12. Chapter 012
"Tuk-tuk."
There was a knock on the door of the meditation room.
It was already two o'clock in the unitary hour, the drizzle outside had already stopped, the sun came out in the afternoon, and the sun began to tilt westward at this moment, and the red glow outside flew all over the sky, illuminating the window paper with a residual red.
Xie Fu felt a reddish shadow fall on the back of his hand, so he raised his head and looked at the window paper stained with glow.
At the same time, the sound of a full moon sounded outside, and a shadow fell on the window.
"Girl, the hour is coming."
"Just come out."
Xie Fu replied and closed the page of the scripture, and in the past two hours, she has been looking at that page, but in fact, she has never turned to any other place.
This was the first time, and she was overwhelmed.
One last glance at the compassionate Bodhisattva, Xie Fu bowed as if he was in shape, and then walked to the door of the house and opened the door.
The chubby full moon and the tall and thin Huo Xiaonan were all standing outside waiting for her.
On the garden path in front of him, Master Du I paced and was about to lure Xie Fu over.
Xie Fu walked up to him, and the two of them walked towards the Pure Industry Hall in the front of the back.
In front of the hall stands a huge double-layered stone bowl, a double-layered stone seat, surrounded by carved patterns that resemble ocean waves, mountain dragons, seahorses, and eight treasures.
There are monks in the hall who lead not many pilgrims.
Master Du waved his hand and asked Xie Fu to come in.
Xie Fu stood under the Buddha statue, lit a stick of incense with his own hands, raised his hand against his forehead, closed his eyes, and bowed three times.
The green smoke was filled, and her face was a little blurry.
The Buddha is above, and I hope that all of her long-cherished wishes can be fulfilled.
When he opened his eyes again, Xie Fu stared at the Buddha high above, and always felt that they were just clay puppets, and he didn't understand the joys and sorrows of the world.
However, she only burned incense and did not believe in Buddhism.
Taking two steps forward, Xie Fu inserted three incense sticks into the middle of the incense burner, and stood still for a moment before he heard the voice of the master behind him.
"Good." Celebrate my master's eleventh salute with a smile on his face. "This year, there will be a lantern festival as usual, guessing lantern riddles, and putting river lanterns. The old man has been waiting for the donor's new lantern riddle for a long time. β
"Lantern riddles?" Xie Fu was stunned, as if she had just remembered this stubble, she looked back at the full moon, "Full moon, can you explain your affairs?" β
"You mean the lantern, I have prepared the most beautiful one for you a long time ago." Full Moon smiled sweetly, "Right here, you come with the slave." β
The full moon ran ahead first.
Lanterns are hung on both sides of the road for people to pass in the entire Fayuan Temple, and a sea of lights is bright.
Xie Fu and the others followed the footsteps of the full moon and soon came to her side.
At this moment, the full moon is standing next to a beautiful lotus headlamp, and the pink and white petals are also papier-mΓ’chΓ©, but the color is well painted, the shade is appropriate, and the posture is as if it has just come out of the water.
Xie Fu flicked his hand, and the lantern hanging on the long rope followed around, and it was full of light.
"It's good, it's much better than last time."
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Full Moon suddenly had a bitter face, why did he mention the last thing again?
"I didn't blame Xiao Nan last time, it was he who was greedy to play and go out, but when he came back, he saw that the beautiful lanterns were all selected. Just, you can only ......"
"Can you only pick a monkey for me to pick peaches?"
Xie Fu glanced at her idly.
The full moon shrank her neck and didn't dare to say a word, for fear of being broken by her own girl.
Huo Xiaonan coughed, and also remembered the last time the ugly monkey picked peaches, and he felt shameless in front of his own girl.
Master Du I was on the side, quietly watching the three masters and servants talking.
Xie Fu has a quiet temperament, surrounded by two rather lively guys, like a painting.
The little monk next to him went to bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone: "Donor, please write a lantern riddle." β
Xie Fu came back to his senses from the laughter with the full moon and the others, turned his head to thank the little monk, pinched the pen, and groaned slightly.
Everyone looked at her curiously, to see what Xie Fu would write.
After all, the first few lantern riddles Xie Fu made were a bit interesting.
Xie Fu himself was thinking, the previous few lantern riddles seemed to have been guessed, as if he couldn't think of any novel lantern riddles for a while.
So, let's make the guessing puzzle more difficult.
His eyes moved slightly, Xie Fu's brows twisted a little, and for about half a moment, everyone didn't make a sound, waiting quietly.
"There it is."
She smiled suddenly, the corners of her lips raised a little, and lifted the pen.
The crowd leaned over curiously to take a look.
On the sprinkled gold and red paper, Xie Fu's handwriting was quite beautiful, and a line of small characters quickly fell.
The full moon reads word by word: "The white snake crosses the river......"
