Dutong and Xingzheng put on a brand-new monk's robe for Xingzhi's purification, and after Zhizhen took Yuantong to recite the scriptures, he stood up and said to Amitabha, "Set up a pyre in the apse and see off the journey to Ascend to Bliss in the morning." ”

Dutong immediately went to prepare, but Xingzheng hesitated, "Host, the fire in the middle of the night is too eye-catching, should it be changed to a burial?" ”

Zhizhen looked at Xingzheng calmly, Xingzheng slowly lowered his head, put his hands together and said Amitabha, and then turned around and went out to prepare. Zhizhen arrived at Xingzhi's bed, helped him straighten the monk's robe, and looked back at the little apprentice who closed his eyes and knocked on the wooden fish to recite the scriptures.

Yuantong felt something, opened his eyes and asked, "Master, can you achieve bliss?" ”

Zhizhen shook his head slightly, "I don't know for the teacher." ”

Yuantong sighed and recited the scriptures more devoutly, hoping to help his nephew, who had cooked good food for him for ten years, to attain bliss, and since then there will be no disasters and no difficulties.

When the fire was erected, Du Tong and Xingzheng carried the line and put it on the pyre. After Zhizhen took his disciples to burn incense and chant the scriptures, he instructed, "Dutong, light the fire." ”

Du Tong walked to the pyre with a torch, bent down and just lit a fire, the four lanterns in the courtyard suddenly went out, followed by the torch in Du Tong's hand. Du Tong, who rushed to a gust of evil wind, immediately threw away the torch, turned around to protect the master and junior disciples, and shouted, "Who dares to come to Zhenqing Temple to pretend to be a ghost?" ”

No one in the courtyard answered, and in the white moonlight, only a few black shadows rushed silently. As soon as Du Tong saw it, he knew that he was invincible, and immediately pulled his neck and shouted, "There are assassins, there are people, there are people-"

The guards outside the Zhenqing Temple immediately rushed in and killed the man in black. After escorting the master and junior disciples and slowly retreating into the monk's room behind him, Du Tong hurriedly said, "Master is here later, the apprentice will go out to support!" ”

Zhizhen grabbed his arm, "Don't go, you're not their opponent, we're already doing the guards a favor here." ”

Du Tong nodded, and casually picked up the stick in the corner of the wall to protect the master and junior brother.

Listening to the sound of ping-pong, Yuantong said worriedly, "Master, what are they doing in our temple, isn't it...... Do you want to rob your brother's money? ”

Du Tong's hand trembled, "Senior brother, be quiet, don't let them listen." ”

Yuantong immediately covered his mouth and stopped talking. Xingzheng, who had been paying attention to the fighting situation in the courtyard through the crack in the door, exclaimed, "Why are there another group of people!" ”

Jijin opened and closed his eyes and recited the scriptures silently.

Du Tong was also worried about the silver in his room, and hesitated to hide it. At this moment, Xingzheng exclaimed, "These fighting people don't have a monk's room, they, they took away the body of the senior brother!" Host, what did they do with their brother's body? ”

Seeing that the host didn't answer, Xingzheng's brows jumped, and he didn't dare to say anything more, so he had to continue to pay attention to the movements in the courtyard. After the man in black left, the small commander of the guards came in and said, "Master, it was our incompetence that they snatched away the corpse of Xingzhi. ”

Zhizhen clasped his hands together, "Amitabha, the soul of the line has been taken out of the body, and all that remains is a skin, they will take it, and the adults don't need to blame themselves, this time they have worked hard." ”

The small commander of the guards nodded, and led people to help put the pile of firewood back into the firewood room, then retreated and continued to stand guard outside the temple. Xingzheng looked at the empty courtyard, and his heart became more and more uneasy, "Host, let's go back to Beijing with the county lord in two days, it's really unstable here." ”

Zhizhen is as stable as Mount Tai, "Lao Ga is the presiding officer of the Zhenqing Temple who is personally sealed by the Holy Lord, how can he leave the temple without permission?" The Buddha Bathing Festival is approaching, Yongfu Temple is in need of people, you follow the county lord to return to Beijing, you don't have to come back. ”

Xingzheng panicked, knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, "Presiding, the disciple knows the mistake, the disciple knows the mistake." ”

"Go ahead." After Zhizhen finished speaking, he pulled Yuantong out of the wing room and walked back to the backyard.

