Poor monks do not break the precepts

What is your relationship with Xiang Pirates... Xu Sheng did not expect Huai Mingmo to ask such a straightforward question. Even though the eyes facing him, even if they cannot see them, they have a rare sincerity in the world, as if he would believe everything he said .

The room was silent for a while, Xu Sheng lowered his eyes slightly, and the corners of his lips moved slightly with a smile, so subtle that even Huai Mingmo couldn't detect it, "What do you think, Mr. Huai? There are no people, poor monk, a third-generation Shaolin monk, what can he have to do with him?"

"Friends..." Huai Mingmo said hesitantly, touching his lips and nose as if anxiously, "Or you are an incense thief."

"Since the Yinshi Mountain Villa was visited by incense thieves at night, there have been a lot of rumors in the world." Xu Sheng was aware of it, and now he is not panicked when he is told by Huai Mingmo, and he said more calmly: "I don't know whether it is true or not. Mr. Huai explained."

"Please tell me." Huai Mingmo didn't expect Xu Sheng to react like this, "Say everything you know."

Xu Sheng got up leisurely, searched for a while in the medicine cabinet next to the bogu rack, asked Zi Gui to bring an empty cup, poured out an unknown drink, and handed it to Huai Mingmo, "This is made of tangerine peel, yam, hawthorn and other medicinal materials. It is good for digestion. Zigui is young, so he will inevitably be greedy, so I specially made some..." Before Xu Sheng finished speaking, Huai Mingmo had already taken it and drank it up. "Let's chat in the tea room, Zigui clean up after eating .”

There is no charcoal stove in the tea room, and it is colder than the outhouse. Xu Sheng thoughtfully brought the charcoal stove, closed the half-opened window tightly, and added an extra cushion to the arhat bed before inviting people in to serve hot tea .

"Mr. Huai said that the poor monk is a incense thief, but the poor monk has to argue for himself." Xu Sheng put down the thick curtains on both sides, and sat squarely opposite Huai Mingmo. No one can boast of being number one, but really?"

"There are so many great people in the world, Huai can only say, but I haven't heard of anyone who can compare."

"Mr. Huai is proficient in martial arts and has amazing hearing. May I ask Mr. Huai what do you think of the poor monk's light kung fu?"

"It can still be in the middle." Huai Mingmo paused for a moment, "Compared with Xiang Pirates, there may be a world of difference."

Xu Sheng smiled, he didn't mind Huai Mingmo's frankness, and asked again: "I heard that Mr. Huai once fought against the Fragrance Bandit, how is his martial arts?"

"Unpredictable, it's hard to be an opponent in a fight." He understood Xu Sheng's meaning and couldn't help sighing, his shoulders slightly slumped.

"At noon today, Mr. Xin deliberately tried my martial arts, and Mr. Huai personally tested my internal strength. If I am a incense thief, how to explain these two points?"

"Those who practice lightness kung fu walk lightly, even on daily walks. Fragrant Robber's lightness kung fu is the best in the martial arts world, so it's not as loud as monk Xusheng's." These two points are also where Huai Mingmo is confused, so he The more he talked, the more he wavered, and he said in a dull voice: "Xiang Pirate's inner strength is so profound that no one can match it in today's martial arts world, but..."

Seeing that he couldn't continue, Xu Sheng said with a smile: "I'm afraid my internal strength is not [-]% as good as that of the incense thief? Isn't it foolish for Mr. Huai to suspect that the poor monk is an incense thief?"

"How does Monk Xusheng plan to explain the picture of the Cangyan Snow Scene?"

"The poor monk has already said that this painting was picked up from the mountain by chance. Don't you believe it, Mr. Huai?" Xu Sheng flicked the beads, every sound seemed to fall into the bottom of Huai Mingmo's heart, disturbing his original intentions. peace of mind.

Huai Mingmo was dumbfounded for a while when he was asked, he denied it and admitted it was not.Seeing his dilemma, Xu Sheng laughed out loud, and said half-jokingly: "Monks don't tell lies, and poor monks don't dare to talk nonsense." In fact, what he said was true. It was stolen and dropped in the West Sea, but it was found missing and turned back to find it.However, outsiders have no way of knowing the various details, and it is not a lie to say that they picked up this painting.

"Monk Xu Sheng really doesn't know the Fragrance Pirates?" Huai Mingmo was rather disappointed, and changed the subject as if convinced.

