Legend of the Heroes of the Southern Kingdom

Chapter 323 Worship ([-])

The monk said: "When I was a child, I became a monk in Putian Temple. I was about 16 or 17 years old... I can't remember. Anyway, it was about that time. I went out to travel with my younger brother and I never went back to Putian Temple until now. Only settled here last year."

Li Wenxuan thought to himself: "It turns out that this monk was born in Putian Temple. Speaking of which, he has some relationship with me. He is so poor, and he helped my father erect a monument and chant scriptures. No matter what, I have to help him."

Li Wenxuan said again: "I heard the master said that the master still thinks that the master is a younger brother, why don't you see another younger brother who is merciful to the master?"

The monk clasped his palms together and said, "My junior brother is gone."

Afraid that the monk would be sad, Li Wenxuan hurriedly stopped talking, didn't ask any more questions, brought the bowl of vegetable soup to his mouth, took a sip, and felt a bit sour between his mouth and tongue, after swallowing, the tip of his tongue was also bitter, Li Wenxuan thought to himself: "This monk lives here alone, does he just drink this to fill his stomach? Really..."

Li Wenxuan drank the vegetable soup in one gulp, because the taste was not good, so he stopped savoring it, almost poured it into his throat, then picked up the porridge from that night, sniffed it lightly, the taste was nothing It was weird, but after entering his mouth, it was bland and tasteless, without the slightest aroma of rice noodles. Li Wenxuan drank it in one gulp, and then said with a smile, "Thank you, Master, for giving me the rice."

The monk had always been expressionless before, seeing Li Wenxuan eat a clean meal, he smiled slightly and said, "How does it taste?"

Li Wenxuan pondered for a while, and said in his heart: "If I said that this vegetable soup and porridge are delicious, I would be lying with my eyes wide open. Besides, this monk seems to be an upright person. If I lie to him, even if he doesn't get angry I’m afraid I’ll look down on me too, so I’d rather tell the truth.” So he said, “This white porridge tastes bad, as for the vegetable soup, it’s sour in the mouth, and it’s still bitter in the mouth afterward.”

The monk smiled and said, "Is the benefactor full?"

Li Wenxuan said: "I eat a lot, and it's not enough to be full, but I'm not hungry now. I was already hungry and dizzy, but now I have strength!"

The monk suddenly sighed, and said: "Benefactor Li, I dare to ask, do you live in Luzhoudu near Luzhou?"

Li Wenxuan was startled, and shouted: "Ah! Master, you... how do you know that my family is in Luzhou?"

Li Wenxuan would not find it strange to meet someone who knew his name in the world, but very few people knew of Li Wenxuan's background. Even people like Tian Guohui and Yang Fan who had known Li Wenxuan for a long time, Li Wenxuan never mentioned Lu Because of the tragedy that happened in Luzhou, so the monk said that Li Wenxuan lived in Luzhoudu, Li Wenxuan was naturally quite surprised.

The monk was very indifferent, and still said calmly: "The benefactor, don't panic, the young monk guessed it too. The young monk traveled here with his junior brother in the past. He once heard from a friend that there was a tragedy at Luzhou Ferry. The whole village More than a hundred people died in vain, please ask my brother to save the souls of the dead, the two of us agreed immediately, and my brother and I went to Luzhou for a trip. I thought this was an exaggeration, but I only knew the truth after seeing it with my own eyes It was too late, because my junior brother was kind-hearted, and he couldn't bear it when he saw this, so he collected the ashes of those dead one by one and buried them behind the small temple. More than a hundred lives died unexpectedly. The resentment is too heavy. The two brothers can only chant scriptures day and night to save souls. Unfortunately, my junior brother was weak and died of no illness half a year ago. I am the only one left to serve here and chant scriptures for the souls of the dead every day. Returning to the dust, the living beings will be extremely happy early, and it was when our brothers collected the remains of the Luzhoudu villagers that we accidentally found the corpse of the father. We found that the bones of the father were injured in many places, and it was obvious that he died of an accident. The time of his death was about the time when the whole village of Luzhoudu was wiped out, so the little monk ventured to guess that your father was originally a resident of Luzhoudu."

