Sha Po Lang

(One)

"Little Master!"

Monk Liaoran raised his head and saw a six or seven-year-old girl running towards him staggeringly. Her little face was as dirty as a tabby cat, holding a piece of bread with both hands carefully, and handing it to him earnestly. Said: "Little master, my grandfather asked me to bring it to you, eat it quickly."

Knowing that this might be rations squeezed out by other people, he naturally dared not ask for it, and hastily refused.But he couldn't speak, and the little country boy in front of him couldn't understand gestures and expressions, he just stared at a pair of ignorant round eyes, and insisted on handing the bread to him.

The dough cake was so hard that it could be called indestructible, as if made of black iron, but when you got close, you could still smell the fragrance of grain.Qingran's throat rolled uncontrollably.He is only ten years old now, and he is at the age when he is so tall that he can't help being hungry. Obviously, shaving his head will not help fasting. After being hungry for many days, his eyes have already turned black, and he wished he could bite off the meat on his cheeks Swallow raw.The bread in front of him was clear, as if it was a huge temptation, he could only recite scriptures desperately in his heart to get rid of distracting thoughts.

At this time, there was a terrible vibration on the ground, and a group of armored men ran from afar, and the people around who were originally numb suddenly showed panic and panic.

Liao Ran hurriedly jumped up, scooped up the little girl and blocked her behind.He was extremely nervous, and the muscles all over his body were so stiff that it ached, but he still put on an appearance of not caring about worldly affairs outside the threshold of the world of mortals.Then, Liao Ran slowly clasped his hands together, sweating all over his back, and saluted those thugs who ran over.

The thugs in iron armor really stopped to look at him, the leader hesitated for a moment, returned a salute improperly, then waved his hand, and heard him say something vaguely: "When this monk recites sutras, I always feel that what is in front of the Buddhist gate...is not auspicious, let's forget about it today."

After finishing speaking, this group of people followed the leader and left sparsely. When it was confirmed that the thugs were really not coming back, some survivors ran over quietly and bowed to thank him.

Liao Ran returned the gifts one by one exhausted, picked up the bread that fell on the floor, and returned it to the frightened little girl. He wanted to wipe her tears with his sleeve, but when he looked down, the robe on his body was dirty. When the background color came out, he put down his hand embarrassingly.

He took off his robe, turned it inside out and put it on.Liao Ran hopes to keep his appearance as much as possible, and to be able to scare these thugs for a while-this is the tenth day of the confrontation between the thugs and the rebels and the court. It is also panic, when these gang of desperadoes are depressed and have nowhere to go, they want to make fun of the people in the city.Fortunately, this dynasty has been deeply influenced by Buddhism, and no matter how crazy people are, they still have some scruples when they see monks. Although they can't speak, they have a good appearance, and they are born with a sense of immortality. He can only use his "immortal spirit" to protect the people around him as much as possible.

This year, Qingran was 14 years old.

At the beginning of spring, his master, who had traveled to nowhere, came back suddenly, called him to chat for a few words, and then said to his close disciple, "When you were young, you once asked me, what is the meaning of being a master?" All sentient beings, now that you are grown up, go and see for yourself."

In Huguo Temple, monks must be of a certain age and seniority before they can go out for travel, and Qingming is the first one to go out as a young man, and all the monks said that the little master uncle has a unique root of wisdom.The young dumb monk spent more than half a year wandering around, begging for alms all the way. He was worshiped by beggars, and because of his handsome appearance, he was almost captured by a female bandit and made a child caregiver. Ask him to do it to exorcise ghosts.But all in all, although he occasionally encountered some unexpected situations, he carried Master Jueyuan's personal letter and the document of Huguo Temple with him, and the temple post stations he met along the way still gave him a very high courtesy for this half-old child. safe journey.

Until he was unlucky enough to catch up with this banditry.

