Listening to the wind whistling behind me, I hurriedly turned around and blocked in front of Yuan Xiu, and the dreadnought monk's big slap stopped again, and the wind hit my face, blowing my hair flying.

He was so anxious that his eyes were red: "Miss! ”

"Uncle Dreadnought, don't mess around."

"How dare he, a disciple, come to your room and show his chest and arms in front of the eldest lady!"

I couldn't cry or laugh: "Uncle Fearless, he is my husband." ”

“……”

The fearless monk froze suddenly.

I glanced back at Pei Yuanxiu, and then at him, his expression seemed to have swallowed an egg, his eyes were round, and he also looked at me, and then at Pei Yuanxiu, for a while, he said in disbelief: "He is-"

"I'm in good faith."

"He-"

"My husband."

Fearless looked at me again, then at Pei Yuanxiu, and for a while: "Uncle?" ”

I don't know why, this title is quite normal, but it doesn't taste like that at all when it comes out of his mouth, especially a "monk" like him, Pei Yuanxiu laughed when he heard it: "This master is really interesting." ”

"What's so funny!" As soon as Dauntless heard this, his temper came up again, and with a wave of his big hand, he almost slapped me in the face. I subconsciously took a step back, my calves touched the edge of the bed, and then I saw him walking back and forth in front of the bed with two hands behind his back, as if he was very irritable, panting heavily, staring at Pei Yuanxiu with a pair of tiger eyes and refusing to let go, for a long time, and said, "You, married our eldest lady?" ”

"I've been married for half a year."

"Can you have the order of your parents, the words of the matchmaker?"

"There is no life of parents, no words of matchmaking, but there is heaven and earth as evidence, and the sun and the moon as a mirror."

The fearless monk's eyes narrowed slightly, but he lost a little fierce look, looked at him for a while, stretched out his hand and pointed at him and said, "The eldest lady married you, you are not allowed to bully her!" Otherwise, the Sprinkler family will tear you apart! ”

In the face of such a threat from him, Pei Yuanxiu was not angry at all, his eyes were crooked with a smile, and he nodded: "Hmm." ”

Daring Do snorted with his nose.

I couldn't cry and laugh even more, and pulled his sleeve: "Uncle Fearless, don't be like this, he is very good to me!" ”

When the fearless monk turned his head to me again, his face became as pleasant as turning a book, and a big hand patted the back of my hand, and said in a whisper: "The eldest lady doesn't know, these fancy men have honey on their tongues, and they are the most coaxing people." I'm afraid that the eldest lady will be coaxed by him, what will I do if I bully you in the future? Madame, such a clever person, was also coaxed-"

"Uncle Fearless," I interrupted him, and said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for so long, and I miss you for it, and I still miss the tea in this temple." Do you have any good tea for me? ”

When the fearless monk heard this, he immediately said: "Of course there is, the Sprinkle family let them prepare it." ”

I smiled: "It's still Uncle Fearless who feels the most sorry for me." After speaking, I turned back to Yuan Xiu and said: "Your injury is not healed, let's rest well tonight, I have not seen some old people in this temple for a long time, and I want to go and catch up with them." ”

Pei Yuanxiu nodded, straightened his clothes, and said to me softly: "Don't go too late, come back early to rest." ”

"Hmm."

After saying that, I helped him make the bed a little, and then turned to leave, Uncle Fearless watched me do things with a displeased face, and it could be seen that he couldn't hold back his anger several times, but looking at my indifferent appearance, he didn't say anything, only puffed up, and slammed the door when he went out.

The sun has set, twilight falls, lanterns are hung outside the large and small houses in Tianmu Temple, candles are swaying, accompanied by the wind blowing leaves all over the mountain, it seems more and more peaceful in this temple, so that the original chaotic heart has calmed down.

The dreadnought monk walked in front with a lantern, and I followed him on the cool bluestone slab, the night breeze blew through the corners of my clothes and skirt, and was illuminated by the flickering candles in the lantern, casting a bright and dim light on the ground.

I said softly, "Uncle Fearless, where are you taking me?" ”

"Didn't the eldest lady say that she wanted to eat good tea? The Sprinkle family has already let people prepare it in the courtyard, and now go to the Zen courtyard of the Sprinkle family. ”

I stopped suddenly.

As soon as the fearless monk heard my movements, he also stopped, turned his head, and looked at me with some doubts: "Miss, what's wrong?" ”

I thought about it for a while and said, "I'm not busy eating tea, Uncle Fearless, I still have something to do." ”

"What's the matter?"

"There are so many people in our group who come to Tianmu Temple to disturb, and we should also say hello to the abbot. I would like to meet the abbot. ”

When Uncle Fearless heard this, he was stunned: "Uncle Zhengjue? ”

"Hmm."

"You want to see him?"

"That's what I should do."

This time, the fearless monk who acted thunderously hesitated, and after a long time, he slowly said: "But, eldest miss, you must know that he does not take outsiders lightly. ”

I nodded, "I understand." But I'm a junior, and after so many years, I should come back to see me. ”

“……”

"Can't you?"

