The old lady struggled to stand up, but Wu Jin hurriedly stepped forward to help her up, "Old man, you slow down." ”

"Good! Good boy, thanks to you today. ”

The old lady took the broom and smiled at Wu Jin.

Wu Jin saw that she was thin and small, and when she would sweep such a large piece of land by herself, she couldn't bear it, so she asked her: "Old man, why didn't your family come?" ”

"Do you mean I should have a maid to serve?"

The old lady is very smart, she understands what Wu Jin means, she shook her head and smiled: "All beings are equal in front of the Buddha, don't say that the maid serves, that is, the family accompanying into the temple is disrespectful to the Buddha, I don't like it." ”

Wu Jin's mind turned for a moment, and he thought of a solution, "Old man, why don't I help you collect the leaves, and you can sweep behind you." ”

"No need, sweep slowly, always finish, thank you, kid."

Wu Jin shook his head, turned around and left, but when he walked to the gate of Guanyin Courtyard, he couldn't help but look back, and saw her trembling sweeping the leaves, that full of white hair, she was like his grandmother, a certain string in his heart seemed to be plucked, no matter what, he couldn't get out of this door.

The old lady began to sweep the floor with full concentration, she moved very slowly, a little difficult, forty years ago she knelt in front of the Buddha to ask for a solution, how to wash away her sins, a leaf fell in front of her, she thought that this was the Buddha's instructions, from then on, she began a long path of practice, at first every day in her residence of the Wuliang Nunnery, five years ago, she was inspired by the Buddha, began to come to Tianji Temple to sweep the fallen leaves, but she is already old, can only come one day a month.

Forty years ago, she swept these leaves, it only took half an hour, twenty years ago, she swept these leaves for two hours, and now, she wants to take a break and sweep, she has to sweep for a day, the old lady sighed, she is really too old.

At this moment, she seemed to hear something, she raised her head, looked at the sound, she was stunned, and then there was a touch of touching and loving smile in her eyes, hey! This kid .......

I saw Wu Jin holding a broom on the other side to collect fallen leaves for her, he was very agile, but he was so cautious, for fear that his too rude movements would cause the Buddha's displeasure...... The old lady no longer refused, she felt the kindness in Wu Jin's heart, this kindness is also the respect for the Buddha, this is the Buddha's fate, the two of them are old and young, sweeping the fallen leaves in the courtyard, two quarters of an hour later, Wu Jin gathered all the leaves, and asked for the surname to put it into two cloth pockets for her.

The old lady saw that fine beads of sweat had oozed from Wujin's forehead, so she wiped the sweat for him with her sleeve and smiled lovingly: "Good boy, thank you very much, you can go!" ”

"Old man, then I'll go."

Wu Jin saw that the hour had passed, so he saluted the old man, turned around and hurried away, the old lady looked at his back and walked away, and couldn't help but sigh softly, "It's really like it!" ”

．．．．．．．． The pilgrims in the temple gradually increased, all from the capital, many of them came with families, and their children accompanied the elderly, holding incense in their hands, and worshipping the Buddha devoutly.

There are especially many pilgrims in the courtyard in front of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, and the two huge incense burners are crowded with pilgrims who burn incense and petition, they throw incense into the furnace, put their palms together and pray, the blue smoke in front of the incense burner is billowing, and from time to time there is a distant bell ringing - 'Knock! It was full of solemnity.

Wu Jin looked in the crowd for a long time before he saw the monk who knew the guest, and saw that he was looking around anxiously, Wu Jin smiled apologetically and stepped forward, "Let the master wait for a long time!" ”

"Donor! I've been waiting for you for a long time. ”

The monk who was waiting at the door of the Daxiong Treasure Hall was already as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, he finally saw Wu Jin, who was belatedly late, and stepped forward to grab his arm, "Donor, come with me, the host wants to see you." ”

Wu Jin followed him through several courtyards, and then walked through a long corridor, and came to the abbot's courtyard, they walked into the courtyard from the back door, and saw that the courtyard was green and green from a distance, but when they entered the courtyard, it was overgrown with weeds, and every wild grass could grow freely here, and some of the grass had reached Wu Jin's waist.

The monk smiled bitterly and explained to Wujin: "Our host said that every grass and tree is a Buddha and cannot be abandoned, so in the abbot's courtyard, a weed can grow old, and we are helpless." ”

Wu Jin nodded, it seems that this abbot values fate very much, they went around to the front door along a path overgrown with weeds, and came to the abbot's meditation room, and the monk respectfully reported at the door, "Presiding, he is here." ”

"Please come in, donor!"

The voice in the room was full of qi, but it was obviously an old man's voice, Wu Jin was not strange, he could be the host, it was a long time that required decades of practice, and the old monk in the room was at least sixty years old, but the middle qi was still so sufficient, which was beyond his expectations.

Without waiting for the guidance of the guest monk, he walked directly into the meditation room, the abbot's meditation room is simple and abnormal, the snow-white walls, spotless, almost an empty house, just an old mat on the ground, an old monk with white hair sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, he is the host of Tianji Temple Huineng Zen Master, although he is the master of a temple, but the monk robe he wears is no different from an ordinary monk, and has been covered with patches.

