Poor Monk

"Benefactor, you're awake, just in time, hurry up and have some vegetarian food while it's hot."

A voice that turned from worry to surprise, soon after he opened his eyes, rang in his ears, making Shen Du a little dazed.

He turned his eyes following the voice, and saw a monk.

The place where he is now is actually a meditation room, and the furnishings are quite simple.The one who spoke just now was the monk standing beside his bed, dressed in gray robes, with a look of curiosity besides surprise.

It was early morning, and there was the sound of birdsong outside.

Shen Du suddenly felt a little dazed, turned his head and glanced out of the half-open window, and saw two peach blossoms slanting out of the blue sky outside the window.

monk.

Peach blossom.

On the mountain.

temple.

Fangfei Town, Xiaoming Temple.

Almost without asking, Shen Du already knew where he was, so he sat there in a daze, his memory flowed back to yesterday, and all kinds of things when he went up to the mountain and visited the temple with Shanzai flashed across his mind.

But what happened next has no memory.

It seems that I fell asleep leaning against the monk in the gazebo on the mountainside?

A strange panic suddenly appeared, Shen Du lifted the thin quilt on his body and was about to get up. Unexpectedly, as soon as his feet landed, he felt the meridians all over his body soften, and there was even bone-eroding pain in his limbs and bones, which caught him off guard. Actually fell down.

The monk next to him was shocked when he saw this.

It was really hard to react to this all of a sudden, and when he came to help him, he had already fallen to the ground, a piece of skin on his palm was scratched, and blood was already dripping.

"Almsgiver, be careful!" The monk was startled, and he was relieved when he saw that the injury was not too serious, and hurriedly helped him up, "The Master Buyan who came with you yesterday said However, the benefactor is sick and needs rest, but he dare not move around at will."

"A silent mage?"

A chill came up quietly, and Shen Du was helped up by this stranger monk like a puppet, and easily felt his extremely bad physical condition at the moment, only staring at the blood dripping from his palm, and finally came to consciousness Where is wrong.

"What about the others?"

"The mage sent the benefactor up the mountain last night, saying that he and the benefactor are friends, but you are sick and not suitable for traveling, so I just ask us to borrow a meditation room in the temple and help take care of the benefactor." The monk looked at him with a pale face and a little blood. Not at all, there is still a strange and gloomy purple-black air hidden between the brows, and remembering the silent expression of the silent mage last night, he sighed in his heart, "As for the mage, he left last night, leaving only A prescription and a letter."

gone.

what.

gone……

Shen Du sat on the side of the bed, with a numb expressionless face, suddenly laughed, but for some reason, his eyes turned red, and he said: "What about letters?"

"The benefactor wait a moment."

In a temple in a small place like Fangfei Town, the monks in the temple have not practiced for a long time, and they are all superficial and lack of skill, and they don't understand the affairs of the rivers and lakes. Naturally, they don't know what kind of monster is sitting here at the moment. I didn't look right, so I went to the side to get the letter.

"That's it."

The letter was taken and handed over.

There was not a word on the clean envelope.

When Shen Du saw the envelope, the ominous premonition in his heart was confirmed. Under the ups and downs of his emotions, he couldn't help coughing violently, his whole body was in a mess, and even his face turned red and white.

"Benefactor, benefactor, are you okay?"

The monk was startled when he saw him like this, and was very worried.

"Cough cough..."

Shen Du tried his best to calm down his breathing, but his fingers were still trembling. No matter how many times he squeezed hard, he couldn't completely calm down, so he felt an unspeakable sadness.The great devil who once fought all over the world, now he just ended up in this lingering end...

The envelope was not sealed, just folded.

It stands to reason that it doesn't take much effort to take out the letter to read it, but I don't know whether it's because the hand trembled too much or the heart trembled too much, Shen Du stretched his fingers in several times but failed to take out the contents smoothly.

Then suddenly the envelope was torn open.

This sudden movement conveyed a strange and vicious feeling. It was clearly just tearing a letter, but it was like a beast tearing the flesh and blood of its prey, or like the final struggle of a weak prey under the claws of a beast...

