As usual, Master Xuanzang still only had Naha and Yu Xiurong in his eyes. He even nodded and smiled when Mrs. Cui saluted him.
He was even more happy to see the two children who were walking unsteadily.
As for Yunchu and Old Monkey, Master Xuanzang seemed to have not seen them.
Yunchu had already adapted to this reaction, and the old monkey was also very adaptable.
In his view, a monk giving birth to a son was not a glorious and good thing after all.
The old monkey understood Xuanzang's mood very well, but Yunchu couldn't understand it. He had always looked forward to having a heart-to-heart talk with Master Xuanzang, but to this day, the old monk still did not give him this chance.
Yun Chu felt that his sudden arrival from that world to the Tang Dynasty could not be explained clearly using Buddhism. Einstein's theory might be used to explain it more thoroughly.
Yunchu took a look at the place where the old monk stopped. There was an alms bowl and a brush on the ground. There were green aphids squirming in the bowl. There were a lot of them. It looked like the old monk was hiding in the cotton field just now.
What you do is brush the aphids off the cotton with a brush.
Yunchu felt that what the old monk did was really stupid.
The cotton fields stretch as far as the eye can see, and there are countless aphids. How many cotton seedlings can one person save in one day?
When an old monkey sees Xuanzang, he usually becomes younger. In any case, Xuanzang is his master, and he has no reason to think of himself as an old man in front of his master.
There were other monks in the cotton fields, and they were doing the same thing as Xuanzang was doing.
However, because he always had to practice the silent chant that could never be accomplished, when Yun Chu greeted them, they just smiled and smiled with a fake smile full of compassion.
Yunchu always likes to pick out the evil in a beautiful thing, doubting everything is because his education tells him that he must do this.
Yun Chu is a descendant of a team who has emerged from hardships, climbed out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, experienced the most cruel betrayal, the most painful mistakes, and finally walked towards the light.
Doubting everything and insisting on walking his own path is the most unwavering belief in his heart.
This belief cannot be bought by Li Zhi's imperial power, nor can it be influenced by Xuanzang's Buddhist teachings, nor can it be redeemed by the Taoism of the old gods.
He has his own beliefs.
Naturally, the aphids that Xuanzang brushed off with a brush could not be killed, because the monks did not kill animals. Naturally, the aphids could not be placed elsewhere, so the monks' efforts would be in vain.
The other monks poured all the aphids in their alms bowls into the alms bowl in Yunchu's hand.
So Yunchu got a bowl full of aphids.
After carrying Bo Meng back to Qiyun Temple, Xuanzang was sitting on the edge of the pool, soaking his feet in the water, talking to Naha. He didn't know what Naha was saying, and Xuanzang was very happy to hear it.
The old monkey looked at Xuanzang and said to Yunchu: "Have you figured out how to deal with this pile of aphids?"
Yun Chu said: "I haven't thought about it. I'm going to wait and see what happens. After all, these aphids were caught by the monks. If they die, the blame should be on the monks. It's none of my business."
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The old monkey whispered: "When I traveled with Master Xuanzang in the Gobi Desert, Master Xuanzang never killed anyone."
After speaking, he smiled mysteriously at Yun Chu.
Yunchu found a piece of wet cloth, covered the bowl, and placed the bowl on the windowsill to see whether the aphids would survive.
That's right, this is Yun Chu's way of dealing with it, because monks and Taoist priests share some common principles, such as--resign yourself to fate.
Changing one's destiny against nature is something that only Confucianism emphasizes. All religions in the world have the idea of resigning oneself to fate, so many religious figures behave extremely calmly when facing death.
Yunchu hoped that the aphids in this alms bowl that had been baptized by Buddhism could also do the same.
There was a cool breeze blowing in Qiyun Temple, and the persimmon trees blocked most of the sunlight. Yun Chu lay on his back on a bamboo bed and discovered that the persimmon trees were in bloom.
Persimmon flowers are very simple and unpretentious, with no stunning appearance. They are just strings of small pale yellow flowers. They are hidden among the leaves. From a distance, you can see the leaves and branches, but you can’t see clearly what they look like, let alone
I want to smell the real fragrance of flowers.
Therefore, the persimmon flowers are very boring, not fragrant, and the flowers are not beautiful. Even in this way, they still hide their bodies behind the thick leaves.
Yu Xiurong took the whole family to Qiyun Temple. The old monkey was wrapped in a pile of furs and fell asleep again. Naturally, Yun Chu was also ready to have a deep sleep.
"Master Mingshan, can you speak?"
"Oh, the mouth is on your face just for talking, why do you want to practice silent meditation?"
"Would you like some wine? I even went to Guangfufang to bring you some dog meat. I heard it's braised in brown sauce. You like this the best."
Even though there was a thick and high wall, Naha's voice of tricking the monks into breaking the precepts could still be heard day by day.
This time the monks seemed to be very determined. Even though they were separated by a wall, Yunchu could imagine that Master Mingshan was facing Naha with a kind smile.
