rebirth against the times

Hearing Bai Shuo's question, the old Taoist smiled: "It seems that you still haven't figured it out! Isn't this the same as Zhuang Zhou and Butterfly?"

Bai Shuo paused, his thinking still a little confused: "Lu Sheng experienced everything in his dream, and then he seemed to lose interest in real life. Isn't this a little too negative?"

"Then will you lose interest in your current life?"

Bai Shuo raised his head: "Lu Sheng has obtained everything, but I have never obtained it."

"This is just your opinion. Why don't you say that Lu Sheng lost everything in the so-called real world?"

Bai Shuo thought for a long time and said nothing.

The old Taoist asked Bai Shuo again: "What do you think is the most precious thing in the world?"

Maybe he didn't think of a satisfactory answer, so Bai Shuo never answered.

"Some people say it is lost and not obtained." The old Taoist continued.

Bai Shuo looked at the old Taoist and listened carefully to his next words.

"Buddhism talks about causes and conditions in the past life and the results in this life, and what you cultivate in this life will be the results in the next life. This is just looking at flowers in the mist or looking at the moon in the water. If you can cultivate in this life in the future life, what will you cultivate in the future life? And the world that we Taoists focus on

The harmony between man and all things is the so-called Tao and Dharma. We only cultivate this life and do not ask about the afterlife. If people really have many afterlife, then as long as we cultivate each life well and do the present well, then there is no need to worry about life after life.

, What does the loss or gain in the past or in the future have to do with me? So in my opinion, neither what has been lost nor what has not been obtained is the most precious. The most precious thing is what we have..."

After saying these words, the old Taoist stopped talking, as if waiting for Bai Shuo to understand on his own.

At this time, Bai Shuo suddenly remembered that when he just came back from the dream, his thoughts were a little confused and he couldn't find an answer, so he searched for relevant information on the Internet. He accidentally discovered another story similar to the allusions of "Huang Liang Yi Meng".

A true event in history: About 100 years ago during the Wanqing period, there was a doctor named Lu Shi'e in Magic City. One day he had a dream. In the dream, Lu Shi'e found that he had arrived many, many years later. He saw

In the future, China will not only take back the concessions, but also abolish all kinds of extra-legal jurisdiction. Foreigners in China will behave well and be honest. The courts are even trying dishonest foreigners. Foreign students are coming to China one after another.

Universities come to study abroad, and Chinese has become the most powerful language in the world. China has many advanced weapons and a powerful navy.

He was also surprised to find that China has entered a civilized, affluent society, and the society is harmonious, without prostitution and gambling. Every worker in China has become well-off, women no longer work as full-time housewives, and employment has become a common phenomenon. Many wealthy people in China

People are going abroad and investing overseas. China's industry is also very good. China will become the world's factory. Everything used by other countries is made in China. There are large shipyards in the coastal provinces, and the steel they produce is higher than that of foreign countries.

Fortunately, China can independently produce beautiful, smart and fuel-efficient cars, and people can take taxis when going out.

Lu Shi'e also saw that the future Magic City would become a prosperous metropolis. Pudong became a financial center and a national expo was held. There was a subway under Nanjing Road, an iron bridge was built over the Huangpu River, and a tunnel was built underneath. From Xujiahui to Nanjing Road,

There were many shops along the street, and it was bustling... Finally, Lu Shi'e tripped over the threshold, and he woke up and realized that it was a dream. He told his wife what happened in the dream, but she said, "This is your wishful thinking for a long time, so

I just had this strange dream." But he said, "Don't say it was a dream. It's still unknown whether this scene will actually happen by then." Later, Lu Shi'e wrote everything he saw in his dream into a book, which he named "

"New China". To this day, everything recorded in the book has indeed come true. Moreover, the three major projects in the dream are all very consistent with the real Yan'an East Road Tunnel, Metro Line 1, Nanpu Bridge and other locations.

Bai Shuo asked the old Taoist about this matter again. Is Lu Shi'e's dream also similar to "Huang Liang Yi Meng" and "Zhuang Zhou's dream of butterflies"? The old Taoist thought for a while and said: "Zhuang Zhou dreamed about a moment and a half, Lu Shi'e dreamed about it."

What came was a period of time, while what Lu Sheng dreamed about was a lifetime. This was actually their own process of enlightenment. After Zhuang Zhou attained enlightenment, he became a great master to teach the world, and after Lu Sheng attained enlightenment, he wrote books to alert the world.

