Poor Monk

"This Chi Yin, I always feel that something is wrong, and send someone to check him carefully."

After Gu Zhao left, Shen Du sat alone for a long time, seemingly lost in thought, until the sky outside faded away and the hooked moon climbed up, before he came back to his senses.

He called Pei Wuji and Yao Qing, but not Cui Hong, then opened the roster, pointed to the words "Tian Shui Meng Chi Yin" on it, and gave them instructions.

During this period of time, although Cui Hong lost the position of Jian Tianya's left and right envoys, Shen Du basically took him with him and let him know about everything.

But this time, he was missing.

Both Yao Qing and Pei Wuji are very sensitive people, or they can't be insensitive when working around Shen Du, so they faintly feel something is wrong almost when Shen Du speaks.

Yao Qing hesitated for a moment, but still asked the doubts in his heart: "Master, what do you think is wrong with this person?"

"The face is wrong."

Shen Du recalled what he saw in the Sword Hut that day, and felt that it was better to be careful.

"You just need to send someone to find out when the three silver rings on the left ear of Chi Yin, the young master of the Tianshui League, were put on. Have you ever taken them off or been injured? I saw him wearing the rings in the Sword House a while ago. The earholes are red, it doesn’t look like it’s been worn for a long time.”

Yao Qing was startled for a moment.

Pei Wuji's mind was bright, and he instantly understood Shen Du's guess and suspicion: "The Taoist thinks that this pool is not that pool?"

"Look it up and find out."

That pool drinking gave Shen Du a very uncomfortable feeling.

He didn't say anything to death, he just asked them to investigate, and it had to be done as soon as possible.As for keeping Cui Hong from knowing this, needless to say, the two of them should also know.

But when the two retreated, Shen Du glanced at them, pursed his lips slightly, and finally spoke, saying: "Pei Wuji stay here."

Yao Qing took a look at Pei Wuji, and obviously muttered in his heart that something was going to happen between the two of them.But she was out of her control, so she quietly stepped back and explained about Micha Chiyin.

Pei Wuji stopped and looked up at Shen Du.

The candles in the room were still quite brightly lit, and under the bright light, his gradually deepening and hardening silhouette was brightened and darkened. When the eyelids drooped and the lip line was straight, there was an expression that made Shen Du very sad. Familiar strangers are cold and cold.

He stood straight and did not move.

Shen Du was sitting, but now he needed to raise his head to look at him, he was speechless for a moment, then laughed, and said, "Sit down."

"If you don't sit down, the Taoist will speak when you have something to say."

Pei Wuji answered him bluntly, in a cold and resisting gesture, showing a bit of cold blood from inside to outside, but Shen Du saw a little stubbornness, even obsession.

So speechless.

It has been almost a month since he came back from Tianji Temple, and a lot of things happened during that time.He didn't kill Pei Wuji, and even stayed by his side, but the relationship between the two could never go back to the past no matter what.

It was deformed from the very beginning, and Shen Du didn't expect it to get better.

It's just that he's going to Tianji Temple tomorrow, and he can't even fall asleep on such a night, his mind is full of messy thoughts, he just saw him and wanted to ask him to stay for a chat.But his temper still came up and he refused to sit down.

Shen Du didn't force it either.

He has always been indulgent, tolerant, even indulgent towards Pei Wuji, and he doesn't mind his sudden rudeness at all.

"I have something to tell you."

"But I don't really want to hear it."

During this period of time, he was even afraid of talking to Shen Du.After following him for too long and knowing some aspects of him too well, the changes in Shen Du he saw these days made him feel an indescribable fear.

Because he could vaguely sense what was going to happen.

Shen Du smiled: "It seems that you have already guessed what I'm going to say."

Pei Wuji's hand was naturally placed on the Wushang knife, but after hearing this, his fingers became stiff, and he even tightened his grip a little bit.

He didn't speak.

But after he spoke, looking at his eyes, there was a kind of ferocity like a beast, and there were some unknown feelings buried under the ferocity.

