tangled ivy

Chapter 14 Friends

"Ah~ so boring~"

The little boy with black shattered hair blinked his big smart eyes, and sat in front of the Fujizakura in front of the Royal Shadow Hall. The peach-colored cherry blossoms had already fallen and disappeared in the embrace of the earth, and the green shoots slowly climbed up the new branches, stretching branch.

The little boy was holding a peach and biting it with big mouthfuls. From the boy's expression, he could tell that the peach didn't taste very good.

"Ah~ I'm getting tired of eating these every day, if I don't say anything..."

The boy stopped suddenly, puffed up his cheeks,

snort!I don't care...

It's just human food.

The boy pursed his mouth, and continued to bite the peach that had long lost its flavor, his white, round, fat calf shaking every now and then.

"Well, what if she came to me... No, how could she come to me?"

Obviously I treated her so fiercely...

wrong,

Ugly humans can't accept my existence!

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"Hong, did you go to play a prank?"

"Hmph, who told you humans to be so bad... It's just a little prank."

The old man was wearing cassock, and his wrinkled hands were stroking the rosary in his hand, and the red wooden fish was quietly placed aside.

"In the end, you still stick to the horns like that."

The old man put down his rosary and went to an old cabinet to search for it.

"Why don't you treat me like this?"

"You are different."

The boy pouted,

Master "Hong" smiled slightly,

"I'm human too..."

.......

The little boy was speechless for a while,

People like you are going extinct.

Besides, how can you be the same as those ordinary humans?

However, the boy didn't say it out. He knew that Hongfa would be angry if he said so.

The encounter between Kobo and the boy can only be called fate.

The boy was originally born across the sea, in the inland of the country named Tang Dynasty. In Qinglong Temple in Xi'an, there was a gecko living in the wall behind the statue of Buddha. Influenced, and finally turned into an adult.

However, no one can see this young man. Occasionally, the young man will play tricks on the people who come to worship, such as stealing the tribute or something, and those people think that it is a manifestation of the gods, and they keep thanking the Buddha for bringing A better tribute.

One summer, there was a long drought in Xi'an. People kept worshiping and praying for the rice seedlings in the fields, but the gods no longer appeared. The boy prayed to the nearby trees to leave some water for the stream. , Don't store it all in your body, the young man knelt down on the ground, distributed his spiritual power, and ran around, so that the land would dry up slowly, however, the remaining water would not last long.The young man also knew that he could not help them, so he could only watch helplessly as the land lost its vitality, was thirsty, and prayed silently in his heart.

Suddenly, one day, a monk came and discovered the existence of the young man. He thought that the long drought was because the Buddha was angry, because his place was occupied by this unknown person, and the surrounding people also blindly believed it.

Even though the boy shouted that he has been here for a long time, no one is willing to listen. The boy has never seen such a formation. Human beings are like locusts, rushing over, like bees, picking up their own sharp weapons,

The boy discovered that human beings are really ignorant,

You can't even see me here, yet you dare to say that you want to destroy me...

If it weren't for that monk's guidance, you wouldn't even know I'm here! !

You obviously ignored me for so long...

However, he has never experienced these things, and the boy has no way to resist. He grew up relying on human beliefs, and he cannot do anything bad to humans at all. Even if it is a prank, he cannot directly harm humans. Otherwise, the injured will eventually be yourself.

That's it,

Since, I was born relying on your strength, since you want to take my life back, then take it back...

Originally, I should have died long ago.

However, the power of the monk could not destroy the boy,

At the same time, the power gained by believing in it, how can it seem to hurt?

Originally, if the boy resisted, the boy would not be injured at all, let alone be sealed in this dilapidated Buddhist book in the end.

Long time,

in the blink of an eye,

The long 50 years are just a dream time for boys.

In 804 A.D., Master Hongfa accompanied Tang envoys to the Central Plains, visited the presiding officer of Qinglong, and studied under the monk Huiguo of the East Pagoda of Qinglong Temple. When he returned home, he received dozens of volumes of Buddhist books as a gift.

By accident,

The Buddhist volume that sealed young Hong was in it. When Hongfa discovered the existence of the young man, the young man's spiritual power was weakened due to the long-term seal, and he could not even maintain the appearance of a young man, so he could barely stay at the age of five or six.

