The Beacon of Kyushu

Chapter 4 The Witch Makes a Rage

Chapter 4: The Witch Raises a Row

The carriage didn't go fast, and it took two months to reach the foot of Kunlun Mountain.

It is now evening, and the mist is gradually falling down the mountainside. With the afterglow of the setting sun, you can see the grasslands nearby and the snow-capped mountains that are faintly visible in the distance.The mighty sound of horseshoes and the endless herds of horses, sheep and cattle make the sky and the earth more and more vast.

Tan Songzhu had been to Kunlunxu several times before, and although he felt the scenery in front of him was extremely magnificent, it was not as shocking as when he first saw it.But the little boy and the little beggar saw the magnificence of Kunlun for the first time, and they were deeply shocked by the sight in front of them. The little beggar was so shocked that he even forgot to drink the wine he lifted up. Sleep.

The coachman looked at the sky, turned his head and said to Tan Songzhu: "Master, it's getting late, and it seems that we can't go up the mountain today. Do you think we should sleep here, or find someone nearby to live in?"

Tan Songzhu thought for a while, and said: "Although Kunlun Mountain is covered with snow all the year round, the foot of the mountain is still warm. Why don't we stay in the car tonight, and save ourselves the trouble of going the wrong way tomorrow."

The coachman nodded, and drove west for a few miles, and parked the car by the river.Seeing that the car had stopped steadily, Tan Songzhu lifted the curtain to help his son out of the car, and took two small benches from the car and placed them by the river.

The little beggar had already jumped out of the car at this moment, while exercising his muscles and bones, he fetched many branches.Seeing this, Tan Songzhu said to the little boy: "Zhengfang, go and help light up the fire, otherwise it will be dark soon, and it will be cold!"

Tan Zhengfang nodded happily, and quickly ran towards the little beggar, "Little brother, this is for you!" He said as he took out a fire bag from his arms and handed it to the little beggar.

The little beggar smiled and took the fire fold, with a slightly excited expression, "Is this fire fold? I haven't used it for many years, but I still remember how to use it, it should be like this." He said and took it to his mouth Blow hard, and the fire will really burn.He hurriedly lit a bonfire with a torch, and then extinguished the fire, for fear of wasting a little.

Tan Zhengfang clapped his hands happily when he saw that the bonfire was burning more and more, and was about to praise his little brother, but his stomach started to growl.Tan Zhengfang's stomach growled loudly, and the little beggar heard it too, and couldn't help laughing: "Haha, your life is really good, it's time to be hungry!"

The little beggar picked up a thick branch on the ground, and said to Tan Zhengfang: "Do you have a knife or dagger on you, please lend me some."

Tan Zhengfang nodded, took out a knife from her pocket, and handed it to the little beggar curiously, "Brother, what do you want a knife for? Do you have something delicious hidden on you?"

The little beggar shook his head, pointed to the big river in front of him, and said with a smile: "Although I don't have any delicious food on me, there must be some in this river. My skills in catching and grilling fish are top-notch!"

Tan Zhengfang was taken aback when she heard the words, "This... this is too cruel! The fish did nothing wrong, killing them to satisfy my hunger is not appropriate!"

The little beggar grinned, "You are like a donkey walking a tightrope—just kidding! Don't you father and son's family take advantage of their value, don't you eat meat at home, and only eat vegetables?"

Tan Zhengfang lowered her head and mumbled, "Since I'm sensible, I've stopped eating meat." As he spoke, his stomach groaned again.

The little beggar smiled slightly, ignored Tan Zhengfang, but quickly sharpened the branch with a knife, and then walked slowly into the river.

Seeing the little beggar going down the river, Tan Songzhu hurriedly stopped him and said, "Little brother, this place belongs to Tubo, and the locals are not allowed to eat fish!"

The little beggar smiled and said, "Haha, the locals are not allowed to eat fish, but we are not locals, why should we follow their rules? Besides, there are only four of us here, if you don't tell me, I don't tell you, who knows?"

Tan Songzhu shook his head helplessly, "Oh, that's fine. We were indeed hungry after a day's driving, so why should we wrong ourselves in order to abide by the local rules? However, this is a matter of urgency. If we can abide by the rules in the future, we still have to Follow the rules!"

The little beggar nodded and was about to answer when he suddenly noticed a big fish swimming by his feet.He hurriedly bent down to catch it, afraid that the big fish would swim away, but who knew that this fish was not afraid of people at all, instead of swimming away, it even gnawed the little beggar's toe with its mouth.

"Haha, you are not afraid of people when you see people, and you don't think I have smelly feet, then I'm sorry!" said the little beggar and grabbed the fish, and before the big fish struggled, he had already thrown it onto the river bank.The fish drew an arc in the air, and only struggled a few times when it landed on the ground.The little beggar then caught a few more and went ashore contentedly.He threaded the fish with twigs and sat cross-legged by the fire to grill the fish.

