Red Mansion Reader

Chapter 65 Miaoyu
In front of a big river Hengsi, the mountain steps step into the Zen forest.

Standing in front of Hanshan Temple, a thousand-year-old temple, there are devout pilgrims coming and going all around.Occasionally, a few tourists, standing in the gazebo in the middle of the mountain, are also shocked by the beautiful scenery of the river and the sky.

Chen Heng didn't care about it, and dragged Xin Suzhao along to hurry.The three walked quickly through the gate of the temple. Xin Suzhao stopped the passing monks and asked, "Little Master, may I ask where Master Kongkong is now?"

The little monk was also taken aback by the two people who spoke to him, because the two people's faces were yellow and their hair was messy, and if they got closer, they could still smell a faint fishy smell.

The little monk hesitated, and asked cautiously, "Who are the two Master Kongkong?"

It's time for you to play, Chen Heng patted Xin Suzhao with his hands, and the latter replied: "I am a lay disciple of Master Kong Kong, I have something important to meet today, please tell me the whereabouts of my mentor."

Eight out of ten people who came to look for Uncle Kongkong said so, the little monk murmured in his heart, but seeing that the silent Li Huwei was not something to be messed with, he only led them to the Zhigu monk in the temple.

The three of them had no choice but to change places and rushed to the monk's house where the monk Zhike was.As soon as Chen Heng and Xin Suzhao finished explaining their intentions, the other party showed a hesitant look. Li Weiwei couldn't stand it any longer, so he took out a token from his bosom, and pointed it at the Zhike monk.

Chen Heng didn't see what the token looked like, but the Zhike monk changed his expression on the spot, and said rather embarrassedly: "It's not a coincidence that the benefactors came, Master Kong Kong is now at the Fahua Temple."

Chen Heng was taken aback when he heard the words, why did this monk run to the nun's temple?Xin Suzhao didn't care, and only asked where Fahua Temple was going.It's also their luck today, Fahua Temple is only one mile away from Hanshan Temple.

Following the route pointed out by the Zhike monk, Chen Heng walked for two minutes on the winding mountain road, and a sparsely populated temple was hidden behind the dense forest leaves in the mountain.

Although the place was close, the two encountered difficulties.This monk's temple is easy to enter, and male guests are not welcome in the nunnery.Chen Heng had no choice but to knock on the door again, leading out a teacher to explain his intention of coming.

The teacher was about fifty years old, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and a very gentle tone of voice.A few words explained where Monk Kongkong was, and then he smiled and closed the door again.

On the way again, Chen Heng walked around the outer wall of Fahua Temple, while listening to Xin Suzhao talking about his master's life.

It turned out that the monk Kongkong was a monk halfway, and the layman was an official in Yangzhou. He was eager to study scriptures since he was a child.He has passed the imperial examination and won fame.Monk Kongkong also became a playboy when he was young, but unfortunately, when he was around 30 years old, his children and parents and elders passed away one by one due to illness.

"Then what is he doing in Fahua Temple?" Chen Heng walked for half a day, and he couldn't help being out of breath when he spoke.

"If my guess is not bad, you will know when you arrive." Xin Suzhao made a fool of himself. He has been practicing martial arts all year round. For him, this road is not as strenuous as wielding a knife and making a stick.

After walking for a few steps, I suddenly saw a gazebo hidden among the pine, cypress and bamboo leaves in the open place in front of me, and I saw a few figures sitting in it.When Chen Heng was excited, he lifted his robe and took a few steps faster, and he could hear their voices.

"Whether it's a blessing or a curse, I finally found it for you."

"Hmph." Although the sound was short, Chen Heng could tell it was a woman.

"Everyone is a monk now, so why bother with you?"

"Thirty years ago, you were the one who abandoned your family and wife. In the past 30 years, you were the one who hid in Tibet. You became a monk and wanted to find peace of mind in front of the Buddha, so why avoid it like this."

Good guy, from the tone of this woman's voice, it's an old lover looking for her.Chen Heng was joking, Xin Suzhao saw that his master was speechless, so he hurriedly raised his voice to help him, "Master, my apprentice brought my younger brother to see you."

