In the evening, the front lawn of Shaobao Temple is also full of people, most of them are ascetics who come to admire, and there are also many dignitaries who come just to ask for a true signature, and there are only a few people like Wei Qingshan who come just to watch the scenery.

The incense is in full bloom, and the sparse smoke and dust that drifts from the temple are as small as clouds, so they do not sweep the dust.

Wei Qingshan sighed slightly: "It is rumored that this Shaobao Temple is a clear and clean place for Buddhism, how can I see that the crowd is crowded, the incense is like dust, and then I can see the golden light of the glass in this dust incense, the red powder brushes the clothes, and the Mingtai is not stained with dust." There is also a sage who said, the vulgar is elegant, and the world is clear, as expected!" At the end, he sighed twice, "It's worth the trip!"

Zhang Jiuling didn't feel too much emotion, turned his head and asked Su Su, "Today is a big scene, do you want to go in and count it?"

Su Suyu hesitated and didn't speak, but the gang and robber rushed to the Shaobao Temple, scrambling to look like they were going to ask for a signature, but like a robber who entered the village to rob!

Eh, this sentence seems a little strange? Wasn't this guy a robber in the first place!

Zhang Jiuling shouted a few times again and again, "Be careful, let's not talk about what we damage, we can't afford to pay for it, if we collide with a certain dignitary, we won't be able to spare you!"

"Yes, yes!" cried out the bearded man, turning his head, "why are you so verbose, old man, do you think I'm a three-year-old?"

Zhang Jiuling laughed, didn't talk back, and asked Su Su again, "It's not a hexagram, let's go to the temple to see if it doesn't matter, I can't say that any of the monks who have attained the Tao have taken a fancy to you, and it's not bad to accept you as a little nun, right?"

Su Su touched her hair and snorted three times, "What did you say, Lao Zhang, don't be a little nun!"

Knowing that Su Su said this, he almost allowed him to go down to the Shaobao Temple to have a look, Zhang Jiuling turned to look at Wei Qingshan, "Wei Gongzi, then let's go in together to see this Buddhist famous place?"

Wei Qingshan nodded with a smile, and as soon as he took a few steps towards the gate of the Shaobao Temple, Zhang Jiuling was stunned, and looked left and right, "Huh, where is the Jiang boy?"

Su Su also looked at it, and said, "What does he do?

Wei Qingshan thought for a while and said, "Didn't you go in with the group of strong men who came with the old gentleman?"

"With that kid's temperament, I'm afraid it's possible!" Zhang Jiuling smiled bitterly: "I just hope he doesn't provoke anything!"

。。。

At this moment, Jiang Lili squatted in front of the fortune-telling booth in a remote corner next to the Shaobao Temple, staring at the fortune teller.

It is said that Buddhism and Taoism do not stand, but it is strange that there is a fortune teller here, not to mention that he is dressed in a very eye-catching Taoist robe, but he is really not afraid that a monk who is not used to seeing him will be beaten down?

This fortune teller's face is a little withered, fifty or sixty years old, slightly bowed, but there is a trace of the spirit of a young man.

The fortune teller first smiled, "This little brother, is it a fortune teller?" I know 30,000 years before the old man, and 8,000 things later, whether it is marriage, future, rich and noble old man are all hand-made, do you want to count a hexagram? For the sake of you being my first guest today, even if you are half the price, will it be successful?"

Jiang Lili looked up at the sun that was about to end, and turned her head to look at the contempt in the fortune teller's eyes, but she didn't speak.

The fortune teller felt a little uncomfortable, rubbed his shoulders twice with the help of his robe, and said with a reluctant smile: "Little adult, do you count? You see that it is almost dark, and I will also collect the stall and go back to sleep, if not, please get out of the way, so that I can collect the stall and walk!"

Jiang Lili snorted coldly, stood up and didn't leave, holding his fists and continuing to look at the man, his eyes were picky.

The fortune teller didn't know what to say for a while, so he had to laugh and laugh, and he was annoyed with a smile, and finally he couldn't help jumping to his feet and scolding: "You are sick!