"Tomorrow, we will go to Bukong Mountain, worship Tianji Temple, and ask for the three-volume Buddhist collection. It may not go as smoothly as planned. So I thought, you don't want to follow this trip." Shen Du lowered his eyes and fiddled. The string of Buddhist beads that were placed on the table gave a murderous gleam in his eyes, "Whether you go or stay, the world is so big, there is always a place you can go."

"You chase me away?"

Pei Wuji finally sneered.

Shen Du was silent, and it took a long time to look up at him again, but he did not deny it, and only said: "You can't bear to kill me, and you can't bear to see me die in front of you, forcing me to stay will only increase the pain. Leave me, Leaving the way of demons and demons, or even leaving the martial arts, to see the rivers, lakes, seas, mountains and peaks, maybe you can let go, maybe you can see clearly, maybe you can be ruthless enough to kill me."

"You've raised me for ten years, and you've grown me into a ruthless wolf, but now you want me to let go of all my obsessions and leave. Shen Du, I really don't let you call me around." Pei Wuji's eyes It has become extremely sarcasm, "Do you like that person so much? According to you, after the Tianji Temple, you don't even want the way of demons."

"..."

He really didn't even want the demon way anymore.

Shen Du knew that he had always been perceptive, so he didn't deny it in front of him. He just saw him standing in front of him. He was a tall and cold person, but he suddenly felt an unspeakable sense of loneliness. Feel uncomfortable.

Pei Wuji was raised by him alone.

"Do you know why I gave you a no-wound knife?"

Pei Wuji didn't know.

When he first got this knife, he had just mastered the third level of a kung fu given by Shen Du, and defeated a very powerful young disciple on the Yaomo Dao. He handed it to himself as a reward.

All the people up and down the demon road changed their faces.

At that time, he didn't know the origin of this knife, what kind of past it had, how powerful it was, or what it meant to Shen Du.

Later, Cui Hong told him.

It turned out that this knife was made for Shen Du himself when the old Taoist master took Shen Du and his senior brother Dongfang Ji to the sword hut.

For Shen Du, the non-wounding knife is the only thing he has that his senior brother does not have.

This knife has been stained with a lot of blood, and it has also witnessed how a young man who felt pity for watching insects and birds being killed became a big devil who killed people without blinking an eye.

Legend has it that Shen Du killed his father and mother with this knife.

Pei Wuji thought at first that he gave himself the knife just to acknowledge him and reward him.Later, I felt that Shen Du was actually afraid of seeing this knife, afraid of facing all the things he had done back then.

But now that I think about it, it doesn't seem to be the case.

He held the non-wounded knife, and the slightly cold temperature in the night slowly passed from the back of the knife to his fingertips, making him look at Shen Du with extra sober eyes.

Shen Du laughed, and turned to look at Pei Wuji's gaze, which actually receded from the countless cold eyes, and added some rare softness instead.

Then he said:

"When Yan casts a sword, he must kill life and sharpen the blade. But when he cast the Wushang knife, he never killed a life. This is the only knife he has not seen blood when he came out of the sword house since he built the sword house. The name of the sword is Wushang. The precious jade did not harm anyone. It is a pity that things in this world are all backfired..."

The cowardly young man who had won the sword without wounds was finally pushed off the cliff by the senior brother whom his parents valued.

From then on, the light of the knife and the shadow of blood, no wounds.

He failed all of Li Yan's expectations, and even became a person who was afraid of himself, so when he saw the Wushang Dao, he would always think of this ridiculous world.

When he was speaking, his expression was a bit in a trance, but the fierce hostility that was always scary when he saw it on weekdays slowly faded away in this trance, and it was rare to have a vaguely pale face. peaceful.

This face is amazingly beautiful.

He looked at Pei Wuji, just like looking at himself in the past, and smiled: "At that time, I thought in my heart, you are innocent after all. It's just that you have a strong heart, and you are not the same as me back then. You are right , It's my fault, I shouldn't have brought you up like this, and now I want to drive you away."

