The Prince and the Demon Monk [Rebirth]

The boat passed through thousands of mountains, and the water flowed continuously. After seven days, Liang Cheng and his party finally arrived in Sizhou.

Sizhou rests on Pingshan in the north, Changhuai in the south, overlooking Hongze, the gate of Xuhuai, and the boats and vehicles connecting Yanyu, the throat of the Central Plains, the hub of the north and the south, where the royal grain is transferred.

The well-known Bahuang League General League is located on the north bank of Hongze Lake. This is Bianshui, where the canal Tongji Canal and Huai River meet, and countless runoff flows into Hongze thousands of miles away. The water and land transportation is very developed. Zan said, "When the official boats and guests are full of breams in Huaibian, the cars are relaxed and the horses are unstoppable."

Take a boat across Hongze, cross the Huaihe River into the river, pass through Gaoyou and Shaobo two lakes, and you will be Yangzhou. Liuquanzhuang, the first mountain villa in the south of the Yangtze River, is here, forming a north-south corner with the Bahuang League.

The geographical location of the two alone already showed a strong smell of gunpowder.

Liang Cheng took a rest in Sizhou on this trip, and then he had to cross the Huai River and ride his horse to Jiuhua.

There is a Mingguang Temple on the outskirts of Sizhou, which is the closest to the ferry. Liang Cheng and Liang Cheng stayed here for one night. Because they didn't want to reveal their identities and whereabouts, they changed their names to Cheng Liang and Nian Yi respectively.

The two claimed to be disciples of Buddhist laymen. The monk guarding the gate saw their extraordinary bearing and did not dare to neglect them, so he personally led them to the deacon monk.

"May I ask the master's name." Liang Cheng said politely.

The deacon monk looked very young, with a somewhat feminine appearance, a pair of peach blossom eyes drooping slightly, and he looked a little lazy, if he was not wearing a monk's robe and smooth hair, he would have looked like a romantic son.

Liang Cheng had a noble demeanor, dressed in fur and boots, and the thoughts behind him were even more elegant and refined. The deacon monk originally had his eyes half closed, but after seeing the two of them, his eyes brightened a little, and a smile appeared on his face.

"The poor monk is good at seeing, so I don't know what happened to the two benefactors?"

Although the good-seeing deacon's words were upright, his smile was a bit weird, as if he was enthusiastic and enthusiastic, but he was suspected of being frivolous.Seeing that he had a flirtatious and affectionate face, Liang Cheng couldn't help thinking that it was because of this person's appearance that he gave people such a feeling.

Concealing the discomfort in his heart, Liang Cheng replied: "I'm next Cheng Liang, this is the first year of senior brother Cheng, two senior brothers and I are ordered by our master to travel around the rivers and lakes, and we want to take advantage of the treasure land to rest for a while."

"Amitabha," Shanjian called the Buddha's name and said, "The visitor is a guest, please, both of you."

Shanjian personally led them to the Keliao, chatting with Liang Cheng on the way, but he tried to find out what was going on, but Liang Cheng sent them back without a trace, and in the end he didn't ask anything.

The guest house Shan Jian arranged for them was very elegant, with a lotus pond in front of the eaves, a thin layer of ice on the water surface, and a few remnants of lotus with broken stems.

Shanjian greeted him a few words, then took the little novice away, Liang Cheng went to sit on the futon, thoughtfully said to Yi Nian: "Master Shanjian is really a little strange, I don't know if I have noticed that I just passed the front hall At that time, I found that there were only female pilgrims."

Yi Nian poured a cup of hot tea for Liang Cheng, and said, "I also visited Ming Guang Temple three years ago, but at that time, it was just a small wild temple."

Liang Cheng was slightly surprised, "I saw that Mingguang Temple has the style of a famous temple. There are many temples, gilded copper tiles, and colorful paintings on the eaves. It is also full of incense and tourists. Just now at the ferry, I heard many foreigners coming here. , what he did was Mingguang Temple, such a reputation cannot be accumulated in three years."

"Do you know what the pilgrims are asking for when they come here to worship Buddha?"

"Ordinary people pray to gods and Buddhas for nothing more than birth, old age, sickness and death, fame and fortune."

The corners of Yi Nian's lips twitched, "They came here to seek a child."

"Waiting for a child?" Liang Cheng was quite interested: "The offering here is Guanyin for begging for a child? Is it effective?"

Yi Nian pretended to be mysterious and shook his head, "It is rumored that three years ago, after a night of heavy rain, the back wall of the temple collapsed, and when it was being rebuilt, a Bodhisattva with a baby was dug out. The monks in the temple arched her up. There was a woman who had been infertile for ten years and was about to be divorced by her husband's family. The wife of the son, all of them, the original Xiaoye Temple became famous within three years, and the nearby gentry and wealthy families invested in the expansion, and there is today's Mingguang Temple."

