When he returned to his residence, the fat man was sitting by the kang and taking a nap. When he saw Nan Feng coming back, he hurriedly went to the ground to lift the pot, "Why are you back here? The rice is already cold."
"It's not even the third watch yet, so it's not too late." Nanfeng said casually.
The fat man was serving food. When he saw Nan Feng and wanted to reach into the water urn again, he quickly stopped him and said, "There is a basin to the west. That one is for washing hands."
Nanfeng moved a few steps to the west and took water from the broken basin to wash his face.
The fat man brought out the food and handed Nanfeng a towel, "Are you tired?"
"It's okay." Nanfeng took the towel and wiped his face.
The fat man knew that Nanfeng worked so hard all because of him, and he felt very sorry. The waiter was very attentive. After Nanfeng sat down, he immediately handed over the chopsticks, "How about I go with you tomorrow?"
"Why are you going? Where did you hide for such a big man?" Nanfeng shook his head, "Don't worry about anything, just stay at home. I will tell you what I need you to do."
"I have to do something." The fat man was embarrassed to sit back and enjoy the success.
"Go and catch that civet cat called Lamb outside." Nanfeng pursed his lips toward the back window.
The fat man tilted his head and looked out the back window, "We don't have any mice in our house, why are we catching them?"
"I have my own uses." Nanfeng smiled.
The fat man didn't ask any questions, and went out to catch the cat. Not long after, he shouted from behind, "I've chased it up a tree, come here quickly."
Nanfeng put down his chopsticks, went out and jumped up the tree, grabbed the civet cat by the back of its neck and brought it back.
After returning, Nanfeng locked the cat in the west room and continued to eat.
The cat was a male. After being locked up, he meowed very unpleasantly. The fat man was very annoyed and said, "What on earth do you want to do?"
Nan Feng did not answer the fat man's question, but said casually, "You have nothing to do when you are idle, go out and catch a female and come back."
"If you don't tell me what you want to do, I won't catch you." The fat man was confused and felt uncomfortable.
"In the future, I will have to rely on it to distract the attention of the monks in Foguang Temple, and I will also have to rely on it to protect me," Nanfeng said.
Although the fat man didn't know the details, he finally knew what Nanfeng wanted to do, so he went out to look for the cat.
It was the time for cats and dogs to have sex, and they could be seen everywhere at night, but Fatty couldn't catch them, so he had to drive them to a higher place, and finally Nanfeng had to go up and catch them.
One male and one female, raised in the west room. At first they still barked, but soon they stopped barking. They each had what they needed and there was no need to bark anymore.
At Mao o'clock the next day, the south wind left again, and he continued to squat on the west mountain of Foguang Temple.
While squatting, Nan Feng did not waste time. Instead, he meditated under the tree and practiced Qi. As long as he did not use spiritual energy, his complexion would not be dispersed outside when practicing Qi.
Natural talent and good luck in practice are important, but it is also necessary to persevere in practice when there are no opportunities. Over time, there will always be improvement. You cannot completely rely on opportunities and external help.
The monks of Foguang Temple follow the rules, and their daily life is basically a repeat of yesterday, which is boring and boring. Of course, it can also be understood as quiet and peaceful.
The eminent monks who live in Foguang Zen Monastery rarely go out on weekdays and spend most of their time meditating in their rooms. However, eminent monks are also human beings, and they have to go to the toilet. Through careful observation, Nanfeng not only remembered these nineteen monks clearly The order of duty shifts and even their toilet routines were figured out.
In addition, it is also clear who lives in which building, who lives with whom, and how many people live in which building.
In addition to observing details, what Nanfeng saw most every day was the stone tower. The stone tower had only one door, a red lacquered wooden door with a lock. This kind of lock was nothing to him. He had it when he was eight years old. He could poke it open with copper wire, but what he worried about was the door hinge. The door hinges of this kind of wooden door were all sitting on a stone base, and they would make a creaking sound when the door was opened.
After thinking about it carefully, he came up with a way to lubricate it with oil. When doing it, he should bring lamp oil and fully lubricate the lower part of the door hinge. It is inconvenient to lubricate the upper door hinge. You can press the door leaf down as much as possible when opening the door, so that it will not open when opening the door. It will make a sound.
But this is not enough. The sound of opening the door is very sensitive. Once the sound is made, it will immediately alert everyone.