Xingzheng knelt and climbed two steps, and begged, "Presiding, there are few people in the temple, and if Xingzheng leaves, there will be no one to protect the presiding." ”

Zhizhen stopped talking, Yuantong looked back at the nephew who was kneeling on the ground, and the senior brother with a serious face next to him, and obediently followed the master.

"You're tired from the day, go back and rest. When the county lord sets out in two days, you can take their carriage back, which will be faster and save you the entanglement. Du Tong patted Xingzheng on the shoulder, and went to chase after the master and junior brother.

When he arrived in the backyard, he saw that Yuantong was boiling hot water, so Du Tong ran into the house and discussed with the master in a low voice, "If you let Xingzheng go back, Uncle Shi will also send other monks to come." ”

Xing is the matter of Zhizang's eyeliner, and the two of them know it, but Xingzheng is acting safely, and Dutong will turn a blind eye, and now let Xingzheng go, and I don't know what to do with another one. It seems that we have to find a way to get rid of the troubles, Du Tong scratched his head, "Master, we might as well recruit three people from Jixian County who are clean and willing to enter the temple to practice, fill in the vacancy of righteousness and behavior, and then ask the county lord of Wenchang to help stop the people sent by Uncle Shi again, what do you think?" ”

Zhizhen nodded, "Just do it according to your wishes, I owe the county lord a favor, and we will pay it back slowly in the future." ”

Du Tong said with a smile, "Master rest assured, the apprentice has his own way to repay the favor of the county lord, she is a rare transparent person in the world......"

Before Du Tong finished speaking, Yuantong came in with a wooden basin steadily, "Master, wash your feet." ”

Du Tong hurriedly stepped forward to take the things in his junior brother's hand, "Why don't you call your senior brother over." ”

Yuantong smiled innocently, "Yuantong is already fine, and a basin of water is not sinking at all." ”

Du Tong pressed the junior brother to the master's side, and went out and brought in two wooden basins, and the three of them soaked their feet together, and the atmosphere was no different from the past. After washing, Dutong went back to the monk's room, and Yuantong wrapped himself in a quilt and lay in it without moving.

Zhizhen closed the door, dug out the little apprentice and held it in his arms, patted it gently, and asked Yuantong sullenly, "Master, what can the apprentice do?" ”

Jijin said softly, "It's the same as before." Life and death are fate, there is no need for the apprentice to be sad, there is a master in everything. ”

Yuantong, who had been frightened for a day, fell asleep peacefully, and Zhizhen covered him with a quilt and meditated cross-legged beside him until dawn. On the morning of the second day, when fasting, Zhizhen asked Du Tong to send a message to Zuo Xiang, "You go and tell Li Xiang that you want to climb the sacred mountain with him as a teacher." ”

"That disciple and junior brother?" Dutong asked.

Zhizhen shook his head, "You stay and clean up the temple." ”

When Xiao Nuan heard that Zhizhen was climbing the mountain with Zuo Xiang and Mr. Yunqing, he said, "He is the only one who goes, and after seeing Master Zhizhen, he has decided that the problem is coming." ”

Last night, Master Zhizhen suddenly decided to cremate Xingzhi's body, and Xuan Er had to change his plan and enter the temple to snatch the body, but he didn't want to collide with another group of black-clothed people who went to steal the body, plus the guards guarding the Zhenqing Temple, the three groups of people became a pot of porridge. However, although the process was tortuous, the result was not bad, Xuan Er succeeded, but in order to avoid the eyes and ears, the body was properly hidden by her, and she did not ask the teacher to take a blameless inspection.

Through this incident, Xiao Nuan felt that even if Master Zhizhen knew or guessed something, he was not in the same group as Chai Yanting, so he was a little relieved. As long as Zhizhen is fine, Dutong is fine.

And Yuantong, even if there is a problem, it is not his problem.

At the foot of Mount Kinabalu, Zhu Lu followed behind Mr. Zuo Xiang and Zhizhen who were chatting with him, stepped on the stone steps step by step, and walked towards the top of the mountain.