Qiqi came to a stop in front of a seven-story pagoda. The pagoda was piled with residual snow, and a lot of thatch was exposed from the residual snow. It could be seen that no one had cleaned it for a long time, and it was no different from the surrounding pagodas.:.
Hu Xiaotian walked over to help, but before his hand touched the pagoda, he heard Qiqi scolding: "Don't move!"
Hu Xiaotian thought to himself that I had kindly taken advantage of Donkey Ganfei. Do you think I want to make a move? So he took a few steps back, stood aside and watched for her. After all, he climbed over the wall to get here, so he felt a little guilty.
Qiqi cleaned up the thatch on the pagoda, then knelt down in front of the pagoda, and kowtowed three times to the pagoda respectfully. She clasped her hands together and closed her eyes tightly, probably praying for something. Hu Xiaotian had known her for so long, but this was still the first time he had known her.
I saw her being so pious once. I was secretly wondering, who is buried under this tower? What does it have to do with her?
At this time, footsteps sounded in the distance. Hu Xiaotian raised his eyes and saw a young monk wearing gray robes slowly walking over with a bundle of incense candles.
The monk also saw them at the same time. After all, Hu Xiaotian felt guilty because he climbed over the wall. However, the monk's expression was calm, as if he had not seen them. The young monk put incense candles in the incense burner in front of the pagoda one by one, and then
Heshen pays homage.
Soon the young monk came to the pagoda they had cleaned. The young monk still lit three sticks of incense and kowtowed three times. When he stood up and wanted to leave, Hu Xiaotian couldn't help but said: "The man buried under this pagoda is
Eminent monk?"
The young monk smiled and said: "There are a total of 377 Buddhist monks' bones hidden in the pagoda forest. Each pagoda has no name. In the eyes of the Buddha, all living beings are equal, and there is no distinction between high and low." He said.
Finish and continue walking forward.
Hu Xiaotian looked at the monk's calm face and couldn't help but feel admiration in his heart. He didn't expect that this monk was so young and his mind could be so peaceful through cultivation.
Qiqi said: "The so-called equality of all living beings is just a lie concocted by you Buddhist disciples!"
When the young monk heard this, he couldn't help but stop, turned around and said to Qiqiheshi: "Little donor, monks don't lie."
Qiqi sneered and said: "Why don't monks lie? This sentence is a lie. There are 377 pagodas in the pagoda forest, but there are high and low pagodas, big and small, and some pagodas are not clean enough.
They are clean, but some pagodas are overgrown with thatch and dilapidated.”
The young monk said calmly: "One flower and one world, one tree and one floating life. Everything has its reason for growing. In the eyes of the donor, they are just weeds. But in the eyes of the weeds, there is no fundamental difference between us and them. This
In fact, there is not so much injustice in the world, but there is too much injustice in the hearts of people."
Hu Xiaotian secretly praised this young monk for his eloquence.
Qiqi laughed and said: "Buddha said that all living beings are equal, why would Buddha accept the worship of everyone with peace of mind? You keep saying that all living beings are equal, why are you willing to kneel down at the foot of a Buddha statue? You worship Buddha and chant sutras all day long, but even if the Buddha is you,
Even if you are a Buddha, you don’t even understand the teachings of Buddha. With your wisdom, you won’t be able to make any progress even if you worship Buddha for a lifetime.”
The young monk obviously didn't expect Qiqi's words to be so sharp, and was stunned for a moment by her question.
Although Hu Xiaotian did not interrupt, he felt that Qiqi's words made sense.
The young monk finally did not answer Qiqi's words, turned around and continued walking forward.
Qiqi looked at the pagoda, but her eye circles suddenly turned red. She bit her lip and whispered: "Do you know why I came to pay homage to this pagoda?"
Hu Xiaotian shook his head.
Qiqi said: "My mother was killed under the pagoda back then!"
Hu Xiaotian's heart was shaken. He suddenly remembered the portrait he saw on Miao Miao Mountain. The person in the portrait looked very much like Qiqi. By the way, her death anniversary was on the first day of the lunar new year. Could it be that Ling Jiazi was Qiqi's mother?
Dear? If she was, why did the old emperor put a portrait of her on a plaque? It’s unscientific! Hu Xiaotian didn’t dare to continue thinking about it.
Qiqi's words explained why she came to the Daxiangguo Temple Pagoda on the first day of the New Year. It turned out to be to worship her mother.
Hu Xiaotian carefully recalled the scene when he saw the portrait yesterday. Ling Jiazi’s memorial day was on the first day of the Lunar New Year. There wouldn’t be so many coincidences in the world. Hu Xiaotian did not tell the story easily. The secret history of the palace
Duoduo, if he talks casually, he might get killed. He is in enough trouble now, so it would be wiser to cause less trouble.
Qiqi and Hu Xiaotian returned the same way and still chose to climb over the wall. After they came out, they found that the two horses that were originally tied to the woods had disappeared.
Now the two of them were dumbfounded. Qi Qi was so angry that she stamped her feet: "If I catch these horse thieves, I will definitely chop off their heads."
Hu Xiaotian secretly laughed in his heart. Didn't you just say that Kangdu has good public security, simple folk customs, no one picks up things on the road, and no one closes the house at night? But just after you finished speaking, someone stole it.
Qiqi saw the smile on his lips and guessed what this guy was thinking, and said angrily: "Why are you laughing? It's all your fault!"
