Northwest.

On a winding mountain, a plain-clothed woman walked briskly on the mountain path, on the left and right sides were lush ancient trees, the woods were quiet, except for the occasional insect chirp, the mountain was dead.

The mountain road is winding and rugged, but the woman is moving steadily in it, full of breath, which shows that she is a child of the rivers and lakes with martial arts.

The more you walk to the top of the mountain, the lower the temperature, to the belly of the mountain, the sky has been drifting goose feather snow, the more difficult it is to walk, although the woman has martial arts, but obviously has not reached the realm of cold and heat.

Her thin clothes couldn't withstand the increasingly cold weather, which would have been so cold that she couldn't stop rubbing her hands and patting her shoulders, and there was a white mist between her breaths and exhales, and the temperature above the mountain peaks was already extremely low.

This woman dressed like a peasant woman in plain clothes is Gongsun Lucao, who escaped from Xiangyang City not long ago, and she has been hiding in a farmer's house since she fled that day, and she has been hiding carefully for two days before sneaking out of Xiangyang City with the farmers who went out to farm.

It also happened that there were not many shadow guards around Yang Guo, and there was a serious shortage of manpower, so the search intensity could naturally be imagined, and Gongsun Lucao took advantage of the chaos to escape from Xiangyang City.

After leaving the city, she remembered her mother Qiu Qianqi's instructions, that is, she rushed all the way to Dali to find one of the five unique master of Yideng, because her uncle might be by Yideng's side.

The girl has been growing up in the Valley of Despair since she was born, and this is also the first time she has gone out in the real sense, and naturally, she has also taken a lot of detours and wrong paths.

Feeling that his body temperature was getting lower and lower, Gongsun Lucalyx was unswerving in his heart, gritted his teeth and continued to walk up the mountain, his steps deep and shallow.

Just when she was physically and mentally tired and thought that she was hallucinating, two wooden huts suddenly appeared on the top of the mountain in front of her, and her eyes lit up, and Gongsun Lucao accelerated her pace towards the top of the mountain.

When he came to the wooden house, Gongsun Lucao reached out and knocked on the door, "Aggressive": "Excuse me, is there anyone?" ”

The girl asked politely, and after a while, the sound of pulling a stool sounded in the inner room, and a dull voice sounded: "It's coming, it's coming." ”

'Squeak', the wooden door opened a crack from the inside, and an old face covered with wind and frost flashed behind the door, and a pair of tired and godless eyes stared vigilantly at the Gongsun green calyx outside the door.

Leng Buding looked at these deep eyes, Gongsun Lucao was startled, and subconsciously covered his chest and retreated, almost screaming.

The old man ignored her reaction, and seeing that it was a young girl, the vigilance in his eyes eased a lot, and said, "Who is the girl looking for?" ”

Gongsun Lucao calmed down his inner uneasiness a little, and said softly: "Old uncle, I wanted to go over the mountains and hurry, but when I encountered this heavy snowfall, in desperation, I dared to ask Uncle, is it convenient for the little girl to spend the night?" ”

Afraid that the other party would not agree, the girl hurriedly said: "Don't worry, I won't live in vain, I can pay for the cost of the night." ”

I didn't notice the stunned expression on the face of the person behind the door and the lonely look when she said the words 'old uncle'.

"You're alone?" The man asked.

Nodding, Gongsun Lucao said, "Yes." ”

After a long silence, the 'old man' opened the wooden door and said, "Come in." ”

The girl was overjoyed and thanked her repeatedly: "Thank you, uncle." ”

After speaking, he walked sideways into the wooden house, and the 'old man' walked straight to the center of the fire, sat down, and said with a blank face: "I just passed this year. ”

Gongsun Lucao was stunned when he heard this, turned around and closed the wooden door to hide the embarrassment on his face, and said in his heart: This person looks quite old, but I didn't expect to be confused just now, but it was my clumsy eyes that made people abrupt, and it would be good to give some more silver and two to make amends.

Thinking so in her heart, the girl also followed to the fire, and the man glanced at her thin clothes, and said, "This is the first time that you have walked the mountain, right?" If you wear so little, you want to climb over this mountain, don't you want to die? ”

Gongsun Lucalyx's face turned red after hearing this, and he also sat down next to the fire, put his hands on the fire to absorb the temperature, and said softly: "Well, I really don't have much experience." ”

As early as after entering the door, Gongsun Lucao had quickly swept around the hut, and found that there were two longbows hanging on the walls, and there were many animal skins in the house.

I saw that his right leg was a little bumpy between walking, and he thought that he should have a hidden disease.

And Orion also found the long sword in her left hand after Gongsun Lucao entered the door, knowing that this girl dared to go up the mountain only at a young age, and she must have martial arts on her body.

The two of them have their own thoughts.

There was a half-silence.

