After turning into a waste material, he flirted with the irritable brother

bang bang bang bang—

As soon as you enter the hall, a thick fragrance of Buddha pours into your nose.

The main hall is surrounded by golden Buddha statues that are high on the wall. Some are sitting upright, some are standing upright, and some are half-recumbent...the golden lacquer carvings are solemn and lifelike. With the crisp sound of wooden fish, people can't help but I feel depressed, as if I am being watched closely by the gods and Buddhas all over the sky.

Shao Bai and Ming Yan walked side by side, following behind the little monk.

"Master Huaiyi, I have been brought here." The little novice said respectfully to the back of the red cassock.

The sound of the wooden fish stopped abruptly.

The sound of bang bang stopped suddenly, and Shao Bai touched his chest subconsciously.

It was very strange, the moment the sound of the wooden fish stopped, Shao Bai found that his heartbeat also missed a beat.

"It seems that this benefactor has a deep connection with Buddhism!" The old man sitting on the futon turned around, holding a purple bluestone wooden fish in his arms, "The poor monk just knocked the seven notes of Buddha's light, usually in It is used when circumambulating the lotus, and the benefactor can achieve the fusion of heart sounds and Buddha sounds at the first hearing, which is really a predestined person."

The old man who spoke was Master Huai Yi.His figure is thin and abnormal, and he can even be described as skinny.The facial features are protruding, and the yellow and black skin tightly wraps the lines of his face bones.It is not difficult to see that Master Huai Yi is already quite old, but perhaps because he has been with the blue lantern all year round, his old eyes are still clear.

This is the first time someone said that Shao Bai had a predestined relationship with Buddha, but Shao Bai never dared to admit this kind of statement.He is a swordsman, no matter in his previous life or in this life, his hands were stained with a lot of blood after all.

Shao Bai didn't know much about Buddhism, but he always heard that monks were so compassionate that they would even trample an ant to death.Nobody like him can compare to that.

"Ahem." Shao Bai and Ming Yan knelt and sat opposite the master, noncommittal about the predestined relationship, "Master, I don't know what is the circle around the lotus?"

"The lotus is pure white and flawless, extremely good and beautiful. It is absolutely pure. Walking around the lotus can remove sin obstacles, open up wisdom, prolong life, and achieve righteousness. It can avoid falling into the mistakes of reincarnation and explore the sacred source." The bell-like voice came from there. The strength of the old body was released, and there was a sense of disobedience.

Shao Bai sat there and nodded, half understanding.

"The two benefactors came here to pray for Tianyin?"

"Exactly."

"In this case, please clean your hands and offer incense first." Master Huai Yi said.

"Alright." Shao Bai nodded.

As if prepared in advance, the little novice soon came to them with a golden flat basin.

There is clear cold water in the basin, with two thin pink lotus petals floating on it.

The little novice brought the water to Princess Mingyan first, and then brought it to Shao Bai.

Shao Bai didn't pay attention to the order, so he stretched his hands into the water and washed them.

Then three thin sticks of incense were sent into the hands of Shao Bai and Ming Yan.

There are many rules for offering incense, kneeling for a while and standing for a while, who to worship and who not to worship, Shao Bai doesn't know anything about these.

Fortunately, Mingyan's movements beside him seem to be very familiar, and Shao Bai's following behind the other side is quite impressive.There were no major mistakes in the whole process, and the whole person was ignorant after all, so that no one could tell the difference, and didn't know whether such prayers were useful.

However, as the saying goes, "sincerity leads to spirit", Shao Bai felt that his attitude just now was reasonable, and probably useful.

It took more than half an hour for him and Mingyan to get up and kneel before the matter of praying for blessings finally came to an end.

At the end, Shao Bai and Ming Yan respectively handed over the still burning incense sticks in their hands to the little novice to enshrine in front of the Buddha.

"Huh?" As a result, when Shao Bai took the incense in his hand, the little novice became very surprised.

"What's the matter?" Shao Bai was a little worried, thinking that he had been careful all the way, and probably didn't do anything like break the incense.

