Chapter 4 Zen Room

Thunder, lightning, wind and rainstorms seem to be whistling in my ears all the time. The chaos in my mind seems to be indistinguish. Just in the severe pain, I felt a gust of wind and rain passing by and going to an unknown place.

There seemed to be someone talking beside him. The voice of the words was quite strange. It sounded a little anxious and faintly heard: 'There seems to be something wrong with him. Can you take a look?'

A cold hand swam on him to check. After a moment, he said in astonishment, 'Why is he hurt so much?'

The man next to him said angrily, 'Nonsense, he is under the Jade Sword, you think...'

He didn't hear the following words clearly, because at this time, a dizziness hit his head and almost fainted. In the confusion, he only vaguely felt that the sky was still roaring and thundering.

The person beside him seemed to be shocked and quickly checked. The cold breath on his hand woke him up for a moment. He heard the man say anxiously, 'Oh, his forehead is hot, I'm afraid he has a high fever...'

Do you still have a fever?

This was Gui Li's last idea. After that, he fainted again and lost consciousness.

A roar woke him up from the unconscious situation. The first reaction was that he thought it was still the thunder in the sky. It's just that somehow, although he was a little sober, it was still dark in front of him. He desperately wanted to open his eyes and look around, but he was stunned to find that his eyelids were still closed and he couldn't open his eyes.

Then, a sharp pain came, not from his seriously injured chest, but from his throat. He subconsciously moved his mouth and shouted hoarsely and slightly: 'water...'

There seemed to be no one around, leaving him alone and lying helplessly on the ground. The thirst in his throat became more and more intense, like a fire. His lips moved gently, and the strength in his body moved slightly, and the consciousness in his mind seemed to be more sober.

'Ah!' Suddenly, a voice came from the side. The voice was different from usual, but it seemed to have heard it before. It was a little familiar, and there was a little surprise in the tone of his voice. He said, 'You're awake, brother, come here quickly, he's awake...'

The surroundings suddenly became quiet, and after a while, a sound of footsteps quickly approached and walked to Gui Li. Gui Li struggled to open his eyes again, but somehow, this time, his strength had completely disappeared. He only vaguely saw two shadows squatting beside him, and behind the figure, there seemed to be a few dark shadows. As for the faces of these people, he can't see clearly.

'Water...' He whispered again.

This time, the people around me understood.

'Come on, bring water, come on.'

He hurriedly walked back and forth. In a short time, someone ran over, and then a cold hand carefully raised his head, and a bowl-like thing leaned against his lips.

The cool water touched his dry lips, and the muscles on his face moved. He opened his mouth laboriously and drank the water in one bite. The clear water entered the throat, like a sweet spring sprinkled into the dry land, which immediately eased the burning pain.

Gui Li's heart was relieved, and he immediately became tired and fell asleep again.

Everyone next to him was shocked, and immediately someone came to press Gui Li's pulse. After a moment, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It doesn't matter. He is injured too much, has a fever, and his physical exhaustion, and there is no worry about his life at the moment."

As soon as he said this, the people around him seemed to be relieved. Then, it seemed that someone looked at the ghost and sighed gently.

I don't know how many times have passed since he fell asleep. During this time, the ghost woke up several times, but all of them fell asleep immediately after waking up for a moment. In his impression, he only remembered that there was always someone waiting beside him.

Suddenly, he saw many people, his parents when he was young, the innocent and beautiful senior sister, the unforgettable Biyao, Lu Xueqi, and many many people flashed in front of him. Once, he even felt that he had seen the Dharma phase and the Dharma brother of Tianyin Temple ten years ago, sitting. Praise and recite the Buddha for him by his side.

He smiled bitterly at that time, but even he didn't know whether his bitter smile could be shown on his face. Maybe it was just a dream after all.

It's like, this upside-down life is like a dream!

Why should I praise the scriptures for me?

What's the use of chanting the Sutra?

When he was awake for a moment, he thought about it quietly in his mind, and then he fainted again.

'D...D...D...D...D...'

It seemed to be the sound of a low bell echoing in the sky, which woke him up from a deep nightmare. The sound of the heavy bell, from far to near, slowly seemed to hit the bottom of his heart.

For the first time, he didn't have the impulse to open his eyes. He lay quietly and didn't care about it. Where is he and what is the world outside?

In the world, there are only bursts of low bells left at this moment.

'D...D...D...D...D...'

The bell is melodious, as if it will never stop, and it keeps beating like this. He listened and breathed gently. All his spirit was integrated into this gentle tone, and he was no longer willing to leave.

How long has it been since he lay so carelessly for the first time.

