"You live in Jinzhou when you are a child, this time you came to Chang'an, in fact, these two places are considered to be the north, the weather in spring is like this, the spring breeze is steep, blowing on the face is still dry and cold, and some faces, but the south is different, the air is always a moist breath, if this time in Hangzhou, I am afraid that the flowering period has already passed. ”

Wan Xiu said in the carriage: "It turns out that the flowers in the south bloom so early. ”

Lin Jianlan said: "Well, when I was in Hangzhou, although only in the main hall activities, but our Kuangyi Gang's main hall is very large, like a small city, to the early spring when the trees are green, many trees in the hall are full of buds, suddenly one day to open up, as if discussed, everywhere is full of flowers, fragrant. ”

Wan Xiu said: "It's really good, Lin Gongzi, can you take me to the main hall in the future? I haven't seen Gang Master Lin for a long time." There was envy in his tone.

Lin Jianlan said with a smile: "When you are cured, you will naturally go wherever you want, do you still need me to take you? If you learn to ride a horse, you will ride on a horse and run on a horse, and you will soon arrive in Hangzhou." ”

Wan Xiu lightly "oh", Lin Jianlan said: "The summer in the south is probably the most uncomfortable, it is hot, wet and stuffy, which is not as good as the north." But my place of residence is okay, I live in Uncle Qing's water pavilion, and the waterside can be a little cool. By the way, not far from the entrance of the Kuangyi Gang, there is a huge lake, and in the summer the lake is full of lotus flowers, red, white and white, I haven't told you yet, I can defeat very powerful people on the pontoon bridge. ”

But listening to Wan Xiu no longer answered, Lin Jianlan turned sideways and lifted the corner of the curtain, saw that Wan Xiu had curled up in the car and fell asleep, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he hurriedly covered the curtain, concentrated on driving the carriage to avoid bumps, and slowly walked to the south.

In the past, Lin Jianlan traveled long distances or someone took care of him, or alone, everything can be done, but this time he has to take care of a sick and weak woman, and his heart is still a little bottomless.

After walking for a long time, Lin Jianlan parked the carriage near a tea shed on the side of the road, looked at the sky, it was already past noon, and at lunchtime, the tea shed was already full of pedestrians and merchants passing by, although there was only tea and relatively simple tea eggs, buns and other things for people to satisfy their hunger, at this moment they smelled fragrant, and suddenly felt a burst of hunger in their stomachs. He jumped out of the carriage and looked into the car, and saw that Ah Xiu was still sleeping sweetly, but he didn't know whether to wake Ah Xiu, so he just stood on the side of the road, helpless.

The noon sun shone on his body, and after a while, Lin Jianlan's head was already sweating slightly, he was already hungry, and said in his heart: "Although the food on the road is a little rough, if you don't eat it, I'm afraid your body can't stand it." Thinking of this, he was about to wake up Wan Xiu, but he saw more than a dozen monks coming slowly not far behind the car, among which an old monk at the head seemed to have seen it somewhere, and when he arrived in front of him, he saw his wide robe and big sleeves, and his feet were pedaling mango shoes, he was already quite old, and the two pale eyebrows were lowered, his steps were vigorous, and his face was indifferent, Lin Jianlan hurriedly stepped forward and said in surprise: "Old man, do you still recognize me?"

When the old monk saw the young man stopped in front of him, he was puzzled, and a monk behind him flashed out and reprimanded: "Who are you? Don't be rude to the abbot of Tanzong!" The monk is already spotted with white beard, about sixty years old.

The old monk waved his hand back and said: "Daoning, you step aside, I have a relationship with this young man, and I don't want to meet here." ”

Lin Jianlan said: "Can the abbot remember me?"

The old monk is the Shaolin abbot Tan Zong who mediated the dispute between the Kuangyi Gang and Yun Mengzhi that day, seeing Lin Jianlan's mouth smiling, his eyes were shining, and there was a long sword hanging in his waist, as if he was already a young man in the rivers and lakes, he smiled and said: "The flowers bloom and fall, and the years have passed in an instant, I didn't expect that the young man of the day has been walking alone in this river and lake, Yun Dao Chang once told me that I have seen you at the memorial of the year of the gang master, and I am very proud of you." ”

Hearing Tanzong mention the memorial of Nian Yongshou, Lin Jianlan felt sour, bowed his head and said: "The younger generation really has too many deficiencies, and the cloud path chief praised me." ”

Tan Zong said with a smile: "What junior, abbot, don't be obsessed with the title, you are still you, I am still the grandfather." ”

Lin Jianlan raised his head and smiled: "Since you don't have to be obsessed with the title, the junior is me, I am the junior, the abbot is the grandfather, and the grandfather is also the abbot." ”

Tan Zong laughed and said, "Good, good!"

