Xue Cheng took the lead to step forward and hold the horse's head for Ning Yan, and said respectfully: "Master, please dismount. You can't move after entering the altar." Qiao
Ning Yan stretched her neck and looked around for a while, and asked curiously: "Don't I need to buy a ticket?"
"No, no, no, just go in."
The original intention of the Water and Land Dharma Assembly is to summon the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the Ten Dharma Realms and all sentient beings in the six realms of reincarnation. Naturally, mortals in the world are also included in this. It is more convenient to enter and exit than tourist attractions in previous lives, and you don’t even need to swipe your ID card.
There were only two or three Zhike monks standing at the gate of the city, clasping their hands and explaining the precautions of the Dharma ceremony to the passers-by. Ning Yan was stopped by them when he passed by, and they handed him a roll of yellow cloth and told him to wrap up the autumn water and cover his weapons.
The chilling atmosphere.
It is worth mentioning that there is a fee for yellow cloth, and a roll of cloth cost Ning Yan ten taels of silver.
The Water and Land Dharma Assembly is divided into seven altars: the inner altar and the outer altar. The inner altar is built near the river and is located at the core. Only great meritorious deities can enter and exit it. The other six altars are arranged along the periphery in order to entertain pilgrims. Firewood in the altar
"Shiliang! Why didn't he grab it?!"
Even though he had gone a long way, Ning Yan still moaned with pain in his body. He only earned twenty taels of silver a month, and half a month's work was wasted just by walking in.
Bi Yuewu pouted and said, "No, Chai's son-in-law still lacks this little money?"
"No! No, I have to eat it back hard."
Ning Yan said angrily, staring at the people lining up in front.
Although food offerings and Dharma offerings are both important components of the Dharma assembly, compared to chanting sutras and reciting mantras, food offerings are more attractive to ordinary people. Many people who come to attend the Dharma assembly may not be devoted to the Buddha, but they just heard that eating here is free.
Then here we come.
It was unlucky for them to arrive at lunch time, and a huge crowd crowded outside the altar.
Ning Yan was very interested at first, but after queuing for a long time, he saw no sign of the team moving forward. Besides, the large group of them gathered together was too eye-catching, which was not conducive to inquiring about the news, so he simply turned around and said to everyone: "
There are exactly six outer altars. I will go check out the other altars and gather here later. Lu Heng, follow me."
Wu Qing was always worried that this kid would abscond in fear of crime, so he immediately said: "Then I will go with you."
The three of them broke away from the large army and had no target anyway, so they planned to wander around the city first.
Scenes of food offerings can be seen everywhere along the way. Pilgrims hold bowls and take rice one by one. Those who know something about Zen will say happy merits to the novice monk who serves the rice. Even those who just come to eat and drink will behave in a decent manner.
Say a few words of Amitabha, and the Buddha's name continues, just like the Buddha's kingdom on earth.
I have to say that Nan'an Temple usually doesn't do very well, but it really spares no effort in promoting Zen culture.
Ning Yan even noticed that amid the bursts of chanting, golden phantoms of scriptures rose up from the tops of the inner and outer altars, and all of them disappeared into the Baogai umbrella, creating circles of rippled Buddha light.
Lu Heng introduced it at the right time: "Sir, this is the boundary of Nan'an Temple." Qiao
Ning Yan raised his brows, Nan'an Temple really had a well-deserved reputation. On the surface, it was giving out rice and porridge, but in fact, it was using the trust of pilgrims to consolidate the altar of the Water and Land Conference, and it was built with only bowls of white rice.
Such a large barrier is more environmentally friendly than new energy.
I saved money and gained reputation. It was a real win.
[Interesting, really interesting! It has been a long time since you have seen such an exquisite thing, and you can’t help but be happy to see it. Good and evil thoughts, good and evil coexist, which one is lighter and which is heavier? Weigh the weights of the two, now
Hold it in your hand...]
Ning Yan stopped immediately and quickly glanced around, his eyes flashing with confusion.
Give me some more tips, brother, who can understand this whole abstract thing?
Wu Qing saw him frozen in place and said, "What did you find?"
