Martial arts talent system

Chapter 3 The old monk is gone

It was windy at night, and the monk Zhaoshan called Li Jianxin after finishing the evening class. Instead of falling asleep immediately as usual, he found a long strip-shaped thing from the beam of the small temple, and opened the tightly wrapped The solid oilcloth revealed a thing that looked like a bamboo. The old monk’s calloused hands stroked every inch of the bamboo carefully, then he turned on the switch and pulled out a sword. Under the moonlight, the blade of the sword Exuding a clear light, ecstatic, twisting his wrist, the sword flowers scattered, Zhaoshan suppressed the desire to dance the sword and returned the sword into the sheath, but indulged in the past, and talked about the past with Li Jianxin.

Fifty years ago, Zhaoshan was a novice novice who had just left the mountain. He spent about half a year in the world, made friends with two or three friends in the world, and did some good things in the world. His life was stable, but it seemed that every monk had a The world of mortals is like a catastrophe, and you will always meet that person who makes you never forget.

It was one winter, when snowflakes dyed the sky and the earth white, Monk Zhaoshan happened to meet the red figure at the edge of the Han River. He saw the woman in a red shirt and a bamboo-shaped cane sword. It was all a mess of blood and flesh, and the flesh and blood on the ground blended with the red shirt in a strange harmony against the white background.

The red-shirted woman's almond-shaped eyes were wide open, and she looked at Teruzhan warily, and said: "Monk, are you here to take my life too?", watching the red lips move slightly, the almond-shaped eyes widened, and the snowflakes melted and mixed on the tip of the sword. The blood was low, and Zhaoshan also felt that he had melted.The woman saw that Zhaoshan was only far away from her, and she was no longer approaching, so she quickly sheathed her sword and fled away.

Looking at the red figure drifting away, Zhaoshan suddenly felt empty in his heart, so the monk turned into a human being, and that rosy figure left traces in Zhaoshan's heart ever since.Later, Zhaoshan gradually stopped dressing up as a monk, and his behavior became more and more like those people in the Jianghu.

Later, Zhaoshan learned from other people that the woman in the red shirt was called Lin Luoya, and she was the eldest daughter of the Lin family in Hunan. Although she was a woman, her behavior was quite straightforward, and she had already made a name for herself in the world. The name of the Lin family of this generation is much more famous than those two elder brothers who are more conservative and less successful, and for a while, it also attracted many young heroes secretly fascinated.

But it didn't take long for the news that Lin Luoya was betrothed by his father to the young leader of the Jiaolong Gang reached Zhaoshan's ears, and everyone in the world was amazed when they heard the news.After all, even though the Jiaolong Gang was a water transport gang, it couldn't change the fact that it was a gangster. For a while, people in the Jianghu felt a little sympathetic to this strange woman.

When he saw the woman in red again, she had already put on her wedding dress and was betrothed by her father to Cao Xiu, the young leader of the Jiaolong Gang.The Jiaolong Gang is a gang from the Hanjiang River generation. It is in charge of the water transportation along the Hanjiang River. Although it is not well-known, its family background is really strong.There are rumors in the world that the Lin family is in decline and they married their daughter to Cao Xiu because they were greedy for the profits of the Jiaolong Gang. There are also rumors that Lin Luoya and Cao Xiu were childhood sweethearts and this marriage is a match made in heaven. wait…

Many rumors are heard, surprised, happy, afraid and fearful.Cao Xiu Zhaoshan has also seen it, his kung fu is not very good, he only knows how to win people's hearts, although he is the young leader of the Jiaolong Gang, it is really rare for Zhaoshan to catch his eyes.

On the day of the wedding, Zhaoshan accompanied his friends to congratulate him, handed over invitations, sat down at the banquet, drank three or two glasses of wine with his friends, and then sat down and waited for Lin Luoya to come out.When Lin Luoya came out, Zhaoshan's whole mind fell into it, looking at the red wedding dress, Zhaoshan became more jealous and heartbroken.

But in the middle of the wedding, Lin Luoya took off her hijab unexpectedly, and said to her father: "Lin Yuantang, the prestige of this generation of the Lin family is all due to me, who in the world doesn't know about me?" Means? Today you actually want me to marry Cao Xiu, a trash, for a small family fortune, so that I can raise your two useless sons who lose money?" The audience was in an uproar when the words came out, and Zhaoshan knew it as soon as he heard the words To suffer.

"What did you say? You rebellious daughter, how can you go against your parents' orders and matchmaker's words?" Lin Yuantang immediately sat up from the grand master's chair and pointed at Lin Luoya.

"What a parent's order, a matchmaker's words, let me ask, do I agree?" Lin Luoya's almond-shaped eyes widened and she snapped. "Everyone in the rivers and lakes knows what kind of weed Cao Xiu is. How can he be worthy of me? I, Lin Luoya, will never be weaker than a man in the world in this life. I, Lin Luoya, can do what this man can do. I, Lin Luoya, can also do things that men cannot do."

