Chapter 140: Vegetarian Food, Escape
"But did I say the wrong thing just now?" Shen Yu said softly and gently.
Xu Zhao shook his head again, his voice tearing, "Let's go, I'm a little hungry."
She did not answer Shen Yu's question. She knelt in front of the Buddha statue and prayed hard for him to be safe and sound, and he made the same wish.
However, things did not go as planned, and her wish was not heard by the Moon Goddess.
After crying, the depression in her heart was finally expressed. Xu Zhao didn't want to talk about it again and finally changed the subject very abruptly.
It was the first time that Shen Lingge saw Sister Zhao Zhao showing weakness in front of her. She wanted to show more concern and comfort her. As soon as she raised her foot and was about to say a few words of comfort, she was met with Shen Yu's knife-like eyes.
He was so scared that he shrank back and even subconsciously took two steps back. He raised his hand and covered his mouth, while shaking his head slightly to indicate that he would not speak anymore.
"Let's go. The wing has been prepared in advance. We can go there now and have a vegetarian meal."
Seeing that Xu Zhao was unwilling to mention why she was crying, Chen Yu was naturally considerate and did not ask too many questions. He believed that when she was willing to talk, she would tell him the first time.
Baoguo Temple has specially prepared rooms for pilgrims to rest and stay overnight. Because of the difference between men and women, all pilgrims who come to Baoguo Temple to stay overnight will be separated by gender and stay in rooms in different directions, even couples will be separated.
The men's rooms are located in the northwest of Baoguo Temple, while the women's rooms are located in the northeast. The two are separated by a high wall and a dense bamboo forest is planted to block the view.
In this way, male and female pilgrims will not disturb each other.
Since they were not staying overnight today, Chen Yu had someone specially arrange for their room to be on the outermost side on the male pilgrims' side. This way, Xu Zhao's entry would not disturb the pilgrims inside.
The area around the wing room is quite quiet. Occasionally, you can hear the wind blowing through the bamboo forest, leaving behind a rustling sound. The Buddhist chanting that can be heard everywhere in the temple in front is basically inaudible, and even the smell of incense is much lighter here.
After walking for a while, Xu Zhao's sadness faded a lot. By the time he entered the room, his emotions had basically dissipated and he had returned to his previous calm and self-possession.
The vegetarian meals in Baoguo Temple looked quite novel. The monks only eat vegetarian food, but the pilgrims who came today were either rich or noble and lived a life of luxury. I am afraid that they would be unable to eat with their chopsticks just by seeing a table full of vegetarian dishes.
Therefore, although the meals in Baoguo Temple today are still vegetarian, they are prepared in a variety of styles.
Between the Imperial Concubine and Xu Zhao, Shen Lingge considered that the Imperial Concubine was a woman, and as a junior he should not disturb her rest, so he followed Xu Zhao and Shen Yu into the wing room like a follower, without considering whether he was disturbing Shen Yu and the others.
After sitting down, looking at the braised fish, braised pork, and sweet and sour spare ribs on the table, because it was the first time to stay for the vegetarian meal of Baoguo Temple, Shen Lingge exclaimed: "It is said that monks are compassionate and eat vegetarian food every day. I heard that the temple is full of vegetarian food, but this is obviously meat in front of me. It’s a sin."
After saying this, he even put his hands together, closed his eyes, and kept chanting "Amitabha" in his mouth, not daring to pick up his chopsticks.
Chen Yu: “…”
Xu Zhao: “…”
In the border military camp, the person who enjoys eating meat the most is Shen Lingge. Now, when he eats a piece of meat, he still has to spit out his sins.
Xu Zhao had seen these dishes on the Internet. In order to prevent pilgrims from losing their appetite for vegetarian dishes, some temples would specially make tofu into different styles of meat or seafood. The final taste might be similar, but it was indeed tofu in texture.
He first picked up a piece of fish meat for Shen Yu with chopsticks, and then picked up a piece of fish meat for Shen Lingge.
"This is tofu. If you don't believe me, try it!"
"Sister Zhaozhao, don't lie to me, otherwise my Taoism will be unstable." Shen Lingge quietly opened one eye and peeked at the piece of fish in the bowl. It did not look like real fish, but he still chanted Amitabha devoutly.
"Tsk," Chen Yu chuckled, "You are in a Buddhist temple, and you say you have a heart of Taoism. You'd better be careful or you will be beaten out by those monks."
After he reminded her, Shen Lingge realized that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly opened his eyes and patted his mouth, "I was just talking nonsense, don't blame me!"
"Okay, your uncle is just teasing you, eat quickly, this is really just tofu." It was Xu Zhao's first time to have a vegetarian banquet, and he was surprised by every dish. It was amazing that tofu could be made into these flavors!
At the end of the meal, Xu Zhao felt a little dazed. This vegetarian meal was indeed delicious!
Baoguo Temple has existed for a hundred years and covers a large area, with many places with beautiful environment and few people.
After the meal, Chen Yu was worried that Xu Zhao would become emotionally unstable again, and wanted to accompany Xu Zhao to walk around the temple. However, His Majesty also came to Baoguo Temple at this time, and Eunuch Chen received instructions and came to find Chen Yu specially.
The tablets of the late emperor and empress are enshrined in the Baoguo Temple. Now that His Majesty has come, the two brothers must go over and pay their respects.
In this way, the task of accompanying Xu Zhao to visit Baoguo Temple fell on Shen Lingge.
Baoguo Temple is located halfway up the mountain, and there is a road behind the temple that leads directly up the mountain.
The weather is nice today, which is suitable for walking around. The two of them walked along the road up the mountain.
The snow on the mountain had not melted yet, but it was not difficult to walk. The two of them each found a branch three fingers thick and supported each other as they walked up the mountain.
After walking for a while, Shen Lingge suddenly moved closer to Xu Zhao's side and lowered his voice, almost speaking with anger, "Sister Zhao Zhao, something is wrong."
"What's wrong, but are we going the wrong way?"
I don’t know if it was Shen Lingge who raised the question, but Xu Zhao’s voice was also very low when he spoke.
But if you take the wrong road, you can just speak loudly, why be so careful?
"Sister Zhaozhao, be careful!" Shen Lingge's ears moved, and he heard the sound of an arrow cutting through the wind behind him. He threw himself on Xu Zhao, and both of them fell to the ground.
Shen Lingge held Xu Zhao tightly under him, and the two of them raised their heads and looked to the side.
A sharp arrow was stuck in the place where Xu Zhao had just stood.
If Shen Lingge had not acted quickly just now, Xu Zhao would probably have lost his life right now.
"Sister Zhaozhao, are you okay?" Shen Lingge immediately pulled Xu Zhao up. "It's all my fault that my martial arts skills are not good enough. I didn't even notice someone behind me until late. Let's leave here and hide."
Xu Zhao had one hand held by Shen Lingge, and the other hand was supporting the ground. "Hiss~" Xu Zhao felt the pain of a sharp cut on her hand. When she raised her hand, there was a blood mark on her white and tender palm.
She looked at the place where she had fallen and saw a piece of white jade.
It’s her white jade mandarin duck jade pendant!
He was about to escape for his life and had no time to check. He didn't know how many people were on the other side. He might be stopped if he went down the mountain. He could only run upwards!
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