Fourth: Since ancient times, there have been many hardships for talents
Seeing that the two of them must have something to hide, it was inconvenient to ask, so he resigned: "Thank you to the female donor for telling me, saving people is like fighting fire, and as soon as the city gate opens at dawn tomorrow, the little monk will continue to hurry." A little bit later, he replied: "I also have things to do in the future, I can't go with the master, and I ask the master to cherish it all the way, and there will be a period later." He bowed and said, "Amitabha, I also wish you a safe journey." Tianyi thanked him, returned the salute, and then turned around and walked out. Liu Ting saw Tianyi leave, and without saying a word, she followed closely.
On the second day, as soon as the day dawned, the city gate was wide open, and when the time was empty, he could not wait to go out of the city gate and continue eastward. After walking for another two days, a large mountain came into view, blocking the way to the east. I had the intention to go around, but I was afraid that this would increase the trip, so I finally decided to climb over this mountain. Although the mountain does not look very tall, once you climb it, you realize how laborious and time-consuming it is. Seeing that it was falling to the west, he climbed halfway up the mountain. He continued to walk and crawl and climb until it was dark and entered a black pine forest.
Suddenly, he found a tiger squatting in the canopy of the pine forest, with its hair standing on end, its long thorny tongue curling at the corners of its mouth, and its eyes shining fiercely, staring at him intensely. Frightened, he took two steps back, and almost at the same time, the tiger jumped into the air with a "whoop". If it bites it, even if it is a piece of pig iron, it is estimated that it will be bitten out of a pothole. said that it was too late, and at the moment when the tiger pounced, his whole body squatted down suddenly. The tiger jumped over its head and pounced on it because of the force. When the tiger turned around, he quickly climbed a big black pine, and on the high branch, he snorted and panted.
The tiger was angry, and when it pounced, it bit the tree pole, and the sound of "croak, croak" made people's scalps tingle. Fortunately, the main trunk of this pine tree is thick and hard enough, and after the tiger bites it for a while, its mouth is covered with pine resin, and it cannot open its mouth. The tiger hurried to the side of the mountain stream, washed its mouth in the spring, and then ran over and bit again, and so on several times, as if it had to bite off the pine tree. Hollow Dao: You can't sit still like this, you have to slip! Thinking of this, he took advantage of the fact that the tiger went to the mountain stream to wash his mouth, took off his monk's robe, hung it on the trunk of the tree, and then "slipped" down the pine tree, and then ran away.
In a panic, he fled to a mountain liao, and it was already dark at this time. He knocked on the door and asked, "Anyone?" Someone in the dormitory replied, "No one." As soon as he heard the voice of a woman, he wondered, "Aren't you human?" The squatter replied, "What are you doing?" He fixed his mind and said: "The monk who is passing by, ask the donor to rest for a night." "I can't stay overnight, I am a girl's house in this liao, my brother has not returned from the house, if you know something, you should know that you are resting like this, it's terrible!" The woman replied. "Ask girl, the little monk is a monk, just sit in your corner for a night, I'm afraid of tigers in the mountains." Sora pleaded. The girl replied coldly: "My brother is a strongman who blocks the road and robs, if you sit here, my brother will definitely kill you when he comes back." He said: "I have no gold or silver treasures on me, and when your brother comes back, I will give him this little money, can you kill me?" When the girl heard that the man was not afraid, she lit a lamp and passed it out of the window.
