Poor monks do not break the precepts

The two walked slowly side by side. When they reached the Sanfo Cave, the rain was getting heavier. Even if there was a paper umbrella to block the rain, it still couldn't stop the rain from the slanting wind.Fortunately, Xu Sheng only wet the hem of his clothes, Huai Mingmo took care of Xu Sheng's injury, and gave Xu Sheng most of his umbrella, even the black hair on his forehead that was scattered due to the fight was dripping with raindrops.

Although they didn't talk, the two of them seem to have a good understanding, and at the same time, they quickened their pace and hurried to the withered grass hut.Fortunately, the two of them arrived in time, and as soon as they stepped into the house, there was a thunderous sound behind them, and the sky seemed to be splashed with ink, and it was endless darkness as far as the eye could see.

"Go to the room and bring two sets of clean clothes." Xu Sheng lightly touched Zigui's bald head, took off his wet coat, and brought Huai Mingmo into the tea room, "It's really rare to see thunder in Qingqiu, look at this day, the heavy rain will To. It is very dangerous to go down the mountain and go back to the temple at this time, let me wait for the rain to stop before going down the mountain."

Huai Mingmo was naturally afraid of the cold, and now his eyes were drenched by the rain, so cold that he couldn't help shivering.He heard the sound of Xu Sheng adding charcoal to the copper furnace, so he took off his outer shirt, nodded and said: "That's fine, I just need to trouble you."

"It's just a few people, no trouble." Xu Sheng took the dry clothes that Zigui had brought, and handed the towel to Huai Mingmo, "Will Deen and the others be worried if you stay here?"

"Deen..." Huai Mingmo murmured repeatedly, before answering after a while: "No, Xinli should be able to figure out where I am."

Seeing Huai Mingmo dry his soaked upper body, Xu Sheng handed him the prepared jacket, "That's good, you are afraid of the cold and can't stand the rain, I'll go to the small kitchen and make you a bowl of ginger soup to keep you out of the cold." .”

"The most urgent thing is to treat your injury first." Huai Mingmo opened his mouth and said.

"It's just a minor injury, you don't have to worry about it. There is a dew pill from the Medicine King Valley in the study, take one, and after two days, the injury will be healed." Xu Sheng pressed Huai Mingmo who was about to get up, and smiled slightly He said: "You have just changed into clean clothes, and if you go out to get dirty again, you will cause me trouble. Wait here. I added charcoal to the copper stove. If you still feel cold, ask Zigui to make you a hand stove. Come."

Zigui is used to hearing Xu Sheng's code words, as soon as Xu Sheng raised the curtain to leave the tea room, Zigui immediately spread his arms to block Huai Mingmo, and said in a serious manner: "Benefactor, please wait."

Huai Mingmo didn't know the layout of the surrounding area, so he didn't dare to pull away or go around Zigui, for fear that if he didn't pay attention, he would knock someone down and get hurt.Withered Grass Cottage is a room with two entrances on the left and right. The tea room was specially built outside the bedroom. Opposite the curtain of the door of the tea room is the piano room. A caged animal.

After pacing for a long time, he had no choice but to sit back on the couch. He accidentally touched the red sandalwood chess box next to the table on the couch. The lids of the two boxes were opened and they were placed on the same side. It was obvious that someone was playing by themselves.Touching the chess pieces in the box again, Huai Mingmo was surprised to find that the texture of the chess pieces was actually agate and black water jade. Each chess piece had a special pattern engraved on one side. This pair of square circles was exactly the dome made by Lu Ban himself.

"Where did your master get this set of chess?" Huai Mingmo likes to play games, and he couldn't help asking when he encountered Qiongdi by chance.

Zigui didn't dare to leave the position blocking the door, so he poked his head to look around, "It seems that it was sent by a distinguished guest from Nanqi."

Reminded by Zigui, Huai Mingmo recalled that the King of Southern Qi had visited the withered thatched cottage three times to ask for a game of chess. He suddenly understood, nodded and said, "So your master played chess with that man?"

"No, Master never plays chess with anyone." Zigui shook his head, and said childishly, "When the honored guest from Nanqi came back for the third time, he brought this set of chess. Who knows why Master refused to play chess with that person, and ended up taking the The man was so angry that he turned his hand away. The chess was sent again after several months, but the master refused to accept it. In the end, he had to leave it outside the house when he left. The master had no choice but to keep it first, saying that it was waiting for the person to come. I returned it at that time, but that person never came again."

