At the end of the dinner, Qu Ping and the four of them returned to their residence and crowded into Qu Ping's hut, Qu Ping asked, "Did you find anything unusual at today's dinner?" ”

Xiao Hei took the lead and said: "They have a lot of women! ”

The three of them gave Xiao Hei a disdainful look.

Zhuang Wei said: "The queen spoke the local language to her teacher in front of us, could there be something she didn't want us to know?" ”

Qu Ping nodded: "It seems that you have grown up, and you can teach!" ”

Li Jun frowned and said, "Between the queen and her teacher, there must be something!" Also, why did the queen's teacher ask the prince about the title of the poem? Does any of you know this poem? ”

Zhuang Wei shook his head: "My understanding of Tao Yuanming is limited to these three words. ”

Xiao Hei's big eyes flickered in the dim light, and the whites of her snow-white eyes seemed even more jumpy. This question naturally skipped him.

"It seems that no one knows, people are playing the piano to cows." Qu Ping said regretfully, "What does she want to tell us? ”

Qu Ping only remembers now that "the bird is tired of flying and knows how to return", through the literal meaning, does she want to express her homesickness, or does she have another purpose?

Li Jun said: "Forget it, don't think about it, they are all people who haven't read books, and it's useless to break your head." ”

Qu Ping defended: "It's not that I haven't read a book, it's just that I haven't read this poem." I don't think about it, we'll be gone in two days anyway, as long as we don't care about their business, we should be able to protect ourselves. By the way, pay attention to eating in the future, don't go out of your way! ”

The next day, the long-awaited Buddha's birthday finally began.

As a guest, Qu Ping was invited to observe the ceremony at the Queen's nearest place.

This ceremony, which was taken very seriously, was arranged in the same large temple where the Queen had last been seen. Presumably, this big temple is the national temple of the Queen's Kingdom.

Nearly ten meters of the Buddha statue Dharma body has been rebuilt, yellow, orange, orange, shiny, Buddha light shines. Directly below the Buddha statue is a large object, covered with a piece of yellow silk, and you can't see what is inside, only a circular outline on it.

Hundreds of monks sit in layers inside and outside the temple, tapping wooden fish with one hand and plucking rosary beads with the other.

Amid the chanting of the monks, Her Majesty the Queen led the way and led nearly 400 people, ninety percent of whom were women, who reverently circled the Buddha statue and slowly circled it, chanting the same words in their mouths.

Qu Ping and the four of them sat behind the monks chanting scriptures in the temple, watching the queen and her courtiers circle around. Qu Ping found that there were ghost women in the crowd, a female leader with a stroke face, and Ji Ya. Jiya is at the back of the line, and it seems that her status is not high.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention around, the ghost woman raised her eyes to look at Qu Ping, and saw that Qu Ping was looking at herself. The ghost woman glanced at Qu Ping and said in her lips, "Hurry up." ”

Qu Ping is not an expert in solving cases, and he has not studied lip language, even these two simple words made Qu Ping decipher it with great effort.

But at this time, the ghost woman had already moved away with the team.

"She told herself to go quickly, why?" Qu Ping secretly thought, is something going to happen later? But now that there are people inside and out, how can I go?

"Knock...... Boom...... Knock ......"

After three bells, the circle stopped.

The queen stood directly below the Buddha, while the others knelt in front of the Buddha statue, bowing their heads and saying nothing.

The queen said something to everyone, but Qu Ping didn't know what she was talking about, and he didn't read what she meant from the expressions of others.

After the queen finished speaking, she reached out and tore off the yellow silk covering the Buddha statue, revealing a large vat, which was rippling and full of liquid.

The people kneeling below saw the queen remove the yellow silk, and they all showed excitement and joy, as if they had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

A monk took half of the liquid in a golden bowl and handed it to the queen.

The queen took the golden bowl with both hands with a sense of ceremony and solemnity, then held the bottom of the bowl with her left hand, and put the slender five fingers of her right hand into the bowl, dipped the liquid inside, and then sprinkled it around the Buddha statue.

