A pot of tea, steaming slightly.
A few pieces of sweet potatoes were so hot that the crows kept calling. The old man pinched a piece in his hand and thought about how many years he had not eaten such food.
It turns out that the simplest food in the world is the most delicious.
Li Xiuyuan didn't go to eat because he and Hu Ge of the Tang Dynasty made a fire under the tree in the academy to roast this stuff since he was a child.
Later, when he went to Fangcun Mountain, he ate a lot. He bet that his craftsmanship was no worse than that of the old man who roasted sweet potatoes.
He was just thinking about the news brought back by the crow, but he couldn't calm down in his heart.
What he didn't expect was that after Miss Wen's family was forcibly abducted to the imperial city, she finally did it on the night before her wedding without the maid paying attention.
A fire burned down the new house where she lived. When the men of the Meng family came to put out the fire, she was already buried in the sea of burning flames.
In the end, the Meng Mansion became a joke in the imperial city. The woman who had been forcibly married had not yet paid homage to the court, but she showed her ambition with her life and sent a ghost to chase Hua Yiyi, who died in vain in Wanping Town.
When Yun Qingjiao and Helian Mingyue returned to the imperial city, the night Meng Wuhen went to see her...
Crow also came to Meng's Mansion and learned about Wen Ziwei's tragedy from the comments of the servants... In anger, he burned down the ancestral hall of Meng's Mansion.
As a result, in just a few days, the Meng Mansion experienced two fires in succession.
The fire set by the crow could not be extinguished by anyone. It burned the Meng Mansion's ancestral hall to the ground and burned for a whole night before it was extinguished.
Even Helian Mingyue came after hearing the news, but there was nothing he could do about the fire.
Then news spread throughout the imperial city that the child of the Meng family had lost his moral character and forced the daughter of the Wen family to death, causing a divine fire to rain down from the sky.
Nowhere was burned, but only the ancestral hall dedicated to the ancestors of the Meng family was burned. It was really retribution.
Even Qing Jiao, who came with Helian Mingyue, looked at the raging fire and was speechless for a moment.
Helian Mingyue even heard from Meng Wuhen that since Wen Ziwei's death, the Meng Mansion had strengthened its defenses at night. It could be said that not even a cat could get in.
In the end, even Helian Mingyue, whose hands and eyes could reach the sky, had no choice but to give up.
Crow stayed in the Meng Mansion for another day, and only rushed back after confirming that Miss Wen's family had died in the fire.
After hearing what Crow Crow said, the old man was speechless for a moment.
After a long time, he said in a hoarse voice: "Ask what love is in this world, and it will tell you whether life and death are together... I am so ashamed of myself as an old man."
Li Xiuyuan replied expressionlessly: "If there are no evil people in the world who bully men and dominate women, how can this innocent person die in vain?"
Xiao Mengdie sighed, touched the crow's feathers and said, "Junior brother, I'm going to teach my sister to memorize Buddhist scriptures. Do you want to come with me?"
Ximen Mengdie's idea is very simple. Now that the crow is back, she will tell Huajiao about Wenziwei's tragedy. After all, this matter is related to Hua's satisfaction.
The two little guys came to Huajiao's house all the way, and Crow placed a space ring on the table in front of Huajiao.
Huajiao was stunned and asked, "What is this?"
Crow shook his head and sighed: "These are the bones that the Meng family found from the fire. It is said to belong to Miss Wen's family. I thought about Hua Deyi and didn't want her there..."
After that, he spent a while and talked about what happened in the imperial city.
Finally, he said: "Your current skills are too poor. Learn from my master first. Don't even mention the matter of revenge."
When Huajiao heard this, she immediately hugged Xiaodieer and started crying: "Senior sister..."
Crow shook his head and said seriously: "Senior sister's situation is even worse than yours. Don't cry in front of her in the future. It's not good for you or her. Since you're alive, be stronger."
