Poor Monk

"When the chaos begins, the universe begins to lay. The light and clear air rises to form the sky, and the heavy and turbid air to condense is the earth. The sun, moon, and five stars are called the seven states; heaven, earth, and people are called the three talents. The sun is the center of all suns Zong, the moon is the sign of the moon..."

The sound is like an ice spring, low and clear.

In a hut in this small village more than ten miles away from Bukong Mountain, a monk in snow-white monk clothes chanted, but there was a faint hint of paleness on his jade-like face.

This is really a very simple thatched hut.

The roof is covered with thatch, and the tables and chairs inside the house are also of different heights, but all of them are placed with bound books in a similar manner. Seven or eight children ranging from five to 12 years old are sitting on the tables. Then, listen attentively.

It's just that after listening to it, there are still some things I don't understand.

A fat man with bushy eyebrows and big eyes who was closest to the monk blinked, then raised his hand suddenly, and asked, "Master Shanzai, what does 'five stars' mean?"

When he was suddenly interrupted, the monk never showed any sullen expression on his face, instead he smiled tolerantly and replied: "Five-stars are the five stars in the sky, named 'Chenxing', 'Taibai', 'Yinghuo', Stars' 'Suppressing Stars' correspond to the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, together with the sun and the moon that symbolize yin and yang, and are called the 'seven politics'."

"Then what are the 'five elements'?"

Children are very curious, and they ask questions when they hear something they don't understand.

So the monk explained the origins of the "Five Elements" one by one. From the beginning to the end, there was no trace of impatience in his expression, and he appeared gentle and generous.

In this way, I don't know it's dusk outside.

The monk collected his scrolls, and seeing that it was getting late, he prepared to end the class and go back to the mountain gate.

Before leaving, several children asked him if he would come tomorrow.

He smiled back, coming.

The elders in the village came to him in anticipation of the time, and wanted to invite him to stay for a fast meal, and promised him the kindness of coming to teach, but the monk politely declined.

"Thank you for your kindness, but there are still evening classes in the courtyard, so I won't stay any longer today, and the poor monk will come back another day."

Put your hands together and make a gesture.

Under the dim sunset outside, the silhouette of the monk was cast with a layer of soft light, which made people doubt whether he was a real person or a god and Buddha from that day.

The old man who kept him from having a fast meal looked at him with pure respect in his old eyes, and he also paid a salute like him, then said "Thank you", and sent him all the way to the entrance of the isolated village to see him.

Dongshan is like sleeping.

These days, the weather has gotten warmer a lot, but the mountain range of Bukong Mountain is to the north, so last night it was expected to be cold and windy, and it snowed a lot, covering the mountains in a thin layer.

Only Bukong Mountain is still lush and green.

The monk dressed in snow did not hurry, but walked like ordinary people in the gradually dimming sky, and climbed several mountains before reaching the direction of the mountain behind Bukong Mountain.

I just didn't think about it, before he went up the mountain, a person came down from the mountain path.

He was wearing a blue-gray monk's robe worn by a young novice in the Buddhist monastery, and he was not very tall. He looked about thirteen or fourteen years old, and his steps were hurried, and he looked quite smart.

It's Hongben.

In the Buddhist monastery, there should be juniors who are a generation shorter than him.

Seeing the monk from a distance, his eyes lit up, and he waved to him: "Sunzai Master Uncle, Shanzai Master Uncle! The abbot is sending me to find you!"

The monk stopped on the mountain path.

In the crevices of the old mossy stone steps, there is still fresh snow water dripping, soaking the moss marks dark green, and the wild spring orchid on the side of the steps opens its calyx towards the other side of the stone steps.

He asked, "Why is the abbot looking for me?"

"You have been going to the village to teach them how to read and write during the day. I'm afraid you don't know that a major event has happened in the Jianghu, and it is related to our Buddhist monastery."

Although Hongben practiced in the Buddhist monastery, he was still a child after all, and when he talked about those bloody storms in the Jianghu, his eyes were full of obvious yearning and excitement.