After observing, Nanfeng thought of a solution. The monks here would go to the dining hall to eat at Chenshi, and would return in a little more than a quarter of an hour. The two monks who stayed behind would go to eat in a little more than a quarter of an hour. From three quarters to noon, This is the time when the monks at Foguang Monastery are most relaxed.
These monks are accustomed to meditating and meditating at night. In addition, they have to protect the relics, so they are most alert at night, but they usually take a nap between after dinner and noon. Lay people usually feel sleepy in the afternoon. They eat at noon, while monks eat at Chen time. After eating and it is clear sky and daylight, they are most relaxed and sleepy.
The monks in Foguang Monastery usually go to the hut at this time. The hut is located in the southeast of the monastery. Since there is only one hut, the nineteen monks will go to the hut at different times.
There are three monks living in the wooden building in the northeast. The door hinge of the wooden building they live in makes a loud sound when it is opened. After they come out, they go to the hut through the back of other people's houses. They can open the door of the stone tower at the same time. The red-lacquered gate is relatively safe.
When he went back to his residence to rest, Nanfeng would personally feed the two cats in West House. Fatty was only responsible for finding food for the cats, but he was the one who fed them. This was done to cultivate a relationship with the cats.
"You are so stingy, why don't you buy some fish and meat?" Nanfeng pinched the mouse's tail. The food the fat man looked for for the cat were all mice. There was a lack of food in spring and people couldn't eat enough, so the mice would naturally lose weight.
"They like to eat this." The fat man washed his clothes outside the door. The clothes were from the south wind.
After a few days of feeding, Nanfeng became familiar with the female cat, and carried her to the Western Mountain. She stopped at different locations in the Western Mountain, teasing the cat with food and making the cat meow, in order to familiarize the monks in the monastery with the cat's existence. In order to avoid the appearance of a cat when doing something else in the future, it would be awkward.
For a month, Nanfeng ran to Xishan every day. He was not in a hurry, but Fatty was anxious, "It's been a month, and you haven't found the way out yet."
"We are only 20% sure now." Nanfeng stretched out a finger.
"Twenty percent?" The fat man grinned, "I've been busy for a month, and it's only 20%."
"If I had Taixuan cultivation level, I could just go in and snatch it out for you, but I don't." Nanfeng shook his head and said. Whether something is easy or difficult does not depend on the thing itself, but on doing it. What kind of abilities does the person in question have.
The fat man was very conflicted. He wanted to learn the Eight Steps of Golden Body, but he didn't want Nan Feng to work so hard. The most important thing was that he couldn't help at all. He wanted Nan Feng to stop, but he was afraid that Nan Feng would scold him for having no ambition and hesitation. Afterwards I said some kind words of thanks.
Nanfeng continued to carry the female cat to Xishan. When he saw that her belly was big, he let the male cat go, leaving only this one.
The fat man still caught mice every day. Nanfeng took those mice to Xishan, found a natural gap at the bottom of the outer wall, and put the mice in. These little things would run around and make noise, which could give peace of mind to those who are as calm as water. The old monk caused some troubles and was used to ignoring those slight changes. It can also make them restless at night and even more sleepy the next morning.
His abilities are limited and he can't do big things. He can only accumulate bit by bit to slowly increase his chances of winning.
As time went by, the female cat became familiar with the environment in Xishan, so Nanfeng left her there. She would bring some food to her every day. The purpose of bringing food was to keep her close to the cat, but he did not bring too much. He has to leave sooner or later, and the cat cannot be overly dependent on him.
After a long period of observation, Nanfeng determined the time to take action, which was at the second quarter.
The route is to climb over the wall from the west mountain and go to the Zen Yuan through the path. Starting from the thatched house of the Zen Yuan, it passes through the southeastern wooden building and moves northwestward, close to the stone tower.
Then open the red lacquer door and take away the relic.
The time was too short, and there was not enough time to make rubbings layer by layer, so he had to take away the relics together. He has a high level of cultivation, so it is not difficult to carry a hundred kilograms of weight.
The distance from the hut to the stone pagoda had to be walked with special steps, with his left foot dragging the floor. This was because he wanted to imitate the steps of one of the old monks who lived in the wooden building in the northwest, in order to confuse the sight and hearing of the monks passing by the wooden building. They thought it was the old monk from the Northwest Wooden Building who had returned from his hut.
In fact, there are two old monks living in the northwest wooden building, but the other old monk has no obvious characteristics when walking. Without characteristics, it is the most difficult to imitate.