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Chapter 81
After eating a few mouthfuls, Gong Shi and Mu Jiaojiao boarded the carriages and headed towards Xiangji Temple.

Originally, Mu You meant to bring Mu Yulu along.However, Mu Yaojiao was unwell and needed to rest in bed, so Gong had no choice but to abandon her and set off with Mu Jiaojiao and Mu Yiyi alone.

Because of Mu Jiaojiao's physical condition, the bullock cart moved extremely slowly on the road.After walking for nearly two hours, I arrived at the mountain gate where Xiangji Temple is located.At this time, it was almost noon, and the sun was hanging high above the head.

Today is the fifteenth day, and there are a lot of people who come to offer incense.The foot of the mountain was already full of cars and horses, as well as local villagers selling incense candles with baskets, and small stalls selling all kinds of wild fruits and snacks. People came and went, and it was as lively as a temple fair.

The coachman parked the ox cart in an open space above and below, Mu Jiaojiao put on the veiled hat, and helped Hongdou's hand get out of the cart.Mrs. Gong and Mu Yiyi had already put on their caps, and the three of them followed the flow of people and climbed up the stairs to the halfway up the mountain, where the Xiangji Temple was located.

After offering incense in the Daxiong Palace, Mu Jiaojiao was already exhausted and could not stand on his feet.Seeing this, Mrs. Gong asked a young monk to lead them to the back room to rest.

The Mu family was rich, and the Gong family donated a hundred guan of sesame oil money in public, and naturally exchanged them for a small courtyard with two rooms that was fairly spacious.Mu Jiaojiao occupied a wing room, and Gong's and Mu Yiyi's mother and daughter shared one.

However, Mu Yiyi is young, just at the age of lively and active, so he can't sit still no matter what.After going in to sit for a while, she couldn't bear it anymore, and pestered Mrs. Gong to go to the back mountain to see the peach blossoms.Mrs. Gong loved her daughter very much, and it was rare for the mother and daughter to go out for a walk, so she told Mu Jiaojiao a few words to rest here, and left her both to go out.Mu Jiaojiao was happy and at ease, and while the mother and daughter were gone, she quickly lay down on the bed, pulled the quilt over and fell into a dark sleep.

I don't know how long I slept.In a daze, she vaguely heard a burst of sad low sobs piercing into her ears, and inexplicably, her heart was also covered with a layer of gloom.

"Red beans." She whispered.

Hong Dou hurried in and said, "My lady, are you awake? Are you hungry? The maid asked just now. There is a kitchen in this monastery, and the plain noodles in it are very good. The maid is going to get you a bowl to eat." Woolen cloth!"

"Well, plain noodles are naturally to be eaten. But now, you go outside to see who is crying outside? It sounds so sad, it should be because you have encountered a very embarrassing thing."

Hong Dou quickly agreed to go out.

Not long after, she came back with red eyes. "My lady, the person who cried is the family next door to us. The servant girl listened to a few words at the door, and it seemed that their child was possessed by an evil spirit. Today, she specially brought the child here to ask Master Huiyuan to exorcise the evil spirit. It's just that Master Huiyuan Yunyou has gone and is not in the monastery, they watched the child suffer, and also felt uncomfortable not seeing Master Huiyuan, so they couldn't help crying."

"Possession by evil spirits? That's interesting." Mu Jiaojiao's eyes sparkled, "Let's go, let's go and have a look."

"Miss, isn't that bad? You are weak, what if you are also attacked by that evil spirit? You will soon be a bride!"

"There are many kinds of evil spirits in this world, some of them only pick on children to bully, and have nothing to do with adults, this should be the case now." Mu Jiaojiao said, insisting on watching the fun.

Hongdou couldn't hold her back, so she had to help her up.

At this time, in the next yard, a well-dressed young woman was still holding her child and crying.Two middle-aged servants who were also dressed in gold and silver were quietly persuading them, and they also had obvious worries on their faces.Two little monks also stood aside, and one of them whispered: "The benefactor, please be quiet and don't be impatient. Although Master Huiyuan is not in the temple, Master Jutong is. Master Jutong is Master Huiyuan The ancestor's direct disciple, it is the same to have him come to exorcise evil spirits for the little benefactor."