Tan Zhengfang saw so many big fish being grilled by the little beggar with a wooden branch, he opened and closed his lips for a long time, and finally turned around silently, without looking this way again.Soon, the aroma of grilled fish spread, and the little beggar smashed his mouth deliberately, his Adam's apple kept wriggling up and down, and he could even hear the sound of swallowing saliva clearly.Tan Songzhu and the coachman Wang Er didn't care about the rules at this time, they were so greedy that they were almost drooling, the little beggar saw that the gluttons of the three of them had been hooked out by him, and the fish was almost roasted, so he stood up and offered food to everyone. Everyone gets a fish.

Tan Songzhu took a bite and couldn't help smiling.He took another grilled fish, walked slowly to Tan Zhengfang's side, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Fang'er, this little brother's grilled fish is really good! You're hungry, and there's no vegetarian food around here, so you still can't help it." Eat something."

The little beggar glanced at Tan Zhengfang, took a big bite of the grilled fish, and said with a mouthful, "You really don't want to eat it! If you really don't want to eat it, then the three of us will eat it up, and you will be so hungry that you won't be able to sleep, but Don't blame me for not being mean enough!"

Tan Zhengfang turned around helplessly, gently took the grilled fish handed by her father, hesitated for a long time before gritted her teeth, and took a sip of the fish.Immediately, Tan Zhengfang's eyes lit up, and he gave the little beggar a thumbs up, "Little brother, the fish you grilled is so delicious, it's the best thing I've ever eaten! You have such good craftsmanship, why don't you If you want to be a beggar, why not work as a cook in a restaurant?"

The little beggar smiled and said: "What's wrong with being a beggar! Is it better to be a beggar than to be a cook? A cook has to watch the face of the shopkeeper every day, and in the end he can only earn a lot of hard money. But being a beggar can be free and easy, and be supported by hundreds of families. Isn't it a hundred times better than a cook?"

Tan Zhengfang was startled, then nodded vigorously, "Hmm... what you said seems to make sense."

Tan Songzhu shook his head with a smile, and murmured softly: "This little beggar is really a wonderful person, he can explain such fallacies so well, it's really unheard of!"

The next day, the scorching sun made the already majestic Longtan Temple even more magnificent.

A young monk was sweeping the floor in front of the temple gate with a broom, sweat dripped from his forehead from time to time, obviously he had been cleaning for a long time.He seemed a little tired, so he straightened up and wiped his sweat. Just as he was about to continue cleaning, he saw three foreigners, one big, two small and three coming up from the bottom of the mountain.

Seeing a stranger coming, the little monk rushed to greet him, folded his hands together and said, "Amitabha, I see that the three benefactors look very handsome, so they must be from other places? I don't know if the three of you came here to offer incense, or Come to ask for a signature?"

Tan Songzhu smiled, and returned a salute, "I'm going to Tan Songzhu, I'm the abbot of your monastery's old friend, if you need something to see the abbot, I hope the little master will let you know."

The little monk smiled and said, "Your monk has just converted, so don't be surprised if you don't know your benefactor. The abbot just took us through the morning class, and he must be resting in the meditation room at this moment. Since the benefactor is the abbot's friend, let's come in with the little monk."

Tan Songzhu nodded with a smile, "Then there will be little master Lao."

The little monk led several people all the way to the backyard of the temple, and came to a quiet and elegant Zen room.The little monk knocked on the door and said respectfully: "Abbot, a benefactor Tan has brought two young benefactors to visit you, saying that they are your friends who have forgotten the year."

After a long time, an old but resonant voice came from the meditation room, "Amitabha, is it Songzhu? You haven't visited the old monk for several years, and the old monk thought that he would never see you again in his lifetime."

With the bell-like sound of the old monk, the door of the meditation room opened slowly, and an old monk came out.Along the way, the little beggar heard that the old monk had extraordinary martial arts skills, so he thought it was Tan Songzhu playing tricks.Now that I finally saw it, I couldn't help but carefully looked at it from head to toe.I saw that although the old monk's face was a bit old, his body was very strong, I'm afraid he was not much worse than the young man in his prime.His bright eyes were even more radiant, full of compassion and power.

The little beggar has been wandering around the market all year round, and he has met many high-level people, but no one can compare with the old monk in front of him, and he sighed sincerely: "Amitabha, the Tan father and son did not play tricks on the road, what kind of old monk is this? It's Arhat descending to earth!"

Tan Songzhu made a deep salute to the old monk, and said: "Master, I came here this time to ask for something, and I hope that the master will agree to this matter for my sake."

Master Kunlun looked at the little beggar, then at Tan Zhengfang, and couldn't help laughing, "Amitabha, Shochiku, you said that you have something to ask of me, and I have something to ask of you."

Tan Songzhu was taken aback, and asked: "I don't know if Master has anything to help me, but I hope Master will make it clear. If I can do it, I will definitely live up to my expectations."

Master Kunlun said with a smile: "Amitabha, I have never asked for help in my life, nor have I had any wishes. However, I am old and will not live for too long. Although I have taken some apprentices, none of them can inherit my mantle. .My only wish now is to find one or two talented little benefactors as disciples."

Tan Songzhu laughed, "Master, from this point of view, we have a good understanding!"

Master Kunlun also laughed, "Haha, you haven't been here for a few years, and when you first came, you gave me two pieces of priceless uncut jade. What a mistake!"

