The vegetarian table laid out by Zhao Rujin was delicious in color and flavor, especially the main dish. The winter bamboo shoots inside were so tender and crispy that it was indescribable. It was obvious that he had hired a chef with outstanding skills. The four of them ate to their heart's content, and the wind from the steep mountain outside seemed to dissipate. No trace left. The Taoist nuns did not sit at the same table and were nowhere to be seen at this time. Zhao Rujin took out the tea set from a cabinet upstairs. The style was the same as ever. It seemed that this inconspicuous little bungalow was the place where the Taoist temple entertained guests. use. After the meal, Zhou Yuan sat for a while. Seeing that both girls liked to stay and drink hot tea, he went out alone again. Zhao Rujin waited on Gu Jia with great pleasure and didn't even notice that Zhou Yuan disappeared. .
Xinbu came to the edge of the cliff again, took a deep breath, could not see the worldly things in his eyes, and his mood was refreshed a little more. By chance, he saw the middle-aged female Taoist priest he had seen before walking out of the temple, holding Fuchen in her hand. Farewell to several pilgrims who were physically respectful. It's strange that only one of them is always visible, and the other seems to be invisible. "Taoist Priest, is there any fun place nearby?" Zhou Yuan said with a smile.
"A fun place?" The female Taoist priest laughed when she heard this, with a little crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, and nodded, "It's really rare for people to come to such a pure place and want to find a fun place. Opposite the mountain is a Zen temple. , I¡¯m just about to go there and can take you for a walk.¡±
Zhou Yuan also laughed. The old nun and the young nun were just different. There was a generation gap in age. One was conservative in speaking while the other was casual. I¡¯m afraid they also had distinct personalities. I happily followed him as he walked down the stone steps down the mountain. The mountain forest seemed to be sleeping in the middle of winter, as silent as turbid water. When they reached the fork on the mountainside, the female Taoist priest indeed walked up another road. Zhou Yuan found that there were several stone steps with Buddhist scriptures engraved on them. He wondered if there were also Taoist scriptures on the other side, so that people could distinguish them.
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The long stone steps turn into piles of rocks, the order is chaotic, and it is not easy to walk. If there is water flowing on the mountain on a rainy day, it is afraid that the soles of the feet will slip and it will be difficult to stand firmly. Occasionally, there is a section of flat land, where fallen leaves have long covered the soil. It is soft and not thick when stepped on, but you can still make footprints. If you look carefully, there should not be many people on this side. The female Taoist priest was silent all the way, focused on walking, and maintained a posture that could hold Fuchen in her arms. Zhou Yuan could no longer find random topics to talk about, and only asked a few questions.
What temple is on the mountain? Fallen Leaf Temple.
It seems quite far? On another mountain.
What were you going to do in the past? Deliver meals.
Zhou Yuan originally wanted to ask if they were monks or nuns, but when he heard that they were delivering food, he felt strange. He observed curiously and saw the female Taoist priest smiling slightly and stretching out her hand from the wide sleeves of her Taoist robe. It turned out that she was holding an aluminum Making a lunch box, the sun was so bright that it seemed as if he had taken out a magical tool. Just like what is said in Xianxia novels, monks would not show off their magical weapons for no reason. Zhou Yuan was joking in his mind: Do you want to accept a monster like himself? But he saw the female Taoist retract her hand and hide the lunch box in her sleeves again, and smiled calmly at him: "Are you going to ask whether the mountain is a monk or a nun?"
"I guess it's a nun." Zhou Yuan said with a smile.
"There are no nuns or monks. The place has been abandoned for a long time. Later, people gradually borrowed the land to practice meditation, and gradually there were more people." The female Taoist priest finally showed a real smile, obviously thinking it was very interesting to tell Zhou Yuan about this matter.
Zhou Yuan smiled and did not dare to ask any more questions. After walking a few hundred meters further, after bypassing the original mountain, I saw the temple on the other side of the ridge, facing this side, a concave-shaped building complex. After walking for a while, Zhou Yuan was surprised to find that there was no protection on the road on the ridge. A few meters away from the road, a slope appeared, exaggeratedly sloping to the bottom of the mountain. Every step he took on this road was like walking on the apex of a triangle. . There is also a howling mountain wind, and the weeds are swaying.
¡°Be careful and walk slowly,¡± the female Taoist priest reminded.
"It's really dangerous. Who is so stupid and has the perseverance to go to that temple to meditate without food?" Zhou Yuan asked.
The female Taoist priest, who is no longer young, nodded and said: "They only come once in a long time, and they don't stay in the temple every day."
"I really want to meet these people. I like to meet strange people and strange things." Zhou Yuan said with a smile.
"It's better not to disturb other people's practice." The female Taoist priest advised, "Luoye Temple was first built during the Republic of China. There were soldiers stationed there. You can see the scenery of that time when you walk there."
"It's a pity that I didn't bring my camera here." Zhou Yuan suddenly remembered, "By the way, why did I forget to bring my camera here? Gu Jia, a very nervous woman, didn't even think of taking a few photos as a souvenir even after climbing up the mountain."
While talking, I slowly walked through this prominent mountain road and came to the temple gate. I couldn't find the words "Luoye Temple" anywhere. Just looking from the outside, I thought it was just an old house on the mountain. After crossing the threshold, there is a row of small houses inside. Unlike the common Buddhist temples, there will be a big room to house the golden statues of Buddha. It seems that each Buddha statue here has its own small single room, all in the same courtyard. They do not interfere with each other.The female Taoist priest walked straight towards one of them, and Zhou Yuan quickly followed. Look, what kind of sacred place is this? She is practicing meditation in the temple, but she wants Taoist priests to deliver food!
