Chapter 23 first quarter

Surrounded by spring fields. Whether it is the field or the green hills, it is like a cloud of greenery. New buds are sprouting from the branches of the trees, and the freshly sprouted herbs in the field are covered with a layer of tender green that makes people sigh. Weeds grow on both sides of the road, and mother-in-laws with small blue flowers are scattered on the ground. Although there are still a few late-blooming plum blossoms in some places, most of the cherry blossoms are almost in full bloom. "Qingming, this scenery is awesome." Boya made a voice full of enthusiasm.

"not bad." Qingming responded, while walking leisurely beside Boya. The two walked on a mountain road with a not so steep slope. The shadows of the gravel trees and beech leaves covering the heads of the two, along with the sunlight falling on the white safari clothes Seimei was wearing, painted a beautiful pattern. This is Yase. Not long ago, the two got out of the bullock cart and left the bullock cart, driver, attendants and others where they were.It is agreed that we will pick up and drop off at the agreed time tomorrow. The road is too narrow for bullock carts to pass. "Hey, Seimei, you are really not frank."

"Not frank?" "I said the view was great, and you said 'not bad' in a nonchalant manner." "I've always had that attitude." "Then you usually look like you don't do your own business." "Ok." "Say yes when you see something good, say it is beautiful when you see something beautiful, it is better to express your inner feelings frankly..." Having said that, Boya shut up. "How about showing it?" "I'm not tired..." Boya muttered. Sunny laughed out loud. "What are you laughing at?"

"Are you worried about me?" "Well, uh..." "You told me to express my inner feelings frankly, so I laughed, but you asked me why I was laughing, so what should I do? Boya..." Of course the two were not arguing or arguing. It's just you and I teasing each other one sentence at a time. "Speaking of which, it should be here soon..." Qingming asked. "It will be a short distance away." Boya replied. The destination of the two is a temple called Ziguangyuan. The temple is very small. The main Buddha is a three-foot-high wooden Guanyin Bodhisattva. An old mage named Rushui lives here alone.

The day before yesterday, Master Rushui and Yuan Boya came to Qingming's mansion together. "This is Mage Rushui. I was taken care of by Mage a long time ago." Boya introduced it to Seimei in this way. "Master Rushui lives alone in a temple named Ziguangyuan in the deep mountains of Yase, and seems to have encountered very difficult troubles. After listening to the description of the master, Qingming, I think this should be your responsibility, so I invite the master to come with you. Come here. Can you listen to what Lord Rushui said?" So, I learned the following things from Rushuikou.

Rushui only lived in Ziguangyuan two years ago. It is said that Ziguangin was originally a temple affiliated to the Shingon sect, and there was an abbot in charge of it for a certain period of time.At that time, the host was still very conscientious and often chanted scriptures, but after the host passed away, no one lived in it anymore.Until two years ago, Ziguangyuan was still like a ruined temple.Afterwards, Master Rushui succeeded him and took over the monastery. Master Rushui was originally a musician in the palace, playing the sheng full-time, but fell into an inseparable relationship with a certain noble lady.However, the other party was a married woman, so she was expelled from the court after the Dongchuang incident.

At first, he lived in the temple of a friend of a Shingon Buddhist monk. After a long time, he learned the scriptures without a teacher, and he was able to preside over the Buddhist affairs of the monks.So, I received a formal empowerment ceremony at my friend's monastery. At that time, Rushui accidentally learned that there was a ruined temple in Yase, so she decided to live in it. After moving in, I was busy repairing the main hall and other places at first, and then chanted scriptures and worshiped Buddha every day.When the monastery finally restored its proper layout, Rushui discovered a very wonderful thing.

That is, every afternoon, there will always be a graceful and elegant old woman who does not know where she came from.The old woman always put some flowers, husks, and branches in front of the main hall, and then left. Rushui would sometimes meet the old woman, even if she didn't see her, she would come to the temple unknowingly, and put branches and shells under the eaves of the main hall as usual. Every day, almost non-stop. When seeing the old woman, if Rushui greeted the other party, the other party would respond to Rushui, but they never deliberately talked to each other. Although I was very interested in the reason why the old woman did this, but she might have some unspeakable difficulties, so Rushui didn't ask her any questions, and two years passed without knowing it.

However, recently, even Ru Shui couldn't help it anymore, and began to care about the old woman. The identity of the other party is of course unknown, but it is no small matter to come to this small temple alone every day, rain or shine, without any entourage, and no matter whether it is raining or snowing. Maybe the other party is not a human, but a goblin. Whether it's a human or a goblin, Rushui, who is a monk, always feels his blood boil every time he thinks of the old woman. One day, Ru Shui finally couldn't hold back and spoke to the old woman. "Madam, thank you very much for coming to the main hall to offer flowers and branches every day, but please allow me to ask a rude question. Who are you?"

