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Before the hour of Hai was over, Yu Wanran saw Liu Mu and Zeng Qing sneaking out with their heavy burdens.

The pair threw the last purse into a farmer's yard.The two sat on the roof, and Zeng Qing asked Liu Mu, "How does it feel to be a hero who saves the common people?"

"It's a pity that I don't know martial arts, otherwise I must be a hero to save the world! I only kill those corrupt officials and return the money they corrupted to the common people!"

Zeng Qing looked around, sighed, resting his chin on his hands, and said, "Sometimes I really envy these villagers. The husband and wife are farming and weaving. They are safe and secure, so comfortable."

"Forget it. That's just what you imagined. If their life is as good as you imagined, then we don't have to pretend to be heroes in the middle of the night to give them money. They have to pay food to the court every year. If they meet When the war broke out, the court would still collect food. If it was just food collection, it would be fine, but if the soldiers were to be recruited again, only women and children would be left at home, and farming would become a problem. Occasionally, bandits would rob the village. These farmers who can only hoe the land Not an opponent at all."

"Then find a secluded place to live in seclusion. There are mountains and rivers around, and weaving and farming are self-sufficient. There will be no troubles from those secular trivial matters, and there will be no imperial conscripts and food collections."

"What's the problem? There are places like this in the deep mountains and old forests. The back mountain of Huguo Temple is a good place to live in seclusion. There are mountains and water, and you can grow vegetables, and you can eat meat! But those days must be It's very boring, I'm afraid that a lady from a rich family like you will find it boring."

Zeng Qing whispered, "If you're with someone you like, you won't feel bored."

Liu Mu said, "In fact, sometimes I also feel very tired. I want to find a place where no one knows me and start over. I will no longer be the young master of the Liu family, and I will not inherit my father's business. I will live in peace and stability. For a lifetime."

"You feel tired, and I'm tired of my old life. It seems that we are still connected." Zeng Qing paused, and then said, "Brother Liu, do you remember that night at Jin'an Temple, I asked I have a question for you."

"what is the problem?"

"I asked you that night if you have someone you like, and you said no. Do you have anyone now?"

Liu Mu smiled and said, "I have been living in Huguo Temple since I came back from Jin'an Temple. I am surrounded by either stupid monks or stinky scholars. How can I have someone I like. Although I don't have anyone I like, but the kind of like you said that day The feeling of being alone does remind me of being alone."

"Who is it?" At that time Liu Mu still thought he was a man, so the person he thought of was naturally not himself, thinking of this, Zeng Qing couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

"A friend I haven't seen for a long time."

"Brother Liu, if one day I really want to go far away, will you live in seclusion with me?" Zeng Qing looked at Liu Mu expectantly.

"Okay! When the time comes, bring Sister Xiangyun, my younger sister, and Ziyan. She said she would leave Jinling with me. I think she won't miss the appointment again next time..."

"Zi Yan?" Hearing that it was a woman's name, Zeng Qing vaguely felt something was wrong.

Liu Mu smiled and said, "She is the number one oiran in Jinling, and the only woman in Jinling who is comparable to the number one talented woman. It's a pity that she was born in a brothel, and the world has too many prejudices against brothel women, otherwise she would not You may not lose to Yu Wanran."

Jealousy rose in Zeng Qing's heart, "Did you just mean that you had agreed to leave Jinling together?"

"That's right. When my father first made an appointment for me, I thought about running away from the marriage. Zi Yan said that she was worried that I would leave alone, and wanted to leave Jinling with me. I just don't know why she broke the appointment that night."

Zeng Qing's face darkened, "Then you like her very much."

"Of course, besides Xiangyun, she is the only one who treats me best. If one day I want to leave Jinling, I will definitely not leave her behind." Liu Mu paused, thinking that Yu Wanran should no longer be herself at that time My wife, unable to live in seclusion with her in the countryside, inevitably feels a little bit lost.Suddenly he frowned again, am I crazy?You actually want that shrew to live in seclusion with me!He also said, "I still have a few good brothers, it would be even better if we could live in seclusion with us."

Zeng Qing suddenly said loudly, "Why don't you say that you brought all your servants and maids with you! I mean just the two of us, do you understand?"

Liu Mu said, "Not good. That's so boring. There are only two people, and pushing Pai Gow will be boring. Or..."

Zeng Qing didn't listen to Liu Mu's continuation, got up and said, "We should go."

Zeng Qing took Liumu back to the Huguo Temple and didn't speak any more.

