Nightfall Chapter 1: Gathering in Chaoyang City (Part 1)

The wind and snow were not angry, the road was not blocked, accompanied by slowly falling snowflakes, an old monk holding a tin stick and wearing a hat slowly walked out of the wasteland, entered the moon wheel country, and walked on a not high mountain. go with.

The old monk’s walking speed is very slow, slower than snow falling, and even slower than snow melting. The soles of his straw shoes seem to be glued to the ground, and he seems to want to lift his feet. The whole ground was torn up, so every step seemed very difficult.

He walked on the snow, the snow layer was torn up; walking on the mud, the black mud was torn up; walking on the bluestone paved mountain road, the stone surface was torn up. The mountain road covered by shallow snow does not seem to have changed at all. In fact, the deep structure of the snow has been torn and uneasy, making a very slight rustling sound that humans can’t hear, and even the entire mountain peak is walking with the old monk. Moaning extremely lowly.

Animals hiding in the depths of the mountain to avoid winter can hear this sound. The wolf licking the clumps of dirty hair raises its head in fear, and the magpie hiding in the nest raises its head in horror and looks into the distance. The lynx, who was trying to gnaw through the buckskin of a frozen deer, let out a scream.

The old monk walked to the top of the mountain and looked south.

A few tens of miles south from the mountain peak, the snow stopped. Most of the sky in Lunar Kingdom was without snow clouds. The capital of Lunar Kingdom, Chaoyang City, thousands of miles away, was covered by thick clouds. Looking at each other thousands of miles away, that thick cloud is like a lonely flower in the boundless kingdom of Buddha.

The old monk silently looked at the cloud group thousands of miles away. On the old face that was not covered by the shadow of the hat, a very complicated expression slowly appeared. Then he held the tin stick tightly and gently touched the tin stick. Inserted among the rocks on the top of the peak beside him, said to the distance: "People are under the clouds."

The tin rod touched the rock on the top of the mountain, like a hot knife pierced into the snowdrift, and went deep into the rock silently. The hair of the tin rod made a slight crisp sound, accompanied by the words of the old monk, floating towards the Buddha in all directions Away.

The old monk looked at the distant Chaoyang City. Said: "For this catastrophe in the world, for the advent of the end of the Dharma era, the Buddha left a chessboard, Jingjing, and many other instruments before Nirvana, showing the way for Buddhist disciples. However, brother, you are unwilling to take the path left by the Buddha. Go your own way, why is this?"

After standing silently on the summit for a long time, the old monk sighed and said: "Brother, you called yourself Qishan back then. I have never understood what the truth is. It was told through the seven thoughts that I realized that I was taking the wrong path. , It’s just how difficult it is to go astray. My Buddha is merciful, how can I bear to see the world take a risk on a wrong path?"

After saying this, the old monk took the tin stick out of the snow rock. Slowly descending to the peak, the direction should be to go to Chaoyang City, but it took him more than a hundred days to walk from the Tiankeng Hanging Temple to the edge of the wasteland in such a slow and difficult way. How long will it take to walk? Under that cloud?

"If you go astray, then I have to take a shortcut."

When the old monk stepped out of the peak, he stopped, and stretched out his tin stick beside the rugged and muddy mountain road, watching as if he was calling for a car. It's just that where can there be a horse-drawn carriage in these remote mountain peaks that are inaccessible?

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This winter, Chaoyang City, the capital of Moon Wheel Kingdom, was in continuous cloudy weather. Even if there were two light snowfalls, the thick clouds over the city never dispersed.

In the world, wind, snow and overcast weather are commonplace. Even if a hundred days are dark, it is not difficult to resemble things, so at the beginning, this cloud layer did not attract anyone's attention.

Until the winter feeling deepened, the second snow cleared, and the countryside outside Chaoyang City suddenly cleared. It was clear, but Chaoyang City was still covered with snow and clouds. It made the people in the city feel a little puzzled.

If you have any questions, ask for answers. Once you started to make a purposeful observation, the Moon Kingdom court and ordinary residents finally noticed the weirdness of the thick clouds in the sky. Some people remembered that from a certain day in late autumn, This cloud layer never dissipated again. More people noticed that in the clear sky outside the city, there are still clouds floating in and out every day, gathering in the clouds above the city.

The clouds enveloped Chaoyang City and refused to disperse, and it became thicker and larger every day. This situation is too strange. Starting from autumn, the Buddhist temples of the Moon Kingdom preached the arrival of the daughter of Hades. The court’s marine capture document has proved that the daughter of Hades is in the Moon Kingdom. Various things are connected with this thick cloud over Chaoyang City, which immediately deepens the hearts of the people. Anxiety and fear.

People in Chaoyang City naturally have a lot of speculation and anxiety. The cloud has become the focus of everyone's observation, and even the main content of the daily chatter of the citizens of Moon Country.

"Did you see that cloud yesterday?"

"You can see it as soon as you raise your neck every day. Why should I go and see?"

"I mean the new cloud that floated from outside yesterday. Didn't you realize that the cloud is thicker today?"

"I didn't see it, I went to rent a carriage yesterday. The new cloud was quite big yesterday?"

"It's very big. When I saw it, it was very close. It was bigger than the palace."