Upon hearing this, the old woman saluted respectfully and replied: "My lord, you finally asked a question..." Then he said: "I live in Shiyuan, not far from here to the west. For some reason, I come to disturb your place every day. I was also worried that this kind of behavior would cause trouble to the host, so I plan to wait for the host. One day when I ask a question in person, I will ask the host for his opinion, but today I finally waited for the host to speak..." Whether it is voice or posture, the old woman's response is very soft and elegant. "How can it cause trouble? Don't say that. However, if you don't mind, can you tell me the reason why you come to offer flower branches every day?"

"Thank you for your concern, my lord, then I'll tell you everything. In addition, I also have something I want to ask your lord to explain. Tomorrow at this time, can you please come to my thatched cottage in the wilderness of the city?" The old woman then explained to Rushui where she lived in the wilderness of the city. "There are two sacred trees of cherry blossoms there, and there is a thatched cottage in the middle of the sacred trees, which is where I live..." "I will be on time for the appointment." "Definitely." The old woman told her again before leaving. the next day…… Rushui went to the place designated by the old woman at the appointed time. When I got there, I saw that there were indeed two cherry blossom trees, and as the old woman said, there was a thatched cottage between the sacred trees. On the thatched cottage, the cherry blossoms are half in bloom. "Is anyone here?" Rushui called out, there was movement in the thatched cottage, and the old woman came out. Upon closer inspection, Rushui found that the old woman had light makeup on her face. "Welcome to the host." The old woman took Ru Shui's hand, intending to pull him into the house. That movement was tender and graceful, with a hint of coquettishness, completely different from the behavior that an old woman should have.Even the breath is fragrant and fragrant. Ru Shui couldn't help stepping into the thatched cottage, but saw that although the cottage was narrow, it was tidied up with clear windows, bedding in the corner, and food and drink prepared. "Come, come, come here..." The old woman held Rushui's hand and urged her repeatedly.Rushui calmly asked: "What are you going to do?" The old woman gave a sticky smile. "Everyone has come here, you don't want to escape, do you?" The old woman held Ru Bing's hand and stared at Ru Bing angrily. Rushui wanted to break free from the old woman's hand, but couldn't. "You think I'm too old, don't you? Then, you see, in this case..." Before the old woman finished speaking, her face looking up at the water instantly lost all wrinkles and turned into a young and beautiful face. "In this case, are you satisfied?" The woman smiled at Rushui. Rushui immediately realized that the woman in front of her was indeed a goblin, and tried to break free from the woman's hand with all her strength. The woman stared at Rushui. "Not willing?" The woman's voice suddenly turned into a male voice. Rushui stepped back, and the woman followed and approached. "I don't want it! I don't want it! Even this rotten monk hates you! Every time you go to the monastery, you always emit lewdness all over your body. Now that I think about it, I don't know where the lewdness went. ..." A man's voice came from the woman's bright red lips. "What do you think of me?" It was a female voice this time. "No, no, you won't leave, will you? You won't go back, will you?" This time it was also a female voice. Then, from the same pair of bright red lips, there was a burst of male laughter, as if mocking a female voice. "Wow ha ha ha ha……" This is undoubtedly a fairy. Rushui became frightened and uneasy. Rushui muttered "Prajna Heart Sutra". In an instant, the woman's face became fierce and terrifying. "Oh..." The woman let go of Ru Shui's hand. According to Ru Shui, at that time he hastily broke free from the woman's hand and escaped from the thatched cottage. That night... After Rushui went to bed, she heard someone knocking on the door.Opening his eyes, Rushui asked outside: "Who is it?" "It's a woman who lives in the wilderness of the city. Please open the door." It was the woman's voice. Rushui covered herself with a quilt in horror and concentrated on reciting scriptures. "Oh, he doesn't want to, look, even that bad old man hates you." This time, a man's voice came from outside the door again. "Master Rushui, please open the door." "Master Rushui!" "Master Rushui!" "oops……" "Master Rushui..." The water-like female and male voices lasted for a while, and then disappeared. Rushui said that he was so frightened that he was out of his wits, and after the sound outside the door disappeared, he continued to chant scriptures until early morning. After that night, the same thing happened two nights in a row. The old woman no longer comes to the temple to offer offerings during the day, but at night, the woman's voice will knock on the door. Rushui couldn't take it anymore, so she had to talk to Boya about how to deal with the aftermath. "Here we go, Seimei." Boya stopped in her tracks and stretched her fingers forward. In front of the beech branches and leaves, the roof of the temple can be seen faintly.