After falsely claiming to be pregnant, the whole court came to claim it

After returning to her room at night, Liu Linxi has been immersed in her love for the little monk.

The words are full of "old father" kindness and nagging.

Li Yan looked at him preoccupied and remained silent.

Fortunately, Liu Linxi had other distractions and didn't notice anything strange about him.

Because he ate early and went to bed early, Liu Linxi woke up from hunger in the middle of the night. His stomach kept growling in a daze, and it was uneasy to toss and turn.Seeing this, Li Yan got up and brought him some snacks, and asked him to eat a few pieces to pad his stomach.Unexpectedly, Liu Linxi hesitated for a while with the snack, and put it down again without eating.

"Is it not too tasty when it's cold?" Li Yan asked.

"There are not a few yuan left, so I am reluctant to eat." Liu Linxi rolled over and lay down, listless from hunger.

Li Yan asked: "Tomorrow we will go back to the palace, you are not willing to eat and take it back?"

"Tomorrow I want to give it to the little monk." Liu Linxi said: "This child eats vegetarian meals with these monks in the temple every day. It's so pitiful. You don't know that when I gave him snacks yesterday, he treasured it." It makes me feel bad just thinking about it.”

Li Yan put his hand on Liu Linxi's head, rubbed it lightly and asked, "Do you like this child?"

"Don't you like it?" Liu Linxi turned over and looked at Li Yan and asked, "I saw that when he gave you snacks, your expression was obviously touched, don't deny it."

Li Yan said helplessly: "Okay, it's fine if I don't deny it."

Liu Linxi pulled Li Yan to lie down, hugged him and said, "I'm so hungry, feed me."

"Hey what?" Li Yan asked.

"What can you feed me?" Liu Linxi asked meaningfully.

"Don't make trouble, this is a sacred place of Buddhism." Li Yan grabbed his troublesome hand and said.

"Don't make trouble, just hug for a while." Liu Linxi lazily turned over, lay on Li Yan's body, and fell asleep again in a daze.

After Liu Linxi fell asleep, Li Yan couldn't help touching Liu Linxi's belly secretly.I don't know if it's a psychological effect, but I feel that Liu Linxi's lower abdomen is slightly more protruding than before, and I don't know if it's because he has grown flesh from eating too much, or the child has started to grow.

Early the next morning, before dawn, Li Yan got up and went to the main hall with the monks.

The monks have morning class every day and chant scriptures in front of the Buddha.

Li Yan was not good at reciting scriptures, so he meditated with them.

He closed his eyes and meditated for a while, and felt some movement around him, as if someone was sitting next to him.Li Yan was distracted for a moment, opened his eyes and saw Xiao Shifang sitting cross-legged next to him with his hands clasped together, chanting words in his mouth, but he looked pretty decent.

Although Xiao Shifang is young, he looks quite serious with a serious look.

Li Yan stared at him for a while, then closed his eyes again and began to meditate.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Yan felt his body sink. He opened his eyes and saw that the little guy beside him was leaning on him drowsily.Li Yan stretched out his hand to help him, but the other party woke up immediately, adjusted his sitting posture again and began to chant sutras with his hands clasped together.

Li Yan: ...

Sleepy like this, the child seems to be short of sleep.

In the morning, Xiao Shifang fell back and forth many times, and the saliva all over Li Yan when he dozed off. Later, Li Yan was so disturbed by him that he had no choice but to pick him up and send him back to the house while he was dozing off. inside.

Liu Linxi fell into a drowsy sleep, suddenly there was a small person beside him, and when he touched his hair, he felt that he was still a young monk.

He immediately gave up half of the quilt and wrapped the little monk in it.

One big and one small two people sleep until the sun is three poles before getting up.

Fortunately, Li Yan brought them a vegetarian meal, otherwise they would be starving.

After more than half a day of work, Liu Linxi and Xiao Shifang have established a deep friendship.After the two of them had dinner, Xiao Shifang even moved over his own family property and wanted to share it with Liu Linxi.

A broken slingshot, a few rough pieces, a little book with missing pages...

Looking at these things, Liu Linxi felt very emotional, and suddenly felt that the little man in front of him must have been very lonely.

Boys at the age of five or six are at their most mischievous, but he was born in this monastery, surrounded by a bunch of monks who have no desires and desires, let alone play with him, maybe even tell him before going to bed. None of the stories people have.