Jiang Lili suddenly looked like he suddenly realized, and sneered: "Oh, I know, aren't you the beggar who asked for food in Yangzhou a few months ago? Why did you change your style and do this kind of trickery and abduction? Do you have to come to deceive people before you even ask for food? By the way, have you ever eaten that chicken leg bone I gave you last time? Is it fragrant?"

The fortune teller was also surprised at this time, pointing at Jiang Lili's fingers and trembling, "You, you, you are that snarky child?"

In fact, it's no wonder that this fortune teller can't recognize it, Jiang Lili just walked out of the village at that time in Yangzhou. When she was at the edge of the village, the widow Jiang who adopted Jiang Lili regarded Jiang Lili as her life, and she was not willing to let Jiang Lili do any rough work, so her face was white, but she was thin, her hair was drooping, and she had no spirit. After a few months, not to mention Zhang Jiuling's daily knife practice, but just rushing to the sun every day, his skin became slightly darker, and his body became more and more solid. And because the weather was a little hot some time ago, the sweat dripped on the long hair and dripped on the face during the knife practice, which was very uncomfortable, so I cut off the hair that originally fell to the shoulders and shaved a refreshing short hair. Coupled with the martial arts-like clothes that Zhang Jiuling bought, the spirit will come out, and it will be like two people in the past!

The fortune teller still couldn't believe it, and asked tentatively: "Are you really that kid who is not light or heavy, who doesn't know etiquette and righteousness, but is still bitter and mean?"

Jiang Lili was a little annoyed, and snorted coldly, "What's wrong with that kid? Isn't it still ten thousand times stronger than you? Do you think you can make a fortune if you can't make a living for Hanako?

The fortune teller was stunned, yes, no need to ask, it must be that kid! He smiled bitterly: "We originally didn't interfere with the river water, what do you say you have to come over and scold me?"

Jiang Lili smiled, her eyes narrowed, "I just want to ask if your chicken leg bones are easy to gnaw?"

The fortune teller shouted in a stiff voice: "Don't talk nonsense, although I was just a beggar at that time, but I also had three points of backbone, that chicken leg? I didn't even look at it!"

Jiang Lili smiled again, holding her stomach and laughing, the fortune teller was a little embarrassed.

"You think I don't know, I met the old couple who looked at us last time, and I asked them about it, guess what they said?"

When the fortune teller heard this, his face immediately turned red, and he said, "You man, you man, why are you so shameless?"

Jiang Lili's eyes changed slightly, and her tone was teasing, "You say I can really ask, am I really so boring?"

The fortune teller was stunned as if he had been hit by five thunders, and then beat his chest and stomped his feet for almost two or three voices, and finally his face was dull, and he began to silently clean up the stall after saying that the sky does not save me.

"Annoyed?" Jiang Lili smiled, "It's not good to be annoyed, in fact, it's not a big deal, it's nothing more than a flower child who picked up a bone to gnaw?

When the fortune teller heard this, he seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes, it's this reason, haha, what is it to ask Hanako to pick up a bone and gnaw it? ”

"But you're a dog-like fortune teller now!"

The fortune teller's last laugh stuck in his throat.

"If anyone knows that this fortune teller used to pick up chicken bones that others had eaten on the ground, oops, it's amazing!"

The fortune teller wanted to cry without tears, and cried and mourned, and said, "My lord, you say, what do you want me to do? I will do whatever you want me to do?

Jiang Lili laughed.

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Here, Zhang Jiuling entered this Shaobao Temple with Wei Qingshan and Su Su, and was so surprised that he couldn't do it just by looking at the golden Buddha statue enshrined in the temple, and he said again and again!

I heard that this front hall is just ordinary, and when you go out through a path next to the hall, you can see a courtyard, and a tall tower at the back of the courtyard is really a Buddha relic!

There is a deep well in the courtyard, there is a withered pine tree next to the deep well, and there is an ancient bronze bell in the middle of the courtyard, it is said that there are monks who come here to strike the bell every morning, the bell does not ring, but it can be transmitted to the foot of Linghe Mountain, only the ascetic monks and people with Buddha fate can hear the roar of this bell!

Walking here, Zhang Jiuling asked Su Su with a smile, "Did you hear the bell this morning?"

