After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Shanghai charities decided to set up a committee for the relief of refugees in the war zone. Immediately, with the support of Venerable Yuan Ying, chairman of the Buddhist Association of China, the "Charity Federation" Relief Theater Refugee Committee set up a monk rescue team, and more than 100 young monks from various monasteries in Nanjing and Shanghai reported to the Jade Buddha Temple in Shanghai.

In the beginning, there were 120 members of the monks' ambulance team, two-thirds of whom were intellectuals, and most of them were outstanding people from Buddhist academies across the country, so they were able to understand the difficult environment in which the government was located, as well as their own mission and responsibility to the country and the nation.

After the outbreak of the Battle of Songhu on August 13, this monk ambulance team quickly rushed to the battlefield to carry out rescue work after a short training at Fazang Temple in Shanghai.

Before leaving, Venerable Yuan Ying said to everyone: "Every member of the team must do a good job in the rescue work of the Anti-Japanese War with the spirit of fearlessness, selflessness and compassion!" ”

The monk ambulance team worked tirelessly and ventured into and out of the war zones around Wusong, Dachang, and Liuhang to rescue the wounded who had shed blood for the country and rescue the compatriots who were injured by the Japanese planes; In the smoke of gunpowder, some of them sacrificed their precious lives, and some were disabled for life by Japanese shells, but they had no complaints or regrets, so they won praise from all walks of life.

Under the leadership of the chief captain Qu Wenliu and the deputy captain Venerable Hongming, the monk ambulance team set out to the front line every day, although under the strong artillery fire, the team still did not avoid hardships, but still ventured to the front line to rescue the loyal and brave wounded soldiers, and always maintained the spirit of brave service.

The Buddhist Church of China has set up a refugee shelter in Hurd Lujue Garden, Shanghai, to accommodate more than 3,000 refugees and provide food and medicine. As the secretary general of the Buddhist Association of China, Zhao Puchu personally brought more than 100 young and middle-aged refugees who wanted to resist the enemy to the front line and supplemented the 36th division led by Song Xilian.

As the war in Shanghai expanded, monks from all over the country responded one after another, and the monks' ambulance gradually grew, including many of the refugees they treated.

When Ye Lei came to Zhabei Primary School, the ambulance team had already rushed to the front line in Sanyili, leaving only a few team members behind.

"Amitabha Buddha ~ What are you doing here, sir?"

On the playground, a slightly older monk came to Ye Lei and made a Buddhist salute very politely. He was followed by a little girl of twelve or thirteen years old, who was a little frightened when she saw the living, and dragged the monk's trouser leg after him.

This monk is not like the kind of monk shown on TV, he wears a gray round hat and wears ordinary people's plain clothes. If it weren't for his words and deeds, Ye Lei wouldn't be able to tell that he was a monk at all.

Ye Lei saluted to show his respect and said, "My name is Ye Lei, and I heard that a monk ambulance team came, so I came to take a look." ”

"It turned out that Chief Ye had visited, and he had admired the name for a long time."

The old monk saluted again to show his respect, and Ye Lei said, "The master doesn't have to salute, what about the others?" ”

The old monk said, "I'm going to the front line." ”

Ye Lei said: "I heard that some of you don't want to be monks, they want to be soldiers and kill people. ”

The old monk sighed and said, "There are so many people. ”

"Won't the master stop it? Murder is the first great precept of Buddhism. ”

"If the country is not protected, how can the temple exist? When the national disaster is at the head, killing people is nursing students. Since you no longer have the heart to become a Buddha, let them go. ”

"That's fine." Ye Lei looked at the little girl behind the old monk who was really cute, and asked curiously, "Who is this girl?" ”

The monk clasped his hands together, closed his eyes and said, "Sin, sin." She called Xiaohua an orphan who was picked up by a poor monk on the street. cough~ After a round of bombing, life was devastated, and Xiaohua's parents were killed in that bombing. ”

Ye Lei took out a compressed biscuit from his pocket, then squatted down and said with a smile: "Give." ”

The little girl shook her head, and after the old monk touched her head, the little girl dared to bring the biscuits.

Ye Lei stood up and said, "The master is merciful, I admire it very much. You're right, killing people is nursing students, the war has burned to the doorstep, and the monks can't recite the scriptures with peace of mind, so let it be. I still have something to do, so I'll take my leave. ”

The old monk performed the Buddha salute again and said, "Amitabha." Seeing that the chief is not improving, you should pay more attention to rest. ”

"Thank you for your concern, farewell."

