Volume 14 Chapter 5 The General's Tomb (1)

Forty miles north of the mausoleum, there is a Jinan city, this place was originally the old capital of Chu Ji Mountain, the tombs on the Baling Mountain in the west of the city and the Yutai Mountain in the east of the city are stacked on top of each other, I don't know how many heroes and heroes, civilians Li Shu are buried here, especially the Ji Mountain in the north of the city, there are several generations of Chu kings' tombs on it, although most of them have been annihilated in the white reeds and red knotweeds, but I don't know how many people have been aroused to think about the ancient times. There is a Longmei Temple on the top of Ji Mountain, it is the big Zen forest built by the previous dynasty, covers an area of one hundred and twenty-five acres, carves the beams and paints the building, the high expansion is high, the cigarette smoke is extremely prosperous, even if it is the cold winter wax moon, there are many pilgrims who come to enter the incense and make offerings.

In the early morning of this day, after the morning class, because there had just been a light snowfall, the fog had not yet dissipated, the mountain road was muddy and difficult to walk, and it was too early, so there were no pilgrims to go up the mountain, and the monk who guarded the mountain gate simply hid behind the mountain rocks to avoid the wind, holding a teapot wrapped in a cotton sleeve in his arms, and drank the warm tea without a sip, and there was a little warmth in his stomach, and the emptiness couldn't help but squint his eyes and breathe the fresh air comfortably.

At this moment, a clear and jade voice suddenly sounded in the ears of emptiness, "Monk, may I ask if Master Wuhui is there?"

Emptiness only felt as if the initiation was in general, there was indescribable comfort all over the body, and quickly opened his eyes, only to see a pair of young men and women standing in front of him, both of them were dressed in plain clothes, the young man was carrying incense candles and paper money in his hand, there were not only ancient tombs in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period on Ji Mountain, but also many ancestral tombs of nearby people, every time before and after the Qingming Festival, or the death day of the ancestors, there are many people who go up the mountain to pay respects, and the rich and noble people often have to do a ritual in the temple. Even if there is no such money, it is also a common thing to put incense on the front of the Buddha, and this pair of young men and women is obviously one of them, but to the surprise of emptiness, this pair of young men and women is very extraordinary, and it is only seen in their lives.

The boy was about seventeen or eighteen years old, and he was handsome and upright, but he was also common. It's just that his expression is very cold, and Zhou's body seems to be full of cold air, and his eyes are as deep as a pool, but the depths of his eyes are faint. Occasionally leaking a trace of edge, it is already as bright as a star. In particular, the emptiness side is that although this young man is dressed in cold clothes, he has a graceful and noble bearing. At a glance, people feel ashamed of themselves, and although they are young, they grew up in Longmei Temple. I have seen a lot of dignitaries and dignitaries, and compared with the two, I only feel that I have seen those nobles before. Although the momentum is overwhelming. But it is outward. If you change out of luxurious clothes, there is no guard of honor to hug each other. I can't see anything abnormal, but the dignity of this young man has penetrated into the bones and blood, even if he is unkempt, he can't lose half a point. The young man with incense candles and paper money in his hand is already like this, and the girl in plain clothes is even more beautiful, with two eyebrows flying obliquely into the sideburns, a pair of phoenix eyes and bright eyes, delicate and white like jade, cheeks like peach blossoms, dignified and beautiful, revealing a bit of charm, such a posture, so graceful, it really makes emptiness suspect that the jade girl in the sky has come to the world

Seeing the stunned appearance of emptiness, the girl couldn't help but laugh, after all, emptiness was deeply influenced by Buddhism, and it was just a momentary gaffe, and when she heard the sound, she immediately sobered up, gathered her mind, put down the teapot, and stepped forward to salute: "Amitabha, two little Tanyue, but do you want to do Buddhist things?" Several senior brothers in our temple are proficient in the "Dizang Sutra" and "Mida Sutra", which are most suitable for transcending the undead, and they must not disappoint the two. ”

The girl smiled slightly and said, "We are not here to do Buddhist things, we really came from afar, and we want to worship our ancestors, but after a long time, we have forgotten where our parents' tombs are. ”

Emptiness suddenly realized, but there was a doubt in my heart, this girl came from afar to worship her parents, obviously a very filial person, but she didn't even know where her parents' graves were, it was really strange, but he had long been used to not asking more about right and wrong, so he put his palms together and said: "I see, Uncle Wuhui has suffered from the wind and cold for the past two days, and is recuperating in the back, it is inconvenient to meet guests, but this girl's filial piety is commendable, presumably the little monk took two of them to go, and the uncle will not be surprised." ”

After that, emptiness turned around and led the young man and woman to the temple, there are more than 100 monks in Longmei Temple, most of them have their own ministries, the morning class has ended, these monks are either going to work, or going back to the meditation room to chant the scriptures, so in the front hall, the middle hall and the apse, there are almost no human figures, only cigarettes are still around.

