Hearing someone talking next door, Yue Fan turned around vigilantly and found that a person had come out of the haystack, but if he looked closely, he was a bearded old man of seventy or eighty years old, wearing a shabby cotton jacket, the wrinkles on his face had written all the vicissitudes of life, and a scar under the corner of his eye looked hideous.

Yue Fan was so distraught that he naturally didn't care about anything else, "Hello, old man!" For the old man, Yue Fan still respects him very much.

The old man was stunned when he saw Yue Fan, and said in his heart: "I'm not dazzled, I don't sound like an old man? An incredulous look on his face.

Seeing this, Yue Fan knew what the old man was thinking, so he pinched the white hair on his shoulder and said nonchalantly: "It's nothing, I had an illness when I was a child, and then it became like this." ”

After being stunned for a while, the old man shook his head and said: "Don't explain, I've lived so long, I haven't seen anything strange, of course I can tell it, young white hair, I can see that kind of sadness in your eyes, it seems that you are also a person with a story." ”

Yue Fan didn't answer, but stared at the old man in a daze.

The old man threw a handful of hay over, and said angrily: "Why are you so rude, this kid, always staring at my old man, doesn't anyone teach you to respect the old and love the young?"

Yue Fan said straightly: "Yes." ”

The old man choked: "Then you are still looking at me like this." ”

"I don't think you're simple. ”

“......”

After sinking for a while, the old man said, "Boy, what is your name?" ”

"Li Yuefan. ”

The old man said disdainfully: "The name is very ordinary, and the person who named you is really uneducated." ”

Yue Fan frowned and said, "The name was given by my father, and my father really didn't study." ”

Hearing Yue Fan's answer, the old man was discouraged and said, "You are really boring!"

"......" Yue Fan was also silent.

......

After a while, the old man was really uncomfortable, if he was alone before, he would have lived like this, but today he finally came to someone, if he didn't talk, he had to suffocate to death. In desperation, he looked for Yue Fan and said, "Li Yuefan, how did you get in, and you are still locked up in this iron prison." ”

Yue Fan said honestly: "I was framed. ”

"Haha-"

The old man laughed and said, "It's strange that everyone who comes in says that they have been wronged." ”

......

"Why don't you speak?" asked the old man.

"If you don't believe me, what's the use of what I say. ”

The old man said generously: "I don't believe it, you can say it, just say it until I believe it." ”

......

"Well, why don't you speak? You want to suffocate my old man! I believe it, I can't believe it? The old man said with a look of grievance.

Yue Fan said: "Do you really want to hear it?"

"Absolutely. The old man affirmed.

"I came out today to buy something for my little sister...... Yue Fan calmly recounted what happened to him today, and even when he talked about being framed, his tone was so flat, as if everything was the same as himself.

......

After listening to Yue Fan's story, the old man was silent for a long time and said, "Then did you hate those people at that time, especially the father and daughter who framed you." ”

"Hate!"

"And now?"

"Disgust. ”

"Everyone in the world is turbid, you are clear, do you say you are turbid or they are clear?"

Yue Fan was stunned for a moment, and then said, "I'm still me." ”

......

"Would you like to hear my story, little brother? ”

Ignoring Yue Fan's answer, the old man sighed: "I've been living here for several years, maybe three or four years, but I don't remember the exact time, because I spent the rest of my life in prison." ”

Yue Fan was shocked when he heard this, and said secretly: "According to what this old man said, he may have been in prison for thirty or forty years. ”

The old man struggled to recall: "Uh! I remember that I seemed to be in the prison of the twenty-eighth year of Wanli. By the way, how many years have you been doing for me?"

Yue Fan was stunned for a moment, and muttered: "Sure enough, it's been a long time, the twenty-eighth year of Wanli to the eleventh year of Chongzhen now, there are thirty-eight years." ”

"Haha......" the old man laughed: "Thirty-eight years, thirty-eight years......"

"The old man's name is Li Yun, and he is a Jinshi in the sixteenth year of Wanli. At that time, I was encountering Japanese invaders who invaded the land of my country, repeatedly insulted the prestige of my Celestial Empire, and bullied the people of my Celestial Empire, but I was unwilling to hold only a vertical pen from now on, so I left my relatives at home and chose to join the army to kill Kou.

