8. Monk
Xiyue pushed back unceremoniously, "Just with your two hemp pole arms that can't even pull a bow?" I'm kind enough to remind you to save your breath, don't run out of a wild boar later, you don't even have the strength to escape. ”
Yan Min laughed, "It's funny, I obviously have empty hands, and my mouth is hard." I tell you, if you lose today, you will have to pay me back my bloody horse, and you will not be able to repay the debt. ”
Xi Yuebai glanced at him, "If you don't just hit a wild boar, and you didn't shoot it yourself, you just picked up a leak, what are you proud of." ”
The wild boar just now, although it was discovered by Yan Min, was killed by Zishuo. Yan Min choked and grimaced at her, "Don't care, my people beat it, even if it's mine." What's wrong with the leak? Why don't you have the ability to pick up a leak? ”
As the two spoke, they walked vigorously, making the snow rustle in the forest. Hua Yuan and Yuan Mu in the back glanced at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.
Yan Xu had returned to Yicheng on the second day after the end of the ring, leaving Xiyue in Xiaoshan Palace. Recently, the relationship between the two has eased significantly. In the past, the two of them fought like cocks every time they met, and every time they made a fuss, but now although they don't forgive each other in their mouths, they are just fighting with each other, and they will be safe after that.
For Hua Yuan and Yuan Mu, such a change is a good thing, at least those of them who often accompany the prince don't have to worry about it, and they don't have to go to great lengths to accompany the prince to relieve their boredom, as long as the moon is there, the prince has never shouted boring.
Just thinking about it, Yan Min in front of him suddenly lowered his voice and shouted, "Be careful, light!" There's a roe deer! ”
When everyone heard this, they suddenly came to their senses, and they all spread out carefully, and sure enough, they saw a roe deer not far in front of them looking up and biting the leaves of a cedar tree.
Yan Min was overjoyed, looked back, and saw Zishuo lying not far behind him, hurriedly beckoned to him, and said in a low voice: "Zishuo, my position is not good, you come." ”
Zishuo crouched behind a tree stump, glanced at the roe deer carelessly, but said: "Zishuo is only responsible for protecting the safety of His Highness, as for the hunting robe, please do it yourself." ”
Yuan Mu on the side listened to it, and his heart was very anxious. This guy, again. When he met the wild boar just now, the prince was strong for a while, and ordered the guards not to do anything, and to come by himself, although the other guards responded with their mouths, but they did not dare to slack off at all, only this Zishuo, who looked like he didn't care about anything, held his hands and leaned aside to watch. The prince was a showman, and the arrows he shot were not lethal, but they made the boar go crazy, and before the guards could react, the boar's fangs almost pierced the prince's abdomen. But at the last moment, it was Zishuo who solved the wild boar with a knife.
In fact, it was not only Yuan Mu who was anxious, but those guards were also anxious and afraid, afraid that the prince would make some demon moths without knowing the height of the sky, and hated Zishuo's arrogant attitude that was always unhurried, but no matter how much they hated him, they couldn't do anything about him, people were good, the prince was buying his account, and he was a person from the Mingyan Division, as long as the prince didn't have an accident, no one could touch him, so he could only grit his teeth secretly and stare at the prince tightly.
Yan Min didn't know that the person behind him had thought so much in an instant, and he was still excited, wondering if he should get closer before making a move. But at a glance, he saw that Xiyue had quietly circled behind the tree closest to the roe deer, and the arrow was already on the string, ready to be used at any time. He was in a hurry, and he couldn't care about anything else, so he hurriedly bent his bow and arrows.
With two sounds, the arrows of both of them were off the string, and seeing that the unconscious roe deer was about to fall from the arrow, a Buddha horn suddenly sounded out of thin air in the forest.
"Amitabha Buddha ......"
The roe deer was startled, spread its hooves and ran. Everyone was also shocked, and when they looked up, there was an old monk standing in the forest, with crooked white eyebrows, kind and clear eyes, his face was full of wrinkles, his body was as thin as wood, his thin gray robe looked empty, the straw sandals on his feet were torn, and even his toes were exposed. He stood there with his hands down, giving the illusion that he could not help the wind, as if any more wind could blow him away.
