Lan Changqing and the three of them were carrying burdens and were going to go out of the city. After hearing the movement, the three of them turned their heads to look, and saw that it was Su Jiulin, who they had deceived in Shiyang Town, chasing after them, and the three of them ran away.

The three of them ran from this street to the second street, and from the second street to the third street, but they still couldn't get rid of Su Jiulin.

Even the three of them had already run out of the city, but Su Jiulin was still chasing after him, and kept shouting "don't run".

"Grandpa, that kid is still following." Yan Xiu glanced back, he knew some martial arts, but he couldn't run a little anymore, but he didn't expect Su Jiulin to follow behind and refuse to give up.

Lan Changqing also glanced back, and when he saw that Su Jiulin was still following behind, he asked Lan Lan and Yan Xiu to run separately.

As soon as Lan Changqing finished speaking, Lan Lan ran to the right, Yan Xiu ran to the left, and Lan Changqing himself continued to run forward.

Su Jiulin saw that the three of them ran separately, stopped slightly, gasped, looked left and right, and continued to chase forward.

In fact, Su Jiulin was already very tired from running, but he just wanted to chase!

Su Jiulin was still chasing after Lan Changqing, but when he chased to a mountain, he found that Lan Changqing had suddenly disappeared.

Su Jiulin looked to the left and didn't find anyone, and then looked to the right and didn't see anyone.

"It's obviously a big open space, where can you run to?!"

Su Jiulin gasped, slowly, step by step, and had already reached the edge of the mountain. Looking down from here, there is an empty field.

Su Jiulin looked into the distance panting like this, and suddenly knelt on the ground. He could no longer control the emotions suppressed in his own heart, and cried loudly with his hands on the ground.

Su Jiulin has a sense of responsibility and responsibility, he wants to find his father, he wants to help the Su family do something, and he wants to take his Uncle Nan back.

He has perseverance, is not afraid of hardship, he can't run in the forest or will continue to run, from Qingcheng Mountain to Shiyang Town, from Shiyang Town to Dale Township, and then from Dale Township to Chongqing City, he has been tired and hesitant but he has not given up.

He is principled, has backbone, is unwilling to accept the kindness of others, does not want to beg, and even when he was drinking that bowl of porridge just now, for a moment he wondered if his grandfather would blame him under Jiuquan.

But he was only twelve years old after all!

He's had endured so much that he shouldn't have had to endure at his age.

The crying was so heartbreaking, and the tears seemed to flow unstoppably, showing no signs of stopping.

……

After a while, Lan Changqing suddenly stood behind Su Jiulin, and not far away, Lan Lan and Yan Xiu were also watching.

"Okay, stop crying." Lan Changqing opened his mouth and said, "Just pay us your money." ”

But Su Jiulin was still crying to himself.

"Alas," Lan Changqing sighed in the back, "These are all things you must pass on the road to growth, sooner or later." People are unpredictable, and it is not so easy to survive in this world. ”

Su Jiulin didn't cry as much as he started to cry, and asked with a sob: "For... What... I... One... Small... Child... You guys... It's all liar, I... And no... Be... Bad... people..."

Lan Changqing walked up to Su Jiulin, stroked his head, and said, "The rivers and lakes are already sinister, is it not sinister just because you are still young?" ”

"You dare to count money on the street, I saw at least two other groups of people staring at you. If you don't get deceived by us, you will be deceived by others. ”

"At least we won't hurt you, we only cheat you out of money, so that you can have a long memory and remember the sinister rivers and lakes."

"I can see that you are a good boy, kind and knowledgeable. But you have to adapt to life, you have to make changes according to life, not let life adapt to you. It's good to read more books, but the ideal is the ideal, the reality is the reality, and after reading the book, remember to distinguish the ideal from the reality. ”

Su Jiulin was not crying so much at this time, but he was still sobbing.

Lan Changqing continued: "People, they all understand the lesson, but they will only remember it if they have been in pain. ”

"Why do you cheat me out of my little child's money..."Su Jiulin still said so, and then plunged into Lan Changqing's arms, and cried again, the louder he cried, the more sad he became.