"Of course the poor monk knows about the Fragrance Bandit. After the incident at the Hidden World Villa, everyone in the martial arts world knows the name of the Incense Bandit." Xu Sheng said solemnly, "I don't know...whether the Incense Bandit recognizes the poor monk."

As cunning as a fox, Huai Mingmo muttered dissatisfiedly in his heart, and there was a slight change in the calm and plain expression on his face, but he didn't escape Xu Sheng's sharp eyes at all.Huai Mingmo felt Xu Sheng's emotional changes slightly, and since he couldn't ask, he simply changed the topic and said: "When I went out, Third Aunt asked me to ask a question." After a slight pause, Fang said: "She wants me to ask you, Do you remember little Ah Yue from Cang'e Mountain?"

Hearing this, Xu Sheng stopped his thumb that was pulling the bead, and said slowly, "Did it happen on the night of the winter solstice two years ago?"

"Exactly." Huai Mingmo's tone was calm, his heart was already very surprised, and he couldn't help asking: "It's really you?"

He didn't mind Huai Mingmo's sudden change of title, Xu Sheng nodded and said: "I happened to go to Cang'e Mountain to visit friends, and when I went down the mountain, I met little Ayue. It was strange that the monk had a female family accompanying him when he went out, so I hired a carriage , let the coachman take her to the hidden world villa." Xu Sheng thought of Huai Mingmo's title for An Jingyue just now, and said with a smile: "I didn't send her to the wrong place, but it's a karma."

"Probably." Huai Mingmo is not a girl in a boudoir, and she doesn't like to tell love stories, not to mention that she doesn't care about it at all, so she seems to skip Ji Duorui's heroic rescue of the beauty in a perfunctory manner.

Because the two had their own concerns, the room fell silent for a moment, lazily unwilling to break the silence.It's getting late, Huai Mingmo estimates that it will be almost two o'clock, and it should be time to go to bed, but he always feels that something will happen suddenly, and Xu Sheng is sitting by the side playing with the beads and not rushing away, the two of them fell silent Sit for another half an hour.

Empty life is like a Buddha sitting cross-legged, with fingers moving the beads regularly, with a calm and peaceful expression, and looks like a lifelike jade Buddha from a distance.Only God knows how turbulent his heart is, Shaolin hasn't seen any movement for a long time, so he can't help thinking, maybe there is something wrong with Chen Xiang and Luan Jing.Xu Sheng struggled through the silent time, and finally waited for the sudden commotion and shouts from Shaolin.

"What happened?" Huai Mingmo quickly got up, and walked to the outside of the withered grass road with ease.

Xu Sheng listened to the sound of the bell, and said anxiously: "Someone broke into Shaolin at night."

"Aren't you going down the mountain to help?" Huai Mingmo was quite puzzled by Xu Sheng's calm attitude, so he raised a question.

"There are so many eminent monks in Shaolin, not to mention the uncles and masters of the hard-working generation, how can it make people mess around with just a few senior brothers of my Xu generation sitting in the town?" Xu Sheng took a few steps forward, picking a good place for a distant view Situation, "Wuwang Cliff and Bugui Cliff are the back mountains of Shaolin. If you go inside, the terrain is complicated, and they are good places to hide. If these two places are left unguarded, once people escape from this place, it will be really difficult to catch them. Rather than rushing to the temple to cause trouble now, it is better to hold here, and no one can come in and out at will."

Hearing this, Huai Mingmo felt reasonable, he simply gave up the idea of ​​going back to Shaolin to help, followed Xu Sheng, sat under the ancient cypress and waited quietly.

About half a moment later, a figure came from Shaolin, followed by a series of Martian lights, and diverted to the direction of Buguiya at the fork.Xu Sheng saw everything in his eyes, but he didn't reveal a word to Huai Mingmo. The sound of the wind whistling at Wuwangya at night made Xu Sheng very confident. what happened on the premises.

"Be careful." Huai Mingmo put his arms around Xu Sheng's arm and moved him to the side.

"Who's there?" Xu Sheng stood firm, and spoke with vigilance in his words.

The person who threw the hidden weapon didn't say a word, and as soon as he raised his inner strength, he ran up the Wuwang Cliff, sideways to avoid Huai Mingmo's attack, and planned to escape to the back of the withered grass hut.The wind was beating against the edge of Wuwang Cliff, Huai Mingmo's ears were filled with the sound of howling wind, he could vaguely distinguish the lightness kung fu of the fleeing man, only after a while did he realize that it was familiar, and he raised his kung fu to chase after him.

