Chapter 16 The Little Temple of Bodhi
This temple does not look so splendid from afar, until I followed the master along the mountain road to the front, it is not as good as this where it looks like a temple, to say ugly, it can be described as dilapidated, the whole temple is all built with gray bricks, I don't know how many years, the gray bricks have been covered with moss, the vermilion two wooden doors are open big, as if they have just been painted, at the moment bright red like blood, with this broken wall, some nondescript. There is a piece of open land at the entrance of the pen & fun &www.biquge.info amp; pavilion, and a piece of vegetables is grown, and when you look into it from the wooden door, the first thing you see is a large hall.
It is said to be a large hall, but in fact it is just a tiled house similar to a large hall, in which a faded Buddha statue is enshrined, and some patched futons are placed in front of the Buddha statue, and three monks are sitting cross-legged on the futon and chanting sutras. On both sides of the main hall are two rows of equally dilapidated houses, the doors are locked, it seems that these monks should live, and there is a circular arch next to the main hall, leading to the backyard, I don't know what it is.
I noticed that there was something strange about these three, the first one looked to be sixty or seventy years old, with a somewhat gray hair and beard, and also wore tattered yellow monk's robes, while the last two were much younger. On the left, a little monk in his thirties, wearing a gray robe, was reverently chanting the Buddha at the moment, and the little monk next to him who was also wearing a gray robe was only seven or eight years old, looking the same size as me, with his hands folded, but a pair of small eyes were looking around with a thief, and when he saw our group, he seemed to see a ghost, and his frightened little face turned white, and he immediately turned back and went to mutter the scriptures.
The master smiled happily at this guy, turned his head to Monk Kurong and asked:
"And say me, didn't you also secretly take in an apprentice?"
Ku Rong smiled and commanded the little monk.
"Zhiguang! Come here! ”
The little monk turned his head with a bitter face, and the boss reluctantly called out to the master, and then slowly moved his steps to this side. When I got closer, I saw that this guy didn't look at it, he was startled, he was sitting just now, and he was covered by the wide monk's robe, and I didn't notice that this little guy was the same size as Sanpi, but his face was not as fat as Sanpi.
"It's your old ghost...... Forget it, you just call uncle. This is your little imp brother. ”
After listening to the master's introduction, the little monk Zhiguang turned his head to look at our master and apprentice, and then shouted angrily Uncle Ghost, Hello Brother Ghost, and then stretched out his little hand towards my master.
"Sure enough, it's the same as your master!"
The master scolded with a smile, touched the head of the little monk Zhiguang, groped for a while from the wide cuffs, and actually took out an air-dried peach pit, and then pretended to be a master, and actually chanted a poem.
"Don't be involved in big killings, have little mercy! This nucleus can be of some use to you. ”
This little monk Zhiguang then turned out to ...... Shamelessly, he stretched out his hand to me. This scene immediately reminded me of Sanpi, when we are usually bored, we will ask each other what we want to eat, and we will also stretch out our little hands so aggressively, and the other party will always make a small request to the person who wants it, such as ......
"Call brother, give you candy!"
I don't know which tendon is wrong, I took out a piece of white rabbit from my pocket and held it in the air, and the little monk Zhiguang obviously couldn't stand the temptation, and the old cow-like voice screamed away.
"Brother! Elder brother! ”
The sad monk of this scene stomped his feet, and when he wanted to teach a lesson, the monk Zhiguang had already pulled me away. He doesn't care who is big or small, if he has sugar, he is a brother, yes! But turning his head to look again, Monk Kurong put down the burden on his back, stretched out his hands to the master pitifully and said:
"I didn't lie to you, you also saw it, my apprentice can do this when he sees a piece of candy, hey...... It's really poor that I can't open the pot, or I wouldn't rob a bunch of juniors. Ay...... My apprentices are not as good as you, you have a god operator to be the logistics captain for you, what about me, my two disciples are good, three sticks can't beat a stuffy fart, let them go down the mountain to turn into fate, almost starved to death on the road, see people except Amitabha Buddha has no second word. It's as if asking for something can kill them. ”
"Don't complain, who told you to leave without saying goodbye back then, bury your head in penance! How else could it be this field? ”
"Back then? If I hadn't quit back then, I was afraid that I would have died a long time ago, and I practiced the Kurong Zen Method, although my life was longer, but I couldn't stop the disaster of being a soldier! Who is like you, you can't hurt with a knife, and you can't be hurt with a gun, but you didn't fall well, and in the end, you were not beaten down by the most cowardly Li family. I've heard all these years that all your exploits were received back then, and you became a fierce god in everyone's eyes! Ay? Tell me? Why were you recruited later? ”
"Say what? Say how miserable am I? ”
The two chattered until noon, and the old monk who was exposed to the sun above his head was full of oil.
The old monk kicked the big burden under his feet, gave an order, and took my master to the room on the left.
When the older disciple brought two cups of tea and closed the door and went out, the old monk Kurong began to chatter.
"What's the matter? I think this disciple you have accepted is extraordinary? Want revenge? ”
The master just took a sip of tea, and almost choked on it when he heard this, put down the teacup, and then explained:
"What kind of grudge do those of us who have experienced it remember, if we want to take revenge, I can destroy the Li family at any time."
