Chapter 55: The Strange Sutra
"What's wrong?" Zheng Shu asked.
"They've been dozing off...... And lo and behold. β
Zheng Shu followed Bao Yuan's gaze and saw that the two of them were asleep against the pillars of the inner room at the same time, and one of them even rolled his eyes when he slept.
Zheng Shu stepped forward and patted the two of them on the face vigorously.
The two men immediately woke up, coughed twice, and continued to stand there with their eyes straight ahead.
However, it didn't take long for the two men to die standing up again, this time even snoring slightly.
Qu Shi behind the gauze tent was very sensitive to the sound, raised his hand to prop up the curtain, and frowned, "...... What's going on? β
Bao Yuan stepped forward and poked the two mothers-in-law hard, "Wake up!" β
The two mothers-in-law opened their eyes again, only to see Bao Yuan, Zheng Shu, and Qu Guifei on the bed, all looking here at this time.
Bao Yuan said angrily, "What kind of place is Chengqian Palace, you snored and hit Niangniang!" β
"Oops! Ah! The two of them knelt down in surprise, "Niangniang, Niangniang forgive your sins......"
Qu Shi is still the same, "I heard that you also went to the Imperial Garden to pray for incense yesterday...... If you're really sleepy, go down and rest. β
"!" Zheng Shu opened his mouth and said, "You are so merciful, who in this palace doesn't sleep at night and get up during the day and carry a job on your back?" If you are sleepy, go down to rest, and the rules of the palace will be broken. β
The two mothers-in-law only felt that they couldn't argue, and when they heard Zheng Shu's sentence, they suddenly remembered what they wanted to explain.
"Mother, mother-in-law, it's not that we're lazy...... It's really ...... I was so tormented by that Bai Ling last night that we didn't sleep all night! We're both almost forty, and this old bone can't hold up to this. Mother-in-law Mingjian, mother-in-law Mingjian......"
As he spoke, he began to cry.
Hearing the name of "Bai Ling" again, Qu's eyes lit up slightly, "You said that she tossed ...... night?" She last night, what happened? β
A mother-in-law wiped away her tears, "She said that the night before yesterday, the Buddha gave her a dream and taught her a set of Buddhist scriptures, since we can't go with her to pray for incense the next day, we have to memorize this scripture overnight, and we have to recite it three times on duty in Chengqian Palace today!" β
Another mother-in-law immediately answered, "Yes, yes, we have never seen more than half of the words in that mantra, and we recognize and recite them, and when we have written them down, the sky is dawning!" We are telling the truth, not the slightest lie. β
Zheng Shu was about to ask carefully, but Qu Shi had already spoken, "Bao Yuan." β
"Yes, mother."
"Bring pen and paper." Qu said softly, "...... It's a Buddhist sutra that I've never seen before, I'd like to see it. β
The two mothers-in-law wrote silently, and the other mentioned points on the side, and after a while, a whole set of scriptures was silent.
After drying the ink, they handed the paper to Bao Yuan, and the short and fat woman couldn't help but say, "We've been carrying it all night, otherwise this Bai Ling will-"
Before the second half of the sentence "Summoning us to wait in Cining Palace" was finished, the tall and thin woman hit her hard, and her eyes were full of warnings-
Do you really take the concubine as your own master?
If you don't talk to the old lady first, you dare to mess around here?
Humpty Dumpty thought of this layer at this time, and she was silent.
On the bed, the concubine had already taken over the scriptures written by the two of them, and she frowned at first glance, "This first word...... Read what? β
"Back to Niangniang, pronounce 'hydrogen', and light and heavy light sound."
"What about the second one?"
"Helium, the scared sound."
Qu swept it roughly, and there were many common words like iron, gold, and silver...... and so on.
She had never seen such a Buddhist scripture.
"Read it and hear it." Qu said softly.
The two mothers-in-law were stunned, so they had to bow their heads and recite, "hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon ......"