Emptiness led the pair of young men and women into the front hall, and said solemnly: "This is the Wenshi Palace, the offering is the Mulian monk, the story of the Mulian saving the mother in the "Flail Blue Sutra", the Mulian monk is the most filial person, since the girl is here to worship her parents, she should go forward with a piece of incense." ”

The girl's expression darkened when she heard this, and after taking the incense, she really bowed three times in front of the Buddha, and respectfully inserted it into the incense burner, but the young man's expression moved slightly, and he blurted out: "What's the matter with Mulian saving her mother?"

Emptiness was slightly stunned, I don't know how this teenager could have such a problem, you must know that the story of Mulian saving her mother is well-known, even people who don't believe in gods and Buddhas can say it casually, I can't imagine that this young man is completely ignorant, but he has been a monk for a few years, and he has long been accustomed to hiding his emotions, so he told this story, he spoke clearly, and described Mulian's perseverance in the face of all kinds of difficulties and dangers to save her mother vividly, even the beautiful girl could hear it, not to mention the boy who obviously heard this story for the first time。

After listening to emptiness, the young man's eyes also seemed to dim, took the incense and bowed three times in front of the Buddha, and looked at the Buddha statue of the Mulian monk for a long time, until the emptiness couldn't help but urge, then came back to his senses, followed the emptiness to the nave, from beginning to end, the girl was silent, only with a clear and watery gaze at the young man's back, there seemed to be pity in his eyes, but more was uneven, but when the young man turned his head to call her to go with her, there was only joy left between her eyebrows, as if she came here not to worship her parents, but to play in the mountains and rivers, handed the slender hand to the young man, and the two walked hand in hand towards the nave。

The nave of Longmei Temple is called the Arhat Hall, for the Western Buddha Lord Rulai Buddha, and the eighteen Arhats stand on both sides. The images are different, lifelike, especially a big-bellied Arhat, cast by Jiuhe copper, weighing 2,000 catties, which can be described as a ghostly workmanship and is worth a lot of money. This time, only the girl who went up to worship the incense, and the young man just waved his hand, and his brows were slightly furrowed. Just as he wanted to persuade him, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of the arrogant and cold look between the young man's eyebrows, and his heart palpitated, so he swallowed his voice. Changing his smiling face, he invited the young man and woman to walk out of the nave through the side door and led them to see the famous Five Dragons Pond in Longmei Temple.

Five dragon ponds are the five dragon ponds that surround the front and back of the central hall, the water of the pond is white, green, black, red, yellow color, and it does not dry up for a long time. The rain does not overflow for a long time, and it is crystal clear, especially the water in the Oolong Pond,

It is known as holy water. People who enter the incense often have to take a sip before they feel worthy of the young men and women who walk to the edge of the oolong pond with emptiness, only to see that there are purple bamboo forests all around. The first sunny day after the snow. Tranquil and elegant. A pool of water as deep as the night sky is set off, which is refreshing.

The girl saw such a beautiful view. couldn't help sighing: "Zijing, if you can live by this pool for a year and a half, don't take care of anything, and ignore anyone, how good it would be." ”

The young man's expression was still cold, but there was a soft light in his eyes, and he said connivingly: "Okay, if you like it, we will live here for a while." ”

Emptiness said with a smile: "If the two little Tanyue have this heart, but it is not difficult, our temple has a good guest room, as long as the two of them like it, let alone a year and a half, it is okay for two or three years, but there are some rules in Buddhism, but I am afraid that the two of them will be restricted." ”

The pair of young men and women didn't know if they heard emptiness talking, but they were silently facing each other by the Oolong Pool, although they didn't speak, but their eyebrows were full of tenderness and sweetness, and the kind of indescribable veins and affection were indescribable, even if they were Buddhist disciples like emptiness, they were also clear at a glance.

Emptiness is also a well-informed person, and he has already seen that most of the young men and women are couples, and then look at the expressions and behaviors of the two although they are intimate, but there is a faint sense of shame between the eyebrows, and they know that the two of them are either about to get married, or they are not long after they get married, although the two of them are happy, but they do not have the kind of calmness between husband and wife, so they guessed that the two of them came to Jishan to worship the girl's parents, most of them wanted to inform the parents of Quanxia, and promised to live in front of the elder spirit, so although the young man and woman did not look solemn, but did not blame, but looked at the young couple with a smile, and did not urge them to move forward。

It was the girl who came to her senses first, and when she caught a glimpse of the emptiness, she couldn't help but blush, gave the young man a vicious look, turned her head and asked, "This master, I don't know where Master Wuhui is now, please lead us to meet him." ”

The boy was caught in trouble, and he couldn't help but look at the girl innocently, as if he didn't know why she was angry, and when he saw her asking about emptiness, he also turned his head, and there was a faint doubt between his eyebrows, and his gaze at emptiness was a little colder, as if he suspected that he had offended his sweetheart.

