Jinpingmei

Chapter 39 Sending Fa
The poem said: Han Wu Qingzhai built an altar at night, and poured out the water to sacrifice to the immortal officials.In front of the hall, the jade girl moved the incense case, and the golden man in Yunji held the dew dish.

When is Jiangjie still dreaming?Where is Bitao better?Bows and swords are buried in the smoke and rain in Maoling, and the stone horses are silent and the grass is cold.

It is said that Ximen Qing rested overnight in Pan Jinlian's room that day.The woman wished she could get into his womb, and made love to him by the pillow in all kinds of ways, in all kinds of cages, tearing up the shark [fish Xiao] with her tears, and her gentle language, she really hoped to win the man's heart.Unexpectedly, Ximen Qing stabbed Wang Liu'er again outside, bought a house for him with 120 taels of silver on the east side of Shiqiao on Lion Street.There are two rooms on the front and four floors on the bottom. The first floor is used for guest seats, the first floor is used for worshiping the ancestors of Buddha statues, the first floor is used as housing, and the first floor is used as a kitchen.Ever since he moved here, the neighbors in the neighborhood knew that he was Ximenqing's buddy, and they didn't dare to neglect him, so they all gave him tea boxes, and they were kind enough to congratulate him.The middle-class people call him Big Brother Han and Sister-in-Law Han.The following are called uncles and aunts.When Ximen Qingdan came to his house, Han Daoguo slept in the shop and taught his wife to play freely with him.From day to day, everyone in the neighborhood knows about it, fearing that Ximen Qing is rich and powerful, who would dare to mess with him!In one month, Ximen Qing also came to walk three or four times, and the fight with Wang Liu'er was as hot as burning coals.

Look at the time of the twelfth lunar month, Ximen Qing was messing around at home to send gifts to Bingfu County, Junwei, and Benwei Yamen in Tokyo.There were four boxes of presents sent by Taoist Wu of the Jade Emperor Temple to his disciples, including Tian Di Shu, New Year Talisman, and Xie Zao Gao.Ximenqing was eating in the room, and Dai'an brought in a post, which read: "Wu Zongzhe pays homage to Wanghuangmiao trail."

Ximen Qing looked at it and said, "A monk, teach him to worry again."

Instruct Dai'an to ask the book boy to seal a tael of silver and give him a note back.Yueniang was at the side, and because of the topic, she said: "A monk, if you want to accept gifts from him at the beginning of the year and the end of the year, until you fulfill the wish you made the day before yesterday for Sister Li's birth, let him beat it."

Ximen Qing said: "It was you who mentioned it earlier, and I promised 120 points of sacrifice, and I forgot to die."

Yue Niang said: "So you are a big bastard! Who forgets the wish? You make it with your mouth and heart, and the gods remember it. The child is always chirping and chirping, thinking that this is the wish that has not been fulfilled." he."

Ximen Qing said: "Since you said, let's pay back this vow in Wu Daoguan Temple in the first month."

Yueniang said: "Sister Li said yesterday that this child is a little sick, and I want to ask where he can get a nickname."

Ximen Qing said: "Where do you go to ask for a foreign name again? Just send your name to Wu Daoguan Temple."

Yin asked Dai'an, "Who is here in his temple?"

Dai'an said: "It was his second apprentice Ying Chun and Li Lai."

As Ximenqing walked out, Yingchun hurriedly kowtowed and said, "My master pays homage to my father more often, and there is no filial piety. Let the little apprentice come to send this world and give a little gift, so that I can reward my father."

Ximen Qingzhi returned the gift halfway, and said, "Thank you, Master, for your generous gift."

Let him sit on the side.Ying Chun said: "How dare Xiaodao sit down!"

Ximen Qing said: "You sit down, I have something to say to you."

The Taoist priest wore a small hat and a green cloth straight gown, humbled several times before he moved his chair to the side and sat down, and asked, "What do you want to say, daddy?"

Ximen Qing said: "During the first month, I have some vows. If I want to bother your master to pay back my child, I have to send the child's name. I wonder if your master is free?"

The apprentice hurriedly stood up and said, "Father ordered me to ask any questions, but I dare not agree. Excuse me, father, when is the appointment in the first month?"

Ximen Qing said: "Let's set it on the ninth day of the lunar new year, so let's do it on the first day."

