For most of the people in Dunhuang City, the two days of Wangshuo every month are not allowed to be sloppy. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

On these two days, most of the shops are closed, and the merchants, stewards, and men go out of the city early in the morning.

Although the official office is not a day of rest, it still follows the custom, and everyone who is not on duty on that day can not go to the official office. Not to mention the ladies and women of each family, since they have to take care of everything safely overnight, it is comparable to the New Year's Festival.

All living beings are working for the cliffs outside the city, which are full of large and small caves, and those caves quietly worship their hopes for this life and the next.

In order to avoid suffering and suffering in this life and to be safe and prosperous in the next life, they willingly poured out their pockets and sculpted the money they had accumulated hard to build into Buddha statues and painted walls, but they hoped to place that little but eternal prayer.

Wealthy people invited famous craftsmen to dig large holes, gold powder clay sculptures, and green gold paintings; The ordinary households and the family have opened a cave together, although they dare not compare with the big families, but they are also meticulous and conscientious to provide for them.

It is the house that is struggling to live, hungry and hungry, and more than a dozen families are gathered together, trying their best to open a cave, the Buddha statue is simple, and the murals are bleak, and it cannot stop their determination to pray to the Buddha.

Dunhuang is dark late, and the sky is late. At the right time, the horses of the wind spirit and the Buddha slave were already waiting at the gate of the city to leave the city, and Ah Qi went with her parents, and after beating the drum of the fifth watch, they left in an ox cart.

There are a lot of carriages and horses going out of the city today, and since the city defense has been strengthened since the captain took office, it is necessary to check and inspect when going out of the city and entering the city, and it will be delayed for a long time.

Most of the pilgrims who went out of the city on this day were pilgrims who worshiped the Buddha, and they checked it quickly, but after two teas, the wind spirit had already shaken off the reins on the galloping road.

After more than forty miles, she ran non-stop for an hour, and when she saw the cave wall from afar, the first ray of sunlight was splashing its red light on the sandy mountain, and the long cliff showed its solemnity because of this light.

The wind spirit couldn't help but take the horse, slowed down, and looked at it in a daze. "Buddha slave, you see, there are so many Buddha caves, and they really live up to the name of a thousand Buddha caves."

The Buddha Nu urged him to take a few steps forward, "It's not the first time that the eldest lady has come, when our family opened the cave, didn't we have to follow every once in a while?" ”

The Wind Spirit rolled her eyes at him, "How old was I then?" It's just a total horn kid. What you see today is very different from what you see today. ”

Closer to the foothills, the smoke gathered at the foot of the mountain, rising slowly, blending with the gravel on the mountain. The voices gradually came closer, and the murmuring of the fanbai, the ringing of the bell, and the humming prayers were endless.

The crowd here sighed with emotion, and the monks in the crowd chanted the Buddha's name steadily; Over there, the pipa drums were noisy, and the fingers of the musicians and the toes of the performers were jumping rapidly, causing bursts of cheers and laughter; There are also traders who are carrying goods to solicit goods, showing their goods in front of everyone as much as possible, shouting and laughing at each other.

The wind spirit easily squeezed a way out of the crowd and climbed the wooden plank road built along the cliff, and its own Buddhist cave was opened at a higher place, which was not a small cave among the many caves.

When Kimber arrived early, he had already led his wife and daughter to wipe the Buddha statues in the cave, and the offerings were complete. The steward of the shop also led the men and miscellaneous servants to come one after another.

At this time, the sun was already very bright, and it shone brightly so brightly that people could not open their eyes, but the sunlight stopped in front of the cave, as if it was blocked by a brush.

Feng Ling held a small oil lamp in his hand, and led everyone into the cave step by step, walking towards the statue of the Bodhisattva sitting in the middle of the cave.

At this time, there is no distinction between good and low, and there is no subordination, and those who enter the Buddha cave are all all sentient beings who sincerely prostrate under the feet of the Buddha, worshipping devoutly, secretly appealing for their long-cherished wishes, or like the wind spirit, there is nothing to ask for, but they are concentrating on worshipping without distraction.

After a while, the crowd dispersed, and each called for friends to gather in the community.

Wangshuo Day is also the day of the gathering of various communities. The people of the Western Regions like to form associations, and the scale and form are different, there are communities where women and sisters are friends, there are communities where neighbors come and go, and most of them are communities where merchants living in other towns help each other.

Buddha slave also has a Buddha community to gather, most of the poor and landless tenant customers in the society, because of Gu's lenient treatment, although he is a lowly family, it is better than those helpless customer tenant farmers, and for the righteousness, so often give one or two, quite respected by everyone.

Feng Ling knew that although the form of the community was scattered, the rules were very large, and the scheduled time could not be delayed, so as soon as the service was over, he urged him to hurry over, and he only took Ah Qi to the Buddha cave of Kangda Zhijia to go to the appointment.

Feng Ling dragged Ah Mi's hand, passed through the crowd of people who gathered to listen to the lectures of the great monks and laymen, bypassed the high platform of the big temple to dance and offer to the Buddha, and through the winding incense, he saw a group of people gathered noisily on the steps in front of the Kangjia Buddha Cave, and looked left and right but did not see the figure of Kang Dazhi.

