Chapter III
After crying on other people's turf, Jingli returned to his thatched hut, packed up his things, and prepared to live in the temple. In fact, her things were pitiful, but two or three clothes, and the rest were the letter and the ring that the master had left for her. She had observed the ring very carefully, the ring was made of something similar to jade, the color was emerald green, and the green seemed to be flowing when she looked closely, she had never seen a similar jade, and the master's letter told her to drop a drop of blood on the ring, and she did so, but the ring did not react, and she was disappointed to put it away. Seeing the jade pendant that Itsuxu was holding today, she remembered this ring again, and she felt that the ring that the master specially left her was definitely not an ordinary ring, it should be something from the spirit realm, but she still can't understand it. Putting the ring away again, a light package, bidding farewell to the thatched house, she was finally about to embark on the road of cultivating immortals.
The monks in the monastery do not eat for lunch and only eat vegetarian food. Jingli is not a Buddhist cultivator after all, so he plans to borrow the kitchen to make a bowl of noodles for himself, and the meat is still forgotten.
Suddenly remembered that Wuzhen hadn't asked himself for a long time to add food, and he didn't know if he was adapting to it, so he needed to secretly prepare a little for him. Wu Zhen had already told her that he had been locked up by the host for helping her intercede, and he was not released until this morning when he was going to apprentice. When Jingli was making trouble at the door, the apprenticeship ceremony had just ended.
Jori observed the temple as she walked. Luofeng Temple is indeed a little dilapidated, many walls have traces of peeling skin, although the finishing is very clean, but the feeling of the years can not be concealed.
Looking around, what seemed to be her own residence, she looked up and knocked on the door. At this time, other people in the temple were still doing evening classes, but Wuxu often did not participate because no one was in charge of them.
Squeak, the door opened. Looking at Jingli with a false smile, she asked, "Miss Su is here to find Wuxuan?" What's the matter? ”
Wu Zhen was sitting upright on a futon, looking in this direction with the same curiosity. You can't say in front of other people's masters, you want to ask your apprentice if you want to break the vows today, Jingli smiled embarrassedly, waved his hand and said, "Just to come and see him, since he is practicing, then I will go first, go first." As he spoke, he turned and left.
"Miss Su, wait a minute." "We will stay here for three more months, and we will not return to the spirit level realm until three months. When you reach the spirit level, unless you ascend to the immortal level, you may never be able to return here. Although the girl's master is no longer there, I don't know if there are any other people I care about or things to do, if there is, go ahead and do it, and we will meet again in three months. ”
Jingli looked at the void hesitantly, wanting to say that she had nothing to do.
"Don't worry, girl, since the poor monk promised the girl, he won't break his promise."
Jingli shook her head, indicating that she was not because of this. She didn't have anything in the first place, so she didn't care about it and cared about it. Suddenly, she seemed to remember something, so she looked up at the void and said with a smile: "I do have some things to deal with, thank you Master for reminding me, then see you in three months." ”
Izuku nodded, indicating that he understood.
Early the next morning, the energetic Jingli found Fuhui and told him that he would leave for three months, and formally greeted Fuzhi and Huiyuan, and left Gumao Mountain.
The place she was going to was Shu Kingdom, thousands of miles away from Gumao Mountain, where it was said that there were her biological parents. Master told her something about her in the letter he left behind. It is said that when he met her, the master already knew that his life was short, and he had given up looking for a way to go back and settled down in Xinlong Town. Master is a fire wood dual spiritual root, so he was born with a unique perception of plants and trees, and this ability has not disappeared due to the loss of spiritual support, so he also relies on this ability to have a body of medical skills. He once concealed his origins, walked in the world and made a lot of friends, and was entrusted by one of his friends to invite him to Shu to treat diseases and save people, and the person to be saved was Jingli's mother.
Because of the pure glass, her mother suffered a lot of torture, the nutrition of the whole body seems to have been absorbed by the fetus, in addition to the belly is very big, the whole person has been thin only a handful of bones, and it seems that she can't insist on the birth of the child, even the imperial doctor is helpless, and has to look for a cure all over the world, and finally finds Xuyang here.
In the end, what saved Jingli's mother and daughter was a spirit pill he brought from the spirit level realm. This medicine only needs a little bit to be enough for mortals, but too much is unbearable, so at the beginning he only scraped a little bit from the pill. What I didn't expect was that a little bit of medicine should have been enough for their mother and daughter to recover, but it only slightly alleviated the symptoms, but it was not completely cured, and finally it took a whole Gathering Spirit Pill to make Jingli born smoothly.
