A knife in love

Chapter 3218

After hearing Li Qiufeng's words, the two monks looked at each other with embarrassment.After a while, the old monk clasped his hands together and said, "To tell you the truth, the old monk's master and apprentice were not originally disciples of the Buddhist sect, but were born from thieves..."

Li Qiufeng didn't expect the old monk to say such a sentence, and he was taken aback, only then did he know why the two monks showed embarrassment.The muscles on the old monk's face were distorted, his expression was very painful, his eyebrows drooped, and the corners of his mouth twitched, as if he was about to shed tears.Seeing the old monk's appearance, Li Qiufeng was quite embarrassed, and said in his mouth: "Although the Zen master went astray and spent many years in the green forest, he was forced by an adulterer and couldn't help himself. Don't be too harsh. What's more, the Zen master can rein in the precipice. One good thing. As the saying goes, put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately, the Zen master abandons evil and pursues good, and there is nothing great about goodness."

Li Qiufeng's words were purely out of his bookbags in a hurry, and he just wanted to appease the two monks, but they were actually empty and tasteless, even he himself felt uncomfortable after saying them.After hearing what Li Qiufeng said, the old monk shook his head and said, "It's ashamed to say that the old monk and his disciples were able to put down the butcher's knife not out of their own heart, but because they suffered hardships and almost died, so they saw through the world and converted to my Buddha. .Amitabha Buddha."

At this point, the old monk clasped his hands together, chanted the Buddha's name, glanced at Li Qiufeng, and then continued: "The old monk's family is in Haining, and his ancestors were officers in the navy in the former court, and he accumulated thousands of taels of silver. Later, he resigned from office and went back to Haining to buy a house and land, gather his wife and have children, and he could say that he had no worries about food and clothing. However, the corrupt officials were despicable and shameless. They coveted dozens of acres of fertile land in the old monk's family. Death. After the death, the corrupt officials, in order to avoid future troubles, made up their mind to arrest the old monk's whole family, men, women, and children, on the pretext that his ancestors were officers of the Tazi navy, who had beheaded Ming soldiers, and committed the crime of genocide. It is necessary to ransack the family and exterminate the family to eliminate future troubles.

"Seeing that the old monk's family was about to be exterminated, a secretary who worked in the yamen couldn't bear it, so he secretly spread the news. Everyone in the old monk's family was shocked when they heard the news, and they ran away overnight. At that time, the old monk was just a four The old boy was carried away by his father, and he wanted to escape from the south of the Five Ridges and avoid the evil hands of the officials. Unexpectedly, he encountered a robber on the way, and his parents died under the sword of the robber. The leader of the robber originally wanted to kill the old man with a knife, but this The second leader of the bandits couldn't bear it, so he adopted the old monk as his adopted son and begged the leader of the bandits to let him go. Later, the old monk followed the bandits to the stronghold they occupied, and lived in the stronghold ever since.

"Although I am young, I saw my parents die by the robbers' knives with my own eyes. I hate these robbers to the bone. I wish I could eat their flesh and sleep on their skins. It's just that I know that I am just a yellow-mouthed child. If I show revenge It was easy for the bandits to kill the old monk, so the old monk had to pretend to be ignorant and obeyed the robbers. At first, the bandits were wary of the old monk. They asked the old monk to do odd jobs in the cottage, and the robbers watched day and night Old Monk. It’s just that it’s been a long time, and I haven’t changed at all. The robbers finally stopped being suspicious of me. When they went down the mountain to rob, they took Lao Na with them. When I was 13 years old, I followed this gang of robbers down the mountain and ransacked a town. After beating off more than a dozen Tolerances who came to resist, the robbers were busy killing people, setting fires, and looting property. The old man took the opportunity to sneak into a pharmacy and forced the shopkeeper to pack two bags of arsenic for the old man, and then secretly brought it back to the cottage.

"That night, the robbers threw a big banquet to celebrate the return of a lot of money. The old monk secretly mixed arsenic into the drinks and meals, and poisoned 23 robbers, including the leader of the robbers and the owner of the second village."

Li Qiufeng heard that the old monk claimed to have poisoned 23 robbers. Although he knew that these people were not good people, he was quite shocked.The old monk sighed, and then said: "Although these bandits have committed many evils, the old monk poisoned them all to death. The murder was too serious. Whenever I think about it later, I can say that I regret it. But at that time, the old monk did not A trace of repentance, on the contrary, he thought that the great revenge had been avenged, and he was extremely happy.

"Although this group of robbers is fierce, they are not many in number. There are only 51 people in total. The old monk poisoned all the robbers to death, and the remaining twenty or so people lost their backbone. Song got away with it. Later, the old monk poisoned several treacherous people to death, subdued the twenty or so people who survived, and became the master of the cottage.

"After I became the head of the village, I only asked my subordinates to reclaim fields on the mountain and hunt for a living. I didn't dare to go down the mountain to plunder merchants and people. As a result, some fierce people who wanted to rob and get rich felt dissatisfied and secretly They colluded and planned to kill the old monk and seize the cottage. However, these people were not secretive, and the old monk heard the news, so he had to act first, and took the opportunity of inviting everyone to drink to poison these murderers to death.

"The old man had no choice but to poison more than 20 people one after another. Although these people were not good people, he couldn't help feeling uneasy. Moreover, the remaining [-] robbers did many evil things. If they want to learn well, I'm afraid Lao Tzu, Confucius, and Buddha will all come together. I can't do anything about them. After thinking about it, the old monk knew that if he stayed in the village, he would either be killed by the officers and soldiers, or be killed by the treacherous villains under his command. Therefore, on a dark and windy night of one month, the old monk packed up his clothes Xiruan quietly escaped from the cottage, trying to find a safe place to settle down, and ended up dying.

"It's just that after I escaped from the cottage, the gang of thugs refused to let me go, and even rushed out. They vowed to catch me and kill me to death, and snatch back the things I took away. This group of thugs are insidious and cunning. They set up an ambush, and if the old monk hadn't seen the opportunity very quickly, he would have died in their hands. It's just that this group of traitors didn't catch the old monk, so they became angry and came up with a poisonous plan. They spread rumors that the old monk was carrying 10,000+ taels of silver notes and planned to betray him. A hero from the green forest, seeks refuge in the government, sells friends for glory.

"After the rumors spread, thieves from all over the forest chased and killed the old man like crazy, trying to take away the bank notes on the old man. In fact, when the old man fled the cottage, he only took 800 taels of silver and left on the horse's back. Shanzhai. Because the silver is too heavy, it is not easy to carry it with you. When passing by a big town, the old monk exchanged 600 taels of silver into a bank note issued by the Zuojia Bank in Shanxi, and only carried more than 100 taels of cash. Later The old monk was listening to the chatter of a few people in the rivers and lakes in a restaurant. After knowing that the gang of traitors spread rumors, the green forest thieves would chase and kill the old monk. He was shocked, knowing that there was no place for him in the Central Plains. I found a ship boss, and I plan to take his big ship to Fusang, hide overseas, wait until the weather calms down, and then sneak back to the Middle Earth."

(End of this chapter)