Chapter 7 Twenty-six to thirty

Yutang Town in the south of the Yangtze River is a very famous town. Yu Tang bathes the body, and all diseases will not invade.Yutang Town is most famous for its water. Yutang Town is located on the mountainside of Yutang Mountain.It is said that there is a fire dragon lying under Yutang Mountain, so the spring water emerging from the mountain is actually hot, and the color of the water is the same as that of white jade, crystal clear and opaque. And the biggest benefit of this water is that after soaking in it for half a day, it has the miraculous effect of dispelling wind and cold, activating muscles and bones.Being able to take a dip in it is really a happy match.Therefore, some thoughtful businessmen took advantage of the jade water here to start the bathhouse business, and gradually formed a climate, which led to other industries. As a result, a bustling big town was forcibly created in this inaccessible mountainous area. .

Every year, famous families, wealthy businessmen and businessmen from all over the world come to this town for vacation in an endless stream to take a bath and relax their muscles and bones. There are many bathhouses in Yutang Town, but the largest and most famous one is Qingfeng Mingyue Pool. Boss Li of Qingfeng Mingyue Pool is a very good businessman. Under his management, Qingfeng Mingyue Pool surpassed all the time-honored bathhouses in the town in just ten years. Qingfengmingyuechi's business is getting better and better, and Boss Li is standing behind the counter with a wider smile on his face.The bustling and busy scene in front of him had already made him happy.

The lobby of Qingfeng Mingyue Pool is wide and deep. On the ground is a large pool of three feet square, and jade-colored hot water is constantly gushing out of it.In front of the lobby are six narrow corridors, and each corridor has rooms separated by wooden boards on both sides.At the door of these rooms, there are some small wooden signs with room numbers marked with A, B, C, and D.A few shirtless men shuttled back and forth between the lobby and the six corridors wearing clogs, and the clogs made a small "beep" sound on the floor.The big men carried big wooden barrels that were about the same size as them, and kept sending the jade soup water that had just been brought up from the pool in the lobby to the wooden sliding doors.Steam as thick as fog has filled the entire store at this moment.

Boss Li found out that the guests in the small room were the ones who asked for the most water today. They had already asked for sixty-six buckets of water and stayed in the bathhouse for eight hours.According to the rules of Qingfeng Mingyue Pool, the guest has to pay five taels of silver for every bucket of water delivered.Therefore, the small house guest has made him earn more than three hundred taels of silver today.Boss Li couldn't help but sincerely hope that all the guests here would be the same as those in the small room. However, the guests in the small room did not think so. Although the water in jade soup is good, no one is willing to soak in the water for eight hours.

Now Pang Xiaodai's flesh and blood has been soaked white and crisp, he has some doubts, whether he has been boiled by the water of jade soup. But even so, he was still a little uneasy.In the early hours of yesterday morning, he killed another family of more than a dozen people in the county town fifty miles away.Although he enjoyed the thrill of cutting melons and vegetables when killing people, he couldn't bear the blood sprayed on him. Pang Xiaodai even felt that blood was the dirtiest thing in the world.Since the dirtiest thing has covered his body, he must wash it well. Pang Xiaodai is a person who knows how to enjoy himself, and he knows that Qingfengmingyue Pool in Yutang Town is the best bathing place in the world.

Soaking in the pool, there were three girls from Mingyue Building in this town who accompanied him to take a bath.This is the fourth batch of brothel women who came to accompany Pang Xiaodai today. Although the girls in Mingyue Tower all knew that this huge official was a big spender, but no one wanted to stay in the bathing pool for such a long time. So every time Da Da officials come to town, the Twelve Gold Hairpins of Mingyue Tower will always take turns to accompany him. Pang Xiaodai gestured to the woman named Qingwu.Qing Wu obediently stood up from the water, picked up the jug on the tea table beside the white jade pond, and poured the liquor into a small wine cup.

Another woman named Ge Ying also stood up in a half-squat, took the small wine cup from Qing Wu's hand with a light smile, put her lightly arms on Pang Xiaodai's shoulders, and held the wine cup in the other hand Hanging high, poured the wine drop by drop into Pang Xiaodai's slightly opened mouth. Pang Xiaodai was rubbing his body with his own two hands, and while rubbing, he sniffed his body uncomfortably.For some reason, he still smelled a strong smell of blood on his body.So, even though he already hated taking a bath, he still had to stay in the pool. "Add water!" Pang Xiaodai yelled irritably.

"Come here, come here." There was a courteous shout from outside the door, and the wooden door of the room was moved open, and the person carrying water in was not a burly man, but a young man with red lips and white teeth. "Wow, now Qingfengmingyuechi has hired such a handsome young man, I think Boss Li is going to change his career." Another woman named Deng Yan giggled. "What should I change?" Qing Wu deliberately raised her voice and asked. "Changed to renting a husband." Deng Yan replied. "If that's the case, I'll definitely be the first to rent him." Ge Ying deliberately puffed out her proud chest, and looked at the boy provocatively.

The boy's face seemed flushed with embarrassment, and he lowered his head, only adding new water to the pool. "Oh, I see you frighten these people and children so much that they dare not even raise their heads." Qing Wu also laughed. "This kid looks honest, but those eyes are not honest at all. When he lowered his head, he kept turning around, looking carefully at every part of our sisters." Song Ying will raised a long leg out of the water and said aloud. The three women laughed together, and Pang Xiaodai couldn't help laughing.He glanced sideways at the boy and waved to him.

Chen Xiqiao's heart sank, wondering if it was because of the booing from the three brothel girls that Pang Xiaodai became suspicious of him.He bowed his head and walked up to Pang Xiaodai, his hands had already exhausted his inner strength. "Guest officer, what else can I order?" Chen Xiqiao said respectfully. "Rub my back for me. Do it harder!" Pang Xiaodai waved his hand and threw a silver coin into Chen Xiqiao's hand. Chen Xiqiao breathed a sigh of relief, and bowed again: "Yes." As he spoke, he put both hands on Pang Xiaodai's back. Pang Xiaodai's back was as soft as a piece of satin.But Chen Xiqiao knew that it was a terrifying piece of satin.

