insane

Chapter 109

Right now, the Zhengzhi Temple Fair, the people in the city went to the Pudu Temple outside the city early in the morning before dawn.Liu Mu was not very interested, but he heard people say that the Buddha in the temple is very effective, so he went to the mountain to have a look, and thought of the family he hadn’t seen for a long time, so he also wanted to go to the temple to pray for his family What.

The Daxiong Hall of Pudu Temple was being repaired that day, perhaps because the weather was hot and it was noon, the craftsman on the roof was a little drowsy, and a hammer accidentally slipped out of his hand.The moment the hammer was released from his hand, the craftsman was so startled that he lost all sleepiness, and shouted, "Master, be careful!" The hammer fell from the sky and hit a monk passing by outside the hall.Seeing this scene, the pilgrims and the monks in the temple all changed their faces in fright, and some simply closed their eyes, as if they were afraid of seeing the monk's brains smashed out.Liu Mu was going to rescue him, but he saw the monk twisted his soles of his feet, turned his waist slightly, avoided the hammer that fell from above, paused, and staggered backwards seemingly clumsily a few steps.The hammer directly hit the monk's feet, but fortunately the monk was not injured at all, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief seeing that the monk had escaped a catastrophe.

Liu Mu walked over and picked up the hammer at the monk's feet, and said, "Good work, master."

The monk laughed and said, "The benefactor is joking, the poor monk is just a monk who can only meditate and chant scriptures, how can he know how to kung fu."

Liu Mu said, "If the master doesn't know lightness kung fu, how could he just dodge the hammer that fell from the sky just now." Liu Mu shook the hammer in his hand again as he spoke.

The monk said, "It must have been the Buddha's manifestation that saved the poor monk's life just now."

Liu Mu felt strange, seeing that the monk spoke seriously, it didn't look like he was joking with himself at all.But just now, I saw that the monk dodged the hammer that fell from the sky in an instant, his foot was stable, and his steps were very light. He obviously knew lightness kung fu.I didn't want to learn martial arts from him, why did this monk hide it from me?

Curious, Liu Mu grabbed a little novice and asked, "Who is the master who was almost injured by the hammer just now?"

The little novice said, "It's Master Fan."

Liu Mu said, "I think this Master Liaofan should have very high martial arts."

The little novice said with a smile, "Although our Pudu Temple has a history of hundreds of years, there has never been a monk who knows martial arts. All the monks in our temple are monks. Apart from meditating, they chant scriptures every day. Just occasionally go down the mountain to do rituals for the people, how can there be anyone who knows martial arts."

Liu Mu felt strange, and remembered that Master Fan staggered back a few steps just now when he turned around, which was obviously done on purpose, and thought, since this monk has such light skills, why did he hide it.

Liu Mu asked, "Why, can't your monks in Pudu Temple practice martial arts?"

The little novice said, "That's not true. It's just that our Pudu Temple has been meditating, chanting scriptures and practicing Zen for generations. Few people like to study martial arts. It has been passed down from generation to generation, and no one learns martial arts. There are some in the Buddhist scripture pavilion. Some martial arts classics, but I haven’t heard of anyone reading them, but those scriptures, everyone recites them by heart.”

I don't know if Liu Mu played hard to get to avoid Feng Linling for a while, or he was really curious about why Monk Liao Fan concealed his knowledge of martial arts, so he paid some sesame oil and simply lived in Pudu Temple.

Besides, Feng Linling, since she bid farewell to Liu Mu outside Feng's residence that day, she has never seen Liu Mu again.

Feng Linling rested her chin on the table with one hand, and stared straight at the empty bowl. Feng Langqu stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Feng Linling's eyes, "Linling, what are you thinking? If you don't eat the food, it will be cold."

"It's nothing." Feng Linling lowered her head and casually put some vegetables into her mouth, but she couldn't taste any of them.

Feng Langqu looked at Feng Linling in astonishment, "Linling, aren't you most afraid of eating chili?"

