42. The Return of Autumn (2)
The man wears an inky blue dress, and the cuffs are embroidered with silver thread with a pattern of pine leaves, like a cedar in the moonlight in the middle of the night. The man had a white cloth around his waist, and a suona was pinned to the white cloth, but he still refused to take off the white cloth.
He has thick, curved eyebrows that reflect small but smiling eyes. The face has grown and the jawline has become more distinct. It's just that for some reason, such a sweet-looking man has a vague aura around his body that makes people dare not approach.
Yan Lin walked in with a shallow smile, smiled with a sense of maturity, bowed to the two seniors, and said, "I haven't seen you for three years, how is the master?"
Master Yihua was stunned for a moment when he saw Yan Lin. He knew that Yan Lin would definitely grow, but he didn't expect him to act like a different person. If a person thinks about whether the people around him want to harm him every day, and worries every day about whether the people he wants to protect are still safe, he often dreams of the scene of burning Wanyin Temple in the middle of the night and is tortured. How could he still be the same smiling boy he used to be?
A feeling of distress welled up in Master Yihua's heart, and he beckoned Yan Lin to sit down beside them. Yan Lin smiled at Broken Nian and asked him to sit down with him. Master Yihua cut straight to the point: "Doll, do you know that the Bodhi Sutra has reappeared in the world?"
When he heard this, Yan Lin's heart was moved more than surprised. It's been three years, and now only Master Yihua will treat him as a child, but then this inadvertent weakness and dependence disappeared. He frowned and asked, "Is this true?"
Master Yihua said: "It has reappeared on the seaside of the South China Sea in Lingnan, where thousands of misty forests appeared overnight. Some people have watched from the sea and said that they saw a towering Bodhi, which is very colorful and dazzling, and looks like holy light. As soon as I heard about it, I hurried to get the news to you. ”
Yan Lin pondered carefully: "The ancestor did tell the relevant legends to the younger generation. If the "Bodhi Sutra" is reproduced, it will grow on the Bodhi tree, and the colorful holy light may not be emitted by the Bodhi tree, it should be the peacock that guards the "Bodhi Sutra". ”
Xi Yunshen said: "The sage in the west is enlightened under the Bodhi tree, and the phoenix and the phoenix give birth to peacocks to protect Bodhi. Both are sacred objects, and it is indeed most appropriate for the Wanyin Patriarch to hide the "Bodhi Sutra" in this place. ”
Master Ichibana interrupted them: "Now is not the time to tell legends. He turned to Yan Lin: "What are you going to do now?"
Yan Lin was already frowning, and he said: "Don't hide it from the master, the younger generation is most afraid that it is this "Bodhi Sutra" that will reappear in the world. In this way, not only Wanyin Temple will suffer, but many innocent people will also be able to escape misfortune. ”
I didn't understand it very well, so I scratched my head and asked, "Brother Yan, what do you mean by this?"
Xi Yunshen said in his deep voice: "The Bodhi Sutra that the people of Wanyin Temple are cultivating now is not authentic, and it takes a long time to practice if you want to achieve results. Everyone in the world wants the Inner Dan of the people of Wanyin Temple, but there are only five or six people left in Wanyin Temple who have cultivated well, even if they have been recruiting new people to cultivate since three years ago, since ten years, the Inner Dan cultivated is not very effective for refining and casting artifacts. ”
"But with the Bodhi Sutra, it's different," Master Ichika continued, "The Bodhi Sutra can improve one's cultivation in a period of time, and if the Neidan can be used to cultivate the artifact as a cycle, this cycle can be greatly shortened with the help of the Bodhi Sutra, and perhaps a useful Neidan can be cultivated in two or three years." ”
Although Master Yihua's tone was not cold, the content of his words made Broken Nian creepy: "Master, look at what you said! It seems that the people who practice the Bodhi Sutra are not people, but just inner pills!"
"If the Bodhi Sutra really exists, it is difficult to guarantee that such a thing will not happen......," Yan Lin looked very worried, "If the people in power get the Bodhi Sutra, and then arrest a group of people to practice the Bodhi Sutra, and then take their inner pills after these people have finished practicing, then I don't know how many people will die because of the Bodhi Sutra." When people see those who practice the Bodhi Sutra, they will never talk about seeing them as human beings, but only as inner pills. ”
Duan Nian grabbed Yan Lin's hand and said, "Brother Yan, I saw that the people from Wanyin Temple are also going up the mountain today, maybe they are going to discuss the matter of the Bodhi Sutra with Master Yu." Will Master Yu become the person in power you just described? If he gets the Bodhi Sutra, will something terrible happen?"
