Chapter 1: The Adventure of Returning to the Mountain
Zhiqing walked all the way north out of Yangzhou City, and the gray cloth on his body was bulging, like a turtle shell tightly attached to his back, and people in the distance thought that the turtle had learned to walk upright. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Less than two miles out of Shifang Town is the Grand Canal, since the opening of the canal, there are many villages and towns along the coast, the merchants from the south to the north need to settle on the shore, and the residents on the side of the canal also need to carry goods for the merchants, swing the oars and pull the fiber.
Willow trees are planted along the canal, and because the emperor of the Sui Dynasty was surnamed "Yang", these willows were also given the national surname and called "willow". At this time, it was early spring, and the willow trees on the bank of the river had just emerged goose-yellow buds, and a warm breeze blew by, and the willows swayed with the wind, as if the dancers in the song workshop were gently stretching their sleeves. Yangzhou in March of fireworks really lives up to its name!
Zhiqing had just walked less than half a mile, when he heard the sound of blowing and blowing from the village in front of him, thinking that today is also an auspicious day of the zodiac, I don't know who is getting married to do a happy event.
The village in front is called "Liujia Village", and when Zhiqing came, a family in this village begged for water to drink, so he remembered this village. In fact, there are few people surnamed willow in this village, but most of the willow trees are planted in front of and behind the houses in this village, so they got this name.
This Liujia Village was originally a small village on the edge of the canal, and most of the people in the village made a living by fishing, and some young men could also do some leg strength for the passing merchant ships, so it was also a rich village.
There is an old man in Liujia Village whose surname is "Qian", because he went out to do business in the early years and made a lot of money, so he built a house on the side of the canal. This old man's foreign name is called too little money, in fact, the word "too little" comes from the sentence "Yi Chuan" "There are too few camps, Xianheng does not choose", but not many people know this allusion, so everyone who hears his name will think that his father is a money addict and gave him such a name.
Although Mr. Qian is prosperous in this life, but it is a life without a queen, he has not been able to give birth to a son and a half daughter for him after taking two wives, this is not over, the most depressing thing for Mr. Qian is that his two wives are short-lived people, and his second wife also abandoned him last year.
But fortunately, after all, Mr. Qian is a person who has been in the business world for so many years, and he has always been defeated and defeated repeatedly. Today, he is about to marry his third wife and continue his great work.
Weddings and funerals are mundane things, and Zhiqing naturally won't go to see the excitement. He just followed the sound of the blowing instrument and glanced at the village from a distance.
"Oh, it turned out that someone was married! Master said that our monks would only recite scriptures to the dead, and the people in their village were doing happy events, so I still don't want to pass by from there. ”
Zhiqing stood outside the village and looked at the surrounding environment, and found that there was a small forest to the west, and there was a path through the woods.
"Huh? There's a path over there, so I'll go around it from there. "Zhiqing is an obedient child, and he doesn't want to be contaminated too much in the red world.
Although the grove is not large, it is also lush, elm, poplar, and willow trees are planted neatly and densely, and the thick trunks are like the big men of the north, all of them are mighty and arrogant, blocking the sunlight overhead.
There was silence in the grove, and Zhiqing walked in this quiet wood, like a sparrow returning from foraging, free and happy. Just after walking a few steps, Zhiqing suddenly felt a distension in his lower abdomen, and a rush of urine hit, "It's bad, it's bad, I drank a little too much water today." He looked behind him and saw that there was no one in the woods but himself, and he poked his head into the distance, trying to make sure that there was no one else in his field of vision, but fortunately it was a remote wood, and few people usually came.
As soon as Zhiqing saw that there was no one around, he had no worries for a while, and ran behind a thick elm tree with a thief's head and brain, "Buddha, the disciple doesn't want to solve it anywhere, it's just that people have three urgency, and the disciple can't hold it back, so you old man can't pretend to be invisible!" ”
Zhiqing muttered as he unbuttoned his clothes, and then couldn't wait to untie himself to the big tree next to him. After a while, the task was completed, and he felt refreshed, and he quickly lifted his pants and pretended that nothing had happened.
"Hee-hee! Suddenly, a faint laugh came from the grass behind him, and this laughter was like an electric current that went directly down Zhiqing's back to his head.
"Who is it?" Zhiqing hurriedly turned around to take a closer look, and subconsciously covered his crotch, and he didn't know which immoral thing it was, so he hid behind him and peeked.
When Zhiqing turned around to look, there was only a piece of barren grass in front of him, and there was no human figure in sight.
"Huh? Odd! I heard someone laughing just now, why did I suddenly disappear again, could it really be that the Buddha saw me in the sky? ”
"Haha...... Giggle...... "There was another low laugh in the grass, as if someone was covering his mouth and using his nose to make it.