At the time of Chou, Yu Wanran heard noises in the courtyard, so she raised a gap in the window, and saw Zeng Qing flying down from the roof with Willow.When the two landed on the ground, they were still hugging each other's waist, Yu Wanran couldn't help feeling a little displeased.When he came back to his senses, he was taken aback by his own thoughts.It doesn't matter who the rascal is with!

Zeng Qing let go of his hand and said expressionlessly, "It's safe."

Liu Mu patted Zeng Qing on the shoulder, "Brother, this time is thanks to you. You are really good at this. You have traveled so many places in only two hours. I don't know how to thank you."

"You don't need to thank me." Zeng Qing's tone was cold, and he turned around and walked to his room without looking at Liu Mu.

Liu Mu has been reminiscing about the feeling of being a hero since he came back, and he must wake up laughing from his dreams tonight.

But the other two people in the other courtyard were not so happy.Yu Wanran lay on the bed tossing and turning, not sure what kind of feeling she had in her heart, and she didn't know when her feelings towards that scoundrel changed. Could it be when everyone was trapped in Jin'an Temple under heavy snow?Yu Wanran thought of the moment when Liu Mu raised his ax and cut at the wooden Buddha decisively, and when he returned to the Daxiong Palace with two pheasants shivering from the cold, and thought of the scene of the two lying under the quilt early in the morning, Liu Mu panicked. He looked at a loss, guilty of not daring to look at himself.Thinking of this, Yu Wanran smiled at the corner of her mouth, blushed, and suddenly sighed with frowned, how could she think about these things.

On the other side, Zeng Qing's room was dimly lit.Zeng Qing was lying on the table, staring at the two feathers in his hand.In the past, he didn't know my identity, he took care of me as a brother, and played with me shoulder to shoulder.But now I already know that I am a woman, why am I still like before.It was as obvious as I said just now, but he still didn't respond, whether he really didn't understand or was politely refusing.Does this dead wood really only regard me as a brother, and has no other feelings at all?Or is it because this wood already has someone he likes, could it be the Zi Yan he mentioned?

Zeng Qing had a sad face, she came here originally to escape marriage, but now she finally met someone she likes, and she wanted to give up her glory and go away with him.But this person usually seems to be shrewd, but when encountering this kind of thing, he is dumbfounded.That dead wood doesn't understand my intentions, do I really want to marry that prince of Fanbang?Just like Princess Duan, marrying someone she doesn't like, being unhappy all her life, twirling Buddhist beads and green lanterns all day long... Zeng Qing took a deep breath, as if she had made a lot of determination, "I don't want to be like those A woman like that can’t even make decisions about her life’s happiness! Rotten wood, if you really don’t understand, I will let you understand one day.”

Liu Mu knew that Fa Neng would come back today, so he waited in Fa Neng's meditation room early in the morning.Not long after, Yu Wanran also came to Faneng's meditation room, and Liu Mu said, "What are you doing here?"

Yu Wanran said, "You smashed Chan Master Faneng's Jade Avalokitesvara, who knows how he will punish you, if I am here, I can take some of it for you."

"Yes, you also have a share in that transaction. Could it be that you feel ashamed because you blasphemed the gods?"

"Do you think that's why I'm here?"

"Then why, don't say you came here for me!"

Yu Wanran gave Liu Mu a cold look, "I'm not doing it for you."

Before noon, Jie Kong's voice came from outside, "A good-looking person will be gone if he says he's gone. No matter how good he was in life, he will end up empty-handed."

Fa Neng said, "Everything has its time limit, and in the end, ashes return to ashes."

Seeing that Fa Neng stepped into the meditation room, Liu Mu hurriedly poured a glass of water, "Chan Master Fa Neng, you are back! Zen Master has worked hard all the way, drink a glass of water to quench your thirst. The tea leaves are all used up, so we can only drink plain water."

Fa Neng said, "What is the difference between tea and white water? In the world, only this water, like the Buddha, can contain all things."

Liu Mu smiled and said, "Zhan Master Fa Neng can contain water in his belly. If I ask you, Zen Master, you are the true Buddha who can contain all things."

Faneng didn't answer, just smiled, presumably this kind of words are also very useful to Faneng.

Jie Kong said, "I heard that you have been honest these days, and you haven't caused any trouble."

Liu Mu said, "The student did not cause any trouble, but he made some mistakes accidentally. A few days ago, the student accidentally shattered Chan Master Fa Neng's Jade Avalokitesvara..."

