Chapter 145: The Temple
After the matter of going out to play was decided, Ah Yu has been taken by Mrs. Wen by her side, and Wen Wan is also with her.
A few days ago, Ah Yu was always in a lack of interest, no matter what happened around her, she was always not so happy.
Before Wen Wan went out, she looked at Ah Yu twice, and saw that the depression between her eyebrows seemed to have dissipated, and she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
“…… The weather in Weizhou has always been like spring all year round, and there are often a few continuous rains, but Ah Yu's luck is always good. Wen Wan and Ah Yu sat in the same carriage, she held Ah Yu's hand, and said with a smile, "Since you came to Weizhou, even the weather has been sunny, which is just right for going out to play......
A sunny and warm day always makes people feel better. Although walking in the rain is also a special taste, but the drizzle lingers for a long time, and when the rain is wrapped around the corners of the hair, the slimy feeling is probably not something that few people will like.
Ah Yu didn't know how to answer.
Good luck and bad luck are never something that can be said in a few words.
She used to hear people say that misfortune and fortune depend on it, and it probably means that good and bad luck mostly happen at the same time, but few people can see in advance another truth hidden under the surface.
Wen Wan saw that Ah Yu just smiled, but did not speak, so he also skipped the previous topic, and instead talked to her about the Xianglan Temple outside Weizhou City, most of the Wen people living in Weizhou worship the ever-bright lantern in the Xianglan Temple, and the housekeeper of the ancestral house will also donate money to the temple every year at the request of the head of the family to rub the scriptures. When the people of the Wen family go to Xianglan Temple to burn incense and worship the Buddha, they will always be treated more favorably than others.
“…… Ah Yu is now studying at the White Horse Academy, but he has been to the other side of the mountain, where there is also a temple, where the female dependents of our house worship the ever-bright lantern," Wen Wan said to Ah Yu, "When the third uncle and mother were in Ah Yu's full moon, they asked the third uncle to go to the temple to offer Ah Yu an ever-bright lantern, and later Ah Yu changed his name, and his grandfather also specially offered a permanent lamp to Ah Yu, or a white marble lotus!" ”
Old lady Wen didn't just offer an ever-bright lamp to Ah Yu, the juniors in the family all had one.
Ah Yu was stunned: "I don't even know these ......"
My grandfather and father were both scholars, and they didn't believe in Buddhism, either in front of others or in the back of others. However, when it comes to the younger generations of the family, they are extremely pious, if there are gods and Buddhas in the heavens, they do not ask the gods and Buddhas to save themselves, but only to protect the health of the younger generations.
Xianglan Temple is located on the Baolan Mountain outside the city of Weizhou, the official road extending from the city gate just passes through the Baolan Mountain, although the distance traveled in the middle is a little much, but the carriage is very convenient, when you arrive at the door of the Xianglan Temple, the sky in the distance has gradually turned into dark blue, and soon it will be completely dark.
After Ah Yu got out of the carriage, he looked at the sky in the distance and was slightly distracted: "It's already dark!" Her voice was soft, as if she was afraid of disturbing someone.
In their opinion, the incense to worship the Buddha is not a way to go out to play, the reason why they chose to go to Xianglan Temple first is completely because the Wen family has no other courtyard near Baolan Mountain, and Xianglan Temple has a special Zen room for pilgrims to live in, they plan to take Ah Yu to enjoy the scenery nearby, so that Ah Yu can broaden her horizons, in front of the great rivers and mountains, she will no longer be unhappy because of some trivial things.
Seeing that Mrs. Wen didn't speak, Wen Yu and the others didn't plan to say anything, they also remained silent like them.
On the side of the female dependents, Mrs. Wen took Wen Wan and Ah Yu to the incense, and then Xiao Shami led them to the meditation room on the side, while Wen Yu and the others were under the guidance of the monks in the temple, and found a picturesque place on Baolan Mountain, so they could wait until the next day to take Ah Yu and them out to enjoy the beautiful scenery.
Ah Yu is always unable to adapt well to the unfamiliar environment.
Previously, she traveled all the way from Kyoto to Weizhou, she stayed in an inn, and also rested at the post station, but she didn't rest well, and a little wind and grass could wake her up from her sleep. Later, when she came to the ancestral house in Weizhou, she slept less and dreamed more for the first two or three days, although she never woke up all night, but she still looked listless during the day.