Although Luan Jing's martial arts are good in Shuiwu Palace, and there are few opponents in Wulin, but compared with Huai Mingmo, they are far behind, if they really fight, they will be exposed.Luan Jing understands this well, and has no intention of competing with Huai Mingmo at all, and just runs away on his own.Xu Sheng pretended to be chasing at the end, using light kung fu that is common in martial arts, and Huai Mingmo was so focused on the person he was chasing that he didn't notice the obvious difference in Xu Sheng's internal energy behind him.

"When will Master Wuqing plan to chase me?" Luan Jing saw that Huai Mingmo was about to chase him, so he simply stopped and waited for Xu Sheng to solve the problem.

Huai Mingmo heard a woman's voice, he was stunned for a moment, and then he stopped his feet and was less than three feet away from the Luan mirror, "Long time no see, the incense thief will be safe."

"It's almost midnight, I don't know why the benefactor is visiting Shaolin at night?" Xu Sheng stood slightly in front of Huai Mingmo, clasped his hands together and saluted, and secretly made a gesture to Luan Jing that Huai Mingmo could not detect.

"I've heard the name of the Shaolin Sutra Pavilion for a long time, but I've never seen it in person. I didn't expect to disturb the temple to clean up. It's my fault." With Xu Sheng standing in front of him, Luan Jing was naturally fearless and leaned against the banyan tree behind him without vigilance. , "Since Monk Xusheng likes the picture of the smoke and snow scene, it is feasible to give it to the temple as an apology?"

Huai Mingmo had an indescribable feeling of awkwardness in his heart, and the faint smell at the tip of his nose was indeed the scent of incense, but it couldn't be said that he always felt that something was missing.Suddenly thinking, Huai Mingmo blurted out and asked, "May I ask where the female swordsman in red is next to Xiang Pirate?"

Luan Jing has heard about Chen Xiang's deeds, although he has never seen it before, he can still guess the general idea, and the answer is fluent: "She has already left first, Mr. Huai is looking for her?"

"No, it's fine." Huai Mingmo murmured, slightly worried that Xu Sheng in front of him would be attacked again.

Luan Jing chuckled, and saw Xu Sheng's finger move slightly to let her get away, she turned around and raised her feet to leave, but Xu Sheng's blocking voice sounded from behind, "Stay here, incense thief." Followed by Xu Sheng He didn't try his best to stop him, every move and style came from Shaolin martial arts, and from time to time, the moves were mixed with the moves of Mingxiang magic skill, Luan Jing only needed to see the moves to defend.The sound of fighting fell into Huaiming Mo's ears, but he couldn't detect the slightest clue of it, he really thought that Xu Sheng was using Shaolin Kung Fu to fight the Fragrance Pirates.

After fifty strokes, Huai Mingmo realized that Xu Sheng had fallen into the wind, and was about to help him, only to feel a hidden weapon flying towards him, not long after, Xu Sheng staggered back to him.

"Xusheng... what's the matter with you?" Huai Mingmo stepped forward to support Xu Sheng, who was standing unsteadily, and was about to help Xu Sheng heal his injuries when he heard the sound of the incense thief leaving. He wanted to chase but was worried about Xu Sheng's safety.

"I'm fine." Xu Sheng saw that the Luan mirror had disappeared into the forest, he pretended to relax, and gasped, "The terrain of the back mountain is complicated, it may be difficult to get out after reckless pursuit."

Forget it, Huai Mingmo sighed secretly, and borrowed his strength to support Xu Sheng, "I'll send you back first."

The whole journey was silent, Huai Mingmo was full of doubts in his heart, he had just met the Fragrance Pirates, but he couldn't weaken his doubts about Xu Sheng at all.Although just now he was distracted by hearing the female voice, but he vaguely heard the sound of the two confronting each other, one was indeed loud and the other was ghostly, but he always felt that he had missed something very important.For the first time, he somewhat hated that childhood illness, the eyes he could no longer see.

Xinli was worried about Mingmo, and followed Zichang to Wuwangya, but Zigui was the only one in the withered grass hut.