The life of the monks in Shaolin Temple is very difficult. Because they are in the deep mountains, there is very little alms. It is said that they only have more than a thousand acres of land at the foot of the mountain to maintain their livelihood.
Because it is a poor temple with no tenants, many monks have to farm while worshiping and practicing Buddhism.
I heard that Naha spent a lot of money on the Shaolin Temple, so that Wei Tuo at the gate of the Shaolin Temple changed his Wei Tuo pestle from being on the ground to hanging it on his arm.
It is for this reason that the monks of Shaolin Temple are willing to continue to be stationed in Qiyun Temple.
Thinking of this, Yun Chu couldn't help but think of the great monk of Shaolin Temple in his time. It was really good to say that he turned Shaolin Temple into a big company, but there were no Buddhist practitioners.
The next day, Yunchu opened the dry linen cloth on the alms bowl and took a look. Most of the aphids inside were alive, but of course there were also many dead ones.
Yun Chu sprayed some water on the linen cloth and continued to cover it on the alms bowl. He waited expectantly for all the aphids inside to die.
Through Naha Yunchu informed Master Xuanzang that many of the aphids he caught had died, but Naha did not bring back Master Xuanzang's answer.
Naha said that Master Xuanzang just laughed silently.
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After completing the task assigned by her brother in a perfunctory manner, Naha took Li Si, Yun Jin, brother and sister carrying a basket and continued to seduce the monks in the Shaolin Temple to break the precepts.
The monks in the Shaolin Temple are not allowed to eat meat and drink alcohol. Naha also knows this, but she just likes to bring wine and meat to lure those monks to violate the precepts.
Sometimes, Yunchu really didn't know if Naha was feeding the monks or if she really had some strange thoughts.
Ever since she was pregnant with the child, Yu Xiurong refused to sleep in the cool air outside the courtyard gate. According to her, the child in her belly was a serious child and would not dare to sleep outside and be bumped by some strange things.
There is a basis for what she said. The concubine named Chunyu who was brought out of prison by Li Yifu and claimed to be able to read oracle bones gave birth to a child when Li Yifu went to Hebei Province to serve as the deposed ambassador.
This kid actually has a tail!
Although it has been a year since Li Yifu went to Hebei Province, Chunyu gave birth to a child belonging to Li Yifu just three days ago. This is very exaggerated.
However, Li Yifu insisted on saying that it was "caused by deep love!"
Others have nothing to say.
After all, the origin of this child is so magical. When he was born, he had an extra tail half a foot long.
Nighttime was Yu Xiurong's favorite time. At this time, she could lean into her husband's arms and the two of them could quietly talk to each other.
"Did your husband miss me when he was in Liaodong?" Yu Xiurong raised a leg and pointed at Yun Chu's body and whispered.
"I want to, especially when I sleep in the mud, I want to hold your body and sleep."
"Didn't you do anything else?"
"It's not easy to do anything else. In Liaodong, I often sleep surrounded by compatriots."
"No wonder I'm not pregnant, so that's how it is."
"If you get pregnant while I'm away, do you believe I can light a fire in the house?"
"Hehehe...Li Yifu can do it...hahaha"
Seeing Yu Xiurong rolling around on the bed with a smile, Yun Chu was unwilling to continue saying these hooligan words in Qiyun Temple.
Seeing the bright moon outside the window shining like daylight on the earth, he got up and went to the yard, and opened the wet cloth covering the alms bowl in the moonlight.
As soon as the wet cloth was lifted, a group of flying insects with wings soared out of the alms bowl. The color of these insects could not be seen clearly, but they were all illuminated by the moonlight and turned white. Their wings were even more transparent and cute.
I watched these bugs soar into the sky, hovering beside the window for a moment, and then flew towards the bright moon in the sky.
A small cluster formed in the night sky, and it kept getting higher and higher, and finally flew over the high wall to the Qiyun Temple next door.
Yunchu looked at the remaining half bowl of dead aphids in the alms bowl, jumped up, grabbed the top of the wall, and climbed up the high wall with a single effort of his arms.
In the pavilion on the other side of the high wall, Xuanzang was copying scriptures. Above the pavilion, an extremely bright whale oil candle lamp was lit.
Those small flying insects that had just flown over from Yunchu were now gathering around the candle lamp, eager to break through the lampshade and have an intimate contact with the flame.
Xuanzang put down the brush in his hand, turned to look at Yun Chu and said, "Do you understand now?"
Yun Chu looked at Master Xuanzang and sighed: "Thank you, Master, for teaching me how to get rid of aphids next time." Master Xuanzang laughed and said, "You know that's not what I said." Yunchu said with a smile, "Master wants to know.
What, I’ll tell you everything I know, and I’ll tell you everything.”
Master Xuanzang asked, "Have you already thought about how to lie to me?" Yun Chu shook his head and said, "I don't dare."