Chapter 3 Chance Encounters at Temple Fairs
The day of my debut on stage is getting closer and closer, and every day, except for the time for eating and resting, almost all of them are on the singing and dancing stage. Early this morning, Ming'er was helping me comb my bun, and the girl named Lianyue in the workshop pushed the door in with great interest, and said happily: "Sister Rui'er, I just asked Qin Niang to let our sisters go to the temple fair together, you quickly pack up and leave here?" ”
"Temple fair?" I looked back in surprise and asked Ming'er, "What temple fair, do you know?" ”
Ming'er thought for a while and said: "Early in the morning, I saw Qin Niang's girl Ruyi and Yan Hong's girl Shen'er muttering in the backyard, saying that if Qin Niang was approved, at the moment, if Sister Lianyue said it, I am afraid that it will be a matter of visiting the temple fair." ”
Seeing that I was still hesitating, I stepped forward to help me with hairpins and hairpins and said: "Oh, I said Sister Rui'er, my sister knows that you are bent on begging, but the string is too tight but it will break, and you won't be able to catch up with everyone if it's too late......" said and didn't ask if you wanted to, pulled me out, and then I figured out that the temple fair they were talking about is the annual temple fair of the famous Miaoyuan Pagoda in the city, and every year on the eighth day of the first month of April, the Miaoyuan Pagoda will hold an unprecedented prayer ceremony, It is precisely because of this qin lady that everyone was allowed to take a half-day off.
Myoen Pagoda? I secretly thought to myself, that Miaoyuan Pagoda Courtyard was the predecessor of the later Wenshu Monastery, maybe this is a chance, go, maybe I can solve this confusion of leaving the soul? Suddenly, I thought about what this ancient temple fair was like, like the puja I used to go to with my grandmother. Thinking of this, he was also interested, and happily went to the temple fair with the sisters.
The ancient city of Chengdu was much smaller than the Chengdu that came later, and there were four cities: Yangma City, Luo City, Imperial City, and Inner and Outer Palace. However, along the way, there are many shops and merchants, and it is already a prosperous city with internal and external integration. There are many river bridges in the city, flowers and trees, and there is more spirit and beauty than later. On the way to the temple fair, I learned that Furong Le Fang and Miao Yuan Pagoda Courtyard are both in Luocheng, not too far apart, but two streets. This temple fair along the way people come and go endlessly, silk brocade men, pearl and green women walk through the city, on both sides of the street there are more peddlers selling melons, fruits, vegetables and vegetables, fragrant flowers and paper candles and some delicate things for women, the sound of selling one after another, but also shows a peaceful and peaceful image.
I bought some incense and candles with the sisters, and even specially chose a bunch of purple water lilies, Ming'er saw it and smiled: "No wonder my sister was born so well, it turned out to be the fruit of flowers offering to the Buddha." Hearing her say this, I smiled and reached out to gently twist her pink face, and sighed: "Then I don't know what my sister's clever mouth is for?" Lian Yue on the side heard the words and said jokingly: "I think the tea girl is afraid that she secretly drank the water in the Guanyin Dashi net bottle to give birth to this sharp tooth." Hehe...... "Bah, what is Sister Lianyue talking nonsense, stealing things from the Buddha Gate is going to hell......" Ming'er said with a red face and ran away.
Everyone laughed and didn't realize that they had arrived at the door of the Miaoyuan Pagoda. I saw the solemn Buddhist temple standing quietly in the heavy incense mist, and the solemn chanting sound of the monks came from afar. Everyone stopped laughing and laughing, and the whole clothes and fish poured in, and the puja of eliminating disasters and praying for blessings had begun, and the monks in the courtyard were leading the believers to chant the Buddha in the square in front of the Daxiong Treasure Hall. I followed everyone into the main hall in turn to pray, and when I looked up, I saw a gilded Buddha statue several feet high looking at me with half-closed eyes, "The great mercy and great compassion of the Buddha Shakyamuni Buddha, the believer Fei Rui'er sincerely prayed, asking the Buddha to be merciful and tell the disciples why they left their souls and came to this ancient world...... "I muttered a prayer, and my cheeks were wet with tears. At this moment, I only heard a kind voice behind me: "If the girl has something to pray for the Buddha's teaching, you can go to the Guanyin Hall to ask for a lot." When he turned around, he saw a kind old master standing in front of him, and he hurriedly got up and saluted the master, and after asking where he asked for a signature, he hurried away.
