Chapter 40: Looking Back at a Fellow Traveler

Han Xiaoyue thought that if she came to Kuzen Temple with such difficulty, she would be able to meet Master Mingji and meet with Long Yan immediately. The pen %fun %pavilion couldn't think www.biquge.info, but he was stopped at the door. "The temple gate will be opened in ten days, big brother can wait, I can't wait!" Li Jingxian thought to himself, so he turned over and sneaked into the dry temple from outside the wall.

"Donor, but you got lost in our temple?" an old man's voice came from behind Li Jingxian.

Li Jingxian hurriedly turned around. I saw a white-bearded old man in a lotus robe standing behind him, quietly watching him. From his eyes, what Li Jingxian saw was not the blame he provoked because of his rudeness, but full of love.

Li Jingxian hurriedly gave a deep salute: "Under Li Jingxian, I came with my brother to meet the abbot Master Mingji." ”

The white-bearded old man nodded and said, "It's just that today is not the day when the temple is open, and I ask the donor to leave as soon as possible, and it will not be too late to come back on the day of opening." ”

"I'm afraid that there will be a lot of people at that time, and the master will not be able to spare time. We have something important to tell you, and please make sure that the master meets my brother!" After speaking, Li Jingxian bowed deeply again.

The white-bearded old man nodded again and said, "Donor, we will meet by fate, and please ask the donor to move!"

"I can't just leave!" Li Jingxian thought, "Brother Han and I have worked so hard to come here, if we can't meet with the master after ten days, then how many more ten days will we have to wait?"

I thought that the white-bearded old man would come to chase after him, but he didn't expect the old man to stand still, just looked straight at himself, and watched him run past this row of low houses, heading towards the scripture building in the northeast corner.

Suddenly, a puff of smoke drifted over Li Jingxian's head. Before he could react, a white-bearded old man wearing a lotus robe appeared in front of him. At the moment when the two looked at each other, Li Jingxian felt the loving gaze again, and suddenly felt that all the strength around him was gone.

"Donor, but you got lost in the temple?" said the white-bearded old man, pointing to the door, "Today is not the day the temple is open, please leave quickly!"

As soon as the words fell, Li Jingxian actually "poofed" and knelt on the ground on both knees. The white-bearded old man hurriedly helped him, and the white-bearded old man before also walked over slowly, and the two old men helped him up together.

"Donor, if you stay here any longer, I'm afraid it will not be good for you!" said the white-bearded old man, gently dusting Li Jingxian's body with his hand.

Li Jingxian hurriedly folded his hands and bowed deeply, and read in his mouth: "Forgive me for being rude! Forgive me for being rude! Farewell! Farewell!" bowed his head and walked around the wall to the temple gate, opened the door and left.

Han Xiaoyue was still waiting outside the door, and when she saw him coming out of the door, her face was flushed with suffocation, and beads of sweat rolled down her forehead.

"Jingxian, you ...... What's going on?" As she spoke, Han Xiaoyue helped Li Jingxian sit on the steps.

Li Jingxian sank and said: "Brother Han, the monks in the temple are all chanting, I wanted to touch the abbot's room to present my feelings in person, but I met two old monks with strong aura......" Speaking of this, he began to choke.

"What about the two old monks?" Han Xiaoyue asked.

"Then, as soon as my legs went limp, I knelt down ......" After speaking, I bowed my head and said nothing. He didn't know that this was actually the unique secret book of the Kuzen Temple-the technique of "Cihang Pudu".

"What kind of aura can make a person kneel?" Han Xiaoyue thought to herself, looking at Tiansedao.

"Jingxian, it's getting late, let's stay in the county seat tonight. If it really doesn't work, let's wait another ten days!" Han Xiaoyue said, caressing Li Jingxian's back.

Li Jingxian's mood gradually returned to stability, nodded and said: "Brother Han, I am so embarrassed, I didn't expect me to lose my temper so much! These two old monks not only scolded me, but even their eyes were full of love, which made me feel ashamed!"

"I think this is human nature, such a powerful aura, if I see it, I don't know what it will be. With that, Han Xiaoyue helped him up, and the two slowly walked in the direction of the county seat.

Walking to the gazebo, it was already dark. The horses tethered to the pavilion were grazing leisurely, and the people of the pavilion were long gone. Just as the two of them were unreining their horses, they heard footsteps coming from a distance. With the sound of small footsteps, it seemed that someone was talking.

