"Little monk?" Yang Dong narrowed his eyes and looked up and down at the bald boy in yellow clothes who suddenly burst into view, with a playful smile at the corner of his mouth.
"..." Zhang Yunlong saw no less than thirty pirates around him, and all of them were armed with large guns, blunderbuss, and sophisticated equipment. They were tough and tough, unlike ordinary pirates. Their faces were expressionless, and he secretly complained in his heart. It turned out that he was walking
Another relatively spacious road. I heard that there were pirates chasing officers and soldiers along the road ahead. I temporarily changed the route and went into the mountains and forests to take a small road to avoid the pirates. However, it is not as good as God, or it is said that people are unlucky enough to drink cold water and their teeth are blocked. Pirates
On the way back, he avoided taking the main road and took the mountain trails instead. He tried to avoid but still ran into pirates.
Yang Dong smiled and said: "Looking at your outfit, you look like a monk. Why don't you have a fragrant scar on your head? Could it be that you are a fake monk?"
Zhang Yunlong clasped his hands and bowed: "In reply to the donor, I have not yet received the ordination, so I have no ordination scar."
Yang Dong smiled again and said: "That's it. Young monk, are you interested in joining the gang? In the future, you will have a big bowl of wine, a big piece of meat, a complete set of clothes, and the money will be divided according to the scale. What a happy life it will be." The man from the sea believed everything.
I don’t believe in anything, and I respect ghosts and gods and stay away from them. The words left by our ancestors are deeply rooted in the hearts of the world, but whether you believe it or not is one thing, and whether you need it or not is another matter.
Zhang Yunlong bowed and replied: "Thank you so much for the donor's consideration. I am very grateful. However, although I have not received any precepts, I am devoted to the spiritual world and my heart is devoted to the great road. There are five precepts in Buddhism: one is not to kill, the other is not to steal, the third is not to commit sexual misconduct, and the fourth is not to lie.
,5 do not drink alcohol..."
Yang Dong curled his lips slightly and sneered. In today's world, there is blasphemy of etiquette and disorderly entertainment, and people's hearts are not as old as before. Not to mention the world, monks also have the same virtue. How many people can still stay in the temple to practice peacefully and observe the ancestral precepts? Monks and Taoists drink alcohol and eat meat.
Marrying a wife and having children is a normal thing, just like ordinary people. Some monks and Taoists break into widowed families, engage in prostitution, and are so promiscuous that ordinary people can't catch up. They are hungry ghosts in lust, and they are not called "flower devils" for nothing. Isn't there a saying in the market like that?
Well, the monk is a "bald head" and the Taoist priest is a "prostitute". They are not good birds anyway.
Feng Guochun stood next to Yang Dong. He was one of the teenagers who bullied Huang Chen. He scolded with a tigerish face: "Little bald donkey, our leader has taken a liking to you and invited you to join the gang. You will never be able to succeed in eight lifetimes."
You are so lucky to be like your mother! Don't be ignorant of praise."
Yang Dong was happy to watch the excitement from the sidelines.
Zhang Yunlong was true to his devotion to Buddha, but he was still a fifteen-year-old boy after all. After being scolded by Feng Guochun, his face turned red with anger and his eyes were as bright as fire.
Feng Guochun said with a cruel smile: "Why, you little bald donkey, are you not convinced?"
Zhang Yunlong gritted his teeth and recited silently in his heart: "Be patient and meditate, don't be angry and don't speak harshly..."
Feng Guochun slowly drew out his waist knife, stepped towards Zhang Yunlong, and said with a ferocious smile: "Little bald donkey, I ask you, are you not convinced?"
Zhang Yunlong lowered his eyebrows and said: "If you criticize, hate, insult, or even make evil remarks, we must endure it because we uphold the righteous Dharma. If we play tricks and scorn, slander and do not praise, we must tolerate everything because we uphold the righteous Dharma..."
Feng Guochun slapped Zhang Yunlong on the cheek with the back of the knife, neither lightly nor hard, and said with a smile: "The little bald donkey can memorize the Buddhist teachings quite smoothly."
The other party chewed a little bald donkey. Zhang Yunlong's heart was filled with anger, and his clasped hands trembled slightly. Feng Guochun thought he was afraid, so he hit his face with the back of the knife and coldly snorted: "Little bald donkey, you know you are afraid this time? Here's a toast
If you don't eat, you'll have to drink wine as a penalty. Look at your delicate skin and tender flesh, have you ever tried a golden gun..."
"Kill him immediately and don't disturb his mind!" Zhang Yunlong couldn't bear it anymore and shouted loudly. His fist was as powerful as a bow and was like thunder. He hit Feng Guochun in the chest so hard that he spurted blood and flew ten feet away. He took a few quick steps into the forest and disappeared.