Among all the lay disciples in the history of Shaolin Temple, only Pang Xiaodai has mastered Vajra Indestructible Body which is the most difficult of the 72 Shaolin Kungfu.Even among the eminent monks of Shaolin in the past dynasties, there are only ten people who have practiced this kind of martial arts. It is said that this kind of indestructible body of vajra not only will not be harmed when attacked, but also can bounce all the opponent's attack power back to the opponent. However, because Pang Xiaodai did not practice kung fu in the body of a boy, his indestructible body left a life gate three inches below his swallow. This is what Xiao Hangao told Chen Xiqiao.Xiao Hangao never missed information. Chen Xiqiao rubbed Pang Xiaodai's back vigorously. Pang Xiaodai's hands were freed, so he began to pour wine for himself.He closed his eyes, tasting the fine wine in his hand drop by drop. Unknowingly, Chen Xiqiao's hand rubbing his back slowly moved upwards, and it was already close to Pang Xiaodai's neck. Pang Xiaodai still didn't seem to notice anything, and even hummed comfortably because of Chen Xiqiao's rubbing. Chen Xiqiao's hands suddenly strengthened, and they strangled Pang Xiaodai's throat. Pang Xiaodai's head seemed to have been expected, and the head retracted, slipped out from between Chen Xiqiao's fingers, and fell into the water.With a clap of both hands on the water surface, the jade-like pond water suddenly shattered into countless dots. There was no water in the jade-built pond, and all the water droplets in it bounced out, and they flew towards Chen Xi together. The bridge smashed across the face.The water droplets are light and round, as if you can pop them one by one with just a little finger. However, Chen Xiqiao knew that after being slapped by Pang Xiaodai, these small water droplets had become harder than the hardest barbed wire in the world, and ten times sharper than the sharpest lancet.Chen Xiqiao gasped, and at some point, an extra sword appeared in his hand. Chen Xiqiao's Sword of Dew finally made his move. The figures of Chen Xiqiao and Pang Xiaodai were gone, only water droplets and a long sword flying around. The partitions of the room have been riddled with holes from flying water droplets and long swords, and there are bathers who are screaming and fleeing everywhere.After dozens of rounds, all the bathers have escaped, and the wooden boards separating the small rooms have also been smashed.In front of Boss Li, there was only an empty big house. He knew that his Qingfengmingyue Pool had been completely destroyed by those two evil stars who were hiding like ghosts.His heart ached, but his mind was very clear. If he didn't leave now, he might even die here. After Boss Li left, only Chen Xiqiao and Pang Xiaodai were left in the huge Qingfengmingyue Pool. The pressure on Chen Xiqiao's body was increasing, and his figure gradually slowed down, finally reappearing in the water droplets all over the sky. The stronger his sword of dew, the stronger the water droplets that attack him.Pang Xiaodai's indestructible body is indeed amazing.Now, as Chen Xiqiao's figure slowed down, Pang Xiaodai's figure finally reappeared. Pang Xiaodai had already cornered Chen Xiqiao, and was waiting to deliver the final blow to him. A look of despair appeared on Chen Xiqiao's face. However, at some point, another figure appeared in the empty Qingfengmingyue Pool. Xie San was lazily standing not far behind Pang Xiaodai, watching the battle where the outcome was about to be judged.But he didn't seem to have any plans to make a move, his hands were leisurely behind his back, as if the matter in front of him had nothing to do with him. "Pang Xiaodai, why is your body covered in blood?" Xie San suddenly said casually. With just one sentence, the flying water droplets suddenly slowed down, and Pang Xiaodai subconsciously glanced at himself.This is just a moment of lightning and flint.But this moment was enough, Chen Xiqiao's sword pierced Pang Xiaodai's throat, his expression was full of astonishment and disbelief, and he let out a whimper.The water droplets like broken jade suddenly lost their support and drifted down one after another. Pang Xiaodai's body also fell down like this water drop. Chen Xiqiao let out a long sigh of relief, and glanced at Xie San with a tired expression. "You thought I would miss this time?" Chen Xiqiao said in a deep voice. "I used the method you used to deal with him ten years ago." "So, cleanliness is no longer his weakness?" Chen Xiqiao picked up the silk scarf and wiped his hands vigorously. "Weakness is still weakness, but we need to use other methods to trigger it." Xie San tapped his head with his fingers, smiled inscrutablely, then turned and left, leaving only Chen Xiqiao still thinking about it his tip. On the eighth