Hypocrites

"When are you going back to Guangji Temple with me?" Master Du asked.

Cui Ji obviously knew it already, and was not surprised. He poured tea for the two of them and said, "I used to kill people, and I often hid in temples. Once my hair was shaved, the government couldn't find it. It's a suitable safe haven."

Shen Yudao: "I am not your apprentice."

Master Du showed no expression on his face: "The master of the Imperial Star Sword is gone, and the only one I have passed down is the Second Association. If you don't be my apprentice, my school will be extinct."

Shen Yu remained silent.

Cui Ji smiled and shook his head.

Master Du said: "I will teach you the art of beheading courtiers and lords."

Cui Ji was startled and looked left and right, but fortunately there was no one in front of the door.The temperament of warriors is also very different from that of literati. The so-called masters of art are bold, and the spirit of people who learn martial arts is different from ordinary people. .

Shen Yu didn't say yes or no, and said, "Brother Mu has already walked in front of Shan Guan, and he will end up defeated and killed in the end."

Master Du said: "Shanguan has a master around him, who calls himself the Zhangshan Stranger, who is so strong that he can fight a tiger with his bare hands. The most important thing is that they don't talk about martial arts."

Shen Yu may have seen the strange man in Zhangshan Mountain. On the day of the robbery, the strong man used two maces to strangle the Chixing Sword of Muji River. Jihe's legs.That man was highly skilled in martial arts, and Mu Jihe had no choice but to appear suddenly in the prison, it must have been arranged in advance.

"Those who Brother Mu can't beat, can I beat them after a month of learning?"

Master Du replied: "They don't talk about martial arts, so you don't need to talk about martial arts. Sneak attack, assassination, as long as you can do it."

Shen Yu responded with a sneer.

Guangji Temple is outside the city, and access to the city is not as strict as it was earlier.On the road leading to the temple in the outskirts, there are very few pilgrims, much less than before. The path is full of weeds and lonely everywhere.

In the Amitabha Hall where the golden body is enshrined, wooden fish chanting scriptures are lingering lowly. Some believers came to buy incense lamps and lit them under the golden body. The higher the incense, the more wishes will come true.

Shen Yu didn't buy anything, and went to the Pilgrim Academy with Master Du.Evergreen stands at four corners, the floor is full of dust, and no one sweeps it.

The Erxie sword was placed in the room, wrapped in a piece of cloth, pulled out of the scabbard, showing its sharpness.A cold light flickered between his brows, Shen Yu wrapped himself in the cloth bag again, held it in his hands like a stick, and went out to the courtyard, Master Du had already returned to his room.Shen Yu took the broom and started to work on Mujihe.

There are Jingbian murals painted on the four walls, which can be browsed while cleaning.In the painting, after Sakyamuni ascended to heaven, his disciples and believers were seated together as bodhisattvas and Dharma protectors. Sakyamuni knew what the bodhisattva was thinking, with great compassion as his body, great compassion as his door, and great compassion as his head.

A stone hit from behind, and Master Du reminded: "If you watch too much, be careful to escape into Buddhism."

Shen Yu didn't respond, and gathered the dust on the edge of the courtyard gate, a pair of monk's shoes were parked outside the gate, Shen Yu swept over, the monk refused to avoid it.

It's a little novice monk with a round face.

"The donor's seal is black, which is a sign of suffering from karma."

What is not Tao, Buddha is not Buddha's argument.Shen Yu didn't intend to pay any attention to it, but the novice said, "You can buy an incense lamp and pay tribute to the Buddha, so as to eliminate all hardships and have a good reincarnation in the future."

Shen Yu didn't have any money on him, so he said to the novice monk, "Someone in my family has died."

The novice said ah, and recited a sentence of the Buddha's name: "For those who have merit and virtue, only when their physical body is gone, can they attain Nirvana without any residue."

Master Du was dozing off in the room, and Shen Yu opened the door to come in. The Chi Xing Sword was stabbed on the table, not afraid of being discovered, the thick and thick sword had a deep black light.

Master Du remained motionless and glanced over.

"Please teach me, Master." Shen Yu said.

