【Cang Qiao】Bodhi

July [-]th, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s Christmas.

On this day, Cang Yue Guming woke up early.When Qiao Rulai woke up from sleep, what he saw was his front paws holding the bed board, his eyes were not sleepy, looking at him expectantly and excitedly.

Presumably, the temptation of roast chicken is too great, so this nocturnal beast that likes to squint its eyes and take a nap during the day, but is full of energy at night, is excitedly wagging its fluffy wolf tail in the twilight morning light.

Qiao Tathagata pretended not to see the earnest look in Cang Yue Guming's eyes, and got up, dressed, folded the quilt, and washed at a leisurely pace as in the past.

Because of the Dharma meeting, the morning class in the temple can be skipped, which saves most of the time.Therefore, when Qiao Tathagata finished packing up, the morning light was still shining, and the sun had not yet fully risen, so he gathered up his monk's robe, summoned Cang Yue Guming, who had been excited all morning, and went to the small town at the foot of the mountain together.

Arriving in the town, Qiao Rulai couldn't bear Cang Yue Guming's shameless behavior of constantly tugging at his sleeves, so he had to turn a corner at the intersection and go to the market to buy three roast chickens for him.The owner who sold the roast chicken seemed to be familiar with Qiao Rulai for a long time. When he packed it, he deliberately stuffed a chicken leg into the oiled paper bag. Seeing Cang Yue Guming was even more happy, his tail was shaking vigorously, causing Qiao Rulai's calf to hurt.

It would be inappropriate to bring three roast chickens to the Buddhist Dharma Conference.Qiao Tathagata thought for a while, then found a tea shop, ordered a bowl of rough tea, looked down at Cang Yue Guming, who pulled the oil paper away bit by bit with his paws, and then looked like he was eating happily, with a faint smile on the corners of his lips. laugh.

The villagers were no longer surprised that he was accompanied by a wolf.The waiter who was busy in the tea shop, the owner who boiled water and made tea, and the tea guests who were drinking tea and chatting, all did not panic because of the appearance of Cang Yue Guming.Everyone does their own things, eats their own tea, and people come and go without losing leisure and tranquility, which is full of harmony and tranquility.

Obviously, the locals have seen a lot, so they are no longer afraid.

Qiao Rulai held the tea bowl, drank the light rough tea in one sip, and calculated the time when the puja would start, but didn't notice that there was a person rushing towards him:

"Big Brother? It's Big Brother! Big Brother!!!"

Cang Yue Guming woke up when the man didn't make a sound.He knew the other party's identity, but no matter how many times he couldn't get used to the way that person rushed towards Qiao Tathagata in a hurry, so he always pretended not to know the other party, and put on a wolf clan's high alert posture—— His ears were erected, his tail was raised, his front body lay down, revealing a mouthful of sharp fangs, and he let out a menacing growl, his brows were arched down, and his eyes showed some ruthlessness.

as it is now.

Qiao Rulai also reacted, he looked at the figure running in the distance, and pressed Cang Yue Guming's head with one hand, and gently pressed the soft ears of the wolves with his fingertips:

"Nothing, don't panic..."

He lowered his eyebrows and softly comforted Cang Yue Guming, who was protecting himself behind him and was fully alert, and raised his eyes only after the footsteps stopped.He looked at the person standing in front of him, softened his brows and eyes, showing a touch of warmth, and called out:

"Silver swallow."

The young man in front of him had long dark red hair and was dressed in white battle armor. The red and silver interlaced forehead ornament concealed a swallow-shaped scar between his eyebrows. His eyebrows were like bright stars, and he was heroic. The face is full of excitement from seeing Qiao Tathagata.

It is Qiao Tathagata's younger brother, Snow Mountain Silver Swallow, Shi Cunxiao.

Xueshan Yinyan looked down at Cang Yue Guming who was not very friendly to her, moved half a step, avoided him, sat down beside Qiao Rulai, ordered a bowl of tea with the boss, and then put her elbows on the table Go up, lower your body, turn your head to look back at Cang Yue Guming, with a puzzled look:

"Brother, why does this wolf next to you attack me every time?"