The little beggar was stunned for a moment, looked at Tan Zhengfang and said, "Little brother, your family is really rich! I beg along the street every day, and I haven't seen anything valuable except for the gold that I picked up a few days ago. I really want to take care of it." Open your eyes!"

Master Kunlun smiled brighter, "Haha, this little benefactor really knows how to joke!"

The little beggar scratched his head, and half understood: "I am a little beggar, not a little benefactor. Two or three months ago, I often went to other temples to ask for food!"

Master Kunlun said with a smile: "Who said that little beggars are not little benefactors? If there are no beggars in the world, how can monks investigate sufferings? If there is no investigation of sufferings, where does kindness come from? So what beggars donate to us is not money, but hearts."

The little beggar looked at Master Kunlun and thought for a long time before slowly nodding his head, "The master's words are so profound that I can think about a single sentence for a long time. But the master is an expert outside the world, I believe that what the master said must be correct. "

Tan Zhengfang pulled the little beggar's arm and said in a low voice, "Little brother, my father brought me to Kunlun Mountain just to let me worship this eminent monk as a teacher. Now that the master has agreed to accept us both, let's go quickly." It's a gift of apprenticeship."

The little beggar looked a little flustered, and quickly shook his head and said, "What! Just now they talked about inheriting the mantle, and talking about uncut jade. I thought they were going to give gifts to each other, but why did they want to accept me as an apprentice? You came here for Apprenticeship, but I just came here to teach you some skills to mix with some wine on the road. Now that the skills have been taught and the wine has been drunk, I should go. The devil wants to be a pawn in this kind of stupid mountain. Where's the monk!" He hurriedly bent down to fasten his trouser legs, then turned around and ran towards the gate of the temple.

The little beggar couldn't take two steps but stopped suddenly, raised his head in surprise, and looked at the old monk who had arrived in front of him at some point.The old monk was looking at him with a smile, and the appreciation in his eyes was stronger than before, "Amitabha, how old are you, and you can run so fast! If it takes a few more years, I'm afraid the old monk will not be able to catch up!"

The little beggar looked nervously at the old monk, and begged, "Master, you are an expert, and I am just a little beggar, so why bother with me! Although being a beggar is hard, you can eat meat and drink alcohol after all. .If you don’t force me to become a monk, you can just let me give up meat. If you want me to give up drinking, it’s better to kill me directly!”

Seeing this, Tan Zhengfang laughed up and down, but Tan Songzhu felt a little embarrassed, and was about to speak out to mediate, but Master Kunlun laughed first: "Haha, when did I ask you to become a monk, and when did I ask you to quit drinking?"

The little beggar stared at Master Kunlun in disbelief, and said in surprise: "You accept me as a disciple, but you don't need me to become a monk, and you don't need to quit drinking? You are a master of the world, the Taishan Beidou of the martial arts, you are not allowed to lie Little beggar!"

Master Kunlun said: "Monks don't tell lies, and if they say they don't need to become a monk, they don't need to become a monk. Since you are a layman, you don't have to quit drinking, but you need to drink alcohol in moderation. But if you want to become a monk someday, you can also drink Let me tell you, I am willing to shave you."

The little beggar shook his head, "I don't want to, I absolutely don't want to, I won't think about it in this life, and I won't think about it in the next life. Hehe, unless the family doesn't have to stop drinking someday, then I can think about it."

Tan Zhengfang poked the little beggar's arm, and said with a smile, "Little brother, what's so bad about being a monk? The ancient Buddha with the blue lamp is also a lot of fun!"

The little beggar glanced at Tan Zhengfang, "What do you know, little brat! If you want to become a monk, you can do it yourself. Don't drag me. I plan to carry on the family line for Lao Wan's family one day. But I also advise you to think clearly. To become a monk, it is best to look back at your father first."

Tan Zhengfang turned her head to look at Tan Songzhu, only to see that Tan Songzhu's face was livid at the moment, and his eyes were fixed on her, as if if she said one more word, he would demolish the temple the next moment.

"Haha..." Tan Zhengfang laughed awkwardly, stuck out her tongue, and whispered, "Forget it, forget it, don't think about it before my father dies, or I'm afraid my life will be lost!"

Master Kunlun looked at the sky and said, "You two little benefactors, hurry up and pay homage to your teacher. I still have homework to do, so I don't have time to do the ceremony."

Tan Zhengfang nodded happily, and pulled the little beggar to kneel in front of Master Kunlun. The two of them kowtowed three times in unison, and said loudly: "The disciple has met the master!"

Master Kunlun pulled the two of them up with a smile, and then said nervously to the two of them: "Although you don't have to abide by the rules and regulations of monks, there is one temple rule that you must abide by, and that is to remember that you must never step out of the temple gate after Haishi." Half a step!"

The little beggar asked curiously: "Master, why can't you go out at Haishi? Could it be that this place where the gods are worshiped is still haunted?"

Master Kunlun's face was a little ugly, and he said in a low voice: "Ghosts are not scary, what's scary is that there is a big devil living on the mountain that makes everyone in the martial arts fearful!"

(End of this chapter)

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