Big dreamer

In the early morning of this day, Chan'er was doing morning lessons in the courtyard of the post house, paying homage to the Buddha and chanting sutras. Suddenly, he heard a burst of noise from the front yard. When he followed the sound, he saw a young man from Wuji country wearing a silk robe. He was running in from outside the door of the post house.

When Shen Luo and Bai Xiaotian heard the noise, they both walked out of the house and came outside the courtyard.

The young man from the Wuji Kingdom had slightly curly hair, a high nose and deep eyes, and his pupils were tinged with a faint blue color. When he saw Shen Luo and his group, his eyes suddenly lit up.

But before the boy could run towards them, Duke had already caught up with him and stopped him.

"Young Master, this is a post house. No casual people are allowed in. You'd better leave quickly. If there are officials or family members at home, let them lead you back." Duke saw that the clothes on the young man were not suitable for ordinary people to wear, so he also Don't dare to say anything harsh.

But the young man didn't care what he said to him. He raised his hand and waved to Shen Luo and the others while shouting, "Are you a guest from the Tang Dynasty?"

When Shen Luo heard this, he felt funny and a little strange in his heart. Why did this young man completely sound like a master?

So, he spoke a few words to Duke and asked him to let the young man into the post house.

"Are you here to find us?" Bai Xiaotian asked with a smile on his face.

"Yes, distinguished guest." When the young man spoke, he did not forget to touch his left chest with his right hand as a courtesy. .

Chan'er raised his palms in return, and Shen Luo and Bai Xiaotian looked at each other, smiling and clasping their fists.

"Tell me, who are you? Why did you come to us?" Shen Luo asked.

"I yearn for your Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty. I heard that you are eminent monks from the Tang Dynasty, so I took the liberty to come over. I want to hear you talk about the scenery of the Tang Dynasty and the grand scenes of places like Chang'an City and Luoyang City. ." The young man said eagerly with a look of excitement in his eyes.

Hearing this, Shen Luo and the other three were slightly startled, and then laughed.

"It turns out that I have admiration for the Tang Dynasty. I wonder what you know about the Tang Dynasty?" Shen Luo continued to ask.

"I have read from books brought by silk merchants that the city wall of Chang'an City is a hundred feet high and there is a Big Wild Goose Pagoda in the city. Every year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival is celebrated, and the city releases more fireworks than the stars in the sky. Lanterns..." The young man reported everything he saw in the book in one breath.

Shen Luo listened to the mixture of truth and falsehood, with a lot of exaggerated content, and the smile on his face did not diminish, and then he patiently explained it to the young man.

Bai Xiaotian also helped to supplement. The two of them only found it interesting, but neither of them was impatient at all.

When they talked about some situations about the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the Buddhist temple in the city, Chan'er started to talk a little bit. When he heard that, the young man from Wuji Country's eyes lit up and he kept nodding.

The few of them talked to each other, and they chatted for half an hour.

At this time, there was another noise outside. Two men from the Black Chicken Kingdom in fur robes hurriedly ran in from the outside. While showing Duke the token in their hands, they shouted loudly:

"Your Highness, why did you run out on your own? If the king knew about it, he would have to peel off our skins?"

"He is... His Highness the Prince?" Bai Xiaotian and the others looked at the young man in surprise.

"Oh, I ran out secretly without telling my father and his entourage. It seems I can't continue chatting with you." A hint of displeasure flashed across the young man's face, and he said dejectedly.

"It doesn't matter, we will stay in the city for a while. You can inform His Majesty the King and come back another day." Seeing this, Chan'er said.

"Seriously? Aren't you afraid that I will disturb your meditation practice?" The young man's eyes lit up and he said in surprise.

"You can participate in the morning sun and the clouds in the evening, you can practice Zen while walking, you can practice Zen while sitting, and you can practice Zen while chatting with the donor." Chan'er raised his palms and said.

"Is this okay? Several eminent monks are different from the monks in our country." Hearing this, the young man said with an even stronger smile on his face.

After that, he said goodbye and left with the servants who came to look for him.

Just when he reached the door of the post house, the young man suddenly ran back and said to several people: "I haven't reported my name to the monks yet. My name is Qi Lianmi, and I am the third prince of the Wuji Kingdom. You are welcome to come to the palace as guests at any time." ”

"Your name is Qi Lianmi?" Shen Luo was surprised when he heard the name.

His cry was so sudden that Bai Xiaotian and Chan'er beside him both cast doubtful glances at him.

"What's wrong?" The third prince nodded, somewhat surprised.

Shen Luo naturally thought of the "Qilian Mi" he had seen in Huaguo Mountain when he fell asleep. Now that he recalled it, his appearance as an adult had changed a lot, but if he looked carefully, he still had some vague features. Similar blurry outlines.

When he was about to speak, his expression suddenly changed slightly, and Bai Xiaotian on the side also noticed something was wrong.

I heard a whistling wind, and there was a "whoosh" outside the door of the post house. A strong wind rushed in, carrying rolling yellow sand and blowing in, directly blowing Duke and the two servants over.

Shen Luo and Bai Xiaotian stood in front of Qi Lianmi, while the other protected Chan'er behind him.

After the wind and sand swept over, the courtyard became yellow and misty, and there was a choking smell of sand and dust in the air.

"What's going on?" Chan'er asked.

Bai Xiaotian shook his head, saying that he didn't know.

Shen Luo brought Qi Lianmi to Chan'er's side. With a wave of his hand, he summoned the Pure Yang Sword Embryo, stepped on it, rushed into the sky, and hovered above the post hall.

"As expected, he is an eminent monk from the Tang Dynasty, so powerful..." Qi Lianmi's face was full of yearning.

Shen Luo looked down at Chigu City below and saw that the billowing smoke, dust and yellow sand had covered the entire city. Almost all the streets and buildings he could see were submerged by the wind and sand.

"call……"

The whistling sound in the distance was still loud, and the wind and sand blew up irregularly one after another everywhere, making the streets jump like chickens and dogs, people fell on their backs, and calls for help came from everywhere.

Shen Luo hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head and shouted to Bai Xiaotian and the others: "I'm going to save people. You guys stay here and don't leave for now."

After that, he flew out and headed towards a square three streets away. A stone sculpture of Buddha there was blown down by the wind and sand, knocking down a common man who was praying aside.

After he fell down, he raised his palms to support the Buddha's head, and lifted it up with all his strength.

The person underneath quickly climbed out and nodded politely towards Shen Luo, stroking his chest.

Shen Luo flew up again, heading towards a courtyard in the east of the city, where a neighboring jujube tree was blown down by wind and sand, collapsing the courtyard wall and burying two children playing beside the wall.

After he arrived, he moved the bricks and stones from the fallen wall and rescued the two children.