Cao Zheng, the leader of the Jiaolong Gang, couldn't sit still, and was about to yell at him, but Lin Luoya grabbed Cao Xiu's throat and said, "Brother Cao, I know you are a hero, but you only have one son. Speaking of this today, I also know that I am afraid that it will be rare for me to go out, but now that your useless son is in my hands, you can figure it out yourself. "

Cao Zheng slapped his hand tightly, and the armrest of the Grand Master's chair was immediately twisted off, "You...you dare?"

"Then you can see if I dare or not." After Lin Luoya finished speaking, she clasped Cao Xiu's hand firmly, and Cao Xiu's face turned purple immediately.

Seeing his only son become like this, Cao Zheng suddenly softened his words: "You let go, don't hurt my son, and please show me some face, make way, and let Lin Luoya go out."

The crowd watched a good show, and there was nothing wrong with it. During the banquet, a few masters who were close to the Jiaolong Gang gave the Cao Zheng Branch a look and quietly retreated. Zhaoshan had a panoramic view of all this. Also retreated quietly.

After Lin Luoya held Cao Xiu hostage and fled for two miles, he removed Cao Xiu's limbs and joints and threw Cao Xiu away. Immediately, four figures emerged from the darkness. Lin Luoya looked around and sneered. : "I wonder who dares to chase them. It turns out they are four wine and rice bags. Come on, let's get them together."

Those four people turned out to be the four "Han River water ghosts" in the rivers and lakes. These four people were originally water thieves on the Han River, and they often did some water ghost business to rob cargo ships.If the negotiation is inadvertent, the person who was robbed will end up with a shipwreck and death. They were responsible for many major cases on the Han River in the past few years. The four of them also disappeared, but today it seems that they were enshrined by the Jiaolong Gang.

Although these four were water ghosts, they were also proficient in kung fu on land. They formed a formation with four prodigal spears and aimed straight at Lin Luoya's face. Within a few rounds, Lin Luoya was at a disadvantage and his life was at stake.

But Zhaoshan ran over, took Lin Luoya's bamboo stick sword, and went directly into the battle circle, blocked the two of them with a big palm, and said, "Miss Lin, I'll help you!" Lin Luoya looked at The reckless man who suddenly joined the battle circle knew that he was a friend rather than an enemy, so he took the bamboo stick and sword and swept away the other two. In the middle, they were both inch long and inch strong, and after three or five rounds of fighting, they knocked the two ghosts to the ground.

On the other side, Zhaoshan confiscated the weapons of the two people early, and waited for the end of Lin Luoya's battle, and then dragged Lin Luoya away.

"Who are you?" Lin Luoya asked after staying in a safe place.Zhaoshan smirked and said, "I met the girl on the Han River half a year ago, and it happened to be snowing heavily that day."

"Oh, oh, oh, you are that monk. It has changed a lot." Lin Luoya said, pointing to her head with some embarrassment. "But thank you for today. Don't dare to forget the kindness of saving your life. Here is a 3000 tael bank note. You can exchange it at the HSBC bank. I will also leave this sword to you. We will meet each other, so let's say goodbye." After all, I want to get away...

"She left just like that?" Li Jianxin asked, "Yes, nothing happened, only this sword was shed. Later I heard that she broke new ground in the Jianghu, and I was already about to retire at that time It's all over..." The old monk said flatly.

"This is really a sad story..." Li Jianxin sighed sincerely.

"Buddha said: All conditioned dharmas are like dreams and bubbles, like dew or electricity, and should be viewed in this way. Life is empty and time is empty, and after death is nothing but a pile of loess. Life and death are empty, and even if it is empty, why force it?" explain.

"Since it's empty, what you want is empty, what you don't want is empty, and what you don't ask is empty, so what's the difference between asking and not asking, and getting and not getting it? Then why don't you do what you want?" Li Jianxin asked.

"Yes, whether to do it or not, to succeed or not to succeed is nothing more than illusion, but at that time I was at a loss. I didn't see clearly like you, a clever little ghost." The old monk sighed.Later, he slowly pulled Li Jianxin to talk about some past events in the world.

But since that day, Li Jianxin found that the old monk Zhaoshan was getting older day by day.The originally tall and straight body became more and more stooped, and the originally rosy face became thinner and yellower.By the time Li Jianxin was eight years old, the old monk was already senile.

Seeing Zen Master Zhaoshan aging so quickly, Li Jianxin asked why, but Zen Master Zhaoshan just smiled and didn't speak.Li Jian was not convinced, and tugged on Zen Master Zhaoshan's sleeve, insisting on breaking the casserole to ask the end, Zen Master Zhaoshan could only smile and said: "I just showed you the sword technique, which brought on the old wound, I'm afraid time is running out."

