167 Fasting
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"Hey, Momo, what are you looking at, watching so intently?"
Bai Xiaocai came over curiously, followed his example and looked carefully at the drum tower not far away, and through the portal, he could see a bronze bell with sixteen big characters written on it - *** often turns, the emperor is eternal, the emperor is prosperous, and the Buddha is brighter.
This bell is a relic of the Qianlong period, and it can be regarded as having a certain history. The bell is very ethereal and melodious, whenever the autumn and winter frost day knocks, the sound is more clear, can spread all over the city, known as the reputation of "Xiangguo frost bell", one of the eight views of Bianjing.
But now no one is striking the bell, what's so nice about a quaint big clock?
"Nothing, just a little concerned." Su Mo shook his head.
He could perceive that the bell had given birth to spirituality, and that there was a very great power hidden in it, and it was obviously not ordinary.
"Stupid human, this thing is a treasure of the Buddhist family, second only to the peerless king soldiers, why don't we sneak over at night...... Ouch, you dare to hit me! ”
His Royal Highness the cat, who was sitting on his shoulder, had a shiny eye, and said sneakily in his ear, but before he could finish speaking, Su Mo knocked his head, which made it immediately annoyed.
Su Mo sighed and said: "A gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, and I can't do the thing of chickens and dogs stealing." Your Highness the Cat, as one of the four elephants, you should also understand this. If you want to get it, you will definitely pay, and even if you gain for a while, you will always lose something inadvertently......"
"Okay, okay, that's long-winded! Stupid human, why don't you learn what those old bald heads do? I don't think the bell was like this back then, the girl didn't care at all, and robbed a lot of guys' treasures. If you have a strong strength and you can't do what you want, then what's the use of using this power? His Highness said indignantly, apparently this was what it really thought.
Fortunately, Bai Xiaocai didn't come over, otherwise I don't know how shocked I would have been when I saw a talking cat.
"Well, for me, power is only used to protect those around me, not to compete for power, or to compete for power and wealth." Su Mo sighed, this should be the biggest disagreement between him and His Highness the Cat.
As the saying goes, the Tao is not the same, and maybe there will be a gap in the future because of this.
Next, His Royal Highness seemed to be angry, didn't say a word to him, and no longer stayed by his side, but jumped into Xia Yao's arms next to him, which made the girl happy.
Su Mo smiled, helpless for this cautious guy......
It was noon in a blink of an eye, and a few people had finished visiting the entire Xiangguo Temple, and when they were about to go out to eat, suddenly a little novice with a young face walked up to Su Mo and said, "Donor, it's time for lunch, and the elder asked me to invite you over to fast." ”
"Wow, Momo, you have a big face, you can be invited to dinner here!" Bai Xiaocai shouted very exaggeratedly.
It's just that Su Mo rubbed his hair and asked embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, thank you for your kindness, I won't go if I have something to do." ”
He is afraid that he will not be able to avoid it now, how can he take the initiative to send it to the door, for his own safety, it is better to leave as soon as possible.
"Hey, go, why don't you go, what can you do!" Bai Xiaocai couldn't help but drag him, and said to Xiao Shami with a smile: "Hurry up and lead the way, I haven't eaten the food in the temple yet, but I'm quite curious." ”
"Alright, please lead the way." Su Mo couldn't resist him, so he had to reluctantly agree, and said to Xiao Shami very politely.
I don't believe I'm so unlucky, as long as I'm careful, there shouldn't be any problems.
There is a saying that he knows that there are tigers in the mountains, and he prefers to go to the tiger mountains, but he is not a pure human being, but he wanders around the important places of Buddhism - it seems that he is really a bit dead......
梆~梆~梆~
When they arrived at the place, a monk knocked on something that was hanging outside the door of the hall, and it looked like a dragon.
"Ah, what is this?" Bai Xiaocai asked with great interest.
The little novice replied, "This is a fish bon, and the shape is taken from the long fish. Because the fish does not need eyes day and night, it symbolizes that the monks never close their eyes and cannot slack off in their practice. ”
The monk finished beating the fish and then made a board with a pattern of the sun and the moon shining together. According to the novice, all the ritual instruments such as the cloud board and the fish stick represent the ears and eyes of the dragon and the orders of the Buddhas.
When you enter, you can see that there are already many people seated, most of them are monks, and there are also a few lay disciples who lead the practice.
However, a few of them were very conspicuous, because there were no laymen as young as them at all, and they were basically in their thirties and forties.
A few people did not have stage fright, and sat down after finding a vacant seat.
The hall was larger than the classroom, but it was very quiet, and the people were all solemn looking with their hands folded and muttering something in their mouths.
Affected by this atmosphere, Bai Xiaocai rarely quieted down, but the appearance of looking left and right made Su Mo can't help but think of the monkey in the tree, which is also interesting.
Sleep is silent, food is silent.
This was advocated by the ancients, and it has been strictly practiced here. The whole eating process was quiet, and hundreds of people were quietly eating the same fasting meal, and there was no situation of talking to each other.
Obviously, this kind of atmosphere made Su Mo and the others feel very uncomfortable, and even the delicious food seemed tasteless.
Lu Shang was not affected, he ate rice and vegetarian dishes in large gulps, and when the master of Xingtang came over, he deliberately added two meals, which made Bai Xiaocai couldn't help but be surprised.
Bai Xiaocai just ate a few bites, he didn't want to eat it with a bitter face, and left a small half of the food in the bowl, so that Su Mo saw it and reprimanded with a smile: "Eat clean, don't waste it here!" ”
He looked around and found that this was really the case, those monks all ate cleanly, and even if the rice fell on the table, they were pinched and eaten, and it would not be wasted at all.
"If I had known, I wouldn't have come." Bai Xiaocai sighed, and it took a lot of effort to finally finish eating.
"Hmph, you have to come here yourself." Su Mo said a little speechlessly.
After eating, the little novice who had brought them over came over and said, "Donor, the elder has a love for you. ”
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I have something to do." Su Mo snorted and was ready to slip away.
He was full of doubts in his heart, this elder should be the one he saw in the main hall, why did he have to be so persistent when he had already bluntly refused, had he already discovered something?
As soon as he walked out of the door, he saw a figure in a robe stop him, but it was not the master, but a young monk who was not much older than him.
I saw that the other party had red lips and white teeth, and his skin was white enough to make the girl envious, jealous and hateful, holding a Zen staff in his hand and smiling slightly: "Donor, I see that you are haunted by demonic energy!" ”