"This is naive, it's a good omen for the coming of gods and Buddhas!" Because he was still in the Buddhist hall, the little novice's voice was not loud, but it was not difficult to hear the shock in his tone.

"Benefactor, burn the incense to relieve the meaning. The three incense sticks burned by Her Royal Highness are called Chenglin incense. The incense in the left hand is high, and the middle and right are at the same level. This means that there are gods guarding the left and right. It is a common auspicious incense." Bright expression A little stunned, the little novice then gestured with his fingers on Shao Bai's three incense sticks, "And this is rare for you, benefactor. Among the three sticks of incense, the left and right sticks are on the same level and are one-third of the middle stick. Da naive, the donor may be the reincarnation of a god or Buddha."

"It's just three sticks of incense, it shouldn't be so mysterious." The boy's body was a little stiff.

"Mysterious and mysterious, mysterious and mysterious, there is mystery in the mystery. The benefactor is right, don't stick to it, just let it be." Outside the door, Master Huaiyi came in with a Buddhist bead in his hand, and said slowly.

The little novice quickly enshrined the three sticks of incense in his hand in front of the Buddha incense.

"But it can be seen that the donor does have a relationship with the Buddha."

There was a slight embarrassment on Shao Bai's face.

"Princess Mingyan, the old monk has something to ask you." Master Huai Yi put his right hand straight in front of his chest, "In two days, it will be the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, and that is the birthday of Mrs. An auspicious day. Every year on this day, the surrounding people will come to Chengtian Temple to pray and offer incense. Her Royal Highness is a noble person, and it happens to be in the temple. This year, the old monk wants to ask Her Royal Highness to condescend to bless the people. I wonder if Her Royal Highness can willing?"

The girl standing aside nodded without hesitation.

"Well, so much—" Halfway through speaking, Master Huai Yi's voice suddenly choked up, his right hand tightly grasped the cassock in front of his chest, and the Buddhist bead chain in his left hand fell to the ground, his expression extremely painful.

"Oops! Abbot Huaiyi's illness has struck again!" The little novice was so frightened that he hurried to Master Huaiyi's side, "Master, Master, you have put your first aid pill on your body!"

The old man's expression was extremely painful, as if he would die at any moment, Shao Bai and Ming Yan couldn't understand the pathology and could only wait on the sidelines.

Fortunately, after a while, the little novice took out a black porcelain bottle from the old monk, "I found it, I found it, and the master medicine of Huai Yi will come soon!"

Gollum-

Probably because he was too anxious, the little novice's hands shook violently, a pill rolled down from his little hand, and he didn't bother to pick it up, so he could only pour out another one.

The vermilion pill rolled on the ground until it reached the burnt white feet.

Shao Bai bent down to pick up the vermilion pill, subconsciously brought it up to his nose and sniffed it.

Herbal scent mixed with a strong floral scent.

Still have a little faint fishy smell?

"Abbot, abbot, are you okay!" The little novice patted the old man's back to help him calm down.

This First Aid Pill seemed to be very powerful. After taking it, Master Huaiyi's expression became calm obviously, and his whole body seemed to feel much more comfortable.

"Thank you, benefactor." The little novice put the pill Shao Bai saw back into the medicine bottle, and soon several other young monks came in to help Master Huai Yi up.

"I don't know what disease Master Huaiyi got? It was very serious when it happened." Walking out of the hall, Shao Bai asked.

"Master Huaiyi has always cultivated his body and cultivated his character, but after all, he is very old. I can't say what the specific disease is, but his body is getting worse year by year." The little novice wiped his eyes with his sleeve, and his words were a little choked up, "Master Really a good person, I was originally an orphan abandoned by my parents, with low mana and no possessions, if the master hadn't taken me back to the temple to take me in, I definitely wouldn't have lived to finish this time. Every time I saw the master fell ill It was so painful, I was really scared.”

"Blessed by the Buddha, good people will live long." Mingyan who had been silent all this time transmitted her voice, "Master will be fine."

"Well, Ming Yan is right." Shao Bai echoed from the side.

"Amitabha, thank you two benefactors, I lost my manner and made you laugh." The little novice quickly wiped away his tears, "I'll take you two to have breakfast."