When the new inspector of the Minzhou Navy took office, he had to light three evil fires. The first one was to smuggle Ziliujin in the territory. Unexpectedly, he didn’t understand it. He turned a blind eye to his predecessor and colluded with officials and bandits. It was all pulled out, causing trouble, and not being able to clean it up. The new inspector didn't investigate for a while, which caused the situation to continue to escalate. In the end, the desperadoes in Minzhou simply took the risk and colluded with the first-line Japanese pirates in the East China Sea to form a rebel group. The army rebelled on the spot.

Pirates, Japanese pirates and gangsters worked together to occupy several cities. When they arrived at a place, they would kill the magistrate first, then seize the houses of the common people, plunder their savings, and then drive the common people outside and concentrate on guarding them. , and drove the common people to the front of the battle to be human shields.

Unfortunately, Liao Ran who wandered here has become a rare species among human shields—he is a bald human shield.

Bandit rebellion is different from civil uprising. Even if it is a mob rebellion, most of the rebels are born in hardship, and they will not deliberately do things that are too outrageous unless they lose their minds. Based on "human nature".

Knowing how long he had been detained in the city, he squatted down worryingly, patted the little girl who was hiccupping from crying, borrowed a bowl of water from the person next to him, soaked the dry biscuits while swallowing, and broke Then feed the child.

The girl asked: "Little master, when will the people who come to save us come?"

Qiao Ran raised his eyebrows, and before he could make a gesture, he heard a man next to him sigh: "Save us? Oh, baby, don't think about it, just wait for death."

Emperor Yuanhe emphasized literature over martial arts, and his brain was sick.After recovering the Northern Man, he began to subtly suppress the military generals in the court under the name of "harming the peace", especially after the death of the Marquis of Anding, Gu Shen, and the eldest princess, the old emperor was even more outrageous. The country's sharp weapon, the Xuantieying, and even the loyal ministers and good generals of the DPRK and China have grown old and walked away in the past few years.

At the beginning of the riots, the imperial court sent a general with wine bags and rice bags, and he was ambushed by the Japanese pirates as soon as he arrived, and even angered the bandit leaders entrenched here. And it gave them the inspiration to use ordinary people as human shields.

Only then did the imperial court realize that the situation was out of control, and then sent new recruits. This time, people were even more desperate—at this time, the forward general in the outlying city was named Gu, no matter who he came from, he was only 15 years old anyway, and he obviously didn't have superhuman strength. , I can't see how talented, those who came back from the battlefield alive by chance, all remember the panic-stricken eyes of the young general when he saw a group of ragged "human shields".

His gaze gave away his details, this little general is not only a child, but also a child who has never seen blood.

After a moment of panic, he failed to hold his ground, and was ambushed by bandits who were ambushing him. If reinforcements hadn't just arrived, the entire army would have been wiped out. Obviously, he couldn't count on it.

Xiao Ran secretly sighed, feeling very bewildered, feeling like he was going to die here.

(two)

In the eyes of a generation of eminent monks who were still young at this time, the current situation is almost considered "the sea of ​​suffering is boundless", but the Dharma so far seems to be of no use.

Knowing nothing, he leaned against the wall in a daze for a while, and couldn't help but think of his days in Huguo Temple.

He is an abandoned baby picked up by Master Jueyuan, the former abbot of the Huguo Temple, during a tour. His birth is unknown and he was born unable to speak. A closed disciple.

During the reign of Emperor Yuanhe, the people who lived the best life were probably monks, except for those aristocratic officials.The emperor himself believed in the Buddha himself, and naturally he followed suit both inside and outside the court. Everyone chanted scriptures and chanted Buddha for nothing. During festivals, wives and ladies all lined up to go to the temple to give money and offer incense... Even the current group of desperadoes, even though they are small The monk is merciless when he goes out to be a human shield, but he will not humiliate him face to face.

Huguo Temple is the first among hundreds of temples, and the eminent monks in the temple are prohibited from visiting the palace. Although they have no real power, their influence is greater than that of the emperor's close ministers.After Master Jueyuan accepted this disciple, he retired and passed the position of abbot to his eldest disciple Liao Chi, who wandered around all year round.Qingming seldom sees his master, and his senior brother usually takes care of his daily life and gives him enlightenment lectures.