The apprentice said: "This day is Tian's birthday. Also in "The Story of the Jade Box", I invite Lord Lv to celebrate. The five blessings are paralleled, and it is very good to have a house and a funeral. May I ask how much for the sacrifice?"

Ximen Qing said: "In July this year, I made a 120-point sacrifice for the birth of a child."

The apprentice asked again: "How many Taoists will you invite that day?"

Ximen Qing said: "Please go to the sixteen people."

After finishing speaking, put tables on the left and right to wait for tea.First seal 15 taels of sutra money, and another one tael to repay him as a gift, and then said: "Your master don't need to prepare for the alms of the Taoists. I will take the incense candles here."

The Taoist priest I like is shit, thank you again and again before leaving the house, kowtow and kowtow.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Dai An'er first sent a stone of white rice, a load of rice paddies, ten catties of official candles, five catties of sandalwood and horse tooth incense, sixteen pieces of raw eye cloth as lining, and a pair of Beijing Duan, two jars of southern wine, four fresh geese, four fresh chickens, a pair of pork hoofs, a foot of mutton, ten taels of silver, and the gift of the official brother's name.Ximenqing posted a post in advance, please accompany Uncle Wu, Uncle Hua, Earl Ying, and Xie Xida.Chen Jingji rode on the head, first went to the temple to worship Ximen Qing.On the ninth day of the lunar new year, Ximenqing did not go to the yamen. He wore the crown early in the morning, rode a big white horse, followed by servants, shouted and embraced, and went out of the east gate to the Jade Emperor Temple.From a distance, I can see colorful treasure banners and cross the street.After a while, he got off his horse in front of the mountain gate and opened his eyes to see that it was indeed a beautiful temple.But see: the green pines are lush and the green cypresses are dense.There are golden nails and vermilion households, and the jade bridge is low-shadowed by officials; green tiles and carved eaves, embroidered curtains and high hanging treasure thresholds.There are seven main halls, with gold books hanging in the middle; two long corridors, colorful paintings of gods and generals.Outside the three-day gate, Li Lou and Shi Kuang were ferocious, and in front of the left and right steps, Zihu and Qinglong were fierce and brave.In front of the Hall of Eight Treasures, there is a Jade Maiden of Longevity standing in front of her. On the Kowloon bed, a golden body of immortality is sitting.Where the golden bell hits, all the three thousand worlds will be converted;On the Chaotian Pavilion, the wind blows the sound of stepping down; in the altar of performing dharma, Yeyue often hears the sound of fairy pendants.Since then, it has been the Zhenzi Mansion, where can I find Penglai?

Ximenqing entered through the main gate, and saw the first Meteor Gate, with a seven-foot-high vermilion card holder, with two rows of gate pairs, and a large book: The opening of the zodiac, the auspicious opening of the nine heavens, and the golden jade cover with Yanen ; The Xuantan is sunny, visit the Banner of All Saints, and recite the treasures and Yao chapters to explain.

On the top of the treasure hall, there is a 24-character vegetarian inscription hanging, and the big book reads: "Lingbao thanked the heavens, repaid the country and rewarded kindness, turned nine to the jade hub, rewarded the alliance to send the name, and filled the altar with auspiciousness."

There is a couplet on both sides: Innately establishes the pole, looks up to the majesty of the great avenue, and swears to the top; Emperor Hao lives in honor, appreciates the wings of Qingxiu, and reports to Hong En.

Before Ximenqing entered the incense table in the altar, a little boy next to him held a basin and finished washing his hands, and knelt down to ask for incense.After Ximen Qing saluted and knocked on the altar, he saw Wu Daoguan wearing a jade ring and nine suns thunder scarf on his head, a crane cloak with azure 28-sleeved big sleeves, and a ribbon around his waist. Wrong love, receiving heavy gifts repeatedly, makes Xiaodao feel disrespectful and ashamed of receiving it. It is brother who sends his name, Xiaodao gift should be kowtowed, prolonging life, why there is a big reward from the old man, I am sincerely ashamed. The scriptures are too late thicker, it makes Xiaodao more uneasy."

Ximen Qing said: "It's hard work, hard work, and nothing to pay for, it's just a polite expression."

At the end of the ceremony, the Taoists on both sides came to inspect the head.On the one hand, please go to the abbot outside, the three factory halls are called Songhexuan, where tea is served.As soon as Ximen Qing sat down, he ordered Qi Tonger: "Bring a horse to pick you up to meet your second father. I'm afraid he doesn't have a horse, so why haven't we come here yet?"