Emptiness smiled secretly in his heart, but he didn't say much, led the two of them around the back hall, walked to a row of meditation rooms, stopped in front of one of them and said, "Uncle Wuhui, there is a girl who wants to see you and wants to ask where her parents' graves are, I don't know if you are willing to take the time to see them." ”

There was a violent coughing sound in the meditation room, and after a while, someone pushed the door out, but it was an old monk who was hunched over, with white hair, scars on his face, and extremely ugly, holding an embroidered staff in his hand, wearing a black monk's robe. His dim eyes turned slightly, and they had already fallen on Qingping, the muscles on his face couldn't help but tremble, he threw away the bamboo cane, hurriedly stepped forward and fell to the ground, and hissed: "Miss Qingping, have you finally come to pay homage to the general and his wife?" The old slave is seriously ill, if the young lady comes a few months late, I am afraid that the old slave will no longer be able to lead the way for the young lady. ”

Emptiness couldn't help but be surprised when he saw this, although he was young, he grew up in Longmei Temple since he was a child, although he didn't know the origin of this uncle, but he also faintly knew some rumors, as far as he knew, this uncle was a water coward who did all kinds of evil when he was young, and later recruited An to join the army, conquered the east and west, and killed countless people, and the reason why he cultivated in Buddhism for more than ten years is still full of murderous spirit. He also once questioned why the abbot would take in such a person, but the master always shook his head and sighed, refusing to answer directly, and since he could remember, this master had been chanting scriptures every day, and seemed to be more pious than anyone else, so he gradually forgot the past of this master. The pair of young men and women wanted to see Wuxuan, and he didn't think about it, until this moment, he suddenly realized, presumably Uncle Wuhui was willing to live in seclusion in the Buddhist temple for the general in his mouth, and his hands were not bloody, and this beautiful girl like a fairy dew pearl in front of him turned out to be the daughter of the general, who could make such a vicious general happy and convinced, what kind of people would be without asking, somehow, emptiness only felt like a numbness, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

The pair of young men and women didn't seem to pay attention to the meaning of emptiness, the girl looked at Wuhui for a long time, and suddenly burst into tears: "I remember, you are Uncle Wu, alas, I only knew that Master Wuhui of Longmei Temple could take me to worship my parents, I didn't expect Master Wuhui to be Uncle Wu who took care of me since I was a child, if I had known earlier, I would have taken you to my side, Uncle Zhong has been thinking about you all these years." ”

Wuhui knelt on the ground and tears rained down, and said again and again: "Miss is still thinking about the old slave, Wuhui is grateful, but it was the old slave who asked Mr. Du not to tell Miss, the old slave has abolished most of his martial arts, if he follows Miss, not only can he not take care of Miss, but he is afraid that he will become a burden to Miss, it is better to recite the scriptures for the general several times in this Longmei Temple, and you can also sweep the tomb of the general and his wife in his spare time." ”

Qingping wiped away the tears and said: "Uncle Wu, although your appearance has changed a little, your outline is vaguely similar, so I still recognize you, but I am no longer a child, how can you recognize me at a glance?"

Wu Xuan burst into tears and said with a smile: "Miss Qingping's appearance is seven points similar to Madame, but her appearance is five points similar to the general, the old slave has been with the general for more than ten years, how can she not recognize Miss? I don't know why Miss came here alone, could it be that Miss Luqi still resents the general, so she refuses to come?"

Qingping smiled slightly bitterly, she didn't come to worship her parents at the beginning, so she naturally had the intention of worrying about Lu Qi, but Lu Qi didn't come, but it wasn't for this reason, but why did she tell this old servant who was loyal to her father that she was going to die, her heart turned a thousand times, she said with a smile: "My sister is in Youji, I can't come back for a while, I brought someone to meet my father and mother this time." Speaking of this, he couldn't help but peek at Yang Ning.

The ugly old monk's eyes flashed with ecstasy, and he looked Yang Ning up and down for a long time before kowtowing and said, "The old slave Yin Wu knocked to see my uncle, and asked my uncle to take good care of my young lady in the future." ”

Although Yang Ning and Qingping have already been husband and wife, they can't help but blush when they hear the words, Yang Ning looked at this old man, and only felt as if he had seen a loyal uncle who had taken care of him for nearly two years, and hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "Uncle Wu, don't worry." Although he didn't swear by swearing, his expression was firm and serious, and people felt undoubted at first sight, the old monk put his heart at ease, stood up tremblingly, and said, "The old slave will take the young lady and the aunt to worship the general's wife, please come with me." With that, he picked up the bamboo cane and walked backwards, and Yang Ning and Qingping immediately followed, leaving emptiness stunned on the spot.