The Buddha Bowl Festival, as the name suggests, is about worshiping the Buddha with a bowl and praying for peace.
It is considered a big festival around Huaiping and is quite grand.
On this day, the temple will distribute all kinds of fasting meals for free, and even the martial arts monks in the temple will not eat meat, fast for seven days, recite Buddhist scriptures, and prohibit all inappropriate behaviors, so as to reflect on themselves and wash away their sins.
Pilgrims also believe that praying most sincerely on this day, offering three sticks of incense, eating a vegetarian meal, and if there is a chance, resting for a night in the temple will ensure a year of peace, and it can be said that it will be very lively.
However, if someone checks the official records, they will find that it is not a local festival in Huaizhou, but was brought by Baoguang Temple when it moved from Yuzhou to Huaizhou.
However, as time went by, the careful management of Baoguang Temple gradually became more and more grand. It had even been registered with the Yamen decades ago, so high-ranking officials would also go to the temple to observe the ceremony that day.
After returning to his residence, Lin Mo came to the secret room. While the origin of the Bon Buddha Festival flashed in his mind, he took out a picture album from the drawer.
This is a portrait of a character, the artist's hand-drawing skills are very high, and it is almost lifelike.
The person in the painting is an old monk, half a century old. He is wearing a bright red cassock with dragons and embroidered elephants on it, and has Buddhist beads on his wrists. It can be seen that his status is not low.
However, his skin is withered and wrinkled, like the bark of an old tree in old age, but his eyes are extremely clear and contain Buddha nature, which makes people feel good at seeing him and guess that he is an eminent monk with profound Buddha nature.
"But who knows that the leader of the Lecture Hall of Baoguang Temple is a black Buddhist elder in a city in Huaizhou?
But taking advantage of this annual feast, Buddhism, in the name of abstaining from food and blood, specifically contacts businessmen to enjoy virgins."
Looking at the man named Wanhua in the painting, Lin Mo felt emotional in his heart.
But this is normal. Unless there are some truly vicious people, most bad people will not have the word "bad" prominently carved on their foreheads.
The information obtained by repeatedly torturing several people was his goal.
As the highest-ranking black Buddhist man in the city, the complete version of the Dongji Qinghua Sutra of Immortality fell upon him. The reason why Jiang Jing was ill-willed toward him when he was in Lingxi Villa was also at his instigation.
After Lin Mo finished reading, he took out a detailed map of Baoguangfang and began to simulate the route.
On the day of the Bon Buddha Festival, the entire neighborhood will be extremely lively during the day, and there will even be sergeant Zhou Sheng to maintain order. Unless you want to risk disobedience and become the enemy of the entire Zhou Dynasty, it is best not to take action.
So the opportunity is at night.
According to a few black Buddhists in my hand, there will be pilgrims staying overnight on the night of the Bon Buddha Festival, but the people staying overnight are human traffickers who have already communicated with each other to trade blood food, and the patrolling sergeants around will be sent away in advance.
The best time.
In the world, clenching a fist creates a cause, and punching creates an effect. This is convenient, and everything can be accomplished in one fell swoop.
When it was almost time to consider all the situations, Lin Mo put the map away, then took out the black letter Yun Shiya gave him and held it in his hand.
Recalling his inexplicable behavior at that time, Lin Mo was a little curious and slowly tore open the strange fire seal.
As the letter was taken out, Lin Mo glanced at it, and slowly, a complex look appeared in his eyes.
"Is this a recommendation letter?"
I saw a line of words clearly written on the letter paper.
‘This person has excellent talent, good appearance, pure character, affection and righteousness, and promising future development. He is an indispensable talent for the development of the sect. I am afraid that he will be left in the ocean, so I recommend him.
Recommended by: Yuntianhe.’
There was a special imprint on the internal letter paper, indicating that it was a special paper for one force, and the false imprint was the three characters "Beast Behavior Sect" that he was somewhat familiar with.
Lin Mo's expression became a little complicated.
With his past life experience, he has always attached great importance to intelligence collection. Last time, when he was entrusted by Lin Yuantian to rescue Lin Junfu and the others, he happened to hear the name of the Beast Sect and conducted an investigation in private.
This sect is the largest force in Dongyang County next door. Even in the entire Huaizhou, it is also a powerful sect under Lingtai Sect and Qianshan Sect, with a resounding reputation.
He is famous all over the world for his powerful physical training and domineering animal-shaped body training.
The Tiger Demon Bone Refining Technique that Lin Mo had previously practiced came from a former master of the Beast Walking Sect, that is, the famous Master of the Beast Walking Sect.
This fully shows the strength of his sect.
'The recommender, Yun Tianhe., and Yun Shiya, have a self-evident relationship. They are either father and daughter, and they are also the elders of the clan.'
Lin Mo looked at the recommendation letter with an empty name column, and even ordinary people knew the weight of it.
This means that he has a real quota to enter a large sect, it means that the upper class martial arts in Chi County will open the door to him, and it even means that after joining the sect, there are people above him, so he will not be alone and helpless.