Dai'an said: "The donkey that my brother-in-law is riding is still here."

Ximen Qing said: "Forget it, hurry up and pick it up."

The chess boy promised to go.Wu Daoguan finished reciting the scriptures, came down to serve tea, sat with Ximen Qing, and narrated: "Father respects the gods with sincerity, and all the trails get up from the fourth watch, and go to the altar to recite the scriptures of various immortals. Make it up. I also put the birthday horoscope of Guan Geer into another document, and played it in front of the Three Treasures, and named it Wu Yingyuan. Wealth and prosperity will be preserved forever. Here on the trail, add 24 points to thank heaven and earth, and 24 points to praise God. 180 points for recommending death, and a total of [-] points for offering sacrifices."

Ximen Qing said, "It's a lot of trouble." After a while, he beat the Dharma drum and invited Ximen Qing to the altar to read the documents.Ximenqing changed into a new scarlet and multicolored lion Buji costume, with a golden rhinoceros horn belt around his waist. When he went to the altar, there was a confession in red clothes beside him. Baojiao Baoan, Xinguan Ximenqing, was born on the [-]th day of the seventh month in the year of Bingyin, and his wife Wu was born on the [-]th day of the eighth month in the year of Wuchen.

Confession: "There are still treasures, the trail has not been added."

Ximen Qing said: "You just add Li, who was born at Maoshi on the [-]th day of the first month of the Xinwei year, and the same male official brother, who was born at the time of Shenshi on the [-]rd of the seventh month of the Bingshen year."

After going through the confession document, he continued to read: "Lead the family members, etc., surrender today, and worship Qian Hongzao."Fu Nianqing is a mediocre student, but three talents are not good.Every time I go in and out of daily life, I feel the protection of the dragon and heaven; I often receive the help of the gods in the cold and heat.He is a member of the martial arts class, and he is a forbidden guard. He is favored by Mu Enguang and enjoys the abundance of amulets.Therefore, Qingjiao was established, with a total of 24 points, to repay the great grace of heaven and earth, and to repay the greatness of the emperor.The twelfth place of Qingjiao is also repaired, and it is celebrated on Tiantian's birthday to celebrate Emperor Zhen.Introduce the five blessings to prosper, and go down to the heavens.On the 23rd of July last year, Qing, because the concubine Li's son gave birth to a male official brother, he wanted to pray that the birth would be safe and that the birth would be celebrated.I also wish to send the son of the male official to His Royal Highness Sanbao, give him the name Wu Yingyuan, tell Xu Qingjiao the 120th place, and continue Jiqiu's ["Yin" for "丿" to "彳"] heir to ensure the extension of life.Attached are the souls of the three generations of clan relatives in Ximen's family: ancestor Ximen Jingliang, ancestral concubine Li; first examine Ximenda, concubine Xia;Therefore, the twelve divisions of the Qingjiao were established, and the blessings, resources, and moral strengths were all certified to give birth.A total of 180 points are listed for Xianjiao.On the occasion of the ninth day of the first lunar month of the third year of Xuanhe, I would like to congratulate the Great Mercy Jade Emperor Hall, extend the official road, build Lingbao, thank God, serve the country and reward the alliance, celebrate the gods and security, send the name and turn the scriptures, auspicious and universal Full Lent all day and night.The lord of the extended three realms, and the emperor of the ten thousand heavens.A long talker is Jun'an, Siji Gong and Diji.Unify resources and power, and Jiefu will come.Sincerely.