Huai Mingmo carefully touched the half-way game on the chessboard, startled by the cleverness of it, and asked with a smile: "Why doesn't your master want to play chess with others?"

"If you don't meet an opponent, there's no need to waste time." Zi Gui said the exact words.

Huai Mingmo was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and laughed lowly, thinking that the arrogance of these words could not be said by a monk.It can be felt that this game is in line with Zen ideals, and it seems to be played by a monk.While in a trance, Huai Mingmo picked up the unplayed white piece at the side of the chess table, pondered for a long time before dropping the piece.

Seeing it, Zigui was frightened and hurriedly said, "The benefactor can't do it."

But once lost in thought, how could one hear the surrounding noises.Huai Mingmo has played blind chess since he was a child, and he can remember the position of each piece with just one touch. Anyway, he has nothing to do when he is free, so he simply plays against himself and finishes the game left by Xu Sheng.

Xu Sheng had been busy in the small kitchen for a long time before he brought ginger soup back to the main house, he walked into the middle hall and found that the room was very quiet, he was surprised that he didn't almost lose his temper when he went to the tea room.

"Master, I've been yelling for a long time, but this benefactor doesn't listen to my persuasion."

Xu Sheng angrily put down the porcelain bowl a little bit before he opened his mouth to ask questions, his eyes caught sight of the chess game, and the breath in his heart dissipated like mist under the early sun. "Give me the black chess box." Xu Sheng snatched the black water jade from Huai Mingmo's hand, thought for a long time and chose a place to attack.

Huai Ming Mo took a mouthful of ginger soup, blew gently to warm it up, and drank several spoonfuls to feel warmer.

Seeing this, Xu Sheng just waited quietly, without any intention of urging the other party to make a move, his eyes carefully observed the overall situation, and he did not dare to neglect at all.

Outside the house, the mountain is raining, and the rainwater falling from the cornices is like pillars, and the cold and cold are everywhere with the gathering fog.The room was eerily quiet, with the occasional crackling sound of the charcoal fire, the tea room was heated very warmly, and the people in the tea room were playing chess like a raging fire, not giving in to each other, the outcome was unpredictable, one game could last for thousands of years.

The rain has not stopped, and the situation has become clear.Huai Mingmo carefully put the white pieces back into the chess box, and smiled happily: "I lost, Monk Xusheng is good at chess."

There was no pride or contempt in the corners of Xu Sheng's eyes or brows, he kept silent for a long time, and said with a slight smile: "Your layout is exquisite, but it's a pity that Bai Ziyuan fell into place, otherwise we can't know whether he will win or lose."

"You praise me, I don't dare to take it." Huai Mingmo helped arrange the chess pieces, and after a while he whispered tentatively: "I'll come to you next time for a showdown?"

"It's good, it saves me from entertaining myself, it's really boring." Xu Sheng responded with a full mouth.

Huai Mingmo was in a good mood when he heard it, and became more open-minded, "At that time, I will bring the fifty strings and sing a song with you."

Xu Sheng's eyes opened slightly for an instant, and with a slight smile, he concealed his anguish, and clearly rebuffed: "I'm afraid that my craftsmanship will spoil people's ears, so it's better not to show it to shame."

A blow to the head made Huai Mingmo sober up a little bit, restrained his complacency, and said in shame: "I'm sorry, I made things difficult for others, and I said such nonsense. That day I heard the music of Monk Xusheng's piano, like a golden spear and an iron horse, criss-crossing Galloping is like a ruined well, a thousand miles of red land, it is really the posture of high mountains and flowing water, and it will go around the beam for three days without end. It is just that there is sadness and sorrow, and there seems to be a faint feeling that cannot be expressed, so I want to comfort it with the sound of the song. Presumptuous."

The hands hidden in the monk's sleeves are clasped tightly. The word confidant is easy to talk about, but hard to ask for.Xu Sheng stared at the person in front of him, pursed his lips lightly, opened his eyes after a long time of dozing, and sighed in his heart: "That's all, that's all." It's okay if I have a chance when I have free time. .”

