Botmaster

Kong Yuan grew up in the temple since he was a child. He didn't know his origin. He only heard from those brothers who shaved their heads that he was picked up. As for where he was picked up, everyone said they didn't know.Le-Wen-

At the beginning, Kong Yuan still had some fantasies about his own life experience, but after a long time, he became numb - anyway, his parents don't want him, so why bother with such a shitty thing about his life experience?

After figuring this out, life became more relaxed and comfortable. As the only hairy one among a group of bald heads, Kong Yuan often used this to laugh at his brothers for their hairless and shiny heads.In this regard, a brother of Kongyuan's age said: "What's wrong, you will be like us one day."

Kong Yuan smiled and said nothing, at this time, the master and abbot of the temple that the little brother mentioned came over, touched Kong Yuan's head, and said to everyone: "Kong Yuan is different from you, don't bully him, hurry up!" Go read the scriptures." In his tone, there was actually not much blame.

The senior brothers nodded in unison, then turned and left.When they were far away, Kong Yuan turned around and asked, "Abbot, what's the difference between me and them? Don't I also have one mouth and two eyes?"

The abbot shook his head, twirled his beard and said nothing, Kong Yuan asked again: "Abbot, when will you accept me as an apprentice?"

The abbot said: "Although you and I have the fate of master and apprentice, it is a pity that the fate is shallow. The matter of apprenticeship... don't worry about this moment, there is still a long way to go, you should spend more time in this world!"

What the abbot said was inexplicable, Kong Yuan couldn't understand, wanted to ask, but there seemed to be some other feeling lingering in his heart, so he fell silent.

Cold and hot, more than ten years have passed, Kong Yuan has grown from a child with a vertical bun to a young man, but because he has lived in a temple in the mountains all year round, he does not wear his hair and crown like those men who have passed the age of the crown at the foot of the mountain. Instead, he loosened his long hair according to his own temperament, or tied it casually, and chanted scriptures and martial arts with his senior brothers, and also helped with some chores in the temple.

One day, Kong Yuan was stopped by the abbot as soon as he came back from working in the vegetable field.

He was leading the practice, he came to the abbot and called "abbot" with clasped hands, then he didn't speak any more, as if he was waiting for the abbot.

The abbot nodded and said, "Kong Yuan, do you know your own background?"

Kong Yuan nodded first, then shook his head again, and said, "Kong Yuan only knows that he was picked up by the abbot, and he doesn't know anything else."

"Hmm...Actually, before I brought you back, I never met your biological parents. You were thrown under a tree without anything to prove your identity, not even swaddled clothes."

"Oh..." This is the first time Kongyuan heard the abbot mention the process of picking him up, but he didn't have much emotional fluctuations, but felt a little dull.

Seeing his appearance, the abbot nodded and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't mention these old things, I came to you today to ask, after so many years, you...are you still willing to become a monk?"

Kong Yuan said yes without even thinking about it, even he himself couldn't figure out why there was so much firmness in his heart.

Officially becoming a monk, in fact, the days have not changed, the only difference is that not long after, the abbot passed away.

Different from the reactions of other seniors, although Kong Yuan felt sad about this, it was only for a moment, because he was more able to accept the orderly cycle of birth, old age, sickness and death than anyone else—although he did not understand his calmness at that time Where did it come from, just a sigh, the abbot said that the master-student fate is shallow, it is so!

From then on, Kong Yuan devoted himself to studying Buddhism, and became deaf to what was going on outside the window, and the sun and moon in the mountains were ignorant. When he woke up, he wanted to go out to have a look, but found that the outside had already changed.

It is obviously a temple that I have been familiar with since I was a child, but why is it strange now?

The unfamiliar little novice walked by, and when he saw Kong Yuan, he first showed a surprised expression, then dropped the things in his hands and ran away.

what happened?Kong Yuan stepped forward to help up the bucket he dropped, silently feeling sorry for the spilled water.

After a stick of incense, the little novice monk who had escaped just now came back, supporting an old monk with a respectful attitude.

"Abbot, please walk slowly, don't be in a hurry." The little novice was also in a hurry, but instead comforted the old monk who was supporting him.

The old monk didn't speak, but after seeing Kong Yuan, he quickened his pace and came to Kong Yuan. He wanted to touch him with trembling hands, but he was choked up when he opened his mouth, "You are... Junior Brother Kong Yuan, Junior Brother Kong Yuan ...you finally... finally came out..."

"Junior Brother?" Kong Yuan frowned lightly, "May I ask if you are..."

"I am your senior brother Kongchan!" said the old monk.

Kong Yuan was startled when he heard this, and couldn't help taking a step back.

"Senior Brother Kongchan? How did you..." How did you become so old?Seeing the bald-headed little brother who was ridiculed by him back then turned into what he is now, Kong Yuan couldn't help asking, what happened these days!

"How did I become so old, didn't I?" Kong Chan said what Kong Yuan was thinking, then shook his head and said, "Junior brother, it's been more than 50 years..."

In a word, endless vicissitudes.

Kong Yuan was dumbfounded, he didn't know that he only thought of studying Buddhist scriptures behind closed doors for a few days, but fifty springs and autumns have passed in a blink of an eye. His senior brothers who were similar to his age were already old, but what about him?

Just looking at the water stains on the ground, Kong Yuan could see his own appearance clearly - he still looked like a young man with a crown when he lost his hair, with a straight nose, clear lip line, and a shallow dent in the middle of his wide and just right chin, thin and thin. The long eyebrows look a little more coldly at the indifference of the common people, and it seems to be pity.

Kong Yuan touched the water stains with his hand, and the ripples disrupted his not-so-old face.

Soon, Kongyuan accepted the fact that he hadn't aged in 50 years. After bathing and changing clothes, he and Kongchan had a meal in the abbot's room, and learned about some things that happened in the past 50 years.

It turned out that after the old master presided over the retreat of Kongyuan, all the senior brothers followed the master's last words and did not disturb Kongyuan at all. They only needed to run the temple carefully and wait for him to leave the retreat.Over the past few decades, senior brothers have passed away one after another, and in the end only Kongchan was left guarding the temple and junior brother Kongyuan. He was often afraid, what would he do if his life was approaching and junior brother Kongyuan hadn't left the seclusion yet?Every time I think of this, the monk who should see through life and death always feels that he is a little afraid of death.

Fortunately, Kong Yuan came out before everything was out of control, so he had nothing to miss.

Kong Chan said to Kong Yuan: "Brother, Master, the old man said that you are not a mortal, and now it seems that it is true... Brother, I have guarded this temple all my life, I hope that after death, this temple, the people outside My child, I can take care of you."

Kong Yuan lowered his eyes, he knew he wanted to leave here, but he couldn't bear to refuse Senior Brother Kong Chan's request.

After Kong Chan passed away, Kong Yuan lived in the monastery for another ten years, and just bid farewell to the people in the monastery to travel, but he did not forget to fulfill his promise, and would come back to visit every few years, until he experienced that turbulent era... …

Back then when he returned to the monastery, Kong Yuan was at a loss for the dilapidated sight, until Yan Jingchen appeared, he passed Kong Yuan who was in a daze in front of the temple, went straight in, and began to bury the dead monks.

This is the encounter between Kong Yuan and Yan Jingchen. He never knew that he, who was sympathetic to the world and cold-eyed in his heart, would one day lead someone to be his confidant, not to mention that person is still a flawed and arrogant pretender!

Hell is not empty, I vow not to become a Buddha, if I meet this person, I am afraid that I will never become a Buddha in my life, Kong Yuan thought to himself...

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