Chapter 29: Apprenticeship

When Liang Xingfa sneaked to the gate of Chang'an City, he was almost dizzy by the scene in front of him. The living Wang Lun, Wanda, Li and **** He will never see them again, only their bloody heads. It's a little like a passer-by who understands the process of this matter as soon as he inquires.

Grief-stricken and extremely angry, Liang Xingfa did not dare to stay here longer, and hurriedly ran towards the mountain. He silently thought in his heart, if he didn't avenge this revenge, he didn't want to be a man in this life.

In the evening, Liang Xingfa successfully rendezvoused with the panting squid Zen master. The mood of the reunion is not happy but desolate. Because the squid Zen master came back alone, this means that he failed to find Jiang Caiping. This kind of situation of not seeing people in life and dead without seeing corpses is even more heart-wrenching.

The squid Zen master said to Liang Xingfa, "I'm really sorry that I couldn't help you find someone. There is a rushing river below the cliff, which has been washed away by the water. ”

Liang Xingfa said: "It's okay. I'm sorry to bother you. But I have a hunch that where there is a river, you can't fall to death. Sometimes it's a blessing in disguise. ”

The squid Zen master deeply agrees with his idea, and people should have an optimistic attitude of not despairing without seeing the coffin.

Liang Xingfa was familiar with the current situation, so he took precautions and exchanged many gold and silver treasures for easy-to-carry silver tickets. Now he still has a stack of silver bills in his baggage, totaling 20,000 taels of silver, which can be called a huge amount of wealth.

He took out two silver bills with a denomination of 1,000 taels and handed them to the squid Zen master to thank him for saving his life and finding people.

The squid Zen master immediately refused, looking detached from money as dung, and said that he didn't help Liang Xingfa for money, he was not so worldly.

Actually, he said that, but there was a joy in his eyes. He had never owned so much silver in his life. He just politely shirked it so that he could wait for others to persuade him again.

However, Liang Xing found that he was not in the mood to push back with him, and when he saw that he didn't want to, he took back the burden again.

The squid Zen master immediately regretted it a little, but he didn't expect Liang Xingfa to do things very differently from other ancients. He simply took the initiative to speak: "I mean you don't have to give so much, just one is enough." It's easy to give more points. ”

Liang Xingfa suddenly felt that he was very insincere, and said with a blushing face: "That's that, we young people don't think as thoughtfully as you seniors." So, he opened the burden again and gave the Zen master one. The Zen master accepted it with a smile.

Liang Xingfa saw that this Zen master's martial arts were so strong and wanted to worship him as a teacher. I don't have any martial arts, let alone walking the rivers and lakes, and I was killed by others before I went out. But I don't know how to speak, in case this squid Zen master doesn't like to accept apprentices and only likes to travel all over the world, how can he be embarrassed to open his mouth so rashly.

How did he know that the squid Zen master asked a very surprising sentence, which was to ask him if he would like to be his apprentice? He also said that there was an apprentice who looked very similar to him before. This means that they have a great mentorship relationship.

Liang Xingfa couldn't help but curiously ask how his disciple was doing now, whether he had already made a name for himself in the rivers and lakes.

Unexpectedly, the answer given by the squid Zen master surprised him. It turned out that the apprentice of the squid Zen master, who looked very similar to him, was not keen on turning into a fate after learning martial arts, but was keen on competing with others, and as a result, his skills were not as good as others, and he was beaten to death by others before he became famous. The long makes the hero burst into tears.

Such a result made Liang Xingfa feel a little disappointed. There is no doubt that Squid Zen Master is a successful master, but not a successful teacher. The apprentices he taught were not in the stream, if not waste. As a result, Liang Xingfa thought that he was willing to accept himself as an apprentice probably because he was very rich, and he didn't have to change his relationship in the future.

How do you know that the squid Zen master wants Liang Xingfa to follow him to the village where he often turns his fortune into a fate, and he can't use the money if he has it, and he can't travel all over the world to turn his fate, because every monk has his own territory, and rashly intruding into other people's territory will cause physical conflicts. The fate of those who break the rules is that everyone will be punished.

Since Liang Xingfa has entered the door of the squid Zen master, of course he has to listen to him, and he has nowhere else to go.

The two of them walked south, on a rugged mountain road. After walking for a day and a night, I finally arrived at a village that could provide food, clothing and shelter for the squid Zen master.

It is a village with little contact with the outside world, surrounded by mountains, houses made of wood, and a little better way of living and producing than primitive people. The village is not very large, with about 500 men, women and children combined.