Orion handed the golden roasted roe deer leg meat on the fire rack forward, and said, "You can't enter the mountain with your thin clothes, so eat first, and I'll find you a way to go into the mountain." ”

After finishing speaking, he ignored Gongsun Lucalyx, and after stuffing the roe deer leg into the girl's hand, he stood up and walked to the back room, Gongsun Lucalyx frowned and looked at the burnt roe deer leg in his hand, and then looked at the hunter who entered the back room, and hesitated in his heart.

In the end, the girl couldn't help the hunger in her belly, secretly swallowed her saliva, and then gently pulled off a trace of leg meat, hesitated for a moment, and finally slowly sent it into her mouth.

After a while, Orion walked out with a heavy suit of clothing, and said, "This dress may be a little big for you, but it is the smallest size, so you will have it on it." ”

Gongsun Lucalyx stretched out his hand to take the clothes, and his heart was moved, how could he doubt such a good person just now, it really shouldn't be, and immediately smiled: "Thank you, big brother, you can enter the mountain with its green calyx." ”

Orion was surprised and said, "You're going to enter the mountain in a while?" ”

Gongsun Lucao nodded and said: "Well, don't hide it from my eldest brother, there is an urgent matter at home, and I really can't delay, so I need to hurry as soon as possible." ”

With this dress, Gongsun Lucao didn't want to stay overnight, because she was worried about the safety of her mother Qiu Qianqi, and when she had a full stomach, she had to set off immediately and find her uncle who she had never met one day earlier.

Changing into clothes that are a few sizes older, Gongsun Lucao felt that his whole body was surrounded by warmth, and his heart was also a lot more stable, just when the two of them had a match and chatted, a long voice suddenly came from outside the house: "Amitabha, the poor monk encountered snow in the mountain, and asked the donor to borrow a night." ”

The two looked at each other, then got up and came to the window, opened a small opening, and stared outward, but saw that in the wind and snow, two figures slowly walked by, and there was still a long distance from the wooden house.

The two of them were shocked in their hearts, and they were obviously outside the house when they heard the voice, but when they looked at the door, there was no one at the moment, except for the two figures walking in the distance.

Among them, Gongsun Lucalyx is the most shocking, she has martial arts, knowing that this should be the legendary Qianli Transmission, this kung fu she has heard in Gongsun Zhi's mouth, it is an extremely rare kung fu, it requires a very deep internal force to cultivate to make it out.

Those who know this kung fu are among the few in the rivers and lakes, and they are the top masters, Gongsun Zhi has only heard it in the mouths of his elders, and he himself has not seen it.

Therefore, Gongsun Lucao was surprised and knew that he had met a real Buddhist monk.

In the middle of his thoughts, the two figures were getting closer and closer, and Gongsun Lucao hurriedly interrupted his thoughts, and quickly opened the door and came to the door to greet him, and Orion looked at the eager girl who followed closely.

The two came to the door, but saw two old monks standing on the snow in front of them, one with long white eyebrows and a kind expression, and the other was much shorter, with a gray hair, wearing a silk robe.

Orion glanced at the two of them and said, "Two masters, please come in, what is this little Orion worth, you two can stay." ”

Gongsun Lucao's eyes stared at the two of them tightly, and said in his heart: Look at these two old monks, they are by no means ordinary, especially the black-clothed monk with a fierce appearance, and his eyes are strange, but for some reason, I always feel a little kind when I look at him, and I don't know which of them used the miraculous skill of transmitting sound for thousands of miles just now.

The girl looked at it secretly, and Orion said: "Master, we are poor people in the mountains, and we don't have a bed for you to sleep in, do you two eat game?" ”

The white-eyed old monk clasped his hands together and said, "Sin, sin, we bring dry food, and we dare not bother the donor." ”

Nodding, Orion walked straight into the house, Gongsun Lucao did not follow in, but stood at the door and watched the two, the white-eyed old monk nodded to her kindly, and followed Orion into the house first, and the black-clothed monk Mu Ne followed.

Gongsun Lucao entered the house last, and has been observing their walking posture, and found that they really stepped on the snow without a trace, and did not leave any footprints before, Gongsun Lucao said secretly: These two old monks seem to be very strong masters in the world.

The four of them entered the house and sat on one side, Orion ate the roe deer meat by himself, and Gongsun Lucao peeked at the two monks from time to time, only to see the white-eyed monk take out four balls of fried noodles from his backpack and hand them to the black-clothed monk for two groups, and the other two groups chewed slowly on their own.

Gongsun Lucao thought to himself: This white-eyed old monk has a kind expression and peaceful demeanor, he really looks like a monk, but there are many good and evil people in the world, so why is that Dongzhang not smiling, but what he does is so evil, and how can the eyes of this black-clothed monk be so vicious?

While he was thinking, he suddenly heard two choking sounds, and the black-clothed monk took out two swarthy iron objects from his arms.

Frightened, Orion got up and picked up the longbow on the wall, the black-clothed monk ignored him, clicked twice, and fastened a black object to his feet, which turned out to be a pair of iron cuffs, and another pair of iron cuffs buckled his hands.

