High Ridge Flower Rescue Project

Chapter 123 The Holy Monk Who Breaks Precepts

The night was hazy, and the rain in the mountains kept falling.

The wooden door in the courtyard was not closed properly, and it creaked when it was blown by the wind from time to time.

Although it is already summer, the temperature on the mountain is already lower than that at the foot of the mountain, and it feels a bit cooler at this time.

When Xuandu came back, his clothes, shoes and socks were all soaked through.

The exposed skin showed an extremely fragile and sickly cold white, and the lips were also pale, with almost no blood color visible.

When Xi Hua saw it, he was taken aback by Xuan Du's slightly pitiful appearance, "Why do you..."

"I forgot to bring my umbrella."

Seeing that Xi Hua was still standing in front of him, Xuan Du seemed relieved, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.

Xi Hua looked at Xuan Du's well-shaped cold eyes, reluctantly accepted the reason, and didn't ask any further.

Candlelight was lit in the originally dark courtyard, and the dim light reflected the two figures in the house.

After changing into clean clothes and drinking another bowl of ginger tea, Xuandu's complexion looked much better.

"You today..."

"You today..."

Xi Hua and Xuan Du both spoke at the same time, but kept silent at the same time.

There was silence in the room for a while, but this sentence seemed to have broken a somewhat heavy atmosphere, and it began to become a little lighter.

Xuandu looked at the person sitting quietly in front of him, and felt that his heart also settled down.

"The abbot sent me to go today...to ask me about breaking the precept."

Xuan Du lowered his eyes, and wrapped a strand of Xi Hua's hair around his finger, one circle at a time, Xi Hua also let the other party's seemingly childish little gesture.

Xi Hua asked, "And then?"

Xuandu's voice was steady: "Then the abbot asked me to come back."

Xi Hua didn't know what to say for a while.

So the attitude of the top and bottom of Tanshan Temple is to pretend to be deaf and dumb, isn't it ready to deal with it?

To be honest, it is hard not to let Xi Hua think of any other reasons behind this attitude.

After all, if the matter of Xuandu was left in other temples, he would have been kicked out a long time ago, so it would be like Tanshan Temple.

Xi Hua only felt relieved, but also a little worried.

In fact, as long as Xuandu can break away from Buddhism in this life, the cause and effect involved before will be cleared up, and there will be no side issues after returning to the fairy world.

But to leave Buddhism and Tanshan Temple, Xuandu in this life must pay some price.

Even though this is just a reincarnation of the emperor, the sufferings experienced are all real in the present.

The windows in the house were not closed tightly, and the wind outside was a little stronger, and some rain was blown in along the crack.

Amidst the sound of dripping rain, the sound of footsteps and knocking on the door at this time was extraordinarily clear in the night.

Xuan Ci held a large bamboo umbrella in his hand, and stood there waiting after knocking on the courtyard door twice.

There were some dim lights in the room, Xuanci knew that there must be someone in the courtyard at this time.

Sure enough, after a while, the wooden door opened.

"Senior Brother Xuanci."

Raindrops dripped down the edge of the wide bamboo umbrella. When Xuanci reached the eaves, he put the umbrella aside. After entering the house, Xuanci couldn't help but look at the not-so-big room. in a circle.

Canzhu tea is cold, so clean and tidy that there is almost no popularity.

Xuan Du took out a new tea bowl, poured a cup and placed it in front of Xuan Ci, and then waited for the other party to explain his intentions.

Xuanci looked at the steaming tea in front of him, but he didn't have the mood to drink it.

Although the abbot didn't tell him what happened to Xuandu's side, Xuanci knew that the abbot's importance to Xuandu, the more he didn't say anything, the more it would explain the problem.

Many words, he wanted to ask Xuandu when he was in Xianju City, but he was delayed due to various reasons.

Xuanci said: "Xuandu, you have always been the most outstanding one among our brothers and sisters. It's not like you don't know what Master expects from you."

Xuan Ci always speaks quickly when he speaks, and with his body shape, even ordinary speech seems to be arguing.

