Chapter 19 Letting Go
Song Ruoxi's heart sank. After she politely refused, why did this man insist on letting her and Jian'er lead the way? Could it be that I had a past with this man? He frowned. He came to Jinglian Temple, wouldn't he come to find her?
"Let's go, I'll take you there." Jian'er hung her head and was discovered. She couldn't go to the foot of the mountain. She took the guests there. I hope that the master would not punish her for her "behaved" reasons.
Tuo Yan took two steps forward and found that Song Ruoxi was standing there without moving. He stopped and turned sideways and said, "Miss Second, please."
Song Ruoxi pouted. She stood still and tried to test it. Unexpectedly, the conclusion came out was cruel. This man was really coming to her. When things were about to come, it was useless to escape. She could only face reality and take heavy steps.
The nun guarding the mountain gate chanted the Buddha's name and said, "Uncle Master, Master Jingxuan, never saw a foreign guest."
Tuo Yan slightly raised his jaw, "After he is not a foreign guest, but an old friend of Master Jingxuan, he came today to discuss important matters with Master Jingxuan."
The nuns could not tell the truth of the words, and were afraid that they would miss the matter, so they did not say anything to stop him.
Song Ruoxi breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it wasn't for her.
With Song Ruoxi and Jian'er "helping", Tuo Yan met Jingxuan without any effort. Because the two were talking about important things, Song Ruoxi and Jian'er retreated. Tuo Yan's two followers, one on the left and the other on the right, stood expressionless outside the yard gate.
"Jian'er, I'm back to my room." Song Ruoxi was afraid that after Tuo Yan had finished talking, if he wanted to talk to her about the past, it would be troublesome. It would be safer to stay away from him.
"Well, I'll go find you tomorrow." Jian'er smiled.
"Don't come to me tomorrow, I have something to do."
"You have something to do again!" The little nuns had to attend morning and evening classes, clean the temple, and receive pilgrims. They were very busy. Jian'er couldn't find a companion. Finally, Song Ruoxi could accompany her to the back mountain, but she couldn't find anyone every now and then.
Song Ruoxi gently patted Jian'er's face, "Don't pout, I'll come to you when I have time, and we'll go to the back mountain to make fish soup."
"When will you have time?" Jian'er swallowed.
"In a few days." Song Ruoxi left with a smile.
In the Zen room, Tuo Yan had finished drinking tea, put down his cup, and said, "Master Jingxuan, please forgive me after pretending to be an old friend."
Jingxuan chanted the Buddha's name and said, "I am merciful and I wish to make a connection with sentient beings. Why do you have any false statements?"
"I am Tuo Yan, the eldest son of Chengjin Hou. I have something to confirm with my master today."
"Please speak with the donor."
"Ten years ago, did Master Jingxuan pick up a baby girl?"
"I am merciful and protect all living beings." Jingxuan did not give a positive answer.
"Is that baby girl the little master who led me just now?"
Jingxuan lowered his eyelids, his expression still did not change, but he just quickly pulled the rosary in his hand.
Tuo Yan looked at the rosary, curled the corners of his lips, and then asked, "What is there in her swaddling clothes?"
Jingxuan pursed the corners of her lips.
"Her looks very similar to my father Cheng Jinhou. Master didn't realize this was too coincidental?" A cold light flashed in Tuo Yan's eyes. His mother was not aimless. This woman did deliberately put her child in Jinglian Temple. She must have wanted to wait until the child grows up and use the power of the gods to find something she shouldn't have imagined.
"Things are the same, and people are the same." Jingxuan said.
"Master Jingxuan, monks do not lie." Tuo Yan leaned forward, "When lie, the Buddha will blame him. Years of practice will be ruined."
"Papapapapapa" The beads in Jingxuan's hand suddenly broke, and the black beads jumped on the ground and scattered all over the ground.
Tuo Yan sighed and said, "It's fine if you don't know, but if you know, how can you let her stay away?"
