Chapter 111 Chapter 111 (Three in One) (Fixed Ending)…
"Be careful with your shoelaces." Bai Qingqing pointed at the ground under her feet.
Pu Yueling looked down and found that her shoelaces had come undone at some point, right next to the little girl's feet.
She rubbed her right index finger on her pants, then quickly took two steps back and squatted down to tie her shoelaces while thanking Bai Qingqing.
Zan Fang returned the lotus pod in his hand to the little girl and stared at her face with deep eyes.
The little girl bit the lotus pod with her missing front teeth and thanked them shyly: "Thank you sister, thank you brother..."
After saying that, he turned and looked at his mother.
Her mother touched her head and asked her to stand in line.
There was a brief moment of tension in the live broadcast room.
All six of them had microphones clipped to their collars and were standing close to each other.
Bai Qingqing's shout startled the audience in the live broadcast room, and their brains, which had become dull in the middle of the night, seemed to become much clearer.
Some viewers who were watching the live broadcast slowly looked at the screen to see what had just happened, and the scene was normal.
The little girl began to break open the lotus pod which was bigger than her two hands. She looked up with her big, bright round eyes. She thought that her brother who had just caught her lotus pod steadily from the air with one hand was very handsome. She broke off two lotus seeds and handed them to him, grinning silently.
The tense atmosphere in the live broadcast room was eased by the little girl's smile.
[Just now, Sister Qing’s scream made my scalp numb. I thought something had happened.]
[Master Zan is so handsome and has such a stable mood. I really want to talk to him]
[100% catching a knife with bare hands, just for the little girl to watch, hahaha]
[If all children were this cute, I’d want to have one (nod my chin)]
[No, didn’t any of you notice that Pu Yueling’s heart rate spiked briefly just now? Sister Qing called her while her heart rate was fluctuating, and after she called her, Sister Yueling’s heart rate actually stabilized (stunned)]
[(Shocked)]
[Don't be silly, you must have been scared by the little girl almost falling down]
[Not paying attention, playing games]
The Xingjiwang team gradually moved forward. The little girl's mother was shy and the others stopped chatting.
Zan Fang looked solemnly at Pu Yueling's face, and at her right hand that was hanging by her side and unconsciously rubbing her pants, and then looked at Bai Qingqing.
She was looking up at the menu sign, and she stepped forward to the window and ordered several different flavors of pastries. She didn't ask for a takeaway box, but directly asked the store to put them in a food bag, put it on her wrist, and prepared to eat it on the spot.
He pursed his lips a little deeper, tightened the strap of the bag in his hand, retracted his gaze, and went to the window to place an order.
At night, more than an hour later.
With the help of several shop owners and the mother and daughter, the six people quickly collected six different famous snacks and sent them to the director, who approved them all.
The first of three tasks was completed successfully.
There are two tasks left: one is to visit local scenic spots and historical sites; the other is to attend local gatherings and celebrations.
As long as we go out tomorrow, we can complete both at the same time. It’s very simple.
It was so simple that even Chen Ruihao found it unbelievable.
On the way back to the hotel, I kept muttering and analyzing, wondering if Director Wu was planning something. Maybe tomorrow when I attend the rally, I'll suddenly receive a new recording task. I don't think it will be so easy to get through this recording.
Baozi has recorded a lot of reality show performances and has the same idea as him.
I even wondered if Director Wu saw that he had just recovered from his physical illness and gave him a relaxing episode to give him some time to adjust.
Since the first recording of seeing ghosts, he started to believe in Buddhism. On the first day of hospitalization, his mother asked the temple for a red rope to hang on his hand.
He also followed the platform updates and watched the main films for the next three episodes.
The second campus-themed episode was okay, with more program effects. But the third episode was so scary, much scarier than the first episode with the female ghost. Fortunately, he didn't participate.
If he saw a large group of ghost soldiers passing by him in the middle of the night, he would probably have to go to the hospital again as soon as he came back.
Even now, when he watches short videos, he doesn't dare to stop at the third episode and quickly swipes past it without taking a closer look.
Baozi is now very careful about his life and doesn't try to show off anymore.
I have lived for almost half of my life and have already made a lot of money. There is no need to risk my life to make more money.
He touched the red rope on his wrist and listened to Jiang Mu Ning, Chen Rui and others discussing tomorrow's schedule. He nodded silently from time to time and never took the initiative to ask for work.
No matter how many red ropes you have, they are not as real as not seeing ghosts.
If you don't see ghosts, you won't be scared.
Tomorrow when he sees the Big Buddha swimming along the Dragon Vein, he will also go and touch it to get some blessings. He does not ask for wealth, but only for health and safety. The rest of the time, he will follow the main group closely. If something really happens, he will run to his savior, Master Qingqing.
