"Miss Lin, Sister Chen, you are ......"

Another familiar voice sounded from far to near, Lin Huaizhu followed the sound and looked sideways, and saw that it was indeed Wen Yun who appeared in front of everyone, and there was still a black straight jacket standing beside her, and Qin Muyu with a black face like an iceberg outside, the two appeared together no matter where they were, inseparable, looking at the eyes of unknown people, they would only feel that they had deep feelings.

Lin Huaizhu's gaze moved down slightly, and he saw that the long knot he had given him at the beginning was still hanging on his waist and had never been taken off.

After a pause, she looked away casually, pretending not to see it, nodding at Wen Yun, without speaking, and looked back at Chen Jin and the others with an expressionless face.

"Sister Wen, why are you here? Also to see the lanterns? As soon as Chen Jin saw the acquaintance appear here, he immediately walked towards her happily, took her arm and said coquettishly.

Chen Jin himself and Wen Wan did not have any personal relationship, because the two were not in the same circle, and there was no chance to meet.

In the cultivation realm, the four major families of Wen, Ning, Yang, and Jimo are first-class families, and the Chen family is a second-level family attached to the Jimo family.

Even if it is divided into the names of the four major families, there are hundreds of families attached to the Wen family, and Wen Wan herself may not recognize all the families under the Wen family, and she has little chance to meet people like the Chen family who are attached to another level of family.

The reason why the two got acquainted was also because of Aunt Chen Jin.

Chen Jin's aunt is the wife of the head of the Jimo family, Chen Jin once went to Jimo's house to play when he happened to meet Wen's invitation to invite Mrs. Jimo to participate in the banquet held by Wen's, such a banquet is very common in major families, it is a way to maintain feelings, Mrs. Jimo accepted the invitation, and by the way, she brought this niece with her, so they had this fate.

It was a coincidence that they would meet in Huaiyang City this time, Wen Wan didn't expect that the female cultivator who competed with Lin Huaizhu for the upper room that day was actually the daughter of the Chen family, when Mrs. Jimo introduced them, her impression of Chen Jin was just a playful and cute little sister who loved to be spoiled by her aunt.

Looking at it now, Xu is so well-behaved because she was a little restrained in front of her elders and didn't dare to throw her face at others.

Chen Jin and the three of them are from the Xuanxin Sect, and this time they went down the mountain to congratulate the city lord of Huaiyang City on the joy of marrying his daughter, originally they could choose to live in the city lord's mansion, after all, the city lord's mansion has a wing room for the guests attending the wedding banquet.

However, Chen Jin didn't want to live in the City Lord's Mansion, she felt that there were too many rules, and the entry and exit were not free, and the time had to follow the rules of the City Lord's Mansion, so she strongly requested to stay in the guest house.

It's just that she didn't expect such an incident to happen when she checked in, which made Chen Jin very unhappy, but fortunately, she saw someone she knew in the inn, and knew that Wen Wan was also like her, who came to drink the wedding wine of the city lord's daughter, and they all lived in the same inn.

Thinking of this, Chen Jin tilted her head and smiled proudly at Lin Huaizhu and the others, her face was full of the arrogant look of finding someone to support her, like a little rooster who had won a battle, and his tail was eager to go to the sky.

Compared with her full of confidence, He Zhuoyang and the others who were standing on the side were not so optimistic, who did Wen Wan help, they all heard Wen Wan call the person opposite Miss Lin, it seems that both sides are old acquaintances, but they don't know which side has a deep friendship.

"Yes......" Looking at Chen Jin who was approaching, Wen Wan smiled softly, pulled out his hand without a trace, swept his eyes over He Zhuoyang and Lin Huaizhu, and said with a smile, "Tonight is the annual lantern festival in Huaiyang City, and both monks and ordinary people in the city have also gone out to enjoy the lanterns. ”

She and Qin Muyu walked all the way to this side when they were looking at the lanterns, and they heard others talking about it on the way, whispering something to each other, and she followed and listened to it when she passed by, and vaguely heard everyone saying words such as "inn" and "monk".

Guessing that someone was arguing here, Wen Wan looked at Qin Muyu on the side at that time, and wanted to ask him if he would go the other way.

In fact, she didn't think about Lin Huaizhu and Chen Jin at that time, the reason why she looked at Qin Muyu was just that she was worried that he would not like to encounter such a scene, so she wanted to listen to his opinion first.

After seeing that there was no unusual expression on his face, Wen Yun decided to continue along the original route.

Her idea is very simple, Qin Muyu has never liked to appear in such lively occasions, the two have traveled together for so long, this kind of secular festival is the first time to accompany each other, although she doesn't know why Qin Muyu suddenly proposed the idea of going to the street to see the lanterns, but since it is what Qin Muyu wants to do, and she has been looking forward to it for a long time, then she is unwilling to end the lantern trip in advance for this little thing.