Jingxuan slowly raised his head and chanted the Buddha's name, "Jian'er has lived in the temple for ten years. I want to inform her about her affairs."
"Then I'll wait for news from my master in the lay Buddhist building." Tuo Yan showed a sneer of the success of the conspiracy on his lips. These nuns who were far away from the world just accepted everything with just a word.
"The donor can let Yuanxiu take you to the lay Buddhist building." Jingxuan lowered his eyelids and returned to his usual indifference.
Tuo Yan stood up, put his hands together and bowed to Jingxuan, turned around and opened the door and left, and settled down in the lay Buddhist building.
Jingxuan sat in the meditation room, motionless.
"Sow such causes and harvest such results, and good fortune, misfortune, suffering, and happiness are all karma." Huijin's voice sounded outside the door, "Jingxuan, how many years have you been here?"
Jingxuan walked out of the room, put his hands together and bowed to Huijin, and chanted the Buddha's name, "Uncle Master, I have been here for forty-five years."
Huijin stretched out his right hand, held it tightly, and asked, "What is Pomni's holding in his hand?"
Jingxuan was so confused that he was asked.
"Jingchen, what is the teacher holding in his hand?" Huijin turned around and asked Song Ruoxi who came with her.
Song Ruoxi frowned slightly, thought for a while, and smiled and said, "The master is holding the sunshine."
"Pinnie is holding the sunshine at this moment." Huijin said and left drifted away.
"Master, wait for me." Song Ruoxi followed.
Jingxuan looked at Master Huijin's disciple who was leaving, and seemed to have realized something.
The next day, it was another good weather, the sun was shining, and the gentle spring breeze brought the fresh fragrance of grass and trees, which made people feel refreshed. After washing and changing clothes, Song Ruoxi took the bamboo flute to Anyu's small courtyard, and climbed under the cypress tree. He saw Anyu sitting under the grape trellis after morning class, and there were chess tables in front of her. There were about two hundred pieces on the chessboard, and half of them were black and white.
"Aunt An." Song Ruoxi walked lightly in front of An Yu, put his hands on his waist, bent his knees slightly, and gave him a standard and standard movement of saluting.
An Yu asked, "Do you want Baizi or Heizi today?"
"I still want Baizi." Knowing the rules and learning to layout, An Yu asked Song Ruoxi to start from the middle stage. After the final, if you win, you will change to a new game. If you lose, you will continue the next day until she wins.
Song Ruoxi handed the bamboo flute in his hand to Si Niangniang and sat down gently. The bamboo chair did not make any strange noises, and picked up a white piece and fell down.
"Pa" An Yu dropped the black piece in his hand on the chessboard.
This game has been played for five days, and An Yu has pointed out the wrong moves that Song Ruoxi makes every day, so she will naturally not repeat the same mistakes today. After more than a dozen moves, Song Ruoxi gradually slowed down and looked at the chessboard with a focused expression, unable to make a move for a long time.
An Yu did not urge her to take the tea served by the silkworm girl, took a sip of the tea, put it in her mouth, and slowly savored it.
"Pa" Song Ruoxi thought for a long time and finally fell down.
An Yu smiled and nodded slightly, and the dark spot fell again.
The two of them put in another stick of incense, and Song Ruoxi won, sighed softly and said, "I finally won!"
"Drink a cup of tea, eat some pastries, and take a break, it's time for you to play the flute."
"Aunt An, you're so tight." Song Ruoxi complained.
An Yu's bright eyes flowed and she smiled slightly, "As soon as I relax, you will be lazy."
"I just took a laziness for a while." Song Ruoxi's face turned slightly red and he defended softly.
"It is your fault to be lazy and steal by chance. If I catch you, it is your fault." An Yu took the opportunity to educate Song Ruoxi.
Song Ruoxi's eyes flashed slightly and she smiled.
Chapter completed!