Holy Monk, your benefactor is dead!

Early in the morning, unknown.

The frost was heavy.

Li Yun stayed up all night since he was in the Revolving Temple in central Beijing. He sat cross-legged under the eaves, staring at the sky and letting the night fade away from the black curtain.

I don't know when, the faint sound of firecrackers came from a distance accompanied by the bell of the temple, which seemed to announce this happy day.

Li Yun smiled softly, but stretched out his hand to cover his eyes, the unprecedented loneliness swept over his whole body.

He was homesick, missing that warm and familiar home.

but……

He no longer has a home.

"Little monk, do you think that if a person dies, does Avici Hell really exist?"

"Little monk, I don't know." Jing Yan stood behind Li Yun and shook his head. Although he practiced Buddhism and vowed to reincarnation, how can a living person know what happened after death.

"If you don't know, why do you need to put on this cassock; if you don't know, why do you need to become a monk; if you don't know, how is it different from us ordinary people?" Li Yun asked Jing Yan in a mocking tone. At this moment, he was stubborn, Need an answer.

"Without him, it's just a little monk who gave birth to a human being."

"Huh!" Li Yun sneered, ignored Jing Yan, stood up, and walked towards the front yard of the temple.

"Sir, where are you going?"

Jing Yan walked a few steps quickly, reaching out his hand to block Li Yun's way.

"Today's New Year's Eve, I just want to go to the Buddha to burn a stick of incense for the resentful spirit of the Li family. Little monk, do you want to stop me?" Li Yun opened his bloodshot eyes and decided Looking at Jing Yan, after finishing speaking, she wanted to reach out to push Jing Yan's hand away.

only……

That arm was like iron, no matter how hard Li Yun tried, he couldn't push it a little bit.

"You!" Li Yun glared at Jing Yan bitterly, then moved a few steps to the side, trying to stagger away from Jing Yan, but...

Li Yun only felt a blur in front of his eyes, and Jing Yan stood in front of him again.After a moment of stalemate, Li Yun could only choose to give up. He gritted his teeth and flicked his sleeves, turned around and retreated into the rattan chair under the eaves. He curled up like a baby, as if he wanted to comfort his soul full of ruins.

"He doesn't want to see you, and he doesn't want to see you, so I thought about it for a long time, and I don't know whether I should tell you." Jing Yan's pure baby-like eyes flashed a trace of complexity. Knowing that there was something extra in his cassock, Li Yun stayed outside the door all night, and he also thought about it all night.

"What?" A slightly hoarse voice came from within the crook of his arm, as if he didn't understand the meaning of Jing Yan's words.

"The one last night, with his force, it took only a few seconds to catch up with us, but he was still willing to meet. If the little monk hadn't discovered his existence, I'm afraid he wouldn't have shown up to meet us yesterday."

"It's open?" Li Yun raised his head slightly from the crook of his arms, he pondered for a moment, then jumped out of the wicker chair suddenly, rushed in front of Jing Yan, and was about to reach out to touch Jing Yan's arms.

only……

Before that hand touched Jing Yan's skirt, he had already grabbed it.Li Yun struggled for a while, completely powerless, then raised his head and asked eagerly: "Last night, what did I give you?"

"A note, an address."

"where is it?"

"Sorry, it has been reduced to ashes." Jing Yan turned his head and couldn't bear to look at Li Yun's disappointed expression. He looked at the jagged and mottled tree trunk, and he spoke in a straightforward manner without waiting for any tone, but it was too heavy for Li Yun to bear.

"Why? Why? Little monk, what qualifications do you have to decide!" Li Yun moved Jing Yan's body over with his other hand, and he roared almost hysterically, his tone full of despair.

"The king of Huai'an gave the little monk two choices, and now the little monk also gives the benefactor two choices: first, if the benefactor intends to remain anonymous and live a peaceful life, the benefactor will choose to forget about the matter at this time; second, if the benefactor wants to Intervening in the stormy weather of the dynasty and comforting the spirits of the ancestors, the little monk led the almsgiver to the address."

"Little monk, take me there." Almost without any hesitation, Li Yun chose the second one. Although he didn't know what this address represented, Li Yun had an intuition that if he didn't go, he was afraid that he would die. None will rest in peace.

and……

Hundreds of lives in the Li family!How can I choose to live in the world.

"Regret?"

"not regret."

"Amitabha, since this is the case, I understand."

……

Inside the tunnel, although it is a little dark, the inner wall is extremely dry, and walking in it will not feel stuffy.Candlesticks are inlaid on the walls every ten meters, and the candlelight flickers on the candlesticks. Obviously, this place is often taken care of.

