After waking up, Xu Fengnian had a splitting headache. He swayed and sat up, took a sip of spring water from the bamboo jug at the head of the bed, went to the table and picked up a celadon bottle, poured the last two elixirs, and drank the cold bamboo water in one gulp. The headache subsided. Immediately refreshed, he caught a glimpse of the Xiudong knife lying on a pile of secret books, stretched out his hand to hold it, and heard the sound of metal and stone trembling on the blade. Only then did he feel the true energy in his body circulate, and the bones were moistened, as if there were endless With so much strength, Xu Fengnian subconsciously wanted to draw the knife, and suppressed this urge. When I came outside the hut, I saw the bull rider lighting a fire on the stove and cooking a pot of winter bamboo shoots.
Xu Fengnian asked: "Did you steal my chess pieces?"
The young master uncle pretended to be stupid and said: "I don't know."
Xu Fengnian frowned, and before he could threaten with a knife, the bull rider ran away with a guilty conscience. He had finally dug up two or three catties of winter bamboo shoots with a hoe and a hoe, but it was important to escape, and he didn't care about the delicious winter bamboo shoots. up. Xu Fengnian went to the stove, cooked the winter bamboo shoots, took chopsticks and ate them all slowly, then went to the lower cave of Xuanxian Peak, and found a small pile of uncarved cobblestones, presumably the bull rider made up for it , Smiled, sat down against the wall, and followed the excellent sword posture described in "Jiazi Jianjianlu in Lushuiting", carved a chess piece with Xiudong, but the first knife went down, the strength was too erratic, and a hard cobblestone was cut into pieces. In the two halves, Xu Fengnian was stunned for a moment, no longer eager to cut the knife, crossed his knees to meditate, breathed out, Xu Fengnian had already noticed that the five sense organs were extremely sensitive during this journey, and at this time he felt that the body was full of energy and clarity, for that Previously, it was just a Taoist fairy formula "one breath and one breath return to the root is called fetal breath", but I felt a little mysteriously empathized with it. Xu Fengnian opened his eyes and said to himself: "This is the big yellow court?"
Cautiously, the bull rider appeared at the entrance of the cave, and said with a smile, "It's Da Huang Ting. His Royal Highness, don't let it go to waste."
Xu Fengnian laughed at himself, "It's a waste."
The bull rider shook his head and smiled, "It's too early to say that."
Xu Fengnian said calmly: "The hundreds of books in the hut are all given to Wudang, are you willing to accept them?"
The young master uncle said with a silly smile: "Take it!"
Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "From now on, do you dare to accept the incense money of one thousand taels of gold for Wudang Mountain every year?"
The bull rider thought for a while, then smiled wryly, "I don't dare."
Xu Fengnian laughed it off, and waved his hand to signal that the bull rider could disappear. Hong Xixiang withdrew, walked in again, and said softly: "Your Highness, don't hold grudges about stealing chess pieces."
Xu Feng said in a young voice: "Get lost."
It took Xu Fengnian half a day to get used to the strength of holding a knife, and then he carved the chess pieces, which were round and round in shape. Looking at the two piles of black and white chess pieces, he let out a long breath when he was done, and accidentally blown the chess pieces. After cursing in the Western Shu dialect, I cleaned up again, went to the purple bamboo forest, cut down two arhats and purple bamboos and carried them back to the hut. After splitting them, I spent a day weaving two chess boxes. To be able to do this is three years of bitter travel. The unrefined skills honed by straw sandals. Putting the three hundred and sixty-one chess pieces in, Xu Fengnian glanced at the thatched hut where the secret book hadn't been moved, then carried the knife on his waist, and went outside the house with the chess box in both hands to look at the deserted vegetable garden. Waiting aside, Hong Xixiang was the only one in Wudang to see him off, which is actually similar to the welcome formation of only two people in the past.
As expected, Hong Xixiang was sent to the Xuanwu Dangxing four-character archway.
Xu Fengnian had already seen two hundred Northern Liang cavalry in armor waiting to go, looked back at Lianhua Peak, and asked without thinking: "How do you say something?"
Sweet Potato with a tacit understanding said with a charming smile: "One Jiazi in the mountain has lived in the world for thousands of years."
Xu Fengnian said with a smile: "I heard that white fox in the tide pavilion climbed up to the third floor?"
Sweet Potato shook his head and said softly: "Not yet. Everyone in the Wutong Garden is betting on this, and the servants are betting that there is still one and a half years left, betting on six taels of silver. The green ants and the others think it will be later."
Xu Fengnian got into the carriage and said: "Then I'll bet ten taels of silver, and I'll bet that Bai Hu'er's face will go to the third floor within a year."
Sweet Potato rubbed His Royal Highness's shoulders, Xu Fengnian leaned on her chest, opened the chess box, stroked a chess piece with two fingers, closed his eyes and said softly: "More important."