day of September, the God of Joy is on the throne, and the stars will travel far away. It is advisable to get married, and the Lord is in harmony with the third generation. This is a passing day that Sima Wuyan specially chose for himself. Early in the morning, she finished dressing up and was just waiting for the Chen family's sedan chair to pick her up. This is what she has been looking forward to all her life, to marry into the famous Chen family and become the young mistress of the Chen family. However, now she is a little uncertain. That's why she changed her mind and hurriedly found Chen Xiqiao. Using a little bit of a woman's tricks, she finally made Chen Xiqiao change her original intention of not talking about marriage if her father's feud was not revenged. Sima Wuyan was very afraid. He was afraid that if the matter dragged on, it would be not Chen Xiqiao, but himself that he would renege on the promise he had made back then. For more than half a year, she has avoided meeting Wang Chuanxing.But the more she did this, the more deeply she felt about Wang Chuanxing. Maybe after getting along with Chen Xiqiao day and night, she would no longer have random thoughts in her heart.She thinks so.But she herself knew that this idea was fragile and unreliable at all. The noisy gongs, drums and suona were already ringing outside, and the loud Xi Niang was talking loudly to Sima Wuyan's sisters-in-law.The sedan chair finally arrived.Everyone in the Sima Mansion was enveloped in joy. But Sima Wuyan became more and more sad, she really wanted to yell at the empty house for no reason. But she didn't do that, her face was still calm and elegant, she stood up gracefully, and opened the door of her boudoir. Xi Niang graciously supported her, and put a red silk scarf on her head, which was full of phoenix crowns and xiapei, hiding her face and her eyes behind the boundless red. Following Xi Niang's pace, Sima Wuyan walked forward step by step.Finally, she was about to cross the threshold of the Sima family's gate.She knew that as long as she took this step, she would be forever, and there was no turning back. She quietly raised the red silk scarf on her head, turned around and glanced blankly at the big house that accompanied her through her entire girlhood. Once it has started, it cannot be regarded as a foregone conclusion, and it can still start again. Before she knew it, her eyes were blurred, and two drops of clear tears suddenly fell from the corners of her eyes. "Miss Sima is crying." Someone in the crowd with sharp eyes saw Sima Wuyan's tears falling drop by drop on the bluestone board. "Of course, a girl will cry when she leaves her mother's house. Ms. Sima is quite reserved." Miss Jiu has wanted to marry into the Chen family since she was three years old." There are irrelevant people and irrelevant discussions everywhere. Sima Wuyan finally reached the end of this walk, and she was deeply hidden in a dark sedan chair.And from then on, she also hid her hanging heart in a very, very deep place. Get up the sedan chair.Sima Wuyan's heart became more and more empty. Chen Xiqiao is also feeling empty at the moment. Although he has never figured out what he really wants since he was a child.No matter what he gains or loses, he can accept it calmly and fully without any worries.But at this moment, for the first time, he felt something was wrong from the bottom of his heart. The moment Sima Wuyan flicked the silk scarf lightly, he saw her face completely. Her hair was disheveled, the pear blossoms were raining, and the expression on her face was extremely sad.At that moment, he suddenly felt that he didn't know Sima Wuyan anymore. All his memories of Sima Wuyan are about a girl who is proud, smart, and scheming, and will do whatever it takes to achieve her goals. However, the Sima Wuyan he saw just now was completely a woman.A miserable woman, a preoccupied woman, a fragile woman. He didn't know how all this happened, but he knew that this Sima Wuyan was a completely unfamiliar Sima Wuyan. And what about himself.Is there a Chen Xiqiao hidden in him that no one knows? Xie San is right, the human heart is the most unpredictable thing in this world, so it becomes the sharpest killing weapon.Sometimes he kills others, sometimes he kills himself. In fact, he should have known earlier that the present Sima Wuyan was no longer the original Sima Wuyan. A month ago, when he was returning home after finishing Pang Xiaodai's case, Sima Wuyan suddenly found him.Ask him to accompany her to a tavern for a drink. Sima Wuyan has always been a person who knows how to restrain himself, but that time she drank a lot without any scruples, and finally got drunk, fell into his arms and burst into tears, begging him to marry her quickly. A beautiful and proud woman like Sima Wuyan is willing