Chapter 22: The Number of Lives
"Xuanzang, as a teacher, I know that you have always been very curious about your life experience, but you have been studying the scriptures since you were a child, you are very sensible, and you never ask me about yourself" Abbot Faming looked at Xuanzang who was kneeling on the side, recalling many years ago. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"More than ten years ago, the teacher was chanting by the Jinchuan River outside the temple, and suddenly a wooden barrel floated over, and I heard the cry of a baby in the wooden barrel, so the teacher asked the apprentice to pull the wooden barrel back to the shore, and saw a baby in the wooden barrel, all this is the fate between you and me."
"These apprentices have heard from the senior brothers," Xuanzang said.
Fa Ming suddenly coughed a few times and continued: "There is actually a letter from your mother in the barrel."
"Mother! Letter! Xuanzang was surprised.
"Yes, the letter said that after you were an official eunuch, the common name should be Chen, because you were framed and killed, your mother put you in a wooden barrel to protect you, drifting along the river, hoping to have someone to adopt you"
"Then did my mother say where they were" Xuanzang was very excited when he heard his mother's whereabouts, eager to know.
But to Xuanzang's disappointment, Fa Ming shook his head and told him that the letter did not say their whereabouts.
"I don't have much time, I hope you must keep in mind what I say for the teacher next."
Xuanzang wiped his tears and listened quietly.
"Your life experience is not as simple as you think, in the future you will bear a very difficult responsibility, will shoulder a seemingly great mission, but the teacher just wants to warn you, don't forget the original intention, you must follow your own heart in everything in the future, after the teacher leaves, you don't want to come back"
"Why?" Xuanzang was very puzzled.
"I know you're very confused now, but I believe that you will understand everything in the future, so let's go!" The abbot of Faming actually ordered Xuanzang to expel guests, which made Xuanzang feel very surprised, in the past, the master's favorite was Xuanzang, but now he is in a hurry to catch him.
"Master, apprentice.........."
"Let's go" Xuanzang wanted to say something, but was stopped by Fa Ming.
Why............ Am I not your favorite apprentice.........
"Master, let the apprentice kowtow to you a few times" Xuanzang saw that his master was so determined, so he didn't want to stay here, he took a few steps back and kowtowed three times to his master sincerely, and then raised his sore legs that had already knelt, stood up slowly, and turned around and walked out of the meditation room with tears in his eyes.
At this time, only Fa Ming was left lying on the bed weakly, his chest was lying together, watching Xuanzang come out of the meditation room, Fa Ming's eyes that had already lost their luster finally couldn't suppress the tears, and flowed down the corners of his eyes, and he looked straight up.
"You set your fate, but you don't care about his thoughts, just for your own self-interest, I can see that you are wrong........"
Fa Ming finally closed his eyes quietly, but his face was a little more relaxed.
It has been an hour since Xuanzang entered, Bi Laolei was jumping up and down outside the temple in a hurry, the sky was already a little dark, and it seemed that he was going to sleep with a group of monks here.
"I said you've been sweeping for an hour, aren't you tired?" Bi Laolei looked at Xuan Hui, who had been sweeping the floor there since an hour ago, and said.
Xuan Hui stopped what she was doing, respectfully bowed to Bi Laolei and said, "Sweeping the floor is a kind of practice, I can experience the fun from it, so I will never get tired of it."
"Come on, sweep the ground and practice, you bald asses really have a lot of things," Bi Laolei pouted with disgust and said.
Squeak........... just as the two of them were talking, the temples behind them were opened, Xuanzang walked out of the temple, Bi Laolei clearly saw Xuanzang's expression was very painful, and wanted to step forward to comfort him, but he didn't know how to comfort him.
"Senior brother, it's not too early, just stay in the temple for a night" Xuanhui saw that Xuanzang was leaving, and seeing that the sky was about to get dark, she suggested that Xuanzang stay in the temple for one night.
Bi Laolei on the side also agreed with Xuan Hui's words, and he was still holding his stomach and clamoring to eat the food in the temple. But Xuanzang smiled bitterly and walked straight down the mountain, Bi Laolei thought that it was over again, and he couldn't eat again, but he was helpless, so he had to go down the mountain together.
"What's the matter, why don't you stay in the temple for the night?" Bi Laolei ran slowly to catch up with Xuanzang and asked.
"Master kicked me out of Jinshan Temple"
"What? Aren't you your master's favorite apprentice? How could he have kicked you out? ”
"Maybe he thinks I'm not good enough."
"What did your master tell you, hey......"
Before Bi Laolei could ask anything, Xuanzang ran forward.
"There's a river ahead" Bi Laolei saw such an obvious river in front of him, but Xuanzang didn't mean to stop at all, couldn't he think about it?
