The two sat quietly for a while, and when the chanting in the Buddhist hall was over, Yuan Hui got up and went out and bowed to the two of them.

Mu Beiting hurriedly got up and bowed, and said, "There is Lao presiding over the master's prayer for my wife, if there is no other ceremony, I want to go in to see my wife." ”

Yuan Hui turned his head sideways and replied, "The ritual has been completed, Mu Jushi, please stop." ”

Mu Beiting saluted again, and ran quickly to the back hall, Master Tongze just wanted to raise his feet to chase after him, but after thinking about it, he couldn't help himself, and at the same time turned to Yuan Hui and said: "Senior brother, you go and tell the monks to disperse, let Beiting stay alone for a while." ”

Yuan Hui nodded yes, turned around and ordered.

After a while, the monks in the hall were dispersed, and Master Tongze looked at the Buddha statue in the hall, straightened his body, and walked away after a respectful bow.

Mu Beiting entered the back hall, only to see a coffin in the center and placed, on the side of the desk is placed a Ding incense altar, at this time the altar furnace is burning a few incense.

He looked at the sight in front of him, and his mind suddenly felt dizzy, and his footsteps stopped, and it took a long time before he could barely recover his strength, and then slowly walked to the coffin with heavy steps.

He trembled and stroked his hands to the lid of the coffin, and the tears in his eyes also flowed unconsciously, there were a thousand words in his chest, but he didn't know how to express them at this moment, so he had to let the tears flow freely, and his heart was full of pain.

After a long time, he suddenly made up his mind, his palms suddenly went up, pushed the lid of the coffin open, and moved his gaze to the coffin with difficulty.

In the coffin, Xun Dai'er's appearance was no different from usual, even the ruddy complexion on her face did not seem to have disappeared, and the whole person seemed to be sleeping, only one of her clothes had been changed into a white silk skirt that had been buried.

For a while, Mu Beiting was a little stupid, and after a long time, he said to himself: "Yesterday I slept on the same pillow, and today Yin and Yang are separated from people... Dai'er, I hurt you!" Speaking of the sore spot, I couldn't help myself, and I cried bitterly for a long time in the coffin, until the tears dried up and my body was paralyzed, and then I gradually calmed down.

He stretched out his hand to wipe away the tears on his face, and said softly to Xun Dai'er: "I know you like the scenery of the garden full of flowers, but it's a pity that I haven't been able to help you achieve it, but now that I have thought of a place to go, let's go to Yunnan, where there is no severe cold in winter, no heat in summer, there will be four seasons of flowers, you will definitely like there." Only after we arrive in Yunnan, our family will never be separated again, and no one will disturb us again! Dai'er, you wait for me a little longer, and I will go and fetch the carriage to pick you up. ”

When he said this, he closed the lid of the coffin with his backhand, and then rushed to the main hall, and when he reached the main hall, he saw no one, so he rushed out of the Buddha hall again, and this time he raised his eyes again, and saw Master Tongze standing in the open space in front of the Buddha hall.

He knew that Master Tongze was waiting for him, so he stepped forward and asked, "Master, can you hire a carriage for me?"

Master Tong Ze was stunned for a moment, and there was a look of hesitation in his eyes, and he asked, "Beiting, where are you going?"

Mu Beiting said: "Before Dai'er's death..."As soon as he said this, he suddenly stopped, he wanted to inform Master Tongze of his decision to go to Yunnan, but then he thought that he had decided to avoid the disturbances of the rivers and lakes and live in hiding, so he didn't need to tell others about his whereabouts, so he swallowed back the words to his mouth.

Master Tongze was as wise as a torch, and immediately guessed what Mu Beiting was thinking, but he already felt guilty about Mu Beiting, and he didn't go to the bottom of it at the moment, but just cared: "The carriage and horse are easy to find, but there are other needs?"

Mu Beiting shook his head and said, "No." Oh, by the way, and Xun'er, please ask the master to take me to bring Xun'er here. ”

Master Tongze nodded in response, turned to the north, and led Mu Beiting to the monk's house at the foot of the mountain in the north, but he had just walked out and had not taken two steps, when he suddenly stopped, turned around and asked: "Beiting, you have always had a bad relationship with the Xun family, this time the lady died, you will go with the body again, I don't know if it will..."

Mu Beiting shook his head and said, "Dai'er died because of me, no matter how her family punishes me, I will accept it willingly, even if she wants to kill me, I will gladly accept it." ”

Master Tongze praised a Buddha name, and said guiltily: "In fact, tracing back to the source, all these bitter consequences are caused by the old man, so it is better to let the old man go with you..."

Mu Beiting didn't wait for him to finish speaking, then interrupted: "Master can't blame himself, the culprit has been blown to ashes, and the rest is all my family affairs, I will handle it properly, and the master doesn't have to worry about my situation." ”

Master Tongze saw that his attitude was resolute, so he didn't say anything more and continued to lead the way.

The north monk's house is not far from the Buddhist hall, and the two of them walked quickly, and they arrived in a short time.

At this time, Mu Xun was still asleep, and two monks were carefully watching over him. When the two monks saw Master Tong Ze and Mu Beiting entering the house, they hurriedly got up and saluted, and Master Tong Ze sent the two of them down after returning the salute one by one.

