Chapter 13: Savior

Shi Luoyi was sitting on a wooden chair with a gold bib in her arms, when she saw a man suddenly burst into the door, and immediately jumped up in fright like a frightened rabbit. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info saw that the person who came in looked like Yang Yuhuan, but it was a little different, and he was suspicious, so he hugged the child tightly, opened his eyes wide, and stared at Yang Yuqing vigilantly.

Yang Yuqing also took a closer look at Shi Luoyi, and saw that this girl was only sixteen or seventeen years old, not like the mother of a five or six-year-old child at all, but more like the child's sister.

Yang Yuqing frowned and said, "This girl, don't be afraid, I am Yang Yuhuan's brother, and now I am here to save you two from escaping from the cottage." ”

Shi Luoyi listened and was skeptical.

If a person is always deceived, it is difficult to trust others again.

Since meeting Wu Dashan and Yang Yuhuan, Shi Luoyi suddenly felt that she was completely unable to distinguish whether others were well-intentioned or malicious?

But no matter what, as long as she can get out of this place, whether it is a flower-filled road or a red carpet trap ahead, she is determined to give it a try.

So she still said: "Thank you for your kindness, it's just that your brother learned that we can't escape if we chase after us." ”

Yang Yuqing said: "Girl, please rest assured, my brother has been drunk by me, and he won't wake up for a while." Taking advantage of this opportunity, I sent the girl out of the back door and fled for her life from the back mountain overnight. However, the back mountain is steep and the road is rugged, and it is not possible to ride a horse, so the girl must walk on foot. ”

Shi Luoyi said: "The two of us were caught here by your brother, like a tiger driving sheep, forced to get married, and died on the eve of death." If you can get the mercy of your son, rescue the remnants, and see the light of day again, it is like a dead tree in spring. And please honor your surname and be immortal. ”

Yang Yuqing said: "My name is Yang Yuqing, and I am the brother of Yang Yuhuan, the owner of this cottage. Girl, don't delay here, come with me!"

Shi Luoyi nodded hurriedly and picked up the sleeping child.

Yang Yuqing carried a lantern to lead the way.

Shi Luoyi followed closely, zigzag and winding, and came to the back mountain pass.

Yang Yuqing called the leader of the gate to open the door.

When the leader heard that it was Yang Yuqing who brought Shi Luoyi and Wang Liu over, he also guessed that he would not leave ten, but he didn't dare to disobey, knowing the relationship between their brothers, so he had to open the door and let Shi Luoyi go down the mountain.

Yang Yuqing sent another ride, handed over the burden to Shi Luoyi, and advised: "Girl, this time, the north and the south are far away, you and I are likely to meet again, if the fate of the other day comes, there will be a chance to meet." Forgive me for not being able to send it far, I hope that the girl will travel long distances by land and water, and everyone should be cautious. ”

Shi Luoyi only found out at this time that Yang Yuqing was sincerely helping her, so she knelt on the ground and sobbed: "Thank you for the life-saving grace of the son, such as having parents again, it is unforgettable!"

Yang Yuqing hurriedly helped him up, and the two parted.

Shi Luoyi walked down the small mountain path that clinged to the cliff.

There is a sentence in the poem "Shu Road Difficulty" by Li Bai in the Tang Dynasty: "Shu Road is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky." "The road behind the mountain of Jiguanling is difficult to follow the blue sky. There is also a saying: "It is easy to go up the mountain, but it is difficult to go down", which means that although it is laborious to go up the mountain, it is not easy to be dangerous, and it is easy to lose your footing when going down. Because the gravity center of gravity on the mountain is downward, and its own force is upward, the direction of the two forces is opposite, into a balanced shape, except for a little effort, the danger is small; And if the speed is too fast when going down the mountain, the legs and feet will be sore and shivering.

Shi Luoyi is a weak girl, she has to hold the child again, and she has to carry the burden, and she doesn't dare to put the child down to rest halfway. When you look at the valley below the mountain, it is dark and bottomless. Shi Luoyi had to lean her back against the rock, and free one hand to climb the vine and grab the kudzu to prevent him from falling. With trembling limbs, he groped his way down the hill slowly.

After walking for nearly an hour, I walked this mountain road, and when I came to the bottom of the mountain, I was so tired that my feet were soft and my hands were numb, and I didn't know which direction to go in the dark, so I only chose the flat road and went, and I didn't care about the narrow lunge of my shoes, and I didn't care about the timid fear of wolves, insects, tigers and leopards in the night, and ran to a flat place overnight.

She walked in a northwestern direction.

Those who fled for their lives, I don't know where this strength came from, they crossed the hills, turned around, walked for miles, crossed several mountains, walked until dawn, and came to a village.

But this village is called Shiziwo.

Shi Luoyi sat on the stone and sat on a piece of granite by the roadside, and when he sat on a granite rock by the roadside, he saw that the shoes under his feet had also been ground out with a big hole, and the blisters on his feet were also seven or eight. The burden was also a lot lighter, it turned out that Yang Yuhuan opened the package and looked at it, so he didn't fold it again, and was scraped by firewood and grass on the way, and the beads and silver in the package fell more than half all the way. Shi Luoyi took out a few ingots of small silver, wrapped them separately on the outside, and tied the rest tightly, beat them in the inner bag, and carried them on his back.

