Scenery follows people. If a person is in a good mood, the sky and the earth at night will be called the Mirror Flowers and the Moon. If the mood is low, it should be replaced by the Sad Water and the Moon.
After a great battle, Jiafu Temple returned to its original peace.
Master Dao'an and I sat in front of each other, chatting at night with the help of starlight and weak candlelight.
I leaned on the Buddha case and said to Master Dao'an sadly, "Master, I also have four brothers. Among these four, there is one who is one year younger than me. Oh, his name is Liu Yi, he is the master of Lingyuan. Sir, he is the only son of Liu Quansheng, the leader of the famous 'Three Heroes of Quzhou'. He is the recognized eldest brother of the four of us. The five of us brothers grew up together playing in urine and mud."
Master Daoan looked at me gently and smiled without saying a word.
"Eldest brother Liu Yi is honest and talented, just like Mr. Da. Although like Mr. Da, he has never met a dragon and is diving among fish and turtles, but ten days ago, eldest brother received a God-given opportunity to receive a high-ranking official at a young age. I am really sincere in my heart. I’m happy for my big brother.”
After being overjoyed, I sighed, scratched my head, and said, "We five brothers have a bond of friendship in Taoyuan. However, I don't have any big ambitions and don't like officialdom. Xianyun Yehe has always wanted to travel in the mountains. Playing in the water and staying at the end of the world, how satisfying it is! However, now that my eldest brother is short of manpower, I have been evading it in every possible way. For my own happiness, it is really not in line with the way of a brother to come here to collect news! Hehe. "
"Haha! Is it because of this?" Master Daoan chuckled, poured tea for me, and then asked me, "Who said that to be a brother, you have to give up the right to be yourself? Isn't that the case?"
"How do you say this? Master."
I sat up straight and listened attentively.
"Jiang Feng and I both entered the temple as teenagers and grew up in Jiafu Temple since we were young. Speaking of it, we can be regarded as half-brothers." Master Dao'an always spoke and acted in a gentle voice. "He wants to imitate the indestructible King Kong. I let him, and I learned the magic of Buddhism and Taoism; he liked to sleep by the window, so I let him, and I slept in a corner where there was no moonlight; he liked to eat rice but not noodles, so I let him , I have never touched anything since I was a child. But what happened in the end? After many sacrifices, the master died in his hands, his true body was struck by lightning, and his ashes were caught in the wind. He could only build a tomb in a hurry, and even the relics were nowhere to be found. , if I do this, is it called brotherhood?"
I bowed my head and said nothing.
"People in Buddhism should be humble and retiring. They should not worry about everything long ago, but there are some things that I still can't get rid of. Later, he wanted to move the secret books of Jiafu Temple to Taihao City, but I didn't allow it, just because of this one thing It's a trivial matter, and brothers have become enemies for half their lives. In the past few years! If His Majesty hadn't remembered the friendship from back then and always looked after him, Jiafu Temple would have been moved to the ground by Jiang Feng long ago!"
I bowed my head and said, "That's because the master is not kind to others, and there is no comparison with this matter of mine."
Master Dao'an shook his head, took a sip of tea, took advantage of the hot air, and sighed for the first time today. He pointed to the distance and said slowly, "Look at the bucket in the distance. If it is always empty, occasionally pour a few in." If there is a drop of water, people will think that the little monk in the temple has become more diligent. If the water is always full and a few scoops are missing occasionally, people will think that the little monk has become more lazy. This may be the case for brothers. If you Always pay attention to giving, and over time the other person will naturally take it for granted.
If the requirements are not met even once, the brothers will break up and eventually the relationship will be severed. "
Master Dao'an rolled up his cassock sleeves, walked to the desk, lightly twisted it with two fingers, wiped the yellow paper on the desk that had just begun to become popular in the market, and wiped it in the air. The yellow paper floated leisurely in front of the master. When it fell, he said: Master An wrote quickly, dropped the paper, and walked away without looking back, "Go to sleep! Little donor, you are tired!"
The moon was dark and the lights were alone. I picked up the yellow paper and saw neatly written on it: If there are flowers, you must break them. Don't wait until there are no flowers to break the branches.
It turns out that the master is also a man of temperament!
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Although it has been more than a year since I met Master Dao'an, I still remember very clearly that it was Qinghan that day, and when I left, light snow fell in Jiafu Temple.
That was the first snow last year.
Master Daoan, dressed in rags and cotton-padded clothes, half white and half yellow, stood in front of the door and watched me leave.
"Master, I say goodbye. Taihao City is just a stone's throw away from Jiafu Temple. Jiang Feng will come back at any time. You must be extremely careful!"
After saying this, I felt that this was nonsense, but I didn’t know what to say.
Master Dao'an touched my head and said with a smile, "Child, do you really think Jiang Feng came to Jiafu Temple? Jiang Feng is ruthless, but he is not a fool, and he does not kill everyone he sees."
"Ah?" I was very puzzled, scratching my head and looking at Master Dao'an.
"Martial arts training is just one of Jiang Feng's hobbies. For him, martial arts is more of a side project. What he is better at is the art of war, strategizing, commanding thousands of troops, attacking cities, and destroying ships in desperate situations. .”
Master Daoan heading west
I pointed and looked away. Smoke was rising from the hills in the distance. It was obvious that someone was cooking there, and there should be a lot of people there. () ()
I understood somewhat, but not quite, so I asked, "Master, are those soldiers and horses from Jiangzhou Mutun?"
