"You must know that Yuanxin served under the command of the former emperor at the beginning, and his merits were outstanding, and he was a good friend of today's saints, and the court rewarded him several times, but he was rejected by his uncle. The elder brother often went down the mountain in his early years, and he made great contributions to the establishment of the country of Dayong. Not to mention Yuanchen, the only son of the Governor of the Governor's Mansion. Although the companion is like a tiger, but given the current situation, I don't think they are in danger. ”

"But the villain has to be guarded against, and it will be troublesome if someone makes it bad. Therefore, during this time, you can live here with peace of mind, even if you enter the city, you must act in secret, and avoid meeting with their teachers and uncles. ”

"Uncle Shi has to go down the mountain at such an old age, in fact, to pay off his debts."

"What debt? I just heard the old man of the Governor's Mansion mention it, it seems that it was because the third uncle said that the leak broke a major event before the first emperor's uprising, and I don't know the specific reason, I can only find a scale and a half claw in the file, and I am still waiting for the senior brother to go to the capital to ask about it. ”

"Impact? It's a big impact! It is said that several lower courtyards of Tianchan Temple were banned by the Tartar court, and the third uncle volunteered to practice closed-mouth meditation ......"

"What? That's not what Big Brother said? Maybe I'm mistaken, or maybe he just wants you to practice hard and doesn't want to tell you this......"

There is also a layer of unmelted ice and snow attached to the branches of the flowers and trees next to the mountain road, and the wind gently sweeps and sways down, like ten thousand pear trees blooming.

In this gorgeous dream-like scenery, Yuan Xing hugged the cage left by Ning Mu to keep carrier pigeons all the way back to the dormitory, but the words that the senior brother said before leaving did not dissipate in his mind for a long time.

What is the debt to be repaid?

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The spring wind and snow came suddenly, and disappeared quickly, and a few days ago there were ice cubes on the branches, and the weather was bitterly cold. Today is the day when the sun is shining and everything is coming back to life, and as far as the eye can see, a vibrant green covers the mountains and plains almost overnight.

Then, on this sunny afternoon, it was still the gazebo from last time, but this time it was a different person sitting on the opposite side.

Yuan Xing looked at the monk opposite in a daze, and complained vigorously in his heart. No, what about acting in secrecy and avoiding meetings? You're here with such a big bang?

Yes, just after lunch, the senior brother arrived at Xixin Temple, and as soon as he entered the door, he came to find it, without any concealment.

"Don't look at me like that...... Yuan Fa looked at Yuan Xing happily and explained: "When you arrive in the capital, you naturally want to visit the local Zen forest." ”

Yuan Xing was helpless, so he had to sit down and make tea, while inquiring about the situation after the other party and his party went down the mountain.

When he heard that the senior uncle took Shanguo to visit his old friend, and the second senior brother Yuanchen stayed in the inn alone, he couldn't help but be stunned: "Isn't the second senior brother going home to see his parents?" ”

Yuanfa laughed: "I go every day, but I never stay overnight." Even so, Madame White was extremely happy. ”

Yuan Xing nodded, just as the senior brother came, he said the questions in his heart in the past few days.

The senior brother was stunned for a long time when he heard the word debt repayment, and then shook his head with a smile: "Repay the debt? What did your third senior brother say? When Uncle Shi practiced closed-mouth meditation, he was still a hairy child, how could he know what was going on. ”

"He said it wrong?" Yuan Xing's eyes widened, or, is the third senior brother tricking me again?

He guessed on his own, and he was largely right. It's just that if you want to repay the debt, isn't it good for Uncle Shi to come in person? Why bother to work and uncle? I know that the disaster back then was not because of my uncle, because my uncle had already practiced meditation at that time. Yuanfa said and beat his hands hatefully: "After so many years, Yuankong's temperament is still frizzy, and the unclear news will also tell you." See how I punish him when I go back. After so many years, he is still used to calling Ning Mu by his legal name, especially when the other party makes a mistake.

"Then why did Uncle Shi practice closed-mouth meditation?" Yuan Xing asked curiously.

Yuanfa didn't answer immediately, but coughed and tapped lightly with the back of his fingers near the empty teacup.

Yuan Xing immediately understood, and hurriedly poured the brewed tea for the other party, who took a cup and tasted it, and then said slowly: "This matter is not a secret, but in order to avoid it, insiders rarely mention it." We brothers and sisters are the only ones who don't know, so you might as well talk about it today. Then, he began to solve his doubts about fate.

Several elders in Tianchan Temple, Shi Bo Fushan grew up in the temple since he was a child, I don't know who his parents are, and he has quietly practiced martial arts all his life, so there is no need to repeat it.

Master Fuguang has been smart and studious since he was a child, and he has also been exposed to Buddhism because of his mother's relationship, and later a plague left him alone. Because the Mongolians did not open a science and take a scholar, they had nowhere to apply what they had learned, and they felt that the world was impermanent, so they simply scattered their wealth and became a monk.

