Placid Chang'an

The wing room for the pilgrims stood opposite to the monk's house in the same yard. The young monk tidied up two wing rooms, next to each other, told them the closing time of the mountain gate and the time of evening fasting, and left first.

Su Cen and Li Shi chose one, leaving the rest for Qi Lin and Qu Linger.Su Cen whispered a few words into Qu Ling'er's ear, and Qu Ling'er agreed, and then went back to each room to rest for a while.

Although it is not as good as the embroidered quilts in Chang'an City, but fortunately, the cleaning is fairly clean. The room smells of incense ash that is unique to temples. The Shaojingshu is probably to let the pilgrims have nothing to do to measure themselves.

Su Cen found the teapot and cups, washed them well, and went outside to get hot water. He brought tea himself, first made a pot of tea for Li Shi, and asked while Li Shi was drinking tea, "What do you think of the host just now?" Sample?"

Li Shi said while drinking tea: "The Dharma is profound, like an eminent monk who has attained the Tao."

Su Cen said: "If Huang Wan'er is really in the temple, it's impossible for him not to know. Why is he a monk helping Song Fan hide people in the temple? Could it be that Song Fan bribed them? A group of monks are not greedy for power or sex Yes, what is there to bribe?"

Li Shi said: "Maybe it's a threat."

Su Cen frowned: "I noticed just now, there are many monks in this temple, no matter how good Song Fan's kung fu is, he can't wipe out the entire Caotang Temple by himself, right?"

"We'll find out when we go out and have a look at night."

Su Cen nodded, put aside his doubts for a while, looked around the slightly shabby wing room, and couldn't help laughing, "This seems to be the first time we've lived here."

Li Shi held the teacup: "It's not the first time."

"Huh?" Su Cen frowned and thought for a while, "You mean when you were in Yangzhou? But at that time, you were living at my elder brother's house, and it wasn't considered living outside."

Li Shi continued to drink tea, noncommittal.

With nothing else to do, Su Cen picked up a scripture book from the table and flipped through two pages.The sunlight outside the window was already slanting towards the west, and it could hit half of his face when it came in. Su Cen looked seriously with downcast eyes, eyelashes drooping down meekly, and the shadows were long.

Li Shi reached out his hand out of nowhere, and when he came back to his senses, his fingertips had been rubbing against the person's face for a long time.

Su Cen looked up from the book: "What's wrong?"

Li Shi simply said with this posture: "What are you looking at, read it and listen to it."

"Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra, do you want to hear it?" Seeing people nodded, Su Cen then cleared his throat, "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, after practicing the Prajna Paramita for a long time, he sees that all five aggregates are empty and overcomes all hardships. Shariputra, Form is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from form, form is emptiness, emptiness is form... eh?"

Li Shi's hand moved to his lips. When he spoke, he opened and closed his mouth, rubbing against his fingertips, and there was a scent of tea.

Li Shi was unmoved: "Continue."

Su Cen smiled, and then continued: "Relic, is the empty appearance of all dharmas, neither born nor destroyed, neither dirty nor clean, neither increasing nor decreasing... um..."

That hand had already passed over the sandalwood lips, tracing the outline of the white teeth, but Su Cen continued to let it in unprepared, and sucked lightly with his lips and tongue, unknown whether it was intentional or not.

Li Shi's deep pool-like eyes instantly became turbulent.

This person didn't know that the way he lowered his head and lowered his eyes to read Buddhist scriptures was very much like the Bodhisattva in the temple who offered salvation to all living beings.

And what Li Shi wants to do now is blasphemy.

Press this Bodhisattva under his body, and watch people collapse in shape and sound. He doesn't ask the Buddha, he wants the Buddha to ask him.

Su Cen stopped speaking, and watched the person close the window and approach slowly, feeling a bad premonition in his heart.

The next moment, his feet were off the ground, and he was thrown onto the couch that smelled of incense and ashes together with the Buddhist scriptures in his hand.

Chun Ri's clothes were thin, so he brought this set of clothes, fearing that Li Shi's attack would not be serious, so he could only half push and half go.

The complicated clothes were quickly removed, and Su Cen held the book for the last resistance, "This is a pure place of Buddhism, and the old Buddha will see it!"

"The old man said that form is emptiness, and emptiness is form."

"It's broad daylight, let people hear it!" This is true, there are often monks coming and going outside, and there is a layer of window paper in the middle, which can't be blocked by anything.

The old fox narrowed his eyes, picked up the Buddhist scripture and placed it in front of Su Cen, "Continue reading," and added word by word: "No, Xu, stop."

……

Su Cen read a page of Buddhist scriptures several times with red eyes, but he didn't understand what it was talking about. He was forced to throw down the book and hugged Li Shi and took a few bites. Fuck him, color is nothingness, nothingness is nothingness!

When the little monk knocked on the door, Su Cen was still out of breath, his throat was filled with the smell of blood, and he was extremely hoarse, and he winked at Li Shi frequently, but he just remained indifferent.

