All your life is gentle

The Bodhi Temple has been abandoned for many years, and most of the houses are dilapidated. The main hall is the best preserved part of the entire temple.In the Avalokitesvara Hall on the back of the Buddha seat and treasure cover in the hall, the Buddhist niches are set extremely deep. At the beginning, beams and banners were carved, and the incense was always bright.In the middle is a sandalwood statue of Avalokitesvara with thousands of hands. Twenty or thirty of the lower arms are broken, and only the uppermost pairs are left, which are either made of treasure seals or hold dharma vessels, facing the sky.

When he first entered this temple, the bandit leader Fu Chuqing immediately fell in love with it.Cleaned up the dilapidated incense table and banners, it was just the size of a room, comfortable, convenient and elegant, and made it my own living room.It's just that the Avalokitesvara statue is a bit of an eyesore, but it is connected with the treasure cover of the Buddha seat and cannot be removed.I deliberately smashed it, and it wasn't free, so I just let it go.

At this moment, Zi Shi was facing Qianye Baolian, the foot of Avalokitesvara, and he repeated silently in his heart: "...with the fearless hand, you can get rid of the fear of all living beings; with the sun and moon hands, you can save all diseases and suffering; The treacherous and evil; the skull and precious staff, bring down all gods, ghosts, and demons; the five-color lotus, grow in the pure lands of the ten directions; the thousand eyes that reach the sky, and see the Buddhas in all directions..."

Ah... still... hurts...

A few times, his consciousness gradually became blurred, he hovered on the edge of coma, and was awakened by the continuous sound of chanting in the depths of his altar.Relying on reincarnation as a human being, he thought he could win a hundred battles, but he forgot that this body was untouched and could not afford to struggle.

"Hmph..." He clenched his teeth, swallowed back the remaining half of his moan, and exhaled slowly, "No...you can't let Zigui hear..."

At that time, the bandit leader swallowed and asked, "What if I can't enjoy myself?"

The corners of Zi Shi's mouth lifted slightly, his eyes slipped from his face to his waist: "Don't you still have a younger sister? Your Majesty, don't worry, just leave my younger sister here."

"It turned out that you were the one who was worried. What a good brother..."

Everyone else was pulled out.The eldest brother followed the villain and walked back.Zigui didn't quite understand what was going on, but because he didn't understand, he became more and more panicked, even more afraid than himself being caught by the villains.With a crying voice, he rushed over: "Big brother—" I saw the big brother turned around, shook his head at himself, and said softly: "Zigui is obedient, wait here obediently, don't run around."

Meeting his begging and commanding eyes, Zi Gui couldn't take half a step.

"Okay..." Tears flowed down, "I am obedient..."

There are no lights in the Guanyin Hall.Firewood is placed in the large copper censer, which is burning vigorously, lighting and heating.The flames danced and shone, and the young man crouching beneath him was like shining glass.Hidden by black hair, the bright red scars on the back flow like rouge, which is extremely coquettish.Turning him over, his hands are soft and smooth, making people just want to cling to them tightly, and they are reluctant to leave for a moment.

Fu Chuqing thought to herself: I have lived in vain for so many years, and I only realized today what a beauty is...

Seeing his eyes under sculpted eyebrows go far and near, deep or shallow, lost in a trance.I heard myself asking stupidly: "What's your name?"

He bit his lip and tilted his head slightly: "I won't tell you."

This moment seemed angry or resentful, provocative, even provocative.It's tantamount to fanning the flames again, adding fuel to the flames, making Fu Chuqing smoldering, wishing he could roast, roast, fry, and fry the people under him...

Zi Shi just turned his head and froze immediately.

Wasn't it Gu Changsheng who stood there obliquely to himself with a dull expression on his face?

