Chapter 31 Chapter 31 My wife is clingy.
I have always heard that Master Huizhen is a highly accomplished monk, but I didn't know he also has medical skills.
Yun Wu's concern also emerged.
This morning, she was thinking of asking a doctor to the temple to see Xie Yi. She wondered if his health would deteriorate after not taking medicine for several days. Unexpectedly, before she could go looking for someone, someone else had already come to see Xie Yi.
Thinking of the pile of medicine bags he had searched out, Yun Wu felt uneasy.
If Master Huizhen said something bad, she felt that she would be unable to escape the blame.
Xie Yi, however, was confident. He raised his hand and looked at Master Huizhen with a smile, "Old monk, please take a closer look. Is my illness completely cured?"
He added emphasis to the end of his words and glanced at Yun Wu.
Just looking at the young lady's slightly furrowed brows and the worry in her eyes, it was probably not a good thought.
But he had had enough of those bitter pills and didn't want to suffer any more.
Master Huizhen didn't take his pulse. He simply glanced at him, lowered his compassionate brows, and whispered the Buddha's name, "Amitabha."
Xie Yi: "Old monk?"
"Thank you, benefactor. Your inner demons haven't been eradicated, your karma hasn't been resolved, so how can you even talk about recovery?"
Xie Yi's face suddenly darkened.
Yun Wu didn't understand, but Xie Yi had already said, "You go out first."
Yun Wu looked at him worriedly: "Husband..."
Xie Yi endured it and said, "Get out."
Yun Wu looked at him worriedly for a few times before walking out obediently and closing the door behind her.
She stood outside the door and listened attentively for a moment, but she heard no sound except the rustling of the treetops in the wind and the ringing of copper bells under the eaves.
Yun Wu sat down at the door, holding her chin and thinking about what Master Huizhen had just said.
What does it mean that the inner demons have not been eliminated?
When did Xie Yi become heartbroken?
A splash was heard from the other side of the pond. Yun Wu looked up and saw a golden-red koi carp fall into the water, creating a large splash. A large, fluffy-furred cat appeared from behind the lotus leaves, its paw extended, tentatively reaching for the fish in the pond.
Yun Wu sat up straight all of a sudden and looked over in surprise.
Where did the cat come from?
The cat stirred up the water, causing the carps in the pond to sink to the bottom and hide. Then it meowed and licked its sticky paws.
Yun Wu made two "chuckles" sounds at it. The big cat looked at her twice, then tilted its round head, turned around, and walked out with graceful steps, its long fluffy tail swinging behind it.
"Hey!" Yun Wu stood up.
She looked back at the closed wooden door and thought for a while. Xie Yi couldn't finish his words for a while, so he simply chased in the direction the cat left.
Inside the house, Xie Yi's face looked unhappy.
He looked coldly at Master Huizhen's kind and aged face, "Old monk, you are a monk, how can you care about these worldly affairs? Zhou Qing came to persuade me, and you are also trying to persuade me?"
"Amitabha." Master Huizhen said: "Thank you for holding on to your obsession. External words are useless. I am only answering your confusion."
"If it's useless, why bother to tell me a marriage fortune?" Xie Yi sneered, "It can't be that a monk like you suddenly feels like acting as a matchmaker and has given up on praying to the Buddha and the moon."
Master Huizhen shook his head slightly and said, "Marriage is predestined. You have a great opportunity, but you are plagued by inner demons. That day, Master Xie asked me to tell your fortune, and the solution to this problem lies with Donor Yun."
"A marriage destined by heaven?" Xie Yi snorted lightly but did not utter a word of rebuttal.
If everything is not going well, only the young lady is still cute.
At first, he didn't take this young lady who brought him here to bring good luck seriously, just treating her as a vase and putting her there. Later, he softened his heart and even led people to pay homage to his biological father today. But what about dispelling the inner demons...
"Nonsense." Xie Yi scoffed. "I know my situation best. Your so-called mental illness is just a lie you use to bluff people. I think these mental illnesses are your own faults."
Master Huizhen sighed and clasped his hands together.
"Then tell me, what demons do I have?"
Xie Yi smiled, "I just don't want to fight for that position, but you keep stopping me. They're after fame and fortune, and what's your motivation, old monk?"