At that time, I had no background or official position, so I could only start as a pawn, and with my wisdom and courage, I killed countless enemies on the battlefield and achieved proud results. For more than ten years of war, I went from captain, thousand households, deputy to the army, to the commander of the guard, and finally because of my outstanding military achievements, I was named the general of Zhenkou by the emperor to garrison the coastal area, so to speak, I dedicated everything I had to the country and the war. The tone is long, like emotion, regret, anger, and helplessness.

Yue Fan looked at this old man who served the country and the people, and his heart was full of admiration. Although he is cynical in his heart, it does not mean that he is prejudiced against everyone, at least he remembers those who are good to him, so he listens silently.

Li Yun stroked his chest and asked, "Do you know the value of a soldier?"

Yue Fan shook his head......

Li Yun said with some pain: "That is war, and only fighting can reflect the value of soldiers." Then he asked, "Do you know what a soldier wants most?"

Yue Fan shook his head again......

Li Yun said sadly: "Actually, what soldiers hope for most is that there is no war. Where there is war, there will be death, and who wants to die themselves, and what will happen to their relatives after they die. ”

"After more than ten years of war, I have seen my comrades-in-arms and brothers leave me one by one, but they can't do anything. You say, what can I do if I become emperor?"

If such a rebellious remark is heard by others, it will be a capital crime, and it may also affect the people around him, but Yue Fan did not have any nervousness, but had a faint expression.

“...... When the battle is over, our mission is over, and there is no more value. I returned to Kyoto full of melancholy, but when I went to visit the relatives of my comrades-in-arms, I found that some were starved to death, some were enslaved, and some were left uncared for and bullied......

My brother-in-law joined the army with me, but in order to save me, he was killed by thieves, and before he died, he asked me to take good care of his family, and I agreed at that time. But when I returned to his house, his mother had been beaten to death, and his daughter had committed suicide in disgrace. What I didn't expect was that the person who killed them was the son of my brother-in-law's boss, the military department Shangshu.

We are fighting and defending the country on the front line, but these scum not only enjoy glory and wealth, but even their relatives are bullied, how can people not be cold, how can people not be angry!

When I learned about this, I sued the court. Unexpectedly, the people in the court not only colluded with each other, but also killed people and killed people, and there was no proof of their death, and in the end, because there was no evidence, the emperor no longer asked about the matter.

But how could I let these scum get away with it so much, so I broke into the military department in a fit of rage, killed eight people including Shangshu of the military department, and then went to Shangshu Mansion to kill a total of twenty-six of his sons. Haha......" Li Yun laughed wildly.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

He hadn't laughed out loud for years, and Li Yun suddenly coughed violently.

When the emperor heard about this, he was furious, and now he arrested me, removed me from my official position, and put me in prison...... If that's the case, I'm willing to die, old man, but it's not as simple as I thought. In fact, the emperor had long been suspicious of the old man, afraid that the old man would support the army and respect himself, and this incident was just an excuse to punish the crime. Think about how many years, which emperor is not suspicious of the ministers with heavy troops, and even a generation of masters is not exempt from vulgarity. "The soldier defended the country and killed the enemy, and he did not regret it even if he died on the battlefield, and he only buried his bones for many years of loyalty, in exchange for his heart. What the old man has done is worthy of heaven and the people of Limin, so he has never regretted it...... Unexpectedly, the emperor listened to the slander and not only put me on death row, but also my family, and arrested them all. Li Yun closed his eyes, as if he didn't want to recall the painful experience.

......

"Little brother, do you know why the old man has lived until now and has not been killed?"

Yue Fan pondered for a moment and said, "If they don't kill you, you must still have a place for them to use." ”

Li Yun squinted his eyes and said, "Well, that's right, it's because I have a shocking secret hidden in my heart that I'm still alive, and my relatives can be safe." Looking at the moonlight outside the bars, my heart was full of longing.

......

This night, Yue Fan did not cultivate, but acted as a loyal listener, quietly listening to the old man narrate his life. Maybe it was because there was no one to talk to the old man for too long, so the old man became more and more energetic the more he talked, and he didn't feel a trace of fatigue.