After waiting for a long time, Huai Mingmo came back holding Xu Sheng's elbow, and Xin Li hurriedly stepped forward to help him, but Huai Mingmo pushed Xu Sheng in his direction, and Xin Li insisted on helping him. empty.

"Young Master and Master Xu Sheng are finally back." Xin Li narrowed his eyes for a moment, and looked at Xu Sheng carefully.

Xu Sheng struggled to break away from Huai Mingmo, and walked in front of Zi Chang in two or three steps, "Is the temple all right?"

Zichang is Xu Wu's disciple, and the Bodhidharma hall has always had the strictest rules and regulations, and the disciples who sit down will inevitably behave more rigidly, "I would like to report to my little uncle, everything is fine in the temple, except that the scripture library has been turned into chaos. The master is worried about the safety of the little uncle, so he asked the disciple to come and have a look."

"Go back and tell Senior Brother Shengxu Wu that I'm not good at learning, and I can't stop the incense thief from benefactor." During the play, Xusheng occasionally coughed, his feet were not as vigorous as usual, and he seemed to be slightly injured.

"Yes." Zichang gave a big gift, not sloppy at all, "When the master came, he asked the disciple to pass on the message, as if he hoped that the little master would not worry about any unexpected incidents of attachment, and just practice as usual with peace of mind."

"I was right there when Master Xu Wu said this, I didn't expect Master Xu Wu to have such foresight." Xin Li never took his eyes off Xu Sheng while talking and laughing.

Xu Sheng felt that there seemed to be no hostility behind him, but it didn't matter, he turned around and smiled like a bright moon, "It's not early, it's cold in Wuwangya fog, the benefactor is afraid of the cold, it's not suitable to stay outside for a long time, the two benefactors Follow me and go back to the temple to rest." Deliberately alienating the relationship, Xu Sheng's tone is still polite and soft, still making people smell a bit of daredevil.Xin Li shrugged and didn't mind, but Huai Ming's Mo Xing eyes dimmed, and it was because of worry that he had taken it to heart.

Zi Chang peeked at Xu Sheng, it was rare to see Xu Sheng's irritable appearance, and answered the words with a blank face: "It's really cold at night in Jishi Mountain, the two benefactors should go back to the room earlier."

"Farewell." Huai Mingmo said simply, and walked down the mountain without looking back.

The master of his own pavilion has a serious temper, and he would not be self-willed when he was young. Suddenly he was so childish, Xin Li couldn't help looking at Xu Sheng, and said politely: "Master Xu Sheng..."

Xu Sheng raised his hand to restrain Xin Li's polite words, and said with a light smile, "It's nothing, please be careful."

Xin Li didn't want Xu Sheng to be so big-bellied, so he didn't say any more, cupped his fists and performed a Jianghu salute, and quickly chased Huai Mingmo away.

"Follow quickly, the distinguished guests of the Hermitage Villa will not be neglected."

Zi Zi saw that Xu Sheng looked tired, so he stopped nagging, "Little uncle, rest early." With Xu Sheng's consent, he quickly followed Huai Mingmo.The night road is difficult to walk, and the mountain road of Wuwangya is extremely steep, which is really prone to accidents. Zichang leads the way more carefully.He didn't say anything on the way, although Huai Mingmo behind him was still elegant, with a calm smile on his face, Zichang always had the illusion that Huai Mingmo was not in a good mood.

After seeing off the troublesome two people, Xu Sheng drove Zi Gui back to the house, and turned to the forest where he was playing with Luan Jing.He looked up and looked around, staring at the ancient cypress not far away for a while, put down his airs and smiled lightly: "Mr. Gong, the wind is blowing on the tree, why don't we talk about it as follows."

There was only the rustling of the wind in the quiet forest, and after a while, Mr. Gong jumped off the ancient cypress, "Still failed to escape the eyes of the host."

"I said earlier that I would be discovered." Chen Xiang also walked out of the darkness.

"Is someone in Shaolin making things difficult for you." Xu Sheng asked casually, not worried that Chen Xiang would be wronged.Without waiting for Chen Xiang to answer, he moved back and said flatly: "Go back to the room and talk."

Zigui is used to people visiting late at night to have a chat with Xu Sheng, usually he would go back to the house to rest and avoid it, so tonight he went into the house as usual and lit the stove to boil water, then went back to the bedroom to rest.