"Have you ever played with mud?" Liu Linxi asked him.

"Isn't mud growing vegetables? How to play?" Xiao Shifang asked.

Liu Linxi said: "There are many ways to play with clay, you can throw it, play with it, and make clay figurines."

"I haven't played with it. Master said that as a monk, you should not be disturbed by foreign objects." Xiao Shifang said.

"Then do you want to try?" Liu Linxi asked in a low voice.

Xiao Shifang frowned and thought for a moment, then nodded embarrassedly.

Liu Linxi then took him to the backyard.In the backyard, there was new soil dug out by the monks who dug the cellar yesterday, but because the weather was too cold, the soil was a little hard, so Liu Linxi picked a few pieces and took them back to the room.

The stove was turned on in the room, and the cold and hard soil was coaxed by the heat, and soon softened.Liu Linxi spread a piece of oil paper on the ground, rolled up his sleeves, and began to teach Xiao Shifang Heni.

"When I was your age, I loved playing with mud," Liu Linxi said.

"Then your master doesn't care about you?" Xiao Shifang asked.

Liu Linxi laughed: "I'm not a monk, no master cares about me."

"Will someone care about you then?" Shi Fang asked.

"My father will beat me." Liu Linxi said.

"That's great." Xiao Shifang said sincerely, "I want my dad to hit me too."

"Being beaten is not fun." Liu Linxi said.

Xiao Shifang nodded, looking a little sad.

Liu Linxi realized something, and asked, "Have you seen your father?"

"Master said that he picked me up at the gate of the temple. I don't know who brought me here." Xiao Shifang said: "My father and mother may have traveled far away and couldn't take care of me, so they sent me Send it to the monastery. There is a master here, and you can eat vegetarian food, so you won’t starve to death.”

Liu Linxi felt a little distressed when he heard the words, and thought that Xiao Shifang was abandoned here.

When Li Yan came back, he saw this scene. Two people, one big and one small, squatted on the ground with their sleeves rolled up, squeezing mud.When Liu Linxi heard the movement, she looked up and saw Li Yan, and hurriedly put down the mud in her hand, and went to wash her hands.

The two of them walked to the porch and sat, looking at the snow that quietly started to fall outside, both were a little preoccupied.

"I didn't expect you to like making mud. Someday I will ask someone to find some mud and send it to the bedroom, and let Su Heng make it with you." Li Yan said.

"I just watched the little guy feel lonely, so I thought about leaving and playing with him for a while." Liu Linxi said.

Li Yan said: "Aren't you willing to leave?"

"There's nothing to be reluctant to part with. You can't force it to come and go in life. We can't stay here forever." Liu Linxi said.

Li Yan was silent for a moment, and then said: "I heard from the monks in the temple that Shifang was sent here a few months ago. After coming here, he became seriously ill. Who are your parents and where did you come from?"

"It's only been a few months?" Liu Linxi said, "How can you be willing to send a child to the temple after raising such a big child?"

"Probably there is a reason." Li Yan said: "As a parent, no one is willing to give up their children unless it is absolutely necessary."

Liu Linxi nodded and said: "Yes, how many parents would like to trade their own lives for their children's lives, they won't be willing to give up easily."

Hearing this, Li Yan glanced at Liu Linxi, feeling a little uncomfortable.

Then Liu Linxi said again: "If we have children in the future, we must not let them suffer this kind of suffering no matter what. Both parents must be by his side to accompany him to grow up. I will squeeze mud with him, and you will accompany him to read and write." , and occasionally we can take him to climb mountains..."

"Why do you always think about your child?" Li Yan asked.

"I don't know, probably because I saw Xiao Shifang's feelings." Liu Linxi laughed and said, "Do you like boys or girls?"

Li Yan froze for a moment, then said, "Girl."

Liu Linxi raised her eyebrows and said, "Your family has the throne to inherit, don't you want a son?"

"I... don't like children." Li Yan said with a somewhat cold tone.

Only then did Liu Linxi remember that the two had discussed this topic before, but he accidentally forgot.

If you don’t like it, don’t like it, anyway, it’s not certain whether it can be born or not.

If Li Yan was looking forward to becoming a father every day, Liu Linxi would feel anxious instead.