Bao Zishi finished his thoughts and turned his gaze to Bai Qingqing, who had barely said a word during the discussion.
As they were discussing, Bai Qingqing was standing beside them, listening quietly with a smile on her face. After a while, she advised everyone to go back to bed early and get enough rest.
Baozishi felt a little relieved. He obediently grabbed his backpack and prepared to go back to sleep.
The others all felt that it ended a little too early.
They didn't leave until about six in the evening, and after just three hours of wandering around, they had toured the palm-sized center of the small county town and completed a mission, so they had enough materials.
Jiang Muning frowned as he looked at Bai Qingqing. He felt that the moment she spoke, his uneasiness would increase.
Bai Qingqing has said very little on the way here today, and she never takes the initiative to make decisions. Now she is urging everyone to go to bed. What is her plan?
E01 detected her mood change and whispered in her mind: "Ningbao, what's wrong with you?"
"There's something wrong with Bai Qingqing." Jiang Mu Ning recalled Bai Qingqing's state throughout the day and thought carefully: "Usually she is too lazy to talk to me, but she doesn't talk as little as she did today..."
"Maybe she's not in a good mood today?" E01 said as he flew out of her mind and hovered in front of Bai Qingqing's face, ready to scan her.
The detection light has not yet been emitted.
Bai Qingqing raised her head first, her eyes piercing through the invisible white light ball in front of her eyes, and resting her gaze on Jiang Mu Ning's face, her smile deepening: "Are the three of us sleeping together?"
After she and Zan Fang returned to the hotel, they placed their suitcases directly in the lobby to save time. After a brief meeting, the six of them went out with their bags on their backs.
Haven't seen their room yet.
I heard that the program crew arranged a four-person room with a private bathroom, and you have to negotiate for the beds yourself.
Jiang Muning and Pu Yueling should have made their choice by now.
E01 was so frightened when Bai Qingqing suddenly raised her eyes that she didn't dare to move. She only felt that her eyes, which penetrated her transparent body, also saw her.
After thinking about it, he still did nothing and silently shrank back into Jiang Mu Ning's body, recalling the unpleasant memory of the last time when he was face to face with Bai Qingqing and was frightened by her eyes.
Jiang Mu Ning smiled and said, "Well, there are two bunk beds in the room. Lingling and I will sleep on one, and the other side will be left empty for you to choose. This way you can choose either the upper or lower bed."
Bai Qingqing thanked him with a smile.
I asked for my suitcase from the front desk, pushed it in my hands and prepared to go upstairs directly.
Chen Ruihao also introduced his bed to Zan Fang, and also left upper and lower bunks for him to choose.
As they spoke, they looked at the four silent cameramen in the living room.
The cameramen didn't give any instructions, and apparently the director had no objections either. They were allowed to arrange their itinerary as they pleased, and they could all go back to their rooms and rest.
A few people sighed in their hearts at the high degree of freedom this time, and took their luggage with them. They agreed to come out at 6:30 tomorrow morning to have breakfast at the hotel, and then took the elevator upstairs in batches.
At nightfall, the six people in the male and female dormitories packed up their things, washed up before going to bed, covered the cameras in the room, and went back to bed.
The director team cut into the empty scene outside the scene.
The bustling streets of Baotong County are gradually returning to silence.
Pedestrians return home, shop lights dim one by one, and stalls are closed. Cicadas chirp in the dense leaves of tall trees, and their sounds are heard beyond the bright screens in countless dark nights, bringing peace to the hearts of netizens.
[It’s so peaceful, the cicadas outside my window are chirping]
[I like summer nights]
[You won’t feel at ease if you keep yelling all night, haha]
[This episode won’t be a promotional video for Baotong’s tourism project, right? Even the missions are nothing special (but I’m really tempted hh) This episode is effective promotion√]
[Damn it, who said I could go to Baotong? I couldn’t even get a ticket!]
[I want to go there by car. I also want to see the Buddha walking on the dragon vein. My children have never seen this scene since they were young.]
[My friends, you can’t get in even if you get there. I drove from Yingshi to Baotong, but the entrances and exits were all blocked by the production crew for fear of affecting the filming. Otherwise, what do you think? So far, I haven’t seen a single fan on camera.]
[Ahhh my heart is broken]
[Is there no other way to sneak in?]
[Eh... that makes sense, otherwise they would have to stay in the hotel overnight. If the road wasn't closed, the hotel entrance would be full of fans tomorrow.
[You can climb mountains [sideways smile]]
[555 I will go next year! I wonder if this ceremony is held every year]
*
The next morning, half past six.
