The little nun understood this sentence.
Hua Xia gave the two drivers some silver.
"Take care, Madam Sheng."
Sheng Xiyan nodded slightly, watching the carriage disappear into the dark night, feeling mixed emotions.
Walking into Hanyu Temple, there is only one word to describe it: broken.
It's eerie and desolate.
Sheng Xiyan held Jiang Jiang's hand and walked very carefully.
A few nuns came running over,
“Come with us!”
After several turns, we arrived at a house.
With the dim lights on, the group walked in. There were simple tables and chairs in the room, with a large wooden fish on the table.
"Madam, please sit down and rest."
Several people waited for nearly an incense stick of time before they heard footsteps.
Sheng Xiyan was a medical student, and her ears and eyesight were sharper than others. She could hear the powerful footsteps, which were different from those of ordinary women.
A short nun in her forties wearing a Haiqing robe and a cassock must be the nun.
Surrounded by four burly nuns, she came in aggressively.
"Amitabha, are you the one who came to this humble temple to pray for blessings under the order of the emperor?"
The nun looked Sheng Xiyan up and down, and thought, wow, she came from the palace after all.
From her stunning appearance, gorgeous clothes, and every gesture, one can see her noble temperament.
Sheng Xiyan slowly stood up.
"I wonder what your name is, Master?"
The nun next to him said in a loud voice:
"This is the Thanos Nun from our temple!"
Master Thanos stood straight with an arrogant and wicked smile on her face.
Hua Xia and Jiang Jiang laughed out loud.
"What did you say it was? Master Thanos? Hahaha!"
Jiang Jiang pointed at Nun Thanos and laughed, "Haha, old woman, why are you missing a big front tooth?"
A strong nun stepped forward and glared at her, "Don't be rude to our nun!"
Nanny Zhang quickly pulled Jiang Jiang behind her.
Master Thanos waved her hand and said:
"Don't bother with children. This nun is not such a petty person.
What's the name of this person from the palace?"
Finally, a fat sheep has arrived, and we must slaughter it well.
"Amitabha, my name is Sheng Xiyan, nice to meet Nun Thanos."
Hua Xia opened the yellow scroll of imperial edict.
Sheng Xiyan took the lead in kneeling down. Master Thanos took a look at the imperial edict and saw that it was true, so she led everyone to kneel down.
"By the providence of Heaven, the Emperor proclaims:
The plague is rampant. I order Sheng to go to Hanyu Temple to practice cultivation and pray for the country's prosperity and good weather...
I hereby order you."
"The old nun accepts the order."
Nun Thanos took the imperial edict, stood up and looked at it again.
"My lady was deposed and expelled from the palace?"
Someone with this appearance cannot be a palace maid, and there are people serving her. She must have been a queen in the palace in the past.
Hua Xia said:
"Why are you asking so many questions? Just know that our wife came to your temple to pray for blessings under the order of the emperor."
Master Thanos knew what was going on.
Sheng Xiyan holds the Bodhi wood rosary in her hands, folds her hands together,
"Amitabha, please give me a Dharma name."
"From now on, you will be called Juekong. Although you are waiting to practice cultivation, you must still follow the Buddhist temple rules, including not killing, not stealing, not committing adultery, and not lying."
Sheng Xiyan said: "I hope Master will take good care of me in the future."
Thanos looked at Hua Xia and the others.
"Juekong, monks are free from the four elements and must do everything themselves. How can you bring so many people to serve you?"
Hua Xia said, "Our lady is a delicate and noble woman, and most importantly, the Emperor has promised us to serve her."
"The imperial edict only mentions Juekong, no one else. You must leave immediately!"
Hua Xia and the others were about to start cursing, but Sheng Xiyan stretched out her slender, white fingers, which were wrapped with a long string of Bodhi beads.
"Master, these are the bodhi wood prayer beads the emperor gave me when I left the palace."
There are 108 bodhi wood beads, with a coral bead Buddha head added every 27 beads, and suspended with green tourmaline round beads and yellow tassels. It is obvious that it is an imperial item.
Under the strong pressure of Sheng Xiyan's aura, Master Thanos knelt down and kowtowed:
"Long live the emperor."
"Master, please get up and arrange accommodation for us."
Mistress Thanos smiled slyly and said:
"Juekong, since you have the imperial decree, I will not drive them away. However, for the safety of the temple, I must search the belongings you have brought with you."
"What's the basis for the search?"
"Yes, what basis are you searching for?"
"That's the rule! Go search!"
Four sturdy nuns came up, grabbed the bundle and scattered it all over the floor.
"Stop arguing."
Sheng Xiyan saw that the four nuns had wrists as thick as bowls and were martial arts practitioners. It would be better not to fight since she couldn't win.
"Master! Look at all these nourishing products!"
Thanos' eyes lit up.
"Juekong, bird's nest, abalone, and sea cucumber are meat products. You are not allowed to eat them after you become a monk. You can only be a vegetarian from now on. These are confiscated!"
Meixiang stamped her feet in anger.
"Give us back the cakes. This is our dinner!"
"Dim sum, there's lard in the dim sum, you can't eat it, confiscate it!"
Nun Thanos shouted, "Come here, take them to the tile courtyard in the back mountain!"
"Yes, Master."
After being robbed, the group went to the tile courtyard, the most dilapidated place in the temple.
"From now on, you can only stay here to practice, and you can't go anywhere else!"
The two nuns left after saying bad things.
Entering the house, the dust was thick.
"Madam, you and the young master should sit at the door first while the servants clean up."
Sheng Xiyan and Jiang Jiang sat on the broken chairs, looking at the moon with helpless expressions.
Today is the fifteenth day of the fifth lunar month, the Mid-Autumn Festival. The moon is full and round, and there seems to be a person hidden in the moon.
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