There is no doubt that it is a great gift, a gift that cannot be expressed in words.
His casual advice at the time was as light as a feather compared to it.
In addition, he delivered books inexplicably, rarely went out, met by chance after returning, and asked Li Deyi to bring messages on weekdays.
He is not stupid. He has had several love experiences in his previous life. How can he not see that Yun Shiya likes her or has some affection for him?
It's just that the two of them didn't understand each other deeply.
He didn't know her identity or her family. She didn't know how many enemies he had or how much blood he had on his hands. His gentle and calm personality was just an appearance.
And based on just a few meetings, can such love really last long?
Lin Mo didn't know, but they understood that no matter how deep love was at first sight, it was just lust.
This kind of feeling is like a tornado, maybe after this season, it will blow to another place.
As quickly as it comes, as quickly as it goes.
Besides, even if it was a simple act of lust, she had seen her truest self, could she really hold back her fear?
Lin Mo's eyes were complicated, and he carefully put away the recommendation letter and restored it to binding.
Under the glazed light, the originally normal figure on the wall slowly expanded, becoming ferocious and terrifying.
The lights went out and there was a gentle sigh.
the other side.
Lingmiaofang, Lingxi Villa.
Late at night, in the back yard of the villa, bursts of silk and bamboo music echoed like flowing water in the fairyland-like small purple bamboo building.
This kind of small purple bamboo house is mainly built with the aura purple bamboo, a specialty of Penglai Island on the Seven Seas. Living there for a long time can enhance your understanding and calm your mind.
At this time, the courtyard was brightly lit, and the first person in the main hall was a dignified and elegant middle-aged Taoist nun.
Although she is dressed maturely, she looks very young and her skin is fair and wrinkle-free. It is not an exaggeration to say that she is a twenty-year-old girl.
Next to the seat was a fat man wearing a cloth shirt with a green bud mark on his face, listening to the music of silk and bamboo outside the courtyard with the first Taoist nun.
In the center of the hall, the purple-gold beast-mouth incense burner is burning the soothing incense that has a calming effect.
The faint smell of incense lingers in the room. It is not pungent at all, but has a faint and pleasant smell of golden cinnamon.
The two people in the hall were Yunying and Roshan.
At this time, Yunying was listening to the pleasant sound of silk and bamboo playing outside the courtyard, while looking at the medicine box with the lid opened on the table.
Inside is a brown medicinal plant that looks like a vine and is about the length of an adult man's middle finger.
This medicine is called Wumolong Uncaria. It is an extremely rare medicine. An ordinary martial artist can strengthen the muscles and bones, nourish the veins, and achieve the effect of re-opening the muscles and refining the bones. This length is different from the earth.
There is not much difference in the number of medicinal herbs at the end of the material volume.
This is a generous gift from the little fat man sitting here, as a way to repay the kindness of the rescue last time.
That's right, Yunying knew that Roshan was a member of the Black Buddhism, and she had even known it for a long time.
But what does this matter to her?
If one party contributes, the other party will benefit. This is an eternal principle.
With the Lingtai Sect standing tall and overlooking everything in Huaizhou, she has the confidence and strength to conduct transactions.
Of course, the harvest did not disappoint Yunying. With the help of many good medicines, she was about to truly break through the Grandmaster and become a Grandmaster!
At that time, she will be able to apply to fully serve as the elder of the Lingxi Villa, run it a bit, receive the resources she had when she was the head of the hospital, and even more generously recruit all kinds of resources.
Thinking of this, the depression brought about by Xue Rui's recent suppression was relieved.
But just when she was feeling comfortable, there was a gentle knock on the door outside the house.
Yunying frowned. Under her instruction, no one would disturb such a gathering on weekdays. Similarly, when people actually came, it meant there was serious trouble.
Soon, a Taoist nun in a green skirt came in with her head lowered, leaned down and whispered a few words in Yunying's ear.
Yunying's originally calm and gentle expression suddenly changed, her eyebrows stood up straight, and ugly wrinkles appeared at the corners of her eyes, which only recovered after a few breaths.
"What's the matter, Chief Yun? If there's any trouble, just say it. With the friendship between you and me, it's okay to be busy."
Roshan, who was listening to the song, waited until the Taoist nun left and suddenly spoke with a smile.
Yunying smiled, nodded, and said in a relaxed voice:
"It's nothing serious, it's just that a junior is shameless, which makes people angry and funny."
After that, she briefly recounted what happened.
"It turns out it's this boy. Speaking of which, it's my fault. If we hadn't entrusted the head of the hospital to help, the head of the hospital wouldn't have encountered this ignorant little beast."
After hearing the reason, Roshan nodded and sighed.
He remembered Lin Mo, and said that he was closely related to black Buddhism.
At that time, this son interfered with Chi Shen's plan, so Chi Shen sent people to get him out, and then entrusted him to send some people to deal with it, but before his people could take action, he was killed.
"Forget it, after the Bon Buddha Festival, the plan will be implemented, and we will slaughter them as soon as we leave. It will be considered as a small effort."