It's really memorized... This guy didn't come sooner or later, and it happened to catch up with such an embarrassing scene and absurd moment.Zi Shi was concerned about the headache, but he didn't feel any pain in his body.After waiting for a while, there was still no movement, so I was in a hurry: You son of a bitch, you should hurry up and do it!Usually the reaction is very clever, why are you so stupid now?Take a closer look, that guy's eyes are both straight, he dares to look at the live erotic palace so that he doesn't know what day and night it is!I really want to slap...

Fu Chuqing turned Zi Shi's face with one hand: "Look at me." One hand clasped his waist tightly, and sent him forward fiercely: "Remember, I am——"

"Ah!" Zi Shi was anxious about patting Gu Changsheng to wake him up, so he couldn't help but let out a miserable cry.Changsheng was like waking up from a dream, and rushed forward with a knife in hand.

Zi Shi lamented in his heart: "Idiot... At this time, the effect will be better if we work quietly..."

Sure enough, Fu Chuqing's whole body tensed up, and she immediately sensed something was wrong.

It is said that Fu Chuqing, the leader of the bandits, was originally a child of a down-and-out family. He wandered outside when he was ten years old.When he became an adult, he gathered a group of gangsters and hooligans to make a living by planting trees and buying road money.He also met a few ruthless characters, but in the end he managed to deal with them with his stoic temperament and vicious methods.

After the Battle of Tongcheng, a large number of wealthy households from the east fled to Chuzhou.Judging the situation, Fu Chuqing led his brothers to quickly change careers, specializing in robbing and killing refugees, which is worthless and devoid of conscience.Originally, his base was set at the junction of Yue and Chu, but later, seeing that the area conquered by the Western soldiers was getting bigger and bigger, Boss Fu took a long-term view and moved to the southern hinterland of Chuzhou.Xianshuling is next to Maye Town, outside the mountain is a thoroughfare, and inside the mountain are many mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is very suitable for occupying the mountain as the king and falling the grass as the bandit.Back then, he had gone through several bloodbaths and fights to monopolize this treasure land.

Therefore, although Boss Fu is only 27 or [-] years old, he is truly a hero who has been rolling on the knife's edge all year round.Hearing the sound of the knife blowing behind his ears, he felt that his hands were empty and his body was naked. Based on his many years of life-fighting experience, his first reaction was to turn over with the people in his arms to block the knife for himself, and then throw it forward. , is another ready-made weapon.Unexpectedly, at the moment when he turned around, his eyes were covered with blue hair like waterfalls and his face was more beautiful than snow, so he paused for some reason, and let go of his hand inexplicably.

This hesitation caused severe pain on his back, and the blade of the attacker had already penetrated into his flesh.Make a decisive decision and leap forward.Even so, a gash more than a foot long was drawn on the back, and blood was dripping in an instant.With a loud shout, Fu Chuqing reached out and grabbed the bedding on the bed, whipped and sent, like a vine snake wrapped around the opponent's blade.

It was the first time since Changsheng practiced martial arts that he really encountered a formidable opponent in close combat.Instinctively calm down, arrogance suddenly arises.The scimitar was entangled, and he couldn't break free with all his strength, so he immediately abandoned the knife and punched, instead of retreating, he stuck to it and fought in close quarters.You come and I do dozens of tricks, only then did Fu Chuqing see clearly that the one who sneaked up on her was just a middle-aged man.Although the wind is gradually falling, every move is calm and unhurried, smart and ingenious, yet rigorous in law, just like everyone's demeanor.Although the injury on his back was not deep, it lost blood very quickly, so it couldn't be delayed for long.Without leaving any room for the moment, I made up my mind to end the battle.

Seeing the opponent's approach, Changsheng couldn't block it head-on, so he immediately pulled back.

Fu Chuqing was waiting to take advantage of the victory to pursue, when he suddenly heard a "ding dong" sound behind him.Sensing danger, he suddenly turned around.