Everyone, including Yang Dong, was stunned. They didn't expect that Zhang Yunlong would dare to attack them alone...
Yang Dong was the first to react and said furiously: "Why are you still standing there in a daze? Chase me!"
"Bang bang..."
Zhang Yunlong shuttled through the forest at an extremely fast speed. Fire cannons rang out behind him, causing sawdust to fly around the tree trunks. Zhang Yunlong suppressed his fear and used the trees as a barrier to dodge and move around, speeding up his escape.
Not only Yang Dong and Zhang Yunlong were alone in the forest, but Ruan Jin was also there. He heard the sound of gunshots coming from far and near, and signaled his subordinates to block the route. Unexpectedly, they stopped a bald boy, and both parties were stunned at the same time. live.
Blocked in front and pursued by soldiers behind, Zhang Yunlong had no way to escape and looked desperate.
Ruan Jin didn't understand the situation for the time being and said nothing. When Yang Dong came up from behind panting, he frowned and asked: "What's going on? Aren't you chasing the defeated soldiers? Why did you turn to chase a young man? Have you forgotten the rules set by the big leader?"
Yang Dong's face was gloomy and uncertain. Although Ruan Jin only joined the company last year, he was very valued by Huang Chen and his rise was very fast. Especially since he entered Fujian, he has been in the limelight for a while. Now he has three ships under his jurisdiction. He can be called Zhao Hongyi and Chen Siwai. The third person has a higher status than him. Moreover, he has always prided himself on being a hero, so I am afraid that he will not be allowed to kill the young monk easily.
Feng Guochun put his hand on his chest and said with a pale face: "Chief Ruan, he was the one who moved first."
Ruan Jin looked at Feng Guochun and then at Zhang Yunlong, with a look of surprise on his face, and asked the latter: "Did you move first?"
Zhang Yunlong was already desperate, but after hearing Ruan Jin's words, things seemed to be turning around, so he hurriedly explained the matter truthfully without adding any fuel or jealousy.
Ruan Jin frowned and sighed silently.
Feng Guochun said: "Chief Ruan, I was beaten to the point of vomiting blood by this little bald donkey. Are you going to side with outsiders?"
Yang Dong folded his hands on his chest and said nothing, but not speaking itself represented an attitude.
Ruan Jin said: "We, the men from the sea, want to kill officers and soldiers, and injustice. Why should I be treated like a young man and be inferior for nothing? Brother Yang, what do you think?"
Just as Feng Guochun was about to speak, Yang Dong glared at him fiercely, smiled at Ruan Jin and said, "Brother Ruan misunderstood, I didn't intend to kill the young monk, I intended to invite him to join the gang. We men at sea spend all their time doing swords." We are licking blood from our heads, and we may die one day. It is always a good thing to have a monk by our side to save us."
When Yang Dong said this, it was hard for Ruan Jin to interfere anymore. Yang Dong was Huang Chen's confidant, and any further quarrel would inevitably make people feel aggressive. He asked Zhang Yunlong, "Little brother, what do you think?"
Zhang Yunlong's face changed. If he refused, Ruan Jin might let him go. Will Yang Dong let him go? He gritted his teeth and said, "I am willing to join the gang."
"Since I agree, little brother, that's the best thing." Ruan Jin nodded and said, "What's your last name, little brother? Do you have a legal name?"
Zhang Yunlong replied: "My surname is Zhang and my first name is Yunlong. I can't give my name at the moment."
"My surname is Ruan Mingjin, from Fuzhou, and that person's name is Yang Dong." Ruan Jin said: "Our leader's surname is Huang Mingchen, and he comes from a famous family... We are different from other bandits who only know how to burn, kill, and plunder. We kill innocent people indiscriminately. Anyone who rapes a woman will be killed without mercy..."
However, Huang Chen said that after Huang Chen defeated the officers and soldiers, in order to prevent the broken troops from joining up with the artillery and armored soldiers behind him, and then embarrass himself, he led half of his men to bite the broken soldiers and pursue them fiercely. When he approached the artillery and armored soldiers, he drove the broken soldiers into the formation.
.Except for the initial few shellings that killed and wounded some people, there were almost no other losses. Once the officers and soldiers' artillery was seized and the guns were turned to point at the armored soldiers, the war was quickly over.
What pleased Huang Chen the most about this battle was not the dozen or twenty land artillery pieces, nor the hundreds of officers and soldiers captured, but the more than sixty pairs of purple cloth armor. After all, artillery was easy to come by, but armor was hard to find.
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Zhang Yunlong (1613-1701), whose Buddhist name was Shi Daozong, was a backbone of the Wan Group and military advisor, also known as the Wanwu monk. He was rumored to be the founder of the Tiandi Society. Off-topic: Does anyone know his cousin?