The little cook and chef took small steps and nervously followed the imperial guards to the house.
When she was just called out, the maids in the nearby rooms were so frightened that they screamed. The tense atmosphere made her legs weak and tears welled up in her eyes.
But when they actually arrived at the place, they found that it was a spacious room without those vicious jailers. In the middle sat a gentle-looking man, with charcoal burning in the furnace in front of him, bringing the long-lost warmth.
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Li Yan looked at the young lady's pretty face, which was red from the cold, and waved: "Don't be afraid, come here!"
Shishi looked at him carefully, but without hesitation, he came to the heater, stretched out his hands, and breathed a long sigh of relief, as if he had come to life.
Li Yan waited for her to dry for a while and her body was slightly warm before he asked, "Aren't you afraid of me?"
The master's eyes were like paint, and he said: "The senior officials are like the big Buddha in the temple, with golden light shining behind them. They won't harm me."
Li Yan smiled: "Did you really see it, or did you deliberately try to please me? Can you tell me the truth?"
Shishi paused and lowered his head: "What I saw last time is not there this time..."
Li Yan smiled and said: "Then you are like me, you are always good and bad at times... What is your surname? Do you have a name?"
Shishi didn't understand the first half of his sentence, but he replied obediently to the rest: "My surname is Li, and I am the youngest in the family. Senior officials can call me Li Youniang. My aunt asked for a Buddhist name for me, called Shishi."
Li Yan raised his brows slightly: "No wonder...that Aunt Yan is a kind-hearted person. She can protect you in front of the officers and soldiers, which is really great for you."
Shishi nodded solemnly: "Well, when Shishi grows up, he will repay auntie!"
Li Yan asked: "Where are your parents?"
Shishi's tone became lighter: "Aniang left early, and daddy... daddy was not good to me..."
Every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite, and it is difficult to choose parents. Li Yan felt very lucky when he thought that although his parents in these two generations had huge differences in personality and status, they were both good to him.
After sighing for a moment, he looked at the little lady and said, "I want to ask you to do something for me. In return, I will do three things for you. What do you think?"
The master tilted his head: "It's a good thing to help each other. Aunt Yan is in the kitchen and has always taught us this. But why does the official ask me to make one thing, but helps me make three things?"
Li Yandao: "Because this is different from helping in the kitchen. What I asked you to do is dangerous. Even if I keep an eye on it in secret, I can't guarantee that it will be foolproof. But what you asked me to do is difficult to deal with."
What danger did I cause, so this is barely fair? Do you have any wishes that you want to realize?"
Shishi was not polite and his eyes lit up: "Is anything possible?"
Li Yan said: "Anything is fine, I will try my best to help you complete it."
Shishi quickly clasped his hands together in a pious posture, as if he was making a wish to the Buddha: "I hope dad will no longer like gambling and won't want to sell me out all day long..."
After promising, he looked over eagerly.
Li Yan said slowly: "I'm sorry, I can't completely change a person's preferences, especially a person who is addicted to gambling. The more you don't let him gamble, the more itchy his heart will be. Often he will not wake up until he is desperate.
...But I can prevent him from gambling, let alone sell you."
Shishi said in a trembling voice: "Can you really make me stop gambling and sell me?"
Li Yan said gently: "Of course, don't you think I look like the Buddha in the temple? Although I am not a Buddha, I will not make empty promises."
Master immediately stood up and kowtowed: "Master, thank you so much for your kindness!"
Li Yan supported her body from the distance and sighed: "I can't bear it. I want you to help me first before I help you. There are too many people in the world who need help. There is nothing I can do now."
Very limited…”
Shishi felt like there was an invisible hand pulling him up and back to his position. The warm breath came to his face and wrapped around his whole body. He was stunned for a while in disbelief, and then his eyes turned red.
Tears suddenly fell from her eyes: "Aunt Yan will be very happy, and Master will be able to really repay her in the future!"
Only then did Li Yan realize that the child's biggest worry was that her father would sell her away and she would never return to Fanlou or see Aunt Yan again.
Perhaps for a child whose mother died young, the fat chef has long been her mother...
"This child is a bit like Wan'er. He had a miserable childhood and only had good fortune later."
Seeing this ten-year-old Master Li, Li Yan couldn't help but think of his eldest disciple Shangguan Wan'er.
Wan'er's family background was originally very good, but unfortunately when she was still in her infancy, Shangguan Yi's family was wiped out, and her starting point directly became the Great Nei Ye Ting. However, although it was a place for sinful girls, it was much better than the market. At first
He was also protected by his mother, but later he was spotted by the sinister Shang Gong, who wanted to train him as a successor, but he almost went on a road of no return.
Thinking that Wan'er later became the mainstay of the prosperous Tang Dynasty under his vigorous cultivation and got rid of her original fate, Li Yan looked at Li Shishi who was now crying with joy, and he became thoughtful.
When Shishi finished crying, he first asked: "Not letting your father gamble is the first thing. What are the other two things you want?"
"I...I don't know..."
The teacher was very confused. He stayed for a moment and suddenly said: "By the way, I just helped the official first. What does the official want me to do?"
Li Yan nodded secretly: "I have already arranged that matter. You don't have to show up at the beginning, you just need to show up at the critical moment..."
As he said that, he took out the book he had removed from the past tense and handed it over: "Before that, you can read this book "Only Knowledge". Are you interested? If you don't understand, you can ask me..."
What he handed over was "Consciousness Only" written by himself, which added the comprehensive understanding of cultivation by everyone in the Tang Dynasty. Compared with the original version, the difficulty of cultivation has been reduced a lot. Of course, it is still difficult for people who are not talented enough.
getting Started.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The teacher sniffed, took it with both hands, looked at it, and soon showed a blank expression, and then said in a low voice: "I mostly understand the words above.
