Chapter 8: The First Encounter After a Long Absence (3)

Xin Che rushed back at noon the next day, covered in mud and scratches, carrying a basket full of rare herbs and mushrooms, and even a fluffy blanket.

Although Yin Suwen's complexion did not improve much, the remaining medicine and food had obviously been passive.

"The poor monks and Buddhists have no hunting, so they can only bring these. This is a cave for practice, quite far from the temple, this blanket is from the mountain hunters, and it is quite clean. ”

Yin Suwen didn't respond to him, he didn't expect an answer, he just cleaned up while talking, and soon the aroma of mushroom soup wafted in.

Putting the hot bowl in her hand and wrapping her tightly in a blanket, Xin Che got up and walked out of the cave, and then looked back after thinking about it.

"I'm nearby."

Every day, except for the sleeping Yin Suwen, who just sat in a daze, Xinche was also a person who didn't want to speak, and the two rarely talked in the next few days, and she didn't ask him or say anything. In addition to sending some food and changing the medicine as necessary, he would meditate at the entrance of the cave at a certain distance from her, so the sound of faint chanting would be heard at a fixed time every day.

"I'm not asleep, you don't have to chant so quietly."

"The scriptures are not in the heart, nor in the voice."

"Oh, wise monk and pious novice, what have your scriptures taught you?"

"A person who loves lust is like a torch, and if he walks against the wind, he will burn his hands."

There was no word for another day.

Yin Suwen hated, hated, what she thought was salvation was nothing but a greater disaster; Hate, why did this passing monk force himself to live so kindly and repeatedly. There are many people in this world who carry the torch against the wind, but there are not many who hate their life-saving benefactors, but they have all of them, and it's really funny to think about it.

Food is scarce in the mountains in winter, thinking that Yin Suwen is still a seriously injured patient, Xinche always tries his best to find something for her every day that can replenish her body, he has lived in this deep mountain for more than ten years, and he does not have much experience in taking care of people. Fortunately, this hard work was not in vain, under his careful care, Yin Suwen was finally willing to eat normally, although he didn't eat much, but his complexion was obviously better, and he was finally able to feel a little more relieved.

"Donor, donor, wake up."

Yin Suwen, who was still asleep, was woken up by Xinche in a hurry, and she was not fully awake, she only leaned on his arm in a daze, and she was afraid that she had never expected such a subconscious and unscrupulous approach.

"Master Yin, someone is patrolling the mountains."

He didn't push the person in his arms away, but only tightened the coat that wrapped around her.

"Fang was chopping wood outside the cave, and saw a team of men and horses marching halfway up the mountain. I can't see it clearly from a distance, but I vaguely see that it is the color of the military uniform, and I should have come to look for you. ”

"Soldiers? Looking for me? ”

Yin Suwen, who was in a semi-foggy state, suddenly came to his senses, and violently pushed Xin Che towards the depths of the cave. She was so desperate that she couldn't see, and she slammed backwards and almost fell, but fortunately she was quickly dragged back.

"Why is the donor so alarmed?"

Seeing that the woman in front of him seemed to be greatly frightened, the whole person trembled and kept pleading

"Don't, please, don't let them find me······"

Xin Che didn't quite understand why she had such an overreaction. It was not safe to be covered with snow in the mountains and lack of food and clothing, and now if someone came to look for her, the two of them would be saved, which should have been a good thing, but I didn't want her to resist so much.

"You really don't want to go back?"

"I don't want to!"

"Perhaps, maybe it's just Lord Fu Yin who sent someone to look for you, not necessarily ······"

The heart is clear about the love between men and women, but the mind is still meticulous. After thinking about it for a while, she thought that she might be afraid of seeing the people of Zhang's Mansion to resist so much, so she still found Yin's Mansion to persuade her, but she didn't want to be rejected directly.

"I really don't want to see anyone, so please ask Master to help you guide them away. When my eyes are healed, I will leave on my own, and I will never have to work again. ”

In the few days since he got along with Xinche, Yin Suwen softened for the first time, and Qi Qiran asked for help from the monk in front of him who had not really met, but he was apprehensive in his heart, and he was afraid that anyone would be eager to get rid of her burden.

After a short silence, Xin Che finally stopped persuading and walked out silently, Yin Suwen breathed a sigh of relief and silently thanked him in his heart. At this moment, there is no difference between Yin Mansion and Zhang Mansion for her, and she has no strength to go back and go over again after being abandoned.

The snow melted slightly, and the wind in the mountains became cooler. Xin Che always sat cross-legged at the entrance of the cave and meditated and chanted, so that some of the cold wind would be blocked. He usually sat in the same position for long periods of time, sometimes hearing the woman in the cave gradually breathe regularly and steadily, and occasionally looking up at the moon in the night sky.

Everyone in the world suffers, and most of them are absent from the mind. He has also traveled thousands of miles to follow the footsteps of his ancestor to the west, and on the way to the west, he has seen all kinds of people, and has watched all kinds of stories but has never been moved. The abbot said that people in Buddhism embrace the sun and the moon and have great love in their hearts, so they are compassionate, love without moving is for great love, and the way of living without interfering with sentient beings is great love.

"Love without moving."

He frowned slightly and muttered to himself, thinking a little confused for the first time. He had thought he had done a good job at this point, but now he had turned to confusion, and the presence of the woman in the cave seemed to disrupt his usual pace. Xin Che faintly hoped that she could recover soon, so that she could withdraw from the cause and effect as soon as possible and return to a peaceful life outside the world.

There was a squirming sound of turning and coughing from behind, calling Xin Che back from his distant contemplation.

"Are you having nightmares again? "

There was a rare warmth in his voice.

"Oh, it's hot. "

Adding enough firewood to the fire, he handed the water that had been warm to Yin Suwen's hand, and after touching her cold fingertips, he dodged without a trace, and after thinking about it, he still covered her with his coat.

"You, do you smell anything strange? "

Yin Suwen hesitated, but couldn't help but ask. She has bad eyes and is more sensitive to smells than she seems to be.

After a careful search, Xin Che finally smelled something strange under the layers of herbal smells. It was the smell of carrion, coming from Yin Suwen's body.

"Sure enough, something is rotten, is it my wound?"

Seeing that Xin Che had not answered for a long time, Yin Suwen did not panic and confirmed the doubts in his heart. She herself is afraid of cold, and her self-healing ability is extremely poor, so many wounds have a collective attack in the cold night of rain and snow, and it will definitely not heal so easily. It's just that I didn't feel any pain until the temperature in the cave gradually rises with the campfire at night, and then the rotten breath is discovered.