At this time, Meng Ran had already found the jade pendant and returned to the room of Geng Nursing Courtyard.

Meng Ran spread his right hand, only to see a cloud pattern jade pendant lying quietly in the palm of his hand, except for the ancient seal font is a little noble, the rest of the part is not half a point of surprise, just like the color of the goods on the ordinary stall, there is no bright spot.

After Ning Shoucheng took the jade pendant, he looked left and right, and did not see a trace of magic, so he planned to return it to Meng Ran.

Before Meng Ran could catch it, Ning Shoucheng smacked his lips and asked, "Meng Ran, are you afraid of damaging this jade pendant?"

"What do you mean by senior?" Meng Ran was puzzled.

Ning Shoucheng smiled, his palm was already slightly forced, and he planned to crush this ordinary-looking jade pendant with external force.

After pinching a few breaths, Ning Shoucheng raised his eyebrows, and a faint golden light was already shining between his palms, thinking that he had already mobilized his own cultivation, and planned to crush this rather hard jade pendant by means of Buddhism.

Although Meng Ran had never heard a conversation in the room just now, he also roughly knew that Ning Shoucheng's cultivation was superb, so he was particularly sympathetic to this jade pendant, and felt that it was a matter of course for the jade pendant to be crushed, so he sighed silently in his heart, only feeling that the jade pendant was unladylike.

Unexpectedly, Ning Shoucheng did not crush the jade pendant, and handed it back to Meng Ran intact.

Meng Ran took the jade pendant, looked at Ning Shoucheng with a strange expression, and asked, "What do you mean by the seniors?"

Ning Shoucheng smiled awkwardly and said, "This jade pendant is quite hard, but it is only a little hard, and there is nothing else magical about it. ”

Meng Ran looked at the jade pendant in his hand in disbelief, but did not see the slightest bit of magic, and then put it in his arms.

Ning Shoucheng stretched out his hand and patted Meng Ran's shoulder and said, "You come with me, I have something to tell you." ”

Meng Ran nodded at Li Haoran, and then followed Ning Shoucheng to the backyard.

At this time, the autumn sun has sunk behind the treetops, and the air is filled with a different kind of coldness, mixed with a faint breeze, and there is a slight feeling that autumn is deep.

Meng Ran bowed to Ning Shoucheng and asked, "I don't know if the seniors have anything important to explain?"

Ning Shoucheng stared at the island in the middle of the lake for a few moments, and then came back to his senses and said, "Actually, there is nothing superfluous, I just want you to help me understand a riddle." ”

Meng Ran said: "It's not just a riddle?"

"The scripture is in the painting. ”

"In the painting?"

Ning Shoucheng bowed his head and said: "That's right, it's this sentence 'the scripture is in the painting'." ”

Meng Ran frowned and thought for a while, then said tentatively: "Could it really be as literal as it sounds?" ”

Ning Shoucheng smiled bitterly and said, "There are thousands of calligraphy and paintings in this world, how can you find them?"

Meng Ran asked curiously, "I don't know what the scriptures my predecessors are looking for?"

Ning Shoucheng was silent for a long time, and said slowly: "It is a supreme scripture book of my Buddhist sect. In the previous dynasty, the predecessors of our temple carried the scriptures out of the temple, just to seek an apprentice who was in harmony with the law, and when he left, he only left a copy of the scriptures and took away the original.

Many years later, this senior did not return to the sect, but disappeared without a trace, and the predecessors of our sect came to Jiangnan and other places many times to look for it, but found nothing, so the facsimile of the scripture is even more important.

It's just that more than ten years ago, when I was reading the scriptures, I made some mistakes, which caused the scriptures to be destroyed, and I became a sinner of the sect, and was driven out of the temple by the presiding abbot, and ordered me to find the original scriptures, otherwise, I will not be allowed to return to the Great Buddha Temple in this life. ”

Meng Ran smacked his lips and said, "Since the scriptures are so important, why don't you copy a few more copies for later use?"

Ning Shoucheng shook his head and explained: "This scripture is not an ordinary scripture, but it is handed down by the ancestor, after copying, there is no supreme mark left by the ancestor, it is difficult to figure out the true meaning of it, and it will take many superfluous detours, so it is not as you think." ”

Ning Shoucheng paused and continued: "Even the facsimile of that scripture was written by the predecessors in the temple with a lifetime of practice, so I was expelled from the temple after the scripture was damaged. ”

Meng Ran sighed with emotion and asked, "What clues does that senior have?"

Ning Shoucheng said softly: "I know that the last place where that senior appeared was Jiaxing City, and the person who walked with him was the monk Gu Kaizhi, as for the rest, I don't have any impression." ”

Meng Ran only felt that there was a clue in his heart, but he didn't know what it was, so he patted his forehead in annoyance and said, "Senior, I still want to know something, but I can't remember it." ”

Ning Shoucheng smiled warmly and said, "It's okay, think about it slowly, I've been looking for it for so many years, and it won't hurt for some time." ”

Meng Ran nodded and asked, "Do you want to go back to the Big Buddha Temple so much?"

