The Buddha Temple is not pure

Zhu Mengzhen looked at Mengjue Temple in the haze of smoke and water, the galaxy was gloomy, the moon was in the sky, and the footprints he walked were deep and shallow.

It doesn’t come every year, but when there are some hurdles in the day, when she feels uncomfortable, or when the weather is fine and there is no wind or rain, she will go up the mountain and bring some pastries and broken silver to say goodbye , but she has never seen her own child. When she knelt in front of the Buddha to worship, she would occasionally hear the child’s laughter. understand.

But she went up the mountain this time purely on a temporary basis, she didn't bring anything, and she didn't know if the Buddha would blame her.

When Yue Weiyang went to the temple to borrow white noodles, the sky was hanging in all directions, the galaxy was vast, and it was past midnight, but Senior Brother Jinghuai was still guarding in front of the Buddha, and the wooden fish in front of him was knocking steadily.

"Master, is there any flour in the temple? Borrow some."

Jing Huai turned around and smiled warmly: "I knew you would come to borrow it, and it's been prepared for you. It's in the side hall. Be careful this time, and don't waste any more food."

Yue Weiyang is not convinced: "When did I waste food?"

Jing Huai looked up to the sky and sighed: "Thinking back to last year, on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the pots and pans of the Sao Yu Xuan were turbulent, not to mention disturbing the cleanliness of the Mengjue Temple, and the mooncakes that came out of the oven were still 'stained with blood'."

"It's so scary, but it's just that the skin is broken and the red bean paste is overflowing."

Jing Huai shook his head: "It's not that the skin is broken, it's the stuffed dough. The poor monk has been in the world for a long time, and he has never seen such a pastry with the inside and outside. Amitabha, it's a sin."

"Master, it's not that I dislike you. You can see that Xiaosi is not picky. No matter what kind of mooncakes I make, he will still eat them."

"Junior Brother Jingsi is still young and ignorant. He thought mooncakes look like that. You mislead him, so you have the nerve to mention it."

"Whatever, just watch this year, I promise to make you decent."

When Yue Weiyang went to the side hall to fetch flour, Xiao Si had already fallen asleep peacefully, she did not disturb, and quietly carried the flour out, before leaving, the master asked: "Aren't you taking people away too?"

"Not this time."

Jing Huai understood, and when he heard footsteps outside the gate of the mountain temple, he gently woke Xiao Si up, saying that he was tired, and there was a pilgrim coming to offer incense, so he asked him to get up and watch.

Perhaps because she grew up in a Buddhist temple, Xiaosi's temperament is considered very good, not as naughty as a child of this age should be, but he obeys every elder brother and Yueyueniang's words. Now I heard that someone wants to offer incense, although Feeling abnormal, but there is no objection, small hands rubbed sleepy eyes and said: "Brother, please rest quickly, I will take care of it."

He didn't think too much when he entered the Buddhist hall with the green lantern. The three thousand lights flickered under the lotus flower on the Buddha's seat, illuminating the shadow of the man into thousands of paths.

She knelt in front of the Buddha devoutly, clasped her hands, closed her eyes slightly, and murmured something. Xiaosi saw that her dress, shoes and socks were covered with mud, and she must have walked a long mountain road. Take advantage of the rainy night to go up the mountain to worship Buddha.

He went to the incense stand to fetch incense and came over: "Benefactor, please offer incense."

Zhu Mengzhen was stunned for a moment when she turned her head. There seemed to be stars shining in her eyes. She tried her best to find the traces of her familiarity on the face of the young monk in front of her. , a small mouth, and two shallow dimples when she smiles, she is cute and shy.

"Almsgiver, please burn incense. Only after burning incense can the Buddha hear your words and requests." Seeing that the almsgiver did not answer for a long time, he repeated.

Zhu Mengzhen was choked with sobs for a while, and said: "The Buddha...has heard it." After speaking, tears burst out of the embankment.

Duan Shiqing hated her, humiliated her, and betrayed her. She trembled with anger but did not shed a single tear. But seeing Xiao Si's innocent face at this moment, she suddenly couldn't help it anymore. The grievances, obsessions, and unwillingness in her heart seemed to be all there. Repayment, her tears are not hatred, but gratitude.

"What's your name?" She wanted to pull Xiao Si into her arms, but she held back, her stiff hands and feet were always cautious, afraid of scaring the little monk.

"The poor monk's name is Jing Si."

"Do you know who your parents are?"

Xiaosi shook her head: "Once you enter the Buddhist gate, the four elements are all empty, and all thoughts of the world of mortals are cut off. I don't know, and I don't need to know."