When the senior brother was young, he looked handsome, but he had a melancholy and serious smile all the year round, and there was always a wrinkle between the corners of his mouth and eyebrows, as if he had never been pregnant in his life.Brother Liao Chi would sometimes clean the Buddha statue himself in the dead of night, or meditate alone in the Temple of Fragrance, but the little monk didn't know why, so he would just imitate clumsily.

Liao Chi took the big bucket to clean the Buddha statue, and then he hugged the small bucket where he was playing with sand, followed by fetching a small bucket of clean water, and climbed onto the incense table to wipe the Buddha's feet.

Liao Chi was sitting quietly under the ancient Buddha with a green lamp, and the young monk Liao Ruan sat next to him with a futon in his arms, often feeling drowsy, either falling on Senior Chi's body, or falling off the futon, every time this happened At that time, Qingran wiped his saliva and crawled back in a daze, hoping that his senior brother would lead him back to sleep.

Monk Liao Chi was taciturn, knowing what he wanted to say but he couldn't say it out, this weird senior brother didn't get along at all, they were silent, but they depended on each other for life.Brother Liao Chi would take him back to the meditation room after he fell asleep, drive him back in the cold winter months and tell him to wear a cotton coat, and even wipe his nose with a blank expression.Liao Ran is like a trembling little animal. He doesn't need to be specially summoned. He always revolves around his senior with full dependence, not daring to take a step away, and takes his senior as his backbone.

But kids always grow up.

Later, from a little bald man who could be picked up with one hand, Lian Ran became an increasingly handsome boy with a wild heart.He is no longer a little follower of his brother, and he is no longer satisfied with ringing the bell and chanting scriptures in the temple day after day, and always wants to look outside.Every time a monk from outside came to stay at Huguo Temple, he would go up to him and eagerly listen to the outside world.

The brother said that a monk should keep his six senses pure, and it is not good to be always restless. He knows that he suppresses his desire to enter the world day after day, and vaguely feels that he is not very pure, and it seems that he is not so predestined with the Buddha.After finally getting the approval of his master and his elders, Jie Ran almost couldn't wait to escape from the Huguo Temple.Before leaving, Senior Brother Liao Chi packed his bags for him and sent him out of the city.

In the past ten years, Liao Ran was like his father and brother. He watched Liao Ran walk towards the world of mortals outside the temple, and told him carefully from beginning to end.

At that time, Xiaoran felt that he was long-winded, but now he was in danger, and just now he felt at a loss.He thought: "If brother knows that I am here now, will he worry about me?"

It was getting dark, and Qingran curled up with a few lifeless "human shields", pinching Buddhist beads one by one, pretending to chant sutras, but in fact he was very pessimistic.He had just written a letter to his brother at the last inn to report his safety, and immediately turned into a bald shield. Presumably, when his letter was sent back to the temple, the news of his death should have arrived along with it.

When the time comes, will the senior brother recite the mantra for him?

Will you cry?

Or do you want to wish him happiness in all four elements?

Knowing this, a more worrying thought came to mind: "I don't practice seriously, and I don't have any merits in my body. If I die, will I be able to go to the Land of Ultimate Bliss?"

A monk died in the chaos for no apparent reason, and he couldn't even take refuge, so he knew that his heart was even heavier. For a while, in line with the idea of ​​"doing everything humanly and obeying the destiny", he actually started to recite sutras impromptu.Just as he was gradually forgetting himself and calming down in the Sanskrit sound, suddenly footsteps came from beside him, and he was startled. He opened his eyes suddenly, and saw three or four rebels passing by him, heading straight to the back. Walk in the hut.

The thatched huts were put together by the detainees in the city to hide the old and the weak, women and children.

At first, he didn't realize what these rebels were going to do, but a man next to him had already yelled and cursed: "These bastards..."

The companion quickly held down the man, covered his mouth desperately, and blocked his words.