“...... For the sake of this secret, the emperor secretly imprisoned me, tortured me to extract a confession, abolished my martial arts, broke my hands and tendons, and finally threatened me with my relatives.

They knew that there would be no result if they continued like this, so they didn't know where to find a stranger and wanted to hypnotize me with the method of ecstasy, but I had been fighting horses for more than ten years, and my heart and mind had already been very firm, but the stranger was attacked and became an idiot. Ha ha......

At that time, I became a veritable chicken rib in their eyes, and I wanted to kill but was reluctant, but I couldn't ask anything, so I was locked up all the time and guarded by someone. ”

"And what about your relatives?"

"I was separated from them and rescued by my old family. Originally, they wanted to rescue me, but the people who guarded me were all some big internal masters, so they didn't succeed, but suffered heavy casualties......" The tone was very heavy, but I could imagine the critical situation at that time.

"My brothers did not give up on me, and they would come and try to rescue me at every opportunity, but every time there were heavy casualties, so the emperor put me on death row and put me in prison with other prisoners.

Until more than ten years ago, I don't know how, no one came to ask me after the emperor's death, until I was exiled here a few years ago.

However, it is very quiet here, except for the usual jailers to deliver food, there is usually no one to disturb them, and even the prisoners are rarely seen, even after being caught in, they will be taken away in less than a day, and it seems that the yamen here is not simple. You're the first in years to be crushed into this iron prison......"

As he spoke, the old man squinted and fell asleep......

In fact, Li Yun didn't know that the emperor had announced that he had been executed in order to keep it secret, so only Emperor Wanli knew about him. And before he died, the emperor only told this secret to his son, that is, the crown prince Zhu Changluo at that time. After the emperor's death, the princes didn't care too much about him in order to compete with the prince for the throne. But people are not as good as heaven, the crown prince Zhu Changluo was killed a month after ascending the throne, so that Li Yun was forgotten on death row, until Chongzhen 1630 The prison was rectified, and all the death row prisoners were exiled to a city and county prison, Li Yun was transferred to the city prison of Ning County. Because they are death row inmates, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, all death row inmates must be involved in a wide range of cases, and they must be well guarded and must not be lost. So he has lived a good life until now, except for years of loneliness and loneliness.

......

―――――――――――― the next day......

Li Yun woke up in the morning and saw Yue Fan meditating next door, so he didn't bother, sitting on the ground thinking about something......

After a while, Yue Fan suddenly opened his eyes and said, "The jailer is here!"

Li Yun was stunned when he heard this, he knew that a jailer would bring food over in a while, but he couldn't help but ask, "How do you know?"

Of course, Yue Fan would not say that it was sensed by his spiritual power, so he said lightly: "I heard the sound of footsteps, and the severity was the same as that jailer yesterday." ”

Li Yun was even more stunned: "I am also a person who practices martial arts, although martial arts have been abolished, but my ears and eyes are still very sensitive, but why haven't I heard any sound!?"

Yue Fan didn't answer......

After a while, a jailer came, handed over the rice bowl and said impatiently: "It's time to eat, damn, you prisoners can eat so well, I really don't know what the above thinks." ”

Yue Fan took it and took a look, and sure enough, there were vegetables, meat and eggs, which were much better than what he ate at home.

After Li Yun took the big bowl, he began to eat violently, as if he hadn't eaten for a few days. The jailer complained for a few more sentences, put away yesterday's dishes and chopsticks, and left.

After Li Yun ate for a while, he found that Yue Fan was still looking at the rice bowl, and said curiously: "Why don't you eat it yet, the taste will be bad when it gets cold later, don't worry that it won't be poisonous." ”

Yue Fan said: "I'm thinking that if I can eat so well every meal after being reinstated, then I won't leave." Well, why don't you call your dad too. ”

"Ahem...... Ahem...... cough ......" sentence, almost made Li Yun squirt out all the rice.