"Master, it seems to me that it is getting late at this time, so we might as well come back tomorrow!" said one woman.

"Ah Qiu, there is no time to delay, hurry up!" the other woman replied.

The two of them walked quickly, and they had already reached the gazebo while talking. Han Xiaoyue recognized at a glance that the two people who spoke were the two women dressed in men's clothes who had shared the table before.

The woman paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "It turned out to be two sons, what a coincidence, they met here." When she spoke, it was obvious that she was deliberately lowering her voice. It's a pity that no matter how low it is, it is still difficult to hide the identity of her daughter.

Han Xiaoyue was inconvenient to debunk, so she followed Ying He and said, "It's really too coincidental, did the two sons happen to be passing through here?"

"That's right, I heard about the name of Kuzenji Temple, and I came to visit. As he spoke, the two women saluted, "Then take your leave!" After speaking, they walked towards the dry temple.

"Childe stays!" Han Xiaoyue stopped the two of them, "The door of the Kuzen Temple is closed today, and I have just been turned away, so I am ready to return to the city." Ten days after that comes the opening day, and then you can come and go freely. ”

After hearing this, the woman smiled and said, "Childe doesn't have to stop me, we have our own way, say goodbye." With that, he continued walking.

Li Jingxian looked at the backs of the two and said, "Big brother, in my opinion, the two of them may have to hit a wall today." ”

Han Xiaoyue wanted to catch up and take a look, but she was afraid of causing the two girls to misunderstand, so she nodded and led the horse towards the city.

Due to the existence of the dry Zen Temple, foreign tourists come here frequently, and more than a dozen inns of all sizes have been built in the city, and it is not difficult to stay in the hotel. Han Xiaoyue chose again and again, and finally chose an inn called "Temple Street" opposite the restaurant where she dined during the day. And in his words, this is "a restaurant that knows the first meal here, and you can't go the wrong way." ”

After a day's journey, Li Jingxian had already fallen asleep. The two slept in separate rooms, Han Xiaoyue was lying on the bed, her eyes widened, and she couldn't help but feel a little sad when she was still thinking about the moment when Long Yan said goodbye to her at the last time. The light of the bright moon came in, scattered on his face. Han Xiaoyue slowly sat up and walked to the window.

"Alas!" Han Xiaoyue leaned against the window edge and sighed lightly.

"Isn't this the boy in the day?" a familiar woman's voice said.

Han Xiaoyue followed the voice and turned to look, in the next room, there was the woman dressed as a man. The difference is that the woman has taken off her men's clothes. Through the moonlight, Han Xiaoyue could see that the woman was well-dressed, unconventional, only dressed in light-colored satin, and her temperament was extraordinary. The same temperament couldn't help but remind him of Zhao Mo, the princess of the Song Kingdom who had saved him several times.

Han Xiaoyue nodded and smiled, and said, "Girl, it turns out that you also live in this inn!"

The woman hid her face and smiled: "It turns out that you already recognize me." It's just that during the day, I was dressed in men's clothes, and I thought it was enough to hide people's eyes. As he spoke, he glanced behind him, "Ah Qiu fell asleep, if Gongzi doesn't dislike it, can you talk about it in the lobby?"

Han Xiaoyue nodded in agreement. Who would refuse to say a few more words to such a woman with such an extraordinary temperament?

I walked out of the room and went downstairs to the lobby. It was almost late at night, and the shopkeeper was already asleep on the counter, and finally the three or four men chatting in the lobby also had a retreat. The woman led Han Xiaoyue to an empty table, and the two sat down facing each other.

"Childe, let's say we're also fated. When I first arrived here, I shared a table with my son in the opposite restaurant, and met with my son outside the dry temple in the evening, and now I live in an inn with my son. Childe thinks this is providence?" said the woman, raising her hand to fill the two cups with water.

Han Xiaoyue nodded and said: "I met the girl twice, I didn't dare to ask for a third meeting, but I didn't expect that we still met in more than a dozen inns in the city." ”

"Yes, I also found a restaurant to eat, and I thought, 'If I stay across the street from the restaurant, I won't be afraid of getting lost.'" ”

Han Xiaoyue was surprised that the two of them had such a tacit understanding in their hearts, and couldn't help but have an inexplicable good impression of the woman in front of her: "I don't know the girl's name, how should I call it?"

