The pond is not very large, about half an acre. Various spice trees are planted on all sides.

"It's a cistern that is used to irrigate the surrounding trees." The night explained that "this Zhuangzi of the old snake is built in a small mountain nest. Surrounded by mountains on three sides. To the east is the exit. ”

At this time, it was more than two hours before dawn, and it was very early. When I came to explore the road before, the night and Xiangxiang had already set up a small courtyard in the city. Therefore, they did not stay in the Zhuangzi of the Snake King, but quietly went ashore, passed through the spice forest and Zhuangzi in the east, and rushed to Maha City overnight.

There is a nine-foot-wide official road from Zhuangzi to Mahacheng. In the second half of the night, the official road was quiet, and there was no one in sight. Therefore, the two went directly to the official road.

It was only twenty miles away, and in a short time they arrived in a small forest outside the city of Maha.

Like Donghuazhou, there is also a moat and a city gate.

Mu Wan saw that on the edge of the wide moat stood a tall building made of cyan stone. It has a total of three layers. The ground floor is the highest, accounting for half of the total city tower, with three doors, one large, two small and three. The big stone arch in the middle is about two zhang high, more than one zhang wide, and the top is a big semicircle. The style of the small stone arch on both sides is exactly the same, there is no semicircle at the top, it is a rectangle more than one zhang high and five feet wide. The gates were made of wood! It's just a black iron sheet wrapped around it. Now the three gates are tightly closed.

Previously, Xiangxiang had already said that they also imposed a curfew. At dawn, the sergeants defending the city would open the small gates on either side. And the big city gate in the middle will only be opened for major celebrations or festivals. For example. Bathing Buddha Festival.

The second and third floors are fully enclosed, with some half-foot square stone holes appearing regularly.

Unlike Donghuazhou, the gates here are not flanked by tall walls, but steeples that are taller than it. It is also made of cyan stone, and rows of windows are visible. The outside of the windows is also fitted with a red wooden fence. The railings are thick, each one as thick as a bowl. There were curtains of various colors hanging from the window, and it was impossible to see the inside of the house.

Xiangxiang was also introduced. The gate and the tall buildings on both sides were one, and they were called castles. The lords of Maha City, high-ranking monks, and other powerful people lived in it. Behind the castle is a huge square. In the surrounding area of Guangcheng, there are many low-rise courtyards. Able to live there. They are all well-to-do families. They bought small yards. It's just in the east area; In the northwest corner, far from the castle, there are many dilapidated sheds. It's a place where the poor are gathered. She and the night had been there once. Sewage and filth are everywhere, messy, and stench. There is no place to put your feet.

Mu Wan was afraid of alarming the monks in the castle. I didn't rush to probe with my senses. I just sensed it with my breath.

Sure enough, the room behind the red fence was all gorgeously furnished. There are tall Buddhist shrines. In front of the shrine, there are ever-bright lanterns, incense burners, melon and fruit offerings, etc. This is the Buddha room.

This is followed by the dining room, living room and bedroom. It was past midnight, but in one of the most splendid spires, there was a huge golden rotunda, and there was still a lot of people and drums.

There were at least more than 100 people drinking and having fun in that place, and the scene was unsightly.

Mu Wan frowned and withdrew her breath.

Naturally, the night also knew, and said, "There is the golden living room of the city lord. Every night is like this. ”

Mu Wan snorted disdainfully.

From Xiangxiang's mouth, she already knew that the city lord here was hereditary, with a group of officials under him, and his own army, which was equivalent to the "Earth Emperor" of the mortal world of Donghua Continent. However, every year he has to make a pilgrimage to the Great Dharma King in this area. The canonization of the prince, the ascension of the new city lord, and even the big wedding must be approved by the Great Fa King. And the Great Dharma King will also send several high-ranking monks to help the city lord. During the day, every word and deed of the city lord is recorded by a special monk. After sunset, the monks will leave the City Lord's Mansion. The current lord of Maha Castle is a notoriously ridiculous lord from far and near. From the first day of his ascension, he became a hands-off shopkeeper, handing over all the general affairs to his officials to take care of, but he slept during the day, gathered people to drink at night, sang and danced, and lived a luxurious life of drunkenness and gold. What mistakes can a sleeping person make? Therefore, the monks were completely helpless.

In this regard, Xiangxiang's opinion is: a wine bag and rice bag that only knows drunk life and dreams of death is the most worry-free. The monks are too happy to be happy, what are they pretending to be "helpless"!

As for the people in the city, they are only envious - they have been instilled from an early age, the cause of the past life, and the effect of the present life. The lord of the castle must have accumulated the virtue of ten lifetimes, so that he has the blessings of this life. Therefore, instead of envying the lord of the city, it is better to do a lot of good deeds and accumulate virtue in this life in order to seek good fortune in the next life.

Mu Wan sighed. In her previous life, she was not much different from the people in the city.

Mrs. Mu believes in Buddhism and often goes to the temple on the outskirts of Beijing to burn incense and eat fasting. In the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the old ladies of the official eunuchs burned incense and fasted on the fifteenth day of the first month. Participating in Buddhist events in the temple is also a kind of social activity for them.