"Ahem...... I say... Ahem...... You're outrageous, aren't you...... Because we are repeat offenders, we eat better, how can a soldier eat so well. And don't take this treatment as enjoyment. ”

Seeing that Li Yun was so embarrassed, Yue Fan curled the corners of his mouth and said, "I'm just talking, for me, there is nothing more enjoyable than being free." "I had a smile on my face for the first time when I came here.

......

"It seems that your kung fu is very good, you can hear footsteps so far just now, who is your master?. After eating, Li Yun lay on the hay with his stomach spread out, looking very enjoyable.

"I don't think I'm strong enough, I don't have a master, my father trained me since I was a child, and I trained myself when I grew up. Yue Fan replied honestly.

"Oh!" Li Yun said embarrassedly: "Thank you so much for listening to my nagging all night yesterday, no one has been talking to me for so long, so it's out of control, hehe." ”

"Nothing. After speaking, he began to meditate and practice.

......

When he meditated last night, Yue Fan found that not only had all the injuries he had suffered, but also that the purple vitality in his body had not only become thicker, but also that his spiritual power could be controlled little by little, although it was very slow, it was completely controlled by him.

Recalling the situation at that time, Yue Fan knew that because of the unusual anger at that time, such a situation occurred. To solve the doubts in your heart, you have to devote yourself to cultivation.

......

After sinking for a while, Li Yun suddenly got up from the haystack, moved to the iron railing and said, "Little brother, I want to ask you for a favor." The decadent expression changed, and he looked serious.

Yue Fan was stunned for a moment and withdrew from his cultivation: "You say it first, and I'll decide." ”

Li Yun nodded and said: "I can see that you are a trustworthy person, so I asked you for help, I hope you can help me find my family and bring me a letter to them, just be an old man's entrustment." "The language is weak.

Looking at this lonely and miserable old man, with a look of expectation in his eyes, Yue Fan's heart was sour, and he nodded lightly and said, "After I come back from serving my sentence, I will look for your family for you." No matter where you go, I'll find it for you. If I die, I will also entrust the people to whom I have written to continue searching, and if they die, I will burn the letter to them. The words are sonorous and powerful, full of firmness.

When Li Yun heard this, tears unconsciously overflowed from the corners of his eyes. After many years of wishes, I was very excited for a while, and all the wrinkles on my face were relaxed. "Thank you, thank you......"

After a long while, Li Yun calmed down his excitement and said silently: "Little brother, in fact, I know that I am about to die......

Yue Fan nodded and said, "Your life and breath in your body are weak, and you are about to attack after many years of exertion, I can feel that your life is losing a little bit." ”

Li Yun was stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "I didn't expect my little brother to know how to heal, you're right, I should have died many years ago, but I still have a wish to fulfill, so I have been insisting on living now, hoping to see my family for the last time."

But lately I've been feeling like I'm going to run out of things. I didn't expect you to come to my side at this time, maybe this is the arrangement of Providence. Then he took out something from his arms, wrapped it in oiled paper and handed it to Yue Fan: "This is my suicide note written in blood, if you see my family, please give this to them and tell them that I am sorry for them." ”

After receiving the suicide note, Li Yun leaned over to his son and said something softly......

"What?!" Yue Fan was very shocked when he heard this, and asked, "Why don't you tell your relatives." ”

Li Yun sighed: "I have been ashamed of them all my life, and now I just want them to live a peaceful and happy life, this is my greatest wish." So I hope you don't tell them the secret either. ”

Yue Fan nodded, in his opinion, a peaceful life may be the best choice.

......

"Little brother, I have something for you, which may be useful to you. Li Yun said to Yue Fan.

"Back then, I rescued a great monk under the knife of the thief, and he was also one of the people in the rivers and lakes who came to kill the Japanese Kou, and he was an Arhat of the Dharma Hall of Shaolin Temple. But he didn't want to mention his own name, only that he was a sinner. Because his injuries were too severe at the time, and his heart was dead, he could not be treated.

Before he died, he gave me a jade Buddha, which was a token left by their patriarch Venerable Bodhidharma, and entrusted me to help him return it to Shaolin Temple. It's just that I couldn't get out of the war at that time, and after I returned to Kyoto, a series of accidents happened, so up to now, I have not been able to fulfill the master's last wish, and I am deeply ashamed! I hope that after you go out, you will return the Jade Buddha to the Shaolin Temple on my behalf, but I have fulfilled my promise back then. I'll tell you where the collection is, and you have to remember .......