The queen sprinkled around the Buddha statue, just enough to finish sprinkling the liquid in the bowl.

This ritual should be the Buddha bathing ceremony, also known as "washing the dust".

After the Buddha bathing ceremony, the monks distributed a wooden bowl to everyone, and Qu Ping and the four were no exception. Then, the other monks took turns scooping a large scoop of liquid out of the jar with a large scoop and poured a small half bowl for each person.

Qu Ping looked at the liquid in the bowl, a transparent liquid with a slight yellowish color, exuding a mellow aroma of wine.

Wouldn't this be a bar?

Qu Ping looked at the ghost woman, only to see that her face was hesitant, looking at the mellow "wine" in her bowl, it seemed a little difficult to choose.

The ghost woman quietly looked at Qu Ping and shook her head.

When everyone had poured "wine" into their bowls, and the queen herself picked up a bowl, she said something out loud, and then everyone drank the contents of the bowl at the same time.

After the queen drank the contents of the bowl, she put down the bowl, and seeing that Qu Ping and the four of them had not drunk, she walked over and just blocked the sight of Qu Ping and the ghost woman.

"Why don't you drink? It's good stuff and it doesn't taste bad. The Queen said with her trademark smile.

Qu Ping remembered the ghost woman's expression and asked, "What is this?" ”

"Holy water. We drink it every year. Rest assured, I've drunk them all. ”

Looking at the queen's harmless smiling face, I thought that everyone drank this so-called holy water, and if they didn't drink it themselves, I am afraid that they would not give face, and second, it would be too hypocritical.

At this point, Qu Ping picked up the bowl and drank it all on his back.

Li Jun and the others saw that Qu Ping had drunk it, so they drank the holy water in the bowl in one gulp.

It tastes really good. The smell is mellow, the entrance is silky and refreshing.

The queen smiled with satisfaction and said, "How is it, I didn't lie to you, did I?" ”

Qu Ping smacked his lips, not knowing how to say it. Jin Yong Chinese

After a large vat of holy water satisfied everyone in the hall, there was still most of it left.

Qu Ping was still thinking about so much holy water, as long as he kept it for next year, he didn't know that the queen instructed the monks to carry the water tank outside the hall and distribute it to everyone outside.

The people outside looked eagerly at the holy water, their eyes full of longing.

Does this holy water heal diseases and live a long life, or can it make people mentally satisfied?

Almost all people have a sense of satisfaction and even relief after drinking the holy water, which is really inexplicable.

Qu Ping thought to himself, except for the taste, he didn't taste anything else. Could it be that poppy essence is put in it, which can make people feel like they have been poisoned?

There are also some programs such as chanting and dancing in the back, but Qu Ping is not interested.

The queen saw Qu Ping's interest, so she came over and said: "King Xiang, there are still some boring projects in the back, if King Xiang is not interested, you can go back to your place of residence first." Later, I'll have my teacher come to you. ”

When Qu Ping heard the queen say this, he no longer insisted on staying here, so he went down the ladder, and the four of them were led back by a dozen soldiers to rest.

Back at their residence, the soldiers closed the courtyard door and stood guard outside.

Li Jun said: "Lord, the queen regards the Buddha's birthday so important, and even let us come back early, it's incredible." ”

Zhuang Wei also learned to look at the problem dialectically, and said: "It seems that it is just to let us drink that bowl of holy water!" ”

Speaking of holy water, Qu Ping became cautious and asked, "Do you feel uncomfortable after drinking?" ”

Li Jun, Zhuang Wei, and Xiao Hei looked at each other, and they all said that they didn't feel uncomfortable, but tasted excellent.

"It's strange, why do most people drink holy water, they feel extremely comfortable, as if this life is just to drink this holy water." Qu Ping said.