Gongsun Lucao and Orion were extremely surprised, and they couldn't guess what his intention was in handcuffing his siblings, but in this way, his wariness of him was also reduced.

The white-eyed old monk had a caring look on his face, and said in a low voice: "Are you going to have another seizure?" ”

The black-clothed monk said: "The disciple always feels that something is wrong along the way, but I am afraid that I will have another attack." ”

After speaking, he suddenly knelt on the ground, folded his hands, and said, "Ask the Buddha for mercy." ”

After he had said that, he bowed his head and knelt motionless, and after a while his body trembled slightly, and his mouth began to gasp and gasp, until at last he was like a cow's roar, and even the walls of the wooden house were shaken by the roar, and the snow fell from the canopy.

Gongsun Lucao was frightened, his heart was pounding, and Orion's face was also shocked, not knowing what this monk was doing.

But from the roar, it seemed that he was suffering greatly, as if he was struggling to suppress it.

Gongsun Lucao secretly thought: Is this black-clothed monk suffering from some strange disease? How is it so painful.

Seeing that he was uncomfortable, Gongsun Lucao didn't know why, and her heart was also uncomfortable, she didn't know what was wrong, but she inexplicably took pity on this strange monk who had never met.

After another moment, the black-clothed monk's roar became even more rapid, as if he was out of breath.

Seeing this, the white-eyed old monk said slowly: "Do what you shouldn't do, don't do what you should do, repentance burns with anger, and enlightenment begins to ......."

These few words were softly spoken, like a gust of wind, and they were still clearly heard in the wheezing of the black-clothed monk like a bull's roar.

Gongsun Lucalyx was sure in his heart, the person who transmitted the sound for thousands of miles just now must be this white-eyed old monk, his depth of internal strength is rare in the world, and he doesn't know who can beat him.

In the middle of his thoughts, he listened to the white-eyed old monk continue to read: "If people can repent of their sins, regret is no longer worried, if the heart is happy, should not be thought of often." Do not repent with your heart, do not do what you can do, all evil things have been done, and you cannot order them not to be done. ”

After he finished reciting the verse, the black-clothed monk gasped for a moment, pondered blankly, and whispered: "If a person can repent of his sins, he will no longer regret it...... Master, the disciples know that all the past is sinful, troubled and hateful, and they can't help themselves, and the disciples just think, 'All the evil things have been done, and they can't stop doing them', and they can't be happy in their hearts, how can they be good? ”

The white-eyed old monk said: "It is rare to be able to regret when you act, but if you are not a sage, how can you be without fault?" Knowing that you can change it, you can do it well. ”

The black-clothed monk said: "The disciple's evil root is difficult to get rid of, ten years ago, the disciple took refuge in my master's seat for a long time, and still injured three people, today the blood in the body is boiling, it is difficult to control himself, I am afraid that I will commit a big sin again, I ask my master to have mercy, and cut off the disciple's hands." ”

The white-eyed old monk said: "Good, good! I can cut off your hands for you, but you must get rid of the evil thoughts in your heart, but if the evil thoughts do not go away, what good will it do to cut off your hands and feet? ”

The black-clothed monk's whole body was full of bones, and he suddenly cried bitterly and said, "Master has enlightened all kinds of people, but the disciple has always been unable to get rid of evil thoughts. ”

The white-eyed old monk sighed and said: "Your heart is full of hatred, although you know that your past behavior is wrong, just because of the lack of benevolence, you always have evil thoughts that are difficult to get rid of, let me tell you a story of "Buddha said the Deer Mother Sutra" for you. ”

Sitting down cross-legged as he spoke, Gongsun Lucao and Orion also listened silently.

But it is a Buddhist fable between the hunter and the doe, the black-clothed monk listened to this story, burst into tears, and said: "This deer believes in righteousness, mother and son are filial, and it is beyond the reach of the disciple." ”

The white-eyed old monk said: "Compassion together, killing karma will disappear." ”

The black-clothed monk replied, "Yes! ”

The white-eyed old monk said: "If you want to make up for it, you can only do good, instead of regretting what you shouldn't do in the past, it's better to do more in the future." ”

said with a slight sigh and said, "It's me, in my life, I haven't done many wrong things." He closed his eyes and pondered.

The black-clothed monk was enlightened, but his heart was irritable, and he was always difficult to restrain himself, and when he raised his head, he saw the girl opposite staring at him blankly, and her eyes seemed to be shining.

The black-clothed monk was stunned, he always felt that he had seen this person somewhere, and he was unusually kind, just turned his head, and couldn't help but glance at her.

Gongsun Lucao couldn't hold back the suspicion in his heart, turned his head to the white-eyed old monk and asked, "Are you a master of a lamp?" ”

The white-eyed old monk was stunned when he heard this, and then nodded slowly: "Does the donor recognize the old man?" ”

Gongsun Lucao's heart shook violently, his eyes instantly left tears, he turned his head to look at the black-clothed monk, and cried: "Uncle."

(End of chapter)