Chapter 32: The Wasteland

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The sun dispelled the mist in the forest, and flowers bloomed in the cols of Poria Mountain.

Ziyun secretly brought some vegetables in the canteen, and wrapped some fruits bought in the county town the day before, and quietly accompanied Zhiqing to the col of the back mountain after everyone dispersed.

"Brother Zhiqing, I brought some fruits and vegetables, you have to go to worship your father, you can't bring nothing." After all, Ziyun is a child who grew up in the world, and she still has some understanding of folk rituals and customs. Zhiqing, on the other hand, knew very little about them, and he was still immersed in questions and distress about his own life experience.

"Yun'er, thank you, you are so thoughtful."

The two walked along the mountain trail for about half an hour, but they saw that the road ahead was getting narrower and narrower, with waist-high grass and thorns on both sides of the path, coupled with the gloomy and cold forest and the lack of light, so that Ziyun, who had always been timid, did not dare to go forward.

"Brother Zhiqing, I think this place is so dark and desolate, are we in the wrong place?" Ziyun carried the basket in one arm, grabbed Zhiqing's sleeve tightly with the other, and looked into the forest from time to time, for fear that some beast would jump out.

And Zhiqing was not in a hurry, he used the wooden stick in his hand to clean the thorny grass blocking the road, and at the same time said to Ziyun: "Don't worry, if I remember correctly, it should be not far ahead." This is the back mountain, usually few people visit, I used to sneak out with the intelligence to play, remember this place. I remember that there was an open field through the grass, and there were trees all around, and there was an official road through the woods. ”

After Zhiqing finished speaking, he pointed to the trail in front of him, and said to Ziyun: "Yun'er, come and see, the dry grass on both sides of this road is newly trampled and broken, obviously someone has just walked from this road, a few days ago, the county master asked my master to accompany him to the back mountain, he must have been here, so as long as we follow this road, we will definitely be able to find my parents' graves." ”

Ziyun listened to Zhiqing's analysis and felt that it was very reasonable, so he nodded and continued to walk forward with him. Through this grass, Ziyun really saw an open field, this land is like a barren field, surrounded by dense forests, presumably there were people under the mountain who cultivated here, but it has been abandoned for a long time, and the land is becoming barren day by day.

Zhiqing followed the footsteps of the trampling, and walked straight to the bottom of a messy stone hill, and sure enough, he vaguely saw several tall and uneven tombs in the barren grass, there were neither tombstones nor pines and cypresses around these barren tombs, only a few pieces of bluestone were placed next to the tombs, and there were two pieces of bluestone mountains with some fruits, and there were some unburned paper ashes and incense under the bluestones.

Zhiqing stood in front of this cemetery in a daze, staring at the nine desolate graves over and over again, thinking that this was the place where Cao Xianling had secretly come to pay respects a few days ago, and at the same time, this also confirmed what Cao Xianling had said, and the family of nine sixteen years ago had indeed died here.

The first time he saw the tombs of his parents and relatives, Zhiqing had no tears in his eyes, because he didn't know who his parents were, what they looked like, and whether his father was loving? Is the mother peaceful? All this was blank in his mind, all he saw was nine mounds overgrown with weeds, and all he heard was the sound of the wind in the woods.

Zhiqing, who had a sense of loss on his face, lowered his head slightly, then folded his hands and said something in his mouth. Ziyun, who was standing on the side, knew in his heart that Zhiqing must be reciting scriptures to his dead father, because this was their monk's business.

Ziyun took out the fruits and vegetables in the basket, packed the fruits in four bowls and placed them neatly on a piece of bluestone, and then quietly listened to Zhiqing finish reading the scriptures.

Zhiqing only recited the "Dizang Sutra" once and opened his eyes. When Ziyun saw that he had finished reciting the scriptures, he said, "Brother Zhiqing, tell your father and mother something, maybe they can really hear it in the sky!" ”

Zhiqing looked at Ziyun, who had a serious face, and asked softly, "They... Is it really all in heaven? ”

"That's right! I heard from the old man that the dead have gone to heaven to live a carefree and painless life! ”

Zhiqing listened to Ziyun's words and didn't refute anything, because in Zhiqing's heart, he believed in the reincarnation of life and death, and people after death had already been reincarnated. Zhiqing just sighed deeply. "Alas! Maybe the old people are right, but may the dead no longer suffer any more! Only now, I have nothing to say to my father. …… Let's go, it's time for us to go back. ”

Ziyun followed Zhiqing back to the temple along the same road, and along the way, he saw Zhiqing's brows tightly locked and his heart was heavy, Ziyun wanted to ask Zhiqing what he was thinking, but he didn't open his mouth several times. Because Ziyun knew that sweeping the tomb of Qingming to pay tribute to the ancestors was originally a more serious matter, she expected that her brother Zhiqing must have been a little sad to see his parents' graves, and he was unwilling to show it too much, so he was depressed.

The two walked along the mountain road, crossed a stream and arrived near the vegetable garden of the monastery, several monks in charge of the vegetable garden were carrying water and watering vegetables by the stream, a monk saw Zhiqing and Ziyun coming from the back mountain, so he put down his farm work, and joked from afar: "Hey, Zhiqing, what are you and Miss Ziyun doing here?" If you're young, don't fail to learn well! ”

"What are you talking nonsense, water your vegetable garden well!" Zhiqing didn't see who was watering the garden, but he choked him angrily, and walked to the temple without looking back.

Zhiqing and Ziyun returned to the mountain gate along the forest path, but saw several horses tied to the stone pier at the entrance of the temple, and two errand servants watching. Zhiqing entered the gatehouse, and saw Zhizhi and a few little junior disciples playing and playing, Zhiqing stepped forward and asked, "Senior brother, could it be that there are pilgrims coming to worship the Buddha today?" ”

"Yes, senior brother, where have you been for the past half a day, the master was still looking for you just now!"

"Oh, I accompanied Miss Ziyun to the back mountain, by the way, what is the master looking for me?" Zhiqing asked.

"It's not a big deal, it's just that the county master is here, and the master probably asked you to go and greet the guests!"

"The county lord is here? Why is he here again? Zhiqing began to mumble in his heart, because he had broken into Cao's Mansion at night last night, and he didn't want to come to the door today, could it be that Cao County's order had discovered his identity and brought someone to arrest him today?

"Cao Xianling said that he accompanied a Hanlin scholar to visit the temple, and he should still be in the elder's meditation hall at this moment, you should go over and take a look!"

"Accompany the Hanlin Scholar to visit the monastery? Oh..."Zhiqing nodded slightly, and then he was relieved. This Jietai Temple is an ancient temple that has gone through four hundred years, but it is also a scenic spot in this county, and there are often literati and ink writers who come to visit, if you encounter the inspection of the Qincha, or the Beijing official transit, the county order in order to please the boss, naturally have to accompany to visit, which is not uncommon for Zhiqing who grew up in the temple.

The two entered the courtyard gate, and Zhiqing said to Ziyun: "Sister Yun'er, you go back to the room first, I will go to the meditation hall to see my master and see what he commands." After that, he left Ziyun and walked to the meditation hall, after all, what will happen to Zhiqing, and wait for the following.

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