Zhuang Wei thought of Lu Liang who was lost in the sea, and said with emotion: "Whether life is gorgeous or dim, it is not a moment of time. Maybe after drinking this sip, you may not be able to drink it next year. That's why everyone pays more attention to it. ”

Qu Ping looked at Zhuang Wei with admiration and said, "Have you drunk the holy water, have you had an epiphany, and you have begun to speak with philosophy?" ”

Zhuang Wei said: "I suddenly remembered Lu Liang. ”

The queen said that she would ask her teacher, the ghost woman, to come to Qu Ping later, but Qu Ping remembered that the queen and the ghost woman had different views in some aspects.

Moreover, why did the ghost woman let herself leave many times, and now the queen let the ghost woman come to her?

The problem is a bit complicated and I can't figure it out.

Or wait for the ghost woman to come, and everything will naturally fall out.

Within an hour, the ghost woman came. She came with Jiya.

The ghost woman came to Qu Ping's room alone, and saw that Li Jun and the other three were also there, and she had no intention of letting the other three leave.

The ghost woman said, "Where are they all?" That's fine. ”

Qu Ping asked Zhuang Wei to speak behind closed doors, and asked the ghost woman: "Ghost woman, I have a lot of questions, and I can finally ask you to solve them in person!" ”

When the ghost woman heard Qu Ping call herself "ghost woman", she seemed to dislike the name a little, and said, "Actually, my name is Xue Caiwei." ”

The ghost woman turned out to be Xue Caiwei, such a beautiful name!

But after thinking about it, the ghost woman is still worthy of this name except for the older grade and the weird exercises.

"It turned out to be Senior Xue." Qu Ping exclaimed.

The ghost woman let Qu Ping call herself senior, so she said: "The predecessor doesn't dare to be." How does the prince call ...... Your Yellow Butler? ”

It turns out that after so many years, the ghost woman Xue Caiwei still thinks about Steward Huang, and she must have regretted her actions back then.

Qu Ping said: "I call him Lao Huang." ”

"Lao Huang." Xue Caiwei silently said, "The prince can call me Sister Xue, or Aunt Xue, or you can do it." ”

Qu Ping nodded, no matter which name he called, he was a little unspeakable.

Qu Ping shifted to the topic and said, "Why are you here?" And why did you tell me to leave three times or twice? ”

Xue Caiwei sighed: "Here, you shouldn't have come!" ”

Qu Ping is even more strange, why can't he come, Xiao Lu and there are so many of them, don't they also come and go freely?

But I heard Xue Caiwei say: "If you come, it will be difficult to leave." ”

Qu Ping was even more stunned and said, "What the hell is going on, you better not talk about it straight around the corner." ”

Li Juntian is not afraid of the earth, he said: "The world is big, and everywhere is my home." Lao Tzu can go wherever he wants, she is a group of mothers-in-law, can she stop me? ”

After Li Jun finished speaking, he looked at Xue Caiwei's unkind face and quickly stopped talking. The other party is also a mother-in-law!

"Let's start with why I'm here." Xue Caiwei recalled, "Didn't the prince let me go out to the outside world to see back then. Seven years ago, I went south alone, learned the methods of Emei Zhangjiao, and had a discussion with the Duan clan of Dali, and later, I went to the Queen's Kingdom...... I was defeated by the Queen! ”

"The queen is so powerful?" Qu Ping wondered.

Xue Caiwei said unwillingly: "To be exact, I lost on the medicine that can restrain my own exercises. The climate of the Queen's Kingdom is hot and humid, and insects and snakes are infested, so they use snake gall to make anthelmintic medicine and apply it to their bodies. ”

Speaking of which, Qu Ping understood. Back then, with the help of Steward Huang, he used the Five Snakes to finally restrain the ghost woman's exercises, so as to achieve the final victory and save the reputation of the martial arts and the imperial court.

"It's not as good as me. When the queen saw that I had special skills, she wanted me to join the eight hundred female generals. As for this, Xue Caiwei was a little resentful, "I was alone and used to being free, so of course I rejected her on the spot." ”

Qu Ping nodded, this is in line with the character of the ghost woman.

"Unexpectedly, she actually fell into the tea for me to drink!"