Chapter 40 Chapter Thirty-eight

Freeway driving can easily make inexperienced people feel tired. The same roads and repeated farmland often make people feel that they are driving on closed roads. The roadside scenery seems to have just been seen, lacking visual freshness. Xie Huiren is feeling like this now, fatigue, lack of energy, and stagnation in thinking. Although he knows that the car is driving towards Shenzhen at a speed of 120 kilometers per hour, he still feels that it is still staying in place. At least the scenery outside the car has not changed. Occasionally, other vehicles speeding past them reminded him that the world was still moving, not as dead as his state of mind.

What Sally found surprised him, and made him even more uneasy.In fact, this was an idea that had been in his mind for a long time. The moment Sally took out the silver bracelet that belonged to her, he faintly felt that their life experiences were closely linked by this jewelry. The reason is that the two families have similar jewelry at the same time, and it is such a rare silver bracelet engraved with Phagsipa.But he quickly denied his own thoughts. He preferred to regard this as a coincidence, or some strange ideas that even he couldn't justify. For example, did the bracelets of Sally's family be given to them by grandma?

But now, all those who know the secret of the silver bracelet remind him mercilessly in their vivid memory that they are no longer there, they are like an old movie, retaining the youthful appearance of a young female star, But the actual situation is that time does not allow anyone to find the alluring smile and rolling eyes on her wrinkled face. The contrast between the pictures of activities in memory and the cruel reality made Xie Huiren inexplicably restless. Grandma passed away, and Sally's father passed away. The old expert Basi Bawen who might know the inside story cruelly spit out the last words in his ear. in one breath.Master, the only one who can tell the truth clearly, and also pointed out this mystery, is now dead and missing, which is a consolation at this time.As for the old man Fujiwara, does he know anything?

After driving for a while, Xie Huiren hurriedly parked the car to the parking belt on the right. He felt sweaty in his palms, and he no longer had the energy and strength to drive.He turned around and said to Sally, "I can't do it anymore, you can drive." After saying this, he immediately realized how heartless this request seemed at this moment. Sally shrank in the back seat, motionless, her body trembling slightly, her teeth biting her pale lips, her eyes staring at something absently. , Big tears fell, and there were tears on his face. Xie Huiren sighed. It's time for us all to rest.

He stretched out his hand, and slowly, as if he was afraid of alarming her, he took out the letter that the master had left for him from Sally's hand. There were several places with clear writing, which were wet by her tears.He unfolded the paper carefully, and Master's elegant lower script was laid out in front of his eyes: My child, Master is very pleased that you can find this statue of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. Children, it is a period of turmoil in the country. Temples in many places have been demolished. It seems that our small temple cannot be kept.Master lived here for twenty or thirty years, but he had to leave.

I don't know how you feel when you rediscover your grandma's silver bracelet.This originally belongs to you, but I am afraid that it will be dangerous if you take it with you, or you will lose it.Before leaving, I decided to bury it under the tower in the hope that one day you will find it. Child, this silver bracelet is the only relic of your grandma, and it is also a secret she has spent her entire life protecting. Unfortunately, you have not grown up yet, and she has not had time to tell you everything. My child, your grandma followed me and believed in Buddhism all her life. Only Buddhism can relieve the pain in her heart. Therefore, she hopes that you will be influenced by Buddhism since childhood.Remember, don't have hatred in your heart, the world is impermanent, and the law is also impermanent. As a person, what matters is not what you have experienced, but whether you will face your experience with compassion.

At the same time, we also believe that everything we face today is retribution.We have done wrong things in the past, and we accept the separation of loved ones and any pain we have experienced ourselves.It's just that I don't want the same pain to be imposed on you.You are innocent. My child, please believe that your grandma and I did this for your own good, and one day you will know the truth of the matter, and our hard work will not be in vain at that time.Children, although China is currently in turmoil, which has had a catastrophic impact on everyone's life, you must remember that no matter whether the country is right or wrong, you are Chinese, and this country raised you , to love her well.

I am still not sure whether you will see this letter or whether it will be discovered by other people.Forgive Master for not being able to write more clearly and directly.There are many things that you have to discover by yourself. Also, kid, do you remember the little girl who used to go to your house and the temple to play with you?If nothing else, she is now in Hong Kong.You must find her, she is your sister.Be sure to find her, remember. Xie Huiren read it calmly, carefully reading every word, and he was sure that with his memory, this uncomplicated sentence had already been deeply imprinted in his mind.However, even so, he was still full of unconfidence, and he couldn't be sure that he understood it.

What does it mean? He felt that he had fallen into a bigger mystery, and what made him uneasy was that every time he solved a mystery in the past two days, he would find that its answer was another mystery that was more difficult to guess.Not the answer, but a riddle within a riddle.Before that, he even thought that everything would be solved if he found what his master left him, but today he found that this was not the case at all. a mystery. And this mystery is not so difficult to solve. It's because he doesn't want to solve it. Solved, he was afraid to discover another, more disturbing mystery.

What could this mystery be? After calming down for a while, he allowed his mind to return to an empty state. He also knew that this was impossible. In fact, he had been silently reciting the "Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra". fear". Many times, when he was restless, he could miraculously calm down by reciting the scriptures a few times, but today, nothing seemed to work.No worries?How can so many mysteries make the mind feel at ease?The worst thing is, it seems that this mystery has changed from the "Buddhist treasure" that was originally non-existent, and gradually wrapped around me. Although I can't see how much it has to do with me, this fact is obvious .When the mind is disturbed, how can there be no fear?

The image of Sally curled up in the seat just now flashed in his mind.Perhaps, it is an instinct of animals to shrink his body when he is frightened. He couldn't help shivering and shrinking himself.After a while, he asked slowly but seriously: "How much do you remember about your childhood?" Sally has stopped crying. During this time, she has been staring at Xie Huiren with blurred eyes, unable to tell where she is looking at him.Hearing his words, she seemed to be frightened, her eyes slowly gathered, she thought for a moment, then shook her head, "I was too young at that time to remember." The answer was not what Xie Huiren expected. He was silent for a moment, then asked again: "Have you heard about my grandma?" Sally's voice was soft but sure, "No." "I want to know how my grandma died!" "Brother!" Sally blurted out. Suddenly, she realized that this address was not so natural. After a pause, she lowered her voice, choked with sobs, and said, "I heard that grandma was... ..." Xie Huiren let out a long sigh, turned his head away in pain, and looked at the farmland in the distance. "Brother, don't be too sad, it's been so many years..." Sally tried her best to comfort him, but couldn't find the right words, "Besides, that era..." Xie Huiren suddenly became excited, his voice sounded like a growl, "That era? No matter how chaotic the era was, it wouldn't be..." Seeing Sally's frightened look, Xie Huiren calmed down and said, "I'm sorry, I scared you. But I have to find the person who knows the truth." "But who would know, grandma... I don't even know where the bones are." "Someone knows." Xie Huiren gritted his teeth and stared out of the car window. The sun that was about to set would gild the clouds in the sky, but the clouds rolled up tenaciously, revealing their black true colors. Xie Huiren watched for a moment, Said quietly, "We must find him, I believe he is still alive." Sally's eyes widened, as if she heard the most incredible thing, "Who?" "My master." "But can you find him?" "Yes." Xie Huiren said firmly, "Master left me a clue."