Chapter 938 Jingci Temple
Dayongli
1155, early August.
With the early morning mist, the passenger ship slowly entered the port, and Yang Yiyi pushed Wu Shaoyi's wheelchair off the ship.
Yang Yiyi has been to this place before. When she went home with Li Yingluo and Zheng Yinping, she got off the boat here, and then took a long land route to go home.
When you get here, you enter the territory of Liuzhou State, and it's Qizhou, Yang Yiyi's hometown.
But the strange thing is that the last time I came to this port, I was afraid of being chased by the Liu family, and when I came here this time, I was afraid of being chased by Anxiang Hall.
The people sent by Sun Wei to escort them had disembarked and left the ship at the last port. After all, the people of the Plum Blossom Guard were active in neighboring countries, so even if they did nothing, it would not be a good idea.
No one from Anxiang Hall ever showed up, but Yang Yiyi and Wu Shaoyi didn't dare to let down their guard, mainly because the news from Anxiang Hall was so evil that anyone walking on the street looked like a lurking killer.
The good news is that there are only two letters left in Yang Yiyi's arms, and the distances are not too far. The bad news is that the rest of the journey is on land, and you cannot move forward quickly by boat.
The two of them did not stay in crowded places like the port, and walked out of the city as soon as the city gate opened.
Walking along the neat official road, for about a cup of tea, I saw the intersection turn left in the direction of a mountain, then passed a poplar forest, and walked forward for about half an hour, a zigzag mountain road It appeared before my eyes.
At this time, you can faintly hear the sound of bell ringing coming from the mountain. The next stop, Jingci Temple, is on this mountain.
The status of Jingci Temple in the martial arts world is very subtle, somewhat distant.
It is a large sect, but it does not travel much in the world. However, it is very famous because the people spread rumors about the miraculous Bodhisattva in Jingci Temple.
In fact, there are not many martial arts monks in Jingci Temple who specialize in martial arts. Most of them are monks who focus on worshiping Buddha. Therefore, compared with ordinary martial arts sects, most of the people who come to Jingci Temple are pilgrims.
Since the mountain road was full of steps, it was difficult for Wu Shaoyi's wheelchair to walk, so Yang Yiyi simply carried her wheelchair on her back and walked up with one hand. This appearance made pilgrims stop and stop.
There were not many tourists in the early morning, and the most important thing was that the temperature had not yet risen. Yang Yiyi walked up there as if taking a walk, and a magnificent temple appeared in front of her.
The age of Jingci Temple is not short. At first, it was only a dilapidated temple. Later, it was gradually built up and became what it is now. It has lasted for more than 300 years.
Even early in the morning, there were many pilgrims coming and going, and it seemed to be in full swing.
Putting Wu Shaoyi down, the two followed the pilgrims and approached the temple gate. At this time, a Zhike monk came up immediately.
"The two female donors are not like ordinary people. May I ask why you came to our Jingci Temple?"
This was said with a hint of vigilance.
If they were ordinary people, Zhike Monk would not be so rude. He should have noticed that Yang Yiyi and Wu Shaoyi were both skilled in martial arts. To put it bluntly, they didn't look like good people.
It feels like Jingci Temple may be a little nervous recently, otherwise it wouldn't be so wary of Jianghu people.
However, Yang Yiyi was as careless as ever, completely unaware of these details, and said:
"My dear, Yang Yiyi, I have something urgent to ask to see the master in charge. I hope you can pass it on."
When the guest monk heard this, the expression on his face instantly softened from alertness, and even put on a smile: "It turns out to be tigress Yang Yiyi and female hero Yang, please come in quickly, the poor monk will immediately notify the host master ”
"..."
In a sense, Yang Yiyi is indeed famous.
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People in Taohuawu have never heard of Yang Yiyi's nickname. That's because they are ignorant and have already planned to stop being a martial arts sect.
But Jingci Temple is not.
As soon as the Zhike monk heard Yang Yiyi's name and looked at the two steel maces carried on Yang Yiyi's back, he quickly invited the two of them in.
There are countless people who use swords in the rivers and lakes, but there are almost no people who use steel maces. This can almost be regarded as Yang Yiyi's business card. ——It would be better if you don’t add the nickname Tigress.
With a somewhat complicated mood, Yang Yiyi followed Zhike Monk in, bypassing the pilgrims and the main hall, and came to the backyard where outsiders were generally not allowed to enter.
Immediately, another monk brought tea and said that he had notified the presiding master, please wait a moment.
"This Zen room in Jingci Temple looks so poor..."
There are only simple and rough furniture in the Zen room. Even the paintings hanging on the wall are signed by the monks in the temple. There are no valuable decorations at all.
“Aren’t all temples like this?”
"The so-called Buddha can't overcome poverty, but the temple can be extremely rich. I don't know if this Jingci Temple is just pretending."
After all, if you look at the prosperity of Jingci Temple, it doesn’t look like a poor temple at all. Such a simple Zen room may really be used to show off.
"Brother Li, be careful of Buddha's blame."
Li Chengqi said nonchalantly:
"How many teachers does Buddha have? If he really exists, he will come out to fight with me at worst."
I think back then, Li Chengqi was frightened by ghosts and ran to the temple with Aldai to buy a rosary for peace of mind. In fact, it was not necessary.
As he learned enough, Li Chengqi gradually became bold.
His current mentality is, you say Buddhism exists and I believe it, but you say Buddha exists?
Okay, come out and practice with me.
After all, Li Chengqi is a real god, and he is definitely not afraid of bowing his head with a virtual idol.
Just as he was saying this, footsteps approached, and then two monks walked into the Zen room.
Yang Yiyi quickly stood up to say hello, but don't tell me, Yang Yiyi really knows these two people.
One is Master Xuanci who he met during the siege of the Tianlang Sect (see Chapter 373 for details), and the other is Master Xuanbei who was a witness in Taohuawu a few days ago.
The monks of the Xuan generation should be at the level of presiding elders in Jingci Temple. If there are two of them at once, this treatment is not bad.
This can be regarded as the benefit of Yang Yiyi's nascent reputation. After all, Xiao Zayu would not be received like this.
After a brief exchange of greetings, the two monks of the Xuan generation also sat down, and Master Xuanbei said:
"Many poor monks have heard about it during their trip to southern Xinjiang. Fortunately, the two heroines helped me."
This statement is somewhat incomprehensible. When I first went to southern Xinjiang, none of the Jianghu people who went with me were bald from Jingci Temple.
But in fact there was, but Yang Yiyi didn't notice it.
The trip to Southern Xinjiang was an accident. Originally, Tianjue Palace took the lead in investigating Southern Xinjiang's activities in the Central Plains. Since it was an investigation, it couldn't be too conspicuous.
Therefore, the monks sent by Jingci Temple put on the clothes of ordinary Jianghu people, and also used bamboo hats and other things to cover their bald heads, so that they were less conspicuous.
The monk who came back from southern Xinjiang naturally told Yang Yiyi's story, which is why the Zhike monk's expression changed so obviously as soon as Yang Yiyi reported his name.
Yang Yiyi quickly said something polite, but at this time Master Xuanbei said:
"I would also like to thank Nuxia Yang for showing mercy to Taohuawu, otherwise it would have ended badly."
Yang Yiyi's heart skipped a beat. Damn it, this old monk actually saw that he was doing the beating.
(End of chapter)