Xuanbizhaiyi laid out many documents, talismans and confessions. Please read them one by one. There are a total of [-] or [-], which are very neat and detailed.Again, under the shadow of Sanbao, the elder brother of the official, there are many documents, talismans, and ultimatums, which I don't have time to read carefully.Ximenqing saw that Taoist Wu was very troublesome, so he burned incense in front of the case, drew a document, and asked the left and right to hold a ruler to draw with Taoist Wu.Wu Daoguan insisted on resigning again and again, and Fang ordered Xiaotong to accept it.Then a Taoist priest beat the Dharma drum to the corner of the hall, similar to Ruo Chunlei.The Taoists gathered in the hall, and a school of music sounded.Wu Daoguan wears a red and five-colored cloak, wears red shoes on his feet, holds a tooth wat in his hand, issues documents at the gate, and summons generals from the altar.Bells rang on both sides.Make arrangements to guide Ximen Qing into the altar and offer incense to the left and right sides of the Three Treasures Case.Ximen Qing opened his eyes to watch, and sure enough, the altar was laid neatly.But see: according to the five directions, the altar is divided into eight levels.There are three invitations and four emperors for the upper offering, the eight poles and nine heavens are divided into the side, the mountains, rivers and Yuedu are listed in the middle, and the underworld officials of the Youfu are arranged below.Fragrant and auspicious, thousands of painted candles are shining; flowers are clustered in a feast, and hundreds of silver lamps are scattered.The Heaven and Earth Pavilion is covered with tall feathers; the Jade Emperor Hall is densely covered with banners.Where the golden bell hits, Gao Gong plays the Emperor Xu with stealthy steps; when the jade pendant rings, they all go up to the altar to pay homage to the Jade Emperor.In the crimson gauze garment, the stars are shining; in the beautiful crown, the gold and jade are intertwined.The God of Prison Altar is ferocious, and he has made great achievements in the sun.The blue dragon faintly comes to the ecliptic, and the white crane descends gracefully to the Zichen.

As soon as Ximen Qing came down from the altar to burn incense, he was invited to the Songhe Pavilion by the left and right. There was a brocade carpet on the floor and animal charcoal was burned in the stove, and he sat there.After a while, Earl Ying and Xie Xida came.After singing, each of them sealed a star of tea silver, and said: "The truth is, I want to send some tea, the road is far away. These small thoughts are just what a tea needs."

Ximen Qing didn't answer, and said: "Nai Fan! Since I invite you to sit with me, what are you doing for a living? Wu's family orders tea here, and I have everything."

Earl Ying quickly sang it again, and said, "Brother, is it true? I'll just accept it."

Yin looked at Xie Xida and said, "You are the one who makes a living! I said I won't accept it, so take it out and make him say a few words."

After a long time, Uncle Wu and Hua Ziyu all arrived.Two boxes of fine tea food for each person to order tea, Ximen Qing ordered Wu Daoguan to accept it.After eating Bicha, we set up a vegetarian meal together, eating salty vegetarian dishes, snacks, soup and rice, which are very rich and clean.Ximen Qingtong had an early fast.It turned out that Wu Daoguan called a storyteller, saying that in the Western Han Dynasty commentary "Hongmenhui", Wu Daoguan issued a document, came to sit with him, and asked: "Brother, will you come today?"

Ximen Qing said, "That's right, Xiaonian is still young, I'm afraid Lu Yuan is bluffing him, so he won't come. At noon, bring the clothes he's wearing, in front of the Three Treasures, it's normal if you've been taken in."

Wu Daoguan said: "Xiao Dao is also so fussy, it's the best."

Ximen Qing said: "It's nothing else, he's just a little timid. There are three or four maids in the family, and even the adoptive mother takes turns to watch, but they are just afraid. Cats and dogs dare not come to him."

Uncle Wu said: "It's so easy for the children to feed them---" As he was speaking, Dai'an came in and said, "Aunt Gui and Aunt Yin sent Li Ming and Wu Hui to bring tea here."

Ximen Qing said, "Tell him to come in."

Li Ming and Wu Hui knelt down holding two boxes, and when they opened them, they were top crust cakes, pine flower cakes, sugar longevity cakes, and rose paint rolls.Ximen Qingju ordered Taoist Wu to take it away, because he asked Li Ming, "How do you always know?"

Li Mingdao: "When I was young, I saw Uncle Chen on the road in the morning. I asked him to know that my father was doing good things here today. When I returned home, I told Sister Gui and Third Mother that I had made an appointment with Sister Wu Yin, so I came. I was supposed to come here in person, but it’s not easy to come, this rough tea is just a reward for my father."

Ximen Qing ordered: "You two wait for the fast."

Wu Daoguan let the two of them go down, they had their own places to sit, and even his subordinates had a full meal.

