Chapter Seventy-One: A Horse in Heat
"People's livelihood has its own joy, and Yu Du is good at cultivating. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Although I understand that I have not changed, I can not be punished. ”
"Good, if the donor has great ambitions, why should he retire to the countryside?"
"I'm just learning from other people's vassal elegance, today is the Dragon Boat Festival again, just chant two sentences of Qu Yuan's poems to suit the occasion, master you think too much."
"It's not that the old man thinks too much, everything has a cause and effect. Fate is destined to come, fate is to go to people to take it by themselves, planting is like the cause, and reaping the result is like the effect. ”
"You Buddhists don't say that everything is like a dream bubble, since it is all empty, why force something that shouldn't exist."
"The donor only knows what it is, but he doesn't know why, all the promising laws are like dream bubbles, not that all the promising laws are dream bubbles, the donor's heart is not in the Buddha, so why talk about the Buddhist scriptures."
Wang Mai was speechless for a while, this old monk didn't know what was wrong, he had to pull himself to chat, he was basically a person from two worlds, how could he talk together?
"I don't care if the dream bubble is a way or not, just get ready to get off the boat."
"The donor has worked hard for my Buddhism, and the old man naturally has nothing to do."
"That's good, when this morning's ritual is completed, I will be out of the sea of suffering."
"Boundless ...... of the Sea of Bitterness"
"Okay, okay...... Wang Mai hurriedly interrupted him, "Master, I am a layman, I just want to go home and marry a lady, serve the two old people in the family for the rest of my life, and live a hot kang life for my wife and children, so you don't talk about Buddhist scriptures with me anymore." The people of our family are very real, and they don't believe in these falsehoods. ”
"In this way, the old man will not force it. The fate comes and goes, the fate gathers and disperses, the fate arises and is born, the fate falls and is extinguished, and all the laws are born and are all fate......" The old monk recited the Buddhist scriptures, turned around and walked away.
Wang Mai shook his head, these masters are really evil, they are getting older and older, but their speech is becoming more and more incomprehensible.
"Official......" A familiar shout behind him.
"Ning'er, you're here." I haven't seen her for more than half a year, but this Ning'er's figure has developed very quickly, and it can already be called exquisite, especially in the early summer weather, she is only wearing a few single clothes, and her chest is already quite large-scale, and it is no longer the original bean sprouts.
"Where do the officials look?" Ning Er covered her chest with her hands, her pretty face flushed with shame.
"Ahem......" Wang Mai coughed embarrassedly, "I'm just appreciating it......"
"Officials can see it if they want to, why make so many excuses?" Liu Ning'er suddenly straightened up, and put her hands behind her back, "Hypocrisy." ”
"I'm going to be interested in you little ones who haven't developed yet?" Wang Mai turned sideways and squinted his eyes and secretly glanced at it again, "Let's talk about it in two years." ”
"The little woman knows that the officials like Sister Rou Niang." Liu Ning'er said with a smile.
"You are really good at talking, which pot is not opened." Wang Mai shook his head helplessly, "I am ruthless and ruthless with flowing water, just shaving my head and picking my head." ”
"Actually......" Liu Ning'er seemed to have something to say, and shook her head again, "Why are the officials in the White Horse Temple?" ”
"It's hard to put into words," Wang Mai sighed, "I asked you here because I have something to explain." ”
"Official, please speak."
"I'm no longer an official, so don't call me an official."
"What should the slave call you?"
"Call me Brother Wheat." Wang Mai thought for a while and said.
"Brother Wheat......" Liu Ning'er lowered her head and shouted, then raised her head again, "What the hell is going on?" Why don't you go back to Luoyang and talk to us? ”
Wang Mai briefly told her what happened after she was imprisoned: "...... That's the way it is. I haven't seen my grandparents for two years since I left home the year before last, and now I miss them very much, and as soon as today's matter is over, I will prepare to return to Licheng. ”
"That'...... Brother Wheat, will you ever come back? Liu Ning'er asked with a wink.
Wang Mai was silent for a while, and shook his head: "Maybe......"
"Brother Wheat, do you want to go back? What about your business in Luoyang? Liu Ning'er asked a little eagerly.
"I heard that you take care of the business very well, so I just asked, here's a deed, you and ...... Rou Niang is thirty percent each, and the remaining forty percent, if Luoyang's friends are in need, you can withdraw it from them, especially Yan Qinli's side, I heard that he has been in Luoyang and has not left ......"
"What about you, Brother Wheat?"
"I have done such a big thing for Buddhism, naturally there is some compensation, Song Laosan has been running a wine shop over there, he knows my address in Licheng, and he will send the proceeds over regularly, you give him this letter, don't worry about me."
Liu Ning'er took the letter, and her mood was a little low: "Don't you even go to Sister Rou Niang to say goodbye?" She's here today, too. ”
"What I am most worried about in my mind these days is the second elder in the family, and now I am like an arrow, I didn't want to say goodbye to you in person, but I heard that you were here, so I explained some things to you, and now that I have already explained, I don't have to worry about it in vain."
"You stay," Liu Ning'er plucked up her courage and said, "Don't worry about the family, we have already brought a lot of money back to the second elder for you, you don't have to worry." And...... I can't bear to ...... you."
