Chapter 43: Strange Monk
In winter, the sky is gray and cold. But the cold weather is not as cold as the silence between the two, and the kind of cold to the bones is really uncomfortable.
Although Qi Ying'er held Sun Qiao'er's hand, and although Sun Qiao'er secretly glanced at him from time to time, no one broke the silence, and the two of them seemed not to be in this world.
The two of them walked like this, I don't know how long they walked, and the two hands they were holding had become cold, and they couldn't feel whether the other person's hand was still in their hands.
Qi Ying'er's face was also cold, her eyes were also cold, and even her heart seemed to be cold.
Sun Qiao'er was more uncomfortable than death at this time.
Why did he hold me tightly when he saw me that night, why did he take me away, why did he hold my hand so indifferently?
Sun Qiaoer's heart is like being cut by a knife, a ruthless knife, digging out piece after piece.
She felt that it was getting more and more difficult to breathe, she felt that her heart was getting more and more painful, her eyes were already full of tears, she couldn't bear it anymore, she broke away from Qi Ying'er's hand. But she didn't use any force at all, just stopped slightly, and her hand slipped off. Qi Ying'er didn't hold her hand tightly at all, and it was like an awl, deep into her chest.
She squatted down and hugged her head and cried, could only crying break the silence between the two?
Qi Ying'er didn't turn back immediately, but fortunately, Sun Qiao'er couldn't see anything now, so Qi Ying'er raised her hand and gently wiped it from the corner of her eye.
Did he cry too? He cried too. When did he cry, and why did he cry?
He turned around and looked at Sun Qiao'er with a pair of eyes, and his eyes were also red. But he still didn't say anything, didn't say a word of comfort to Sun Qiao'er.
Sun Qiao'er kept crying until her throat was bitter and hoarse, and she couldn't cry anymore, and she couldn't shed tears anymore. Heaven and earth were silent again.
Only crying can break this damn silence? But Sun Qiao'er couldn't cry anymore.
Qi Ying'er finally spoke, but his voice was also hoarse: "Let's go." โ
Sun Qiao'er suddenly stood up, raised her hand and slapped Qi Ying'er, Qi Ying'er's face suddenly became red and swollen, but he didn't say anything, just looked at Qi Ying'er.
Sun Qiao'er saw that Qi Ying'er was so indifferent and anxious and angry, so she kept beating him, but the more she hit him, the lighter it became, and then she held Qi Ying'er's shoulders with both hands and lay in his arms.
Sun Qiao'er felt bitter in her heart, and she had already scolded Qi Ying'er for a thousand words and ten thousand sentences, but she didn't say a word.
Qi Ying'er gently hugged Sun Qiao'er again, Sun Qiao'er's body trembled, "Why do you want to hug me? Why? Since you don't want to talk to me, since you hate me so much, why do you still hug me?"
Qi Ying'er hugged her and whispered in Sun Qiao'er's ear: "Hold you, will you feel better?"
What are these words? This is the most chilling word Sun Qiao'er has ever heard of her, is this kind of hug just your charity?
Just look at me pitiful and give me a hug?
Sun Qiao'er pushed him away, although her voice was already hoarse, she still tried her best to shout: "You are a bastard! I saved you! I saved ...... You...... Why are you doing this to me?"
Qi Ying'er looked at this woman, his face seemed to be frozen, and he didn't have any expression.
Why did I do this to her? She saved me, she was my savior! Why did I do this to her?
Qi Ying'er didn't know why, this question had been bothering him for a long time. He is twelve years old, what does he understand? If he doesn't understand anything, why should he do this to the woman in front of him?
The sky is vast, how many people have lived on this land, but how many people have experienced Qi Ying'er's life? How are they doing? How did they deal with it? Qi Ying'er's thoughts drifted farther and farther away, and she actually felt that her soul had come out of this body.
Suddenly, I heard a voice, "Bodhi has no tree, the mirror is not a platform, there is nothing originally, where to stir up dust." This person's voice was like a bell, and it actually called Qi Ying'er's soul back. Sun Qiao'er was also attracted by this voice, and for a moment she forgot everything.
Qi Ying'er and Sun Qiao'er both looked around, but they didn't see anyone, but they both heard the person's voice, so it should definitely not be an illusion. But they couldn't find anyone nearby, and they couldn't help but feel strange, and a little scared.
I heard again: "I'm here, don't look for it, I'm here." โ
Qi Ying'er looked around, following the sound, but still couldn't see a figure.
The man cried out again, "Look here, look here." โ
Qi Ying'er was searching, "Strange, listening to this voice, it seems like this person is right in front of you, why can't you see it?"
Sun Qiao'er seemed to have forgotten what happened just now, and she was also looking for it, and she was also wondering, and said, "Could it be a ghost." โ
I heard the man say again: "Hey, stupid boy, you actually say I'm a ghost! If I were expensive, you two would still be able to stand here now." โ
Sun Qiao'er looked for the source of the voice, and suddenly shouted "Ah", it was really like seeing a ghost, and said, "Hand..... Hand... Hand. โ
Qi Ying'er looked in the direction she pointed, and a hand actually stretched out from the snow three steps away from her. There was no blood on that hand, and it looked like a dead man's hand.