The process of the third uncle's ordination was more tortuous. He was born in a Jiangnan family, but he naturally does not like to be restrained. When he was a teenager, he was reluctant to accept the family affairs arranged by his family, and he dared to wander the rivers and lakes alone with a set of knife techniques learned from the nursing home. There have been many adventures along the way, and he has been famous all over the world since his early twenties, but along with it, there is also a reputation for his foul mouth.

Because of that mouth, he offended people a lot. At that time, Shi Bo Fushan, who was traveling around, was one of them, and it is said that the two gambled and fought, and finally Tianchan Temple had a monk who could use a knife. Three years later, he was still alive and gone, only half a year later, he came back to take the ordination again, and vowed to practice the Silent Meditation.

"Why did Uncle Shi come back?" Incomprehensible inquiry. Could it be that he went down the mountain and got into trouble?

"Trouble. Uncle Shi went all the way home after going down the mountain, and happened to meet the fiancée arranged by his parents that year, the woman was already married, but after all, the reputation was damaged due to the divorce, and then the news that Uncle Shi became a monk came, and the situation in the local area was even more difficult, and I don't know how the two quarreled, Uncle Shi couldn't talk about it, and said angrily, 'I'd rather be a monk than marry you', and the woman threw herself into the well on the second day. This incident hit him very hard, and after spending nearly three months dealing with the beginning and the end, Uncle Shi finally came to his senses and re-entered Buddhism. Yuanfa said with a sigh.

Yuan Xing also sighed to himself, this is Uncle Shi's mouth.

"As for the repayment of debts, it is actually not wrong, because Uncle Shi went out of the mountain this time to repay the favor of the Governor of Bai." Yuan Fa continued to explain: "At that time, the two lower houses secretly funded the rebels, and it was the help of Bai Dadu, who was very famous in Jinan at that time, that saved the lives of the monks. As for the matter of the first emperor's case and the accusation of secrets, it has nothing to do with the third uncle, but the person was caught and climbed around, and the government has already decided the case, and I don't know where Yuankong found the file. ”

It turned out that this was the case, and Yuan Xing suddenly realized. Seeing that the senior brother's teacup was empty, he hurriedly refilled it.

Yuan Fa picked up the cup, felt the temperature on it, and said slowly: "Originally, Uncle Bai and Bai Dadu were better and had frequent contacts, but later one was closed to penance and the other was busy with government affairs, and the relationship was a little weak. This is the first time that Bai Dadu has taken the initiative to contact, how can Uncle Shi refuse? It is true that as Yuankong said, it is enough for the master to come forward, but the master must come in person, he said......" He lowered his eyes and sighed slightly: "He said that he was old...... The latter words were not spoken.

Yuan Xing understood and fell silent. Every day, it is said that life and death are downplayed, and each is a matter of fate. But witnessing the birth, old age, sickness and death of those close to them, who will not be able to make waves in their hearts? It's not really a heart of stone.

The cool atmosphere froze for a long time, and Yuan Fa drank the tea that had lost its temperature, looked at the junior brother opposite, and said: "As for our generation, you and I grew up in the temple since childhood, and I have to remember who our parents are, and there is nothing to say about this fate." ”

Yuan Xing also came back to his senses and couldn't help nodding.

Yuanfa continued: "Yuanchen broke his hair and asked to become a monk, and he was two years older than Shanming that year. ”

"So small? Aren't you trapped by love? Yuan Xing raised his eyebrows, which means that the second senior brother was a monk at the age of fifteen, but he was still a child at that time, so did he escape into the empty door because of emotional frustration?

"That's the way it says to the outside world." Yuanfa shook his head slowly: "On that day, I went to visit Baifu with my master, and as soon as I said goodbye and left, I was stopped by him, and I had to become a monk." At that time, Bai Yuanwai was ready to follow the first emperor to raise troops, and when he saw this, he did not object, so he casually found a reason to agree. First, the child's personality is too stubborn to be persuaded, and second, he is also afraid that he will fail, and the only son can leave a piece of incense. Speaking of this, he shook his head again and sighed: "I still remember that it had just rained that day, and a half-grown child with short hair was lying on the ground in the mud, and he wanted to leave the house alive or dead, and he wouldn't get up if he didn't agree." ”

"Why?" Yuan Xing asked.

"The Bai family originally did not live in the city, and one day the Bai family went to the city for a banquet, leaving only the children and servants at home. Coincidentally, there was a bandit outside the city, Zhuangzi did not save it, and when the husband and wife arrived with someone, they only saw two crying boys by the river around a girl who had lost her breath. That was Yuanchen's own sister, when the bandits entered the village, she crossed from the river to the other side with her two children in order to survive, but she didn't know how to survive at all. The two children were unharmed, but the girl was gone, and it is said that when she was first found, her hands were still held high, and she could not break them. Yuanfa shook his head and sighed: "Those two children, one is Yuanchen and the other is Yuankong. ”

Yuan Xing's hand on the teacup shook, he didn't expect the two senior brothers to experience such a tragic incident.