Su Su pursed her lips, and when she was about to answer, she suddenly realized that Zhang Jiuling was not mocking herself, she was scolding herself for sleeping lazily, but Wei Qingshan was by her side, so she didn't reply, she just snorted.

Bringing Su Su up with one hand, Zhang Jiuling naturally knew what Su Su was thinking, so he teased: "Let's go, let's go to the Buddha Light Pagoda of the Shaobao Temple to ask the host to calculate the sign for you, see if you can find a wishful man in the future!"

Without waiting for Su Su to reply, Zhang Jiuling turned around and asked Wei Qingshan again, "Master Wei, will you go to the Foguang Temple with us to ask for a signature?

Wei Qingshan was a little moved, and then sighed, "No need, Wei still walks around and watches the mountain scenery, and Zhang Lao walks slowly." ”

Zhang Jiuling nodded, then took Su Su's hand and walked forward, and saw Wei Qingshan standing with his back turned over through a dusty pearl above the threshold, his back was slightly rickety, and he didn't look like Fang Cai's spiritual strength at all, so he sighed and didn't stop long.

There is a gate in front of the courtyard, and after passing through the door, there is a rock-paved path. The stones on this path are faintly shiny, and they must have been walked barefoot by monks who carried water every morning, leaving such traces over time.

Walk slowly along this path, about two or three incense sticks of time to walk to the foot of the Buddha Light Pagoda, look up, this Buddha Light Pagoda in the afterglow of the reflection of the Buddha really brilliant Buddha light shines.

The Buddha Light Pagoda has a total of seven floors, the first floor is dedicated to 72 Arhats, the second floor is dedicated to 36 Bodhisattvas, and the third floor is only dedicated to one Buddha, and only one Buddha is used for 3,000 Buddhas, which means immeasurable.

The fourth floor is the Buddhist book pavilion, commonly known as the library building, which can be read by monks from afar, as well as pilgrims and benevolent laymen who give money (in Buddhism, laymen refer to those who have received the bodhisattva vows and believe in Buddhism at home), in addition, the fifth floor is the place where the abbot of Shaobao Temple specially receives distinguished guests, and the sixth and seventh floors are not open to outsiders.

As soon as he entered the Buddha Light Pagoda, Su Su was startled by the Arhats who were molded in the front and back of the tower, Zhang Jiuling explained with a smile: "This is the Arhats, although they all look strange in their behavior, they are actually all big people with kind eyebrows and good eyes. ”

Su Su nodded, but the unusually solemn and solemn environment around Su Su still made Su Su feel a little scared, so she slightly tightened Zhang Jiuling's sleeves.

Then he walked up to the second floor, and the Bodhisattvas enshrined on the second floor were much more dignified than the Arhats. On the third floor, a big Buddha is enshrined, sitting cross-legged, closing eyes, and most of the people who come here to worship incense are also good people on the rich side.

Just about to go up the stairs to the fourth floor, another monk wearing a robe, half of his bare arms stretched out his hand to stop the two, put his hands together to salute, the monk said: "I don't know if the two donors have a certificate? If you don't have a certificate, you can't go up the tower again!"

Su Su pulled Zhang Jiuling's sleeve, looked up and said, "Lao Zhang, why don't we go up, I'm afraid we will give us silver! We don't have that much silver." Just now I saw an old monk sitting in the tower who had unsigned the lot, or we would have settled somewhere. “

Zhang Jiuling smiled slightly, "It's okay." ”

Stretched out his hand and took out a black iron sign from his bosom and handed it to the monk, the monk took it and looked at it twice, then gave another salute and said, "Donor, please." ”

Stepping on the stairs, Su Su was a little curious, "Lao Zhang, what is that iron sign? Why did the monk change his face when he saw it?"

Zhang Jiuling smiled, lowered his head and whispered in Su Su's ear: "This is what I stole from a monk after I drunk him when I was young!" Seeing Su Su's face full of surprise and about to shout, Zhang Jiuling hurriedly shushed again, "Don't shout, it's not good if others know!"

Su Su hurriedly closed his mouth, and his blinking eyes could see that his heart was full of joy, "Fortunately, I didn't let Jiang Gou come with me, otherwise he would have been red-eyed! Maybe he will steal this iron brand at some point!"

Zhang Jiuling smiled, "You can't tell him to see anything!"