"No, no..." Ning Yan scratched his head in embarrassment and quickly pointed to the mandala in front of him and said, "I'm just a little hungry after walking around for a long time. Let's go have a vegetarian meal." Qiao
The other two are fine.
As soon as he entered the altar, Ning Yan randomly found an excuse to drive Wu Qing away.
It's just that he doesn't have a good idea about how to find opportunities. There are too many people here. Making a slight movement will attract the attention of countless people, which is really a headache.
"Master."
"Ah, what's wrong?"
Just when Ning Yan was deep in thought, Lu Heng's voice woke him up. He raised his head and saw Lu Heng walking towards him with two bowls in his hands, "Didn't the young master say that he was hungry? I just had a fast meal."
Nan'an Temple's vegetarian food is quite good. Ning Yan could smell the aroma of the food from all the way away and couldn't help but swallow his saliva. Qiao
After a long day's journey, he was indeed a little hungry.
"Okay... I'm serious about it."
The two of them were looking for a place to eat, when suddenly there was a noise in front of them.
"Bite him! Bite him!"
"That's right, it's a pure place of Buddhism. Why is this beggar sneaking in?"
Ning Yan and Lu Heng looked at each other, squeezed through the crowd, and saw a ragged little beggar struggling with a wolf dog in the center of the crowd, surrounded by food scattered on the floor.
Talking about a scuffle is actually not quite accurate. The beggar was only as tall as an eight or nine-year-old child and was skinny. He was no match for a wolf dog. Most of the time, he was holding his head and rolling around on the ground. Qiao
Ning Yan's face immediately darkened, and he knocked the dog away with a palm in the air. The zhenqi burst out of his body and made everyone in the crowd pee and run away.
"Who dares to touch me..."
The dog owner was only halfway through his words when he saw the unknown object wrapped in yellow cloth behind Ning Yan, and the nine-foot-tall Lu Heng next to him who looked very much like a local club member. He immediately fled as fast as he could.
There were a lot of people here before, but they were all gone in the blink of an eye, and the surrounding area became a vacuum within a few feet. The little beggar dropped his hands holding his head in a daze, and all he saw was the man in front of him.
Just raise your hand and bang, and everyone else will run away.
"Don't be afraid, it's okay." The man in front of him said.
The little beggar was stunned for a while, and suddenly seemed to remember something. He hurriedly grabbed the food on the ground and stuffed it into his mouth, wolfing it down.
In this world, people live worse than dogs... Qiao
Ning Yan couldn't bear it, so she knelt down and asked, "What's your name?"
The little beggar made a movement with his hands, quickly raised his dirty little face, and timidly replied: "To answer my benefactor, my name is Zhao Agui."
Agui... Ning Yan sighed. He heard that it was a nickname given by a poor family. No wonder he was reduced to competing with dogs for food.
"Then Agui, how old are you this year?"
There was a trace of confusion on the little beggar's face. He stretched out his ten fingers and counted again and again before replying: "It will be fourteen after the New Year."
It was Ning Yan's turn to be stunned.
He thought for a while, then folded the two chopsticks into four short sticks, separated two of them and stuffed them into Zhao Agui's hands - this length might be awkward for him, but for the little beggar, it was awkward.
Just right.Qiao
Ning Yan sat down on the spot, handed his bowl to the other party, and said generously: "Come, let's eat together."
Zhao Agui was still wondering what his benefactor meant when he gave him the short stick. He was shocked when he heard these words, "No way! How can a humble person like Agui eat a bowl of rice with his benefactor..."
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Ning Yan smiled nonchalantly, picked up a piece of tofu and brought it to his mouth, "Want me to feed you?"
Zhao Agui's lips trembled slightly, and his eyes suddenly became misty. He kowtowed and shouted in a crying tone: "Thank you, my benefactor, thank you, my benefactor..."
"Who wants you to kneel down!"
Ning Yan lifted him up, dumbfounded, and comforted him several times before letting the little beggar sit down properly.
Zhao Agui couldn't resist Ning Yan, so he finally reluctantly started eating the vegetarian meal with him. As he was eating, his attention slowly shifted from the food to the face of the man in front of him. Qiao
My benefactor, he is quite good-looking...
