The "Xia Yuan Festival" is mainly related to Taoism.

The birthdays of the Taoist heavenly officials, earth officials, and water officials are the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the fifteenth day of the seventh month, and the fifteenth day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar, respectively, and these three days are called the "Shangyuan Festival", "Zhongyuan Festival", and "Xiayuan Festival" respectively. "Xia Yuan Festival" is the day of the water official to relieve misfortune, every day of the next yuan, the water official comes to the mortal world to inspect the good and evil in the world, and relieves people of disasters, so the "Xia Yuan Festival" has little to do with Buddhism.

"Why did the donor come to our temple at this time?" Kukai took the three of them to stroll through the corridor of the courtyard, and at this time it was already snowing, and everything was gradually covered with a veil of snow, and it was interesting to enjoy the snow scene.

"My father sent me to Luoyang to visit the deceased, and I came in to offer incense through the treasure temple. Chengshan continued to make up lies, he wanted to put down the silver and let the monks in the temple open a room for them, and they went back to rest by themselves, but he didn't expect that Kukai was very enthusiastic when he saw Qian's eyes, and he must take them around the temple, and Chengshan They were also very gracious.

"I see, who are these two?" Kukai was still very vigilant as a prison officer, and it was a bit strange for a scholar to accompany a monk and a Taoist priest.

"This little master is my stand-in in front of the Buddha, this little Taoist master has some relationship with my father, he happened to come to Luoyang to do business, so they walked together. ”

"Oh, what is this little master called?" Kukai felt that Shao Hui, who was standing on the side, was tall and heroic, and did not look like a monk.

"His Dharma name is Kong Ming. Chengshan replied first, he was worried that Shao Hui didn't know anything about this kind of thing, and he was afraid that he would leak his mouth.

"Oh, where did you become a monk?" Hearing that the little monk in front of him and him were both empty characters, Kukai was very interested.

"He is under the name of the Great Mercy and Grace Temple, and now he is just a small novice. He stuttered a little and was not good at words, so please forgive him. In order to block Shao Hui's mouth, Chengshan deliberately found such an excuse.

"Oh, I see. Kukai glanced at Shao Hui again, Shao Hui was looking around after him, he rarely visited the temple, and felt that everything was very new. Kukai couldn't help but be slightly suspicious, the Great Ci'en Temple is a royal temple built by the imperial decree of Li Tang, and it is the ancestral court of the Wisdom Sect, Xuanzang, who came back from worshiping the Buddha and seeking scriptures in the Western Regions, once presided over the temple affairs and translated the Buddhist scriptures, it stands to reason that the monks who came out of there should know the rules very well, how can they behave so frivolously?

Chengshan saw Kukai's doubts, he coughed, and reminded Shao Hui to pay attention, Shao Hui hurriedly lowered his head and remained silent, acting honestly.

"This Dao Master is so handsome!" Kukai looked at Gongsun Yu carefully, and he felt that Gongsun Yu was still a bit of a fairy wind bone. "Fortunately, you came late, if the little Taoist had come to our temple a few years earlier, he might have had his head shaved and left as a monk. ”

"What do you mean?" Chengshan was a little puzzled, he saw Kukai who was smiling slightly, and knew that this was not a flaw somewhere, just a small story.

"When Xue Huaiyi was in charge here, he liked to make good connections, especially when he saw a Taoist priest who was pleasing to the eye, his eyes were very red, and he must arrest people to shave his hair and accompany him as a monk. There is a Taoist named Hou Zun who is the master of Hongshouguan, and he was accidentally seen by Xue Huaiyi, and he forced him into the temple to be a monk for several years. It wasn't until after Huaiyi's death that he escaped and regained his hair to become a Taoist priest. Kukai laughed out loud after speaking, thinking about what a beautiful scenery the White Horse Temple was back then, with more than 10,000 monks and countless rewards, and famous families asked for incense and repaid their wishes.

I listened to a few rings, and it was time to pass the hall. Kukai gassho said goodbye to the three. "After a while, I sent someone to bring the three of them to the dormitory, and the poor monk retired. ”

"Let's go, go back and rest. Cheng Shan glanced at the other two, and they quickly returned to the room they had arranged for them.

It was the early winter season, and there were no rituals in the temple, so there were very few pilgrims, so the guest master Kongzhi arranged the largest room for them, which could accommodate just three people.

"I'm going to be exhausted. As soon as Shao Hui entered the room, he fell on his back on the bed, but he didn't expect it to be a hard bed, only a thin layer of cotton pads. "Oops!

"You just bear with it, this is more than a thousand years ago, and there are not such good conditions, even the palace is just like this. In fact, sleeping on a hard bed is good for your body, saving you from thinking nonsense!" Chengshan was very energetic, he and Gongsun Yu carefully checked in the room to confirm that there were no hidden channels, and then sat down at the table of the Eight Immortals in the middle of the room.

"Have you been here before?" Chengshan asked Gongsun Yu, who must have experienced this era, but not necessarily here.

"I'm not a monk, what are you doing here?" Gongsun Yu replied coldly.

"What should I do tonight?" Chengshan touched a nail and felt bored, but he suddenly remembered that today was the fifteenth day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar.

"I'm thinking about that as well, and it's a bit of a hassle tonight. Gongsun Yu frowned slightly, this is what he is most worried about now, and it is the first time that he and Chengshan have cooperated, and with Shaohui, it is indeed a bit difficult to arrange.