The guests arrived at the restaurant one after another and had breakfast together.
I don’t know if it was a recording of a show, but the breakfast at the county hotel was pretty good, and the buffet was quite rich.
Bai Qingqing, Chen Ruihao and Pu Yueling gathered together, holding their plates and choosing at the counter.
Pu Yueling maintained her figure by looking at many things without eating them. After following the other two people for a long time, she only took a cup of soy milk and two eggs.
He looked over every dish, as if he was visiting the restaurant.
Chen Ruihao didn’t eat much either, so he took one more big white steamed bun and an egg than her.
Bai Qingqing held the two people and refused to let them go. She immediately put some food on their plates and said, "Don't try to lose weight today. We have to walk a long way with the Buddha. Eat more to conserve your energy."
The team carrying the Buddha started preparing before six in the morning.
The monks have to carry the big Buddha onto the sedan chair. In addition to the monks carrying the Buddha, other monks following the team have to prepare all necessary ritual instruments, as well as some snacks such as melon seeds, peanuts, and candies that have been offered to the Buddha, waiting to spread blessings.
The team set out at seven o'clock and had to finish touring the dragon vein before eleven o'clock. It would take four hours on the road, and finally carry the thirteen Buddhas to Cihe Temple and be ready to start the ceremony before twelve o'clock.
It ended around 2 o'clock, and then Cihe Temple broke its fast and allowed believers to eat vegetarian noodles for free.
At the same time, the Lotus Society performances will begin outside, mainly gathering outside a scenic spot called Jinghui Pond, inside which is a large lotus garden, very close to where they live.
Many businesses hold events on Jinghui Street at the entrance. Just from the description given by our driver Liu Jian yesterday, I felt that the level of excitement was no less than that of large-scale events held at major tourist attractions.
The business seems to be quite mature.
The activities continued one after another until the lotus lights at the scenic spot were lit up at night, and there were always people bustling outside.
Pu Yueling and Chen Rui were pleased with what they heard and decided that they would be running around outside all day.
They are here to record the show, so they must participate in every aspect.
"Then let's have vegetarian noodles in the temple at noon?" Pu Yueling thought for a moment and said.
Chen Ruihao continued: "We can also eat outside Jinghuichi. We had snacks last night, so we can go to the restaurant today and try their local specialties."
After a few people chatted like this, this episode seemed more like a travel special.
Bao Zishi came over with his plate. Today he was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt, which tightly wrapped his muscular body from boxing. On his left wrist was a red rope that did not match his image.
While continuing, he said, "Since you are participating in the temple's activities, you can stay at Cihe Temple for lunch and eat vegetarian noodles. Then go to Jinghui Pond in the afternoon and play until the evening, so you can eat at the restaurant outside the gate."
Chen Ruihao's eyes lit up: "This is also good! I think it's okay, what do you think?"
The four of them turned their heads and looked at Zan Fang in the food queue and Jiang Muning behind him.
Zan Fang had no objection and nodded: "Okay."
Jiang Mu Ning smiled and said, "That's good. I think it's okay too."
In the close-up of Jiang Mu Ning's live broadcast, fans noticed that her smile was a little unnatural and felt distressed.
[Ah… Ning Bao’s plans yesterday were all in vain. Bai Qingqing didn’t participate in the discussion yesterday, and today she directly arranged for everyone to attend her temple fair…]
[To be honest, this issue of travel theme has nothing to do with her. Taoist Zan is very good. He didn’t comment on it since it’s not his home turf.]
[That was intentional! She wasn’t absent when my girlfriend was making plans yesterday. She didn’t tell me about the different arrangements yesterday, and changed them all today. I hate traveling with people like this the most!]
[It may not be intentional. She may think that metaphysical variety shows should be related to religion. It is not certain...]
[The idea is not open.]
[People who come from the countryside only have this much horizon. Hehe, maybe they think entering a small county town is like going home.]
Bai Qingqing didn't know that she had been very concentrated in Jiang Mu Ning's live broadcast room these past two days.
Even if they knew, they would probably just say in a sarcastic tone: Thank you.
At this time, he turned around with the full plate and sat down at a four-seater table.
The audience's perspective can be changed freely in this episode. When the fans who are interested in metaphysics heard that Jiang Mu Ning's fans were firing at their house, they immediately ran over to protect them.
[Can you focus on your own live streaming room?]
[What activities did Jiang Mu Ning arrange? Going to a small temple from more than 200 years ago is still a temple, isn’t it? There was only a Buddha statue inside, and they moved it out today. They didn’t participate in the biggest event in the county, but went to an empty temple. I asked them what they were doing there?]