"I don't know. Yan Lin said this, but his face still showed worry. Yan Lin looked at Master Yihua and said, "Master, why don't you go and take the Bodhi Sutra first, so that it won't fall into Yu Junjian's hands." ”
"What's the use of the old monk going?" Master Yihua immediately vetoed, "Can the old monk take out the Bodhi Sutra, but after taking it out? The old monk is not from Wanyin Temple, and this Bodhi Sutra still has to be returned to its original owner." Returning Wanyin Temple is equivalent to returning it to Yu Junjian, isn't the final result the same?"
"Since this Bodhi Sutra is so dangerous, it is better to take it out and burn it on fire. He said.
Master Yihua disagreed even more: "Wouldn't it be a pity that the ancestors' hard work was burned? He turned to Yan Lin and said, "This matter is too difficult to do, the old monk is unwilling to interfere, so he came to you." You are also a person with a head and a face in Dai'an Peak now, can't you do something?"
"Isn't the situation of the juniors clear?" Yan Lin asked rhetorically, "Yu Jun sees that he half-believes in the juniors, and he won't necessarily let me interfere in such a big matter as looking for the Bodhi Sutra. ”
Master Yihua was a little embarrassed and asked Xi Yunshen: "Old man Xi, what do you think?"
Hearing this, Xi Yunshen slowly got up, took out the hole on his waist again, and slowly paced out the door: "It has nothing to do with the old man, you don't have to ask the old man's opinion." ”
Master Yihua was so angry that he jumped to his feet, but he couldn't do anything about Xi Yunshen.
If there is no result in a discussion for a while, it is useless to talk about it here.
Yan Lin got up and said to Master Yihua: "Since Duan Hong has already gone up the mountain, then I'd better go and see the situation." The juniors didn't stay long, and the master took his leave. ”
With that, he left the cabin.
When Yan Lin returned to the main peak, a man dressed in a disciple uniform of Dai'an Peak hurriedly walked up to meet him. The man was slender and almost as tall as Yan Lin. The face is small, the nose is hooked, and the chest is straight and the head is raised, and there is a kind of aristocratic temperament. With a smile on his face, he bowed his hand to Yan Lin and said, "Chief, my subordinates have seen the young ladies of Wanyin Temple go to the Suran Pavilion. ”
"Little ladies?" Yan Lin glanced at him, the corners of his mouth hooked, and he shook his head helplessly, "Lin An, you give me some restraint, don't think about the idea of beating the people of Wanyin Temple." ”
"Of course I know, where do you want to go, chief?" Lin An turned around and blamed Yan Lin, "I don't think it's nice to call the little nun, and the young ladies feel a little more respectful." ”
Yan Lin glanced at Lin An deeply, and there was still a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Don't be duplicitous." ”
Lin An is Yan Lin's subordinate and always follows Yan Lin's side. Lin An is two years younger than Yan Lin, if it weren't for the fact that Lin An is a person from Dai Anfeng, the two have the same personality, maybe Yan Lin would treat him as a younger brother. Yan Lin likes him mainly because Lin An is a straightforward person who will say whatever he thinks in his heart. After staying in the intrigue for a long time, although people like Lin An sometimes offended people when they spoke, it made Yan Lin feel comfortable, and there was no need to bother guessing what was in his heart.
When I came to the Suran Pavilion, there were many little nuns standing in the outer courtyard. Yan Lin glanced at them when he passed by, and they didn't know any of them, they were all newcomers. The newcomer has not seen much of the world, and when he sees the majestic building of Dai'an Peak, he feels novel, and looks around. It just so happened that tall men like Yan Lin and Lin An passed by and looked at them, and they couldn't help blushing.
Yan Lin stopped and said to Lin An: "I'll go in now, you wait for me outside." After thinking about it, he added: "Don't mess with flowers!"
"Don't worry!" Lin An's tone was slightly protesting.
Yan Lin knew that Lin An would definitely not be honest, but none of this mattered now. He entered the Suran Pavilion, walked past two little nuns he didn't know, and saw Duan Hong and Tong Xi in the main hall. Tong Xi was very excited when he saw Yan Lin, but Yan Lin's eyes swept over and fell on Yu Junjian.