Very contradictory.

It makes people feel fierce, but also makes people feel vulnerable.

The monk suddenly took a step back in fright.

But Shen Du, who was opening the letter at this moment, remained motionless as if his body had been pierced by a spike that came out of nowhere.

There was no letter in the envelope.

After the empty envelope was torn open, what fell on the ground was not any letter paper, but a dead butterfly.

It floated up like a dead leaf.

The butterfly that had lost all vitality lay at Shen Du's feet, and all the colorful colors turned gray.

dead butterfly.

All the questions and answers from yesterday were in my heart, and at this moment they were all brought out from the depths of Shen Du's memory.

"Monk, don't leave until I die, okay?"

"……it is good."

"Don't lie to me?"

"Do not lie to you."

It turns out that monks can tell lies.

this liar...

It was as if a knife was inserted, and a pang of sorrow suddenly exploded. I don't know if the poison couldn't be suppressed, or the qi and blood surged too much. Shen Du looked at the dead butterfly on the ground, and when his throat was sweet, he vomited a mouthful of blood When he came out, his complexion quickly turned gray, and he fell headfirst to the ground!

"The benefactor! The benefactor!"

The mountains and fields are lush and green, and there are gradually signs of summer.In the early morning, there are no pedestrians on the road, only a snow-white figure is moving forward like a phantom. When you look carefully, you feel slow, but it seems to be far away in the blink of an eye.

If Shen was here alone, he would definitely be able to recognize it.

The person in this way is none other than Shanzai, the famous wise monk of Tianji Temple, and this mountain is already near Wufengkou, which is the only way to Tianji Temple.

After a night of bloody battle, Wufengkou, which had been somewhat in decline, suddenly regained its legendary and terrifying status in the Jianghu.There are even more divergent opinions about the struggle between Yaomo Dao, Tianshui League, and Xiefeng Villa.

These days, Wufengkou has become even more lively.

Shanzai didn't go in either, but just passing by outside this deserted city, he heard the comments of many martial arts people, and he didn't take it to heart at first, but a certain name made him stop in his tracks.

"The way of demons is not easy now. Once the big devil disappeared, I heard that before he disappeared, he killed Cui Hong for no reason, and even the corpse was confiscated and placed there. That Pei Wuji is gone, and now Yao Qing is left alone. Hold on, I'm afraid it will be over."

"What is going to end, you don't know yet, do you?"

"what do you know?"

"Hey, that bitch surnamed Yao was arrested two days ago. She was just brought to Wufengkou last night. In two days, her head will be chopped off and hanged up in public!"

"What, got caught? Who is so capable? She is the right envoy of Jiantianya, so powerful!"

"Who else can it be, Tianshuimeng."

"Tian Shui League?"

"False Chiyin is said to be an Eastern halberd, but the people who died that day were all members of the Tianshui League. The real young master was only found now. Isn't this about revenge? Didn't you let out the wind two days ago to say that Shen Where did Du appear? This woman has long hair but short knowledge, so she was caught in the trap? This time she was captured alive by Young Master Chi! Hehe, there is a good show to watch!"

"Young Master Chi is so powerful..."

……

In the middle of the tea shop, Shan Zai looked at the two Jianghu people who were talking, only to find that the two people's footsteps were superficial and their martial arts were shallow, and they did not avoid people when they spoke, as if they deliberately wanted to be heard.

Many people around heard it and started talking about it.

He listened quietly, lowered his eyebrows and closed his eyes, without making a sound, got up and left after drinking two sips of water, as if he had no intention of entering the city, nor the slightest intention of saving Yao Qing.

He just thought, so...

Maybe just right.

Praying mantis catching cicada, how do you know there is no oriole behind?

The snow-white monk's robe fluttered in the wind. These days, he was used to having people walking beside him, but now he was walking alone in the road, and suddenly he felt an indescribably deserted and lonely feeling.

Shan Zai thought, after all, he still lied to Shen Du.

But he clearly likes him, that is, he himself can accept the imminent death calmly, but he examines his heart countless times, but he still can't let go.

