Chapter 7: Immortal Encounter
was really desperate, Zhuo Yiting brought Sanxi to Xianyuan Nunnery.
Xianyuan Nunnery used to be a place for the rest of the life of the waste concubine, located on the Baoding Mountain in the inner city of Kyoto, and now there is no waste concubine to live, there is a personal person left by the former dynasty waste concubine, because she refused to leave after the death of the concubine, since then she has become the head of the abbot of the nunnery, in recent years, some female disciples have been accepted, and the income and expenditure have been raised and supported by the sisters-in-law themselves. Since Concubine Yuan was sealed, the palace allocated some sesame oil money to support the nunnery, barely making a living.
The reason why Zhuo Yiting found this nunnery is that it has a lot to do with Concubine Yuan.
That night, Mr. Yao led Zhuo Yiting's master and servant to the Zhuang Mansion and was refused, and Zhuo Yiting left in a bad mood; Although the three of them felt unsafe, they couldn't get a full idea for a while, so they stayed at Mr. Yao's house for the time being. The next day, Mr. Yao went out to check on the situation and discussed countermeasures when he returned.
As soon as Mr. Yao left, Zhuo Yiting asked Sanxi to go out to buy red candle paper money, wanting to sacrifice the spirit to his parents. But where did they get the money, and they came out of the house that day, and changed into the clothes they had stolen, and where did they get the money to buy those things? Sanxi comforted her and said, "If not, wait for the gentleman to come back and borrow it from him." ”
Mr. Yao had never known him before, and it was only because his father had been kind to him that he saved himself regardless of his safety. At this moment, if you reach out to others to take money because of kindness, you will never be able to pass that heart, such as your father and mother should not be cut off. Moreover, Mr. Yao repeatedly advised not to attract attention. If you really want to burn a fire and a candle, won't you set yourself on fire and attract people? If you don't burn it, as a child, it's really not filial.
Mr. Yao went out for a long time and didn't come back.
Sanxi saw Zhuo Yiting sitting upright, poured a bowl of tea, and handed it over, but she didn't answer, she was in a trance, and her eyes had been in tears since the beginning of the night. Sanxi knew that her girl was filial and stubborn, and she couldn't complete her mind, so she couldn't be surprised. So, Sanxi ignored Mr. Yao's instructions, rummaged through the boxes and cabinets to find things, and Yiting didn't see anyone in general, but asked. After a while, Sanxi found a stack of coarse white paper from Mr. Yao's bookcase, tore it by hand, folded it, and finally made two paper white flowers and half a handful of paper boat silver.
Sanxi held these dead people's things that had just been folded to Zhuo Yiting, she looked at it slowly, suppressed her tears, and smiled.
The master and servant pinned white flowers to the corners of their right sideburns, found a corner, and burned the paper boat to replace it, only a few were burned, and the sound of banging on the door sounded outside the door, and the two were startled, and Sanxi went to spare water to pour the fire, and suddenly heard the voice of Mr. Yao.
It was indeed Mr. Yao who came back, and Sanxi hurriedly opened the door. Mr. Yao was cautious, the crack in the door opened, and he pushed in quickly, and when he saw the master and servant burning paper, he hurriedly went to find water to extinguish it.
Mr. Yao said strangely: "It's amazing, it's amazing." Girl, this is a burning! I can't leave it here! ”
When I asked, I learned that there was a notice in the city and outside the city to offer a reward document, and the document poster painted the head of Zhuo Fu who had escaped, a total of six people, namely Zhuo Yiting and Sanxi, Zhuo Weimian and two domestic servants, and a domestic servant, presumably Fuwang that Sanxi saw that night.