to let go of her dignity and ask others to marry her. I am afraid that there is no man in the world who can refuse such a request. Afterwards, although Chen Xiqiao understood that this was just a game set up by Sima Wuyan for him, he also saw that Sima Wuyan's sadness was not fake.That's why he decided to keep his promise and marry her here today. However, he didn't expect that Sima Wuyan was as confused as he was about this marriage.What he mustered up the courage to do for her was probably something she didn't want to happen. And more importantly, although this marriage was already planned, he knew that once it came true, it would hurt another woman.The only woman in the world who could give him strength when he was helpless. Chen Xiqiao suddenly discovered that his willfulness and lack of principle had always hurt many people, first his father, and later Sima Wuyan, but Zi He was the one who hurt him the most. Zi He didn't think that Chen Xiqiao had ever hurt her, but now she was really sad. She had imagined the scenario of Chen Xiqiao marrying a wife and having children countless times, thinking that she would be indifferent to these.However, it wasn't until this incident really happened that she realized that she couldn't bear it at all. Last night, she hid under the quilt alone and cried for a long time, her tears wet the corners of the quilt. When she got up in the morning and combed Chen Xiqiao's hair, she had already made up her mind that she would quietly leave the Chen residence after helping the young master with today's wedding.Give Chen Xiqiao completely to Sima Wuyan's care.Perhaps, this is the last thing she can do for her young master. Sixteen years have passed since he entered the Chen Mansion at the age of twelve.She is no longer young, even if she doesn't leave, with the young master's frivolous and willful character, he will eventually abandon her like a trash.Instead of that, it's better to leave him when he still has nostalgia for her, so maybe he will remember her for the rest of his life. The welcoming team has already returned to the Chen Mansion.Zihe made herself smile brightly, and got busy inside and out, she was even more enthusiastic about getting married than herself. In the Chen Mansion for so many years, she has always looked carefree and joyless, but today she has become extremely cheerful.Even Zhang Hengzhou, who was worried about her, couldn't help being surprised. For some reason, although everything he saw in his eyes was full of joy, Zhang Hengzhou still felt in his heart that this was the strangest wedding he had ever experienced.People who should be excited are not excited at all, but people who shouldn't be happy smile brighter than anyone else. Almost all the guests who came to watch the ceremony and drink the banquet had already arrived, and among them was the guests of the Chen family. There is no expression on Wang Chuanxing's face now.He has always been a person who can hide himself very well.Chen Liu once told him that the most important character of a good policeman is perseverance, and he should never let his little gain or loss influence his behavior. Wang Chuanxing's greatest ideal in this life is to hope that he can become a great catcher.So he had made up his mind a long time ago to bury this private relationship between his son and daughter that had never been revealed forever where no one could see it.He will continue to love Sima Wuyan until the sea dries up, but he will never show her such intentions. However, he didn't expect that when he and Chen Xiqiao worshiped the heaven and the earth, under the slightly fluttering silk scarf, Sima Wuyan actually cast an extremely resentful look at her.At first he thought that his eyes were blurred, but during the interval of three prostrations, he saw the same gaze every time.And when he thought about it in turn, he also found that the reason why he discovered this was because he had been trying to take another look at Sima Wuyan's pretty face. You can fool yourself, but you can't fool your own heart. In the midst of toasting and drinking, Chen Xiqiao was drunk, Wang Chuanxing was drunk, and Zihe was also drunk. Of course, Sima Wuyan who was in the bridal chamber was also drunk. As soon as she entered the bridal chamber, she drank the entire jar of hand-to-cup wine. Although she has a lot of alcohol, she is not drunk and everyone is drunk. By the time Chen Xiqiao also came in drunk, Sima Wuyan had already lifted the red hijab on his head, and he was alone there. Both of them had the same dejected expressions, and for some reason they suddenly burst into tears. dusk.The setting sun shone into Xiao Hangao's hut through the west window. Chen Xiqiao was lying halfway among the bird's feathers, desperately sucking on the forget-sorrow grass that Xiao Hangao rolled