "And then what?" "He'll probably tell you. Come back here as soon as he tells you. I'll get everything ready before you come back." "what to prepare?" "Let's go out with you." "Where are you going?" "Go to the place Master Zhide told you." "Qingming, I don't understand at all..." "I'll find out later. By the way, I forgot to mention one thing. Boya, don't tell Master Zhide, I asked you to ask." "what?" "Even if you don't tell me, as long as you let him read the letter, he will know. Remember, when you are with him, you must never say my name." "Understood." Although Boya was confused by what he heard, he still nodded in agreement and went out to do some business in a bullock cart.