Master Huizhen closed his eyes slightly and said, "I am already a monk and do not care about worldly affairs. Thank you, donor, for being a pilgrim staying at Jinyun Temple."
Xie Yi: "In that case, you only need to tell my wife that all my illnesses are cured and I don't need to drink bitter medicine anymore. This will also be considered as a merit for you to save others."
"Monks do not tell lies."
"I'm not sick, so you're not lying."
Master Huizhen: "Thank you, donor, you are in the secular world, and your six senses are not yet pure. Are you truly seeing clearly, or are you afraid to see your true mind clearly?"
"I know it all!"
Xie Yi stood up suddenly and walked out with big strides.
When he reached the door, he suddenly stopped, turned around, and smiled calmly at Master Huizhen. His brows relaxed, his expression relaxed.
"Once my father's problem is resolved, I won't be here next year." Xie Yi said, "You can give that yard to someone else."
Master Huizhen closed his eyes and said nothing.
Xie Yi came to Jinyun Temple every year and had a small courtyard where he lived alone. He had such an honor in Jinyun Temple all because of Master Huizhen.
The former prince loved to talk about Buddhism during his lifetime and was a close friend of Master Huizhen. With the tacit consent of the monk, there was an anonymous eternal lamp in the quiet room, and Xie Yi was also making plans in Jinyun Temple.
He no longer planned to fight for that position, and this small courtyard was no longer useful.
All the inner demons and obsessions are fictitious.
The copper bells under the eaves swayed in the wind, echoing ethereal sounds. Amidst the ringing of the bells, Xie Yi said with a relaxed tone, "Old monk, I am just an ordinary man. My wife is clingy, and I don't want to keep her waiting for too long."
As he said that, he opened the door.
There was nothing under the eaves and no one outside.
…
Yun Wu touched the cat and wanted to go for a while and come back soon, but she took the wrong road on her way back.
The trees in Jinyun Temple all look similar. She remembered seeing an old pine tree when she came here. She walked back along the old pine tree and arrived at the main hall in front of Jinyun Temple.
During the day, the incense was burning brightly and there were crowds of believers. Yun Wu unknowingly walked into the group of people burning incense. She simply asked the young master for a stick of incense and went to pray in front of the Buddha.
May her husband recover quickly and be a healthy man.
May everything go smoothly for the Duke’s Mansion and may the whole family be safe and happy.
She listed all the people she knew, but was afraid that the Buddha would blame her for being too greedy, so she quickly added: Nothing else matters, the most important thing is to make my husband's illness get better soon!
Then he bowed devoutly, put the incense into the incense burner, and Yun Wu also drew a fortune stick.
She pinched it for a long time in fear before she mustered up the courage to open it and took a closer look: a bad sign!
Yun Wu: “…”
A feeling of sadness settled in my heart.
She walked out of the hall dejectedly, holding the fortune sticks in her pocket.
"Big sister?"
Hearing the familiar voice, Yun Wu subconsciously stopped and looked up, and saw her sister Yun Hui, whom she had not seen for a long time, standing not far away, and Mrs. Ye was standing next to her.
Meeting her gaze, Yun Hui took the initiative to walk over and said in surprise, "Big sister, it really is you. I thought I was seeing things, but it's such a coincidence that I actually ran into you here. Are you here to burn incense too?"
She looked towards the incense-filled hall behind Yun Wu and said, "Jinyun Temple has always been known for its spiritual efficacies. Big sister, are you here to pray for your husband as well?"
Before Yun Wu could even ask, she smiled, covering her lips. "The Autumn Examination is almost here. I'm here to pray for my husband, hoping he has a smooth journey. Oh, and I'm here with my mother-in-law."
As she spoke, she turned around and greeted Madam Ye: "Mother, you and Big Sister haven't seen each other for a long time, right?"
It’s not like we haven’t seen each other for a long time. We clearly saw each other at a banquet not long ago.
Yun Wu knew that Yun Hui was holding her back just to show off that Ye Huaiqing was about to take the imperial examination, as if the title of Juren was already in his pocket.
But she was shy and never dared to lose her temper. Seeing Mrs. Ye approaching, she had no choice but to greet her politely.
But he was not very happy in his heart, and his face did not show any warmth.
In Mrs. Ye's eyes, this behavior seemed cowardly and weak.
The two of them had almost become mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and after so many years of interacting, their relationship wasn't unfamiliar. Honestly, Mrs. Ye even looked down on Yun Wu.
