Untitled Chapter 18
"Fifth brother, let me ask you, what kind of soul-breaking chaos are you talking about, did you talk about any monks?"
"The monk didn't! What's wrong? Wang Wu raised his head and looked at Drunken Willow, a little puzzled.
"Sister Liu'er, I think you think that a man thinks of such a thing, and he doesn't even let go of a monk." The red peony seized the opportunity, and it was able to bury the drunken willows.
"I ...... I also dreamed that this soul is exactly the same as you said, but there is an extra monk in it. Drunken Willow was angry with the red peony, glared at her, and turned her head to say to Wang Wu.
"What? Same? Monk? Hmm......" Li Yan was a little surprised, his face was weird and thoughtful.
Drunken Liu followed his voice and noticed a strange change in Li Yan's expression.
"Did you hear about it during the day, so you had the same dream at night, or did you?" Li Yan frowned and asked.
"I look at her, just to see that your topic is fresh, so let's talk about it." Red Peony glared at Drunken Willow a little angrily, as if she had been robbed of attention, and her face was full of disdain and resentment.
"Peony is upset? Don't bend your face, let's talk about something else, shall we? Wang Wu saw that the beauty was angry, and hurriedly stepped forward to coax softly.
"That's not right! Qinglou didn't have a sister die violently this month? What kind of chaos is out of the soul, I think it's just spreading falsehoods and scaring yourself, how can there be such a thing! Li Yan hurriedly said.
"Yes, that's right, Childe is right, Miss Liu'er, I think you're sleepy!" Wang Wu suddenly echoed, as if no one had said what he had just said.
Drunken Liu couldn't help but wonder a little, was it really that he was sleeping?
"But, Sister Liu'er, how about giving me a face tomorrow and going to the Temple of Mercy and Grace?" Li Yan returned to his playful appearance.
"Me?" Drunken Liu was a little puzzled, this Li Gongzi was suddenly so kind, which caught her off guard.
"What? Don't you give me face? Li Yan's face changed.
"No, no, how could it be? Liu Er thanked Li Gongzi! What kind of face does an identity like ours have? Drunken Liu stood up and saluted Li Gongzi, and sighed deeply.
"Okay, Wang Wu quickly call the boss, add wine, I want to have a few drinks with Sister Liu'er." Li Yan's face improved a little and said to Wang Wu.
The next day
Drunken willow sat in a carriage and walked all the way in the direction of the Temple of Mercy and Grace.
Suddenly.
"Bell!"
Drunken Willow was taken aback and suddenly exclaimed.
The sudden sound of a bell made her body shake involuntarily.
"Sister Liu'er, what's wrong with you? It's just a bell, the temple rings every day, why are you scared like this? Xiaolan noticed Drunken Willow's reaction and asked with some confusion.
"Yes...... It's the bell in the temple! By the way, we've arrived at the Temple of Mercy and Grace. Drunken Willow exhaled heavily, making sure that it was not in a dream, and her tense nerves slowly relaxed.
"Sister Liu'er, you've arrived." At this time, Li Yan's voice sounded outside the door.
"Ah, Li Gongzi, don't come in with the curtain by yourself, our girl is still touching up her makeup." When Xiaolan saw Li Yan opening the curtain, she was about to come in and hurry up to stop it.
"What kind of makeup, my sister Liu'er is beautiful and fragrant, why do you need those vulgar powders? Come down and show you something, look over there. β
Before Drunken Liu came back to his senses, he was already grabbed by Li Yan's arm and dragged out of the car.
"That...... The small grass shed outside looks so broken, ...... is this? "The attention of the drunken willow here is all on the broken grass shed, and it feels very strange to have such a small grass hut next to such a large temple.
Li Yan didn't seem to have the intention of answering her question, and continued to talk on her own.
"Do you know the story of the end of the four lakes?" Li Yan said.
Drunken Willow was a little puzzled, why did he care about this story?
"Liu Er knows, it seems to have happened more than ten years ago, right? At that time, Liu Er was still at home...... "She paused, although it was said to be home, but if it could be regarded as home.
"Tell me about it." Li Yan urged with interest, pulling her out of the memory.
"Let's just say that when there was a flood in Sihu Town, the water isolated the town from the outside, and the officers and soldiers didn't want to save the people, so they let more than 300 people in the town fend for themselves.
But at this time, Master Jingfan, with the Buddha's relics, broke into the flood and saved the people of Sihu Town, he opened an altar in the town to pray, no matter how heavy the rain was, no matter how high the water grew, he did not move.
The villagers gathered around him and prayed together, all determined to die.
This Buddha relic has been too precious and rare recently, and everyone is reluctant to drown it in the water, and the people who have already returned home have been sent back.
Dozens of boats, full cooperation, and finally rescued the people, I heard that the last person on the boat at that time was Master Jingfan. Drunken Willow looked into the distance, as if immersed in the story.