Sweet Potato, whose body's natural body fragrance will fade in winter, hummed, but glanced at the blue bird in Wutong Garden that was most incompatible with him.
Qingniao remained silent, just looking at His Highness Shizi's eyebrows with a spirited look.
The thoughts of the two personal maids were silent.
Two hundred cavalry entered Liangzhou, and the people on the main city road dispersed spontaneously. Xu Fengnian stopped the carriage halfway and asked Sweet Potato to go to a ten-minute beef sauce shop to buy some to satisfy his hunger. The cooked meat here is the most delicious, and the beef is the best in Beiliang. , the secret recipe sauce is second to none, the ingredients such as yellow sauce, cinnamon, ginger and star anise are placed just right. Not to mention other things, just the bottle of dark soy sauce on the table, there are many diners who want to grab the sheep after eating the sauced meat, but they fail Pass. In the past, Xu Fengnian and Li Hanlin and Yan Chi would come here to eat and drink after a few bad friends. Intercede, the people in the city will not be able to eat this authentic food, of course the main thing is to take care of their own tricky taste.
The most interesting thing is not the sauced beef, but there is a delicate little girl in the store. It is said that she is the daughter of a distant relative of the owner of the store. In short, the relationship can be far away. It is surprising that this girl In the past five or six years, she went back to the city for the first time, carrying a rope in her hand, and leading a big black and white cat, which looked like a bear but not a bear, like a cat but not a cat. I found out that it is a "tapir" unique to Western Shu. It is nicknamed Panda. According to ancient books, this tapir eats copper and iron. But in recent years, I have never heard of a neighbor's iron being stolen, but I often see it. The girl held bamboo branches and leaves in her hands. When Xu Fengnian came back from his travels, he never saw the girl and the big cat again. Before traveling, he went to the shop to eat beef, and he always liked to tease the girl. Li Hanlin tried to steal soy sauce several times, but she took it The bamboo branch slapped his hand hard. If His Royal Highness hadn't stopped her, the little girl would have been thrown into the animal cage together with her pet.
While Xu Fengnian was waiting for the beef, he saw an old beggar shivering against the wall in the distance, his face was ashen, hungry and cold, not far from death. Rich people like winter. Even if they can't afford the charcoal-consuming earth dragons at home, they can wear comfortable and luxurious mink fur, which makes them more dignified when traveling. But all the poor people in the world are most afraid of this season.
Except for the old beggar in ragged clothes, Xu Fengnian saw a frail figure squatting there, standing beside her was a little novice monk wearing a green and light red cassock. He didn't know what to say, and the little monk hurried away.
Xu Fengnian frowned and said: "Although there are many sects of Buddhism, the rules for wearing cassocks are almost the same. How can there be any reason for young monks to wear monk clothes of this color? This is only worn by monks. Young monks are qualified to teach scriptures and Dharma to others? Besides, Shouldn’t monks cover their shoulders when they go out? Then why does the novice show his right shoulder?”
Because the princess of Beiliang believed in Buddhism all her life, His Royal Highness was naturally swayed by it, and was very clear about the rules and etiquette of Buddhism.
Qingniao corrected: "The little novice is partial to the left shoulder."
Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "Where did the little monk come from?"
For monks, Xu Fengnian, who is notorious in Beiliang, has always been very tolerant and kind, and would give a reward whenever he met. Generally speaking, most monks would not accept gold and silver, and Xu Fengnian didn't care. As a result, many fortune-tellers in Liangzhou city have changed their careers to become cheap monks. No matter what deceitful masters and exterminated ancestors, getting rewards from His Royal Highness is the frank and correct way.
Xu Fengnian suddenly squinted his eyes and stared at a middle-aged Tantric monk walking slowly in the road, wearing a red cassock with a haggard face. When he walked to the foot of the wall, he saw the dying old beggar with a look of compassion.
Waiting for the little novice novice to rush to the corner with a basket of steaming steamed buns in his hands, only to see the old beggar turn his head and pass away.
The Tantric monk bent down and stretched out his hand, held the old man's hand, and chanted scriptures for the deceased.
The little novice gave the meat bun to the girl who stood up, bowed his head and clapped his hands together to recite silently.
Seeing all this, Xu Fengnian felt a little emotional.
One big one and one small two monks, no matter where they come from, they will go wherever they are going.
Reaching out is Zen.
Bow your head is also Zen.
Sweet Potato entered the carriage, Xu Fengnian suddenly felt that the sauced beef that drools on Wudang Mountain was a little boring, put it aside, and said softly: "Even if I got the Dahuangting, the head teacher of Wudang, I still prefer monks more, just realize The two Chan temples of the two Zens, and the Landa Mountain, where the ascetic monks are born, are cuter than Wudang and Dragon Tiger in any way."
