[Comprehensive martial arts] Holy Monk

However, it is said that after the Master Fang came down to Shaoshi Mountain, he did not rush on his way, but stayed in Henan Province, intending to do a good job with the good people and good deeds at the gate of his house first, and then plan other things.He has lived in Dengfeng Mansion since he was born, but he has never had the opportunity to travel all over the fabled "Central Plains". This time he is learning from Lei Feng to do good deeds while visiting the great mountains and rivers, and he is not too lonely.

Although the people in the Jianghu are used to fighting, causing trouble, and disturbing the law and order of the area; but in the middle of the year, the Mongols are domineering, and the life of the Han people is miserable, so the Jianghu faction shows the usefulness of protecting the peace and appeasing the common people. Come.Shaolin Temple is located in the center of Henan Province and is famous all over the world. Ordinary thieves would not dare to make trouble at the foot of Songshan Mountain. On the contrary, they allow the nearby people to live and work in peace and seek safety in this chaotic world.The so-called upright way of the rivers and lakes, the uprightness of a famous family, also has this meaning in it.Not only the Shaolin Temple, but also the foot of Wudang Mountain and the surroundings of the Emei School, if you look at them one by one, you should have such a scene.

Therefore, Fang Tianzhi, as the self-proclaimed peace ambassador of Shaolin Temple, went to Henan for such a stroll, but he didn't get to know any well-known people from the rivers and lakes.For more than a year, but today I helped Grandma Li fetch water, tomorrow I helped Widow Zhang plant the fields, the day after tomorrow I decided right and wrong for Butcher Liu, and the day after tomorrow I talked about Buddhism with Yuanwai Zhao. That's all, it's where you go, the spring breeze turns into rain, and the people love to hear it!

When he finished earning this wave of points and prestige points, and was packing his bags and preparing to go south, he actually made a pretty good name in the huge Henan Province. Everyone knows that there is a Shaolin Temple named Yuanyi The master of Buddhism is profound, compassionate, and has done countless good deeds, a true holy monk!But as for what kind of martial arts this master has practiced and how powerful it is, I don't know.

In other words, a reputation so deeply rooted in the bottom of society does not have a modicum of fashion value in the world of the world.When Master Fang went southeast into Anhui, the name Yuanyi, except in the eyes of a few people, still had no deterrent effect, and it only represented the "Yuanzi generation of Shaolin Temple".The Shaolin monks of the round generation obviously do not have the strength to dominate the rivers and lakes at the moment, and are only about equal to one of the bald background panels behind the monks of the empty generation.

Therefore, when the unknown Fang Tianzhi came to Anhui with his eyes smeared, there was no wave at all.He made a lot of money in Henan earlier, and he planned to follow the gourd and continue to warm the simple hearts of the people of Anhui.But things backfired and failed to take place. The reason for this was that the heavens were not beautiful——

There is a severe drought in Anhui.

In the first few days of arrival, Fang Tianzhi hadn't noticed it yet. Although there was little rain and the loess was growing along the road, there were still some green trees and grasses in the fields on both sides of the road.But the further south you go, the more desolate it becomes.When people are on the road, they can only see the plains and fields, leaving only a piece of decaying yellow, the rice fields are deserted, and the villages are empty, and there are few birds.Fang Tianzhi came all the way south, the more he walked, the more he felt frightened and heavy. At first, he saw trees dying of drought on the side of the road, and later he died of starvation under the dead trees.

There are more and more hungry people, but the bark and grass roots are getting less and less. The soil along the road seems to have been plowed all over, and there is nothing to stuff into the stomach.After walking for a few more days, we can see that the drought has not subsided at all, but the number of dead bodies has decreased a lot. Where can those dead people go?