Every sentence is so soft, but to him, why does it sound like blunt knives cutting through his heart one after another?

Pei Wuji could hardly stand still.

His love and hatred for him have never diminished for a day, and have always been evenly matched.But at this moment, he actually wanted to let go of all revenge and hatred, hug him tightly, and tell him: You are not wrong, I am the one who is willing to do so.

But after all not.

Because the way Shen Du looked at him was too sentimental.

There was no more sternness or even sarcasm in the past, and even the guard and fear were quietly let go, and the eyes were lifted up to look at him slightly, making him unable to arouse any resistance.

Shen Du said: "Go back and think about it, there will always be a day when you think about it clearly."

Pei Wuji couldn't respond to any of his words.

With his seemingly soft but firm attitude, he could only leave.It's just that instead of the composure you had when you came here, a sudden sense of bewilderment was added instead.

Also, loneliness.

——Shen Du doesn't want him anymore.

That night, Shen Du didn't continue to think about it, but sat under the window all night.He watched the moon rise from the east and slowly moved across the black sky, and finally got up when he saw that the bright light was swallowed and covered by the gushing glow.

Today is the day to leave for Tianji Temple.

All ten sects and eight sects from the demon way to the righteous way have been fully prepared in the past three days. Before the fog cleared in the early morning, they had already gathered outside Xiefeng Villa, waiting.

When Shen Du arrived, he saw Pei Wuji in the crowd.

He didn't ask any more questions, but just walked forward, with a fierce look on his face as always, and he greeted Gu Zhao, Lu Fan and the others with a smirk, and of course he also saw Chi Yin who was standing a little later. , Lu Feichan and others.

Lou Zhang and Ni Qianqian are in the car at the end.

Everyone knew what to do and where to go, so after exchanging a few pleasantries, they set off directly, and a group of people headed towards Bukong Mountain.

Three days' journey.

In the beginning, the closer he got, the better Shen Du's mood became; but when he could already faintly see the outline of Bukong Mountain, it turned into a strange anxiety.

He thought, would the monk blame himself?

After all, he failed his full compassion and even broke into the Thousand Buddha Hall and stole the Buddhist beads. If his master knew that he saved him, he would probably be implicated and punished...

That's it.

It doesn't matter, just snatch him away, or make a deal with Tianji Temple for him to leave, and just coax him later.

Shen Du was riding a maroon horse, walking a little ahead, looking up at the Bukong Mountain, which was only a few hours away, and suddenly bent his lips and smiled.

At this time, Pei Wuji next to him took a look at him.

Then he slowly said: "Shen Du, the reason why I stayed is that I am unwilling. Even if I want to leave, I have to see what kind of person you like."

Chapter 66 Questions and Answers┃"Evil demons heretics are doing harm to the common people; one thought is wrong, and now you should wake up and get rid of it."

What is it like?

Naturally, it looks very good, very good, very good.

Shen Du looked back at Pei Wuji, and replied in his heart, but when he looked at his expression, he somehow swallowed all the words that came to his lips, only smiled lightly, and sat on the horse as usual, relaxed. He took the rein tightly and let the horse go forward.

The ink-stained green hills are faintly visible in the twilight.

After walking for more than an hour, the sky completely darkened.

Gu Zhao and Lu Fan led the people to walk on the other side. At this moment, they looked at the sky, reined in their horses in front of a deep valley, and raised their voices to ask Shen Du: "At this time, if you go at night, you will be able to reach the Buddhist monastery tonight. I don't know Taoist Shen." In my opinion, shall we continue to move forward, or stop and make some adjustments?"

Going forward, of course, you will soon be able to reach the Buddhist monastery, and with the compassion of the monks, most of them will be able to stay in the Buddhist monastery, so as not to have to sleep in the wild.

In terms of Shen Du's previous disposition, of course he must move forward.

But today is different after all.

Although he did bring all the heroes of the righteous way to come with him now, but after all, he was an evil spirit who broke into the Thousand Buddha Hall and killed many people. It is inevitable that people will feel aggressive if he worships the Buddhist temple late at night.