Ximen Mengdie glared at Crow, then hugged Huajiao and said, "Junior sister, don't be afraid. Junior brother, I, and master are all here? No one dares to bully you here."
The crow chuckled and said, "That's right. If anyone dares to come here and act wild, I'll slap him to death."
Huajiao sighed and said quietly: "That's fine, we can't share the same quilt in life, and we can't share it in death."
Same acupuncture point... I hope my brother and Ziwei will not suffer anymore in the next life. "
Ximen Mengdie nodded and replied: "Junior sister has learned Buddhist scriptures from the master, and goes to recite to Hua Yiyi more often."
Crow lay aside and said nothing, rolling his eyes twice, thinking about the two women he saw in front of the Meng Mansion in the imperial city. It seemed that he had to go back and ask the old man next to Li Xiuyuan.
After all, it followed Li Xiuyuan and left first, followed by the old man and the woman.
In the inn, tea has been brewed twice.
The old man sighed softly, looked up out of the window and said, "I didn't expect that girl from the Wen family to be so strong-willed, she would rather die than be humiliated."
Li Xiuyuan was thinking about the temple built in the mountains and the lines on the bluestones.
He said calmly: "If you can't stand taller than others, you will naturally be bullied by the strong in the jungle. This is the rule of the jungle under the law of heaven."
The old man said: "Huajiao is still there. She can continue to practice, break through to a higher realm, and seek revenge on the Meng family..."
Shaking his head, Li Xiuyuan said quietly: "Kill that Meng Wuhen, and then what are you going to do?"
"If she follows me in practice, I will not let her seek revenge on the Meng family. Sometimes, letting go is harder than gaining, but it is more worth it, unless..."
The old man looked at the black cloth on his face and asked, "Unless what?"
Li Xiuyuan said quietly: "Unless the Meng family comes crazy and comes to Furong Town to cause trouble for Huajiao and our master and disciple..."
Since he had some karma with Huajiao, he tried to make her let go of the hatred in her heart, just like Ximen Mengdie. When she became his disciple, she had to forget the pain.
The same goes for Huajiao. As long as the Meng family knows what's interesting and lets it go, he may not be able to let Hua Manyi die in vain.
If Huajiao can't let go, then her future can only end in Furong Town. At most, when the three masters and apprentices leave, Huajiao can leave some more gold coins and spiritual stones...
The old man was shocked when he heard what Li Xiuyuan said, because he was thinking about Helian Mingyue, whom Li Xiuyuan met in the forest.
He didn't expect that Helian Mingyue clearly wanted to get involved with Li Xiuyuan, but this guy refused.
In the end, he and the young man in front of him developed some inexplicable and unknown relationship.
If that woman doesn't understand the truth and insists on standing up for the Meng family, she comes here to cause trouble for Huajiao...
The old man thought about it again and again, and finally decided not to interfere in this matter, and left everything to fate.
Since Li Xiuyuan chose to practice Buddhism in the mountains instead of Helian Mingyue's Zoroastrian Cult, maybe the two could not get together in the first place.
After thinking for a while, he said: "It makes sense. We can avoid causing trouble, but that doesn't mean we are afraid of trouble... They have really had enough life and dare to come here to cause trouble for Huajiao..."
"Then there's no need to go back."
Li Xiuyuan said calmly: "Next year I will plant some apricot trees on the mountain. Just in time, there is a shortage of heads to use as flower fertilizer!"
"Boom!" A startling sound!
Suddenly there was a thunder in the winter sky and struck the two of them heavily on the head. The old man was so frightened that he was speechless.
The frightened crow lying on the table screamed: "No, Li Xiuyuan is angry and is cursing God again!"
Ximen Mengdie patted Huajiao's hand and said, "Junior sister, you heard it too. When the master is angry, even God dares to scold him. You must listen to the master!"
When Huajiao heard this, she laughed angrily and said, "How old is he? Shouldn't he call me sister?"
Ximen Mengdie shook her head and sighed: "Master taught me a long time ago to see the world with my heart and not to believe my own eyes... Actually, you should call me sister."
