At dusk, we finally descended from the winding mountain road, walked slowly along a stream, and finally reached the foot of the mountain where the temple was located, before the last rays of the setting sun were swallowed up by the clouds on the horizon.

The murmuring of the stream and the chirping of birds in the forest make it seem more and more quiet here.

When we arrived at the foot of the mountain, we all dismounted, and Pei Yuanfeng ordered his generals to camp by the stream. The men were well trained, and in a short time many tents had risen on the river banks, and the bonfires were suddenly burning, adding a little life to the silent mountains.

I didn't immediately walk up the mountain road to find the familiar scenery and people in my memory, but walked to the stream alone, picked up a handful of water and gently splashed it on my face.

The coolness of the stream stimulated me.

There are some feelings, some memories, like a greyhound, sniffing along the smell of the years and finding it back.

After a little washing, I slowly walked up to the riverbank, although this was only at the foot of the mountain, but the faint scent of sandalwood in the air was enough to make me understand that I was close to my past. Looking up at the cloudy mountaintop, which became darker and darker in the twilight, my mood also settled.

At this time, Pei Yuanfeng had already explained clearly to his subordinates, walked over with Xue Muhua, looked at me, and looked up at the top of the mountain.

After a while, he said, "Let's go." ”

Walking up the mountain road, after a while, you will see a grand and solemn temple in front of you.

This temple, since I was a child, in my impression is very magnificent atmosphere, now I think about it, the southwest is actually rarely such a towering building, the whole temple is built by the mountain, each Buddhist temple according to the mountain step by step, and finally the highest one of the stupas is handled on the top of the mountain, giving people a kind of grandeur overlooking all beings.

And in the magnificent momentum, it actually has the exquisite beauty of the southern architecture, every eaves are finely carved, there is even a delicate pavilion not far from the temple gate, and the flowers all over the mountain add a bit of grace and elegance to this temple.

We slowly walked to the front of the temple, only to see a plaque hanging above the gate, which I have seen countless times, every word is smoked with incense, revealing a sense of tranquility.

Tianmu Temple.

As soon as I saw these three words, I suddenly reacted to something, and when I turned around, I saw Liu Qinghan standing on the stone steps, looking at the plaque with a solemn face.

I remembered that Wen Fengxi said that he had recovered some memories when he was in the capital, but when he said that he had recovered his memory, it was more likely that he had accepted some facts that others had sued him, but I don't know how much he still remembered about Tianmu Temple.

"Heavenly ...... Eye...... Temple ......"

He read these three words softly, and suddenly seemed to remember something, stretched out his hand and patted Wen Fengxi's shoulder beside him, Wen Fengxi glanced at me from the corner of his eye, and then said to him: "Well, this is the place where Mr. Fu mentioned to you before, and he gave you a lecture and a solution to your doubts." ”

"Ah......h

He nodded in realization, and then turned his head to look at me, as if to see my reaction, and at this moment, a little novice hurriedly walked out of the temple, and when he saw so many of us at the door, he was startled: "This is—"

Pei Yuanfeng stepped forward: "Let your abbot come out." ”

The little novice stood still at the door, bowed respectfully with his hands folded and bowed, and then said, "Tan Yue, abbot he—"

Before he could finish his words, a rough and thick voice sounded behind him, like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, and it shook people's ears: "What kind of person, such a big pomp, I want to see the abbot as soon as I come." ”

With this voice, there was a sound of heavy footsteps, and a tall and strong monk like a black iron tower walked out from behind.

This monk is about fifty years old, and the traces of the wind and frost years are all engraved on his face, but he has a pair of big bright eyes, like a bright light in the night, a wide nose and a wide mouth, and a thick beard on his chin, which does not look like a monk who is a monk, but more like a mountain bandit.

As soon as they saw him, everyone present was intimidated by that kind of gangsterism, and even the little novice trembled, and carefully saluted him: "Uncle Fearless." ”

"Get out of the way, don't get in my way!"

This "fearless uncle" is a gangster, and he doesn't do things gently, with a slap the size of a fan, he slapped the little novice behind him, and almost fell down on his feet, and he had already strode in front of us, looking down at us.