Wang Liu looked at Shi Luoyi and said, "Auntie, I'm so hungry." ”

When Shi Luoyi heard this, she took Wang Liu's little hand and stood up and said, "Let's go, let's go find something to eat." ”

The two walked hand in hand, and in the distance they saw a red wall in the woods beside the road in front of them, showing several corners, like a nunnery, a temple, a temple, and a monk's place. The monks are compassionate. When Shi Luo saw this, she was overjoyed in her heart, and hurriedly led Wang Liu forward. Wipe through the forest, and a nunnery appears. When Shi Luo looked at it, the red wall was wrapped all around, half of the wall mud had been peeled off, there were more than a dozen weeping willows in front of the door, the wall steps collapsed, and there were two eight-character wall doors facing the sun in the middle, and there was a dilapidated cracked flat forehead covered with spider silk hanging on it, and the three words "non-empty hermitage" were completely indistinguishable if they did not get close and take a closer look. It turned out to be a dilapidated nunnery.

Shi Luoyi immediately straightened her clothes, walked to the door and knocked on the door, worried about it, and asked carefully, "Is there anyone in the nunnery?"

I heard an old voice in the room trembling and asking, "Who is knocking on the door?" As soon as the words fell, the people in the room came out to meet again, and it turned out to be an old nun of sixty or seventy years old. I saw this old nun, wearing a ragged robe and a tattered monk's hat, weak and delicate, with a face like a withered leaf, her cheekbones upturned, and her lips pinned down.

Shi Luoyi folded her hands, bowed, and said, "Master, the two of us are in a hurry, just because we are not familiar with the road, we missed the accommodation, and we walked here overnight, and we came tired all the way. The child is hungry in his belly, and he hopes that the master can give him something to wrap his belly. We have a little bit of silver on us here, and we have the right to pay for a meal. If the master has shoes, he will sell them to me regardless of whether they are worn or not. I hope that the master will be merciful and thoughtful, thank you enough!"

The old nun saw that although Shi Luoyi's clothes were stained with mud, she was graceful and decent, and she was very respectful, and when she heard this, she said: "The nunnery is a dilapidated small nunnery in the mountains, lacking incense, poor materials, only a poor nun, every day at dusk and morning bell, coarse tea and light rice to live. But if the monks are compassionate, and convenience is the door, if the donor does not dislike it, he will come in and eat a bowl of gruel. ”

At such a time, of course, Shi Luoyi does not care whether it is porridge or rice.

The old nun led Shi Luoyi into the door, walked not much, entered a door, came to a small Buddha room, offered to Wei Tuo Bodhisattva, this Bodhisattva put his hands together, horizontal pestle on his wrist, majestic. Turning in from behind Wei Tuo Bodhisattva, there is a Buddha hall, although it is not very large, but it is also spacious, and in the middle is enshrined three Buddha statues with gold paint that have mostly fallen off - the three saints of the West, but they are still solemn, compassionate and solemn, looking down on all living beings.

Shi Luoyi saw it, stood in front of the Buddha and made three bows, knelt down on the straw futon, bowed three heads respectfully to the three Buddhas, and prayed softly: "All the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the Third World of the Ten Directions are above, and the disciples Shi Luoyi and Wang Liu, due to heavy karma, have caused disasters along the way, and have been repeatedly difficult by strongmen, and their lives are difficult to protect. The disciples sincerely prayed to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, the teachers of the Three Realms, and the loving fathers of the four beings, to show great compassion, and to save the lives of the two of us, and to protect us from evil to good fortune, and to have a smooth future and peace and happiness! If we can keep our lives alive, we are willing to devote ourselves to the Buddha, plant blessed fields, and always do good deeds. Ask all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas to have mercy and compassion for the benefit of all sentient beings. Nan Wu Amitabha!" pulled the child Wang Liu again, and also kowtowed three times.

Inside, it's another corridor. Turn west on a cobblestone path, lined with pine trees on both sides, dilapidated, covered with spider silk, but still quiet.

Turning into a room, the old nun invited Shi Luoyi to sit with the mother and son. The old nun himself went to serve the gruel, and each of them drank a bowl. Although the child Wang Liu was young and had fine clothes and fine food, at this time, after drinking this bowl of gruel, he did not add sugar, and he also felt that it was as delicious as a delicacy, and even the bowl was licked clean.

Lao Nun took out a pair of monk shoes from the cabinet again, gave them to Shi Luoyi, and said: "Donor, Lao Nun is a monk, and now he is dizzy, and he has made this pair of monk shoes indiscriminately, or new, you can wear it." ”

Shi Luoyi thanked him, changed his monk's shoes, took out an ingot of twenty taels of silver from his baggage, handed it to the old nun, and said: "Disturb the master a lot, some small silver, not a respect, the master is not too thin, please accept it." ”

The old nun refused to accept it at first, but Shi Luo just stuffed it in his hand, took Wang Liu, and looked away again.