Before arriving in this village, the squid Zen master kept boasting that he was not very popular in this village, and everyone looked at him with admiration, but whenever there was any wedding, funeral, red and white celebration, he would be invited to recite the scriptures to congratulate, or exceed. Even if there is nothing to do, he will prepare abundant fruits and ask him to help pray for good weather in the future. He literally became the faith here.

These words made Liang Xingfa feel that following him was very promising.

When they arrived at this village, Liang Xingfa did not see the warm hospitality of the villagers, but the faces were as cold as frost, and even a little disgusted.

They walked straight into the old village chief's house. Even the old village chief didn't have a strong relationship with him as the squid Zen master said. The old village chief's attitude towards them was to ignore them.

After a warm exchange with the white-haired and skinny old village chief, the squid Zen master introduced Liang Xingfa to the old village chief, and asked the old village chief to help take care of his newly recruited apprentice.

The old village chief said with a sad face: "You let me say what you are good about." It's hard enough for our whole village to raise you, and you have to bring one more for free, don't you think our burden is not heavy enough? ”

The squid Zen master said, "Oh, old village chief, depending on what you said, wouldn't one more person have an extra pair of chopsticks, and how much can I eat you." Besides, don't you think I want less when I usually help you chant and pray? ”

The old village chief said: "It used to be before, and now you don't know how bad our harvest is. Every year, you say that when you do the rituals, you will have a good harvest in the coming year. But the Dharma is done every year, and now it's not as good as a year, are you a monk and haven't been at home, don't come out and blow it if you don't have that ability. What is the difference between you and those plague gods? ”

The squid Zen master is not ashamed to be counted down like that, he said that this is all providence, not human can change, but it will definitely get better in the future.

The old village chief said helplessly: "The more I listen to your words, the greater the disappointment." ”

Liang Xingfa's feeling at this time was that he hoped to leave here, because it was not easy to beg for food here.

The squid Zen master said to the old village chief again, "So be it. I gave up my place to my apprentice. I went back to my mountain to live. Let him live in the little house next door, you don't have to give me any more food, just give it to my apprentices. ”

The old village chief said, "That's pretty much it. It's really hard to support the two of you. But this young man can't live for nothing, so he has to work with us. ”

Liang Xingfa didn't want to stay here to do farm work, knowing that he was not that material, and helping others would only help. He wanted to follow his master to live on top of the mountain.

However, the master asked him to live here, and promised the old village chief to let him command Liang Xingfa to work, so as to reduce the burden on the villagers.

When the squid Zen master was leaving, he said to Liang Xingfa: "As a teacher, I have to go to the mountain peak to retreat and practice for seven days. After you finish your cultivation, they will come down to visit you, and then they will teach you martial arts. You can't go to the mountain where I live now, and you can't jump without internal strength. ”

Liang Xingfa had to tell him to go early and return early. In fact, Liang Xingfa felt that he was not going to practice, but to eat, drink and have fun with a silver ticket.

At this time, it was already evening, and the old village chief took a little ordinary dry food for Liang Xingfa for dinner. And let him go to bed early and get up and work tomorrow morning. He doesn't care about material conditions, and he is already very satisfied if he can eat and sleep in a bed.

After Liang Xingfa was full, he took out a silver ticket and gave it to the old village chief as a meeting gift. Although the old village is very old and has eaten more salt than Liang Xingfa has eaten, he has never seen the world and does not know what a silver ticket is. Whether it's wiping your butt or burning firewood, it's too little.

Liang Xingfa was only speechless about this, so he should go to bed early. I haven't rested much after all this distance.

Early the next morning, the sleepy-eyed Liang Xingfa was woken up by a group of strong villagers. They were all armed with weapons, hoes, shovels, shovels, flat poles, etc., as if they were going to fight, and Liang Xingfa was so frightened that he rolled off the bed, otherwise the enemy would not even know how to die if he invaded.

The old village chief and the villagers asked Liang Xingfa to follow them to hunt in the nearby primeval forest, saying that someone had seen a bear.

Liang Xingfa also picked up a wooden stick and ran over like them. He was both happy and scared in his heart, because he had no experience in hunting, and he was facing a large beast of prey, would he be in danger? Another point is that he is a modern man, has a basic sense of animal protection, and does not want to kill beasts.

By the time Liang Xingfa and the old village chief arrived at the bear hunting site, there were already more than a dozen villagers surrounding a big bear, and everyone was just waving the weapons in their hands, not daring to attack rashly. And the stout bear sometimes crawled on the ground, sometimes upright, and let out a terrifying roar.

Liang Xingfa was also arranged to stand up to form a huge encirclement to prevent the bear from escaping, and then find a way to defeat it. It is surrounded by towering trees, and if a bear escapes, it will disappear.