Shen Yi's Darkness and Depression

Chapter 9

The usually quiet Lingkong Temple is very lively today. Many people gathered in front of the mountain gate, waiting for the monks to allow them to come to the temple to offer incense and worship Buddha on the most important festival of the year, to bless their families with wealth and well-being. Some of them came with the morning dew and waited impatiently outside the door. Seeing the sedan chair of Duanmu Mansion slowly approaching from a distance, they were even more angry and talked a lot.

"Have you heard? Master Duanmu is missing?"

"Really? How could it be missing?"

"I haven't seen you for a few days, maybe I was just transferred?"

"Where did you hear about the transfer order? Could it be illness?"

"How can such a strong body be sick?"

"I also heard that he disappeared, and the mansion is busy looking for someone!"

"It is said that he offended someone. Some of my relatives work in the mansion. I haven't seen Mr. Duanmu for half a month. My news is absolutely reliable!"

"This Duanmu Mansion is probably..."

"I'm afraid it will decline, just wait and see."

"No matter how it declines, people can still burn their heads every year."

"Yes, yes, the centipede is dead but not stiff."

"He is always the master of wealth, we can't compare."

"Shaotouxiang will come so late next year, it will waste the time of many people, and it is no better than ordinary people."

"The family can't do without the backbone."

"It's only by burning the head incense every year that I have accumulated such a little bit of good fortune."

"Hey, things are impermanent..."

Yun Wan really couldn't bear to listen to these gossips, and she didn't want Yu Chen to hear them, so she had to drag him to the mountain gate, wanting to get away from the gossiping people, and she said to You Chen as she walked, "Don't listen They are talking nonsense, they are a bunch of idlers, it is really boring."

The monks waiting at the door saw a group of people from Duanmu Mansion coming, and finally opened the door that hadn't been opened much that year.

"Master Huiling has been waiting in the main hall for a long time." The monk looked at Yun Guan and You Chen while talking, and wondered about each other's age in his heart.

"I'm really sorry for the long delay on the road. I kept you waiting, Master." Yun Wan responded politely.

"The donor is very polite, please let the poor monk lead the way for you."

After stepping over the threshold of the mountain gate and passing through the Hall of Heavenly Kings, you can see the Daxiong Hall surrounded by the fragrance of the Buddha. A group of monks are sitting on the lotus mat and reciting scriptures. The monk in the middle who is getting more and more ridged must be the presiding officer who I have never seen before. .

I heard that this master escaped into Buddhism very late, but he has a lot of wisdom, and his discussion of Buddhist scriptures and Dharma is unmatched in Lingkong Temple. In less than ten years, he became the abbot of the temple, and he is still diligent in studying Buddhist scriptures on weekdays. Its meditation can save all living beings.

Yun Wan has long wanted to pay homage to this master, but because she didn't have the opportunity, she wanted the master to give her advice so that she could find her soul's destination in the world of mortals and be freed from the entanglements of the past.

"Master Huiling, the people from Duanmu Mansion have arrived." The monk who led the way left after speaking.

"Hurry up and offer incense, it won't be good after the auspicious time." Host Huiling got up and handed the sandalwood blessing incense to Yun Wan while making a tour. "Benefactor, why didn't Lord Duanmu come this year?"

"Thank you, host, for thinking about it. My father has been busy with business recently, so he couldn't come to offer incense. I hope you will forgive me." Yun Wan looked at the host with a worried expression.

"Well, the benefactor is very polite. As long as he is sincere, it doesn't matter who comes. The benefactor must be Lord Duanmu's daughter," Hui Ling asked with concern. He had also heard about the recent situation of Duanmu Mansion. I thought this year's Touxiang Duanmufu would not be able to burn.

"Master Huiling, when my grandmother came to offer incense, I followed her every year, but I was still young at that time, and I still remember that you once praised me for having the roots of wisdom." Yun Wan was a little girl at that time , once buried a dead butterfly under the dense Gongsun tree in the courtyard. When the host of Huiling saw her crying for the death of the butterfly, he praised her for being able to perceive life at a young age Equality really has the roots of wisdom, but it is difficult for her daughter to enter the temple and become a monk.

"Almsgiver, please forgive the poor monk who is devoted to the Buddha and doesn't remember much about the world, so who is this?" Host Hui Ling explained while shaking her head.

"This is my younger brother, Duanmu Youchen, the son of my father's elder brother." Yun Wan responded politely.

"Good host, Huiling." You Chen was born with the karma of elders, maybe because of his gentle temperament, maybe because of his handsome and clean face, in short, whenever the siblings attend the occasion together, Yu Chen is the most attractive to elders favorite one.

"Little benefactor, you are polite." Master Huiling waved his sleeves and pointed in the direction of meditation, "Female benefactor, please hurry up."

"Master, you are polite." After finishing speaking, Yun Wan walked slowly towards the incense burner, lit the incense, knelt down, kowtowed three times, bowed nine times, closed her eyes, and recited silently. Duanmu Mansion has burned this year's head incense. She hopes that the wish will continue. She hopes that Duanmu Mansion can continue to receive the blessing of the Buddha. She hopes that her father can return safely. After thinking about it, everything will be a new beginning today. .

Believers, sincerity will lead to spirituality; unbelievers, there is no need to teach too deeply.There is nothing wrong with fate.

(End of this chapter)