I thought it was two unrelated passers-by, but when she got to the street and saw the two groups of people facing each other on the side of the middle of the road from a distance, she was surprised to find that they knew each other, and only then did she understand what was going on with the inn mentioned by the passers-by before.

It was too late to turn around when she saw it, it was a little too deliberate, so she had to continue to walk towards them with Qin Muyu, greeted them with a smile, and then made a suggestion, wanting to take the opportunity to resolve this dullness.

She was kind-hearted, but someone didn't understand it, and after she proposed to sit in the teahouse, Chen Jin was already talking dissatisfied.

"Who has a fate with her! Sister Wen, you don't know, she was ...... at the inn before."

"Xiao Jin!" Chen Jin didn't understand Wen Wan's intentions, but He Zhuoyang had already heard something, and hurriedly interrupted her words and said, "Since it was Miss Wen's kind invitation, we naturally complied." ”

After speaking, he glanced at Chen Jin, who felt full of grievances, and asked her not to make trouble, so Chen Jin flattened his mouth and stopped talking.

Although she had an arrogant temper, she would not deliberately act against her peers, so when she saw He Zhuoyang looking at her with a more serious face than Fang Cai, she was a little too frightened to speak.

Although Hu Xueting, who was standing on the side, did not speak after Wen Wan and them came over, she listened very seriously, and even Wen Yun's "Miss Lin" at the beginning was put in her heart, and she heard a trace of familiarity from it.

The tone in Wen Wan's words was completely different from the tone she said when she greeted Senior Sister Chen, so she glanced at Lin Huaizhu quietly and silently obeyed Senior Brother's arrangement.

She felt that this time maybe Senior Sister Chen had lost her eyes, and the girl in front of her might not be the child of a small family.

They had different expressions, obviously with their own thoughts, Lin Huaizhu didn't pay attention to it, what she was worried about was whether it would delay her to go to Yuanlai Temple to pray......

"Miss Lin, I'm abrupt, tonight is the Lantern Festival, I think everyone has their own arrangements, why don't we get together another day?" Wen Wan saw that she didn't reply for a long time, with a hesitant expression on her face, guessing that she might have something else to do tonight, knowing that she hadn't thought it through, she hurriedly opened her mouth and gave her a step down.

"It's not a good arrangement......" Lin Huaizhu listened to Wen Wan say this, and everyone's eyes were on her, so she had to tell them what she cared about, "I heard that people said that you can also go to Yuanlai Temple to pray at the lantern festival, I originally planned to go to ...... after watching the lanterns."

"Pray?"

As soon as Lin Huaizhu's voice fell, she heard two voices coming, Wen Wan asked with wide eyes, with a hint of surprise in her calm voice, and the other was Chen Jin beside her, whose words were full of curiosity.

"What prayer?" Immediately after the third person asked, it was Hu Xueting's voice.

Lin Huaizhu's reaction was a little slower, and he didn't reply in time, and the conversation was picked up by the small vendor watching the excitement next to him, and it was also because he saw that the matter seemed to be resolved, and the two sides couldn't quarrel, so he dared to answer.

"On the day of the Lantern Festival, we Huaiyang people, men, women and children will go to Yuanlai Temple to pray, wishing their families peace and security, small couples and harmony, and there will also be unmarried men and women who go to the temple to pray for a happy marriage." The hawker was an old couple, looking charitable, kind and easy-going, both with half-white hair, and the old man of the old couple sat in front of the stall and said happily to them, while the old woman bent over and sorted out the things on the stall.

"And this custom?" When Chen Jin heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he didn't want to go to the teahouse, so he said coquettishly to Wen Yun, "Sister Wen, let's go to the teahouse next time, right?" It's a rare opportunity, it's a pity not to go......"

Not to mention Chen Jin, even Wen Wan herself was a little moved, so after listening to her words, Wen Wan nodded and agreed.

So Wen Wan and Chen Jin were together, and they left together after separating from Lin Huaizhu.

Looking at their distant backs, there were no passers-by on the left and right sides of the road except for small stalls, and the middle of the whole street was empty, looking a little depressed.

Lin Huaizhu and Lin Haochen, who were left in place, blinked their eyes, and looked at each other with a confused look, revealing puzzlement.

So what did Chen Jin's group of people come to do?

"Auntie, should we continue to walk around or also go to Yuanlai Temple?" After a while, Lin Haochen broke the quiet atmosphere, and the clear young man asked in a loud voice.

"Let's go shopping!" Lin Huaizhu turned his head, waved his big hand, and said directly.