At that time, Xuyang had a trace of suspicion, so he secretly checked her situation with his own method, and found that she actually had a spiritual root, and it was the ice and fire spiritual root that his master had been looking for. So there is a reasonable guess about the strangeness of their mother and daughter. After much deliberation, Xuyang decided to take Jingli and told her parents that this child was very immortal and could not grow up in a mortal family, and if she continued to live in this environment, she would probably hurt her parents and relatives like this time. In fact, Xuyang knew that in a place without spiritual power, even if he had a single spiritual root, he was just a wasted person, but he still lied. According to Xuyang's recollection, when Jingli left, her father was very happy, happy that there might be an immortal birth in her family, while Jingli's mother was very painful and reluctant. Xuyang wrote these in the letter he left for Jingli, wanting to tell her that if one day, she is desperate, she can return to her home and enjoy the wealth of the world. Although Jingli never thought of going back to enjoy wealth, she still has some special feelings about herself and her relatives in this world, and now that she is leaving, it should be regarded as the last goodbye, and by the way, the woman who has suffered a lot in order to give birth to her can get some comfort. It's not that she is soft-hearted or nostalgic, but because the master once said that the most important thing for cultivating immortals is worldly love, and she is here to say goodbye.
Jingli looked at the vermilion gate in front of him and the plaque on the door that read "Ning'an Hou's Mansion", and was sure that he had found a place. It's just that the two guards armed with spears at the door obviously didn't intend to let her in like this, because she had been wandering for a long time, and the guards had been firmly watching her, as if waiting for her to make a move.
Jingli hesitated for a moment, and finally felt that she should be softer if she was going home, after all, she injured the guards as soon as she came, and it was not very friendly.
She took two steps forward and said to the two, "My name is Su Jingli, looking for the owner of this house." ”
The two guards squinted at her, disapproving, this female Taoist priest doesn't understand the rules at all, can the owner of this house be seen casually.
Seeing the two guards who completely ignored him, Jingli scratched his head, how should this be. Turning his gaze to the vermilion wall next to it, which is not too high, why don't you jump right in.
Jingli took two steps back, walked to the wall, lifted his breath, jumped directly to the wall, and jumped into the wall again. The two guards who had been carefully observing Jingli were taken aback and immediately shouted, "There are assassins!" An assassin has climbed over the wall to get in! ”
The shouting was very loud, and Jingli, who had just jumped into the wall, was startled, and secretly thought, I also want to enter through the main entrance, but you ignore me.
Soon, the guards who came from all directions had already surrounded Jingli, and they didn't even see the opponent clearly, so they started to fight directly. These guards who only have a frightening size and momentum don't pay attention to it at all, and these people have only practiced a little bit of fist and foot kung fu, and they are not her opponents at all. So there was a group of people lying down next to him in three or two, and the other guards dodged one after another when they saw this, and they didn't dare to take the initiative to take the initiative again, but they just raised the weapons in their hands and looked at Jingli, but their hearts were cold.
Jingli clasped her hands on her chest, looked at the group of guards who didn't dare to step forward, and indifferently ordered: "I want to see your master, and your master's wife can also do it, go and call over." "It's far from the monk of Luofeng Temple, it's not good to fight alone, it's not good to fight in a group, it seems that the level of guards in this house is too poor, remember to train before leaving."
Several guards outside the encirclement looked at each other a few times, and looked at a man in black who seemed to be the leader, the man looked at his brother lying on the ground, and then at Jingli, raised his chin at the people around him, and motioned for them to find someone.
The guards who were instructed almost crawled away, and that Dao Gu was really scary.
Soon, another group of people came under the leadership of the guard, and at the front of the crowd was a middle-aged man in brocade clothes, with blazing eyes and a white beard, with the momentum of a superior person.
He looked at the young female Taoist priest who was surrounded in the middle, and the guards lying on the ground, and frowned.
"I don't know what happened to the girl's trespassing on my Ning'an Hou Mansion?" He hugged his fist at the woman and signaled, this Dao Gu is indeed very capable, if she can solve it with good words, it is better than a big fight.
