The great monk suddenly became quiet, and his eyes could not help showing melancholy and reluctance. He stared at the face of the girl in the red dress without blinking, trying to engrave this lovely and beautiful face in his heart.
When he was young, he often heard the old monk lamenting to the setting sun that women in the world are poison, and men will be poisoned if they are not careful. Among them, there is a poison called "love at first sight", which is the most deadly, and those who fall into it will be poisoned for life. untie.
At that time, the big monk was still a young monk, and he only understood the literal meaning. So every time he followed the old monk down the mountain to beg for alms and met a woman, he would be as afraid as a snake or a scorpion and hide behind the old monk tremblingly, for fear of falling in love at first sight. highly toxic.
Later, when he grew up and became a great monk, he gradually understood that the old monk's words were not literal. Unfortunately, the old monk no longer watched the setting sun with him, and he never heard the old monk's emotions again.
But he knew that the old monk was an old monk with a story, and the poison was very deep, otherwise his hair would not have been poisoned.
Looking at this pretty face in front of him, the great monk knew that he had been poisoned, and it was the most deadly poison of 'love at first sight'.
The old monk was right. This kind of poison is really powerful. Just one look at it can cause the poison to attack your heart, making it impossible to prevent it.
"Great monk, what are you looking at? Is there something strange on my face?" The girl in the red dress felt very upset when the great monk looked at her. She subconsciously touched her cheek, thinking she had something on her face.
"Amitabha." The great monk clasped his hands together and said the Buddha's name. He bowed to the girl in the red dress and said, "I see you after a thousand miles, but I will say goodbye eventually. Although I am reluctant to part with you, I still want to say "treasure" to the girl, and I only hope to return you by chance. Goodbye."
The girl in the red dress was very surprised when she heard this and cried out: "Ah, you want to leave? Where are you going?"
"Girl is so excited, are you reluctant to be here?" The great monk saw the slightly excited reaction of the girl in the red dress, and immediately smiled and felt warm in his heart.
"Tsk. Sexy monk, stop being sentimental." The girl in the red dress spat, rolling her eyes at the great monk, but a blush appeared on her fair cheeks, which seemed to betray her true thoughts.
"Tell me, where are you going?" the girl in the red dress asked with glaring eyes.
The great monk turned to look south and said, "Go to the south and kill the enemy to serve the country."
"No! The south is too dangerous, you can't go!" The girl in the red dress heard this and refused to discuss it at all. Her tone was firm and the monk was not allowed to go.
Before the monk could speak, she said categorically: "Whoever wants to go can go, but you can't go anyway."
She is a selfish little woman, and it does not matter to her whether she is killed or alive in the south. As long as she and the people she cares about are not in danger, then the world will be peaceful.
In this regard, she is the same as the people around her who have sharpened their heads and entered the city.
"You are afraid that I will die in the south, do you care about me, right?" the great monk asked happily.
Snapped!
The girl in the red dress stood up on tiptoes, slapped the great monk's bald head, and said angrily: "You have a big bald head, it is shining in the sun, you can see it from thousands of miles away. If you go to the battlefield, it will be a bow and arrow." My favorite target, I’m sure you’ll be shot into a hedgehog as soon as the war drums sound.”
The great monk staggered and was almost knocked down by a slap from the girl in the red dress. It can be seen that the girl in the red dress was really angry with this slap, otherwise she would not have slapped her so hard.
The great monk grinned and said jokingly: "Thank you for reminding me, girl. Before going to the battlefield, I must smear my bald head with pot ash."
"Do we have to go?" The girl in the red dress saw that the great monk had already made up his mind, but she still had one last fantasy.
The great monk put away the playful expression on his face and said seriously: "I have to go!"
Pointing to the crowds crowding into the city, he said: "If everyone is like them, the tragedy of sixty-eight years ago will definitely happen again. Twelve million people were massacred, but my men still have a mouthful of blood in their mouths." , and we must not let tragedy happen again.”
"What's more -" the great monk's eyes fell on the face of the girl in the red dress and said: "The flowers are blooming so beautifully that they are worth protecting to the death."
