On the fifteenth day of the lunar month, the old lady of the Luo family burned incense and sacrificed in the ancestral hall early in the morning. At the end of the year, the Luo family has never dared to slack off on these etiquettes. Especially Luo Haoxuan, he knows that there are evil in this world and also believes that there must be gods and Buddhas, the Luo family is sincere, eating fasting and chanting Buddha for decades, and every time he fasts and sacrifices, he has to go to Yingguang Temple to worship his ancestors, please bless the gods, and chant for at least three days.

The wedge of the child has just been struck, and the lights have been extinguished one after another in the Luo Mansion, but the candles in the main courtyard of the East Chamber, the old lady of the Luo family is holding a rosary, looking worried, and after a while, she said: "I hope that the ancestors will bless me, when will the Luo family be able to add another son, and it will not be in vain that I have prayed for the Luo family all these years." ”

Luo Haoxuan was ashamed and said in a low voice: "My son is not filial, so my mother bothered!" ”

The old lady of the Luo family did not speak, and the hall was silent for a while, and after a long time, she sighed: "I'm not complaining about you!" There are some things that you are also powerless, and now the Shen family is dominant, and the Luo family has not accepted a partial house for fifteen years since Liu's death in childbirth. Now there are only two daughters in the Luo family, and this incense sacrifice was originally supposed to go to you, but this year there was an accident in Zong Zhengqing Zhou's family, and this royal sacrifice fell on your head. "Mrs. Luo is very strict with the rules of the sacrifice, never allowed to be slack, and this chanting must be carried out by the man in the family, now Luo Haoxuan has to worry about the royal sacrifice, presumably it is impossible to go to the three-day chanting, but this rule cannot be broken, Mrs. Luo was worried, and rubbed the tightly locked eyebrows.

Luo Haoxuan moved his lips a few times, but choked back the words that came to his lips, and the room was cold for a while, Mrs. Luo glanced at him, seeing that he was so anxious, she felt sorry for her son's heart, and then said: "That's it, that's it, in this case, you can only let the daughter of the Luo family go to the Buddhist temple instead of you!" ”

Luo Haoxuan pressed this matter in his heart, hearing Mrs. Luo compromise so much, he felt even more embarrassed, the descendants of the Luo family had no male except him, he rose a sour, his chest was suffocated, he knew how much Mrs. Luo attached great importance to the sacrifice, and now he was so helpless to compromise, he felt that he couldn't bear the Luo family's expectations of him, his eyes sank: "Yes, my son knows!" It's not early, so mother, rest early! ”

His face was full of shame and he bowed, and Mrs. Luo seemed to be tired, and waved her hand gently.

The next day, Luo Qingrong was taken aback when he heard such an arrangement, and slammed the cup in his hand to the ground with a displeased face. Seeing this, Shen stepped forward and said: "You are the daughter of the Luo family, you can have such an honor, don't mess around, the old lady can let you go, and you can afford it!" ”

Luo Qingrong was not good, and cried: "My daughter doesn't go, this chanting is not a comfortable thing, and I have to stay in the Buddhist temple for three days, the temple is cold, and I have to eat fasting every day......"

Shen interrupted her words, stretched out his hand to stop in front of her, frowned and reprimanded: "Shut up, the recent fasting festival, this is the case in the whole house, I secretly let you eat meat food, you dare to be so loud, let your father know that even I will not be punished!" ”

Luo Qingrong stopped arguing at this time, she pursed her mouth and began to cry.

"Okay, okay, how old are you, what kind of body do you have to cry and cry all day long!" Shen complained and fell to the ground with a soft heart, picked up a handkerchief and wiped her tears.

Luo lightly threw herself into Shen's arms, and said in a choked voice: "Mother, my daughter doesn't want to go there!" ”

Shen sighed, his phoenix eyes were slightly deep, he was silent, and said comfortingly: "Okay, don't cry, let me think about it!" ”

The injuries on Luo Qingyun's body gradually healed after a few days, and after that day, he finally passed a peaceful day. Looking at the vegetarian food that was already cold on the table, she picked up the dishes and chopsticks and swallowed the clear soup and rice, which has been the case all these years, and she is used to it.

"Second Miss, the master sent you to the main hall!" A maid came to speak in a light tone.

Luo Qingyun slowly put down the dishes and chopsticks, raised his eyes, and bent his lips and said, "Okay, I'll be here soon!" ”

All the way to the main hall of Luofu, she was calm in her heart, she didn't know what to say, but there was no fear in her eyes. A faint sandalwood fragrance filled her surroundings, and in the middle of the hall hung a picture of the red plum Aoxue of the imperial gift, and Luo Haoxuan and Shen were sitting on both sides of the sandalwood table.