"I didn't want to trespass, but your guards wouldn't tell me the word, so I had to climb over the wall and get in." Jingli looked at the middle-aged man's face carefully, felt that it seemed a little similar to herself, and asked, "Are you Ning Anhou?" ”
The man in brocade replied, "Exactly, if the girl has anything, she can tell me directly." ”
Jingli looked the man in brocade up and down again, tilted his head and thought about what to say, could he just say, hey, I am your daughter who was taken away as a fairy more than ten years ago, and I have not been able to become a fairy, but soon, so come back and see, what if people don't believe it, after thinking about it again and again, I said tentatively: "My name is Su Jingli." "This name was given by her mother.
The man in brocade frowned, Su Jingli, is this the person he should know? Suddenly, as if he remembered something, his eyes suddenly widened, and he looked at the majestic woman in the Taoist robe in front of him in disbelief, yes, it should be this age.
"Your name is Su Jingli? And who is your master? Uncontrollably, his voice trembled slightly.
"Master's Dao is Xuyang." Jingli replied lightly, it seems that she still remembers, but in fact, she is a little worried that her parents have forgotten her, so what should I do, I'm afraid it's a trip in vain.
"Quick, quick, go and call Madame." Ning Anhou excitedly patted the shoulder of the guard next to him and motioned for him to go and call someone. The guards said yes again and again, and ran towards the inner courtyard.
"No, no, it's supposed to come in, Li'er, come here, come here." Ning Anhou's hand trembled slightly, looking at this daughter who had only appeared in a dream. Looking at the girl with a beautiful face and clear eyes in front of him, he only felt that his tears were going to flow out uncontrollably, and suddenly, the fleshy little ball appeared in front of him again, his first child, the child who was taken away before he could hold enough. He gently stroked Jingli's shoulder, but he didn't dare to touch it too much, afraid that the person in front of him would suddenly disappear.
Jingli is his eldest daughter, in order to give birth to this child, Mrs. suffered a lot, and finally survived until the child was born in vain, he realized the joy of being a father, so he had to send her away. Although I thought in my heart that I knew that my daughter was going to be an immortal and had no fate with me, how could I be born in their family and become his daughter if I didn't have fate. In my dreams, I often think that one day this child will suddenly appear and return to me, and now it has really appeared.
"Li'er, come in with me, your mother has been looking forward to you for many years." Finally adjusted his emotions, Ning Anhou wanted to take his daughter to meet his wife as soon as possible. After the Taoist priest took her away, he said that he wanted to take her to become an immortal, and the Taoist chief was highly respected for his strong mana and saved his wife's life, so he believed it. Only the lady has always refused to accept the reality, unwilling to send her away, after the child left, she had to accept the reality, but always thought in her heart that her daughter could come back to see her in her lifetime.
Jingli nodded and followed. She didn't really know how to respond to the enthusiasm of strangers and why she wanted to come back, and she convinced herself that there was a cause and effect. Her parents were the ones who gave her life and body, and there was a cause and effect between her and them, and she should have paid it back before she left here. Also, she wondered what parents should look like.
Jingli followed behind Ning Anhou, looking left and right curiously, this was the first time she had seen the so-called Hou Mansion. The place where she has been wandering for a long time is either a Taoist temple or a temple, and the prosperity of the world is rarely felt, let alone to take a look at this one of the best Hou Mansions, but unfortunately the flowers and plants in this garden are still a little worse than the scene of flowers blooming all over the mountains. However, at least she was sure that her family was doing well in the world. Ning Anhou's status in Shu is very high, and Shu has the natural advantage of geographical location, so there are few wars, presumably they should not suffer much in their lifetime.
Suddenly, Jingli heard a rush running sound in the distance, and inexplicably she stopped and looked in the direction where the footsteps came from. Seeing that Jingli was not leaving, Ning Anhou also stopped, and he asked, "What's wrong?" ”
But seeing that Jingli was looking firmly in one direction, Ning Anhou also looked over strangely. After a few moments, a plainly dressed woman ran out of the bushes, and she ran very fast, deftly jumping over the flowers and plants on the road, and running straight in this direction, followed by a running maid who was out of breath.
The plain-clothed woman looked up and saw Ning Anhou, and immediately called: "Husband, husband, where is Li'er?" Where's Li'er? The words had already run to Ning Anhou's eyes, grabbing his arm and shaking it desperately.
Ning Anhou looked at her hairpin that was crumbling because of the violent running, and carefully moved it to the side, revealing the pure glass behind her.
