Walking to the depths of the courtyard, I suddenly heard the thin screams of a woman and the faint sound of whipping from an unknown corner. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

I stopped and said to Lan Sheng, who was a few steps away, "Did you hear that?" It was as if someone was crying. ”

Lan Sheng looked at me suspiciously. I beckoned and said, "Come here and listen." ”

Lan Sheng walked over, and Yun Qing behind him also walked towards me when he heard the words.

I held my breath, carefully identified it again, and then asked Lan Sheng, who was frowning, "Is someone crying again?" ”

"Yes, it seems to be in that direction." Lan Sheng pointed with his finger.

Yun Qing pursed her lips and nodded.

I paused and walked in the direction Lan Sheng was pointing.

He grabbed me and said, "What are you going to do?" ”

"Go and see what's wrong, crying weirdly makes people panic." I replied.

Lan Sheng didn't let go, and said, "Maybe they are punishing the nuns who made mistakes, so don't go over." ”

I said, "What mistake did they make to punish like this?" What if you kill someone? ”

Lan Sheng was stunned for a moment. I wrenched his hand away and moved on.

There was a sound of footsteps behind me, and I turned my head to see Lan Sheng and Yun Qing following me.

Outside a small courtyard, the sound of weeping and whipping could be heard clearly, and it was from the small courtyard that I thought the sound came from.

I walked to the gate and slammed the wooden door.

A slightly hoarse female voice said, "Who?" ”

I didn't answer, and knocked a few more times.

A string of footsteps leaned in, and the courtyard door was opened, and a woman in a navy blue round-necked square cardigan stood behind the door. She wore a blue round hat on her head, and there were fine lines at the corners of her eyes, and she looked like she was about thirty or forty years old.

She looked surprised, folded her hands and bowed, and said, "What's the matter with the donor?" Then he said: "This is the inner courtyard of Gui'an, if the donor wants to offer incense and pray for blessings, please move to the front yard." ”

I didn't reply, leaned over and looked into the courtyard, and saw a sixteen or seventeen-year-old nun kneeling in the courtyard, tears on her face, and her blue clothes were dyed a little scarlet. Another older nun stood nearby, holding a black locust branch in her hand.

My heart trembled and I asked, "Why did you beat that little nun?" And beat people like this? ”

The nun in front of him performed the namaste again and replied, "Donor, this is the internal affairs of Gui'an, and it is inconvenient to tell each other. ”

Lan Sheng gave me a look, but I ignored it and still stood there.

This nun spoke softly, and I didn't want to ask aggressively, but if I stopped, I couldn't help it.

After a pause, I said, "Gui'an is a place where the light of the Buddha shines, and we are all grateful for the laurel trees planted all over the place, and we are all grateful for the willingness to give the cinnamon to all sentient beings." ”

After that, he also folded his hands and saluted her, and then said: "When I was picking osmanthus flowers outside the courtyard, I heard a faint cry in the nunnery, so I came over to take a look. There is a bodhisattva enshrined in the nunnery, and the people who come to the nunnery are all compassionate, even if the little nun makes a mistake and can be punished slightly, I really don't understand why you would punish her like this. ”

She looked at me and said, "This is a dishonorable thing, so I don't want to defile the benefactor's ears by speaking out." ”

I paused for a moment and said, "I think it's a very dishonorable thing for you to punish that little nun like this. ”

She looked up at me, then leaned sideways to make a way.

When we entered the courtyard, the nun said, "This little nun is called Jingchen, and today she was found to have a close relationship with a man outside the nunnery, and she thinks she has been having an affair for a long time." She violated the precepts of the nunnery, so we punished her. ”

I was a little surprised, and I didn't say anything for a while.

Lan Sheng said to me: "The reason is already clear, don't interfere with them to punish them now, let's go." ”

Without moving, I asked, "Did this little nun become a monk of her own volition?" ”

She replied: "Jingchen is an orphan girl, and she was raised in the nunnery when she was a child. After a pause, he said: "We can't bear to punish her, but the rules in the nunnery cannot be broken." ”

I nodded and said, "Understood." Then he said, "You named her 'pure dust', but presumably she has not experienced red dust, so she doesn't know what 'dust' is, and how can she be 'pure'?" ”

She didn't speak.

I continued: "You have found out that she has an affair with a man, so it means that she has given birth to a mortal heart, and if she is subjected to such flesh and skin, she will surely be able to tie her mortal heart?" ”

"No impunity," she said. ”

"If this continues, what if someone dies?" I asked.

She was silent again.

I said, "There is a punishment, after all, the rules of the nunnery are already here, but you can change the way of punishment." ”

She looked at me quizzically.

I continued, "You can kick her out of Gui'an, so that all her actions have nothing to do with you." ”

"This ...... ...... this," she said, with surprise in her eyes.

"You can ask her if she would like to stay here and be punished, or leave Gui'an." I said again.

She looked at the pure dust.

Jingchen raised a childish face, wiped his eyes with his sleeves, and then fell deep to the ground, and said in a dumb voice: "Master, Jingchen has no face to stay in the nunnery." ”

Does that mean you want to leave?

She didn't answer. Jingchen said again: "Please tell the master, Jingchen thanks the master for taking me in the nunnery, the master has raised Jingchen for so many years, and Jingchen has failed her ......"

She sighed and said, "Out of Gui'an, whether you are poor or rich, don't say that you have the slightest connection here." ”

"Yes." Jingchen bowed and said, "Thank you for your success." ”

She said again: "You go and change this sea green robe." ”

Jingchen got up from the ground with difficulty, walked up to me tremblingly, and saluted, "Thank you, donor." ”

I pursed my lips and smiled, didn't speak, and then turned my face to say goodbye to the nun who opened the door for me.

Jingchen and I walked out of the yard with us, and walked to a path, and I asked her, "Have you found a place when you go out?" ”

Although her face was young, she exuded maturity and stubbornness, and her face did not have the compassion of Fang Cai.

Jingchen didn't answer my question, but said, "Thank you very much." Even if Mrs. Shi didn't agree to let me out, I would have to sneak out. ”

I smiled and thought to myself, what a young man that he said.

She added, "I'm waiting for me outside, saying he's going to take me to the north." He was an officer and soldier, and like me, he was fatherless and motherless. When I was packed, I went out to find him. ”

I let out a soft "um".

She bowed to me again and said, "Lady, meet again when you are fated." ”

I waved my hand and watched as her figure disappeared around the bend in the path.

Yun Qing on the side sneered: "How can you be a nun like being so debauched?" (To be continued.) )