After all, Mingyan and Shao Bai's identities were special, but the temple did not allow them to have meals with ordinary monks.However, on the road, it is inevitable that we will meet some new novice monks who have just finished their morning classes. It is probably rare to see people with extraordinary clothes like Shao Baimingyan, so they will inevitably look at them curiously.

"Wait a minute, I want to scoop up some water to wash my hands." After touching the first aid pill, the strange smell lingered on Shao Bai's hands for a long time. Seeing a well on the road, Shao Bai wanted to get some well water to wash his hands.

"The donor's well is—" Before the little novice finished speaking, Shao Bai had already arrived at the well.

"Lotus?" Looking into the well, Shao Bai couldn't help being stunned.

The well is not too deep, and the mouth of the well is not too big, but there are several pink lotus flowers in full bloom inside.This is really contrary to common sense. Let's not say that it is not the time for lotus to bloom until summer, but it is unheard of and unseen to grow lotus in this well.

And it looks so good.

"The water in the well of the benefactor is useless." The little novice rushed to say, "There will be a place to fetch water at the breakfast place."

"This well is so miraculous that it can produce such lotus flowers." Shao Bai asked the little novice very curiously, "What is the reason for this?"

"Benefactor, this well is one of the wonders of our Chengtian Temple. There are lotus shadows in the famous well. The lotus flowers in this well are invincible. Your Royal Highness should be no stranger to it. The Emperor Tianyin came here to admire it. , I personally call these flowers the Immortals of Flowers." The little novice said with a smile.

Mingyan nodded, indicating that this was indeed the case.

"No thanks for being undefeated?" Shao Bai was very surprised.

"Yes, at least since I came to Chengtian Temple, I have never seen the lotus in this well wither." The little novice led Shao Bai and Mingyan away, "But this is not unusual, this well is not unusual. "

"Huh?" Shao Bai became more and more curious.

"This well is called Huayu Well, and there is an ancient legend." Speaking of this kind of legend, the little novice coughed a few times, pretending to be old-fashioned, and it seemed very amusing.

"That was when the Chengtian Temple was first built. Because there were many temples and a large scale, a lot of wood was needed. For this reason, a master in the temple went to the next mountain to beg for alms, and wanted to borrow from the mountain owner. Wood."

"The owner of the mountain was cunning and harsh, so he deliberately made things difficult for the master and said: If you want the tall fir trees here, you have to break them and cut them down by yourself. If you can do it, I can give it to you and let you cut it down. Then The cedar tree is towering and strong. It is very difficult for one person to cut down one tree. It is impossible to cut down several roots. However, the master still made a contract with the mountain owner. That night, the wind blew past. Who would have thought that the master had achieved profound enlightenment and had already left the ordinary flesh and blood , Do it that night, and those giant fir trees will fall down one by one obediently."

"Oh, this master's formula is so powerful." Shao Bai nodded.

Probably because Shao Bai's tone was too flat, and he interrupted the little novice's story, the little novice's face puffed up, a little dissatisfied, "Benefactor, Chengtian Temple has a long history, and it didn't have the power of magic formula when it was built. , This is a miracle of enlightenment."

"That's right! I'm sorry." After saying something wrong, Shao Bai rubbed his nose resentfully.

"Ahem." The little novice continued, "However, the mountain master was very unhappy when he saw this, and continued to make troubles: Stupid monk, even though you have cut down all these trees, how can you transport these good trees away? If you can’t transport them away within a day, I won’t give you these fir trees. Each of these fir trees weighs a thousand catties, and the total weight is a thousand times heavier than the master. The time in one day is very short, and the mountain master feels that it is necessary to complete this task. It is absolutely impossible. Unexpectedly, the master hit those giant cedars with his Zen staff, and those giant cedars disappeared."

The little novice suddenly stopped talking.

After a while, seeing that the two people didn't respond, the little novice looked at Shao Bai with some resentment, "Don't you ask me where those giant cedars are?"

"Ah, where are those giant cedars?" Shao Bai thought the little monk was very interesting, so he asked obediently.

"It just came up from this flower rain well one by one. The wood for Chengtian Temple built in this way will be sufficient." The little novice said with a lack of interest.

