Chapter 61: The Temple at Hand
Climbing the ladder for I don't know how many, Situ Xi and his party finally came to the front of the temple.
Looking at the vast temple and towering pagoda in front of him, Situ Xi couldn't help but sigh at the richness of the heritage of this nearby temple, which is worthy of being a temple highly respected even by a powerful person like the Li family.
There are actually many temples in Xuan'an City, and Situ Xi has seen a lot of them in the city on weekdays, but it is almost impossible to find a second place of such a scale as the nearby temple.
"Today, His Royal Highness King Geng happened to block the way up the mountain, otherwise at this time on weekdays, you will meet a lot of people who come to give alms or make wishes, and it will be very crowded."
"The last time I came here was at the end of the year, when my mother brought me and my sister Su."
Walking by the rows of prayer tubes, Zhong Limo was chatting with Situ Xi in his arms, and his voice was the only one in the quiet temple at this time fluttering in the air.
"Brother Mo, it's better to be a little quieter, don't disturb people's cultivation." Situ Xi looked at him helplessly and patted him on the head with his hand.
"It's okay, brother-in-law, I do this every time I come back, the abbot and most of the monks here know me, they may have long been used to it." Zhong Limo waved his hand absently.
"Brother Mo, be obedient, it's one thing for others not to care, you can't lose your education because of the randomness in your heart." Zhong Limo told Zhong Limo in a serious tone.
"Ah, little brother knows." Hearing Zhong Limo's criticism, Zhong Limo hurriedly put away the laughing expression he had just had, covered his mouth and replied to her in a whisper.
"Uncle, Miss, look there." A whisper on the side suddenly touched Situ Xi's arm with her shoulder, and she pointed to the bottom of an arch in the temple in front of her.
Everyone looked in the direction of her finger and immediately saw a group of monks in monk's robes walking together.
It was not surprising to see a monk in the temple, but to Whisper's surprise, there was a young man in the middle of the group of monks, who was also dressed in monk's robes, but his appearance was clearly different from that of the monk next to him, he had thick black hair.
The black-haired young man walked around the corner of the temple with the other monks, and when he turned around, his eyes also looked at Situ Xi, and the two of them briefly crossed their gaze, and then he left everyone's sight.
"Huh? Why is that, why didn't he shave? In the past, I had never seen an unshaved monk in the nearby temple. Seeing the appearance of this young man, Zhong Limo was also very curious, in the future, there will be a special case in this temple.
"It's just that the fate of the dust is not broken." A hoarse and steady voice sounded from behind them, and they turned to look, and an old monk in a robe appeared behind them at some point.
"I've seen Master Xuanfa." Zhong Lixuan was the first to bow to the old monk, "Xianggong, this is the abbot of the temple. ”
Hearing Zhong Li's introduction, Situ Xi and the others immediately followed her movements and bowed to the old monk.
"No need to be polite, the donors have been in the temple for a while, I don't know how Lord Li is doing recently?"
"Thank you Abbot Xuanyi for your concern, my mother is all right."
"That's fine, the donors are here to pay their vows today?"
"Not really, my wish has not yet come true, today we went to the ranch, before coming to my mother had told me to come to the temple if I have time." Zhong Limo walked up to Master Xuanfa and explained to him, and then turned his head to look at Situ Xi, "By the way, brother-in-law, you can show the bag to the abbot, and my mother said that the abbot will understand when he sees it." ”
Hearing Zhong Limo's words, Situ Xi did not hesitate, took out the orange brocade gift from the Li family from his arms and handed it to Xuan Yi's hand.
"Oh?" The moment Xuan Yi saw this orange bag, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and after thinking for a moment, he smiled and handed the bag to Situ Xi, "I see, I don't know the name of this donor?" ”
"Situ Xi, dare to ask what the purpose of this trick is for the mage?"
"Situ ...... The old man got it. Xuan Yi looked at Situ Xi seriously again, and then answered his question with a chuckle, "Donor, this bag is just a token and has no special use, but the old man hopes that the donor can take good care of it and don't lose it." ”
"Useless? How could it be, my mother clearly said that there would be preferential treatment when I entered the temple with a bag! Zhong Limo seemed to be very dissatisfied with Xuan Yi's answer, after all, this was something his mother gave to Situ Xi, but at this time, he was said that it was worthless, and he felt a little unbearable on his face.
"Little donor, all the people who come are pilgrims, no one is superior, how can we talk about preferential treatment?" Xuan Yi looked at Zhong Limo, he still smiled and shook his head at him, but after he finished speaking, he raised his head and looked at Situ Xi and said, "But there happens to be no one in the temple today, so if the old man takes you around, the donors can also make wishes here." ”
"Thank you so much, Mage." Situ Xi didn't care, he was out to play today, and he also wanted to take a look around this nearby temple at the moment, and take a look at the differences between this place and other temples.
"It's okay, donors, please come here." Xuan Yi made a gesture of please sideways, beckoning them to walk towards the side of the pagoda in the temple.
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"By the way, Master Xuanfa, the one who is ...... Also the monks in this nearby temple? ”
Walking on the road, Situ Xi suddenly asked Abbot Xuanyi about the young man just now.
Hearing Situ Xi ask this question, the whisperer on the side also quickly pricked up his ears, Zhong Limo and Zhong Lixuan were also a little curious, they had never seen that person before.
"It's plausible, Qixian he should be a walker now, he wanted to become a monk in the temple when he was old, but he was rejected by the old man, during this time he traveled around as a traveling monk, and he only returned to the temple the day before yesterday."
"Why did the abbot refuse him?" Zhong Limo was even more puzzled.
"The place in his heart is not here, he has attachment in the earthly world, and he can't even calm his mind when he recites the scriptures......" Xuan Yi still had a gentle smile on his face when he said this.
"Isn't it a woman with lovesickness in her heart?" Whisper's eyes lit up, and the words blurted out of her mouth, obviously without thinking.
"Whispering, what nonsense!" Zhong Li looked at Xuan Yi with a slight apology on his face.
Who would have thought that the smile on Xuan Yi's face would be even worse.
"Ha, this donor has not been wrong......"
"Huh? If so, why do you deliberately want to become a monk? Zhong Limo couldn't understand.
"I meditate on the wonderful appearance of the day, and the blue and yellow springs are boundless. However, there is no need to sit and burn incense. ”
Situ Xi thought of many stories in later generations from Xuan Yi's words, and suddenly felt a little emotional, a word of love, it was really difficult to say.
However, when Situ Xi noticed that everyone on the side had stopped and looked at him, he realized that the poem he had just written was absolutely not suitable for speaking in the temple.