——Whenever you don't rush towards Qiao Tathagata like a bull, the lonely king will not attack you.

Cang Yue Guming sneered in his heart, walked around Qiao Tathagata, then lay down at the feet of the monk in white, and continued to eat his roast chicken.

good to eat.

"You stupid cow, every time you run amok at Qiao Tathagata, you go at it. Qiao Tathagata is its owner, you're to blame if it's not fierce!"

"Sword Promise!"

The young man in blue who was called Jian Wuji by Xueshan Yinyan pulled a stool and sat across the table, raised his eyebrows, looked at Xueshan Yinyan's annoyed look, with a smile on his lips, and put on a look of "If you don't like it, just hit me "Yeah".

"Yinyan." Qiao Rulai moved the counting beads in his hand one by one, and looked at the tense interaction between the two senior brothers in front of him, and changed the subject with a voice: "How are you doing?"

Xueshan Yinyan took the tea soup sent by the boss, took a sip, wiped the corner of her mouth, and replied: "It's not bad, it's just that my father has been talking about you a lot recently, brother, you should go back and have a look when you have time."

Qiao Tathagata responded, and from the corner of her eye, she saw Jian Wuji who was in a daze across the table. She turned her thoughts and asked cautiously: "Then why are you and Jian Wuji here today...? I don't remember that you would take the initiative to participate in this event in the past." kind of puja."

——Ninety-nine percent came with his brother.

Cang Yue Guming gnawed on the roasted chicken leg, his ears moved.

"Ah... um... yes..."

"It's Miss Fengdie." Before Jian Wuji finished writing ink, Xueshan Yinyan hurriedly replied, "Miss Fengdie came here on a mission, and I will accompany Jian Wuji... huh?!"

I saw Jian Wuji suddenly picked up the tea bowl in front of him, pressed Yin Yan's shoulders, lifted the bowl and stuffed it into his mouth, some tea soup spilled out, soaking the white cloak, and the tea was not covered. The second half of the sentence was blocked back.Xueshan Yinyan glared at Jian Wuji angrily, as if fire was about to burst out of her eyes.

The act of trying to cover it up, but it can't hide the panic that flashed in Jian Wuji's eyes.

Qiao Tathagata knows well that the butterfly in Yinyan's mouth is the adopted daughter of the owner of Huanzhu Building and Jian Wuji's beloved.

Jian Wuji and her have a rough relationship, get together less and leave more, and now their positions are even more contradictory. Even though they love each other with all their hearts, they cannot confess to each other because of various reasons.Time flies, so many years have been missed; the feelings are hard to express, and no one listens to the excuses full of words, which is also a kind of great sorrow.

Qiao Tathagata looked at the trace of sadness on Jian Wuji's brow that had not yet faded, flipped another counting bead in his hand, and silently recited Amitabha in his heart.

Worldly love is suffering, mortal relationship is suffering, and love is also suffering.

There is no limit to the sea of ​​suffering in the world, where is the other side?Difficult to cross.

--Amitabha.

Click.

Cang Yue Guming bit off the last chicken leg bone in his mouth, licked the bone marrow full of oily fragrance, and looked up at Qiao Rulai.The young man seemed to feel something, turned his head sideways, and looked into the other person's eyes, only to see that the eyes were transparent and full of agility.

—The man has come.

Hearing this heartbeat, he pinched the bead in his hand with his fingertips, thought for a while, and then said to the two:

"Since we're here, let's go to the Fa conference together. There are many people in the town today, most of them are here for the Fa conference. Maybe the person Jian Wuji is looking for... may also be present."

As Qiao Tathagata said, the dojo of the Fahui is crowded with people, and believers and good women embrace each other, hoping to gain more salvation by listening to the eminent monks chanting scriptures.

When Qiao Rulai and the others arrived, it was already a little late, and the seats in the inner field were all occupied, and even the outer edge was crowded with people, so the three of them and one wolf had to find a place with relatively few people. , to avoid the crowds of people pushing and shoving.