Huo Xiaonan connected: "A round of red sun above your head? β
The two finished reading and looked at each other.
Huo Xiaonan said: "What is this to guess?" β
"A thing that you use every day." Xie Fu replied, putting down his pen and looking up, "But it's not enough to guess my riddle, the person who guesses the lantern riddle needs to come up with another riddle, and the riddle must be able to match my couplet to be considered a complete answer." β
Master Du's eyes fell on the riddle, and he pondered.
It's already difficult to guess, and what's even more difficult is how to come up with another riddle, and the riddle has to be matched with Xie Fu's couplet.
What a tricky one!
Master Du sighed: "What a riddle, not only a mystery, but also a wonderful link." However, after more than a month, the donor has only learned to rise, and the old man is shallow in learning, so it is difficult to answer. The donor's lamp is only afraid that it will be lit until dawn. β
"Where is such a good thing?" Xie Fu didn't care, it was enough to be able to get a word of praise from my master, "In the past fifteen years, only one lamp can be lit until dawn." If I'm not mistaken, it's Mr. Xu, right? β
Mr. Xu, Xu Wei, the character is long, Mr. Zhang Lizhu.
The lantern festival at Fayuan Temple is quite interesting.
The person who guesses the riddle correctly can take off the lantern or extinguish it on the spot, which means that the riddle has been guessed.
There are talented people in the capital, and they often meet in this temple to see who gets the most lanterns, and they can win a good name.
Of course, there are puzzles, and there are puzzles.
If someone can turn on the lights all night and not be guessed by the answer, they will be able to make a name for themselves in the capital.
After all, there are many scholars in Fayuan Temple, and the probability of not being guessed is too low, and those who stay in the end often have a few geniuses, ghosts, crooked talents, and strange talents.
Xu Wei is such a person.
In the past fifteen years, he is the only one who keeps the lights on until dawn the next day.
At that time, when Xu Wei first arrived in the capital, he was young and vigorous, and he hung up a riddle at the Fayuan Temple Lantern Festival, threatening that no one could solve it.
The people in the capital felt that he was speaking wildly and needed to be taught a lesson.
It's just that Xu Wei is talented after all, and everyone is afraid of his ability, so he doesn't dare to fight alone, so he only meets at Fayuan Temple on that day, and wants to gather everyone's wisdom and break the riddle together.
But the final result made people's jaws drop, and half of the geniuses in the capital didn't solve the riddle of Xu Wei!
Since then, the name of the talented Xu Wei has spread all over the country.
Xie Fu has also heard this interesting story in the capital.
She doesn't think she can compare with Xu Wei, the lantern riddle is just a gadget, and it is a bit biased to judge a person's talent by this.
Master Du I didn't care: "Everything is uncertain, and the old man can't say for sure." β
Xie Fu arched his hand: "Then thanks to the master's auspicious words." β
The full moon and Huo Xiaonan glanced at each other: Do you understand? I don't understand either.
The two men looked at each other and shook their heads and sighed at the same time.
Huo Xiaonan grew up in the drama team, and he can read but can't write, let alone such a literary topic.
He rubbed his head embarrassedly: "This lantern riddle is also out, can you go and put the river lantern?" β
Xie Fu and Master Du I were stunned together, and then looked at the expectant eyes of the full moon next to you, and suddenly understood everything.
She was helpless, and poked the full moon with her fingers: "Okay, okay, take you to the river lantern." β
Full Moon and Huo Xiaonan immediately cheered.
Xiao Shami, who was hanging a lantern next to him, shook his head in confusion, and saw that Xie Fudu and my master and his party were leaving, and then muttered: "I have never seen a young lady who is so accustomed to the ...... of people under her hands."
The sea of fragrant snow in Fayuan Temple was on the way to put the river lanterns on Xie Fu and them.
Snow-white lilacs, small flowers, all together in pieces, deep and shallow, layered, spread out in large areas.
When the wind blows, the lilac flowers are swaying in the wind, and the posture is fluttering.
As far as the eye can see, it looks like a small wave, undulating in the middle of the sea.
The withered lilacs are blown up by the wind, floating in the air, and occasionally touching the corners of the clothes of pedestrians, which is a different kind of fun.
Xie Fu was wearing a snow-blue lilac dress, strolling between the flowers, the skirt was swaying, and the little arc that spread out covered the embroidered shoes.
The green silk is like a waterfall, the skin is snow-white, the beauty face is reflected in the flowers, the powder is not applied, just looking at a silhouette, it has made people feel pleasing to the eye.
At this end of Xiangxuehai, Zhu Yijun and Li Jingxiu stopped almost at the same time.
A large piece of cloves emitted a faint fragrance, fluttering in the wind, and at that moment, it seemed that the fragrance on the body of a beauty was carried by a woman, and if you were not careful, it would sink into the bottom of people's hearts.