The face of the girl in the red dress turned as red as an apple. She was so thoughtful that she couldn't understand the meaning of the monk's words. She hurriedly turned her eyes to the side, not daring to look at the monk.
"Shit. You're such a perverted monk, you're so glib, and you're always ready to say sweet things to please girls, but you don't know what sutras you recited in the temple?" To cover up her inner restlessness, the girl in the red dress spat.
"Amitabha." The great monk said with a serious expression: "My feelings for the girl can be judged by heaven and earth, and can be verified by the sun and the moon. If there is any falsehood, I will never return, and my body will be wrapped in horse leather!"
"Get out!" The girl in the red dress was furious when she heard this and kicked the monk several steps away.
Instead of being angry, the great monk was happy. He ran back and asked excitedly: "Young lady, you have me in your heart, right?"
"It's you bald guy." The girl in the red dress stamped her feet and yelled.
"Who is better, me or that little pawn brother?" The great monk suddenly asked a question.
The girl in the red dress trembled when she heard the words, and the image of the innocent mountain boy appeared in her mind uncontrollably, and a look of worry, guilt, anger and self-blame appeared on her face.
She and the great monk tried their best, but they couldn't find him in the end, and they didn't know whether he was dead or alive?
Such a simple and kind person, God should let him live a few more years, right?
Absolutely.
How should she tell him the tragic scene in that blood-stained small village at dusk?
She said she would help him take care of the village, but she failed to do so. She felt ashamed of him and blamed herself. If she could have come out of the Black Forest earlier, she could have stopped the massacre of the Big Tooth people and saved the more than two hundred people. A life.
But, no.
"Hey -" the girl in the red dress was stunned for a long time, and finally sighed quietly, and then answered the monk's question, saying: "He is my dearest brother, how can you compare to him?"
She knew what the great monk wanted to ask, and she had thought about this question carefully for a long time. At first, she thought she had fallen in love with Zhang Xiaozu, but after carefully examining the feeling in her heart, she found that it was not the case. What she likes about Zhang Xiaozhu is not the love between a man and a woman, but the dependence on her brother, and maybe a little bit of her father's love. It is family affection rather than love.
"Haha, I can't compare, I can't compare." The great monk was in high spirits, and he certainly understood the implication of the girl in the red dress.
This was the most important thing in his heart. He had always been worried and didn't dare to ask. Now that they were about to leave, he finally couldn't help but ask. As a result, with the blessing of the Buddha, he got the answer he wanted most. He felt that his whole body was instantly Feel refreshed.
The great monk rubbed it, took out a palm-sized dark red jade pendant from the green cloth monk's robe, handed it to the girl in the red dress and said: "If the girl is in danger of life, you can take this jade pendant to Zhennan Prince's Mansion to seek shelter."
"You - you - you -" The girl in the red dress had her eyes wide open. She stared at the great monk for a long time without you saying anything. She was so shocked that she never thought that the great monk in front of her could actually He is a member of the royal family.
The great monk made a silent gesture and said with a smile: "He is just a concubine of the Su family, not worth mentioning."
The girl in the red dress took the jade pendant, curled her lips and said, "You can see it, otherwise why would you become a monk? I accepted the jade pendant, just to use it to deal with that villain Su Mou. By the way, is your jade pendant useful for Su Mou?"
"It should work. Although I am a concubine, I am of royal blood, so he has to give me a little favor. Just don't provoke him over and over again." The great monk said.
The girl in the red dress rolled her eyes and said: "If he doesn't come to trouble me, I will burn incense. How can I, a lowly concubine, dare to provoke him?"
"That -" the great monk scratched the back of his head and said, "Does the girl have -"
"No." The girl in the red dress interrupted the monk.
"I haven't even finished what I said." The great monk said depressedly.
"No, it means no, whether you have finished or not." The girl in the red dress said unreasonably, "If you want anything from me, come back alive first."
"Amitabha, I was rude. Don't blame me, girl." The great monk apologized and then asked: "The monk is about to travel far. I wonder if I can be lucky enough to ask the girl to sing a good song to see me off."
