Jiming Temple behind the mountain Zen Temple, under the locust tree.

Sha Dong said: "Qi'er, you go in first, I still have something to say when I stay!" ”

The black-shirted young man nodded, and before leaving, he glanced at Xiao Ruixue again, and Xiao Ruixue angrily went back with an unkind look.

After the black-shirted young man left, Sha Dong said to Xiao Ruixue: "Seeing that you are so angry, do you want to avenge a punch?" ”

Xiao Ruixue rubbed the swollen left side of her face with her hand, and her speech was slightly slurred: "Master, I admit that I can't help people, but I can't swallow this breath!" I will definitely practice martial arts more diligently in the future, and if I promise to meet him again next time, I will waste him to understand my shame today! ”

Sha Dong laughed: "That's right, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, the key is to improve his skills!" The teacher told you, in fact, the teacher is not used to seeing him, so please be sure to help the teacher when the time comes! ”

Xiao Ruixue's eyes showed surprise: "Isn't he also your apprentice, you can't get used to him beating him, why do you need to do it in vain?" ”

Sha Dong wanted to speak and stopped, and finally shook his head and smiled: "Don't mention it, don't mention it!" ”

Xiao Ruixue looked at Sha Dong, combined with the attitude of the black-shirted young man towards Sha Dong just now, she faintly felt that the relationship between the two was by no means as simple as master and apprentice. Although Xiao Ruixue was curious about the deeper connection between the two, she and Sha Dong had already agreed that they would never take the initiative to ask each other about their affairs, so she immediately dismissed her plan to explore and led the topic back to herself: "Why are you looking for me this time?" ”

Sha Dong squinted his eyes, stroked his long beard and said, "I have been away from Jinling for almost two months as a teacher, and I miss you purely because I haven't seen you for too long!" ”

Xiao Ruixue's eyes turned slightly, and her eyes smiled into a crescent moon: "Can you behave like this every time you make up a lie, so that people can see through it at a glance?" Seeing Sha Dong's expression slightly stunned, she laughed: "What the hell is going on?" ”

Sha Dong's expression had returned to naturalness, but he couldn't help but secretly think in his heart: "This disciple's eyebrows were extremely moving at that moment just now, even I, who was a teacher, lost my mind, no wonder Huijue wanted me to use her!" Although I couldn't bear it and rejected Huijue, there should be many people who have thoughts about her in the future, hey, the direction of fortune and misfortune can only depend on her own creation! ”

At this time, a fresh breeze blew in the mountains, and the branches and leaves of the old locust tree were blown with a rattling sound.

Sha Dong said: "Ruixue, you should have worshipped me as a teacher for almost a year, right?" ”

"One year and fifteen days!" Seeing Sha Dong's surprise, Xiao Ruixue smiled: "Master, you don't know, I have been living with my fingers at home all the year!" ”

Sha Dong smiled understandingly, but sighed again: "For the teacher, time is like an arrow!" In fact, I came to you for the teacher today, originally I wanted to teach you some new martial arts, hey, it's a pity that the teacher doesn't have that time now! ”

Xiao Ruixue heard that Sha Dong was going to teach her martial arts, and her face showed a hint of joy, but after listening to Sha Dong's words, she couldn't help but be disappointed: "Why, Master?" ”

"Because as a teacher, I will leave Jinling tomorrow."

"Didn't you just come back, why are you leaving?"

"Wei Shiyuan also thought that he could stay in Jinling for ten days and half a month, and he just mentioned you one or two in person, but everything couldn't catch up with the changes!"

"And how long are you going this time?"

"Or three or five years, or more than a dozen years, or dozens of years - I don't know if I am a teacher."

Xiao Ruixue was shocked: "Master, are you joking?" What are you doing, and why are you going to be there for so long? ”

Sha Dong said: "Do you think the teacher's expression looks like he is joking?" But what to do, the teacher can't tell you! ”

Xiao Ruixue believed it, and at this time, somehow, her eyes were slightly blurred: "Master, do you mean that you and I may never see each other again?" ”

Sha Dong was slightly stunned: "That's probably it." ”

Xiao Ruixue nodded: "I understand!" Suddenly, she knelt down in front of Sha Dong, kowtowed and said, "Master is above, please accept the apprentice's worship!" ”

Sha Dong was finally a little moved, and he pulled Xiao Ruixue up: "Good apprentice, please get up!" Speaking of this, his eyes were also slightly red, and after a long time, he said: "I have accepted seven or eight apprentices in my life, and I have spent years and years trying my best to teach each of them, but you and I have taught the least, and I feel quite guilty about this!" And you originally have your own martial arts, your original internal strength and mind method can be called the world's peerless learning, I just made some modifications to make it more suitable for you to practice, but it also makes it much less powerful than before, on the contrary, I myself have benefited a lot from it, in a sense, you can also be regarded as my master, but I took advantage of you. ”