Zi Shi fell to the ground because he took away the quilt before, and just fell into the pile of clothes of the two of them.When he caught a glimpse of his saber, he threw it on top, took it as a crutch, and stood up with support.Blood trickled down his legs, quickly staining the ground where he stood.Watching Gu Changsheng retreat again and again, even if he doesn't know martial arts, he understands that the situation is not good.Thinking of his younger siblings who don't know what to do, now is the moment of life and death, suddenly the blood surges up, and regardless of whether it is feasible or not, he draws the knife out of its sheath, holds the handle of the knife with both hands, and stabs straight at the enemy.

When Fu Chuqing turned around, she happened to be facing Li Zishi's dangling knife point.

I was stunned on the spot.

——I saw that he was lonely and cold, with a cold and stern face; flames danced wildly behind his back, and the light of the knife in his hand flashed; he stepped off the lotus throne of Avalokitesvara, and came step by step with bloody footprints.

Everything is silent, and the sky and the earth are eclipsed.

Time seemed to stand still.

Only he, like a god descending from the heavens, was born as a Shura, and descended slowly through time and space.

Fu Chuqing stood there in a daze as if her soul had been captured.Seeing him approaching step by step, without stopping, without hesitation, he raised and lowered the knife, lightly and skillfully, casually, like cutting tofu cubes, a knife stabbed into his chest silently.

The body slowly fell to the ground on his back.Just before he fell down, he seemed to sigh slightly: "Now——, you don't need to know my name, and I don't need to know yours..." But he thought in his heart: "It's strange that I've lived here for so long. For a long time, why have I never noticed that there is still an eye on the forehead of the Thousand-Handed Avalokitesvara..."

Until Fu Chuqing lay motionless in the pool of blood, and Zi Shi bent down to pick up the clothes and put them on, Chang Sheng still just stared at him blankly, with a dazed and painful expression.

Zi Shi was wearing his clothes, his hands were trembling, and he couldn't fasten his clothes several times.Just give up and wrap it up indiscriminately.Seeing that Gu Changsheng was still stupid, he shouted, "Let's go!" while asking, "Where are Zigui and Zizhou?"

Changsheng slowly woke up from the blank state, his mind was suddenly occupied by an extremely complicated emotion of grief and anger, and he was so angry that he didn't know what to do.He responded, "Outside." He raised his leg and kicked violently, and there was a loud bang, and the large copper incense burner fell to the ground.The flaming wood and fire dust in the furnace scattered in all directions, and immediately ignited several places.He picked up the knife and rushed out, his face was ashen, he killed one when he saw one, and killed one when he saw two.

Zi Shi walked out of the main hall, only to find that the firewood room on the west side was also lit up.The members of the Wei family were running out, while Zi Zhou and Zi Gui blocked the robbers from behind.The two children both took up weapons, and they looked good in their first battle.The two cooperated tacitly, joined forces to fight against the enemy, and the fight became smoother.The few robbers were just relying on their size and strength, they didn't have any real kung fu, and soon they only had the power to parry.

Wei Shu ran a few steps, stopped suddenly, found a stick, turned around and joined the battle.As if insane, he swooped and beat his head and face, screaming: "I'll kill you! I'll kill you! Kill you bastards... bastards..."

When he interfered, the robbers became even more flustered, and they were stabbed to the vitals with two bangs, and died on the spot.The two children killed someone for the first time, and they took a few steps back, staring at the bloody knife in their hands.Wei Shu didn't seem to notice it, he waved the stick in his hand and continued to whip the corpse viciously.

The monk's house in the east is the residence of the robbers.Hearing the noise, the guys ran out one after another.

There was a surge of hatred in Changsheng's heart, and he had nowhere to vent it, waiting to be stabbed.Seeing them coming to the door, I went straight to meet them.In an instant, the light of the knife poured down like mercury, and the figure looked like a flying leopard. Every step forward or backward, someone screamed and died.He kept running around for a day, followed by a series of hard fights, coupled with emotional agitation and concentration, and unconsciously, he pushed his skills to a higher level.

