There was originally no Buddhist hall in the courtyard of Rongxi Hall.
In addition to worshiping their ancestors during festivals and festivals, the Jia family believes in Buddhism and only occasionally goes to the family temple to perform meritorious deeds.
Even Jia Yuan, the first generation of Rongguo Gong, started his career with military exploits. His robes were stained with blood and his armor was red, his sword was instantly cut through the autumn wind, and he stepped on the flesh and bones of countless people on the battlefield, going through life and death. In his later years, Jia Yuan also
I just found another secluded house in the northeast of Rongguo Mansion to rest in peace. I felt that I had no shame and no regrets, and I did not worship the Buddha or chant sutras.
Only when we arrived at Mrs. Wang's place did we start building a small Buddhist hall.
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Mrs. Wang's father, Wang Yongqing, did not have a title. He once held the position of "Minister of Rites and Assistant Manager of the Domain Affairs". He was in charge of the tributes and congratulations from various countries, and was in charge of all foreign ship cargo in Guangdong, Fujian, Yunnan and Zhejiang.
With great wealth and power.
The eldest son, Wang Zipeng, has been working as a sixth-grade idler in the Ministry of Rites for more than ten years without making any achievements.
Fortunately, the eldest daughter was very competitive and was able to marry Jia Zheng, the second son of the Jia family.
When she first married into the Jia family, Mrs. Wang was still a lively person. She wore a peach-red Baizi tapestry and silver mouse coat, and tied a green-green cotton skirt with gold embroidery around her waist. She was as beautiful as Wang Xifeng, and she was also loved by Jia's mother. But Mrs. Wang, who was born in the peak period of wealth, married into the aristocratic Jia family. The gap in rules and knowledge soon became apparent.
Inferiority is like a mountain, hitting the proud eldest lady of the Wang family hard.
Jia's mother was born in a noble family. She was well-educated, knowledgeable about aesthetics, experienced people, and had extraordinary taste. Everything she had eaten and passed by was the best of the best, the best of the best. How could Mrs. Wang, who didn't even know a word, dare to open her mouth?
Talk?
Fortunately, Jia Zheng is a second-bedroom member of a small family, and sooner or later he will have to separate and live separately.
But who knew that Jia She would get into trouble, Jia Zheng would win the Rongguo Mansion out of thin air, and Mrs. Wang would unexpectedly become the mistress of the house.
But in the huge Rongguo Mansion, there are only hundreds of servants. How can Mrs. Wang know how to manage it? After all, there are only forty-five servants in the Wang family, and there is no such thing as a family that has been serving the master for several lifetimes.
Senior servant.
Mrs. Wang reluctantly accepted the challenge hurriedly, and in the end, in Jia Mu's words, she "left down the fence and fiddled with the broom every day." That's when the chaos in Rongguo Mansion began.
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Mrs. Wang is tired of challenges as a daughter-in-law, but she has no trouble handling Jia Zheng.
Jia Zheng is an honest man. Firstly, he is not as powerful as Mrs. Wang, and secondly, he is not as rich as Mrs. Wang. In the past twenty years, he has always followed Mrs. Wang's lead.
Adhering to the wolf style of "the Wang family is like a vine", Mrs. Wang tried every means to marry a girl from the Wang family to the Jia family. In the end, it was Wang Chunfeng who killed Jia Zhu. Mrs. Wang's greatest hope in life was gone. p>
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After Jia Zhu's death, Mrs. Wang became a devout believer in Buddhism. She never left her hand with rosary beads and strictly observed fasting at home.
From the beginning it was only the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, then it was three long fast days, six fast days, eight fast days, nine fast days, and now it is the ten fast days of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.
The so-called ten fast days are, according to the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra, the first, eighth, fourteenth, fifteenth, eighteenth, twenty-third and twenty-fourth days of each month.
The twenty-eighth, twenty-nineth, and thirtieth days are the days when all sins are gathered together to determine their severity, so fasting must be observed during these ten days.
Maintaining a fast does not mean eating fast, it does not just mean being a vegetarian, but requires "eight levels of fasting"
Do not kill, do not steal, do not live a non-sacred life (do not lust), do not lie, do not drink alcohol, do not wear fragrant flowers, do not anoint your body with fragrant oil, do not sing, dance, perform or go out to watch or listen, do not eat out of season (do not eat after noon), that is
It is the "Eight Pass Fasting".