Lin Jianlan looked back, and saw that the monks were dressed quite neatly and exquisitely, all of them were wearing robes, and their faces were very solemn, Lin Jianlan knew that it was inconvenient to talk to Tanzong for too long, and said: "Where did the abbot come from, how could he come here? ”

Tan Zong said: "It's okay, it's not a hurry, they see it a little serious, but why are you here?"

Lin Jianlan's face turned red and said: "The younger generation was entrusted by someone to take an elder's daughter to go to the hospital, and when it was time to eat at noon, she didn't want to stop here, but she fell asleep, and continued to hurry for fear that her body could not stand it, and she was afraid that the food here would be too rough when she got up, so she didn't know what to do on the side of the road." Alas, the juniors are really useless. ”

Tan Zong said with a smile: "How can there be two things in the world? Lao Gu has a way to do it, you follow me on a certain journey, I know that there is a secluded temple in front of me, and when you get there, you can prepare some delicate meals for her, and you can also rest." ”

Lin Jianlan was overjoyed and was about to agree, but when he saw the monks behind him looking at each other, Dao Ning looked puzzled: "Abbot Tanzong, I'm afraid this is not appropriate, right? Since we have a life, it is really inconvenient to walk with others, let alone bring him there." ”

Lin Jianlan was a little disappointed when he heard this, but after thinking about it carefully, it was indeed inconvenient to disturb them to do things, and he hugged his fists and said: "Abbot, you still have important matters, and besides, she is a girl, I am afraid it is not very convenient for you to enter the temple." ”

Tan Zong said: "Where is it, the monks should be convenient everywhere, with me here, there will be no changes, you go with me." "Ignore the monks behind him, and walk away.

Lin Jianlan had to get back on the carriage, followed behind those monks, saw that they all looked solemn, the blindfolded old monk in the middle was also strange and inexplicable, walked for about half an hour, saw a very small temple flashed out of the sparse forest, there was a plaque hanging on it, the three words "Ci'en Temple" were written, there was already the abbot of the temple wearing a robe, looking solemnly in front of the door and waiting, seeing Tanzong and others folded their hands and worshiped each other.

Tan Zong pointed to Lin Jianlan again, the abbot was surprised, quite embarrassed, saw Tan Zong whispering in his ear, he turned around and explained a few words to the little novice, and walked into the temple with the monks.

The little novice rushed over and said, "Donor, please come with me." ”

Lin Jianlan jumped out of the carriage, led the horse and slowly followed him into the temple, went around to the west wing room behind, stopped the car, and listened to the novice said: "Donor, please rest here, if you need anything, please go to the front yard to get it yourself, there is a female donor here, and it is inconvenient for the little monk to come." Then he hurried away.

Lin Jianlan pushed the door open, cleaned it a little, saw that it was very clean, turned back to the carriage, and called softly: "Ah Xiu, Ah Xiu, wake up quickly." ”

Wan Xiufang sighed, rubbed his eyes, saw that Lin Jianlan in order to block the sun, only one head tightly wrapped in the curtain and blinked at himself, couldn't help but smile, covered the black veil around his body, gently lifted the curtains, saw that it seemed to be a courtyard outside, very unfamiliar, asked: "Where is this?"

Lin Jianlan lifted the curtain of the car, helped Ah Xiu to move out of the car, Ah Xiu's body was thin, he carried her to the house effortlessly, turned around and hurriedly went to the car to take the pillow under Ah Xiu's head, settled down and smiled: "Ah Xiu, you can no longer think of what is here." ”

Wan Xiu said: "Is it an inn?" Seeing Lin Jianlan pursed his lips and shook his head, he frowned and said, "I can't think of it, I don't guess." ”

Lin Jianlan said: "Hello impatient, I met a wonderful old abbot, I met him a few years ago, thanks to his blessing, we can rest here, this is a temple. But seeing Wan Xiu shrink inward, he was shocked and said: "Ah, I am so careless, the doors and windows of this room are not very tight, Ah Xiu, you wait for me here, I will go and see if there is anything to cover." Then he hurried out the door.