Cang Yue Gu Ming was always guarding Qiao Tathagata's side, his body clinging to the hem of the monk's robe, grinning his teeth and putting on a fierce look. He was already a little bigger, but after lowering his brows and eyes, he also had an extremely fierce expression, looking extremely appalling.And this time, not only the villagers from the town, but also foreigners who came here to attend the Dharma meeting, those people were terrified when they saw a big ruthless wolf suddenly appearing in the crowd, and their faces turned pale. Step back to the sides.

Thanks to Cang Yue Guming, Qiao Rulai and the others quickly found a convenient place to watch the puja without too many people.Qiao Tathagata bent down and rubbed the back of Cang Yue Guming's ear to show her appreciation.The big wolf, who was still looking fierce just now, put away all his hostility the moment his fingertips touched the fur, his ears drooped slightly, his expression was docile, and his head was still rubbing against Qiao Tathagata's legs.

This scene stunned the snow-capped Yinyan next to her—my elder brother was obviously just a lay disciple who escaped into Buddhism, why did his years of Buddhist career turn his elder brother into a master wolf tamer? !

Jian Wuji silently raised his hand, patted Yinyan's shoulder, and shook his head helplessly.

—what a fuss.

Cang Yue Guying rolled his eyes at the stunned Snow Mountain Silver Swallow, flicked his tail, circled directly under Qiao Tathagata's feet, put his front paws on the hem of Qiao Tathagata's monk robe, and put his head on it, enjoying the lingering Sandalwood on the nose.

It is the taste of beauty.

The eminent monks chanted scriptures and served meals and fasted.

The puja was going on step by step, Qiao Rulai didn't intend to go to get the fast meal, he thought it was rare to meet Yinyan, so he wanted to invite them to find a place to have lunch together, but when he turned his head, he saw Jian Wuji staring at him. Not far away, the eyes are focused, the eyes are calm, and the eyes are staring straight at the ground.

Qiao Tathagata looked along, only to see a butterfly-shaped hair ornament floating up and down with the crowd of people.This ornament is exquisite and special, Qiao Rulai recognizes it, it is——

"Swallow Butterfly!" Jian Wuji yelled, and took a step forward. Xueshan Yinyan stretched out her hand to grab him, but she was a step too slow. The navy blue cloak slipped between his fingers, and the figure moved and quickly disappeared into the crowd. middle.

--Oops.

Cang Yue Gu Ming stood up immediately, walked around Qiao Tathagata's feet twice, thought for a while, then used his forepaws to poke the monk's hanging sleeves, blinked, and transmitted a sentence with his heart voice:

——Qiao Tathagata, you take Yinyan to the periphery of the crowd.I went to the roof to look for Jian Wuji, and when I found it, I sent you a sound transmission.

After passing the message, he blinked his eyes, and after watching Qiao Tathagata nod in agreement, he ran to the open space not far away, jumped onto the roof, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Qiao Rulai stretched out her hand, grabbed Xueshan Yinyan's wrist, and quickly said to him: "Yinyan, follow me." After that, without waiting for Yinyan's answer, she pulled him outside.

Qiao Rulai and Xueshan Yinyan searched for Jian Wuji around the town together, including restaurants, shops, small stalls, every possible place where Jian Wuji might go, but it was in vain. They only said that there are so many people today, people come and go too frequently, no one has seen Jian Wuji.

Xueshan Yinyan looked anxious, and sweat dripped from her forehead and cheeks.He clenched his hands into fists. Several times he wanted to run away to find Jian Wuji alone, but he didn't want to be alone in this situation. After several struggles and conflicts, his eyes were red.

"Yinyan..." Qiao Rulai looked at his anxious appearance, and felt anxious in her heart.He put his hand on Snow Mountain Yinyan's shoulder, and comforted him softly: "Jian Wuji will be fine, don't worry, we will find it, let's go over there and look for it."

Although he said this, he was also worried.And at this moment...

——Pretty Tathagata!

A familiar voice came from the bottom of her heart, and Qiao Rulai suddenly raised her head.