[Didn’t we go to eat snacks last night according to the route she arranged? [Spreading hands] We also went to Baotong Old Street.]
[Jiang Mu Ning's fans are all elementary school students, I am really amused by your brainless protection]
[[Sister Qing rolled her eyes.jpg]]
The counterattack was quickly drowned out by Jiang Muning's millions of fans.
Bai Qingqing's fans were furious, and amidst the calls for them to "go back to your own live broadcast room", they quietly went back.
The people on the screen had almost finished their breakfast.
The two people who were at the center of the fire sat diagonally opposite each other at the dining table, occasionally saying a few words in the crowd's chat. The overall atmosphere was much better than that in the live broadcast room.
The six people will stay in Baotong for two days. Today is the first day, but all activities are concentrated today.
They are under time pressure and have a heavy workload today.
After finishing their breakfast, the group dressed simply and went out with light bags on their backs. Only Zan Fang did not look like a tourist, as he still carried his large black backpack filled with magical instruments with him.
Pu Yueling raised her GoPro again and acted as a little photographer in the team, moving back and forth among the people, taking pictures of each of them, and then taking pictures of the streets outside and the pedestrians on the road.
Baotong County is indeed much more lively today than yesterday, with the crowds comparable to the Spring Festival travel rush.
Everyone's face was filled with happy smiles.
Several shops on the street have brought speakers to their doors. The deafening music changes every few steps. The styles are so different, but when put together they don't seem to conflict with each other, but rather it feels very lively.
Energetic children were running around in the crowded streets.
After a while, Chen Ruihao appeared in front of everyone with a handful of sugar paintings. Only then did they realize that he had just disappeared for a while, and now they were confused as he shared the candies with them.
It is in the shape of a lotus, not very delicate, but it has a lot of charm and atmosphere.
Everyone looked towards the stall selling sugar paintings.
There were many large sugar paintings of human figures, dragons and zodiac animals on the stalls.
The boss just happened to look up, inserted the bamboo sticks into the wooden strips, and saw a row of young people holding his lotus candy paintings not far away on the opposite side. He smiled at them with a wrinkled smile on his face.
"It's delicious, come again."
Pu Yueling saw the brush calligraphy in front of the boss's stall: "Annian Sugar Painting - Ying City Second-Class Arts and Crafts Master, Zhao Annian."
Pu Yueling was stunned. She stepped back several steps with her mouth open, shaking the candy in her hand and exclaiming to everyone: "The boss is a second-level arts and crafts master in Ying City!"
“This is the work of a master craftsman!”
The other people were also surprised and looked at the boss and his handwritten "plaque".
The audience in the six live broadcast rooms smiled bitterly.
[Yes, that’s what we art students are like]
[The employment prospects are very good [tears]]
On the crowded street, the cameramen accompanying them could hardly keep up with them. There were two lively children in the team. Led by them, the group walked very fast. After a few streets, they asked passers-by and heard the noisy noise. They met the team touring the Dragon Vein.
Pu Yueling and Chen Ruihao exclaimed in surprise as if they had never seen the world before.
Bao Zishi was also stunned and exclaimed, "Wow".
Jiang Muning opened his eyes slightly: "How spectacular..."
Under the densely green sycamore trees, strands of golden sunlight filter through the gaps between the leaves and shine onto the tall wooden Buddha statue.
The more than two-meter-tall Buddha has kind eyes and gentle brows, and his delicate fleshy bun is stacked into the shape of a pagoda. The Buddha's face underneath has soft contours, vivid lines of his eyebrows and facial features, and his closed lips are solemn.
The wooden cheeks are full and undulating, full of soft flesh. At this moment, under the sunlight, it seems to be listening to the will of heaven and absorbing the light of heaven and earth. The bright reflections seem to have life flowing on every undulating line of the Buddha's body and clothes, emitting a faint wooden luster.
One glance can calm one's heart, and one will unconsciously restrain his unbridled smile, and his hands and feet will subconsciously become respectful and polite.
One by one, the wooden brown Buddha faces turned around as the procession moved forward, and there were already three large Buddhas.
Hundreds of monks in yellow robes chanted, carrying bamboo poles as thick as fists and tied with red silk on their shoulders, and walked in a square formation through the center of the road. The masters outside held large bowls and sprinkled the clean water inside out with their fingers.
Chen Ruihao was completely shocked and distracted. He sighed, "There are so many monks in Baotong County?"
A passerby nearby heard it, put his hands together in front of his chest, and answered him enthusiastically in a low voice: "The monks in the innermost robes are monks from the temple. There are also people from several nearby counties who came to help. Many of the people wearing monk robes outside are lay people and volunteers who voluntarily participated in the Dharma Assembly to help."
