Chapter 3: Akiba-ji Temple

"Master!"

"Master!"

Xiao Feng shouted to the master on his back as he walked, but there was no response. After being chased into the desert by the pursuers, the water bag fell in the night attack three days ago, and he and the master had not eaten or drunk for three days.

From a distance, the white-robed Zephyr goose lay on Xiao Feng's immature shoulders, his feet dragged in the yellow sand, leaving two clearly visible ravines behind him, but they were soon covered by the wind and sand, leaving no trace.

"Let's go!"

"Don't worry, Master, I'll bring you safely to Akibaji!"

"Before, you were the one who dealt with the pursuers and blocked the sword and arrow for me! Now, I'll take you to Akibaji Temple. Can you ...... You've got to hold on to ......."

Xiao Feng gritted his teeth, barely supported his heavy eyelids, and finally climbed to the top of the sand dune step by step.

As far as the eye can see, there is a fiery red poplar tree, which is now rustling in the wind. Rows of red walls and green tiles can be faintly seen in the shade of the trees, and the sound of chanting without saying sorrow and joy is faintly heard.

"Akibaji!"

"Master, it's Akibaji! We've arrived at .........."

Xiao Feng looked at the scene in front of him with wide eyes, and let go of his hand to let go of the master from his shoulder. But who knew that the west wind goose suddenly fell to the ground and rolled down the sand dune.

Xiao Feng exclaimed, a tiger jumped down, reached out and grabbed the hand of the West Wind Goose, and rolled down from the sand dunes while holding the West Wind Goose, crying and shouting: "Help! My master is injured!"

"Senior brother!"

"Well, let's go check it out!"

In the poplar forest, two monks wearing blue-gray monk's robes suddenly stopped. The two of them looked at each other and nodded, and their feet stomped and flew in the air, and they jumped out of the place at once, and then they flew in the air again on the tip of their toes like a great peng, and galloped towards the front.

Xiao Feng looked at the black dots in his sight that had been getting closer and closer in the past two months, and finally closed his eyes weakly.

"Senior brother, look!"

"Well, sure enough, someone ........" The eyes of the two monks fell on the West Wind Goose and Xiao Feng, who were lying motionless on the ground, and their speed became faster and faster, and they had already landed next to Xiao Feng and the others in a few flashes.

The slightly older monk stretched out his hand and tried the snort of the two of them in turn, frowned and said urgently: "There is still breathing, quickly bring it to the temple and ask Uncle Ran for treatment!"

"Yes, senior brother!" the little monk agreed, and the two of them respectively hugged the west wind goose and Xiao Feng to their chests, and sped away in the wind and sand towards the poplar forest.

"I heard that as long as the knife is fast enough, not only will people not feel pain, but the sound of blood will be as good as the sound of the wind!"

"Have you ever heard of a bird that has no legs since birth. You only land once in a lifetime, and that is death. ”

"Emperor, live well. ”

"In the next life, may you not be in the emperor's family again.........."

"Whew!"

Xiao Feng got up suddenly, looked at the spots of light spilling in from the window, took a deep breath and reached out to wipe the sweat from his forehead. From the day I left Shendu, day and night, this nightmare haunted in my heart.

Master!

That's right, Master!

Xiao Feng frowned, turned over and got out of bed, and pushed the door open with a squeak.

"Amitabha, little donor, you're awake!" a novice stopped the broom in his hand and looked at Xiao Feng, who was standing in front of the door, with one hand and eleven bows.

Xiao Feng took three steps and two steps, came to the courtyard barefoot, stretched out his hand and grabbed the novice's sleeve and said anxiously: "Master?.......!

Sha Mi looked at Xiao Feng with one hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the little donor, with Uncle Ran's help, the female donor is naturally very good." ”

"Good! That's good!" Xiao Feng secretly took two steps back, subconsciously loosened the novice's sleeve, and opened his mouth and smiled to reveal a mouthful of white teeth. He knew that Master would definitely be fine.

Xiao Feng looked at the novice in front of him and smiled happily: "Where is the master, I want to see her!"

Shami smiled: "Little benefactor, please come with me." As he spoke, he put the broom in his hand on the edge of the courtyard and walked out of the courtyard with Xiao Feng.

After Xiao Feng followed the footsteps of this novice to go out, he realized that he had forgotten to put on his shoes, and the paths in this temple were paved with cobblestones, and walking on them made his feet extremely uncomfortable.

But I was embarrassed to tell this novice.

Xiao Feng followed behind Shami, looking around as he grinned as he grinned on the cobblestone path under his feet. Along the way, Xiao Feng discovers that this Akiba Temple is indeed exactly what the name suggests, as the entire temple is shrouded in a fiery red poplar forest.

The evening drum and morning bell, bursts of Sanskrit sounds, birds singing and flowers, it is really a good place. No wonder, when I asked the master where the Akiba Temple was, the master always said that when the red glow fell in the sky, it was the time to arrive at the Akiba Temple.

Xiao Feng looked around curiously as he walked, but he suddenly stepped on a raised stone, and he was snorted at the moment.

Na Shami turned around and looked at Xiao Feng with a faint smile on his face.

Xiao Feng hurriedly put down his feet, scratched his head and looked at this novice with some embarrassment and smiled: "I'm sorry, I forgot to put on my shoes......"

Na Shami smiled: "The little donor will go with me to the practice room to get shoes and put them on, and then the little monk will lead you to see the female donor?"

Xiao Feng nodded hurriedly: "Thank you, Senior Brother! By the way, I haven't asked Senior Brother what your name is?"

Shami turned around, led Xiao Feng through the trail, came to the bluestone avenue and said with a smile: "The little monk's name is Fayuan, and the little donor can call the little monk's name on weekdays." ”

"Fa Yuan...... Then I will call you Senior Brother Fayuan in the future! My name is Xiao Feng, Xiao Feng's Xiao, Xiao Feng's Feng. Xiao Feng smiled.

Fa Yuan shook his head and smiled faintly: "That's very good." ”

"Good!"

"Senior Brother Fa Yuan, why haven't we seen anyone else after walking for so long?" Xiao Feng stretched out his hand to hold the back of his head, looked at Fa Yuan with some curiosity on Fa Yuan's side and asked.

Fa Yuan smiled faintly: "Today, Uncle Gu went out to recite the Dharma, and everyone went to listen to the lecture." ”

Xiao Feng nodded as if he didn't understand, followed Fa Yuan through the square, walked through a long corridor, came to the practice room and found a pair of monk shoes to put on, and then followed Fa Yuan to continue walking.

After about half a pillar of incense, Fa Yuan's footsteps suddenly stopped, and then turned sideways towards Xiao Feng with his hands folded and said, "The female benefactor that Xiao Shi is looking for is in the medicine hall." ”

Xiao Feng agreed, and his eyes looked at the grass house in front of him that was scattered on the ground. It's really strange why other places are red walls and green tiles, but this place is so shabby.

Fa Yuan seemed to have seen through Xiao Feng's thoughts, and said with a faint smile at the moment: "Uncle Ran has a very strange temper, and without his order, no one is allowed to step into the medicine hall without permission." The little monk stopped here, and Master Xiao Shi went alone. ”