Zhu Mengzhen nodded in relief, hiding the pain in her heart, this relationship is too heavy, she can bear it alone, she can't involve the child, seeing him standing in front of him safe and sound is the greatest blessing, What else do you want?Practicing in the temple is his best destination, just as she said before the Buddha that day, wishing me to escape from the world of mortals and be safe and successful.

"It's so late, why don't you go to bed?"

Xiao Si smiled and said: "Brothers are tired of guarding during the day, and at night when I heard that the benefactor is coming, I will come and watch for my brother, won't it hinder the benefactor's pilgrimage?"

"No, it's best to be accompanied by the little master." Zhu Mengzhen's eyes were moist again, and the little monk was too sensible. She felt a little distressed, and his temperament was completely different from his father's.

"Do your brothers treat you well on weekdays?"

When talking about this, Xiao Si suddenly became excited: "It can't be better, the senior brother never let me do heavy work, even carrying water and chopping firewood, and the second senior brother also loves me, every time I go down the mountain for alms Or buy it, and when I come back, I will bring me my favorite candied haws and pastries that I can’t name. They are about the size of a bell, golden, and sprinkled with white sesame seeds. They are delicious and taste sweet, like It's like honey..." This child is not easy, and he can say hello to himself.

Zhu Mengzhen couldn't help laughing: "I probably know what you're talking about. Mi San Dao is the best made by Chen Ji Gui Xiang Fang, but I can make it too, and the taste may not be nearly as good."

"The benefactor will also make that pastry?"

"Of course, I know all about honey three knives, peony cakes, lotus flower cakes, Polygonum flower candies, and sugar pancakes. I'll bring you whatever you like next time."

Xiao Si’s eyes were full of eager anticipation, but she still endured and endured: “The kindness of the benefactor is appreciated, the senior brother said that I can’t eat too much sweet, my teeth will be damaged, and candied haws can only be eaten once a month. The knife can only be eaten once every two or three months."

Hearing what he said, Zhu Mengzhen's heart ached. Ordinary children can eat what they eat when they make a fuss, but he had to restrain himself: "It's simple, I put less sugar and more honey. Eat honey It won’t break your teeth, and your senior brother probably won’t object to it.”

Xiaosi lowered her head and kept turning her fingertips: "Honey is very expensive, so don't waste it, I don't have any copper coins to give you."

Zhu Mengzhen smiled suddenly, with tears still shining in his eyes: "The most stinky thing in the world is copper coins. Even if you give me what you have, I don't want it."

Xiao Si suddenly felt inexplicably moved: "Benefactor, why are you so kind to me?"

This question stopped her, she was embarrassed for a long time and said: "Maybe you and I are destined."

Xiaosi grinned again, and said with a smile: "Almsgiver, the poor monk is here to thank you, but there is no need to rush for me recently, and it is almost the Mid-Autumn Festival. The white noodles are baked on the stove, and the red and white ones come out delicious and beautiful."

"Who is Yueyue Niang?"

"I don't remember her full name, I just call her Yueyue Niang, but sometimes people down the mountain will call her Shan Gui Niang Niang when they see her, the benefactor also came down from the mountain, right?"

"That's right. I've heard people say that this mountain has dragon veins and is protected by mountain gods." It turns out that her child has also been blessed by the gods. Regardless of whether the mountain ghost is real or not, she is very pleased. As the saying goes, this month Yueyue Niang is also the Mountain Ghost Empress... Her cooking skills should not be very good, right? The pastry of the moon cake should be golden yellow, how can it be red and white when baked with red bean paste and stuffing?"

Xiaosi scratched her head and couldn't figure it out, the mooncakes he ate were obviously like that.

On the tile eaves of the Buddhist temple, the bright moon breeze coiled around Yue Weiyang's three thousand like green silk, shaking her sleeves back and forth, as if asking her to calm down, but she didn't want to do this, and was about to jump down to reason, but was stopped by Mr. Yawang Leo: "Be safe, what people say is true, the mooncakes you make are indeed far from the traditional mooncakes."

"Could it be that even you think my cooking skills are poor?" She was full of dissatisfaction, but she met Ya Wangjun who was not afraid of death.

"Yangyang, let's not talk about the taste of your cooking, just talk about the posture... If you know it, you are cooking, but if you don't know it, you think you are selling iron. I can't guarantee that you were really a fish in your previous life. In this life I can't get past the pot."

Yue Weiyang clenched her fists, gritted her teeth and said: "Since you despise my cooking, you still eat it for so long!"

