Poor Monk

The wind blows through the bamboo forest, the sunlight pours down from the fine gaps, and sprinkles a piece of gold in front of the steps of the bamboo house.Shen Du was sitting in front of the window, looking at the small box that had been opened in front of him. Inside stood two small colored glass bottles, which were of very good texture and extremely clear, and one could clearly see the There are one red lotus seed after another.

He looked at it for a long time before suddenly laughing.

But he didn't do much, just picked it up and played with it for a while, then put it back, closed the box, and placed it on the wooden cabinet in the corner.

There are not many patterns carved on the simple wooden cabinet, but there is a lively smoke and fire in the simplicity.In addition to the box that had just been put down, there were stacks of thick letter papers piled on top of it, and a few stacks of ancient books that I did not know where to find. A small, square box of candies.

Shen Du took the box of candies and walked out the door.

Go down the steps, cross the whirling bamboo sea, and go up the mountain along the long road that was covered with moss that day on the back mountain.

It was only two steps into the Buddhist monastery when I saw a dejected young novice sitting under the steps of the Thousand Buddha Hall in front of him. He looked only eight or nine years old. Although he was not close, he could still hear him mumbling something.

Shen Du raised his eyebrows and stopped walking.

He recognized this little novice, he is the youngest generation in the monastery at present, his dharma name is "Hongxin", he is innocent and lively, why is he like Shuangda's eggplant now?

"Being beaten?"

Although he lives at the foot of Bukong Mountain, and often visits the Buddhist monastery despite the eyes of eminent monks, Shen Du has not been cultivated in the slightest with compassion and benevolence, and he never speaks human words when he speaks.

Ren stood in front of Hong Xin, then asked him with a smile.

The voice was so familiar, Hongxin knew who it was when he heard it, and raised his head to look at him with bulging cheeks: "No, I just had a fight with someone when I went out with my uncles, and then I was scolded by my master. "

"Doesn't your master always praise you? Why are you arguing with others?"

Shen Du knew what kind of temperament Hong Xin had, and felt that it was unlikely that this little boy would quarrel with others, so he became curious for a moment, so he sat down next to him.

One big and one small just sat in front of the steps.

Hong Xin became aggrieved: "We met a few people in the town, they were talking about things in the Jianghu, but they started to scold you, saying that you are sinister, cunning, and scheming, and you are not a good person. It’s ugly. The little monk and the little monk couldn’t hold back, and told them it wasn’t like this, but they didn’t listen, and the scolding was even worse. They even forced me to ask if I came from Tianji Chanyuan. When people argue, they have created oral karma, and they also say that monks should also practice closed mouth meditation..."

It's okay if you don't listen, Shen Du laughed when he heard it: "I thought it was a big deal, so what's the point? I don't care if others scold me, why can't you help it? Your master , I should teach you a lesson."

"But, but you are not what they say."

Hong Xin's chubby face still had a bit of baby fat, and he grunted amidst the frustration of having failed in his theory and being taught a lesson.

Shen Du said: "It doesn't matter what they say I am? Firstly, I can't hear it, secondly, I don't care about it, and thirdly, I won't change it even if I hear it. Two days ago, I said you are a little Po boy, you are still stubborn, it takes so much effort to reason with people! You see Shanzai is so powerful, would he be able to reason with people?"

"It doesn't seem like..."

Hongxin was a little dazed, but he still felt that those people were wrong, and there was nothing wrong with him going up to correct them.

Of course, Shen Du could see his expression, and he immediately laughed: "You are still too stupid. In this world, the most time-wasting thing is talking to people who are prejudiced. Don't try to please or persuade those who don't like you. People who like you or have prejudices for a long time, have you heard stories about suspicious neighbors stealing axes? In the eyes of prejudiced people, everything you do is wrong. But it is not that prejudiced people are all wrong, and the others are not you , I don’t know you, and I don’t know the reason. It’s really normal to have prejudice against you after hearing some rumors. There are not so many saints in the world. Of course, if you meet in the future, you can get to know them through prejudice The person you really want, you must be friends with this person."

"friend?"

Hongxin didn't understand very well, especially he didn't understand why people who only listened to those rumors and had a prejudice against life were right, and looked at Shen Du with more doubts.