Xiao Ruixue said with a straight face: "Master's words are serious! Teacher, in order to make one or two of these mental methods more suitable for my qualifications, you spent several days and nights repeatedly revising it no less than dozens of times, and you deserve it, and I am sincerely grateful to you! ”

After hearing this, Sha Dong was relieved, and couldn't help but sigh: "I, Sha Dong, have lived for more than 40 years, but my personality cultivation has not made much progress, and I am still as frivolous and eccentric as when I was young, so I have always been criticized by others. Among my other apprentices, either some people respect me because of their status, or some people fear me because of eccentricity, or some people despise me because of frivolity, or none of them are grateful to me. ”

Xiao Ruixue said: "Master is just a true temperament!" Although most people in the world say that they like true temperament, but in fact, they just like the true temperament that suits their own wishes. ”

Sha Dong couldn't help but widen his eyes: "That's wonderful! Good apprentice, you are young, how can you say this, could it be that your family taught you? ”

Xiao Ruixue laughed: "Actually, my father taught him, you know that he is a businessman, a businessman, and he always likes to figure out human nature from time to time!" ”

Sha Dong smiled slightly, and said: "It's not too early, there are still some important things to do as a teacher, so I can only talk to you about this!" Seeing that Xiao Ruixue's eyes were a little reluctant, he smiled, took out a thin booklet from his arms and handed it to Xiao Ruixue.

"Master, what is this? Could it be a martial arts cheat? Xiao Ruixue said in surprise.

Sha Dong shook his head and smiled: "How can there be such a thin martial arts cheat in the world?" This is just some of the experience of practicing martial arts for the teacher, you take it well, some of them are useful to you, some are useless to you, you can screen them yourself! Originally, I wanted to spend some time explaining to you, but I had no time! ”

Xiao Ruixue's face became solemn: "Thank you, Master!" ”

Sha Dong nodded, patted Xiao Ruixue's head again, and finally waved his hand: "Just now, you and I have been sensationalizing for a long time, and I thought that the teacher's personality was really redundant!" Hurry up and get your things and leave! ”

Xiao Ruixue couldn't help but laugh: "Actually, it's the same for apprentices, Master, take care!" As she spoke, there was still a slight mist in her eyes.

In the meditation room, the old monk saw Sha Dong pushing the door in, and couldn't help but quip: "Didn't you let you stay in Jinling for one more day tomorrow, why did you talk to your female apprentice for so long?" It seems that beauty can also move your heart! The black-shirted young man was standing next to the old monk, and at this time he was looking at Sha Dong expressionlessly, but he didn't know what he was thinking.

Sha Dong said lightly: "It's not interesting to make these jokes, and I don't plan to stay one more day tomorrow, I have finished saying what I should say to that disciple today!" Now that Qi'er has arrived, let's discuss our future plans! ”

The old monk was not annoyed, but smiled and said: "It's okay to stay for one day less, after all, the situation waits for no one!" With that being said, let's get started! ”

At the other end, Xiao Ruixue walked along the path to the front hall of Jiming Temple. At this time, a little monk came in front of the road, carrying a fully loaded bucket in his hand, and staggered all the way, the road was so wide, Xiao Ruixue had to stand aside first, waiting for the little monk to pass first.

The little monk was quite polite, and when he saw Xiao Ruixue making way for him, he specially put down the bucket and smiled at Xiao Ruixue: "Thank you for this donor!" "The voice is a little milky.

Xiao Ruixue looked at the little monk carefully, seeing that his face was immature, and he was estimated to be eight or nine years old, so he couldn't help asking: "Little master, this bucket of water is not light, why don't you carry it by yourself and not find a senior brother to help you?" ”

The little monk smiled shyly: "The senior brothers are all recruiting pilgrims in the front hall, and they are very busy, so this work of fetching water and cooking rice has to be handed over to me!" ”

Xiao Ruixue listened to it and said secretly: "What kind of monk is this, the work of making money is done by himself, but the drudgery is left to a child to do, it seems that the Buddha's seat is also not ancient!" ”

However, injustices in the world are too common, and Xiao Ruixue doesn't feel like a bodhisattva, she can change anything, but seeing the little monk struggling to lift the bucket, she finally moved her heart of compassion: "Little master, I'll help you!" ”

The little monk hurriedly waved his hand: "This bucket is very heavy, don't dare to bother the donor!" ”

Xiao Ruixue picked up the bucket with one hand, raised her arms up and down a few times, and said with a smile: "Look, this is very easy for me!" ”

The little monk was a little surprised, but he was a child after all, seeing that Xiao Ruixue was effortless, his face couldn't help but show joy, and he said respectfully: "Then there will be a labor almsgiving!" ”

"Don't be polite, please lead the way!"