The three years have not left the slightest trace on Yu Junjian's body, but occasionally he is a little sleepy because of too much thought. But this fatigue is seldom manifested in him, and he is in high spirits on such occasions.
When Yu Jun saw that Yan Lin had arrived, he was not surprised, but said, "Leader Yan, I just sent someone to look for you, but I didn't expect you to arrive on your hind feet." ”
Yan Lin saluted Yu Jun and said, "What is the alliance leader looking for his subordinates?" ”
Compared with the "leader", Yu Junjian prefers his subordinates to call him "the leader of the alliance".
Yu Jun raised his left hand and pointed to Duan Hong: "Master Duan, you come and talk to Leader Yan." ”
The moment Duan Hong saw Yan Lin, all kinds of flavors were staggered. The young man who once shook his senior sister's arm and coquettishly became the leader of Dai Anfeng in a blink of an eye. The contradiction between her and Yan Lin made her a little embarrassed, but she felt a little better for some reason: at least the little junior brother was not living on the streets because of his behavior, on the contrary, he was doing well.
Duan Hong really said about the "Bodhi Sutra". She came this time to seek the help of Dai Anfeng, since the "Bodhi Sutra" is the heirloom treasure of Wanyin Temple, Duan Hong should not let go to Lingnan to hunt for treasures.
Yu Jun saw that after hearing this, he curled his beard and said: "The Bodhi Sutra is a thing of Wanyin Temple, and it is natural for things to return to their original owners. Just ......"
A hint of coldness flashed in the corners of Yan Lin's eyes, and he knew what Yu Jun was going to say when he saw it.
"It's just that now that Wanyin Temple has just been built, the defense is insufficient, if you really get the "Bodhi Sutra" or store it in Dai'an Peak, it is safer, so as not to be taken away by thieves, what do you say?"
Although it was a question, it sounded more like an order, even so, Duan Hong still wanted to fight again: "There are more than 100 people in Wanyin Temple now, plus the people sent by the alliance leader to Wanyin Temple to assist in guarding, it may be enough to protect themselves." ”
Yu Jun saw that he raised his hand to stop Duan Hong from going down and said, "This is wrong. The more precious the treasure, the more it stimulates people's desire to seize it, has Master Duan forgotten about the burning of Wanyin Temple?
Duan Hong wanted to speak and stopped, so he had to agree. Yu Junjian pointed at Yan Lin and said, "Leader Yan, a young talent, let him take people and Duanmen to Lingnan together, so as to help you." ”
Hearing this, Yan Lin was stunned for a moment, and the errand that he thought would take a lot of effort to come did not take much effort. But because it was so easy to get it, Yan Lin couldn't help but have doubts in his heart.
Yu Junjian arranged some more things to let Yan Lin and Duan Hong retreat, and the two people who had been from the same door walked out of the solemn pavilion side by side.
As soon as he came out of the solemn pavilion, he happened to see a little nun waving his hand and slapping Lin An hard. The slap was so loud that the little nun's face turned red.
Duan Hong frightened the little nun away, and looked back at Yan Lin coldly: "Could it be that Leader Yan's subordinates like my little nun of Wanyin Temple as much as Leader Yan?"
Yan Lin shook Lin An a look and told him to step back, Lin An knew that he had caused trouble, so he obediently stood behind Yan Lin. Yan Lin said lightly: "Those rumors are true or false, others don't know, don't Master Duan know either?"
Duan Hong snorted coldly and left with the people of Wanyin Temple.
After everyone left, Tong Xi quietly came to Yan Lin's side, and stopped a few steps away.
Tong Xi is still so small and exquisite, with delicate skin and lovely. She looked at Yan Lin carefully, both familiar and unfamiliar, and even two fearful. At this time, Yan Lin was also facing her, his eyes were deep, and he seemed to be able to suck people into it.
Yan Lin didn't speak, and Tong Xi didn't dare to speak. The two stood straight, and Tong Xi wanted to cry for some reason.
Yan Lin suddenly smiled faintly, and there was still the gentleness and doting in that smile.
He opened his arms and asked, "What's the matter, it's rusty?"
Tong Xi trotted over and hugged Yan Lin, which was the warmest embrace. She whispered: "Brother Yan, Xiaotong misses you so much." ”