Daming's Bizarre Story: Painted Skin

Aning came in with a bunch of talisman-drawing things, including cinnabar, vermilion pen, and a pile of talisman paper: "Master, what do you want these things for?"

Clearly said: "Your young master, I want to draw the Immortal Ascension Talisman."

"Master!" Ah Ning was taken aback, "What if I lose my life?"

Zhao Ran smiled mysteriously and said: "Your young master is the least believer in evil, and he is also the least afraid of hurting his life."

He stretched out his hand: "The pen and ink are waiting for you!"

Ah Ning had no choice but to mix the cinnabar for him according to the words, then handed him the pen, and said clearly: "Close the doors and windows, and go out."

Ah Ning had no choice but to back out and close the door, Ying Ning leaned against the door and said. "You don't have to worry, he can come out of Yegu City alive, and the Immortal Ascension Talisman won't kill him."

"The patriarch also went to Yegu City." Aning said worriedly.

Zhaoran was painting in the room, painting backwards, sitting and lying down painting, tossing and tossing all night, finally he was so sleepy that he could not lift his eyelids, and fell asleep directly on the table.

At dawn, he heard Aning shouting anxiously while pushing him: "Master, master."

Zhao Ran raised a hand: "Master, I am still alive."

Only then did Aning breathe a sigh of relief, and complained: "You have a bed but don't sleep, why are you lying on the table, it's scary, I thought you and Mr. He..."

Zhao Ran supported his waist and said: "Master He's death has nothing to do with this ghost talisman at all, I want to go to bed and sleep for a while."

He moved towards the bed for a few steps and heard Aning say: "Master, you still have an appointment with Buddha today."

"Ah." Only then did Zhaoran remember that he had indeed made an appointment with Jiuji to visit Jixiang Nunnery today.

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He splashed cold water on his face, took a few mouthfuls of food, and when he came out of the yard, he saw Mrs. Jiang standing on the porch in a daze. He walked over and said, "Auntie."

Only then did Mrs. Jiang come back to her senses: "Ah Xian, this morning your grandfather was dressed in formal clothes and entered the court through Dong'an Gate."

The matter is irretrievable, so he relieved, "Don't worry, Auntie, even if you want to go up to Sendai, it won't be within a few days. Don't worry, things will definitely turn around."

Mrs. Jiang looked around quietly, and said softly: "After the imperial decree, you and your aunt and Biqiao will go to Nanjing to join your uncle. Get ready and don't tell anyone."

"Where's grandma?"

Mrs. Jiang looked ahead and said, "Her old man has had two coffins prepared, and I'm afraid she won't be able to leave if she isn't ready..."

Zhao Ran said: "Auntie, I assure you, we don't need either of those two coffins.

After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked to the Lower Court to have the carriage prepared, and then said, "Yingning."

Ying Ning came out from the dark and said, "Yes!"

Zhaoran turned his head and said with a smile, "Yingning, I remember you have a good friend who is good at stealth, right?"

Ying Ning said: "Is there?"

Aning on the side had already said: "The young master has a good memory, his name is Tongyin."

Ying Ning had no choice but to change it and said in a muffled voice: "What do you want to do?"

Zhao Ran patted him on the shoulder: "Go and find him for me for the young master." He leaned into Ying Ning's ear and said, "If you can't find him, I will poke a hole in Ru Niang's skin and say to do it."

Ying Ning glared at him: "Despicable, this will happen."

Zhao Ran lifted the curtain and got on the carriage: "The moves don't need to be new, as long as they work."

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At the crossroads beside the alley, Jiuru was still flipping through books in front of the bookstall. At this time, the morning market was already open, and there were crowds of people and cars and horses outside Sichengfang, but he only lightly brushed the plain belt around his waist.

"Jiu Ru, get in the carriage!" Zhao Ran shouted through the crowd.

Jiu Ru closed the book in his hand and jumped into the carriage: "You didn't sleep last night?"

Zhao Ran said: "I'm in good spirits."

Jiu Ru let out a "hmm", then lowered his head to read the book, pointed his head over and asked, "What are you looking at?"

