Chapter 34: Feng Run
Outside Yaoguang Temple
At this time, there were many sergeants lined up outside the gate of Yaoguang Temple, wearing leather armor, with a ring-headed knife hanging from their waists, and a forest of halberds and spears in their hands.
Tuoba Shen got out of the car and ordered the accompanying sergeants to bring down a few large boxes brought out of the palace. was about to go in with Lu Guang. Then he saw three nuns in robes come out of the temple gate.
If you take a closer look, there is no Venerable Huini, he doesn't know these female nuns, they all look like they are forty or fifty years old, what do they look like! There is no hair on the head, and it all looks pretty much the same.
"Poor Dao has seen Tan Yue," several female nuns folded their hands and saluted.
Tuoba Shen also folded his hands and saluted, and said, "The secular disciples have seen several mages. He didn't believe in Buddhism, and he didn't want to believe in it, and he used to worship Buddha just in the habit of worshipping Buddha and seeing Taoism. So I don't bother to call myself "under the door".
"Dare to ask Master Huinny if he is there?"
"Yesterday, the temple master got the Shamen Cao Tongchuan, and he went early this morning, and he has not returned yet."
"I don't know what the priests do in Yaoguang Temple? It's not disrespectful to the laity, but it's better if you can meet the temple master. Although it seems that the status of these nuns is not low, it is still necessary to ask who they are.
The female nun at the head said: "The poor road is the Vena Miaoni of Yaoguang Temple, Tan Yue may wish to inform the poor road if there is anything, and the poor road will be relayed to the temple master." β
It turned out to be Vena, who had a slightly lower status than the temple owner.
At this time, Buddhist temples generally had three headed monks to manage the temple, namely the Theravada, the temple master, and the Vina. However, not every temple will have three as standard, there are also two or one. It is not clear whether there are three monks in Yaoguang Temple, but the status of Vena is also very high.
"It turned out to be Master Myoni. The layman came to Yaoguang Temple today, and he had something important, but this is not a place for gossip, so please go to a wide place to talk about it. Tuoba Shen looked around, there were too many people, how could the emperor's private affairs be talked about in a large court.
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Follow Myoni in the corridor, turn left and right five or six times, and then walk to a slightly smaller quiet room, push open the door to see, the furnishings inside are very simple, against the wall on an offering table enshrined a Buddha statue, in front of the Buddha statue is burning incense. In the middle of the ashram there is a thick mat, a low table, on which are placed a lamp, a few volumes of scriptures. There is a sandalwood burner on the side of the desk, and there are two puffs of green smoke wafting. It looks like it's supposed to be a place to study the scriptures.
"This is the place where the poor Taoist cultivates the Buddha, Tan Yue has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to speak." As she spoke, she walked into the ashram.
Tuoba Shen instructed Lu Guang to stay away and not let people approach the ashram. Follow Myoni into the ashram.
Looking at these simple furnishings, Tuoba Shen thought to himself that this Mage Miao Ni looked like a Taoist nun!
Tuoba Shen looked back at Lu Guang in the distance, turned around and said, "Master, the layman is here today to ask to see Master Yilian. Master Yilian has been here for several years, and the layman has not had time to come here, so he has free time today, so he came to visit, and also prepared some sundries, and sent them together. β
When Master Miaoni heard Tuoba Shen say that he wanted to see Master Yilian, he frowned and said, "Master Yilian has been coming to Yaoguang Temple for more than a year, and his health has been much better. Tan Yue wants to go, and the poor road can lead the way. With that, he opened the door.
Tuoba Shen also wanted to ask some about Master Yilian? Unexpectedly, before he could speak, this Miani was going to send him away. It doesn't seem like he wants to talk about the appearance of Master Yilian.
Tuoba Shen frowned and walked out of the quiet room after Miaoni, beckoning Lu Guang to follow Miaoni with him.
Yaoguang Temple is also a royal temple, and the area is not small, although it cannot be compared with Yongning Temple. When the Queen Mother asked Master "Yilian" to come here to bathe in the light of the Buddha, she allocated a lot of property to Yaoguang Temple, and gave some official slaves to Yaoguang Temple as temple slaves. Yaoguang Temple used all the public wealth given by the Queen Mother to build the temple. As a result, Yaoguang Temple was expanded, and many surrounding households were robbed at that time.
After turning around for a while, I walked across a water bridge and saw a single courtyard that was very different from the one-room houses where other monks lived. Far away outside the courtyard, I heard a woman laughing from inside.
"Tan Yue, please stay here for a while, and tell Yilian when Poor Dao goes in."
Tuoba Shen saw Miao Ni enter the courtyard and instructed Lu Guangdao: "You go find a few temple slaves and carry those wooden boxes in." Be careful and don't stumble. β
After waiting outside for a while, I saw Myoni and a woman who looked fifteen or sixteen years old in a long skirt, and she was not married yet.
"Tan Yue go in, if there is anything else, you can go to the quiet room to find the way of poverty." After saying that, he bowed and left.