The opening sentence of this Buddhist sutra is composed of five words, without rhyme and rhythm, and I do not feel that it is catchy, nor do I understand what it is saying.
But Qu Shi still looked at the scriptures in his hand and listened to the two mothers-in-law stumbling on their backs.
The girl's face suddenly came to mind.
She had blocked the incense from the room, and now she had begun to block her mother's gaze here.
One bite should have been done for twelve days to pray for incense, but he showed no mercy to these two mothers-in-law......
This is such a strange girl.
Qu's gaze was a little farther away, and she suddenly remembered the scene the night before.
What did the girl say?
- I don't know what you've seen from my experience, but when you have the strength you can come back and talk to me, I'll wait for you.
Wait for me?
What ...... waiting for me?
Wait for me to speak, to say how envious I am that you haven't fallen into the mud yet, and there is still a possibility of getting out?
Qu's eyes drooped, and he sneered at himself.
The voice outside the gauze tent suddenly stoppedβthe Buddhist scriptures of the two mothers-in-law were probably finished.
"Niangniang," Zheng Shu said with some concern, "Do you want to knock on this new medicine?" Let her continue to mess around like this again......"
"Why did it stop?" Qu Shi didn't seem to hear Zheng Shu's words, and looked at the two mothers-in-law kneeling not far away.
"Back to Niangniang, we ...... I'm done memorizing. β
Qu Shi said softly, "Didn't she say that she would recite it three times, and this is the first time." β
Everyone was stunned, and Bao Yuan couldn't help laughing.
Zheng Shu couldn't help frowning and glaring at Bao Yuan, who immediately put away her expression, but there was still a smile in her eyebrows and eyes that couldn't be concealed - I don't know what was wrong with Niang Niang today, and suddenly she was thinking about such a ridiculous thing.
But as long as it's not "whatever", "okay", "so be it"...... It's good.
After the mother-in-law finished reciting it three times in painstaking terms, Qu Shi opened the veil and said in a low voice, "You don't want to be on duty with me today, this palace doesn't like to listen to snoring." β
"That'...... The news from the old lady's side was cut off. Both mothers-in-law were a little cramped, "Otherwise...... Can you ask Granny Shu to help us remember my mother's daily life today......"
Zheng Shu interrupted coldly, "You didn't remember Niangniang's daily life yesterday, didn't you send the news out in the middle of the night?" What you did yesterday, do today! Otherwise, I will continue to stay in this Chengqian Palace, but as long as you doze off again, I will personally report to the old lady tomorrow and be careful about your skin! β
The two mothers-in-law and one chilled cicada, and after thinking for a while, it was nothing more than making up a charter of "nothing for a day...... It's not that hard.
It's just that the news sent out every day has to be reviewed by someone in the palace, and nothing that has anything to do with the concubine can't be said.
In this way, the two of them were pressed to the ground by Bai Ling and rubbed, wouldn't they never see the light of day?
The two mothers-in-law were in mixed feelings, but they still went down with a thousand thanks.
Without these two people in the room, Qu Shiden felt a lot clearer in his heart.
"What time is it?" Qu asked.
Zheng Shu: "Back to Niangniang, it's almost time, it's time for you to have breakfast......"
Qu Shi ignored the breakfast at all, and just asked, "When did that Bai Ling go out?" β
Zheng Shu: "The way it looks. β
Qu Shi calculated in his heart and said softly, "When she comes back tonight, bring her over." β
She was only left to dry outside for two days, and these storms were set off out of thin air in this palace.
Qu Shi thought about it, and he actually felt a little funny.
This girl is weirdly interesting.
Maybe...... It's time to hear what she has to say.
Before Zheng Shu could answer, she heard a commotion outside.
Bao Yuan ran out quickly, and quickly returned to the house.
"Niangniang, it's the second master," Bao Yuan's face was very unsightly, "he ...... He's coming to see us again. β