The carriage staggered away for a long time, and with Xia Ye's feeling, it should have arrived from the palace to the palace a long time ago.

Xia Ye opened the curtain and looked, there were green trees and mountains outside, and it was not the way back to the palace at all: "Where are we going?" ”

Chu Chengde sighed, he seemed to be very tired, and hugged Xia Ye back into his arms: "Listen to me, although my father promised to pardon you, my father will punish you to guard the mausoleum for your grandmother." ”

"Guarding the mausoleum for grandma?" Xia Ye knew that things would not be solved so easily, but she was willing to guard the tomb of her grandmother.

"I've wronged you." Chu Chengde looked at Xia Ye apologetically.

"Don't say that, I should have thought that the emperor would not pardon me so easily, and I am willing to go to guard the mausoleum of my grandmother." Xia Ye said with a pleading face.

"I'll definitely pick you up as soon as possible." He kissed Natsuha on the forehead.

"Huh~" The carriage stopped, and the guy outside rushed to the man in the sedan chair: "Lord Wang, it's at the foot of the mountain." ”

Chu Chengde took Xia Ye out of the carriage: "The carriage can't drive the mountain road, I'll accompany you up." ”

Then he instructed the man who drove the carriage: "You wait here." ”

"Yes, lord."

"Grandma's mausoleum is on the mountain?" Xia Ye asked curiously?

"Hmm." Chu Chengde nodded: "There is a temple on the mountain, called Bodhi Temple, where you can live temporarily, the abbot of the temple, the abbot of fasting is very good, I have arranged for him to take care of you." ”

"Hmm." Although it was a mountain road, it was still easy to walk, and they held hands for a while and reached the top of the mountain.

A temple stands on the top of the mountain, with rising green smoke inside, a red lacquered gate, and a black door plaque on it, mentioning the three words "Bodhi Temple".

Pushing open the door, a little monk was cleaning the courtyard, and an incense burner in the middle of the courtyard was vigorous.

"Donor, who are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for you fasting abbot." Chu Chengde said lightly.

"Donor, wait a minute." The little monk put down the broom and ran in to report.

Natsuba observed the temple, and there were three gates in the main hall facing the courtyard, the middle gate was the largest, belonging to the main gate, and the two sides were side gates.

From the outside of the main hall, it looks ancient and quiet, giving people a quiet and peaceful feeling, which makes people unconsciously calm down.

There is a linden tree in the south of the yard, the trunk is thick and I am afraid that ten people can hug it together, and the branches and leaves are luxuriant, spreading out like an umbrella to cover a shade.

The branches are tied with strips of red cloth for blessings, this tree must be some years old, Natsuba guessed.

Chu Chengde took her hand: "The Bodhi tree symbolizes a good meaning, especially such an ancient tree, make a wish." ”

Natsuba felt the same, so he closed his eyes and put his hands together on his chin.

Chu Chengde secretly lowered his head, and the leaves suddenly scattered everywhere, as if his cheeks were blushing.

Xia Ye felt the softness of his lips, opened his eyes in surprise, and when he crossed Chu Chengde's neck, he saw an old man in a red robe, with a white beard and temples, standing not far away and looking at them.

Xia Ye hurriedly pushed Chu Chengde away, and Chu Chengde turned around and saw the abbot of fasting.

"Amitabha, Lord Chu." The old man seemed to be very familiar with Chu Chengde and walked over.

"Abbot of fasting." Chu Chengde clasped his hands together and smiled at the abbot.

Xia Ye also followed Chu Chengde's example, clasped his hands together: "Abbot." "But their faces feel hot, they are actually in the pure land of Buddhism... Thinking of this, Xia Ye felt that her face had a high fever that did not go away, and she was afraid that her face had been burned into a monkey's ass now.

"This is the benefactor that Lord Chu said?" The abbot of fasting looked at Xia Ye and asked.

"Yes." Chu Chengde nodded.

The abbot of fasting looks very kind, and he is also very thin, just like the host of Lingyin Temple, and he looks very easy to get along with.

"Come with me, two donors." The abbot of fasting made a gesture of invitation and led the way in front.

"I just swept it, why did I fall so many leaves?" The little monk scratched his head, picked up the broom and swept it again.

Xia Ye happened to hear the little monk's words to himself, and looked at Chu Chengde ashamedly.

It seems that Chu Chengde also heard it, and his face looked a little embarrassed.

The two of them followed the abbot from the main entrance into the main hall, the main hall mentioned "the palace of the heavenly king" three big characters, in the middle of the place a golden statue of the Buddha statue, on the left and right sides are the four heavenly kings, behind the Buddha statue there is a statue of the general of the golden armor, it is said that it is the protector of the samurai, called Veda Bodhisattva.

Passing through the Tianwang Palace, there is a floor on each side, the abbot introduced that it is the drum tower and the bell tower, and then there is the scripture building and the meditation hall behind, which is the place where the monks meditate in the temple.

There are also wings on both sides of the main hall, and the wings on the left and right sides are called "Dongdan" and "Xidan" respectively.

"Dongdan" is mainly for itinerant monks to live, and "Xidan" is for internal monks.

The abbot took them to the guest hall of the "Xidan" living room: "Two donors, please." ”

The layout of the living room is very simple, there is only a table and a few benches, although the guest hall is simple but very clean, a feeling of pure Buddhism.

A monk came over with tea, put down the tea and left with ****.

"Master Chu, is this the one sent by the emperor to guard the mausoleum and stay in the monastery?"

Chu Chengde nodded and introduced her to the abbot.

"It turned out to be the third princess, disrespectful and disrespectful." The old abbot put one hand on his chest and said.

"The abbot is polite, the abbot just calls me Xia Ye."

The abbot of fasting smiled: "Lord Xia can live in my Bodhi Temple with peace of mind, and Lord Chu doesn't have to worry." ”

"Thank you, Abbot." Chu Chengde thanked him.

"Lord Chu doesn't have to be polite, Bodhi Temple originated from around the royal mausoleum, and this is also fate, how about the old man take Lord Xia to see the residence first?" The abbot asked.

Xia Ye nodded: "Bother the abbot." ”

The abbot of fasting arranged for Xia Ye to live in Xidan's "Shangke Hall", and the inside of the Shangke Hall was also very clean, the only difference from the Hakka just now was that there was an extra bed, and a yellow futon was placed on the bed.

After the abbot took her to give her a general introduction to the temple, Chu Chengde went down the mountain, as if there was something, but he didn't tell her, and she didn't ask much.

The abbot gave her a thick scripture and said that she could read it when she was bored, and after eating fast, Xia Ye returned to the guest hall, picked up the scripture and flipped it a few times, she couldn't stand it, so she simply went to bed, but her mind was messed up and she couldn't sleep at all.

She suddenly saw the futon that she had left aside, picked up the futon and put it back on the bed, she wanted to practice yoga.

She took off her outer garment and stood on the bed with a futon under her feet, one foot on the futon, and the other foot on the calf standing on the futon, her body straight, and her hands folded in front of her chest.

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