However, Shen Du thought "read the book a hundred times and you will see the truth", and there is no big reason to talk to the little poor boy, so he just replied: "Threesomes must have my teacher, the so-called friends must make you better Good guy. Hey, I haven’t seen you for the past two days, how did you get on with the riddle I bet on?”

"what……"

Hongxin wailed suddenly, forgot all the troubles before, put his hands on his head and showed a pained expression.

"I really can't figure it out, can you give me some hints?"

A few days ago, someone gave Shen Du a box of candies. He had quit sweets for a while, but he still ate a few bites when he saw the candies. Unexpectedly, Hongxin saw it and wanted to eat it. sugar.

Shen Du had a good relationship with him, so he teased him a bit.

He asked him a riddle, asking him to guess who the worst and scariest person in Tianji Temple was, and if he guessed right, he would be given candy.

Hong first guessed Shen Du, and was beaten by Shen Du; the second guessed his master, and was beaten again; The first master of fate...

Of course none were hit.

Today, he scratched his head and couldn't think of who he could guess, and he was not interested in Tang anymore, he just wanted to know who this person was.

Hong Xin looked at Shen Du eagerly.

Shen Du lazily sat on the steps, completely resembling the defiant posture that he sat on the top of Jiantian Yahan. After thinking about it, he glanced at the tall industry tower not far away. Kindness, reminded him.

"The worst people in the world are those who let you choose. Especially when you know that you want both fish and bear's paws, but now you only have bear's paws, and two of them will definitely choose bear's paws, and you have to take the fish's paws." The person who is sent to you for you to choose has a particularly dirty heart."

"The heart is particularly...dirty?"

Hongxin still couldn't understand what Shen Du said. He just felt that this benefactor Shen who lived at the foot of their mountain for no reason spoke more profoundly than his master and uncles. Paying attention to Shen Du's expression, he saw where his gaze was almost at a glance, and immediately understood it at that moment, and shook his head immediately.

"Uncle Shanzai is the person with the most profound knowledge of martial arts and Buddhism in the courtyard. How can the bad guy you are talking about be him?"

"what……"

It's true that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and a holy monk is in the eye of a bald donkey". Isn't it bad that the monk can fuck you until your legs are weak and you can't get out of bed?

cough cough cough.

Forget it, forget it, it's wrong, it's better not to let children know about this kind of thing.

Shen Du coughed twice, and covered it up a bit: "Forget it, this question is still too advanced for a seven or eight-year-old kid like you. Come on, come on, I'll give you candy, there's not much left , I’ll bring it to you later.”

After speaking, he took out the candy box in his sleeve and opened it.

Hong Xin immediately looked at him with bright eyes, but she didn't expect Shen Du stretched out his hand, and actually only picked out a candy from the candy box, and put it in his palm.

"You lied, say yes—"

"Hongxin, you slipped out to play again! Have you finished your morning class?!"

He was about to reason with Shen Du that the amount of candy was inconsistent with the agreement, but he didn't expect that before he finished speaking, there was an angry shout from the left, he didn't need to meet people, just by hearing the voice, he knew how many people came angry.

Hong's heart trembled.

Shen Du felt a chill down his spine, thinking of the terrible master who could talk to himself for a whole day because of Hongxin's endless chanting, and now he had no sympathy at all, and he ran away without a trace.

Hong Xin was the only one left, standing miserably under Master's slobber.

Shen Du, who was running away, glanced at it from a distance, said a few words of pity, and then walked directly towards the direction of the industry tower.

Shanzai was punished to spend three years in Yetasi, and it has only been a few months now.

The worry-free flowers in the Zen courtyard have passed their flowering period, and at first glance they look like a piece of verdant green, but the tree under the Ye Pagoda looks like a green cloud hanging beside it.

The withered old monk named Yuanqi was not there, Shen Du pushed the door and wanted to stroll in directly, but he didn't expect to go up the stairs when he went in, and when he looked up, he saw Abbot Yuanmie walking down from above.

The two met each other.

Shen Du suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. He glanced at the elderly monk in front of him, but didn't speak, and only took a step aside.

"Amitabha."

Abbot Yuan Mie didn't exchange more greetings with him, his brows were slightly frowned, and he didn't know what was hidden in his heart, so he looked a little contemplative. He only proclaimed the Buddha's name, and walked past Shen Du, down the stairs, all the way The business tower is gone.

