Chapter 69: Need a lot of merit
"Why don't you see that Miss Chang?"
During the morning service in the Three Buddha Hall of Dayun Temple, a little girl who was kneeling next to Yao Xia whispered to him.
The sound of monks chanting scriptures was heard everywhere. Yao Xia, with his hands clasped devoutly in front of him, opened his eyes a little and glanced at his good friend: "Sister Chang was so frightened yesterday, she should rest well..."
"That's true..." The girl wanted to ask something else, but when she noticed the unhappy look from her mother, she quickly closed her eyes and listened to the sutra.
Yao Xia muttered to herself, "Amitabha, Buddha, there is a reason why Sister Chang was unable to come, but I am willing to share half of my merits with Sister Chang..."
The girl next to him twitched her lips when she heard this and whispered, "Your merits are just the size of a grain of rice, yet the Buddha has to break them into pieces and share them with you..."
Yao Xia was very focused and sincere: "Don't disturb me from earning merits..."
Sister Chang can just rest and recuperate, and she will work hard to earn merit to support Sister Chang! At the same moment, by the spring in the mountain village behind Dayun Temple, Xier looked at the girl carrying two wooden buckets to fetch water, and her mood was quite struggling.
She really didn't expect that the girl's way of accumulating merit was not by doing morning prayers, but by helping the monks in the temple fetch water.
In the past half hour, the girl has repeated this serious Lu Zhishen behavior of carrying two buckets of water back to the temple three times.
Xier's gaze fell on Azhi again——
Azhi had just come out of the woods nearby, with a large bundle of firewood on his back.
Xier was extremely anxious, and felt that the burden of the bundle of firewood was not on Azhi, but on her precarious career.
At this time, a monk carrying an empty bucket and a shoulder pole came back. Xier made up her mind and stepped forward to grab the shoulder pole and bucket: "Master, let me do it!"
Xier walked briskly with the bucket in her hand and came to Chang Suining's side: "Girl, I will accompany you!"
Chang Suining looked over uncertainly, but saw the little girl quickly filled two buckets of water and lifted them up easily.
Chang Suining: “?”
She reached out and pinched Xier's arm.
Under the soft sleeves, the little girl's seemingly slender arms actually had lines that were too bulging and strong.
Chang Suining, who was still defeated, envied him silently and asked, "Have you practiced secretly?"
Xier lowered her head in embarrassment: "The Chang family, the Chang family spirit... Previously, the girl didn't like these things, she only loved to recite poems, so I didn't dare to show it."
Chang Suining: “…”
She underestimated the depth of Chang Jiajun's legal knowledge.
In this family, A Li is probably the only one who is truly weak.
"But I didn't mean to deceive you!" Xier explained quickly, "I did this just to serve you better..."
After all, in the past, he accompanied the girl every day to feel sad and depressed, crying anytime and anywhere, wiping her tears and comforting her. The whole process was also a physical job.
"In short, I will be whatever the girl needs me to be. I can learn anything!" The little girl's eyes were filled with sincerity.
Ah Zhi, who was passing by with firewood on his back, said: "..."
It's just that her competitiveness is single and lacks diversity.
"Very good." Chang Suining nodded in affirmation and said, "Let's go."
Seeing that the girl had no intention of blaming her, Xier was delighted and nodded quickly.
The master and his servants walked along the bluestone path leading to the back door of the temple. Xier followed her maiden with water, attentive but still full of sincerity: "... All the merits I have accumulated from fetching water will be given to you, my maiden!"
Hearing these innocent words, Chang Suining couldn't help but smile and nodded: "Okay."
She will probably do a lot of evil things in the future, so she needs to accumulate more merits to be safe.
Ah Zhi also said, "Give the maid's to the girl, too!"
Xier gritted her teeth when she heard this - this was blatant plagiarism! "Eh... why are there women fetching water and carrying firewood?"
Not far ahead, Yuan Xiang looked at several figures approaching, took a closer look, and became more and more surprised: "The Grand Commander is actually the wife of the Chang family!"
Cui Jing, who was leading his men to patrol the back mountain, stopped.
"Girl, it's General Cui and his men." Xier said in a low voice when she saw the people in front.
Chang Suining walked over, put the bucket down temporarily, and saluted Cui Jing: "General Cui."
The girl was wearing an apricot-colored skirt with her arms tied in front, revealing her slender white wrists, and her posture was straight.
The wounds on her face were covered with light brown ointment, and at this moment, a layer of crystal sweat appeared on her forehead and nose. The morning light shone through the gaps between the lush branches and leaves on both sides of the path, and reflected on her face, like a mottled and flickering butterfly.
