Chapter 2446 Hehe
Master Zhiren smiled and nodded at them, then looked at Princesses Mingda and Changyu, clasped his hands together and saluted them, saying, "What is the purpose of your visit to this humble temple, Princesses?"
Mingda quickly said, "Grandmother worshipped Buddha when she was alive, so we wanted to burn incense and pray for the Royal Grandmother."
This was an easy matter, but since they were princesses, the incense they burned was naturally different, so Master Zhiren asked someone to find the host to make arrangements.
Master Zhiren left without waiting for the Western Expedition to end. They took another route back and were much faster than Manbao and his men. The news of the victory of the Western Expedition only came after they returned to the capital.
It has been four months since Zhou Man and his friends came back, but they have never been in touch.
At this time, Master Zhiren looked them up and down and found that they had grown a lot taller, and their faces looked much more resolute. The childishness they had when they first met had dissipated a lot.
Master Zhiren smiled and sighed in his heart, he has finally grown up.
Master Zhiren asked Jiechen to teach Baishan and the others martial arts. Jiechen agreed without saying anything about reporting to the abbot.
Manbao and the others were delighted and sat down to talk to Master Zhiren. They looked very concerned about him and asked him, "Master, did you have a smooth journey back home? Did you encounter anything interesting along the way?"
Master Zhiren laughed and said, "Of course it can't compare to the grandeur of your friends..."
They talked for a long time about traveling west and returning east. Bai Shan even encouraged him, "Now that several countries in the Western Regions have submitted to the Great Jin, there will be no more wars in the near future. If Master Zhiren still wants to go to the Western Regions to seek Buddhist scriptures, now is the best time."
Master Zhiren smiled and nodded, saying that he would consider setting off again after he had finished translating the Buddhist scriptures in his hands.
Mingda listened with envy. Changyu wasn't too interested in this, so he whispered to Manbao, "Is Master Jiechen's martial arts very powerful?"
Manbao nodded and gave a thumbs up, saying, "That's amazing."
Chang Yu rolled his eyes and said, "Can he use a whip? Martial monks practice hard skills, which may not be suitable for you. Why don't you practice with me? I tell you, I am very good at using a whip."
Manbao had seen it before, but she didn't think it looked good. "I want to be able to jump to the roof with one leap, and have a graceful figure. Now I can only jump to the top of the wall by stepping on it, and I have to climb a bit, which is not very pretty. And among all weapons, I think swords are more beautiful."
"A whip saves energy," Chang Yu said. "As long as you master the skill, you can whip it out like a flower while standing, and no one can get close to you."
"I don't want a battlefield, I just want to look good."
"Bouncing around is not ladylike at all. Wouldn't it be nice to stand there and crack the whip?"
Manbao: "I still want to fly. You haven't seen Jie Chen's leaping skills when he fights others? Every move is just like...just like the people in the paintings, so quick, clean and neat, so beautiful."
Chang Yu: "...just to look good."
"Not entirely," Manbao sighed. "On this trip out, we realized how dangerous it is out there. Although we have guards to protect us, knowing some martial arts can save us at a critical moment, right? They say a good teacher produces a good student, and Jie Chen's martial arts is the best among the people we know."
Chang Yu: "Can you be more powerful than Li Shangshu and Su Guogong in the court?"
"I haven't seen them fight either."
The topic gradually drifted off, and after the host was ready, Manbao and the others stood up, said goodbye to Master Zhiren, and accompanied the two princesses to burn incense.
The palace maids who had come to the Huguo Temple in advance also showed up and took out the incense money they had prepared in the morning and handed it to the abbot. As the sun was about to set, they prepared to go back down the mountain.
Mingda and Changyu didn't let the carriage come up, but instead walked down the steps hand in hand, blending in with the pilgrims. Mingda excitedly said to Manbao, "Look, no one recognized us."
Although no one recognized Mingda and the others, everyone could see that they were not simple people.
However, Huguo Temple is a national temple, and there have always been many dignitaries who come to burn incense, so the pilgrims did not pay much attention to them, but just made way slightly and did not get too close to them.
But this was enough to make Mingda happy.
Changyu didn't understand this kind of happiness, but since her sister was happy, she was happy too.
After getting in the car, she was still recommending her whip to Manbao, "If you learn to use a whip with me, I will give you the whip I used when I was a child. It was a birthday gift from my mother when I was ten years old."
Mingda laughed when he heard this, "Sister, why are you suddenly so eager to teach others?"
"It's rare to find someone who enjoys martial arts as much as I do, so naturally it would be best if he could play with a whip as well as me, so that we can play together in the future."
Manbao leaned against the car window and said to her, "You're stupid. You use a whip, and I use a whip too. Do we have to whip each other when we play together? That's too boring."
She said, "You should learn the whip and I should learn the sword. That way it will be fun to play whip against sword."
"Aren't you going to learn martial arts from the monk? That should be palms or fists, right?" Chang Yu criticized her. "At most, it's a stick. Long weapons versus short weapons, you will definitely lose."
Manbao was stunned after hearing this, and said unwillingly, "What's the big deal? I won't pull your whip close to me. Then your whip won't be able to strike, so it will be useless."
Seeing the two men arguing with each other, one inside the car and the other outside, Mingda quickly stopped them and said, "You haven't even started competing yet. This is all just verbal combat."
Especially Manbao, "Have you learned it?"
Manbao suddenly stopped talking.
Changyu won the game back and started laughing.
Mingda knocked on the carriage and asked the driver to return to the palace. She said to Manbao, "First, find Kong and learn martial arts."
As the carriage started moving, Manbao opened the window and stepped aside. Changyu then pried open the window and stuck his head out, saying, "Manbao, you still have four days of vacation. Learn first, and then we'll have a sparring match once we get to the palace."
Manbao corrected him: "It's six days!"
Then he said, "I have to go inspect my Zhitian Farm. I can only learn for two days at most. I won't fight you. You have to wait until I have learned for at least half a year."
As the carriage moved further and further away, Chang Yu could only shout, "Two days have already passed, and there are still four days left..."
The carriage drove away, and Manbao was too lazy to answer her. Mingda would definitely tell her anyway.
Sure enough, before Changyu could even think about it, Mingda said, "Four days from now is the ten-day holiday, so two days will make it six days in total."
Chang Yu was stunned. "Oh my god, she's on vacation for such a long time?"
Mingda laughed and said, "She's been locked up in the imperial farm for so long, so naturally she'll be released a little longer. It just so happens that during the six-day holiday, she happened to attend a big court meeting and a day at the government office, so it's just the end of the ten-day holiday."
It's not just a coincidence. Dean Xiao specially arranged time for Manbao and Doctor Lu. After all, they have been locked up in the imperial farm for so long, and the psychological pressure is still quite great. It's a good opportunity for them to take a break.
Doctor Lu has been resting well recently, and Manbao plans to make up for the spring outing, but before that, she has to go and see Mrs. Tang's cousin.
I want a holiday, and I want a long holiday
See you at 9pm
(End of this chapter)
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