Knowing that everyone is mortal, it's just that some people die early and some people die late, just like there is no permanent banquet in this world, he should have seen it through, he should have seen it through.Even as Shen Du himself said, saving him from the poison is only for a while, and he can live for two years.The yin and evil power of Liuheshen Jue, which has already been completed in his body, is not cured by medicine and stones, and sooner or later the result will be the same.

But how can you penetrate it?

From love to worry, from love to fear, even if you study the Dharma intensively and read thousands of scriptures, you will not be able to match the sliver of delusion in your heart.

Even if he only fights for one day, he also wants Shen to live alone...

On the same journey, when I left from Tianji Temple, I threw away all the rules, regulations and boundless Dharma, like a young man who tasted love for the first time, reckless and impulsive; when I returned, I was returning from the mountains, rivers, lakes and seas, and I was still the same person in my heart, but he Became the Shanzai who has the name of the wise monk, no more impulsiveness and recklessness, all the floating love and hatred are silenced into a pale ashes, lying in the bottom of my heart.

It's like an eternity.

It was clear that he had only been away for seven or eight days, but when he traveled across mountains and rivers and returned to the front of Bukong Mountain again and saw the high triple mountain gate, he felt a boundless sense of strangeness.

Tianji Temple, triple mountain gate.

The first gate is engraved with "landscape"; the second gate is also engraved with "landscape"; the third gate is engraved with "landscape".

In the past, he only knew allusions, but now he knows his state of mind.

When you come, you see mountains as mountains and waters as waters; when you go, you see mountains as mountains and waters as waters;

The landscape of the world never changes.

The world is easy to change is the human heart.

Love and hate are fate, and the world of mortals is calamity.After walking through the vast expanse, I realize that if you gain something, you must lose something; if you seek something, you must give up something.

He thought of the moonlight and clear night yesterday, when he carried Shen Du, who had fallen asleep, into the meditation room. Even his pulse became intermittent, but he was still holding his hand unconsciously. It was a feeling of fear and nostalgia. attitude.

But who knows the worries and fears in his heart?

Karma pagoda kills life, true Buddha relic...

The most difficult thing in the world is the way back.

The scorching sun was setting and the wind was blowing, and there was a bone-chilling coldness. The Zhige stele of Tianji Temple stood on the bank of the stream. Shanzai stood at the foot of the mountain and looked up. Looking at all the suffering beings in this world, he also looks down at him, a believer who has gone through the sea of ​​suffering and returned to the shore.

Take a step back and throw away love.

Shanzai bowed his head and lowered his brows, and finally bent down in front of the first mountain gate to worship, just like he used to worship in front of the Buddha every day, starting from the first step and worshiping all the way up.

The little novice, who was frightened by this scene, went to the mountain to spread the news. The monks in the monastery were shocked when they heard the news. Abbot Yuan Mie led his people to the gate of the mountain, and saw the familiar figure kneeling up the mountain. , I felt heavy in my heart, and vaguely understood why he returned to the mountain gate.

But for a while, I really couldn't bear to ask.

Abbot Yuan Mie let out a long sigh, put his palms together and said, "That's good, why are you bothering?"

"Happy time is fun, but parting is always bitter. Since ancient times, birth, old age, sickness and death cannot be forced. But my disciple is stupid, so he must force it once."

The snow-white robe was stained with dust, and Shanzai's face was neither sad nor happy.

"It's good to know that the sins of the heart have not been resolved, and the sins of the body have been added, which is entangled in karma. I only want to kill the Buddha's relic to cross the sea of ​​suffering. For the rest of my life, I wish to return to my Buddha, repent of my sins, and keep the karma pagoda forever..."

In front of this high third mountain gate, he let go of all the glory and disgrace, fame and prestige in the eyes of the world, and knelt down before the steps.All the emotions and desires in the world were extinguished from him at this moment, and there was no shadow of any delusional thoughts surging.

At this moment, he became Shanzai, a wise monk whom no one looked up to.

I have moved my heart for him, and I have also escaped to Buddhism for him.