Chapter 61: Meng Junchi
The status of Longhua Temple in Beijing is similar to that of Jing'an Temple in Weicheng, where incense is flourishing, and it is a place where many dignitaries burn incense and pray for blessings and worship the gods. It is precisely because of this that the people of Pingtou also have to get up early in the morning to burn incense on the fifteenth day of the new year.
Today is the fifteenth day, and when Xie An and his grandmother got off the carriage, the temple was already crowded.
The eldest grandmother looked at the sky, tightened the collar of the gray squirrel skin cloak, and said: "This Longhua Temple only has this one main gate, and the carriage can't get in, so we have to walk in by ourselves." Depending on the weather, it's going to snow heavily, so we have to hurry. ”
Xie An is also a native of Shanghai in modern times, and the snow she sees on weekdays has melted, and she is very excited to hear her grandmother say this, so she quickly followed.
Worship the Buddha everywhere is almost the same, Xie An also burned incense in each hall with the grandmother, repaid the vow, and added a hundred taels of sesame oil money. Seeing this, the little novice hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, and asked his companion to inform the senior brother in the temple that the distinguished guest had come. After a while, the big monk in the Kung Fu Temple walked out, and saw the grandmother chanting the Buddha's name again and again, saying that this little novice had just arrived at Longhua Temple, and he didn't recognize the Xie family.
After that, he led everyone to the abbot's room to eat tea, and at noon he entertained a meal, although they were all vegetarian, Xie An also ate it was very refreshing.
It had already snowed outside after the meal, and a thin layer of snow had accumulated on the ground. Xie An also took Aimo and Xiaomei on a whim, informed the eldest grandmother, and went to the backyard in a hurry.
In his previous life, Xie An had never seen much snow, let alone the snow-white scene between the heavens and the earth. After strolling around the courtyard for a while, looking at the snow in my eyes, I suddenly remembered the words I had memorized in Chinese class in my previous life.
"The scenery of the northern country, thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow. Looking inside and outside the Great Wall, only reckless; Up and down the river, suddenly lost and surging. Mountain dance silver snake, the original Chi wax elephant, want to be higher than the heavenly public test. It must be a sunny day, and look at the red dress, which is extraordinarily enchanting. , leading countless heroes to bend their waists. ……”。
Xie An couldn't help but stop when he read this, and the following were all evaluations of the famous masters in the previous life, which could never be said in this life, and it was definitely a trouble to be heard.
"Miss, what did you just read? Sounds so magnificent! Xiaomei leaned over and asked flatteringly.
Xie An was just about to answer, when he heard a Buddha call behind him, "Amitabha!" ”。
When I looked back, I saw an old monk dressed as an abbot standing not far away with his hands folded, followed by two young people. Xie An also hurriedly turned around and returned the salute.
"Dare to ask the young lady what she just recited, I don't know which hero did it?" The abbot asked.
Xie An also thought about it and said: "It's not a secret, this is what the little woman saw by chance in a hand-copied nameless ancient book many years ago, and she thought it was well written, so she read it a few more times and memorized it." Just seeing this kind of scenery, I couldn't help but blurt out, which made the master smile. ”
"The girl memorized this word really for the occasion, I didn't think it in the past, but today I found that the Longhua Temple in the snow is really beautiful." Before the abbot monk could speak, a young man beside him said.
When the man said this, he consciously glanced at Xie Anyi, and his words were a little frivolous: "This is really beautiful, poetic, and beautiful...... Hahahaha......"
He glanced at the other man next to him and asked, "Did you say, Brother Junchi?" ”
"Where did the disciples come from? Don't hurry up and apologize to my girl! This time, Aimo didn't make a sound, but Xiaomei on the side spoke.
Xie An also wanted to stop it too late, and he couldn't say it in his heart, so he couldn't have anything to do with them.
"Forget it, Xiaomei. Let's go back. After Xie An finished speaking, he bowed to the abbot, turned around and left.
Seeing this, Aimo and Xiaomei also blessed Xie Anyi with a gift. Aimo took a step, saw that no one was following, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, walked to Xie Anyi's side, and asked in a low voice: "Girl, could it be that the two are ......?"
Xie An also looked ahead without squinting and replied, "There shouldn't be anything wrong." ”
"Who are they?" Xiaomei on the side interjected and asked.
Aimo gave her a roll of the eyes: "You still dare to ask?" Did you know you almost got into a catastrophe! ”
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On the other side, looking at Xie An's distant back, the prince couldn't help but wonder: "Which little lady is this?" How is it so interesting? ”
Meng Junchi on the side shook his head.
After the abbot monk said the Buddha's name, he quickly said that he didn't know.
The prince groaned, "Let's go, follow and see whose family it is, otherwise I won't be able to sleep tonight." ”
Meng Junchi hurriedly persuaded: "Your Highness, don't do it." There are many people in the temple, if it is to spread out. It will definitely damage the reputation of His Highness, and if it reaches the ears of the Holy Lord......"
"Haha, Brother Junchi is too worried, how can I do that ridiculous thing in front of the abrupt beauty. I just want to follow the footsteps and see which lady is so talented and will never deviate. ”
"Your Highness is truly wise! I never remembered these footprints. Then listen to Your Highness, let's go quickly. ”
The two followed the footprints all the way, but they never expected that as soon as they arrived at the gate of the garden, they saw that the little novice in the temple had already swept the snow on the path in the garden.
The prince and Meng Junchi couldn't help but choke their wrists, it was a pity to say straight!
"It seems that I have nothing to do with this little lady, forget it. That being the case, it is not to be forced. Let's go, it's been a while since I've been out. The prince said.
Meng Junchi smiled slightly, and went out of the temple with the prince.
Not long after leaving the temple gate, the snowflakes fell one after another, and the two couldn't help but slow down, the prince looked at the weather and said, "This time we will come out secretly, don't say it." After a while, you go back to the city directly, and someone asked and said that we went to Ruyuzhai to shop, and I had already sent someone to take care of it. ”
This is like Yuzhai is a small bookstore in Beijing, selling some unique books, but the price is extremely expensive, and the children of ordinary people in Beijing dare not go to visit.
By the time Meng Junchi returned to Shangshu Mansion, the snow had already accumulated deeply.
He didn't go back to his yard, but went straight to the study in the inner courtyard.
There were two little guys standing outside the study, shivering from the cold, stomping their feet to their hands and breathing, seeing him coming, they hurriedly stepped forward, patted the snow on his crane, and said, "Master, you are here." The lord commanded that you should go in directly. ”
After taking a few steps, he added in a low voice, "The old lady is also here." ”
Meng Junchi let out a "hmm" and walked quickly into the study.
"Where have you been today?" As soon as he entered the study, before he could salute, he heard Master Xie ask lightly.