Bi Laolei's worries became a reality, only to see Xuanzang jump and jump into the Jinchuan River, but he didn't think about it, but he wanted to calm down in the cold river.
Xuanzang lay on his back and sank into the river, gradually sinking to the bottom of the river. The cold feeling came from all over the body, stimulating his nerves, but Xuanzang just looked at the river quietly, the river became silver under the background of the moon, in Xuanzang's eyes at this time there seemed to be a wooden basin floating on the silent river surface, from the wooden basin kept coming from the baby's cry, getting louder and louder, suddenly several kind-faced monks pulled the wooden basin back to the shore, and an old monk picked up the baby in the wooden basin.
Master, why did Xuanzang come here, it is really hard for him to exist in the world, Xuanzang still has doubts, why don't you give me an answer, Master, and drive me away?
Xuanzang, who was sinking at the bottom of the river, saw the picture of himself reciting scriptures in the master's meditation room every day. See! I memorized all the scriptures completely, and the master praised himself.
But................
But even though he has great talent, even if he has memorized all the scriptures, he has never been able to solve the doubts in his heart.
At this time, Xuanzang felt that he didn't want to go back to the shore, so he wanted to keep drifting in the river like this, as if the master had never saved him.
In the river, he suddenly felt a warmth, which made him very comfortable, don't think about anything, go to sleep.
The warmth gradually turned into a blazing heat, as if the sun was baking itself, and the skin all over his body was hot. Xuanzang suddenly opened his eyes, and was immediately pierced by the dazzling sunlight........
, Xuanzang sat up suddenly, and he found that he was lying here naked at this time.
"You're awake!" Bi Laolei on the side was roasting a chicken that he got out of nowhere.
"I'm ............" Xuanzang looked at himself puzzled.
"Ah, you sank into the river last night, but it frightened me, fortunately I have good water nature, and I rescued you, I took off your clothes and dried them, saying that you are a monk who is not honest at night" Bi Laolei moved his gaze to Xuanzang's crotch and smiled evilly.
After listening to Bi Laolei's words, Xuanzang subconsciously covered his crotch, ran to get the dried clothes with a red face, and quickly put them on.
"What's not interesting, it's all men, let's eat it" Bi Laolei dragged down a freshly roasted chicken leg and handed it to Xuanzang.
Looking at the chicken leg in front of him, even though his stomach was screaming, Xuanzang still shook his head rationally and refused this temptation.
"Aren't you hungry?" Bi Laolei naughtily shook the chicken leg in front of Xuanzang. Smelling the fragrance of chicken legs, Xuanzang's saliva seemed to be flowing down like a waterfall, but as a monk, he rationally told himself that he couldn't eat it.
Bi Laolei saw that his temptation was not enough, so he continued to put this chicken leg in front of Xuanzang to tempt him, and then he reached out and dragged the other chicken leg down, put it in his mouth and bit it hard, what was worse was that he was eating the chicken leg and chirping, trying to make a very fragrant expression.
Over and over again, Xuanzang finally couldn't help it, snatched the chicken leg in front of him, and bit it with a big mouthful.
"That's right, why should people go against their instincts?" Bi Laolei looked at Xuanzang who was eating Zhengxiang and smiled knowingly.
After eating and drinking, Bi Laolei and Xuanzang sat by the river.
"What are you going to do next?" Bi Laolei asked.
Xuanzang shook his head.
"Won't Chang'an give a lecture to the emperor?"
"I can't even figure it out myself, what else do I say?"
"So where are you going?"
Xuanzang shook his head again.
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"That's right! Sun Monkey Do You Know? Bi Laolei suddenly thought of something and slapped his legs.
"Who is Sun Monkey?"
"Eh, I forgot" Bi Laolei thought that it was impossible for Xuanzang to know Sun Wukong at this time, it stands to reason that Sun Wukong is still pressing under Wuzhi Mountain, anyway, there is nowhere to go now, so it is better to go to Sun Wukong to play first.
"Let's go, I'll take you to find your future apprentice" Bi Laolei got up and patted the grass on his body, and said to Xuanzang next to him.
"My apprentice?" Xuanzang pointed at himself with a confused expression.
"Leave it alone, just follow me, there's nowhere to go now anyway"
"Village Chief! It was he who stole my chicken" suddenly rushed out from the side, each holding a hoe, shovel, rake and other farm tools, and came to Bi Laolei menacingly.
The group was led by a long-bearded old man, who stepped forward to look at Bi Laolei, turned his head and asked, "Is it him?" ”
"Yes, it's him, I won't admit my mistake"
"Gentlemen, copy the guy and call me" The old man gave an order, and all the young and old rushed up with farm tools.
Bi Laolei was startled, turned around and ran.
"It turns out that you stole the chicken!"
Only then did Xuanzang know where Bi Laolei came from.