Jingli was looking in the direction where the plain-clothed woman was running, it seemed to be a small garden, except for some flowers and plants that were messily stacked with strange stones, and even some artificially piled low stone platforms to divide the garden. The woman just now had deftly run through these things, and the maid who followed her was still struggling in the rubble. For a moment, Jingli suddenly remembered herself who was running outside Xinlong Town with dry firewood on her back, she turned her head and looked at the woman in plain clothes, she should be her mother, it turned out that she was more like a mother.
The plain-clothed woman had also seen Jingli, she looked at the girl wearing a blue Taoist robe with a somewhat familiar face, tears began to roll in her eyes, she let go of Ning Anhou's arm and grabbed Jingli. Jingli blinked and looked at the hand on her arm, but finally didn't shake it off.
"Li'er, my Li'er has grown so big...... she pulled hard and hugged Jingli into her arms, "It's grown so big......"
Jingli sighed in her heart, and didn't reach out to push her away, not because she didn't want to, but because she didn't dare. Although this woman felt quite brave when she ran over, she looked quite weak, and she didn't know how to control her strength, in case she hurt her, it would be bad.
Jingli is a little taller than the plain-clothed woman, so although the body is held by the plain-clothed woman, the head can still move freely. She looked at Ning Anhou and motioned for him to pull his wife away, Ning Anhou hesitated a little, until Jingli began to lock on to him with murderous eyes, he slowly moved a few steps forward, moving to the side of the plain-clothed woman.
He patted the plain-clothed woman on the back and said softly: "Lan'er, our Li'er has just come back, and she must be very tired from a long journey, shall we let her in and rest first?" ”
Hearing Ning Anhou's tone, she didn't know why, but she wanted to laugh a little, it turned out that this person who looked serious and serious was actually very gentle, and the one who was holding herself looked soft and weak, I am afraid that he was a powerful one.
The plain-clothed woman hugged Jingli hard again, and finally let go of her hand. She took Jingli and strode forward, and said softly as she walked: "Li'er, come with my mother, tell my mother where you have been all these years?" ”
Jingli looked at the table full of food, dumbfounded, no wonder the master would say that if you want to give up, go home and enjoy the glory and wealth of the world. She also thought that the so-called glory and wealth were probably the same as the Huang landlord of Xinlong Town, but it turned out that she had seen too little.
Looking at Ning Anhou and Mrs. who were looking at her with a smile amiably across the table, she also smiled back, and then followed her instinct and began to enjoy this rare delicacy.
Looking at her daughter, who only had no birth, Ruolan's eyes were full of love. At that time, many people persuaded her to kill the child, and even her husband persuaded her that as long as she raised it well, she could regenerate, but she was unwilling. I don't know why, she just would rather die herself than lose that child. Later, she finally survived until the child was born, and before she could get close to her, she was taken away by the Taoist priest, who said that the child was not a mortal fetus in the first place, and they couldn't raise this child. So she had no choice but to watch as the Taoist took away a piece of meat that she had suffered a lot to give birth to. Since then, she began to eat fasting and chant Buddha every day, and she would give porridge and do good deeds during festivals or disaster years, in order to accumulate some good karma for her daughter and become an immortal as soon as possible.
"Li'er, back then, Daoist Xuyang said that he would take you to cultivate immortals, and he would become an immortal in the future, you ......" Ning Anhou looked at his daughter who had eaten about the same amount and asked worriedly. He actually didn't care if his daughter could be an immortal, and even preferred her to be by their side, but since they took her away because they couldn't raise an immortal fetus, now that the old Taoist priest has raised her, can he return his daughter to them?
Jingli put down her chopsticks, hesitated, and said, "Master Hou, madam, in fact, the master ordered me to say goodbye." ”
Ruolan immediately interrupted Jingli's words and asked nervously, "Didn't you just come back, how can you say goodbye?" ”
"Master has already attained the Tao and ascended to immortality, and when he has taken care of the chores in the sky, he will come back and take me away." This is the rhetoric that Jingli has thought of, what is the cultivation of immortals, what is the earth-level realm and the spirit-level realm, she doesn't want to explain too much, just explain it in a way that they can understand, the master also lied to them back then.
"It's a good thing, it's a good thing, it turns out that the Rising Sun Dao Chief has become an immortal, and Li'er is going to follow him to the sky." Ning Anhou was very happy, but tears welled up with a smile. It turned out that his daughter really came to say goodbye, in fact, the moment he saw Li'er, he had such an idea, but he still wanted to ask.