Zigui looked at Huai Mingmo as if he was looking at an immortal Buddha, because he had never seen his master like this, playing games and playing piano, these were all things that his master would never do in the past, and he would never promise.

Xu Sheng looked out through the soft moon veil on the window, the wind was still strong, and the sky was gloomy, but the rain continued unabated, so he said: "It seems that the rain won't stop for a while. You might as well stay here and come in." Let's go after dinner." He stood up and lit the red candles, covered the gauze lampshade, turned around and put down the curtains beside the window to block the wind.

"What if the rain doesn't stop all night?" Huai Mingmo asked casually, not intending to make things difficult, but really wanting to know how much Xu Sheng would make way for him.

"It's fine if you want to stay overnight, but you'll have to be wronged to sleep in my short apartment." Xu Sheng exposed it ignorantly, glanced at Huai Ming's blushing cheeks, smiled softly and beckoned Zigui to his side, "Put the chessboard back into the piano room Go, let's go to the small kitchen to cook some side dishes."

Huai Mingmo finished drinking the ginger soup quietly, and only smiled when he heard the door closing outside, "He's still a child, but you have the heart to let him do so many things."

"I can't protect him all the time, if one day I'm gone, at least he's going to live an impermanent life." Xu Sheng's eyes dimmed, and he sighed.

"Where are you going?" Huai Mingmo stood up anxiously, suddenly felt that his eyes were dark, and Xu Sheng helped him in time.

Xu Sheng helped Huai Mingmo feel the pulse, his expression seemed to be stained by the sky outside the house, "Although there is no obvious symptom, but the pulse shows that there is typhoid fever. You rest here for a while, and I will make a medicinal soup If you go out of the tea room, remember to wear a cloak and try to move around as little as possible.”

The cold air outside the tea room went straight in, and was blocked by the thick curtain that Xu Sheng put down in a blink of an eye.The coldness that flowed into the room caused Huai Mingmo to tremble suddenly, and couldn't help but put the cloak that Xu Sheng brought over his body.Perhaps it was because of the cold sobering mind, Huai Mingmo repeated Xu Sheng's words silently, the more he thought about it, the more desolate he felt, obviously he was doing something extremely dangerous.He couldn't help thinking of the Incense Pirates, and his heart became more and more confused, whether Xu Sheng was the Incense Pirates, if so, why the two were so different, and if not, why the two were so similar.

According to Xu Sheng's order, Zi Gui brought the dinner to the tea room, seeing that Huai Mingmo was lost in thought, he didn't dare to disturb him, quietly arranged the dishes, took the bowl with him and brought it back to the room.

"Zigui, use silver bone charcoal for the copper stove in the room, make it closer to the teacher's sleeping couch, and add more thickness to the low couch." Seeing Zigui about to enter the room, Xu Sheng called to stop him, and gave some instructions. Finally, his eyes softened and said: "It's cold, you feel cold at night, add a thick quilt for yourself, don't sleep curled up in the middle of the night, it's easy to catch cold."

"Cultivation is hard work, and brothers under the mountain are still sleeping with thin quilts." Zi Gui said bluntly, remembering how out of place he felt every time he entered the temple.

"Cultivation depends on the individual, not the environment." Xu Sheng flicked the forehead of the zigui, and said lovingly: "Do according to Master's requirements, otherwise you will read the scriptures a hundred times." After speaking, Xu Sheng lifted the curtain of the tea room with a smile, and went into the room to look at Huai Ming Mo Zai was in a daze, and said with a faint smile, "Let's have dinner early, and then fight with the poor monk as a way to digest food. Afterwards, take the decoction and rest earlier tonight."

"The rain hasn't stopped yet?" Huai Mingmo listened to the pattering rain outside the window, and his mood was quite like this gloomy sky.

Xu Sheng saw that Huai Mingmo was in a bad mood, after careful consideration, he guessed that it was caused by his dizzy words, he scolded himself repeatedly in his heart, finally got rid of his identity, and he even forgot the truth.No matter how ups and downs in his heart, Xu Sheng's face will always be pure outside the secular world, "I'm afraid it's going to be tomorrow morning, I have asked Zigui to make the couch, you can just live here tonight."

