Don't be clouded

Chapter 12 Treasure

Every morning in Xuanqing Mountain is similar, nothing more than cloudy, sunny, cold and hot.

However, in the eyes of Miaoci, the changes here are obvious every day.He left the room at sunrise time this morning, and saw an unformed bird's nest on the tree directly opposite at a glance.The position of the bird's nest is set high, not to mention his size, even if senior brother Guan Chen came, he would not be able to touch it.

He looked at it reluctantly for a while, then walked back to the guest room in three steps.

Last night, the senior brother explained to him one thing, that he can skip today's morning class just by taking Master Ji around the temple.He immediately agreed to such a good deal, wishing he could take Master Ji to wander around their temple every day.

Miao Ci walked into the small courtyard of the guest room, and saw Ji Bieyun sitting on a stone bench in the courtyard, holding a knife and motionless.

He was taken aback, and called anxiously: "Master Ji?"

Ji Bieyun turned his head suddenly, with a tired look on his handsome face, he rubbed his eyes when he saw him.

"Did your senior brother ask you to come?"

Miao Ci forgot to ask her senior brother yesterday, why Ji Benefactor came to stay in their temple, isn't he doing a good job in the palace?

He walked over to take a closer look, and said with a worried face: "Senior Brother Guan Chen asked me to come, he is very busy today. Did the benefactor not sleep well? Do you want to go back to your room and sleep for a while?"

"Don't sleep anymore." Ji Bieyun took out an oiled paper bag from his arms and hissed him, "Don't let Guan Chen know, hide it well."

When Miao Ci reached out to take it, he felt that it contained candied fruit, he almost jumped up on the spot, put away a pack of candied fruit and put it in his arms with a happy smile.Ji's benefactor's image suddenly became much taller in his mind, he smiled until his eyes turned into crescents, and pulled Ji Bieyun's sleeve to pull it out.

"I'll take the benefactor to have breakfast, let's go quickly."

As a foreign guest, Ji Bieyun was inconvenient to eat in the dining hall, so Miao Ci asked him to wait in a pavilion, and went to the dining hall to bring him a plate in person.This kid repays his kindness and gets close to him. His bowl of porridge is just a small bowl, but the one given to him is served in a bowl that is almost as big as his face, and the white flour steamed buns are stacked on the plate. The capital has become a small tower.

After Miao Ci put the tray on the stone table, he smiled and said: "Buddhism taboos waste, you have to eat up so much, or you will sue your senior brother."

The novice's expression changed, and he said weakly: "But more than half of it is... for the benefactor."

Ji Bieyun sighed pretentiously, "I didn't offer incense when I came to Xuanqing Temple, and I lived and ate for nothing, so I really felt really sorry."

"The benefactor's words are wrong." Miao Ci clasped his hands in a decent manner, imitating his senior brother Guan Chen, and said in a low voice, "Monks are merciful, so they should give porridge and charity."

Ji Bieyun smiled sourly, picked up a steamed bun and stuffed it into the child's mouth, "The mouth is quite poor, eat it quickly."

One big one and one small one managed to finish a plate of food.Miao Ci ate with a sad face, and finally returned the empty tray to the dining hall.Ji Bieyun stuffed a little more today, but his stomach, which is used to eating a small amount, immediately protested, with a dull pain.

He pressed his discomfort, followed behind the chattering little novice, and listened to Miaoci happily introduce Xuanqing Temple to him.

Walking down the stone steps, the overlapping eaves under the hillside are looming in the mist, hanging the chill of the morning.It didn't take long to see a small lake, embedded in the mountains and forests like emeralds.

"That's Xuexiao Lake. There are patches of lotus flowers in it, but you won't be able to see them until a few months later. If Master Ji is tired from walking, there is a pavilion next to the lake where you can rest for a while. But it's very cold there. Some teachers and I Brothers don't like to go there on weekdays." Miao Ci rubbed her arms.

Ji Bieyun thought it was amusing for the child to be open-mouthed, so he teased him again: "Don't monks have to practice hard, little master is still afraid of the cold?"

Only then did Miao Ci realize that she had said something wrong, she blushed, and faltered to defend herself: "A monk is also a human being..."

He gave a long oh, and stopped teasing the child when his face was blushing. He pointed to a tall building on the other side of the lake and asked, "Where is that place?"

The little novice breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly replied, "That's the Treasure Pavilion!"

Ji Bieyun was stunned for a moment, it turned out that there was the Treasure Pavilion.

Since the world was in deep war more than 100 years ago, a news has spread quietly.I don't know if this news is reliable or not, and I don't know which expert said it, but it was spread by word of mouth, and most people in the world believed it.

The rumor is - if someone can find the secret treasure in Penglai Xianshan, the world will be stable from now on.

Afterwards, disputes among countries continued, and the war lasted for a hundred years, and the legendary secret treasure failed to appear.However, the less a thing is confirmed, the more people speculate, and the rumors become legends.

It wasn't until the first emperor Liang Taizu broke out a broad road from the troubled times, founded the country without relying on any secret treasures, and unified the country.

How many years Taizu has been emperor, how many years the world has been peaceful.

The rumor was gradually forgotten by people, but the old man Taizu suddenly announced to the world that he had found it.

