mtlumby2d Chapter 409: Meet Pushan Again 2
Chapter 409: Meet Pushan Again 2
Pushan was slightly startled, his eyes passed Yuqing and fell on Wang Jinyi's face, with a bit of relief in his bitter smile:
"I am just a copyist, don't be nervous. I just saw a green glow on Miss's forehead. I don't know why, but I can't help but say something."
Before he finished speaking, Yuqing was pulled away by Wang Jinyi and took a step forward.
"Sir, why are you here in the temple now? I remember you were going to the Taoist temple to rest."
As he spoke, he gestured with his hand for Putian to sit down. Putian shook his head slightly, glanced at Yuqing, and replied with a teasing tone:
"I just accepted Master Huiming's request to sort out the Buddhist scriptures, re-copy them and keep them for future use. I'm afraid I'll have to stay in the temple for a while, so I won't be meeting the young lady on the road in the short term!"
Wang Jinyi asked directly, "Are you familiar with the Master?"
"It should be considered a coincidence. Miss seemed to be traveling to the north at the beginning, so why is she in the Pure Land Temple now?"
Wang Jinyi deliberately changed the subject and asked, "Sir, I am your neighbor at Yunshui Hall, you don't know that yet!"
"I heard that there is a female donor who is devoted to cultivation. It turns out she is a young lady."
The two of them chatted easily, which made Yuqing beside them relax her guard.
Wang Jinyi had something on his mind, and when he met someone who knew a lot about the Pure Land Temple, he asked directly,
"Sir, you are familiar with Buddhist matters, so you must know something about ordination. What are the procedures for ordination?"
Pushan looked at the little girl in front of him in surprise, and asked half curiously:
"Miss, why do you ask this?"
Wang Jinyi answered evasively: "I'm just curious."
Pushan seemed to believe this answer, and nodded slightly and replied:
"If you encounter someone who has converted to Buddhism, you must bring your household registration, and of course you must have a witness. Miss, what are you doing...?"
Pushan asked with a long tone.
Wang Jinyi continued to ask: "Sir, is there any quiet and safe nunnery around this Pure Land Temple?"
"As Miss has requested, there is a small nunnery about ten miles away that meets these requirements. I just don't know why Miss wants to become a nun?"
Wang Jinyi raised his eyebrows slightly and answered calmly:
"Everyone has their own thoughts, so why bother asking what's hidden in their hearts?"
She did not deny the speculation that Putian had become a monk, but she did not want to explain the reason. Putian nodded in silence after hearing this.
"Okay, I'll go ahead then."
Without waiting for Wang Jinyi's response, Pushan turned around and blended into the crowd.
Back in the guest room of Yunshui Hall, Wang Jinyi calmed his mind and put down what he had thought of on the road.
After writing it, I read it over and over again.
Becoming a monk is a helpless but safest option.
Wang Jinyi stroked the delicate embroidery on her cuffs, stood up and walked to the window, looking at the north wind outside blowing the remaining snow and hitting the window paper, sighing for her own fate in her heart.
Over the years, it has been like looking for a needle in a haystack, searching everywhere for news about Chen Zhiyuan.
I have spent countless days and nights trying to find clues, not to mention the manpower and material resources I have mobilized, but my own concern alone is beyond calculation.
But fate played a trick on me, and even I began to doubt myself, wondering if Chen Zhiyuan had not come to the Daqi Dynasty?
Now I have been inadvertently involved in the affairs of the Crown Prince. The struggle for imperial power is full of twists and turns. If I am not careful, I will be doomed. If I don't prepare for the worst, I may not be able to protect myself. I have no choice but to take this step...
Wang Jinyi sighed deeply, her heart sinking. Filled with helplessness and sadness, her eyes gradually became moist, and a tear slid down her cheek.
In order to avoid becoming a pawn in the hands of others, the only choice is to become a monk. This is the safest way without implicating fellow clansmen.