From the time he hid in Cui's house in the midsummer, living a life that would be worse than death, until now when he is released, the green trees outside the window have turned into dead branches, the beasts and insects are dormant, and everything is completely silent.The wind is strong, the quilt is cold, and it is another autumn.

Er Xie's sword is light, while Chi Xing's sword is heavy. The two sword moves are different. Master Du has been wandering outside all year round.

"The epee sword has only one spine, the whole body is thick, the center of gravity is on the body of the sword, and the main moves are slashing. In the second association, the sword hilt was chiseled at the beginning, and later the sword hilt was chiseled through, which greatly reduced the weight of the sword body, and the center of gravity was on the sword. Handle, the main move is to swing stabs, and the advantage is swiftness."

Master Du used a wooden branch to rush forward like a swimming dragon, and touched Shen Yu's sword-holding hand, disarming him instantly.

"That kid led you astray, you are using the epee style now."

Master Du turned and entered the room, took out an inkstone, dipped the end of a branch in his hand with ink, and handed it to Shen Yu: "Use this. Hit the stone before it hits the ground."

With a flying kick, he lifted up the gravel on the ground in the yard, and immediately the stone flew to a height of two feet, scattered into a sky full of stars.

When the stone fell to the ground, Master Du knelt down to examine the ink marks: "One hundred and one yuan, less than [-]% of the hit."

Shen Yu lowered his hand, feeling a little cramp.

"Continue to practice, and call me when you hit [-]%."

Master Du went back to the house.Shen Yu pondered for a while, found a piece of cloth, put all the stones into the cloth, tied it to a tree, and loosened the slipknots with the branches in his hand, the stones scattered down.In this way, you can also practice alone.

There are very few people in the pilgrim courtyard of Guangji Temple, and foreign teachers have not yet taken root in the southern land.

Shen Yu was alone in the courtyard all day long, making clattering noises, either throwing stones or picking them up, like an idiot.There seemed to be Shan Guan's face growing on the stone, every time Shen Yu hit one, he poked bleeding holes in Shan Guan's face.Later he thought, although Shan Guan was lawless, he was not to the point of beheading the imperial court officials indiscriminately. After all, his father was killed by the emperor.

Then the emperor's face grew out of the stone again, that dying face, which Shen Yu once glimpsed at Fengque Terrace, was quickly hidden by the heavy palace curtains.

Then the faces of civil and military officials appeared.Why was Shen Jin in trouble, except Lian Taiwei, no one rescued him?No one speaks out?

But Liang Heng's face never appeared.

In winter, Master Du began to accompany him to unravel the moves, and at this time he said that Shen Yu's sword was like a pen, and he was very polite.

"Scholars can also kill people," Shen Yu said. "Warriors kill, and the blood splatters five steps. Literati kills, and there are millions of corpses."

"A hundred literati can't kill a single eunuch." Master Du said.

The two shared the stewed potatoes given by the monk in the courtyard.

Shen Yu asked: "Master, what is your name?"

Master Du replied: "I don't have a name. Du is the surname of my master. All disciples who worship in the master will forget their ordinary identities and change their surnames."

"Our master should be very powerful."

This is not an unfounded guess, Master Du has traveled all over the Kyushu, even Mobei, which has been at war all year round, and sometimes brought back special products from the north to Mujihe, but he was unscathed, which shows that he is very skilled.And Shen Jin's age is probably a round younger than Shen Jin's. She has such skill at such a young age, it cannot be done without the credit of her master.

"It's my teacher's school. If you don't change your surname, you won't be able to worship in the ancestral altar."

"Okay." Shen Yu said helplessly.Do you want to call him Du Yu?Under the Nine Springs, Shen Jin had to come back to life.

"Look at the logo on the sword, this is my sect." Master Du drew out the Chixing Sword and Erxie Sword, and a six-petaled lotus was engraved on the iron surface near the hilt.

"These two swords are inherited from the master's family. Each generation only accepts two disciples. They support each other and supervise each other. They are superb in martial arts. Later, I have to find another one to pass on the Imperial Star Sword."

Shen Yu stopped talking.Master Du silently put away the Imperial Star Sword and wrapped it in cloth.Shen Yu sometimes saw him staring at the sword in a daze, and he didn't know if he was recalling Mu Jihe, or thinking about where to accept another disciple.