When Crow heard this, he was startled, and then said: "Yes, Li Xiuyuan likes to call people idiots, just because those guys don't see the world carefully, haha."
Huajiao was stunned and blurted out: "What does it mean to see the world with your heart?"
Ximen Mengdie chuckled and replied, "Junior sister, do you want to learn? Junior brother and I can teach you."
In the inn, the old man sighed: "We still have to respect God..."
Li Xiuyuan was silent for a moment and then said: "It's true to respect Heaven, but sometimes God may not always reason with you... When you become equal with Heaven, you will understand more truth. Even if I want to kill people with my sword, he can't stop me. .”
When the old man heard this, his face turned extremely pale, and he didn't know what to do for a moment.
"Don't worry, so what if he hears us?"
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "Heaven seems to be omniscient and omnipotent, but that's because he doesn't hear the joys of the world and doesn't care about the sufferings of the world. In my opinion, he is just a piece of wood."
The old man seemed to understand some truth, but still did not dare to speak out what was in his heart.
In his opinion, in all his knowledge, Helian Mingyue in the imperial city did not have the courage of Li Xiuyuan to dare to speak nonsense about the way of heaven.
Li Xiuyuan sighed and said quietly: "Sometimes I also think that if it were me in his place, I would be too lazy to care about human affairs..."
The old man took a sip of tea and asked, "Why is this?"
Li Xiuyuan replied calmly: "I encountered many things and came to the conclusion that poor people must be hateful... If Nahua is satisfied and waits for her sister to come home..."
In Li Xiuyuan's view, as long as he came back with Huajiao, how could he let Hua Yiyi go to Wanping Town alone to find Wen Ziwei?
If the crow was allowed to accompany him, why would he die at the hands of others because he was too weak?
Sighing, Li Xiuyuan said: "If you are not good at what you do, and the sky is not going to fall, sometimes, why not take a step back?"
As long as a monk understands the meaning of life, this is the first thing he must learn at the beginning of his spiritual life.
Li Xiuyuan could only come to one conclusion, and that was that Huajiao's master had never taught her before, so she would not have thought that such a simple question could kill her brother.
Thinking of this, Li Xiuyuan said: "I used to fight hard against people. If I couldn't beat them, I would run away first and wait until I became stronger."
The old man was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly realized it, and his face showed joy as if he had heard the truth.
Looking at Li Xiuyuan, he smiled and replied, "That's true."
The old man finally understood why the young man did not rush to avenge Huajiao.
Only those who want to understand the way of life and death, or who have understood some of the laws of life and death, will understand this seemingly simple but crucial truth.
As for the young man in front of him, he might have already understood the way of life and death, so he would place Hua Chengyi's grave in front of the temple.
Even if the place is full of graves, it will not affect the young man's state of mind in practicing Buddhism.
The old man stroked his beard and sighed again and again, and said softly: "The ancients said that if you hear the Tao in the morning, you will die at night. But what I heard from the young master today is better than the hundreds of years I have lived."
Li Xiuyuan shook his head, thinking about the apricot blossom trees in the mountains outside the temple.
Thinking about planting some apricot flowers next year, thinking about the flowers all over the mountain in spring, a faint smile appeared on my face.
Neither the leader of the Zoroastrian Cult nor the Meng Mansion in the imperial city could enter his heart.
I'm afraid that after the temple is completed and my master and apprentice move in, Ximen Mengdie and Huajiao's practice has just begun.
The story that happened in the imperial city was not his story, Li Xiuyuan's.
His consciousness flew out of the window and flew to the opposite hilltop, quietly looking at Hua Satisfaction's lonely grave, thinking that this guy would no longer be lonely tomorrow.
Li Xiuyuan was filled with emotion as he thought about the crow bringing back Wen Ziwei's bones from the imperial city.
He said quietly: "I am here, even the wind and rain coming from the imperial city are not allowed to fall on the top of the mountain."