Who knows what kind of pain it should be to bear how many heavy burdens?

It's just that this small world can't last after all. A burst of footsteps from far to near came to his place, disrupting his mind.

The bell that struck his heart suddenly seemed to be far away from him, and suddenly far away from the sky.

Silence, sigh...

He slowly opened his eyes.

Buddha!

This turned out to be what he saw at first sight.

A big 'Buddha' character, hanging high on the roof, around the Buddha character, surrounded by a circle of golden patterns, and then along the periphery, a circle of exquisitely carved five hundred arhat statues, forming a large circle. All the arhats are of average size, but their postures are all different, arranged in rows, and extremely upright. Then, outside the large circle is a suspended ceiling with a black edge on a blue background, which is two feet higher than the middle Buddha circle. The painting style is different. It is a square square, each square is one foot square, with a golden edge, and there are unicorns, phoenixes, golden dragons, goats and other Buddhist auspicious beasts

Although he is not good at carving architecture, he only took a look and knew that this was a magic handwriting. On the roof, in the inner circle around the Buddha character, two golden chains hang down, with a long lamp hanging upside down. Looking up from the bottom, it is a copper basin roughly three feet large, which is thought to be full of lamp oil.

Gui Li frowned and turned his head to look around. He saw that it was like a Zen room in a temple. The room was quite spacious. The four corners were large red painted columns, and the green bricks were paved. The door was made of tung wood. A window was opened on each side. The red paint was also used, which looked very solemn. On one side of the wall hangs a picture of Guanyin's hand-held jade dew bottle, and below is a set of incense cases with four plates of fruit, namely pears, apples, oranges and oranges. Before the fruit is provided, there is a copper stove with three thin sandalwoods on it, floating wiswis of light smoke floating in

And the wall on the other side is where the ghost is. There is a wooden bed here, which is simple and strong, and there is no more decoration. It is thought that the monks do not care about such things, and the room is also generally simple. In addition to the above things, there is only a round table in the middle, and there are four round stools around it. The table is all black, and there are teapots and tea cups on the table, which are plain porcelain.

At this time, the sound of footsteps had arrived outside the door. The door of the Zen room was pushed open from the outside, and a man stepped in. Gui Li looked at him and couldn't help but be stunned, but he was a strange young monk who had never seen before. He held a wooden plate in his hand with a new kettle on it. When he came in, he did not look at Gui Li. Instead, he went directly to the table in the room and changed the teapot on the table with the wooden plate in his

'Who are you...?' Gui Li asked, but he only said a word, and suddenly felt a sore throat. Although he was not as violent as the last time he was in a coma, he was also very uncomfortable, and his voice suddenly became hoarse.

Despite this, the little monk was also shocked and immediately turned around. In a hurry, he almost overturned the wooden disk in his hand.

'Ah! Are you awake?' The little monk seemed to be quite surprised, but there was joy in his eyes. He smiled and said, "Then wait, I'll ask my brothers to come and see you immediately."

With that, he wanted to run out of the door. Gui Li asked in a hoarse voice, "Little master, where is this place?"

The little monk turned around and smiled, with a rather innocent and beautiful expression on his face. He smiled and said, 'Here? Of course, this is Tianyin Temple!'

Tianyin Temple!

The ghost was stunned all of a sudden, as if he had been hit by thunder. The little monk trotted all the way away, thinking that he was going to call people, leaving only Gui Li and lying back **, and his heart was extremely confused.

Tianyin Temple...

He was shocked and uncertain, but somehow, there was another bitter meaning, rising from his deep heart.

Tianyin Temple...Tianyin Temple...Puzhi...

There was a faint voice in the distance, and at the same time, several footsteps came to the Zen room. Someone seemed to ask the little monk in a low voice. The little monk was obviously young, naive and lively, and kept answering with laughter.

Somehow, listening to those questions and answers, the ghost was distracted for a moment. He didn't think about his current situation, and he didn't want to be resentful in the past. At this moment, he suddenly envied this ordinary little monk for no reason. Like his naive and lively appearance, maybe he doesn't know that there is suffering and hatred in the world, right?

Young and ignorant, but is it the happiest day for us in many years?

The footsteps stopped abruptly. Just outside the door, someone said to the little monk, 'You don't have to go in. Why don't you go to the backyard now to inform the abbot now, that is, Zhang Xiaofan's beneuror has woken up.'

The little monk smiled and said, 'It's okay. However, Brother Dharma, you have agreed to teach me to practice the Great Brahma and Prajna, which can't be regretted.'

The man outside the door laughed and said, "Little guy, be greedy. Go quickly. I promised you, and naturally I won't go back on my word."

