In Chang'an City in March, the spring breeze is steep, and it is warm and cold. In the early morning, in the Chimelong Warehouse near the far gate of the West Market, there was a sudden creepy shout.

The shopkeeper's face was pale, his sideburns were disheveled, and his mouth was full of nightmarish gibberish, and he crawled open the door of the warehouse and ran out.

The pedestrians stopped one after another, looking at each other, not knowing what the shopkeeper was smoking.

Could it really be that as the shopkeeper said, there are monsters in the warehouse?

Everyone's eyes are focused on the door of the warehouse, ready to turn around and leave at any time, these years monsters are rampant, and no one wants to become a monster's mouth.

After a long time, the door of the warehouse stopped shaking, and then creaked open.

Everyone was back, and some of the timid ones fell directly to the ground, ready to scare away the approaching youkai with a scream.

The door slowly opened, and a little boy appeared in the doorway, dressed in adult clothes, his waist and legs carefully folded together, not bloated, and his knees were somewhat damaged, and they were patched with patches of the same color, and they were not visible if they were not carefully observed.

Although he was thin and embarrassed, his eyes were as bright as the morning star. I saw him cross the threshold, his eyes opened and closed, and a trace of dazedness in his eyes had disappeared cleanly.

"Fluttering."

With the flapping of its wings, a palm-sized parrot flew out of the warehouse and landed on the boy's shoulder, with red claws and green feathers, which at first glance were not ordinary.

At this time, everyone was startled again, and they all retreated, and the people who fell to the ground were trampled again, and the street was in a mess.

The shopkeeper who sat on the ground turned even more pale, pointed at the parrot and shouted: "Demon, demon." ”

The parrot that landed on the boy's shoulder actually had a human face, like the legendary ghost-faced spirit, and people were not afraid to blame it!

But some people are not surprised, after seeing who the little boy is, there is a bit of ridicule in his tone: "Yo! Isn't this Tang Ao! I haven't been seen in the West Market for a month, where have I gone? As soon as you appeared, you made such a big battle, you are a good bird, how about selling it to me for ten cents? ”

"Tang Ao, where did you go again? Appeared in the warehouse for no reason, do you want to scare the shopkeeper to death? ”

Everyone is gossiping, for this strange child, the old people in Xishifang know that today's scene is just pediatrics.

The most unbelievable thing is that more than a year ago, Tang Ao suddenly appeared in the boudoir of Miss Pei's daughter, his body was wet, and there was an unheard of big goldfish with two legs on his head.

Asked Tang Ao what was going on, Tang Ao said that he swam there while swimming, but it was winter at that time, what about the ghosts?

Tang Ao was almost beaten to death by the Pei family because of this, and in the end, seeing that Tang Ao was too young, Master Pei couldn't bear to blow out the door.

Strange things about Tang Ao are widely spread in the West Market, this strange child, sometimes suddenly disappears for a period of time, and whenever it appears again, there will definitely be some ironic or unbelievable accidents, such as the human-faced parrot that scared the shopkeeper half crazy today, looking a little crazy.

No one remembers how Tang Ao appeared here, the reason why he is called Tang Ao is because Tang Ao was two or three years old, and a purple-black tattoo on his shoulder was seen, it was the word Tang Ao, and it became his name when he called it.

When the voices were noisy, someone shouted: "Everyone let go, Li Zheng and the bad people are coming." ”

Li Zheng and the bad people are all small officials in charge of public security in Chang'an City, especially the bad people, who are scolded for being bad and rotten, with bad deeds and full of criminal records, they are not good birds, and ordinary people are not in awe.

The four bad people shouted and scolded and dispersed everyone, but when they saw Tang Ao standing alone at the door of the warehouse, they were all dumbfounded in an instant, and their faces were ugly as if they were dead.

"It's this kid again, I knew I should have looked at the yellow calendar when I went out today!" The bad guy at the head snorted.

The other three bad people were speechless, their eyes were all looking at their toes, pretending not to see Tang Ao, and the nose of the leader of the bad people was almost crooked.

What bad people do is to be idle and bully honest people, but in the face of the childish Tang Ao, they are like natural enemies, because all the fangding or bad people in the West City have basically witnessed and heard about the strange things that happened to Tang Ao, and the theory of ghosts and gods is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people at this time, and no one wants to be associated with Tang Ao, a freak.

"Big brother, the newly appointed bad handsome is a person who can't tolerate sand in his eyes, Tang Ao's matter has reached his ears, we all have to eat and hang!"

"What do you say? Can you still arrest this kid and put him in prison? It's not that I haven't sent it in, but within a few days, this kid suddenly appeared in my house, the black light was blinding, and someone stared at you directly at the head of the bed, what are you feeling? The bad guy complained at the head.

"Big brother, let's save our jobs first! Even if you fool around for a few days, I heard that the great monk of the Shenghua Temple in the suburbs of Beijing has a profound mana, so it is better to send Tang Ao over, maybe he can go to the evil nature of this kid. ”

The corners of the mouth of the bad guy led twitched twice, and the magic power of the bald donkeys in the Biochemical Temple was profound? Why hadn't he heard of it? I only know that those bald donkeys are very ferocious.

However, the new boss is not a good talker, and sending Tang Ao to the Biochemical Temple can be quiet for at least two days, alas! Dead horses should be live horse doctors!

In this way, Tang Ao was sent out of the city by four bad people and came to the Biochemical Temple near the outskirts of Beijing, and the blank look in Tang Ao's eyes was even stronger along the way, as for the scary ghost-faced parrot, he didn't know where to run.

"Amitabha, this matter ...... This matter ......"