After a moment of comprehension, he suddenly understood, a surge of youthful blood wrapped in anger rushed straight to his forehead.At this time, one of the thugs left and returned. He returned to Ran, avoiding the young monk's fire-breathing gaze, touched his arms, took out an oily paper bag that smelled like food, and put it in the In front of Ran, he whispered: "It's made of vegetable oil, master eat it."

After speaking, the thug scratched his hair again, clasped his hands together, bowed to Qingran, and said in his mouth: "Amitabha."

Then he turned and caught up with his companion, striding towards the animal road.

Liao Ran stared closely at the snacks in the greased paper bag, for a moment, he didn't know how to react.

A heinous rebel thug was about to despicably go to vent his animal desires on innocent people, but he worshiped a Buddha on the way.

Does he also seek the blessing of the Buddha?

Does he also want to ask the Buddha to save him?

Master, what are sentient beings?

Where are all sentient beings going?

Liao Ran was stunned for a moment, then jumped up abruptly, and chased after him amidst the nervous voices of the people around him.

(three)

Knowing that he was powerless, he only had one thought in his mind: "I'm going to fight them."

He picked up a stone and chased it into the thatched hut. The broken sand and stones scratched the palm of his hand.He saw that those thugs had already rushed into the hut, and a man was facing away from him, guarding the door to prevent people from escaping.

Qingran's chest heaved violently, and he aimed at the back of the man's head, ready to commit the crime of killing.

But an ordinary person would not be able to pass the test of himself, let alone a monk who is still a monk.There was a roar in his mind, and the three souls and seven souls seemed to be torn in half. Just when he made up his mind in pain and raised the big stone in his hand to smash it down, the man fell down without warning. up.

Clearly: "..."

He stupidly held up the murder weapon, raised his head in astonishment, and saw a little girl about his age standing opposite him, holding a handful of silver needles expressionlessly, and using some kind of magic power, he put all those thugs away. It fell, and fell to the ground one by one recklessly.

The little girl exchanged glances with him, her eyes lingered on his monk robe and bald head for a moment, and asked coldly: "I heard that there is a little monk from Huguo Temple? Are you?"

Xiaoran opened his mouth, but didn't even make a meow, and stared stupidly at the other party.The girl was not impatient, she thought for a while and said: "I am from the Chen family of Taiyuan Prefecture, is your master Master Jueyuan?"

Nodding in a daze, the girl raised her eyebrows and frowned, "Forget it, then come in with me first."

Dao Ran followed the girl into the hut in a daze, and bumped into a young man dressed as a scribe.The young scribe asked nervously, "Are you all right?"

"It's settled." The girl said casually, then pointed to Qinglan and said, "This is a young monk from Huguo Temple, and this is Master Yao."

The young man hastily said: "Don't dare, my junior student is at home now, I'm just a grassroots..."

The girl interrupted him quickly and said, "Okay, then I will call you Young Master Yao—where is that general? Has he already left?"

Mr. Yao hurriedly lowered his voice and said: "Yes, General Gu said that everything has been arranged, but..."

"how?"

Mr. Yao hesitated and said: "When the time comes, the army will be in chaos. I'm afraid that the people in the city will be panicked and there will be more casualties. General Gu also has this concern. It would be great if he can find a way to gather everyone in one place. But in this way, I'm afraid that it will scare the snakes. , Furthermore... the people in this city have been used as human shields several times, and now they have become frightened birds, I am afraid that frightened birds will not land on a tree."

As soon as he said this, both of them fell silent. This little girl surnamed Chen didn't know where she came from. She was very skilled and knew how to sneak attack, but she didn't know how to drive people together.

At this time, the dumb monk who was silent on the side finally stretched out a hand weakly, and gestured: "I...I can try."

(four)

That was the first hasty encounter between the later Marquis of Anding and Linyuan Pavilion and Governor Yao Zhen of Liangjiang.

