Qiao Yi

The carriage was parked at the foot of the mountain, and the carriage was stored in a teahouse at the foot of the mountain, and a special person was in charge of guarding and feeding it.The horse-drawn carriages on the way up the mountain behind cannot go up, and they need to go up by themselves.There are sedan chair bearers at the foot of the mountain, but usually only ladies or ladies will go up the mountain in small sedan chairs.

Looking at the long steps in front of me, I can't see the end at a glance.

Qiao Yi looked down at the little boy at his feet, and asked, "Let's go up, shall we?" This means don't cry when you get tired from climbing, let's talk first.

"En." Qiao Xiaole looked at the road ahead and nodded seriously.

Today, there are seven or eight people in their party, one child and seven adults.

Wei San has been sent to protect their little concubine, and he came with Wei Shi.

Wang Dahu and Chuliu were Qiao Yi's people, so they naturally wanted to take them out, and Zizhu and Chunxue wanted to follow, so they took them with them.

"Then let's go." Everyone set off and climbed up the mountain road from the foot of the mountain. The mountain road is paved with stones and is only wide enough for two people to walk side by side. It is not very wide. The mountain road winds up and twists and turns. fold.

Qiao Yi held the idea of ​​looking at the scenery while climbing the mountain. They walked slowly along the way, resting while walking, and everyone didn't feel too tired.

On the way, they also met pilgrims who also went up the mountain to offer incense.The porters with strong stature carried the small sedan chair, and their feet were as fast as flying. These porters should often travel to and from this mountain road. The person sitting on the sedan chair may be the wife of some family, and there are maids and servants accompanying them.

Most people want to show their devotion to the Buddha, they will choose to climb up step by step.

But Qiao Yi was not because of this reason, he simply felt that he was ashamed to be carried up as a master.With the upgrading of his abilities, the residual toxins in his body were gradually discharged, and his body recovered very well.With his current physical fitness, it is still possible to climb a mountain.

It is now the middle and late July, the tail of midsummer is almost gone, and autumn has not yet arrived.There is more greenness and coolness in the mountains, but I don't think the weather is very hot.

It's just that mountain climbing is physical work, and sweating is certain.

The mountain stream flows from high to low, and the sun shines on the water, as if coated with a layer of golden light.The fish in the water jumped out of the water, raised its tail in a beautiful arc, fell back into the water, and swam away.

At this time, there are early-ripening fruits in the mountains, and some villagers picked the fruits and sold them on the mountain roads, specializing in the business of these passing pilgrims. If they were lucky, they could sell them for a few dollars.It happened that I was thirsty walking here, and seeing fruit for sale on the side of the road, Qiao Yi asked people to pay for the fruit.

Standing next to nothing, he also chatted with the hawkers, knowing that they are villagers living near the foot of the mountain, and they would set up stalls here to do business in the past. many.

"Then why don't you sell them in the city? With more people in the city, wouldn't the business be better?" Qiao Yi asked a little puzzled.The peddler answered him, saying that the journey to the city was too far, and he had to pay money if he met a local security guard or an official messenger, and the few money he sold for fruit was not enough for those people, and he sighed again.

He finally understood. To put it bluntly, there were too many miscellaneous taxes imposed by the imperial court, and some hooligans forcibly collected protection fees. Small businesses like these didn’t make much money, so they didn’t have enough miscellaneous taxes and protection fees to enter the city. up.

You can't be considered a good emperor in this life, just look at the localities and subjects of the country he governs.Whether a country is well governed or not depends on what kind of life the people of the country live. If the people of the country can’t get enough to eat, it means that the king of the country is incompetent.

Natural disasters and man-made disasters continue every year, and many people die everywhere. In many places outside the capital, the life of the people is even more difficult.

Take this plague as an example, if the emperor hadn't procrastinated and ignored it, it wouldn't have caused so many people to die.The biggest responsibility here is actually the emperor, but no one dared to say that it was the emperor's responsibility.Since ancient times, it has never been the king who is wrong, but only the subordinates.

After chatting with the hawkers for a few minutes, they continued on their way.

"Yesterday wipe-"

Qiao Yi asked people to distribute the fruit to everyone. He took a fruit himself, wiped it with his clothes, took a bite, hummed, and said, "This fruit is good, crisp and sweet."

"Eat them all, why are you looking at me?" Qiao Yi raised his chin and said with fruit in his mouth when he saw that everyone was watching him not to eat.

Road.

There are not so many rules here, since everyone is going out to play together, there is no need to talk about so many rules.

"Good time (to eat)."

Qiao Xiaole followed suit, wiped it with her own clothes and ate it straight away, most of the rest of the people did the same.Only the two little maids who followed took out the silk they were carrying and wiped it carefully before biting.

On the way, he saw an old man selling gourds. Qiao Yi took out the copper coins and bought two small gourds, one for Qiao Xiaole and one for Chu Liu. In his eyes, these two were children who hadn’t grown up yet. .Chu Liu took the gourd given by their young master, laughed and said:

"Thank you sir."

