Chapter 44: Offerings

When the sound of lively but not noisy people came to their ears again, they had already arrived at the foot of Qianyun Mountain.

Qianyun Mountain incense is flourishing, nearby merchants and hawkers are looking for stalls at the entrance to sell all kinds of incense and candle talismans Buddhist door utensils, and later see that Jokhang Temple just let people maintain order, and do not expel it, while thanking the Buddhist family for mercy, it also gathered more and more vendors, forming a large-scale market, but it is to pay attention to the pure place of the Buddha's house, and dare not speak loudly and make noise.

The carriage slowly passed through the market, and then moved forward for a while, under the support of Fanghua, slowly getting used to the bumpy carriage Fang Nian, only felt that the carriage stopped. Shi's Fanghua was covered with a curtain fence at the same time, and the plain embroidered light yarn was covered from the hood to the bare feet, and the gold and silver pendant corners were decorated below to prevent the wind from blowing up the curtain fence light yarn.

Fang Nian is still young, but she doesn't need this yet. The respective maids in the rear stepped forward and lifted the curtain, the coachman put down the stool, Shen Peixuan and Shen Yixuan, the twin brothers, got off the horse and went to Zhang's car to help Zhang's two younger brothers and sisters hug them down, and then left and right with Zhang's stepped on the stool and got out of the carriage, and Shen Jingxuan also got off the horse in front of Shi's carriage.

"Fourth sister, it's time to Jokhang Temple!" The corners of Shen Jingxuan's handsome face and upper lip were slightly raised, and he stretched out his arms to hug Fang Nian down. Then, Shi Fanghua was helped down one by one.

Raise your eyes and look around, above the stairs that spread high and upward, the continuous halls and clusters stretch out, under the reflection of the sun, solemn and magnificent, hook the eaves and fight the corners, the incense is misty, the people who go up the stairs advance to a solemn pilgrimage of piety, the distant bell floats far away, with a precipitation of hundreds of years of vicissitudes of life, similar to telling the solemn history of the Jokhang Temple.

This is a famous mountain ancient temple, according to the popularity of Fanghua, Fang Nian knows more, this place can be described as the Great Qin Dynasty, the highest standard of the temple, it can be said that it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a national temple, the plaque of the Jokhang Temple is now written, it is the founding emperor of the Great Qin Dynasty who wrote it himself, the ups and downs have been nearly a hundred years, and it is still solemn and atmospheric hanging on the huge mountain gate of the Jokhang Temple.

In front of the Jokhang Temple is ninety-nine steps, in order to show sincerity, there are also members of the royal family who climb the stairs in person, it seems to have formed a habit, although there is a little bit of background people will have a convenient tool such as a sliding rod, but no one uses it, they are all pious and personally step by step up.

Yes, in the Zhang family took the lead in climbing the stairs surrounded by Xin's mother pomegranate, the Shi family also took several children to follow in unison, Fang Hua led Fang Nian to follow behind the Shi family, followed by Shen Jingxuan, Shen Peixuan hugged Rui Ge'er, Sister Yuan and Shen Yixuan, and finally the accompanying slave maid.

"It's big, it's big!" Along the way, Sister Yuan clapped her hands and praised coquettishly, but Rui Ge'er learned from her eldest brother with a small face, quite a bit of joyful arrogance.

"Fourth sister, are you tired? Why don't you let the third brother carry you up! When she was halfway through the walk, Fang Hua was worried that Fang Nian's small body was weak and unbearable, so she couldn't help but say softly.

Fang Nian shook his head, smiled and thanked: "Third brother, I'm fine, I will definitely be able to climb up, it's really not good, I will tell the third brother that the Buddha sees me sincerely, and will definitely bless my grandmother, father, mother, brothers, sisters, and Rui Ge Eryuan." ”

Her endurance is good, she knows that her health is poor over the years, and she knows that the level of medical care in ancient times is not very good, and a wind and cold may lose her life, since she can walk, she intends to exercise slowly, and she can't do weird exercises, but she usually takes advantage of the absence of those maids who don't have a mind, and races and walks in the small courtyard to move her hands and feet.

"Okay, Fang Nian is tired, I must tell the third brother, the third brother is very powerful!" The small three-headed body is so sensible and well-behaved, it really makes Shen Yixuan rarely rub Fang Nian's little head gently, he was really wronged by the fourth sister before! There is a comparison between Sister Yuan and Er, they know that children are not born well-behaved and sensible, and they don't have more pity in their hearts.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, although the ninety-nine steps seem to be unattainable, but in one step at a time, before climbing the mountain gate. In front of the mountain gate, a Nuoda is three feet high, five feet long and two feet wide, and the square tripod engraved with Sanskrit swastika characters, and the Buddha incense of the new check in the ding is misty. Zhang stretched out his hand, and Xin's mother, who was waiting on the side, took the sandalwood handed by her mother-in-law and lit it with both hands and handed it to Zhang.

Zhang's devotion bowed deeply, and he muttered in his heart to ask the Buddha to bless the Shen family with prosperity and prosperity, and bless Cheng'er Anshun and Ningkang. Zhang's hands folded together and greeted the monk who was waiting on the side.

"Master Huineng, I'm bothering you again! With a little heart, I also asked the master to help the old body add some sesame oil to worship the Buddha! Zhang beckoned gently, and Xin's mother stepped forward tacitly and handed a purse to the young monk who was hanging his head behind Huineng.

"Tan Yue is polite, please! If you are as devout as the benefactor, you will definitely get what you want! Huineng put one hand on his chest and bowed lightly to thank him, then made a guide with one hand and asked Zhang to enter with him. Zhang's is also an old pilgrim of the Jokhang Temple, and on weekdays, it is mostly Huineng reception, and there is less of those politeness. It is also because of this that there is Hui Neng, a monk who knows the word of Hui, to receive Zhang's family.

solemn words, all the way straight into the Daxiong Treasure Hall, the Buddha on the stage is tall and solemn, Zhang led his family, once again to the incense to worship and kneel. This time, the sandalwood offered by Zhang's family was inserted by Huineng himself. Zhang's customary request for a peace sign, got a superior, and the satisfaction in his eyes was self-evident.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Fang Nian stretched out his hand, took the package in Juan Bi's hand, took two steps forward to greet his grandmother and mother, and then blessed Huiyuan: "Master Huiyuan, this is a few volumes of scriptures that I have embroidered and written for my grandmother's family, I may ask Master Huiyuan to be blessed by incense in front of the Buddha, ask for the blessing of the Buddha, and give it to the grandmother and father and mother of the little daughter!" ”

"Xiao Tanyue's filial piety is commendable, the Buddha will be able to see it, and Hui Neng will live up to the trust, and personally enshrine these scriptures in front of the Buddha, seven hundred and forty-nine hours!" Then, he praised the Zhang family: "The descendants of Tanyue are virtuous and filial piety, this is all Tanyue's sincere blessing!" All the way, Tan Yue can go to the guest house to rest! ”

"Thanks to the blessing of the Buddha, I don't know Master Zhikong, Huiyuan is here?" Zhang's hands were folded, and he saluted Huiyuan again, Master Xuandu, that is a master that even saints can't see, she doesn't dare to ask for extravagance, even if it is Master Zhikong, there may not be any hope, and Huiyuan presides, and there can be some hope.