Qi Ying'er was also so frightened that she clenched the sword at her waist.
I saw that the hand suddenly shook towards Qi Ying'er, and the man said, "Yes, you found me." โ
The voice came from underground!
Qi Ying'er shouted: "Why are you underground, are you a human or a ghost!"
The man said, "Another stupid boy, I told you that if I am a ghost, how can I speak to you properly?"
Sun Qiao'er said: "Then, why are you staying underground." โ
The man said, "I'm not under the ground, I'm under the snow!"
Qi Ying'er and Sun Qiao'er looked at each other, both looking puzzled, and the man said again: "Little brother, can you come and help me and pull me out of the snow." โ
Qi Ying'er was taken aback and said, "Are you calling me?"
The man smiled and said, "Aren't you a little brother, are you a little girl?"
As soon as Qi Ying'er heard this, she couldn't speak, so she was about to go and hold that hand, but she grabbed herself with another hand, he turned his face and looked, who else could it be if it wasn't Sun Qiao'er?
Sun Qiao'er shook her head and said, "No, you can't go, what if it's a trap and you and I want to be caught?"
When Qi Ying'er heard this, she stopped, but the man said, "Oh, what is this little girl still worried about? Let go of the little brother and let him come and pull me, if I don't come again, I will die in the snow." โ
Qi Ying'er was about to go forward again, but Sun Qiao'er didn't let go, and said, "He is in the snow, how can he see the actions of the two of us?" I think this matter is very strange, it's better not for you to go." Let's start by asking him where he came from. โ
Qi Ying'er nodded and asked the man, "That, who are you?"
Sun Qiao'er laughed, but Qi Ying'er wondered, thinking, "Didn't you ask me to ask? Why do you want to laugh?"
Sun Qiao'er said: "Your question is also direct enough. โ
Qi Ying'er asked again, "Why are you in the snow?"
I asked twice, but the man under the snow was silent. Qi Ying'er and Sun Qiao'er looked at each other again, and Sun Qiao'er said: "Don't play any tricks! We won't be fooled, if you don't talk again, we'll leave, and leave you alone in the snow!"
The man was still silent, and the exposed hand became weak and hung low.
Qi Ying'er shouted: "It's not good!" didn't care much, and rushed to him with a straight arrow step and grabbed the hand.
As soon as he grabbed this hand, a chill pierced his hand like thousands of needles, Qi Ying'er's heart trembled, "It's not really dead!" He was pulling out hard, and the cold hand suddenly grabbed Qi Ying'er's hand and Sun Qiao'er was shocked when he saw it: "Let go!"
But that hand had firmly grasped Qi Ying'er's hand, although Qi Ying'er had let go of his hand, he couldn't break free of the cold hand, he had to pull it out with all his might. This pull pulled out the people in the snow.
As soon as the cold hand was released, Qi Ying'er stumbled and sat on the snow. Looking at the man in front of him, this man's bald head was already pale and purple, the same color as the hand. The body looks like a monk's robe, but it is also tattered, and at first glance, I really don't know if it's a human or a ghost.ยท
I saw that the man stretched out as if he had just woken up, and let out a long exhalation, "Woo woo woo ------ ah"
Qi Ying'er and Sun Qiao'er stood aside, clasping their hands tightly, looking at this unknown object that was neither human nor ghost, but also human-like and ghost-like.
I saw the man turn around and smile at the two of them, and said, "Thank you, thank you, yo, you have reconciled?"
Qi Ying'er and Sun Qiao'er were only frightened by this unknown person, but they didn't notice it, and unconsciously pulled their hands tightly together. When the two looked at it, they let go of their hands.
The man said, "Hey, Ladu is pulled, why are you letting go again? It's really confusing for me, a monk." โ
As soon as Qi Ying'er heard him say that he was a monk, then he was really wearing monk's clothes, why was he so tattered?
Qi Ying'er said, "Who are you?"
The man laughed and said, "I am who I am." โ
Qi Ying'er said, "I asked you what your name is?"
The man folded his hands together and said, "Amitabha, the poor monk has long been nameless and surnameless, only the Dharma name. โ
Sun Qiao'er asked, "Then what is your legal name?"
But the man was silent.
Sun Qiao'er was impatient and said, "Why didn't you answer again?"
The man scratched his head, as if puzzled, and said, "The poor monk has already said it." โ
Sun Qiao'er said angrily: "When did you say it?"
The monk smiled and said, "It's really funny, little girl, you just asked, and I told you." โ
Sun Qiao'er said: "Nonsense, nonsense." You obviously didn't speak!"
The monk said, "That's the name of the poor monk!"
Sun Qiao'er said: "What nonsense, what is your legal name? I think you must be a fake monk, you are a liar, maybe you are a robber and bandit!"