for him.The smoke filled the entire room, and Chen Xiqiao saw nothing but a blur. "Today, you don't seem to be in a very high mood." Xiao Hangao also sat in another corner with a dejected expression, sucking on the forget-sorrow grass that was rolled from a reed. "How do you say it?" Chen Xiqiao asked lazily. "Because you don't look 'bad' at all." Xiao Hangao teased, and loosened one shoulder from the wide robe, half of her round breast seemed ready to come out. Chen Xiqiao looked very indifferent, just sucking the forget-me-not grass to himself. "Could it be that you're not interested in me anymore?" Xiao Hangao said resentfully as he brushed the blue hair hanging down his shoulders. "It's not like that, it's just because I'm not who I used to be." Chen Xiqiao smiled apologetically at Xiao Hangao. "Is it because you are married?" "You can say that." "Haha, I didn't expect you, a bad boy, to be so kind to his wife. I really can't see it." Xiao Hangao's laughter was as clear as a silver bell. . "I'm not good to my wife." "What?" Xiao Hangao seemed surprised, "You're ready to give up on her because of her, isn't that good?" "I'm not doing it for her, but for her Another woman." Chen Xiqiao's expression became more and more serious, "it was not until the day of my marriage that I suddenly realized that there is only one woman I have truly loved over the years, and I have always failed her." You're talking about Zi He." "How do you know it's her?" "Actually, except for yourself, everyone can see that you treat Zi He differently than you treat others." Xiao haggard's frivolous face also put away With a smile on his face, he said with a straight face. "Why do you all see it, but I don't know it myself." Chen Xiqiao buried his head in the bird's feathers. "Actually, everyone is the same," Xiao Hangao looked at Chen Xiqiao sympathetically, moved his body over, and gently stroked his head, "I can see through others, but I can't see through myself alone." She has already left me. What do you think I should do?" Chen Xiqiao pulled his head up and looked at Xiao Hangao for help. "Find a way to find her, and then don't let her down again." Xiao Hangao said in a deep voice, "Otherwise, you will really regret it for the rest of your life." At the other end of the forest, Xie San was sitting on the table with his back to the door, watching the sunset outside the window, playing the flute.He blew so forgetfully that two drops of clear tears rolled down from the corners of his eyes before he knew it. At this moment, Chen Xiqiao quietly entered the house.Xie San didn't notice. Seeing that Xie San was playing the flute, Chen Xiqiao subconsciously placed his hand on the hilt of his sword. His eyes flickered, and he remembered Xie San's warning last time: "Remember, you only have the chance to attack me. Once, so you must think carefully before you do it." Chen Xiqiao finally shook his head helplessly, and removed his hand from the hilt of his sword. "I'm back." Chen Xiqiao said word by word, as if afraid that Xie San would not hear. Xie San put down the flute in his hand and turned around.Chen Xiqiao noticed the tear stains under his eye sockets. "You...what's the matter with you?" Chen Xiqiao looked at Xie San in surprise. "The light of the sun is far better than that of the moon, but the sun can only travel alone forever, while the moon is accompanied by stars. Among all things in the world, the sun is actually the loneliest." Xie San said with a deep expression. "Do you think you are the sun?" Chen Xiqiao suddenly bent down and laughed. "I was originally." Xie San said proudly. Chen Xiqiao laughed even harder, almost crying. Xie San remained expressionless, just watching Chen Xiqiao calmly.Seeing that Xie San didn't respond, Chen Xiqiao was a little bored and had to stop laughing. "Have you laughed enough? Okay, come with me." Xie San turned and walked out the door. "Where are you going?" Chen Xiqiao hurriedly followed. "You'll know when you get there." Xie San has stretched his body, and he is speeding through the woods like the wind. In a blink of an eye, Xie San took Chen Xiqiao to the back mountain of Crying Po Mountain, where the delicate and beautiful peach blossom forest Behind, there is a large lake that is as flat as a mirror, and beside the lake is a small temple made of thatched grass, with three big characters "Lingyin Temple" written on the lintel. Xie San took Chen Xiqiao into this small temple called Lingyin Temple. "Why did you bring me here?" Chen Xiqiao asked as he walked. "Because the person you are going to deal with next is Layman Chaodu." "Layman Chaodu? Is that the madman who regards murder as Buddhism?" "That's right. So if you want to understand Layman Chaodu, you must understand Buddhism." You want me to come here to learn Buddhism?" "You are really