For a moment, I became jealous.The ruthless and ruthless spirit that has been cultivated in and out of the battlefield for several years, has been deliberately concealed for so many days, and coupled with environmental influences, it has worn away a lot, but now it is fully revealed.Most of the robbers had no kung fu, and some of them were just a few rough fists and kicks. They were stabbed and slashed by him, and they died quickly, lying all over the ground.

Fu Chuqing's two sworn brothers are not bad at martial arts, so they should have reacted the fastest.Reluctantly, when the accident happened, he was busy doing business, but fell behind other subordinates.When they came out, the open space in front of the hall was already full of corpses of their accomplices.The two roared and rushed towards Changsheng.Before he got close, he felt his eyes light up, his neck was slightly cold, and his head was already separated from his body, flying a zhang away.

The people around were stunned.

"I didn't expect this kid to be so professional in killing people..." Zi Shi thought to himself, "What kind of business does their family do..." Seeing that everyone was frightened by him, he raised his voice, "Everyone, take the female relatives away. It's important that you get out." The three members of the Wei family suddenly woke up and rushed to the door of the monk's room, but only Wei Liang entered.

Only then did Zigui see Zishi, and tears welled up in his eyes.Brother Changsheng killed the guard before, sneaked into the hall, and cut off the rope. She should have gone with him to save elder brother.However, the moment he lifted his foot, his heart was extremely frightened, wondering if the heavens would give him back a big brother who was alive and well, so he dared not face it no matter what.Pointing out the direction to Brother Changsheng, he turned around and ran out to meet Zizhou.

The night wind suddenly picked up, and the fire spread rapidly in the main hall and the firewood room to the west, and the thick smoke made everyone cough.

Zi Shi said to his younger sister, "Zi Gui, you are a girl, go in and help bring her out."

Zigui held back his tears, nodded, and rushed into another monk's room.

Zi Shi secretly sighed: "I'm afraid the scene inside will scare her... There is no way, the situation is threatening, so I have to backfire..."

Changsheng took care of all the enemies, stood on the ground, looked around, feeling a sense of emptiness in his heart.Just wiped the blood on the skirt of the shirt, and slowly put the knife back into the sheath.

Zi Shi watched him walking towards him, his face flickered with the light of the fire.A few drops of blood spattered on his forehead were dripping from the corners of his eyes along his brows. It didn't make people feel horrible, but it seemed that there was endless sadness hidden in it.I thought to myself: "Why...he looks... so sad..." Suddenly he was discouraged and fell forward.

Changsheng's hands and feet came faster than his mind, he exclaimed "Li Zishi!" and flew over to catch it.The person in the arms closed his eyes tightly, his face was pale, his whole body was cold, and he was dying.

In an instant, the blood coagulated and the heart almost stopped beating.His arms were shaking non-stop, and when he finally hugged him tightly, he realized that his clothes were completely soaked red.Trying to calm down, I sealed a few acupuncture points and put my head on them to listen to his heartbeat.Fortunately, although weak, it is very stable.The man followed suit and shook his head at Zizhou and Zigui: "There should be no serious problems, let's go right away." Suddenly hearing the neighing of horses from behind the temple, he was overjoyed.Ask two children: "Can you ride a horse?"

"Rided once before."

"It doesn't matter if you don't, with your current skills, you won't be able to fall." Everyone in the guard family shouted in a hurry, as if something happened.Leave them alone, lead the twins to rush to the back, untie the reins, and lead the horse down the mountain.When we reached a slightly flat road, we urged the horse to gallop.

Maye Town is located in the north of Hong'an County, the southwest gateway of Chuzhou.Because it is close to the north-south main road, it has always been densely populated and the market is prosperous. Although it is called a "town", its scale is completely comparable to that of ordinary counties.In recent months, the influx of refugees has naturally brought a lot of trouble, but it also brings a lot of opportunities to make a fortune.Some timid people in the town withdrew south with the big team early.Most of the businessmen stayed behind, secretly packing and transferring property, and at the same time jointly driving up prices, making a fortune for the country.