There is no place for alms for Fang Tianzhi along the way, after all, millions of benefactors have starved to death.In desperation, they had to rely on points to exchange for food to satisfy their hunger.He traveled fast, and after another day or two, he caught up with the fleeing crowd.Among the crowd, there are only a few old and weak people, and there are only a few children and women. Most of them are young and strong men with yellow complexions and emaciated skin.These people were already in a daze of hunger, Fang Tianzhi asked a question, and after a while he replied softly, saying that he was going to Fucheng, hoping to survive with a stutter.

I'm afraid Fucheng won't open the city gate to release people, Fang Tian thought to himself.

But he couldn't say this, because he had no other way, maybe these people also knew this truth in their hearts, but they must have hope before they can struggle to live.Fang Tianzhi walked on the side of the team, looked behind silently, and saw a long black dragon, hidden at the intersection, without knowing its end.He suddenly had mixed feelings, half guilty and half powerless.Guilt is enough for him to not be hungry, but powerlessness is enough for him to not be hungry.

There are hundreds of times more points, but it is not enough to feed the tens of thousands of victims.

Thinking of this, Fang Tian couldn't help holding the bodhi bead in his hand, and said Amitabha in his heart.This catastrophe and catastrophe can also be explained in terms of cause and effect in Buddhism, but the hell in front of me is still so tragic that I dare not look at it!

Not long after dusk, the whole team slowly stopped. Those who had food secretly started cooking, while those who had no food slumped on the spot, sat down on the man-cart, and recovered their strength by panting.Fang Tianzhi moved a little away from the main road, sat cross-legged under a dead tree, took out some cakes and ate them, but the more he ate, the more uncomfortable he became, and in the end it was hard to swallow.

He sighed, stuffed the cake back into his bag, and looked up at the dead crowd not far away.At the right moment, a sharp cry suddenly sounded.Fang Tianzhi looked at the sound, and saw a disheveled woman rushing out from behind a cart, crawling and grabbing a man's ankle, tears rolling down her face but she was speechless.Although the man was pulled by her, he stopped as if involuntarily. He stood there blankly for a moment, and finally broke away from the pull, and hugged the girl in his arms.

Fang Tian felt really bad, so he couldn't help but follow up. He saw the man hugging the girl and slowly going around to the dry woods at the other end of the line, meeting another man in rags with a boy. noodle.

Both of them lowered their heads, and only quickly looked at the children beside them.The man leading the boy said, "Shall I change it?"

The man holding the girl said: "Change."

After all, one of them took the girl, and the other reached out to hold the boy.

The girl didn't know what happened, so she turned around and reached out to her father for a hug.But the man stopped looking at her, and only lowered his head to tug at the boy. The boy stood still and refused to move, but suddenly looked at the man who brought him, and said calmly, "Father, take good care of your brother and mother. Honor you."

As soon as his words came out, the man who was carrying the girl to leave immediately showed a look of panic, and hurried away.The man who pulled him was also taken aback, the pain of bereavement subsided for a while, and he opened his mouth and said: "...you, do you know?"

The boy showed an ugly smile, and said softly: "I am willing to come. Don't drag me, it is very uncomfortable, let me feel better before I leave." He said this, the man She really couldn't bear to drag him any more, so she just stared at him, and the two of them walked deeper into the forest together.

Fang Tianzhi already knew that these two people were the ones who were going to eat, he didn't have time to think about it, he was afraid that the girl in the first place would be killed, so he started to chase after him, and when he saw the back of the man who had just left, he said: "Amitabha, The benefactor stays."

The man turned his head abruptly, only to see a young gray-clothed monk, at a loss for what to do, he asked vigilantly, "What are you doing?"

Fang Tianzhi looked at him, but he didn't know how to face him. He said calmly for a long while: "The poor monk wants to exchange the bread for the child in your arms. I wonder if the benefactor is willing?"

The man couldn't react in time and hesitated: "What are you talking about? Do you have pancakes?"

Fang Tianzhi took out the bag of dry food from the burden, and said: "Although these breads are not many, they can be eaten with peace of mind. Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Is the benefactor willing to show such kindness?"