Jie Kong was startled, only to realize that the Emerald Avalokitesvara was indeed missing in the room.

Although Fa Neng didn't speak, his face had already turned livid. Liu Mu said, "Chan Master Fa Neng calm down, didn't you just say that everything has its deadline, maybe the deadline for that Jade Guanyin has come. So it is destined to be me smash."

Jie Kong said, "Exaggerated words. Where did you put the broken Guanyin?"

Liu Mu said, "Zhan Master Fa Neng also said that dust returns to dust and returns to dust. It comes from dust, and it will return to dust, so I threw it down the mountain."

Jie Kong said, "Master, Liu Mu has caused troubles one after another, this time he must not be forgiven lightly, why not leave it to Luo Han Tang."

Ever since Zeng Qing saw Fa Neng come back, he has been following these two people.Arhat Hall is the place where the monks of Huguo Temple practice martial arts, and it is also the place where some monks who committed serious crimes were sentenced.Hearing Jiekong say the word 'Luohantang', Zeng Qing was afraid that Liu Mu would be punished severely, so he ran in from the door in fright, "It was the Emerald Guanyin that I smashed..." I didn't expect Zeng Qing and Yu Wanran to be at the same time. Said these words.

The two looked at each other in embarrassment, Liu Mu was completely confused by the two, and only looked at Yu Wanran and Zeng Qing in a daze.

Jie Kong asked, "What's going on?"

Zeng Qing rushed to say, "I accidentally smashed the Emerald Guanyin. Liu Mu was afraid that my body was too weak to withstand the punishment of the Arhat Hall, so he wanted to bear the punishment for me."

Jie Kong said, "Could it be possible that you, Yu Lin, are going to be punished for Zeng Qing?"

Yu Wanran said, "It's like this. Zeng Qing and I were fighting in Zen Master Faneng's room that day and accidentally smashed the Jade Avalokitesvara. It was a mistake for us to break into Chan Master Faneng's room and smashed the Jade Avalokitesvara again." , Liu Mu was afraid that Master Jiekong would punish us, so he wanted to take all the responsibility."

Liu Mu said loudly, "You two, stop messing around! Master Jiekong, this matter has nothing to do with the two of them. I smashed the Jade Avalokitesvara. If you don't believe me, ask Huihai. We were the only ones in the room at that time."

Jie Kong asked Hui Hai to question him, and learned that the Jade Avalokitesvara was broken by Liu Mu, "Liu Mu, you have blasphemed gods and Buddhas again and again, you can accept the punishment!"

"I know I made a mistake, so of course I accept the punishment." Liu Mu said so, but when he thought of the cane punishment in his heart, he couldn't help feeling terrified, especially when I heard that a monk broke the precept of meat and was punished a hundred times with the cane. , There were three executions in total, but they were still beaten to pieces.Liu Mu said, "However, I think Zen Master can contain the water that contains all things in his body. Could it be that he can't tolerate an ordinary person who has made mistakes like me because of a valuable jade carving?" He also deliberately emphasized in his words It is worth a lot of money.

Fa Neng really felt sorry for the Emerald Avalokitesvara. Seeing what Liu Mu said, he didn't want others to think that he was a greedy person, so he smiled and said, "Yes, what Liu Mu smashed was just a statue, not a real Bodhisattva. Leave it at that, Jie Kong, you don't have to blame Liu Mu anymore."

Liu Mu clasped his hands together and bowed, "Chan Master Fa Neng has profound Buddhist teachings, and indeed he is a Living Buddha."

Yu Wanran and Zeng Qing raised their mouths at the same time.Yu Wanran glanced at Liu Mu, who usually looks ignorant, but at critical moments, she often thinks of ideas that are different from ordinary people, and she can actually make an eminent monk like Chan Master Fa Neng lose to the Dharma that she has studied for decades.

Zeng Qing glanced at Liu Mu secretly, lowered his head and bit his lips lightly, dead wood, you are very bright at this time, when you are with me, you pretend to be stupid and stupid!

Faneng's big hat was worn too high, and he could only bear the pain and smile happily.But he began to think about how to drive Liumu out of Huguo Temple. He thought that Liumu first burned the ancient Buddha of Jin'an Temple, then scraped off the gold leaf of the big Buddha in the temple and gave it to others, and now he smashed his favorite jade Guanyin. I make mistakes repeatedly, but every time I can find excuses from Zen, if this continues, I am afraid that these things in my room will be destroyed by willows.