The monk of the Shenghua Temple, looking at the fierce and vicious bad guy and the timid Tang Ao with a sad face, pondered in his mind how to refuse the request of the bad guy.

There are enough monks in the Shenghua Temple, and the government has sent another person to eat idle meals, although the Buddha is merciful, he is not an unsavevable person!

The key is that Tang Ao's affairs are too mysterious, and it seems that it is more appropriate to hand it over to the Heavenly Master Taoism who hunts ghosts and takes zombies.

The unscrupulous people led by the leader saw that the monk was divided, and his eyes widened: "Recently, the Son of Heaven has been overjoyed, and the four sides have come to congratulate, and the monks must abide by the law and discipline, so as not to collide with the envoys." ”

Datang He was afraid of envoys from all over the world, and every year he ran rampant on the streets of Chang'an, and there were not a few envoys who disappeared in the middle of the night, and he never saw Datang care. The corners of the monk's mouth twitched, and he gritted his teeth: "The poor monk suddenly remembered that there was just a shortage of miscellaneous servants in the temple, so the poor monk would accept him!" ”

After sending away a few bad people, the monk looked at Tang Ao in disgust: "Come in with me!" ”

Tang Ao followed behind the Zhike monk, looking at the temple with curious eyes, his steps couldn't help but slow down a little, and he heard a cold snort from the Zhike monk in his ears, and hurriedly collected his mind and quickly followed.

The monk led Tang Ao around the Daxiong Treasure Hall, through the two corridors, and came to a side hall that had been in disrepair for a long time.

The side hall is full of sundries, a few little monks are chopping wood, there is a fat monk sitting on the futon in the middle of the side hall, as if he has not slept, he saw the monk leading a child in, and asked: "Fa Zhen, why do you have time to come here today?" ”

Fa Zhen said with a bitter face: "Amitabha, Uncle Xuyan, this is a child sent by bad people in Chang'an City, it is very ...... weird."

Fa Zhen repeated the words of the bad people, and finally said: "There is no place to settle in the temple, the master and nephew can only send him here, there is no need to take ordination, let's be a miscellaneous little novice first!" ”

Xu Yan sighed and looked at Tang Ao fixedly: "Since this is the case, then go get some daily use and stay here!" ”

When Tang Ao's eyes and Xuyan looked at each other, he felt a little tingling, and subconsciously lowered his head, and the timidity on his little face became even stronger.

"Uncle is merciful." Fa Zhen was afraid that Xuyan would blame, so he was worried for a long time, but he didn't expect that Uncle Xuyan, who had always been strict, agreed without asking much, and was happy in his heart, leading Tang Ao into another hall and giving him a set of gray monk's clothes and two Buddhist scriptures:

"Tang Ao, you don't have to shave, although Uncle Xuyan allows you to stay, but the presiding abbot is not in the temple, wait for the abbot to return, and then make a decision on whether to allow you to do it, in the biochemical temple, you have to listen to the teachings, concentrate on worshiping the Buddha, go to kowtow to the Buddha a few times, and thank the Buddha for his mercy!"

Tang Ao held the monk's robe in both hands, looked at the golden and solemn Buddha statue in the main hall, and knelt down and kowtowed respectfully.

Fa Zhen saw that Tang Ao was well-behaved, not as evil as bad people said, and the unhappiness in his heart was slightly reduced. When Tang Ao stood up, he continued: "Seeing that you are young and illiterate, let's understand the rules and precepts slowly!" ”

Fa Zhen sent Tang Ao, who had changed into a gray monk's robe, back to the miscellaneous service hall, Monk Xuyan had already left, and more than a dozen small novices were scrambling around the big wooden barrel, and the aroma of brown rice porridge came from the wooden barrel.

Tang Ao's stomach gurgled at the scene, but when the little novices raised their heads, the inside of the barrel had been cleaned as if it had been cleaned three times, and there was no rice soup left.

Fa Zhen pointed to a large kang next to the firewood and straw stack: "You sleep here at night, and tomorrow after breakfast you will start working with them, don't be lazy and slack." ”

After Fa Zhen finished speaking, he turned around and left, and an older little novice carried the wooden barrel in front of Tang Ao and said condescendingly: "Go to the wellhead in the backyard and clean the wooden barrel." ”

Tang Ao was silent, and picked up the wooden bucket in a daze, and when he followed Monk Fa Zhen just now, he saw the location of the well.

Shaking the wheel to draw water, the immature little hands cleaned the inside and outside of the wooden barrel three times, and after the water was dried again, Tang Ao's already tired little face turned red, and fine beads of sweat appeared on the tip of his nose.

Tang Ao carried the wooden barrel back to the miscellaneous service hall, the big kang was already full of people, instructed Tang Ao to wash the wooden barrel of the little novice, lay on the kang and said: "Clean the sawdust on the ground, put the firewood knife in place before sleeping." ”

Tang Ao continued to work, the sawdust on the ground was swept into a pile, the firewood knives were neatly arranged, but the whispers on the fire kang were heard in his ears from time to time.

"Why did Master Fa Zhen take in another person, we can't eat enough, and now we have one more mouth, I'll see tomorrow! After two soaks of urine, I got hungry. ”

"Be quiet, don't be heard by him, tell Master Xuhiko, and be careful to banish you from the Shenghua Temple."

"Then you still instructed him to do this and that? He's so small, he won't get tired, right? ”

"You know what, don't you look at faces? Master Fa Zhen obviously doesn't like this kid, if he is tired for two days and he runs away by himself, Master Fa Zhen may reward us, you move over there, don't give him a place to lie down. ”

The conversation between the two people was like a mosquito, but Tang Ao listened to it sincerely, put down the broom in his hand, looked at the bed without a single gap, and silently turned around and left the miscellaneous servant hall.