Roshan said softly, boldly and grandly, just like crushing an ant to death.
That's right, in his opinion, killing a junior is not much harder than trampling an ant to death.
"Okay, then I'll help you, brother Taoist." Yunying's face brightened a little, and she laughed softly.
"It's a small matter, but we haven't thanked the head of the hospital properly for saving his life."
Yunying smiled, her smile as beautiful as the lotus on the snow-capped mountains.
"Everyone takes what he needs, and the great road supports him. There is no need to talk too much. Talking too much will lead to divisions."
The smile on Roshan's face grew stronger. If he wanted to hold the autumn harvest in Huaiping, it would be impossible without the cooperation of someone with a high status. Yunying happened to be such a person.
The head of the Lingtai Sect has a high enough status and is obedient enough. Now he just waits for the harvest time to be naked and free after the Bon Buddha Festival.
After that, various details began to be discussed, among which Yunying had very little responsibility and was only responsible for contacting some people and asking for some information.
It didn't take long for the news to spread, and a major event that would shock the world was finalized.
Neither of them mentioned the impact this matter would have. In fact, no matter to Yunying or Roushan, ordinary people are just like chickens and dogs. They can grow dry and prosperous in just one year if they are separated from the grass on the original land.
Not worth mentioning.
Time passes slowly.
In the forty-eighth year of the Great Zhou Dynasty, at the beginning of October, it is the Bon Buddha Festival. It is forbidden to kill animals and disturb the earth. It is suitable for moving and getting married.
Baoguangfang, the streets are full of people.
There are small vendors selling candied haws and sugar paintings, shouting vigorously, praying to earn some hard-earned money in this rare festival, and there are also monks and Taoists who pinch people's fingers to tell fortunes and test marriages.
There is a signboard, and there are armored and armed Sergeant Zhou Sheng around to maintain order.
Everything can be said to be extremely lively.
"Okay, Shiya, walk faster. There is a juggling act over there. I heard that your favorite one is breathing fire and spitting water. After watching it, we will go burn incense and worship Buddha. I want to marry you.
What about you? Are you asking your uncle not to scold you? Haha."
"Cousin."
On the long street, a woman in green pulled a woman in white, teasing them softly. Although the two wore gauze, their clear voices and slender figures still attracted the attention of passers-by.
Of course, after seeing the strong guards beside the two of them, many people who had bad thoughts silently put down their thoughts.
"Okay, I won't make fun of you anymore, but you have to tell me why Uncle Yun, who has always loved you, is so cruel to you. You know, he is usually so scared that he melts when he holds you in his hands.
."
Mo Shiqi hugged Yun Shiya's hand and said with a soft smile.
Since the two of them had some unpleasantness last time, she wanted to find a time for the sisters to go out for a walk. This Bon Buddha Festival is a good time.
"Okay, it's nothing, I just accidentally lost one of my father's good things."
Yun Shiya, who was smaller than Mo Shiqi, looked careless and explained casually.
She subconsciously didn't want to tell her cousin, so she gave Lin Mo her father's letter of introduction.
"What can be more important than his precious daughter? My aunt doesn't know this. If she knew, she would scold my uncle so much that he wouldn't even say a word."
Mo Shiqi didn't care, she just joked.
"But today's Bon Buddha Festival at Baoguang Temple is so lively. It feels more lively than ever before."
She looked at the flow of people around her and the long queue outside the tall mountain gate, and couldn't help but sigh.
"Yes, it does seem to be more lively than before." Yun Shiya said honestly.
"Maybe it's because Baoguang Temple's wishes are becoming more and more effective." Mo Shiqi nodded and said with emotion.
Although she doesn't really believe in the so-called repayment of wishes, when more people talk about this kind of thing, there are more and more people who would rather believe it than believe it.
"Shiqi, you are here."
Suddenly, a gentle and tough voice sounded beside the two of them.
Looking over, a tall, handsome man wearing a white shirt and dressed like a scholar walked in quickly and came to the two of them.
"Let me introduce, this is my cousin, Yun Shiya, and this is my good friend, Yu Wen."
Mo Shiqi chuckled and said, leaning towards the man.
Yun Shiya seemed to have thought of something, her eyes flickered, and she also said hello with a smile.
This man named Yu Wen obviously came from an extraordinary family, and his words and conversations showed a wide range of knowledge, and he undoubtedly revealed a profound cultivation level as high as the five internal organs level.
Seriously speaking, he is almost a versatile man in both civil and military affairs.
Yun Shiya confirmed her suspicion more and more, but for some reason, she felt inexplicable resistance to this Mr. Yu.
Encountering a vendor selling cut cakes, Yu Wen went to buy some.
"Cousin, this person is..."
Yun Shiya looked at the back of the man talking to the vendor in front of her and couldn't help asking softly, but before she could finish her words, she was interrupted.
"You are right, this is what my father meant."
Thank you fellow Taoist [Shenyin Tail] for your many rewards, thank you, thank you, and wish you well