"My dear disciple, I opened the window this morning and heard a magpie cry. I said, there should be a noble person visiting today, but I didn't expect it to be you." These empty words came from behind the forest.

junior? ? ?Chen Heng was taken aback, but Xin Suzhao beside him had already rushed out in one step.He had no choice but to catch up in a hurry.

When Chen Heng walked into the pavilion, he saw that the pavilion faces the wind on eight sides, the river on three sides, and the mountains on five sides. It is really an elegant resting place.

Inside the pavilion, sat a monk and two nuns, two old and one young.The two elders looked about the same age, only the female teacher looked a little stern.But the youngest one, about fourteen or fifteen years old, sat quietly in one place.Even though he is wearing sand clothes, he can exhale like orchids, as if he is holding a laurel tree.

Before Chen Heng had time to catch his breath, he saw Xin Suzhao winking at him.He immediately understood, stepped forward and bowed, and said emotionally: "Master, I haven't seen you for a long time. This disciple really misses you day and night."

It's not that he thinks about it day and night, he has been running around all the way these few days, he can't eat well and sleep well, he thinks about the other party every day, and he is so anxious that his mouth will grow blisters.

But who knew that as soon as he finished speaking, the little teacher burst out laughing, and he didn't know why.

The teacher's wife said, "I didn't expect Master Kongkong, who has six clean senses, to teach a scholar."

Chen Heng was a little dumbfounded. Is there anything strange about this monk teaching a scholar?It was Xin Suzhao who gave him a sample, put his hands together and said: "Master, you don't know how hard it is for me and my junior brother to walk this way."

It turned out to be like this, Chen Heng suddenly realized, but it would be a bit deliberate to change it now, and he can only blame himself for being dizzy.He went on to say: "Master, the senior brother is right. I told him..."

Why should I call Xin Suzhao the senior brother? ? ? ? ?Chen Heng couldn't help but stop and frown.

"Okay, okay, I'm not in vain as a teacher who taught you two so diligently in the past." Master Kong Kong held a beloved student with one hand, and said with a smile on his face, "I'm really a good student as a teacher. You must have something important to look for me today. As a teacher, I will go with you."

so smooth?Chen Heng could only feel his heart beating, so he almost stuck the word "Happy" between his eyebrows.Holding Monk Kongkong's hand backhand, he said sincerely, "Master still loves me."

"Otherwise, how can I be your master." Monk Kong Kong winked at him.

"That's right, teacher's wife, let's say goodbye first." Xin Suzhao triumphantly bowed to the teacher, and was about to push the two of them out of the pavilion.

"Hmph." The teacher sneered, "Miaoyu, stop them."

"Yes, Master."

The little master got up lightly, and quickly stood on the steps of the gazebo. The position here is not big, she is in such a class.These three people are neither advancing nor retreating, and it is not easy to step forward and do it directly.

When everyone was worried, Chen Heng said in a hurry: "Master, there is a serious illness in the disciple's family, so we really can't delay. Please forgive me and let the elder sister let me go."

"Good boy, it's not that Teacher's wife is making things difficult for you. Teacher's wife is afraid that you, the 'Master,' will go here, and if you want to find him again, it will take a few more years of hard work."

several years? ? ?Chen Heng was also terrified when he heard it, and he didn't know what Monk Kong Kong had done to his teacher to hide from her like this.

"Then I don't know how the teacher will let me go?" Xin Suzhao asked bluntly.

"It's also simple, if one of you three can answer my disciple's question, you can leave, and the teacher's wife will never stop you." The teacher pointed at the little nun, then put his hands together, closed his eyes and stopped talking.

I just said that such twists and turns are inevitable, Chen Heng sighed, and saluted the little teacher: "I don't know what the problem is with the teacher."

After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but feel apprehensive.He didn't know what was the problem that could stump Monk Kong Kong. Chen Heng only hoped that the other party would ask questions about "walking on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening".

　I cried.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)