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Holding the dirty girl in his arms, Fang Tianzhi flew through the forest.The girl was also very courageous, she hugged his neck and laughed, and said in a childish voice, "It's flying!"

He didn't have time to coax her either, he just hurried towards the direction the boy left by relying on his memory.These victims didn't know martial arts, and their steps were heavy, so he found their tracks not long after.The forest was very quiet, and there was still time to think about it. Fang Tianzhi just thought of this when he heard a scream. He was frightened for a while, and ran even faster. After passing by a few tree shadows, he suddenly saw blood on the ground.

The boy was holding on to a tree tremblingly, as if he was very weak, and was panting rapidly.Not far in front of him, a man fell to the ground with a big gash in his stomach, blood was still flowing out, and he was about to die.

Fang Jiaozhu was a little stunned for a moment, and after realizing it, he covered the eyes of the girl in his arms.Looking at the boy again at this time, he was only seven years old, with a rather immature side face, a pair of black eyes staring at the man on the ground without blinking, as if he was cautiously waiting for someone to die completely, he was dizzy from hunger Dazzled, and watching so seriously, he didn't know that someone was watching from the side.

Master Fang stood not far away, looking at him quietly.After a while, the boy seemed to have regained his strength, so he stretched out his hand and broke off a long branch, walked two or three steps closer to the man, and stabbed the wound with the branch.Seeing that the person was indeed dead, he lifted the knife in his hand and approached the corpse, as if he wanted to cut the flesh.

Seeing his back turned to him, Fang Tianzhi squatted down, and finally said: "Stop!"

The boy's back immediately froze.He didn't move for a while, and he didn't know what he was thinking, but finally he raised the knife again, intending to cut off the man.

Fang Tianzhi said: "No! You stop."

The boy simply didn't bother to see who it was, as if he already knew that he was discovered by someone, and sooner or later he would not live long, so he said quietly: "Let me eat to my full."

Fang Tianzhi said: "Come here and throw away the knife. I'll eat bread with you."

Hearing this, the boy finally turned around.

His face was dark and dirty, and his facial features could not be seen clearly, only a faint outline.He first took a look at Fang Tianzhi, and then at the girl in his arms, and he was slightly moved when he saw the girl clearly.After a while, he didn't ask about the girl, but said, "Why do you give me something to eat?"

Fang Tianzhi replied: "Because I want you to stop and throw away that knife."

The boy and Master Fang looked at each other for a long time, and finally slowly threw the knife on the ground.

The girl in Fang Tianzhi's arms just smiled, put a pair of small hands on the back of his hand, and said innocently: "Cover my eyes! I want to eat pancakes too, I'm so hungry!"

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It was night, and Fang Tianzhi took the boy and girl with him, far away from the fleeing crowd, and settled down in the fields.When the girl fell asleep, he found a big tree with thick branches, placed her in a stable place, and tied her up with ropes to prevent her from falling to the ground.

After that, he flew lightly to the ground, only to see the boy staring at him with piercing eyes.

Fang Tianzhi looked at him for a moment, smiled slightly, and said in a harmonious voice: "You come with me." After finishing speaking, he held the boy by the shoulders, and took him to the withered forest earlier with luck. At the place where he was killed, Fang Tianzhi stopped, looked sideways at him and said, "Pick up some dead branches and bury him."

The boy said meekly: "Okay. I was the one who let him down and killed him."

Fang Tianzhi has seen how he kills people, and knows that he is young, forbearing, ruthless, and his words are insincere at this time, there must be some conspiracy.But for some reason, he was not angry in his heart, and only said in a harmonious voice: "Amitabha. He wants to harm others, but in the end he suffers instead. The cycle of cause and effect is not as good as it is! It's just that death is like a lamp going out, this stinky skin, There is no grievance with you anymore. Now that his dead body is here, you just collect him, why not?"

The boy looked at him in surprise, thought for a while and said, "Okay. What you said makes sense."

Fang Tianzhi buried the corpse together with him, and asked him, "What's your name?"

The boy bowed his head and said, "My name is Qin Yue."