That incident had a great impact on the two children, and since then, one has been practicing martial arts desperately, and the other has sought answers in books and Buddhist scriptures. Yuanchen said that at the beginning, he had some hatred in his heart, hatred for himself, his parents, and the world, and it took a long time to wear off, and his heart felt extremely peaceful after practice, and he didn't want to return to the world. Yuanfa sighed faintly, and then mentioned Ning Mu again.

"Because his mother is a concubine, Yuankong has been bullied since he was a child, and after getting to know Yuanchen, his situation has improved slightly. Whatever his initial purpose of approaching the Bai family, they eventually became friends with each other. Even if they have a reputation as dogs, and they are forced to shave their heads and become a monk because of their relationship, their relationship has not changed.

After returning to the world, he gained a lot from business, and his father-in-law was a famous martial arts guest, and he could have been a rich idler. But he entered the Governor's Mansion, and some people said that he climbed rich and fell in love with power. But over the years, he has given up many opportunities for promotion, and has always stayed by Bai Dadudu's side as a six-grade petty official, what do you say? This is a question, but the senior brother didn't wait for fate to answer, and gave the answer himself: "He is doing his filial piety for the fate who swore never to return to the world, because this is what they agreed." ”

Yuan Xing listened to the senior brother's narration, and a picture unconsciously appeared in front of him.

A young man stood in front of him with a bald head, speaking annoying words, but handing over a large handful of walnuts and chestnuts.

Therefore, the third senior brother is unreliable, loves to pit people, bullies the weak, and has a cheap mouth.

But Yuanxing likes to be with him, he was pit for a while, occasionally returned it, and then was pitted again, and then angry for a while, but never broke off the friendship. Tracing back to the source, it is probably the handful of pecans that are so delicious that they are not like words when they are helpless.

After the picture was blurred, Ning Mu's eyebrows and eyes with a mischievous smile turned into a bright crescent moon, and the figure of a light pipa in the pavilion gradually became clear, but his face was full of loneliness and loneliness.

I don't know how long it took for Yuan Xing to come back to his senses and lower his eyes, and then he was speechless.

People always have to face a lot of things that they don't like but can't avoid, this is the case with the senior uncle, the third senior brother, and the same is true for themselves......

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At the same time, inside the inn in the capital.

The sun is warm, and the spring breeze not only blows the green willows, but also blows into the poolside water pavilion.

Yuan Chen sat on the stone chair, holding the prayer beads, and his face was calm.

Ning Mu didn't sit opposite him, but leaned lazily on the pillar, shaking his waist card in his hand, humming a small tune in his mouth, showing his casualness.

The two of them stood and sat down, but neither of them had the intention of speaking first.

Until, the cries of the vendors outside the wall came in.

Yuan Chen sighed: "I have seen a lot since I went down the mountain, the people live and work in peace and contentment, the situation is stable, and the officials are clear, but it is really a good world." ”

"Yes, it's a pity that you and I were born earlier." Ning Mu stopped what he was doing when he heard this, looked at the pool water and came back to his senses, and suddenly said, "It's good that the eldest sister is here." ”

"Eldest sister......" Yuan Chen's face was in a trance for a while, then lowered his eyes and chuckled: "At this time, the eldest sister is afraid that she has already been reincarnated, and she is just in time for a good time." ”

"Over the years, you and I have changed, and I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing. But ......" Ning Mu shook his head and sighed, and a smile resurfaced in his eyes: "No matter how you and I change, I still remember the little white boy who tried to be an adult and taught me a lesson for the evil slave." ”

Yuan Chen's eyes were lowered, and his expression was still calm.

Ning Mu shook his head when he saw this, and was thinking that the other party had made a muffled gourd again, but a sentence sounded in his ears: "I also remember the brother who was obviously scared, but still protected me and drove away wild dogs for me......"

There was a long silence between the two men again.

"Oops......" Ning Mu slapped his head suddenly, and smiled bitterly at his friend who looked puzzled: "Has Senior Brother already met with Little Senior Brother at this time?" If he comes back, if he scolds me, you will have a few kind words. ”

"Y-What did you do?" Yuanchen was stunned for a moment, then reacted, pointed at him and said, "Are you doing it again?" At such an age, why are they still not serious? ”

"No way, as soon as I saw his face, I couldn't help but tease my thoughts, probably because I was used to it." Ning Mu pouted.

"I think it's envy, you and I are no longer what we used to be, only the little junior brother has not changed his original intention, and Buddhism has improved again." Yuanchen sighed and said.

"No, he's changed, too." Ning Mu shook his head, but glanced at Yuanchen, and immediately changed his tone, and said with a joke: "It's not as easy to deceive as in the past." ”

Yuan Chen was speechless.