The western capital of Chang'an, White Horse Temple.

At this time, it is the time to recite the scriptures in the White Horse Temple, and the Sanskrit singing inside and outside is in the ears, as if a variety of musical instruments are mixed together, which is pleasant to the ear.

The presiding monk Faming was waiting at the gate of the temple, the Buddhist beads in his hand seemed to be turning fast and slow, and his eyes were slightly squinted. And the Jiezhi who followed behind him may have been waiting for a long time, and asked impatiently: "Master, it's noon, do you have to wait?" ”

Fa Ming still looks like an old monk who has entered the meditation, and he did not pay attention to the monk who prescribes resentment.

"Master?"

"Amitabha, the Buddha Lord has clouds: the five aggregates of the monks are empty, I give you a name and a precept from hatred, how can you not get rid of this problem?"

"But master, this is not the emperor's personal arrival, why did you come to greet him in person? Just send the monk to come and receive it. ”

"Hehe, although Lao Wei is a person outside the party, he still can't break this love, he was born as a human being, where is the Buddha?"

"What does the master mean?"

"Wait, if you are impatient, you can go yourself."

"The disciple doesn't dare, if it's really the master, let me wait for half a month, and I'm willing."

"You!"

When the two of them waited for a short time, a carriage ran out from the end of the gate, and Herod's stopped outside the temple gate, and when a woman jumped out of the carriage and put down a short stool, the curtain stirred, and an old woman in fine clothes came down, who had already gotten out of the carriage, but poured half of her body on the carriage, and the void stretched out her hand to support it.

After a while, a jade arm stretched out from the carriage and gently rested on the old woman's wrist, and the two got off the carriage.

The carriage departed, and the three men standing in the middle of the road showed their full faces. The woman standing on the right was dressed in a tight silk belt, embroidered with a napping Suzaku on her shirt, her skirt swayed, revealing her leggings, and a pair of tiger-headed golden boots under her feet, and her arms were also strapped, and her hair stood up high, but the back was naturally scattered, unlike all the girl's hair accessories. When I looked at my face again, a wave of heroism came to my face. This woman is eighteen years old, and she is the baby daughter of the lieutenant of the light car of the dynasty, named Si Qianru.

The old woman in gorgeous clothes standing on the left has a low body, and her right arm has been maintaining a posture of raising her arm, looking at her face is about forty years old, and she can't see how many wrinkles there are on her face.

The girl in the middle was dressed plainly, if she hadn't stood in the middle of them, it would have been hard to think of what kind of rich and noble lady she was, I saw that her face was as white as jade, and her nose was small, if it weren't for the black veil covering her eyes, she would have been a little beauty, but her eyes were blocked, and she lost most of her life, and her every move was a little rigid and pretentious.

Fa Ming pronounced the Buddha's name, went down the steps with a precept to greet him, and asked, "The princess has always been good?" Lao Faming, I have been waiting for the princess for a long time. ”

Following his gaze, he saw the blindfolded girl standing in the middle lightly pursed her lips and replied: "The master doesn't have to be so polite, it's the little girl who came late and made amends to the master." ”

"Where is the princess, the old man can't afford to wait, please come into the temple to serve tea."

"I haven't drunk the vegetarian tea brewed by the master for a long time, don't be stingy today, don't be stingy today, brew one more pot and let the girl taste it?"

Fa Ming looked at Si Qianru, who was speaking, squinted his eyes and said, "The fourth girl can come, how can the old man be stingy with those two taels of money!" ”

Si Qianru patted the hilt of the sword and said, "The master's words are atmospheric, last time my father brought me to the incense, the master didn't serve tea." ”

Fa Ming smiled slightly, and replied: "The fourth girl is complaining about the old man, that day is also unfortunate, the old tea has been drunk, but the new tea has not been picked, so there is no tea for the girl, it is better to be like this, when the girl leaves, the old girl will give the girl two taels, which is considered to be reparation, how about it?" ”

"It's only two? How do you want a pound! ”

"Qianru! The master only has this one tea tree, if you want a pound to pass, where is the master left? If you don't want it, I'll let Mama Gui take it back, and I'll cook it slowly. ”

"The master doesn't have to wait to go back, just let the senior brother lead me to get it, it's rare that the fourth girl robbed some good things from you, and the slave maid has to bring it back for the princess."

Si Qianru flashed between Fa Ming and Mama Gui and said, "Who said I don't want it?" If the princess gets it, I can't say that I will give it to someone else, and I can't drink it, so I will do it for her in vain, and I won't do it! ”

"Isn't that too little?"

"Something is better than nothing! Let's say first, today's tea is not allowed to be deducted in my two taels of cents! ”

Fa Ming squinted his eyes and just smiled, not thinking at all, and said: "That's natural, Your Majesty has not come to incense this year, so there is still a surplus of tea, and it doesn't matter if the princess and the four girls eat a pot, everyone, please." ”

"Master Lao."

"There is labor."

At the moment, the abstinence was leading the way, Fa Ming accompanied the princess, chatting while walking, Si Qianru walked at the end, looking around, not knowing what she was looking for, and then made a strange gesture, waited for a while, and walked in.

The group went to a pavilion in the temple and sat down, and their own acquaintances were waiting for them, so they sat down and ate half a cup of tea, and Fa Ming asked about the princess's situation in recent days.

"But I don't know why the princess returned to Chang'an? Interesting things to hear on the way? ”

"The little girl thinks that the master is an outsider, and she doesn't like this mundane thing, but she doesn't want to like this gossip news, since this is the case, the little girl will talk to the master."

The Buddha beads in Master Fa Ming's hand paused, and said: "I don't care about how others are, it's just that the princess has a fate with me, and the old man naturally pays more attention." ”

"Why did the master mention this again, the little girl has become a monk and a fake Taoist, why do you force each other."

