Chapter 3 Encounters on the Mountains
The young man actually didn't go far, after making sure that he was out of sight of the family, he turned back his head, but this time he didn't walk along the avenue, but bent down and ran a few steps, leaning over and running a few steps, sticking his body to the root of the wall of the Jiangfu compound, and then along the wall little by little, cautiously groping forward in the dark, and walking another twenty or thirty steps, the hand holding on to the wall reached a different touch, the young man was happy in his heart, and carefully checked it again, it turned out to be a very inconspicuous small door.
Found the place, the young man looked around again, the dark night was silent, except for the rustle of the leaves blown by the wind or the intermittent chirping of autumn insects, the young man breathed a sigh of relief, turned around, sat down at the mouth, folded his arms in front of his chest, leaned his back on the door, raised his head, the starlight in the sky was a bright crescent moon, the moonlight was like water, in the eyes of the young man transformed into the appearance of a beautiful girl, the young man's face appeared with a happy smile, thoughts like a tide, back to half a year ago.
Huaguang Temple, a temple in the middle of the mountainside of Wutai Mountain, because Manjushri Bodhisattva has been sitting in meditation and preaching here, so the incense has always been vigorous, this day coincides with the auspicious day of the first month, the good men and women in a radius of dozens of miles have rushed to worship the Buddha on the incense, people come and go on the mountain road, there is an endless stream, and its lively scene is not worse than the New Year in the city.
Dressed in green shirts, the paper fan shook gently, on the mountain road, the young scholar walked unhurriedly, followed by two servants, the old one carried a square package, the young one carried a wicker box, the three people walked and stood up, stopped from time to time to enjoy the scenery in front of them, it didn't look like a pilgrim who worshiped the Buddha on incense, but like a rich boy who traveled the mountains and rivers.
"Third Young Master, it's here." Although he didn't walk fast, but as the crowd wandered all the way, he finally came to the front of Huaguang Temple, and the old man breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand and pointed to the front and said with a smile.
"Hmm." The young scholar turned his head when he heard this, but saw that there was an ancient temple hidden in the green trees, red bricks and blue tiles, the eaves of the palace, the end was solemn, there was an open space in front of the door, the crowds were crowded, the sound was noisy, many small businessmen set up stalls, selling some incense, candles, fruits and other offerings to the Buddha, and there was a gentleman who dismantled the words and unsigned the sign there to greet the customers - as in many places, where there are people, there are people doing business, who said that the Buddha does not love money, if there is no permission from the monks of Huaguang Temple, who can set up a stall here to make money?
"Childe, look, what's going on there?" The young servant's eyes were sharp, and he suddenly pointed in one direction and cried out curiously.
Looking in the direction of the young servant's finger, he saw a scene that was very out of tune with the surroundings - under the shade of a towering tree was a square thick wooden square table, on which was placed a chessboard half an inch thick, and in the middle of the chessboard were placed two jars of black lacquered chess, and there was a wooden chair at one end of the square table, and there was also a wooden chair at the other end, but there was one more person on the wooden chair, white as snow, slender and slender, and at a glance it was a young girl, wearing a wide-brimmed hat on her head. A circle of tulle hung down around the hat, covering the girl's face inside, and the shadow could only roughly see the outline, and a little girl dressed in green clothes stood behind the woman, a pair of black bright eyes looked around flexibly, not at all afraid of the curious and incomprehensible gazes of the pilgrims, and a two-foot square wooden board was nailed to the high part of the trunk, on which were written four large characters of about six inches, 'The Master Gives Advice', the handwriting was delicate and beautiful, obviously from the woman's hand.
"Oh, interesting."
Seeing the words on the wooden board, the young man's paper fan was closed, and he smiled lightly, he had already roughly guessed what was going on.
"Third young master, I think it means that the girl is meeting friends with chess and challenging the monks of Huaguang Temple." The old family has rich experience and said with a smile.
"Well, girl, how could you do such a thing? I don't know if the long drift is beautiful, but the figure is full of slenderness. The young servant asked in surprise, but he was more concerned about the woman's situation than what the woman was doing.
"The hall is wide, the place where Buddhism is clear, don't talk nonsense." The young man snorted and scolded with a cold face.
The young servant touched a nail, stuck out his tongue, and grimaced, "Hehe, yes, Third Young Master, but then again, since this girl is a friend through chess, don't you plan to play two tricks with her and learn from each other?" ”
Listening to the servant's words, the young man seemed to be a little moved, but finally shook his head, "Forget it, a young woman, no matter how strong her level is, it can't be high, besides, it's the monk of Huaguang Temple who wants to meet, what do I want to do." ”
"Yes, what the third young master said is yes. When you're away from home, it's better to have more than less. The old family obviously did not want to be troubled, and they were very much in favor of the master's decision.
So, the three of them continued to walk towards the temple gate, when passing the chess table, the young man subconsciously turned his head to look at the young woman behind the table with a white veil covering his face, but saw that the woman was also looking at himself, his heart was shocked, and he nodded his head to show politeness, the woman and his eyes immediately turned to the side as soon as he made a slight contact with him, obviously he didn't want to deal with irrelevant people, and the young woman was standing behind the girl who found that the young man was saluting to his own young lady, thinking that it was the prodigal son of the family, and the ** disciple was thinking about it. With a heavy snort in his nose, a pair of dark eyes glared fiercely, and his gaze was full of hostility.
Oh, kindness is treated as a donkey's liver and lungs, and he just nods and says hello out of politeness, as for being treated like a bad person?
The young man only felt funny, knowing that Xiao Yahuan was the protector of the master, and he didn't care, and slowly paced into the temple gate with the two family members.
Entering the temple, the young man looked around, and saw a monk in his thirties who was very kind, greeting and chatting with pilgrims from time to time, answering questions, so he walked over and folded his hands, "Master, you are polite." The monk hurriedly clasped his palms and returned the salute, "Donor, the poor monk returned the salute." ”
"Is the host of your temple the empty Zen master?" The young man asked.
"Exactly, I don't know who the donor is?" The monk carefully looked at the young man up and down, and saw that although his clothes were not bright, the materials were very elegant, holding a paper fan, and the ornaments he wore were also unusual things, in addition to talking elegantly, behaving decently, and with two servants behind him, it was estimated that he was either the son of an official eunuch or the son of a large family, and he dared to slack off at the moment, and asked respectfully.
"Oh, under the surname Tan, from the capital, I heard the ancestor say that ten years ago I had a relationship with the empty Zen master, this time I passed through Wutai because of the incident, and I came to visit at the order of the ancestor, and asked the master to lead." The young man showed his intentions.