Placid Chang'an

In March of Yangchun, Su Cen picked a free day and proposed to go out for a spring outing together.

Originally, I only planned to take Qu Ling'er with me, but I never thought that Qu Ling'er would show off to his elder brother Qi for everything, and Qi Lin mentioned it in front of Li Shi again, so when they packed their bags and went out, He saw Li Shi and Qi Lin in casual clothes standing outside the door.

Su Cen was taken aback for a moment, "You don't need to read the memorial today?"

Li Shi stood with his hands behind his back, "Occasionally, I would think, 'The king will not come to court early' once in a while."

Su Cen's face turned reddish, and she thought to herself, who is the one who made you "beautiful in spring nights and short days"?He was happy in his heart, and he didn't want Li Shi to waste all his time and energy on government affairs, sending them to the Xingqing Palace all year round, regardless of the big or small things.

The destination of this trip is the Caotang Temple outside the city, where the grass grows and the warblers fly, and the scenery along the way is verdant and verdant.When I came here for the first time, it was still the twelfth lunar month of winter, and there was nothing on the bare mountains. Now that the ice melts and everything grows, there is a lot of fun on the road.Qu Ling'er was jumping up and down and couldn't live in peace. She wanted to pick flowers and catch fish. Su Cen couldn't get angry in front of Li Shi, and frequently gave Qi Lin winks: Can you take good care of your own people?

Qi Lin only thought that Mr. Su disliked him for being in the way, so he followed Qu Ling'er to catch fish.

Su Cen: "..."

The sky is dark and wild, the sun and the moon are evidence, and the sky can learn from it. Su Cen absolutely didn't have any unreasonable thoughts before this.However, the mountains are good and the water is good, and there is no one around, so if you don't do something, it will be a waste of this great spring.

While he was thinking about how to do it, Li Shi suddenly stopped and looked back at him.

Su Cen touched his face guiltyly: "...what's wrong?"

Li Shijun raised his eyebrows: "Don't you have something to tell me?"

Su Cen: "Huh?"

"Then why did you send Qi Lin away?"

"..." Mr. Su wanted to cry, but he was really more wronged than Dou E. He thought that this was the way it was anyway, so he kept on doing nothing, and said bravely, "I have something to tell you."

Su Cen came up to the person, just opened his mouth, and suddenly stepped forward on tiptoe, and kissed Li Shi's slightly raised lips with the fragrance of grass and trees.

Without waiting for anyone's reaction, he hurriedly withdrew again, striding forward without squinting, the solemnity could no longer be serious.

Li Shi couldn't help but chuckle at the tip of his ear that was slowly burning, and he opened his lips and licked the corner of his mouth, feeling quite unsatisfied.

By the time we got to Caotang Temple, it was past meal time.Qu Ling'er took a few big fish that his elder brother Qi had caught for him, and stood in front of the mountain gate and asked the young monk in the temple: "Can you make fish soup here?"

This is a monk's temple, not a restaurant!There is a black line on the young monk's smooth forehead: "Monks don't kill."

Qu Ling'er waved her hand: "You don't need to kill me, I will kill myself."

Little monk: "...all things have spirits. If you kill them recklessly and take their lives, you will die and fall into the evil way. There is a release pool behind the temple. I hope the benefactor will be merciful and make a good relationship."

Qu Linger frowned: "What if you fish it out and eat it as soon as I leave?"

Qu Ling'er looked at Qi Lin, then at the fish, they were all alive and well, fat and meaty, he was reluctant to let him go, and couldn't enter the gate of the temple while carrying it, it was quite embarrassing.

In the end, Qi Lin led him to sit in front of the mountain gate, put the fish on the stone steps, and started doing business in front of the temple gate.The spring is beautiful, and there are many people coming and going to offer incense. Wouldn't it be fun to buy a fresh big fish to make soup after serving the Buddha?There are quite a few people coming and going to ask the price, but the business is actually pretty good.

The little monk couldn't bear to look directly, and silently recited "Amitabha, Amitabha...", got up and went back to the temple.

Su Cen smiled at Li Shi and shook his head, without waiting for them, he went into the temple on his own.

Su Cen explained to Li Shidao the purpose of coming here. The purpose of coming out this time is spring outing, and there is another purpose. He suspects that Huang Wan'er is imprisoned in a certain temple.

This is not groundless, he heard from the pawnshop that the person who sold the emerald jade earrings had a callus on the second joint of his right index finger. Afterwards, he carefully looked at various craftsmen, such as those who use knives and swords, stonemasons, blacksmiths and masons. Even the butchers did not find cocoons of similar shape.The second knuckle of the index finger is not commonly used, and Su Cen couldn't understand why a callus was left there.Until one day, a monk from the mountains came to ask for alms.