Only then did Feng Linling regain her senses, her brows frowned, tears were about to come out, and the maid behind her hurriedly handed over tea when she saw it.

"Linling, what's on your mind these days, why are you always absent-minded." Feng Langqu asked with concern.

"No, it's nothing." Feng Linling got up after finishing speaking, "Brother, I'm full, I'm going back to my room first, and I have to go to Sister Yan's for tea later." After finishing speaking, she left in a hurry.

Feng Langqu frowned, and then looked at the bowls and chopsticks that Feng Linling had hardly touched. Naturally, he would not believe that Feng Linling would be in this state for no reason.

Feng Langqu called Xiao Ju, Feng Linling's close maid, "Miss, have you been anywhere other than Jindingzhai recently?"

Xiaoju replied respectfully, "Miss usually drinks tea at Jindingzhai, occasionally goes to the silk and satin shop to choose fabrics, or walks casually on the street, but she has never stayed in other places for too long."

"Who has that lady met in Jindingzhai?"

Xiaoju suddenly realized, "Yes, Mr. Yin!" Now Xiaoju understood why Feng Langqu asked these words, and she said it because she was worried that the man wearing the mask would have bad intentions for her young lady.

"Young Master Yin?"

"I heard that he is from outside the customs. Miss can often see this person in Jindingzhai, and they often drink tea and chat together. But this person is always wearing a mask, which looks a bit strange. The servant is worried that this person has bad intentions for the lady. But Miss seems to trust Mr. Yin very much." Xiao Ju told Feng Langqu in detail about Liu Mu's rescue of Feng Linling in the busy city.

Feng Langqu said quite seriously, "In the future, no matter what stranger Miss miss meets, you have to come back and tell me as soon as possible, understand." With Feng Langqu's suspicious personality, he certainly wouldn't easily believe this sudden appearance. Here comes the 'Mr. Yin', and he's a masked outsider.On the same day, Feng Langqu sent his men to investigate the details of the 'Mr. Yin' that Xiaoju was talking about.But apart from being an outsider who came to Hangzhou a month ago, nothing else has been found out.

These days Feng Linling stayed in Jindingzhai as much as possible every day, and her purpose naturally did not escape Yan Erniang's eyes.

"Is there something on Linling's mind these few days?"

Feng Linling stared at the hot tea that was still swirling in the teacup, she didn't seem to notice that there was no tea in it, and she didn't raise her head, she just said sullenly, "No."

Yan Erniang smiled and said, "Since you have nothing on your mind, why didn't you realize that the tea in the cup is not the Jin Junmei you just asked for? It's not that you don't like the bitterness of Tieguanyin."

Feng Linling came back to her senses, and looked at the tea leaves in the teacup again, "Oh... maybe I didn't sleep well last night, so my mind was a little distracted."

Yan Erniang said, "It's not so much that you lost your mind because you didn't sleep well, it's better to say that you lost your mind because you couldn't see it!"

Feng Linling seemed to feel that Yan Erniang had guessed her right, so she took a sip of tea to cover up her embarrassment, and she didn't seem to care about the bitterness of Tieguanyin that she didn't like before.

Yan Erniang laughed and said, "It turns out that whether this tea is brewed or brewed well does not depend on my Yan Erniang's craftsmanship. I don't care about it, I'm afraid it doesn't matter what I drink."

Feng Linling took another sip of tea, "Sister Yan spoke so strangely today, but Linling couldn't understand."

"Yan Erniang!" Suddenly hearing a familiar voice from outside, Feng Linling's hands trembled, not even noticing that the tea had splashed onto her sleeves.

Yan Erniang smiled at Feng Linling, "It must be someone who made you lose your mind."

When Liu Mu saw Feng Linling, he nodded his head pretendingly, "Miss Feng."

Feng Linling bit her lower lip and simply nodded her head as a gesture.