Stop babbling.At noon, after worshiping, Daoguan Wu prepared a large table, a jar of Jinhua wine, and brother's green satin silk golden Taoist bun, a black silk Taoist robe, and a green cloud A small satin shirt, a pair of white silk socks, a pair of Qinglu silk patchwork shoes, a yellow velvet sash, a yellow thread under the throne of the Three Jewels, a purple thread in front of the Empress, a pair of silver collar strips, engraved with "The house is full of gold and jade, long life and riches" A Zhu book is not a yellow silk talisman. The inscription reads "Taiyi Commands Life, Tao Yan He Kang" is tied on the yellow thread, and they are all served in square plates, and there are four plates. Tangguo, placed on the table.There are scriptures and scriptures on Wanhong paper wrapped in the burden of sending children's scriptures. The Buddhist rituals done in the three dynasties were opened one by one. Ximenqing was asked to read them before putting them into the box.A total of about eight loads were sent to Ximen Qing's house.Ximenqing was very happy, so he quickly sent the chess boy to his house and asked the appreciative boy to have two handkerchiefs and a tael of silver.

Let's say that day was Pan Jinlian's birthday, and there were Mrs. Wu, Grandma Pan, Miss Yang, and Sister Yu, all sitting in Yueniang's upper room.Seeing that the temple had brought fast food, there were also many gifts of soup, fruit and bamboo, and four tables were set up, but they couldn't be set up, so they all came out to watch.Jin Lian quickly said: "Sister Li, why don't you come out and have a look! Your son's master has brought gifts from the temple, and there is also his Taoist crown bun and Taoist clothes. Hey, look, they are small shoes again!"

Meng Yulou walked forward, picked it up to look at it, and said, "Eldest sister, you can see that the Taoist family is also very delicate. These small shoes have white silk bottoms, and Fang Sheng'er is all stitched upside down. The cloud is locked. And it's good. I said he dared to have a wife! Otherwise, how can you hold back so well?"

Wu Yueniang said: "Nothing to say. He is a monk, and there is a wife there! He must have hired someone to do it."

Pan Jinlian took it over and said, "Taoist priests have wives, like Master Wang and the Great Master would pick out good scarves, don't they also have men?"

Aunt Wang said: "Taoist family, put on your hat, and you won't go there! Like my monk family, you can recognize it when you move."

Jin Lian said: "I can hear that the Guanyin Temple where you live is behind the Xuanming Temple. As the saying goes: The temple for male monks faces the temple for female monks, so there is nothing wrong with it."

Yue Niang said: "This Sixth Sister, it's so unreasonable!"

Jin Lian said: "This is the purple thread lock sent by his master and his mother. There is also this silver neck amulet with eight characters printed in silver on it, which is beautiful. On the back is his name, Wu what?" Yuan?"

Qi Tong said: "This is the Dharma name Wu Yingyuan given by his master."

Jin Lian said: "This is the word 'ying'."

Called: "Big sister, the Taoist priest is rude, why did you change the child's surname?"

Yueniang said: "You don't know how to be polite!"

Because Li Ping'er said: "Go and hug your son, put on this robe, I'll take a look at it every time, okay?"

Li Ping'er said: "He just fell asleep, and you carried him out again?"

Jin Lian said: "It's okay, you wake him up by rubbing him."

Then Li Ping'er has really gone.

This Pan Jinlian was literate, took out the red paper bag, pulled out the scriptures she had sent, and saw Wu Shi, Ximen Qing's roommate above, and only Li Shi next to him, and no one else, she felt a little bit annoyed, and showed it to everyone: "You say a thief is a third-class strongman! You say he is eccentric or not? It only says that he has a child, and I don't count every one of them, so I put it in the supernumerary font."

Meng Yulou asked, "Is there a big sister?"

Jin Lian said: "It would be funny without a big sister."

Yueniang said: "Forget it, if you have one, it's normal. Could it be that there is a team in your family, and they all write it down. Isn't it a joke to provoke Taoists?"

Jin Lian said: "Am I always Liu Zhan'er ghost? Compared with that one who is not good enough, that one was not raised for ten months!"

Just as he was talking, Li Ping'er hugged Brother Guan from the front.Meng Yulou said, "Bring me some clothes, I'll put them on for my brother."

Li Ping'er hugged him, and Meng Yulou put on the topknot, necklace and two ropes for him, the kid who was bluffing only closed his eyes and dared not vent his anger for a long time.Yulou put the Daoist robe on for him.Wu Yueniang told Li Ping'er: "Shut up the scriptures, take a Qian Zhangtou, go to the Buddhist hall behind, and burn it at home."

Then Li Ping'er went.Yulou hugged the child and said: "Wearing this clothes, you are a little Taoist priest."