Soran Temple is a place where Buddhism cultivates, and its Zen room is not gorgeous.
The decoration in the house is simple, that is, with the small bedding objects brought by Mama Chang from the ancestral house, after being placed in the appropriate position one by one, after rearranging them, they look similar, but they are not as comfortable as at home.
Ah Yu didn't think she had the habit of recognizing the bed before, but after spending one night in the meditation room of Xianglan Temple, by the time the dawn crossed the sky, she had already woken up and no longer felt the slightest sleep.
Breakfast was served in the courtyard of Mrs. Wen.
There is only vegetarian food in Xianglan Temple, which is not the slightest bit fishy, and the light taste is not bad.
It's just that for some reason, Wen Yu and others, who said yesterday that they were going out to watch the scenery together, have never been seen, Mrs. Wen sent Mama Lu to look for them, and Mama Lu came back and said that they were called away by the abbot early in the morning, and the people who stayed in the meditation room didn't know what they were going to do.
Mrs. Wen said, "...... Xianglan Temple has been built for more than 100 years, and it can also be ranked up and down in Weizhou, such a place will not let people get lost for no reason, since the abbot opened his mouth to find Wen Yu and them, there must be something important to discuss, Ah Wan and Ah Yu have breakfast, and they will go back to the meditation room first, but they don't have to worry about anything else. ”
Wen Yu and others broke the appointment for no reason, and they didn't even leave a word.
Somewhat unusual indeed.
Wen Wan wanted to stay with Mrs. Wen in her heart, she knew that after she and Ah Yu left, Mrs. Wen would definitely go to the abbot in person to understand the situation, but she couldn't refuse Mrs. Wen's request, so she could only take Ah Yu out.
The meditation rooms in Soran Temple are all similar.
Wen Wan sent Ah Yu back to the meditation room, which should have been transferred directly back to the meditation room where she lived temporarily, but she was more worried about the situation of Wen Yu and the others, so she took the people back again, planning to go to Mrs. Wen's courtyard again.
Before Ah Yu could say that he wanted to keep someone to drink tea, Wen Yun hurriedly walked out of the door.
She hesitated for a moment, and subconsciously wanted to catch up, but was stopped by Mama Chang.
"The girl should stay in the yard and wait for news!" Mama Chang looked at Ah Yu disapprovingly, "The fourth master, they didn't leave a message, maybe it's because the abbot is looking too quickly, and when they come back to their senses, they will definitely send someone to inform us again, if the girl goes out and misses the person who came to report the news, how can it be good?" ”
Ah Yu looked in the direction of the door again, and he couldn't see Wen Yun's figure anymore.
She whispered, "I am...... I see. "No matter how many reasons there are, in the end, there is only one sentence left that I know.
The wait time is extraordinarily long.
Ah Yu waited until lunchtime.
The monk sent by the abbot said that yesterday a pilgrim had found a tiger in the nearby woods, and that he had summoned the pilgrims who could help him early this morning, intending to drive the tiger away, or at least not allow it to continue to move around the temple.
The pilgrims who come down the mountain, in addition to the incense to the Buddha in Xianglan Temple, there are also many students who come to Baolan Mountain to see the scenery.
Whether it is a pilgrim who worships the Buddha or a tourist who enjoys the scenery, they will choose to come to Xianglan Temple on Baolan Mountain, naturally because the scenery of Baolan Mountain is better than other places, and Xianglan Temple is more attractive than the temple next to it. But the premise of all this is that the safety of the coming person's life is guaranteed.
If others know that there are tigers infested on Baolan Mountain, in addition to those who are naturally bold and not afraid of danger, how many people are willing to come to Xianglan Temple?
Presumably there is no one.
What's more, the most activities in Baolan Mountain on weekdays are not pilgrims and tourists, but monks in Xianglan Temple.
Even if they don't care about the number of pilgrims and tourists, they should be worried about their own safety, and the expulsion of the tigers is naturally the most important thing at the moment. However, the monks in the temple who can be sent to use it are a small number, so it is necessary to rely on the power of pilgrims and tourists who come to the temple to stay temporarily, after all, everyone only knows that there are tigers in the mountains, but they do not know whether there are other wild beasts.
