As soon as he reached the top of the mountain, Xie Ling felt that the field of vision in front of him was wide open, the pagoda of forty zhang towering into the clouds was close in front of him, nearly 100 monks stood in front of the large-scale pagoda, there were many pilgrims bathing in the Buddha and monks, and it was a sea of people at a glance, but after all, the Buddha was a solemn place, and there was a great Zen master preaching, so in addition to the humming recitation, almost no one dared to make a noise.

But just when Xie Ling and Wang Yun were giving incense money together, a woman's voice suddenly sounded in his ears: "Yo, Xie Xiaolangjun and Wang Liulangjun also came here to worship the Buddha today, but what wishes have not been fulfilled, and they want to come to ask the Buddha for blessing and protection?" ”

As soon as the two turned around, they saw that the person who came was Xiao Yuyao, the princess of Yongxing.

Even if this Yongxing princess came to the Buddhist temple, she was still a servant and a servant with a lot of fanfare, and her eyebrows still couldn't hide her arrogance when she spoke.

Seeing Princess Yongxing again, Xie Ling's heart will inevitably have disgust and hostility, she doesn't know if her father's death is related to this woman, but the eldest sister's mother's affairs are indeed inseparable from her, and it is unknown whether the eldest sister's mother fell into the water or was calculated to fall into the water.

Xie Ling secretly clenched his fists.

Princess Yongxing had arrived in front of her, and she couldn't notice the coldness in Xie Ling's eyes, and still smiled: "Xie Xiaolangjun and Wang Liulangjun don't seem to be young anymore, do you want this princess to protect you and marry a gentle and virtuous girl, so that you can control your temperament." As he spoke, a hand dyed with red beans was about to reach out to Xie Ling, but Xie Ling dodged the situation, and the hand touched Wang Yun's face.

The deacon monk on the side hurriedly lowered his head, closed his eyes and said silently: "Amitabha." ”

Princess Yongxing didn't think so, still covered her mouth and smiled, donated some sesame oil money, and led the maid away, Wang Liulang wiped his face fiercely on the side, Xie Ling's eyes were suspicious, and he glanced at some of the noblewomen who came here to worship the Buddha, and looked at the crowd, and saw the eldest lady of the Zhu family, Zhu Zhang, the eldest lady of the Lu family, Lu Gu, and Cai Wen, the wife of Cai Zhu, the Chinese book Ling, were all here, and the three old ladies seemed to be old acquaintances, and they talked with each other very happily.

Xie Ling secretly remembered all the faces of these people present, and then pulled Wang Yun to a remote place with few people, and asked: "Liulang, do me a favor, you stay here and wait for the arrival of my sister who is also your cousin." ”

"What are you waiting for her to do, although there is no big defense between men and women nowadays, but after all, there is a difference between men and women, I am a beautiful young man mixed in a group of girls, it is very unsafe, I am afraid that I will be trampled to death by the girls who are surging up the peaks, it is different with you, you can also help me block it."

Wang Yun said in her ear with a smile, Xie Ling looked at him with contempt, and said seriously: "I'm not joking, my sister is very likely to be in danger today, if someone wants to harm her and ruin her reputation, this is not good for your Wang family!" ”

Wang Yun's fox-like grinning face quickly collapsed: "What did you say?" What is the disrepute? ”

"In short, do me a favor, you are watching my sister here, don't let her go alone, and guard against my stepmother Zhu."

After speaking, Xie Ling turned to Qiu Shi again and said, "You also stay!" ”

Qiu Shi opened her mouth, and was about to say she didn't want to, but the burden in her hand was snatched away by Xie Ling, and in a blink of an eye, her person disappeared from front of her, Wang Yun didn't react for a while, and when she looked up, she saw that Xie Ling had already rushed towards another place on Gu Mountain, and walked away,

He chased a few steps, but when he couldn't catch up, he simply stopped, replayed Xie Ling's words in his mind, and had a premonition that something was wrong, so he asked Qiu Shi: "Ah Ling, what's wrong with him?" What did he want to do when he came to Xiangshan Temple today? ”

Qiu Shi was also very anxious, and only said: "Wang Liulangjun, I said, you have to keep it secret and don't tell anyone." ”

Wang Yun nodded.

Qiu Shi told Wang Yun that Xie Hanyun and the Zhu family wanted to give her a hairpin at the banquet, and said that there was Lingling incense, and said: "Lang Jun just suspects that there must be something strange about the eldest lady bringing the eldest lady to Xiangshan Temple today, so I invited Wang Liulangjun to ......."

"What do you say? How dare the Zhu family use such a means to calculate my cousin? Wang Yun's face suddenly turned angry, and then he asked, "Then why doesn't she stay here, what is she going to do?" ”

Qiu Shi shook his head again: "I don't know, Lang Jun is in a very bad mood today, she mentioned Master Lang, and the slave looked at her and seemed very sad, and then, she asked me to prepare two things, saying that I came to this Xiangshan Temple to find someone." ”

"What's that?"

Qiu Shi shook his head again and said, "This, I can't say it, Wang Liulangjun, what should I do?" I'm worried about my husband, she ...... all night."

In the middle of speaking, a woman's voice came from her ear: "Yo, I think this is the eldest daughter of the Xie family!" I still remember the last time I saw her, the little girl was about to be thirteen years old, and won the praise of many celebrities present at the banquet of the prince's East Palace with a song of Ji Zi's "Qin Praise", which is really a blockbuster. ”

The two raised their eyes and saw that it was the Zhu family who took Xie Hanyun, Xie Hanyan and Princess Yongxing from the fork in the mountain to walk towards the pagoda.