"Who is it? Why hide and snicker, I already see you, you just hide in this bush, don't think I don't know! ”
Zhiqing had long expected that someone was hiding in the grass, and from these two ridicules, it could be heard that it should be a child's voice, if it was an adult, who would be so bored and run to the grass to hide?
"Don't hide, come out quickly, if you don't come out, I'll go in and kick you, see where you little kid runs!"
Zhiqing is not afraid of children, because he himself is a child leader, in that Jietai Temple, he is the elder brother of the "Zhi" generation, and there is a group of junior brothers who fight with him all day long, and no matter how naughty the child is in his hands, he is cleaned up and obedient, because of this, the old abbot has to designate him as the next supervisor, which can be said to have a great future.
"Stop hiding, get out of here! If you don't come out, you're welcome! ”
Zhiqing followed the sound and walked two steps into the grass, and saw that it was dark in the grass, and there was indeed a figure, because the tall shrubs blocked the sunlight, so that the light in the forest was insufficient, making it difficult for him to see who was inside.
"Hey, who are you, don't make trouble, come out quickly! Don't come out again...... Oops, there's a snake, there's a snake getting in! Zhiqing knew that children were most afraid of snakes, so he hurriedly and deliberately scared the people in the grass.
"Ahh Help, I'm most afraid of snakes! There was a crisp and delicate cry from the grass.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Zhiqing covered his mouth and snickered on the side, "I'll let you hide inside, be careful of the snake going in and biting your ass, hahaha!" Come out! ”
Zhiqing got closer and closer, and heard the people in the grass muttering to themselves, "Damn smelly monk, I want to come out too, but my foot is broken, and I can't stand up!" ”
"Hey, what do you say? Why haven't you come out yet? ”
"My foot is broken, I can't stand up, come and help me!"
Zhiqing complained in his heart when he heard this: "This guy has a big shelf, and he wants me to help him, what did he just say that his foot is broken, is it possible that he is really injured!" Just thinking about it, Zhiqing approached the grass, and when he used his hand to remove the half-withered weeds, he was stunned all of a sudden!
The one who spoke in the grass was not a naughty child, but a young girl who was gorgeously dressed and touching.
"Oh my god! …… Who are you? … Oh, my God...... Goblin! …”
Zhiqing shouted, and hurriedly took a few steps back, allowing the weeds that had just been pushed aside to close again.
"You're a goblin! Your whole family is goblins! The girl pretended to be angry, obviously dissatisfied with Zhiqing's identification of herself, but she had an injury on her foot, and she couldn't stand up for a while, so she had to shout to Zhiqing again: "Hey, the little monk outside, my foot is injured, and I can't stand up by myself!" Please come and pull me! ”
Zhiqing listened to her voice carefully, and felt that she would not be a goblin, besides, goblins would not be afraid of snakes, she screamed when she heard a snake just now, it seems that she is just an ordinary girl.
"Okay, then I'll help you up, let's talk about it first, you can't eat me!"
"Who rarely eats you, a dirty and smelly monk, it's really long-winded, pull me up!"
"You? …… You even said that I was dirty and smelly, I don't care about you, you just stay inside, I have to hurry. He turned around and was about to leave.
"Oops!" The girl hurriedly stopped him again, "Okay, okay, I won't talk about you!" ”
Zhiqing pushed away the weeds again, and carefully glanced at the "goblin" in the grass, only to see that the girl was sitting sideways on the ground, wearing a long red dress that was particularly conspicuous, and the corners of the skirt had already been stained with some mud, as if she had walked on a dirt road.
Looking at her face again, it is also like a flower like jade. I saw that she was full of black hair, layered, her hair was compact, her temples were swirling, and a silver hairpin was still gently swaying in the temples on her left side.
The girl had a neat row of bangs on her forehead, and under the bangs was a pink and smooth face, and a pair of watery eyes turned ghostly, like elves in the dark night, illuminating the whole forest.
Strangely, there were two blurred tear streaks under the corners of her eyes, which ran down her cheeks and down her chin, making the rouge on her face also spent. Maybe she couldn't find her way home alone, maybe it was the pain in her foot, but in short, she must have cried.
Zhiqing stood by and looked stupidly for a long time, he had never seen such a cute and beautiful girl. Although Zhiqing is a monk, he is not without knowledge at all, he has also seen a lot of good-looking girls, and his second junior brother Zhizhi has a lovely sister who often runs to the mountains to play with them.
Besides, Zhiqing went to Yangzhou City again this time, and his horizons naturally broadened a lot, but the sister who appeared in front of him suddenly made him not know what emptiness is and what color is!