"If you become an immortal, you can't come back, so I came to say goodbye on the orders of my master." Jingli explained lightly. It is a great thing for mortals to be able to become immortals, and I believe that this will also comfort them a little. As for whether she can really cultivate the Dao, she can't be sure, but she will do her best.
Ruolan's hands held the tablecloth tightly, lowered her head, and raised her head again after a long time: "It was really right to let Li'er follow the Taoist back then, look, our Li'er is going to be immortals." ”
Jingli looked at the two people who said they were happy, but there was no happiness on their faces, I don't know what to do, is it because I made a mistake with this excuse? The only non-cultivators she has come into contact with are those in Xinlong Town back then, and it seems that those people are very happy about becoming immortals or something, forget it, I don't understand, so I just picked up the chopsticks and lowered my head to eat by myself.
"Li'er, how long can you stay, or are you going to leave in a moment?" Ning Anhou, who was quite calm, gave Jingli a chopstick dish and asked carefully.
Jingli thought for a while and replied, "One month, the master will come to pick me up in a month." ”
This is what she decided after calculating the distance and time. Since she is here to break the cause and effect, she should do something for them before leaving, and a month should be enough.
"Great, Lan'er, did you hear me? Li'er has to stay for another month. Ning Anhou gently shook Ruolan, who was still holding the tablecloth.
Mrs. Ning Anhou nodded and said in a low voice, "I'll go and arrange a place for Li'er." Then he quickly got up and walked outside. Seeing this, Ning Anhou hurriedly smiled at Jingli and followed.
"Woo...... Why, why can't I raise the child I gave birth to, and after looking forward to it for so many years, I finally came back, and I have to leave again. What immortals are not immortals, what does it have to do with us, you and I are mortals, why is the child born a fairy fetus, I have suffered so much and looked forward to it for so many years......"
"Li'er can become an immortal, it's a blessing for you and me, how can you think so, you still have us......"
The sound faded away and faded away. Jingli put down her chopsticks and sighed. In fact, she is not very able to understand the relationship between her parents, from relying on her master to walking the world alone, she doesn't know all kinds of things in the world, at least she has seen it, but she doesn't know what to do to reduce their sadness, is it wrong to come back and see this decision?
Just as she hesitated, a little boy suddenly appeared in the doorway, and the boy blinked and stared at the people in the room motionless. Jingli looked at the child, who was probably a little older than Wuzhen, curiously and smiled at him.
"You're a fairy, but you don't look like a fairy." The boy looked at the pure glass gray and simple Taoist robe, and felt disappointed. He heard that the fairy was coming, so he came to take a look.
"I've let you down." Hearing this, Jingli was also a little helpless, she smiled and shook her head.
"My name is Jienian, you are Jingli, right?" The boy saw that Jingli was very friendly, so he walked in boldly, sat opposite Jingli, and picked up a piece of bean cake with his little hand and ate it happily.
Jingli nodded, very surprised by the boy's name, so she asked, "Little brother, are you a monk?" ”
"You're a monk." The boy stood up angrily, pointed his fleshy little finger at Jingli, angrily accused, and then ran away with a hurt face.
Jingli looked at the boy's back dumbfounded, a little at a loss, could it be that he didn't understand the worldly naming method, but quitting this name, no matter how it sounds, it is a monk's name.
After a long time, Mrs. Hou, who seemed to have adjusted her mood, came over with swollen eyes, she looked at Jingli gently, and told her that her residence was ready, and Jingli followed her over.
"Li'er, where did you leave your luggage? I'll send someone to fetch it. "I heard my husband say that Jingli came back empty-handed and didn't bring anything.
"I don't have any luggage." Jingli shook his head, even if there was, it would be placed in Luofeng Temple.
Mrs. Hou Ye looked at Su Jingli's dusty robe, a wooden hairpin on her head, and nothing else, she was secretly sad, this child didn't know how much suffering she had suffered, although she recited Buddha every day, she had prepared more than a dozen sets of plain clothes just for practice, and this child didn't even have a change of clothes. Jingli noticed that Madame's mood suddenly fell again, but she really couldn't understand what she was down.
Yingxian Pavilion, Jingli looked at the name of his residence in surprise, stretched out his hand to push open the door, and walked in.
Mrs. Hou followed closely behind her and explained softly: "This Yingxian Pavilion was built by your father. When Xuyang Dao Chang took you away, although he did not object, but he was also very sad, and later repaired this small building, saying that there is a place to live when you come back later. ”
Jingli stared at the huge Buddha statue in front of him, as well as the Buddha incense that was still smoking, and looked back at Ruolan in shock.
