Chapter 88, Xiaofan thieves
"Little Fan ......"
Meng Bufan looked at Meng Xiaofan, who was asleep beside him, and shouted in an extremely weak voice.
After retreating to the mountain, Meng Bufan was arranged in a side room, and the monks of the medicinal canteen hall of Xixia Temple came to retreat and bandage the wound, and then boiled the decoction for him to take. After taking the decoction, Meng Bufan fell asleep.
Meng Xiaofan has always been by his master's side, although Meng Bufan is extremely strict with him on weekdays, he has a lot of confusion in his heart, and even has many complaints, but when he sees the master being injured, he is still extremely distressed.
Meng Xiaofan has never seen his father since he can remember, although he has his mother by his side and depends on him, but she is a crazy person after all, and she can't give her family's happiness, and she spends her time in wandering and hunger. At that time, Meng Xiaofan's greatest desire was not to worry about the next meal.
Although he later learned to steal to improve his life, he was too young after all, and every time he stole he was scared, and every time he stole the proceeds, he only barely made ends meet. What really made him say goodbye to the kind of life he didn't want was when he met Meng Bufan.
Before Meng Bufan met Meng Xiaofan, he had always been alone, alone and without any concerns. Meng Xiaofan wanted to worship him as a teacher, but he hesitated for a long time. Although he was a thief, most of the stolen wealth was ill-gotten gains, and all the stolen property was used to do good deeds, even so, he still made too many enemies in the rivers and lakes. Although few people knew his true face, he still didn't want to bother anyone.
Meng Xiaofan begged bitterly, Meng Bufan also felt that he was very attached to Meng Xiaofan, and Meng Xiaofan had no other relatives except for a crazy mother, even if he followed him, he would not affect too many people, so Meng Bufan accepted Meng Xiaofan as an apprentice.
Suddenly there was more people by his side, and Meng Bufan felt that his appearance had changed, with more warmth and more color. Meng Xiaofan is extremely smart, and his personality is similar to Meng Bufan, and he makes Meng Bufan extremely happy every day.
Meng Bufan didn't treat Meng Xiaofan as an ordinary apprentice, he regarded Meng Xiaofan more as his own child. He knew that Meng Xiaofan had suffered since he was a child, so after following him, he was extremely doting on Meng Xiaofan, thinking about Meng Xiaofan everywhere and meeting all his requirements.
With the passage of time, Meng Bufan found that something was wrong with the situation, and Meng Xiaofan, under his doting, became broad-minded, willing to enjoy, and unwilling to endure hardships. Seeing Meng Xiaofan like this, Meng Bufan began to worry, and after thinking about it, he knew that what he had done before was wrong, so he began to be strict with Meng Xiaofan and began to restrain Meng Xiaofan's behavior. Although Meng Bufan is very strict on the surface, he has always loved Meng Xiaofan from the bottom of his heart.
Meng Bufan's faint shout did not wake up Meng Xiaofan, but he did not speak again, but looked at his apprentice with a loving face.
After watching a cup of tea, Meng Bufan smiled, raised his right hand with some difficulty and gently stroked Meng Xiaofan's head.
"Master, are you awake?"
The moment Meng Bufan's hand was on Meng Xiaofan's head, Meng Xiaofan felt it. He shook his head, sobered up for a moment, and then grabbed Meng Bufan's hand with both hands.
"Master, are you hungry? I'll get you something to eat. ”
Meng Bufan smiled slightly and said, "I'm indeed a little hungry, what time is it?
Meng Xiaofan turned his head to look outside, then turned around and said, "It's probably the time of the child." Master, don't worry, Tianyi Sect only surrounded the mountain road, and did not attack the mountain. There are Chen Qi and Senior Sister Ding guarding the mountain road, they can't attack it, besides, Brother Wei and Master Withered Leaf have gone down the mountain to move the rescuers, and when they come back with the rescuers, they will definitely be able to destroy the Tianyi Sect. ”
"Okay, good, good...... Ah~"
"Look at what you're excited about, you have a wound. ”
Meng Xiaofan said with some complaint and distress, he hurriedly got up and gave Meng Bufan a good breath.
"It's okay, it's okay," Meng Bufan put away his painful expression and turned to a smile on his face, "It doesn't hurt much now." Okay, don't be busy, Master is hungry, go and find me something to eat. ”
"What would you like to eat?"