At that time, Gu Yun, the Marquis of Anding, was still a half-grown child who would suffer from stage fright, and Lord Yao, the governor of Liangjiang, was just a poor scholar who had dismissed from office and returned home. It is clear that the master is not a human being. A flower with a dog's tail in the world, and Chen Qingxu is still a little girl who can only run wild.

Liao Ran, together with Chen Qingxu and Yao Zhen, hid the bodies of those thugs overnight, then agreed on a time and code, and acted separately.

In the evening of the next day, the people in the city discovered that the flow of people was spontaneously gathering in one place.

The young dumb monk got water from somewhere, and took care of himself. He sat on a big rock under the setting sun, held a rosary, and recited scriptures silently with his eyes closed. Arranged by the son.

When people are in despair, they especially long for a little spiritual sustenance.

Under the deliberate guidance of the caring people, the confused and frightened people gathered at the big stone.Some bold ones also knelt under the boulder, while others hid behind trees and corners to peek.

At the beginning, the rebels ignored these weak human shields, some watched the fun, and some even joined in, hoping to take the opportunity to be illuminated by the Buddha's light, and begged Buddha to bless the imperial court eagle dogs in the outer city to evaporate themselves.

And when they felt something was wrong, the setting sun had already started to sink, knowing that the shining bald head attracted most of the people in the city to the vicinity of the boulder.Miss Chen mingled with the crowd, and quietly buckled a needle in her hand. She lowered her body slowly, with a dagger pinned to her trouser leg.

"Get out of the way!" A small rebel leader was the first to realize that something was wrong. He drew his knife and pointed at the people gathered together, "Go back! Get out! Don't get together!"

Then the hairs on her back stood on end, and she quietly went to look at Miss Chen on the side. Mr. Yao was not there. I wonder if the cruel little girl was ready to kill these rebels on the spot. Her small face seemed to be frozen. On, no expression can be seen.

Two and a half-year-old children, a group of vicious rebels, people from the court who don't know when they will arrive, surrounded by unarmed people, besieged on all sides--Knowledge's heart is about to jump out of his chest.

"Do something." He thought in a panic, "I have to do something."

The little leader of the rebel army casually slashed the knife in his hand at an old woman with handicapped legs, and roared: "I said come—"

Miss Chen didn't hold her breath for a moment, she pulled out the dagger between her legs, and rushed out of the crowd like a gust of wind, raised her hand to hold the murder weapon of the little boss, her body stretched to the extreme, like a chopstick that might break at any time.

At the same time, sharp whistles sounded in the city, and the rebels who had just peacefully mixed into the crowd quickly came to their senses, and immediately began to attack the surrounding people.Chaos was on the verge of breaking out, and there were screams and screams everywhere. Miss Chen used a short dagger to shoulder the three long knives of the rebel leader, and the dagger snapped in two with a choke.

The gods and Buddhas of the heavens were beyond their reach in the sea of ​​blood, so they stood up suddenly.

At this moment, an iron arrow dragged a long white steam across the sky, passing through the throat of the little rebel leader, blood spattered Miss Chen's head and face, and she sat on the ground with a strange expression on her face. Dazed, knowing that he hurried to catch up, but was stopped by the panicked crowd, and Yao Gongzi shouted from a distance: "The bandit suppression soldiers have entered the city! The bandit leader has been executed, and the people dodge! How dare you resist in a corner! Those who are killed!"

Then, the overwhelming sound of horseshoes shook the stone slabs on the street, and the people who had almost fled in all directions pushed and shoved each other to dodge on both sides of the road at the same time, and they were forced to the corner by two men grabbing the back of the neck and the sleeves of their robes: " Be careful, little master!"

Hastily assembled rebels poured out of the streets.

Mr. Yao is still bewitching the crowd: "The leader of the thief has been executed..."

I saw a big man like an iron tower in the rebel army coming out more and more, roaring: "Fart your mother! I am still alive! Brothers, the suspension bridge outside the city gate has been blown up long ago. Even if some rats that eat inside and outside are put in So what if a hozen comes? The Emperor Dog’s army can’t get in, let me kill these daring hozens!”

