The rich man was very generous, and when he went to the temple to ask for food, he did not refuse to accept it. And will give more every time. But even then, the monks in our monastery will starve.

Because there are many villagers who don't have enough to eat, they will wait on the road, and when we go back with the grain bags, they will ask us for half a bowl of food.

The villagers are simple, just to save their lives, never ask for more. However, even then, by the time the food arrived at the temple, it would not be enough.

I had a vague feeling that I was in this barren land. Chongxiu Temple, rich people, villagers. A delicate balance is formed between the three.

I've already liked the feeling. I can't wait to live a peaceful life here. Sometimes, when I recite the scriptures with the master, I can't help but laugh halfway through the recitation.

Master asked me, "What are you laughing at?" Could it be that if you understand the Zen meaning, you can't smile? ”

I shook my head and said, "I just feel that this place is peaceful, living in the temple, and my heart is very peaceful, and I hope to stay here for the rest of my life." ”

The master didn't like it, shook his head and said, "You were born extraordinary, how can this kind of life last long." ”

Merely. I took this as a deaf ear.

It has been a few days since I followed my brother, and from time to time we would meet villagers begging for food, and we followed Master's instructions and agreed every time.

So I didn't find it strange to see this ragged old man begging for food. Since he is a villager in this neighborhood, he naturally won't harm me. So I grew bold.

I asked the old man, "Grandpa, where is your bowl?" I'll give you a bowl. ”

The old man hid in the shadows. Suddenly, he laughed: "Little master, you are wrong." You shouldn't call me grandpa, you should call me grandma. ”

Her voice was strange, and it sent chills to people's ears. I thought to myself: your voice is so thick, how can I tell if you are an old grandfather or an old grandmother.

But I nodded and said, "Grandma, where's your bowl?" ”

She fumbled around for a moment, then pulled out a bamboo tube.

The moonlight was a little dim, shining on the bamboo tube, and I couldn't see it clearly. I just feel like there's something in this bamboo tube. It's like chopsticks.

I opened the grain bag. Said: "Do you use this for rice?" Do you want to take out the contents of it? ”

The old grandmother did not speak. So I reached out and grabbed the chopsticks out of the bamboo tube.

At this moment, an extremely cold hand was pinched on my wrist. I screamed in fright, and the chopsticks in my hand fell to the ground. It's just that between the two fingers, there is the last one.

The old grandmother didn't let go of my hand. I pumped back. She clung tightly. The old woman stretched out her other hand, starting from my shoulder and slowly touching it down my arm.

This action gave me goosebumps all over my body. I cried out in horror, "Grandma, what are you going to do?" The voice trembled so much that it startled me.

The old woman didn't speak until she touched my hand, and then took the chopsticks away from her hand.

She grabbed me with one hand and touched the chopsticks with the other. After a while, she said lightly: "Little master, this is not chopsticks. This is a fortune-telling bamboo stick. ”

I looked at her dumbfounded, not daring to say a word.

The old grandmother fumbled for a while, shook her head slightly, and said, "Little master, I'm afraid you're not very good today." ”

My curiosity overcame most of my fear. I nervously asked, "What's wrong with me?" "Sadasa Jieba.

The old woman said, "Tonight, you will kill a man under the moon." After the kill, you will regret it, however, it is too late. ”

As soon as I heard this, I felt a chill all over my body. My heart turned upside down: Mr. Lu, it must be Mr. Lu.

My mind was hot, and I didn't think much about it, and asked my grandmother eagerly, "What should I do?" Can you stop me? Can you save him? ”

The old grandmother threw the bamboo sticks on the ground, picked up the bamboo tube, and filled my grain bag with a tube full of grain. Then he said: "This is the will of heaven, little master, you can't disobey it, you can only obey the mandate of heaven and kill him." No one can help you, not even yourself. ”

After saying this, she stood up with a bamboo tube in one hand and a cane in the other, trembling and majestic, and walked into the distance on the country road.