"My surname is Mu, and my name is Yaqin. ”

Mu Yaqin...... Good name!" Han Xiaoyue said, and said with a smile, "In Xia Han Xiaoyue, it is a great honor to meet Miss Mu. ”

Mu Yaqin nodded and continued to ask, "Han Gongzi came to Xingping County, is he here to play?"

"Not bad. I met up with my friend at the Kuzen Temple, but was turned away. Now I don't know if my friend is in the temple or in the city. As she spoke, Han Xiaoyue took a sip of water. He didn't dare to tell the whole story, so he changed the topic, "In the evening, I saw Miss Mu and another girl going to the same dry temple, are the two of you also here to play?"

Mu Yaqin thought for a moment and nodded: "Yes, that girl's name is Ah Qiu, who is not only my playmate, but also takes care of my daily life. It's a shame that we didn't get into the temple when we came here. Then, the conversation changed, as if he was deliberately avoiding this topic, "Master Han, did you see our daughter early in the morning?"

After hearing this, Han Xiaoyue couldn't help but smile and said: "It's not a secret, although the two girls are handsome in men's clothes, they can't hide the softness of the two girls. It seems that the two girls are really not skilled enough in terms of disguise. ”

Mu Yaqin chuckled twice: "In this way, it really makes the son laugh." When you go out, it will be much more convenient for men to dress up. ”

After a few small talks, the two said goodbye and went to sleep. After this conversation, Han Xiaoyue finally understood the difference between Mu Yaqin and Zhao Mo: even if both of them were from noble backgrounds, Mu Yaqin's aristocratic temperament was far better than Zhao Mo. And Zhao Mo's little naughtiness seems to be easier to get close to than Mu Yaqin. Han Xiaoyue, who was still tossing and turning just now, was relieved and a little sleepy after a conversation with Mu Yaqin. Lying on the bed, my eyes slowly closed, and I gradually fell into a dream.

Suddenly, the crisp sound of gongs suddenly sounded, and a loud shout came from the street: "Oh no!

"On fire?" Han Xiaoyue sat up suddenly, and before she got out of bed, she saw Li Jingxian break in.

"Brother Han, come out with me, there's a fire in the city!" Li Jingxian said, shoving the luggage on the table under his arm, and leading Han Xiaoyue out of the inn. On the street outside the inn, countless people were running in the direction of the Kuzen Temple with buckets full of water.

Han Xiaoyue didn't understand the reason, stopped a common person and asked, "Fellow, what's wrong?"

The people were sweating profusely, panting and saying, "It's a big deal! The Kuzen Temple is on fire, we must hurry to put out the fire!" After saying that, he broke free and continued to run.

As far as the eye could see, everyone was extremely anxious, and they didn't care that they were only wearing a single coat. When you think about it, even if your house is on fire, it's just that.

"Brother Han, I didn't expect the people here to cherish the Kuzen Temple so much. Otherwise, let's go and help!" Li Jingxian said, rolling up his sleeves.

Han Xiaoyue nodded: "Okay, let's go and see what we can do to help!" After that, he turned around and left.

"Han Gongzi. A woman's voice came from the inn. Han Xiaoyue looked up, and it turned out that Mu Yaqin was shouting to herself.

"Miss Mu. Han Xiaoyue said and shouted to her, "Miss Mu, there is a fire in the Kuzen Temple, and we are about to help." ”

The street was so crowded that Mu Yaqin couldn't hear what he was saying at all, so he just frowned and turned around and went downstairs. Han Xiaoyue took two steps to the door of the inn and met her head-on.

Mu Yaqin glanced at the endless crowd on the street and said, "Master Han, you said that the Kuchan Temple is on fire?"

Han Xiaoyue nodded and pointed to the crowd outside: "You see, the people here heard that the Kuzen Temple was on fire, and they were rushing there to put out the fire. ”

Mu Yaqin looked at him and said, "You guys are going too?"

Han Xiaoyue nodded.

"They have buckets in their hands, and you go away empty-handed, what can you help?"

Han Xiaoyue was asked by this, nodded and whispered, "Yes, wouldn't it be a mess for me to leave empty-handed like this?"

Li Jingxian thought for a moment and said, "Brother Han, it's better to be like this." When the temple is on fire, I am afraid that some bad people will covet the treasures in the temple. Why don't we help protect the scriptures?"

Mu Yaqin shook his head and said, "There are many masters in the Kuzen Temple, where are you going to protect them?"

Han Xiaoyue nodded, and asked instead, "Miss Mu, then we can't stand by and watch!"

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