Looking at the monk's hand, Su Cen suddenly realized that the rosary beads rubbed against the knuckles, accumulated over time, and became cocoons.The pawn shop owner also said that the person covered them tightly, probably to cover up their bare foreheads that are different from ordinary people.

Since he wanted to start with the temple, Su Cen chose the Caotang Temple closest to the Wanqing Pavilion to start, and in the name of Youchun, he went to the temple to find out the truth.

Although Caotang Temple is famous for seeking marriage, it is a serious Buddhist temple. As soon as you enter the mountain gate, there is the Tianwang Hall, the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower on the left and right, and then the Daxiong Hall, where the master Sakyamuni Buddha is enshrined. , There is an endless stream of people coming and going.

Su Cen didn't make a special trip to worship the Buddha, he went to the main hall to burn a stick of incense and then came out, following Li Shi around.Further back are the Hall of Great Compassion, the Hall of Ksitigarbha, and the Hall of the Three Sages. There is a pagoda behind the temple, which enshrines the relics of Buddha bones. Behind the pagoda is a bamboo forest.

Su Cen remembered that when he came here with Feng Yiming and the others, he said that there was a well in the bamboo forest, and smoke would rise when he met someone with predestined relationship.I have come here, and I am planning to see if there is any fate this time.I never thought that it was the same novice monk who stopped at the entrance: "The ancient well is in disrepair and is temporarily closed. Please come back, benefactor."

Su Cen frowned: "It's been three months and you haven't finished it yet?"

The novice clasped his hands together: "The well is slippery and dangerous. It is also for the safety of the benefactors. I hope the benefactors will forgive me."

Su Cen and Li Shi looked at each other, without any force, Su Cen saluted the novice and left with Li Shi.

When he got to a secluded place, Su Cen said, "There is something wrong with that well, I have to find a chance to go in and have a look."

Li Shi nodded: "Wait until nightfall."

"Night?" Su Cen was taken aback, "Are we going to spend the night in the temple?"

Li Shidao: "The one just now should be a monk. During the day, the guards are heavily guarded. How did you get in?"

"What about you?" Su Cen asked with a frown. He didn't care, but Prince Ning has a noble status and has a lot of work to do every day. How can he spend the night with him in this temple?

Li Shi looked at Su Cen and said with a smile, "What are you talking about?"

The two went to the front hall to pay a lot of money for incense, which alarmed the host to come out to receive him in person. Su Cen then took the opportunity to say: "My master sincerely worships the Buddha, and he must give alms every time he goes. This time he came to your temple I especially like the quiet environment in the temple, so I want to stay here for a night."

The abbot of the temple, named Huikong, has a white beard, kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and he has no doubts about what Su Cen said, so he immediately ordered a young monk beside him to clean up Su Cen's room.

In order to maintain his image of "sincerely worshiping the Buddha", Li Shi discussed Buddhism with the host.

Su Cen didn't expect Li Shi, who kills and disrespects ghosts and gods, to have attainments in Buddhism. He listened to it out of curiosity, but he was fascinated by it.

Speaking of the "Ksitigarbha Sutra", Li Shidao said: "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva saves all living beings with his body, teaches all living beings to escape the three evil ways, 'leaves life and death forever, and reaches Nirvana'. Identical to Sakyamuni with the power of the Buddha, he became a Buddha before immeasurable kalpas, and returned to the position of Bodhisattva to live in hell forever. Hell will never be empty, all living beings will be saved forever, and karmic obstacles will never be cleared. "

Master Huikong twirled the Buddha beads and nodded: "It is because the Bodhisattva's heart is pure and will not enter extinction. He can save the immeasurable, boundless, inferior, and blunt. , to attain the supreme state of Mahayana through meditation. Amitabha."

Li Shi only drank his tea and smiled lightly.

After selling the fish, Qi Lin and Qu Ling'er came to find them. The smell of fish and copper all over their bodies completely ruined the detached and refined atmosphere just now.

Su Cen didn't want to let Qu Ling'er spoil the purity of the Buddhist sect here again, just as the young monk had finished tidying up the side room, they said goodbye to the host and went to the side room to settle down first.

As he walked towards the wing, Su Cen asked in a low voice, "What did the host just say?"

Li Shi shook his head with his hands behind his back: "I don't understand."

Su Cen: "...then you two chatted so happily?"

Li Shi raised his lips and smiled meaningfully: "The homework done by the monks is spread out next to it, and I read it accordingly."

Su Cen: "..."