Chapter 373 You also think that she is a bad woman, right?
As the sun was setting, a few young monks were fetching water from the well in the backyard to prepare cooking.
The days in the temple were too boring. Zi Yuan had brought a lot of books with her to help the young lady pass the time when she was bored. Now that they were all left behind halfway, she couldn't help feeling a little annoyed.
But Qiao Wanyan was able to calm down and think carefully about what was happening in the capital.
She felt a headache from thinking about it. She looked back and saw Ziyuan took a piece of cake and put it on the ground, attracting a few ants. After the ants left, she took the cake away. Then a large group of ants circled back and forth where the cake was originally.
Looking at Ziyuan's expression, which was a little annoyed at the beginning, she now started to laugh.
Qiao Wanyan shook her head helplessly and walked around.
Just as I was about to pick the best jasmine flower in the flowerbed in the distance, I suddenly heard a breath.
Following the source of the sound, Qiao Wanyan saw a big yellow cat on a stone table not far away with its fur standing up and making a "ha-ha" sound, as if it had encountered an enemy and was trying to scare the other party away.
Qiao Wanyan lowered her eyes and looked at the chubby big yellow cat. It should be raised by someone in the temple.
I don’t know who could have raised such a disgusting beast.
"If you don't run away, I will catch you and eat your cat meat."
"This is a sacred place for Buddhism. How can a donor kill?"
Qiao Wanyan turned around and saw Abbot Jingxin coming from behind. Without even glancing at her, he walked straight towards the big yellow cat, held it in his arms and stroked it gently.
The big yellow cat, which had been growling and looking ferocious, was surprisingly well-behaved in his arms. It even felt comfortable being touched and made purring sounds.
"Abbot Jingxin misunderstood. I was just trying to scare it. Who would have the heart to kill such a cute cat? It's just that this cat doesn't seem to like me very much. It was so fierce just when I passed by."
Jingxin lowered her head and looked at the big yellow cat with its eyes closed. "Wangyou has always been well-behaved and never hurts pilgrims in the temple. When the donor mentioned it this morning, I remembered the female donor you mentioned."
"Oh? What impression does Abbot Jingxin have of her?"
Jingxin said calmly, "We have only met twice, how can we easily determine the impression? But Wangyou seems to like that female donor very much. I have seen that female donor holding Wangyou. On weekdays, although Wangyou does not hurt pilgrims, she never allows strangers to hold her. Maybe there is a destiny between them."
Qiao Wanyan sighed, "It's a pity that my elder sister has been unlucky recently. The rumors circulating in the capital have made her afraid to leave the house. Even the ministers in the court are saying that my elder sister is a demon who is bringing disaster to the country. Please ask the Tianzhaosi to observe the celestial phenomena. This time we came to the National Temple to pray for my elder sister, otherwise we would have come together yesterday and Wangyou would have been able to see my elder sister."
Jingxin's face is always calm without a trace of ripples, as if she will not react too much to any surprising things in this world, and it does not stir up any waves in her heart.
"Good deeds bring good results, bad deeds bring bad results. As long as you are open-minded, bad luck will always pass."
"vice versa."
Qiao Wanyan paused, "Although Abbot Jingxin is young, he is highly respected. If he is willing to go to the capital to help my elder sister out of her current predicament, my elder sister will definitely not be under the current pressure."
When Qiao Wanyan said this, her face showed sincere expectation, and apart from concern and care for her elder sister, no other emotions were revealed.
He looked at her calmly, "Everything in the world has its cause and effect. I cannot interfere with other people's cause and effect at will."
Qiao Wanyan added: "Buddha is merciful. Abbot Jingxin is not willing to make an effort to exchange for the possibility that my elder sister can live safely?"
Jingxin's gaze remained calm as water. "When a young eagle is learning to fly, if someone forcibly interferes, the young eagle will never learn to fly. Not interfering with the cause and effect of others is to respect everyone's life trajectory after cause and effect."
Qiao Wanyan was silent for a long time, "I'm grateful for your advice."
You talk a lot of nonsense and don't want to meddle in other people's business but you speak so beautifully.
However, it seems to be a coincidence.
Qiao Wanyan lowered her gaze to the cat. "Wangyou is very kind to everyone, except for me. It is full of hostility and defensiveness. Maybe I cut it into pieces in my previous life, so it has a bad impression of me. Abbot Jingxin, do you think this is karma?"
Jingxin was slightly stunned, as if she didn't expect her to say this suddenly.
Looking at her smiling and charming face, it seemed like he was just joking.
If others take it seriously and get angry, it is their fault.
"It's just speculation, I dare not make a rash decision."
Qiao Wanyan smiled and said, "I was just joking, don't take it seriously, Abbot. I will borrow the temple's carriage to return to Beijing tomorrow morning, and I will definitely send someone to bring it back and offer sincere offerings."
Jingxin nodded slightly, "I hope that you will have a smooth journey back to Beijing this time."
It was obviously a very ordinary sentence, but Qiao Wanyan always felt that it had a deeper meaning when she heard it.
But this abbot is calm and indifferent to everything, just like the ice in a cold pond in the mountains that has not melted for thousands of years. It has no temperature, but is clean and clear.
Maybe I was overthinking it.
Jingxin watched Qiao Wanyan walk away step by step, and he never took his eyes off her until her back disappeared from his sight.
The big orange cat in his arms moved, and Jingxin turned his gaze back to it.
"You also think she is a bad woman, right?"
The fat cat didn't say anything. It just meowed twice and then closed its eyes comfortably.
Zi Yuan trotted over to Qiao Wanyan and said, "Miss, where have you been? I have been looking for you for a long time but couldn't find you. I was so worried."
"I was just wandering around and met Abbot Jingxin and talked to him for a few words."
Zi Yuan glanced around and saw that no one was around, so she whispered, "I've noticed that Abbot Jingxin is indifferent to everyone and everything, not even to the monks in the temple. I guess what he said to Qiao Yihuan was just a casual remark."
Qiao Wanyan scratched her nose and said, "Our little smart kid can think now, that's great!"
"Miss~" Zi Yuan stretched out the last syllable.
Qiao Wanyan smiled, ate the vegetarian meal and went back to the meditation room to rest.
The night was as dark as ink, and the whole temple was immersed in silence. The sounds of wooden fish, birdsong, and the prayers of pilgrims during the day were all silent at this moment.
Zi Yuan was dozing off at the door. She had eaten too much for dinner and was feeling very sleepy. However, she vaguely heard footsteps approaching and opened her eyes.
"Who are you?" Zi Yuan immediately stood up, only to find that it was a young monk named Mi.
It was just that the night was too dark, and she could not see the bloodstain on the back of the 'young monk's' head.
It was a shaving scar, which had not yet scabbed over, and it was obvious that the man had his hair shaved not long ago.
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