Under the eaves, the old monk looked at the hanging ice curtain thoughtfully.

Two little monks came running from not far away, one of them was thin and holding something like paper in his hand, looking excited, and the one who followed behind had a silly smile on his face, and his round face looked even more silly.

"Master, Master, we have money!"

There is no slight movement of long eyebrows, and he is still a light and breezy master.

"Money is something outside of the body, and even more so for us monks. Buddhism Pure Land, you are happy and angry for a small amount of money, but you are not as good as many people in the red dust, it is really despisable to be a teacher! ”

The thin monk pursed his lips, "Master, today's noble man donated 1,100 taels of sesame oil money. The benefactor at the head gave a hundred, and when they came out, they followed their guards and secretly went in and stuffed a thousand. In vain, he thought that the guard must not have so much, it should be the meaning of the young man. ”

After hearing the amount, Master Wu, who still wanted to preach seriously, suddenly shut up.

He quickly reacted and cleared his throat to hide his gaffe: "Money is all floating clouds, everything is empty. However, this money and food can help us to help many people, which is a good thing. ”

The thin monk said: "Our temple can also live a stable life for a few years." In the future, you should also watch the soup kitchen, don't just care about crossing people, but forget to cross yourself! Although those homeless people are pitiful, they are all better than a few of us, old, weak, sick and disabled. In case someone has a bad heart and comes over to rob us, how can this be good? ”

All of them agreed: "The Buddha cut the meat to feed the eagle, and fed the tiger with his body, so that he can be reborn in Nirvana!" It's just to let you tighten your belts and save more food to save people, and that's all you have to say! ”

"Master, you are old, your teeth are not good, and you don't eat much, but my junior brother and I are still growing up!"

waved his hand without a headache, "That's it, take the silver ticket to your uncle to keep an account, and ask him to go down the mountain to buy you some fried tofu to improve your food." ”

"Okay, there's fried tofu to eat!" The round-faced little monk couldn't help but interject, "By the way, Master, last time the Queen Mother came to us, how much sesame oil money did you give?" ”

He frowned and warned: "You can't just say this!" Also, the temple has a small population, so don't be lazy, go out and see if the nobles are gone. If you need to rest, eat tea, or eat vegetarian fasting, it is also good to guide others. ”

The thin monk shook his head and said, "They went to the back mountain to see the plum blossoms, so they don't need us to follow." ”

He ignored them and fell into a state of contemplation again.

"It's weird, today's noble man's face is really weird, obviously he is a rich and noble prince, but he has become an early death and a lonely life of self-denial! Tsk, could it be that there is some master behind the scenes? There are really no wonders in the world, but it's a pity that the old man only knows how to tell fortunes, and doesn't know how to change his life. That little girl has a bit of fate with Lao Gao, and when she comes together with this kind of person, I'm afraid of more twists and turns......"

Seeing his lips twitching, the two little monks didn't know what he was muttering, so they walked away in surprise.

The thin one looked shrewd, and immediately ran to find Uncle Shi. The stupid eyeball on his face rolled, but he secretly turned onto the path to the back mountain.

The little fat monk is simple-minded, although he doesn't know what it is to cling to the powerful, but at this time, Huo Yanzhi and a few people are oily tofu in his eyes, and he can't miss it.

The abbot of Qingjue Temple was strange, and even the other monks had a strange temper, and there were not too many rules and precepts, so the little monk had the courage to sneak to the back mountain.

The plum forest at the back of Qingjue Temple covers a large area, and the year before last, Master Liwu placed a five-element peach blossom array there, which seems to have some effect, so that unsuspecting pilgrims often get lost there. The little monk made a lot of money by leading the way to the pilgrims, if it weren't for this, these monks might have starved to death before the Queen Mother arrived.

The little fat monk said in his heart, as soon as the two nobles make a move today, it will be a thousand taels, and they must not be too stingy to give a reward. If he could, he would follow his uncle down the mountain to buy, and by the way, he would secretly bring some snacks in to eat.

He walked out of the back mountain gate with a broken bottle, and walked along the familiar path to Merlin, and soon fell into the fresh greenery.

It's not the green leaves of the treetops, but the green calyx plum blossoms on the plum branches.

The little monk saw a few figures from a distance, and hurriedly slowed down, walked over casually, and looked at the plum branches on the tree as he walked, as if he was not here to wait for the guide, but to come to fold the plum at the order of the teacher.

His small figure was quickly discovered by the guards behind Huo Yanzhi, and one of them subconsciously held down the hilt of the knife, but was immediately stopped by the other.

"It's the little monk in the temple, you're too careful."

The man glanced at the monk twice, then relieved himself and reinserted the knife that had been drawn a few millimeters.

"The master's safety is in danger, it's better to be more attentive than not to be careful!"

Because they stood at a distance and spoke quietly, Huo Yanzhi didn't hear this conversation.

Zhi Wei didn't hear it, but the plum branch above her head shook, and she looked back at the two of them with some surprise.

"What's wrong?" Huo Yanzhi said with concern.

Zhi Wei shook her head, reaching out and gently playing with the cluster of plum blossoms that conveyed information to her.

"It's nothing, I just think that this scene is not so beautiful as real, but like a dream."

Huo Yanzhi raised his eyebrows, "Oh? Although the scenery here is good, the palace can be ...... It's not that there is nothing in the house, but there is a small hill missing. Don't say anything else, let's just talk about plum blossoms, there is also a lot of red plum at home, not inferior to here. ”

Zhiwei chuckled, "Of course it's different!" ”

"If you like it, why don't he transplant a few plants a day and go back to the house to raise them?" Huo Yanzhi was eager to try.