"The Legend of the Man in Green."

"legend."

"There are some legends. It is said that in the previous life, a man and a woman died for love. The female ghost and the green-clothed man remembered the love between the two and refused to reincarnate. After hard work, he found the reincarnated man and continued the relationship."

Zhaoran pretended to be surprised and said: "This feeling is deplorable and desolate." But he was shouting in his heart that it was over, Jiu Ruhui was also imagining that Ru Niang's soul would come back, but even if Ru Niang's soul came back, she could only I will go to Nanjing to find Jiang Lanyi.

Jiu Ru nodded: "It's not bad indeed, the only strange thing is that the man in the green clothes died after three years, but the man became a monk."

"What's weird?"

Jiuru said indifferently: "What is he doing as a monk? Why doesn't he die?"

Zhao Ran couldn't help looking at the roof of the car: "The living people read the dead, and the dead are gone. In fact, this man has suffered more than the man in green."

Jiu Ru seemed to think about it carefully, and then said calmly: "It's better to be alive."

Zhaoran felt a little guilty towards him, generally speaking, he teased Wang Zeng and Wen Zhigeng, both of them were veterans, and he had no shame in teasing him, but Jiuru spent most of his life in the temple, presumably Emotionally empty, two hundred, in case the rest of my life will never forget this girl...

He couldn't help but widen his eyes, his crime was too big.

Zhao Ran hurried over: "Jiu Ru, let me tell you, as men, what should we do?"

"how?"

Zhao Ran waved his hand: "Walk among thousands of flowers, not a single leaf will touch your body."

Seeing that Jiu Rusi remained silent, he moved closer and said, "Uncle, what did I tell you, a man and a man are both exposed to the rain and dew, that's our duty. There are so many beauties in the world waiting for us to love, love Where can one go?"

Ah Ning outside heard the sweat on her forehead, she thought for a while and took out a silk handkerchief to plug her ears.

Jiuru looked back and said, "That's right, let's do it and see."

Zhao Ran was so close that he could smell the faint sandalwood fragrance on his body, and when he looked into his eyes like this, his heart skipped a beat for no reason.

He just likes Jiuru's obedient and delicate appearance.

It's a pity...he didn't know what he was pitying.

Zhao Ran said again: "Uncle, are you still worried about the matter of the national teacher? I am already concerned about this matter, but..."

"National Division?"

"I thought that one way might be able to get the national teacher out of trouble."

"You are referring to the fact that the old man Jiang invited himself to preside over the ceremony of ascension to immortality for the national teacher today."

Zhao Ran asked Jiu Ru to expose the purpose, but he didn't care, and said with a smile: "My old man is a bit stupid, it's better to go to the Heavenly Court later."

Jiuru turned his eyes back to the book again: "Just do whatever comes to your mind."

Zhao Ran couldn't help but said: "I can do whatever I want, and what if it doesn't work out...but it will cause a leak to the National Teacher Tower instead?"

Jiu Ru steadily turned the page in his hand: "You are ordered by me to act cheaply, even if you poke a hole in the sky, I will take care of it for you."

Apparently, the purpose is to give Jiuru a letter, and if it really gets out of hand, let Jiuru come as a talisman. Although he knew that Jiuru would not ignore him, he still didn't expect that little Buddha would be like this. Domineeringly, he stretched out his legs to give him a hug, and couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Jiu Ru, you are too brother... the friendship of uncle and nephew."

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Aning, who was at the front, said, "Young Master, Jixiang Temple is here."

Zhaoran raised the curtain of the car, and saw that the steps outside were full of people, shouting one after another, and the car couldn't get through at all.

"Xiaomin Chijiu is willing to donate a hundred taels of charitable silver, and begs the Buddha mother to give my sick mother a talisman of ascension to immortality."

"Xiaomin Rongsan is willing to donate 500 taels of charitable silver."

"Song Licai, a grain merchant in eastern Zhejiang, is willing to give 500 taels of gold to ask for a talisman for my mother."