If she was just the daughter of an old friend, it would be fine, but she had been engaged to Ye Huaiqing in the past. It wasn't obvious when she was young, but after she grew up, she felt that Yun Wu was not to her liking in every way.
Her son Huaiqing was the only son of the Ye family and had a bright future ahead of him. He deserved a virtuous, generous, beautiful and intelligent woman to take care of his household affairs. But Yunwu was too petty, often acting like she did now: timid, meek and lacking in generosity.
However, the marriage had been arranged long ago; reneging on it would have made the Ye family seem heartless. Therefore, when the Yun family proposed a replacement, Madam Ye readily agreed. Yun Hui was lively, outgoing, and able to handle things, and was more to her liking than Yun Wu.
Although the person had changed, Huaiqing was not happy. He was obsessed with the old one and even made a scene at home. Although he finally compromised, the relationship between mother and son became quite estranged.
Thinking of this, Madam Ye's expression became even colder. She turned her gaze away from Yun Wu and said to her daughter-in-law, "Hui Er, you two sisters can chat slowly. I'll go burn incense first."
Yun Hui agreed with a smile.
She turned around and took the initiative to invite Yun Wu: "Big sister, you are here to burn incense too, shall we go together?"
"No need." Yun Wu refused coldly: "I have already burned incense."
Yun Hui was curious: "Big sister, what are you asking for? The Autumn Examination is approaching. I heard that the environment in the Imperial Examination Hall is harsh. In previous years, many students became ill during the exams. Fortunately, Huai Qing has always been strong, unlike others, but it won't be easy to survive the nine days... Hey! Big sister!"
Yun Wu was no longer interested in listening, so she said goodbye softly and turned away without caring whether she heard it or not.
Yun Hui didn't catch up. As Yun Wu walked, she thought: She's no longer in the Yun family, and she doesn't have to endure these unpleasant words anymore. If Yun Hui wants to complain... let her do it! Anyway, her stepmother can't control her anymore.
She was surprised by her own thoughts. She would never have thought this way before.
But if it was Xie Yi, he would definitely stand on her side.
Yun Wu walked back along the same route and found an old pine tree. He asked several monks along the way and finally found Master Huizhen's residence.
But Xie Yi was no longer there. When she returned to the courtyard along the same route, she saw Xie Yi sitting there with a cold and intimidating look. When he saw her come in, his eyes were sharp and his glare was like a knife.
Yun Wu couldn't help but slow down her pace and reflected on herself: "What's wrong?"
Xie Yi crossed his arms: "Where have you been?"
Yun Wu told the truth.
She talked about the cat, and also about how she got lost and met Yunhui while burning incense.
When hearing the former, Xie Yi snorted coldly, and his sharp eyes seemed to want to cut her into pieces. After hearing the latter, his eyes narrowed slightly and looked at her.
Although Yun Wu did not take Yun Hui's words to heart, she was not a saint and could not remain indifferent after hearing people's boasting and ridiculing words. She briefly repeated them and spoke listlessly.
Xie Yi was already in a bad mood, and seeing her dejected look was just annoying.
He is usually good at making people angry, but why doesn't he know how to talk back when he meets someone else?
Ye Huaiqing is a thing of the past, is he still worth her thinking about him?
"The Autumn Examination hasn't even begun yet, and it's still a question whether Ye Huaiqing can pass. He's already gloating before the results are out." Xie Yi commented sarcastically, "He's arrogant. I think he's nothing more than that."
Yun Wu stammered.
I want to say that Ye Huaiqing is indeed a man of real talent and knowledge, and the Ye family only came here to pray today and have not done anything else.
Xie Yi's glare flew over: "You think it's wrong?"
Yun Wu quickly shook her head.
Xie Yi felt even more unhappy and sarcastically said, "It's a pity that you almost had a husband who was a successful candidate in the imperial examination, but now you only marry a useless loser. You are really wronged."
Yun Wu didn't hear the sarcasm in his words and looked at him in surprise: "Why do you think so?"
Thinking of the fortune she had drawn for him today, a feeling of guilt and worry surged over her. Yun Wu pinched his shoulders and said gently, "You are a patient. I just want you to live well."
Xie Yi gritted his teeth and sneered.
Although it was a kind word, why did he feel so upset when he heard it?
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