The little monk was obviously very happy. He smiled and jumped away. At the opening of the wooden door, it seemed that someone paused outside the door, took a deep breath, and then came in.

Sure enough, it was the Dharma phase. After him, it was still the tall monk Fa Shan.

Dressed in a moon-white monk's clothes, with a white face, holding a rosary in his hand, the appearance of the Dharma looked at each other, as if it had not changed at all in the past ten years. He slowly walked towards the wooden bed where the ghost was lying. When he got to the bed, he looked at each other, and the two of them had no words.

The atmosphere in the room was a little strange for a moment. After a while, Fa Xiang smiled at the corners of his mouth and saluted the ghost fiercely: 'Zhang Shizhu, are you awake?'

The corners of Gui Li's eyes twitched, and suddenly said coldly, 'I'm not Zhang. I've forgotten that name for a long time.'

Fa Xiang's face remained unchanged. He only looked at the ghost. After a while, he whispered, "What name to use is naturally up to your own meaning. However, if you don't even want your surname, do you want to be worthy of the parents who raised you in those years?"

Gui Li's face changed and hummed, but he didn't say anything more. He turned his head and stopped looking at him.

Fa Xiang didn't mean to blame him. When he and Fa Shan looked at this demon demon who was rejected by the right way in the world, his eyes were completely full of kindness. Fa Shan moved two chairs from the back of the round table, put them by the bed, and whispered, "Brother, please sit down!"

Fa Xiang nodded, sat down in the chair, looked at Gui Li, and said, "How do you feel now?"

Gui Li didn't need him to ask. In fact, he had secretly checked his body for a long time. The ribs that had been severely damaged to the fracture of his chest had been completely connected. At this moment, he was tied with a thick bandage, which obviously helped to fix it. As for the many skin injuries on the shoulder, they were also well There is a faint sense of coolness. Obviously, an excellent wound medicine has been applied to the wound to have such a curative effect.

When he met him, he didn't answer, and he was not angry. He smiled and said, "When you were in a coma, I have helped you connect the broken bones. Other skin injuries are not serious, but your internal parts have been seriously damaged. You have to be carefully adjusted to be intact, and your body is strong. Otherwise, even if I'm afraid it's inevitable.'

He paused for a moment and said, "My little brother told you just now!" This is Tianyin Temple. Except for a few people in our temple, no one in the world knows about it, so it is very safe. You just have to heal your wounds here...'

Gui Li suddenly interrupted him, looked directly into his eyes and said, "Did you save me?"

The smile on Faxiang's face froze, as if he was a little hesitant. He turned around and looked at Fashan. Fashan bowed his head and gently recited the Buddha's name.

Fa Xiang turned back, stopped hesitating, nodded and said, 'Yes.'

Gui Li snorted and said, 'Don't tell me that you don't know. What would happen if Qingyunmen knew about your behavior?'

Fa Xiang said lightly: 'Of course I know.'

Gui Li sneered and said, "In this case, why do you have to save me, a demon demon demon behind my back?"

Fa Xiang looked at him. Somehow, there was something strange in his eyes.

Gui Li frowned and said, 'What are you looking at?'

Fa Xiang smiled and said, "How do you know that I must have come to save you behind my back?"

Gui Li was stunned and said, 'What?'

Fa Xiang leisurely said: 'The heads of the seven veins of Qingyunmen in those years were not ordinary people, and all of them were extraordinary. Uncle Zeng, the head of Fenghuifeng, is also one of them. On that day, I fought with him. I wanted to pester him and not expose my Taoism in a short time. I asked myself that I couldn't do it.'

Gui Li stared at the Fa Xiang for a long time. The Fa Xiang was frank and his smile did not change. After a long time, Gui Li suddenly closed his eyes and no longer looked at each other.

Fa Xiang nodded and said, 'You haven't recovered from your serious injury, but you still need more rest.'

Gui Li closed his eyes and suddenly said, 'Why did you save me?'

Fa Xiang was silent for a moment and said lightly, 'I can't answer you to this question.'

Gui Li took a deep breath and said, 'Why?'

Fa Xiang praised the Buddha's name in a low voice and said, "You don't have to worry. When you recover from your injury in a few days, someone will naturally tell you."

Gui Li opened his eyes and frowned: 'Who?'

The corners of Fa Xiang's mouth moved, as if he hesitated for a moment, but finally said, 'It's okay to tell you, it's my mentor, the abbot of Tianyin Temple, Puhong!'

Gui Li was stunned for a moment. After a moment, he looked at his face and knew that he could no longer ask anything. He simply took a breath and lay down.

The bell was melodious in the distance, and it came again.

'D...D...D...D...D...'