Mu Beiting stepped forward, gently picked Mu Xun up from the bed and held it in his arms, looked at it silently for a long time, and suddenly asked faintly: "Master, do you say that Xun'er is lucky at this time?"

Master Tongze was stunned for a while, and he couldn't understand the meaning of Mu Beiting's words for a while, so he had to say: "This... This..."

Mu Beiting said again: "At least at this time, he is young and ignorant, and he naturally can't taste the pain of the death of his relatives." ”

Master Tongze lowered his eyebrows and was silent for a moment, then reached out and took off the string of Buddhist beads around his neck, and then coiled it into a ball, and then put the Buddha beads into Mu Xun's arms, and said: "This string of Buddhist beads was given by the master when Lao Wei was shaved, and it has been forty-one years now, so let it accompany Xun'er in the future." Then he put his hands together and continued with a solemn expression: "May the Buddha have mercy and mercy on Xun'er, and bless him with peace, health and happiness in his life, Amitabha." ”

Mu Beiting bowed slightly and thanked: "Thank you Master for your blessing." ”

The two went out of the monk's house, Master Tongze first went to the front yard to get the carriage and horses, and Mu Beiting went to the Buddhist hall, and when passing by the monk's house where he had settled before, he went in to pack his things, and when he came to the Buddhist hall again, he saw that Master Tongze had driven the carriage from afar.

When the carriage stopped, Master Tongze jumped out of the driver's seat and said: "This car is from Ningbo the day before yesterday, the carriage is very large, can load the coffin, and the car has also prepared some dry food for you, one of which is a bag of ground broken rice noodles, if Xun'er is hungry, you will boil hot water and make rice cereal to feed him." ”

Mu Beiting nodded and said, "The master is thoughtful, thank you." Please also ask the master to hold Xun'er, and I will go to the back hall to get the coffin. As he spoke, he handed Xun'er in his arms over.

Master Tong Ze took the baby into his arms, looked down, and saw Mu Xun's dark eyes staring at him, and suddenly "giggled" again, and then stretched out two small hands to grab his beard out of thin air.

Seeing this scene, a warmth suddenly rose in Master Tongze's heart, and his heart of pity was great, and he unconsciously reached out with two fingers of his right hand to gently scrape Mu Xun's pink face, but he was blaming himself in his heart: "He lost his mother at a young age, it's all my sin!"

Just as he was sighing, he saw that Mu Beiting had already walked to the car with the coffin on his shoulder, and said, "Master, you put Xun'er in the driver's seat first, I need your help here." ”

Master Tongze put Mu Xun in the driver's seat, and cooperated with Mu Beiting to put the coffin into the carriage.

Mu Beiting said to Master Tongze again: "Master, I still have two things that I need your help with. ”

Master Tongze said: "Beiting, please say, Lao Wei will definitely do it." ”

Mu Beiting said: "One of them, my brother Lin Zongbian lost his wife and children, and the matter of "Su Jing" is in a uproar and it is not easy to clean up, I am afraid that he will be hit hard, and it will be difficult for him to bear the weight of his body and mind, so I hope that the master can explain and take care of him from the side." ”

Master Tongze admitted: "Even if Beiting doesn't say anything about this, Lao Qu will definitely do his best." And what's the second thing?"

Mu Beiting took out the "Ink Rain" from the carriage and handed it over, saying, "Please ask the master to transfer this 'Ink Rain' to Brother Lin and let him keep it as a souvenir." ”

Master Tong Ze stretched out his hand to take the sword and said, "Beiting rest assured, Lao Qu will definitely hand it over to Zong Yan himself." But other than that, don't you have anything else to say to Zong Yan?"

Mu Beiting lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and said: "Then please ask the master to tell him that I am the same person as him, and I am still alive and well, and I hope he can also survive and go on." ”

Master Tong Ze hesitated: "Beiting... In fact, you can meet Zong Yan, after all, these words are said to him by you personally, which is worth a thousand words from others. ”

Mu Beiting shook his head and said, "I have made up my mind to leave, but if I see him again, I will inevitably be unbearable, and I will never be able to leave again." ”

Master Tongze sighed: "This is also true... Alas, that's it, this future matter will be borne by Lao Wei and Zong Yan. ”

Mu Beiting clasped his fists and saluted: "Master, after this farewell, I don't know if we can see each other in this life, I can only wish the master good health and longevity." ”

Master Tongze also returned the salute: "Beiting has decided to go, and Lao Wei can't force him to stay, this is a long way to go to the mountain, I wish you a good journey!"

Mu Beiting turned around and got into the car, raised his hand and whipped his whip, and drove to the outside of the temple without looking back.

Master Tongze watched the carriage gradually drive away, his eyes were sour, and he unconsciously took a few steps forward and shouted: "Beiting, if you miss an old friend one day, come to Lingyin Temple!"

When his voice fell, he saw that the speed of the carriage was suddenly delayed, and then he saw Mu Beiting wave his hand, and then the carriage returned to a galloping state again.

Master Tongze watched the carriage leave until he was gone, and he couldn't help but sigh for a while, and then raised his eyes to look at the blue sky behind the distant mountains, and sighed faintly: "The clouds are stepping on the breeze and the dust is gone, and the rivers and lakes are hidden from now on..."