Senior brother: "Well, I've been meditating in the back mountains for five years, and I've only recently come out. ”

"No wonder Senior Brother is willing to ask about my matter......" Xue Huai's voice was very low, Senior Brother didn't hear clearly, and asked, "What?" ”

Xue Huai shook his head, his smile squeezed even harder, and said, "Senior brother doesn't need to ask my master, it's because senior brother doesn't know very well...... It doesn't matter, the senior brother will punish according to the precepts, and no one will ...... No one will blame Senior Brother for his ......"

The senior brother was even more puzzled: "What does this mean?" ”

Xue Huai: "I'm an ominous person...... Senior brother, please punish me, I ...... If he hadn't been punished, he would have been implicated......"

Senior Brother's brow furrowed even tighter, like a compact mountain.

Xue Huai lowered his head, he could roughly guess what his senior brother was thinking at this time.

Senior brother must have vaguely heard something, the temple has not been peaceful in recent years, and almost everyone pointed the finger at one person - a young monk who was only ten years old.

It is rumored in the temple that the origin of this little monk is a mystery but always brings disaster to the temple, since he entered the temple at the age of four, the temple has encountered dozens of disasters large and small, or stolen, or spied on, or attacked by gangsters, or poisoned inexplicably...... and the recent fires.

Everyone said that he was ominous, and more directly said that it was because he was full of sins, and there were still people who had a deep enmity with his family to seek revenge.

What kind of crime did his family commit?

Nobody knows.

The monks in the temple only guessed from the clues of these disasters that he was convicted of the heinous crimes of his father and brother, and was demoted to a monk, and he had to atone for his sins in the temple for the rest of his life.

Childish, innocent.

Senior brother may think so.

So the sticks that fell on Xue Huai's back and buttocks were neither light nor heavy, and the senior brother did not warn him not to resist like the monks who were on duty in the precept hall in the past, and the rods that should have been punished with twenty strokes were only dropped fifteen times.

Xue Huai kept hanging his head when he got up, and his voice was even more muffled: "Thank you, senior brother......"

The senior brother rubbed his head, and his tone was quite incommensurate with his tall and sturdy figure: "You said that you received twenty sticks, you know?" ”

Xue Huai nodded, still not raising his eyes to look at his senior brother.

The senior brother smiled and squatted down to look at him: "Crying? ”

Xue Huai couldn't hold back, tears dripping. The senior brother put his arms around him and smoothed his back, and said gently: "If it's not your fault, you don't have to blame yourself, even if others say more, you don't have to take it to heart." You can't choose your origin, as long as you're open. He patted Xue Huai's immature shoulder, "Remember these words." ”

Xue Huaiqiang nodded with tears in his eyes, and raised his eyes to look at his senior brother: "Senior brother, dare to ask your law name?" ”

Senior brother grinned: "What's polite, just call me Xue Zhen." ”

"Senior Brother Xue Zhen." Xue Huai politely gave a salute, and was rubbed by his senior brother again.

After that, when Xue Huai came to the Discipline Hall again, he could often see Xue Zhen on duty. The monks on duty in the precept hall were originally changed every three days, but Xue Zhending took the initiative to apply to be on duty in the precept hall to see him often. As a result, Xue Huai gradually lost his fear and disgust for the Discipline Hall, and even looked forward to meeting with Senior Brother Xue Zhen in the Discipline Hall, listening to the senior brother talk about his feelings about the retreat in the back mountain, and understanding some new truths with the senior brother.

From the age of ten to fourteen, Xue Huai's ordinary and single life was added to a little novelty and expectation due to the appearance of King Hui and Xue Zhen.

King Hui also came to the temple three or four times a year, staying for four or five days each time, not only became more and more familiar with Xuehuai, but also often brought him some gadgets under the mountain, which Xuehuai had never seen until he stayed on the mountain. Listening to everything outside the mountain from King Hui's mouth and feeling the noise outside the mountain from the gifts brought by King Hui is the most interesting thing for Xue Huai.

And what Senior Brother Xue Zhen brought to Xue Huai was the warmth and stability of a brother. Even if Xue Zhen was later discovered by Du Er that he was deliberately lax and lax in the punishment and was not allowed to be on duty in the Discipline Hall anymore, he would still sneak into the room to give Xue Huai injury medicine after Xue Huai was punished, chat with Xue Huai to relieve his boredom, and make Xue Huai forget the pain on his body for a while.

In the past four years, there have still been disasters of greater or less, and even once the gangster's knife has been put on Xue Huai's neck, thanks to Xue Zhen by his side, the crisis was resolved. From that night on, Xue Zhen became Xue Huai's second master after his master, teaching him the stick technique to defend himself.

Xue Zhen has never delved into Xue Huai's life experience, he seems to be unconcerned, and he doesn't seem to care, and he has never alienated Xue Huai for a little bit because of the disaster, but he is getting better and better for Xue Huai.

Until Xue Huai's fourteenth birthday.