Therefore, Luo Lingyu went out and sat on the ox cart, and went to Zhongshan with Lu Erlang and Lu Xian. Lu Erlang and others were about to leave, but Luo Lingyu asked him to wait a little longer. After waiting for a long time, Lu Erlang actually waited for Lu Sanlang Lu Yun, who was late. After saying hello to his second brother Lan San and exchanging a glance with Luo Lingyu, Lu Yun jumped on the ox cart and sat down.
Lu Xian looked at Luo Lingyu.
Luo Lingyu smiled and said, "The person you are waiting for is your third cousin. Second cousin, let's go."
Lu Xian was once again in a dilemma: he knew that his cousin and his third brother had a good relationship... but was this relationship too good?
My cousin, do you know that you are going to marry the Prince of Hengyang and become the princess or queen?
Lu Xian’s face went numb: Oh, Cousin Luo doesn’t know.
It was the dream he had...he didn't even know how much of it was true or false.
After getting on the ox cart, Lu Sanlang, who was sitting in the same cart, closed his eyes and rested. Lu Erlang lifted the curtain and looked towards Zhongshan with complicated eyes. Kaishan Temple on Zhongshan was presided over by a master. Could the master solve his doubts and tell him whether the dream was real or fake?
How should he cope with it?
Chapter 30
The pine tree crowns are like the sea, the palaces are like scales, and there is the Buddha of Infinite Life.
Arriving at Zhongshan, Luo Lingyu made an appointment with her cousins to go to Meiling for fun. It was noon, but the cousins had not arrived yet. Since she had already arrived at Kaishan Temple with Lu Erlang and Lu Xian, Luo Lingyu thought for a moment and decided to go and pay her respects. Kaishan Temple is a scenic spot in Zhongshan, with many believers coming and going every day. Even the girls from famous families would come here to pay their respects on their way. However, girls from famous families are different from ordinary people. Girls from aristocratic families would pay tens or hundreds of taels of money for incense when they come to worship Buddha.
Luo Lingyu was naturally different from them - she had to choose to go to the temple to worship before her cousins arrived.
Kaishan Temple was crowded with visitors. Before entering the temple, the ox cart stopped on the mountain road. The girl opened the curtain and got off the cart, squinting her eyes to look around. The pilgrims around the temple turned their heads to look, and the men stretched their necks to stare at the beautiful girl who got off the cart. After a while, two men got off the ox cart behind. They were both outstanding in temperament, and one of them was even more beautiful. At this moment, all the girls entering and leaving the temple turned their heads to stare at the person.
As soon as Luo Lingyu and Lu Sanlang appeared, they blocked the gate of Kaishan Temple.
Seeing the monks coming out of the temple to maintain order and clear the way, and the servants also coming forward to help, Lu Erlang Lu Xian's eyelids twitched: "..."
In the past, when he went out, many people would stare at Lu Yun. Lu Xian was already used to the commotion that Lu Sanlang could easily cause. Now there was a cousin named Luo at home, and the commotion that Luo caused was no less than that of Lu Sanlang... It was Lu Xian's fault that he was careless and only remembered that his third brother was good-looking, but forgot that Luo's cousin was equally stunning.
The Lu family was surrounded and watched for a long time. The servants cleared the way for them. Then Erlang of the Lu family handed in his name card and asked to see the abbot of the temple: "I had a dream. Please interpret it for me."
Buddhism was introduced from the Western Regions, and there were no techniques for interpreting dreams or fortune-telling. However, after Buddhism was introduced to the Central Plains, in order to gain faith in the Central Plains, the monks had to learn these techniques one by one. With these techniques, they could gain incense and believers. Over time, almost all the monks in the temples would learn one or two tricks of fortune-telling.
The Lu family did not dare to offend. The monk quickly led Lu Erlang to see the master. Lu Erlang looked at Luo Lingyu hesitantly, unwilling to let Luo Lingyu go with him. Luo Lingyu was smart and said that she would go to the temple to worship Buddha and would not go with Lu Erlang to see the master. As for Lu Sanlang, he was overwhelmed when the carriages were blocked and no one knew where he went. Lu Erlang was relieved and agreed to meet his cousin at the temple gate later, and then followed the monk.
Lu Yun was wandering alone in the temple.
Avoiding the crowd, he first wandered to the small bamboo forest in the backyard of Kaishan Temple. After walking in the bamboo forest for two minutes, Lu Yun thought about how to get to the Hengyang Palace. Luo Lingyu asked him to come to Zhongshan, and he refused at first because she was with her second brother. At second, he thought that coming to Zhongshan was a good excuse. If he used the excuse that he was in Zhongshan, then he should be careful when visiting the Hengyang Palace at night, so that the Hengyang King would not suspect him. He wanted to see what the Hengyang King was going to do and why he wanted to point the assassin at him.
Are you referring to the Lu family or Liu Chu?
Perhaps because he had been thinking about something for too long, when Lu Yun came to his senses, he found that the light was getting brighter and the green was gradually disappearing. He walked around in the woods and actually got out. It was almost time for lunch. There were fewer people in Kaishan Temple, and it should be almost time for his second brother. Lu Yun walked out of the bamboo forest, thinking of burning a stick of incense first, and then going to the back to look for Lu Erlang.
Yes, his second brother is acting strange now, always looking at him with sad and pitying eyes... Lu Yun also wants to know what happened to his second brother.
Sure enough, at noon when the sun was blazing, there were fewer believers in the temple. Lu Yun walked under the shade of the trees, and no one was watching him, which made him feel much more relaxed. He randomly chose a Buddhist temple and went in. Unexpectedly, just as he was about to step over the threshold, he saw a graceful girl kneeling on a cushion in the temple. She was wearing a long dress with wide sleeves and silk sashes scattered on the ground. She put her hands together and closed her eyes to pray. Her profile was bright and pious.
Lu Yun raised his eyebrows: "..."
I couldn't help laughing in my heart.
How did he meet her again?
Kaishan Temple is so big and there are so many Buddhist halls. How could he run into Luo Lingyu just by taking a walk?
The monk at the door passed a stick of incense to Lu Sanlang, who took it. There was only one cushion in the hall, and Luo Lingyu was inside. Lu Yun waited for a while, but did not go in. He waited outside, and the monk at the door smiled and said to him, "Did this female Bodhisattva come with you? How strange. The female Bodhisattva worshipped many temples, but refused to buy incense, saying that sincerity is the key to success."
Lu Yun became interested: "Oh? This is my cousin. Doesn't she buy perfume?"
Incense has three grades: high, medium and low. The incense that ordinary people buy is low-grade. If the sons of noble families come, the temple will directly give the best incense to the men and women. For so many years, no one has raised any objections to this rule. The monk who talked to Lu Sanlang has been in Kaishan Temple for 20 to 30 years. It was the first time he met someone with Luo Lingyu's appearance, and it was also the first time he saw a lady from a noble family worshiping Buddha without burning incense. The monk originally wondered why the girl didn't buy incense. He even thought that the girl was pretending to be a noble lady, but was actually poor... But when he saw Lu Sanlang, Lu Sanlang said that she was his cousin, and the monk gave up this idea.