Ruolan walked forward with a smile, knelt on the futon, bowed to the Buddha statue, and then turned back to her and said: "I usually pray for Li'er here, originally I wanted to build another Buddhist hall, but I want to be more sincere here, is to ask the Buddha to bless, let my Li'er come back as soon as possible, and become an immortal as soon as possible." ”
Looking at Ruolan's sweet smile, Jingli only felt that her mind was buzzing, and she seemed to shout, Mother, I am a cultivator, not a Buddha, what's the use of you worshipping the Buddha.
Suddenly, she remembered something, raised her head in surprise, looked at the Buddha statue with kind eyebrows, thoughtful, and then smiled. She looked at Ruolan and said softly, "Madam, thank you." Ruolan also smiled happily.
She is now able to go to the spirit level realm with the help of the Buddha, maybe it is also because the Buddha heard this woman's prayers and supplications.
She lived on the second floor temporarily, stroking the dressing table and the bed, which had been prepared here a long time ago. Although these worldly things, their cultivators are not nostalgic, but in the face of Ruolan's expectant eyes, she still smiled and nodded.
Ruolan walked to the wardrobe and opened it, and the wardrobe was full of clothes of various colors. She took out one, compared it with the palm of her hand, and said to Jingli: "After you follow the Xuyang Dao Chief, I can't help but think of where you are, whether you have suffered hardships, and whether you are doing well." I know that Daoist Xuyang is a master, but I just don't feel at ease. I don't know when you'll be back, if you'll be back, if you'll be back one day, so I'll prepare four sets of clothes for you every year, so that no matter when you come back, you can wear them. ”
"No, I still prefer this one." Looking at the tender yellow palace dress in Ruolan's hand and her expectant eyes, Jingli still refused without hesitation, she preferred to wear loose and comfortable robes, such gorgeous clothes were too inconvenient to move.
Ruolan opened her mouth, but she couldn't say anything, so she had to regretfully put down the clothes in her hand, but she found someone to customize according to the fairy's clothes in the book, and thought that fairies were all dressed like this.
The two sat facing each other for a while, looked at the sky, and asked softly, "Li'er, let's go have dinner." ”
So the two of them returned to the place just now, and this time, in addition to Ning Anhou at the dinner table, there was also a somewhat familiar little figure, which was the child called Jienian.
Seeing Jingli and Jienian meeting in sight, Ning Anhou smiled at Jingli and explained: "This is your younger brother, named Jienian, who is nine years old this year. During the day today, he had a class at my husband's and had just returned. ”
It turned out to be his younger brother, and Jingli nodded at the ring, as an apology for offending his name just now.
Jienian pouted, shouted "sister" unwillingly, and bowed his head and stopped talking.
Thinking of the Buddha statue of His Excellency Yingxian, Jingli suddenly felt that the origin of this child's name was probably inseparable from her, so she was even more embarrassed, so she took the initiative to clip a chicken leg for the precept.
Jienian looked at the chicken leg in his bowl in surprise, then looked at Jingli, and also sandwiched a chicken leg in Jingli's bowl. Jingli, who was no longer angry by default, lowered his head and ate it in a big gulp.
"Ahhhh How can you eat meat!? Seeing that Jingli put the chicken leg into his mouth without hesitation, he immediately screamed, and the chicken leg that Jingli had eaten half of it fell to the ground unexpectedly.
Ning Anhou immediately scolded: "What can you eat meat, what nonsense are you talking about!" Although he and Ruolan were also taken aback when they saw her eating meat at noon, since her daughter had eaten meat, it must be edible, and Ning Anhou had no doubt about it.
Jienian pouted and retorted loudly: "Aren't they supposed to be vegetarians, how can they eat meat, eating meat is breaking the vow." ”
It turned out that this family couldn't figure out the difference between Buddhism and Taoism, Jingli really didn't know how to explain, so he had to say weakly: "Our Taoist cultivation is different from Buddhist cultivation, Buddhist cultivation can't eat meat, but Taoist cultivation actually has no strict requirements for diet." "It's just that according to Master, most people don't eat after they become Xiaocheng, because there are a lot of impurities in the meal, which is not conducive to cultivation, and Master is a special case, not only does he eat all the time, but he also loves to eat meat.
