From a refugee to a martial artist

Chapter 93: See the Rosary Again
When they arrived at Zuiyue Tower, Meng Yuan asked Dugu Kang to go upstairs first.

"Sister Qingqing." Meng Yuan looked at the hairpin on Nie Qingqing's head and couldn't help looking down twice before taking out the gift box. "I saw this hairpin by chance when I was on a business trip, and it reminded me of my sister."

Nie Qingqing accepted it with a smile.

Seeing that she already had a hint of love in her eyes, Meng Yuan became even more charming, so he quickly suppressed his evil thoughts and whispered, "Ask for more money later, the prince will treat you."

"How much?"

"He said he brought a hundred taels, so we only need ninety taels."

"He is the prince, isn't it a bad idea to do this?"

"Very good."

The two made plans and started chatting.

"I just made a new set of tables and chairs." Nie Qingqing said softly, "When will you come to my house to take a look?"

If someone else were to ask this question, it would be a little inappropriate. But the two of them were already very familiar with each other, and it was Master Nie who decided it, so it was not out of the ordinary.

She has to take care of the Zuiyuelou business during the day and only has free time after closing time.

If I go to her house a few more times, I'm afraid I'll have to warm up the wine and chat, and finally go into the alley. Meng Yuan thought to himself that it would only take three times at most, or even the first day.

Faced with such beauty, Meng Yuan looked at what was in front of Nie Qingqing and his heart was moved.

If it were any other day, I would go tonight. After all, I also want to try my abilities.

But too many things happened today. Jie Shen's matter is not over yet. Although he didn't beat the younger one to the older one, he couldn't underestimate Jie Kaiping.

Miss Ying San's reasoning naturally made sense, but Meng Yuan wanted to do it once to untie the screen.

Moreover, the matter of joining the Demon Suppression Bureau also needs to be decided. This job is much more difficult than being a bodyguard, and there may be life-threatening dangers.

But Meng Yuan wanted to cultivate his energy and learn more magical powers, so the best way was to go through the Demon Suppression Bureau.

Not to mention that everyone in the guard post is an acquaintance.

Therefore, although beauty is coveted, Meng Yuan still wants to reach the seventh rank as soon as possible.

"Let's talk about it after some time." Meng Yuan refused.

Nie Qingqing paused for a moment after hearing this, then smiled again and said, "That's nothing."

Meng Yuan didn't want to leave any grudges, so he just boldly held her hand and said, "The princess has made some arrangements for me recently, and my martial arts training has reached a critical moment. I really dare not be distracted. It's not that I have any other intentions."

Seeing Meng Yuan speak out and be very bold, Nie Qingqing blushed, nodded, and said, "Okay."

Her voice was soft and content.

After going upstairs, Meng Yuan found Dugu Kang, and the two sat by the river.

"Brother Meng, you are a talented person. I can see that the Third Miss thinks highly of you. But the more so, the more you should not indulge in women." Dugu Kang opened his mouth.

"Does Prince Xin know that you have become a monk?" Meng Yuan also opened his mouth.

"I know." Dugu Kang was indeed in a bad mood. His voice was much weaker and he looked like he didn't want to say more.

Meng Yuan took out the rosary and said, "Take a look."

Dugu Kang took it and examined it carefully for a long time before saying, "Generally speaking, rosary beads should be engraved with Buddhist mantras. But this one has an ever-burning lamp..."

He scratched his head and said, "I can't tell where it came from, but I guess it was a mouse that became a Buddha and remembered the experience of stealing lamp oil, so it was engraved on the rosary."

Meng Yuan took back the rosary and thought to himself that this was only half-baked.

"However," Dugu Kang saw Meng Yuan lowering his head to eat, clearly looking down on his knowledge, so he stepped forward and said, "When I left Ping'an Prefecture, my master also gave me a rosary. He said that in some schools, the master gave me a rosary as a gift, which means inheritance."

So you still don’t know!

"Who helped you shave your head? How did you enter the Buddhist monastery?" Meng Yuan asked curiously.

"My teacher is a great monk from Lanruo Temple." Dugu Kang ate the fruit and felt more energetic. "As for why we entered Buddhism, it's the same for everyone."