But at this time, he had to think about a sentence several times before saying it. It can be said that he had never spoken so slowly in his life.

"Master asked me something about you before, and then I was very angry."

Xuan Du looked at his junior brother, and finally asked, "What happened to you?"

In fact, Xuandu had a vague guess in his mind, but he felt that it was so ridiculous that even he couldn't believe it.

Xuandu paused for a moment before he said, "Didn't the abbot tell you?"

Xuan Ci was sitting here patiently, and he almost couldn't hold back when he heard this, and said directly, if you tell me this, I will ask you why? !

But when he faced himself, a junior who was much better than him in everything, he always felt a little weak for no reason, so he could only say these words in his heart.

"Senior brother Xuanci is here to ask this today?"

He didn't know if it was because of Xuanci's psychology, but he always felt that when Xuandu said this, his tone seemed a bit strange.

But what should be answered still has to be answered, Xuanci muffled: "Of course not... the abbot asked me to tell you that tomorrow you will be responsible for cleaning the pagoda."

Saying that, Xuanci couldn't help but glance at Xuandu again.

Inside the [-]-story pagoda, there are not scripture relics, but the demons that suppressed the Tanshan Temple over the years.

It is said to be a pagoda, but it is actually a pagoda for suppressing demons.

The monks of Tanshan Temple go to sweep the pagoda, which is generally used to hone their minds.

When hearing the abbot's decision, Xuanci couldn't help thinking, does Xuandu still need to hone his mind?

He always felt that his junior brother didn't look like a real person with flesh and blood, and it would be his turn not to hone his mind.

And the eighteen-story pagoda is not a good place to be honest.

In recent years, few disciples in Tanshan Temple have passed away.

This time the abbot suddenly asked Xuandu to pass by by name, which also made Xuanci feel a little confused.

Xuan Ci has been observing Xuan Du's reaction upon hearing the news.

But what disappointed him was that Xuandu didn't respond at all, and his face still had the same expression that hadn't changed for thousands of years.

In fact, Xuan Ci would rather believe that Xuan Du responded, but he didn't notice it.

After all, if there is really no reaction, it seems that I am really making a fuss.

Seeing that Xuandu responded in such a nonchalant manner, Xuanci couldn't help asking, "Don't you want to know why the abbot suddenly asked you to sweep the pagoda?"

Xuandu: "Brother seems to want to know very much."

Xuanci didn't expect Xuandu to say such a sentence suddenly. It was because of some selfishness that he couldn't explain clearly. Xuanci suddenly felt a little hot on his face.

It's just that because of the dim light and Xuanci's dark complexion, he couldn't tell.

Xuandu had already stood up, his tone was still gentle, but there was no room for rejection in his words: "The night is getting dark, since senior brother has already delivered the message, please come back."

After Xuanci left, Xuandu immediately heard a voice in his ear saying: "Sweeping the pagoda? Are you really going to sweep the pagoda tomorrow?"

Xi Hua didn't show his figure at this time, Xuandu could only vaguely feel the opponent's presence, but couldn't see him either.

Xuandu habitually began to twist the beads again.

The string of Buddha beads was thrown out by Xi Hua before, but they are still missing there and have not been made up. They are a bit shorter than before. These days, Xuandu has almost gotten used to it.

"I am still a disciple of Tanshan Temple. There is an order in the temple, so I must go."

Xuandu slowly twirled the beads in his hand, as if explaining to Xi Hua: "It's just sweeping a stupa, it doesn't matter."

Xi Hua's figure was revealed from the side, his brows were slightly frowned, "You and I will go with you."

Seeing Xuanci's expression when he said this, he knew that the pagoda was probably not a good place, and Xi Hua was naturally worried about letting Xuandu go there alone.

And that Xuan Ci, when he kept asking Xuan Du what was going on tonight, Xi Hua couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable by the side.

This seems to be making the private matters between the two public, and for one of them, it is still a wrong thing that violates the precepts.

Thinking of the bond between Xuandu and Tanshan Temple now, Xi Hua felt a little indescribably depressed and irritable.