At this time, Lan Lan and Yan Xiu also came to Su Jiulin's side.

After a long time, Su Jiulin finally stopped crying. Lan Lan and Yan Xiu also apologized to him.

Su Jiulin also knew the relationship and names of the three people, and also informed the three of them about himself under their inquiry.

"I've told you a long time ago, Su Gongzi looks so honest, so don't embarrass others. You just don't listen, and you want me to go. Look, how much he suffered! ”

Lan Lan beat Lan Changqing and Yan Xiu again and again, she was unwilling to embarrass Su Jiulin at first.

"Sister Lan Lan," Su Jiulin stopped Lan Lan, "Grandpa Lan is right, I lack experience in the rivers and lakes, and if I am not deceived by you, I will be deceived by others." ”

"But we can only pay you back eighty copper coins, and we blame the two of them!" As she spoke, Lan Lan took out the money bag and handed it to Su Jiulin, and then looked at Yan Xiu and Lan Changqing viciously.

It turned out that Yan Xiu and Lan Changqing came to Chongqing City to gamble, but unfortunately, they were unlucky and lost to the bottom. Even Lan Lan's silver was taken and lost. Fortunately, Lan Lan still has eighty yuan on her.

Looking at Lan Lan, Yan Xiu and Lan Changqing turned their heads to the side.

Su Jiulin looked at the money bag in his hand for a while, then took out fifty-five Wen and handed it to Lan Lan, and said, "Sister Lan Lan, keep it, you don't have any money." ”

"Why are we so embarrassed to ask for your money? Don't you still have to rely on this money to find your father? Lan Lan was very confused at this time, obviously money was very important to Su Jiulin now.

"If I was deceived, I was deceived, and it was already very good that I could get back twenty-five yuan." Su Jiulin smiled.

"Moreover, I just asked, the Wangjiang Tower in the city will also serve a meal of porridge every day." Su Jiulin insisted that Lan Lan accept the fifty-five dollars.

"But..."

"Don't be, Sister Lan Lan, Grandpa Lan, Brother Yan, I can feel it, in fact, you are all good people. Can I make a request to you? Su Jiulin looked at the three of them very seriously.

"You say."

"Can you stop lying to people?"

Hearing this, the three of them were silent.

Su Jiulin continued: "Every time I see a liar, I will try to convince him to stop being a liar, and then there will be fewer and fewer liars, fewer and fewer liars. I believe that one day there will be no liars in the world. ”

"Brother Su, you are young, but what you said is very reasonable!" Yan Xiu immediately gave Su Jiulin a thumbs up.

"There is a yarn truth." Lan Changqing stood on one side, but shook his head.

"Alas, Master Su, there are no absolutes in the world. And people in the world are the same, they are not born to deceive people. When you figure out why people become bad people, why they become liars, and why there are liars, you will know how naïve what you just said..."

"The three of you will naturally understand it when you grow up." Lan Changqing also knew that it was difficult for the three of them to understand the meaning of what he said now, so he didn't say anything more.

Since Lan Changqing and the three of them still have to hurry, they may not be able to reach the next city after dark if they are delayed, and after a few more chats with Su Jiulin, the three of them said goodbye and went east.

And Su Jiulin returned to Chongqing City and began to continue looking for his father Su Mingfeng.

From this day on, Su Jiulin began to sleep in the beggar's nest at night and look for his father during the day.

And since chasing Lan Changqing and the three out of the city that day, Su Jiulin has never seen the white-haired old beggar again. Su Jiulin also asked the middle-aged beggar, and only said that he saw him leave after eating the steamed buns.

Seeing that Wangjianglou was busy, Su Jiulin would also go to help, cleaning, serving vegetables, carrying water, and chopping firewood.

The shopkeeper saw that he was not inferior to his shopkeeper and was diligent, so he wanted to recruit him as a junior second, but Su Jiulin didn't agree because he wanted to find his father Su Mingfeng, so he only asked for help to give him a meal at a time.

