Chapter 140: Revisiting the Old Place
The further you go, the more you walk on both sides of the official road, there are small roads converging, and there are more and more pedestrians on the road, but when you see these dozens of people noisily going all the way to the city gate, I don't know what people want to do, and they all look sideways. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The city gate is far away, but the Brahma Temple is on the other side of the city, and there is no road to lead to, so it is better to go to the city first.
Van Ge City is a rather prosperous city, the streets and alleys in the city are staggered, there are many shops on both sides, and the people are prosperous, rich and prosperous. The snow on the streets has been swept away, and the market is bustling with activity as the New Year draws near.
It's not that Ahri hasn't been here before, and he used to live here with Ziqing, which seems to be a matter of his previous life. More than 100 years have passed, and there is no familiar impression in this city.
The accompanying fellow people have recommended a certain restaurant to be high-end, who is the most beautiful, Lu Gongzi did not get tired of it, and casually pointed to a restaurant on the side of the street, "It's rare to go into the city, please feel free to wander around, and I will meet here later, and Lu will invite you to drink again." ”
After getting this promise, everyone dispersed, Lu Gongzi shook his head helplessly, and Ahri snickered.
"What's so funny? It makes me happy to say it. Lu Gongzi said coldly, and Ahri wilted in an instant.
"Ah, I thought of tricking them away, and we could secretly go to a good meal, and in the morning I didn't eat a single pancake, and I starved to death. Ahri took a fancy to the most prosperous restaurant on Cross Street at a glance.
"Are you sure you want to go in?" Lu Gongzi pointed to the door of the restaurant, and there were two people standing at the door looking in, it was the Flying Toad and the Xishan Swordsman.
"Forget it, let's find another home," Ahri said indignantly.
Although the city of Sangge is lively, Ahri is also an immortal who has seen the world, and he has also played in the capital, so he still has this concentration. Walking through the streets and alleys, Ahri deliberately searched for familiar sights, and finally let her find one.
Judging from the direction, this should be the academy where Ziqing studied, and now the plaque on it has changed, but the stone carved doorpost and the two stone lions at the door have not changed. The dilapidated wooden door, the crooked plaque indicates that this place has been abandoned, and there is a stone tablet standing next to the door, which records the outstanding students who came out of this academy, and the first in line is Xu Ziqing.
Xu Ziqing, the three-year champion of the avenue and the first.
The stele is already very smooth, and the handwriting on it is not clear, presumably with the passage of time, the last trace of Ziqing's existence will no longer exist.
"I remember, you made it up that you were from Brahmango City, and there must have been some past here. Lu Gongzi said lightly, "You need to know that the worldly world is like a passing cloud, and it will be over, so don't leave any obsessions." ”
Ahri was powerless to refute, and looked up at the Fanyin Pagoda in the distance, and found that it was farther away than just now.
"Am I going in the wrong direction? Why do I feel farther and farther away from the Brahma Temple?"
"The Brahma Temple is outside the south gate, we came in through the west gate, and now we are in the east of the city, and if we go down again, we will go out through the east gate. Lu Gongzi was also very speechless about Ahri's road idiot.
Ahri was scratching his head to take that road, when someone suddenly jumped out behind him and said, "Are you going to Brahma Temple?" Haha, I know, you must want to go to Brahma Temple, I don't know what the road has to do with it, didn't I tell you, I know Brahma Temple best, just follow me." ”
This warm-hearted guide is the drunken Arhat who has not gone far, he enthusiastically leads the way, while chattering, "Let me tell you, in fact, the most famous thing in Brahma Temple is not those big Buddha statues, nor Fanyin Pagoda, but the vegetarian food made by the Xiangji Kitchen in the temple, don't look at it as vegetarian, but it is a rare delicacy." ”
"Really?" Ahri cheered up when he heard this, originally he just wanted to stop by the Brahma Temple to have a look, after all, it was the place where King Jizo Bodhisattva and Muguang had stayed, so he had to go.
"Of course, I think the reason why I placed an order in Brahma Temple back then was because of this...... Wait a minute. Passing by a hat shop, the drunken Arhat suddenly ran in, and came out with a fox fur hat in his hand.
When he saw the fox-skinned ali, he frowned, a little hurtful.
"What's the matter, it's too ugly?" Seeing Ahri frowning and thinking that the hat was too ugly, the drunken Arhat still put it on his head without care, "It's okay, it's just a cover-up." ”
The drunken Arhat's half-bald head is huge and round, and he looks ridiculous and nondescript with a fox fur hat on his head.
Ahri couldn't help but snicker, "You can't have broken some rules and precepts and been expelled from the mountain gate, right?"
This statement can be described as a sentence, and the drunken Arhat sneered, "It's okay not to mention old things, besides, I am not a monk of Brahma Temple in the first place, but I am just a monk enough, and I am just vulgar." ”
Brahma Temple is on the slope of the hill outside the south gate, and the snow on the mountain road has long been swept away, and there is an endless stream of people offering incense. It was nearly noon at this moment, and the pilgrims had descended the mountain, and by the time the three of them reached the mountain gate, the front was quite clean.
Seeing that Lu Gongzi and the others were dressed well, a little novice stepped forward, "Three donors, but come to the small temple to worship the Buddha?"
The drunken arhat replied first, "Exactly, our son-in-law came from afar, and he set off before dawn, and he only came here at such a time, and he didn't even drink a bowl of tea halfway......
When he shouted, a monk in charge heard it, and hurriedly came over and said, "Forgive the small temple for being neglectful, if the donor does not dislike it, the temple will have lunch for a while, and invite the three donors to enter the temple and rejoice together." ”
Even so, what is polite, and the three of them were led into the temple by the little novice.
I didn't expect it to be so easy to eat in the temple, Ahri was secretly excited, although he didn't like the strong sandalwood fragrance in the temple, and he didn't care when he thought of tasting the food.
The little novice led the three of them to a clean meditation room and retreated, and after a while, someone served fragrant tea, and then a table full of various vegetarian snacks was placed.
The food on this table couldn't help but surprise Ahri, even the drunken Arhat was stunned, swallowed his saliva and said, "I haven't been back for a long time, the food in this temple has been so good......?
"What, you escaped?" Ahri exclaimed.
"Alas, alas, old things, don't mention it. Eat and eat~" The drunken Arhat picked up the bowl and ate it violently.
Ahri also moved the chopsticks, not to mention, the taste is really good, although it is just some vegetarian food, but it is delicious and fresh, it is cold outside, and I don't know where they got these fresh vegetables.
Lu Gongzi has no appetite, Ahri has long been used to it, he may have been a fairy for too long, and his sense of taste has failed, so he doesn't care about him at the moment, and the two of them are like a whirlwind and clouds, sweeping away a table of food.
After eating, a young novice came to clean up the scraps and put tea on the table. Ahri went out for a walk, but she didn't even see half of the monk, and saw that the Fanyin Pagoda was obviously in front of her, but she couldn't get in when she went around, and worse, she couldn't find where the meditation room was.