getting smarter." Xie San said jokingly, then his tone changed, and there was a look of awe in his eyebrows, "This temple is small, but the temple He is a rare eminent monk who presides over Chen." Xie San and Chen Xiqiao entered the Zen room behind the temple, where a monk with a handsome face and downcast brows was meditating. Xie San respectfully bowed to the monk: "Master." "Benefactor, you are here again." The old monk opened his eyes, which were very bright, but there was no compelling light. "Yes, I'm here again." Xie San nodded. "The hostility in the donor's heart is still too strong." "Master, I won't discuss my affairs today. I brought a kid here. He wants to learn Buddhism from you." Xie San pointed to Chen Xiqiao behind him. "Master." Chen Xiqiao also bowed to Chen. Liao Chen looked up at Chen Xiqiao, and nodded slightly: "Okay, let this young benefactor stay." "Thank you, master. I'll take my leave." Xie San walked backwards to the outside of the meditation hall, and went out again. He made a bow before turning around and leaving. "The benefactor can do it for himself." Liao Chen looked at Xie San's back and said sadly. After saying these words, Liao Chen sat up in meditation again, and did not talk to Chen Xiqiao. "Master, when will you teach me Buddhism?" Chen Xiqiao couldn't help asking. Liaochen still ignored Chen Xiqiao.Helpless, Chen Xiqiao had no choice but to meditate like Chen did. The night was already very deep, and the cool wind and moonlight leaked in from the outside of the hut with gaps everywhere. Liaochen finally stood up, his movements were slow and weak, like a piece of withered grass that would fall down if the wind blows.Chen Xiqiao really couldn't see why this old monk who didn't know any martial arts could make Xie San, who had eyes above his head, bow down for him. Liaochen finally walked out of the meditation room dawdly, and Chen Xiqiao hurriedly followed. Behind the thatched hut and small temple, there is actually a gorgeous mountain flower.Under the moonlight, Liao Chen took a water pot and watered each flower.Every time he watered one, he put his nose close to the flower and sniffed it narcissistically, as if there was some panacea hidden in the fragrance of the flower. Chen Xiqiao looked at Chen's actions suspiciously, hesitantly imitated his appearance, and put his nose close to those unnamed flowers. The mountain flowers were indeed very fragrant, but there was nothing special about them. Compared with the flowers and plants in the garden, they are just some ordinary varieties.Chen Xiqiao really couldn't figure out why Monk Liaochen made such a fuss, "Master..." "Everything is Dharma, standing is Dharma, sitting is Dharma, walking is Dharma, it just depends on whether you are willing to understand it or not." After Xiqiao finished asking questions, Liaochen had already opened his mouth. To put it bluntly, it seemed that he was not talking to Chen Xiqiao, but just talking to the air, moonlight and flowers in front of him. "I don't understand." Chen Xiqiao lowered his head and said in a deep voice. "Now you are trapped by demonic obstacles, how can you understand?" "Magic barriers? Master is joking?" "The demonic barriers in the donor's heart are too persistent." "If you are not persistent, why did the master want to become a monk and abide by these clear rules and precepts. So Speaking of which, doesn’t the master also have demonic obstacles in his heart?” “The benefactor is right. Everyone has demonic barriers, but when it’s time to find out, you have to find out.” “When you find out, you will naturally find out.” Already." Chen Xiqiao said with a smile. "Young benefactor really has a unique root of wisdom. It's just that cleverness is always a double-edged sword. Don't be fooled by cleverness." Liaochen's longevity eyebrows fluttered in the wind, like two silver ribbons, "Okay Well, the benefactor should go to rest, I will give you a lecture tomorrow morning." "Thank you." Chen Xiqiao bowed to Chen. Another cold and breezy night in the month.Chen Xiqiao has been with Monk Chen in Lingyin Temple for half a month, listening to him lecture and chant scriptures every day.Before he knew it, Chen Xiqiao was able to recite eighteen scriptures by heart, and now he can also speak clearly about those Buddhist gongan. However, the faster Chen Xiqiao made progress, the more unhappy Monk Liaochen seemed to be. "If you chant the scriptures with your inner demons, the Dharma will become the most poisonous poison." This is something that Liao Chen repeatedly emphasized to him every day.Chen Xiqiao didn't take it seriously. The so-called Buddhism is nothing more than an intellectual game, and Chen Xiqiao feels that even without Chen's guidance, he is already fully capable of controlling this game.In this sense, there is actually