Li Suyu stared blankly at the entrance of the palace. Just as she was about to climb the stairs to go in, a man in blue suddenly appeared in front of her and raised his arm to block her way.
"The Buddha statue in this hall has not yet been gilded. You might as well come back another day."
The other party came silently, which scared the girl and her maid. It took them a long time to come back to their senses.
"It's okay, I don't care about these things."
Since ancient times, good things are often hard to come by. Li Suyu's stubbornness came out, and she had an aura of fearlessness. She raised her foot to rush forward, but when she saw that the guard frowned and was about to attack, Jin He took a quick step and rushed over, hugging the guard in green tightly.
"Da Zhuang! Da Zhuang, is that you?! How come you've grown so tall after so many years?..."
The guard's hand pressed on the knife, and the veins on the back of his hand popped out.
"Let go..."
Unexpectedly, the little maid was timid and stubborn. The moment she let go of her arms, she turned and threw herself at his thighs.
"No, I won't let you go! You can't just leave my hometown and disown me. You promised to marry me after I got my indenture..."
The blue-robed guards had no choice but to drag the man out with a stern face.
Jin He winked at Li Suyu cleverly, and the latter understood what she meant and quickly lifted her skirt and walked towards the half-open palace door.
The half-open tall hall door creaked open, and a cloud of fine dust blew towards her. She coughed twice and looked around.
The Buddha statue carved from golden sandalwood in the center of the main hall has not been completed yet, but the prayer flags are already hung all around it. There is no one offering sacrifices on the incense table, and no one has lit the oil lamps.
She sniffed and frowned in confusion.
In this hall, besides the smell of wood, why is there the smell of Yunyexian and Xinhengji roast goose?
Aren't monks supposed to be vegetarians and abstain from alcohol and sex? How could this be...
Before she could figure out the problem, her attention was attracted by the things under the incense table.
It was a newly painted bamboo stick holder, and the bamboo sticks inside were neatly arranged, looking like they had just been put in.
Li Suyu's heart began to beat faster.
The statue wasn't even finished yet, but the fortune sticks were already on display. I've heard that Yongye Temple is the most effective for eliminating karma, so it should be pretty good for marriage. Could it be that Lu Songping and Yan Chunhua just prayed for their marriage here?
Thinking back to the two figures she had just seen who seemed to be coming from the direction of the main hall, her guess became more and more certain.
The little hand holding the hem of the skirt clenched, unclenched, and clenched again, and finally made up her mind and walked forward to pick up the lottery box.
She had never asked for fortune sticks before, but had only seen others do so. She shook the stick for a long time before finally getting one. She couldn't wait to pick it up and take a look. There were a few small words engraved on the simple stick surface.
The forty-ninth sign is a very bad sign.
Li Suyu's originally cheerful eyebrows drooped in an instant, and her face became long.
Do temples nowadays carve good and bad luck directly on the fortune sticks?
"Jin He, that damn girl, why didn't you stop me just now! Now look what happened, I got a bad fortune for no reason..."
What to do if she got a bad fortune? Li Suyu wanted to fly back to the city to find a fortune teller for help, but now she could only stare at the bamboo stick in her hand, unwilling to hold it any longer but also afraid to throw it away.
"There is only one bad lot in this lottery, and it is a lucky thing that the young lady drew it."
A voice suddenly sounded from behind the banner. It was a slightly hoarse female voice that sounded a little short of breath.
Li Suyu didn't expect that there was someone else in this empty hall. She was shocked at first, then felt a little embarrassed, lowered her head and kept silent.
"What are you asking for?"
The girl paused and whispered.
"Seeking marriage..."
"If you don't mind, please bring the lot to me for a look."
Li Suyu felt awkward for a moment, then hesitantly handed over the bamboo stick in her hand.
A hand stretched out from behind the banner and took the thing.
The girl took a glance and saw a slender, strong hand with strong joints. She really couldn't understand how a person with such a pair of hands could have such a voice.
"Are you a monk in this temple? No, a nun?" The girl seemed to have briefly forgotten her recent misfortune. Her crisp voice revealed her curiosity. "What did you see?"
The next second, she was responded to by the crisp sound of a bamboo stick entering a tube. The bamboo stick flew out from behind the banner and fell back into the tube without any error.
Unexpectedly, the voice sounded weak, but the movements were quite neat.
"What a horrible thing! Why are you looking at it?"
Li Suyu was stunned, then became a little angry.
"Why did you throw it back without my permission? If bad luck befell me, where would I go to seek justice?"
"What's the rush?" The voice was leisurely and unhurried. "When it comes to fortune-telling, if you believe it, it will happen. If you don't, it won't happen."
The girl was skeptical: "So, it's not allowed?"
There was silence for a moment behind the banner, and when the voice sounded again, it became weak again.
"Miss, aren't you going to interpret the fortune? How about I give you a few words?"
Li Suyu hesitated for a moment and looked around.
The blue-robed guard was still nowhere to be seen, and there was no one else in the hall. She cautiously leaned forward, her voice lowered.
"Tell me about it."
The voice cleared its throat.
"Once you leave this dilapidated temple, go straight to your sweetheart. Don't pay attention to anyone you meet on the way. The first thing you should ask when you see that person is whether he or she likes you. If he or she says yes, you can choose an auspicious day to get married. If he or she says no..."
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