After hearing this, Li Wenxuan's heart felt sore again, he knelt down and bowed to Xing Chi, and said, "Thank you, master, for taking care of my family's funeral in Luzhou, please accept Wenxuan's bow!"

Xingzhi didn't help Li Wenxuan either, but said: "Don't thank me, Li benefactor. Here, I drink light porridge and eat bitter vegetables. Although my mouth is bitter, what I'm doing is for the salvation of many deceased people, but I have a little heart in my heart." It’s not bitter, what the little monk is doing is just his duty, and it’s also his own practice, so don’t need to thank the benefactor.”

Li Wenxuan wiped away his tears, got up and said: "Master is a master, your kindness and tolerance, Li Wenxuan can't compare."

Monk Xingchi said, "Is it still bitter in Li Benefactor's mouth?"

Li Wenxuan said: "If Master doesn't ask, I'm afraid I've already seen the pain."

Xingzhi asked again: "What about the heart? Is it still suffering?"

Li Wenxuan said sadly: "I have mixed feelings in my heart. Today I deliberately went back to Luzhou to worship. I felt bitter and very sad along the way. But knowing the kindness of the master, I seem to realize something in my heart, so it is not so bitter. gone."

Xing Chi said solemnly: "Amitabha, the dead are gone, and the living are like this. Now that everyone has a home, the benefactor should also let go of the pain in his heart. Let him pass the past of Luzhoudu's love and grievances one by one. , why bother indulging in bitterness?"

Li Wenxuan said with emotion: "It turns out that the master has worked so hard to persuade me to be at ease, Wenxuan..." Li Wenxuan wanted to say thank you at first, but remembering Xing Chi's words, he knew that he always thanked him back and forth, but it was true. He seemed to be smiling, so he stopped the words and changed his words: "Master, Wenxuan is going now. When he is free, he will definitely taste the bitter porridge of the master again!"

Monk Xingchi nodded slightly, Li Wenxuan stretched out his hand to touch his bosom, wanting to leave some money for Xingchi, so that Xingchi's meals could be better in the future, but then he felt that something was wrong: "Master Xingchi is an expert, if I Wouldn't it be an insult to the kindness of the master to leave these yellow and white things? Li Wenxuan, you are so stupid!"

Li Wenxuan stopped talking, turned around and left the small temple, bowed three more times in the direction of his father's grave, got on his horse and headed towards Luzhou Ferry.

On the road from Luzhou City to Luzhou Ferry, there is a section of the narrow road that can only accommodate one carriage. Li Wenxuan rode here, and he was always thinking about Monk Xingzhi all the way. He always felt that there was something wrong with his words. It was weird, but I didn't quite understand it. While thinking about it, I suddenly heard a string of horseshoes in front of me, coming towards me.

"is her!"

Li Wenxuan couldn't help reining in the horse's reins, and stopped in the middle of the road. When the visitor saw Li Wenxuan, he also reined in hastily. After a slight pause, he patted the horse lightly, and walked slowly towards Li Wenxuan.

This man sat down on a green horse, with a pair of butterfly knives on his crotch. He was dressed in black and covered his face with a veil. He could not see his appearance clearly. Only a pair of bright pearl-like eyes were exposed. Against the background of his black shirt, he looked like a They are the two stars far away in the night sky. This person is the pearl of Yan Yun's Eighteen Riders. Li Wenxuan suffered losses in her hands again and again. The Battle of Hongyue Mountain was the second time she was poisoned. If Yang Zaixing hadn't caught up in time I realized that Li Wenxuan might have lost his life in Hongyue Mountain. When we met at this time, it was really not that enemies did not get together.

In terms of real kung fu, Mingzhu is no longer Li Wenxuan's opponent in a single fight, but when she meets Li Wenxuan on a narrow road at this time, she does not show any fear, and walks unhurriedly, her pearl-like eyes are like two ice picks It's so dark that people dare not look directly at it, and it's like a deep lake, if you look at it one more time, you will be submerged in it, and it's these eyes that keep looking at Li Wenxuan.

Mingzhu stared at Li Wenxuan intently, and Li Wenxuan stared at her not to be outdone, but before he could blink, he was already defeated, and he didn't dare to look again, so he had to turn his eyes to look to the side, and at the same time, he was careful to prevent Mingzhu from poisoning him again. Needle.Every time Mingzhu's poisonous needle was released, there was always no warning, and it could be said that it was impossible to guard against it. Li Wenxuan naturally did not dare to neglect at this time.