"The first one is the image of Vaidochana, the Sunlight Buddha. If you are sprinkled with holy water, you will be blessed. This is a Buddha statue handed down from thousands of years ago, and it has great magical powers!"
After saying this, passers-by squeezed forward, hoping to be sprinkled with the holy water that the monk dipped with his fingers.
Chen Ruihao turned around helplessly and looked at Bai Qingqing. He saw her staring at the big Buddha. Although she was frowning, her face was calm. She reached out and touched the back of her head.
The Baotong people really have a national faith.
But the scene is indeed spectacular. When the thirteen Buddha statues are gathered together, everyone walking on the street will be infected with faith.
He also followed the example of the passers-by around him, clasped his hands together and bowed to the Buddha, chanting "Amitabha" a few times, but he did not push forward and had no intention of being showered with holy water.
Jiang Muning: "Then let's follow the Buddha statue team."
Everyone responded and followed the local people's team moving forward little by little.
Although the Buddha statue is large, the team does not move slowly. After walking for a while, the people carrying the poles will exchange positions.
When you walk to the next temple, the temple team that has been prepared at the door will stand up, carrying the Buddha and continue to follow the team behind.
The six people were amazed and the netizens in the live broadcast room were shocked. They said they had never seen such a wonder, let alone such a grand and large-scale Dharma Assembly.
Unfortunately, there were too many people at the scene, and the cameraman who was following several people didn’t know what was going on. He only managed to capture a few clear shots, and the rest of the shots were squeezed and shaky. Finally, he returned steadily to the guests and captured their movements.
11:30 am.
The thirteen giant Buddha statues finally gathered together, and after walking on the "dragon vein" for more than twenty minutes, we arrived at the final destination, Cihe Temple.
The largest temple in the county is located in the suburbs, covering a large area and with a large open space in front of the main hall.
Thirteen Buddhas were lined up in the center, with incense burners in front and thousands of pilgrims outside the door, and white jade stairs and the main hall behind them. Thousands of yellow-robed monks stood in thirteen square formations in front of the Buddhas, and soon the ritual began.
The monks of Cihe Temple walked around below, asking the onlookers to stand in designated places and avoid crowding.
Pu Yueling was a little bloated. If she hadn't eaten a few more bites of breakfast, she wouldn't have had the strength to last until now. After walking for four hours straight, she was now starving, tired and hungry.
She put her hands on her hips and fanned herself: "Do we have to wait until two o'clock to eat?"
Chen Ruihao took out a small electric fan from his bag and gave it to her to blow. "If it goes according to plan, it will be like this."
Jiang Mu Ning gave her a piece of chocolate: "If you have low blood sugar, you can eat this first."
Pu Yueling is both weak and healthy. She doesn't have enough physical strength, but she doesn't have hypoglycemia. But she might be too tired today. She walked through the crowded streets and suffered from lack of oxygen. She is not feeling well now.
The sun is scorching overhead.
She also felt a chill in her bones.
Pu Yueling took the chocolate from Jiang Muning and thanked him, then opened it and ate it on the spot. She also drank two sips of water warmed by the sun, hoping to feel more comfortable.
After drinking half a bottle of water, I continued to watch the Dharma Assembly in front of me with my eyes wide open.
She is a spiritualist and is good at Western Xuanzang. She doesn't know much about Eastern Xuanzang and Tibetan Buddhism.
During the grand ceremony, thousands of great monks chanted in unison, occasionally banging drums, with hand gestures interspersed in between. The believers around them all bowed down and kowtowed, with their hands clasped in front of their chests, waiting for the next lead of the master in bowing.
Those who could sing the scriptures joined in the chanting, while those who couldn't just silently chanted "Amitabha". The children did not run around or jump around, but waited quietly for the ceremony to begin.
They, a few foreign tourists, followed the local customs.
When they gathered together and the people around them bowed, they followed suit, put their hands together and bowed, aiming to blend in.
From the time I left home to now, most of the day has passed.
E01 Seeing the sweat on Jiang Mu Ning's forehead, thinking of the injuries on her waist and abdomen, he was worried that she couldn't hold on.
Seeing Bai Qingqing staring at the big Buddha in the center of the venue with a calm face, observing everything with great interest, he couldn't help but persuade her again:
"Ning Bao, you are in a very bad physical condition right now. Don't try to hold on. I will heal your wound for you."
"Need not."
It takes 60 points to repair this level of damage. Without these 60 points, she won't even have the guaranteed points balance after redeeming the item, and might even fall into E01 hibernation again.
She has gotten used to this injury and it's okay without treatment.