The child is holding a small gourd, smiling happily.

So easy to satisfy!Little fool!Qiao Yi rubbed the little boy's head. After the little boy was raised with them for a period of time, his body grew a little bit of flesh, his face became rounder, and his skin became a lot whiter. The two big eyes won't look so pale. It's so big and protruding, it looks much better than when I brought it back.

They went up the mountain with dry food and water, and stopped halfway to eat some dry food before continuing to climb.

Along the way, the children gritted their teeth and followed them, neither complaining of suffering nor tiredness.

Stepping on the last step, you will see the temple standing in front of you. There are several big tripods standing in front of the temple. There are still unburned cigarettes in the big tripods. From the incense feet inserted on the top, you can see that many pilgrims are going up the mountain. Come to worship Buddha and burn incense.

After this plague, the incense in Xiangguo Temple was more prosperous than ever. Many people in the city came to Xiangguo Temple to worship Buddha, and most of the people who came to the temple would donate some sesame oil money.

Inside the temple is a majestic Buddha statue with a precious face. The Buddha's face is compassionate, and his eyes look at the world with compassion.

When they arrived, there were still many pilgrims burning incense and worshiping Buddha in the temple.

"Master, this servant is going to buy some incense."

"Well, let's go."

After receiving their master's response, Zizhu went to buy incense from the young master, took a handful of incense from the young master, and brought it to their master.Qiao Yi glanced at the incense stick in the little maid's hand, waved her hand, and said, "Just burn it."

"Yes." Zi Zhu agreed, and went to burn incense with Chun Xue, worshiped before the Buddha, prayed for the safety and prosperity of the master of the family, made a good wish, and then inserted the incense into each incense burner.

Put your hands together, and worshiped before the Buddha devoutly in your heart.

Qiao Yi asked someone to donate 100 taels of sesame oil money, and asked the little monk to light two everlasting lamps for him, one for little Qiao Yi and one for the old beggar.This is the purpose of his visit to Xiangguo Temple today. Regardless of whether there is an afterlife or a past life, he just hopes that the dead can rest in peace.

The whole room was lit with everlasting lamps, looking at the everlasting lamp lit for little Qiao Yi.Qiao Yi said silently in her heart: "If you are reborn, I hope you will have a good pregnancy and meet a good pair of parents."

He is not a person who believes in gods and Buddhas. If he wants to believe, he believes in himself even more.

It's just that I suddenly thought of it today, and I thought of going up the mountain to light an ever-burning lamp for little Qiao Yi. No one knew that the child had already passed away, and the one who lived now was him from the future.

In the final analysis, it was just a kind of self-comfort in his heart.

It doesn't matter whether it's self-comfort or not, and he will live a good life instead of Xiao Qiaoyi. Those who killed Xiao Qiaoyi, he will slowly settle the debt with those people.

There is also a long-burning lamp that he ordered for the old beggar for the child, thanking the old beggar for raising Qiao Xiaole, and telling the old beggar that the child is raised well by him, and he will take good care of the child in the future.Although after a serious illness, the child has forgotten the past and the old beggar who raised him.

Later, Qiao Yi sent someone to inquire about the old beggar, but unfortunately, many beggars died in that plague, and the one he sent did not find out about the old beggar, so he has never heard of the old beggar. There is no way of knowing the identity of the old beggar, who he is from, and his last name.

But these don't seem to be too important. Since the child has forgotten it, let's forget it and start a new life in the future.

"Kowtow." Qiao Yi patted the child's shoulder with his hand, asking the child to kowtow to the old beggar.

Qiao Xiaole obediently obeyed and acted early.

"Oh, that's right, please ask the little master to light another lamp for me." Qiao Yi asked someone to donate another 100 taels of sesame oil, and asked the little master to help him light another everlasting lamp for the immortal The former queen of the family, that is, the mother of the prince in their family.

Anyway, they have already come here today, ordering one is also ordering, and ordering two is also ordering, so they order them together.

Xiangguo Temple is a national temple, built on the mountainside, the whole temple is very large.The first emperor was a believer in Buddhism, and the Xiangguo Temple was expanded again and again.

Buddhism once flourished, and even now, there are still many people who believe in Buddhism.

"Let's go, let's take a walk here." It was the first time for them to come here, and after lighting the long burning lights, Qiao Yi led everyone to walk around and take a look around.The air in the mountains is fresh, and there is a smell of earth and vegetation in the air. He has wood-type abilities in his body, and he has a natural affinity for plants. He feels very comfortable in this place.

Close your eyes, take a deep breath, the supernatural powers in your body are a little ready to move.

A young monk came over, bowed to him, and said, "Benefactor, our presiding officer invites you to come over."

host?Qiao Yi remembered that Xie Yin told him that the Great Monk was the abbot of Xiangguo Temple, so he must have been invited by the Great Monk.Seeing that the great monk helped them a lot last time, since he was invited to go, he should go.

"Please, little master, lead the way." Qiao Yi said.