Xu Fengnian was about to go back home on his way, when he accidentally saw the girl's side face, he was taken aback for a moment, then he felt better, brought up the package of sauced beef, got up and smiled, "Sweet Potato Blue Bird, I'm going to meet an acquaintance, you go back first."
Xu Fengnian left the carriage, stood far away, and waited for all the Beiliang cavalry to leave before heading to the corner over there.
Xu Fengnian liked that unfamiliar girl very much. When he walked with Lao Huang to Langya County when he was at his worst, he happened to meet this little girl who had run away from home. After buying some broken silver and copper plates, it was already very pitiful. After being acquainted with Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang, they generously invited big fish and meat, and then they were completely penniless. The three of them lived poorly and miserable together for a month. It's interesting to fight and fight together, and sneaking around together is also interesting. Usually, it's her who looks out for the wind, His Royal Highness and Lao Huang take risks, and the little girl with two braids gets wind at her feet when she runs away. In the end, she said that she was going to the south to see the sea, and she left. Xu Fengnian only knew her surname was Li, and she liked to call herself Miss Li. If she called her Lady Li, it would make her happy for days even if she was hungry.
Xu Fengnian walked slowly, why is there a young monk beside Li Nuxia
Her house is not a temple, is it
Thinking of this, Xu Fengnian, who was carrying beef in one hand, grabbed Xiudong.
That Tantric monk is not simple.
When she got closer, she heard Miss Li's style of speech, where she put her hands on her hips and taught the little novice, "Stupid Nanbei, how many times have you said it?! You can call me Dongdong or Xixi, but you are not allowed to call me Shishi! Something, isn't it ugly?!"
The little monk wearing a green and light red cassock had red lips and white teeth, and his appearance was very handsome. Even Xu Fengnian three years ago could see his delicate bones. Only the little monk said weakly: "Shi, I think your name sounds nice."
Miss Li, who no longer wore two upturned shofar braids, stretched out her hands and twisted the little monk's ears, and said shamefully and angrily, "You can try shouting again?"
The little monk didn't know how to turn the rudder according to the wind, and said in a daze: "Things."
The little girl went crazy, jumped up and knocked on the head of the little monk who was taller than her, "You're so stupid! I'm a thousand times ten thousand times stupider than Xu Fengnian!"
The corners of Xu Fengnian's mouth curled up.
Look, there are still people in the world with unique eyesight.
The little monk murmured, "Monks don't lie. If you call you Li Zi, you will hit me again."
The little girl asked aggressively: "Then let me ask you, can monks like girls?! Monks need to abstain from sex, do you understand?!"
The little monk was not really stupid. He looked sideways at the sky and pretended not to hear.
The little girl turned her head to look at the old beggar who died before he could eat the meat buns, with a depressed expression on his face.
The little monk whispered: "Bought the buns, we have no money on us. I didn't bring much when I sneaked out. You spend money and..."
After all, he didn't dare to say the words of big hands and feet.
The little girl got angry and said angrily: "I told you that my father's private money is hidden in the beggar under the bed, you don't know how to steal more?! Are you not stupid?"
The little monk said with a guilty conscience: "I stole too much. When I go back to the temple, the master will punish me to buy rouge and gouache for your mother."
When the little girl heard the rouge and gouache, she became interested, she no longer cared about the address, her eyes rolled around.
Seeing her like this, the little monk quickly said, "I really have no money."
The little girl sighed.
Standing behind them, Xu Fengnian laughed and said, "Miss Li, do you want rouge powder? I'll buy it for you. The biggest rouge shop in Liangzhou City has the 'Green Swallow Branch' used by concubines in the palace. It's not expensive. I It doesn’t cost money to buy.”
The little girl turned around abruptly, and when she saw Xu Fengnian, who was no longer unkempt, she didn't recognize him. After looking at him for a long time, she jumped vigorously, and said in surprise, "Xu Fengnian?!"
Xu Fengnian mentioned the sauced beef and said with a smile, "Isn't it?"
The little girl patted Xiao He's sharp chest, finally relieved, and said with a bright smile: "I remember you said you were from Xiliang, I was afraid that I wouldn't find you in Liangzhou."
Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's more difficult to find me here than to find me."
The little girl didn't think deeply, but was happy.
The little monk didn't react when he saw Xu Fengnian, but he just had a headache over what to do with the meat buns. Of course he couldn't eat it himself, and he didn't like plums either.
Xu Fengnian was just about to take Xiao Nizi to the rouge shop where he was treated like a jackal, when he subconsciously realized that the Xiudong knife was about to be unsheathed.
The middle-aged tantric monk just took a step forward.
The monk asked with an awkward accent: "Are you Xu Fengnian? The eldest son of King Beiliang?"
Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "You are?"
The monk said in a calm tone: "The poor monk came from Mount Lanta in the Western Regions, and would like to invite His Royal Highness to go to Mount Landa."