"That's not small, but I saw Xinyun coming from the east a few days ago. Tsk tsk, that formation, that spirit, it feels like a Chinese army."

"Your metaphor is subtle, saying that the daughter of Hades is not a Chinese person."

"Don't tell me anything about the daughter of Pluto, I'm a coward."

"You are not timid, you are careful, renting a carriage is planning to leave, right?"

"If you don't walk, you can't do it, this cloud is too weird. If it turns into a rock someday, I can't stand it."

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Xueyun destroys the city.

People in the city look up for a long time every day, and there are fewer and fewer cervical spondylosis; many people begin to pray, the smell of incense is permeated in the streets, and the incense money from major temples is getting more and more; Some people are already preparing to leave Chaoyang City to take shelter from relatives in the countryside for a while, and the cart business has become more and more prosperous.

As the atmosphere of nervousness became stronger and stronger, people panicked and began to pray for everything they thought were effective. Whether stone or trees, the master in the temple is naturally the best choice, so in just a few short words Within days, I don’t know how many ladies in the house were harmed.

Yuelun has countless Buddhist temples, the most famous of which is the Misty Rain Seventy-two Terraces Temple, and the White Pagoda Temple in Chaoyang City has an unquestionable status in the 72nd Temple. In the current panic, Bai Pagoda The incense of the pagoda temple is naturally the most prosperous. The believers who come to worship the Buddha every day are about to burst the Buddhist temple.

The major Buddhist halls in the Baita Temple were crowded with believers. Even outside the temple, there were countless people kneeling. There were dozens of believers respectfully kneeling in front of a certain stone step outside the temple gate, and kept kowtow. Appears extremely religious.

The stone steps attracted so many Buddhist believers to kneel and worship because the abbot of the White Pagoda Temple picked a baby boy with a deep buddha relationship on the stone steps in the early morning. The baby boy became the famous Taoist priest. Master Shi, so believers believe that the Buddha nature of Master Dao Shi remains on the stone steps, which can bring blessings.

Looking at this scene, Ning Que shook his head, holding Sangsang’s cool little hand, squeezing through the crowded crowds, and walking towards the Baita Temple, thinking about Qu Nimati and Baoshu back then. The illicit music, giving birth to the illegitimate son of Dao Shi, naturally has to be sent to Baita Temple. What does it have to do with things like Buddha's origin?

Sangsang wore a light-colored cotton-padded jacket and a thick scarf, covering a small part of his face. I don’t know when, the hair was cut very short, and it was cut diagonally on the forehead, looking very refreshing. Like a playful little boy, not to mention having only seen a portrait, even someone who has seen her can hardly recognize her.

"Maybe the stone steps can really bring blessings."

Sangsang's voice penetrated through the scarf, and it was a bit buzzing, like a stuffy nose after catching a cold.

Ning Que smiled slightly and said softly: "Even if there is Fuze, it is impossible to fall on us, but don't forget that I cut off Dao Shi's head in front of Chang'an City Baozi Shop." /

Sangsang said: "I don't know if we have done too many bad things, that is why we were retributed. If we knew that we should learn Buddhism, we should not be so disrespectful to Buddhist masters."

Ning Que said with a smile: "The day before I met Dao Shi, you ran away for the first time. I was in a very bad mood. I was angry all night on the edge of Yanming Lake. He came to provoke me, naturally looking for death. It’s still bad for you."

Sangsang said softly: "That's why I got retribution."

"If there is any retribution, Xiahou needs me to kill it, it should have been taken by the Buddha long ago. Regardless of Taoism or Buddhism, when it comes to my academy, I always mention the title of unbelievers. In their opinion, there is no faith Without awe, life is difficult to enrich, and it is difficult to get true peace in the heart. However, in my academy’s view, faith and worship are not the same thing. The word for fear in awe needs to be studied carefully."

Ning Que thought about the believers who had never stopped bowing before he saw it outside the temple, and thought about the picture of the family next to the small courtyard burning incense and worshiping a tree at home every day, and said: "Like the Moon Country It is a country of faith, but there are too many things to believe in, and the fear of the unknown is too deep. What kind of faith is this?"

In whispering gossip, the two of them have already walked to the main hall deep in the White Pagoda Temple. The heads of the Buddha hall are still crowded. Hundreds of believers kneel on the futon, listening to a monk in front of them.

Ning Que took Sangsang into the Buddha Hall and found an empty futon quietly. The believer who was snatched from the futon was still listening attentively to the sutra at the moment, and then he found himself standing. Behind the pillars, I was shocked and speechless, but didn't dare to shout loudly, for fear of being judged by the monks in the monastery that he was not pious enough.

Sangsang knelt and sat on the futon, folded his hands in front of him, closed his eyes, and began to learn Buddhism and listen to the scriptures. He looked calm and pious. The hair that appeared slightly darker because of the short cut was slow on his forehead. Flick slowly.

She didn't listen to the eminent monk of the White Pagoda Temple, but was reading a passage of scripture silently in her heart. What she learned was not the solemn golden Buddha in front of the temple, but the Buddha in her heart.

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(I’m full of energy and come back with sore body all over! This is the first chapter of today, and the first chapter of the fourth volume. The curtain is slowly hanging down, in fact, the real curtain is slowly opened! Get up and do it! Try to write it before 10:10 in the next chapter!)