Rao is like this, it has only been three days, and Su Jiulin only has seven dollars left.

The things sold in Chongqing City are much more expensive than those in Shiyang Town, and a steamed bun costs at least two yuan, and it may not be available. Usually, it's three cents a piece, and five dollars a piece.

"In other words, Meng Ying, the princess of Qin, was originally the fiancée of Prince Jian of Chu State, but the traitor Fei Wuji actually made a plan to dedicate Meng Ying to Prince Jian's father, King Chuping......"

This afternoon, Su Jiulin was very excited, not because he found Su Mingfeng or had news of Su Mingfeng, but because Wangjianglou invited a storyteller! There are more than 20 people sitting in the lobby on the first floor of Wangjiang Building, drinking tea and listening to stories.

Su Jiulin sat on the steps outside the restaurant, listening very carefully through the railing of the restaurant. The storyteller's storytelling on stage is much more exciting than what Su Mingnan told him.

"The crown prince built and the prince Wu luxury, and proposed to depose Fei Wuji. However, King Chuping listened to Fei Wuji's slander and killed Wu Hao and his eldest son Wu Shang. Wu Zixu, the youngest son of Wu Hao, fled for his life overnight......"

"Why is this still running?"

"His youngest son is a coward......"

Immediately, the whole hall was in a commotion.

"Don't be in a hurry, and let me speak slowly......" the storyteller stroked his beard.

"When Wu Zixu fled to the border Zhaoguan, he was guarded by heavy soldiers, and seeing that the pass was hopeless, Wu Zixu's heart was so anxious that he turned white overnight, and there was an allusion to Wu Zixu's white head overnight......"

"Did he escape?" And everyone in the hall only cared about whether Wu Zixu escaped or not.

"Of course I escaped." Mr. Storyteller opened the fan and continued, "With the help of Dong Gao Gong, a disciple of the famous doctor Bian Que, Wu Zixu successfully escaped from the Chu State and came to the Wu State ......."

"Wu Zixu did not show his strength at the beginning of Wu State. He first became obscure and got acquainted with Zhuan Zhu, the soldier saint Sun Wu and others. A few years later, he got acquainted with Gongzi Guang again, and recommended Zhuzhu and others to Gongzi Guang. Then he planned to let Zhuan Zhu kill the king of Wu with the fish intestine sword, and successfully helped Gongziguang ascend to the throne of the king of Wu. ”

"Later, he helped King Wu to govern the state of Wu in an orderly manner, and in military affairs, Sun Wu also taught and trained, and the state of Wu became stronger and stronger."

I saw Mr. Storyteller on the stage, the fan opened and closed for a while, and Su Jiulin listened as if he was watching things happen by Wu Zixu's side.

"Finally, in the sixteenth year after Wu Hao's death, Wu Zixu assisted Sun Wu and attacked the capital of Chu!"

"Although King Chuping was dead at that time, Wu Zixu opened the coffin and dug up the tomb, dug up King Chuping, and then whipped the corpse for three hundred!"

"Eventually... Revenge! ”

With that, Mr. Storyteller's fan closed again, grabbed it with his left hand, and held it in his hand.

"Good!"

"Great!"

The audience burst into thunderous applause.

"Good! Good! Su Jiulin also stood up outside the fence and applauded vigorously.

Although he drank Mr. Storyteller's color, Su Jiulin was cheering for Wu Zixu more.

"Father! Grandfather! Uncle Nan...... Lin'er won't give up! ”

"I'm going to make myself strong too!"

At this time, Su Jiulin was already secretly planning the next road for himself.

The guests have already left, and Li Shuang is cleaning the lobby.

"Brother Shuang!"

Li Shuang looked up and saw that it was Su Jiulin waving at him, so he walked towards him.

"Brother Su? What's the matter? ”

"Brother Shuang, how much does a coffin cost?"

When Li Shuang heard this, his eyes were bigger than eggs.

"I didn't use it..."

After Su Jiulin explained, Li Shuang knew that it was Su Jiulin's fourth uncle who was still in Yizhuang, Dale Township, and he wanted to buy a coffin to take him back.