People in the world, after Lu Sheng realized the Tao, he was completely enlightened and had no desires or pursuits. They just have different merits and different understandings, and the decisions they made after enlightening the Tao are also different."

Bai Shuo was thinking about Lao Dao's words, and suddenly thought of Chen Bing and even Xiao Zhen who suddenly appeared around him recently, and asked: "But what if they were some people in the dream, but suddenly appeared next to them?

untie?"

The old Taoist smiled: "Since the things in the dream may become reality, what's the difference between appearing in the future and appearing now? It's simple. Little brother, you just need to calm down and think more. You don't have to ask the poor Taoist. Many things are actually the same.

You can figure it out on your own.”

After chatting with the old Taoist, it was already getting late, and when Bai Shuo stood up to say goodbye, the old Taoist seemed to remember something and stopped Bai Shuo. Then he took out a large bag of the kind of tea he had just drank from the tea cabinet and gave it to Bai Shuo.

Shuo, said that since Bai Shuo liked this tea, it was destined, so he reluctantly gave it to Bai Shuo, and only charged a little charcoal fire cost of 200 yuan. This behavior of the old Taoist directly made Bai Shuo feel thunder rolling from the sky, just now it was

He had the image of a Taoist master, but in a blink of an eye, he was just a person who cares about a few taels of silver. However, after leaving the Taoist temple, Bai Shuo still pondered the words of the Taoist over and over in his heart. Although it was not enough to solve his doubts, he still felt like he was in Bai Shuo's mind.

Another weak light lit up in his heart. Yes, he only cultivates this life and does not care about the next life. Bai Shuo is ready to understand whether these things can be understood or not, but he will never feel sorry for himself like Lu Sheng and see through the world of mortals.

, he will definitely grasp everything at the moment.

It was another weekend. Since the stock market was not open that day, the two "waiters" took a holiday as a matter of course and did not go to the bar. Just after noon, Beard called and told Chen Bing that he had been looking for.

He actually came to the bar again and asked about the whereabouts of the music score. Bearded Chen Bing kept Chen Bing and asked Bai Shuo to hurry over with the music score. Bai Shuo didn't even finish listening to the call, so he took the music score as quickly as possible

Qiu Pu rushed to the bar. Before he arrived at the bar, Bai Shuo saw a large wasteland not far away from the bar. It was where Bai Shuo and the others used to play football and play when they were young, but now it was covered with weeds.

.At this time, the woman named Chen Bing was standing quietly on the edge of the wild grass, holding a cup of milk tea, seeming to be thinking about something. Today she was not wearing the white dress she was most familiar with, but a beige windbreaker.

, a shoulder-length hair is scattered outside the windbreaker. Since the buttons of the windbreaker are not fastened, and the texture is light and soft, it looks slightly flowing in the slightly cold wind, and the white skirt worn on the inner layer can be faintly shown.

.It gives people a feeling of "gentle and quiet like flowers shining on the water, and pingting like willows facing the wind".

Chen Bing has not noticed Bai Shuo's arrival at this moment. Bai Shuo can quietly observe this mysterious woman in secret. But no matter how you look at it at this time, she is just a beautiful and quiet girl, and she has nothing to do with mystery.

Above.

Bai Shuo took a deep breath and walked slowly over with the music score. When he was still about three meters away from Mo, Chen Bing turned around leisurely, holding the milk tea in his left hand and the bottom of the cup in his right hand.

, looked at Bai Shuo without any expression, her eyes were a little blurred, as if her thoughts had not been completely freed from her previous thoughts. After a while, she glanced at Bai Shuo's hand, and then stretched out her right hand.

come out.

"Give me".

Bai Shuo instinctively wanted to hand over the score, but suddenly stopped and asked: "Did you write this score?"

"Um."

"Your name is Chen Bing?"

At this time, the woman obviously didn't want Bai Shuo to ask so many questions. She just looked at Bai Shuo quietly without saying anything, and still maintained the movement of her right hand.

Bai Shuo was a little embarrassed and said quickly: "I will give you the music score, but I have some questions to ask you."

"Can."

After receiving a positive reply, Bai Shuo continued to hand the score to Chen Bing. After Chen Bing took the score, he read it carefully.

"Well, um...have we met before last time?" Bai Shuo was more eager and asked a question immediately.