Fang Tianzhi asked again: "What did you intend to do when you killed this man?"

The boy was very sensitive and obedient, and he realized that his lies hadn't worked. Knowing that the monk was hard to deceive, after thinking about it for a while, he calmly said: "I want to eat, so I will go back in the dark and take my father, stepmother, Brothers were killed one by one."

Now that the words have come to this point, how can Fang Tianzhi not know the reason behind it, it seems that the boy deliberately told the lie earlier, in order to numb the man.The two were silent for a moment, Fang Tianzhi said: "Do you still want to kill people now?"

The boy said: "I am young and weak. Even if I kill the person who wants to eat me, I will not be able to survive. Therefore, I want the three of them to accompany me to die. Now that I can live, let it go."

Fang Tianzhi thought for a while, treated him like an adult, and asked, "What are your plans now?"

The boy pondered for a moment, looked up at him, and said, "I want to learn martial arts from Master."

Fang Tianzhi said: "You want to be a monk? Are you willing to do good deeds all your life?"

The boy said without hesitation: "I am willing."

Fang Tianzhi said: "Being a monk is actually very boring, and life is very boring. If you just practice martial arts to protect yourself, and you don't have to shave your head, chant scriptures, or become a vegetarian, come and become a monk. Maybe I can find you another good place to go."

At this time, the boy suddenly asked back: "How do you know that I don't want to be a monk?"

Fang Tianzhi stared at him, smiled for a while and said: "All right, let the poor monk think about it carefully before replying to you."

In the next few days, Fang Tianzhi took the two children on the road together.Every time the three of them pass by the county town, they can see hundreds of disaster victims begging outside the city gate, but no matter how dare the county town open the gate, they are all waiting in full force, and some don't even serve porridge, for fear of attracting more refugees. Difficult to clean up.As far as the vicinity of Fengyang Mansion, there are even thousands of miles of barren land, deserted and uninhabited, and the victims of the disaster have fled to nowhere.

In the afternoon of this day, the two children were hungry, thirsty and tired, and couldn't walk anymore, Fang Tianzhi hugged the two of them, practiced lightness kung fu and hurried forward a few steps, hoping to find a cooler place to rest and eat.Not long after, a big half-dead tree appeared in the distance by the fork in the road ahead. He hurried two more steps, but suddenly saw two figures swinging under the tree. When he got closer, they were actually two dead people. A miserable corpse.

The two children were startled, Qin Yue was fine, and the girl Zhenniang hugged Fang Tianzhi's neck tightly and burst into tears.Fang Tianzhi stroked her head soothingly, looked again, and saw that the two corpses were a man and a woman, with a small golden flower embedded in each of their cheeks.The afternoon sun was blazing, making the golden flowers dazzling and bright, and the gloomy faces of the two mummies looked even more eerie and frightening.Different from the starvation they had seen on the way, these two people obviously died of vendetta, and they didn't know what kind of deep hatred they had, so they were both hanged on a tree to expose their corpses.

Fang Tianzhi put Zhenniang and Qin Yue down and asked them to wait not far away, then he went forward, intending to untie the two corpses from the tree and bury them briefly.When he put the man and woman down on the ground, a book suddenly slipped out of the woman's arms and fell to the ground.Fang Tianzhi picked it up casually and saw that there were five characters inscribed on the cover, which were "Wang Nangu Poison Sutra".He briefly flipped through the contents of the book, and found that it was actually an encyclopedia of poisons, in which there were thousands of flowers, birds, insects, fish, animals, and poisonous solutions, as if everything was contained and everything was exhausted. Poisonous, it is conceivable that it must be the author's lifelong painstaking care.

Fang Jiaozhu knew the goods, after looking through it for a while, he knew that this book was a rare and rare book, so he secretly thanked the dead woman, put the book away, and buried the two of them together again .After taking care of the affairs of the deceased, he called the two children under the tree.After dinner, they took a rest, and the three of them headed south again.