Ruolan glared at Jienian fiercely, smiled at Jingli, and comforted: "Li'er is right, our Li'er wants to be a fairy, not a nun, of course you can eat meat." ”
Jingli silently shook her head in her heart, and decided to continue eating quietly, the food in Ning'an Hou's Mansion was the most delicious she had ever tasted, so it was better to take this opportunity to eat more.
"Didn't my mother say that my sister was the fairy next to the Medicine Buddha? Wasn't Medicine Buddha in the temple? ”
"Don't talk nonsense." Ruolan quickly covered her mouth with her precepts, and then explained embarrassedly to Jingli, "Li'er don't take it to heart, I lied to him." ”
"Back then, the Xuyang Taoist wanted to take you away, but you didn't even have a name, I thought, at least if I took the child's name, I happened to see the scriptures, which contained a sentence "Medicine Buddha Pure Glass Realm", so I named you Jingli. Later, I went to the temple with Jienian to offer incense, and when I saw the statue of Medicine Buddha, I thought of you, and Jienian kept pestering me, so I had to lie to him and say that you went to be a fairy next to Medicine Buddha. ”
After listening to Ruolan's explanation, Jingli felt that her whole person was very bad. No wonder she always thinks her name is weird, it turns out that the problem is here. Is it really appropriate to give a monastic daughter a name in a Buddhist scripture, thinking about it, she looked at the precepts sympathetically, and it is not appropriate to give her son a monk's name. She looked at Ning Anhou, who had been sitting on the side, in what mood he accepted his son's name.
Jingli sighed deeply in her heart, is it because of this that she will say that she is destined for Buddhism?
Late at night, Jingli stood on the roof of the Yingxian Pavilion, looked around, and found that this Yingxian Pavilion was the tallest building in the entire Hou Mansion, she looked at the guards who carried the lights back and forth at night, and the rooms that were still lit, and saw enough, understood, and gently jumped off the roof and returned to the house.
She looked at the Buddha statue smiling at her, bowed embarrassedly, then sat cross-legged on the futon and began to meditate.
When the first rays of sunlight hit the room, Jingli also thought about what she should do. She got up from the futon and walked towards the house where she had memorized the precepts from last night, and the residence of the precepts was on the left side of the Yingxian Pavilion.
In his deep sleep, he seemed to notice that someone was watching him, so he moved his body uneasily and opened his eyes gently.
"Ahhh Jienian suddenly jumped to the corner of the bed, saw the person clearly, and then slowly breathed a sigh of relief, "Sister, why are you here?" ”
Jingli also seemed to realize that it was a little scary for her to sit silently at the head of someone's bed like this, but in fact, her original intention was just to wait until she woke up.
"Qu Nian, are you going to the teacher's class today?" Seeing the nod of the Ring's affirmation, Jingli asked again, "Do you have to go?" ”
The precept nodded vigorously in the affirmative, and then said; "I have to go every day unless my father asks for leave himself."
Jingli pondered for a moment, and then said, "I'll go and tell my father that you should follow me first today." ”
"Really?" Jie Nian happily jumped up happily on the bed, and I don't have to go to class today.
An hour later, he was panting and lying on the ground, regretting that he was about to cry, he should be firm and sure to go to school, he now thinks that the master's beard is lovely, and the master's precept ruler is gentle.
Jingli carefully poked Jienian's back with his fingers, and Jienian screamed in pain, he was now in pain everywhere in his body.
Ning Anhou and his wife, who had been standing aside and watching the two of them, were full of worry, although this daughter was rare, but the son was also the only one.
Jingli looked at the precept suspiciously, her eyes full of puzzlement. She remembered that this was how the master taught her back then, when she meditated every day and did not grow, so the master had to find a set of worldly exercises for her, and taught her every day, so that she could practice her current skills. She originally wanted to teach this set of boxing techniques to Jienian, as long as he learned it, at least he would be able to have few opponents in the world, even if he only learned some fur, it was good for the body, but how did Jienian lie down.
He didn't know this, he only knew that every inch of his bones was very sore now, and every place he touched with his hand was in severe pain, and he was about to cry with regret. blamed himself for being stupid, my sister said that she wanted to teach herself martial arts, and he followed happily, where is this martial arts, this is his life
Is it because there is no spiritual root? After thinking about it carefully, Jingli can only come to this conclusion. How did she know that when people in the world practice martial arts, there are actually supporting internal exercises and they need to be gradual, but back then, her master completely looked down on these exercises, and only brought out the exercises for practicing external skills, and her bones were different from ordinary people, otherwise it would be the same result as the precepts. Jienian did not practice the supporting internal strength, and directly practiced the external strength and exceeded the load of the body under her request, so the body could not support it at all. When Jingli knew this, her heart was full of guilt for this unlucky brother.