Shen Du suddenly became a little curious, and began to guess what the old bald donkey was doing here, did he finally object to his behavior of visiting every day?But he didn't mention a single word in the face-to-face call just now.

Strange.

He thought about it for a while, but he didn't come up with any results, so he didn't think about it at all, and went directly upstairs, and when he got to the seventh floor on the top of the tower, he asked, "What did the abbot ask you for?"

"It's just a debate between joining the world and leaving the world."

When Shen Du came in, Shanzai was not copying scriptures, but stood in front of the window, looking outside, the morning light enveloped him, calm and peaceful.

The wind blew in, blew his snow-white monk robe, and also blew up a page of paper on the desk, which flew to Shen Du's feet and landed there.

Shen Du lowered his head for a glance, bent down to pick it up, but said, "You don't mean to tell me that Abbot Yuan Mie is now considering the matter of being born in the Buddhist monastery and setting foot in the rivers and lakes, right?"

"What should come will always come. Instead of waiting for the knife to be on the neck, it is better to hold the knife on the neck of the person first. In the world, it is easy to do evil, but it is difficult to do good. The evil deceives the good and does good, and the good is difficult to restrain the evil. Evil. Those who are not good are stronger than humans and cannot break this situation."

Although Shanzai was fined in the Karma Pagoda, it is no different from the past.

Although Tianji Temple is detached, it is still in the secular world, so it has a mind of being out of the world, and its body cannot be free from the world, let alone the turbid current?

It is more difficult to be a good person than a bad person, so to be a good person you have to be stronger than a bad person, but also more ruthless than a bad person.

Shen Du has personally experienced this truth.

He heard that he probably guessed that there were new changes in the rivers and lakes, and the changes were likely to be caused by Gu Zhao, but he didn't care too much. After all, the monk in front of him dared to let Gu Zhao out, so he wouldn't be afraid of the future. matter.

The paper in his hand was very thin, and the ink on it was dry. Shen Du glanced at some of the content, and found it familiar. It wasn't the scriptures he had let Feng Xiao decipher from the beads in the past, what was it?

He was a little surprised.

After looking at it for a long time, I found that there was more of the second half, so I took it and asked Shanzai: "I forgot to ask, I stole the Buddhist beads from the Thousand Buddhas Hall at the beginning, and solved the meaning of them, but after practicing it, I almost missed it." Didn't kill me. What the hell is this thing?"

"It's part of the essence left by the Martial Sage." Shanzai looked back at him, as if remembering his past embarrassment, smiled lightly and said, "It's just that this part of the content is not very appropriate, and I'm afraid it will cause harm to the world, so Put it in the Buddha beads alone, hoping to revise it properly and make it appear in the world one day."

Isn't it appropriate?

Shanzai always leaves room for words, many important things will be said very lightly, as if in his mind big and small things are the same, but Shen Du can now judge what is big and what is small, thinking of I had practiced this exercise before, and my spine felt chills.

Moreover, he also remembered a certain story.

His eyes flickered, and Shen Du said: "So the Martial Saint back then really didn't kill people because he wanted to save Lu Feixian, but because he went crazy because of his practice?"

"Even if it's not, it's not far off."

Shanzai didn't know more specific things back then, so he wasn't sure, and only gave an ambiguous answer.

Shen Du felt a little complicated: "So now that you have completed this exercise, it must have been corrected, right?"

Zenzai nodded.

Shen Du laughed, and raised his eyes to look at him: "A long time ago, it was rumored in the Jianghu that you have the talent of 'astonishing'. I didn't believe it at the time. But after I really met you and fell in love with you, I just fell in love with you." Knowing that there really is such a talented and brilliant person in the world who can't even be envied, who turned out to shine. Monk, why are you so capable?"

This remark, besides sighing, is somewhat ironic.

It should be known that there are countless masters in the Jianghu, and most of their exercises follow the paths opened up by the predecessors. Those who can create their own are all masters who have established their own sects, and those who are capable of modifying others' exercises are even rarer, let alone It is said that this kind of kung fu will become obsessed after practicing it.

But it happened that Shanzai did it, and it was done.

Shen Du really felt that there was a little gap between people.

