Chapter 53 Chapter 53 Jinghuai Buddha
Wang Yan held his forehead and sighed, knowing that he could only tell Princess Shuyi clearly, otherwise she would always mess around and get the wrong meaning: "I have no intention of marrying you, and I will not marry you."
Zhou Shuyi didn't know what was wrong, so she asked casually: "Then will you marry Sister Feng Yue?" As soon as she said this, she seemed to think she had said something wrong, and quickly made up for it: "You can't marry Sister Feng Yue either. She is getting married soon.”
Xie Fengyue.
Wang Yan
The wonder of the royal family is none other than Princess Shuyi.
Seeing that both of them lowered their heads and said nothing, she continued: "If you don't marry me, you will be in great trouble. Don't you, the Langya Wang family, require that your direct descendants cannot take concubines? I can let you marry an equal wife. Oh, this doesn’t count as concubinage.”
Gongzi Yan was already impressed by Princess Shuyi's remarks. He clenched his fists in front of his chest and saluted: "If you can't afford the princess's love, please find someone else."
Zhou Shuyi was really thinking seriously. She was silent for a long time and replied angrily: "But so far I haven't found anyone better-looking than you."
Gongzi Yan was speechless, he just lowered his head and pretended to eat.
For a while, the only sound in the house was the crisp sound of jade chopsticks hitting dishes.
Zhou Shuyi simply suggested: "The weather is good today, and it's still early. Let's go to the White Horse Temple to offer incense."
Xie Fengyue shook her head like a rattle: "Sister, please go with Gongzi Yan. I don't want to move today."
Zhou Shuyi crossed her arms and said, "You haven't been with me since I came to Chen County!"
Xie Fengyue. My sister is so good at not imitating others but learning how to exploit others' shortcomings, right?
When she arrived at the door and saw the three carriages she had prepared a long time ago, Xie Fengyue held her forehead and sighed. If this was my sister's impromptu idea, she would eat the carriages!
She said that the most important thing in worshiping Buddha is to be sincere and spiritual, so the carriage of three people stopped at the foot of the mountain.
Xie Fengyue has always been in good health, and with only Zhe Zhi alone, climbing the mountain is easy.
But Zhou Shuyi led a group of maids and women to the Buddhist temple. The long mountain climb made her legs hurt. She finally climbed to the top of the mountain with the help of several maids, and saw the temple hidden in the lush forest. White Horse Temple.
The big trees surrounding the temple began to sprout, and the layers of fresh flowers and plants surrounded the slightly faded courtyard wall. The gray-green ridge of the temple showed a somewhat youthful charm in the sun. The green ancient trees were bathed in the sun, and the sound came to my ears. The distant and deep sound of bells, the chirping of birds.
The White Horse Temple is not large in area, but the age of the temple makes it stand on the top of the mountain like an old man, watching the changes in the world day after day.
The young novice monk at the gate of the temple had been waiting for her for a long time. When he saw Zhou Shuyi, he went up to her. The maid beside her handed her the post, and the young novice monk bowed before leading the way.
Xie Fengyue and Wang Yan looked at each other and saw that he was also confused, and then they felt calmer.
After passing through the winding path, the young novice led everyone into a private courtyard. There was an empty altar in the courtyard, and three futons were placed in the rest.
Xie Fengyue opened her mouth to ask, but Zhou Shuyi smiled mysteriously and made a gesture of silence.
She had no choice but to kneel down on the futon.
After the little novice who led the way settled the people, he bowed to Zhou Shuyi and said: "Buddha Jinghuai is still giving lectures with me. Please wait a moment, princess."
The confusion on Xie Fengyue's face froze when she heard Jinghuai Buddha.
Young Master Yan on the side did not miss this subtle change. He passed Zhou Shuyi from behind and asked: "Don't you like listening to people lecture?"
Xie Fengyue was stunned, neither nodding nor shaking her head.
He frowned: "Lectures are a bit boring, but they also allow you to calm down. You have been a little impetuous recently."
Zhou Shuyi answered the question and asked Young Master Yan: "You also know that the Buddha has come to the White Horse Temple?"
He answered truthfully: "I don't know, but I have heard the name Jinghuai Buddha for a long time."
Zhou Shuyi said excitedly: "We are really lucky. Buddha Jinghuai traveled around the world and just returned to the White Horse Temple yesterday. I heard that this is the temple where he first had his hair shaved. I only got it with the princess seal." He is giving lectures to the three of us." She looked at the two of them with a look on her face asking for praise.