With so many people away from home, how can they not spend money on food, clothing, housing and transportation?Especially necessities such as warm clothes and quilts, food and medicinal materials are urgent, even if they sell iron to pawn their wives and children, they have to buy them.Therefore, even though the refugees were panicking day by day, and the soldiers from the West were approaching day by day, the merchants still persisted with extraordinary courage, determined to earn the last penny they could.As a result, the entire Maye Town presented a deformed prosperity, which was extremely lively, even more so than in the peacetime period.

Changsheng led his two children into the town in the early hours of the morning, and some shops were being unloaded for opening.Under the eaves on both sides of the road, the refugees were in groups of three or four, leaning or lying down, and they had already packed their bedding and got up to go on the road diligently.The sound of horseshoes broke through the silence of the morning and stirred up the cold air of early winter, attracting the attention of a group of people.

"Where is the best inn in town?" Chang Sheng asked without stopping.

A clerk caught his eye and shuddered.The board slipped and hit the instep, and jumped three feet high.Suddenly realized, shouted: "Turn right at the intersection ahead, "Tongfuju"!"

The staff on the morning shift of "Tongfuju" were busy wiping the tables and cleaning the floor.Chang Sheng slammed open the door with a bang, and glanced at the lobby: "Tell your shopkeepers to come out."

The boy was tall and straight, with a longbow on his back and a scimitar hanging from his waist. He was covered in blood from head to toe, and he was holding a wounded person in his arms.An ordinary sentence, paired with his image and expression, heard in the ears of all the guys, it was indescribably ferocious and murderous.

No one dared to move for a long time.Just as he was about to draw his knife, someone finally responded: "The shopkeeper... the shopkeeper hasn't gotten up yet, so what's the job of a great... hero?"

"We just got off the dressing table and burned down the den of thieves in the temple on the top of the mountain. It's a pity that we left in a hurry and forgot to take the silver."

Several guys were so frightened that their legs went limp.

"Three horses outside the door, do you see them? I'll leave them to you for the time being. Give me three rooms, immediately boil water, cook, go to the tailor shop to buy some clothes, and—" I want to invite the best doctor, He changed his words, "Buy me the best medicine for sores." Looking at the guy who answered, he looked very shrewd, "Go! The medicine must arrive when the water is hot, and I will give you a big reward later."

The guy bowed: "The little one will lead the horse to the backyard for the hero first."

At that time, horses in the south were rare and expensive, and three horses were worth at least 200 taels of silver.If it is sold to a rich man who is in a hurry to flee for his life, it may be able to double it several times.

Changsheng stared: "The water is hot, the medicine didn't come, and the reward didn't come."

As soon as the guy heard this, he raised his legs and ran to the back hall, saying as he ran, "Young one, go to the shopkeeper to pay the money!"

"You, lead the way!" Changsheng ordered a guy who was not shaking so much.When I reached the stairs, I turned around and said, "What are you still doing? Boiling water, cooking, shopping for clothes! Whoever comes first will be rewarded—the last person will never even think about it!"

A group of fellows scattered like birds and beasts, running quickly.In less than half an hour, hot water, food, gold sore medicine, and new clothes were all brought up.

Changsheng said to the twins: "You two, go eat, take a bath, and sleep now."

"But……"

"No buts."

"I want to guard the eldest brother..." Zigui held back the tears all the way, and now he raised his sleeves, but he couldn't wipe them dry.

Changsheng had no choice but to soften his tone: "Go. I promise, when you wake up, brother will wake up too. Don't let him see you in such a mess."

Finally, the two children were sent away.Changsheng closed the door, walked to the bed, and looked down at the person on the bed.Taking a deep breath, restraining his mind, he began to untie his belt.