Chapter 9: The Everlasting Lantern (2)
Early in the morning of the second day, Li took Ning Shuo to the temple, and the two sat in the same carriage, and Li saw the small unicorn hanging from Ning Shuo's waist.
She smiled and bent her eyebrows, "Ahhh β
And then it's a pity. In fact, she also thought about telling Shuo'er about the banquet bell, but the old lady disagreed - she disliked the low rank, and her husband didn't agree, saying that Shuo'er was stupid, and it was best to study hard until she was in the middle of the move and then marry a wife, or not delay the girl.
Although this is a good word, the Li family still knows that he can't look down on the small family of the Sheng family, so he can only stop.
However, two children can't be husband and wife, and it's good to be brothers and sisters. The old saying was repeated, "Your cousin is the only one in Kyoto, so our family needs to take care of it." β
Without waiting for Ning Shuo to nod, she said happily again: "Taking advantage of the fact that you haven't returned to Qiushan Academy this time, why don't you come to the temple with us in a few days to offer incense?" Your cousin is going to see her husband that day, and when the time comes, you can talk to Fifth Young Master Yu and find out his daily preferences. β
Ning Shuo also intended to take a look at the future husband of the little disciple. The two of them have a master-apprentice relationship, and they always have to plan for her future.
When he was in Lingnan, he was already terminally ill, and he couldn't think too much about it, but he only remembered that although Fifth Young Master Yu was young, he was also calm, good-looking, and good at learning, so he didn't say much, but now that he thinks about it carefully, he and Fifth Young Master Yu have only met a few times, and they can't talk about knowing his character, so they have to investigate carefully.
So he nodded, "Okay, I'll listen to my mother." β
When Li heard this, it was as if he had chewed honey, and his whole person was happy. The son is really sensible.
When she arrived at the temple, she first went to the abbot and said, "I have come to make vows and offer scriptures." β
The abbot is a lean and lean old monk, with a gray beard, light eyebrows and heavy eyes, and a high-ranking appearance, but after seeing the silver given by the Li family, he happily gave a smile, laughed into Maitreya Buddha, personally took her to the treasure hall, and boasted: "Madame is sincere, and the Buddha will surely bless her." β
Ning Shuo followed the two into the treasure hall.
The Daxiong Treasure Hall originally referred to the main hall in the Buddhist temple, but later the wars were frequent, the other halls in the temple were destroyed, only one main hall remained, and the founding emperor of the Holy Grandfather who ordered to repair the temple said with a smile, "In this case, if it is called the Daxiong Treasure Temple, the other side halls do not need to be repaired, only the temple is corrected, just like the way of the world, only the way of the road." β
These words were passed on to later generations. But his father told him and the prince that the holy grandfather said this only because he didn't have the money to repair the side hall, so he pulled a banner of righteousness to block the reputation of poverty.
At that time, he and the prince were still young, and it was the time of "cynicism", so they exclaimed again and again that the Holy Grandfather Shengming, they all felt that people were dead and destroyed, and monks and Taoists were all cheating people of money, where would there be ghosts and gods in this world?
It shouldn't even be repaired in the Daxiong Treasure Palace!
As a result, after only a few years, he really became a ghost, and I don't know where the gods wanted to help him and let him live again.
He took a deep breath, and then heard Li Shi call him, "Shuo'er, come, quickly put incense on the Buddha." β
Ning Shuo knelt down seriously for the first time and kowtowed sincerely.
Li Shi was very satisfied, so he turned to the abbot and said, "I also want to light an everlasting lamp for the deceased." β
As soon as he had said this, a man came in from outside, wearing a hat, and by looking at his figure and dress, he could tell that it was a man in his twenties, and he didn't know anything else.
Li and the abbot glanced at it, and then they both turned their heads and didn't look again. Dressed like this, you shouldn't want people to know your identity.