When I arrived at the front yard, the monks I met on the road had already walked from the direction of the hall in twos and threes, thinking that they had already eaten the meal, and the abbot of Tanzong and the abbot of the temple were walking towards the main hall. Lin Jianlan stood at the corner door of the backyard, looked around, and saw that they were dressed in a similar manner, and they were in a hurry, but they didn't know which one was the monk of the temple.

He was in a hurry, but when he saw the little novice who had led the way just now hurrying to another corner door with a plate of food, he was overjoyed and hurriedly followed, shouting, "Little Master, please stay!"

Lin Jianlan had to hurry up a few steps closely, chased in, and patted him on the shoulder, who thought he was thinking about things, and was really startled, "Ah", the tray shook, and a bowl of brown rice and a plate of vegetables on it suddenly rolled to the ground, everywhere.

Lin Jianlan was also startled suddenly, stunned from behind the little novice, saw an old monk in the courtyard with a cane in his hand, three locks of white hair, also turned back in shock by the sound of the dishes breaking, at this time the three of them stood in the courtyard, the little novice was shocked and angry, and said continuously: "Donor, you, you...... Alas, I'm going to be punished again!"

Lin Jianlan was very apologetic, squatted down and picked up the broken magnets one by one and said: "This little master, I'm really sorry, I have something urgent, so I'm reckless, I'll explain it for you later, so that your master doesn't blame you." Seeing that the little novice was a little dark, he said, "Little Master, the female benefactor in my car is very weak and can't stand the light. ”

The little novice has a very low status in the temple, and the abbot has explained that Lin Jianlan is also a distinguished guest, so although he knocked over the dishes, he didn't dare to do anything, and listened to Lin Jianlan ask for things, so he had to leave in a hurry to prepare.

Lin Jianlan Fang took a few steps forward, bowed his head to the frightened old monk, and said: "This elder is all reckless by the juniors, delaying your fasting, and the juniors will personally take it for the elders to fast." ”

But I didn't hear the old monk's answer for a long time, I wondered in my heart, raised my head, but saw that the old monk's face was pale, and his expression seemed to be shocked to the extreme, and seeing Lin Jianlan was like seeing a ghost.

As soon as Lin Jianlan raised his head, the old monk took a few steps back, his thin fingers trembled and pointed at him, his lips trembled, but he was still speechless, but his eyes were like a fire mixed with hatred, as if he wanted to tear Lin Jianlan to pieces.

Lin Jianlan was even more puzzled, and said in his heart: "I just accidentally knocked over his lunch, why is he so angry? Thinking that it was indeed his own fault, he was anxious to see if the curtains were prepared, so he had to say: "Please calm the elders' anger, and wait for a while, and the younger generation will prepare the fasting meal and serve it with their own hands." Then he turned and hurried away, and when he reached the corner door, he heard the old monk's hoarse mouth utter a few words intermittently, as if squeezed out of his teeth:

"Forest ...... Forest...... Sky...... Yu, you ......"

When he first heard the word "Lin", Lin Jianlan was already amazed in his heart, and when he heard the next few words clearly, it was like a thunderbolt penetrating from the top of his head, and he was numb along the neck straight down, and his whole body seemed to be shocked and unable to move, and he felt that his face was dripping with countless sweat, and he seemed to have exhausted his strength to lift his hand, but it was cold and nothing when he wiped it.

Lin Jianlan turned around, felt that the afternoon sun was particularly dazzling, actually a little dizzy, after a little adaptation, but saw that the old monk had fallen to the ground, Lin Jianlan was frightened, three steps and two steps to the old monk in front of him, saw his eyes closed, his face was pale, hurriedly helped up and shook a few times: "Elder, elder!"

The old monk didn't react at all, Lin Jianlan was so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat, and he shouted loudly: "Come on, come on!"

There was no sound around, Lin Jianlan hurriedly picked up the old monk, went out of the corner gate, and walked towards the main hall, his legs trembled, his heart was frightened and doubtful, he didn't dare to think more but wanted to think more, for a while he felt dazed, he didn't know what to do, and he only shouted all the way.

The little novice just walked out of a lower room, holding a thick stack of curtain cloths in his hand, he was shocked to see this scene, the curtain in his hand was scattered all over the ground, but the little novice didn't care, only let go of his steps and hurriedly ran to the main hall, and after a while, Tanzong and the abbot hurried out, followed by a number of monks of different ages, all with anxious faces, and instantly surrounded Lin Jianlan.