It was Mrs. Cai Wen's family who spoke, and the Cai family was also regarded as a surname of Jiangqiao, but compared to the prestige, it was really far inferior to the four famous families of "Wang Xie Yuan Xiao", and even the "Gu Lu Zhu Zhang" in the land of Wu County was not compared, since the ancestor of the Cai family, Cai Xingzong, assisted Emperor Liu Yu of the Song Ming Dynasty to abolish and kill Liu Ziye to succeed to the throne, and the Cai family has also flourished, until this Xiao Liang Dynasty, Cai's status in the court has gradually improved.

As soon as the Zhu family came, the Cai family and several family wives greeted them together.

"But no, how can the girls of the Xie family in Chenjun have a bad demeanor and a beautiful appearance, this is still the careful cultivation and good intentions of the elders." Lu Gu on the side answered.

"In this way, my sister has worked hard." Cai Wenshi turned to Zhu Wen Yan and smiled, "I told us to wait for a long time, why did you come now?" ”

"It's really mine, I made an appointment for your ladies to come here, but I made you wait for a long time."

"It's okay, I'm just talking, since I'm here, then let's go to this Gu Mountain for a walk!"

Zhu Shihan said hello with a smile, then took Xie Hanyun over, whispered something in her ear, Xie Hanyun nodded, and took Xie Hanyan and Princess Changle to the other side.

Seeing Xie Hanyun leave the pagoda and walk towards another mountain forest on Gu Mountain, Wang Yun was also suspicious, and hurriedly pulled Qiu Shi to follow quietly.

……

At this time, Xie Ling has come to another temple, this temple is not as large as Xiangshan Temple, and there are not many monks in the room, but the whole temple has a particularly solemn and solemn feeling, after Xie Ling came, he directly said: "I want to see your host." ”

The two monks didn't pay attention to her at first, and only said: "The host is not there, whether Xiao Langjun is here to repay his vows or come to draw lots, the little monk can solve Xiao Langjun's doubts." ”

Xie Ling took out the Buddhist scripture prepared in advance, handed it to the little monk, and said: "This is the "Great Nirvana Sutra" and "Argument for Sects" annotated by my ancestor Xie Lingyun, I believe your host will like it, tell him that it is Xie Wulang Jun Xie Ling of the Xie family of Chen County who wants to find him to discern the problem." ”

As soon as Xie Ling's voice fell, the little monk's face suddenly changed, and he immediately respected Xie Ling, and said, "Yes, please wait for a while." ”

After a while, an old monk with a furrow on his face walked out, and when he walked in front of Xie Ling, he folded his hands and bowed: "Amitabha, I heard that the little donor wants to distinguish with the poor monk, I don't know what the little donor wants to distinguish with the poor monk?" ”

The little monk on the side handed over two futons, and Xie Ling made a gesture of invitation to the old monk, and sat down on the futon at the same time.

Xie Ling said: "You monks often say that all beings are equal, and the Buddha took compassion as the heart of all beings, so Ling Ling wants to distinguish with the master what is the equality of all beings and what is compassion? ”

The old monk said, "Amitabha Buddha, love all sentient beings, call them compassionate, have mercy on all sentient beings, call them compassion." The compassion of the Buddha is to take the suffering of all sentient beings as his own suffering, and to compassion for the endless suffering of all things as his own compassion, which is called great compassion, and saving people's lives is better than creating a seven-level floating slaughter, which is compassion. ”

"Then dare to ask the master, there is a tiger in the mountains, injured and dying, do you save it or not?"

The old monk hesitated for a moment and replied, "All living beings are equal, so naturally it is ...... Save. ”

"After the tiger is fully healed, it returns to the mountains and forests, hunts weak rabbits and eats deer, which can be regarded as mercy for those creatures who are killed?"

The old monk's face changed.

Xie Ling said: "The master also said just now, love all sentient beings, call them compassionate, pity all sentient beings, call them compassionate, and purify all sentient beings to be compassionate, so if the master only wants to save a life and make the living beings miserable, is this considered compassion?" ”

The old monk looked at Xie Ling in even more surprise, and said, "The donor has a voice outside the strings?" ”

Xie Ling said: "I want to ask the master for a person, this person once fled to this Gu Mountain three days ago, this person is less than seven feet long, his left foot is slightly lame, and his right eye is half blind, master, you must have seen it."

What I want...... That's the guy. ”

The old monk's face suddenly turned slightly pale, and he seemed to be a little embarrassed and didn't speak for a long time, Xie Ling handed the Buddhist scripture he brought to him: "As long as the master tells me where this person is?" This "Great Nirvana Sutra" and "Argumentative Theory" have since belonged to the master. ”

Xie Lingyun's annotation of the "Great Nirvana Sutra" and "Argumentative Theory" are Buddhist classics, which can be met but not sought, which is a rare book of this volume in their Xie family, the old monk only picked up this Buddhist scripture and read two pages, and he already loved it.

"Little donor, you are really willing to ...... this rare book"

The old monk seemed to be extremely excited, and the muscles in his face trembled, but just as he was about to open his lips to speak, his eyes suddenly showed a light of horror, and at the same time, Xie Ling also noticed that the wind was blowing in his ears, and an arrow was shot in her direction.

Xie Ling immediately lay down with his head back, dodging the miss, and when he looked up again, he saw that the arrow went straight through the old monk's chest.

The old monk spat out a mouthful of blood, lowered his head, and a scream came from the temple for a while, and he suddenly became flustered.