Jinguang Temple, as its name suggests, is named after the Jinguang Pagoda built during the Southern Dynasty in the temple. Legend has it that this pagoda is a pagoda of the flesh, and in it is placed a nun named Hui Xu.

It is rumored that this Huixu was originally surnamed Zhou, because of the deep relationship with Buddhism, so he believed in Buddhism since he was a child, and set a grand ambition to convert to Buddhism and carry forward the Buddhism of the Central Plains.

Later, when she was thirteen years old, with the consent of her parents, she finally got her wish and became a nun.

After several years of devotion to study, he has attained considerable attainments in Buddhism. He had many different opinions from the people of the time, so he became famous. Not only has he become a famous nun of a generation, but he has even been invited to the palace to give lectures to the emperor and other members of the royal family, and the predecessor of Jinguang Temple, Sanming Temple, has become prosperous, and good men and women continue to come and go.

At the age of 96, Master Hou Huixu sat down peacefully, and according to the traditional practice of Buddhism, the body must be cremated.

Unexpectedly, on the day of his cremation, although he was cremated many times, his body was still intact and his face was lifelike.

At that time, the abbot of the temple was shocked and submitted the matter to the emperor.

When the emperor learned of this, he was a great joy and believed that Hui Xu was a living bodhisattva sent by God to bless Sheji in the Southern Dynasty. Therefore, it was decided on the spot to allocate silver taels to build a golden pagoda in the temple to place Huixu's body. And on the day when the pagoda was built, the top was inlaid with the golden orbs of the Western Regions tributary to show its grace.

And it is precisely because of this that there is today's Jinguang Temple.

After galloping all the way, Li Shimin and the other three finally arrived in front of the mountain gate of Jinguang Temple. Looking around, I saw green mountains and green water. Although it is winter, this scene is also beautiful, and I can't help but feel even more emotional.

At this moment, Mo Jue and Guo Bin were standing beside Li Shimin respectively, and when they saw the emperor looking lonely, the two quickly exchanged glances.

"The emperor's heart for Miss Jie'er is really a testament to the heavens. Weichen thought, she will definitely meet you this time. Mo Jue said slowly.

Li Shimin sighed deeply, looked sideways at Mo Jue, and said:

"Mo Jue, although many years have passed since Jie'er's ordination, I think you must still remember it vividly. You say, who is right and who is wrong in this matter? Why do you have to make me so uncomfortable? ”

Mo Jue shook his head: "Your Majesty, there are many things in this world that are not right or wrong. Whether it is family, friendship or love, it all arises with fate, turns with fate, and dies with fate. Weichen thinks that this is the case between you and Miss Jie'er. ”

Li Shimin pondered for a moment, raised his hand and patted Mo Jue's shoulder, and said in a heavy tone:

"That's true, I don't want anything else from Jie'er now, I just hope that she can meet me this time, and talk for a while like before."

"Hmm." Mo Jue nodded, "The minister thinks that several years have passed since the matter of the Hades King, and Miss Jie'er should have already seen it, and she will definitely meet the emperor." Your Majesty, let's not just wander around here, we should go quickly. ”

Li Shimin nodded, and the three of them led their horses into the mountain gate together, and walked along the winding path. After passing through a lush bamboo forest, we came to the gate of Jinguang Temple.

At this moment, the morning sun had already risen, and the light was lazily sprinkled on the snow-covered roof and ground of the temple, and the silver light flashed and was extremely dazzling.

"Your Majesty, the slave is knocking on the door."

Guo Bin saw that the temple door was closed, so he hurriedly stepped forward. He raised his hand to knock when the door was pushed open from within. Under the astonished gaze of the three of them, two little nuns of about fourteen or fifteen years old, dressed in gray monk's robes, walked out, each holding a bamboo broom in their hands.

"Donor, may I ask why you are coming to the temple this time?"

When the little nun saw the three men descending from the sky in front of her, she was slightly stunned at first, and then stepped forward, bowed down, and said politely.

"Oh, I'll introduce you." Guo Bin said, turning his head to Li Shimin.

Seeing this scene, Li Shimin was worried that he had missed his mouth, so he told the truth, and took over the conversation with a smile: "We are merchants from Chang'an who go to other places to do business, passing by here, and want to burn incense and worship the Buddha, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

Seeing Li Shimin's sincere face, the two little nuns did not look like bad people, and looked at each other. But when I saw one of them, I replied with some embarrassment:

"The donor wants to burn incense, but we can't ask for it. It's just that today is the first day of the new year, and according to the rules, our temple needs to be closed for a day and no guests are allowed. Therefore, the donor should please go back. ”

After saying that, the two little nuns bowed to Li Shimin and the others again, took a few steps back, and walked into the temple gate again.

Seeing that they were about to close the temple door, Mo Jue hurriedly took the first step, and pleaded with a smile:

"The two masters stay, I still have something to say to you."

The little nun was startled at first, then stopped what she was doing and listened to him quietly.

"I'm waiting for this time not just to make incense, but to ......" Speaking of this, Mo Jue turned his head to look at Li Shimin. I saw that the other party was looking at him intently, and there was no reproach in his eyes, so he continued, "It's still looking for someone." ”

"Looking for someone?" The little nun asked in unison.

"Yes." Mo Jue nodded solemnly, "We heard that Master Jingxin is a monk here, I don't know if it is or not?" ”

When the little nun heard him say this, she suddenly showed an expression of sudden realization, and the expression on her face instantly became lively.

"So what you're looking for is my master?" One of them said quickly, "But aren't you merchants?" Why did you know my master? ”

Seeing that the little nun was so straightforward, Mo Jue thought that there must be a solution to this matter, so he smiled bitterly:

"Little Master doesn't know, the three of us are old acquaintances of your master, and I came here to meet the old man this time. I hope you can explain it to her, and say that we are waiting for her at the temple gate. ”

"Oh." The little nun looked Mo Jue and the others up and down curiously, and said, "Okay, you wait here, let's go inside and pay homage to the master." ”

After that, the two of them were about to close the temple door, but they didn't want to be called by Li Shimin again, but they saw that he untied a purple purse from his waist and walked quickly in front of them.

"Two masters, please wait for you to hand over this thing to your master, she will know the intention of our waiting at a glance." Li Shimin pleaded.

The little nun looked at the purse in surprise, only to see that it was embroidered with a pair of colorful butterflies and peonies. Although it is an old thing, it can also be seen that the person who embroidered this thing was very attentive at that time, and every line of needle and thread was quite affectionate.

"Okay." The little nun said happily, "Then bother the three donors to wait here, and I'll go to see the master later." As for whether Master is willing to meet you and others, it depends on her intentions. ”

"Thank you." Li Shimin bowed slightly.

Under the watchful eyes of the three people, the temple door was suddenly closed.