Cui Jing lowered his gaze to the bucket at her feet: "Is Madam Chang's injury healed?"
In addition to the wounds on her face, she was also injured on her shoulder.
Chang Suining knew that he was probably asking about the injury on his shoulder, so he said, "It's a minor injury. It makes it inconvenient to carry water, but it won't affect me in lifting water."
"Mrs. Chang is really amazing..." Yuan Xiang praised sincerely, but still puzzled: "But why did Mrs. Chang come to fetch water herself?"
And the maid was carrying firewood on her back.
"Since we are here to pray for blessings, we should do what we can." Chang Suining said frankly: "Carrying water can not only train endurance, but also accumulate merits, which is killing two birds with one stone."
Cui Jing: “…”
Time management is very reasonable.
He looked at her figure, complexion and appearance and said, "Madam Chang has made great progress."
Compared to the time when I drew my sword in the posthouse—
"Of course." Chang Suining nodded without any modesty: "Because I am very hardworking."
Strength is something that requires rules. As long as you are willing to practice, you will definitely see the rewards.
Cui Jing was silent for a moment, then nodded: "...Indeed."
Chang Suining had no intention of delaying any longer. Just as he was about to pick up the water and leave, he suddenly heard a chaotic noise coming from not far away.
Cui Jing told Yuan Xiang: "Go over and see what happened."
"yes."
Yuanxiang turned back halfway through his walk, and there was an acquaintance next to him.
"Little A'li!" The middle-aged man with a figure as big as a mountain was very surprised and walked quickly towards Chang Suining.
"Adian, why are you here?" Chang Suining looked at him in surprise: "Didn't I tell you to wait for me at home?"
Yuan Xiang and Cui Jing said, "The patrolling brothers saw that it was General Dian and brought him over."
"But I waited for you for a long time but you didn't come back." Adian said aggrievedly, "So I had to come to find you secretly."
Chang Suining looked at him helplessly: "I said I would be out for seven days. Didn't I give you colored ink and asked you to draw one line on paper every day?"
"I like green, and I couldn't help but draw a few more lines with green. I counted and I had already drawn seven!"
Chang Suining could only express his admiration with silence.
Cui Jing said at the right time: "It's okay, I will have someone settle you down, senior."
"Xiao Jing, you're here too, that's great!" Ah Dian then turned his attention to Cui Jing, untied the bag on his shoulder, took out an oil paper bag, opened it and saw a few sesame cakes inside -
"Eat some sesame cakes. I brought them specially for you and Xiao A-li!"
Facing those clear and enthusiastic eyes, Cui Jing had no choice but to pick one up.
"What happened that day... I was wrong. I shouldn't have fought." Ah Dian said sincerely, "I know I was wrong. When I return to Xuan Ce Mansion, I will accept the punishment!"
"But I won't go back yet." He said, pointing at Chang Suining: "I still want to play with little A Li!"
Cui Jing nodded: "Don't worry, you can go back whenever you want."
It’s just that General Dian’s mind is unstable. He has been away from Xuan Ce Mansion for so long and has not thought about going back. This has never happened before.
Cui Jing subconsciously looked at Chang Suining.
Ah Dian had already walked towards Chang Suining: "Little Ah Li, here!"
Chang Suining had not had time to eat breakfast yet and was really hungry at this moment. He took the sesame cake, sat down on a smooth stone nearby, and started eating.
Adian squatted beside her and started eating the sesame cake.
He was very big and sturdy, and squatting beside the girl, he looked like a well-behaved lion.
But he had just taken two bites when he suddenly stopped chewing and his eyes widened: "Little A Li, how did you get hurt!"
Chang Suining: "I thought you would have to wait until next year to find out."
"I'm not blind!" Ah Dian stood up suddenly, dropped the pancake in his hand, and immediately rolled up his sleeves: "Who bullied you! Tell me, I'll fight back!"
Then he looked at Cui Jing again: "Xiao Jing, aren't you in charge now? Little A Li was bullied by bad guys, why don't you do anything about it!"
In his eyes, everyone related to the Xuan Ce Army is one family, and now the one who has replaced His Highness as the head of this family is Cui Jing.
All matters, big or small, should be under his charge.
Cui Jing, who suddenly lost his job, was silent for a moment.
Chang Suining defended him: "He was in charge."
Cui Jing nodded in agreement.
He did care - meddling in other people's affairs can be considered caring.
"We have worked together to drive the bad guys away." Chang Suining said seriously while eating a cake.
"That's better." Ah Dian squatted down in front of Chang Suining again and said earnestly, "You must not be bullied again, otherwise His Highness will be unhappy if he finds out."