Zhou Shuyi blinked and looked at Xie Fengyue: "Sister Fengyue, have you heard of the name Jinghuai Buddha?" Of course Xie Fengyue knows!
Jinghuai Buddha's son from White Horse Temple was actually a child from an aristocratic family. The wife of the aristocratic family had never had any children, so she came to White Horse Temple a short distance away to ask for a child. Unexpectedly, the second year the lady became pregnant. .
The child had a red mole on his forehead when he was born. When he was one year old, his mother took him back to White Horse Temple to fulfill his vows. As soon as he reached the top of the mountain, the sky was surrounded by glowing light, and he could faintly hear the cry of flying cranes. The abbot of White Horse Temple took a look and said, That's when the Buddha was born.
Originally, the lady was unwilling to send her only son to this mountain to become a monk, but the abbot asserted that the son could only stay at home for ten years. If he stayed for a long time, his life would be damaged.
After the lady came back in doubt, she took very meticulous care of him, but she almost fell into the lotus pond and drowned when she was eleven years old.
In the end, he was sent to the White Horse Temple with great reluctance. It is strange to say that the child who originally suffered from various illnesses after falling into the water actually got better little by little after arriving at the White Horse Temple. Because of this strange thing, Jinghuai The name of the Buddha was spread.
If you ask how Xie Fengyue knows so clearly, it can only be said that it is all due to bad luck.
That lady from an aristocratic family was another neighbor of hers. She was the wife of the magistrate who was transferred to Peixian County at that time. She is now the wife of the general soldier of Jiangzhou Prefecture.
At that time, her mother and she were friends, and the two families even joked about their engagement.
But this oral engagement has never been officially mentioned since the abbot broke it off, and it only existed in occasional jokes.
Xie Fengyue wasn't even born at that time, so how could she know this?
When she could remember, the two families had only been separated by a wall since she was a child, especially Xie Fengyue's yard and Jinghuai's yard. They were literally separated by a wall.
At that time, his name was not Jing Huai, his name was Xiao Zeqian, a Zeqian who was gentle and mellow, and his thoughts were cloudy.
When Xiao Zeqian was eight years old, Xie Fengyue was five years old.
At that time, he had been decapitated for seven years, and he had become depressed because of these things at a young age.
Xie Lingyun, the older brother, often takes his sister out to play and then forgets about her.
When Xie Fengyue was a child, she was also taken care of by her elder brother. Her parents also knew what she was busy with. She was taken care of by Xiao Zeqian most of the time.
Xie Fengyue will not feel embarrassed.
She had heard that Xiao Zeqian would be his future husband. Whenever something happened, he would come to Xiao Zeqian. Moreover, at that time, Xiao Zeqian had red lips and white teeth, and the red mole between his eyebrows added a bit of charm.
But how could Xiao Fengyue know this? She knew that Brother Xiao was good-looking and listened to her words. Moreover, Brother Xiao had a cold face towards everyone. He only smiled at her and gave her snacks, unlike Xie Lingyun. He would only compete with her for food, so Xie Fengyue would go and stick to him whenever she had time.
Until Xiao Zeqian was eleven years old and Xie Fengyue was eight years old.
She was so greedy that she insisted on eating lotus seeds from the lotus pond in his yard.
Originally, Xiao Zeqian didn't dare to go in because he was not familiar with water, but he couldn't resist Xiao Fengyue's compliments, which seemed to come out of her mouth as if she was dying. In the end, it really almost killed him.
Afterwards, Xiao Zeqian even tried to cover it up for her, saying that he went to pick the lotus seeds because he wanted to eat them.
After so many years, Xie Fengyue still remembers that she held Xiao Zeqian's hand beside his bed and cried, saying that she would never eat lotus seeds again, and that if he could get better, she would compensate him immediately. Thinking about it now Even these words make me feel ashamed, they are really childish words.
What happened later was scattered in the wind as the former brother Xiao converted to the sect.
From the time he was eight years old, until now, Xie Fengyue has never asked about him again.
His family had gone to Jiangzhou Mansion to take office a few years ago, and the yard next door was bought by Aunt Xiao, so there was no source of information around him.
I just occasionally heard some noble ladies from Peixian County mention that the Buddha in White Horse Temple was getting more and more beautiful, and where had the Buddha in White Horse Temple wandered around?
(End of chapter)