"The Qi family's pawnshop is willing to sell Huang Qianliang to ask for the Immortal Ascension Talisman for my father."

Zhaoran retracted his head and said to Jiuru: "I'm going down to do something, it's inconvenient for you to show up with me at the same time, wait for you to choose an opportunity to come up later."

Jiuru didn't say much, just said: "OK."

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Zhao Ran got out of the carriage, walked on tiptoes, finally found someone who was not lying on the ground and asked, "What's going on here?"

"You don't know, the Buddha mother opened the door to immortality this time. It is said that ten people of great kindness can be selected to go to the heaven with the national teacher, so as to show that the dynasty is full of virtue, and the virtuous are blessed."

"Oh." Zhao Ran grinned, "That's just right."

He strode up to the crowd, and said in a clear voice: "You don't need to pay more respects here, the Buddha Mother has shown me the mysterious dream of the Immortal Ascension Talisman yesterday. She clearly stated that good deeds are not determined by the amount of money donated to the temple."

"who are you?"

Zhao Ran said with a smile: "My surname is Rong. My grandfather's family, the Jiang family, have been astrologers for generations. You must have heard of it."

"It turns out that Qin Tianjian is Zhengjiang's mansion." Everyone was discussing, and some people said: "Even if you are from Jiang's mansion, you are only a grandson. How do you know that what you said is true?"

"What I said is not true..." He smiled clearly, "In your opinion, is it possible that the Buddha Mother is a greedy person?"

The man immediately faltered, and said repeatedly: "No, no, of course the Buddha's mother is not, of course the Buddha's mother is not..."

Clearly said: "I just said it is unreasonable!"

Everyone responded immediately: "It makes sense!"

Another person asked: "Then how does the mother of the Buddha determine good deeds?"

Zhaoran bent down to pick up the money held by one person, and threw it in the palm of his hand: "This money, of course, still needs to be spent, but it's not donated to the temple. You might as well go out and see where the houses are broken, and whose house is broken." The children of the orphans have no food to eat. The orphans and widows are supported by the government, which is the kindness of the dynasty, and the people are sympathetic. If there are too many, they are all false Buddhas.”

Zhao Ran grinned: "Mother Buddha is a real Buddha, and she should only receive a stick of incense from you. As for how many good deeds you have done with silver, she will watch from heaven."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and someone said: "This statement is reasonable, the Buddha Mother is indeed holy."

Everyone knelt down on the ground again and shouted: "Mother Buddha is holy."

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The door of the nunnery opened, and it was no longer a dumb woman who came out, but a nun in bright clothes. She clasped her hands together: "Our nunnery master invites this benefactor to come in."

Zhaoran threw the silver in his hand back to the man on the ground, and entered the nunnery without looking back, Fayin stood on the top of the main hall, with a solemn expression: "This benefactor, you talk nonsense and nonsense about the Buddha's decree, can you be convicted? "

"Mother Buddha told you, did I talk nonsense?" Zhao Ran was amazed, "She spreads the Buddha's voice quite frequently."

Fayin said angrily: "That's because the poor nun knows that the Buddha Mother will never transmit the sound to you?"

"Why? Because she is actually a greedy person?"

"You!" Fayin was momentarily at a loss for words.

Zhaoran strode into the main hall, looked at the Buddha statue on the main hall and said: "If not, you can pass on a Buddhist message and let me see, otherwise I won't believe it."

He turned his head and spread his hands and said: "Look, the Buddha's mother is also acquiescing to what I said. In fact, she is not only greedy for money, but also ruthless. Whoever helps her will die. Believe it or not, you will come to Japan It’s also a dead end.”

"Presumptuous!" A solemn shout came from above the Buddha statue.

All the nuns hurried into the main hall, knelt down in front of the Buddha statue, and Fayin said on the ground: "Fayin accepts the Buddha's decree."

