Chapter 4 Acquaintance (1)

Before dawn, Dao Yan got up, lit the oil lamp, and saw that 'Tai Chi' was still sleeping soundly on the mattress, so he quietly walked out of the underground palace and locked the door. Last night, Dao Yan and 'Tai Chi' had finished eating the last bit of oil cake and pickles given by the master, so they planned to go back to the temple to pick up food today. Halfway through, I saw someone carrying a lantern basket walking up the mountain, and when I looked closely, it turned out to be the master holding a lamp in one hand and a food box in the other. Zong Zhen saw Dao Yan so he smiled and shook the lantern in his hand to signal him to go back to the tower together, Dao Yan hurriedly took the food box, and returned to the tower with Zong Zhen.

After entering the tower, Dao Yan was preparing to light a fire to boil water for the master, Zong Zhen signaled no, and pulled him to his side and told him that there will be an extremely important guest here today, the abbot asked me to tell you that you need to clean the inside and outside of the tower, I saw that you have not returned to the temple for many days, I don't know if the foot injury has not healed, so I want to come here to help you clean, and bring you some food by the way. Dao Yan was very grateful, and hurriedly told the master that he had recovered, and the master did not bother with cleaning.

After sending Zong Zhen away, Dao Yan took the food box and entered the underground palace, summoned 'Tai Chi' to finish eating breakfast together, and informed it that someone was coming today, and told it to be careful and not to make a sound. After tidying up, Dao Yan began to carefully clean the ancient pagoda from the inside out.

Nearly in the morning, Dao Yan was cleaning the steps outside the tower, a group of Yuan soldiers with helmets and armor marched to the front of the tower, Dao Yan saw such a battle, knew that the important guest that the master said had arrived, so he hurriedly put away the tools and stood in front of the tower door to wait.

After a while, Dao Yan saw the abbot Zong Kaitou leading the way, and a middle-aged man in Han costume, tall and extraordinary, accompanied by several civil officials and military generals, walked towards the tower gate.

After a group of people entered the tower, Dao Yan found that only the abbot led the way among the monks of the White Pagoda Temple, presumably the rest of the monks were not qualified to accompany him, thinking that it was the emperor who did not come, so he turned his face sideways and was about to take a look at the tower, when he was suddenly grabbed by someone from the neckline, and then he was thrown to the ground again. Dao Yan endured the pain and got up from the ground, and saw that the Yuan soldier who had knocked him down was shouting at him with a fierce look, and after Dao Yan gestured with his hand to show that he couldn't hear, the Yuan soldier kicked him down and turned back into the queue. Dao Yan was so angry that he immediately fainted in front of him. At this moment, the man with colored eyes walked out of the tower, and when he saw this, he hurriedly stopped, and after Dao Yan fainted, Zong Kai hurriedly ran up and said to the man with colored eyes: "Don't worry, don't worry." This little monk was born with this evil disease, and in a moment he will be fine, and the adults do not need to be angry. "A general of the Yuan army came out and asked a soldier to send Daoyan to the temple under the mountain.

The man with disdainful eyes glanced at Zong Kai and then turned his head to the official next to him and said: "Lord Boshu, this place is very much to my liking, tomorrow I will move here to cultivate, the emperor, I will repair the book and play, you go and prepare." General Kusin doesn't have to send troops to protect here, I'm here to find a clean place, and I'll look for you if there's something. The two officials hurriedly nodded their heads in obedience.

The man then said, "Abbot, from tomorrow onwards, no one will be allowed to come to this pagoda unless I order it to do so, including the monks in your temple. ”

Zong Kai said: "My lord, how can the poor monks provide food and drinking water? ”

The man thought for a moment and said, "Let the little monk who originally took care of the ancient pagoda be responsible, but you can't replace it without my permission." Zong Kai hurriedly nodded and obeyed.

