Chapter Seventy-Five: A Stick of Incense in Front of the Buddha

At midnight the next day, all the people in Dali Temple were woken up by the sound of the bell in the temple.

The monks of Qinglong Temple got up early to chant sutras, and three young monks came to the courtyard, holding the vegetarian food on the plate in their hands, "This is the fast meal prepared by the temple for all the donors." ”

A servant immediately walked up to Pei Tan's side, bowed his head lightly and said: "It's rare to come to Qinglong Temple, the villain wants to put incense on behalf of the relatives in the family, because the villain is usually on an errand in the yamen, he rarely has time to honor his father and mother, and I beg the adults to allow it." ”

With that, the official raised his head, his brow supplied.

Pei Tan looked at him and said slowly for a long time: "It's rare that you have a piece of filial piety, go ahead." ”

The official was overjoyed, kowtowed again and again to thank Pei Tan, and immediately turned around.

Several officials looked at each other, and they all looked at Pei Tan without saying anything. When you come to Qinglong Temple, such an opportunity is not common.

Pei Tan said: "If you want to pray for your family, you can go immediately, and you must meet in the courtyard before the time." ”

The officials all proclaimed that the lord was merciful, and one by one they left happily.

Pei Tan looked at them, it didn't take much time to put on a stick of incense, but the sustenance contained in it was priceless.

Jing Wan'er smiled at Pei Tan: "Why don't you go?" ”

Seeing that Pei Tan was already neatly dressed, as if he was going to leave at any time, he had never left this courtyard yesterday afternoon.

Pei Tan said: "People who return to the city will come at any time, and it is inconvenient for me to leave." "Since you are a Dali temple secretary for one day, you must do your part well.

It's still early, and the noble man who needs to go back to Chang'an with them may not have gotten up yet.

Jing Wan'er couldn't help but bow her head, and smiled for a while: "Wan'er also wants to go out for incense." "Her family is suffering in the penal colony, shouldn't she beg the Buddha to spare her family as soon as possible?

Pei Tan looked at the girl's face, and saw from that smiling face that she didn't care.

There may be two kinds of people in this world who do not believe in fate, one is the one who has suffered greatly in the world, and the other is the person who is still struggling with the suffering.

Pei Tan said, "If you want to go, go too." ”

Jing Wan'er shook her head: "Thank you, sir." ”

Jing Wan'er turned around and left.

The so-called Mahavira Treasure Hall is the title of the Buddha Shakyamuni, with the golden body of eighteen Arhats beside him, ordinary people will be shocked by the majesty of the Buddha as long as they look at it.

Ordinary people burn incense, will not go to the Daxiong Treasure Hall, the outer courtyard of the temple has a special place for pilgrims to burn incense, but Jing Wan'er smiled on her lips, since she has come, to burn incense, naturally you have to go to the main hall of the Buddha to burn it, so that this trip is not in vain.

Jing Wan'er hooked her lips and went directly to the Daxiong Treasure Hall.

Qinglong Temple is headed by the Quartet, eighty-four chambers, people who are not familiar with the road want to go to the Daxiong Treasure Palace, I am afraid it will take a lot of effort, but Jing Wan'er's skirt is light, and she actually walked to the majestic treasure hall in the distance at a glance when she looked up.

Just as she was about to lift her feet and walk forward, someone behind her shouted, "Stop, who are you?" ”

Jing Wan'er turned around and saw that it was two monks who had taken the morning ring.

The two monks stared at Jing Wan'er, not only a woman, but also wearing a vulgar dress, which was simply a violation of the rules and precepts.

Jing Wan'er said slowly: "I'm here to pay respects. ”

The monk changed color and said: "There are incense candles in the front yard, and no one is allowed to enter the inner courtyard except for the disciples in the temple, so you can leave quickly!"

A bright light flashed in Jing Wan'er's eyes.

The monk looked at Jing Wan'er before, "Senior Brother Huigen temporarily informed the Warrior Monk Hall last night, saying that a demon girl who had come to this temple five years ago appeared to make trouble, and asked me to wait for the time to find out, and immediately look at this woman..."

When the other monk heard the word Huigen, he immediately looked at Jing Wan'er mercilessly, and Jing Wan'er subconsciously took a step back and stared at the two monks.

Originally, it was impossible for a woman to appear in Qinglong Temple, not to mention that Jing Wan'er's appearance was exactly the same as what Huigen described.

The two monks waved their sleeves, and a stick slipped out of their sleeves, and immediately pointed to Jing Wan'er: "What are you doing in the temple again?" ”

Jing Wan'er stared at them, the Warrior Monk Palace, saying that she was a demon girl?

"I am the maid of Master Pei of Dali Temple, and I came with him to pick up people in the temple. If you don't believe, go and find out. Jing Wan'er was calm.

The two warrior monks looked at each other and remained silent, "We don't know any Dali Temple, in the important land of Buddhism, there are only ordinary beings, even the Son of Heaven is here and ordinary people." ”

It is worthy of being a monk of Qinglong Temple, and he is proud and arrogant.

Jing Wan'er saw that they didn't eat oil and salt, and if they were working here, her affairs would also be delayed.

She simply smiled, and suddenly turned and rushed towards the inner courtyard.

The two warrior monks were originally preaching with an arrogant face, but they didn't follow the routine, and they were completely stunned for a moment.

"Stop!

Jing Wan'er ran forward, that Huigen monk, really dared to send someone to arrest her, and what happened five years ago would not be remembered by normal people, this Huigen is really a trouble.

