Chapter 43: Missteps
The sky was overcast and dark clouds were surging.
Xiao Changge has been comfortable these days, after all, Xiao Yayan is not dangling in front of her, but the quieter she is, the more she feels that something is going to happen.
"Miss, you better go into the house, I'm afraid it's going to rain when it's dark like this." Red Sleeves looked up at the dark clouds in the sky, how could it suddenly change the sky, it was still sunny in the morning and now it is full of dark clouds.
Xiao Changge rolled up his sleeves and was weeding the vegetable garden in the temple at the moment.
Xiao Changge looked up at the sky, as if a heavy rain was coming.
"It's more appropriate to weed on a cloudy day, you go in first, and when I finish pulling out the grass, I'll change my clothes and go to chanting." Xiao Changge waved his hand at the red sleeves, but he was buried in his work, how could he dare to enter the house when he saw Xiao Changge with red sleeves like this.
"Miss, I'll help." Red Sleeves said as she rolled up her sleeves and stepped into the vegetable garden to help pull weeds, she was very familiar with this kind of rough work, but her young lady seemed to be more skilled than her.
The dishes eaten in the kitchen of this temple are basically grown by themselves, so at the back of the temple, you can see patches of green vegetable gardens everywhere, and Xiao Changge's house is only a few steps away from this vegetable garden, so he will come here to help when he has time.
In just a few days, the monks who took care of the gardens knew her.
We don't have to do this kind of thing by Xiao Changge herself, it's not good for her to come and do this, if it is spread out, it will damage the face of the Xiao family, but Xiao Changge doesn't care at all.
It is estimated that he is used to living a poor life, and Xiao Changge is used to doing his own work.
Xiao Changge didn't say anything, she only knew that although the sky was full of dark clouds, this rain couldn't fall, whether it was before or now.
After a while, a monk came to invite Xiao Changge to go to the temple to recite scriptures, and Xiao Changge treated her politely so that those monks were also very polite to her.
Since the day Xiao Changge came, he went to the temple every night to light lamps and pray for the Xiao family, and those disciples who kept vigil in shifts saw it, and this vegetable garden should not have been made by guests, but Xiao Changge was much more skilled and professional than them, and also taught them a lot of planting knowledge, so now the people in the temple are very polite to Xiao Changge.
Xiao Changge changed into plain clothes, put on clean shoes and left with the monk, before leaving, she muttered a few words beside Red Sleeves, only to see Red Sleeves' face change and finally nodded.
"Master, let's go." Xiao Changge pushed open the door and said to the monk in front of him, the monk nodded and recited Amitabha Buddha in his mouth, and led Xiao Changge to the direction of the main temple.
On weekdays, when Xiao Changge went to pray for blessings, Red Sleeves would definitely follow her and wait outside the door, but today there was none.
Tomorrow they should go back to Xiao's house, and when they go back, they will just catch up with the Qiqiao Festival, and it will be lively at that time.
The temple is brightly lit, accompanied by long lamps, the smell of incense is very strong, six monks sit in two rows and beat the wooden fish with their eyes closed, and they recite Buddhist scriptures in their mouths.
And when Xiao Changge came, Xiao Yayan was already in the hall, and her eyes lit up when she saw Xiao Changge coming.
"Sister." Xiao Yayan got up from the lotus, her legs were already numb, since the last time she pretended to have a headache and was known by Wuzheng, Xiao Yayan was worried all day, and then she was relieved to know that Wuzheng didn't tell the host, and then knelt here early in the morning until evening, and she didn't leave until Xiao Changge came.
If it weren't for the fear of saying things out without a fight, she wouldn't have knelt here for so long, causing her knees to die.
"I've worked hard sister, I don't know if the headache can be cured?" Xiao Changge asked with concern, mentioning the headache, Wu Zheng, who was beating the wooden fish next to him, suddenly opened his eyes and glanced at Xiao Yayan, then shook his head and continued to chant.
"Speaking of which, my sister hasn't thanked the miracle doctor for curing my sister's headache." Xiao Yayan said gratefully, and Xiao Changge laughed lightly.
She couldn't wait to tear Xiao Changge's face in her heart, Red Sleeves was her maid, how could Red Sleeves not tell her about what happened at that time, asking today, obviously on purpose!
This slut!
"My sister's headache will be cured." Xiao Changge said with a smile, she bypassed Xiao Yayan and then knelt on the place where Xiao Yayan knelt, Xiao Yayan glanced at Xiao Changge's straight figure, and a trace of ruthlessness flashed in her eyes.
After tonight, let's see how long Xiao Changge can still be screaming.
Xiao Yayan turned around and left, and the time for the six monks to chant had arrived, and they also left behind, and Xiao Changge was the only one left in the temple.
Although the lights were bright, it was silent.
The cold wind blew and whirred, Xiao Changge beat the wooden fish, closed his eyes and prayed sincerely in front of the Buddha.
In the past, she didn't believe in Buddhism, but now she does.
Otherwise, how could she have lived again?
The wooden fish sounded with the cold wind, and there were only two monks guarding the door here besides her.
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The time has passed, and even the two monks outside are about to take a nap, but Xiao Changge has been in good spirits.
If Xiao Yayan doesn't make a move today, she won't have a chance tomorrow, so Xiao Yayan will definitely make a move today!
A delicate person like Xiao Yayan must have someone around to serve her, but she didn't see Che'er's shadow just now!