Under the guidance of the little monk, Xiao Ruixue returned to the Houshan Zen Temple, the Houshan Zen Monastery is the residence of monks, and it is generally exempt from entry.

Jiming Temple is the premier famous temple in Jinling, after hundreds of years of ups and downs in the Southern Dynasty, but also through the Southern Dynasty no less than several times of changing the dynasty, there are no less than hundreds of monks in the existence so far, no less than 100 Zen rooms, the road in the courtyard can be described as deep and tortuous.

"Little master, do you still want to crutches?" Xiao Ruixue felt that her head was a little dizzy.

"And the last left turn is here!" The little monk really didn't lie, and after turning left, Xiao Ruixue saw the room in the Zen courtyard.

As soon as Xiao Ruixue put the bucket down, the little monk ran into the room with a cigarette, and after a while, he ran out with a small bottle in his hand, and said to Xiao Ruixue: "The little monk just saw that there were bruises on the donor's face, here is a special bone-setting medicine made by our temple, which can quickly reduce swelling when applied, and please accept the donor!" ”

"This little master actually knows how to repay the peach, not bad!" Xiao Ruixue secretly praised in her heart, so she happily took it: "Thank you, little master!" ”

The little monk smiled and looked up at the sky again: "It's not early, the little monk has to hurry up and chop wood for cooking!" With that, he ran into the room again.

Xiao Ruixue suddenly remembered something, walked to the door of the room and said, "Little master, are you-"

The little monk was already squatting beside the stove and chopping wood with a small axe, he looked up at Xiao Ruixue, and said with a smile: "It's not early, does the donor want to stay for dinner?" ”

"Oh, no need!" Xiao Ruixue shook her head with a smile, and said in her heart: "Forget it, I should still remember the way back, or don't bother this little master!" ”

It's just that wishes are always good, and when Xiao Ruixue looked at the dead end in front of her, her eyes were silently a little stunned: "How can this be?" I remember the last right turn was the exit! ”

In the meditation room, the old monk, Sha Dong and the black-shirted boy each sat upright on the futon.

Sha Dong said: "Everything is ready on my side, and you have already arranged it on the Hangzhou side, but what arrangements do you make on Qi'er's side, do you want to transfer him to a safe place?" How about returning it to Hangzhou? ”

The old monk shook his head: "No, Qi'er will stay in Jinling with me!" ”

Sha Dong was surprised: "Is this too risky?" After all, Qi'er is the old master's lonely blood! ”

The old monk closed his eyes and muttered, "If Dapeng wants to fly high, he must dare to go straight to the nine heavens!" Qi'er is the future we are waiting for, but he is too immature to take on the great responsibility now, if he wants to realize the legacy of his ancestors, he must grow up quickly! ”

The black-shirted young man listened to the old monk's words, and his face couldn't help but show a hint of shame.

"Jinling is the most sinister place, but it is also the most suitable place to sharpen Qi'er!" The old monk's eyes suddenly opened, he turned his head to look at the black-shirted young man, and said in a fierce voice: "Qi'er, I have something to tell you!" Be proud of being a master, but never put it on your face, because it will only make you achieve nothing! So from today on, you must honestly put away the arrogance on your face for me, and hide it in the bottom of your heart, the deeper you hide, the better! Got it? ”

The black-shirted young man was excited, lowered his eyebrows and said, "Qi'er remember the teachings of the third grandfather!" ”

The old monk's eyes were full of anger: "Raise your head!" I told you a long time ago, never bow your head to people, there is no third grandfather here, the old man is a monk, and his Dharma name is Huijue! ”

There was a faint fear on the face of the black-shirted young man, but he finally raised his head and said again: "Thank you for the teachings of the Zen master!" ”

Looking at this scene, Sha Dong couldn't help but pout his lips secretly, and said, "That being the case, I think everything is fine, and I will go to rest for the time being, so that I can leave early tomorrow morning!" ”

The old monk was just about to nod his head, when he suddenly heard a voice from outside the meditation room asking, "Master, are you inside?" I think I hear you! ”

The faces of the three people in the meditation room changed slightly, Sha Dong only hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his hand to open the door, but when he saw Xiao Ruixue outside the house, he was still very surprised: "Apprentice, why are you here?" ”

When Xiao Ruixue saw Sha Dong, her expression was obviously relaxed, and she said with joy: "If it's really Master, it's saved now!" ”

But in the meditation room, the old monk's face was extremely gloomy, and he only heard him roar softly: "Qi'er, take her down quickly!" ”