Yan Erniang glanced back and forth between the two of them, and said with a smile, "Mr. Yin hasn't been here for quite a while."

Liu Mu replied, "No, these few days I have been chanting scriptures and practicing Zen with those monks in Pudu Temple, and I am too lazy to go down the mountain."

"Yo, do you want to become a monk?" Yan Erniang said, "Or is it to escape us from the mundane world?"

"Not really, it's just that my heart is a little restless. But it's all mediocrity."

Soon, Yan Erniang handed Liumu the Tieguanyin she wanted, and said, "Why, do you still plan to live on the mountain for a while?"

Liu Mu smiled and said, "It's rare to be quiet." Liu Mu exchanged a few words with Yan Erniang, said goodbye to Feng Linling, and went up the mountain again.

Yan Erniang laughed and said, "This heartless thing actually went to the temple to learn from other people's cleansing. It's just that some people are so worried after seeing each other for a few days. If they really become monks, I'm afraid some people will lose their souls." I followed Yin Tianchou up the mountain."

"I didn't!" Feng Linling blurted out.

Now Yan Erniang laughed even more, "Lin Ling, since Yin Tianchou came to Jindingzhai, I have noticed all the changes in your actions. Well, you don’t have to be too reserved with the girl’s family. Back then, I had a person I liked, just like Yin Tianchou now, but he was just a passerby wandering around the city. If I could let go of the girl’s face and leave with him, I would You don’t have to marry my frail and sick husband, and you don’t have to be a widow at a young age. Yin Tianchou is from outside the Guan, and he can’t tell when he’s done playing in Hangzhou and he’s gone. If he goes back to the grassland , start a family, start a business, marry a wife and have children, then it is really hard to say whether they will come to the Central Plains in the future. Some people, if they miss it, I am afraid that they will never have the chance to see each other again in this life. You ladies from official families will naturally have to ask for marriage The aristocrats, especially your Feng family, must have crossed the threshold long ago. The sons and brothers of your Feng family, who are used to being arrogant and extravagant since childhood, are not full of bad habits. I think you have not seen it. Eye-catching. Now that you have finally met someone who is tempted, are you really willing to let him go away like this?"

"But what if he doesn't accept it..." Feng Linling's voice became softer as she spoke.

Yan Erniang smiled and said, "I see that Yin Tianchou may not be ruthless to you. If a man doesn't care about you, he might disappear without a trace if he cheats on your body. But Yin Tianchou is so cautious, he must be afraid Hurt you. I'm curious, you don't even know what he looks like, so how could you secretly agree. "

Feng Linling blushed and said, "Ever since he rescued me in the downtown area that day, the moment I saw him when I lifted the curtain of the car, I thought, except for him, there is no other man who can make me feel so at ease."

"You mean that Yin Tianchou is the one who subdued Crazy Horse in the downtown area and saved you?"

Feng Linling nodded.

Yan Erniang asked again, "The jade pendant that Yin Tianchou asked me to keep an eye on for him that day, is it in your hand?"

Feng Linling bit her lower lip subconsciously, and took out the jade pendant hidden in the sachet. Yan Erniang stared at the jade pendant on the table with a strange expression, and suddenly smiled, "This Yin Tianchou wears a mask all day long and looks mysterious. Secretly, he looks cautious, but he is also careless, even the jade pendant his mother gave him can be thrown on the carriage. Fate is something that cannot be forced, let it be God's will."

Feng Linling put away the jade pendant on the table, stood up and said, "Follow God's will? Sister Yan said so clearly, how can Linling obey God's will. That's right, instead of marrying an unsatisfactory husband and ruining the rest of your life, it's better to choose one I like it."

Yan Erniang didn't have time to persuade her again, Feng Linling had already gone out and got into the carriage, telling the driver to go directly to Pudu Temple.

Yan Erniang shook her head, "Forget it, maybe I'm thinking too much. Whether it's a blessing or a curse, it depends on its destiny."