"I heard from Uncle Shanming that there was a very powerful person from Pengshan named Gu who found the descendant of Wu Sheng. But Uncle Master, guess what? The devil, Shen Du, has robbed him! Now there is a gust of wind and rain in the rivers and lakes, and the abbot has passed on that someone is discussing matters in his room, and he also asked me to come to you, uncle, please come over."

The descendants of Wu Sheng.

There is also Shen Du, the great devil.

When the monk heard these names, his face became a little more hesitant, and then he said: "Is that so..."

Hongben had only entered the Buddhist monastery not long ago, but he had always admired this good uncle, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with him at the moment, he just blinked and asked curiously: "Uncle, what do you think?" Is the devil really that powerful? Could it be that even the legendary first immortal of Pengshan can’t defeat him? What exactly is he going to do when he robbed the descendants of the Martial Saints? temple……"

Having said this, Hongben's heart skipped a beat suddenly.

The incident at the Thousand Buddhas Hall was exhausting. Master Shu punished the abbot and the others. Not only was he punished in the Discipline Academy, but he also spent three days thinking about the wall under the cliff, and he only came back yesterday.

For the disciples of the entire Tianji Temple, this is almost unimaginable.

The kindness in most people's eyes, regardless of temperament or Buddhism and martial arts, is not good enough to pick one out of a thousand.It can be said that in their impression, he has nothing to do with the word punishment.

But that time...

The abbot's words were very emphatic.

What's more important is that the Thousand Buddha Hall was not only broken into, but also broken into a second time.

As for whether he took anything away, Hongben didn't know.

All he knew was that only a few people in Tianji Chanyuan knew about whether something was stolen from the Thousand Buddha Hall.

In fact, everyone secretly guessed, what can be hidden in the Thousand Buddha Hall?It's nothing more than the three volumes of Buddhist scriptures.

If anything is stolen, it has to be this one.

But it happened that this matter was of great importance, no matter how many people doubted it, there was no definite rumor.

Many people, including those in the world, felt that their Buddhist monastery could not bear the consequences of the theft of the Buddhist collection, so they deliberately concealed the matter and did not tell everyone the truth.

But these words should never be said in front of Master Shanzai.

Hongben felt extremely regretful, originally he wanted to ask a lot of things in his heart, but now he couldn't ask.

Fortunately, the monk did not get angry as easily as he feared, and even put away the little strangeness just now.

He smiled faintly at Hong Ben, and walked forward.

"Since the abbot is still waiting, we should go there quickly to find out what's going on."

"Yes Yes Yes."

Hong Ben breathed a sigh of relief, quickly followed his footsteps, and walked a little behind him, but seeing the cold wind blowing, the snow-white monk's clothes were spotlessly clean in the darkened sky. The corner robes float gently, and I can't help but yearn for it.

He seems to remember that a senior uncle in the courtyard mentioned that the snow-white monk robes of the senior uncle Shanzai are also a bit ridiculous.

But he forgot what exactly he was talking about.

Hongben felt somewhat frustrated, but he was still thinking about what happened this time, so he spoke cautiously, "Uncle Shanzai, you said that the big devil is also his biological parents." Yang, why are you so vicious? I heard that all the people who escorted Mr. Lou died, except for the first fairy of Pengshan, it is really pitiful..."

Pitiful?

The monk raised his eyes and forgot to take a look at this deep and dense ancient forest, and then caught a glimpse of the rolling bamboo sea at the foot of the mountain not far away. Rumors, just shook his head lightly.

"Innocent people are indeed pitiful."

"Eh?"

Hongben was stunned for a moment, and felt that Master Shanzai's words seemed to be hiding some deep meaning, but after careful consideration, he felt that the words had no meaning at all.

Those who died were indeed innocent.

He wondered why he felt that Master Shanzai's words were wrong. He wanted to investigate further, but the steps of the monk in front of him were already a little far away.

So he quickly chased after him.

This mountain road just turned a corner in front, on one side of the road is a high cliff, on the other side of the road is the stretching bamboo sea below the mountain.