Who knew that the master was joking, but the old monk Kurong nodded seriously after listening to it, and then shook his head with some awe and said:
"Seriously, until now, I still can't see through you, the catastrophe back then, to put it mildly, the few old guys who are alive now, including the one surnamed Li, all survived because of you. Now that the world is peaceful, the two of us have almost crossed paths, and we are not going to talk about it? ”
The master smiled, took another sip of tea, looked at the monk Kurong, and looked at the Kurong uncomfortably, and then said:
"You can see the purpose of my coming today, and if you can promise me, I will give you a hint. How is it? ”
"Old fellow, if I don't promise you, will you be able to take a break? Come on, even if I have a relationship with that kid, I'll give him this string of twelve relics beads. Go ahead? I've been curious for decades. ”
The master laughed, then dipped his index finger in some water and wrote a 'Ming' character on the table, and then brushed it with his black robe, and the handwriting on the table disappeared immediately.
The smile on Monk Kurong's face immediately froze, and he pointed at the master in surprise and was speechless for a long time. It took a long time as if he had finally returned to his soul, and he wanted to say something, but he opened his mouth and closed it again.
The master smiled and said lightly:
"The monks have seen all the ghosts, snakes, and gods, but haven't you seen a dead person?"
Monk Kurong was taken aback again, applied for solemn folded hands, and recited the Buddha's name to the master again, only then did he regain some composure, but the master said again:
"I see that your disciple is also extraordinary, what's the matter, after so many years of penance, he has also moved Hongchen's mind?"
"Hey...... I won't tell you the truth, although I can live a few years longer than ordinary people in this Kurong Zen Method, after all, I can't escape from the Three Realms, I'm just afraid of ......."
Speaking of this, Ku Rong looked desolate, but after a sigh, he recovered, and then continued:
"Although my first two apprentices also have some skills, but this brain has nothing but Amitabha, this Bodhi Temple is counting on them for fear that there will be no play, I am not afraid of leaving, I am afraid that after leaving, the two of them will starve to death in front of this Buddha, isn't it my sin? Now, I can only pin my hopes on this little guy, I don't know that he can carry forward my lineage, I only hope that he can enter the world to save this temple and wash away my sins! However, this little guy is indeed a natural cultivator, born with an incorruptible body, although it is worse than your apprentice, but if you concentrate on polishing, you may not lose to your apprentice at that time. ”
"You want him to join the WTO? Don't be afraid of the Li family......"
"Originally, I was a little worried, but when I saw you as a disciple, I wasn't afraid. This day is a big trouble, even if you take my baby, you can only suppress him for three or five years, and then the trouble will naturally come to the door, I put the apprentice next to him, it is also considered to be in accordance with the way of heaven, let this fat moth go to fight the flame of your apprentice! With you to take care of it, it's better than me! ”
It was rare for the master not to open his mouth to refute, but to think about it seriously, and then nodded in agreement.
"His route is for him to go, those of us who are masters can't take care of him for a lifetime, so we can only take advantage of the time there is still to fight for him a little more means to save his life!"
Master Kurong's body trembled after hearing this, and he asked in a trembling voice:
"You ......"
The master nodded, acquiesced, and stopped talking, and the atmosphere was silent for a while.
And at this time, I was already called Zhiguang's little bald head pulled out of the temple, running all the way along the mountain road, he picked me a lot of wild fruits that I had never seen, I gave him candy that I had never eaten, at that time I was just a child, and there was not so much caution in the adult world, I only knew that it was good to have someone who could accompany me to play every day.
Every morning and evening, I would recite the soul suppression formula in the courtyard, while Zhiguang would recite his Diamond Sutra, the method of controlling qi and blood that I practiced, and the immortal body of the King Kong he cultivated.
In our free time, we would run back and forth across the mountain, sprinkled with our laughter along the way.
This was a full month, and when I left, I gave him all the candy I had brought with me, and he picked a lot of wild fruits for me.
He and his master stood outside the door waving to me, with the peach pit that my master had given him around his neck, and I was carrying a bracelet from his master, twelve yellow wood beads, each as big as a thumb, carved with twelve Buddha statues that I had never seen before.
After walking a long way, I can still hear Zhiguang standing on the mountain shouting something to me, but I can't really hear it. Looking at my appearance of turning back three times step by step, the master touched my head for the first time and comforted me with a smile.
"Let's go, you'll see each other later."
"Is it true?"
It wasn't until I saw the master nodding that I changed my smile again.
We didn't stay long after going down the mountain, we went to a nearby town for lunch at noon, took an ox cart until dark and didn't rush to the county seat, and bought a train ticket to go to Chongqing overnight.
After breakfast, the master took me aimlessly and began to wander around the bustling streets, bought me a set of clothes, and bought a bunch of snacks, then I found that the streets here are much more prosperous than our county, all kinds of shops along the street selling, so lively, and when I thought about it, I laughed at myself again, after all, the place where I stayed was only a county town.
I followed the master and I just ate it, and I didn't care what the master was wandering around the street, and when the sun was slanting, the master seemed to come to the spirit, pulling my little hand, and turning through the narrow alleys.
The master seemed to be very familiar with this place, and he didn't pick the way, passed through a few alleys, and after a short time with me, he stood in front of a house called Ping'an Teahouse.
The decoration of this teahouse is quite exquisite, the door outside is frosted glass, the four sides are wrapped with shiny copper, the shadow of the person can be illuminated from afar, the building is two floors high, and there is a plaque of moderate size hanging in the middle of the two floors, gold characters on a black background, fortunately, I know all these words, from right to left, in turn for the safe teahouse!
I took a look around and saw that the street was very secluded, the street was very narrow, and some of the shops in the neighborhood were mostly selling some groceries and some small daily shops, but this teahouse was a little strange to open here.
glanced at the master, but the master had already pushed the door in.