Mr. Yao said: "The government is now sticking sea fishing documents everywhere, not only these, I heard that they have to search door to door. Nowadays, there is no way to stay in the city, so you can only go out of the city. It may not be easy to get out of the city, and the gates are stricter than in the past. ”
Zhuo Yiting was desperate, desperate with no place to live. She said: "Even if it is burdened with Mr., we don't want to go...... It's just that my younger brother is still outside, and if I find him, it's not a pity for me to die, and I can't find what face I can take to see my father and mother? ”
After Zhuo Yiting finished speaking, he grabbed Sanxi and knelt down to Mr. Yao and kowtowed.
Zhuo Yiting said: "Thank you, Mr. for your help." Let's leave. ”
Mr. Yao helped Zhuo Yiting up, and said earnestly: "Girl, Zhuangfu can't go right now." The government has issued a document, how can there be anyone in the Zhuang Mansion who does not know? You are relatives again. The first thing to search is his house, in order to avoid suspicion, the government does not investigate whether they have joined the master, and the face work is to be done. Now you look for the past, saying that the light one is not easy to enter, and the heavy one is really in the mouth of the tiger. ”
Seeing Zhuo Yiting's words, Mr. Yao sighed for a while, thought about it, suddenly remembered something, and suddenly realized: "Oops! I've forgotten someone! I remember that your sister, who was a few years before the palace, lived in Xianyuan Nunnery when she was selected for the palace, and I didn't say anything about it, but I visited her two or three times with your father's letter, and I knew that the abbot was very good with her. The abbot was sick in the old days, but it was your sister who saved her from medicine. Presumably, she was willing to help. ”
For the place where Xianyuan Nunnery settled, it was an accident, and it was also a blessing accumulated by my sister's kindness back then. In this way, Mr. Yao led Zhuo Yiting and Sanxi to Xianyuan Nunnery in a covert manner. When passing by the city gate, he met his younger brother Zhuo Weimian by mistake, it is also a strange coincidence, the three of them read the poster on the street, and were about to leave, the first one of the three joys saw Zhuo Weimian, he and the two domestic servants were under the cross-examination of the officers and soldiers together, close at hand, but they did not dare to come forward to recognize each other, and after the interrogation and inspection, they chased out, and the younger brother had driven the carriage and did not know where to go. Strangely enough, none of the officials recognized them. At that time, she was out of the city, and she and Sanxi Ke left, but when she looked back and thought that her parents' grudges were not over, she entered the city again, and rushed to Xianyuan Nunnery with Mr. Yao.
Zhuo Yiting knew that the portrait painted by the government was not them at all. Naturally, who can really know their faces? First, they are strong in the south, and there are very few people who know their appearance, not to mention that the sky is high and the imperial city is far away, who knows it? Second, it is not known whether the father has registered them, so how can the government start to investigate? In the end, the government is just doing things in a set! What's more, at this time, they are still dressed as teenagers Xiao Si.
Mr. Yao asked Zhuo Yiting: "Such a good opportunity, why didn't the girl leave?" ”
Zhuo Yiting was extremely cold and calm, and replied: "Once you leave, didn't my father and mother die in vain?" ”
At this point, Zhuo Yiting had a thought, went to Xianyuan Nunnery to take refuge, and looked for a good opportunity to enter the Zhuang Mansion. The others are left to their fate. After Mr. Yao and them passed through the city gate in order to chase his younger brother, they were quite relieved, thinking that the official family could not recognize this Zhuo Er girl, so they invited them to live at home, and Yiting said: "After all, we are a girl's family, and it is inconvenient to live with Mr. Furthermore, I thought of chanting and praying to my parents day and night in the temple to comfort their spirits in heaven. ”
Mr. Yao didn't say anything more, and the three of them went straight to Xianyuan Nunnery. To the door of the nunnery, see three or three two pilgrims in and out, quite clean, all around are planted pine and cypress bamboo wood, along the door to enter, there are low potted plants in the green clusters inside, the pebble winding path is secluded and extended, if Yiting individuals come to point out may not be able to find where the Buddha hall is, it does not look like a nunnery, but like a private garden house.