"I don't know the coffin very well, I guess it will cost at least two taels of silver." Li Shuang said while wiping the table, "Besides, don't think about the horse, seven or eight two, bury ......."

Su Jiulin followed behind Li Shuang, listening and reading in his mouth, his hands still gesturing.

"Brother Shuang, can you lend me two taels of silver? It was about half a year before I could afford it. ”

Hearing this, Li Shuang turned his head, put a handkerchief on his shoulder, and said, "Na, you can borrow it, but you have to remember to pay it back, I saved it and went back to my hometown to ask for a daughter-in-law." ”

Li Shuang liked Su Jiulin very much, and without saying a word, he went back to the room and took two taels of silver for him.

In fact, Su Jiulin and Li Shuang together haven't known each other for a few days, Su Jiulin really didn't expect Li Shuang to lend him money so quickly, after all, two taels of silver is Li Shuang's salary for four months.

Looking at Su Jiulin, who was a little stunned, Li Shuang patted Su Jiulin on the shoulder twice.

"What? I didn't expect your brother Shuang to lend you money so quickly? Or didn't you expect your brother Shuang to be so rich? ”

Both laughed.

Early the next morning, after bidding farewell to Li Shuang, Su Jiulin set off for Dale Township without eating breakfast.

"Since I can't find my father, then I'll learn martial arts by myself! I'm here to avenge the Su family myself! ”

At this time, the young man named Qiu Feng, who gave Su Jiulin five dollars in Shiyang Town, had followed the old monk to Shengshou Temple in Dazu County, more than 400 miles away.

Qiu Feng was standing alone in front of the door of a remote meditation room. I saw him knock lightly on the door.

An old voice came from the meditation room: "Come in." ”

Hearing this, Qiu Feng pushed open the door, and then bent down and bowed to the people in the meditation room: "Master." ”

In the middle of the meditation room is sitting on the futon, an old man with a crane hair and a childish face, not a monk.

"Come back, come and sit next to the master." The old man summoned Qiu Feng to sit on the futon beside him.

The old man asked, "Did you feel about going out to practice with Master Chaozen this time?" ”

The Chaozen master, the old monk who appeared in Shiyang Town with Qiu Feng, was the presiding officer of Shengshou Temple. Forty years ago, the abbot of Shengshou Temple by the holy decree of the first emperor was the master of the current abbot Master Juexun, and his prestige in Sichuan was quite high.

"Master, the master said, 'That is, the mind is a Buddha, the mind is a Buddha, the Buddha and all sentient beings are only one mind, and there is no difference between Buddha and sentient beings.'" But Feng'er has seen too much indifference and hypocrisy along the way. Qiu Feng was sitting cross-legged beside the old man with his hands folded, his eyes seemed to be a little confused, "There are even people who have fallen into the well." Could it be that the Buddha is also indifferent and hypocritical? ”

When the old man heard this, he smiled.

"Over the years, you have come to Shengshou Temple every year to go out to practice with Master Chaozen for a few months, let me ask you, what do you see?"

"Affliction." Qiu Feng replied.

"What else?" The old man continued.

Qiu Feng thought for a moment and said, "Is indifference and hypocrisy also counted?" ”

"Count."

The old man slowly stood up and began to pace around the room.

"Your master and I don't understand the Buddha, but the Buddha is certainly not a hypocrite. So since the mind is a Buddha, why is there indifference and hypocrisy, have you ever wondered? ”

"Feng'er is puzzled," Qiu Feng lowered his head, "and ask the master to teach." ”

"You don't understand, it's that you haven't had the experience of being a 'cold' and 'hypocrite' person."

"Life is unsatisfactory seven or eight times out of ten, and it can be said in one, two, three." The old man sighed, "Your master and I, I only hope that you can always keep your bottom line in everything as I did when I first met you." ”

"Don't forget your original intention!"

Qiu Feng slowly raised his head and looked at the old man. He felt as if the old man hadn't told him anything.

"Feng'er remember!"