E01 knew that she kept the points because she wanted to get rid of Bai Qingqing completely, but she didn't know how she planned to do it.
In his opinion, the situation in this episode did not seem to be easy to take action. If it was the dangerous situation like the previous episode, no one would be surprised if she died in the fight. They would just think that she died in a filming accident and that the program crew did not arrange it well, leading to the accidental death of the guest.
"Ning Bao, when are you going to do it? This time doesn't seem right, how about we do it next time..."
"No, just this time, today or tomorrow, so as not to cause any more trouble."
E01 stopped talking.
Ning Bao is always right. He is much smarter than him and can see many things that are not written in the procedures and find appropriate solutions for them.
In their previous life, they were able to conquer everyone and were about to earn the title of "perfect life", and Ning Bao's intelligence and wisdom were indispensable.
Jiang Muning knew what E01 was worried about.
She put her hand on the small bag she carried with her, which contained a purse full of amulets given to her by the production team. Her eyes were deep.
If this episode was really just a travel special for them to relax and unwind, why would the production team have to prepare so many amulets for each of them?
She had a hunch.
Something is bound to happen today or late tonight.
When the time comes, we will adapt to the circumstances and get rid of Bai Qingqing.
At noon, the six of them had vegetarian noodles at Cihe Temple. After a brief tour of the temple, they headed towards their next destination.
Having completed two of the three tasks, they took part in a local rally celebration.
The rest of the trip was to visit local scenic spots, an old lotus garden and Jinghui Pond.
It was burned down in the late Qing Dynasty and later bought by a scholar named Shen Yu in the Republic of China as a garden for summer viewing. He restored it from the inside out, whitewashed the walls, cleaned the pond, replanted lotus flowers, and named it "Jinghuichi".
Later, during the war, many refugees were rescued in Jinghuichi and many lives were saved.
Unfortunately, due to the war, Jinghuichi could not escape the fate of being destroyed again and was burned down again.
Countless refugees were killed or injured in the rescue operation, and although the women's army fought hard to stop them, almost no one survived.
After the war subsided, the government once again raised funds to repair the garden, cleared the canals, planted lotus flowers, and erected a stone tablet for the people and martyrs who died in the garden.
The house where Shen Yu once lived is now protected and some of his relics that can be found are placed in it. It has become a tourist attraction not open to the public.
After 2000, Jinghui Pond was expanded and a door was opened from the other side to connect to Jinghui Pond so that tourists can appreciate the lotus flowers. A one-to-one restoration of Chen Yu’s former residence was also made for people to visit.
Today they are going to visit the newly built Xinjinghuichi, the old lotus garden, and Chen Yu’s former residence.
During the program, several guests told the story of Jing Huichi word by word in front of the camera.
Now that I know the history, I feel a little sad about the origin of Jinghui Pond.
The atmosphere in the live broadcast room was also depressing.
Such historical buildings are not uncommon, but it is still a bit sad that in an unknown place like Baotong, there is a Jinghui Pond, which is also unknown but full of history.
How many places like this are there in the whole of China?
Every inch of land is watered with the blood of martyrs and ancestors, which has led to the current peaceful and prosperous times.
Chen Ruihao felt a little sad as he spoke.
Seeing that Pu Yueling and Jiang Muning were in a bad mood, he clapped his hands, hoping to make the atmosphere more relaxed and lively, and said with a smile: "Baotong holds the Lotus Festival at Jinghui Pond every year, probably to commemorate them."
Bao Zishi nodded, thinking that this might be the reason why Director Wu arranged for them to come here this time.
I even thought:
The ghosts and monsters that everyone fears today were once living creatures in the world. Some ghosts may have been victims, heroes, martyrs, and people worthy of being remembered by history.
Baozi's eyes became moist as he thought about it.
He tilted his head to the side, turned his back to the camera and suppressed the moisture in his eyes.
Six people arrived at the entrance of Jinghui Pond.
Compared to daytime, there are a lot fewer people on Jinghui Street. Apparently, they all followed the Big Buddha procession that morning and have not returned yet.
Many people who appear on Jinghui Street now are wearing modified ancient costumes and walking on the street carrying lotus lanterns.
The performing team passed by the entrance of Jinghuichi.
Each fairy seems to have emerged from the lotus pond, with fair skin, slim waist, lotus steps, and they smile at the tourists in different poses.
The costumes are similar to those rented from clothing stores, except that they all have a piece of lotus pink or white gauze around their necks, making their figures and dances look more agile and fairy-like.
"Hey, isn't that the little girl in front from last night? The one who bought snacks and led the way for us!" Chen Rui was very sharp-eyed and spotted the little girl in the crowd in the distance. "She's called Doudou, right? I heard her mother call her that yesterday."