With this iron brand, Zhang Jiuling has been going up from the third floor to the sixth floor.

There are not many accessories in the sixth floor of the stupa, and there are not even tea tables and screens on the fifth floor, only two futons, and an old monk sitting on the futon.

Zhang Jiuling motioned for Su Su Mo to speak again, pulled Su Su forward, and said with a rare hippie smile: "Old bald head, give me a sign!"

The old man's eyes widened slightly, "You're here?"

"You're not blind, old man!"

"I'm not blind, but I'm half blind! I'm afraid it won't be long before I enter the ancient world. ”

Zhang Jiuling said: "Then you have to tell me when you enter the ancient world, I will wait to burn the relics from you to exchange for wine!"

The old monk was slightly surprised, "What? When did you learn to drink?"

"In life, there must be two or three worries!"

The two have been friends for many years, they talked very happily, Su Su stood aside a little cramped, for fear that Zhang Jiuling would forget herself, and after enduring it for a long time, she finally couldn't help but shout Lao Zhang.

The old monk Xunsheng turned his head to look at Su Su, was stunned, and sighed again, "Why bother!"

Zhang Jiuling pulled Su Su to his side, said don't be afraid, and then motioned for Su Su to sit down on the futon in front of the old monk.

Su Su smacked her lips, bit her lip, and sat down stiffly in the posture of the old monk, but she felt that her legs and feet were sore, and she was even a little unstable.

The old monk smiled and said, "It's okay, feel free to sit." ”

Su Su glanced up at Zhang Jiuling, and after getting Zhang Jiuling's nod, he let out a sigh, and directly stretched out his legs and placed a figure of eight on the ground, as if he felt a little bad, so he asked, "Is it okay to sit like this?"

The old monk nodded, and looked up at Zhang Jiuling again, "Really understand?"

"Am I still fooling you?"

The old monk took out a bamboo stick from behind him and handed it to Su Su.

Su Su was a little nervous with this bamboo stick, although he said that he had seen how others shook the stick, but Su Su had not done it himself after all, for fear of pouring out all the bamboo sticks in the whole tube, so the strength of shaking the bamboo stick was very small, and a stick of incense had not fallen off a stick.

The old monk said, "Use some strength to get in the way." “

Oh, Su Su increased his strength, but still didn't see any bamboo sticks falling.

"Heavier!" Zhang Jiuling said.

Su Su increased his strength again, but it was as usual.

At this point, Su Su was also a little annoyed, so he increased his strength again, and suddenly heard a "bang", and a tube of bamboo sticks was scattered on the ground like a goddess scattering flowers.

Su Su herself was taken aback, and after a sigh, she asked timidly: "This has to be done again!"

When Su Su was about to pick up the bamboo sticks scattered on the ground, the old monk stopped: "It's okay. ”

After watching for a while, the old monk slowly picked up the bamboo sticks on the ground and reloaded them into the bamboo tube, "There are variables." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Jiuling's face was gloomy, "Variables, I never count variables, I calculate all fixed numbers!"

The old monk sighed, "It's like this." ”

Zhang Jiuling was about to speak, when he suddenly saw Su Su on the side, he suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, and said with a smile: "Su Su, you stand at the top of the stairs for a while, and I will come to you after I say a few words to this old bald donkey!"

Su Su was still a little unhappy at first, thinking about how to say that even if I asked for a sign, should I obviously do it again! At this time, when she heard Zhang Jiuling's words, she didn't continue to entangle, and walked slowly outside, walked two steps and turned back and said, "Then you have to hurry up!"

Zhang Jiuling nodded.

After going out, standing at the top of the stairs, he could no longer hear the slightest sound in the room, Su Su was a little scared, but he didn't dare to walk around, for fear that Zhang Jiuling would not be able to find himself after coming out of the room.

At this time, when he was waiting anxiously, he suddenly heard soft footsteps, Su Su was startled, but he was stunned and did not move.

From the top of the stairs came a literati in his thirties.

Looking at the man's face like a spring breeze, Su Su was thinking who this person was, how could he be so good-looking?

The literati was also stunned when he raised his head and saw Su Su, and then said with a smile: "Your dress is so beautiful." “