But unexpectedly, after his words, Shanzai was a little silent, because he turned sideways, so the sky light only illuminated half of his face, and there was a strange feeling of intertwined light and dark.

He lowered his eyes and only asked, "But I'm not."

"No?" Shen Du was taken aback, "It's not what?"

"It's not a genius, it's not a generation of amazing talents, it's not born out of nowhere, and it can't shine on one side." Shanzai looked up at the vast number of old scriptures on the eight walls on the top of the tower, and his voice became much weaker, " The world loves to listen to legendary stories, from overnight practice in the rivers and lakes to a windfall in the market, those who are famous are the most amazing, and those who have accumulated a lot of money are often regarded as mediocre. Those who have a reputation are judged as "talented" ', not happy, because of its talent, but also accumulated over time, dripping water and stone, and made great efforts, it is today; it is not happy to be commented on 'hanging beams and stabbing the sky' People. There may be people in the world who are gifted by God, but I am not."

He has been in ascetic practice all his life, and he has never achieved anything "overnight", and there is no "blockbuster".

There is an unspeakable clarity in what he said.

Shen Du also thought of the time when he had practiced the Divine Art of Clone Body, and the accident that happened on the Jiantian Cliff ten years ago, and he really felt this way.

For a moment, I couldn't help but sigh: "You see people too clearly."

Good and evil, good and bad, and stupidity, in the eyes of this monk, all seem to be obvious things.

Just calm down and think about it, and feel bitter again.

What kind of person should this person in front of him have been against him in the past half of his life, so that he forced himself to see so clearly?

Shanzai looked up at him.

Shen Du also looked back at him for a while, then couldn't help but walked up, remembered something, and said to him: "Close your eyes."

Shanzai didn't know what he was going to do, he was a little confused.

Shen Du became angry: "If I tell you to close your eyes, then do so."

"..."

There is basically no reason to talk to Shen Du, unless you do it, you can't fight for any results.But if you do it, he will win in the end, so it's not interesting.

Shanzai sighed inwardly, but still closed his eyes.

It was dark and very quiet, except for the sound of the wind.The person standing in front of him seemed to have not moved for a long time, and he didn't know if he was looking at him. After a while, he heard the rustling of his robes and the sound of the lid being opened.

Then I felt a coldness on my lips.

Shen Du's voice sounded nearby: "Open your mouth."

Before Shanzai could react, a piece of candy entered his mouth, and the slightly cold sweetness immediately melted between his lips and tongue, making him frown and opened his eyes.

Shen Du in front of him was smiling.

His slightly desolate eyebrows and eyes were bent, and the bottom of his eyes seemed to be filled with a lake of moonlight. He was very good-looking, and once the plot succeeded, he asked him with a bit of pride: "How is it, isn't it sweet?"

sweet?

Shanzai couldn't tell what was going on in his heart at this moment. Seeing Shen Du's appearance, he only pursed his lips, and directly grabbed the man standing in front of him who was about to raise his teeth and claws, and held the back of his head with one hand. He buried his head and pressed his lips.

Shen Du was dumbfounded.

The monk's slightly cold lips touched him, and before he could react, he was already in a mess, and he pried his lips away unconsciously.

The sweet taste invaded his mouth immediately.

Before Shen Du could taste the taste carefully, a small piece of undissolved sugar was pushed into his mouth by the tip of his tongue.

After a while, his lips parted, and Shanzai's hand was also withdrawn from the back of his head, his lips were still slightly moist, and he just looked at him quietly.

Shen Du's mind was still buzzing.

But after reacting, he raised his hand to cover his lips, and exploded angrily: "Damn donkey, you don't eat candy if you don't eat it! And spit it on me, is it disgusting?!"

Shanzai suddenly felt very tired, and sighed, "Hi."

"Hey what? I have a name and a surname, why—"

When the yelling came here, Shen Du suddenly touched the eyes of the monk staring at him helplessly, and finally realized belatedly, it was "Hello", and almost immediately forgot the rest of the words, and his mind was full of reverberations He sighed softly just now, but he couldn't find another word.

His face turned red in an instant.

At this time, he only knew to look at him, but he couldn't say a word.

It was like choking on sugar.

Shanzai stood in front of the window where the breeze was blowing through, still looking untouched by fireworks, seeing his demeanor, he suddenly laughed: "Why, isn't it sweet?"