"I didn't expect you to be so good at telling stories, the Jingfan master you just talked about, is now chanting in that grass hut, Princess Xi is bitter, please come here to chant the scriptures for nine hundred and eighty-one days, and pray for the people of Kyoto." Li Yan looked at the drunken willow, and then looked at the grass shed over there.
"Ah, that's not easy! With such a monk chanting, then Kyoto City can be smooth after all, right? No wonder there are more people here than usual, and I've always wanted to meet this living Buddha. Drunken Willow was a little excited, as if she had seen someone who worshipped.
"It's good that you have this heart." Li Yan said lightly.
Drunken Liu turned his head and looked at Li Yan seriously, no matter how he sounded, this didn't come from the mouth of Li Yan, such a gentleman.
"Childe, what do you mean?" Drunken Willow was a little confused, what did he mean?
"I have something I want to ask for, Sword Purification Master, but he has an apprentice named Huai Jin, a little monk, who won't let me in.
I guess I can help, and it's you, Miss Liu'er. Li Yan looked at Drunken Liu deeply and said.
Drunken Liu also glanced at Li Yan, and he felt that the rumored Li Gongzi did not seem to be as unbearable as the rumor.
"Alas, I knocked on the door for a long time and knocked on the door, but it didn't open the door, Li Gongzi, I think, instead of expecting Miss Liu'er to call the door, it is better for us to tear down this grass shed." At this time, Wang Wu sighed, walked over and said helplessly.
"No...... This place is also the front of the Temple of Mercy and Grace, if it is really demolished, it will definitely cause criticism.
Especially Princess Xi's birthday is coming, if it is said that it has become a birthday gift for her, disturbing the purity of Buddhism, I am afraid that it will be another troublesome matter.
So Sister Liu'er, are you willing to help me with this? Li Yan looked at the drunken willow with an undeniable momentum in his eyes.
"Childe, it's really tormenting Liu'er! You used Liu'er, which is a blessing that Liu'er left for a few lifetimes. Drunken Liu smiled slightly and said politely.
"Although this monk is stubborn, he doesn't listen to good or bad, but he is also a beautiful man, Sister Liu'er has a peerless appearance, and a few sweet words can coax him over, I think it shouldn't be difficult, after he opens the door, you just look inside, you have to look carefully, no matter what you see, you have to tell me truthfully when you come back." Li Yan smiled at the drunken willow, with a cold light in his eyes.
Drunken Liu was shocked, what was in it that could make Li Gongzi care so much.
"Then did Liu'er let him open the door, and how did you know, childe?" Drunken Willow asked a little funny.
"Well...... Miss Liu'er, you should have a sachet on you, right? Li Yan paused, and suddenly thought of something.
"Sachet? I do have one that I embroidered myself. Drunken Willow was a little puzzled, but still said.
"Good! Take this sachet as proof. As long as you can get that monk named Huai Jin to hang your sachet on his body, it means that he has really opened the door for you, and the news you have returned is also true, how about it? So you can do it, right? Li Yan looked at the drunken willow and said.
Drunk willow dark belly, hang the sachet on the monk, you rich people can really play, but it is really weird.
But he said embarrassedly: "This ...... After all, Huai Jin is a disciple of Buddhism......"
"Well, if you get this done, I'll redeem you, how about it?" Li Yan interrupted her.
"Childe, Childe, are you serious about what you say?!" Drunken Liu was overjoyed, and couldn't help but want to be sure again.
"I, Li, won't be able to redeem you as a singer, of course it's true." Li Yan glanced at the drunken willow.
"Then Liu Er must try her best to do a good job in this matter, Li Gongzi has to talk about it!" Drunken Willow said with some excitement.
"Of course, you can rest assured!" Li Yan said with affirmation again.
Drunken Liu was secretly happy in his heart, as long as he could redeem himself from this fire pit, he didn't care what kind of little monk he was.
"Wang Wu, go back and say to the red peony! It's interesting to see which of them can get the monk to open the door first. The corners of Li Yan's mouth hooked up a wicked smile.
"This ...... Okay! Wang Wu hesitated slightly, and randomly agreed happily.
Drunken Liu was a little speechless, this Li Gongzi's temperament, does he like to see others fighting?
"Okay, this broken shed, there's nothing to look at, let's go back to the city, lead the horse!" Li Yan didn't seem to be interesting, so he said to Wang Wu.
The two took the horses and rode away.
Drunken Willow looked at the two distant figures and said.
"Sure enough, I came to worship the Buddha or something, it's all a disguise, but the Buddha didn't look at it, but he became a demon."
Early the next morning, Xiaolan obediently helped Drunken Liu comb her hair.
"Sister Liu'er, you really want to find that master!" Xiaolan asked with some curiosity.
"yes, why don't you want to enter the big family with me?" Drunken Liu glanced at Xiaolan and asked with a calm face.
"I think I want to think about it, but that Li Gongzi's style vaguely makes people feel a little ...... Don't you think? Sister Liu'er, don't you think he didn't seem to redeem himself with you because he liked you, oops, I, I don't know what to say. Xiaolan scratched her head a little tangled, she always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what was wrong?