When Dao Yan woke up, he found that he was lying in the master's meditation room, the room was filled with the smell of bone-setting medicine and wine, and there was still a faint pain in his chest, abdomen and back. As Dao Yan slowly sat up from the bed, Zong Zhen pushed the door and walked in. Seeing that Dao Yan had woken up, Zong Zhen came over and sat on the edge of the bed and asked him if he was hungry. Dao Yan shook his head, Zong Zhen sighed and then told Dao Yan what the abbot had explained, and left him to rest here tonight, Dao Yan was worried about 'Tai Chi', so he said goodbye to the master and endured the pain and returned to the ancient pagoda alone.

After the meal, Dao Yan was found to have bruises on his body when he was playing with 'Tai Chi', and 'Tai Chi' quickly ran to pick up a piece of cotton cloth, Dao Yan happily rubbed its little face, took it to the sarcophagus to take a hot bath and then fell asleep, and when he woke up, the bruises were completely healed.

In the evening of the next day, Dao Yan was busy for most of the day, and used the waste bookshelves brought from the tower yesterday to build a small nest for 'Taiji' by the 'Phoenix Well'. Since the man was going to move to live in the tower today, Dao Yan was worried that 'Tai Chi' would be discovered, so he thought that it would be relatively safe to go here. When he returned to the tower with food, he found that the sarcophagus he had used to bathe had been lifted out of the tower and placed in a clearing not far from the woods. Dao Yan knocked on the door of the tower, and after a while, the door opened, and a young girl dressed in white and with a sweet face appeared in front of Dao Yan, Dao Yan hurriedly lowered his head, and was about to put down the food box and turn to leave, but was pulled by the girl. The girl in white motioned for Dao Yan to enter the tower, and Dao Yan was hesitating, and the man with colored eyes appeared from behind the girl in white yesterday. The man with the color eyes brought Dao Yan into the tower, and Dao Yan found that there was a girl in red who was about the same age as the girl in white just now in the tower, sorting out something on the bookshelf. The man told him in sign language that these two were his daughters, and that there was no need to panic when they saw each other in the future, and that if they asked you to do anything, it would be like his own orders, and the man also told him that if anyone was looking for 'Morris' in the future, it would be looking for him. After Dao Yan said that he understood, he wanted to say goodbye and leave, but Morris took out a gold ingot and handed it to him, but Dao Yan refused, and then the girl in red came over with a smile, and stuffed the gold into Dao Yan's monk's robe, telling him that if he didn't know how to use it, he could come to her. Morris's face sank, as if he had reprimanded the girl in red, and the girl in red grimaced at Dao Yan and then went back with a smile to continue sorting out the bookshelves, and Dao Yan returned to the temple with the ingot of gold.

When Dao Yan came to Zongzhen's meditation room, he found that the master was not there, so he put the ingot of gold in the master's scripture cabinet, turned around and went out for dinner. As soon as Dao Yan went out, he saw Dao Hong running away in a hurry, and Dao Yan walked towards the dining hall without thinking too much. After reciting the "offering mantra", when Dao Yan was having a meal, Dao Hua sat over with a smile on his face, and when Dao Yan saw that it was Dao Hua, he couldn't help but look nervous and choked the rice grains into his throat, and squirted out all the food in his mouth, and even Daohua's body and the food were stained a lot. Dao Yan hurriedly got up and wiped the food on Daohua's body with his hands, but instead of scolding himself as before, Daohua summoned the monks in the hall, changed another meal for himself and Dao Yan, and also sandwiched some of the dishes in his own meal for Dao Yan. Dao Yan finished his fast in a panic and left uneasy. After the evening class, Dao Yan came to the master's meditation room, and found that the master had not returned. Dao Yan just opened the door and saw Zong Zhen walking towards the meditation room, so Dao Yan told Zong Zhen what happened today, Zong Zhen listened, shook his head, and told Dao Yan to go back to the monk's house to rest, and he also walked back to the house.