The regent's spoiled princess wakes up

Chapter 233 Ksitigarbha Temple
"Since it's the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Temple, poor nuns should visit it." Jing Yi nodded at Li Daochong, "I will stay in the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Temple tonight according to Mr. Li's wishes."

In the dead of night, there are ruins in the temple, and the sky is full of stars.

The guards all lay down on the ground in the monastery.

Rong Shi and the two wet nurses who came with them found a relatively intact meditation room with a roof, and filled Yang Yun with clean spring water to bathe him, and fed him to his full stomach, and Rong Shi coaxed Yang Yun to sleep up.

Jingyi carried the broom and dustpan, and quietly cleaned the steps in front of the temple hall, then took the broom and guarded the door of the Zen room where Yang Yun and Rongshi slept, sat on the steps, leaning against the porch pillar, looked up A glimpse of the moonlight in the sky.

A few wisps of gauze cloud passed by the bright full moon, dimming the light a bit.

"Master is working too hard." Li Daochong passed through the sergeants resting in the courtyard, and walked from the courtyard, as if he was afraid of waking Yang Yun and Rong Shi who were sleeping inside, he lowered the volume, "Why don't you find a wing to rest?" ? There is heavy dew on the mountain at night, so be careful of catching a cold."

"Amitabha." Jing Yi chanted the Buddha's name and said with a slight smile, "No matter how hard you work, it will be tonight. Tomorrow we will go to Beijing and return the little prince to His Royal Highness, and we will be done. How about Master Li, why is it so late? take a break?"

"I believe in Buddhism, so I have to pay my respects when I arrive at a Buddhist temple. I just found some incense sticks and added some sesame oil to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva." Li Daozong said, and sat down on the steps not far from her. down.

"Master Li, do you know why the temple of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva is full of incense, but the temple of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is deserted?" Jingyi held the broom in her hand and lightly dusted it. This broom has not been used for a long time. pass.

"Perhaps it's because it's located in the suburbs and there are few people." Li Daochong turned his head and looked around, seeing the soldiers in the courtyard lying down to rest, he narrowed his eyes a little.

"The location may be a reason, and there is another thing... Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva saves all living beings, and what he saves are the people in the world, but Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva saves the evil spirits in hell. People in the world can't worry about their own suffering. Will you care about the situation of the evil spirits in hell?" Jingyi raised her head, closed her eyes slightly, and let the moonlight pour down, "It is really not easy to save the sufferings of the world, but it is even more difficult to redeem the sinful evil spirits in hell... …cannot be achieved."

Li Daochong was silent for a long while, then suddenly smiled lightly and said, "Master, although I believe in Buddhism, but... the theory of cause and effect is also doubtful, and the theory of karma and reincarnation is probably just the good wishes of the world."

Jing Yi didn't refute, just leaned on the porch pillar, raised her head and closed her eyes, and said slowly, "Master Li, do you think... that we are staying at the temple of the Great Wishing Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva tonight... because there is no reason or fate?" Is it? The difference between human beings and evil spirits is just a single thought, and the Bodhisattva cannot bear to be left alone in hell."

"Bodhisattva is merciful." Li Daochong stroked his beard after finishing speaking, and fell asleep leaning against the wall beside him.

Early in the morning of the second day, just after dawn, there was a sudden exclamation in the meditation room, and then Rong rushed out of the room.

"Master! Master!" Rong Shi panicked and shook Jingyi awake.

Jing Yi leaned back against the corridor pillar, rubbed her sleepy eyes, and asked unhurriedly, "Mrs. Xu, what's the matter?"

"The little prince is gone!" Rong's face was flustered, his eyes searched around, and he shouted, "Lord Li! Li Daochong!"

Among them, the man with the highest status was Li Daochong, and Xu Shou also asked him to escort himself and the young prince. Now that such a big incident happened, Rong Shi was naturally the first to think of him.

The sergeants were all awakened, but did not hear Li Daochong's response.

Jingyi also looked around, but did not see Li Daochong.

He obviously slept on this veranda last night, why did he disappear after waking up?
"Shi Ping!" Mrs. Rong shouted loudly to the guards in the courtyard, and a young man in the uniform of the guards came up the steps and saluted Mrs. Rong.

"Ma'am! What's the matter?"

"The little prince is gone, quickly send someone to look around!" Rong's eyes were full of anxiety and panic.

"Ma'am, don't worry, is the little prince being carried by the wet nurses to nurse him?" Shi Ping looked at the other meditation room, where the young prince's two wet nurses were staying.

"No, it's impossible for the wet nurse to take the little prince away without waking me up." An ominous premonition struck, Rong's empty eyes gradually focused, and he clenched his fists, "Also, there is Master Li... Did you ever see where he went?"

When Shi Ping heard that the young prince was missing, he broke out in a cold sweat, scratched his head and recalled, "Subordinate...subordinate saw Mr. Li sleeping on the veranda last night, but later...subordinate fell asleep... "

The little prince is less than one year old, and if no one abducts him, he will definitely not disappear for no reason. Li Daochong suddenly disappeared, so he is naturally the most suspicious.

If Li Daochong kidnapped the young prince and came out of the meditation room where Mrs. Rong slept, he would have to pass through the courtyard of the temple when walking through the corridor, which would easily wake up the sergeants resting in the courtyard.

But the window of the Zen room of Rong and the little prince has been broken long ago, and one wall is gone, so it is entirely possible for Li Daochong to escape from there with the little prince.

"Oops!" Rong was pacing back and forth on the veranda anxiously, clenched a fist with one hand and punched the other, "Li Daochong must have taken advantage of my unpreparedness to abduct the little prince!"

"Amitabha, why did Lord Li do this?" Jing Yi recited the Buddha's name, and then glanced at the meditation room, "If the little prince falls into the wrong hands, I'm afraid he will become a hindrance to him, that would be bad."

"Master! Think of a solution quickly! The young prince is missing, and the prince will definitely not let it go. At that time... my Xu family will naturally be murdered, and your Qingyu nunnery... will not be able to get rid of it!" Rong said at this time. Distraught, thinking of the worst in everything.

"Mrs. Xu, don't worry, you send someone to chase a certain distance from the broken window to see if you can find the trace of the little prince." Jing Yi thought for a moment, then said calmly, "As for us... ...or go back to Shangjing according to the agreement, and truthfully report the matter to the prince and concubine."

Rong winked at several sergeants, a line of guards rushed into the meditation room, and chased them out from the ruined walls.

"No, no, no..." Mrs. Rong wiped the sweat from her forehead, and sat down on the fence of the veranda, "Master, I... I am entrusted by the princess, so I dare not enter Shangjing again."

"Hey, Mrs. Xu, there is no way for you to escape, and there are hundreds of lives in the West General's Mansion in Dianxi Town. Could it be... that they all escaped?" Jing Yi patted her shoulder and said, "Is it a blessing or a curse? It's just that disaster can't be avoided, we were negligent for a while, and went to ask the prince and concubine for a crime, and we can still ask for a light sentence."

"Master..." Mrs. Rong heard the words, as if the punishment was imminent, and suddenly burst into tears, "I really dare not see the princess, so I ask the master to explain the reason to the princess, and I will lead Xu The guards of the mansion continue to search for the whereabouts of Li Daochong and the little prince..."

(End of this chapter)