——Qiao Tathagata, I found it, after the stone forest five miles east of the town, hurry up!

"Yinyan!" Qiao Rulai tightened the hand on Yinyan's shoulder, "Follow me!"

With a firm tone and serious meaning, Snow Mountain Yinyan no doubted that he was there, nodded, and followed Qiao Rulai to the east of the town.

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The boulders were chaotic, the chill was shivering, and the westerly wind swept over the dead leaves, bringing them down all over the place.

"Feng... Phoenix Die, you are willing to come to me..."

The air was filled with the smell of blood, thick and sticky, but also filled with an incomparably sad desolation.

Jian Wuji stretched out his hand, his trembling fingertips wanted to touch the face separated from him by a sword.The chest was pierced by the long sword, the pain was very painful, but it was not as good as the slowly torn wound in the heart, the pain was bleeding, the pain... penetrated into the internal organs.

When Snow Mountain Yinyan and Qiao Tathagata arrived, they saw such a scene.

"Jian Wuji——!"

Xueshan Yinyan yelled violently, the Xiaoling spear appeared in her hand, and she was about to rush over with the spear.

"Snow Mountain...Yinyan...!" Jian Wuji breathed out without turning his head, "Don't come here...! Don't force me...to hate you!"

The foot that was going forward stopped abruptly, Xueshan Yinyan was about to burst into tears, her hands trembled violently, her teeth were clenched, and she did not take a step forward after all.

Cang Yue Guming has always maintained a state of intimidation and vigilance, his eyes are always fixed on the dark stone forest behind Savior Die.He could feel the aura hidden in those hidden places - it was a thick and piercing murderous aura, with the sternness and chill of a killer, penetrating inch by inch into this narrow space, making people vigilant.The vigilant instinct of beasts made him dare not relax at all. He bent down, his ears were raised high, the long hair on his tail was slightly fluffed up, and he let out frequent roars from the depths of his throat.

Qiao Tathagata followed behind Yinyan in the snow mountain, and seeing the scene in front of her, she couldn't help but tightly squeezed the Buddhist beads in her hand.He suddenly felt a faint heat in his chest, which seemed to be scorching, and it tended to rise gradually.However, the situation was critical at this time, and he couldn't allow him to check it now, so he had to raise his hand and cover the hot spot with his palm.The warm and warm piece, although he didn't know where it came from, made him feel extremely at ease.

But although the heat in his arms made him calm, the scene at this moment made him unable to relax for a moment.

"I love you." Feng Die clenched the long sword in her hand, her words were cold and cold, but her fingers were trembling slightly, "But...it's over!"

Before she finished speaking, Feng Die turned around and drew her sword, and her clothes fluttered in the air, causing bursts of blood to disperse into a red mist.

The blood rained down and fell on the two scarred hearts, but it couldn't hide Jian Wuji's cry...

——For you, I am willing.

The voice is soft and soft, without blame, unwillingness, or resentment, only the fulfillment and relief after great joy and sorrow, implying deep love, but it is difficult to escape the troubles of the world.

Kindness is in a dilemma, disaster and disaster are separated.Who is the cause and who is the effect?

All are empty.

"Jian Wuji———————————!!!!" Looking at the slumped figure in front of her, Xueshan Yinyan couldn't bear it any longer, the Xiaoling Spear plunged into the ground, stepped out, and caught Jian Wuji with both hands , pressing his palm on the opponent's chest, allowing the blood to flow out from between the fingers of the palm, staining his white battle armor red.He was half kneeling on the ground, trembling all over, every single word was squeezed out of his mouth, full of repressed and forbearable anger:

"Why! Why are you able to fight! When Jian Wuji was seriously injured, his name was always your name! Do you know?!"

Swallow Die opened her mouth slightly, then closed her eyes forcefully, turned her head stiffly, turned to the depths of the stone forest behind her and said, "Mission complete, leave."

It was still the cold words, and the expression that seemed neither happy nor sad.And amidst this seemingly indifferent demeanor, Qiao Rulai was keenly aware of the abnormality in the other's expression, the temperature in the embrace became hotter and hotter, as if urging something.He had a feeling in his heart, and immediately took a step forward, and before the swallowtail disappeared into the dark, he asked:

"Miss Phoenix Butterfly, has it really passed?"