"How is that the same?" Wang Mai touched her head, "The son wants to raise but does not wait for the parent, how can foreign things replace the filial piety of the child?" ”
"But ......"
"Okay, I'll come back to see you old friends when I have time, just remember these words of mine, and don't tell anyone that you've seen me, just say that it's a letter from someone else, that's all."
Liu Ning'er looked back at Wang Mai's back step by step, and only left with heavy steps when she saw him disappear at the end of the path.
"Ning'er, where have you been? It's almost noon, and I've been afraid that I won't be able to find you when the mountain gate opens. Rou Niang saw Liu Ning'er enter the carriage and breathed a sigh of relief.
"No...... I just had some stomach discomfort and got out of the car and walked around for a while. Liu Ning'er replied with a smile.
"Stomach upset? That's okay now. Rou Niang took her hand and asked with concern.
"It's all right......"
"That's good," Rou Niang looked at the crowded mountain gate through the window, "Today is a big day, we must not miss it, I heard that there is a Buddha treasure in the White Horse Temple, we are here to pay tribute to the Buddha treasure and pray for the officials." My sister knows that you don't believe in Buddhism, but you have to be sincere when you bow down for a while, do you know? Otherwise, it won't work. ”
"Official, he ......" Liu Ning'er was just about to speak, but Wang Mai's order sounded again, and she hurriedly stopped.
"What's wrong with the official?" Rou Niang turned her head to look at Liu Ning'er and asked strangely.
"It's nothing, I just don't think this treasure is necessarily a good thing......" Liu Ning'er remembered how much Wang Mai had suffered for him, and she was a little dissatisfied.
"Ning'er......" Rou Niang said angrily, "The Buddha is pure, you can't talk nonsense, if the Buddha hears it and blames it, it doesn't matter if the two of us are there, the officials have not heard from us so far......"
"Got it." Liu Ning'er playfully stuck out her tongue at the little Sun Yu next to her, making Sun Yu "giggle" and laugh.
"Such an adult, still a child's temper, how can I find a father-in-law?" Rou Niang complained to her.
Liu Ning'er was just about to reply, when she heard an overwhelming sound in the sea of people.
"The mountain gate is open," said Rou Niang happily, "and we will go in together." ”
The two followed the bustling crowd all the way into the temple, and walked for a full quarter of an hour before they arrived at the square in front of the Daxiong Treasure Hall. At this time, the square in front of the temple was already crowded with believers, and they found a secluded place to stop, only to notice that there was a bell tower-like building standing directly opposite the entrance of the main hall.
The roof of the building is covered with red silk, and I think it is the Buddha treasure. Downstairs, there was a circle of monks in yellow robes, and outside the monks, there were several layers of laymen in gray robes.
The old monk who was facing everyone took the lead in knocking the wooden fish in front of him, and the other monks followed him and knocked the wooden fish in front of him, and the lay people on the periphery also followed suit. For a while, the sound of wooden fish in the square drowned out the noise of the crowd, and everyone quickly quieted down.
The monk led by "All appearances, that is, right and wrong...... recited a Buddhist scripture, and the surrounding monks and lay people also chanted, the sound was from small to loud, and the square was filled with Sanskrit sounds.
The surrounding believers also slowly chanted, and for a while, the voice of Huang Zhong Da Lu pierced through the sky.
"Knock...... Boom...... Knock ......" suddenly heard a few bells in the sky above the crowd, and their sound was mighty and lasted for a long time. Looking at the source of the sound, I saw that the roof of the building covered with red silk just now had been uncovered for some time, revealing its true face.
The roof of the building is a square iron box, the iron box is depicted on all sides of the statue of the Buddha, the Buddha holds a white disc in his hand, the disc is surrounded by a circle of scales, there is a vertical cylinder in the center, the cylinder has three needle-like strips on it, and a heavy object swinging back and forth is tied under the disk. With the swing of the heavy object, those who were close could faintly hear the sound of a meal coming from the box.
"The name of this object is called the clock, which was given by the Buddha to urge sentient beings to chant sutras on time, and there are 60 scales on it, which cycle every six hours......
"That latest needle is moving on its own...... I don't know who exclaimed.
"Not only that, after the needle turned around, the needle in the middle also moved......"
"The Buddha has appeared...... everyone began to bow down to the bell tower.
Wang Mai walked out of the mountain gate and arched his hand to Huicheng behind him: "Master doesn't need to send it, I'll just go by myself." ”
"Why doesn't the donor finish the ceremony before leaving?"
"I'm afraid of being disgusted, a good mechanical pendulum clock, it has to be a miracle, and I have nothing to talk about with you gods."
"The world is stupid, so naturally we need my Buddha to enlighten ......"
"Go and slow them down, bye-bye." Wang Mai went down the stairs without looking back.
"For nothing?" The old monk looked dazed.
The monk who had been waiting for a long time brought a horse for him, and Wang Mai carefully took the reins: "Trouble master, let me ask, how is this horse?" ”
"Don't worry, this is the best horse, the day ......"
"I don't care about the speed," Wang Mai quickly explained, "How's your temperament?" ”
"It's fairly docile on weekdays, but it's been its estrus recently......"