Just then, I heard a knock on the door.

"Please come in. Shao Hui sat up from the bed, knowing that someone had brought food, and he was hungry now, looking forward to having food to fill his stomach here.

I saw a little monk push the door in, holding a tray with three pairs of chopsticks, a few plates of vegetables and a pot of rice on it. He gently put the food on the table of the Eight Immortals, lowered his head and said, "Donor, please use it slowly", then turned around and withdrew.

"The food is too bad!" Shao Hui glanced at the food on the table, even if there was no big fish and meat, there was nothing more than cabbage and radish in the bowl, and there was not even a little oil flower, how could this be eaten.

"Are you still picky? What era is it now, some of them are good to eat, and if you can eat cabbage and radish, it will give you face!" Chengshan patted Shao Hui, he and Gongsun Yu were not hungry and didn't need to eat, otherwise these meals would not be enough for Shao Hui to eat alone.

Shao Hui was helpless, muttered a few words, and sat down at the table to eat.

"Will you take him there later?" Seeing that Shao Hui was gobbling up, Chengshan raised his own question.

"I don't know, it depends. Gongsun Yu didn't know how to deal with this situation. In the past, when he traveled back, the spirit collectors of a hall would definitely fight together, but Shao Hui was not sure if it was a spirit gatherer, and he didn't have any mana now, so it was dangerous to take him with him.

"Where are you going?" Shao Hui came to the spirit. "Don't leave me. ”

"You have to be obedient, where we don't take you, you don't follow, this is not a joke, it will be fatal!" Chengshan glared at Shao Hui.

"Aren't you afraid?"

"We have mana and magic weapons, what do you have? If you go, you will only die in vain! You will do whatever I tell you to do, do you hear!" Chengshan's tone was very tough, and it seemed unquestionable. "One more point. Don't look around when you're outside, how can you say that you are also a monk from the Great Mercy and Grace Temple, you should have seen the world, and you should be steady!"

"Got it. Shao Hui bowed his head and said nothing, eating with his head down.

"Why did you want to speak for the young man just now?" Gongsun Yu took the initiative to ask at this time, but the question seemed to have an answer already there.

"Do you see that?" Chengshan and he looked at each other and smiled, and both of them clearly felt that Yuan Yijie was different.

"He shouldn't have been enlightened yet, otherwise he would never be so embarrassed. Gongsun Yu and Chengshan have discovered that Yuan Yijie is a spirit collector, but he doesn't seem to have entered the place of "making something out of nothing", let alone getting the spirit beads and spirit collection incense burner, so he is still an ordinary mortal.

"I think he might be helpful to us. "Chengshan and Gongsun Yu coincide, but they may not be able to help tonight.

"He's had a very rough experience and it's going to take a lot of training, and we can't help him much, but there's no harm in walking together, maybe his master can help us with ideas. ”

"Do you know his master?"

"Of course. That's also a big man with a head and a face, and he was once in the limelight, how could I not know him. Gongsun Yu recalled the past again, he was trying to search for useful information, after all, he had rarely been to the Guanzhong area before, and some things he didn't remember so clearly.

"Do we need him to come up and live with us?" Chengshan wanted to be a good person to the end, the days were very difficult to endure, and Yijie was dressed very thinly.

"I don't think so, he has his own way of avoiding this. If you can leave him behind, you will already help him, and if you let him come to our room again, it will not be good, and it will also make the monks in the temple suspicious. ”

"Okay. ”

"What are you all talking about?" Shao Hui was puzzled to hear, he didn't know what Chengshan and Gongsun Yu were muttering, who was whose master, and who he was going to help, but he quickly reacted, it must be the ragged Yuan Yijie just now.

"He's also a spirit collector?" Shao Hui was very surprised, he didn't expect this poor boy who didn't look amazing to be a spirit collector.

"Don't go out and talk nonsense, he's not really a spirit collector yet, you must not tell him about it, you know?" Chengshan was teaching Shao Hui a lesson again. "That could kill him, and it could ruin our business. ”

"Why are you so cruel to me!" Shao Hui couldn't stand it anymore, since he came here, Chengshan has been dictating and pointing fingers at himself, even if he did something wrong, he would not be angry with him.

"Okay, okay, what he says is for your good, you just listen to him. Gongsun Yu was playing a round on the side, he didn't want to provoke Shao Hui, Shao Hui was quite obedient just now, but Gongsun Yu knew very well in his heart that this was only temporary. really off Shao Hui, and there will be no way to end it. This 100 days is also the only way for himself and Chengshan to upgrade, if Shao Hui can work together calmly, maybe he can help himself.

"You don't have to say a word, don't be too impulsive. Gongsun Yu glanced at Chengshan.

Chengshan also understood what Gongsun Yu meant, but he didn't want to give up his rights. "I'm also for your good, I won't harm you, and after I help you realize your wishes, you can do whatever you like, now bear with it. ”

"Although that Yuan Yijie is a spirit gatherer, he has not yet enlightened his mind, let him know too much will interfere with his cultivation, maybe it will affect you to realize your wishes, try not to cause extraneous branches. Okay?"

"What are you going to do in a while?" Shao Hui still remembered clearly, the two of them had discussed the arrangements for the evening.

"Tonight, I really can't take you there!"