"Yes." Master Daoan also looked at the smoke and narrowed his eyes, "There are rumors in the world that the Jiang family has two dogs, one is the Liu family of Lingyuan, Huaxing County, Quzhou, and the other is the Tianyuan Jiang family of Dezhao County, Quzhou. Huaxing County, located in the northeast of Taihao City, connects to Bozhou in the north, and Dezhao County in the northwest of Taihao City connects to Muzhou in the north. They are both choke points. If these two counties are managed well, if something happens to him, he can take the two places and enter. Muzhou may enter Bozhou, and head all the way north to Daqin!"
After listening to Master Dao'an's interpretation, I was dumbfounded and said in surprise, "Master, Master Jiang, are you saying that Lord Jiang is interested in Beitou?"
"Haha! You can't say that. A cunning rabbit has three holes! It's always right to leave a way out for yourself."
Later, Master Dao'an touched my head and said, "It would be a pity if you don't use your smart mind to benefit anyone!"
"Be ordinary and live a long life, it's not a pity at all! Hehe!" I said it with a simple smile.
Master Dao'an looked far away and said, "The Liu family of Lingyuan was put down painfully by Liu Quansheng. The Liu family's eight hundred soldiers and the connections they had accumulated over the years were destroyed. Huaxing County is about to be turned upside down under the hands of Lord Ying Zhiying. Jiang There is no way from Fengbei to Bozhou, so we naturally need to make preparations in advance."
"Jiang Feng treats the entire Quzhou as his battlefield!"
Master Dao'an pulled me to sit on the soft snowdrift, and patiently said, "Jiafu Mountain is named after Jiafu Temple. There are not many mountains and the terrain is gentle.
Easy to defend but difficult to attack. What's even more precious is that this is the only shortcut from Taihao City to Huaxing County besides the official road. If a young man with good foot strength and a short horse walks through the mountains and slaughters people, he can cross it in two or three hours. Calculating Jiafu Mountain, the time required was equivalent to that of the official road which took some detours. In Jiang Feng's heart, who was well versed in the art of military use, this was a battleground for military strategists. "
Following Master Dao'an's words, I guessed, "With the fall of the Liu family, Jiang Feng has no barrier in the northeast, so troops should be deployed in Jiafu Mountain to defend the northeast of Taihao City?"
"That's right, Jiang Feng lost the front of the Lingyuan Mountains, so naturally he has to find another one!" Master Dao'an said with deep eyes, "There are hundreds of thousands of troops hidden here. Entering can be a pioneer, and defending can prevent sneak attacks. , including private soldiers, Jiang Feng has thirty to forty thousand soldiers and horses, so stationing a small number of soldiers and horses here can stabilize the situation and slightly make up for the loss of the Liu family, why not?"
I nodded deeply, "This is a great plan!"
Master Dao'an said, "This idea must be a joint plan between Jiang Feng and the great counselor beside him, Jiang Xingze. I have to say, this Jiang Xingze is really a rare poisoner in the world!"
"Junior, take a lesson!" I cupped my hands and grinned, "Master, this junior has such a stupid brain, it's better not to get involved in the officialdom. I'm afraid that one day I will be sold out and still help others count their money! If one day, junior If you have a thorough understanding of human affairs, you will definitely seek out the master and eat fast food regularly."
"Hahaha! Okay, when the little benefactor gets tired, he will come to my Jiafu Temple to have a meal. The white noodles are enough." Master Daoan smiled heartily and touched my bun.
"Master, this junior has one more
ask. "
Seeing Master Dao'an nodding in agreement, I said, "Wouldn't it be better for Jiangzhou Mu to directly station troops? Why bother bothering Jiafu Temple? We also lost men and horses!"
"Knock on the mountain and shake the tiger!"
Master Dao'an laughed and said, "Although Jiafu Temple is small, if we use our full strength, we can still get five or six hundred monks and soldiers. If there is a war, I will lead the monks down the mountain. Jiang Feng, not to mention thousands of soldiers, will Ten thousand troops, as long as Jiang Feng doesn't come, all of them will be ignored by this monk. Therefore, my senior brother wants to repay me with a promise to give him peace of mind!"
I suddenly realized, "No wonder, no wonder Jiang Feng didn't allow Master to go down the mountain before leaving last night!"
Master Dao'an smiled and said, "If I hadn't promised him last night not to go down the mountain again in this life, I'm afraid Jiafu Temple would have been removed from the world!"
My doubts were cleared, and there were no more doubts. I stood up, held my hands in my hands, and said, "Master, I say goodbye, junior!"
"Little donor, go slowly!" Master Dao'an returned the gift, took out two raw eggs and an ancient book from his arms, and said with a smile, "Monks will not kill if they can. If you are hungry, cook it yourself! This book is called "Skypox Scroll", which is a kind of illusion. After learning it for the first time, you can change your body, shape, and sound. After you learn it, you can create an illusory array of heaven and earth, trapping people invisible. Of course, as I know, learning There is no one who has completed this scroll in the past and present lives. Don’t be too concerned about it, little benefactor, just study it on weekdays, just think of it as a protective talisman."
"Thank you, Master!" I took it directly without being polite, turned around and left, "Next winter, the juniors will come again!"
Master Dao'an clasped his hands together and said, "Officials are no longer in the court, and seclusion is no longer in the mountains. The road ahead is slow, and the benefactor goes slowly. See you again when we are destined!"
Riding a donkey through the mountains
, I couldn't help but look back at the looming Jiafu Temple, and sighed in my heart: If a person has no master of his own mind, how can he find a right body? Jiang Feng! This is not the melee of the Three Kingdoms a hundred years ago when the people were in dire straits. This is the peaceful and prosperous age. If you want to be an undying villain, if you want to tear apart the earth and become a king, this is not allowed in this world!
