Chapter 16: The Porcelain Shop Owner - Tao Zhuo

Lan Wan "Oh, okay, got it, thank you to our Lord Guanming!" ”

After having breakfast together, the official family decided to go to the Hanshan Temple outside Suzhou to worship incense.

Father Guanming didn't want to go, but for the sake of Guanming's wife's happiness, he still went with him.

The road to Hanshan Temple is very long,

A group of people first took the carriage, a large group of mighty and mighty, out of the red and willow green Suzhou City, to the ferry, and then took a beautiful painting boat to move forward, all the way to the mountains and rivers beautiful, the scenery is infinite.

After going ashore, the group walked up the winding official steps up the mountain.

On the mountain road, Guan Yunbo's slightly thin figure leaned towards Lan Wan and Guan Ming little by little.

After walking to the level, he glanced at Guan Ming a little timidly, then looked at Lan Wan, who was approaching by his side, and opened his mouth, "Sister-in-law, will you also believe in the blessing of Qi from Hanshan Temple?" ”

"Huh?" Lan Wan tilted her head to look at him, "Pray for blessings?" It must be true! I'm okay, anyway, many people believe it, so I also came over to join in the fun with Guan Ming, don't you believe it? ”

"Me? I do not know. Guan Yunbo lowered his head, his eyes showing a sad look, "I've never been to a place like this, maybe it's true!" Those who do not pray for blessings will not have a chance to receive the favor of God. ”

When Guan Ming heard him say this, he also turned his head sideways and glanced at him, the indifference under those sad eyes let Guan Ming know that he didn't believe that the blessing of Hanshan Temple was true.

"Yun Bo, why do you think that?"

Lan Wan walked in a chic manner, and looked at Guan Yunbo with a light smile, "There may really be a god in the heavens, but there are so many people praying, and the gods are also too busy, so even if you pray to him, there may not be a response."

The reason why Hanshan Temple is effective, in fact, is the temple of the great monk Zen theory said well, people who have listened, all feel that they are the person who is favored by God, from this matter everything goes smoothly, in and out of peace, in fact, these are the credit of those who live in the temple, they replace our invisible gods, they are changing the way to tell you: you don't have to envy others, you yourself are the most blessed.

Pray for blessings, pray for blessings, pray for returns, most of them are blessings that you don't usually notice, so don't always feel that you don't have the opportunity to get God's favor, go to more such places on weekdays, and you will find that you have always had a different blessing from others. ”

"Oh? Is it? ”

Guan Yun's thin eyes lit up and looked at Lan Wan, and then his eyes dimmed again, "It's because my sister-in-law is in a different situation from me, so my sister-in-law thinks like this, I really can't think of what kind of blessing I will have in addition to bad luck." ”

Lan Wan looked at the depressed Guan Yunbo, and remembered what Guan Mingniang said herself, he was born and couldn't recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, and was sold by his teeth inexplicably, and his mother disappeared because he was looking for him, and he hadn't seen him for many years, and he was humiliated, and Fang died as soon as he met.

Taken together, it's really hard to pull yourself together.

Raised his hand and patted Guan Yunbo's shoulder, "Yunbo, it's good to go up to the pillar incense, the incense in Hanshan Temple is very effective!" Believe me, I'm here with Guan Ming! ”

I thought: Okay, I can't talk about you, you can't think about it, I can't help it, you better ask God to worship the Buddha and pray for blessings.

"Well, thank you, sister-in-law, I'll also go and pray for a blessing, try it."

A smile appeared on Guan Yun's thin face.

"Hmm."

The mountain is not particularly high, but the road is extraordinarily long, with nine bends and eighteen bends.

The official master brought a lot of family members, and after he and the official's wife didn't go far, he sat on the step, turned around and let Guan Yunbo also get on the step, and then said to Guan Ming: "Guan Ming, you and Lan Wan take a walk slowly, ah, father and your mother, and your brother are going first." ”

Then, Guan Ming looked at these people in front of him, rubbing, rubbing, rubbing! Run to the front and far away.