Ye Lei saluted again, then turned to leave.

After Ye Lei left, the little girl looked at the master and asked in a childish voice, "Master, is he a good person?" ”

The master clasped his hands together, looked at Ye Lei's back and said, "What is good and what is bad?" Saving people for good and killing people for evil. He is a murderer, but all he kills is a bad person. Xiaohua, then do you say he is a good person or a bad person? ”

Ye Lei returned to his station, and then went back to his room to sleep. But the sound of cannons in the distance always buzzed in his ears, making it difficult for him to sleep.

Until eight o'clock in the evening, Ye Lei didn't know when he fell asleep, and was suddenly woken up by a herald.

"Company commander, company commander."

"What's the matter?"

Ye Lei got up from the bed, and the herald saluted and reported: "Report to the company commander, eight monks came up from the playground, saying that they want to add people to our third company." ”

Ye Lei rubbed his face vigorously to sober himself up, and said, "Got it." ”

Coming downstairs, there were eight people standing on the runway. They were dressed in gray plain clothes, and their bare heads were all ordained monks. Next to a burly monk stood a little girl, and Ye Lei recognized it at a glance as the one in the daytime.

"Sir, please let us join your team to kill the devil!"

The monk who took the lead had a loud voice. After Ye Lei walked in, he found that this person was tall and powerful, and it was not surprising that his thick arms could kill a tiger. and his height, which is ten centimeters taller than Ye Lei, standing in front of Ye Lei is like a mountain.

Ye Lei asked, "There are so many troops, why do you have to join my team?" ”

The rugged man said loudly: "Because with Chief Ye, you can kill more devils!" ”

Ye Lei suddenly felt a buzzing in his ears, the other party was not only rugged, but even his voice was so heroic, so he then asked, "Aren't you monks?" ……”

"Sir!" The man interrupted, "Monks can kill people too!" The devil has killed so many of our people, how many people have been displaced, and their homes have been destroyed! We are monks, but we are also Chinese! ”

Ye Lei asked, "Have you read a book?" ”

The man puffed up his chest and replied, "Yes, sir! I've read all of them, so I know that the rise and fall of a country is the responsibility of every man! ”

Ye Lei buttoned his stuffy ears and said, "It's a conscious Chinese, I accepted it." What's the matter with this little girl? ”

The man said, "He is an orphan, and she also wants to join the army, so Master Huiyuan asked me to bring her over." ”

Ye Lei was puzzled: "Brother, she is still a child, this is a military camp, not a shelter." Take her where she should go. ”

The man was also puzzled: "This ...... Where can she go? The family is gone, who is willing to take it in, and stay in the temple, but there are monks all around. ”

The girl suddenly looked at Ye Lei and said in a childish tone: "Big brother is handsome and a good person, you will definitely accept me." Xiaohua will do a lot of things, just give me a bite to eat. ”

Ye Lei felt numb in his heart after hearing this, so he squatted down and smiled: "Little friend, who taught you to say this?" ”

Xiaohua lowered her head, two lines of tears flowed down, and she muttered, "It's the dead father." He said that as long as he said good things to people, Xiaohua would not go hungry. ”

Ye Lei felt a sour feeling in his heart after hearing this, he didn't know how many orphans like her were in the war, so he picked up Xiaohua and said, "Don't cry, big brother has accepted you." Come! ”

"Yes!"

A soldier stepped forward, and Ye Lei ordered: "Take these brothers to change their clothes and register them." Also, order the cooking class to cook a delicious meal, and there must be meat! ”

"Sir." The man said, "We are monks, and we can't eat meat. ”

"It's okay to kill people, but can't you eat meat?"

"Killing people is saving people, but eating meat is a transgression. Although we are here to be soldiers, we still have to have compassion in our hearts. ”

In fact, Ye Lei said this on purpose, so he said, "I know, what's your name?" ”

"I'm also an orphan, I grew up in the temple since I was a child, and the prefect calls me Dashan."

"Good. But I have a request, don't talk so loudly in front of us in the future, your ears can't stand it. ”

"Yes!"

Dashan gave Ye Lei a non-standard military salute, and then a group of people was taken away by a soldier, and Ye Lei took Xiaohua to the field hospital and handed it to Li Yanan.

In a hotel room in Hongkou District, a woman in her twenties is tied to her bed. The mouth was tied with a cloth, and only a pair of large watery eyes and a tall nose leaked out.

At this time, the outside door opened, and Sato took Huang Meiting to the room, and then said, "Miss Ye, hello." ”