"There is such a strange thing?" After Liang Cheng heard this, he wanted to see this Bodhisattva holding a son. Since he was reborn, he began to believe that there are ghosts and gods in the world. Hearing such strange news at this time, how can he not be curious? .

Yi Nian shook his head and said: "That Bodhisattva is not accessible to everyone, only women who are less than thirty years old and have never been pregnant can pray to them accompanied by the abbot."

"Oh, that's a pity." Liang Cheng sighed. He wasn't very persistent. Since he didn't have the chance to meet him, then forget it. Liang Cheng was about to change the subject, but he smiled and said: "Buddhas never have rules, but people in the world are hypocritical and greedy." Presumptuous but unwilling to admit it, he insisted on talking about the fig leaf, saying that this is the rule of the Buddha and the taboo of the Bodhisattva. Look, senior brother will take you to see it, don't worry about it."

Liang Cheng looked at the slightly slanted corners of Yi Nian's mouth, and was a little dazed. As he got along with him, he felt more and more that his senior brother was not as dignified as he looked on the outside. Fireworks, he can play the piano, mix incense, medical skills, tease him, and make some jokes with him. Her head was full of blue hair combed smoothly and obediently.

But at this moment, he saw his senior brother's disdain and ridicule again, those phoenix eyes that were shining with brilliance seemed to flash a hint of willful arrogance, coupled with his attire in black clothes, he looked even more unrestrained and unrestrained. The spirit of looking down on the country.

"Junior brother, how is it?" Yi Nian regained his gentle and cheerful look, and looked at Liang Cheng with soft eyes asking.

"Brother is right." Liang Cheng suppressed the fluctuation in his heart and said with a smile, "Then we will come to visit Baozi Bodhisattva tonight."

Yi Nian suddenly showed a bright smile, Liang Cheng had only seen Yi Nian's gentle smile, but he had never seen a wide smile, although it was not a hearty smile, there were two obvious dimples at the corners of his mouth, showing a few The shell-like teeth looked like a happy young man, and he said cunningly: "Junior Brother, if a man also comes to ask for a child, will he conceive it by himself?"

Liang Cheng didn't know that he had such an idea of ​​jumping out of the paradox, he was speechless for a while before finding his tongue, "Senior brother really loves to joke..."

He didn't want to think about it but said seriously: "Buddhism is boundless, if this good man worships it devoutly, it is not impossible. In the vast world, there are no wonders."

"..." Liang Cheng swallowed his saliva, "Senior Brother's words also have some truths. People say that gold and stone can be opened with sincerity, maybe it can be done, ha ha."

Yi Nian smiled slightly, picked up the tea cup, drank the tea with his eyes down, and stopped talking about this topic, Liang Cheng thought that his senior brother was finally no longer interested, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

The twilight gradually converges, and there are bells in the distance, pure and long, mellow and loud, the so-called morning bell and evening drum, if you faint, you will feel dizzy and ignorant.

As soon as the third watch was over, Yi Nian took Liang Cheng to the Linzi Hall where the Baozi Bodhisattva was enshrined. The two of them jumped across the courtyards without a sound, and just as they landed on the white marble steps outside the hall, they heard an ambiguous sound coming from inside the hall. groans.

Liang Cheng has no taste for love.At the beginning, I didn't realize what the sound was, but I adjusted my breathing subconsciously to avoid being noticed, and then my waist was embraced by Yi Nian, and I flew up to the roof. Before Liang Cheng realized that he was hugged by Yi Nian, he turned his head. Looking at Yi Nian suspiciously, the distance between the two suddenly narrowed, the distance between their lips was less than an inch, and they smelled each other.

A strange silence permeated between the two, Liang Cheng stared blankly at Yi Nian, the shadow of long eyelashes fell on the dark eyes of the other party, like the branches reflected on the deep pool, deep and quiet, it seemed that something was brewing in the quiet The vortex that cannot be explored, Liang Cheng only felt that his soul was about to be sucked into it.

"Mmm..." Suddenly, a slightly elevated moan came from the hall, and the pain seemed to be filled with joy and comfort. Liang Cheng was taken aback, his eyes widened suddenly, and just as a certain guess flashed in his heart, he heard that The voice sounded softly again, "Brother, you want to kill me, um... ah..."

There was another panting voice, "Junior brother, I think you like it very much, look, you can cling to me so tightly, huh?"

The crimson color gradually spread over Liang Cheng's cheeks, and then saw a narrowing flash across Yi Nian's face, the corner of the other's mouth curled up in a slanting arc, tilted his head slightly, and approached Liang Cheng's ear, and said in a low voice: "Junior Brother, Take it easy, you're out of breath."