Li Wenxuan took a deep breath and said, "You wicked girl, what evil things are you going to do here today!"

Mingzhu's eyes slowly fell from Li Wenxuan's face to the Qingshuang Sword on Li Wenxuan's waist.After staying for a while, he stared at Li Wenxuan again, and did not answer Li Wenxuan's question, which seemed to be very disdainful.

Mingzhu continued to walk forward as if nothing had happened. Seeing that their mounts were about to cross, Li Wenxuan raised his voice and said, "Wicked woman! Stop, if you take half a step forward, don't blame me for being rude!"

It's strange to say that Mingzhu should be afraid when she saw Li Wenxuan, but under Li Wenxuan's shout, even though she reined in, the eyes staring at Li Wenxuan didn't change at all. The posture of wanting to do something, what can be seen in those eyes is only Leng Ao.

As a result, Li Wenxuan was choked. He originally thought that Mingzhu would rush up to kill him without doing anything himself, but now there is only the whistling wind around the two of them, and no one has the slightest intention to strike first. Ask her He didn't answer a word, which means that Li Wenxuan didn't know what to do. If he stepped forward and stabbed someone to death with a sword, facing a woman, Li Wenxuan would not be able to do it.So the scene was deadlocked.

Li Wenxuan was on guard all over, holding the Qingshuang sword in his hand. As long as Mingzhu made a move, he was sure to come first. However, Mingzhu still stared at Li Wenxuan, and still had no intention of making a move. I felt even more uncomfortable seeing her silver needles shooting at me.

The two of them worked like this, and the stalemate lasted for almost a cup of tea. Still, no one had the intention of making a move first. However, the silence here was broken in the end, but it was not the two immediately who broke the silence, but the one from A shepherd boy and his buffalo came obliquely in the grass by the roadside.

The buffalo barked a few times, and the shepherd boy had already rode it behind Mingzhu, but the road in front of him was blocked by two weird men. It's so weird, and I can't help being afraid in my heart, how dare I provoke him?Not to mention asking these two weirdos to make way for him, so he had to sit on the back of the buffalo and watch secretly from behind. It was originally a stalemate between two people and two horses, but now there was a child and a big buffalo.

The shepherd boy didn't have the guts to provoke the "weird" in front of him, but the big buffalo is much more courageous than the children. The big buffalo doesn't care what martial arts master or murderous butcher is in front of you. Just keep yelling "Moo-moo-" behind Mingzhu's ass, as if urging the people in front to get out of the way.

Ming Zhu heard a few yelps, and finally looked away from Li Wenxuan's face. Li Wenxuan secretly heaved a sigh of relief, just now he felt like a thorn in his back being stared at by her, which was really uncomfortable.

Mingzhu turned her head to look at the shepherd boy and the big buffalo behind her, but she was not at all worried that Li Wenxuan would make a sneak attack from behind.

Li Wenxuan was uncomfortable looking at Mingzhu, not to mention the little shepherd boy. He was stared at by Mingzhu, and he was afraid in his heart. He was afraid that his barking would annoy the person in front of him, so he pulled the big buffalo by its ears. However, who would have thought that the buffalo was crying happily under the pull of the shepherd boy, and the little shepherd boy was about to shed tears from the buffalo's back.

Mingzhu just glanced at the shepherd boy, then turned back, still looking at Li Wenxuan, but slowly raised her left hand while stabbing.

Li Wenxuan said in his heart: "It's not good, this person is probably going to use a hidden weapon!"

Holding the Qingshuang sword, Li Wenxuan had already seen the direction. As long as Mingzhu made a move, he would be able to avoid it, and had great confidence in knocking her off the horse, but what Li Wenxuan couldn't guess was that Mingzhu's hand lifted He got up, but it wasn't aimed at Li Wenxuan, instead he suddenly turned to one side and flung towards the shepherd boy behind him.

Li Wenxuan was shocked: "This wicked woman, I should have done it just now. I didn't expect that she would be so despicable, and she would hit such a child so hard. If this child was poisoned, how could he survive?"

