Chapter 40: The Wind Fills the House (Part II)
"The rain has stopped! The rain has stopped! β
"The Buddha has appeared! Amitabha Buddha ......"
On the main hall of Cuiyun Temple, everyone is praying for the flood and chanting, but only to see that the sky is still pouring heavy rain just now, and the rain becomes smaller in an instant, looking up at the sky is also the clouds to see the sun, the thick clouds slowly disperse, and a few wisps of holy heavenly light leak out from the dome, sprinkled on the world that has calmed the disaster.
Seeing such a scene, the town elder Li Jun finally let go of his frowning brows. At this time, the closest official came to report, and his face was happy: "My lord, I just got the news, while the rain is stable, the brothers have just struggled to block the boulders in Hongshan and just dredged it." β
Li Jun stroked his beard lightly, and his heart was full of doubts: This Qingshui Town was originally a peaceful and happy land, with smooth wind and rain all year round, this flood can be described as rare for decades, and the water rose so much overnight, and Hongshan is full of forests, and the soil is quite solid, the boulder that blocked the flood really doesn't know where it came from, and the texture is also quite solid, it doesn't look like this Hongshan thing at all, is someone designed it? But who has such ability? Again, is this really the light of the Buddha? No one in the town was seriously injured or killed by the disaster, not even a few people were slightly injured, and the flood stopped very strangely, such a heavy rain, and soon the rain cleared...... The whole thing looked like some god was playing tricks on the townspeople...... It's incomprehensible.
Li Jun stood in the courtyard with the people and watched the flood water slowly reced, no matter what, everyone was very grateful and relieved. The presiding officer of Mingjing also led all the monks to worship towards the skylight, thanking the people for their safety. Ye Wan and Yu Niang stood in the crowd, feeling everyone's happiness and peace of mind at this moment.
"Alas...... I don't know what happened to the good wine in my cellar......" Ye Wan secretly leaned into Yu Niang's ear, touched Xiao Nan's head and whispered.
Yu Niang glanced at her, and saw Ye Guan's sad expression, angry and funny: "You, if it weren't for Luo Gongzi, you might have been in this little life, and you are still thinking about your wine ......" Saying that, Yu Niang suddenly thought of something, "Eh, why doesn't this Luo Gongzi see anyone, where else can such a big flood go......"
Ye Wan didn't comfort himself when he saw Yu Niang, let go of Yu Niang's hand, turned around and walked away, and said as he walked: "How do I know, but I saw that his kung fu was not bad that day, and it was not difficult to run on the beam of the house with me, I guess there will be some kind of water floatingββ"
Yu Niang looked back at Ye Guan's back and shook her head helplessly.
"This girl ......"
Ye Wan shook his arms and walked to the outside of the meditation room where Ah Cai lived, estimating that the child was in a bad mood and should be bored in the room.
"Ah Cai? It's clear, you come out and have a look. Ye Wan clasped the door a few times.
The door was quiet, and there was no movement.
"Ah Cai, don't be unhappy, you're not happy alone, it's not good for your body." Ye Wan leaned against the door, and knocked on the side to listen to the movement inside.
Still there was no movement, Ye Wan was a little anxious, and knocked a few more times: "What do you have, tell me in person...... You don't make a sound in there, don't pretend to me that no one is there...... If you do this again, I'll push the door open and go in......"
As he was talking, two young men came over, it seemed that they were two people who lived with Ah Cai, Ye Wan hurriedly stepped forward and said to the two: "Hehe, can you go in and help me call Ah Cai out, he is not feeling well, I will come to see him." β
The two pushed the door in, Ye Wan stood at the door and craned his neck to look in, and found that the room was empty.
Ye Wan said to the two embarrassedly: "I saw that he went out, then I won't bother." With that, he politely turned and left.
The two behind them watched Ye Wan leave, and quietly discussed: "You said that the shopkeeper of this mulberry evening is so enthusiastic on weekdays, how can this Cuiyun Temple be sullen and unhappy, and he doesn't even eat." β
"Oh - the fasting meal is unpalatable, but fortunately, it is sunny today, and it seems that I don't need to eat the fasting meal for long......"
Ye Wan couldn't find Ah Cai, so he took advantage of the sunny weather to wander around in the temple, and looked for Ah Cai by the way. As he walked, he said to himself: "Alas, this kid, I really don't know what's wrong, how cheerful he is on weekdays...... Where can I go? β
Walking and walking, Ye Wan saw that the Mingjing host was walking alone in the distance, and there were no monks around him, Ye Wan wanted to stop him from a distance, and said loudly: "Master Mingjing? Master of Clarity? β
The clinker didn't hear it, and after two steps and a turn, it floated out of view. Ye Wan wanted Mingjing to explain himself, thinking that this time Mingjing was alone, and no other little disciples would come to obstruct him, so he hurriedly accelerated his pace, and regardless of the stagnant water all over the ground, he ran up with his skirt.
"Whew...... I looked at a section of the road that wasn't far away just now, how could I run so far. Ye Wan was carrying her skirt, her feet were full of mud, standing where Mingjing had just turned around, and there was a bamboo forest in her eyes, which looked quite chic, and she didn't know where to go.
"Tsk, this Cuiyun Temple is really big, the incense is vigorous, and there is this kind of place, no wonder you gave me a jade bracelet......" Ye Wan blocked his head with his hand to prevent being hit by raindrops.
Ye Wan raised his feet and walked into the cobblestone road in the forest, the rain fell on Ye Guan's head along the bamboo leaves, and occasionally a few birds called out for unknown birds, and the forest was quiet and cool.
Ye Wan walked for a long time, but he still didn't see the end of the bamboo forest, and began to mumble again: "This bamboo forest is also big, this Mingjing host is really a monk, and he is not tired of walking such a long way......"
A dark-colored, unknown bird flew above the bamboo forest, circled a few times above Ye Wan's head, made a "quack" sound, landed on the branch of a bamboo, shook its feathers proudly, and fluttered away.
Ye Wan looked up at the bird, and he was extremely envious in his heart, wishing that he could grow wings himself and see how big this forest was.
While complaining, Ye Wan suddenly saw a place similar to an exit, and the person couldn't help but walk a few steps faster, "clicking" on the stagnant water on the ground, and his shoes were embarrassed.
Walking forward, I found that not far away was an elegant courtyard, the style was a little different from the other residences in the temple, but it looked like the residence of the nobles of the imperial palace for parade and rest. There is a towering giant tree growing out of the courtyard, and you can see the smoke of the incense burner curling up from it, and the courtyard is surrounded by some strange flowers and plants that cannot be named, covering each other, which is very beautiful.
Ye Wan approached and saw a plaque at the door of the courtyard, and the font was fluttering out of dust.
Above: Xingyun Garden.