Hu Xiaotian said in astonishment: "What the hell are you doing to me?" He thought to himself that just now I wanted to stay and take care of the horses, but you obviously didn't let me, so you had to let me climb into the temple with you, and if something happened, it was all on me.
Qi Qi pointed at his nose and said, "You are the bumbling star. Every time I meet you, nothing good will happen."
Hu Xiaotian smiled bitterly and said, "Master, don't complain so quickly. Let's go out and take a look. Maybe we can find the horse thief." He knew very well in his heart that there was no reason to argue with this princess at all.
After Qiqi reminded him, he stopped complaining, and the two of them walked out of the forest together. They searched around the area, but they didn't see their mounts. They thought they were taken away by someone. Today is the first day of the new year.
, there are crowds of people everywhere, and it is not that easy to find their horses in the vast sea of people.
Qiqi was so arrogant that he encountered such misfortune on the first day of the new year, and his face suddenly dropped. Hu Xiaotian didn't agree. He didn't pick up things on the road and didn't close his house at night. Only a child would believe that Daekang is now surrounded by crises and has been experiencing poor harvests year after year.
The lives of ordinary people are getting harder and harder day by day, and the number of incidents of cock-crowding, dog-robbery and theft will only increase. What happened today is just a microcosm of the social unrest.
The two left Daxiangguo Temple on foot. It was already noon. Qiqi walked for a long time and felt a little thirsty. She asked Hu Xiaotian: "Hey, do you still have money on you?"
Hu Xiaotian shook his head.
Qi Qi glared at him: "Stingy guy, I'm hungry. Please take out the money and treat me to a meal."
Hu Xiaotian smiled bitterly and said: "Sir, I only have a little money on me. I just helped you reward all those guys in Suochun Lane, and now I don't even have a penny on me."
Qiqi snorted and said, "Didn't Eunuch Quan give you a red envelope just now?"
Hu Xiaotian complained endlessly: "You said that old man was stingy, so he gave me a few sugar pills and treated me like a child. I swear to God, there wasn't even a penny in them."
Qiqi said with a bitter face: "I am thirsty and hungry now, please think of a way."
Hu Xiaotian said: "There are a few ways, one is to grab it!" The guy looked sinisterly at a fat man with a big belly not far away. Judging from the way he dressed, he was a wealthy nouveau riche.
Qiqi shook her head and said: "No, how could I do such a thing with my status?" For her, national law is family law. As a member of the Long family, how can she break the laws enacted by the Long family.
Hu Xiaotian said: "Then just reach out and ask for it!"
"Beggars? I don't want to be a beggar. Who am I?"
Hu Xiaotian asked, "What is your status? You are just born in an emperor's family, and there is an emperor. Do you really think that your status is so noble? I didn't listen to what the monk said just now. All living beings are equal, and there is no distinction between high and low."
Qiqi looked at the imperial city in the distance, and then at Hu Xiaotian. She wanted to go to the Daxiangguo Temple and then take a stroll outside, but she didn't expect to encounter such an unlucky thing. She whispered: "Is there any other way?
?”
Hu Xiaotian looked at her and said, "Your fur cloak is pretty good, it should be worth some money."
"What's the meaning?"
"If you don't want to steal or rob, and you don't want to beg for food, the only thing left is to pawn. Even if I am willing to pawn my servant clothes, other pawnshops may not be willing to accept them. In other words, this fur cloak of yours will be accepted."
Qiqi rolled her eyes at him and said, "Why am I so unlucky with you? I even have to pawn my clothes."
Hu Xiaotian smiled secretly, you deserve it, I didn't take the initiative to follow you, who can I find to complain about during the Chinese New Year?
There are quite a few pawnshops that open on the first day of the Lunar New Year. The closer the New Year is, the better the business of pawnshops is. It is a difficult year for the people, and people with poor family backgrounds will try their best to have a good New Year even if they resort to selling goods.
Hu Xiaotian and Qiqi came to the largest pawnshop in Xingyuan in the capital and pawned Qiqi's fur cloak for fifty taels of silver. This fur cloak must be worth at least three hundred taels. Although Qiqi had no idea about money, he still couldn't.
She understood that someone was going to kill her with a knife today. However, Hu Xiaotian told her that the pawn shop also had a time limit. As long as she brought the pawn ticket to redeem it within the agreed time limit, it would be nothing more than paying the shop owner some more interest. Of course Qiqi would not care about such a thing.
Clothes, the discomfort of losing my fur cloak was soon replaced by the joy of going out for a walk.
Hu Xiaotian was worried that she would be cold, so he bought her a dog skin jacket to wear. Although the style was not very good, it was cheap after all. Five taels of silver solved the problem of keeping warm, and the remaining forty-five taels was enough for the two of them.
Have a good splurge.
After all, Qiqi is still a minor girl. She looks around here and there, feeling very curious about everything in the outside world. When she left Chengen Mansion just now, she was wearing a fur cloak. At first glance, she looked like an noble lady with extraordinary bearing.
Mr. Jie, but now he puts on his dog fur coat and walks together with Hu Xiaotian, which has obviously shortened the distance. If Hu Xiaotian, who is wearing a bullshit waistcoat, looks like a servant, she is dressed like a driver. So she is wearing gold.
People need clothes. Good temperament is one thing, and dressing up is also another thing.
Even though she was a princess of the dynasty, wearing a bloated dog skin coat and a rabbit fur hat on her head, it was difficult to guess her identity from her appearance.
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