Back then, the master gave me a scripture in return, and since I was not able to fulfill his entrustment, I will pass this scripture to you, which can be regarded as the master's reward for you.

This scripture is when he read the book in the Shaolin Temple Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, accidentally found a "Diamond Sutra", this scripture is different from the "Diamond Sutra" passed down in the world, its full name is "Diamond Sutra of the Dragon Pole Nine Changes", it is an extremely powerful foreign kung fu, when I only practiced the first two layers to kill countless enemies on the battlefield, it can be seen that this foreign family is extraordinary.

There is no specific cultivation method for this set of kung fu, it depends on personal comprehension. Although this text is very simple, the meaning of the text is so profound that I have not been able to grasp the mystery of it for many years of study. The first part of the scripture is the 32 verses of the Diamond Sutra, but the second half of the text is unfamiliar and difficult to read, and the sentences are very difficult to understand.

I'm running out of time right now. So I want you to listen to me carefully, try to remember, remember as much as you can, and don't interrupt me. ”

Becoming stronger has always been what Yue Fan has been pursuing, but he has never had the cultivation method, so he can only rely on his own exploration until now. Listening to the Tao is the cultivation method of the foreign exercises, and his heart is very excited at this time, which is exactly what he needs. So he nodded lightly and memorized it attentively.

"The handmade man is silent, and if he is suspicious, he will be lost. Go straight up the mountain, and the willows and flowers are strange. Doing good is like climbing a hundred feet, it is easy to come down and difficult to come up. You must be diligent in doing your deeds, and you must be careful about people and beasts. Quickly time can not be left, and only the water flows eastward every year. If you don't believe it, try to take Qingling, the past is white............ The Buddha said that the Paramita Sutra has no past and no present. Note: Adults and ghosts are excessive, and their merits are like heavenly Mobile. ............ The nine poles of self-cultivation have changed into dragon chanting, and the golden body has testified to heaven and earth. After silently reading more than a thousand words, seeing that Yue Fan was silently remembering with his eyes closed, Li Yun let out a long sigh of relief, and his face was ruddy.

......

Yue Fan comprehended the meaning of the scriptures while memorizing them, and when he memorized the last ten sentences, his brows became more and more furrowed, and finally opened his eyes and said, "These last few sentences are not familiar yet, but I have memorized them." ”

Li Yun was extremely surprised when he heard this, this more than 1,000-word "Diamond Sutra Dragon Extreme Nine Changes", it took him more than a month to fully remember, he didn't think that Yue Fan just listened to him silently recite it all and remembered it all, although the last few sentences were not familiar, but he remembered them all, how could this not surprise him, he looked at Yue Fan in a daze and kept chanting: "Tianzhong talent, really Tianzhong talent!"

Yue Fan didn't care if he was a genius or not, since he started the cultivation of spiritual power, he found that his mind was getting more and more bright, so remembering a thousand words was nothing to him. He closed it again and continued to recite silently, and after a while he said, "I know everything well, and I won't forget it." ”

Li Yun calmed down for a moment and said slowly: "This "Diamond Sutra: Dragon Extreme Nine Changes" needs to be comprehended by yourself, and I can't teach you anything, but I think the most important thing is the last ten verses. At that time, I only comprehended the first half of the scriptures, which referred to 'refining the body and cultivating the body', 'forging the muscles and refining the bones', and 'protecting the golden body', but I only cultivated to the point of 'forging the muscles and refining the bones', and I never made any progress. As for the next ten verses, I hope you can understand it, but it is a small regret for me. ”

"Grandpa Li, don't worry, I will. ”

Hearing Yue Fan's title, Li Yun's heart was shocked, and he muttered with a confused face: "Grandpa!

"Yes, Grandpa Li. Yue Fan affirmed.

"Haha-"

Li Yun laughed and said: "I also have relatives, I didn't expect that I could have relatives with me before I died, hahahaha-"

......

――――――――――――