The Buddha statue said again: "People in the world are ignorant of life and death. The naked eye does not know the sins and blessings. If you confuse people to listen to the scriptures and speak in vain of the Buddha's decree, you will surely fall into a dog with lazy ears in the future." barking neighbor dog)”

Zhaoran walked around the hall with a smile and said, "There are words in the Buddhist scriptures, but no one talks about the Dharma. Although the wisdom is incompetent, it can be seen that the Dharma can be interpreted by humans. But I am not interested in explaining the Dharma. I am interested in resolving sins."

He turned to the door and closed the palace door and said, "Minfang, Da Mingshun was elected to the palace in his last years. Later, he was selected as a female official because of his good reading, but she has always been a low-level female historian. Chenghua six , you were sent by the Queen Mother Zhou to the side of Princess Gu’an and changed your name to Lianfang. How did you do it? It must have taken a lot of effort. Although Fayan Temple is not a good place, it is a chicken head after all. "

Zhao Ran took a few steps forward and said: "There are many rules in the palace, you dare not act recklessly. After arriving at Fayan Temple, you found that there was Jinghui beside her. This nun is strong, shrewd and difficult to speak. I don't agree with you." I like it very much, I think your life will not be too easy. But she has a weakness, and her weakness is Gu'an, and Gu'an is much easier to deal with. She is obsessed with the past and the future, and devotes herself to cultivating Buddhism. Shunping’s next life. It just so happened that Mrs. He often went to various temples to offer incense because she had no children in her family. You got to know her, and you thought of crabs from Zhenze, and then mice from crabs, so you induced Gu’an, Let her believe that if you raise more mice, you will be able to change your luck."

He stopped in his tracks, turned around, looked at the Buddha statue, and said, "When people have desires, they have weaknesses. Jinghui has weaknesses, so she will be more polite to you. Buddhism is boundless, and desires also have no limits. When I arrived at Mrs. He, seeing those exquisite clothes, I felt the indignation that I was always trapped in a corner in my youth. Yes, how can a temple where you can’t even eat garlic and onions can only grow them? Can trap you."

Buddha angrily reprimanded: "Nonsense."

"Wait, don't worry, I'm almost finished." Zhao Ran raised his hand and said, "You take advantage of the opportunity of frequent contact with Mr. He, and use the so-called divine voice of the Buddha mother to convince him that you are his noble person. Help you But to become a fairy, Mr. He has no children in his life, and he will always believe in things that are not true. Then you talk to Qiurong, making her believe that you are already pregnant with Mr. He's child, and you have to run for your life. This is Why do people in Fayan Temple say that Mr. He went up the mountain to donate trees because of the good news from his concubine?"

The sound of footsteps came from outside the Buddhist hall, and the Buddha statue said: "Zhu Zi insults me, and I will fall into the hell of Avici!"

Zhao Ran said to himself: "Because only in this way, Qiu Rong will risk his life to help you escape when he knows that Fayan Temple will bring disaster. You have lived in the deep palace for a long time, and you have been with the Empress Dowager Zhou for a long time. , you know very well who you will attract when you disappear. Not only Jinghui can grasp the mouse on the mountain, when to feed it, and how many times, but there is actually another person who can grasp it, and that is Mr. He who sent the crab. You are also very clear , Jinghui is the only real female nun in Fayan Temple, she must appear in the main hall in the morning and evening classes, and the only one who can feed mice is Qiu Rong."

The footsteps under the steps became louder and louder, and Zhao Ran said clearly: "The mouse came down from the mountain, in order to prevent other people from finding out what happened to Qiurong too early, you even performed a Buddhist song in public, and you will risk your life to help you Qiu Rong's conviction is to delay time, and to explain your whereabouts."

He smiled: "It's a pity that this sentence of the Buddha exposed you. Just imagine, if Qiu Rong dared to kill people, why didn't there be a dead mouse in her bedroom..."

"Bewitching words to confuse people is a crime to be punished!" The voice of the Buddha statue was cold and authentic. As soon as it finished speaking, the door of the main hall was pushed open, and Wantong walked in with great strides.

Zhao Ran said to the Buddha statue, "You know why I have to tell you so many nonsense."

He grinned: "I just want to prove...you are among these nuns."