I saw her walking, her crutches pounding in front of her. My head buzzed, and I couldn't help but cry out: "Blind mother-in-law, you're a blind mother-in-law, aren't you?" ”

However, she didn't respond to me at all and disappeared into the darkness.

I was so frightened and frightened that I collapsed a little. I rubbed my limp legs and slowly stood up from the ground. I carried the grain bag on my back, and I was extremely depressed.

Why is the blind woman here again? Is she the same person as the blind mother-in-law I knew before? I don't care about any of that anymore.

Tonight, I will meet Mr. Lui. But I don't know what he looks like, I don't know his name, I don't know his men and women. Even because of this mistime, I can't even determine his age.

I looked at the rope that tied the sack and thought, "When I get back in a while, I'll tie myself up, and tonight, I won't kill anyone anyway." ”

I sighed and muttered, "If only I really were only six." ”

In the distance, I have seen Chongshu Temple. Oil lamps are lit inside the temple. It seems that Master and Senior Brother are waiting for me. I was walking very slowly, and I was delayed by the blind mother-in-law on the road, but it was even more late.

As I walked into the temple gate, I heard a loud cry coming from inside. I was shocked, and I put the grain bag still in the yard and ran over quickly.

I saw Master reciting sutras in the main hall. And the colorless senior brother was kneeling on the ground, crying extremely sadly.

I saw that neither of them was scarred, so I was relieved. Then he asked anxiously, "Senior brother, what's wrong with you?" ”

The senior brother burst into tears and snot, and said in a wailing voice, "It's dead, it's all dead." ”

I was shocked: I didn't do it yet, why did I die?

I wiped my slick scalp, and it was sweating enough this night.

The master said lightly: "Colorless, the name given to you by the master is to hope that you can be colorless and phaseless." Why can't you look at it like that? ”

The senior brother said: "The monks of a temple have been slaughtered. How can I see it? ”

I looked at the two of them in surprise: "What the hell is going on?" ”

Master touched my head and said, "You're still young, so don't ask." ”

And the colorless next to him cried and said: "Today's saint, I believe in the way of the heavenly master, listen to slander, and ask the monks of the world to return to the world within a time limit." There is an ancient temple in Chang'an, and the monks in it refused, and hundreds of people were almost all killed by officers and soldiers...... Hey, we are all Buddhists, how can we not be sad when we hear this kind of bad news? ”

I looked at them in amazement: "How come I don't know anything?" ”

Colorless pointed to the abbot and said, "Master said that you have some background, don't be disturbed by these mundane things, and you should meditate and recite the scriptures." That's why I'm never allowed to say it. ”

The abbot received lightly: "Colorless, since you remember what I said, why do you still want to talk about this kind of thing to your junior brother?" ”

The three of us were about to speak. Suddenly, there was a burst of shouts outside, as if thousands of people were covering up.

Immediately afterward, a man pounced and climbed in from the courtyard wall. He was holding a steel knife in his hand, covered in blood, and he was simply a bloody man. He shouted at the three of us, "Officers and soldiers have arrived, monk, run." ”

Colorless and I were already slumped to the ground in fright. The abbot slowly stood up and asked the man, "This benefactor, you are not a local, are you?" ”

The bloody man called impatiently: "I'm Gai Wu, you guys run." At this time, I saw through the light that Gai Wu was tall, with a bearded face, a high nose and deep eyes, and black and yellow hair, and he looked like a bearded man.

The abbot said lightly: "I have heard of your great name, in order to protect the Buddha, you fought with the officers and soldiers, but you are very religious. But in doing so, you've killed and injured a lot of people......"

Gai Wu shouted, "You still don't leave? The officers and soldiers are coming. ”

Then he strode over and grabbed me and put me around the neck. I didn't dare to slack off, riding on his shoulders, my hands tightly grasping his hair.

Holding the abbot in one hand and the colorless in the other, Gai Wu ran wildly, and shouted as he ran towards the gate of the courtyard: "Come with me." ”