"The old man doesn't ask the princess to enter my empty door, only this is like the Buddha, you should also worship, if you enjoy the incense of my Buddha's family, maybe you can solve the doubts in the princess's heart."

Master Fa Ming saw that the princess was a little moved, and hurriedly said, "You really don't have to cut your hair, why don't you bow down to the princess?" ”

"Okay, the little girl has always respected the master as a person, and she must not be bullied, so she followed the master's wishes, how about it?"

Master Fa Ming clapped his hands and said, "Ah, Huiming, go to the Third Buddha Hall and prepare!" ”

"Yes."

After a short rest, everyone followed Fa Ming to the third Buddha hall, Fa Ming stopped everyone and said: "The princess has a relationship with my Buddhism, please wait outside the hall, don't disturb." ”

"Master, I am the princess's guard, and I have the responsibility of guarding the princess, and I am not allowed to enter?"

"The fourth girl, relax your heart, if the princess hurts half of her hair, the old man is willing to resist."

"Qianru, don't be rude, just worship a Buddha, where will there be any danger."

The princess entered the main hall, and the doors of the temple were shut. There was no sound in it, and she listened to it for a long time, vaguely feeling as if something was calling her. The next step slowly moved forward, his hands stretched out and groping in the air.

The sound came, the princess's hand touched the offering table, knocked over the fruit offering on the ground, the princess immediately folded her hands, and apologized: "The little girl is not respectful to the Buddha, but the little girl is blind, and she can't see the things around her, so she mistakenly knocked over the fruit, and asks the Buddha to forgive." ”

The princess squatted down, groped on the ground for a while, but touched a futon, knelt on the futon, knocked three times, and said: "Master Faming is a wise man of Buddhism, he said that the little girl has a fate with Buddhism, and the little girl is hindered by filial piety, and has never cut her hair to worship the Buddha, and begged the Buddha to see the original, and the little girl should fast and bathe and pray for my Buddhism." ”

After worshipping again and again, suddenly there was a sound in front of her, which startled the princess, and she knelt on the ground all of a sudden, stretched out her sleeves to cover it, and waited for a long time without movement, thinking that the Buddha was angry, and quickly got up and groped forward, and after touching something in her hand, the princess squatted down and carefully distinguished, "How does this seem to be lying here alone?" Then she touched the man's face, and touched the man's hand downward, but there was something in this hand, and the princess carefully touched it with her hand, and it was only the size of a cat's eye, and it was a pair, and I did not know what it was.

Suddenly, the princess felt a tingling pain in her brain, and she fell to the ground with a scream, crashing into the man.

"It's been an hour, even if the princess worships the Buddha, she should worship the Buddha in your temple, the master doesn't know that the princess has an eye disease, once something goes wrong, who can afford it?"

Fa Ming still looked calm and light, and said: "The fourth girl doesn't have to worry, everything has a fate, everything is a chance, and please wait a little longer." ”

While talking, she heard an exclamation in the hall, Si Qianru heard it clearly, and immediately pulled out her sword and said to Fa Ming: "It seems to be the voice of the princess, master quickly follow me in!" ”

Fa Ming was also stunned, didn't the princess touch something hard and bumped into it? "Okay, let's go in and have a look."

Si Qianru pushed open the door of the main hall and looked along the light, only to see the princess lying on the ground and not knowing whether she was alive or dead, she was in a hurry at the moment, and shouted: "Faming bald donkey, you dare to harm our princess, I will definitely give the Holy Son of Heaven to cure your crimes!" ”

"The four girls have calmed the wrath of the thunder first, and it is important to save the princess! Amitabha, fortunately, he just fainted. ”

"What are you talking about? Why did the princess pass out? Was it frightened by something? Do you think you only have to be injured? Wait? Who is he? When Si Qianru helped the princess up, she found that there was a man pressed under her body.

"Hair, not a monk in your temple? You dare to say it's safe here, but there's an assassin out of nowhere! ”

Master Fa Ming squatted on the ground and watched carefully for a long time before he recalled and said: "The fourth girl is angry, this person was saved a few days ago, the old man has sent Huiming to sprinkle and sweep, and he has never seen others, besides, this person has been in a coma for several days, how can he appear here for no reason?" ”

"I don't care about this, anything that poses a threat to the safety of the princess must be swept away, so, I'm sorry, master, please consciously gather all the monks of the temple together, wait for questioning, from now on, no one in the White Horse Temple is allowed to move around at will, and those who violate the order will be killed!"

Master Fa Ming shook his head helplessly, and saw that Si Qianru had already drawn out his sword, and saw that he was going to kill someone, Master Fa Ming hurriedly stopped him, and said: "Fourth girl, it is not appropriate to commit murder in front of the Buddha Master, and spare his life, and deal with it after asking the original situation!" ”

Si Qianru snorted coldly and said, "Like such a disciple, if you don't kill him, do you want him to go out and wantonly slander the image of the princess?" ”

Fa Ming smiled bitterly and said: "It is not up to you and me to decide whether to kill or not, the top priority is to save the princess first." ”

"Killing him is only one knife, and now he is handed over to you, if he leaves, there is no need for your White Horse Temple to exist anymore!"

Si Qianru took the princess to the wing room to rest, Mama Gui had already sent someone to pass on the imperial doctor, and the guards also followed into the temple, especially the eight preparations, which surrounded the princess's wing room, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

"Master, how did you provoke such a good person?"

"Alas! It's a blessing or a curse, it's a curse that can't be avoided. Master Fa Ming sighed and stood outside the princess's chamber and recited the Buddhist scriptures.