Miss Chen shook off the cold sweat on her head, clasped the last needle on her body with five fingers, and raised her hand to grab the long wooden stick held by a middle-aged man next to her, ready to fight.

And before she could take a step, a cavalry force rolled over like a whirlwind, and the leader shouted: "Get out of the way—"

Ms. Chen could barely nail her footsteps.

"Chop them up!" roared the rebel leader.

Before he could finish his sentence, the light fur cavalry with no more than eight or nine men had already arrived in front of him. Miss Chen jumped up, but before she could make a move, the young general in charge suddenly swung the long knife in his hand, like a violent steam explosion. When it came out, he didn't even wear armor, and his handsome and slightly childish face was exposed in broad daylight.

His horse was extremely lightly loaded, and within a few breaths he had thrown off his own cavalry, bravely and fearlessly charged into the enemy's formation alone, beheading three people in a row with a knife in his hand, his green clothes were instantly soaked in steaming blood, and the horse hissed However, the fourth rebel army was hard to beat. Before fighting, they were timid and fled in a hurry.In a blink of an eye, Qingqi approached behind the young general. Seeing the low morale, the leader of the rebel army yelled, chopped off the deserter's head with a knife, and stepped forward with his knife to meet the young soldier.

Some rebels shouted: "Fire the arrows! Archers!"

The rebels, who woke up like a dream, drew their bows and arrows one after another, intending to block the people who gathered here together with the light cavalry in this street, and raised their throats in a clear breath.

The young general remained expressionless, and the moment he heard the other party's order, he had already stood on the horse, and he let go of the rein without hesitation. Within an inch, his whole body was smudged by the steam from the long knife in his hand, almost giving him a sense of immortality. In a blink of an eye, he did not hesitate to avoid the weapon in the hands of the rebel leader, then took a decisive step and jumped off his horse.

The leader of the rebel army didn't expect the other party to be so desperate. He couldn't react for a while, the steam knife had already cut straight down from his shoulder, and the huge weapon let out a long sigh like a sigh. The army leader and his horse split open in unison—the horse can still stand!

The steam knife rolled its blade immediately, and the thick handle screamed, and the continuous steam spread out, revealing the face of the young general.

From now on, no one will ever say that he has never seen blood.

With a murderous intent, he raised his hand and threw the discarded steam knife into the hands of the rebel archers. A cluster of iron arrows that had just been fired were smashed into pieces in mid-air. Surrounded by the commander of the rebel army, the body of the rebel leader shook twice and fell down. The young general took a new knife when his bodyguards passed him by, and shouted decisively: "The leader of the bandit will be punished, and those who do not surrender will be killed." .”

More beam cavalry came, and the rebels in the city were leaderless, and they were quickly retreating. They saw a ragged young man climbing up the big rock where he had just chanted, holding a sword he picked up from no one knew where. The iron arrow was held in his hand like a spear: "Fathers and elders, if you don't avenge your big revenge now, what are you waiting for!"

All the people who can hold weapons and run can follow him.

(Fives)

The rebel army was routed thousands of miles away, and the scattered remnants fled in a hurry. General Gu, the forward of the imperial cavalry, led his men to chase, leaving behind a small group of heavy armor and cavalry to maintain law and order in the city.

The little girl surnamed Chen actually knew some medical skills, she was very decisive in using medicines, and she was also very skilled in bandaging techniques. Knowing that she couldn't mount a horse and kill people, she ran errands with her to help resettle the injured people.

Five days later, the new magistrate arrived, and the catastrophe passed, and people finally settled down.

Mr. Yao stays to help, while Ms. Chen packs a simple bag and bids farewell to Liao Ran.

The two of them went through life and death together once, and the conversation became a little more familiar, and Miss Chen gradually understood more of his sign language.

Liao Ran gestured a little worriedly: "I heard that the rebels have fled to the south, and the remnants of the forces have not yet been wiped out. You should avoid them in your itinerary."

Miss Chen showed a little smile: "Thank you, little master, but I still want to go where I should go."