Danger is a good thing to be eliminated at one time.
At this point, going out to enjoy the scenery has become something that cannot be done.
Ah Yu asked the monk and learned that the uncle and his brother were only helping to send people, not to drive out the beasts themselves, so he relaxed a little. Because expelling the beast is indeed a very important thing, the uncle and brother can't get away for a while, and she can understand it.
After the monk left, the uncle sent the little guy back next to him.
"The master can't get away for the time being, but I asked the monks in the temple in advance yesterday, and there are a lot of scenery to see in the temple, if the girl doesn't mind, the small one can accompany the girl to walk around the temple."
The little guys around Wen Yu all responded to Wen Yu's request, and no one would call him master.
Hearing such a different title, Ah Yu paused, and then said, "Let's talk about it when they come back!" ”
"I heard Mama Lu say that the abbot looked for Uncle and them early in the morning, and it was almost noon at this time, and I don't know if Uncle They had dinner, so you should go back to Uncle Xiao first, and help me tell Uncle and Brother that no matter how important things are around you, you must pay attention to your body, and you must eat well when you should eat, and you can't care about your health in vain."
She actually wanted her uncle to come back sooner.
To put it mildly, Baolan Mountain is not their home, even if there are tigers infested on the mountain, what does it have to do with them? The left and right are out to play, Baolan Mountain is not suitable for playing, there are always other places suitable for playing, there is no need to stay in Xianglan Temple all the time, and bother to help expel the tigers.
She knew that this kind of thinking was very bad, but with those memories of Wen Ru, Ah Yu had long regarded 'sweeping the snow in front of the door' as her life motto.
In the years that followed, when Wen Ru was wronged, in addition to Wen Ning, who would say a word for her!
Obviously, she didn't hurt anyone else, but she was the one who suffered in the end.
When selfishness becomes the inherent attitude of the people around her, even if she was not born like this, she can teach herself to be a selfish person the day after tomorrow, only live according to her own wishes, let him flood and surge, what does it have to do with her!
That being said, Ah Yu didn't say anything in the end.
She sat under the eaves, lazily basking in the sun, the warm light fell on her body, and the chill that had just surged from her heart seemed to dissipate a lot.
I don't know how long later, Ah Yu heard Aoba's voice in a half-dream.
She barely opened her eyes, and her whole person was still shrouded in sleep.
"Is it Brother, are they back?"
Aoba forgot for a while, and accidentally woke up Ah Yu, and when she heard Ah Yu's question, she quickly replied: "Young master, they are still in the abbot's courtyard, I heard that the people who entered the mountain have found the tiger's feces, maybe it will take some more time to find the tiger's." ”
The novices at the temple said that they had not found the tigers yet, but the wild boars and wolves had seen several.
"That's ......" Ah Yu looked a little lost, she looked at Aoba beside her, and asked, "Then what were you talking about just now?" ”
Aoba handed the small wooden card in his hand to Ah Yu and said, "Girl, look at this wooden card......"
When Ah Yu accidentally fell asleep under the eaves, Aoba had already caught up with Xiao Shami, who came to deliver tea.
Even the wooden plaque of her injury was given by the little novice.
Xianglan Temple has a very high status in Weizhou, even if it is a random person in the city or the countryside, as long as Xianglan Temple is mentioned, no one does not know. The reason why Xianglan Temple is famous is because the abbot in the temple is particularly accurate, and secondly, because the marriage tree that grows in the temple, saying that it is a marriage tree, is actually not very accurate, because it is far more than just a marriage, but also many other things.
If her life number remains the same, it should be a life like Wen Rusu, if it changes, then no one should be able to calculate it, and neither can the way of heaven. As for the marriage tree, she actually doesn't believe in it.
A: "If the marriage tree will bless the marriage, then I can still believe it a little, but how can the marriage tree protect things other than the marriage!" ”
She laughed, but she didn't take it seriously.
It was almost evening, the evening breeze was blowing through her clothes, and the coolness was staining her skin, and Ah Yu stood up and was about to go back to the house.
But I heard Aoba say, "Huibai said that the marriage tree is true, and it is something he has personally experienced. ”
Ayu's footsteps paused, looking back at Aoba, waiting for her next step.