Chapter 157: Bloody Plague
When Guo Shao and his entourage came out, they thought they were coming to the suburbs to relax. He didn't want anything to happen to Mrs. Li right now; I don't think it will happen, with such an entourage by her side, it is impossible for Mrs. Li to come out alone, it should be at most a meeting and playing with her...... After all, it is not easy for people to come out for a trip, and it should be a thing worth remembering for her to have Guo Shao with her.
And it was not easy for him to stabilize Mrs. Li a while ago, but he turned his back and returned to coldness, which made her more sad. Now that she can have someone in her heart, maybe it's a good thing, so she won't be seduced by that Zhao San.
…… The temple is built on a mountainside, with a mountain to the west and a flat plain to the east.
Guo Shao and the others rode away, only to see that the trees on the mountain had bloomed, and the red, purple, white and green were inlaid together, decorating the entire hillside with many colors. The brown earth and green crops in the field are also refreshing and pleasing to the eye in the spring breeze. Between the crops, the smoke of the cooking is surrounded by chickens and dogs, and the fireworks in the world make the scenery of the mountains and rivers more friendly, making people feel relaxed and safe.
The group tied their horses to a wooden shed at the foot of the mountain, and there was a tea stall next to it. Guo Shao ordered two personal soldiers to watch the horses here, and worship the gods along the mountain road with the rest.
The road is very lively, but there are many people who pray to God today, and the temple is rarely a day in gold. People are in high spirits and climb the mountain while admiring the flowers and trees on the side of the road and the fields behind them. In this spring, worshippers are not seeking Buddha but playing.
Guo Shao couldn't help but have a scene in his mind...... People with their phones and cameras crackled and took pictures. But apparently these people in period costumes will not do that, and can only enjoy the scenery to their heart's content. However, as soon as he climbed halfway up the mountain, Guo Shao saw a scholar painting under a tree, setting up a shelf. Obviously, there is also a way to leave the beautiful scenery at this time.
There are also a number of houses on either side of the temple gates, which provide fast meals, and openly set up stalls to sell incense candles and some so-called consecration ornaments. These things provide convenience for visitors and are also commercial activities operated by the temple...... Sure enough, as soon as religion arrived in China, it changed.
As soon as you enter the gate of the temple, there is first a wooden box in the entrance hall, which reads: Donate money to gilded body, and make good fortunes to cultivate the afterlife.
Guo Shao was not exempt from vulgarity, grabbed a handful of copper coins and threw them into it like a coin, and the monk next to him heard it loudly and said: "Good, good." ”
The hall was filled with smoke, incense ash and smoke filled the air, which made people breathe very unpleasantly. But in this smoke, there was a sea of people, and countless pilgrims put incense and candles on the side of the ding to burn...... Because the incense ash in the tripod has been piled up, it can't be put on at all, so it has to be lit and burned directly on the stone slab ground next to it.
The fire is hot, and in the cold spring season, the courtyard is full of summer heat.
The surrounding area was noisy like a market, and the sound of monks chanting scriptures and wooden fish in the temple had lost that ethereal ...... Instead, it is like the accompaniment of gongs and drums on the street during the festival.
Guo Shao waited for a long time to wander around the temple, and finally saw Mrs. Li in the afternoon. She walked with an older woman, accompanied by four maids and a group of soldiers. The old woman should be her mother or some elder, the two hostesses are wearing light-colored hats, and they can't see their faces, but Guo Shao still easily recognizes Mrs. Li from her body and temperament.
Mrs. Li looked left and right, and also saw Guo Shao, but she didn't greet her. Just look back at him from time to time.
Guo Shao pondered: I guess her elders are here, and I am embarrassed to talk to a man. There was no abruptness at the moment, so he walked around and watched them burn next to Dading with handfuls of incense and candles.
There are also many women who come to burn incense and worship Buddha in this temple, including many young ladies and their families all the way. However, Guo Shao watched it for a long time, only to find that no matter how beautiful or ugly the women were, they could not always reach the beauty of Mrs. Li...... Mrs. Li just doesn't show her face, just the body lines revealed by the skirt that is of moderate size and just covers the body, and the temperament between throwing her feet and looking back, is far better than ordinary women and women.
He looked at Mrs. Li's demeanor and felt that it was more interesting and beautiful than the song and dance performance. Follow them all the way to the main hall. Suddenly hearing an "ouch", Guo Shao hurriedly withdrew his gaze, turned his head and saw that he had bumped into a woman. He hurriedly apologized: "I don't walk long!" ”
Maybe it was because the woman also wanted to scold this, but Guo Shao scolded himself first. The woman looked at him and laughed.
When Guo Shao looked at it, he saw that the little lady was chubby, and a glance actually reminded Guo Shao of Zhao San...... Of course, it wasn't Zhao San's pretense, but the chubby double chin and small eyes made him think about it. No wonder she only felt very soft when she bumped it just now, it turned out that there was too much meat.
He hurriedly bowed and said, "Little lady, please first." ”
"You've stepped on my skirt!" The little lady's voice became more delicate.
