Emerald Buddha
Bi Shumin
In the palace of a king in South Asia, for a piece of beautiful jade Bodhi leaf. It is crystal clear, glistening green, without the slightest impurities. The most strange is that in this Bodhi leaves, and Leaf identical. Cloudy day, if it hung in the Imperial Garden in the tree, either you eyes, I could not find a trace of jade. But do not worry, as long as a flash of sun, you can find it immediately. Yingying Bi Guang pouring it out, put in the shade all dyed green.
Emerald Buddha is a story.
A poor mountain people, living by growing pineapples. The father said to his son Mohan, ancestors overtake the caravan, to the north trafficking groceries. A return time, because both sides of the uneven horseback components, ancestors God to readily pick up a stone, against the side of the pack baskets. After coming back, know what it was, say that jade stone was originally a fast, sold at a good price, Forefathers have married a progenitor milk, with nothing if a person.
Mohan said, I want to go and look north emerald.
His father said, how many people went to see the emerald. Empty-handed is quite good, countless people died in the road.
Mohan said, can not find Jade, I do not come back to see you.
Mohan climbed countless mountains, wading through countless Red River, finally we found a mountain. Lord Hill said that the cave might be hiding emeralds, you give me dig ore, well done, by the end I pay you to do one ore wages.
Mohan said, emerald ore is it?
Lord Hill said the young man, then look at your luck. Ore is a layer of sand bags, nobody knows what is hidden inside, dig jade to gambling. Hidden treasures of people racking their brains, if not dry, you're rolling down the hill it.
Mohan stayed. Mine narrow like a snake cave, dangerous work hard. By the end, Hill said, I meant it, you pick one ore it.
Mohan picked up a goose egg the size of the ore. He wanted to go home Chuaizhe ore, but if from afar to go back, opened the ore, which is ordinary stone, father of the multi disappointed ah! He stayed there a year later to get a piece of ore.
Ores contain the Emerald chance, perhaps only a million. Mohan fear without success, worked hard at for 16 years.
He decided to go home. Ore sack, heavy as gold
Hill said the Lord, so you go the long way, too inconvenient, I can help you unlock the ore. Stone you throw away; is emerald, you surmise go.
Mohan agreed.
Lord Hill ore pieces to unlock. The first is a stone, the second block of stone, or the stone block third solution has a 14 ......, gravel floor.
Hill said the Lord, your luck too bad. Finally, these two minerals, count you sold me. A stone's money, enough money for the journey you are on the road. There are a stone's money, enough to cover your home a thatched cottage.
Mohan said, sir, thank you for your kindness. However, I only sell one ore. The rest of that one, I want to take home, so my father a look.
Lord Hill gave Mohan a stone's money, and then returned to Mohan piece of ore untied. With the tool off the sound and sand paper, a blue-green egg-shaped body of water such as jade appeared in front of everyone.
Mohan in the crowd wonder and regret sound, without turning the ground path. The bazaar, he saw a huge lizard, was selling screw around. He asked, why not put it back bamboo?
Mohan see the green lizard eyes look sad, pity was moved, only to pull out money for the journey, bought the monitor lizard. To the bamboo forest, he released the monitor lizards, wild fruit to eat their own home. He did not expect refused monitor lizards away, always with him, and sleep at night around him, protecting him from the beast of harassment. Lizard looks bulky, actually in the jungle and mountain crawling quickly, simply fly on the grass.
Mohan got home, his father had grown old. Dad, I may be bringing an emerald stone, and then as Lord of our ancestors. Tomorrow, in front of the villagers put it to unlock it. If it is emerald, the whole village has a copy. Mohan said.
Children, you come back, and this more than anything emerald are good. Father touches Ore said.
The next day, folks seem ready-foot drum, emerald, once appeared on the drums to celebrate. I did not expect, everything is ready, but suddenly can not find the ore. Some have said that what ore ah, go out to fool around a dozen years, his father kept dreaming explained:! I saw the stone. But no one believed him.
Mohan thought for a long time, as if to find the answer, but he said nothing.
Due to toil long journey, Mohan ill. To make up for his own guilt for his father was not at home when the doubling work. His illness is getting heavier and heavier. Some people say that the lizards cut the soup bar, nourishing vitality. Mohan would not say anything.
Mohan said that before his death, to his father, beg you must treat and monitor lizards. If it will not go away, then wait for it to end of life, before it cut, buried in my side.
After the death Mohan, monitor lizards eat or drink, waiting near Mohan's grave a few years later, skinny as if a roll of firewood, died quietly at night.
His father cut open the monitor lizards, in its belly saw huge piece of jade. Due to corrosion of body fluids, mineral sand paper has been completely peeled off, revealing a flawless crystal texture. Gastrointestinal peristalsis, the emerald cut shape of the auspicious Bodhi leaves. Varanus last hunger strike must water, dry offal wrapped tightly emerald, engraved under delicate texture, like Bodhi veins.
Later, the king learned of this miracle, given the Hermit lot of food and cloth, go for treasure Mohan's father.
Since then, the stockade of people have moved to town, only a lonely old man, accompanied by a large and a small grave graves, keep looking at the long-lasting in the pineapple fields.
(Berberine Magnolia excerpt from Beijing October Art Publishing House "not a blade of grass ashamed," a book)
