Changjie grabbed Xuanzang's thin shoulders, and the touch of his hand made him deeply blame, it was he, who was the elder brother, who did not protect his younger brother well. Xuanzang is now eleven years old, and in a few days, he will be twelve, but he has lost weight like this.

His eyes were bloodshot: "The second brother didn't ask why you wanted to leave, just asked, can you, can you leave again in a few days?" "It was all too sudden.

Is it just because of a dream? When he woke up, his brother, who was dependent on him, was actually leaving his side!

Xuanzang shook his head, unusually firm: "Maybe the second brother doesn't believe it, but it was indeed the Bodhisattva who told me in the dream, let me set off immediately, saying that there is an opportunity waiting for me in Chang'an." ”

"Okay, the second brother will accompany you. "Let Xuanzang go alone, he will always be worried.

Xuanzang didn't expect Changjie to make such a choice: "Second brother, why do you bother! We finally found such a place to settle down." "The second brother doesn't say it, it doesn't mean that he doesn't know, the second brother doesn't like Chang'an.

If it weren't for someone telling him like that in his dream, he didn't want to live under the brilliance of the golden cicada, and he would probably really spend the rest of his life in the Pure Land Temple.

What Jiang Liu decides, even if he, who is the second brother, wears out his mouth, it is in vain. But, "No matter what, you don't have to go alone, do you?"

Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, is unattainable for thousands of people and is the highest holy place for all those who pursue careers. However, for Changjie, it was just a place where his family was ruined.

Speaking of which, he should really be glad that the mistake at that time made him come to Luoyang in a daze. Only then was he able to escape from the shadow of Chang'an.

"Second brother!" Xuanzang stood up and patted Changjie's shoulder with his hands that had not yet grown, just like the second brother had done before: "You don't have to worry about me, I can take care of myself." Moreover, I don't want to be such a selfish person, knowing that you don't like Chang'an, I still want you to follow. ”

Changjie didn't expect that Jiang Liu, who didn't seem to be familiar with the world and had been growing up under the protection of his immature wings, turned out to see it so thoroughly in his heart: "Jiang Liu, I've really grown up." Can you tell the second brother what the dream is like?"

Xuanzang told how he met a lotus flower in his dream, how he was on the endless pond, and the "golden cicada" that would be inseparable from now on.

"It's real. Xuanzang bit his lip, if there is anyone in this world who will understand his feelings, it may only be the second brother of a mother's compatriot: "I don't want others to say who I am, and then I will be that person." ”

That kind of life is no different from the puppet in the hands of a puppet actor, and maybe when he is a long, long time later, he will really become that golden cicada. But at least, not now.

After simply packing up the baggage, Xuanzang said goodbye to the abbot and others, and Changjie sent them all the way down the mountain.

"Senior Brother Changjie, you shouldn't hate me, right?" Xuanzang looked at the expressionless appearance of the second brother, to be honest, although he was the one who made the decision, he was really afraid that it would affect the second brother's mood.

Changjie pressed the gloom in his heart, and pulled out a smile that he thought was quite peaceful: "My brother wants to answer the doubts in his heart and wants to be his true self, what does my second brother have to resent." ”

yes, that's what he really thinks in his heart. It's just that after staying together for eleven years, it will be twelve years for another three days, and no one will get used to leaving suddenly!

Jiang Liu can be ruthless and leave as soon as he says. This couldn't help but make Changjie in a trance, whether Jiang Liu had been relying on him, or he, who had been the second brother, had been relying on his younger brother.

"Then, second brother, there will be a period later. Xuanzang stretched out a hand and waved at Changjie on the mountain road.

The moment he turned his head, he took one last look at the Pure Land Temple, which had disappeared into layers of clouds and mist, and from his direction, he couldn't find anything except the wanton joy of flowing clouds. It's really a pure land, but I don't know if he can find such a temple in Chang'an City.

In Chang'an City, under the corner of the city wall, Xuanzang, who had just spent his twelfth birthday alone, met a young man in Chinese clothes: "Dare to ask this little brother, if you want to become a monk in Chang'an City, where should you go?"

The night before he arrived in Chang'an, he had another dream.

In the dream, there was still a lotus pond shrouded in golden light, and the Bodhisattva said to him, entering Chang'an City, less than 300 meters at the foot of the city, there would be a young man dressed in yellow clothes, and he said that where you go to become a monk, you will go to become a monk.

This is the beginning of the encounter.

Before following Changjie to become a monk in the Pure Land Temple, the abbot actually used the opportunity as an excuse that he did not shave Xuanzang for a long time, but only gave him the name of cultivation.

So, strictly speaking, he can't be considered a monk yet. Shaving off the three thousand threads of troubles is the first step to escape into the empty door.

The young man's long black and bright shawl hair was pulled up high by a dark hairband, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he described it with red lips and white teeth: "Are you sincere?"

Xuanzang nodded, "Naturally sincere." "If your heart is not true, why bother to come here all the way and leave his dearest second brother.

The young man smiled again and looked at him playfully: "Look at your young age, you actually have such great ambitions. Then I'll show you a clear road, in Chang'an City, Jinshan Temple is the highest, the steepest cliff, and the most stone steps. If you're sincere, there's no better place to be. ”

Xuanzang thanked the young man with a smile, turned around and took steps in the direction where Jinshan Temple was located.

The young man was ready to watch the play, his eyebrows and eyes were crooked with a smile, and when he saw Xuanzang's serious appearance, he was taken aback, and quickly grabbed Xuanzang: "Hey, you are so young, why don't you have a lot of brains." If you go to Jinshan Temple, you will only suffer. ”

"It's not a big deal, that's fine. The little figure gradually melted into the sunlight. What Jin Chanzi can do, Xuanzang can do, and he will only do better than him.

The young man drooped his head, and the good mood of the day seemed to disappear in an instant: "Did I do this to hurt him?"

"Royal brother, royal brother!" Emperor Tang shouted several times in a row, and Xuanzang gradually came back to his senses.

"It's Xuanzang who is distracted, what did Your Majesty just say?" People say that Huangliang is a dream, and the taste of waking up from this big dream is really trance-like.

Emperor Tang sighed: "When will the royal brother be able to open his heart to me!"

Xuanzang avoided talking about this topic: "Xuanzang can go to the West Heaven at any time to learn scriptures, just waiting for His Majesty's holy decree." ”

It turns out that this encounter that haunts my heart almost every night refers to this experience.

The Bodhisattva said that when he entered Chang'an City, the first person he saw was the person he was destined to live in. All his encounters and marriages arose because of him.