Li Jingxiu said: "She really still has a bit of arrogance. β
As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Zhu Yijun, but he didn't expect this prince to only close his gaze, turn his head and continue to walk forward.
"Yes, but not arrogantly."
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Isn't it arrogant?
Li Jingxiu didn't think that he was keeping up with Zhu Yijun's footsteps.
In front of it is the most lively place in the entire temple right now.
Along the pedestrian road, both sides are full of lanterns with lantern riddles written on them, and there are gorgeous lanterns everywhere, and from time to time there are literati who are proud of their talents to explain the lantern riddles to the people next to them.
"This is the place to guess lantern riddles. Prince, do you want to show your skills? β
Li Jingxiu raised his hand and pointed to the front, and built a yì with Zhu Yijun.
Unexpectedly, I didn't talk for a long time.
As soon as he turned around, Li Jingxiu found that Zhu Yijun was quietly looking in a certain direction, and frowned: "Is it him?" β
He?
Who?
Li Jingxiu looked at him curiously, stunned.
The young man in the costume in front of him, who is Chen Wang, who is not the uncle of the country?
I saw Chen Wang standing in front of a lotus lamp with his back to them, and a group of people gathered around him, pointing at him and at the lotus lamp in front of him.
"But it's just one light, isn't it?"
"yes, it's one light away from being the first......"
As the only son of the father-in-law, although Chen Wangren is a little squirming, he also has a lot of ink in his stomach.
His father, Chen Guozhang, always said that he was not doing his job properly and had no ability at all.
Chen Wang was angry, and thought that there was a lantern festival today, if he could win, wouldn't he be able to wash away a little grievance, so that his father could shut up?
So Chen Wang came, but now Chen Wang can't walk.
It was the biggest and most beautiful lantern he had ever seen tonight, and it was also the most difficult and tossed riddle he had ever seen.
The pink and white lotus petals and emerald green lotus leaves are much larger than ordinary lanterns, and they are hung in a crowd of ordinary small lamps, which stands out from the crowd.
Before seeing this lamp, Chen Wang was only one lamp away from being able to kill today's number one and become the first.
But the last one was stuck.
"His grandma's, who the fuck came up with this bullshit riddle?!"
Chen Wang gritted his teeth, and had already dismantled the bastard who came out of the lantern riddle in his heart.
Guess the riddle, guess the riddle, what pair do you have to match, Lao Tzu is not the right pair.
What a headache.
Chen Wang's eyes were faintly red, and the little guy next to him tugged at his sleeve: "Uncle Guo, why don't we go and guess the next one?" β
"Get out of here!"
As soon as he pulled his sleeve back, with a wave of his hand, Chen Wang waved the noisy dog thing beside him, and he didn't take his eyes off the lantern, let alone turn back.
He's just on the same page.
The chatter around is getting louder and louder.
It's really not worth stopping here for this lamp, you can't guess this one, wouldn't it be good to guess the next one?
"Is there something wrong with this Chen Wang?"
Li Jingxiu copied his hands in front of him, really puzzled.
Zhu Yijun took two steps forward, obviously curious about what kind of mystery it was, which actually made Chen Wang stop.
However, he looks at people a little differently from Li Jingxiu.
"Chen Wang, this person, if he doesn't learn and has no skills, he doesn't learn anything, and he still has a few points of crooked talent. Besides, it's not that cowardly. β
Li Jingxiu raised his eyes and glanced at Zhu Yijun in surprise, he really didn't expect Zhu Yijun to comment on Chen Wang like this.
He turned his head sideways to look at Chen Wang's figure, but he didn't see any shining points on this person, and couldn't help but shake his head in confusion.
Chen Wang was still motionless, Zhu Yijun and Li Jingxiu had already walked closer, and they could see the riddle written on the lantern.
When he saw the beautiful little characters, Li Jingxiu said: "The one who came out of this mystery should be a daughter's family." β
"The white snake crosses the river, and there is a round of red sun on his head?"
Zhu Yijun saw the mystery.
Playing a daily utensils, but also use a riddle to match this sentence?
The question is really tricky.
Zhu Yijun put his hands behind his back, and couldn't help but think about it.
I don't know why, at that moment, a slender figure flashed in his mind.
The hand behind his back suddenly moved.
Zhu Yijun turned his head and looked towards the sea of fragrant snow in Fayuan Temple that was hazy in the night.
That figure has long since disappeared.
The beauty is gone.
Li Jingxiu saw that he suddenly turned his head and looked back, and felt strange.
Unexpectedly, a young man in Tsing Yi quickly bowed down and ran over from the road, and came to Zhu Yijun's side, his lowered voice still revealed a kind of stellarity, and panic: "Master, Princess Shouyang is making trouble outside!" β
"Didn't she let the river lantern go?"
Zhu Yijun's brows furrowed for a moment.
It's really a trouble!