Suddenly, that bright gaze fell on Liu Qinghan's face.

"Chick, it's you!"

Liu Qinghan was stunned for a moment, and before he could speak, the fearless monk had already strode over and hugged him. Liu Qinghan is not short, but when he hugs him like this, the whole thing is like a child in someone's arms. I only heard this person burst out with a thunderclap-like deafening laughter: "Why, after so many years, I look like a dog, this dress, haha...... Do you still wear a Rausch mask, afraid that the Sprinkle family will recognize you and beat you? ”

After speaking, he was about to reach out and take off the mask on Liu Qinghan's face.

Liu Qinghan probably hadn't met anyone who dared to talk to him like this since he went south to Yangzhou, and he was stupid for a while, until the hand reached out to his face, and he hurriedly reached out to block it. And Wen Fengxi, who was next to him, also immediately reached over and grabbed the wrist of the fearless monk: "Who are you, dare to be rude to adults!" ”

"What?! My lord? When the fearless monk heard this, he stared at Liu Qinghan's already somewhat unsightly face, and immediately became angry, his thick eyebrows were upside down, and he grabbed him: "Just say that it will be okay for you to go to the capital with that old fart." What kind of bullshit official, I don't even recognize my grandfather! ”

What he said was rude and rude, and the people present had really never heard such words, and even Li'er frowned and pursed his lips.

Seeing that this great monk was about to get angry and make trouble, he slapped Liu Qinghan in the face.

"Uncle Dreadnought."

At this moment, a call sounded that was not light or heavy.

The angry monk froze suddenly, and the huge slap stopped in front of Liu Qinghan's face, and the wind blew his hair flying.

The fearless monk was stupid, and the whole person stopped there stiffly, and for a long time, he looked back at me with a look of disbelief on his face.

I looked at him in shock, like a child, and couldn't help but smile softly.

He looked at me for a long time before he hesitated to speak: "You, you called me?" ”

"yes."

"Your name is Uncle?"

I laughed a little: "Haven't I been called that since I was a child?" ”

"You-" He gasped and looked at me with wide eyes, "You're-"

I smiled and said, "At the beginning, every time Uncle Fearless gave food and drink to my mother and me, I asked me not to forget Uncle Fearless's kindness to me. Why do I still remember now, but Uncle Daught forgot about me? ”

He was completely dumbfounded this time.

That hand unconsciously let go of Liu Qinghan, his strong body trembled, and slowly walked towards me, I heard his heavy footsteps, almost shaking the ground under my feet. When he finally came up to me, a shadow obscured my vision, and I saw that the eyes were slightly red, almost tearful.

After a while, he said, "Miss? ”

I said, "It's me." ”

His breath choked, as if he couldn't believe it, and asked again, "Is it really the eldest lady?" ”

"Of course it's me."

This time, I couldn't even hear his breathing, but I saw a lot of expressions flashing on his face in an instant, happy, ecstatic, frustrated, and annoyed, as if he had experienced all the love of more than ten years at this moment.

Then, he slammed his head: "Oops! ”

Listening to the "click", the bluestone slab at the entrance of the temple was cracked by him, but he couldn't care about it at all, grabbed my two hands, laughed and cried: "Miss, you're back!" ”

He was probably too excited, and he couldn't control his strength, my two hands were held tightly by him in the palm of his hand, almost about to be broken, but looking at him like this, like a child, and my memory from decades ago is exactly the same, the difference is that he used to be innocent in front of his mother, and now, in front of me, there is no cover, I even forgot the pain, only tears filled my eyes for a moment, and looked at him with a smile: "Uncle Fearless." ”

I have a deep memory of this fearless monk, not only because of his personality as a very special one among the people I know, but also because during the most difficult period for my mother and me, it was not only Xishan Academy that helped us, but also him. I remember that in my childhood memories, he was like this, he spoke like a thunderbolt, and often shook our little house as soon as he opened his mouth, and my mother, who liked to be quiet so much, always smiled and said nothing when facing him, let him laugh and scold, and look at him like a child. At the beginning, Liu Qinghan told me that there was a great monk in Tianmu Temple who was not taboo in meat and vegetables, and he often looked for Fu Badai to drink, and I thought of him as soon as I heard it. And I heard that he used to be really a mountain bandit, but how he came to Tianmu Temple and how he became a monk is unknown.