Outside the temple, Che'er covered her mouth in fear, but hesitated a little with the fire fold in her hand.
If she didn't do it, Xiao Yayan would definitely take action against her family, but if she did, it would be a great crime of disrespect to the Buddha.
Most people in Chu believe in Buddhism, believe that there are bodhisattvas and ghosts in this world, and believe that doing bad things will be punished by God, so when Xiao Yayan asked her to do this kind of thing, she was very scared.
Xiao Yayan gave her only time tonight, if she didn't finish what Xiao Yayan ordered tonight, it would be her who was miserable!
Unconsciously, Che'er's eyes became firm, a hint of seriousness flashed in her eyes, but the hand holding the fire fold kept shaking.
Eventually, she lit the fire and threw it outside the temple wall, but when the fire touched the wall, it suddenly grew larger, and she turned away in fear.
She can't be found, and what if her family is found!
Che'er will run away, but the fire is getting bigger and bigger.
As early as when Xiao Changge came, she poured wine on the outside of this house, this temple is full of incense, the smell of incense is pervasive, and she covered it with soil, if you don't get close to smell it, it is difficult to smell the smell of this wine.
Inside the temple, the cold eyes suddenly opened, watching the fire spread from the outside in, swallowing the windows and burning into the temple.
Set!
Xiao Yayan is quite bold, and she dares to set fire!
This temple was given the name by Emperor Chu himself, and it can be said that it was protected by the Son of Heaven, if people catch it, not only Xiao Yayan, but also the Xiao family!
"Someone, it's on fire, it's on fire!" Xiao Changge ran outside the temple, and the two monks who were guarding the door woke up when they heard the noise, rubbing their eyes and watching the fire in the temple in front of them spread, and even burned to the Buddha.
"It's on fire, it's on fire, put out the fire!" One monk shouted, and the other monk immediately ran to Zhong Ming, rang the bell, and there were a few knocks, and the presiding officer of the temple and the monks rushed over, but when they rushed over, the temple had been half burned down.
There is only one well in this temple, and it is still some way from the river, and waiting for the water from this well to save the fire will not be able to save it.
"Your Majesty, a painting from the Emperor!" The host remembered the painting hanging in the temple, which was given to them by the Emperor Chu at that time, and the name Yanfeng Mountain was also taken from the poem in this painting, and there was a jade seal of the Emperor of Chu on it!
"Host, isn't that painting hanging on the left?" Xiao Changge turned around and asked, the host nodded, he has always been calm, he can't be calm when he encounters this kind of thing, if the painting is lost, it will be killed!
Xiao Changge frowned, immediately snatched the bucket in the hand of the little monk next to him, then poured himself and threw the bucket to the little monk, thanked him and rushed into the temple.
The fire was so strong that it burned down the entire temple in just a few moments.
The smoke was billowing out, even the wooden beam above collapsed to the ground, and rolled to the ground with a bang, Xiao Changge looked at the poems and paintings hanging next to her, and only half of them were burned, she covered her mouth and ran over there, grabbed the painting, put it on the ground and slapped it a few times, extinguishing the fire.
A group of people gathered outside the temple, except for Xiao Yayan and them, there were some other guests living in the temple, and when they saw the fire, they were so frightened that they all came out of the room.
"Miss Xiao, Miss Xiao, she ......" The host was hanging, Xiao Changge couldn't afford this responsibility if something happened, and their temple couldn't afford it!
After waiting for a long time, they didn't see the woman who rushed into the fire.
"Presiding, presiding, where's my sister?" Xiao Yayan's clothes were a little messy, obviously she hurried over when she heard what was going on here.
"Miss Xiao, she's in there!" The host pointed to the temple, the fire was soaring, and those monks only dared to pour water to extinguish the fire in the distance, but they did not dare to go in for half a minute.
I'm afraid this fire will kill people!
Xiao Yayan's eyes flashed with a successful light, Xiao Changge was inside, let her burn to death!
"Ahem." Xiao Changge covered her mouth, the smoke choked into her nose and mouth, and her hand tightly reported the half-burned calligraphy and painting, and suddenly the beam in front of her collapsed, blocking Xiao Changge's way.
Xiao Changge frowned, could it be that she is going to die here today, no, it is impossible!
Even if it is death, it is necessary to pull Chuyan and Yan Ruolin's two sluts together!
A touch of coldness flashed in Xiao Changge's eyes, and there was a raging fire in his eyes, and the fire was swaying and dancing.
She took a few steps back, her embroidered shoes on the fire, and rushed forward.
With a snort, the clothes on her body were about to be burned to pieces, and the charred black emitted a stench, sticking to her skin, and she could only feel a burst of pain, but what was the pain of flesh and skin compared to the previous one!
In mid-air, suddenly a thunderbolt fell, and thunder and lightning struck down one after another.
Red Sleeves stood beside Xiao Yayan and looked at the sky, hoping that it would rain, even a little bit.
Suddenly, a woman came out of the fire while she was still holding something in her hand, and she protected the poem and painting with both hands to prevent it from being burned in the first place.
"Hurry up and water." Even the host couldn't help but be excited, fortunately Xiao Changge was fine, otherwise he wouldn't be able to explain to the Xiao family.
Xiao Yayan's heart was full of joy, and it could be seen that after Xiao Changge came out of the fire, her face was full of unwillingness, and she sneered.