In the 20th year of Taicheng, the envoy sought the secret treasure in Penglai Fairy Mountain, and the first emperor decreed to build a Treasure Pavilion in Xuanqing Temple to house the secret treasure.Afterwards, he said that "if the secret treasure leaves the pavilion, there will be a grievance from heaven", and he ordered Xuanqing Temple and the descendants of the Ming family to take strict care of it.

At that time, Ji Bieyun was in Shugu City, and an imperial decree announced to the whole world was also sent to their bitter cold place.

In the imperial decree, the first emperor spoke earnestly and without lack of pride, to the effect that the secret treasure came from the will of God, and if he could ask for it, it would be God's approval of the Ming family. In order to make the mountains and rivers last forever.

Does the world believe it?

Everyone has heard of Penglai Fairy Mountain, but no one has actually been there.As for the secret treasure, the first emperor never revealed its true face to the public. People in the world only know that there is such a treasure, but they don't know what the treasure is.

However, Ji Bieyun thought of Daliang's Qingping in the past 22 years, and also thought of the continuous stream of incense in Xuanqing Temple, so the world should believe it.

"It turns out that is the Treasure Pavilion, which is even more magnificent than the Sutra Library." Ji Bieyun looked at the five-storey attic and said calmly.

"It's a pity that you can't enter the Treasure Pavilion casually..." Miao Ci's tone suddenly became excited, "But the Sutra Library is fine! Why don't I take the benefactor to the Sutra Library to have a look?"

His eyelids twitched, and he quickly refused, "No, no, no, even if you let me see it, I won't be able to see it."

When Ji Bieyun thought of those inscrutable and upside-down Buddhist scriptures, he resisted with all his body and mind, and even his thoughts became agitated.

In the past few days, when he was in a bad mood, he liked to touch or hold his knife. At this time, he subconsciously reached for his waist, but found nothing.

... He forgot that swords and swords are very powerful and should not appear in the temple. He had already left the ring head sword in the guest room this morning.

Uncomfortably, Ji Bieyun fisted his hands and released them, and said to Miao Ci: "Let's go, go to other places."

The little novice led him from the back of Xuanqing Temple all the way to the Buddhist hall in front.At this time, the number of pilgrims has gradually increased, and most of them are those who get up early and set off to climb the mountain.

He looked at these devout men and women, and at the Buddha statues in the hall, and felt a little sorry for not being able to burn a stick of incense.At any rate, he is currently living in a Buddhist temple and eating fast food, so he has to add incense to Xuanqing Temple.

When Ji Bieyun saw someone offering lamps, his heart skipped a beat and he unconsciously watched for a while longer.

Seeing him staring at the lotus lantern, Miaoci asked strangely, "Master Ji doesn't want to worship Buddha, why does he still want to offer a lantern?"

He couldn't explain why, but the dream from last night appeared in his mind.

"You take me to offer two lamps." He only said.

The little novice led him into the hall, and the lights in the room made it seem like an inhuman place.

An old monk who was filling out the merit book caught a glimpse of them, called Miaoci, and asked him why he didn't do morning classes and was still hanging out here.Miaoci pretended to be diligent and humble in front of other monks, clasped her hands calmly, and imitated Guanchen's tone and said, "I'm really guilty of being entangled in miscellaneous things."

Ji Bieyun held back his laughter and went to invite two lotus lanterns.The first one was for Huizhi, and it was inconvenient for him to tell the name, so he told the old monk Zhao Quehan's name.

"What about the second one?" the monk asked again after writing Zhao Quehan's name in the merit book.

He felt around his waist again, so he had no choice but to pinch his sleeves.

"Ji Yao, the season of the four seasons, the distant Yao."

Not for myself, but to comfort the true owner of this identity.I hope the real Ji Yao can walk away peacefully.

After the lamp was lit, Ji Bieyun only looked at it for a while and then looked away.

He beckoned to the little novice, leaned over and whispered in his ear: "Do me a favor, go back and find your brother Guanchen, and ask him to help me keep an eye on that monk's movements. If you have any news, please let me know."

After waking up from the dream last night, he sat in the courtyard for a long time holding the knife.

The omen of that dream was very bad, he faintly felt that something happened to the other party, and the guilt in his heart became heavier as Lu Zhong deepened.Back then Huizhi left from the Liu family, and the Liu family was exiled so suddenly that he never had a chance to go to Lingdong Temple, and he didn't know whether Huizhi was implicated after the Liu family collapsed.

The handwritten letter that Guan Chen showed him was genuine...but he still felt uneasy after last night.

Miao Ci looked bewildered, and even forgot to lower her voice, "What monk, why can't I understand what Master Ji said?"

Ji Bieyun straightened up, smiled, "You don't need to understand, you just need to bring the original words, and I will definitely bring you some snacks in the future."

As soon as he said this, the child was completely bought.

Just as he was about to leave, he heard a strange voice behind him.

"Ji Yao?"

Ji Bieyun turned around, but saw a young man with a completely faceless face. After calling his name with an expression of uncertainty on his face, he suddenly laughed when he saw his face.

He thought to himself that it was bad, did this person know the real Ji Yao?

The author says:

Master Guanchen has a very full schedule today, so little master Miaoci will help to replace him