It seems that this road is not working, Jingli Mu was carried away by the guards, and his eyes were full of hatred that iron could not become steel.
"Li'er, your brother can't practice immortal skills, right? Does it matter if he wants to? Ning Anhou asked tentatively.
"Quit Nian can't practice my kung fu." Jingli shook her head.
Ning Anhou and his wife looked at each other, and they all breathed a sigh of relief, almost thinking that their son was also going to be taken away.
"If you can't practice, forget it, Qunian is a layman, Li'er don't care about him." Ning Anhou said with a smile.
Jingli glanced at Ning Anhou, who was obviously relieved, of course she understood Ning Anhou's thoughts, but she herself was a bucket and a half of water, even if the precept had a spiritual root, she couldn't know and couldn't take him away, although she felt that the precept might be more Buddha than herself.
Teaching precepts and reciting kung fu is not good, so I have to find another way. Jingli is a little worried, what can she do for her parents and brothers.
As the day of departure drew closer and closer, Jingli became more and more troubled, and at this time she realized that she couldn't do anything except practice those guards every day, and she couldn't be too demanding of those guards, otherwise she would keep screaming one by one. On the contrary, Ning Anhou and his wife accompanied her every day, and after discovering that she was very interested in the piano, his wife would accompany her to play the piano and write every day. As the day of departure drew nearer, Madame's eyes became more and more reluctant, and even her attitude of caution became friendly.
When the day of departure came, it seemed that everything became a little reluctant, but she was originally a twin child, and since she chose this path, she was destined to give up the other. She is not interested in the wealth and glory of the world, what she pursues is the road of eternal life, a road full of challenges and loneliness.
Ruolan looked at her, her eyes were red, and she muttered, "Can't you really stay one more day?" ”
Jingli shook her head, she looked at the three people who came to see her off, and smiled: "I have to rush to the place agreed with the master to wait for him to pick me up, if I miss it, it will not be good." ”
"Yes, yes, this is the most important, and our Li'er will be a fairy in the future." Ning Anhou grabbed his wife's shoulders and patted her gently, comforting her.
"I hope it can help you." Finally, she finally remembered the prescriptions that Master had left behind, which she had summed up when Master was walking in the world to heal and help others, and these were the ones she remembered best. The only regret is that she did not inherit her master's medical skills, so she can only leave a manuscript.
"I know, when the precepts grow up, let him study hard." Ning Anhou nodded, a little choked.
"Li'er, I know you don't like these things, but you can bring this, at least one of our things." Mrs. Ruolan handed out a plain package and looked at Jingli pleadingly.
"I'll always keep this instrument with me." Rejecting everything, Jori finally decided to take the piano with her, and although she said that, she took the package again under the eager eyes of her lady.
"Quit and take care of your parents." Jingli rushed to the precept that had never spoken, but only firmly grasped his thigh, and then pulled his hand away, turned and got into the carriage.
Suddenly, she remembered something again, turned around, and said solemnly to Ning Anhou and Mrs. Ruolan: "I will always remember that my name is Su Jingli." Then he reached out and lowered the curtain of the carriage, cutting off everything from the carriage. Su is Ning Anhou's surname, and Jingli is the name given by Mrs. Ruolan, she found this cause and effect, she can't break it, so let's keep going with it.
Leaving Shu, Jingli went to Xinlong Town to have a look. The Taoist temple where they once lived, now the incense is flourishing, and the statue that is enshrined on the top, she carefully distinguished, it seems to be her master, and next to the statue of the master there is a boy with dry firewood on his back, and if he looks carefully, he still looks a little like himself back then.
Legend has it that the former master of this Taoist temple has become an immortal, so the villagers in the neighboring towns love to come here to worship, and the old monk on the next mountain must be angry, and they share a lot of sesame oil money. Jingli lay on the roof, watching the people coming and going, looking at the clay statue of the master and her, and so on until late at night, when the old man who watched closed the door and began to cook dinner.
Jingli looked at the Taoist temple nostalgically, turned around and left. She thought, don't bother the Huang landlord, although she really wants to tell the Huang landlord that this Taoist boy carrying firewood is too ugly, she is not satisfied, but now she, even if she stands in front of the Huang landlord, he doesn't know it, so let's spare him this time.