"I'd like to hear the details." Meng Yuan became interested.

"People are confused by ignorance throughout their lives, suffering and creating karma, and cannot achieve the state of concentration. All living beings suffer."

Dugu Kang started a new tune, "A father lost his son, a wife lost her husband. I heard that Buddhism teaches reincarnation, how can we not look forward to it? Poor people have no one to rely on, no one to depend on. I heard that Buddhism teaches an afterlife, how can we not have hope? Everyone has pain. Without pain, who would seek a Buddhist path?"

"I understand. You want to seek emptiness, and then find your own place of sustenance in emptiness." Meng Yuan shook his head, feeling that this statement was wrong. "But blindly seeking emptiness is actually also being attached to the appearance of emptiness. You must face yourself squarely, and then you can see your true self. Only in this way can you realize the Prajna Dharma and see the Tathagata."

Dugu Kang was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "You are an expert in debate, no wonder you were able to win over Nie Yannian's daughter. If you go to Ping'an Prefecture, you will definitely make a name for yourself."

"..." Meng Yuan didn't want to say more, so he just lowered his head to eat.

After eating and drinking, Dugu Kang wanted to chat more with Meng Yuan, but Meng Yuan was not interested.

"Ninety taels? Ninety taels for a vegetarian feast and some fruits?" Dugu Kang was stunned when he paid the bill. "Okay, okay, give it to me!"

He paid the money and left angrily.

"But with a little try, you will know that greed, anger, and ignorance are still there." Meng Yuan caught up with him, shamelessly.

"You two want to cheat me out of money, so stop talking to me about this!" Dugu Kang is not really stupid, "Next time I will bring my guests, they will invite a few people who deal in calligraphy and paintings to lure me to buy, and we can cheat together."

Is this a monk? Meng Yuan originally wanted to trick Dugu Kang once and have less contact with him in the future, but it turned out that this is also shameless!
After talking nonsense, Meng Yuan returned to the palace, but saw an ox cart and several old women at the door of his house, with Jiang Tang directing them.

"Brother!" Jiang Tang happily stepped forward when he saw Meng Yuan coming back.

"What's going on?" Meng Yuan asked. "Sister Mei moved our family to a new place." Jiang Tang pulled Meng Yuan into the house, "Not far from Jingyuan."

She whispered again, "Also, I went to see the princess with Sister Mei. The princess said I was quite smart and asked me to follow her in the future."

Meng Yuan had just received a letter from the Third Miss, saying that she was going to work in the Demon Suppression Bureau, and soon after that, his wife was detained by her side.

However, judging from the Third Miss's style of doing things, it doesn't seem like she would hold a proton.

"Did the princess tell you what to do?" Meng Yuan asked.

"He said he wanted to teach me a lesson." Jiang Tang said.

"Train?" Meng Yuan looked at the little girl and felt relieved, but then he remembered that the little girl was cunning and the third lady was the most malicious, so he whispered, "Don't learn bad things from her."

Jiang Tang’s eyes widened.

"I mean, the princess is well-read and you should also read more books." Meng Yuan changed his words.

Jiang Tang nodded, and she took Meng Yuan to meet a wealthy old lady, who was said to be Hu Qian's mother.

After chatting for a while, Meng Yuan was too lazy to pay attention to it and went to the training ground to find some peace and quiet.

After that, Meng Yuan simply went into seclusion, spending every day at the training grounds. He did not even return to his new home, and concentrated on depicting the Thirty-Three Days in Reflection.

This time of reflection and depiction is much more difficult than the thirty-three days, and each part consumes a lot of true energy.

However, Meng Yuan's Dantian was broad and his Qi recovered extremely quickly, so everything went smoothly and he was able to reflect and carve three places in one day.

As more and more places were carved, Meng Yuan felt more relaxed, and his dantian seemed to expand, with more true energy.

Meng Yuan stayed in the training ground every day and Dugu Kang came to see him every day. He said that he had news about Jie Kaiping, that his boat capsized while crossing the river and he was buried in the belly of a fisherman.

Although Jie Kaiping held no official position, he had a wide circle of friends, and many Confucian scholars went to the riverside to pay tribute to him.

