Chapter 45: Tenderness Ends with Perseverance
A beam of light illuminated the dim room, carrying the residual dew and moisture of the morning, slowly flowing into the house, Yi Xue's body stiffened, the atmosphere did not dare to come out, and she unconsciously shivered.
It's just that Yi Xue is hiding skillfully, and Hui Lin outside the house looks at it as usual.
Hui Lin opened his legs and entered the group room, directly took the string of Buddhist beads on the shelf in front of him, and then closed the door and walked out, his movements were crisp and there was no hesitation.
The moment she closed the door, Yi Xue's whole person was also paralyzed to the ground, at this moment, she dared to breathe, but she was afraid of being heard by the people outside the door, so she could only gasp quietly as much as she could.
Outside the house, Hui Lin handed the Buddha beads to Hui Hai and said:
"Senior brother, give it."
Hui Hai took the Buddha beads, and when he saw Hui Lin turn around and go to the Buddha hall, he said:
"Senior Brother Hui Lone, although the master punished you for guarding this Western Patriarch Hall every day, but today is Obon Day, don't you also want to extradite your family? Come with me to the main temple and chant. ”
Hui Lin stopped, his face was as usual, turned around, bowed to Hui Hai, and said:
"Thank you for your concern, but since it was Hui Lin who made a mistake, Master asked me to guard the ancestral hall, and I will guard it."
After speaking, he walked into the Buddha hall without looking back, sat down in the previous place, and picked up the wooden fish hammer.
Seeing this, Huihai shook his head and sighed, but he didn't persuade much. He hurried back to the main hall.
The sound of the wooden fish sounded again, the snow in the house was relieved, and the sound of the distant warp had not stopped, and everything seemed to have returned to the way it was before.
Hui Lin silently recited the scriptures, and there were words in his mouth. Suddenly, the wooden fish hammer in his hand stopped, and remembered one thing, when he had just come out of the group room, he faintly saw a shoe under the crack in the door.
This thought has been haunting his mind, his heart has distracting thoughts, his mind is not quiet, and he can't sink into the Buddha Sea. There was no way, Hui Lin simply put down the wooden fish hammer and walked towards the group room again.
At this time, Yi Xue had already left the West Side Hall from the other side.
The sudden visit reminded Xue that she couldn't stay in the group any longer. If anyone comes again, she will not be a turtle in an urn, and she will not be able to escape. After calming down, Yi Xue pushed open the wooden door slightly, peeked out of the house through the crack, and slipped out of the house with lightning speed.
Hui Lin pushed open the wooden door, the wooden door lightly hit the wall behind it and made a muffled sound of "bang", he deliberately went around to the back of the door, naturally did not see any figure, and then lingered between the wooden shelves, and found that the things on the shelves did not have traces of passing.
Hui Lin twisted the rosary in one hand, saluted with one hand, bowed slightly, and recited in his mouth: "Amitabha", afraid that the light would be dim, he looked away, so he closed the door again and left the group room.
On the other side, Yi Xue was sneakily walking on the path in the temple, and there was no one around, but Yi Xue still had a spirit of twelve points and did not dare to be careless.
At this time, the chime sounded faintly and loudly. Sima Cheng said: This chime is her signal.
Hearing the sound of chimes, Yi Xue realized that she still had to find a place to stay for a while, so she deliberately slowed down, turned a corner, and a parallel corridor appeared next to the winding path, with green plants in between, and from here on, it can be roughly regarded as the scope of the main hall, and the roof of the main hall can already be seen from afar.
The monks in the main hall were about to leave, and the Empress Dowager Xun's eyes flickered a little, hiding her uneasy emotions, she thought about it for a while, but still called the abbot.
"Can the abbot stay?" Empress Dowager Xun asked.
The abbot stopped, and the monks followed.
"There is something that dares to ask the abbot, the ...... just now" Empress Dowager Xun wanted to speak and stopped.
When the abbot heard this, he motioned to the monks behind him to wait outside first, and then saluted the Empress Dowager Xun and said:
"Queen Mother, is it because the rosary rope has just been broken? Disturbed the mother, sin, sin, Amitabha. ”
The abbot clasped his hands together and bowed to the Empress Dowager Xun again.
mentioned the matter of the rope breaking again, Empress Dowager Xun's face added a trace of panic, and said:
"As the abbot said, please ask the abbot, does the broken rope of the Buddha bead mean that there is a calamity......
Empress Dowager Xun didn't dare to say much, but she was afraid that she would be blamed in the future.
But the abbot did not change his face, and calmly replied:
"Daily practice, the bead thread is also broken, it is a law, just pack up the Buddha beads, the monk should not stop the Buddha's heart, continue to practice. The three Dharma seals say that 'all actions are impermanent, all laws have no self, and Nirvana is silent' all actions are impermanent, that is, all things are impermanent, constantly changing, and Niangniang does not need to worry too much. ”
Everything will eventually be destroyed, but I am afraid that the people with many hearts will use it in vain, and all the palace people will listen to the abbot's words, even if something really happens in the future, blame it, and there can be some explanations.
Because of Empress Dowager Xun's question, the preparation for the next ceremony was delayed, and the monks outside could only wait outside the door in turn, and in order to make room for space, the monks gradually moved in the direction of the corridor.
And Yi Xue, at this time, was hunched over, hiding in the grass waiting for the arrival of the second ceremony, but suddenly found that the monks were walking in her direction in the dark, she panicked, became at a loss, and there was no one beside her, how to deal with it was up to her own decision, Yi Xue became more and more panicked, and was so nervous again that she couldn't breathe, but seeing that the monks were getting closer and closer, she had to make a cut off immediately.
At this moment, the last thing that flashed in her mind was what Sima Cheng said to her-
"His Royal Highness's succession to the throne is a natural ...... of Dayu"
Yi Xue thought silently in her heart, as if she had gained strength from this sentence, she opened her eyes, and finally calmed down and began to think - if she stayed, it was likely to be discovered by the monks, and then it might attract people in the palace, in this case, everything would be wasted; If you return to the West Side Hall now, if you are unlucky, you will be discovered by the monks, if you are lucky, you will be able to escape this catastrophe, even if you meet the monk in the West Side Hall head-on, you still have a chance.
Again, instead of sitting back and waiting, it is better to strike first.
Yi Xue made a quick decision, she immediately turned around, arched as much as she could, and covered her body with the help of plants, but she didn't dare to slack off under her feet, moved quickly, and saw that she was far enough away, so she resolutely straightened up and ran towards the west side hall as fast as she could.
When she arrived at the courtyard of the West Side Hall, she turned a corner and hid behind the pillar, and after making sure that no one saw her, she sat on the ground against the pillar, and her pale little face gradually revealed blood.
Yi Xue looked up at the sky, only to see the blue clouds and light wind, the eaves of the temple are hidden between a few vigorous pines and cypresses, the ancient trees are towering, the pines and cypresses are forested, the wooden fish are bursting, the solemn atmosphere, and the fists she clenched gradually relaxed.
Although there is only the sound of wooden fish and the breathing of Yixue in the Xibei Hall at the moment, it makes her a good song, and she is telling her: Sima Yixue, you are still alive.
However, in an instant, the sound of the wooden fish came to an abrupt end.
Yi Xue once again unconsciously held her breath, her face fell into uneasiness again, she didn't dare, but she had to turn her head away.
At this time, Hui Lian, who was sitting upright in the Buddha Hall of the West Side Hall, had already turned around and stared at her.