"Who are they? How did you block in front of the Buddha cave? Not to mention that it blocked the way of the cave owner to worship in a good manner, and it was very disrespectful to the Buddha. Feng Ling shook his head in displeasure and complained, and without waiting for Ah Mi to respond, he frowned and squeezed into the crowd to find out.

In the middle of the crowd, a vendor selling cups, bowls, and other utensils was arguing with a woman, and the onlookers were laughing and laughing.

The vendor waved a porcelain food plate in his hand and muttered, "You woman is in trouble? You don't tell me how many food plates you want, but ask me how you know! ”

The woman was very unconvinced, rolled her eyes, crossed her waist and said to the surrounding crowd of onlookers, "Why didn't I say it? Fang Cai clearly said clearly: two people have a plate of bread, three people have a plate of roasted meat, four people have a plate of stewed yokan, and a total of 60 guests. That's what my lady told me and ordered me to tell the seller, but the dealer couldn't figure it out, but blamed me for being entangled. ”

"You ......" The dealer was really annoyed, and raised his voice fiercely and said around: "Such tricks and troubles, I actually put down the words today, if anyone present can tell the accurate number, I will give him these plates for nothing, how so?" ”

The crowd of onlookers made a lot of noise, and someone said, "This woman is so unreasonable, she is clearly messing around." "There are also people who urge the vendors to calculate quickly, and more of them have discussed with each other, but none of them can calculate how many plates they need.

"I saw that this woman was so confused that she forgot the number her lady told her when she went out." Ah Mi easily squeezed to Feng Ling's side from the crowd, and discussed in her ear: "How can anyone come to buy anything, I don't know how much I want to buy, but I want to count the goods, if I am the dealer, just say a number, why bother to go around so many plates." ”

Feng Ling pursed his lips and grinned, "That's funny. ”

Ah Qi tiptoed around and pulled the sleeve of Feng Ling's coat, "Auntie doesn't care about being stubborn, there are more and more people gathering, but she is still in front of the Buddha cave of Kang Alang's house, how can something happen in a while?" ”

"What kind of mess can happen, Ah Yi is cowardly." Although Feng Ling said this, looking around, he also felt that what Ah Qi said was reasonable, and after thinking for a moment, he suddenly raised his arms high, stood on tiptoe, and waved a few times above everyone's heads: "This merchant, can you count what you say?" ”

All the chaotic discussions around were interrupted by the crisp voice that sounded in the air, and everyone was silent, and one after another someone came back to their senses, followed by a loud coax, and asked the dealer with a smile. The dealer hesitated for a moment, with a look of disbelief, "Counting, naturally counting." ”

The wind spirit swept away the crowd in front of him and squeezed onto the steps, "If I'm right, I don't need you to give me a plate for nothing, you just need to move from here as soon as possible and evacuate all the spectators." ”

When the dealer heard that he didn't need to send out the plates, what should he not do, he nodded again and again, "Little lady, let's talk about it." ”

"Listen, everybody." Feng Ling cleared his throat and raised two fingers, "Two people share the cake, there are sixty guests in total, and it can be seen that the plate used to hold the cake needs thirty; If three people share meat, it takes 20 plates to serve the roasted meat; For four people to share the soup, the soup needs 15 plates. Thirty, twenty, and fifteen, a total of sixty-five plates are needed. ”

Seeing the lively crowd, the woman suddenly stroked her palms and smiled: "Yes, yes, I remember, when I went out, my lady said exactly this number." ”

There was an uproar for a while, some people laughed at the woman's confusion, some people ridiculed the vendors and boasted, and most of them praised the little lady's ingenuity.

It turned out that he had really forgotten, Feng Ling smiled quietly, and said to the dealer and the woman: "This is understood, please make it convenient for the two of you, and buy and sell in another place, in front of the Buddha cave, disturbing the tranquility of the people who pray sincerely, after all, it is not appropriate." ”

The crowd had seen the commotion, and gradually dispersed, and the dealer and the woman went elsewhere on their own. Ah Mi stomped a few steps up the steps, his face full of respect, "The eldest mother is so profitable, I can't complain that my father often says that the eldest mother should be a businessman." ”

"But your father also said, 'It's a pity that it's a lady, if it's a gentleman, it's better'?" Feng Ling smiled with crooked eyes, and turned around to go to the Kangjia Buddha Cave.

The body was just about to turn, but she paused, and the corner of her eyes swept over the place where the crowd gathered at the bottom of the steps, and a rather familiar figure in the corner stood with his hands long, looking at her intently, wearing a washed and somewhat colored stone blue robe, which seemed to be thinner at this time, but he saw that he stood upright, without a trace of fear and shrinkage.

It was the unknown Captain of Yandu. Wind Spirit turned around, curled the corners of his lips, bowed his knees in the direction where Fu Yanyan was standing, got up and looked up again, but he was nowhere to be seen.

After looking around, he couldn't find half a trace of him, and the wind spirit muttered to himself, how could this person run so fast.