"Even if the opportunity is relatively small, it is still an opportunity, and it must be seized, not to mention that it is just a sachet." Drunken Willow didn't think so, compared to leaving this fire pit, what is it?
"Sister Liu'er, why did you say that Gongzi Li had to let you go into that grass hut?" Xiaolan opened her eyes and asked a little confused.
"Maybe there is some personal grudge with the Jingfan master, you think, the Buddhism is pure, if the little monk next to the Jingfan master has a woman's sachet on his body, I am afraid it will also be a scandal." Drunken Willow said indifferently.
"In this way, that means that he asked you to harm the monk, but isn't that monk a good person who prays for us, and he hasn't done anything bad." Xiaolan was a little puzzled, and she looked very annoyed.
"Yes, the monk didn't do anything bad, but did I do anything bad? Have you done bad things again? Then why do we have to laugh here, we have to be beaten and scolded, and we have to trample on our dignity, why do we have to be inferior, we have to be treated like dirt and despised by others! The more Drunken Liu spoke, the more excited he became, as if he wanted to vent all his negative emotions.
"Sister, don't talk about it, it's time for mom to scold you again in a while, speaking of which, today mom chatted with the old mom in Yihong Courtyard next door, I heard them mention the matter of leaving the soul, it seems that someone has been hooked out of the soul again." Xiaolan looked at the drunken willow and quickly changed the topic.
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Drunken Willow was shocked.
"It was said that there was a maid of the official lady, and there was a dream of a big bell or something, and later, in the early hours of this morning, it was said that she suddenly straightened up from fear, shouted three times to immortality, and then died!" Xiaolan suddenly thought of it, it was quite late from Wang's mother.
"You dead girl, don't say it, it's weird, by the way, I said before that you should keep an eye on the red peony, did she go out today?" Drunken Liu trembled, scolded her a little complainingly, and changed the topic.
"Just now, sister, when you combed your hair, I went out, and after you combed it, she was already in a sedan chair and walked away." Xiaolan hurriedly told her what she had just seen.
"She must have gone to the Temple of Mercy and Grace, look at Xiaolan, even if we have this little hope, we have to fight for me to get it." Drunken Liu thought about what Li Yan said before, she knew why the red peony went out, sighed, and said a little sadly.
"Sister Liu'er, you just let Master Jingfan chant the scriptures for you, don't let you dream of the bell again, okay? Can you ask the master to help you ask for some blessings? So that you can marry into the Li Mansion smoothly. Xiaolan thought that Drunken Willow had also dreamed of the big bell before, and said with some concern.
"There is Li Mansion, if you want to enter, you can enter, it is not Li Mansion, you stupid girl...... I'm leaving, and if my mother asks, you'll say I'm sick to my stomach and I'm not seeing you today. Drunken Liu looked at Xiaolan and shook her head helplessly, this girl just thought too naΓ―ve.
At night, Drunken Willow walked along the street for half an hour and walked to the Temple of Mercy and Grace on the outskirts.
Unlike the bustle of the day, it is even more lonely at night.
I don't know if it's because of the temple, but even if there is no one around, it doesn't make people feel scared.
Drunken Willow secretly thought, no wonder so many people like to worship the Buddha, probably just to seek peace of mind.
"It's dark! In this suburb, the night seems darker, and even the stars are brighter. β
Drunken Willow walked towards the grass hut next to the temple.
I saw that this grass hut looked very dark in the night, and there seemed to be no light inside, so I don't know if anyone is there.
"Master Jingfan? Huai Jin little monk? Drunken Willow walked over to the thatched hut and knocked on the wooden door.
"I'm the singer of Xihongyuan, Drunken Willow, I want to ask to see Master Jingfan, and ask the little master to open the door!" Drunken Willow seemed to hear someone inside, and hurriedly said.
"The master is praying for the blessings of the people of Kyoto, and it is inconvenient to meet guests, please come back!" A childish voice came from inside the door.
Drunken Liu thought, this should be Huai Jin, the apprentice of Master Jingfan in Li Gongzi's mouth, but he felt inexplicably familiar when he heard this voice, thinking that probably the monks spoke in such a tone.
But judging by the voice, he should be sitting in the room.
"There's no way to talk through the door like this, little master Huaijin, just open the door."
"There is already a female benefactor here today, this door Huaijin will never be opened, donor, please go back." Huai Jin's faint, unwavering voice came from the room.
"Really? Then you'll wait for me to knock the door open. Drunken Willow said, stepped back a little and slammed into Mu Man.
Drunken Willow slammed into the wooden door, and there was a pain in his shoulder.
At this time, Huai Jin's voice came from the other side of the door.
"Female donor, please respect yourself!"
"Wow! It hurts, my shoulders are bruised. Drunken Liu clutched his shoulders and exhaled.
There was still no sound coming from inside the door.
"My Buddha is merciful, you can't bear to see me keep banging on the door." Drunken Willow said pitifully.
But there was still no response from inside the door.