Uncle Ning turned around and glanced at the location of the kitchen, there was a little more tenderness in his eyes, and he said in a mellow voice: "I'm not greedy for the power of the sect and others, just for a promise." In order to protect me, the abbot did not hesitate to argue with the elders of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, and it was very ugly.

Later, after I had been punished for a hundred battles, I was sent out of the temple by the abbot, and I was very grateful for his love and affection, so I promised him that I would devote my life to searching for scriptures, just to repay his kindness. ”

Speaking of this, Ning Shoucheng let out a long sigh and said, "If he finds the scriptures one day, I will definitely send the scriptures back to the sect now, and then take Yao'er to tour the world, regardless of the rights and wrongs of those worlds." ”

Hearing this, Meng Ran knew that the hot-tempered Aunt Ning actually had such a nice name, Yao'er.

Meng Ran suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked, "Is Aunt Ning also a monk?"

Ning Shoucheng shook his head and said, "Yao Er is not a monk, just an ordinary person. When I first met her in Hangzhou, her family was poor, so she worked as a boat lady on the West Lake to earn some silver to supplement the family.

I searched for scriptures in Hangzhou for a period of time, but to no avail, so I planned to continue to go south to find the footprints left by the predecessors of the sect. ”

Ning Shoucheng raised his head slightly, looked at the remnant sun behind the sparse branches and leaves, and sighed: "It was at that time that I met Yao Er for the second time, she was dealing with several scoundrels at that time, without the slightest softness, I was moved by her bravery, and stepped forward to help her out of the siege."

She thanked me again and again and invited me to drink, and after I refused, she was not annoyed, but just heartily invited me to have the opportunity to go to her house for a drink in the future.

I thought that I would never meet her again in this life, so I smiled and agreed, and this is what happened later, and there is your Aunt Ning. ”

Meng Ran smiled knowingly and asked, "How did the senior and Aunt Ning meet later?"

Ning Shoucheng's eyes were full of tenderness and said: "Not long after I came to Jiaxing, I heard some deeds, and I also knew that this was the last place where the predecessors of the sect appeared, and I was going to stay here and carefully look for scriptures."

One afternoon, while I was swimming in the lake, I saw a young girl with a figure similar to Yao Er's in the distance, and she was yelling at her. I looked closely, but it wasn't Yao Er herself.

I asked her why she was able to find me, and she just smiled and said that it was fate, and I didn't doubt him and started talking to her. Although she is only a woman, she has a bold personality and is quite chivalrous, and she has a very good appetite for me.

When I saw that she had nowhere to go, I took her back to the yard I rented and took her to live. After that, year after year, we have been together until today. ”

The corners of Meng Ran's mouth curled slightly, and with a smile on his face, he sighed: "This kind of fate is indeed rare, and it is really enviable." ”

Ning Shoucheng said with some distress: "I thought it was fate at first, but once she said that she missed her mouth, I realized that things were not as simple as she said. ”

It turned out that after Ning Shoucheng left Hangzhou, those scoundrels found Miss Yao'er's residence, and after some intimidation and threats, they actually hit Miss Yao'er's idea.

Miss Yao'er's parents are quite weak, and after seeing this situation, they actually want to abandon the car to protect the handsome, and plan to marry Miss Yao'er to that group, preparing to settle the matter.

In order to protect herself, Miss Yao'er fled from Hangzhou, tossed and turned in Jiangnan Road, and finally met Ning Shoucheng on the shore of Nanhu Lake in Jiaxing City.

Meng Ran listened for a while and asked, "Aunt Ning's surname is Ning or your surname is Ning?"

Ning Shoucheng said softly: "Yao'er's surname is Ning, his father's surname is Ning, and his mother's surname is Yao, so he is named Ning Yao." ”

Meng Ran took over the conversation and said: "Aunt Ning's surname is Ning, so you are also surnamed Ning, and you are trapped in a city, so your name is Shoucheng." Is that so?"

Ning Shoucheng laughed and said: "Your kid is really smart, you can understand a little, if you can worship under the sect of Buddhism, he will have another Arhat in my Buddhist sect one day." ”

In the end, Ning Shoucheng sighed rather regretfully, and then said, "No matter what, I hope you will be successful in your cultivation in the future and be able to change your fate." ”

Meng Ran smiled very distressedly and said, "I hope so." ”

Then Meng Ran changed his words and asked, "Does the senior now have specific clues and goals?"

Ning Shoucheng nodded and shook his head, and said, "There is no clear goal, this city has basically been turned over by me, but I still haven't found anything." ”

Speaking of this, Ning Shoucheng had already turned his gaze to the island in the middle of the lake, looking at it meaningfully.

Meng Ran had a flash of inspiration in his mind and asked, "Could it be that the seniors think that the scriptures are on the island?"

Ning Shoucheng smiled: "I think so, but I've looked for it a few times, but I haven't found anything." The water pavilion corridor, ancient trees and rockery on the island have all been found, but unfortunately, they have not been found. ”

Meng Ran fell into deep thought, carefully thinking about the ray of aura in his mind.

Ning Shoucheng looked at Meng Ran's contemplative appearance, although he didn't know what Meng Ran was thinking, he also withdrew the words from the corners of his mouth, and just stood quietly.

After a long time, Meng Ran suddenly came back to his senses and shouted, "I know." ”