Lan Wan looked at Guan Ming's father's move, and finally understood why she was friends with her father, and she was able to get a marriage contract for her, they were really alike!

Guan Ming's little servant Yuxi also glanced back at the two of them,

"Uh...... That one...... Master, I'm going first! You go slowly, and you are not in a hurry, ah".

After speaking, he also took off and jumped far away.

Guan Ming was speechless: ......

Lan Wan turned her head sideways and smiled at him,

"It's okay, let's go slowly! It's not a hurry. ”

"Hmm."

The cuckoo's call can be heard on the mountain, an ethereal and energetic sound, which resounds throughout the mountain forest.

Guan Ming walked for a long time, and beads of sweat had already come out of his forehead, Lan Wan took his hand, took out the handkerchief from his arms and handed it to him: "There is a small bridge ahead, and there is a wooden pier on it, let's rest." ”

Sure enough, I didn't walk a few steps to the small bridge,

Guan Ming sat on one of the wooden piers to rest, put the handkerchief that had just wiped his sweat in his sleeve, and looked at the clear water flow under the small bridge, and the bright green grass under the water could be clearly seen below, and he was fascinated.

"Our Lord Guan Ming doesn't seem to be happy today?"

Lan Wan reached out and touched Guan Ming's ear and gently tugged twice.

Guan Ming came back to his senses, raised his hand and pulled her hand away,

"Lan Wan, don't make trouble, I'm not unhappy."

"Oh? Is it? Then my Lord Guanming, can you tell me why this Hanshan Temple has such a crooked and troublesome official path to cultivate? ”

"Naturally, it is because it is just because people who believe in gods should embody piety in front of gods who do not exist."

Lan Wan found that Guan Ming was a very fat and thin person, and at this time, his slightly chubby face, the jaw that was no longer pointy, and his slightly revealing smile, actually made Lan Wan feel that his emotions seemed to be a little bitter, but it was quite good-looking.

"Then," Lan Wan picked a small flower casually, "Give it to you, I'll send a flower to my family Master Guan Ming, can Lord Guan Ming also give me a flower?" ”

"Huh! Lan Wan, what are you doing? ”

"Send it."

Lan Wan spread out her hand, waiting for him to send the flower back.

Guan Ming didn't know why, and put the small flower in his hand on Lan Wan's hand.

"Lord Guanming, you said that this path is to show piety, which seems meaningless to you, but in fact, people may have come to pray to the gods to help them with something, and they may have come with resentment.

After walking this winding road for a long time, the rest may be less than tired, and all emotions have faded.

They came to the gods to relieve them from their troubles, and most of them, after walking up the mountain and coming down, most of them were untied.

Who helped them unravel? Of course, it's themselves, and that's what they give.

I sent flowers to Guan Ming, and you gave me flowers, and it looks like I lost and gained again, or I have neither more nor less, the same as before.

Actually, no, I sent flowers to Guan Ming, I was very happy, Guan Ming sent me flowers, I was even happier, I got two happiness, in the same way, Guan Ming is actually the same as me, when you give me flowers, I am sure that your happiness is greater than your disappointment, after all, giving people small flowers is also a lingering fragrance!

Therefore, the road to this Hanshan Temple is still useful, and Guan Ming also smiled, indicating that the words I just made a mess are also useful! What do you think? Feeling better? ”

Lan Wan squatted in front of Guan Ming and put the little flower on his chest.

"Hehe, you are ...... It makes me feel like you're blind from home! ”

Guan Ming lowered his head, smiled and took off the small flower, inserted it in a seemingly casual way, inserted it into the bun behind Lan Wan's ear, stood up, and walked forward.

"Let's go! Didn't you say that there would be gains? ”

In fact, there is nothing to see on the mountain, the flowers in the temple are still flowers, and the trees are still trees.

When Guan Ming and the two arrived, Guan Ming's father had already finished the incense, Qi finished the blessing, and went to the Zen courtyard in the back mountain to listen to Zen, so he only knelt down with Lan Wan and worshiped the incense.