Li continued to whisper: "Not long after he died, he can still light the lantern, right?" β
The abbot thought about it in his heart, and his smile was even bigger: "Yes, you can also do a ritual so that the deceased can rest in peace." β
Do things to earn more.
Li: "Okay, then let's do a ritual......
But before she finished speaking, she saw that Ning Shuo's face was pale, and she was so anxious that she immediately went over, "Are you sick again?" β
Ning Shuo lowered his head, his eyes were stained with frost, one hand was covered in his heart, and one hand was propped up on Li's body, and his whole body was weak.
His movement also provoked the man wearing the hat on the other side to look at him, but after only one glance, he didn't bother with his business, and withdrew instead.
After waiting for the others to leave, Ning Shuo felt that the pain in his bones gradually subsided.
He raised his eyes to look at the door, the crown prince had already walked away with his hat onβLi and the abbot didn't know who the other was, but Ning Shuo could recognize him at a glance.
ββAt the age of five, he entered the palace to accompany the prince, broke his head and knelt on his leg when he entered the prison on the twenty-first winter of the year to beg to see the prince, and when he died in the silent night in March of the twenty-fifth year, he also resented the prince.
Exactly twenty years and two months.
How could he not recognize the crown prince?
But what did the prince do when he came to the Mahavira Palace......
He closed his eyes, exhaled a breath of turbidity, and slowly sat up straight, then smiled lightly at Li's and said with relief: "Mother, it doesn't matter, I just knelt down once, and I got up a little dizzy." β
The Li family was scared and cried! Her whole body was trembling, "Let's go back right away, go back to see the doctor." β
Ning Shuo shook his head, "My own body, I know it best, it's really fine." Just sit down, isn't my mother talking to the abbot about something? You're done, it's never too late for us to go back. β
Li couldn't resist him, so he had to quickly say to the abbot: "It's my nephew's daughter's teacher, but he only knows the surname Jing, can he do things and worship the ever-bright lantern?" β
Ning Shuo was stunned by these words, but his heart eased when he saw the prince's sudden pain just now.
Well, this is the little disciple worshipping him.
But she didn't know anything about him. He couldn't help but smile, and he could guess the conversation between Li and the abbot.
Sure enough, the abbot asked, "Do you know the eight characters of the birthday?" β
Li Shi hurriedly went back and shook his head directly.
The abbot asked, "Can you be famous?" Where was he born? Where did he die? β
Li Shi Xian continued to shake his head and hurriedly said: "I don't know where I was born, but I died in Lingnan." β
The abbot was a little embarrassed, but he still wanted to do this business, so he said: "Then burn more money paper offerings, such a nameless and no birthday only one surname, I am afraid that if it is burned in the past, it will be distributed to the lonely souls and wild ghosts." β
Li didn't care: "Then burn more." β
She also wanted to take her son home to see a doctor, so she said, "I'll ask someone to bring silver, and the abbot will be fine when he sees a big ceremony." β
Ning Shuo originally wanted to see the Dharma for himself, but Li Shi didn't agree with anything this time, so he helped him to leave.
When everyone left, the abbot found that he hadn't asked the deceased about his death date in a hurry just now, and he shook his head, "Forget it, I don't know anything anyway, and there is no shortage of a death date." β
Just give the money.
A little novice walked in and whispered, "Master, a benefactor wearing a hat just came and wanted to do something, so he was very generous and gave a hundred taels of silver." β
The abbot's beard blew with laughter, "I'm also a big deal here, at least a hundred taels." β
Xiao Shami took out the paper given by the donor and handed it to the abbot, "The donor said that he was in a hurry to leave, just do a Dharma according to this, and he won't be here to watch." β
The abbot took the paper and looked at it, happy, "This one is also surnamed Jing, but it has a name, called Lan Shi." β
He read it out: "Jinglan Shi was born at noon on September 22 in the second year of Jingtai and died on March 3 in the 27th year of Jingtai. β
He was twenty-five years old.