As the shepherd boy behind Mingzhu shot the hidden weapon, Li Wenxuan flew forward almost at the same time. He was so anxious that he didn't have time to think about it, but he wanted to use his body to replace the shepherd boy before Mingzhu's silver needle hit the shepherd boy. The shepherd boy took the injection now.

The direction of Mingzhu's shot was towards her back. Li Wenxuan was blocked by Mingzhu's body and couldn't see where the silver needle was going, so he could only go forward to block it. As for whether he could block it, Li Wenxuan was not sure in his heart. The little shepherd boy's life can only be done as best he can.

Just as Li Wenxuan jumped behind Mingzhu's horse and between the big buffalo, he suddenly heard the whip crack twice behind him, followed by the sound of the horse's hooves, and watched the little skylark gallop past him, and at the same time there were other A series of hoofbeats meant walking farther and farther. Obviously, one of the two whips hit Little Skylark's buttocks, otherwise Little Skylark would not run away. Li Wenxuan thought: "It's broken, I was given by this woman tricked!"

Li Wenxuan wanted to step forward to stop Little Yunque, but just now he was going to block the hidden weapon for the shepherd boy with all his strength, how could he hold back?In addition, he was angry and anxious, and his footwork was messed up, and he collided with the big buffalo.

The big buffalo must have never seen anyone be so rude to it. It immediately roared and arched its head forward. , but Li Wenxuan's lightness kung fu was not practiced in vain. When he was about to land, he slapped his palm on the ground lightly, and quickly flew up, standing firmly, but his clothes were torn a big hole by the horns. It seems very wasteful.

After all, Little Skylark is not comparable to an ordinary mount, so he was whipped on the buttocks for no reason. Although he ran forward for a while because of the pain, he saw that his master was still behind him. There is no need for Li Wenxuan to chase it.

When Li Wenxuan saw Little Yunque came back, he gasped heavily at him with his nostrils and shook his head. Li Wenxuan sighed, "Are you kidding me?"

Li Wenxuan turned his head to look at Mingzhu again, Mingzhu didn't run away, but actually reined in the rein, and just a hundred steps ahead, she took the rein and let the mount turn around a few times in the distance. Looking at Li Wenxuan, it was as if he was watching Li Wenxuan's joke, and after whipping the horse for a while, the green horse neighed and left in the dust.

Li Wenxuan was sullen, when the shepherd boy asked timidly, "Big... Hero, what are you doing hitting my bull?"

Li Wenxuan couldn't tell because he was suffering, so he sighed and asked, "Does your body hurt? Did the hidden weapon hurt you just now?"

The shepherd boy said with a blank face: "Hidden weapon?"

If a ten-year-old child was hit by a hidden weapon, he would probably have cried a long time ago. Seeing the shepherd boy, Li Wenxuan already knew that he was fine, so he didn't ask him any more. Anyway, he was a child, so it would be useless to talk too much, it would just scare him. , at the same time, I also felt my body carefully, and I didn't see any pain or discomfort, and said to myself: "That woman's hidden weapon is very powerful, no matter what, one of me and this shepherd boy must get the needle, and the two of us They are all safe and sound, could it be... that she was empty-handed just now, and she was trying to deceive me?"

Li Wenxuan took a closer look at the whole body again, and even checked the buffalo carefully. There was indeed no sign of injury. Only then did he confirm that Mingzhu must have not sent a hidden weapon just now. It's just that Li Wenxuan looked around like this. The frightened shepherd boy was not light.

Li Wenxuan was on his way to Luzhou to pay homage. He thought that even if he was unlucky today, he didn’t suffer any big losses after all. He didn’t have the heart to chase after Mingzhu and argue with her, so he took an apple from the cloth bag behind the saddle and stuffed it there. The shepherd boy patted the head of the shepherd boy in his hand, smiled at him, and then continued to run in the direction of Luzhoudu.

At this time, Li Wenxuan was already very close to Luzhou Ferry. A year ago, most of the people who walked on this road were people coming and going at the Luzhou Ferry. Therefore, although the path is not wide, it is still relatively flat, but now it is full of weeds. If Li Wenxuan hadn't lived here since he was a child, it would be difficult to tell where the road is and where the grass is.

(End of this chapter)