"You are more comfortable than my Ting Pavilion that night. It would be a grievance to live with you. I'm afraid I can only live in the palace." Huai Mingmo took the silk handkerchief and wiped his hands, trying a little bit of Shigui's craftsmanship, which is not very good , but also refreshing.

"It's always hard to refuse a gift from a friend. If you can use it, you don't know where it is today."

Huai Mingmo lowered his eyes and smiled, jokingly said: "Miao Monk has friends all over the world, don't you remember the little baby in Yaowang Valley?"

"Oh? You mean that little one?" Ye Yuan is about the same age as Zigui, with a funny personality, but Xu Sheng is unforgettable.

"When I sent him back to the Valley of the Medicine King, this little Ye Yuan also specifically asked me to remember to tell you when I see you, to see him when I have time."

Yaowang Valley is at the foot of Nanjishi Mountain, it takes only one day to go back and forth with lightness kung fu, Xu Sheng also likes Xiao Ye Yuan, so he immediately agreed: "After a while, I will go and see him when I have time."

Huai Mingmo listened to Xu Sheng's casual answer, and said with a smile: "That child is the most capable of holding grudges. Now that you have agreed, you must not break your promise, otherwise you will suffer a lot if you go to Yaowang Valley next time." The bun was messy, Huai Mingmo simply took off the hairpin and took off the crown, his hair like satin blue silk fluttered behind the ears, the elegant and unrestrained posture made Xu Sheng unable to take his eyes off for a moment.

It was suddenly quiet, and the room gradually became filled with unexplained emotions.There was no embarrassment in being alone with a woman in the past, Huai Mingmo coughed lightly in embarrassment, suddenly felt itchy in his throat, and couldn't help coughing violently.

In a moment of trance, Xu Sheng was awakened by Huai Mingmo's cough and panting, without thinking, he stepped forward to help him with his back, "Is it better?"

Huai Mingmo was not feeling well, and he had just drank a bowl of ginger soup earlier, and he lost his appetite after eating a few chopsticks, "Ask Xinli tomorrow, let alone what happened today, so that if I can't get out of bed tomorrow morning, He blames it all on you. It's just that a few people on the mountainside have been seen, so I'm afraid it's hard to hide it."

Xu Sheng took a cup of tea and rinsed his mouth, then spit it out before he said disapprovingly: "It's a crime that must be spread on my head anyway. As for the corpses of those assassins, you and I don't need to pay attention, they will take care of themselves."

Of course Huai Mingmo knew who they were, and said calmly, "That's fine, so as not to dirty the land of Jishi Mountain."

"Originally there is nothing, where is the dust?" Xu Sheng avoided Huai Mingmo's deep talk about the assassin, thought about uncovering it, and said with a smile: "Should I bring the chessboard, or should you move it to the piano room?"

"It's up to you." Having said that, Huai Mingmo had already stood up, and his movements were a bit laborious.

Xu Sheng supported Huai Mingmo, hesitated for a long time before putting the back of his hand on Huai Mingmo's forehead, "Fortunately, it didn't burn. Let's talk about it tonight. I'll help you to lie on the couch, and then go to the study to find two books for you." Travel notes to pass the time before the break."

A trace of doubt flashed in Huai Ming's eyes, and he grasped the point at once and said, "Why is it Travel Notes?"

"Apart from my travel notes, I only have some Buddhist scriptures. Do you want me to get some Buddhist scriptures?" Xu Sheng answered calmly, looked at the warm medicinal soup on the table, and said teasingly, "Please, young master, please do your best to get the Buddhist scriptures." Take away your own medicine."

"Let's take this travel note, but there is one from the Western Regions?" Huai Mingmo hid his doubts in his heart, and picked up the medicine bowl as he said.

Xu Sheng sent Huai Mingmo to the bedroom, helped him to the couch, and did not forget to put the medicine soup on the stove to warm it before leaving the room, and he left the room to clean up after all the arrangements were made.

Feeling the soft and thick cotton pad under his body, the weather in the bright moon is getting colder and colder, but it is far from the time to use the winter quilt. Thinking that this is all specially prepared for himself, Huai Ming Mo felt a warm flow in his heart. The smile on his lips became more tender.Zigui heard the sound of someone entering the room in a daze, so he got up and wanted to take a look, but when he opened his eyes, he saw Huai Ming Mo Yi lying on his master's bed, and he was in a daze in a daze.