However, there was no one in the hut, except for an old Buddha sitting on the stone platform.
"She's not here." After waving Fuchen, the female Taoist priest frowned slightly, glanced left and right, then placed the lunch box on the stone platform where the Buddha statue was sitting, turned to Zhou Yuan and said, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. One step, you remember the way you came."
"Isn't there just one way?" Zhou Yuan laughed.
"That's good. It's cold in the mountains at night, and you can't live without warm clothes. Remember to go back to the Taoist temple early to find your friend." The female Taoist priest said and walked outside, "I'll go back to the Taoist temple right now."
Zhou Yuan was just a little surprised, then smiled and waved goodbye. Although it feels like being thrown into the wilderness, it would be too cowardly to follow someone else's coming and going. After standing in the hut for a while, when I came out, I saw the Taoist nun walking to the mountain road on the opposite side. She was not in a hurry and didn't seem to be in trouble. Looking back at Shitai, there was no insulation on the outside of the lunch box, so it must have been cold. I couldn't help but wonder if it was really delivered to me. Zhou Yuan had nothing to do and opened the lunch box - white rice, light vegetables, and a few pieces of tofu and mushrooms on top. Sure enough, it was freezing cold, and it looked just stiff.
The temple was quiet, and even the sound of the wind was very light. Zhou Yuan walked out of the hut and moved around in the yard. He turned around and saw a straight tree outside the wall, which seemed to be a magnolia. In fact, he didn't have much worries in his heart. Since he came, he must take a look first, so he strode out. The threshold is very high, and you have to lift your legs hard to get in and out.
Turning his head, a flash of red came into his eyes.
The other party was also surprised. Both of them were mentally strong and immediately came to their senses, and they raised the corners of their mouths in unison. "You can actually find this place." The red-haired woman said.
Zhou Yuan doesn¡¯t have much favorable impression of the woman who is still wearing thin clothes in this winter. It can even be said that he has no favorable impression. In this pure place of Buddhism, it is not strange for anyone to stand in front of him. But her appearance here is strange. He fights fiercely and has a wild personality. No matter how you look at him, he doesn't look like he's here to worship Buddha.
Come to demolish the house? Zhou Yuan thinks this one might be bigger. "I just came here." Zhou Yuan smiled.
The red-haired woman stretched out her hand as if to shake hands: "My name is Li Junjie, what do you want me to call you?"
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????ppmbmbmbmbmbmbmbmbppmbpp out The first two times they met, they both wanted to fight without even giving a reason. But it was unmanly to hesitate on such a matter, so Zhou Yuan stretched out his hand and shook her hand: "My surname is Zhou."
"Can you tell me your name?" Li Junjie didn't shake hands as hard as he wanted. He shook his fingers and then loosened his fingers.
"Are you a woman?" Zhou Yuan asked narrowly.
¡°I don¡¯t look like a woman?¡± The other party unzipped his white casual sportswear jacket and wore an off-white T-shirt underneath.
¡°It¡¯s a bit like it now.¡±
In fact, Zhou Yuan really can¡¯t tell how broad her mind is. People who exercise more will still have chest muscles. God knows what those slightly bulging ones are? Zhou Yuan looked into her eyes for a while, then smiled and said, "My name is Zhou Yuan, and I don't want to fight with you now."
"I didn't say I wanted to fight you now." Li Junjie walked past him, crossed the threshold, and walked straight to the cabin where Zhou Yuan was just now.
She is the one who practices Zen? Zhou Yuan frowned, followed a few steps, and saw her picking up the lunch box on the stone table in the room, sitting on the futon on the floor, placing the lunch box on her crossed legs, opening it, and eating by herself. "Why are you here?" Zhou Yuan asked, leaning on the door frame.
"Come here to rest." Li Junjie said. Like Jiang Qingying, she chewed her food very carefully. She seemed to be afraid of wasting every bite. She didn't eat quickly, but she also kept a constant speed. She believed that she could destroy the box of cold food at that pace. It won't be long.
Zhou Yuan looked at the scenery and asked, "How long do you usually stay here?"
"Come in the morning and leave in the evening." The woman raised her head to look at him, then lowered her head to continue eating.
Does this woman have a split personality? Zhou Yuan muttered in his heart that the look just now was not as aggressive as before, it was more like looking at the world behind him. He touched the unruly beard on his chin and said, "Next time you run into me, are you going to hit me again?"
¡°It depends on your mood, do you really want to fight?¡± Li Junjie asked.
"I told you last time, I don't want to fight. What's the fun in fighting and killing? I'm going to see the scenery here." Zhou Yuan turned and walked outside.
There is a Buddha in each room, with different shapes. Zhou Yuan couldn't pronounce the names of these Buddhas. He walked slowly and took a few more glances. He felt that the craftsman's skills were very charming, but not flexible.The appearance is lifelike, but the Buddha nature is awe-inspiring, with sadness, joy, sleep, anger, and tranquility. Probably everyone can find the Buddha in their heart here. Zhou Yuan thought about it, but didn¡¯t know which one he wanted to pay homage to? While he was thinking wildly, the last room really shocked him.
A statue of Vajra with angry eyes, holding a stick, knife and fork, showing teeth and claws, seems to be intimidating the person in front of him and intends to commit murder!