Swallow Die stopped in her tracks and did not speak.She waited until the haze lurking in the depths of the stone forest dissipated before she turned her head to the side, revealing half of her face that was darkly gloomy.Her eyelashes were half drooping, some dark shadows fell in her eyes under a slight trembling, Swallow Die's eyes were light and distant, and her words contained some affection other than indifference, and she said softly:

"...take care of him."

Then he turned and walked away, never looking back.

Qiao Rulai looked at the back of Fengdie gradually disappearing into the shadows, and suddenly felt that the heat in his arms suddenly increased a lot, and when he reached into his arms, he realized that it was nothing but companionship that became warm His twelve bodhi seed rosary beads for more than twenty years!

The string of Buddha beads was in his hand, and at the same time, it was glowing with a faint golden light, which reflected a little gold in the cassock on his sleeves.

A string of twelve Bodhi seeds were all thoroughly pierced by the halo, and suddenly two of them burst out with dazzling brilliance, untied from the knots, floated into the air, flickered several times, and fell a little like a dark night enlightenment. Like flickering light and shadow.Then the two Bodhiseparated suddenly, split and scattered to two places, one flew to the direction where Swallow Die left, and the other went to the direction of Jian Wuji and Snow Mountain Silver Swallow.

Qiao Ru turned back and forth, only to see that the Bodhi seed directly sank into the sword wound on Jian Wuji's chest, the faint light melted into the dripping blood, and disappeared after a few flashes.He rushed to Yinyan's side, opened Yinyan's hand that was pressed until the knuckles turned white, and carefully inspected the fatal sword wound, only to find that the bleeding from the sword had already stopped bleeding by itself, but Jian Wuji His face was still pale and his breath was weak, but at least he kept a glimmer of life like a gossamer.

This matter is very different, and Cang Yue Gu Ming didn't know why it happened, it shook its head at Qiao Tathagata, and said via voice transmission:

——There are many people in the town today, and the medical center is not very safe. Why don't you take him back to the temple first.

Qiao Tathagata agreed.

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After returning to the temple, the host saw Jian Wuji's condition, but didn't say anything, he hurriedly allocated a guest room, and asked the novice monk in the temple to search for water and medicine to heal Jian Wuji's wounds.

Qiao Tathagata accompanied Yinyan in Xueshan, softly comforting her anxious younger brother, but her eyes were still worried.He restrained himself, and although he knew that Jian Wuji's vitality was preserved, he couldn't help but feel some pity and fear. He put his hands together slowly, his eyelashes drooped slightly, and a Sanskrit sound curled up in the air, untraceable. Searching.

Putting palms together in salute, slipping the wide robe sleeves to the arms, revealing the string of bodhi seeds that had never been taken off on the wrists.Two of the round beads that were originally connected to the city were missing, and a piece of dark red string was left empty, which fell on the slender white porcelain wrist, but the dull color was contrasted with a different eye-catching color.

Cang Yue Guming crouched at his feet, and when he raised his eyes, he saw the bunch of Bodhisattvas.The blue eyes dimmed, and the strange phenomenon of the day surfaced in his mind. He wanted to pick up clues related to it from his memory, but he had gone through thousands of years, but he couldn't find any clues.

Bodhi is still the same, but there is a sudden change, but it also declares that the peace of the past is like water, and once it goes eastward, it will never return.

He had a guess in his mind, but he was so delusional that he didn't want to think about it.He also wanted to stay in this short period of peace and enjoy the warmth of his half body.However, the world is impermanent, and reincarnation has the final result. His shallow wish for this moment will eventually be trampled under the karma of destiny, and there will be no trace left.

——Could it be...

Cang Yue Guming suppressed the torrential thoughts in his heart, closed his eyes and lightly sniffed the scent of sandalwood beside him, as if indulging, as if intoxicated.

Let him enjoy a moment more, the quiet time at this moment.