"So that's how it is." Shao Bai nodded approvingly.

The little novice sighed. He told this legend to many people, and everyone thought it was very miraculous. Only the two behind him had the most flat reactions, which made him feel that the story was very boring.

In fact, this is not a pretentious gesture by Shao Bai and Ming Yan.One of the two of them has no ups and downs all the year round, and he doesn't even talk much, so naturally he can't do the job of cheering.And the other—

For Shao Bai, the legendary method of transporting the wood seems to be the same as the general method [All-inclusive], he often sees his brother and Su Xuanji use it.

And that cut down dozens of huge cedar trees at once——

It seems that it is really not difficult.

In general, Shao Bai felt that this story was more in line with common sense than the undefeated lotus in the pond.

Soon, the little novice led them to a small hall, which was made of tiles and was very simple.

There is a pair of tattered red paper hanging on the door, with ink writing "Listen to the morning bell and evening drum, and hear the sound of the Buddha", which probably means to convert to Buddhism and start a life of practice, which is also suitable for the scene.

"This is the small kitchen in the temple. Although it is simple, it is better than clean."

The little novice brought water to Shao Bai to wash his hands, and during this time, breakfast was also served.

Regarding the serving of food, Fang Yun came here first when Shao Bai and Ming Yan were praying for blessings.

After all, it was something that Mingyan imported. As a personal maid, Fang Yun naturally felt at ease after watching these things being made.

A few pickles, two bowls of white porridge, and some vegetarian buns, pancakes, etc. There is no onion, garlic, pepper, or these heavy foods in the temple dishes, and of course there is no big meat such as eggs and meat.At first glance, it is really plain and pitiful.

"His Royal Highness and Young Master Shao are really wronged." Fang Yun said, this kind of breakfast is not as good as the servants in the palace.

"It's better if it's light." After Shao Bai came to this world, almost every meal was good, but he was not a person who cared about his appetite, so there was no problem with vegetables and rice for a few days now and then.

And Mingyan doesn't seem to be a picky person, her face is normal.

The small hall was very quiet, and it was rare to hear the sound of the root of the spoon touching the edge of the bowl.

"Your Highness, don't you want to eat?" Seeing Mingyan put down the spoon, Shao Bai looked around, and the other party probably only ate a small half of the bowl of porridge, "But you can't get used to it?"

"No, Mr. Shao. Our princess has a small appetite, and this is already a big meal for the princess." Fang Yun explained beside her.

Half a bowl of porridge is too much to eat?

How much should you usually eat?

"If you eat less, you won't grow taller." Shao Bai persuaded him with what Senior Brother Chu often said.

"Ahem, Mr. Shao, our princess's figure is considered excellent among women." Thinking that Shao Bai was disliking Mingyan's figure, Fang Yun quickly defended it.

"So that's how it is." Shao Bai didn't know much about the woman's figure, so he didn't say any more.

"Fang Yun, do you still have vegetarian buns and pancakes in the small kitchen at the back?" Shao Bai asked after eating almost.

"Yes, Mr. Shao, do you want some more?" Fang Yun asked.

"Hmm...I want to take some back." Shao Bai thought for a while and said, "Do you have soy milk?"

"some."

"Come some too." Shao Bai said.

"Okay, Mr. Shao, wait a moment, the servant girl will go now." Fang Yun nodded, saluted and stepped back.

Suddenly, only Ming Yan and Shao Bai were left in the small hall.

"Mr. Shao, I'm sorry. I accepted the host's request casually. I may have to stay in Chengtian Temple for three more days. If Mr. Shao is inconvenient, you can go back first." After a while, Youyou's voice came into Shao's mouth. Bai's ears.

"Being entrusted by someone, it's a matter of loyalty. Since I promised to escort the princess down here, I should send her highness back here." Shao Bai said.

That's the reason, and Senior Brother Chu came here disguised as a Silver Armored Army, if he just left, then Senior Brother Chu probably wouldn't stay here.There were only ten silver-armored soldiers in total, and one of them was inexplicably missing when we went back. I'm afraid it would be difficult for Wang Ce to do business.