While the two were talking, the door opened, and Xiao Shifang poked his head out.

"What's the matter?" Liu Linxi walked over and touched his little bald head and asked.

"I made it, I want you to see it." Xiao Shifang said.

Liu Linxi followed him into the door, and saw three small clay figurines on the ground.The clay figurines looked very ugly, lacking arms and legs, but they could still be seen to some extent, and the three clay figurines were two big and one small, and they looked like a family of three.

"Who are you pinching this?" Liu Linxi squatted down and asked.

"This is me, this is Master, and this is you." Xiao Shifang pointed to the three clay figurines.

Liu Linxi: ...

How could he make himself and his master into a pair!

"Which one is your master?" Li Yan came over and asked.

"This." Xiao Shifang pointed to the ugliest clay figurine.

Li Yan reached out and took the clay figurine away and put it in the distance, rolled up his sleeves and made a clay figurine that was not much better than Xiao Shifang's craftsmanship, then put it next to the clay figurine representing Liu Linxi and said, "This is me."

Xiao Shifang: ...

This uncle is really inexplicable...

Liu Linxi put the clay figurines to roast by the stove, and got some water to help Xiao Shifang and Li Yan wash their hands.

Xiao Shifang is very obedient, seems to be very attached to Liu Linxi, and has been holding Liu Linxi's sleeve after washing his hands.

With a thought in mind, Liu Linxi asked, "Do you want to leave the temple and live at your uncle's house for a while?"

"Is it far?" Xiao Shifang asked.

"It's not very far. It's less than half a day by carriage." Liu Linxi said.

"Don't go, Master will miss me." Xiao Shifang hesitated for a while and said.

Liu Linxi said again: "When you go to Uncle's house, you can eat a lot of snacks. If you don't think it's fun anymore, I can send you back again."

"If you don't go, will you come in the future?" Xiao Shifang asked.

Liu Linxi glanced at Li Yan, nodded and said, "Yes."

"Then just come a few more times." Xiao Shifang's eyes were innocent and bright, as if he didn't know what his answer meant.

Liu Linxi originally wanted to persuade him again, but after thinking about it, since this child is in this monastery, he must have his own karma.Don't Buddhists often talk about cause and effect?Maybe Xiao Shifang stayed here for some fruit that he couldn't figure out.If he insisted on taking people away, it would be difficult for him.

Li Yan originally planned to go down the mountain in the afternoon.

Before Liu Linxi left, she left all the food she brought with Xiao Shifang.

Xiao Shifang gave Liu Linxi the clay figurine he made.

Everyone originally planned to set off after lunch, but they didn't expect that the snow would fall more and more during the meal time, covering the way down the mountain one after another.Lu Yuzheng took a look and said that the road was a little slippery, and the snow was so heavy that he couldn't see the road clearly.

Li Yan thought it over again, fearing that there would be danger, so he decided to wait until the snow stopped.

Zuo Zuo is only on the fifth day of the lunar new year, and he will not start going to court until after the seventh day, so he is not in a hurry to go back.

This change made Xiao Shifang very happy.

In the afternoon, while Li Yan was going to copy scriptures, Liu Linxi decided to take Shifang to build a snowman.

Xiao Shifang was in this temple, so his masters probably wouldn't be interested in building a snowman with him.Liu Linxi didn't know when he would come again next time, he was worried that if he didn't take advantage of the snow to build a snowman today, Xiao Shifang might not have the opportunity to build a snowman throughout his childhood.

But when the two of them came out wearing bamboo hats, they found that the snow in the temple was swept away by the monks as it fell.

"Why did the snow sweep away before it stopped?" Liu Linxi said in a broken voice.

"Can't they be stacked after sweeping?" Xiao Shifang asked.

Liu Linxi said: "If you sweep it, it will be dirty, it won't look good."

Liu Linxi dragged him around, and found that even the backyard was being swept.

Finally, in desperation, Liu Linxi had no choice but to drag Xiao Shifang to the gate of the temple.

There is a large open space at the entrance of the temple. The snow there has not been touched by anyone, and it looks very smooth and clean.

"You wait here and don't move, I'll find a bucket." Liu Linxi said to Xiao Shifang.

Xiao Shifang nodded in agreement, squatted on the ground and began to make snow dumplings.

