Chapter 11
Nothing was said all night
The next day, as soon as Du Wenqing got up, he heard movement in the yard, he opened the door and saw that Xiao Zhou was accompanying Du Jingsheng to talk on the stone bench in the yard, Du Wenqing wanted to hear it, and felt a little embarrassed, but the door was open, and he couldn't close it directly, just when he was in a dilemma, Du Jingsheng smiled and beckoned to him, and Du Wenqing walked over
"Wenqing, how is Lord Shuli?"
"I'm still sleeping, I guess, there's no movement."
"Oh..."Du Jingsheng sighed.
Du Wenqing hesitated for a while and asked, "Old Man Du, I seem to have asked you about my master before, but you didn't tell me at that time, can you tell me now?" After all, I came out to find him..."
"Your master..."At the mention of Du Jingnian, Du Jingsheng showed a smile, obviously immersed in memories, "When he was very young, we met..."
Not a brother? Du Wenqing thought about it and heard Du Jingsheng continue: "I was only 7 years old that year, and he was only 5 years old. At that time, the world was not very good, and the life of the Taoist temple was also very difficult, and I often did not have enough to eat. One day, Master suddenly came down the mountain, saying that he had something important to do, and told me to close the door after he came down the mountain, and not to open the door until the sun rose in the early morning of the fourth day, no matter what happened. He insisted that even if he came back and asked me to open the door, don't open it. I was puzzled and wanted to ask him why he wouldn't let me open the door when he came back. But before I could ask, he walked out in a hurry. I listened to him and closed the mountain gate, and the moment I closed the door, the sky suddenly became overcast, and I was startled, and I was a little scared for no reason. Secretly praying that the master would come back soon..."Speaking of this, he glanced at Du Wenqing and then at Xiao Zhou. Xiao Zhou was sitting on Du Jingsheng's left, he was going to avoid it, but he was stopped by Du Jingsheng, so he sat here and listened carefully. Du Wenqing is now on Du Jingsheng's right, compared to the younger Zhou Zhengxian sitting on him, he seems very casual, he saw Du Jingsheng suddenly look at himself and then at Xiao Zhou, subconsciously also looked at Xiao Zhou, Xiao Zhou's expression remained unchanged, Du Jingsheng suddenly smiled bitterly, and continued: "I didn't wait for the master. During those three days, various voices came from the Daomen every day. On the first day, I heard the voice of a believer, through the door said let me save her, she said that she hadn't eaten for a long time, her father said that he would sell her for food, the other party was an old man in his 50s, I heard it but didn't open the door, let her be dragged back by her father's family..."Du Wenqing keenly felt that Du Jingsheng's breath began to become unstable, Du Jingsheng took a deep breath and continued: "The next day, the door was knocked again, it was a child, listening to the voice about 5/6 years old, he begged me to let me open the door, Give him a bite to eat, he said that his mother is at the door of the Taoist temple at the moment, almost dying, the child said with a crying voice, "Mother once made a wish in your place, offered incense money, at this moment just want to beg for a mouthful of food, a sip of water is OK, please be merciful..." I stiffened my heart and ignored him, and soon the child's heart-rending cry was heard, and his mother was dead...... I died in front of the mountain gate, and in the seven years of my life, I was taught by Master to be compassionate, and I could have saved her, but I didn't. He cried in front of the door, and I cried behind the door. Later, the girl who had been dragged away came back, with a scar all over her body, and she asked me that she was my believer, and when she needed it most, faith abandoned her, her family abandoned her, she had never done anything bad, but why had she been suffering all her life? Isn't the Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable one who saves suffering? Why didn't you save her? She laughed and said she was going to make a vow, and then she died on the door..."