When dealing with an item, it is often said that if the old one does not go, the new one will not come.And what about treating a person?

Master Du said: "Our ancestral altar is to the north. When you take the head of the single official dog and extract it to worship the ancestor, it will be considered as a certificate of honor."

When spring came, a evergreen tree in the courtyard was poured to death by Shen Yu, causing him to be scolded by the supervisor.

The monks chant scriptures all year round, sometimes in the Amitabha hall and sometimes in the quiet hall.Occasionally, in the Dharma Garden, monk Hu would give lectures, and Shen Yu also went to listen to them.

When it comes to "Nirvana is always peaceful and extinguished, and finally returns to emptiness", some people ask: "Then where does life go in reincarnation after death?"

Monk Hu asked, "Is life the same as the body?"

"It seems not. If life is the body, then after the body dies, life should also disappear. There is no such thing as reincarnation."

"Then life is not the body?"

"It seems... not? If life is not the body, then after the body dies, it can be said that the person is still alive..."

Monk Hu then smiled slightly.

When Shen Yu came back after listening, Master Du asked him what the monk had said

"I don't understand." Shen Yu replied.

It's hot, and it's getting cold again.After all, no one tracked it down to Guangji Temple, and Shen Yu seemed to have been forgotten.

During the New Year's Eve, even the monks went back home, took Master to the city to hold a tooth sacrifice, and brought back a couple of taels of wine for Shen Yu.

"It's better to bring some meat back." Shen Yu said earnestly.

"The prison is not allowed to eat meat," Master Du said solemnly, "If you live under the fence, you must abide by the rules, Amitabha."

There was a period of cloudy and rainy days after the year, which is always the case in Ruyang. The rain is abundant, and the clouds in Zhangshan will always cover this side.

During the rainy season in the past, no one in the Shen family went out, and the students often gathered at the husband's house.

On this day, the two passed the trick, and Shen Yu received more than a dozen blows on his chest and back. After going back to change into dry clothes, Master Du said, "Going to the city? I invite you to eat meat."

Shen Yudao: "Forget it, so as not to be taken by officers and soldiers."

Master Du stared at him.

Shen Yu: "?"

"Aha," Master Du snapped his fingers, "I forgot to tell you that the emperor died in the twelfth lunar month, and the new emperor ascended the throne, and issued an edict to amnesty the world. You are innocent now."

Shen Yu: "..."

The notice on the city gate has been torn off, leaving a little residue.There are no officers and soldiers patrolling the city.

Shen Yu was still used to wearing a bamboo hat, and went to Furong Lane. The Shen family had a seal on it. In the alley, Ma's family was also sparsely populated. Last year when he hid at Cui Ji's house, he heard that Ma He also suffered because of Shen Jin's grievance.

Although the door of the Cui family was closed, it seemed that it was well preserved.Shen Yu didn't come to the door, but went to Ding Kou's courtyard in Zhuojingfang. I don't know how Ding Kou was raised. He was away, but there was new food in the manger in the stable. The old horse of Shen's family was chewing slowly. snort.

Shen Yu led the horse back to Guangji Temple and packed his bags.Master Du leaned against the door and looked at him for a while, then said, "Isn't the emperor your enemy?"

Shen Yu said: "The emperor is a knife, and the single official killed my father with it. I can use him to kill the single official."

"You can kill Shan Guan now." Master Du said.

Shen Yu shook his head: "The sword of steel can only kill one person, and the law of the country can kill injustice."

Master Du was silent for a while, nodded and said: "I see, you are a scholar, not a knight." He turned and left.

Shen Yu packed his luggage and carried it out of the hospital. The door of Master Du's room was closed tightly.

"Master, I'm leaving."

No one answered.

With the parcel on one shoulder and Erxie Sword in the other, Shen Yu went out to lead the old horse.The wind comes from the north, and the winter is frosty.

What is the little emperor in the north doing now?Maybe he has already forgotten his old friend in the south, just like Shen Yu tried his best to forget him this year.

If he still remembers, he should not be able to secure the throne.