The monk looked bitter and said, "Little girl, you said that the little monk is a bandit, then you have wronged the dead, I am indeed a monk." When I was a child, I followed my master Master Wubei to chant the Buddha in the Foguang Temple of Wutai Mountain, how could he be a robber. After speaking, the monk told the appearance of the temple and the spring, summer, autumn and winter of Wutai Mountain in detail, so that Sun Qiaoer had to believe it, Qi Ying'er listened more immersively, and really wanted to go to see such a good temple.
Sun Qiao'er said: "Then why don't you say the law name when I ask you?"
The monk said, "It's not that I didn't say it, but the poor monk said it, my Dharma name is ......" He suddenly closed his mouth tightly and stopped talking.
Sun Qiao'er looked dazed, Qi Ying'er laughed, Sun Qiao'er said, "What are you laughing at?"
Qi Ying'er said: "I'm laughing at his master." โ
Sun Qiao'er asked again, "What's wrong with his master?"
Qi Ying'er said: "His master actually gave him such an interesting Dharma name, so that people can't read it, and they can't shout it." โ
Sun Qiao'er said: "Then do you know his legal name?"
Qi Ying'er nodded and smiled: "His law name is ......" As he spoke, he also kept his mouth shut and kept silent.
The monk smiled and said, "Sure enough, the little brother is smarter, and this is the name my master gave me." No words, no form, no sound. โ
Sun Qiao'er seemed to understand, so she said: "It's really strange, you are strange, your master is even more strange, he gave you this legal name, so why does he call you?"
The monk smiled and said, "Master gave me this Dharma name, which is really not easy to call, but for convenience, he gave me another name, called Kong." โ
Qi Ying'er said: "Empty?"
The monk said, "Exactly." โ
Qi Ying'er lacks virtue, this monk called the empty is very interesting, the name is interesting, the behavior is also interesting, and he also likes to stay in the snow. Qi Ying'er asked, "Then why are you in the snow?" โ
Kong scratched his head again, and said: "Oh, I'm not afraid of the two of you making fun of this when I say it, Master said let me go to this world, I've been out for a month, and although I have melted some of it, it's all food, and I'm holding a bowl all day long, like a person asking for food." Later, I found out that it was better to use money to buy food, so I used the bowl that Master gave me as some money. Who knew that the food was so expensive, I spent it in a few days, and after a while, it really became a meal. The clothes are also rotten, and I haven't taken a shower for a long time. Then I walked and walked, and one day I came here, hungry and tired, so I lay down on the ground and fell asleep. It wasn't until just now that the two woke me up, and then I got married. โ
Sun Qiao'er sneered: "I see that you are not very old, but your ability to lie is the best in the world." โ
He clasped his empty hands together and said, "Amitabha, what the little monk said has never been false." โ
Sun Qiao'er said: "Okay! Even if what you said in front of you is true, but the words in the back are ridiculous. โ
Empty Dao: "What's ridiculous?"
Sun Qiao'er said: "Do you know if it has snowed in the past few days?"
Kong shook his head, and Sun Qiao'er said again: "It hasn't snowed in the past few days, which means that the snow on your body was a few days ago, but it didn't snow so much a few days ago, that is to say, this snow was piled up day by day many days ago, can it be said that you have been lying in this snow for more than ten days?"
Sora nodded and said, "Reasonable, I didn't expect me to sleep for more than ten days." โ
Sun Qiao'er looked at the air coldly, and said: "Phew, the skin is so thick, being exposed in public is a lie, and you can still be so calm, it's really shameless." Then he turned to Qi Ying'er and said, "Let's go, don't pay attention to this crazy monk!"
Qi Ying'er didn't move, just smiled, and then said slowly: "I believe in this monk." โ
I was also surprised when I was empty, and I couldn't help but smile.
Sun Qiao'er ate and said, "You, do you really believe him?"
Qi Ying'er smiled, but the smile was so relaxed, his smile seemed to correspond to the empty smile, and the two were like old friends.
Sun Qiao'er said: "Okay, okay, I know you hate me, you would rather believe the nonsense of a stinky monk, you don't believe me! Then I'll go!"
Kong Dao: "Oh, I didn't expect the little girl to eat this little brother's vinegar because of me, a stinky monk." Girl, you are a thousand times more beautiful than me, more than ten thousand times, how can this little brother hate you?"
Sun Qiao'er glared at him fiercely, and said, "What does my business with him have to do with you?"
Sora smiled: "Originally, it didn't matter, but then it did." โ
Sun Qiao'er said: "What's the matter?"
Kong Dao: "This little brother is my savior, I really almost died in the snow just now, thanks to the little brother who pulled me." By the way, the little monk hasn't asked the name of the little benefactor yet......"
Qi Ying'er said: "Qi Ying'er." He told the strange monk his name because he felt that Sora was not a bad person, and he was not deceiving. There are many impossible things in the world, so how can he casually say that emptiness is a lie? If he tells people about the wooden sword in his hand, others will think that it is a lie, but then there are people who fight to get this wooden sword, isn't it even stranger?
When Sun Qiaoer saw these two people, she thought about two good friends for a short while, and she didn't understand more and more, and became more and more angry.
Kong You turned and smiled: "I don't know the name of the little girl......"
Before he could finish speaking, Sun Qiao'er said viciously: "Call Grandma!"