She has already inquired clearly, today's situation is special, the temple gate of Yuanlai Temple will open very late, don't worry about not catching up, this will be the time for everyone to go out, now to be sure that there are too many people, she still wants to enjoy the lantern festival first, and then go to pray.

Well, by the way, try the snacks on this street, Lin Huaizhu made a decision in a happy mood.

"Okay." Lin Haochen said without any opinion.

So they continued to wander down the same place where they had been interrupted, and many pedestrians who did not know what had just happened gradually walked this way, and it was not long before the crowd gathered again and resumed its previous bustle.

Eat and eat all the way, and after the time is almost over, Lin Huaizhu and Lin Haochen put away the things in their hands and walked side by side to Yuanlai Temple.

*

Yuanlai Temple is the place where Master Yuanjing prayed for the blessings and disasters of the people in Huaiyang City a hundred years ago, and such a place can be seen almost everywhere during the lifetime of Master Yuanjing, which is not unusual.

But after the death of Master Yuanjing, inexplicably became a place sought after by believers, just a few decades have passed, Yuanlai Temple has become the largest temple in Huaiyang City from a small broken temple, not only the original building has been renovated, expanded and expanded, the area occupied by the temple is also increasing year by year, and the small dilapidated temple of the year is not the same.

When Lin Huaizhu took Lin Haochen to cross the threshold, he saw that there were obviously fewer people inside, and it was not as congested as on the street.

She swept her eyes around the main hall and the front yard, but she didn't see Wen Wan and Chen Jin's group of people, and guessed in her heart that most of them were like those ordinary people, and they all left after praying.

Well, it's okay to go, otherwise they will be so uncomfortable here, Lin Huaizhu thought quietly in his heart, and sighed secretly.

Because Lin Haochen had just lost his loved ones, Lin Huaizhu was afraid that praying for his family would stimulate him, so he asked him to wait under the tree in the courtyard alone, and he walked into the main hall briskly.

After entering the main hall, she looked up and saw two tall Buddha statues standing in the middle, one hand twisting the fingers on the chest, the other palm turned up and placed in front of the abdomen, the expression was solemn and solemn, and it looked like people couldn't help but be in awe in their hearts.

Lin Huaizhu didn't dare to look directly after a few glances, she looked around, and found that there was only one monk in the hall, she hesitated for a moment, she still bowed to the monk who was sweeping the floor with her hands folded, and asked solemnly: "This master, I am a foreigner, I heard that you can go to the temple to pray on the day of the lantern festival, and I was a little curious and came to have a look, but I don't know what customs are used to pray for the lantern festival, do I need to give alms when praying?" ”

This was the first time she had come to the monastery, and she was afraid that she would make a joke about something she didn't understand, so she wanted to ask a master to ask her about it.

"The poor monk has the cause, and it is enough to call me the cause. The donor is polite, the lantern festival does not need to be charitable, the donor only needs to go inside to worship the Buddha and silently recite his wish in his heart. The sweeping monk also saluted her and said politely.

Before he lowered his head, and it was night, even if the candle was lit in the main hall, the faint light was faint, Lin Huaizhu didn't look carefully, and after he raised his head, Lin Huaizhu saw his appearance clearly, and was shocked, and found that he was extremely handsome, even if he had a shaved head, it was still difficult to hide his grace, for some reason, Lin Huaizhu looked at him, and always felt that he didn't look like a secular person, at least this small Huaiyang City definitely couldn't fit such a handsome character, she couldn't help but be suspicious.

"You...... Is it really a monk? ”

"The donor laughed, because he was picked up by the master when he was young, grew up in the temple, and began to learn to infiltrate Buddhism since he was a child, how could he not be a monk?" He said with his hands folded and his eyes lowered.

"But because the master was born so beautifully, it's a pity to be a monk."

Lin Huaizhu said this too much Meng Lang, if he met those masters with a strong temperament, he would have to throw his face and leave on the spot, but because he heard it, he only smiled slightly, as if he didn't take it to heart at all, and said: "The appearance is given by my parents, not my own strength, and secondly, it grows on my face, and I feel pity for those who can see it, but I can't see it, so I don't feel any pity." ”

"What Master said is that it is for my sake." Lin Huaizhu blinked his eyes and apologized to him for saying the wrong thing.

She looked at her with a smile and said, "The donor's move forward must also be for the well-being of the people in his heart to pray, don't miss the important thing." ”

"Oh yes, I almost forgot." Lin Huaizhu remembered that he had almost forgotten his business, so he waved his hand, walked to the futon in front of the Buddha statue and knelt down, his hands were slightly closed, his eyes were closed, and his attitude was very pious and praying, ignoring everything around him.

After she left, she picked up the broom in her hand again and continued to sweep the corner, if Lin Huaizhu turned around at this time, he could find that there was no shadow of him at his feet illuminated by the candlelight.