He looked around and saw a pair of feet suddenly appeared on the ground. Those feet were wearing black boots, but there were no patterns on the boots, which were different from Liu Linxi's and Li Yan's feet.Xiao Shifang raised his head in a daze, and saw a fierce-looking person standing in front of him.

Before Xiao Shifang could react, the man stretched out his hand and lifted Xiao Shifang on his shoulders, turned around and left.

Liu Linxi took a bucket back and found that Xiao Shifang was missing.

He glanced around, but he didn't see any children's footprints, but a string of adult footprints stretched behind the nearby boulder.

Liu Linxi walked over vigilantly, and saw a figure with Xiao Shifang on his shoulders, disappearing at the end of the road.Liu Linxi hesitated for a moment, then stepped up to follow.

He knew that Lu Yuzheng would be wandering around the temple to patrol, and he should soon find that he and Xiao Shifang were gone, and the other party would naturally follow their footprints to catch up, so he shouldn't be in any danger.

He was more worried about Xiao Shifang's safety. It was not a good thing to rob a child openly in broad daylight. Liu Linxi was afraid that something bad would happen to Xiao Shifang after a little delay.

That person's footsteps were not too fast, Liu Linxi followed for a while, and saw that person carrying Xiao Shifang into a cave.

Liu Linxi looked around, sneaked to the cave entrance, and put his ear on the stone wall of the cave entrance, wanting to hear the movement inside.Unexpectedly, when he turned his head, he felt his back stiffened, his eyes darkened, and he lost consciousness.

In the cave, Xiao Shifang was placed in front of the fire, stretching out his two little hands to warm himself.

The man dragged Liu Linxi's leg into the cave, and Xiao Shifang turned pale with shock when he saw it.

"Daddy?" Xiao Shifang said in surprise.

The man's expression changed, and he asked, "What did you call me?"

Xiao Shifang ignored him, ran to Liu Linxi, stretched out his hand and pushed Liu Linxi, and asked, "Is he sick?"

The man cast a cold glance at Liu Linxi and said, "It's just passed out, I won't die for a while."

Xiao Shifang stretched out his small hand to hold Liu Linxi's hand, put it to his mouth and let out a breath, wanting to warm Liu Linxi's hand.Seeing this, the man picked up Xiao Shifang's clothes somewhat roughly, lifted him up and put him in front of the fire.

"You are so fierce today." Xiao Shifang whispered.

"Why, are you afraid of me?" the man said.

Xiao Shifang shook his head, couldn't help turning his head to look at Liu Linxi and said, "He won't die?"

"I can't die." The man said, "Who is he and why is he with you?"

Xiao Shifang said: "The new pilgrim in the temple, he is a good person."

"You mean, I'm a bad person?" the man said.

"Every time you see me, you secretly take me away, you never go to burn incense, and you never go to worship Buddha." Xiao Shifang said.

"If I don't burn incense and worship Buddha, am I a bad person?" The man said, "Buddha can save sentient beings, but he can't save me. What's the use of worshiping him?"

Xiao Shifang pouted, obviously not knowing what to say to refute this person, so he could only ask, "Do you want to take me away too?"

"Also?" The man was startled, looked at the unconscious Liu Linxi and said, "This person wants to take you away?"

Xiao Shifang sensed the hostility in this man's eyes, and hurriedly said, "No."

The hostility in the man's eyes was slightly restrained, and he said: "In the future, I probably won't be able to visit you often."

As he spoke, he took out an oiled paper bag from his pocket, and saw some dried meat and preserved fruit inside.

Xiao Shifang didn't touch the jerky, he just picked up a preserved fruit and put it in his mouth.

"Although you have shaved your head, you are not a real monk, so you can eat meat," the man said.

"Buddhist holy land, lay people are not allowed to eat meat." Xiao Shifang said.

The man sneered, but looked at Shi Shi with a little nostalgia.

At this moment, there was a sudden movement from behind, and Liu Linxi woke up.The man was vigilant, grabbed a handful of soil and threw it back, making Liu Linxi's eyes blurred.Taking advantage of Liu Linxi's unresponsiveness, he took a rope from nowhere and tied Liu Linxi tightly, and finally took a piece of black cloth and covered Liu Linxi's eyes.

Liu Linxi: ...

What a fierce operation this is! ! !