Drinking tea at night to refresh oneself is not suitable for sleeping, so Xu Sheng just poured a cup of hot water for the two to moisten their throats, and said with a normal expression: "Why did Mr. Gong come here suddenly, what happened?"

"A while ago, Beidi invaded the border, and the soldiers sent by Emperor Meng to suppress it broke down again and again."

Xu Sheng's nails were grinding on several sides of the desk, making an uncomfortable sound, before stopping abruptly, "Is there any change in the news from last month?"

"Beidi is brave and good at fighting, and has been eyeing the Central Plains for a long time. But the Meng Emperor did not think of danger, and stayed in the gentle village all day long. He had no ambitions before, so how could he win Beidi." Mr. Gong couldn't help feeling sorry for the past, " It has only been a few decades since the Meng family seized the country, and it has become like this." After pondering for a while, he remembered that Xu Sheng was waiting for him to answer, "There is a fuss in the court, although Ji Guifei's son is mediocre, he is not the son of the emperor. He is a great talent, but he is kind and filial. In fact, it will be fine if he is assisted by capable ministers in the future. Unfortunately, too many wolves want to sit in his seat. Recently, some people have slandered him for coveting the emperor's woman and having an affair with Concubine Wan. It so happened that Emperor Meng came back to the harem one day and saw him coming out of Concubine Wan's palace, and now it's hard to argue."

"Who made the noise and intentionally splashed dirty water on the prince." Xu Sheng made some judgments, but said uncertainly: "Second prince Meng Guangheng? The slander will never be groundless, why did Meng Qixian go to Wanxin?"

"Meng Qixian heard that Emperor Meng planned to quell the chaos in Beidi with his relatives, Zuo just felt sorry for not wanting his imperial sister to marry far away. After all, the grassland is wild and barren, so marrying there will not lead to a good life." Mr. Gong said slowly: "As we all know, Concubine Wan dotes on the imperial harem, so her words in front of Emperor Meng are not normal. Meng Qixian just wanted to ask Concubine Wan to say a few words, hoping that Emperor Meng would be more considerate."

"Spending the least price to quell the chaos, what is a daughter?" He snorted coldly, "Besides, Emperor Meng hasn't appointed a candidate. It is not known whether he will choose a woman of the right age from the clan or marry the princess. It's too ladylike."

Mr. Gong nodded in agreement: "Indeed, if it weren't for this, the second prince would not be able to grasp the case, let alone smear it."

Xu Sheng tried hard to recall Meng Guangheng's hypocritical appearance, and after a long while, the corners of his lips drew a cold arc, "The fox's tail has been hidden for a long time, and finally it is revealed."

Chen Xiang leaned forward slightly, and said in a low voice: "Do you want to punish the second prince?"

Xu Sheng waved his hand, "Let them fight each other, killing the prince will easily cause trouble, and I also want to see if that person cooperates sincerely. If we remove obstacles for him now, if we tear ourselves apart in the future, wouldn't it be easy for him."

Mr. Gong said with some apprehension: "Lord, beware of Lianxin Huiji playing tricks behind her back, after all, she knows the existence of Wuzhilou."

"She just knows that there is an organization called Wuzhilou, but she doesn't know anything else. Even if she knows that I am the landlord, it doesn't matter. The martial arts world is vast. If I want to hide in it, it will not be easy to find it." Xu Sheng stared at the cup slightly. There is endless sadness in the bottom of the eyes, and the lingering thin smoke is like a veil covering the empty color, "I was born with no worries and no worries, and my homeland is everywhere."

"Xuanji Pavilion has been doing a lot lately. Huai Mingmo obviously has his eyes on Zhu Ling, and has sent people to monitor him day and night. Miss Shen from Hehuan Zhai has also been spied on. It seems that she is expected to find clues from them."

Huai Mingmo is not as sharp as most people in the martial arts world, but his heart is sensitive and clear, which is really difficult to deal with.Xu Sheng sipped his saliva, let out a long breath and said, "Let Zhu Ling be at ease, and after a few months, once they find nothing to gain, they will leave."

"The landlord, it seems to be very lenient to Mr. Wuqing." There was a trace of worry in Chen Xiang's eyes, and he murmured: "Why?"

"Perhaps it's hard to find a bosom friend." Xu Sheng replied half-jokingly, deeply sighed in his heart, it's a pity that he found a bosom friend, but he no longer dared to play the piano in Huai Mingmo's face, letting him peep into his own thoughts.