The three of them walked inside, just as they were about to turn a pavilion. Suddenly, I saw a little nun who was fifteen or sixteen years old, hanging her head and weeping to listen to the training, and the lecturer was a middle-aged nun. When the three of them passed, the nun spoke fiercely, and when she saw Zhuo Yiting and Sanxi slightly turning their heads to pay attention, she lowered her voice.
The little nun who was trained didn't seem to notice Zhuo Yiting and the others, only to see her kneel down to the middle-aged nun with a snap, and said sadly: "Master, don't dare next time, beg Master to spare me this time!" ”
The middle-aged nun's eyes flickered, and there was a lot of suspicion, so she said loudly: "Master left you to take refuge, that is mercy." Let you lead the practice, and the more you forget what your current identity is. ”
The little nun continued to beg, "Please don't make a big ...... Master," and immediately took out some silver from her bosom and handed it to the middle-aged nun.
The middle-aged nun glanced at it and didn't answer, flashed a glance at Yiting and Sanxi who were passing by, and when she saw them, she pushed the little nun and wanted to leave. But the little nun cried and hugged the middle-aged nun's leg and begged to accept the money. The middle-aged nun said again: "I don't think I haven't seen that piece of gold and jade on your neck." ”
The little nun was teary-eyed, crying and saying, "That was left to me by my mother, and I beg Master to show mercy and spare me this time." ”
The middle-aged nun said: "If I report to the master and say that you have a private meeting, you can't stay in the nunnery, let your father take you back to be a concubine." ”
As soon as she finished speaking, the little nun whined and untied the pendant around her neck and was about to hand it over. I saw Zhuo Yiting walking over with full fire. Zhuo Yiting sneered: "In the land of Buddhism, there are also internal bribery? Then he took the gold-inlaid jade pendant from the little nun's hand, put it back on her neck, and lifted her up from the ground.
Mr. Yao and Sanxi hurriedly trotted over to pull Zhuo Yiting away, and Zhuo Yiting shook off his hand. Seeing this, the middle-aged nun was ashamed, folded her hands, and left quickly. Unexpectedly, after the little nun stood up from the ground, she looked at Zhuo Yiting with resentment.
The little nun wiped her tears and said, "You have hurt me!" ”
Zhuo Yiting was stunned.
Sanxi said angrily: "Why do you little master talk like this, my girl is unhappy for you." ”
The little nun didn't say anything, folded her hands and bowed, and turned to leave. Mr. Yao quickly stood in front of the little nun and asked quickly, "Dare to invite this master, where is your abbot?" Annoyance leads the way. ”
The little nun replied with a crying voice: "The abbot master is in retreat and has not yet come out. ”
Mr. Yao said in surprise: "But the root of the old disease? ”
The little nun suddenly became suspicious, and her attitude changed: "You ......"
Mr. Yao said calmly: "It's the old man of the old immortal family, who sent the medicine." ”
The little nun stopped crying and whispered, "I am in charge of cleaning, and if you are looking for the abbot, you have to ask my master." ”
Mr. Yao said, "But the one just now? ”
The little nun was embarrassed and nodded timidly.
The little nun responded, Sanxi became worried, and said, "The girl just collided like this, I'm afraid that others will not show mercy." Or, little master, you take the lead, and we'll go in by ourselves. ”
The little nun said: "The abbot master has been in retreat for half a month, and today is the deadline for the visit. I can't go until after sunset, and when Master knows about it, I won't be punished. Then he took a step forward, and after a few steps, he turned back, pointed ahead, and said: "Follow this road all the way inside, and then turn a corner, there is a three-fork at the bend, go to the far left, go all the way inside, and see a place called the True Cultivation House." The little nun finished and left.
Zhuo Yiting exhaled. I saw that the little master had just walked not far away, and the middle-aged nun came out to block her again, the two stood and muttered, and the middle-aged nun looked at Zhuo Yiting mysteriously. For the rest, Zhuo Yiting didn't care what others thought of him, and the depression in his heart was much better through such a release.