"Then I would like to trouble the two young masters to quickly invite Master Jutong. As long as the evil spirits on the child can be exorcised, we are willing to ask the little lady to donate as much sesame oil as you want!" The young woman choked up and said, looking back The child in his arms burst into tears again, "This child is my life, and if he does something good or bad, I won't live!"

"My lady, please don't say that! Xiaolang is an auspicious man, so nothing will happen." The middle-aged servant also hurriedly advised.

It's just that it doesn't work, the young woman has heard too much these days and is numb.Just look at the child in her arms, her tears are still rolling down like broken beads.

Mu Jiaojiao was listening outside, his eyes gradually cast a strange look.

Not long after, a gray-bearded monk in his fifties came in surrounded by several young monks.The young woman and the middle-aged servant hurried forward to salute.The monk couldn't return the courtesy: "Mrs. Qin, you don't need to be too polite, let the poor monk see Mr. Xiaolang first!"

The young woman hurriedly wiped away her tears, and carried the child in her arms forward. "Master, please take a look."

The monk looked down, only to realize that the child was about five or six years old, and he was very cute.It's just that this little child's complexion is slightly blue now, his eyes are straight and he doesn't know where he is staring in a daze, and his ruddy mouth is also tightly closed.If he didn't know that he was sick, he would have thought that this child was born stupid.

The young woman cried again and said, "I don't know what's going on, but just five days ago, the child suddenly became like this. He was in a daze, neither talking nor eating, and he ignored us when we talked to him. He was never like this before! I invited a doctor to see it, but the doctor couldn’t tell why, and some old people said that maybe he was possessed by evil spirits, but asking the wizards and gods to exorcise evil spirits and burn paper still didn’t work. Now we can’t do anything about it either. , I had no choice but to hold the child and beg Master to save his life!"

"So that's it, the poor monk understands." The monk nodded again and again, stretched out his hands and touched the child's ears, forehead, and neck one by one, opened his eyelids to look, and frowned slightly.

Finally he recited the Buddha's name. "Let the poor monk recite a scripture for him first, and see if he can get rid of the evil spirits!"

"Thank you, master." The young woman hurriedly expressed her thanks, and hugged the child tightly in her arms again.

The monk sat on the ground and began to recite Buddhist scriptures.He was chanting the Zhuzhunti mantra, his voice was low and murmured continuously, but it was not noisy, but it had a somewhat calming effect.When Mu Jiaojiao heard it in his ears, he felt that his mood suddenly calmed down, even the scenery around him became still, and the whole world became much cleaner.The same goes for everyone else.

However, this thing is not very useful for children.

After reading a section of Buddhist scriptures, the silly child is still dumb, without any change.

Seeing this, the monk hurriedly clasped his hands together and said Amitabha: "It seems that the poor monk is not good enough to exorcise evil spirits for the little benefactor. Please forgive me, the poor monk has tried his best."

"I don't blame you for this. If you want to blame it, you can only blame this evil mana for being too strong. But since Master Jutong, you can't do anything, so you can only wait for Master Huiyuan to make a move? But where is Master Huiyuan now? My son But can we wait until he returns? He hasn't eaten for five days!" The young woman said, tears streaming down her face again.

But she never thought that just after she finished speaking, she heard an uncontrollable laugh in her ears.

Her heart sank, and she hurriedly looked up in the direction of the sound, and saw the girl standing on the wall in front of her who was still smiling.

"You were the one laughing just now?" Her voice sank.

"Yes!" Mu Jiaojiao nodded.

"Is it funny that my son was harmed like this by evil spirits?" The young woman was talking, and the servants behind her also lowered their faces and walked towards this side slowly.

Mu Jiaojiao shook his head: "I'm laughing because you guys got one thing wrong - it doesn't matter what kind of evil this child is now, he's just sick."

(End of this chapter)