Wu Jin saw the scar on his left eyebrow at a glance, it should be a sword wound, he was tall, although he was over seventy years old, his waist was still straight, and it could be seen that he was a martial arts practitioner when he was young, all of which showed that he had an extraordinary earthly experience, Wu Jin knew that this was the person he was looking for.

He stepped forward and bowed, "The younger emperor has no Jin to see Master Huineng." ”

The old abbot still didn't open his eyes, he seemed to be still practicing, just like he didn't hear Wu Jin's words, Wu Jin was a little embarrassed, he had to stand aside and wait for the old abbot to wake up, just now he obviously called himself in, and then ignored him again, it is estimated that there is some reason, he no longer said more, and stood patiently aside.

Although standing still, his thinking is extremely active, these days, some scattered clues have been gradually linked by him, he found that this is a big net, and he seems to be in this huge net, grandfather Huangfu Bailing, Laoshan wine Taoist, uncle Chen family, Lanling prince to the old monk in front of him, among them are secular businessmen, Laoshan Taoists, pirates who are rampant across the ocean, there are princes in the capital, and abbots of famous temples, their life trajectories are fundamentally different, but they all have a place in common, That is, they are all a node in this big net.

Everyone knows him, everyone has a stake in his fate, and although he doesn't know whether he should break out of this net or not, at least he needs to understand what kind of net he is in...... After standing for a quarter of an hour, the old abbot finally opened his eyes, and he saw that Wu Jin had waited patiently for him for a quarter of an hour, and there was no impatience on his face, and he smiled slightly, his eyes full of approval.

"You're Wujin!"

The old abbot looked him up and down, and couldn't help but sigh softly, "It's grown so big." ”

"The abbot knows me?" Wu Jin was a little stunned.

"When you are full moon, I will baptize you, and you should be eighteen years old next month, and the years are like water, and before you know it, eighteen years have passed."

Wu Jin suddenly had a strong consciousness, the old monk in front of him was the key person to solve the mystery in his heart, he knelt on the seat, took out the purple gold gourd and bay leaf scripture from the leather bag he carried, and placed them in front of the old monk, he didn't have to say anything, some things didn't need to be explained.

The old monk picked up the purple gold gourd and couldn't help but stroke it gently, and his ancient eyes also showed a trace of excitement and nostalgia.

Although he has been a monk for forty years and has been far away from the world, this purple gold gourd still brought him back to the dusty past, he picked up the Bayeux Sutra and looked at it, and his eyes couldn't help but look at a calligraphy on the wall.

Wu Jin also noticed his gaze, he found that there was still a word hanging on the wall, it was also a Diamond Sutra, but not all, just part of the scriptures, the handwriting was beautiful, and it was very beautifully written, his mind suddenly moved, and he found that the handwriting of the Diamond Sutra on the wall was exactly the same as the Bayeux Sutra in front of him. It's really her, it's the same person, and the payment of the Bayeux Sutra is also the same person, it turns out that this Ye Yunqing, who wrote the Bayeux Sutra, is a layman of Tianji Temple, who will she be?

"Wu Jin, how much do you know about the secret of this purple gold gourd?"

The old monk's kind words brought Wu Jin's train of thought back to his eyes, and he hurriedly replied respectfully: "On the way to Beijing, I found that there were words engraved in the gourd, and there seemed to be six names, one of which was surnamed Chen. ”

"And what do you think of?"

"I'm wondering, could this Chen be my mother's maiden name?"

The old monk laughed, "You are very smart, it seems that you must have realized something, tell me, what else have you realized?" ”

Wu Jin hesitated for a moment, and then said cautiously: "I shouldn't be a child of the East China Sea Huangfu Clan!" ”

This idea has been in Wu Jin's mind for a long time, naturally the last time the head of the family gave him a sapphire clan ring, he found that he and the eldest brother's clan ring and the East China Sea Huangfu clan ring are completely different, at that time he only had a little doubt, but when his grandfather gave him 10,000 taels of silver tickets, saying that his father left it to him, he became suspicious, and then he asked the eldest brother a few times, and the eldest brother always vaguely told him not to think too much, instead of denying it, which made him vaguely guess that he was not a member of the East China Sea Huangfu clan, and his background was peculiar, This big net is related to his life experience.

Today he is just a temptation, no matter what, he must know the answer to the mystery from the old monk.

The old monk pondered for a long time, this was the decision of all of them, the ability and wisdom that Wu Jin had shown in these months amazed them, and also aroused a kind of hope in them, they unanimously decided to let Wu Jin know the mystery first, although he was eighteen years old, there was still a month left, but it didn't matter anymore.

"Before opening the purple gourd, I want to tell you a story, and he listened patiently."

Wu Jin nodded, he already felt that the mystery was about to be revealed, the more critical it was, the more he needed to be calm and patient, the old monk glanced at him approvingly, and began to slowly tell the story that had been sealed for forty years.

"Forty years ago, there was a tragic palace coup d'état in an unknown country..... although the old monk used a relatively obscure language, but at the beginning, Wu Jin guessed that the old monk was talking about the Jin'an change forty years ago, he sat up straight, and had a strong premonition in his heart, is his life experience related to the Jin'an change?

(To be continued)