Lord of Earth Fiend

Chapter 66
At night, in Ciping Temple and the Daxiong Hall, a small wooden table was set up in the corner, and Su Xiancheng was sitting there, writing and transcribing scriptures by the light of the ever-burning lamp in the hall.

He entered the state, Yu wrote very seriously.

Someone came in, an old monk, old and thin, skinny all over his body.His skull-like head was hairless, his beard and eyebrows were all bald, and he looked rather weird.

This is the monk who comes to add oil to the long burning lamp at night.

After hearing the movement, Su Xiancheng put down his pen, raised his hands to his mouth and breathed.The spring is cold and cold, and the nights are a bit cold.

"Benefactor Su, you work hard to copy Buddhist scriptures every day, so do you believe in Buddhism?"

After the old monk finished adding lamp oil, he staggered over and asked suddenly.

Su Xiancheng was stunned. It wasn't the first time he came here to copy scriptures at night, nor was it the first time he saw this old monk, but in the past, the old monk never spoke.

"I believe."

Answering subconsciously is better than saying "I don't believe it".

"Since you believe in Buddhism, why don't you take refuge in my Buddha?"

Now Su Xiancheng was asked, where did he have such thoughts?I have lived for more than 20 years, and I have never entered a temple before, let alone worshiping Buddha and offering incense.Now I come to Ciping Temple to do work due to livelihood, and come into contact with various Buddhist scrolls.

I had no choice but to shake my head and answer: "I am a scholar, and I have to take care of my mother, so I have no intention of becoming a monk."

"How can reading be better than reading scriptures?"

The old monk grinned persuasively, with a mouth full of dark red gums, half a tooth missing.

Su Xiancheng didn't notice it, and replied: "Reading can test fame, so what's the use of reading Buddhist scriptures?"

"Then have you ever passed the exam?"

"Not yet, but as long as I study hard, I will definitely pass the exam."

When Su Xiancheng said this, he clenched his fists hard to cheer himself up.

The old monk said with a smile: "Benefactor Su, you are obsessed. If you can achieve things in the world with hard work, how can there be so much helplessness and sorrow? The most diligent and hardworking are the cattle and horses, and the most suffering and burdened, but They too."

Hearing this, Su Xiancheng's face became unhappy: "Old Master, what you say is so unreasonable, and it is not in line with the purpose of Buddhism, it is simply nonsense."

The old monk disapproved and said: "Then tell me, what is the purpose of Buddhism?"

Su Xiancheng said loudly: "Don't do any evil, do all good, and purify your own mind; all living beings are suffering, and the only way to get over it is by yourself. I work hard to get through this body."

After all, he copied many scriptures and lived in the temple every day, so he naturally understood some speeches under the influence of his ears and eyes.

The old monk's eyes flickered: "Sure enough, he is a man with wisdom, but he has no way to get in. If he crosses the wrong direction, it will be useless. Have you ever heard of 'the sea of ​​suffering is boundless, and the shore is right when you turn back'?"

Su Xiancheng felt inexplicably irritable, and waved his hands and said, "Old mage, I don't want to argue with you about this. I'm going to copy the book, I can't finish it, and I'll be questioned again tomorrow."

"Pity."

The old monk seemed to feel sorry.

After finishing speaking, he turned and left, and walked towards the outside step by step, while walking, he muttered the scriptures: "The day has passed, and the life has been reduced. It's like a fish in the water, so what's the joy... "

Su Xiancheng scratched his head, and looked up at the center of the hall, where a tall Buddha statue stood there, with a soft and kind face, and golden light emanating from his whole body.

He immediately thought of a sentence: "My Buddha is merciful!"

After thinking about it again, I felt that the old monk was really inexplicable, and what he said was even more suspected of "deviant".

"Converting to Buddhism" is easy to say, but it's another matter to actually do it. It's not just a matter of shaving your head. The meaning of the house door is called "run away from home".In truth, the difficulty of becoming a monk is not much worse than studying for fame.

After watching for a while, Su Xiancheng suddenly woke up, laughed at himself, and continued to copy.

……

At noon, the Duwei's mansion.

"Xiao Lang, did you bring me wine? What wine?"

Qiu Bugui asked a little strangely.

Chen Jin replied: "It's called 'Duobao Wine' and it's produced in Wuling."

Qiu Bugui looked at him: "I've heard of Duobao wine. This wine is expensive and hard to get. How can you afford it?"

"I got acquainted with Daoist Gu Leyou of Izumo Temple. He gave me a lot of drinks. My uncle likes to drink, so I brought some over."

"how did you guys meet?"

Chen Jin: "..."

Sure enough, as long as one thing is said, it will cause a series of questions.

Immediately said: "A while ago, I went to collect the teacher's corpse. It happened that Daoist Gu was working as a guard in Yizhuang, so I got to know him."

Qiu Bugui said "Oh": "Since when did you start to like dealing with people of all schools and schools... Forget it, uncle doesn't care about your private affairs, you just need to be careful."

He poured out the wine, took a sip, tasted it carefully, and praised: "It's really good, hehe, Xiao Lang, it's the first time you've given something to uncle when you grow up, so you've got a heart."

Chen Jin said respectfully: "I have lived in my grandfather's house since I was a child. I live in good health and have no worries about food and clothing. I rely entirely on my grandfather and uncles to take care of me. Last time I had an accident, my uncle helped me a lot to escape from death. As the saying goes, 'Drink water and think of the source ', if you have a chance, you have to pay back one or two."