Jin Lian took it over and said, "What little Taoist priest, he looks like a little Taiyi!"

Yue Niang sternly said a few words: "Sixth sister, what are you talking about, for the sake of the children, please give up."

That Jinlian remained silent.Once, the child was afraid with his clothes on, so he started to cry.Li Ping'er came over, quickly took it, and when he undressed him, he took a hug of his skirt.Meng Yulou smiled and said, "What a Wu Yingyuan, it turns out there's also a tray of poop."

Yueniang quickly asked Xiaoyu to wipe it for him with straw paper.After a while, the child fell asleep in Li Ping'er's arms.Li Ping'er said: "Little brother is sleepy, mother will send you to the front to sleep."

Wu Yueniang scattered all the tabletops, and invited the eldest concubine, Yang Niang, and Grandma Pan to come out to eat vegetarian food.

Check it out late.It turns out that on the eighth day of the eighth day of the lunar new year, Ximen Qing did not use meat and wine because of the ritual ceremony.Pan Jinlian didn't celebrate her birthday in the evening, and waited until tonight to come home to pass wine to him, and stood at the gate.Not wanting to wait until sunset, only Chen Jingji and Dai An came home on their own.Pan Jinlian asked, "Is your father here?"

Jingji said: "Father is afraid that we won't be able to come. When I come, the funeral ceremony has not yet been completed, so I pray for confession. I am afraid that there will be a change! There is a Taoist priest who is light and generous, and he has to thank the general for drinking."

After hearing this, Jin Lian said nothing, so she went back to the upper room, and said to Yueniang: "Blind Jia is passing on the exercises—a fifth watch has been started! The wall is plundered—he is so determined, and the belt is broken—— No need to stumble! Just now, I stood at the door for a while, and saw brother-in-law Chen riding on the head, and said that my father would not come, and the funeral was over, so I sent him home first."

Yue Niang said: "If he doesn't come, let's be at our own pace. In the evening, we will listen to Master and Master Wang talking about cause and effect and singing Buddhist songs."

Just as he was talking, he saw Chen Jingji come in with the curtain lifted, and he was already half asleep, saying, "I'm here to kowtow to Wu Niang."

Ask the eldest sister: "There is a bell, find someone to sift the wine, and pass a bell to Wu Niang."

The eldest sister said: "Where are you going to find the bell? Just kowtow to Wu Niang. When you get back, wait for me to pass it on. Look at his drunken voice. It just happens to be a wedding today, so I have to eat you. You are so stupid to eat." come home."

Yueniang then asked: "Is your father really not coming? Did the slave Dai Ana come?"

Chen Jingji said: "Father sees that the funeral is over, I'm afraid there is no one at home, so he sent me here first, and left Dai'an there to agree. Taoist Wu refused to let me go again and again, and forced him to die for two or three days. The big bell wine has just arrived."

Yueniang asked: "How many are there today?"

Jingji said: "Today, there are Uncle and Uncle Hua outside the door, Uncle Ying, Uncle Xie, and two young children, Li Ming and Wu Hui. I don't know how late we are. Only Uncle Wu came. The door Uncle Wai Hua asked Dad to keep him, and it was only for the night."

Jin Lian didn't see Li Ping'er in front of her, so she said, "Brother Chen, you also called Uncle Hua? It's from that family, the dead ones know. You call him Uncle Li."

Jingji said: "Wu Niang, your elder sister in the old man's hometown married Zheng En──just keep your eyes open and close your eyes."

The eldest sister said: "The root of the thief, kowtow quickly, and go out with me as soon as possible! I'm sweating and talking nonsense again!"

Jingji then asked Jinlian to turn around, staggered and kowtowed four times, and went forward.

After a while, with candles in the palm, the table was set and the dishes were served. Grandma Pan, Miss Yang, eldest concubine and everyone were invited to come.Jin Lian passed the wine, sent her to sit down, and ate the noodles.At the end of the meal, I took home the work and carried the table out.Yueniang ordered Xiaoyu to close the door of the ceremony, put down the small table on the kang, and surrounded the two girls, burning incense in the middle, holding a pair of candles, listening to him talk about cause and effect.First, the great master talked about the karma of the second patriarch No.30 of the Western Paradise who was born in the east and passed on the Buddha's heart seal. It started from Zhang Yuanwai's wealthy family, and it was a long journey to Yuanwai. Feeling that the Dharma is unpleasant, he abandoned his home and wealth, and went to practice in Huangmei Temple.After saying it once, Aunt Wang continued to read the gatha again.