On the day of fasting, you cannot eat any food after noon, and you must repent according to the "Visualization and Recitation Method" throughout the day.
It means constantly reciting the "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Original Vow Sutra" in front of the Buddha statue, making a vow to take refuge in Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, renounce evil and practice good deeds, just to eliminate karmic obstacles.
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Today is Mrs. Wang’s fasting day.
Since getting up early in the morning, Mrs. Wang has been burning incense and chanting sutras in the quiet Buddhist hall, full of piety, just hoping to eliminate karma, avoid disasters and pain, and everything will go well in the future.
Suddenly, there was a "crash" sound, and the door of the Buddhist hall was knocked open. Mrs. Wang was suddenly startled, her hand shook, and the beads fell to the ground.
Mrs. Wang was disturbed in the quietness of the fasting day, and she immediately said angrily:
"Which little eyeless whore is going to kill someone? She's a slut with no rules at all!"
When she turned around and saw Baochai, Mrs. Wang said "ah" and was even more surprised:
"Oh my son, what's wrong with you? Who is chasing you?"
Baochai rushed into the Buddhist hall in panic, stepped forward and threw herself into Mrs. Wang's arms, trembling and saying:
"Auntie, I heard that Brother Lian tied up Wu Xindeng outside. Wu Xindeng's family went crazy and insisted that Tan Yatou and I help the old lady to intercede.
Tan girl ran fast, but I was usually steady and slow, so Wu Xindeng's family chased me all the way, scaring me to death, my aunt must save me."
Mrs. Wang sat down on the futon in front of the Buddha, gritted her teeth and said:
"It's Lian Er's dirty black-hearted seed again!"
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At this moment, I suddenly heard Aunt Zhao’s scream from outside the courtyard of the Buddhist temple:
"You ran like a wild bull, hit the master's medicine, and you dared to run away with your eyes open! But there is really no one in your eyes!
The master’s medicine is the master’s life! I told you to run! I won’t let go! I won’t let you go!
Ouch! If you dare to push me, you are rebelling!"
Mrs. Wang quickly shouted:
"From Zhou Rui's family, go out and drive away that crazy woman."
After hearing Zhou Rui's family answer the door, Mrs. Wang complained to Baochai:
"You, a kid, are confused sometimes. If you don't go to the old lady's place, why do you come to my place?
How would it be appropriate to ask a servant to cause trouble in my yard?"
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Wu Xindeng's wife had already thrown away Aunt Zhao, and came in crying all the way, saying only:
"Madam, help me! Miss Bao, please help me! I have been serving this house for most of my life, and now I don't know whether I am alive or dead. Please give me some justice, madam!"
When he saw Zhou Rui's family walking towards him, Wu Xindeng's family stepped forward and grabbed him:
"Sister Zhou, please help me quickly. My master offended Mr. Lian and he was arrested. I don't know where he was taken in the first few days. I don't know whether he is dead or alive. I only heard that he is being tied up in the front yard for public display.
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The Zhou Rui family members understood Mrs. Wang's thoughts better than anyone else. They stretched out their hands to pull the Wu Xindeng family members aside and whispered:
"The house is in chaos now, and it's useless to find a wife.
You might as well go all out to beat the golden bell and go directly to the old lady, that would be the most effective."
Wu Xin became short of breath immediately:
"Let me go find the old lady by myself? I...I don't dare."
Zhou Rui's family was about to continue persuading, when suddenly a little girl with a new hair came running up and said to Zhou Rui's family:
"Grandma Lai is here. I heard that Mr. Lian was asking someone to slap Uncle Lai in the mouth. Grandma Lai's face was ashen and she was heading straight to the old lady."
After hearing this, Zhou Rui's family clapped their hands and smiled and said to Wu Xindeng's family:
"It's better this time. The Buddha is here. You have to know that Uncle Lai's mother can sit on the bed in front of the old lady. Even Sister Feng doesn't have this dignity.
You hurry up and chase after her. Just follow Uncle Lai's mother and go all the way to see the old lady. If she opens her mouth, the old lady will have no reason not to agree."