She finally stretched out her hand and pushed open the courtyard door, and in the courtyard outside the main hall, Liao Ming, who was dressed in a blue and gray monk's robe, stood next to the lotus jar, looking at the budding lotus very attentively.

"Have you seen the old man in the city?" he didn't look at Wincy, but he knew she was coming.

How beautiful this situation is, Wen Xi's originally tense body relaxed slightly, she said that she was going to Muchuan City to visit her former friends before going down the mountain, she opened her mouth, and her chapped lips opened as if they were torn, "I haven't seen it." ”

"I guess fate hasn't arrived. Liao Ming turned his head and smiled at her, "Everything is fate, fate has arrived, and the ends of the earth are not far away." ”

How could such a monk with such a faint speech and a slight smile be a cold-hearted and cold-blooded person who harms others?

Wen Xi felt an indescribable pain in his heart, "Monk, who is your destined person?"

Liao Ming raised his head, thought about it, and then smiled: "Monk Monk, born as a monk, there is no longer a mortal fate." ”

Wen Xi suppressed the impulse to speak, his eyes fell on the lotus jar, and he asked with difficulty: "You said that I should stay and watch your lotus bloom, I don't know what is special about this flower?"

"Ah, this lotus, it's a long story......" Liming chuckled at her, "It's still early, why don't you come and drink a cup of tea." ”

Ming's tea stove is used all year round, adding water can waft out the bitter fragrance, he shaved some tea powder down, boiling water to roll a piece of green, Du Yu once boiled this tea, called Piluo, he said that bitter tea has an aftertaste, presumably only people who have experienced the pain of the world, can taste such a taste.

Wen Xi picked up the tea bowl that was poured full, but today he tasted a little bit of the aftertaste that Du Yu said, bitter and long.

"Many years ago, a monk from the west, I heard that he was a senior monk from Peacock City, and came to Zhongzhou to preach the scriptures. He brought a bundle of banana sutras from the Buddha country, three red lotus seeds, dedicated to His Majesty Gaozu of the Jinhua Kingdom at that time, Gaozu saw that Hu Seng spoke freely, and the Dharma was profound, so he built a lecture garden in Huan Jing, and asked Hu Seng to talk about Buddhism. Liao Ming said, smiled lightly, and said, "Girl, I talk about this, do you think you don't want to hear it." ”

Wen Xi shook his head, "Everything must have a cause, isn't it the cause and effect of the Buddhist family that you said?"

Ming smiled again: "In the past, you always didn't have a little patience. ”

Wen Xi lowered her head, hiding her sadness, in the past, she did dislike the clean and boring here, it was not as lively and fun as Muchuan City, Wen Yan played two games of chess with Ming, she was able to demolish this not very reliable Zen courtyard.

"Your lotus flower, did the monk bring it from the Buddha Kingdom?" she asked.

Liao Ming shook his head slightly, and said: "Hu Seng lived in the lecture garden, opened the altar to speak, and the Buddhists who came here were overwhelming, and at the peak, I was afraid that there were thousands of people, and the corridors and flower beds in the lecture garden were crowded with believers. After preaching, Hu Seng broke the shell of the three red lotus seeds and planted them in the pond water of the lecture garden, perhaps the lotus seeds were not fresh, maybe the climate was not suitable, the lotus seeds were planted for a year, not a single grain grew, Hu Seng was not disappointed, and this matter was gradually forgotten by him. ”

After thinking about it carefully, "Later, about the twenty-fifth year of Xuanzhen, it was the thirteenth year that Hu Seng lived in the lecture garden, he said that he should leave, Zhongzhou is vast, and he has to travel elsewhere to teach the Fa, originally planned to only stay in Jinhua for three years, because Gaozu stayed hard, three years and three years, it was delayed for a long time, but it was not good to stay. ”

Gaozu can't, had to give him gifts, send him away, don't want to be in the second year of Hu Seng leaving, the lecture garden pond actually grew a lotus, this lotus is different from the common red lotus and white lotus, but it is among the red petals, with a little golden light, that Hu Seng once said that this lotus is called Tangchi Golden Lotus, it is a flower in Foshan, Gaozu is auspicious, the lecture garden is changed to the Golden Lotus Temple, retain the scripture platform of Hu Seng's sayings, and the lotus flower in that pool is carefully cared for. ”

Wen Xi forgot a little of her previous resentment when she heard this, and she asked, "So you, this lotus, are the lotus knots in the Golden Lotus Temple?"

Liao Ming nodded, he said: "In the past, when the monk came to the east, he also followed the example of Hu Seng and brought three red lotus seeds, but he didn't want to end up in the demon barrier, and he planted it without shame, and now this lotus will be released, presumably it must be predicted by God, and it is time for the monk to leave." ”

Wen Xi was dumbfounded, "Are you from Jinhua?"

Liao Ming smiled slightly: "Seventeen years ago, when you left Huanjing, why not abolish the crown prince alone?"

Wen Xi was shocked, she sorted out the thoughts in her head, and then muttered again, "You and my master, have you known each other for a long time?"

"Hehe......" Ming chuckled, the tea fragrance in the furnace was overflowing, and the sunset filled the sky, "The monk is just a scripture copying monk in the Buddhist temple, but a person who is a little end, how can he recognize His Royal Highness the former prince." ”

"Then why, why does my master come to visit you frequently when he is in the rivers and lakes?" Wen Xi was still puzzled, and there was something in the clear words, which could not be explained by the word fate he said.

Ming crossed his knees, leaning on a few, the fan swayed lightly, fanned up the breeze, he looked out the window, the forest leaves were blown by the evening breeze like waves, there were birds in the sky, and there was a clear sound.

"Xiaoxi, what kind of answer do you want from me?" said Ming softly, his lips opening and closing, and a smile on his face throughout.

Wincy no longer had the same turbulent mood as before, but she felt that this seemingly calm and unwavering twilight was heavier than ever, and neither the mournful Lord Merlin nor her master could be clear with a single question or answer.

"Who are you?" asked Wen Xi, "Who is Zen Master Ming?"

Ming's smile froze, he really didn't expect that Wenxi's first question would be this.

"Monk, who were you before?" asked Wency again.

Li Ming even stopped the fan in his hand slightly, "Among the things you want to ask, who I am is the most irrelevant." ”

Wen Xi forced his eyes and said, "But I want to know, where did you come from, why you are here, what are you asking for?"

Li Ming could no longer maintain a completely plain appearance, his brows were slightly furrowed, the corners of his lips moved slightly, and his posture as light as the wind and the moon seemed to have been wrinkled by the wind.

"If I don't want to answer, I can lie to you. He said.

Wen Xi said: "If you lie to me, then I am sure that there is a big problem with your origin, there is no perfect lie in the world, I will follow your flaws to peel everything you off." ”

Li Ming looked at the girl in front of him, her eyes were as firm as determination, Li Ming closed his eyes slightly, raised his head and breathed a sigh of relief, he couldn't lie to such eyes, and he was no longer used to weaving lies.