Across the thatched stalk wall, the girl looked at the sky in the dark, and saw that he was indeed a monk, although he was gray and dirty, and his clothes were torn, but he saw that his facial features were handsome, his face was pure, his nose bridge was firm, and he was delicate with a touch of handsomeness. When the girl saw it, her heart was a little hot, so she opened the door and said, "It's cold outside, if you don't care, come in, it's warmer inside than outside." Afraid that the tiger would chase him, he entered the dormitory, sat down in the corner of the doorway, curled up, and shivered a little from the cold. The more she looked at it, the more pity she became, and she said, "The corner of the door is damp, you better come to my room, I am not sleepy anyway, and I still have some needlework." He thanked the girl in his heart, but he was a monk after all, and he was afraid that others would say that he had to make inches if he knew about it, so he thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you, it's good here." "The girl is also straight, and she has always said the same, but when she saw the empty push, she got impatient, ran out, and grabbed her empty hand and dragged her into the house. Startled, he retreated in a panic, and at this moment, the door was suddenly kicked open. A majestic strong man rushed in, saw a monk pulling his sister, and slashed at it. The girl's eyes were quick, and she quickly pushed the air to the side. The strong man slashed the air with a knife, and was about to raise the knife to cut again, when the girl suddenly "pounced" and knelt down and said: "Brother, you misunderstood, this monk is a good man, and he is extremely duty-bound, and I dragged him." The strong man didn't believe it, so the girl told what had just happened, and said, "It's because I'm afraid that the corner of the door will be damp, and I invited him in, but he refused, I dragged him, and he struggled out, and you happened to see it." Likong also explained: "Your sister is right, the little monk did come here to avoid the tiger, but because it was dark, he didn't dare to trespass." The strong man smiled: "Oh, so that's the case, then spare you, but I think you, a little monk, look good, why don't you join the gang?" There was a burst of laughter. He shook his head and said, "The little monk has something important to do, how can he be a robber." The strong man laughed again. The girl interrupted: "Little monk, don't listen to my brother's nonsense, he is joking with you, my name is Wang Rong, and my brother's name is Wang Ying, they are all good people." Likong covered his heart and sighed: "Amitabha, scared the little monk to death." The strong man stopped laughing and said: "You monk is really honest, you will spend the night at my house tonight, tomorrow I will escort you over the mountain, if there is a tiger again, I will skin it and draw its tendons." He thanked him and said, "Thank you, Amitabha, it's better not to kill."
Early in the morning, the strong man did not know where to bring a good horse, and saw this white horse, with thick legs, a very well-proportioned body, and a very smooth back, as if rubbed with oil, shiny, and the hair on his neck hung down in order. The two brothers and sisters escorted all the way across the mountain, never met a tiger, and the three of them talked and laughed on the way, but they were not lonely. In the end, Likong told the two of them about going to Chang'an to seek medical treatment, and Wang Rong admired and praised it. The strong man Wang Ying even sighed that he was reckless and almost killed the wrong good person. Before leaving, the two were still a little reluctant, took out some silver taels and gave them to the empty, and told them to take care of themselves all the way. After thanking the two of them very much, he stepped on the white horse, and after reluctantly saying goodbye to the two, he continued to go east.
With horses, the speed of the empty space has been significantly accelerated, and there is a temple along the way, but there is no temple to invest in the village. On the evening of this day, he came to an unknown village and town, and saw that the lights of the villagers in the town had been turned off, but the light was still shining in the land temple, so he hid in the temple and dealt with it for a night. The next day, when the sun was just rising, I walked out of the land temple and saw that the smoke of the cooking in the town was gradually dissipating, and there were already people walking around the streets.
This town is an important place leading to Chang'an, and is called Dongmen Town. A long street runs east and west in the middle of the town, with hundreds of homes on each side. Because this place is not far from Chang'an and Luoyang, the tax is slightly lighter than elsewhere, so the family can still have food and clothing, and all industries are calm. It is precisely because of the long-term inheritance of the king, how close to grace, but raised a lot of idle men, all day long, only blindly indulged in alcohol and evil travel, absurd years.
He stretched his waist and was about to go back to the temple to pack up his things, when he suddenly saw a person lying under the west temple wall, the clothes he was wearing were not possessed, his face was even more filthy, his legs were bare, and he kicked from time to time, perhaps he was bitten by mosquitoes and flies. Seeing that it was an old beggar, he couldn't bear it, and his kindness was sudden, and he said "Amitabha" in his mouth, so he took out a piece of silver from his arms and put it into the old beggar's broken bowl. At this moment, a few young people came from not far away, and at first glance they were local hooligans, probably gambling for another night, losing all their money, eating white food at the street stall, and taking away a piece of fat meat in the market, talking and smiling towards the land temple.
One of them saw a person lying at the base of the temple wall, and scolded angrily: "His grandmother's, early in the morning, met a beggar, bad luck, no wonder Lao Tzu lost money last night" As he spoke, he stepped forward, flew up and kicked the beggar's thigh. I heard the beggar "oops" and sat up all of a sudden. When the old beggar opened his eyes, he saw that there were a few scoundrels, angry and hateful, and just about to have a seizure, as if he saw that there were many of them, and suddenly lay down as if he was fine. Seeing that the beggar did not resist, those splashes were even more fearless, and intensified, not only taking away the broken silver in the old beggar's bowl, but also kicking me and punching him.