Guo Shao looked down, and sure enough, he saw that his foot was stepping on a strap tied to the waist of his skirt, so he hurriedly moved his foot, and said in his heart: There are so many people on the ground in this temple, it is all ash, you hang such a long thing upside down to mop the floor?
When the little lady left, she gently threw a handkerchief in front of Guo Shao.
The visitors who walked by were very ambiguous and smiled at him, and when he looked up, he saw that the shoulders of Li Niangzi, who had just walked to the stone steps and the entrance of the main hall, trembled, as if she was laughing.
Guo Shao bent down to pick up the handkerchief, only to see that the name was still written on it, and immediately caught up a few steps and said loudly: "Little lady, your handkerchief has fallen!" ”
Suddenly, the people around turned their heads to look at the little lady, her face immediately changed, she snatched the handkerchief, "hummed" and turned around and left. When Guo Shao turned around, he saw Jing Niang and the others looking at him with a smile, Luo Mengzi said: "Big brother, people are also kind, how can you not understand your affection?" ”
Several of the pro-soldiers laughed when they heard "hehe".
When Guo Shao looked back, Li Niangzi and the others had disappeared at the door of the smoky main hall, so they walked up with everyone. I saw a Buddha statue in the main hall with a finger sculpture of flowers, and countless people below were worshipping.
But Mrs. Li was gone. When Guo Shao looked around, he saw that she and others were drawing lots in a nearby hall, holding a lot to listen to what an old monk said.
Guo Shao also walked in, and when he saw the sticker on the table, he said, "If you are interested, you can also try to draw one." With that, he walked up, picked up a stick holder for himself, shook it casually, and drew one.
The monk next to him said: "A sign of ten cents is regarded as a donation for shaping the golden body of the Bodhisattva." If the donor waits, wait for the master to explain to you; If you can't wait and are literate, there is a statement on the wall to unsign, see for yourself. ”
I saw that the old monk who had unsigned was full of people standing around, and there were too many tourists today. Guo Shao originally tried it, but of course he didn't have the leisure to wait, so he went to the wall to find the word to unsign. Mrs. Li was also over there, looking up for the unsigning.
Guo Shaoxin said: Today's worship of the Buddha, although I didn't speak, but I have been silently accompanying her to do these idle things, which can be regarded as dedication. He looked for it on the wall, and Luo Mengzi came up to make fun of it and asked Guo Shao: "Fierce or auspicious?" ”
Guo Shao found the signature number and read: "There is a disaster of blood and light, beware of villains...... This ......"
Luo Mengzi laughed: "It seems that the eldest brother is not lucky today, but fortunately, he is not as fond of gambling as the second brother." "It seems that the second brother is a disbeliever in God.
On the contrary, Guo Shao is more superstitious than his brothers, mainly because he feels that his soul has crossed, so he feels that there is something mysterious in this world, so he has a skeptical attitude towards those things that cannot be understood; It was true that he had not believed in God before...... Whether this temple is a miracle or not is not good, maybe it is just a place to cheat money. However, this murderous sign still cast a shadow on his heart, and he was in no mood to play and relax for a while.
When Guo Shao walked out of the temple, he saw that the outside was burned by incense and candles, and the bright weather in spring was made out of a sense of haze. Or maybe it's the mood that affects the scenery, and all the scenery is just what the human eye sees.
Just as he was thinking this, the wind suddenly rose, and as soon as the wind hung up, the fragrant ash was suddenly full of air...... Densely spread in the air, like the paper money burned by a dead person, floating in the wind, a solemn aura rushed to the face.
What's even more unpleasant is that Guo Shao was blown with a face of ash, and tourists also complained.
"Rumbling ......" In the wilderness in the distance, there was a faint spring thunder. Where there are clouds, there will be thunder. I heard someone shouting, "Won't it rain?" ”
Guo Shao looked back at the temple and waited for Li Niangzi's family to come out. Sure enough, after a while, they came out, and two women, one old and one young, reached out and pressed their hats to let the scarves block the empty soot. Mrs. Li said: "Mother, why don't we go down the mountain, it will rain for a while and we will be trapped here." ”
So Guo Shao and the others followed from a distance and went down the mountain together.
Going down the mountain, the women of the Li family rode in two carriages, and the generals rode horses and walked very slowly. It's already afternoon, and it is estimated that before dark, the speed of the group will not be able to return to Tokyo, and they will have to rest in the inn for the night.
Guo Shao also booked a guest room in advance, and also planned to spend the night with them at the inn, which could be regarded as going out to help Li Chuyun take care of some of his family.
The inn was not big, and the rooms were already full that day. Many unprepared tourists, if they can't make it back, have to spend the night in nearby villages. Guo Shao took someone into the room to take a look, walked out of the door and stood on the railing upstairs, and suddenly his eyes were blown by the wind.
In the morning, it was a glorious journey, but at this time the sky changed, and when the wind blew, the dark clouds came up, and the scenery was completely different. It's really better to count people than the sky, and it seems that many people have not chosen a good day.
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