Yuqing and Zhuyu were both in heavy moods when they saw the young lady sighing in front of the window. When they heard the young lady asking the scholar who was copying the scriptures, they knew that the young lady had made up her mind to become a nun!
Neither of them knew what to say. The master and servants in the room all listened to the howling of the north wind in silence.
On the snow-covered mountain road, Zhu Yu went down the mountain early and stood at the hitching post at the foot of the mountain, frozen into an ice stick, determined to wait for Wang Jin to come.
A small carriage drawn by green cloth was speeding against the cold wind. Zhu Yu stamped his feet and waited anxiously. Finally, he saw an ordinary carriage approaching. He did not dare to go forward, but just stared at it without blinking his eyes.
When he saw Wang Jinlai jump out of the car and stamp his feet back and forth like him, he felt inexplicably at ease.
Zhu Yu still remembered the young lady's instructions and shouted,
"Wang Jinlai, Wang Jinlai..."
Wang Jinlai looked in the direction of the voice, with a puzzled look on his face. Zhu Yu's face was red from the cold. She ran forward in the cold wind, grabbed his arm and pulled him aside, "Hurry up! Read the letter from the young lady first."
"what happened?"
Wang Jinlai staggered as he was dragged. He caught a glimpse of the ice on Zhu Yu's temples and asked nervously, "Miss, is there something wrong?"
Before he finished speaking, Sun Wei, who was driving the car, jumped out of the car, put one arm on his waist and walked closer, lowering his voice and asking:
"Tell me quickly, what happened to the lady?"
Zhu Yu glared back at the two of them, "Pfft, pfft, pfft, who said something happened to the young lady? It was the young lady who had something urgent to do..."
"Miss, you have something urgent to do, right?"
"Oh, read the letter!"
Zhu Yu glanced at Sun Wei as he spoke, and Sun Wei tactfully retreated back to the carriage.
Wang Jinlai quickly read the note written by the young lady, and directly pulled Zhu Yu onto the carriage, "Please show us the way. We have to speed up, otherwise we won't be able to get back at night, and the Second Master and the Madam will be worried!"
Zhu Yu lifted the curtain and pointed to a small path leading to the back mountain.
"Go down the mountain from here, and when you reach the village at the foot of the mountain, find someone to lead the way and say we're going to Luoxia Temple..."
"Why go to a nunnery?"
"Brother Sun, hurry up and get going. We can talk on the way. Let's go!"
Sun Wei glanced at Wang Jinlai, who was busy reading the note carefully. Seeing that Wang Jinlai didn't say anything, he whipped his horse and galloped down the path to the back mountain.
On the spacious resting platform in front of the temple gate, a group of people whipped their horses, the north wind blew up several people's cloaks, and several people talked in low voices, exuding hot air.
The Wang clan leader dismounted and handed the reins to the guard. He straightened his clothes and glanced at the people around him, "Let's go!"
Wrapping himself tightly in the fox fur cloak, the white mist exhaled from his throat instantly condensed into white mist and was quickly blown away by the cold wind.
Everyone climbed the stairs and appeared in the Main Hall half an hour later. After burning incense and worshiping Buddha, they went straight to Yunshui Hall.
At this time, Wang Jinyi sat cross-legged on a cushion with two layers of cotton padding. He closed his eyes slightly and tried to fight the cold with his mind so as not to forget the scriptures.
Before going out, Yuqing specially brought a hand warmer for the young lady. Now it was out, and the copper warmer was already icy cold. She had to secretly open her eyes while reciting the scriptures, take out the hand warmer from her arms, and gently put it on the ground.
Unexpectedly, his hands were too cold and not very flexible, so he didn't put the hand warmer in place properly and the hand warmer fell to the ground with a plop. The crisp sound of a bronze object falling to the ground was out of place amid the sounds of chanting in the hall, but it did not distract the monks at all. Instead, Wang Jinyi himself was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat.
Wouldn't this disrespect cause the Buddha to punish him?! Wang Jinyi trembled as he put the hand warmer away, closed his eyes, and silently chanted in his heart: Amitabha, Amitabha...