Hearing this, Li Jianxin's nose turned sour, and tears fell to the ground. He lowered his head and choked up, and said, "Master, I—I'm—sorry—"

Zen Master Zhaoshan just smiled kindly, touched the top of Li Jianxin's head, and said, "Jianxin, people are mortal after all, it doesn't matter. Look up, don't cry."

Li Jianxin raised his head when he heard the words, but his face was already full of snot and tears. Zen Master Zhaoshan looked at Li Jianxin who was full of self-blame, reached out his hand to wipe the snot and tears from Li Jianxin's face and said, "It doesn't matter, Jianxin , after I'm gone, you have to live well. Remember, live well." Li Jianxin sobbed and agreed, but a knot was planted in his heart like this.

One morning in late autumn, "When Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva practiced the deep Prajna Paramita for a long time, he could see that the five aggregates are empty, and overcome all hardships..." Li Jianxin was doing morning lessons with the old monk when he heard a "thump", and the old monk The monk's brass rolled down to Li Jianxin's thigh.

Li Jianxin quickly turned his head to look, the old monk had already been silent, looking at the old monk shrunk into a ball, Li Jianxin just stared at the old monk's body in a daze, unaware that he had already burst into tears, after a while Then he hugged the old monk and began to cry.

This old man who is also a teacher and a father made Li Jianxin feel the feeling of relatives that he had never felt in his previous life. He taught him to read and write, the principles of life, and taught him martial arts...All the past flashed in his mind one by one...

That night, Li Jianxin followed the old monk's previous last wish to cremate his body, if there is a relic, he will take it away, and if he has a chance, he will send it back to Shaolin, if there is no relic, he will return to ashes.Li Jianxin put the body of the old monk on the bonfire stand, and lit the pure fire for rebirth in the Paradise of Paradise. Li Jianxin recited the mantra of rebirth over and over again, but tears couldn't stop streaming down. The tears flowed into his mouth mixed with bitterness and swallowed, choking The sound of the fire mixed with the crackling of the flames constitutes a hymn to the bliss of the afterlife.

It's just that in this black night, a flame called loneliness burned in Li Jianxin's heart. It kept beating, burning Li Jianxin's softest memories.Just like this, I kept watching the flames burn the body of the old monk bit by bit, and watched the old monk disappear bit by bit, and my mood became more and more depressed. I can no longer enjoy the beauty of the past eight years. So he sat there all night staring at the pile of embers.

Early the next morning, Li Jianxin swept the old monk's ashes, but found no relics, carefully packed the ashes in clay pots, sealed them up, and buried them in the backyard of the small temple, making a simple tomb. The tombstone was carved by Li Jianxin on a large green brick with a sword, and he wrote: The tomb of Zen master Zhaoshan, his mentor.The characters were chiseled out by Li Jianxin bit by bit. They are not very neat and crooked.

Li Jianxin sat there on his knees, kowtowed three times, and said something that he hadn't had time to say to the old monk before, and finally sobbed again, and it took a long time to stop his tears.Wiping away the tear stains on his face, he kowtowed his head three more times, then took the bamboo stick sword and some luggage, and walked away step by step.

Li Jianxin, who is only eight years old, is about to venture into the rivers and lakes...

Ten days later, Li Jianxin, who was dressed in rags and looked like a dirty cat, followed a group of refugees to the city of Wuyi.

The day after Li Jianxin went down the mountain, his wallet was stolen without warning.Being penniless, he happened to encounter a group of refugees, so he followed the group of refugees and poured into the Wuyi Mountains.

Looking at the majestic city walls of Wuyi City, Li Jianxin was amazed all of a sudden, it was more impactful than those in movies and TV dramas.

Under the majestic city wall, the city gate was wide open, and all kinds of horses and pedestrians came and went. Looking at this antique scene, it was exactly the scene of the rivers and lakes that Li Jianxin dreamed of. Li Jianxin immediately stayed where he was.The original group of refugees had already been led by several soldiers to the small gate for interrogation.

Seeing Li Jianxin standing blankly in the middle of the city gate, a soldier came over and shouted: "That little beggar, come quickly."A team of hundreds of refugees slowly entered the city, and finally it was Li Jianxin's turn.

After the soldier commander finished interrogating some simple information about Li Jianxin's name and age, Li Jianxin was pulled over by the doctor on the side, rolled his eyelids, looked at his ears, tongue coating, palms, and felt his pulse and found that there was no health problem. was put into the city.Walking in the corridor of the city gate, looking at the majestic scene made of big blue bricks, although it is late autumn, there is often a cool breeze blowing in the corridor, but there are many people coming and going inside the city gate, and the noisy sound suddenly breaks through the autumn. cold day.

　It has been revised, thank you for every criticism from book friends, I will do better.

　　
　
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