The fiftieth turn of the eyes is like a hundred years

When Qin Ying and Dao Xuan came out of the Medicine Master Palace, it was already nearly noon.

The cloud board between the wooden shelves rang again, and it was knocking for lunch.

They went straight through the court and walked towards the dining hall with the smell of rice.

None of the three spoke.

Ruqi wanted to liven up the atmosphere, and after seeing Qin Ying's face sinking like water, as if he had something in his heart, he quieted down.

Lunch was very simple. In front of each person, a bowl of boiled purslane with tofu and a bowl of millet rice were hastily distributed.

Qin Ying ate absentmindedly, and the rice bowl in his hand was all cleaned, and he hadn't put it down yet.

Her strange appearance is like seven in the eyes.

People can't talk when eating, and the dishes and chopsticks can't make a sound.

Finally, he gently patted Qin Ying's shoulder as a reminder when he got up.

Qin Ying was taken aback by his movements, her hand holding the chopsticks trembled, and she almost threw the chopsticks on the table.

Ruqi handed over the dishes and chopsticks, turned around and left the dining hall. Qin Ying looked at his back quietly, her lips pursed tighter and tighter.

She was so distracted, in fact, she was thinking about how she could keep just the right distance from him.

Qin Ying felt that she was getting a little closer to Ruqi now.

For a long time, she was afraid that one day, she would really hinder his cultivation as Dao Xuan Master said.

If that day comes, won't he be hindering his own cultivation?

- No, that can't happen.

While thinking about these incomprehensible things, Qin Ying used chopsticks to poke out small holes in the two pieces of tofu in the bowl.

Xiao Shami, who was walking in the dining hall and was in charge of adding vegetables and rice, saw her movements, and was very "understanding" and served Qin Ying another half bowl of tofu.

That's when she came back to her senses. Facing the vegetable bowl with only tofu, Qin Ying hurriedly finished eating it with a smile.

No matter how delicious or unpalatable the food in this hall is, not a grain of rice or a single dish can be left.

Qin Ying walked out of the dining hall, and in the afterglow, he caught a glimpse of Ruqi's dark sea green.

"Nothing to do after lunch?" Ruqi led her into the backyard, and Qin Ying asked when she saw this.

"Generally speaking, yes. When you wait for the afternoon meditation, the temple will knock on the cloud board to inform. He replied with a tilted head.

Qin Ying nodded, and the abacus in her heart was dialed back and forth, and finally there was a fixed number.

"I'll tell you something later." She was silent for a moment, and suddenly said.

Ruqi didn't know what Qin Ying was going to say to him, but he responded happily.

After lunch, he had the habit of going back to his room and meditating until the afternoon, but it didn't hurt to break his habits once in a while.

Standing at the door of the room, Qin Ying said: "We are double in and out at every turn, and it is easy for people to mistake it for broken sleeves." She was ready to use such rhetoric to get to the point.

"Broken sleeves?" Ruqi scratched his ears and repeated to Qin Ying in a daze.

She remembered that Ruqi didn't understand the meaning of this word, so she touched her chin and thought about it, and said:

"When people of the same sex are close to each other, it is called broken sleeves. Aren't monks to keep the vows? You must beware not only of men and women, but also of broken sleeves. ”

Ruqi finally understood the meaning of Qin Ying's curved road: "Oh, then you and I won't walk side by side in the future." ”

"If only you could understand my concerns." She sighed.

He stared at her seriously, and asked in an extremely innocent tone, "Why is it bad to break sleeves?" ”

Qin Ying was exhausted by his question, shrugged her shoulders and said helplessly: "Hey, I'll tell you a story." "The big reason doesn't make sense, just use the facts to explain it.

"Once upon a time, there was a little Taoist boy who was summoned to the palace to pray for the prince's blessing. After he prayed, the prince's illness did not improve. So he stayed with the prince and took care of the prince's illness at all times.

"The prince's condition has gone through ups and downs, and it is almost better. There is no need for Xiao Daotong to stay in the palace. Before he left, he received a confession from the prince.

"The palace has long spread the remarks that the prince has broken his sleeves, and now the prince has confirmed the rumors. His Majesty was very angry when he knew that the crown prince had broken his sleeves. Xiao Daotong, as the object of the prince's broken sleeve, was finally secretly executed.

After Qin Ying finished speaking this paragraph, he shook his head and said to Ruqi: "So this broken sleeve is absolutely unacceptable." ”

Ruqi's eyes darkened: "I can't ask for it, love to part." The ending of the two is so tragic, no wonder it is not good to break the sleeve. ”

Seeing that he understood what he was trying to express, Qin Ying turned around and entered the side room, and then said to him through the door: "Don't pity them. For the wretched will have something to hate. ”

Qin Ying was talking about his previous life just now. That bit of self-esteem made her unwilling to be pitied by others.

In the afternoon, I sat in meditation in the main hall for another hour.

After the hall was dispersed, Qin Ying and him parted tacitly, and each walked in two directions, left and right.

Before he reached the door of the backyard, Qin Ying heard Dao Xuanshi's soft call: "Is Daoist Qin free?" When I have time, I come with the poor monks. ”

She frowned sensitively and said, "It's free, it's just where does Dao Xuanshi want to take me?" ”

Ever since her true gender was known to Dao Xuanshi, Qin Ying was a little reluctant to be alone with this person.

Dao Xuanshi stroked his beard and smiled without saying a word, and led the way into the Medicine Master Hall on the left.

Before the pen, ink and silk books on the incense table could be taken away, Daoxuan Master sat down at the table again.

"When I first saw him on the eighth day of the fourth month, Daoist Qin was not wearing a Taoist robe." There was curiosity in his words.

"Dao Xuanshi's eyes are like torches." Qin Ying smiled bitterly, and then told how he settled in Zhong Lu Pavilion and how he was driven out by Zhong Lu Pavilion.

According to the length of the pen, he arranged the wolf brush on the pen mountain, and asked, "What are the plans of Daoist Qin after ten years?" ”

She smiled bitterly again and said, "Xiaodao hasn't thought it through yet." ”

"As a person of the Daomen, it is not appropriate for Daoist Qin to stay in Longtian Temple for a long time."

Dao Xuanshi pondered for a long time, and finally tapped a few small ones with the knuckle of his index finger: "The poor monk and the master of Chang'an Xuandu Temple are old acquaintances. I'll write you a letter of recommendation, and you can take it there when you get there. ”

After hearing this, Qin Ying bowed to him twice, and said with his forehead: "Your kindness, Xiaodao will definitely return it in the future." ”

He picked up a fine brush, tried the edge of the pen and said, "The poor monk just raised his hands, and he didn't want to repay it." ”

"It's nothing to Dao Xuanshi, but to Xiaodao, it's meaningful." Qin Ying sat up straight and said, "With this letter of recommendation, it means that Xiaodao can return to Chang'an City after ten years." ”

Her tone was very happy, and Dao Xuanshi raised her eyes when she heard this: "There are your acquaintances in Chang'an City?" ”

Qin Ying bowed his head and admitted: "Although Xiaodao is a person outside the square, his confidant is Zhong Lu Pavilion in the square. Recently, I couldn't learn about her safety, and I was very worried about it. ”

"If you don't know your gender, the poor monk won't believe this." Dao Xuanshi raised his eyebrows, and the thin wolf pen left the first handwriting on the silk book.

She smiled slightly: "It is precisely because the Dao Xuan Master knows the inside story that Xiao Dao has nothing to hide. ”