Chen Bing put away the music score, glanced at Bai Shuo strangely, and then slowly leaned over, whispering softly in Bai Shuo's ear: "I'll tell you next time..." After saying that, he walked away from Bai Shuo.

Go through and then drift away towards the bar.

Bai Shuo smelled the faint fragrance in his memory again, turned around and loudly asked Chen Bing, who had walked about ten meters away: "When will the next time be?!"

"You've been looking for me, haven't you? Talk to me when you can find me." When Chen Bing was talking, he got into a Volkswagen parked not far from the bar door, then slowly drove away and gradually disappeared.

At the end of the road.

"You damn girl, how dare you lie to me again!" Bai Shuo yelled angrily.

This time, Chen Bing seemed to have completely disappeared. There was no news about Chen Bing in half a month. Bai Shuo knew that Chen Bing was probably not a local. At this moment, he might not be in the capital of Shu, or even far away from Bashu Province.

Bai Shuo feels that Chen Bing is like a knot in his heart. If this knot is not untied, he will not be able to truly live in the present. Bai Shuo himself does not know what it means to find Chen Bing to understand and gain.

Maybe it's just an answer, but the answer is "yes" or "no", it doesn't matter. But sometimes people are so strange, there may be no results if you do something, but if you really don't do it,

, and I will always think about it. I have to wait until the matter is understood before I finally let go. This is "obsession".

In the following time, everyone clearly felt the change in Bai Shuo's mentality. Cao An, Zhu Zhu and others had no other choice but to arrange a few drinks. Cao An once quietly asked Bai Shuo what the story was while drinking.

What happened? The bearded man was also a little confused, so he just guessed with a confused look: "I think, maybe, maybe, maybe he is lost in love?" Because Bai Shuo was anxious and desperate to find a woman, and

She is still a beautiful woman, but there is no other reason why he wants to leave besides "falling out of love".

After getting the answer that maybe, should, maybe, Cao An was stunned for a long time, "When did Brother Geng become so emotional? Playing love at first sight?".

In the end, Liang Ying gave Bai Shuo an idea and asked him to hand over the information he had to Xiao Zhen. Maybe he would be able to find a way. Bai Shuo's eyes lit up, yes, Xiao Zhen is now the director of public security.

If you use the existing information clues to find a person, perhaps no one will be able to do it better than him.

Bai Shuo found Xiao Zhen's phone number and dialed it. It seemed that everyone hadn't seen each other for about two months, and he didn't know what Xiao Zhen's situation was now.

"Hey, Bai Shuo, why did you remember to call me?" On the phone, Xiao Zhen was still the same as before, without any signs of life, which made Bai Shuo feel even closer.

"Brother Zhen, I have something to do. I wonder if I can ask you for a favor?" Bai Shuo did not say useless pleasantries and went straight to the topic. This is the way brothers talk.

"Okay, you didn't come to see me for two months, but when I called you, you asked for help. You really don't go to the Three Treasures Palace for anything, haha." Xiao Zhen said with a hearty smile.

"Isn't it because you, Director Xiao, are busy with official duties and we don't want to disturb you, hehe."

"This is not what you said, tell me, what's the matter?"

Bai Shuo thought for a while and then said: "I want you to help me find someone...well, someone who is very important to me."

Xiao Zhen asked in confusion: "Looking for someone? What's going on? Do you have a relative who is missing?"

"Well, no, she's actually someone I don't know, but finding her might be able to help me solve some of the problems that bother me."

Xiao Zhen thought for a while and said: "It seems that the situation is quite complicated. So, I am still working overtime and have something to do. What is going on? What should I check? Send me a message." After a pause, Xiao Zhen said again.

Said: "If the matter is more complicated, you can come to my place if you have time, and we can talk face to face."

Bai Shuo said quickly: "I think it's better to talk face to face. Do you think you have time tomorrow?" He now wants to do it as soon as possible.

Xiao Zhen thought for a while: "Tomorrow...well, okay. Let's do this. You can wait for me at a restaurant next to my branch around 6pm, and I will text you the address later. That restaurant is very unique.

Invite the other brothers and we can have a few drinks."

After making an appointment with Xiao Zhen, Bai Shuo notified Cao An, Zhu Zhu, and Liang Ying. The next day, in the afternoon, the four of them went to the restaurant mentioned in Xiao Zhen's text message as scheduled. But no one knew how big a stir their trip would cause.

The turmoil will even have a great impact on some things in China in the future...