A little girl of her age, neither big nor young, is not a child, but she has not yet reached the age of marriage. She is at the time when she is liked and pampered at home. She was willing to throw such a girl out into the rivers and lakes.

"My eldest brother is not in good health. My father said that in my generation, my family will probably be handed over to me." When Ms. Chen was young, she was not as serious as she was when she grew up. It was rare for her to meet a child of the same age. , I also couldn't help showing off a few words, "My father also said, don't be afraid of anything, the more difficult the road, the more you can find your own 'way'."

Liao Ran couldn't help showing doubts, and gestured clumsily: "What is the girl's way?"

"If the world is happy, I would like to fish, woodcutters, farm and study, and roam the rivers and lakes." Ms. Chen told him firmly with a little girl's innocence and smattering, "If the prosperous age is about to fall, and the abyss is on the side, we will die .The name of this path is 'Linyuan'——Okay, I'm leaving!"

Liao Ran watched her drifting away back, was in a daze, when suddenly someone stopped him: "Little Master! Someone is looking for you!"

Turning around, he suddenly opened his eyes wide.

I saw that the person who came was travel-laden, obviously on his way non-stop, almost a bit like an ascetic, it was his elder brother Liaozhi.Liao Chi saw him from afar, with a "relieved" look on his face that had never been happy for a long time, but only for a moment, he returned to indifference, and stretched out his hand to call him over.

Liaoran suddenly found a home like a stray beast, and immediately left aside the eminent monk's temperament that he had pretended for the past few days. He gestured and said, "Senior brother, why are you here?"

Liao Chi glanced at the filthy-faced junior, then shook his head helplessly.

After clearing it, he found out that the senior brother did not come by himself, he was followed by several people, Yishui was tall and burly, all of them were wearing "light fur" with weapons on their shoulders, and the soldiers from which battalion were seconded.

Liao Chi frowned and said, "I shouldn't have listened to Master and let you go out alone at a young age."

Qingran hesitated for a moment, carefully examined Chi's expression, and just raised his hand.

"I can't." Liao Chi didn't even look at his gestures, so he cut him off and said, "I want to go out for a few years."

Liaoran didn't dare to say anything, followed him silently, endured for a long time, but couldn't help but hold his senior brother and gestured: "How many years will it be? Senior brother has been in Beijing for a long time, don't you want to go out and have a look?"

Liao replied indifferently: "It's nothing to see, I've seen it all."

After hearing such a big cowhide, Liao Ran gestured angrily: "Monks don't lie, the world is so big, there are so many joys and sorrows, all living beings have various attitudes, and each person has his likes and dislikes. After leaving the Huguo Temple, how can you say you've seen it all?"

Liao Chi raised his hand and patted his forehead twice, but didn't say anything.

(six)

Many, many years later, it was only through the din of gunfire that Liao Ran briefly glimpsed what he meant by "I've seen it all".

Another year passed, and Master Jueyuan passed away.

Senior Brother Liao Chi is a mature and prudent man, he is the natural heir of Master Jue Yuan, but he is not the one who accompanied this generation of eminent monks on the last journey in the world.

After staying in Master Jueyuan's meditation room for a whole day, Xiaoran finally came out with his palms folded, and rushed to the brothers who were waiting outside to applaud deeply, and said in sign language: "Master has passed away."

The big bell of Huguo Temple hummed lowly, ten thousand incense candles curled up to the sky, and the senior brother became a new generation of "powerful monks". Obviously, he didn't have time to exchange greetings, so he went back to the Zen room where he used to live alone - took out a small small wood.

Lin... abyss.

(Seven)

"Master, you say that I, Buddha, save all living beings, so what are all living beings?"

"Amitabha Buddha, traffickers and pawns, royal relatives, red men and women, yellow-haired hair, even birds and beasts, flowers, leaves and plants-within every breath and breath, outside of every movement and stillness, those who have feelings, desires, and fears , Those who hate, are all sentient beings.”

"The disciple is also a living being, the master is also a living being, and the Buddha is also a living being?"