He didn't care what the other bald donkeys in the monastery thought, but there was still that monk in there.

So after pondering for a while, Shen Du directly looked back at Zhaodao: "You don't need to go any further. After all, it is a famous ancient temple. It would be impolite to harass you late at night. I will stop here tonight, find a place to rest, and go to the Buddhist monastery tomorrow as well." .”

Talking so politely.

Others didn't understand Shen Du, so they might think it was nothing, but those who knew a little about him, such as Gu Zhao, Yao Qing and others, were all a little surprised.

But this trip was all in the hands of him alone, even if there were some minor remarks, no one would say it, instead they all reined in as they said, and started searching nearby.

They have been walking on the mountain road, are quite familiar with the surrounding environment, and soon found a valley sheltered from the wind.

At night, there are still people of both good and evil ways to watch the wind.

Shen Du and his side came out from the demon way, even if they stopped to rest, they were completely different from those on the right way, and everyone took their side.

After rushing down for a few days, everyone on Yaomo Dao already knew what Shen Du was used to, and they also knew how to serve this precious Taoist.

As soon as they found a place, some people went to work in all directions.

A small group of people went to the mountains to hunt wild game, and went to the downstream of the stream to take care of it; a few people took water bags to fetch water from the upstream of the stream, and brought back the clean water for everyone to drink.

A bonfire was built at night.

Shen Du was sitting on a big rock next to him, and the two swords of Chuihong and Xuelu were resting casually by his feet. The scabbard with overturned patterns reflected the fire light, and it was like Rang's face, with a kind of rare gentleness.

Pei Wuji has been with him for many years, where has he ever seen such an expression?

At that moment, he walked over with two hares that had been cleaned up, put them on the freshly cut wooden sticks and put them on the fire, he laughed inexplicably.

Shen Du looked up at him, but he didn't speak.

The atmosphere at night became a little weird.

When Shen was alone, his fingers never touched the spring water. When there were people around him, he would never eat and dress himself. Even when there was no one around, he tried to do it by himself, but he always made a mess. So at this moment, he didn't intervene in the slightest to help Pei Wu Ji means.

He just sat and watched.

There was still some blood on the skinned wild rabbit, but under the gradual licking of the flames, there was still a strong oily fragrance, which made people drool.

People in the Yaomo Dao are familiar with such a situation, but the Zhengdao side is still in a state of seeing it fresh once. Although they have seen Pei Wuji baking things for Shen Du during the few days on the road, every time they see him I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.

After all, Pei Wuji is the left envoy of Jiantianya.

It's not that the Zhengdao side doesn't know about his origin and background, and the world has always spread the word about him, but the one who serves Shen Du right now is pleasing to the eye, taking care of every detail.

As a result, there were more fantasies and rumors about the relationship between these two people for no reason.

But Shen Du didn't pay attention to these things.

After Pei Wuji finished baking, he tore off the best roasted part and handed it to him, and he naturally took it and ate it.

After eating about seventy percent full, and drinking some clear water, I rested under a rock sheltered from the wind.

When going out, and walking with the righteous way, even if they sleep, they sleep very lightly, after all, they have to guard against the other party's attack at night.

It's just that this night, probably because it was too close to Tianji Temple, Shen Du closed his eyes for almost an hour, but he didn't feel sleepy at all.On the contrary, with his profound skills, his five senses are extremely keen, and he can even hear the wind and grass in the mountains clearly.

After tossing and turning like this, three hours passed, and they were still awake.

Shen Du sighed inwardly, knowing that he might not be able to fall asleep at all this night, so he simply opened his eyes.

A frost-white crescent moon in Tianshan immediately fell into his eyes.

There are ancient pines and weeds hanging upside down on the mountain wall above the deep valley, and the moist clouds and mist faintly flow through it.

The occasional chirping of insects and birds makes this place even more silent.

There was a cool night wind blowing, and there was a rustling sound.

Shen Du followed the source of the voice, and saw the bamboo sea stretching for tens of miles under the moonlight.