"I am tone-deaf, do you want me to make a fool of myself in front of so many people?" the girl in the red dress said displeased.
"That's all." The great monk said, "Thousands of words have been said and we will finally say goodbye. Take care, girl. The monk will definitely come back alive."
"You——" The girl in the red dress wanted to stay, but she swallowed the words before she reached her lips.
If she didn't know the great monk's identity, she might still try to retain him, but after knowing the great monk's identity, she thought that the great monk wanted to take advantage of these troubled times to make achievements and earn a bright future.
A man has his ambitions in all directions, as it should be, but——
"Come back alive." The girl in the red dress finally spit out four words.
"Monk, let's go." The great monk nodded, turned around and strode away.
The girl in the red dress looked at the retreating back of the great monk, reflected on the cracked yellow earth, looking particularly desolate and tragic.
If you go away, you will escape death.
The girl in the red dress didn't have a sword in her hand, so she picked up a branch from the ground and used it as a sword, and then she started to dance lightly.
"The sky is blue and the earth is vast. Ask my son, where is my hometown?"
"The road is far away and people are scared. Ask my son, where does his soul go?"
The melodious song came from the mouth of the girl in the red dress. It was a bit desolate and sad, which made people feel sad.
Suddenly the melody changed, with a sonorous and heroic tone that made people's blood surge.
"The drums are beating, the trumpets are clanging. Tell my loved ones, home is at your feet."
"The angry waves are raging, and the killing sound is resounding. Tell my relatives, and my soul will return to peace of mind."
"A strong warrior and an iron horse, fighting hundreds of battles on the battlefield."
"Raise my sword to protect my homeland."
"Throw my head and save my parents."
"Sprinkle my blood and protect my children."
"Refined tenderness, in memory of my beloved wife."
"When spring and March next year come, and the world is at peace, I will return home!"
The great monk turned around and walked backwards, listening to the melodious, sonorous and passionate singing and watching Keren'er's graceful sword dance, he felt so happy.
"Haha, that's right! That's right!" The great monk grinned.
"A true man should be fearless, guard the land beneath his feet from being invaded, protect the relatives around him from being bullied, and open his arms to shield the beloved wife in his arms from the wind and rain!"
"Monk, go here and die without any regrets!"
The girl in the red dress threw away the branch in her hand and shouted to the great monk who was walking away: "Great monk, I have been waiting for you for three years."
"I am so lucky to meet a beautiful woman in this life! So lucky!" the great monk replied.
There was a handsome young man in the crowd. He opened the curtain of the carriage and said sarcastically: "In broad daylight, in public, in full view of everyone, the girl in the boudoir actually poured out her love to the monk. Where is the education? Where is the etiquette? Where is the shame? It is really against the morals and customs. ah!"
"Exactly. What a good girl, yet so shameless!"
"If it were in our town, such an immoral woman would have been dragged into a pig pen."
"We cannot allow this woman to enter the city. It will ruin the atmosphere of Baiyun City and damage the reputation of Baiyun City."
"Yes. We can't let her enter the city."
Many people in the crowd spoke harshly to the girl in the red dress, and they seemed to be attacking her in groups.
The girl in the red dress glanced around and found that most of the sarcastic people were men. After thinking about it for a moment, she understood why. It was the lyrics of the song she sang just now that poked the pain of these men who were preparing to hide in Baiyun City and become turtles. They feel ashamed and become angry.
The girl in the red dress couldn't help but burst into laughter and said with a smile: "Oh, look, these are the good men of our Baiyun City. They are all pulling their crotches like women. Soak my pig cage? Don't let me enter the city? Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk , So majestic and majestic! It scares the slave family to death. If you go to the battlefield, you will definitely be the warrior who is invincible. Do you know why? Because the big teeth are afraid of being caught by you and soaked in the pig cage!"
"You bitch, you're looking for death! I wonder if I won't teach you a lesson." The man who talked about soaking the pig cage was so ridiculed by the girl in the red dress that he blushed and became angry. He rolled up his sleeves and ran to the red dress in a few steps. In front of the girl, he raised his palm and threw it on the face of the girl in the red dress.
