Chapter 001] Here comes a monster
Chapter 001] Here comes a monster
Luoyang.Garan Temple.
Believe in ghosts and gods in troubled times.People in troubled times have nothing to rely on for their souls, and many Buddhist temples have sprung up.However, if there is a war raging, spiritual support and the like are pure nonsense, and it is too late to escape, who has nothing to do to send money to the bald monk?What's so good about a bald donkey!
The little monk Konoha was biting a sprig of dogtail grass, with his hands behind his head, looking up at the birds in the sky, only thinking of shooting two of them with a slingshot to satisfy his greed.However, he is a monk now. According to his master Jikong Master, monks cannot eat meat. Considering that the daily food is extremely thin porridge with a few pieces of tasteless tofu, his mouth is full. Fade out the bird.He spat out the grass with a "pooh" sound, touched his bare head, and felt that his whole body was weak.
Konoha is not a monk at all, but the country of Yan is in a civil war to seize the heirloom and a foreign war with the dog army and the Huns. Is it strange that the world is not chaotic?His mother saw that the monks in the monk temple had at least something to eat, so she gave him to the old monk Jikong, and led the remaining children to flee to the south.Now that the new emperor has just ascended the throne, and people's livelihood is in decline, Konoha wants to find his mother and siblings, but he doesn't know where to find them.The world is so chaotic, maybe they died under the sword of the rebellious soldiers.
Pitiful, he is young and young, he looks like Pan'an at the age of sixteen, why did he become a bald monk who has lost his children and grandchildren?The world is not good now, even if he returns to vulgarity, he can't find a suitable livelihood, so he can only be wronged temporarily in this dilapidated small temple.There is more than one Jialan Temple in Luoyang. The largest Jialan Temple was dilapidated in the flames of war. The monks fled like birds and beasts.
"Konoha, let's ask for alms after finishing the morning class." Master Jikong's eyebrows were so old that they drooped down long, like a birthday star.But he hasn't eaten much recently, and he walks wobbly, and Konoha looks worried for him, for fear that if he accidentally falls to the ground, he won't be able to get up again.
"Yes, master!" Konoha obediently nodded to Shi Jikong, picked up the rice bowl and left the temple gate.The door of the monastery is wide open. To be precise, it cannot be closed tightly even if the door is closed. Nothing in Wanxing Temple is of value to be stolen, and it does not matter whether it is closed or not.Konoha glanced at the door, and saw that the plaque with the words "Galan Temple" had long been dilapidated, and it was placed obliquely on the corner of the wall, covered with spider webs.There were originally three or four great monks in their monastery, but now only he and his master Jikong are left.They didn't need to ask for alms before, and the food and vegetables planted behind the temple were enough to eat. Unfortunately, the weather this year was too bad and the harvest was not good.
Konoha walked to a crowded alley, put his palms together, silently recited a few Buddhist scriptures, and knocked on the first house.Konoha has a handsome appearance, especially a pair of peach eyes are worth seeing. If she meets a warm-hearted aunt, she will always give some food.
He said softly: "Benefactor, the little monk is a monk from the Garan Temple, I don't know..."
"There's nothing to eat, hurry up and go elsewhere!"
It was a reckless man who opened the door. Seeing a bald monk standing outside, he immediately closed the door and said bad luck.Konoha had a bad nose, so she had to go to the next house, thinking that it would be bad luck for me, Konoha, to meet you!But I don't know if it was bad luck today or some other reason, Konoha knocked on a dozen or so families, and all the people who came out were men, and all of them were like the owner of the first house, avoiding him like snakes and scorpions.
Where's Madam?Where did the kind aunt go?Don't men go out to work? !Konoha scratched her bald head and couldn't help becoming irritable.He was originally irritable and fiery, and he didn't know what his mother was thinking, instead of keeping his good brother as a monk, he would keep him?
Konoha held the rice bowl and knocked open House No. 15, and what came out was an old woman in her fifties with a kind face, like a good man and a faithful woman.Konoha's eyes lit up, she bowed to her, said a few words of Amitabha and said: "The benefactor, the young monk is a monk of the Garan Temple. The harvest is not good and the temple can't open the pot. I don't know if there is any extra vegetarian food in the benefactor's family. Some for the monk and the master?"
The aunt took Konoha's rice bowl and said, "Little master, I still have some food at home. I wonder if the little master wants ready-made meals or raw rice and lettuce?"
Konoha's eyes lit up, and she thought that the more the better, the better, but she absolutely couldn't say anything, she just said: "The benefactor is very polite, I just need some alms from the benefactor..."
"Benefactor, donate a marinated chicken leg! Bingtang elbow is also fine."
Startled, the aunt dropped the rice bowl in her hand and quickly closed the door.Konoha was stunned for a moment, and saw the black rice bowl go down the steps and stop beside a pair of dusty shoes.Konoha looked up from the bottom, gray trousers, white clothes that were so dirty that the color could barely be seen, the same dirty face, messy and knotted hair, only a pair of bright eyes, which were particularly eye-catching.