Seeing this, he ran over and said, "Stop, why do a few donors want to fight this poor old beggar?" "Yo he, where did the bald donkey come from, and dare to care about Lao Tzu, brothers, this bald donkey is not sharpened!" The first one to hit someone just now shouted. This time, a few splashes actually rushed to the air. Several people went up together, and they couldn't help but say, and they began to punch and kick in the air. Flashed in the air and easily dodged. At this moment, he angered these splashes even more, and began to chase and shout at Qi Ji like mad dogs. I couldn't bear it, and I beat a few of them to cry and call my mother. When a few splashes saw that they had encountered hard stubble, they refused to suffer a loss in their mouths, and still scolded and scolded: "Okay, you thief monk, you wait, you wait, brothers, run." In an instant, the splashes ran away.
He sighed, folded his hands and sighed, "Amitabha, the way of this world!" With that, he took two steps forward to check the old beggar's injuries. He was a little worried that the beggars would not be beaten, or that they would have been beaten to death by the. At first glance, the beggar seemed to be dead, and as if he were asleep, motionless. He stretched out his hand and put it on his vein, which was vigorous and powerful, and then he put his mind at ease, sighed, and then took out a few pieces of silver from his bosom, put them in the old beggar's broken bowl, shook his head, and without saying a word, walked towards the temple.
As soon as I arrived at the temple gate, I suddenly heard a sound, and when I looked back, I saw a black thing running from afar, and the whole body was dark and shiny. At the same time, I saw that the lively street just now was suddenly deserted, and there was no one left. When the thing got closer, I took a closer look, and it turned out to be a very fierce dog. I saw that this dog had a round back and a thin crotch, more than half a head taller than the average dog's foot. The strange thing is that this beast has a bamboo basket in his mouth, and runs to the door from afar, and then he bends down to look at the door, although his appearance is fierce and ugly, and his demeanor is extremely tame, but the bamboo basket on his mouth keeps shaking. In the blink of an eye, a woman came out of the door, took a piece of meat in her hand, timidly placed it in the basket, and fled back to the house like a ghost. The vicious dog immediately ate it, swallowed it in a few gulps, and then took the bamboo basket in his mouth, and fell down in front of the door of another house. This family didn't dare to slack off, and an old man hurriedly ran out, trembling and sending meat to the front. The vicious dog was very tame, and barked twice at the door, as if to thank him, and swallowed the meat. In a moment, this beast connected several families, and every family did not dare to slack off, as if they were offered. The beast seemed to smell something, and suddenly ran through the street and ran towards the Land Temple. Seeing that this beast was shaking its head and tail, it was more energetic than the street fighter, and said in his heart: This beast is coming, but how is it good, I don't have meat here to feed it. No, this vicious dog actually stayed in front of the old beggar. The old beggar seemed to think to himself that the bowl was empty and his clothes were torn, and the beast would not stay, let alone move. Unexpectedly, the fierce dog seemed to see something, and suddenly fell down opposite him, shook his head and stuck out his tongue, and never left. The old beggar was even more strange, still lying motionless. The vicious dog stared at the beggar, and his eyes suddenly became fierce, as if he was going to leave only if he had to ask for a reward.
Seeing this, he ran over and waved his hand, hoping to drive away the vicious dog. But the vicious dog stood up, and made a loud noise in his mouth, as if he was very impatient. With a scolding in the air, he was about to blast it away, but in a flash of black light, the beast rushed up like a leopard. Seeing the sharp claws go straight to his eyes, he couldn't help but be a little angry, and he took a look at the dog's head. At this time, I don't know what kind of divine power was attached, but I actually beat the dog six or seven feet away, and it fell like a cloth bag in the middle of the street, without a trace of convulsions, and it was already dead. This scene, when the few splashes just now saw it, they were all so shocked that their mouths opened wide and they couldn't close it.
It turned out that the skinny scoundrel who was carrying the meat just now threw the meat behind the beggar when he was fighting. No one knew about it, but the dog had already found out, so he refused to leave. At this time, many people came out of the door and watched and discussed from afar. Seeing this, I thought to myself, I didn't need much effort, why did this dog die so miserably? After thinking about it, I thought that it must be this old beggar who was doing the trick, maybe this old beggar was a great master. If you know what will happen later, and listen to the next analysis.