When Xiao Shifang first saw him make a move, he was a little worried, but he was relieved to see that he didn't intend to hurt Liu Linxi's life.

"Don't worry, your Buddhist holy place, I won't kill." The man said towards Xiao Shi.

Xiao Shifang held a piece of preserved fruit in his hand and handed it to the man, who was startled for a moment, took it and ate it.

"Eat the meat, and I'll send you back when you're done," the man said.

Xiao Shifang took a piece of meat, but didn't stuff it into his mouth, and asked, "Aren't you coming back?"

"Perhaps." The man said, "It's likely that he won't be able to come back."

Xiao Shifang nodded, and finally put down the jerky in his hand.

"Don't like to eat?" the man asked.

"Keep it for you to eat on the way." Xiao Shifang said.

The man was startled when he heard the words, his eye circles were a little red, and he reached out and stroked Xiao Shifang's head roughly.

Liu Linxi's hands and feet were tied, and his eyes were covered with cloth. He didn't dare to struggle for a moment and had to listen attentively, trying to discern the current situation.But he quickly realized from the conversation between the two that this person and Shifang should know each other.

Shi Fang didn't feel any fear or unfamiliarity with this person, but he felt rather reluctant when he heard that he was leaving.The monks in the monastery said that Shifang was sent here a few months ago. He suffered from an illness and lost his memory. He didn't know whether this person was acquainted with Shifang before or just met him not long ago.

If this person met after Shifang was sent here, it means that this person has come here a lot in the past few months.

Otherwise, it is impossible for a five-year-old child to feel no strangeness to him, and even have some attachment to him.

After all, not everyone is as fond of children as Liu Linxi is.Judging from this person's tone of voice, Xiao Shifang would definitely be afraid of him at first, and only after getting to know him for a long time can he get used to this kind of roughness and viciousness.

"Do you know who this person is?" the man asked Shifang.

"I don't know." Shifang said.

The man looked at Shifang for a while, apparently not believing it, so he simply walked up to Liu Linxi, and stretched out his hand to touch Liu Linxi.Liu Linxi didn't dare to resist, and let him do what he did. After a while, Liu Linxi felt a pain in his neck, and the man pulled the dragon talisman from his neck.

"Hey, you can't take that thing away." Liu Linxi said.

This dragon talisman was the first token that Li Yan gave him, and Liu Linxi was usually very precious.

"Why?" The man took the dragon talisman, glanced in front of the fire, changed his gaze, and said, "There is a dragon on it, are you the dog emperor?"

Liu Linxi: ...

When it's over, people who generally talk about dog emperors are mostly rebels.

Liu Linxi was a little annoyed to hear him call Li Yan that way, but now that people treat him like a fish, he doesn't dare to say anything lightly, and he has to listen for now if he doesn't want to hear it.

"No, I met the dog emperor a few years ago, he doesn't look like you." The man immediately denied himself.

Liu Linxi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but heard the man say again: "However, ordinary people would not dare to take things with dragon patterns carved on them casually. You are either a running dog next to the dog emperor, or his concubine."

Liu Linxi: ...

It's so good, why are you still scolding people.

"Brother, if we have something to talk about, please untie me first." Liu Linxi said.

"Untie you?" The man said with a smile, "Who would let go of the meat that has finally reached his mouth?"

Liu Linxi: ...

What is the meat that reaches the mouth?Liu Linxi's heart sank, and she instantly felt that the situation was not going well.

"It's really time for you to come. I thought there was no turning point for this matter. I didn't expect that the people next to the dog emperor came to the door in a blink of an eye." The man laughed with a bit of joy in his voice holding the dragon talisman.

Liu Linxi's thoughts turned sharply, and a thought flashed through his mind quickly, but he couldn't be sure for a while.

But at least he can be sure that this person seems to have a problem with Li Yan.

Thinking of this, Liu Linxi couldn't help but feel a little worried. After he disappeared, Lu Yuzheng would find out soon, and Li Yan would naturally find out soon.If Li Yan and Lu Yuzheng found this place following their footprints, would this person be bad for Li Yan?

Although Li Yan and Lu Yuzheng are good at martial arts, they are in the open, but this person is in the dark.

What's more, this person still has himself as a hostage...

"Shifang, go back by yourself, I want to take this person away." The man said to Shifang.

Liu Linxi: ...

take away? ?where to take ?