The boy's eyes were pure and clean like a mirror. Master Hongfa adhering to the "compassion in his heart" lifted the boy's seal, and took the boy around to preach Buddhist scriptures.

The two ate and lived together, healed the injured together, climbed mountains and crossed streams together, just like grandparents and grandchildren, having fun together.

In 823 A.D., the emperor granted the East Temple to Hongfa. From then on, the two people read and copied Buddhist scriptures in this East Temple. In the still desolate East Temple, every plant, every tree, every pillar and every beam were slowly built up. Here, Became the head of the Shingon sect, Buddhism flourished, fireworks continued, and the boy began to grow up gradually.

A simple and fulfilling life always passes very quickly, and that kind of small, simple happiness is always easily lost in the flood of time.

In 835 AD, after 12 years in Toji Temple, Kobo Daishi passed away.

When he left, there were no disciples by his side, only the monster, Hiroshi, who had been with him for nearly 15 years.

And the master's last words,

It was said to Hiro who has experienced more years than himself,

"Your life is so long, one day, you will meet someone who will treat you sincerely, so don't be sad, I just finished this life, and maybe we will meet again in the next life."

The boy nodded, and stayed quietly in the East Temple, watching the incense burning in the temple, listening to the passing bell, and living the rest of his life peacefully. He believed that one day, we could meet each other again.

Later, in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, with the decline of the dynasty, Dongji Temple gradually declined.

Later, the flames of war raged, and the Toji Temple was destroyed...

boy got it

That person is not coming back.

Together with his memory began to slowly blur.

The collapse of this monastery that carried too many memories became the last straw that overwhelmed the boy.

The boy began to hate humans,

Why, to destroy my last memory,

I……

no more...

place to go back to...

The boy began to hurt the passers-by. In this time of war, it doesn't matter if one or two more people die...

However, the boy still couldn't bear to start,

The real killing is at most just releasing miasma to make people sick...

But that's all

The boy himself still received a backlash,

harm humans,

In the end, he was the one who got hurt.

The boy is still obsessed with obsession, his eroded body has gradually changed from a five or six-year-old child to a three- or four-year-old, and his strength is getting weaker and weaker...

In the end, unable to resist the erosion of the grievances all over the place, I gradually lost my rationality,

In order to avoid his complete disappearance, Hong chose to refrigerate himself in the only basement that had not been destroyed.

I don't know how many years and months have passed, how many full moons, how many times the cicadas sing...

In a world of silence and darkness,

As if there is only one.

The boy returned to the same way as when he was a gecko, and he was in a panic all day long.

how many rounds,

When the boy wakes up,

Dongji Temple has been rebuilt long ago, and the original prosperity has been restored, and the incense is flourishing.

With the presence of Luoshan University in the courtyard, there was a lot of voices.

The earth has long been the same as before, full of vitality. The era of darkness and war was like a nightmare, and it was completely over at the moment of waking up.

The boy suppressed his inner resentment and began to live a peaceful life, not leaving...

Instead, I have gotten used to this kind of life. During the long wait, there is no hope or disappointment anymore...

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"finally found you."

The branches are full of emerald green leaves, shining with emerald light, the girl stands under the tree, raises her head, and smiles slightly,

"Are you still angry?"

The boy stared blankly at the smiling girl under the tree,

"I really didn't know you were a monster. I thought you were a human at first?"

The girl paused,

"So, I didn't mean to lie to you, don't be angry, okay? I'll make your favorite sweet and sour fish~"

The flattering voice, waxy, makes one's heart soften.

"It doesn't matter whether it's a human or a demon, does it?"

we are still friends……

"Hong, one day, you will meet such a human being who is not afraid of your existence, a kind and gentle person..."

I don't know which era,

The long memory flooded over like a flood,

Ah ~

I think,

I probably met

You said the person,

Propaganda.

The author has something to say: the manuscript box is empty TT

not serious in class,

Now I have to review by myself, the end of the term is one month away, please don't fail the exam...

Suddenly thought of a birthday present for Akashi...

Then it will probably be updated regularly in the future.....

try to be on time