It's emerald during the day, dark green at night.

There is just such a thick color lying in the mountains, but every branch and leaf has an unconventional attitude, as if whispering.

The people around the demon way and the righteous way not far away seemed to be asleep, only the people who stayed on patrol from both sides were still walking in the distance, guarding each other and listening to the surrounding movements.

Shen Du looked at it for a long time, and also thought about it for a long time.

But no matter how many rational thoughts popped up, when they touched the bamboo sea of ​​what his eyes saw and what his heart thought, they were all beaten to nothing.

He just opened his eyes and sat motionless for three quarters, finally he couldn't hold back, he picked up the two swords beside him, and when he mentioned the light body technique, he didn't make a sound at all, turning into a ghostly sword The shadow disappeared in place.

At the foot of the mountain behind Bukong Mountain, there is a dense bamboo forest, and the ground is piled up with residual leaves.

As the wind passed through the bamboo forest, there was a humming sound in the simple and even crude bamboo house in the forest.

There was no light in the house, it was pitch black.

With a "squeak", the door was pushed open, and finally there was a jerky and toothache light sound.

A period of moonlight poured into the door from the outside.

Because of the sprint all the way, the visitor was still panting irregularly in his chest, and his slender figure cast a shadow in the moonlight, and suddenly became still.

Motes of dust floated in the air, which had a pale color under the moonlight.

The scent of sandalwood that was always lingering in the bamboo house has become faint at some point, it seems to be diluted by the flowing time, and it is hardly smellable.

Only that scent of medicine still left traces of bitterness.

only……

nobody.

Not to mention the monk.

Shen Du's heart, which was hot for no reason when he came, finally went cold at the moment when he opened the door with little hope.

After standing at the door for a long time, he came in.

There is only cold charcoal left in the stove used in winter, there are no pens, inks, papers and inkstones on the desk, and there are no Buddhist scriptures on the bookshelves.Even, there was already a thin layer of dust in the house, and when I reached out and touched the bookshelf lightly, my hands were covered.

The whole house became empty, as if no one had ever lived here, and all the love and love that had happened in this small bamboo house were just a dream of his.

Can't touch it, can't find it.

Shen Du suddenly became a little disappointed: Did the monk finally move back to the Buddhist monastery from here?

Outside the lonely window, the moon grows cold, and the bamboo shadows shake.

In the middle of the night, the lights of the Tianji Temple on the top of the mountain have gradually dimmed, and the magnificent buildings in the courtyard are sleeping in the darkness. Only a thin piece of weak fire is still shining through the window in the Sutra Pavilion. Come.

Abbot Yuan Mie stood in front of the window and looked out into the darkness.

Behind him is a ten-meter-tall Buddha statue. Incense is enshrined in front of the Buddha. The monk in snow-white robes stands in front of the Buddha with his back to the window, looking up at the compassionate eyes of the Buddha.

The dim candlelight could not see his face.

Only the figure covered by the wide monk's robe cast a swaying shadow on the futon not far away.

"The demons and wolf ambitions actually forced Zhengdao to work for tigers and open their eyes for them to seize the martial arts essence left behind by the martial sages. Just now the disciples from the mountain came to report that they were stationed in a valley six miles away at night. At dawn tomorrow, I will be forced to go to the Buddhist monastery."

Yuan Mie watched, sighed, and turned around.

"The monks are merciful, but you saved the evil spirits that harmed the common people with a single thought. Now that this beast is coming back, if the Buddhist treasure is captured, you don't know what kind of bloody storm will be set off. At that time, how should you deal with it? "

The figure of the monk remained motionless, just still staring at the Buddha's eyes on the high place, as if he wanted to know what the gods and Buddhas in the sky were looking at with these compassionate eyes, and seemed to want to get something from this pair of true wisdom eyes. The answer to the puzzle.

But the Buddha does not speak, the Buddha does not speak.

He also remained silent for a long time, before he said: "Evil demons heretics are doing harm to the common people; one thought is wrong, now you should wake up and get rid of it."