Does this nun have an opinion about Master Yilian? It seems that this is the Longtan Tiger's Den. Tuoba Shen thought as he looked at Myoni, who had turned away.
Just thinking about the unusualness of this Miaoni, I heard the voice of the woman on the side: "Who is Lang Jun?" How did you come to this bhikshu temple? β
Tuoba Shen looked back at the woman and thought, "Although this bhikshu temple is a place for nuns to practice, it is not a place where people are unseemly, and I came here in the open during the day, not at night. Why can't you come? But thinking that this was a strange woman, I didn't say it.
"Below is Master Yilian's lay family, the first time I came to Yaoguang Temple, so I don't know the lady." After speaking, he bypassed the little girl and walked into the courtyard gate.
There is a swing frame in the courtyard, which is made of hemp rope and decorated with flowers made of various colors of silk yarn, and there are brocade mats filled with silk wool on the wooden boards. Next to it is a low table with a backgammon board and chess pieces, and some oranges, dates, preserved fruits and so on the side.
This is like a place where people who practice Buddhism live. It's completely a home-based daughter!
Tuoba Shen only glanced at the furnishings for a moment, and then turned his attention to a woman of about twenty years old in a blue Buddha robe standing next to the desk, this woman was estimated to be about 1.65 meters according to the dimensions of later generations, and she was very beautiful (forgive the author for his lack of words, unable to be specific). As for how beautiful it is, imagine for yourself! He wore a scarf over his head, but he didn't shave his hair, and his long hair still hung down to his waist.
This is Tuoba Shen has seen many times, the worldly name is Feng Run, the former right Zhaoyi of the small character Miaolian, and the sister of Feng Qing of the left Zhaoyi. It is also a rare ruthless person in history who dares to cuckold the emperor when he is alive. That is, if you are lucky, the emperor will only give her death when she dies, and if she meets any other emperor, I am afraid that she will be given death without verification after the incident.
Tuoba Shen just glanced at the slightly arrogant eyes of Feng Run of Right Zhaoyi, then hurriedly lowered his head, bowed and saluted: "Er Shen has seen Zhaoyi Niangniang. β
Feng Run glanced at Tuoba Shen, a hint of color flashed in his eyes, and said, "Where is there any Zhaoyi in this Yaoguang Temple?" Isn't there Zhaoyi by your father's side? If you want to find Zhaoyi Niangniang, let's go to the Alto Hall to find it. In this Yaoguang Temple, there is only one Yilian Taoist who seeks to clear the sand gate. β
The resentment is so big! It's not me who recruited you, and it is also the queen mother's intention to ask you to become a monk. Don't you let me go if I'm naΓ―ve for a year?
Looking at Feng Run, who was full of resentment, and listening to her complaints, he was obviously dissatisfied with the Queen Mother, the Emperor and her sister, and even he suffered unjustified disasters.
Feng Run just saw Tuoba Shen, thought of his father, remembered the years of life in the palace, remembered that since he entered the Yaoguang Temple, the emperor ignored her and did not take her back to the palace, and the resentment in his heart surged up, and he blurted out it, and after finishing speaking, he felt a lot more comfortable in his heart.
Feng Run, who was a little resentful, softened his tone a little: "You don't study the classics in the palace, how can you have time to come here." I have been fasting in this lonely place for more than a year, and you are the first to come. β
"Yu Zhaoyi, my son was ordered by his father to visit Zhaoyi in Yaoguang Temple today."
Feng Run was stunned for a while, his face softened a lot, and his eyes also showed some joy, and said: "The Supreme is okay, my aunt is dying, he must be sorry for the uneasy, I heard that your father and emperor are going to keep the system for three years, you are a son of man, you need to be comforted." β
"Yes, son. Father is much better now, Zhaoyi should not worry too much. β
"I have listened to the teachings of the Queen Mother since I was a child, and I have been listening to the teachings of the Queen Mother for nearly 20 years now, how can you know the ups and downs and bitterness?"
Listening to Feng Run's words, I felt her happy and angry emotions, and her concern for the emperor. Tuoba Shen couldn't connect the one in front of him with the later Empress Feng You, who dared to commit adultery with the palace.
"Your father sent you here, but is there anything you have to tell me?"
"My father asked me to bring some sundries, I don't know what is inside, my son has already ordered someone to pick it up, and I ask Zhaoyi to stay for a while."
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Tuoba Shen got into the car under the congratulations of Vina Miuni of Yaoguang Temple, and the convoy turned to the palace. Tuoba Shen sat in the car and touched the letter hidden in his sleeve, which was written by Feng Run and asked him to send it to the emperor in person.
Looking back at the outer wall of Yaoguang Temple, remembering Feng Run's hint to him just now, Tuoba Shen sighed. To be honest, he didn't want to be this postman to deliver a letter to a concubine who had left the palace, but he didn't dare not listen to Feng Run's words, let alone hide the letter in private.
Myoni, who was standing in front of the temple gate, also sighed as she looked at the distant convoy. I don't know when the emperor will pick up the right Zhaoyi, who is in Shamen and has a secular heart, so that this Buddhist gate can be truly pure.