As soon as I arrived at the Guanyin Temple, I saw Ming'er standing there anxiously looking around, and when I saw me, I grabbed and said urgently: "I didn't see my sister in the blink of an eye, but Ming'er was frightened. I smiled and patted her hand, which was kind of comfort. She listened to me and asked for a sign, and hurriedly turned around to help Zhang Luo. I reverently knelt in front of the statue of Tuas, holding the stick holder in my hand and closing my eyes and praying silently: "Believer Fei Rui'er, ask the Bodhisattva for instructions to solve the confusion in my heart......" I only heard the sound of "snapping", and when I opened my eyes, there was already a lot on the ground. Ming'er bent down to pick up the bamboo stick, and then helped me up and walked towards the untie place.
At the signing office in the side hall, Lianyue, Linglong, and Yanhong each got the signature, and some people were happy and some were sad. The women in the music square are nothing more than looking for a good marriage and a good home. Ming'er handed the bamboo skewer to the untiller, the master looked at the sign number and raised his eyes to look at Ming'er, shook his head and said, "This sign is not the donor's." As he spoke, he turned his gaze to me, looked at it for a moment, and then nodded, "This sign should belong to this donor." Ming'er nodded in amazement when she heard this: "Master, you are really a god, this sign is indeed my young lady's."
The unsigner took the yellowed signature book from his side, examined the signature number carefully, and asked, "What does the donor want to ask?" ”
"Ask yourself!"
"Fifteen signs, fairy Ji meets" Master said as he took a pen to transcribe the signature on a piece of white paper, and I looked at it and saw that it was written: The moon is expected to be in the heart of heaven. The Cowherd coincidence is natural. You don't have to go around looking for a good mate. Tianxi is proud of human life.
"May I ask Master, what is the explanation of this signature?"
"Cause and effect are determined early, cause and effect are not ambiguous, if it comes and goes, everything follows fate." Master said these words like a mantra, which made my heart even more confused. Just as he was about to ask carefully, he heard the interpreter say: "The poor monk gave the donor a few words: 'Do your best with your fate, and don't be greedy and obsessed.'" Whether you come or go, kiss or complain, just follow the fate. 'Nam no Amitabha, donor, you go!' "I was about to ask again, but I saw the signer get up and turn around and leave.
"Do your best, don't be greedy and obsessed" came out of the untie hall, and I only had these two sentences in my head, and I seemed to be enchanted over and over again. Ming'er took the signature copied by Master Fang Cai on the side, and said happily: "Sister, I read it just now, this sign is signed, and what is the signature called, oh, by the way, Xian Ji meets." I see, today's girls ask for a sign on my sister's sign, Xian Ji meets, Xian Ji meets, maybe it won't be long before my sister can get a wishful Langjun, hehehe...... "Looking at Ming'er's smiling face that is really happy for me, I sighed in my heart: Will it?" Is that really the case? Could it be that this is the purpose of my coming here, the fairy princess meeting, so where is the Langjun of my fate?
After worshipping the Buddha, the women made an appointment to return to the workshop and scattered around to go shopping, I was lazy because of the signing of the text, and I was thinking about the Bodhi tree in the backyard of the Wenshu Monastery before leaving the soul, so I pulled Ming'er to look around, I didn't want to really let me find it in the west courtyard of the Miaoyuan Pagoda Courtyard thousands of years ago.