After reading it for a while, Wu Yueniang said: "Master is hungry, please read the scriptures and ask for something to eat."

On the one hand, Xiaoyu ordered four dishes of vegetarian and salty food, and four dishes of crispy, steamed and crispy pastries, and invited the eldest concubine, Miss Yang, and Grandma Pan to accompany the two masters to eat.The eldest sister-in-law said: "I'm full every day, teach Miss Yang to accompany me, the old man is eating a fast again."

Yueniang hurriedly used a small tracing gold plate, picked out snacks for each item, put them in the plate, first handed them to the two masters, then to Miss Yang, and said: "Your old man, please accompany the two of you."

The mother-in-law said: "My Buddha, I have had enough."

He said again: "This plate contains roasted bones, sister, you take it, I'm afraid you may pick it in your mouth by mistake."

It made everyone laugh.Yue Niang said: "Grandma, this is meat and salty food sent by the temple. You old man only cares about using it, so it's okay."

Miss Yang said: "Since it's vegetarian, wait for the old man to eat it. The old man is clean and dazzled, so I just treat it as meat."

While eating, I saw Huixiang, Laixing's daughter-in-law, coming.Yue Niang said: "Thief smelly meat, what are you doing here?"

Hui Xiang said, "I'll also come to listen to the singing."

Yueniang said: "The gate of the ceremony is closed, where did you come in?"

Yu Xiao said: "He came to seal the fire in the kitchen."

Yueniang said: "I'm angry, you have a black nose and a black mouth, you've become a master of tinkering, what kind of scriptures are you here to listen to!"

At present, all the maids and women surrounded the two aunts, ate tea and food, took away the housework, and wiped the scriptures to clean the table.Yueniang picks up the candles again and burns incense.The two aunts touched Chu Zi'er, and they rejoiced again.From Zhang Yuanwai, he practiced in Huangmeishan Temple, kneeling and listening to scriptures during the day, and meditating in Zen at night.The fourth patriarch Zen master saw that he was extraordinary, so he took him in as an apprentice, gave him three treasures, and taught him to go to the Zhuo River to reincarnate and seize his house. After answering him, the old man jumped into the river.Pan Jinlian was so sleepy that she woke up, and went to sleep in the room.After a while, Xiuchun called in Li Ping'er's room, saying that Brother Guan woke up and went too.Only Li Jiaoer, Meng Yulou, Grandma Pan, Sun Xue'e, Miss Yang, and eldest concubine were left guarding.I also heard a large scale peach floating in the river. The young lady didn't want to eat it. She returned home and was pregnant in October.Aunt Wang sang another "Playing with Children" and after finishing singing, the master recited four more verses: The five patriarchs have one Buddha nature, reincarnated in the womb, and have the right to live for ten months, turning mortals to save sentient beings.

After reading this, Yueniang saw that the eldest sister had also fallen asleep, and the eldest concubine fell asleep on the bed in Yueniang's inner room. Miss Yang also yawned, and two candles on the table were lit, and she asked Xiaoyu: "What's the matter?" How late is it?"

Xiaoyu said: "It's the fourth watch, the rooster is crowing."

Yueniang ordered the two masters to pack up the scriptures.Miss Yang went to the Yulou room.Sister Yu slept overnight in Xue'e's room at the back.Yueniang sent Master and Li Jiaoer to sleep together.Aunt Wang and Yueniang slept on the kang.The two waited for Xiaoyu to drink a bottle of tea before going to sleep.The eldest concubine slept with Yuxiao on the inner bed.Yueniang asked Aunt Wang: "The fifth patriarch grew up later, how did he become a real fruit?"

How did Aunt Wang drive Miss Qianjin out from her parents? How did Miss escape and come to Xianrenzhuang? After picking up three treasures, I went to Huangmei Temple to listen to the fourth patriarch's teaching; how did it become a real fruit, and later saved Tuo's mother's birth to heaven; let's just finish talking.After hearing this, Yueniang became more and more likely to believe in Buddhism.There are poems as evidence: Listening to the Dharma and hearing the scriptures is afraid of impermanence, and the red lotus tongue shines brightly.Who leaves Zen empty talk?Keep food for nuns and monks!

(End of this chapter)