Chapter Twenty-Three: Purple Clouds Descend the Mountain

Zhiqing seemed to understand a lot, and after pouring boiling water, he left the elder's meditation room, because his master was a little shocked by his sudden appearance, and was afraid that he would eavesdrop on the conversation between the abbot and Cao Xianling elsewhere, so he personally watched him withdraw from the elder's meditation courtyard. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Zhiqing left the Elder's Zen Courtyard and silently thought about everything that had happened, including all the details.

"Master actually hid my age and the time of my ordination from Cao Xianling, presumably because he was afraid that Cao Xianling would know my age and identity. But why should he be afraid that he would know? ”……

"What kind of case did Cao Xianling handle sixteen years ago? Why didn't the master and the abbot mention it to me? Is this case related to my parents and family? … Well, it must have something to do with my family! ”

Zhiqing had an inexplicable premonition in his heart, he felt that his parents were very likely to be related to the case sixteen years ago, and he was also sure that Cao Xianling must know the details of the case. From Cao County's self-report, it can be seen that for so many years, he has been guilty of the case he handled, which shows that this case is likely to be an unjust case, so could his parents have died in this unjust case?

The more Zhiqing thought about it, the more doubts he had in his heart, and the more he longed to know his identity. For a young man of his age, that kind of rebellion that grows in his bones will make him insist on going his own way, and the more things his master won't let him know, the more he wants to figure it out.

Zhiqing came to the wing room to see Ziyun as promised, but saw Ziyun packing up the clothes in the room. Ziyun was wearing a big red wedding dress when she went up the mountain, and she didn't have any clothes on her body, and for a girl, it was unbearable to wear a dress for too long. Although there were a few women's clothes in the wings, most of them were coarse linen clothes worn by nearby peasant women, because there were not many female pilgrims in these wings on weekdays, and most of them were relatives of the monks in the monastery.

In fact, the monks in the Jietai Temple, most of them come from the poor families in the villages and towns near the Poria Mountain, some people are monks, completely because the monks can be exempted from labor, and the temple has no worries about food and clothing, for some poor children who have neither land nor work, going up the mountain to be a monk is a wise move to support the family, going up the mountain for a long time, it is inevitable that some relatives and friends will come to visit, so the wing room has become a guest room for entertaining relatives.

"Sister Ziyun, are you going to pack up your things and go down the mountain?" Zhiqing hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

"Well, I'm going to go down tomorrow!" Ziyun nodded and replied.

"Huh? …… Oh. Zhiqing first expressed surprise, and then some disappointment. What was surprising was that Ziyun had just gotten rid of Qian Laohu's marriage contract, and he was about to leave the temple and leave himself so soon. I was disappointed that I couldn't find a reason to let her stay. Yes, she didn't belong to the temple in the first place, although the master had promised Ziyun that she could let her live in the temple for a long time, but she was not a person in the temple after all, and she would have to leave sooner or later, but she didn't expect her to leave so soon.

"You're going to leave so soon, I thought ......" Zhiqing was a little reluctant.

"Why do you think so?" The purple cloud girl asked deliberately.

"I thought... I thought... You'll stay two more days, we still have a lot of beautiful flowers on this mountain, and we haven't had time to show you yet! ”

Zhiqing's speech became slurred, but it was difficult to hide the look of loss on his face.

Ziyun seemed to see the reluctance in Zhiqing's heart to herself, in fact, she was unwilling to leave this monk brother who had saved her life. So he smiled and said:

"Hehe, Brother Zhiqing, don't worry, I'm just going down the mountain temporarily, I'm going back to Qinchun Tower to get back my clothes and jewelry, and I'll come back to live."

"Really?" When Zhiqing heard this, he immediately turned his worries into joy, and asked, "Then how many days will you be able to come back?" ”

"Well... At least I will return on the same day, or two or three days at the latest! ”

"If you go back, will those mothers of yours let you come back?" Zhiqing was a little worried about Ziyun going down the mountain suddenly, because Ziyun was just a girl's family after all, and the proprietress of Qinchun Building was not her real relative, this time she ran away from marriage and offended the money clerk of Liujia Village, if she went back rashly, wouldn't she jump into the fire pit again?

"No, no, Sister Ziyun, I don't think you should go back, that Qian Yuan's nickname is 'Qian Laohu', you have offended him by resisting marriage and running away, I am afraid that he will still seek revenge from you, and at that time there will be no one around you to help, how can you protect yourself?" No, it's too dangerous to let you go down! The more Zhiqing thought about it, the more he felt that it was not a good choice for Ziyun to go down the mountain at this time.

"This ......" Ziyun listened to Zhiqing's analysis and felt that it made sense, so he also began to worry. She frowned slightly, tears in her eyes beginning to roll again.

"So what should I do, I didn't bring a change of clothes when I went up the mountain, and the clothes here don't look good, I don't want to wear them... Woo woo..."The more Ziyun thought about it, the more anxious she became, after all, she was a girl who grew up in a brothel in Gelou, she was used to seeing grease and powder since she was a child, and she was used to wearing brocade clothes, and suddenly there were no beautiful clothes to wear, and it was difficult to accept it for a while.

"Sister, don't cry, did you go down the mountain just to get clothes? That's better than this, I asked my master for some money, and then let's go to the market at the bottom of the mountain to buy some beautiful fabrics, and let Aunt Liu make you a few beautiful clothes, do you say okay? ”

"Who is Aunt Liu, and are the clothes she makes look good?" Ziyun wiped her tears and asked.

"Second Aunt Liu is the mother of my second senior brother, and she is also my aunt, she lives at the foot of the mountain, she can make the clothes of the monks in our temple, do you see the clothes that my senior brother is wearing, it is the craftsmanship of the second aunt."

"Oh, that's not good." Ziyun was telling the truth, obviously not very satisfied with Aunt Liu's craftsmanship. He also said: "Don't let your master break the bank anymore, your money is all from fate, and it is all incense money from others to honor the Buddha, how dare I spend the Buddha's money to make clothes, isn't that a sin?" No, no! Ziyun shook his head repeatedly.

Zhiqing had no choice for a while, after all, Ziyun was a girl, and she was the age of Aimei, if she stayed in the temple for a long time, it would indeed be a little inconvenient to not have a few changes of clothes.

"Hey, Sister Ziyun, it's better to be like this, I'll accompany you down the mountain together, and accompany you to wash clothes, although my martial arts skills are not high, I can protect you anyway, what do you think?"

"Really? That's great, Brother Zhiqing, with your protection, I'm not afraid of anyone! ”

Zhiqing suddenly had the idea of going down the mountain together, but he didn't know that the place he was going to was not an ordinary place, and what kind of turmoil he would encounter, and it would be discussed later.