Thousands of years later, the old Bodhi tree seems to have traveled through time and space with me, and it is standing quietly in front of me at the moment, unchanged from its verdant appearance. Seeing it, my heart rose, and I reached out to caress the trunk of the tree, only to feel that time receded like a tide in an instant, and I seemed to have returned to the afternoon before I left my soul......
"Taihua, Taihua, is that you? You're really back, Taihua......" The unfamiliar male voice was accompanied by the sudden force on the arm, and I was terrified to come back to my senses from the memories of the past.
I saw a young man in a white scarf holding my arm with an anxious face, and muttered to himself: "Taihua, Taihua, you are really back." As he spoke, he made a gesture to take me into his arms.
I was so frightened that I pushed him away. He didn't expect me to push him, so he staggered back a few steps before he stood firm. But then he rushed in front of me. I was ashamed and afraid, and said in a trembling voice: "You, you, what do you want to do......" said that the body involuntarily retreated, but only took two steps back, and called the Bodhi tree to block it, so I had to put my body against the trunk of the tree, and asked for help from the stunned Ming'er on the side: "Ming'er, Ming'er......"
"Sister......" Ming'er came to her senses and screamed and threw herself in front of me, separating herself from me and the man in white, and a hen guard frame protected me behind me. But unexpectedly, the man didn't pay attention to Ming'er's existence at all, but pulled Ming'er away and pushed her to the ground, and clasped my right shoulder with his left hand like an iron hoop, with an anxious and painful expression in his eyes: "Taihua, don't you remember me?" Don't you remember me? ”
"Let go of me, I don't recognize you, let go of my ......" I only felt that the hand on my shoulder was getting stronger and stronger, and the finger was almost sinking into my flesh, and the pain penetrated into my heart and lungs, and I couldn't care about it, I hit and kicked the man, but he didn't care, just asked vigorously: "Taihua, Taihua, don't you recognize me?" Don't recognize me? ”
"You let go of me, you let go of me, come on...... Help...... "I struggled for help. Ming'er got up from the ground, rushed forward to break the man's hand, and bit the other man in a hurry. The man was in pain but refused to let go, and at this moment, he felt a black shadow in front of him, and the strength on his shoulders suddenly disappeared. I barely managed to stand up straight, and only then did I see a young man dressed as a knight in black standing between me and the man in white, thinking that he had rescued me.
"In broad daylight, the Pure Land of Buddhism, you shameless person dare to flirt with a woman from a good family." The black-clothed knight said loudly, and with a "poof" sound, he pulled out the sword in his hand and pointed at the man who was light and thin.
"Boldly Diao Min, you dare to point a sword at my master." In response, a man in a green silk robe burst out of the sloping ground, followed by five or six sturdy men dressed as housekeepers.
"Phew, the road is on one side of the sky, if someone dares to do evil, I, Zhang Jizhao, will be the first to refuse." The young man in black flipped his wrist and raised his sword, and there was no trace of fear on his face.
Because of this outstanding change, the people who originally worshiped the Buddha in the front yard flocked to the west courtyard like a tide, and the small courtyard was crowded in a short time. Ming'er saw that someone was upset, and hurriedly helped me aside, and asked about the injury, I was about to open my mouth to reassure her, when I suddenly felt that someone behind me pulled me, and the whole person involuntarily retreated, and my hand grabbed Ming'er. I only felt that there was a lot of strength in holding my hand, and he dragged me and Ming'er out of the crowd of onlookers and let go, and when I looked back, it was the master who helped me unsign. The master looked indifferent, as if he was saying something that had nothing to do with it: "This is a place of right and wrong, please go out from the corner gate with the poor monk." With that, he turned around and strode away.
Well, what Master said is that it's better to leave earlier. I picked up Ming'er and followed the interpreter to the street through the corner gate of the temple, and I didn't care about Lianyue and the others, so I walked quickly to the Furong Music Place.