In her previous life, in order to please Mrs. Mu Wan, Mu Wan'er copied various Buddhist scriptures for her. Over time, Mrs. Mu's attitude towards Mu Wan'er changed greatly.

Later, when the old lady went to the temple to participate in Buddhist events, she would bring Mu Wan'er. Therefore, Mu Wan'er also often talks about the master's lectures and observes various Buddhist things.

And what the old ladies are most interested in is this kind of remark that "good fortune is rewarded, and evil is rewarded". If the masters preach on this aspect of the scriptures, they will be happy to hear it, and they will donate a lot more money for sesame oil and merit than before. Therefore, in order to welcome the masters, as long as the old ladies participate in Buddhist events or lectures, the masters in the suburbs of Beijing usually only talk about this kind of scriptures.

At that time, Mu Wan'er was still young. She always thought that it was because of her own sake. After listening to such lectures a lot, she really thought for a while that she had done too many evil things in her previous life, and that she would be born as a daughter in this life, and that she would not be able to get her mother's love. These are all bad retributions from her previous life. At one time, she fell into deep self-blame and couldn't extricate herself, and even had thoughts of being world-weary.

Speaking of which. During that time, I really lost the liar Song Niu in the space. After discovering that she was misanthropic, the former asked the reason and laughed: "If you die now, then isn't the evil retribution not over yet?" In the next life, you must not continue to repay evil? ”

Her heart was even more depressed: even death could not end the evil retribution. How should I live this day?

Song Niu stopped laughing and refuted, "Do you still remember the events of your previous life? Can't remember at all, huh? And even if you are an animal in the next life, you will not feel it at all in this life. However, this life will be burdened by hardships. You're up to the rest of you. The pain was real. There is no adulteration at all. Therefore, if you have the time to complain about the previous life here and worry about the next life, it is better to manage this life well. heavenly and earthly. in the water. Delicious and fun. They have all eaten, they have played, and all the blessings have been enjoyed. Your life is worth it. It's not in vain to walk around the world once. As for the suffering of the next life, you have the next life to worry about. What do you care so much about it! ”

This remark naturally can't untie Mu Wan'er's heart knot in her previous life. In fact, not only did it not unravel, but it made her obsession deeper and her temperament more paranoid - anyway, no matter what she did in this life, she would have evil retribution. As the saying goes, if there are more lice, it will not itch, and if there are more debts, it will not be worried. Just like Song Niu said, enjoy this life.

At that time, she always thought: care about its previous life and next life! No one can stand in the way of my happiness in this life!

Fortunately, Mu Wan was able to return to her childhood. In her first life, she chose to monastic. After decades of practice, she has already understood reincarnation and jumped out of it. Now, looking at the infatuated men and women in reincarnation, her Dao heart is more firm, and she is more and more eager to ascend to the Tao and get away with it.

At this time, the sound of cars and horses rushing on the official road in the distance.

Mu Wanwen looked over. In the thin night fog, a team of people appeared on the official road. About thirty strong men with knives escorted five wagons to the city gates.

The night whispered, "That's the caravan that passed by. Girl, put on a headscarf and cover her face. The unmarried women here walk outside to cover their faces. ”

Xiangxiang also said this.

However, for the convenience of hurrying, and because of the three watches in the middle of the night, there are no pedestrians on the official road. Mu Wantu was convenient, and she didn't wear a headscarf, but just took a pill of Yirong Dan and disguised herself as a sturdy village girl. Like those who are accustomed to doing farm work in the fields, her complexion is dark and red.

Hearing this, she took out a blue headscarf embroidered with golden treasure flowers and put it on her head, and then pulled up a corner of the headscarf and pinned it behind the other ear to cover most of her face below her eyes.

The night glanced back at her and reached out to wipe it on his face. Immediate change in appearance. He looked like a young farmer with a dark complexion.

The two of them are now siblings who went to the city to visit their aunt.

The two sat on the ground at the edge of the woods. After about a quarter of an hour, the group also walked to the edge of the grove.

The strong man in the lead jumped off his horse, stepped forward, folded his hands into the night, and asked, "Did your friend also enter the city?" ”

When he got up in the dark, he also returned the salute with his hands together: "Go to the city to visit relatives." You're going into the city too? ”

"yes." The strong man smiled, walked back, and beckoned his companions to stop and tie their horses and rest on the spot.

They gathered five wagons together and built a bonfire next to them, some of them were in charge of guarding, and the other took out the iron pots and others and began to cook.

After that, people or caravans came one after another. As with the first caravan, the newcomers folded their hands and greeted the first ones before picking an open space to sit down, meditate, or light a fire to cook.

Mu Wan sat behind the night, but she was like an invisible person. Before, Xiangxiang said that there are no women in the eyes of the people of Maha City. She thought that was an exaggeration. And now, she believes.

When it was daylight, two small gates opened.

Mu Wan silently followed behind the night with a rattan basket.

Two small city gates, left in and right out. If anyone does the opposite, the whips in the hands of the gatekeepers are not vegetarians.

All right. It is also easy to access. However, what made Mu Wan angry was that adult women were not qualified to enter and exit the city gate alone, and they had to be led by a man. Even if that "male" is a child who can just walk!

What about the "equality of all beings"! Did you get carried away by a dog!

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