Huo Yan said one by one, Zhi Wei was a little happy to hear this, but she quickly remembered the "rhyme" of this master who collected the world's famous peonies for Concubine Shu two years ago, and her expression became colder.

"It is said that domestic flowers are not as fragrant as wild flowers, and no matter how good the plum blossoms in the son's house are, I am afraid that they are not as moving as the green calyx plum outside. However, this is just in front of him, who knows if he will be able to open this green calyx when he transplants it? ”

Huo Yanzhi choked, and suddenly felt that Zhiwei was pointing at Sang and scolding Huai.

"Ahem, with you, are these flowers still afraid that they won't be able to eat enough and not be warm?" He deliberately used a mocking tone to try to dilute some of Fang Cai's embarrassment.

Zhi Wei was angry and laughed, "It turns out that Childe wants to hire a little girl to go home and be a gardener?" That's a good idea! There are very few gardeners in the world who are so good at a little girl, what kind of treatment are you going to give? ”

Huo Yanzhi pondered for a moment, and said seriously: "It's a loss that my ancestors still have some meager property, and if you think about it, it's enough to ask a gardener to go home with 10,000 taels of gold and 1,000 hectares of fertile land." ”

He looked at Zhi Wei's face, and added tentatively, "If the girl doesn't like wealth and nobility, there is still power that can be used as a salary......

Zhi Wei was slightly shocked in her heart, and suddenly fell silent, and did not continue to role-play.

The two of them were strolling around in the merlin, talking in one pair, and Jiang Xue and the guards followed far away, for fear of disturbing the solitude of the two in front of them.

The little monk in the distance looked anxious, "Why haven't these people found out that they are lost?" I just seemed to have been seen by them, and I continued to stay and not leave, I'm afraid this excuse for folding plum blossoms will not be good~"

His heart was crossed, and he simply threw the broken bottle in his hand on the stone next to him.

Smack-

After a crisp sound, the bottle shattered into several broken pottery shards.

The little monk rubbed his eyes, made a sad expression, squatted down and began to pick up pottery shards.

This movement really attracted the vigilance of the guards, and after a brief discussion, one of them went to check the source of the sound, leaving one person to wait for him in place, and the rest continued to follow Huo Yanzhi forward.

When the guard found the little monk, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Why are you again? Little monk, what are you doing when you don't recite scriptures in the temple on a cold day? ”

The little monk said with red eyes and a mouth: "Master asked me to fold plum blossoms, but I looked around and finally found the best-looking one, but I accidentally dropped the bottle." I didn't dare to go back, for fear that the master would scold me......"

The guards couldn't help laughing, looked at the thin monk's robes on the little monk's eyes, thought about it, and took out more than a dozen copper coins from his waist.

"That's it, you take the money back and buy a new bottle. Your master won't scold you, go ahead. ”

The little monk was pleasantly surprised, his eyes were shining, and he pretended to refuse once and accepted the copper coin.

After bidding farewell to the guards, he pinched a plum blossom and walked back happily, saying in his heart: "Although I couldn't ask for a reward, it is not a loss to exchange a broken bottle for these." Well, I'll have to walk a little slower, maybe they'll have to call someone out after a while, so I'll go over and lead them out. ”

He walked to a hidden place, sat down on the bluestone round pier where he usually sits, and began to wait for the rabbit.

Suddenly, a dark shadow passed by, followed by a vague black dot scurrying in the distance.

The little monk rubbed his eyes, "Strange, could it be that you were too hard just now?" How do you see things ghosting? ”

When I opened my eyes again, the field of vision slowly changed from blurry to clear, and the dark shadows were gone.

The little monk nodded, "It seems that he is really dazzled." I can't work so hard in the future, I'm still so young, but I can't be like Master, it's not good to have floaters. Well, maybe the master just cried and cheated too much money when he was young, and he would be dazzled when he was old. ”

He rubbed his hands together and thought about it for a few breaths, and decided to go home, saving himself from freezing and getting floaters.

Just as the little monk stepped out of Merlin's range, Zhi Wei suddenly frowned.

At this time, she didn't care about the title anymore, and blurted out a sentence: "Your Majesty, it seems that something is wrong." There seem to be a lot of people in the woods all of a sudden! ”

Huo Yanzhi looked back and found that there were two fewer guards, and he was a little angry under the questioning.

Jiang Xue said strangely: "How did the girl know that there were more people in the forest?" Could it be that the girl's ears are better than theirs? ”

The two guards who were named looked a little embarrassed.

At this time, one of them suddenly moved his ears and shouted, "Someone is indeed coming, and I heard it!" ”

The other person took a few breaths to react, but they all confirmed that Zhiwei's statement was good.

Zhi Wei looked at Huo Yanzhi's eyes, her chin raised slightly, and she deliberately glanced at the plum trees around her a few times, and Huo Yanzhi understood.

He leaned close to Zhi Wei's ear and asked, "How many people are there?" ”

The warm breath made Zhiwei's face slightly hot, but it was quickly washed away by the potential crisis and cooled down.

"I don't know, I only know a lot, at least more than us." Zhiwei also told him in a low voice.

This is a little secret that the two of them know, and it is not suitable to tell others, so the two choose to communicate in this way. In the eyes of Jiang Xue and others, they thought about it again.

Huo Yanzhi nodded with a calm face and began to give orders.

"Signal those two back! I'm afraid it's not good! ”