In a temple outside Jinling City, the gate is closed, and only a few Buddhist scriptures in the Six Patriarchs Sutra can be heard from inside

In the middle of the wall, several novices of about eight or nine years old were quietly sweeping the fallen leaves on the ground with brooms in their hands, and one of them sneaked to a big house with a broom in his hand, his ears were close to the window, and he listened carefully to the Buddhist scriptures coming from the house with a look of enjoyment

"Look, that kid from the Gu family is eavesdropping on the master's chanting again, and I don't know what he thinks, why he likes to listen to Buddhist scriptures so much"

A few novices who were sweeping the fallen leaves not far away were making fun of the little novice who was eavesdropping, only to hear the words of one person behind a few people

"Be cautious, although my Buddha can't help but speak to me, but my Buddha is attached to my heart, judging others who are not taught by my Buddha, and all the little disciples who have not been awarded the Dharma title are cautious in their words and deeds."

As soon as these little novices turned around, they saw a novice who was not much older than them looking at them kindly with his head down

The little novices nodded hurriedly and said to this person in unison, "We know, thank you for your teaching."

This man folded his hands, opened his mouth slightly, and continued softly, "Although the little junior brother Gu is young, he has a very Buddha wisdom root on his body, although his Buddha heart is young, but his heart yearns for my Buddha, you little junior brothers should learn more from him in the future, so that they can take refuge in my Buddha as soon as possible, so that after all these things, you can go to the meditation room with me and listen to a senior brother chanting."

The little novices were overjoyed, nodded fiercely, and said in unison, "Then I'll go and clean up the fallen leaves now, senior brother and go first."

The man nodded slightly, walked straight forward, and when he was about to approach the sneaky little novice who was immersed in the Buddhist scriptures, he slowed down his pace, slowly walked behind the little novice, and gently patted the little novice on the shoulder with one hand, and the little novice opened his eyes suddenly, and then his eyes saw the person who came directly into his eyes.

Xiao Shami relieved his nerves, as if he didn't want to disturb the people in the room who were chanting, and lowered his voice and asked in a low voice, "Senior brother, what's the matter?" ”

The man's eyes narrowed slightly, and he was about to speak, when his face suddenly changed, as if he had seen something terrible, and finally hesitated for a while, so he had to say something soft

"Senior Brother Huineng is going to teach us novices in his meditation room later, Senior Brother asked me to inform you, Little Brother, you will go with you later."

As soon as the words fell, the man ignored the little novice's answer, turned his head and walked quickly behind him, as if he was running away from someone.

But Xiao Shami was a little puzzled why this senior brother's attitude was so anxious, and he was about to ask, only to see that his shoulder was put on by a palm again, Xiao Shami turned his head to look, and couldn't help but speak

"Big brother? You, how did you get here?"

If you look closely, the person who is called the eldest brother by Xiao Shami is the leader of the Jinji that Kuki met in the wilderness that day - suddenly laughed!

Suddenly, Xiaoxiao's face was a little pale, and a pair of eagle-eyed sharp eyes looked at the figure slowly walking away, as if thinking about something

When the little novice spoke again, he suddenly laughed and then reacted, smiled slightly, gently stroked the little novice's head with his palm, and said, "I haven't seen you for a few days, second brother, you have been used to staying in this Zen temple, and you have begun to eavesdrop on the Buddhist scriptures in the corner, not bad, not bad......"

Worthy of ..... It is worthy of being the Buddha's heart that is favored by the master.....

Suddenly, the palm of the smile stroked the little novice's little head, and before he could touch it, the little novice reached out and picked up the palm of the little smile, and said suspiciously, "Why is your palm so rough, big brother, it is completely different from the previous feeling, and it makes my head a little painful."

Suddenly, his face changed suddenly when he heard this, and he hurriedly pulled out his palm from Xiao Shami's hand, put it behind his waist, and said, "What's the matter, your eldest brother and I have been practicing archery for almost ten years, and it is inevitable that there are some calluses on my hands. ”

As he spoke, he squatted down with a smile, looked at Xiao Shami's head, and quipped with the corners of his mouth raised, "Why are you staying here today, if I remember correctly, you should be cleaning the fallen leaves today, right?" ”

Xiao Shami's face turned red, a little twisted, and he subconsciously wanted to hide the broom he was holding in his other hand behind him, but suddenly he had already snatched it from his hand

Suddenly, he smiled and took this broom, the smile on his face disappeared suddenly, he frowned, looked at Xiao Shami, and said, "How?" Lazy again? ”

Seeing the sudden smile, the little novice turned his head and prepared to run, but before he could take a step

I only heard a whoosh, and suddenly laughed and threw the broom in his hand forward, and the wooden broom grazed Xiao Shami's cheek, gently cutting through a layer of skin, and a few drops of strangely colored blood flowed out of it, and then the root of the broom was directly sunk into the ground three inches, blocking in front of Xiao Shami.

"Run for what?!"

There was a sound behind him that was already a little angry, and the little novice suddenly panicked, turned back, lowered his head and replied with some guilt

"I don't know why, every time I hear the Buddhist scriptures coming from the temple, I can't control myself, I just want to put down my affairs and listen to the Buddhist scriptures, and, and ....."

As he spoke, he felt a little aggrieved and couldn't help crying

Suddenly, he smiled and saw that the little novice was actually made to cry by his own reprimand, and he was also a little panicked, although he now wanted to apologize and coax this little novice, but he didn't know how to speak, and finally held back for a long time, and could only say a little helplessly

"I don't care about this matter, don't cry"

But what happened next made Suddenly's laughter almost kick back

After suddenly laughing and saying this, as soon as he blinked, he saw that the little novice had stopped crying, and when he stepped forward to take a closer look, it turned out that the little novice was just pretending to cry, without a single tear on his face, and looked at himself with a smile, as if nothing had happened just now.

Suddenly, his cheeks twitched with a smile, and finally he had to sigh, and said helplessly, "Forget it, I won't care so much about you, but"

Speaking of this, he suddenly smiled and stretched out his finger and gently flicked it on the forehead of the little novice, and continued, "Next time, let me see that you are lazy and don't do the tasks assigned to you in the temple, and see how I clean you up!" ”

Xiao Shami smirked and nodded, but then Xiao Shami reacted and asked with some confusion, "Then big brother, you haven't told me what you came to us for today?" ”

Suddenly, he stood up, put his hands in his pockets, and looked into the room

"I'm here to find the master, his old man."

When he said this, he suddenly smiled a little uncomfortable

But the little novice didn't see this, he just heard the sudden smile and nodded, said a "hmm" and was gone.

Suddenly, he nodded his head inexplicably, his eyes fixed on the closed door, his sharp eyes as if they could see through the window

Xiao Shami picked his fingers for a while, and suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile, "By the way, big brother, that senior brother just came to tell me that I should go to Senior Brother Huineng's meditation room to listen to Senior Brother Huineng's chanting later, then I will go and prepare first."

Suddenly, he smiled absentmindedly and nodded, not knowing whether he listened or not

And after seeing the sudden smile and nodding, the little novice said goodbye to the sudden smile, and trotted away.

After the little novice walked away, he suddenly smiled and breathed a long sigh of relief, looked at the window, and said to himself

"Woe to you... What a curse..."

"What's the trouble?"

Suddenly, an old monk in a black robe appeared beside him

The old monk was holding a string of Buddhist beads in his hand, his eyes were already a little cloudy, and his whole body was exuding a gloomy and dull dead air, which really made people stay away.

But it was such an old monk who made people stay away, and after suddenly laughing, he bowed to him very respectfully and said humbly

"Master"