I don’t recognize it…”
Li Yan's expectation was replaced by a wry smile, yes, how could a little cook have the chance to learn many words?
But if the young lady in front of me is really Li Shishi, then within ten years she will become famous all over the world and become the most outstanding leader in the upper chamber. This learning talent will definitely surpass anyone in the academy.
If it were a boy, with Li Shishi's talent and talents, it was difficult to say whether he would be the first scholar. After all, it depends on the preference of the official family, but the chance of becoming a Jinshi was extremely high. In fact, there were indeed many Jinshi from lower classes in the Northern Song Dynasty. It was a pity that the one born was a girl, and there were no more.
If a woman is born into a good family, the last way for such a woman to leave her name is in the land of romance...
Just as he was thinking about it, Shishi was flipping through the book and his eyes suddenly fell on a painting. His eyes were fixed and stopped moving.
Li Yan noticed something strange and saw that the painting was based on the Buddha statues in the Daxiangguo Temple. It was not only the appearance and body of the Victorious Buddha and the Sandalwood Buddha, but also thirty-three other Buddha statues, but the latter was obviously
Not as charming as the previous two statues.
Drawing these is what Li Yan used to understand the magical powers. It also serves as a warning to himself that Buddhist magical powers are guiding, so he must stick to his original intention and never forget to pay taxes.
However, when Master looked at these Buddha statues, his eyes seemed to be drawn in and stayed still.
Li Yan frowned: "My paintings cannot reach the level of inherited magical powers. Is it because of the guidance of Buddhism?"
As soon as he thought about this, he was ready to take away the painting of the Buddha statue.
But as soon as his hand moved, he stopped again: "It's one thing to collect taxes from Buddhism. If it's because you don't like Buddhism, you will definitely make others not believe it. What's the difference between this behavior and monotheism? For Master Li now
, if you can understand a magical power, it will be an opportunity to change your life..."
Thinking of this, Li Yan stopped blocking him and watched silently.
Except for the crackling sound of the fire, the room was silent.
After half a quarter of an hour, Shishi's lacquer-like eyes regained their luster, and then showed a strong look of exhaustion, and couldn't help but yawned: "So tired... um..."
Just before her eyelids closed, Li Yan asked in a low voice: "What did you see just now? Is it the light of the Buddha?"
The teachers all muttered: "It's not light... it's many hands... each hand is connected to a thread... zzz... zzz..."
Halfway through the conversation, he fell asleep.
Li Yan touched her pulse with his hand, asked someone to refill the stove with more charcoal, took a quilt and covered her with it, then sat back across from him, his eyes falling on the "Buddha Says Thirty-Five" that he had drawn.
"Buddha's Name, Ritual and Repentance", especially the one that Master just looked at.
That was the one at the front. Zen Master Zhiyuan of Daxiangguo Temple at that time also mentioned something: "Namo Vajra Indestructible Buddha, reciting Vajra Indestructible Buddha can eliminate the sins and karma of the past lives and the cause and effect of ten thousand kalpas."
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Li Yan looked at the Buddha statue, and then at the little cook who was sleeping soundly, and couldn't help but smile: "Even if the Buddha specially feeds the food, this talent is amazing!"
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Imperial City Division Prison.
The young master was lying on the thatch, drifting off to sleep in the lake, when he was suddenly awakened by a quarrel.
He opened his eyes suddenly, then quickly closed them, and then listened carefully to what was going on over there.
I heard a young voice scolding: "I have no money, and my family is no longer in the world..."
"I, Zhang Qing, came here to seek refuge with my distant relatives, but not to harm them. You want to take advantage of me, but you are looking for the wrong person..."
"Humph, if you want to be beaten, you will be beaten. If you frown, you are not a hero!"
Only then did the young master confirm that it had nothing to do with him. He stood up and went to the window. He saw a group of jailers about four cells away from him, pointing at a prisoner and yelling: "You Qiu Ba, don't give me a toast and you will be fined with wine!"
The prisoner was also fierce. He raised his neck and said with a cruel look in his eyes: "Come here and try!"
The young master's angle was just right, and he saw that in front of the dark prison, the man's hand behind his back seemed to be holding something. Although he didn't believe that the other party could actually bring in weapons in this environment, he still became interested: "Fight!
Beat me hard!"
But this expectation was suppressed by another equally young voice: "Brother Zhang Qing, don't be impulsive! Don't be impulsive!"
The jailers still didn't appreciate it, and someone suddenly turned around and yelled: "Xu Ning, you have nothing to do here. You are also a general. You have given too little to our brothers in the past few days. I will have to settle accounts with you tomorrow!"
While the jailer was distracted, the first prisoner seemed to be about to take action, but his wrist trembled and he did not take action. He threw a stone away and then bent down and walked into the cell.
The young host's family watched with cold eyes and secretly sighed: "These good people are always afraid of the majesty of the imperial court. It is not easy to force them to rebel!"
The jailer didn't know that he had walked through the gate of hell. Seeing that the other party softened, he immediately sneered and said: "Zhang Qing, you have only been powerful for a few days. I will raise your head and interrogate you thieves soon. Once you receive the killing stick,
, let’s see if your mouth is still as hard as it is now!”
The man was happy and not afraid: "Come just come! I'm afraid you won't make it!"
The latter speaker lamented: "We are unjustly accused. We really did not collude with the traitors of Mingzun Cult!"
The jailers sneered and left cursing.
When the prison became quiet again, the young master sat back, but he was not sleepy at all, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised: "Blessings can turn into disasters, and disasters can turn into blessings. This is a great opportunity to recruit talents for our teaching!"