Qiu Bugui's eyes flashed, and he said with relief: "Xiao Lang, you have grown up indeed. By the way, how is your "light body skill"?"

Chen Jin replied vaguely: "It's okay."

"Really? Let me try."

Before Qiu Bugui could finish his sentence, he stretched out his long arm, his five fingers formed into claws, and grabbed Chen Jin's shoulder.

Chen Jin's body was light, and when there was no time left, he floated away like a fallen leaf.

Qiu Bugui was stunned for a moment, although he obviously put effort into this grasp and only took two to three successes, but for ordinary people, it is not so easy to dodge suddenly.

Chen Jin, on the other hand, hid cleanly and neatly, quite unrestrainedly.

Looking at this nephew, Qiu Bugui suddenly felt a little strange, and said after a while: "I didn't expect that you really practiced some skills."

Chen Jin smiled and said, "Maybe I have the talent to practice martial arts."

Hearing this, Qiu Bugui felt relieved: "You have half of Qiu's blood flowing from your body, so of course you are talented. It's a pity that you learned it too late. When you were young, I forced you to learn, but you didn't want to."

"At that time, I was young and ignorant and ignorant. After experiencing many things, I realized it. Maybe, this is called growth."

"Well said, as expected of a scholar, he can always speak some truths. Well, if you practice lightness kung fu well, from now on, at least you will have the ability to escape and save your life."

Chen Jin smiled: "Uncle, I'm leaving."

"it is good."

Watching his back, Qiu Bugui had a complicated expression on his face, and he sighed after a while: "Little sister, your little man has finally grown up. I will find a chance to tell him about you and your brother-in-law."

On the way back, Chen Jin passed the Confucian Temple on his way, and heard the sound of clanging and knocking. Many craftsmen were busy working inside, and it seemed that it was another repair and renovation.

Because Su Xiaowen overturned the case and restored his innocence, his calligraphy can appear in the Confucian Temple in a grand manner.But last time, those inscriptions were all planed out and replaced, and it would be troublesome to get them back.After all, the person is dead, and it is impossible to write it again, so I have to use rubbings to print the words.

Going around, why bother?

Things are absurd, as always.

This Confucian Temple has been tossed like this, and the aura and literary energy have become thinner and lifeless. When you think about it again, it is basically meaningless.

Unable to visualize, the Confucian Temple in the inner landscape is still dilapidated, making it difficult to reveal the follow-up exercises of the "Sanlijing", which is equivalent to being stuck in the neck.

But this kind of thing can't be rushed, and the "Eight Swords of Yongzi" corresponding to "Li Gong", Chen Jin has only learned the first five styles so far, and there are still three styles that have not been learned. "Invisibility Method", "Looking for Lightness", etc., there are too many things to learn, and we will do it step by step.

He stopped and looked at it for a while, and then returned to the courtyard. Gu Leyou took Xiaoba out to do some errands, but he hasn't come back yet.

Sitting under the jujube tree, Chen Jin closed his eyes and rested his mind. He suddenly heard footsteps and thought that Gu Leyou had come back. He opened his eyes and couldn't help saying "Huh".

The person who came was tall and tall, dressed in a green shirt, and his face was extremely handsome. He looked sixty to seven points similar to Chen Jin. No one doubted that he was a brother: "You? You?"

"Why? I haven't seen you for more than ten days, and you don't know me anymore."

Qiu Bujuan said with a smile, stepped in, put his hands behind his back, and looked around: "Although the place is a bit cramped, it's still quite quiet."

When we met each other just now, Chen Jin was a little bit misjudged.This little aunt has always loved to dress up in men's clothing, but the hills and hills are undulating, which is very prominent, but now?One map is flat, without any leakage.

Sometimes I really admire women's dressing skills, or their natural talents, they can always change from nothing to something, and they can change something into nothing, turning decay into magic.

"Little aunt, why are you here?"

Qiu Buwei said: "I had no one to talk to in the village, and I was extremely bored, so I moved to live in the city."

Chen Jin was surprised. You must know that since Qiu Bujuan came to Laoqiu Village, he only went to the back mountain occasionally for several years, and basically stayed at home at other times. What happened today? live.

Qiu Bujuan smiled and said, "Not only do I live in the city, but I also live next door to you. Come and talk with me when I have time. By the way, this is your uncle's wish, so don't refuse."

After all, turn around and go out.

Uncle mean?
Chen Jin felt a little messy in the wind, so why didn't uncle say a word when delivering the wine just now?

However, he has no doubts about the authenticity of this matter, the pampering of Qiu Bumaru by the public is simply trivial.

When Qiu Bu got married, he ran into Gu Leyou coming back. He came in and asked, "Scholar, who is this man? Your brother? Or younger brother?"

Chen Jin curled his lips: "She is my little aunt, a girl!"

"how is this possible?"

Gu Leyou shouted: "It's clearly a man, I'm an old hand in flowers, I can't hide it from my eyes."

Chen Jin didn't doubt this guy's eyesight, and the only explanation was that Qiu Bujuan's disguise was too powerful, and he had reached the state of "An Neng can tell if I'm male or female".

If there are women living next door, I'm afraid they will not live in peace in the days to come.

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(End of this chapter)