"Go and see what is ready in the stove room, just bring it, and I'll just eat it." ”
"How can you eat a little more? You need to eat nutritious things to make up for it now, so that the wound can heal quickly. The food in this temple is all vegetarian, what kind of nutrition can it have. Hmm~, what are you looking for to eat?...... Oh yes, wait, I know what to get for you. ”
"Stinky boy, this is a place for Buddhism to cultivate, don't you break the rules of the temple......"
After Meng Xiaofan finished speaking, he turned around and ran outside the house. Meng Bufan knew that his apprentice must have some crooked idea, so he hurriedly tried his best to advise.
Meng Bufan's advice did not get Meng Xiaofan's response, and he didn't hear it in his heart at all. At this time, he was only thinking about how to make some nutritious food for his master to nourish his body, and as for the rest, he didn't care about it at all.
When Meng Xiaofan got out of the house, he started his light work and flew onto the roof, and went straight to the separate courtyard in the northwest corner of the temple.
This courtyard is the pigeon house of Xixia Temple, only two monks are responsible for taking care of it, and it is very clean on weekdays. At this time, although there was a Tianyi Sect surrounding the temple, the outside of this courtyard was full of cliffs, and it was impossible to pass at all, so there was no additional manpower here.
Meng Xiaofan stood on the courtyard wall, observed carefully for a while, and then flew towards a row of pigeon cages close to the courtyard wall. It is said to be a pigeon cage, but it is not actually a cage, but a simple place for the pigeons to rest.
When approaching the cage, Meng Xiaofan reached out and grabbed the neck of a pigeon, then jumped and immediately flew out of the yard.
Meng Xiaofan's series of movements were extremely fast, and he didn't make any sound, and even the other pigeons didn't react.
The pigeon caught by Meng Xiaofan was out of breath at this time. Meng Xiaofan proudly carried the pigeon in his arms, and then flew quickly towards the stove room.
The stove room of Xixia Temple is a courtyard divided into the front and back yards, the front yard is the place for cooking and for the monks of the whole temple to eat, the west side of the backyard is the living room of the monks of the stove room, and the east side is the granary.
The granary is now a key place for protection, so the entire courtyard of the stove is closely protected.
Meng Xiaofan wanted to go in quietly, but after thinking about it, after going in this time, he would make a fire to cook, and he would definitely not be able to hide it, so he walked generously to the door of the courtyard of the stove room and explained his intention to the monks who guarded it.
The guards in the temple, when Xue Chen arranged them, arranged the monks and guards together, and he did this so that the guards and monks could supervise each other, so that they could better prevent favoritism and fraud, and give the enemy an opportunity. At this time, there was a monk and a guard standing at the door of the courtyard of the stove house.
For Meng Xiaofan, the monks are very familiar with themselves, and the guards who guarded the courtyard gate with the monks also saw Meng Xiaofan's last battle at the bottom of the mountain, so when they learned of Meng Xiaofan's intention, they signaled to each other and opened the courtyard gate for Meng Xiaofan together.
Meng Xiaofan nodded, and entered the courtyard door with a smile on his face.
"Since it's for food, the little monk should go and call a master of the stove room for Lord Meng Shi. ”
As soon as Meng Xiaofan stepped into the courtyard gate, the monk suddenly said behind him.
Meng Xiaofan immediately turned around and said with a smile: "No need, it's so late, the masters are resting, how can I trouble them, just make some simple food for my master, I can do it myself." ”
"Amitabha! The monk bowed to Meng Xiaofan.
Meng Xiaofan smiled back and saluted, and then quickly went straight to the stove room.
The stove that can cook for thousands of people is very large, Meng Xiaofan ran all the way to the stove in the innermost corner, he was about to light a fire, but he heard a sound of footsteps outside the door.
Listening to the sound of footsteps, it should be two people. These two people walked extremely carefully, and the sound of their footsteps was very low, but they still did not escape Meng Xiaofan's ears.
Meng Xiaofan frowned, "At this time, how can anyone still come here? Could it be that they found out that I stole the carrier pigeon?"
Meng Xiaofan put down the fire sickle, picked up the pigeon that had been placed in the ground and put it back into his arms, and then gently hid to the side to observe the comers.
In the dark, Meng Xiaofan didn't see the appearance clearly, but he saw that the two were dressed as monks.
After these two people entered the stove room, they went straight to Meng Xiaofan.
"These stinky monks, the master just stole one of your pigeons to make up for the master, is it necessary for you to chase after him so quickly? What's more, my master's injury was still suffered for your Xixia Temple. ”
The two were getting closer and closer, and in order to avoid being discovered, Meng Xiaofan had to gently retreat to the side.