"Yangyang, don't be impulsive, you won't forget that I get up early to cook the porridge every morning, our broken pot really can't stand your toss."

Yue Weiyang couldn't bear it anymore, she was full of prehistoric power and ready to use her big move, Yawang Jun hurriedly covered his head and covered his face: "Don't, don't, don't make trouble, I wish Mengzhen and Xiaosi's mother and son are not easy to recognize each other, don't disturb their situation, It's immoral, besides, you really caused a big commotion, when people talked about Yueyue Niang, it's not just because of her poor cooking skills, but by the way, let's say Hanba is irritable, why bother?"

Only then did Yue Weiyang pull down her fist: "I'll write down this account for you first, don't let me catch you when it's time to settle it with you."

"Okay." Lord Yawang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and asked: "Speaking of reckoning, why is Zhu Mengzhen's life so bumpy? It is said that she is not a beautiful woman, so why can't she live in peace? First, he was docile by family discipline and never showed his face, and then Duan Shiqing annulled the engagement, and threatened him not to destroy the relationship between the two families, and he couldn't even tell his son frankly when he met his son, this is too miserable."

"Is it miserable?"

"It's miserable."

"'Three thousand tears from the green lamp, the poor Buddha has no sleep at night.' In this way, wouldn't the Buddha be even more miserable?"

Mr. Yawang was puzzled: "Why are you so cruel to Zhu Mengzhen, you don't even leave room for death sentence poems. I want to know what sins she did in her previous life? You have to take care of her like this."

"Then let me tell you a story..." just as Yue Weiyang opened her mouth, the rubble on the eaves creaked, and when she looked back, the elder brother also came up and brought a plate of peanuts.

The senior brother sat down under their surprised gazes, and handed the peanut plates in front of them one by one: "Tell me, I'll listen too."

Yue Weiyang and Yawangjun were flattered and grabbed each other's hands, and when they looked at each other, they smiled understandingly.

After coughing twice, Yue Weiyang said: "Once upon a time, there was an old man, he was old, his eyes were dim, and he could hardly distinguish the writing on the copybook, so he asked the goddess for help, and wanted to borrow his eyes, and the goddess gave him A fox, since then the fox has become his eyes, reading texts and imitating ink to him, and when someone comes to visit him for divination, the fox pushes the table and calculates, conveying the cause and effect of the fate chart.

Later, a son came, with a gold pen pinned to his waist, he was a newly appointed imperial envoy, he came here only to seek a chess piece that could influence the rise and fall of the dynasty, and the horoscope gave him the horoscope of birth date, geographical location, After doing calculations, the fox found that the horoscope pointed to herself. She didn't want to get involved in the world of mortals again, so she changed the result of the horoscope deduction, causing the young master to break into the Xiangzhi country of Nanzhu with the wrong oracle. When the eldest prince completed his merits and virtues, he took the lantern attendant away from him.

Since then, the waiter with the lamp has fought in the world of mortals for the eighteenth time... Do you think that fox should be punished? "

Lord Yawang thought for a while: "I seem to understand, but I don't seem to understand, but that fox should be punished."

"That's right, if you act against the sky, you will be backlashed. She dared to deceive the envoy of the golden pen, and passed on the calamity to the attendant with the lamp. Therefore, when the two of them went through the calamity of the world, she also had to abandon her immortality and fall into reincarnation. But She had some good deeds in the book during her lifetime, which cannot be written off, so after reincarnation, she was given medical skills to save lives and heal the wounded. First, to gain her fame, and second, to eliminate her crimes. Before leaving, the old man thought of the old love and allowed her to make a wish. Never thought about her but said..."

"Don't say it, don't say it, let me guess!" Jun Yawang interrupted enthusiastically, "She wouldn't say...wants to live forever? Or accept three thousand beautiful men from the harem? Or accept three thousand beautiful men Afterwards, seek immortality and youthful appearance?" The way this guy beamed while speaking was really annoying.

Yue Weiyang slapped him on the back of the head: "She said, she doesn't want an alluring appearance, and she doesn't want to hold the wind and swing a willow. The old man is grateful for her chance to break through the world and realize the truth of beauty, so he didn't give it to her." Her reincarnation mole only left a note for her in the non-photo album, so after birth, she did not have a shocking appearance, but she only had two shallow dimples, which is a blessing."

"So that's the case. Hearing what you said, I feel better. It turns out that it's all karma. No one is wronged, and no one is taken advantage of."

Unexpectedly, the elder brother let out a long yawn: "I have heard this story several times, is there anything new? Don't disappoint my peanut."