Seeing Chang Suining looking at him, he said seriously: "Your Highness hates to see us being bullied the most."
Chang Suining swallowed the cake, lowered his eyes and nodded: "Got it."
"Let me test you?" As Ah Dian spoke, he suddenly slapped Chang Suining.
"General Dian, you can't do that!" Yuan Xiang was shocked and subconsciously wanted to step forward to stop him - General Dian's palm strike without any warning might cost Madam Chang half her life!
However, just as he took two steps forward, he saw the girl sitting on the stone suddenly move to the side. Her body was as fast as flowing water and her movements were as fast as lightning. Not only did she avoid the palm, but even her chewing of the biscuit was not disrupted.
Yuanxiang was stunned.
"Not bad!" Ah Dian nodded with satisfaction: "You can get a string of candied haws as a reward!"
Cui Jing's eyes moved slightly.
This cannot be explained by the word "diligence".
He couldn't help but think of the words "My sister is a martial arts genius" which seemed unconvincing at first.
Chang Suining quickly finished the sesame cake in his hand, took the handkerchief handed to him by Xier, wiped his hands, and stood up.
"General Cui, we are leaving first."
Cui Jing nodded.
"What are you doing? I want to play too!" Seeing Chang Suining picking up the bucket, Ah Xin couldn't wait to try it out. Seeing a monk carrying water passing by, she took over the job and carried the pole easily on her shoulders.
The monks who had their jobs taken away after their fellow disciples could only chant: "Amitabha, thank you for your kindness..."
Chang Suining and his group had just taken two steps when a moon-green figure slowly walked towards them.
When he saw Chang Suining, there was no surprise in his eyes. When his eyes touched the bucket in her hand, he couldn't help laughing: "Madam Chang, what is this...?"
"I have nothing to do in the morning, so I'll just take a walk." Chang Suining had rested enough and had no intention of staying longer to exchange pleasantries. He left a message, "Minister Wei, please feel free," and left with the water in his hand.
Wei Shuyi looked at the departing figure, laughed again, and sighed, "Miss Chang is always so unexpected."
He only found out that the person was at the back mountain, but he never imagined that it was such a "back mountain".
The person had already left, so he could only look away and look at Cui Jing with a smile: "I didn't expect that General Cui was here too."
"Is Minister Wei here to enjoy the scenery?"
"Yes." Wei Shuyi smiled and put his hands behind his back.
He came to see the scenery, but the scenery seemed unwilling to see him.
Seeing Cui Jing and Yuan Xiang walking forward, Wei Shuyi walked with them for a while and asked casually, "What do you think of what happened yesterday, General Cui?"
Cui Jing walked forward and ignored him.
Wei Shuyi asked again, "Seeing that Madam Chang has made such a thorough plan, does Grand Commander Cui feel that he almost did more harm than good?"
This statement obviously seems to be intended to make fun of someone.
After all, there are indeed few opportunities to see Cui Lingan make a fool of himself.
"My life is at stake, so I'd rather believe it." Cui Jing looked straight ahead, not realizing that he was being laughed at. "It's my duty, so I can't just stand by and watch."
Wei Shuyi: "..."
He looked at the green mountains and springs in front of him and let out a long sigh.
"I say Cui Ling'an..." Wei Shuyi said helplessly, "People like you are born to outdo others, right?"
It was as if all the clever ideas in the world were no match for the other party's unwavering justice.
He sighed again, "It really makes people feel helpless."
Wei Shuyi's sigh filled the entire back mountain: "With you as a contrast, it's no wonder that Madam Chang seemed to dislike me just now."
…
Chang Suining had no idea of this lament. She was carrying water and was about to leave the back mountain. When she passed a clump of dense vegetation, she slowed down.
Following a burst of low flirting between a man and a woman, someone walked out from behind the bushes.
"After we return home... you will definitely receive a reward!"
"Thank you for your mercy, my dear..."
"You are the most obedient little kid..."
The person who spoke was a man in brocade clothes who looked to be around 20 years old. He came out with two young maids on his left and right. One of the maids was still lowering her head to adjust her clothes.
When the other maid looked up, she saw someone passing by. She was caught off guard and showed a look of surprise. She turned her flushed face away and quickly hid behind the man.
The man looked over and frowned slightly, his eyes fell on Ah Dian, narrowing his narrow eyes: "Who do I think it is? Isn't this the idiot from Xuan Ce Mansion?"
The last day of 2022, I will update early~ I have accompanied you all for a whole year, and the New Year is coming soon. I wish you all happiness and peace! !
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