Seeing that the little monk was about to open the door and come in, Su Cen hurriedly cleared his throat and asked, "What's wrong?"

The little monk said outside the door: "The benefactors are here, just to tell you that the dining hall is already open. Are you going to eat, or should I bring the food to you?"

"Let's go eat," Su Cen cleared his throat again, "Let's go."

After the little monk left, Su Cen breathed a sigh of relief and picked up clothes from the ground to wear.When both of them got dressed, Su Cen couldn't help being surprised when he saw Li Shi, he had bitten inappropriately just now, there was a mark on his neck, and Li Shi's clothes couldn't cover it!

It was okay when I came here, but the two of them stayed in the room for a long time and it became like this. They are still on other people's territory, what would the interested people think?

Su Cen regretted it at the beginning, but Li Shi acted like nothing happened, swaggered out of the door, and went to the dining hall for food.

Sure enough, Qi Lin and Qu Linger, who were sitting opposite them, saw the clue at a glance. Qi Lin was embarrassed to speak, but he couldn't stop Qu Linger, who was open-mouthed, and pointed at Li Shi's neck and exclaimed: "My lord! ,you……"

Li Shi nodded nonchalantly, "It was bitten by a rabbit."

The anxious Master Su Rabbit silently gnawed on the cabbage, trying to hide his ears.

But even Qu Ling'er couldn't hide it from her, she laughed a few times, and put a piece of tofu in Qi Lin's bowl: "Brother Qi, eat, eat more."

Su Cen forcefully said: "Have you checked everything out?"

Qu Ling'er nodded, "Apart from us, there are seven pilgrims living in this temple, five men and two women, both of whom are accompanying family members. They have just moved in for a few days. We have also searched for other places, except The pagoda is locked and we cannot enter, there are people guarding the bamboo grove, and there are no abnormalities in other places."

"The pagoda is an important place in the temple, where the relics of the Buddha are stored. They probably won't hide people there," Su Cen said in a low voice. "When night falls, Qi Lin will lead people away. Let's go into the bamboo forest to have a look."

After finishing their meals, the monks still had evening classes, so they left early to go to the Dharma hall to chant scriptures. The rest of them were not vegetarians, and they had no appetite for cabbage tofu, so they all went back after a few mouthfuls.

It was still early, Su Cen had no intention of going back to his room, Li Shi accompanied him around the temple again.At this time, all the pilgrims who offered incense have gone back, and the monks are doing evening classes, and there is no one around, only the rhythmic chanting of the monks is heard from afar, it is rare to be quiet.

Li Shidao: "I checked the Song Fan matter you mentioned earlier."

Su Cen's heart tightened. In fact, Li Shi didn't need to tell him these royal secrets, but since he told him, Su Cen was still happy, which at least showed that Li Shi didn't treat him as an outsider.

"No," Li Shi shook his head, "Li Xun has no illegitimate children."

"No?" Su Cen frowned, but also breathed a sigh of relief, "Then why did Song Fan tell me this? Could it be that he just wanted to scare me?"

"In addition to checking Li Xun, I also checked Song Yi," Li Shi continued, "What's interesting is that according to Song Fan's age, Song Yi had already been transferred to the governor of Jiannan Road, and his wife was with him. Where would he stay? The next son who is far away at the border?"

"How come?" Su Cen's eyes widened instantly, "Then who is Song Fan?"

"The origin of this person is a bit strange, as if he appeared out of thin air. There is nothing to find out about what happened before he was brought back by Song Yi."

Su Cen suddenly remembered, "He also said that 'falling grass becomes a bandit', could it be that he grew up in a bandit's den?" After thinking about it, he denied it, "What bandit can use Marquis Ding'an to pick it up in person and give him his title of honor?" hit him."

Li Shi touched his finger and shook his head, "The question is, what kind of bandit is this 'kou'?"

"I always feel that something is wrong," Su Cen frowned, "You can't take him too lightly."

Li Shi nodded, just as the host Huikong came from a distance, Su Cen stopped talking, followed Li Shi and made a salute.

Even though it was getting dark, Su Cen was still a little worried that the teeth marks on Li Shi's neck would be seen by others. After all, it was on his territory, and he was afraid of being kicked out.

Fortunately, the host just came over to say hello, and didn't show anything unusual. Before leaving, he suddenly glanced at Su Cen, "The little benefactor has been in trouble recently."

"Huh?" Su Cen was taken aback, clasped his hands together and asked, "Please host for advice."

"The monthly value is calamity, the fortune is low, and the little benefactor can do it for himself."

Su Cen didn't believe this, so he didn't pay much attention to it, but Li Shi frowned, "Is there a way to solve it?"

The old monk shook his head, "Time is fate, the little benefactor still has a relationship with my Buddhism, just let nature take its course."

When the host walked away, seeing that Li Shi still didn't raise his eyebrows, Su Cen could only laugh and joke, "If he's really that powerful, why can't he guess what we're here for?"

Li Shi turned around and took him into his arms, and kissed him on the forehead, "It's okay, my person, I will protect him."