Seeing her coming, Shen squeezed out a smile, and Luo Qingyun leaned over to say goodbye. But when she saw Shen Shi coming forward and holding her hand, the corners of her mouth twitched, she didn't know how ugly her smile was at the moment: "Qingyun, it's good to have you!" ”

Luo Qingyun was used to the hypocrisy she was in front of her father, but she didn't know what she meant by this.

She continued: "You know, every year the Luo family has to go to Yingguang Temple to chant, but this year is unfortunate, your father is entangled in official affairs, and your sister Rong'er is infected with a cold again, this will be rushed tomorrow, and now only you replace your sister to pray for our Luo family!" ”

Luo Qingyun was slightly stunned in her heart, as if she hadn't understood whether she was uneasy and kind, but suddenly thought of what she promised Mo Qingzhi, and her eyes lit up.

Seeing that she was silent, Luo Haoxuan still hesitated: "Qingyun, if you don't want to go, your father will find a way!" Don't be embarrassed! ”

Shen was anxious: "Master, Qingyun is already a big girl, there is a reason for things in the family, she can naturally do something for the family, isn't it?" She turned her head to look at her, the smile on her face disappeared instantly, and her eyes glared at her fiercely, as if to warn.

Luo Qingyun paused, and bent a smile: "Yes, Qingyun is willing to go to Yingguang Temple and pray for the Luo family for three days of chanting!" ”

I didn't expect her to agree so easily, Shen looked at her in disbelief.

"But!" Luo Haoxuan was still a little worried: "You can't go out of the mansion, in case you meet ...... again" Seeing that Shen was here, he was inconvenient to say more.

Luo Qingyun smiled faintly: "It's okay, my daughter is going to the temple, where the incense is flourishing, and there are gods and Buddhas to protect it, don't worry about it!" ”

He lowered his eyes and thought about it for a moment, but he also felt that it was exactly what he thought, she just went to the temple, under the Daxiong Treasure Palace, what he was worried about would definitely not happen.

After a long time, he said in a deep voice: "Okay! ”

Yingguang Temple, the largest temple in the capital, is on Yan Mountain, and the maid sent clothes before the hour, the carriage of the Luo family rushed to the bottom of the mountain and was still early, and the family rarely helped her get out of the carriage, and said softly: "Second Miss, we can only get here, this worship must be sincere, you need three steps and one knock and five steps and one bow, there are a total of nine hundred and ninety-nine stone stairs here, you need to go up like this!" "Actually, there is no need to chant here, this is also what the eldest lady specially explained, and the family felt very difficult, but had to do as instructed.

Luo Qingyun raised his eyes and forgot about the endless stone steps at a glance, and didn't want to be idle, so he began to bow. It was not until the third pole of the sun that she came to the front of the Yingguang Temple until the time, she did not enter the dripping water, pursed the lips that had been dry, and looked at the gate of the Yingguang Temple.

Yingguang Temple is a royal temple, because the Son of Heaven has been going for a long time, it is perennial incense vigorous, the royal family and nobles often come to worship, today is the fast sacrifice, and there are more people than in the past. Duwen temple in the host is a Taoist monk, but no one has seen his true face, according to legend, the day of the reincarnation of the monk, the white bird towards the phoenix, Yingguang Temple has been a golden bird entrenched on the eaves, the temple faces the east, every morning glow shines on the earth, Yingguang Temple will usher in the first touch of sunshine, the golden bird will shine, as if to give aura, soaring on the top of the temple hovering.

The pilgrims in the Yingguang Temple rub shoulders one after another, Luofu comes here every year, a monk waits for her for a long time, the person who recites the sutra wants to go through the side door to enter the apse, the towering ancient trees in the apse are shaded by green, the trees here are luxuriant in the cold winter, and this season is incompatible.

It is quiet and elegant, and the treasure is solemn. She meditated on Buddhist scriptures, sat cross-legged on her knees, holding a string of prayer beads, and above the main hall, the Buddha was full of light.

She prayed in her heart: "The Buddha's mercy is not that the little woman is pious, it's just that I only have this chance to save Mo Qingzhi's unjust soul and her mother and children, and I ask the Buddha to bless me, and don't meet unjust ghosts when I leave here tonight!" She kowtowed three times in a row, looking worried.