no difference between temples and rivers and lakes, and the so-called eminent monks are just like the so-called heroes in the rivers and lakes, but they are just masters who are good at playing tricks. Chen Xiqiao knew very well that the purpose of his study of Buddhism was just to make a game, a game to let Chaodu layman enter the urn, and after this game, there was a final game, which was to kill Xie San. While thinking about these things, Chen Xiqiao meditated alone on the Zen bed in the room. At this time, Xie San had already entered the guest room at some point. "How is your study of Buddhism?" Xie San said lazily, looking at Chen Xiqiao's serious look. Chen Xiqiao remained silent, and casually took out a flower from the vase on the window sill, with a smile on his face. "That's right. In the past, the Buddha taught the Dharma to all his disciples. Only Maha Kassapa smiled when he saw the Buddha holding up a flower, and he was the only one who got the Buddha's true biography. It seems that you have learned well." "Thank you." "Okay, now you go out with me Let's go." Xie San's eyes flickered. Xie San and Chen Xiqiao quietly left the Lingyin Temple. When they left, Master Liaochen was still watering the flowers behind the small temple.A gust of wind blew away a withered flower, and the petals that lost their color and luster fell all over the ground.Liao Chen squatted down slowly, picked up the petals one by one, looked at them carefully, and then sighed long and long towards the backs of Xie San and Chen Xiqiao, his eyes were full of pity. Xie San and Chen Xiqiao didn't look back, like two cheetahs running across the wilderness, they walked towards the end of the wilderness. "In the past three hundred years, among so many heroes in the world, who do you think is the most accomplished?" Xie San asked suddenly. "You want to say it's yourself?" Chen Xiqiao curled his lips in disdain. "Although I have always had my eyes above the top, I am not a person without self-knowledge." Xie San said seriously, "I can barely rank in the top ten in this list. At least your father, Chen Liu, is Can be ranked ahead of me. I am Sima Yi, who counts three steps, and he is Zhuge Liang, who counts three steps, but his life is exhausted, otherwise I would be a dead person." "Then tell me, who can be on this list, No. 1 person in the row." "Except for Dugu Yiye, son of Zhiqiu, who else can deserve this reputation." "You mean Dugu who established the world's first gang of Zhiqiu pavilions at the age of thirty Yiye." Chen Xiqiao's tone was suddenly filled with reverence. "That's right, it's Dugu Yiye." Xie San nodded. For the past three hundred years, this Zhiqiu son Dugu Yiye is almost an immortal legend to the Jianghu.He was originally a descendant of the royal family, and he was a genius who had only seen it for hundreds of years, regardless of the piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting. However, he later devoted himself to the arena. With his unpredictable martial arts and brilliant mind, he reorganized the entire arena. Once, he established Zhiqiu Pavilion, the largest gang in the history of Jianghu, with power and financial resources almost unmatched by the emperor at that time.However, later, when his power, fame and wealth had reached their peak, this young master Zhiqiu threw away everything he had worked so hard to achieve, disbanded Zhiqiu Pavilion, and also disbanded his superb martial arts , and then mysteriously disappeared.So much so that people in the Jianghu rumored that he was originally a flying fairy, but only occasionally came to the world to play. "However, he is no longer called Dugu Yiye," Xie San pondered for a long time before continuing, "He is now called Chen." Such a big history. "Did you ask him why he did that back then?" "He said that what he lost was just some of his demons." "Oh, I didn't expect that Mr. Zhiqiu was also a lunatic." "Now you probably understand." , How unpredictable is the human heart?" A village appeared ahead, and Xie San stopped on the small bridge in front of the village. The gurgling brook under the bridge was dancing happily in the night. "Go east from here, the fifth house on the right hand side, there is a man living in it," Xie San's eyes flickered, and he said slowly, "He is a peddler. It's shoddy, and there's also the problem of stealing sheep. Do you think this kind of person should be killed?" "Although this person is hateful, he is not guilty of death." Chen Xiqiao was startled, and replied in a panic. “但是超度居士一定认为此人该死，所以他会去超度他。”“所以我应该像超度居士一样，去杀了他？”“聪明。”谢三的嘴角上露出了残忍的笑意。陈溪桥也惨然笑了一笑：“其实你让我出来时，我就明白，你又要让我去杀人。”“你不想？”“我有的选择吗？”谢三注视着陈溪桥，沉默了片刻。 “算了，如果你实在不想的话，我不会勉强你。忘了我们之间的约定，你可以回家了。”谢三的态度看上去诚恳极了。 陈溪桥不信地看着谢三，直到确信谢三没有骗自己，才猛然转身离开。 回过头已看不到谢三的身影，陈溪桥脸上的神情却反而不如刚才坚定了，他有些六神无主，心里好像一下子失去什么重要的东西，不知该如何是好。 他低着头，失魂落魄地在旷野上行走。 