The leaves have fallen all over the ground, and no one has set foot on it for a long time.

When looking down from a height, it is a piece of silence.The wind rustled through the bamboo forest.Where its branches and leaves cover each other, the outline of a bamboo house can be vaguely seen.

But if you move your footsteps again, you won't be able to see them anymore.

Hongben suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen Master Shanzai go to the bamboo house for a long time.He used to live there most of the time, because he didn't have to go back and forth up the mountain, and it was more convenient to go to the villages around Bukong Mountain.But since the accident in the Thousand Buddha Hall, he has never been seen staying in that bamboo house for a night, even if he passed by many times, he never had the intention of going in.

Passing by the bamboo grove at this moment, he couldn't help but glanced at the monk in front of him. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but when he came here, he paused for a while and glanced at the bamboo sea, with a pair of gentle and tolerant eyes. At the bottom, reflecting the coming, silent night.

In the end, I didn't go.

The monk withdrew his indifferent gaze, but still went up the mountain.

Not empty the top of the mountain, the monastery is majestic.

On the sky cliff, the stars and the moon are gradually brightening.

Shen Du was still sitting behind the desk, the room was brightly lit, but what was lit was not a lamp, but a big night pearl.

He already knew that the orifice was hidden in the Buddhist bead.

It's just that the research by myself was exhausting and slow. After half an afternoon of tossing around, I was still lazy, so I called Feng Xiao in to help.

This crying bag doesn't know a little bit of martial arts, and sometimes he is more self-willed than him, but he is quite unique in five elements, gossip and arithmetic.

At this moment, he was sitting by the side reading a book, while Feng Xiao was fiddling with Buddhist beads.

This is a mechanism technique that has been lost many years ago, and the universe is contained in a small bead.The wooden Buddha beads are engraved with pictures of the heavenly stems and earthly branches, the five elements and the eight trigrams, each with a mark, as long as it is illuminated with a lens or a bright pearl, it can be imaged.There is also a book of secret characters, in which the characters are determined by the combination and arrangement of the heavenly stems, earthly branches, five elements and eight trigrams. After tedious combination, the characters hidden in the beads can be deciphered.

Shen Du didn't know the technique itself.

But it just so happened that there was such a secret word book on Jiantianya, so he dared to bring this Buddhist bead back without any hesitation.

As for letting Feng Xiao do the deciphering, he wasn't worried at all.

The other end is busy, but he himself is bored.

He had almost finished reading the book in his hand, so he closed it casually, his wandering eyes wandered around the table case at will, and then landed on the envelope that Feng Xiao had placed next to him.

That letter from Tianji Temple.

On the seal of the envelope is a wax seal in the shape of a lotus, but there is no word written on the surface. It should be done cautiously to prevent people from intercepting it halfway.

He already knew the content.

It's just that I haven't read the letter itself.

Hui Seng is good...

He dislikes this bald donkey very much, one is afraid of its strength, and the other is that he hates the fight with him that day, and perhaps it is because the monk he likes refuses to go with him, so he hates the rest of the entire Tianji Temple. Monks are full of disgust.

But what should the letter written by this person look like?

Shen Du changed his mind, stared at the envelope for a long time, and finally stretched out his hand to read the letter.

Unexpectedly, there were hurried footsteps outside.

With a raised eyebrow, he winked at Feng Xiao: "Put it away first, and untie it later."

Feng Xiao was startled, and when she turned her head, she saw that Shen Du had withdrawn the trustworthy hand, and turned her eyes to the two closed doors of Donghui Pavilion.

That's how I knew someone was coming.

She stuck out her tongue, and knew that what the Taoist master ordered her to do was extremely unusual, so she hurriedly took all the things in front of her and hid them aside.

After a while, the footsteps came outside the door, and it was Yao Qing's voice: "Master, the invitation from the Tianxiahui was sent to Yaqian first, and it was sent by Gu Zhao from Pengshan. I have no intention of focusing on Buddhist treasures, so I invite the Taoist master to gather in Xiefeng Villa in ten days from now."