It turned out to be a tramp.Konoha walked up to him in two or three steps, and picked up the rice bowl that fell from the ground. Although she really wanted to get angry at this person, she thought about it and forgot it.It's not easy for anyone these days, there are homeless people everywhere, and it's no use getting angry at these guys.But this guy is quite tall, more than half a head taller than him, and he doesn't look like he's missing arms or legs, but he's a little too thin, probably from starvation.Konoha shook his head, it's not that he is old, weak, sick and disabled, if he doesn't find work by himself, who can help him?
Konoha passed the man holding the rice bowl and knocked on the next family member. Before he could speak, a voice behind him sounded like a ghost: "Benefactor, I want to eat braised chicken legs."
The door that had just been opened was quickly closed, and Konoha was touched again.He clenched his fists and turned his head to look at him angrily. The man looked straight at him as if he didn't know that he was disturbing other people's good deeds.Konoha walked forward, and he also walked forward. Konoha walked across a bridge and then a street, and the man also walked across a bridge and a street. Opening his mouth, the tramp behind him really started talking again.
"Benefactor, I want to eat braised pork!"
This time Konoha naturally didn't ask for anything, there was a bang in his head, and he turned his head suddenly, feeling that he was almost guilty of anger.He suppressed the anger in his heart, and talked with the man rationally: "The little monk has no grievances or enmity with the benefactor. I don't know why the benefactor always opposes the little monk?" The homeless man looked at him puzzled, and said innocently: "I'm hungry. Want to eat."
Konoha was dizzy with anger, and in order to avoid losing her temper in public and damaging the reputation of the temple, she hurried forward with her rice bowl in her arms.Feeling that the people behind her were still following, Konoha almost ran wildly, crossed two long streets, and passed two alleys, panting from exhaustion, leaning against the wall of a house to rest.Looking up, the homeless man was actually right in front of him, staring straight at him without even taking a breath.
"You...you are...you...the evildoer?!" Konoha stretched out her hand tremblingly, her face flushed red, panting, "Look...see if I won't deal with you!"
"I want to eat stewed chicken legs, rock sugar knuckles, braised pork..." the evildoer continued to mutter while staring at him.
"That's enough, who cares about you!" Konoha couldn't bear it anymore, why did he have such bad luck to meet such a monster?It's too annoying for his grandma. "Monster" took another two steps forward, Konoha's fiery temper broke, and he swung the Tie Li wooden rice bowl out of his hand in agitation.
There was only a crisp sound of "dong", and the rice bowl hit the forehead of the "monster" firmly, and rolled to the ground. A trace of scarlet blood slowly flowed from the forehead of the "monster", flowing to the chin, and then slowly dripping to the ground.He stared straight at him with innocent eyes, as if he didn't understand why Konoha treated him like this.
"Oh, the monk is beating someone, the monk is beating someone!" Several children passing by on the street shouted immediately when they saw this strange thing, and clapped their hands at Konoha with a smile.Konoha became angry now, and yelled towards the street: "You are so loud! It's not unusual for a monk to beat someone, and then tell me how I beat you! Go home and drink milk!"
Seeing Konoha's ferocity, the children didn't linger, clapping their hands and grinning as they headed to the main street, they ran and shouted, "The monk is beating someone, the monk is beating someone..."
This street is relatively quiet, and only the few children saw his angry appearance, but after the children shouted, several families opened their windows to look this way.Konoha hurriedly covered half of her face with the sleeve of her wide monk robe, picked up the rice bowl that was still rolling around on the ground, and made a gesture to escape.Although Konoha has a bad temper, she still has a kind heart. Seeing that "monster" still standing in a daze, she was as stupid as a fool. The blood on her forehead hadn't stopped yet, and the scarlet blood on her face was particularly eye-catching.Based on the compassionate mind of a monk, Konoha was afraid that he would break him, so he decided to take him back to show his master.
"What are you still doing in a daze! Come with me quickly, do you want others to see a joke?" Konoha put down the hand covering his face, and pulled the sleeve of "Monster".The evildoer's reaction was not slow, he took his hand and ran after him.
After making a big circle along the sparsely populated road, Konoha sat down on the threshold of the Garan Temple panting, and looked at the "monster", still out of breath and not tired at all.The wound on his forehead had scabbed over, and there was no sign of continuing to bleed, but a third of his entire face was covered with blood, which still looked terrifying.
"Konoha, but you're back?" Master Jikong staggered out of the temple, seeing Konoha panting and sitting on the threshold, he couldn't help frowning. "Konoha, how many times have I told you, don't be impatient."
Konoha saw that it was Master Ji Kong who came out, and took another look at the dirty and blood-stained evildoer, and said the next thing smoothly: "Master, I think this person is stupid He was wounded on his forehead and bled a lot and didn't know what to do, so he hurriedly brought him back for the master to have a look at."
Master Jikong nodded slightly, and said: "Hurry up and help him into the inner courtyard, I will show him."
"Yes, Master."
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This is a story about the adventures of the leader of the Demon Cult. There is a prequel "The Wind Blows the Plums Over the Mountain". The protagonist of this article is a supporting role. If you are interested, you can read it
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