突然，他撞到了一个人的身上。抬头一看，萧憔悴正面无表情地看着他。 陈溪桥发现，自己走了半天，没去别的地方，竟然下意识地回到了谢三在啼破山上的小木屋前。 “这么晚了，你怎么没有睡？”陈溪桥有些沮丧地问。“我在等你。”萧憔悴面无表情地答。 “等我干什么？”“我给你带了一个人来。你跟我来。”跟着萧憔悴，陈溪桥来到了她的房子。 房子里还有一个人，正带着一顶斗笠在低头哭泣。 那身影那声音是陈溪桥再熟悉不过的。萧憔悴寻人的本事果然天下无双。 “前两天你不在的时候，有人告诉我青灯庵来了个新出家的尼姑，所以去看了看，发现她天天晚上都一个人躲在佛堂里哭，所以我就把她带了回来。”萧憔悴慢慢说道。 陈溪桥早已忍不住，向紫荷扑过去，不小心碰落了她头上的斗笠。一头水一样的青丝早已不知去向，只有几点戒疤布在头顶。 陈溪桥紧紧抱住紫荷，痛哭道：“姐姐，你为什么狠心离开我？”看到陈溪桥在哭，紫荷反而不哭了，她手足无措地把他抱入怀里：“你这又何苦，姐姐留在你身边，只会拖累你。”“我不要你这样说，”陈溪桥将手紧紧捂在了紫荷的唇上，“只要能跟姐姐在一起，我什么都可以不要。”“好了，好了，你们两个人就不要在这里腻味了，”萧憔悴轻笑着，向陈溪桥摆了摆手，“趁谢三现在还没有回来，你赶快带着你的女人走吧。记住，不要辜负她，也不要再回来了。”陈溪桥点了点头，感激地看了萧憔悴一眼：“谢谢。”“嗨，小事！快走吧。”萧憔悴笑着摇了摇头，目光中却满是羡慕的神情。 趁着夜色，陈溪桥带着紫荷匆匆离开了。 一夜西风，秋凉如水。 进客栈的那一刻起，陈溪桥就如附骨之蛆粘在了紫荷身边。他紧紧地抱住了她，抱得紫荷都有些浑身发疼，但是紫荷却没有挣扎，只是静静地躺在床上。 整整一夜，两人都没有睡，也没说一句话，只是在黑暗中睁着眼睛，凝视着对方的脸，好像怎样也看不够对方似的。 外面雄鸡已开始啼叫，天就快要亮了。 陈溪桥打了哈欠，紫荷的脸上也终于有了一些倦意。 “姐姐，你不会再不声不响地丢下我了吧？”陈溪桥怯怯地问。 紫荷迟疑着摇了摇头。 “太好了，我要找一个什么人都找不到我们的地方，跟姐姐一直呆下去，再不分开了。”陈溪桥的脸上露出了欣喜的神色。 “那无盐妹子呢？”紫荷问。 陈溪桥被紫荷问得一愣，茫然地摇了摇头。 “无盐妹子为你做了这么多事，你又怎么忍心伤她的心呢？”紫荷愁眉紧锁，一字一句地说。 “但是你才是我最想娶回家的人。”陈溪桥犹豫了片刻，咬了咬牙，“负了她总好过负了你。”“唉，你还是这么任性。既然娶了人家，你就要对负人家一生一世的责，怎么能想怎样就怎样？”紫荷叹了口气，轻轻地将指尖柔软地划过陈溪桥的发际。 “我……”陈溪桥刚想继续辩白，紫荷的手却已经放在了他的嘴上，不让他继续往下说。 “你的心意，姐姐已经知道了。”紫荷双手捧住陈溪桥的脸庞，用自己的脸轻轻厮磨着，然后柔声继续说，“姐姐也不想要什么名分，你找个地方让姐姐住下，只要时常来看看我就行了。”“但这岂不是太委屈你了？”“你已经是个大人，不能总由着自己的性子来。现在你是你们名捕陈家的一家之主，说什么做什么，都要多为别人想。”“唉，我情愿自己没有长大，这样就能和姐姐像小时候一样永远在一起了。”“说你像个孩子，你还总是不肯承认，”紫荷宽厚地笑着，摇了摇头，“算了，不说这事了，姐姐有事问你？”“什么事？”“上次我在河边碰到的怪老头是不是谢三，最近你是不是一直和他在一起？”紫荷严肃地看着陈溪桥，一动不动。 陈溪桥脸上露出一副轻松的笑容，手下意识地摸了摸鼻子。 “姐姐你想到哪里去了，这怎么可能呢？”“你还是跟小的时候一样，一说谎就会忍不住去摸鼻子。”紫荷目光黯淡，好像很失望的样子。 陈溪桥沉默了片刻，然后使劲地吸了一口气，点了点头：“不错，最近我是一直跟谢三在一起，不过你放心，今天以后我不会再去找他了。”“真的？”“真的。”“那你不报仇了？”“不报了。”陈溪桥好像已经下了决心。 身边的紫荷已经睡着了，脸上还带着幸福的微笑。 一个月前，陈溪桥在离临安城不远的一个小村庄里，把紫荷安顿了下来。这以后，只要一有机会，他就会从临安城赶到这个普通得不能再普通的小村庄，来陪伴这个既像姐姐又像情人的女人。 司马无盐好像至今还没有觉察到一点蛛丝马迹。自嫁入陈家后，她好像已把全部精力都投入到了重振陈家雄风的事业中。只三个月不到的时间，名捕陈家的名声就已经恢复到陈六在世时的六成光景。现在江湖人人都知道，恶捕头陈溪桥虽然厉害，但更厉害的是他身后的那个女人。 司马无盐本就是一个只要活着就要发光的女人，陈溪桥一直认为，她比自己更适合成为名捕陈家的传人。只可惜天意弄人，让她偏偏生就个女儿身，只能委屈自己嫁给他这个胸无大志的男人，才能有机会施展抱负。 既然司马无盐这么喜欢管事，陈溪桥也落得个清闲，把陈府里里外外所有的大小事项都一股脑地交给了司马无盐。 司马无盐好像已经忙得没有时间来关心她的丈夫正在做些什么，陈溪桥觉得自己好像反而比结婚前更加自由了。一切都像陈溪桥预想的那样平坦，甚至连替父报仇的事，都没有人来向他提起。 但是陈溪桥却知道，这是一件他怎样放也放不下的事情。从决定不去报仇的那一天起，他就又开始梦见当年惨死的父亲浑身血淋淋地来追问自己。 而仇恨之外，他发现不知什么时候，谢三已经在他心里打了一个结。 谢三教会了他攻心大法，却也让陈溪桥自己的心也越来越不受控制。每当夜深人静时，他的心里总是会闪出一些可怕的念头，好像他自己不过是个空壳，那些被他用攻心大法揣测过的人，似乎都已经在他的身上寄居了下来，他对敌人的了解越深，他就越来越像他的敌人。 解铃还需系铃人，也许在把谢三杀死之前，陈溪桥已真的将永无宁日。 看着在自己身边熟睡的紫荷，陈溪桥不由心烦意乱到了极点。 今夜注定又会是个不眠之夜。 陈溪桥悄悄地起了床，鬼魂一般地从屋子里无声的飘了出去。 The night darkened.乌云遮住了大半个月亮。 陈溪桥眼中的寒光已经越来越甚，他甚至开始以为自己此刻已不是陈溪桥，而是超度居士，更是谢三。这种想法让他感到一下子轻松了不少。 他终于回到了上次跟谢三分手时的小桥边上，溪水依旧在桥下潺潺作响。 陈溪桥的脚已经踏在了桥上的青石板上。身后似乎有人在为他鼓掌，掌声在静夜里听起来就像是猫头鹰的叫声。 “你终于还是回来了。”陈溪桥不用回头就猜得出，说话的人一定是谢三。 “你已经算准我会回来？”“这根本不用算，代价既然已经付出，你就没有回头路可走。而且，我敢断定，有朝一日你还会发现杀人其实并不是一件惹人生厌的事。”谢三的声音听上去很懒散，好像随时都要睡着的样子。 “你知道你这个人最大的毛病是什么？”“你说。”“就是有时候话太多了。”陈溪桥的脚已从桥上迈了过去。 早上醒来时，紫荷发现陈溪桥已经不在身旁了。 屋子里，正有水声潺潺。紫荷看见陈溪桥竟端着个脸盆，在桌边不断地洗自己的手。 他洗得很仔细，每一个指缝间都已被反复洗了很多次，但陈溪桥还是觉得不够似的，还在不停地洗。他好像把全副身心都已经投入到这个简单的动作中去，以至于紫荷都走到他身边时，他都没有一点觉察。 早晨的阳光已经满满地照在了陈溪桥的脸上，但他的脸却看上去还是非常苍白，好像透明的一样。而他的呼吸却急促极了，不断地喘着气。 紫荷忍不住将手放到了陈溪桥的额头上。他的额头冰凉冰凉的，没有一点温度。 “你是不是病了？”紫荷无限爱怜地问。 “没有。”陈溪桥两只手一点都没有要停下来的意思，心不在焉地答。 “你为什么不停地洗手。”“哦，”陈溪桥好像终于回过神来，故作轻松地笑了笑，“因为我今天要去做一件很重要的事情，所以一定要把手洗干净了。”“去做什么事？”“去超度一个人，一个一直在超度别人的人。”“什么意思？”紫荷脸上的神情愈发茫然了。 “算了，这是衙门里的公事，你不必了解太多。”“哦。那你一定要小心了。”紫荷关切地对陈溪桥说。 陈溪桥终于把泡得发白的手，从水里拿了出来，自己端详了半天。 “幸亏今天不用动手，否则，这双好不容易洗干净的手，就又要弄脏了。”陈溪桥答非所问地说。 来天鸣寺之前，超度居士白顿悟今天也特地洗了一个时辰的手。 昨天，他又超度了三个痴男怨女。其中那个男的还是当今号称天下第一掌的崆峒派掌门丘无量。丘无量的排山倒海掌法，据说在崆峒派的历史上只有他一个人把它练到了最高的十三重境界，不仅有排山倒海之力，而且能在百步之外用掌风杀人于无形。三十年来所有与丘无量为敌的人如今都进了坟墓。 但是就是这个天下第一掌昨天却在风月无边楼嫖妓时，和他的两个相好一起被白顿悟用梵音神爪扼死在床上。 丘无量的掌风虽厉害，但是还是逃不过无边的梵音。 虽然江湖上人人都说白顿悟的梵音三绝技，可以名列当今江湖上最可怕十种武功之列。但白顿悟自己却不以为然，他一直相信自己的这些武功是神佛赐给他的，只因他帮着神佛超度了许多应该被超度的恶徒。他有力量，是因为他一直站在正义的一方。 虽然他知道，他所做的一切都是出自神佛的旨意，都是对的，但是杀人的感觉毕竟不雅，所以来拜见他的神佛之前，他还是很虔诚地洗了好几遍手。 所以现在他终于可以安心地坐在佛堂的蒲团上，面对着佛像，同他的精神支柱默默对话。 陈溪桥不知何时，也进了佛堂。在白顿悟身边的蒲团上坐了下来。 “居士我遇到了一个疑难，不知道是否能替我解答。”陈溪桥面带微笑，手上作了个求教的手印。 “你说。”白顿悟瞟了陈溪桥一眼，皱了皱眉头。 “《菩萨本生蔓论》中有一个故事，说有一只老鹰追逐鸽子，尸毗国王为救鸽子，割下自己身上的肉喂给鹰吃。他想救鸽子，为何不把鹰杀了？”“因为佛法的最高境界在普渡众生，鸽子是众生，老鹰也是众生，尸毗国王不能顾此失彼。”“那么，现在有一个人自称精通佛法，但行事极端，常因人有小恶，而杀之，他的行事和尸毗国王比如何？”“你是谁？”白顿悟警觉起来，眼睛暴射出一丝狞厉之光来。 “你何必管我是谁，难道知道我是谁，比佛法更重要？居士，好像过于着于相了。”陈溪桥还是似笑非笑，眯缝着眼睛看着白顿悟。 白顿悟面有愧色，沉吟着说：“此人的识见只怕比尸毗国王更高。”“怎么说？”“作恶不论大小，只因作恶的人心中有贪嗔之念，有贪嗔之念则心中不会快乐，而且作恶多了，死后还要下地狱受苦，因此不如在他作恶不多时，先超度了他。而他身边的人，也可免遭伤害，并引以为戒。此人所作所为实在功德无量。”“不过，此人自己并非神佛，他凭什么可以判断他人的生死，而且他又怎么保证自己没有作过恶。”“此人所住之屋是自己造的，所食之物是自己种的，所穿之衣是自己纺的，平日也从不取不义之财，此人又比神佛差在那里？”“此人既然如此自信，为何每次杀人之后都要到这庙里来坐上三天三夜！”超度居士打一个战栗，失魂落魄地一下子愣住了。 “而且……”陈溪桥停顿了片刻，“此人所杀之人，即使按他自己的标准来看，也非个个该死，三年前，他为了逃避追捕，曾发出暗器，不仅杀了三名捕快，还让一对路过的母子惨死街头。那三名捕快平日并没有什么恶行，只是职责所系。而那个带着孩子的母亲，此时正准备去庙里烧香。更可怜的是那个孩子，还不到三岁，死的时候脸上充满了迷惑的神情，他根本不知道世上还会发生这样不幸的事情。这么看来，此人最该超度的岂不是他自己？”冷汗从白顿悟的额上流了下来。他的脸上充满了痛苦的表情，人整个趴在了蒲团上。 陈溪桥站起身，悠然地走出了佛堂，连看也不看白顿悟，好像他已经是个死人。半山腰的凉亭里，谢三正在等着陈溪桥回来。 凉亭的石桌上有酒，还有天鸣寺天下闻名的全素席。 陈溪桥一边和谢三喝着酒，一边望着头顶上的舍身崖，好像那里是个将有好戏上演的戏台。 “你说超度居士一定会自杀吗？”陈溪桥有些不放心地问。 “你把房子的栋梁拆掉了，房子会不倒吗？一个人要是太执著，他最后一定会跟自己过不去，所以超度居士白顿悟除了超度自己，他谁也超度不了。”谢三的话音未落，白顿悟已经从舍身崖上跳了下来。