After that, they went to the archdeacon who was in charge of greeting the pilgrims, and after telling them their identities, they received prayer charms from individual pilgrims here.

It turns out that the blessing bag hanging on the prayer tree here is not no one to see, the monks here, both civil and military, they hope to do something for the pilgrims who come here to incense, so they will secretly look at the blessing bag once, in fact, some small things, the big monks can be solved, but individual, but can not do.

And those individual lucky bags are the purpose of their coming here today, which they heard by an old monk on the way to Suzhou.

Guan Ming and Lan Wan took those blessing bags and bought new substitutes, and said to the deacon monk that they, as the imperial court's envoys, would be obliged to solve the problem for the Buddha for these people, and the monk believed in them after seeing the sword in Lan Wan's hand, and gave a salute, "Amitabha!" Wonderful! Wonderful! ”

"Lord Guanming, why don't we pray for a blessing bag too?"

"Huh! And it won't come true, how naΓ―ve. ”

"Let's have one!" As she spoke, Lan Wan invited two more blessing bags and blessing paper.

"Here, one for each person."

Guan Ming was stunned and watched Lan Wan write on the blessing paper: I sincerely wish that the world is peaceful, I will not be stained with soldiers, and I sincerely wish Lan Wan's friends to be safe and healthy, and everything will be fulfilled.

"What about yourself?"

"Huh? What am I myself? ”

Lan Wan looked at him questioningly.

Guan Ming: "I said what did you ask for yourself?" ”

Lan Wan: "That's all I asked for." ”

Guan Ming was helpless: "You......

Huh! Forget it, sometimes it's really hard to communicate with you, I'll ask for you. ”

So, Guan Ming picked up the pen and turned his head sharply, "Turn around!" ”

Lan Wan: ? Well? What do you mean?

Didn't you ask for me? Why don't you show me?

Mu Mu turned away.

This time he was relieved to write: My family has a Lan Wan, body and mind are clean, weekdays and people face martial arts, still do not feel different, so strange is proficient in Zen, I hope the Buddha bless his life of happiness.

Roll it up, put it in a lucky bag, and tie it.

He actually wanted to write about letting her find a lover and eventually become married, but he felt that if she didn't say it first, saying that would be like cuckolding herself.

"Alright, let's hang it! Don't peek. ”

Lan Wan turned around and lowered her head to take her lucky bag, "Oh...... All right. ”

……

didn't think about it, but Guan Ming said that he would stay in Hanshan Temple at night, because he wanted to see if the Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City would really ring the bell at midnight to the passenger ship.

The official master is a busy man, and after having a fast meal with them in the temple, he hurriedly took Guan Ming and Guan Yunbo down the mountain.

Yuxi felt that it was meaningless to follow the young master to stand dryly in the corner of the temple, watching the officials and pedestrians under the mountain hurry, and watching the blue waves rippling on the river.

Because he knew who the young master was waiting for, he went to other places for sightseeing, anyway, with Lan Wan here, he didn't need to do anything.

Lan Wan accompanied Guan Ming to see the scenery, and later they sat in the best position under the temple to see the mountain, and she would not ask why.

In the afternoon, at first, Lan Wan spoke whimsically, and the official Ming could respond to a few words, but then she stopped responding, Lan Wan was bored, so she closed her eyes and squinted, and fell asleep after a long time, and her body fell behind her unconsciously.

Guan Ming was very close to her, and hurriedly reached out to hug her and let her lean on his shoulder,

Lan Wan opened her eyes sleepily to look at him, and Guan Ming said softly: "You can sleep for a while!" I'll look at the scenery for a while. ”

"Hmmm......"

Lan Wan's hand casually hugged Guan Ming and continued to sleep with her eyes closed.

Guan Ming took out the special blessing bags in his arms, and looked at them over and over again, how to do to punish evil and promote good, and continue to help friends smoothly, how to deal with the experience of these people......