The warrior monks of Qinglong Temple say that their strength is higher than that of the Tang Forbidden Army, which is by no means nonsense. They followed Jing Wan'er, they thought that Jing Wan'er was not familiar with the road, but they didn't expect Jing Wan'er to be thin and dexterous, and she would soon disappear.

The two warrior monks looked at each other, "Separate chase." ”

Jing Wan'er swooped into the gap between the two walls. She waited for the two monks to walk away before she came out of the gap: "Buddhism says that all living beings are equal, but you divide people into three, six, nine and so on in front of the Buddha, why can't I come?" ”

She snorted and turned to look at the majestic treasure hall behind her. These monks naturally regard the Daxiong Treasure Hall as a holy place, so as long as she enters the hall, the monks naturally dare not come in to find her.

Jing Wan'er knew from the past that there was an unknown side door in the Daxiong Treasure Hall, which was only opened at the alternation of the hour and the hour every day, and it was left for the monks to clean without showing a trace. The door couldn't be seen from the outside, but Jing Wan'er knocked on the brick and pushed it open.

When she meets this Huigen monk again, she will make him feel bad.

While thinking about it, Jing Wan'er felt a chill all over her body.

The solemnity and dignified atmosphere in the Daxiong Treasure Hall made her slowly raise her head, because the incense in the hall was far less vigorous than in the front yard, and the air in the entire hall was cold, and there was really a sense of oppression that the atmosphere did not dare to come out of.

Jing Wan'er took a few breaths and slowly walked inside.

Wan'er is cautious by nature, even if she is sure that there will be no one else in the Daxiong Treasure Hall at this moment, her steps are gentle.

But the warrior monks who were looking for Jing Wan'er were not stupid, they found that they couldn't find Jing Wan'er around, so they naturally aimed at the Daxiong Treasure Palace.

"Senior Brother Huigen said that this woman had been in the treasure hall five years ago, and maybe she would do it again today." A monk was the first to think.

A little monk couldn't help but ask: "Senior Brother Huigen five years ago, you haven't performed the crown salute yet, right?" That is to say, Huigen at that time was still a young monk with a hairless mouth.

A warrior monk finally said slowly: "It's strange to say, why haven't you seen Senior Brother Huigen since the bell rang today?" ”

Hui Gen was the only closed disciple of Master Xuanlian, and his rank was higher than that of all the disciples, and he usually led the morning class.

But today's Huigen has reached the hour of time, and the sun has risen from the east of the main hall. It's long past the time for morning class...

The warrior monk said sternly: "You can't let any unrelated outsiders desecrate the treasure hall, go in with me to search first." ”

A little monk whispered next to him, "I'm afraid it's not appropriate, there is a noble person in the hall at this moment, who is praying for blessings." ”

The warrior monk's eyes moved: "If you let that demon girl collide with the nobles, wouldn't my temple be a crime on top of a crime?" ”

Qinglong Temple has today's status, in the final analysis, it was given by the Tang royal family. Their relationship with the royal family seems to be transcendent in Qinglong Temple, but in fact it is fundamentally the dependence of lips, teeth and bones.

Several monks arrived outside the hall, the majestic treasure hall has a towering staircase, standing outside the steps, you can already see the tall bust of Shakyamuni Buddha.

In a crack in the opening of the main entrance of the treasure hall, a figure knelt there, and the warrior monk who led it immediately stopped the people behind him.

After a long time, the warrior monk turned to the back and folded his hands: "Dare to ask the nobleman, do you meet idle people in the palace?" ”

With an elegant and laughing voice, the man didn't turn around: "In the treasure hall, there are only Buddha and Pingsheng, where are the idle people?" ”

Several warrior monks were silent outside the door for a moment, and a little monk slowly whispered, "It seems that we should find Senior Brother Huigen first, and then listen to Senior Brother's decision." ”

After all, none of them had seen any demon girls do it with their own eyes, and it was best for Huigen to come forward himself to control the situation.

The warrior monk clasped his hands together, "I'm sorry to disturb the nobles." "In the Daxiong Treasure Hall, except for the Buddha statue, there is almost no place to hide people, and the nobles who prayed for blessing said that they had never seen any trace of the demon girl, and they had to believe that it was somewhere else.

All the warrior monks who tracked down here could only quit in the end.

In the treasure hall, in the incense burner in front of the Buddha, there is already a burning incense.

Jing Wan'er looked at the person who was one step ahead of her, it seemed that she had no chance to light the first incense stick in front of the Buddha.

The man was dressed in white, with a ribbon wrapped around his waist, and everything in front of the Buddha was back to simplicity, and the appearance that the warrior monk didn't even dare to come in just now also showed that this person couldn't have sneaked in like her.

The first incense in front of the Buddha has always been precious, and it can be regarded as a gift from the mortal world, which is why she chose to enter the Mahavira Hall in the early morning. Even so, it seems that someone has taken the lead.

At this time, he can swagger in the Daxiong Treasure Hall and put the first incense in front of the Buddha, this person's identity must be unusual, is it the royal family of the Tang family?

Jing Wan'er thought like this, and the man opened his eyes and smiled leisurely.

Now that she had been discovered, Jing Wan'er didn't think much about the identity of this person, and walked over with her feet up, and at this time, the man left the kneeling futon and stood up.

The face is like a crown of jade, and the temperament is very good.

Jing Wan'er glanced at it hurriedly, and knelt on the futon with her eyes down, but her gaze was next to the Buddha.

There were eighteen golden-bodied Arhats on the left and right sides, and Jing Wan'er knew that one of them was holding a night pearl in his hand.

That night pearl was exactly what she put in five years ago.

At this time, she finally spoke: "The believer Jing family, I came to repay the Buddha's vows today. As she spoke, Jing Wan'er kowtowed three times.