Uncle Guo

The place Liang Xuanchen took Han Yunyan to was a cramped small building, passing through winding alleys, in the depths of a deserted alley, there was a small temple.Han Yunmi has not been to many temples in his life, but at least he has seen the places where the royal family enshrines incense. Among other things, Jiming Temple, where Siguo lived in Nangong for a long time, basically took over several hills. The Daxiong Hall is majestic and solemn, The temple is full of incense.He does not go to the main hall to listen to Zen classes on weekdays. Instead, he built a new house in the back mountain for His Royal Highness Yi Wang. Even that house has buildings, pavilions, and a courtyard dedicated to reading and practicing, so he saw Such an exquisite house was actually a temple, he thought it was quite novel.

The temple dwells beside a bridge, and the incense is not very prosperous. It seems that it depends on the help of the neighbors for a living.The word "Xueyin Temple" was written on the top of the door, which seemed unlucky. The Zen door was half-opened, and there was a young novice, who was only seven or eight years old, squatting on the open space in front of the building. Play with the crickets with the children nearby.

Liang Xuanchen could distinguish one from the other just by the laughter in the courtyard, and said loudly: "Hui Gen, is Master in the house?"

The little bald man said happily, "Mr. Mu, why are you here?" After saying that, he dismissed the other children, put away his crickets, and came to greet Liang Xuanchen, "Master mentioned you yesterday, saying that he hasn't heard from you for a long time."

"Why did you mention me?" Liang Xuanchen stretched out his hand, and accurately touched the other party's bald head.

"Just... I don't remember either." He replied honestly, then glanced back, "Is this elder brother born in person, is he your son?"

Liang Xuanchen smiled wryly, "A relative's."

Huigen led the two of them to the back hall, which was a small Zen room, where it seemed that eating, meditating, reciting sutras, resting and sleeping were all here. On top of the two Jian Kangs sat a haggard old monk, who was still on one side at this moment. After taking a nap, the smell in the room was not very pleasant. The sandalwood seemed to cover the vague smell of the toilet behind, but it couldn't cover it anyway.

Liang Xuanchen sniffled and scolded with a smile: "Huigen pissed under the wall again?"

Huigen pouted, complaining that the latrine was far away, and the pail was too big, and the master and apprentice couldn't lift it out, so naturally they kept discarding it.

Huigen slapped the master for a long time before waking up the old monk. With his sleepy eyes open, the master with a famous dharma name took a long time to wake up like a dream, "Oh, rare guest, rare guest! Huigen, hurry up The two benefactors serve tea."

The three of them sat cross-legged on the mat, and the little monk ran out to make tea. When he returned after a while, he dragged the tea tray and brought three bowls of tea. It's not very clean either.Liang Xuanchen couldn't see anyway, so he drank the tea as soon as he picked it up. Han Yunmi saw the worst quality coarse tea with leaves floating up and down in the water, so he didn't have much desire to drink it, so he just put it aside.

After exchanging pleasantries, Han Yunyan understood that there were only two masters and apprentices in this small temple.

The child couldn't sit still, and Huigen was asked about his homework for a while, so he found an excuse and ran away, leaving only three people in the room.

"Master, I brought someone here this time to introduce you two. I always wanted to come here, but I delayed it before. I thought it would be better to hit the sun than to choose a date, so I came here recklessly. Master Wanwang forgive me."

Yiming said: "Wherever it is, acquaintance is fate. If Mr. Mu wants to introduce you, it must be a distinguished guest."

Liang Xuanchen said: "It can't be regarded as an honored guest, it's just a younger generation." After saying that, he asked Han Yunmi to come forward and salute.

Han Yunyun didn't like to declare his family name, so he only mentioned his own name, and even omitted his surname. He looked so old that he couldn't tell his age, and his teeth were sparse. The old acquaintance didn't ask any more questions, just nodded to him, and casually praised a few words such as awesome young people, young people in the prime of life and so on.

"The child of my relative's life experience is quite bumpy, and now he has suffered family changes. These days, I have been thinking about it, and I am afraid that he will reach the end of the road. If I can't keep him, only the master can provide him. A place to stay."

"Mr. Mu thinks highly of it." Yiming said modestly.

"Grandmaster, please don't refuse. This is an unfeeling request. I just wonder if the master is willing to take him in at that time?"

Yiming said: "Do you know where the name of the Blood Seal Temple came from?"