"Where does this tunnel lead to?" After calming down, Li Yun didn't dare to look at Jing Yan at the moment, even thinking about the irrational appearance of the out-of-control just now, Li Yun couldn't help sighing.

"Beyond the outskirts of Beijing." Jing Yan was not affected by Li Yun's emotions at all, he led Li Yun through complicated and maze-like tunnels, although his expression was fine, he was extremely careful.

"That day we will go back to Beijing, but we will go this way." Li Yun raised his eyebrows slightly, and followed Jing Yan's footsteps closely, not daring to hesitate, but from the corner of his eyes, he couldn't help quietly looking at the tunnels extending in all directions , along the way, there are many forks in the road, if you don't know the people to lead the way, you will definitely get lost.

"Well, it's not convenient for the benefactor to enter Beijing. This is the only way, which is very safe."

It's just... Li Yun couldn't help being a little surprised that such a large-scale tunnel didn't reveal the slightest bit of information. "If this authenticity is known to the imperial court and spread in the rivers and lakes, I am afraid that the huge family property of the Canaan Temple will be wiped out in an instant."

Hearing this, Jing Yan, who was on his way with nervous nerves, couldn't help but stop. He turned his head and looked at Li Yun with a strange expression, and spoke again amidst his confusion.

"This tunnel was built jointly by the founding emperor and the Pope of the Canaan Temple, so that when Daqi was in danger, it would be the last retreat for the Xu family, so that they could make a comeback."

Hearing this, Li Yun couldn't help but choked. He looked at Jing Yan's back with an even more strange expression. It is still the secret road that can lead directly to the capital now, no matter which one is released, it will drive countless people crazy.

Keeping Baoshan empty, but not knowing it, I'm afraid he is talking about people like Jing Yan!

"Little monk, there are probably very few people who know this authentic way, why did you tell me?"

"The little monk believes that the benefactor can keep it, even if he can't, the little monk can keep it for the benefactor." That inadvertent words made Li Yun shiver uncontrollably, he looked at Jing Yan suspiciously for a while, and murmured Said: "It looks like it's not stupid!"

After getting out of the tunnel, I don't know how long it took to shuttle through the deep mountains and dense forests. If it wasn't for Jing Yanti to carry him to the end, Li Yun might have already fed wild animals in the deep mountains.

"Benefactor, here we come!"

In a daze, he only heard Jing Yan's words, Li Yun shuddered fiercely, stood up straight, opened his eyes wide, a huge mausoleum appeared in front of Li Yun's eyes, and right in front of him Not far away, a straight tombstone stands there, with the inscription: Tomb of the Wuji family.

For some reason, his already weak legs gained strength again. He gently pushed away Jing Yan's support, and walked to the tombstone step by step. He looked at the big characters on the tombstone, and there was no need to stop Trying to figure out what to do, tears filled his eyes in an instant, he held back his head and leaned gently on the tombstone, the cold touch on the tombstone seemed to be silently telling the sadness of life and death.

"Father, mother, elder brother, second elder brother, everyone from the Li family, Li Yun has come to see you."

Jing Yan watched everything in front of him silently, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, he even didn't understand Li Yun's mood at this moment, for more than twenty years, he has always been alone, a lonely existence.

The master said that what the guardian monk guards is loneliness, and what he sits is bitter meditation. Only the precipitation of years can wash away the dust in the flesh and blood to achieve consummation.

But now, he is no longer even a pagoda monk, so what is he going to guard and what is he waiting for?A trace of confusion flashed in Jing Yan's eyes, and he glanced at Li Yun who was immersed in sadness again, and took two steps back gently, hiding in the woods without making any sound, subconsciously, at this moment, Li Yun In Yun Yun's world, it's better not to exist.

Heart full of sorrow.For a while, I didn't know how to speak; I was wronged in my heart, but I couldn't ask for comfort like before.Li Yun's hand gently brushed across the tombstone. Behind the tombstone, there were piles of cold stones, which blocked Yin and Yang, and ruined the life of the Li family.

The man did not shed tears, but he did not go to the sad place.

Tears, after all, still can not hold back.

It slipped down his eyes, but was wiped away by Li Yun's quick hand. He resisted to show a smile that was uglier than crying, like a child asking for credit for his father, and said softly: "Dad, you said that a man bleeds but does not shed tears." , look, Yun'er listened to you and didn't cry."

However, the answer he did is, the tombstone's cold silence.

After all, never to be seen again.

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