It's just that this person has a strong temperament, bold and straightforward, with a hint of childlike innocence, he is an outlier in this temple, and I don't know how these cautious monks in Tianmu Temple tolerate him.

The people around were very surprised when they saw this scene, and no one spoke for a long time. waited until this fearless monk held my hand, shed a few tears, and said to me aggrievedly: "I will never see the eldest lady in this life." ”

"Am I not back?"

As I spoke, I laboriously pulled my tormented hand from his palm and gently patted the back of his hand. It's just that his hands are so big that they look like a vinegar bowl, and I clapped his hands, not like comfort, but like dusting mosquitoes for him.

Actually, it wasn't too surprising to see him, after all, this is Tianmu Temple, the place I used to be most familiar with, and there are people I am most familiar with here, but until I see his face, I can't even remember him as a person. It's really a memory of the past, so long that it's been so long that I'm blurry myself.

However, he didn't forget it, and he didn't avoid suspicion, grabbed my hand and refused to let go, and looked straight at my face: "Does the eldest lady know about Madame?" ”

My heart moved slightly.

The corner of his eye quickly glanced around, and then said to him: "Uncle Fearless, we have just returned from Nian Baoyuze, there was a big battle there, and everyone is very sleepy and hungry. Can you have someone pack up a few rooms and give us a rest? ”

"Good, good!"

He said yes again and again, and he didn't let go of me, and immediately pulled me inside, and the others couldn't and could only follow. Stepping through the gate of the temple, I remembered something again and said, "By the way, there are some soldiers we brought back from the mountain, and you can also ask people to send some rice noodles down." Turn around - I'll let the light dust bring the things. ”

"Miss, haven't you seen Uncle Fearless? Besides, didn't they send those things too? Come on, come on! ”

I was pulled in by him like a chicken, Pei Yuanfeng and they had nothing to say, and they already understood this person's temperament, so they could only shake their heads and follow.

As soon as you enter the gate, you will see a Wei Tuo in front of you, your eyes are wide open, the vajra in your hand is on the ground, very majestic, indicating that this Tianmu Temple is not to receive foreign monks, so there are not many free rooms in the temple, fortunately, the little novice is still sensible, called a few novices to come over to help, and after a while, everyone was finally settled.

Fearless and fast, but also childish, he did not shy away from giving me the largest wing, and kicked and beat those little novices vigorously, asking them to go down the mountain to carry water to wash the ground, incense, scolding, Li'er looked very puzzled, and I just smiled, and when he was in a hurry to leave what to do, I took Yuan Xiu and Li'er into the wing. After a little rectification, Li'er took a few little novices to go out for a walk, and I simply let her go, and then helped Yuan Xiu to sit on the edge of the bed.

He didn't have time to take care of him, although he didn't complain, his face was pale, and he knew that the pain was not light.

Carefully help him take off his clothes, and see that the bandages have shown blood.

I immediately frowned: "What, the wound has cracked again, why didn't you say it earlier?" ”

He smiled: "Riding a horse along the way, it is inevitable that there will be some involvement. ”

I sighed, he was already injured, and I couldn't say anything about him, so I could only carefully remove the bandage, which inevitably involved the injury, and I didn't see him crying pain. After scrubbing the wound, he was given medicine and then carefully sealed with a bandage.

After doing this, I breathed a sigh of relief, and when I raised my head, I saw his smiling eyes in the candlelight: "You are becoming more and more skilled now, and if I am injured again in the future, I don't need to ask a doctor." ”

I gave him a disgusted look: "Has anyone cursed themselves like that?" ”

He laughed.

I also laughed helplessly, and while laughing, I helped him pull up the sleeves that were inconvenient to pull up, but before I could get dressed, the door was slammed open.

Before I even looked back, I already knew who it was.

"Miss? I-"

Before he finished speaking, he felt him freeze, and immediately, that thunderbolt-like voice sounded in his ears, and he roared angrily: "You bastard disciple! ”