Liang Xuanchen smiled slightly, "Of course I know that."

Yiming said: "I'm asking this young man, do you know?"

Han Yunyan looked bewildered and shook his head honestly.

The old monk got up tremblingly, led Han Yunmin to the bed, raised his hand and pointed, "Did you see that stone pillar?"

Han Yunyan nodded, "I see."

"When the Blood Seal Temple was built, there was this stone pillar, and its name was earlier than the name of this temple. At the time when Emperor Tai-zu had not made any achievements, and it was the time of war, a girl was captured by robbers and thrown in this temple. Seeing her pity, the old monk in the temple let the girl run away when the robbers were unaware. However, the girl’s home was far away, how could she go back? The old monk pointed her to a safe place Hiding, before he could hide, the robbers came back. Later, the old monk was tied to this stone pillar, beaten to death, bloody, and did not tell the girl's hiding place. The girl was able to escape, and later The banditry was eliminated, the country was peaceful and the people were peaceful, so the girl returned here to rebuild the temple, and changed the name of the temple to the current word 'blood seal'."

Han Yunmi thought thoughtfully, "Master, is this old monk and the girl not related or because of each other?"

"Neither relative nor reason."

"It's not relative, why did you risk your life to save that girl?"

Yiming said: "The monks are merciful. The Buddha said that saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. In the eyes of the old monk, this girl is what he must save."

Han Yunyan nodded, "I have also read many stories about self-sacrifice in books. To tell you the truth, when I was young, I opened a black shop with my mother at the border. Although I didn't do it myself, I saw too much Yes, there is no distinction between good and bad people who are killed, and I have never heard of sacrificing one's life for righteousness."

Yiming said: "Man is the spirit of all things. Killing people and licking blood is only for their own self-interest. How is life different from animals? To be a long-lived animal or to be the spirit of all things is actually entirely up to you to choose."

Han Yunyun lowered his head and thought.

Liang Xuanchen didn't interrupt, he let out a long breath, and walked slowly to the window, there was sunlight leaking in from the tall round window, he couldn't see it, but he could feel a little warmth, he listened carefully, and in the distance was a child In the distance, cocks crowing and dogs barking, men and women laughing and cursing, it is a scene of prosperity in the market.

This three-person chat lasted from morning to night, Jianzhong Huigen went outside for alms, and got a few pancakes, a few fruit snacks, and the master, apprentice, nephew and uncle sat together and ate casually with tea.After going through the experience just now, Han Yunmi didn't care about whether he was clean or not. Anyway, when he opened a black shop with his mother in the northwest, the food and drink were not as clean as here.

After eating, Yiming took out another egg from under the pillow and stuffed it for the little apprentice, "There's nothing to treat, I just leave this egg for him every day, it's time to grow up, so it's not okay to follow me to eat fast and chant Buddha's name. The two of you didn't prepare it, so you can only watch him eat it."

Liang Xuanchen hurriedly said: "The master wants to give it, but our nephew is too embarrassed to accept it."

Yiming said: "Mr. Mu was joking, you are a noble person, so naturally you don't care about these small things."

When the night fell, Liang Xuanchen listened to the movement outside and knew that it was not early, so he got up to bid farewell to Yiming, and took Han Yunyi out of the Blood Seal Temple.

The nephew and uncle were walking in the night, Liang Xuanchen said: "I took you to the Blood Seal Temple, thinking that in case you come to the end of the road, you can stay here for a while. I am the only one who knows this place, and no one else."

"Uncle, how did you meet this Master Yiming?"

Liang Xuanchen said: "It's a coincidence."

"How long is the master's longevity?"

Liang Xuanchen thought for a while, "I don't remember, he may not even remember, I only know that he is about the same age as Emperor Tai-zu, he must be a hundred years old. It's just that they had a lot of problems at that time, and many of them became monks after converting to Buddhism. I knew him before Nangong moved the capital, and although I only met him a few times in my life, I admire him very much. Very easy to talk to."

Han Yunyan made a good guess in his mind, thinking that Master Yiming was an equal match with Emperor Tai-zu back then, but later he became king and defeated, leaving only a green lantern and an ancient Buddha.Even so, Liang Xuanchen treated Yiming with respect and respect, and regarded himself as a junior, even Han Yunyi who was with him had passed away his background.One can think of how grand and intense those glorious years and the days of gold and iron horses should have been.