Ten days passed in a hurry.

That morning, Meng Yuan closed his eyes in a small room in the training ground, and felt the true energy in his dantian surging.

Faintly, there are thirty-three silk threads in the Dantian connecting the internal organs, tendons and bones. It seems messy, but it makes sense.

Moreover, those thirty-three silk threads were like chains. Meng Yuan felt as if there was a huge object in his body that seemed to be about to break through the cage.

This time the middle thirty-three days are all reflected and portrayed. Next, you just need to connect the middle thirty-three days and the lower thirty-three days, and it will be complete, and you can impact the seventh level.

Meng Yuan got up, went out to eat, chatted with the young men for a while, and was about to go into seclusion again when Nie Yannian came to find him.

"Why didn't you go out to see Qingqing these days?" Nie Yannian was very curious. "Qingqing wears a hairpin every day and is so happy. How did you lie to her?"

"When have I ever lied to anyone?" Meng Yuan spread his hands. "I've been practicing diligently. I couldn't spare the time to go out. I didn't even go home."

"Although you worked hard before, you didn't work so hard day and night." Nie Yannian frowned and looked at Meng Yuan, and asked, "I heard that Jie Shen couldn't be found, and Jie Kaiping killed Jiang Xin. Did you do it?"

What a keen sense of smell! Meng Yuan laughed and said, "When the screen was released, I was in the training ground, and everyone was watching."

"But you can't stay in the training ground every day, you need to balance the tension and relaxation!" Nie Yannian believed this and said, "I was wondering why Qingqing forced me to live in the martial arts hall and took me back the next moment! It turns out that she is not a foxy woman at all!"

Is there any father who would say this to his daughter?
"..." Meng Yuan didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Pack up and change your clothes!" Nie Yannian smiled.

"What?" Meng Yuan asked curiously.

"The princess has arranged for you to enter the Demon Suppression Division. We have to go to the garrison to go through the formalities, right?" Nie Yannian patted Meng Yuan on the shoulder, "You also know Lao Zhang and the others. You will be one of us once you go there."

"Go now?" Meng Yuan asked happily.

"What else? Wait until you have confinement after giving birth before going?" Nie Yannian pulled Meng Yuan out.

"Master Nie, do you have anything to teach me?" Meng Yuan asked.

"No, Lao Zhang is not an outsider, he will not treat you unfairly." Nie Yannian had obviously paved the way for him. "Remember, if someone enters this guardhouse and does not reach the level of martial arts, it will not be easy for them to climb up."

He pointed in the direction of Jingyuan and whispered, "But you are different. Once you enter the seventh rank, you will be promoted immediately and taught a few more divine powers. If you make more contributions, you will definitely climb faster than others. However, that place is dangerous, so you have to be more careful."

At this point, Nie Yannian became more serious. "The Demon Suppression Division is a military position, and there is a lot of room for us to move forward. But we must remember where our roots are, so that we can go far."

"I am the Third Miss's person in life and her ghost in death!" Meng Yuan said.

"That's right." Nie Yannian laughed and put his arm around Meng Yuan's shoulders, saying, "Old Zhang will have a mission in the next two days. You can make a contribution immediately if you go there."

"What mission?" Meng Yuan asked curiously.

"Do you still remember that you and Li Weizhen destroyed the lair of White Ape Zen Master?" Nie Yannian laughed.

"The white ape is back?" Meng Yuan immediately thought of Qing Guangzi.

"There's news about the white ape!" Nie Yannian smiled and whispered, "Old Zhang invited people from above to fight with the white ape. But the white ape still ran away."

"Run away? But did you get any clues? What about the origin of the blue light?" Meng Yuan asked.

"They only got some scattered prayer beads and a few tattered robes, but I couldn't figure out their origins," said Nie Yannian.

"Is there anything unusual about the rosary?" Meng Yuan became interested.

"I saw that there was an ever-burning lamp engraved on the rosary. I haven't heard of any Buddhist temple in Ping'an Prefecture having this custom." Nie Yannian said.

Meng Yuan nodded. The rosary he got from Jie Shen also had an eternal lamp engraved on it.

(End of this chapter)