Still wearing the same skirt as yesterday, holding a little rabbit lantern in her hand, she was jumping and skipping in the queue.
"There are only a few scenic spots here, so it's not surprising to run into them." Bai Qingqing smiled after seeing who they were.
Baozishi is tall. He saw that they were a family of six today. The elderly couple were obviously the little girl's grandparents. The other old lady with a silk scarf around her neck should be her grandmother. Her actions were obviously closer to her mother.
The main reason is that the three of them look so much alike. From the oldest to the youngest, the family features are obvious on their faces, and it's hard to mistake them.
Bao Zishi: "They are going out as a family today, let's not disturb them."
Pu Yueling smiled and said, "Let's go buy tickets first. It seems that you can't buy tickets online here. You have to queue up to buy them on site. Everyone, please prepare your ID cards."
The Jinghui Pond is filled with the fragrance of lotus.
The huge green lotus leaves are crowded with one another, and the pink lotus heads are huge, standing upright or slightly drooping their necks, standing among the lotus leaves.
Tourists walk across the Nine-Curve Stone Bridge. The capitals of the railings on both sides of the white stone bridge are carved into the shape of lotus buds about to bloom.
Pu Yueling took several close-ups of the capitals, walked along the winding stone bridge through the middle of the lotus pond, and arrived in front of a door with hanging flowers. She saw an old stone tablet in front of the door with the three words "Jinghuichi" engraved on it.
"The old garden should be inside." She turned around and waved to everyone, then took a look inside.
The old park is slightly smaller than the newly built attractions.
I don’t know if it was burned twice. Even after repairs, some parts of the walls are still black. The entire lotus pond does not look as lush as the outside, and the atmosphere makes people feel a little uncomfortable.
A breeze blew towards her, carrying the fragrance of lotus flowers. Pu Yueling squinted her eyes and took two steps back. She felt a hand holding her lower back firmly.
Bai Qingqing quietly walked behind her without anyone noticing.
At this time, he took his hand off her waist and smiled at her: "Be careful and stand firm."
Pu Yueling's face turned pale. She stood at the junction of the new garden and the old garden. She didn't move forward anymore. She looked back to find the main group. She was surprised to find that only Bai Qingqing was there. "Where are they?"
The filming crew was filming from a distance blending into the crowd.
She saw the camera position, but didn't see those people.
"I'm looking at Chen Yu's former residence." Bai Qingqing pointed to where the crowd was lined up for several dozen meters and scanned the old garden.
Passing by a lotus pond outside the Chuihua Gate, large tracts of black water were wrinkled by the wind and rolled away into the distance. The second-floor rooms at the end were blocked by wires, and a sign saying "No Visitors Allowed" was erected outside the door on the first floor. It was obvious that this was a real former residence.
Pu Yueling had no intention of going into the old garden to see it. She thought Bai Qingqing was here to look for her, so she smiled and said, "Then let's go over there too."
"Well, let's go." Bai Qingqing gave way, letting Pu Yueling walk in front, and she followed behind her.
The newly built former residence of Chen Yu is a one-to-one restoration of the real residence, and there are also two copies of the relics placed there. The overall look is very simple, and the small room can be seen at a glance.
Chen Ruihao was a little disappointed and felt that he had been excluded for nothing.
The relic was a piece of calligraphy by Shen Yu, but he was not good at writing and could not understand what it meant.
Only the Buddha statue on the table is worth looking at. It is a wooden statue over 60 centimeters tall, with one leg bent and the other folded horizontally in front of the body, sitting on a lotus seat, with its hands raised one above and one below. It looks a bit like one of the Buddha statues seen at the grand Dharma Assembly in the daytime.
Chen Ruihao stared at the Buddha statue for a while to identify it, not knowing whether it was it or not. Anyway, out of respect for Shen Yuhe and the Buddha statue, he clasped his hands together, bowed, and turned around to leave.
He bumped into Bai Qingqing and Zan Fang head-on, and asked casually, "Is that Buddha statue the same as the one we had during the daytime ceremony?"
Bai Qingqing laughed at him: "Why are you bowing to me when you don't know me?"
"It's polite." Chen Rui smiled, turned around and saw Bao Zishi also clasping his hands together, pointed at him and said, "Teacher Bao is also bowing."
Bai Qingqing glanced at the scene in the room, her lips curled up, but there was no smile in her eyes: "It's better not to worship a statue you don't know."
Her voice was neither too loud nor too soft, and many tourists around heard it and looked at her.
One of the old men couldn't help but say to her: "Little girl, if you don't believe in Buddhism, just keep it in your heart. Don't stop others. You can't talk nonsense in front of Buddha or you will suffer retribution."