There are tens of thousands of roads ahead, whether to advance or retreat, Liang Xuanchen has planned them all for him.

The two of them walked halfway, when suddenly a person on the road pulled Han Yunmin into a shop beside the road.

"Grandpas, I've found you." The person who came was Han Yun's little uncle, Liang Qingyu.

This shop is for custom-made jade jewelry, so the three of them pretended to be customers and brought each other in to see each other, and only asked the shop owner to fetch some good jade.

"Sun Hu surrounded the place where you live early in the morning." Liang Qingyu said.

Liang Xuanchen also felt that he had escaped a catastrophe, which was very dangerous, "Do you know which link leaked the news?"

"The pigeon was raised by Gu Changfeng, and Sun Hu came after the pigeon. It must be something wrong with Gu Changfeng."

Liang Xuanchen said: "Gu Changfeng is a reliable person, but I am not familiar with those under his command, so I don't know whether they are reliable or not."

"Anyway, I won't let him know your whereabouts now." Liang Qingyu looked around carefully, and when he saw the owner of the jewelry store coming in, he smiled and criticized these gold, silver and jade wares to be useless, and then sent the boss to fetch some more good ones. Let him choose.The boss saw that he knew the goods, so he quickly apologized, put away the jewelry he brought, and ordered someone to exchange a batch.

Liang Qingyu said: "It's a good thing, of course the boss will pick it up yourself."

As soon as the boss left, Liang Xuanchen said again: "It's also strange, why did you find us on the street."

"Don't mention it, I'm going to go crazy all day. I even went back to ask... the old man, and almost got someone to..." He made a gesture of choking his neck, "Fortunately, I'm smart. I guessed you It’s not that the 36-country plan is the best strategy after getting the news, but it’s going to turn back at night, so I guard the place I must pass. I asked Lao Lu to guard the intersection on the other side. Fortunately, I was able to guard it. Recently, he has been very annoyed by the bad things he has done. He only thought that you got the news and ran away, searching the whole city. It turned out that there were a few random people guarding the house waiting for you to fall into the trap, but he didn't pay attention to intercepting you in the middle of the road. After all, he patted his chest in fear.

"This is not a place to stay for a long time. Do you have a reliable place to let our eldest nephew take refuge?"

"follow me."

Before the boss brought the treasure of the store, the three of them hurried downstairs and left. Halfway up the road, they saw many people stretching their necks to look around at various heights on the bridge and upstairs. look around.

"What's the matter?" Liang Xuanchen also heard that the people around him seemed to be whispering about the same thing, so he asked Han Yunyun next to him.

Liang Qingyu jumped down from a high place and whispered: "The direction of the East Palace is on fire!"

"Eastern Palace? Are you sure?"

"This direction is almost inseparable. The East Palace is on fire." Liang Qingyu looked at Liang Xuanchen's blind eyes, and then at her eldest nephew.

Han Yun's eyes were burning.

"It's tonight." Liang Xuanchen said.

"Can't wait for definitive news? It's too risky."

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get tiger cubs?"

"Fart, now I can't bear to let the child not be caught by the wolf!" Liang Qingyu looked at Han Yunyan, still hesitating.

"Qing Yu, it's still too late, you take him out of the capital and live an ordinary life in the future." Liang Xuanchen's tone was sincere.

Liang Qingyu looked at her brother and then at her nephew.

Han Yunyun said: "I don't want to leave the capital just now. If I leave now, I will have no peace for the rest of my life."

"Okay!" Liang Qingyu made up his mind, "We will act according to plan, you will follow me now."

Han Yunyun turned around and said, "Third Uncle, your eyesight is inconvenient, so you are waiting outside the palace. If there is an emergency, you will be needed."

Liang Xuanchen nodded, "Then you go, I'll wait for your good news."

The three of them bid farewell to each other in the alley, Liang Xuanchen stood under the moonlight, surrounded by people buzzing, he lit the white jade and purple bamboo stick, but he was exceptionally quiet.The moon went up to the heavy building, and everyone exclaimed again. At first Liang Xuanchen thought they were talking about the scene of the fire in the East Palace, but gradually he heard clearly that it was the bright moon that was gradually covered by black shadows.

"The Tengu eats the moon! It's the Tengu who eats the moon!"

In the end, I saw the blood moon hanging high in the sky, which was a vision of things changing and stars moving.