"Actually, it's nothing. After all, I want to make it clear to my father when I go back. If the result is the same, Mr. Shao don't have to make things difficult for me." Ming Yan said.

It was as if there were layers of invisible layers covering the girl, whether it was Shao Bai or anyone around her were kept out.

I am used to rejecting other people's kindness, and I don't want to cause trouble for others.

From the first time we met, Shao Bai had this feeling.

Mingyan doesn't seem to want to have contact with anyone, perhaps Wang Ce was an exception.

But now Wang Ce is no longer special.

This state is very bad, Shao Bai knows better than anyone what will happen to people who are going all the way to loneliness.

However, to untie the bell, one must tie it.

Shao Bai doesn't think he can change Mingyan's status quo, he is not the special person the other party regards, and he doesn't have the ability to save this girl who is going further and further away.

"Young Master Shao, you want breakfast." Fang Yun had already packed a few things into the wooden box.

"Well, then I'll leave first." Shao Bai glanced at the expressionless girl sitting there, and left with the wooden box.

For Mingyan, Shao Bai would indeed pay more attention than ordinary people, otherwise he would not agree when the other party invites him to Tianyin.

There are reasons for this.

It has nothing to do with the so-called marriage contract.

If you insist on saying it, it is probably because Shao Bai sees some shadows of his past in Ming Yan.

After thinking about it, if he hadn't come here, if he hadn't come to the Shao Mansion in Liuhai Prefecture, and hadn't met those people who were important to him, he might have been much worse than Mingyan's current situation.

"Senior Brother Chu, are you up? I brought breakfast back." Shao Bai walked in, and the man got up lazily, sitting on the couch and stretching.

The arms stretched out, and the lapel of the underwear couldn't help being loosened, revealing the man's large and tight chest muscles.

The dark red lines on the skin undulate slightly with the movement of the arms.

"Why are you staring at me?" The man's tone seemed a little joking.

"Hmmmmmmmm... nothing." After being caught peeking, Shao Bai quickly turned his eyes away, then turned around in a panic, put the wooden box on the table, and said, "Chu Chu Chu Brother, get up quickly, or it won't taste good when it gets cold."

The man yawned, and lazily got off the couch to wash up.

"It's just praying, why have you been there for so long?"

"It's a little more than an hour, and it's still... okay." Shao Bai's face was a little hot, and he opened the wooden box and took out the steaming pancakes, vegetarian buns, and soy milk one by one.

"Tch, it takes so long to burn incense." The man complained as he walked to the table.

"I came back a bit late. It's also at this point. Brother Chu must be very hungry after waiting." Shao Bai was stunned for a while, and then said as if he suddenly figured it out, "I'm sorry."

After talking a lot, seeing that there was no answer, Shao Bai's heart skipped a beat, and he looked at the man sitting beside him.

I saw those pale red eyes looking at him thoughtfully.

"Brother Chu, did I say something wrong again?" Shao Bai asked cautiously, "Don't be angry."

"Ah, your brain is really hopeless." Then Shao Bai's cheek was pinched by a big hand, and he began to knead wantonly, "Hungry! Hungry! Hungry! Why are you hungry! Do you think I'm an idiot? ?”

"Big Sixiong, I poked that, I didn't think about it." Shao Bai was pinched, and he couldn't speak clearly, admitting his mistake vaguely.

After a while, his fair and tender cheeks escaped from the man's clutches.

"How could there be someone like you! When did I blame you? I'm so sorry." After the bullying, Chu Tianze was still very upset.

"But..." Shao Bai explained, "Brother Chu said I've been there for too long, so I thought—"

"What do you think! Is that what I meant?" The man grabbed a plain bun and frowned.

"Then, what does that mean?" Shao Bai asked.

It seemed that he couldn't bear it anymore, the plain buns were almost deformed by the men.

"Forget it if you're stupid! Of course the fuck is... the meaning of wanting you to come back soon! The meaning of wanting to see you soon! Do you understand! Fool!"

Shao Bai was completely dumbfounded.

Almost immediately, that immature face turned so red that it was impossible to look at it.