The few tourists watching nearby showed their agreement, and it was obvious that they were not happy to hear what she had just said.
Pu Yueling was unhappy and protected Bai Qingqing, saying, "Master, what you said is not right. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are broad-minded. How can you expect retribution for saying something?"
"Hey, you little girl! I'm saying this for your own good!"
Seeing that the two sides were about to argue, Jiang Muning pulled Pu Yueling back and apologized to the old man: "I'm sorry, uncle, my friend didn't mean to be disrespectful. We just came here from Cihe Temple after attending a ceremony at noon. We are very respectful to Buddha."
She clasped her hands together and bowed to the Buddha statue ten steps away from the blockade. Then she said to the tourists who were staring at them, "We're done with the tour."
The people around them calmed down a bit and made way for the tourists to leave.
No one spoke until they went down the other side of the stairs.
No one in the live broadcast room dared to make a sound.
[I thought people in Baotong County were easy to talk to (covering face) but I was shocked by the atmosphere just now.]
[It’s a hell, but luckily Ningning is here]
[Sister Qing really said the wrong thing just now. There is really no need to say that in public.]
[Who would have thought that they were so pious that they couldn’t stand hearing a single bad word…]
[From the state of the whole county attending the Dharma Assembly this morning, it can be seen that they are all very pious (holding their foreheads)]
The group left the New Garden, passed through the hanging flower gate connecting the old and new gardens, and took a tour of the Old Garden.
After seeing the lotus for a long time, they are just the same, a green field and red lotus petals, no difference.
If there is any difference, it is that although they are grown in the same water area, the water in the old garden is darker in color, and the color of the lotus leaves looks darker, but the lotus flowers are bigger and heavier than those in the new garden, and the petals look very thick.
Everyone was affected by the recent episode. After a quick walk, they left the tourist attraction and found a beautifully decorated restaurant on the street in front of the entrance to have dinner.
The six people walked for the whole morning and only had a bowl of vegetarian noodles for lunch, so they were all hungry.
After a hearty meal, everyone leaned back in their chairs, holding their stomachs and chatting.
All three tasks completed, what do they do next?
I thought they would receive the next task from the director team, but no, they completed all three tasks and didn't receive any other new tasks, as if they were completely ignored.
Even if I go back to rest tonight, what about tomorrow?
Withdraw after filming for forty-eight hours?
The second season was already up to the fourth episode, and they had never completed the full two days and forty-eight hours. They always completed the task ahead of schedule under the leadership of Bai Qingqing or Taoist Zan.
No one had any ideas, so they decided to treat this as a travel variety show and find their own segments to last the 48 hours.
Decided to go back to the hotel to rest first and then go to the night market in the evening.
I heard that there will be river lanterns lit up at Jinghui Pond at night. The scenic spot will be open all night, so there will definitely be activities.
Bao Zishi's proposal was unanimously passed, and the six people returned to the hotel to rest.
Pu Yueling and Chen Ruihao climbed into bed at the same time to catch up on their sleep.
Jiang Muning was reading a script on the bed.
Baozi played with his phone for a while and then went to sleep.
Zan Fang sat cross-legged on the bed in meditation.
Bai Qingqing was the only one awake. She propped her head on the windowsill with one hand and tapped the window edge with the other hand. She recalled the scene of Baotong County that she had seen during the day and slowly closed her eyes.
*
It was late at night and the sky was pitch black without a single ray of light.
There was not a single river lantern in the lotus garden of Jinghui Pond, but from some unknown direction in the sky, many Kongming lanterns flew into the air with orange-yellow light, illuminating the dark sky.
After the Kongming lanterns flew to a certain height, they could no longer rise. They hovered for a while and then began to burn. The cloth lampshades caught fire and turned into fragments that fell into the lotus pond, instantly igniting the black lotus leaves and reflecting a bright red light on the water surface.
Large lotus leaves were engulfed by the flames, revealing the bright, wind-wrinkled water surface.
The roots of the lotus flowers were burned off, and they drooped their heads and fell into the water. Then they turned up from under the water surface where the fire was extinguished, revealing a white, round piece that gently swayed up and down on the water.
Pu Yueling, Jiang Muning, Chen Ruihao and Bao Zishi stared at the water.
The burning Kongming lanterns continued to fall from the sky, and the entire lotus pond was ablaze with fire, illuminating the frightened expressions of the three people in the middle.
The white objects surging up and down in the black pool of water were not the broken lotus petals, but human faces!
The wind gently pushed the surface of the water, and a tiny human head was pushed closer to them, revealing familiar facial features from the black water.
"ah--!!"
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