If it weren't for the sudden appearance of this old monk, the roe deer would already be in his bag, Yan Min was furious, pointed at the monk and shouted: "Where did the wild bald donkey come from, it is a good thing for me!" Get out of here, get out of here! Seeing that the roe deer was about to run away, Yan Min turned his head and scolded the guards: "Are you blind or haven't eaten enough?" The roe deer is almost gone, what are you still doing in a daze? Shoot the arrows! ”
But the old monk was standing there, and if he fired an arrow, it would inevitably hurt him, and the guard leader shouted to the monk: "This master, please borrow it!" ”
The old monk didn't move, his hands were put together in front of his chest, "Good and good, monks can't kill when they see it, and please show mercy to your donors, poor monks are willing to recite the Diamond Sutra a hundred times for your donors to accumulate merit." ”
Yan Min jumped up in a hurry, "Get out!" Who wants to listen to you recite what scriptures, master, I came to hunt today! If you don't leave, don't blame me for being rude! ”
The old monk still didn't move, and said slowly: "Since the donor is here for hunting, please let the donor let go of the roe deer and hunt the poor monk's bald donkey instead." ”
Yan Min was dumbfounded, and in an instant, he was furious, and when he saw that the roe deer had run away without a trace, he pointed at the old monk and said, "You dead bald donkey, it's not good to eat fasting and chanting Buddha in the temple, you have to come and go against me!" Think I don't dare? There is a way in heaven that you don't take, and there is no door to hell for you to break into, and I will take you today, a bald donkey! Someone, give me arrows! Shoot this dead bald ass in a hole! ”
Buddhism has a long history in the Jin Kingdom, and the Queen Mother has been worshiping the Buddha for ten years, and every fifteenth day will invite the Taoist monks to enter the palace to give lectures, and the monks are quite respected in the Jin Kingdom. Hua Yuan hurriedly said: "Your Highness, please think twice." The Queen Mother has always respected monks, and if the Queen Mother knows, I am afraid that she will punish you.
Yuan Mu also pulled Yan Min and persuaded in a low voice: "Your Highness, please calm your anger, you see that this monk is so thin in the cold sky, and he is a high monk at first glance, I am afraid that there are some famous halls, in case it is a famous temple abbot who came out to travel and was killed by His Royal Highness by mistake, I am afraid that it will be difficult to explain in the future." ”
"It's hard to explain? Are you deaf? Didn't you hear that this bald donkey invited this palace to hunt him? I will fulfill him, and he will thank me! Yan Min was angry, he couldn't listen to it at all, he impatiently broke free of Yuan Mu's hand, and shouted at the hesitant guard: "Idiot, don't let me release the arrow!" ”
The guards didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and bent their bows and fired arrows at the monk. The old monk lowered his eyes, let the rain of arrows hit, still standing motionless in the snow, only turning the Buddha beads in his hand, and chanting words in his mouth. I don't know if those guards couldn't bear to use force, and those arrows fell in front of the monk.
Yan Min was furious, pointed at the guards and scolded: "A bunch of waste! Eat the waste of white food, and feed you for nothing! Come forward for me, get closer to him, if you shoot that old bald donkey this time, this palace will cut off your heads! ”
Sweating from their foreheads, the guards took a few steps forward and bent their bows again. The old monk's half-hung eyes were raised slightly, and there seemed to be a faint compassion in his eyes.
Suddenly, a clear female voice sounded, "Run, old monk, run quickly!" ”
The old monk looked at the girl, his eyes were slightly bent, and his voice was kind, "Little donor, the poor monk is dying for that roe deer, and he can't run." ”
Xiyue laughed and said loudly: "Old monk, you are stupid, even if it is that roe deer, it will run away when it is hunted down, how can anyone stand obediently and die?" ”
Yan Min's eyebrows almost raised, "Cherish the moon, you are less nosy!" ”
Xiyue ignored him, and said to the old monk: "Old monk, run!" His arrows can't catch up with you because he is not capable, not because you are unwilling to die for the roe deer. Run! ”
The person who was advised was either afraid of being bad or afraid of being punished, only this woman was really afraid that he would lose his life, and the old monk sighed, "It's the poor monk who is confused, thank you for reminding the little donor." ”
The old monk really turned around and walked, but instead of running, he staggered and walked away, and his thin monk's robe was blown up by the wind, as if he would fall at any time.
"Dead bald donkey, you dare to run?" Yan Min waved his hand and shouted, "Release the arrows!" Shoot that bald donkey to Hongu! ”
The locust-like arrows were shot at the monk again, and the monk's steps were still slow, as if he were weak, but the arrows either flew away against his robe or fell behind him, and none of them reached him.
As the seemingly slow and difficult steps of the old monk walked away step by step on the snow, the voice of the old monk's vicissitudes of compassion sounded in the forest, "Although the heart is lost, the nature is especially good, very good, Amitabha Buddha ......"
Yan Min was so angry that he jumped to his feet and cursed while ordering people to chase him, but when the guards put away their bows and arrows, there was no trace of the old monk in the forest.
Xiyue looked at the direction in which the old monk left, and the words lingered over the empty forest, she only felt her head buzzing, and her heart was sad, but she didn't know why she was sad.
In a daze, Yan Min had already walked over scolding, and bumped her elbow against her, "Are you happy now?" As you wished, the old bald donkey ran away. ”
Xiyue came back to her senses, "An outsider who has no quarrel with the world, why do you force each other to die?" ”
Yan Min said angrily: "No quarrel with the world? He fought with me for the roe deer, and if he hadn't been in the way, I would have won the roe deer. Damn the old bald donkey, even if he runs fast, if he runs slowly, he won't be shot at a target. ”
Xiyue snorted, "Run? Which eye did you see him running? You are embarrassed to say that others are blind, but the old monk is obviously walking slowly. ”
Yan Min was about to refute, but Yuan Mu had already sighed: "That's right, the old monk just now is obviously walking very slowly, why did he disappear in the blink of an eye?" Incredible! ”