"Master, don't embarrass me. Is there anything I know that you don't?"

The elder brother thought for a while: "For example, during the cultivation period of Prince Xiangzhi, how did the waiter carrying the lamp and the waiter Tianxiang form an alliance with each other? One was robbed to the Tianji Palace, and the other did not hesitate to break the mysterious Iron chains, even if you cripple your feet, save her from fire and water?"

Yue Weiyang smiled slyly, with a sense of confidence: "Master, are you sure you want to listen? Are you afraid of disturbing the purity of the Buddha?"

"I dare to listen, but I'm afraid you won't dare to speak."

"I dare say, I'm afraid that after listening to it, you will have to recite the Diamond Sutra eight hundred times to get rid of demonic obstacles, that's all, why bother."

Yawang Jun has been in a daze for a while: "What are you talking about, why can't I understand a word? Who, who crippled his feet?"

Yue Weiyang stood up, dusted off her dress, "It's cold in the night, it's time to go." After saying that, she turned and left.

Senior Brother Jing Huai looked at the bright moon high above, and said wistfully: "In all things, we are not afraid of the fire of the prairie fire, but we are afraid that the embers will rekindle under the ashes."

Yue Weiyang turned her head away, and smiled sweetly, but concealed some unreasonable despair: "Master, don't worry, I am no longer a teenager, and I am no longer frivolous."

At this moment, Ji Luoyu sneezed several times, but couldn't stop, she rubbed her nose: "It's cold in the night, no one dreamed of me, right?"

Zi Kou was a light sleeper at first, but she woke up completely after a few sneezes: "Girl, didn't you fall asleep when the lights were turned off, why did you wake up again now? Don't be too creepy at night."

Ji Luoyu was playing with the lotus lantern in his hand, the room was pitch black, only a few rays of moonlight came in through the vermilion window lattice, outlining her beautiful profile, after a long time she said quietly: "Zi Kou, it's so strange." , This lamp can’t light no matter what, I have tried wax oil, flint, and rosin, and there is not even a spark.”

Zi Kou lifted the quilt, shuddered, and fell on her knees: "You don't say who you bought this lamp from, it's probably cheated by someone, maybe it's a bad guy. Girl , let's go to bed first, tomorrow I will accompany you to find that person to settle accounts, and I will not let the girl suffer."

Ji Luoyu hugged the lotus lantern pitifully. Such a beautiful thing is not a bad guy. Tomorrow she wants to find Yue Weiyang alone, and she has to light up the lantern before the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The next morning, when she went out, she tucked up the quilt for Zi Kou, which caused her to not sleep well last night, and did not wake up after the cock crowed three times.

The wind on the mountain road cut people's cheeks like a knife, but even so, she couldn't dress neatly, and her shoulders were bruised from the cold.

At this time of year, there were almost no people on the mountain, but she ran into a woman head-on. The white dress was like a fairy, but the shoes and socks were covered with scabbed mud, which was very unpleasant. She must have gone up the mountain when the wind and rain were blowing last night. , spent the night on the mountain again, and did not go down the mountain until dawn, not to mention the pungent incense ash on her body, she must have stayed in the temple without a doubt.

Zhu Mengzhen didn't know that there was such a person in the Eastern Capital City. It's not easy to see such a face. Before Ji Luoyu could speak, she stood in front of her: "Dare to ask where this girl came from and where she was going?" go?"

Ji Luo foresaw that she would be friendly, so he was defenseless, and said with a smile, "I came from the North Alley, and I want to go to the mountain temple. Miss, you go up the mountain to worship Buddha during the night rain. It's rare."

"Dongxiang? Could it be that you are Ji Luoyu, the only daughter of Mr. Ji?"

"Yes, the girl has heard of me?"

Zhu Mengzhen looked at Xiu Ru, which was slipping down her arms, and sneered: "I knew it a long time ago, but I heard that I only heard about it recently, girl, don't you..." The words came to an abrupt end here, she originally wanted to talk about you Is this how to seduce other people's husbands?But these words are too hurtful. She doesn't know how to say cruel words, nor has she ever said cruel words.

So when she opened her mouth again, it became: "Girl, aren't you cold?" After all, the doctor is benevolent, and she doesn't want anyone to ruin her body. She stepped forward and pulled Ji Luo's clothes, and then turned away without saying a word. go.

Left alone, Ji Luoyu was messed up in the wind, awkward, and inexplicable, but she was also grateful to this girl who met by chance, after all, not everyone knew the power of the mole.