"Not really, it's just that in the past two years, he has become less and less seen. Hmm-" The fearless monk frowned, thought for a moment, and said to me, "I'll take the eldest lady over to have a look." ”

"Okay."

As twilight fell, the air on the mountain became more and more humid and cool.

Follow the fearless monk all the way to the mountain, but also to the back of the temple, climb the mountain rocks, walk through the gardens, listen to one or two clear birdsong from the quiet mountains, and after a while, the corners of the skirt are wet/wet with the dew condensed on the tip of the grass, brushing the ankles, and there is a burst of coolness.

We finally arrived at the abbot's monastery.

This is already a very deep place in Tianmu Temple, and when you look ahead, you will see a forest of pagodas, looming in the twilight, which looks particularly solemn. Almost subconsciously, I folded my hands together and gently recited a word of Buddha.

At this moment, the door of the temple buzzed open.

Two young monks dressed in gray robes stepped out of it and saluted the fearless monk respectfully. The fearless monk walked in and asked loudly, "What about the abbot?" The eldest lady of the Yan family came and wanted to meet him. ”

"The abbot is in Qingxiu, and he doesn't see any guests."

Before I could speak, the fearless monk next to me had already exploded: "What kind of guest, is the eldest lady a guest?" ”

The two monks were stunned by his roar, but they didn't react, and the fearless monk had already waved his hand, almost knocking one of them to the ground, and said, "The Sprinkle family will go in and tell him by yourself!" Miss, you wait! ”

After speaking, he strode into the Zen temple.

The two monks were also startled, and before they could greet me, they hurriedly followed.

I stood alone in the doorway, and I couldn't help but cry and laugh.

Let the fearless monk take me to meet the abbot, I really don't know if it's right or wrong, his explosive temper is also a loss in this inaccessible Tianmu Temple, not many pilgrims have seen it, otherwise, how to say it is also a "shame of Buddhism".

For a while, the surroundings were quiet, and I couldn't hear what he was doing in the Zen courtyard, so I also stood quietly, looking at the two gnawed bare camellia trees at the entrance of the Zen courtyard, and the messy footprints on the ground.

After a while, the courtyard door opened again.

The two monks walked out, bowed respectfully to me with their hands folded, and then said, "Tan Yue, the abbot invites Tan Yue to enter the Zen monastery for a while." ”

I folded my hands and bowed to them in return, and then I stepped into the high threshold.

Walking into the gate of the Zen courtyard, you will see a clean and simple small courtyard, the bluestone paved ground should be often washed with water, almost dusty, but also a little cool; In addition to a water tank and a broom in the corner, there is almost nothing else, only a camellia planted under the eaves, which has long been defeated, but this small Zen courtyard reveals a bit of withering.

A meditation room stood there alone, the door was hidden, and the fearless monk was standing at the door, and when he turned around and saw me, he hurriedly beckoned to me: "Miss, please come here." ”

I hurried over and up the steps.

The door opened.

A faint scent of sandalwood, as if evaporating from memory, slowly lingered around me.

In front of me is a clean and simple meditation room, in the center of the meditation room is a table, on which an incense burner is placed, green smoke curls up from the top of the stove, in the sunlight through the doors and windows, as light and elusive as a person's subtle thoughts.

And against the wall, there is a stone bed, and an old monk is sitting on a futon.

That is the enlightened monk.

He is much older than he remembers. His face was withered, his beard was gray, and he was wearing a gray monk's robe and a bright red robe, and his body looked more and more thin. He sat cross-legged on the futon, there was not a trace of wind in the room, and his face was silent without a trace of expression.

I stood in the doorway, and for a moment, my whole body seemed to freeze.

The face that was only in the memory was suddenly real.

After a moment of silence, the enlightened monk slowly opened his eyes.

It was a pair of gray, somewhat cloudy eyes, and the gray eyebrows drooped down, almost obscuring the light of wisdom that had been precipitated by the years inside, but it could not hide the faint smile that rose up.

After a while, he said, "You're here." ”

I held on to the door frame with a slight amount of force, and finally propped myself into the meditation room, folded my hands in front of him, and bowed: "Meet the abbot." ”

He looked at me quietly, and the smile on his face deepened.

After saying that, I didn't know what else I could say, even if I wanted to say anything, my throat was completely dumb at this time, but he slowly raised his head and said to the fearless monk at the door: "Fearless, you all go down first." Let's talk about it. ”

"Oh."

Although the fearless monk's temper was strange and smelly, he seemed to be very convinced of him, and he didn't say much, folded his hands and bowed, then slowly closed the door, and then retreated.

Listening to the footsteps of the three of them, I raised my head again and looked at the old monk in front of me.

He was still sitting there, motionless like a Buddha statue, with only a little dust in his eyes.

I walked over slowly, and before I could speak, I heard his deep voice sound, with the familiar kindness of my memory: "Light, you are back." ”

"Hmm." I nodded, my voice was already trembling, and I choked up: "Second uncle, I'm back." ”