"Eat, what do you want me to do?"
"Ah, um."
Zhao Agui hurriedly responded, but after eating a few mouthfuls, he couldn't help but peek at Ning Yan, and laughed so naively.
My benefactor is so beautiful. If I could see her every day, I wouldn’t be hungry without eating...
Between the two of us, you have one chopstick and I have one chopstick, and the bottom of a bowl of rice will soon be gone.
After eating, Ning Yan reached into his sleeves and groped for a while, but didn't use the banknotes. He just took out a few pieces of silver, tore off a piece from the yellow cloth and wrapped it up: "It's winter soon, use this money to buy some
A few cotton-padded clothes, pick out the old ones and buy them, and ask the store to replace the rest with copper sheets, and hide them in a few more places later. As for the cotton-padded clothes, if anyone asks, just say they were donated at the Dharma ceremony, remember?"
Woodcutter
Zhao Agui had never seen so much money before. He felt that the yellow cloth was hot to his hands and said hurriedly: "You can't use that much money!"
Ning Yan smiled and punched him in the chest: "You are the time when you are growing up at your age. Eat more meat. You are so thin. You don't even have a pound of meat on your body."
Zhao Agui uttered an ouch and rubbed his heart. His face turned as red as a persimmon. He lowered his head and didn’t know what he was thinking. His voice was as thin as a mosquito: "Well..."
"Well, Agui, I still have something to do, so let's just say goodbye." Ning Yan stood up and patted the dust on his hem. He still wanted to find the opportunity mentioned by the system.
Zhao Agui was about to kneel down and kowtow to him again. Ning Yan quickly supported him with quick eyes and hands, and said with a straight face: "Don't, mother-in-law, I'll be angry if you kneel down again."
"My lord, don't be angry with Agui..."
Zhao Agui panicked all of a sudden. He couldn't speak clearly. He was kneeling with his knees half bent and neither standing nor standing. He was at a loss and almost cried out of anxiety. Qiao
Ning Yan had no choice but to soften his expression, rubbed his head, and said softly: "Okay, let's go."
Zhao Agui sniffed, with tears in his eyes, and turned back three times while holding the yellow cloth. He didn't kneel down and kowtow again until he reached the end of the altar. It seemed that he was afraid that Ning Yan would be unhappy, so he hurriedly crawled away.
Get up and run into the distance.
"This kid..."
Ning Yan rolled his eyes, but Lu Heng saw all this and sighed: "If all those powerful people were as kind-hearted as the young master, why would the world need to pray to gods and worship Buddha."
"Even if you flatter me, I won't unlock my magical powers."
Ning Yan smiled, but the next second, he couldn't laugh anymore.
[You made a random move and opened the prelude to a disaster! It's a pity that this opportunity was missed after all...] Qiao
What the hell? It ended before I even started?
Ning Yan froze in place with his eyes widened. It seemed that the opportunity was lost because of the delay.
Do you want to say regret?
That's not necessarily the case.
What is important in spiritual practice is to have clear thoughts and take action when you see something that makes you unhappy. Otherwise, what is the use of cultivating this magical power?
But do good deeds without worrying about your future.
But she didn't regret it, and she was still depressed. Ning Yan lost interest in visiting the mandala and called Lu Heng to prepare to meet Wu Qing. Qiao
However, when they found Wu Qing outside the altar, Wu Qing pointed at a suspicious large tent in front of him and asked them to wait a little longer.
"Where are you going?"
"Watch sumo wrestling."
Ning Yan gave him a strange look. Sumo wrestling was still very popular among the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but for the warriors of Lianxing Pass, fighting at that level should be too much to watch.
"What's so good about sumo wrestling?"
Wu Qing chuckled, "There is a female sumo wrestler inside."
Ning Yan's face changed. He could already imagine the filth and evil in the tent. In a sense, it was even more unsightly. He immediately said angrily: "How can this be unreasonable! How can such a solemn event like the Water and Land Dharma Conference allow a woman to be naked?" Playing in front of the audience is really blasphemous to the ears and eyes, and is harmful to morals and customs!" Qiao
"Don't talk so much, just say you don't want to watch it."