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"Is it Qinghan?"
As soon as this sentence was said, I felt a gust of wind blowing behind me. The faint candlelight in the room struggled hard and then extinguished.
The entire Zen room suddenly fell into darkness.
I stood at the door of the room, and the dim skylight could hardly shine anything. I could only vaguely see the thin and lonely figure in the room, as if completely withered and motionless.
I don't know how long it took, but I heard a faint sigh.
"You go back."
After saying the old and withered voice, there was no sound at all.
I slowly stepped out and closed the door.
When I turned around, there was only this quiet and empty Zen temple in front of me. The rustling sound from the wind blowing through the treetops made the small courtyard more quiet. Surrounded by the surrounding gray walls, it looked like a silent ancient tomb.
I stood on the steps, and the coolness of the night came again, blowing the corner of my skirt and raising it slightly, subconsciously hugging my arms tightly.
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I thought I would have to suffer from insomnia this night, but unexpectedly, I slept very deeply that night.
Even dreaming.
I dreamed of clouds all over the sky, and a red shadow appeared in my sight on the towering clouds and peaks of Yunchi, which were towering to the sky. The wind was so cold that the red gauze kept fluttering, almost flying to the sky.
Suddenly, the red gauze brushed past my eyes, and the scenery in front of me suddenly changed, turning into a happy hall.
It is also a bright red area, with red beams, red pillars, red flower candles, and red veils.
However, a figure slowly disappeared in this bright red and slowly disappeared...
"ah--!"
I exclaimed and sat up all of a sudden.
The red in front of me slowly dissipated, and what caught my eye was a simple and blue-gray house. The white-washed bed tent swayed slightly as I suddenly got up, as if the clouds that had not even dissipated in my dreams.
I was in a daze for a while, and I couldn't recover, and felt a hand slowly reaching into my arms.
"mother……"
A familiar, cute voice sounded in my ears. I looked down and saw that it was Li'er who was sleeping beside me. He was rubbing his little face uncomfortable on the pillow, holding my clothes with one hand, muttering: "Mom..."
“…”
As soon as I saw her, my cold sweat suddenly subsided, and I finally woke up.
It's a dream.
Now, we are in the wing room of Tianmu Temple, and our daughter is sleeping beside me.
Where is Yuan Xiu?
I subconsciously looked to the other side, but it was empty. At this moment, the door was pushed open. Pei Yuanxiu walked in wearing a thin long gown. When he saw me sitting on the head of the bed, he smiled and said, "You are awake."
"Um."
"I think you came back late, and I thought you would sleep a little longer, but I didn't wake you up. Why did you still wake up so early?"
"..." I didn't say anything about being awakened by a nightmare, but just smiled faintly, and felt the hand in my arms sink. I looked down and saw Li Er was nestled in the quilt, and had opened her bright big eyes and looked at me: "Mom..."
Perhaps, it was because my husband and daughter were on the side. This warmth of family affection slowly dispelled the chill that I brought from my nightmare. I smiled slightly, lowered my head and kissed Li Er's chubby cheeks: "I got up."
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After we finished washing up, as soon as we went out, we met Pei Yuanfeng and the others. Everyone greeted him and led him to the dining hall together.
At this time, the monks had already finished their morning class and all came to have breakfast. The dining hall in Tianmu Temple was very large and could accommodate hundreds of people at the same time. More than a dozen large long tables were arranged in two rows, with a corridor for people to walk in the middle. As soon as we entered the door, we saw a large pot of steaming fine porridge and several plates of side dishes on the long table near the door.
Liu Qinghan sat in the corner of the wall, looking at the porridge bowl in front of him in a daze.
As soon as Li'er saw him, she immediately walked over happily: "Uncle San!"
Liu Qinghan raised his head to see us, and smiled slightly, nodded to everyone, and saw that Li'er had climbed onto the bench beside him, and smiled and said, "Be careful, don't fall."
Everyone walked over and sat down one after another.
While taking the bowl full of porridge, I looked at Liu Qinghan and said, "Mr. Liu got up so early."
"Well, I've been walking around the temple."
"Oh? What are you looking at?"
Liu Qinghan looked around again and said, "This is the place I have been in the past. I want to see around and see if I can remember anything."
A pair of chopsticks stretched over the side and picked up a piece of tender bamboo shoots into my plate. When he turned around, he found it was Pei Yuanxiu. He looked at Liu Qinghan with a smile and said, "What did Lord Liu remember?"
Liu Qinghan shook his head gently.
He didn't say anything anymore, but just lowered his head, his long eyelashes covered his dark eyes, looking a little lonely.
At this time, Xue Muhua, who was sitting opposite him, saw his gloomy eyes and said softly: "Don't worry, you will always remember it."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone around me was quiet.
If someone else said this, it might be just a simple comfort, but Xue Muhua said this obviously different from the comfort of ordinary people. After all, she had lost all her memories and could understand the feeling of emptiness that was completely blank in her mind, and she had no idea where she came from and where she was going.
Pei Yuanfeng calmly picked up a piece of tofu that had been fried golden on both sides and put it into her bowl, saying, "Eat more."
"Um."
He turned his head to look at Liu Qinghan, and smiled slightly, "No wonder he didn't see Lord Liu in the south wing in the morning. It turned out that Lord Liu was looking around at the scenery."
Liu Qinghan also raised his head, made a smile on his face, and said, "I didn't sleep in the south wing last night."
"Oh? Then Lord Liu lives--"
“The place where the lay teacher used to live.”
…!
My heart skipped a beat and I turned my head to look at him.
But he saw that he had nothing to say. He silently lowered his head and looked at the layer of milky white rice soup floating on the porridge bowl. The sunlight shone in from outside the window, making his outline particularly clear, especially the long eyelashes that were quietly hanging down, which seemed to have solidified at this moment, and remained motionless.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! I looked at him for a while, but didn't say anything, just turned around and picked up the tender bamboo shoots and ate it.
After a while, everyone had finished their breakfast and left the table. As soon as Liu Qinghan got up, Li'er immediately jumped off the bench: "Uncle San, where are you going?"
Liu Qinghan smiled and said, "Uncle San wants to go for a walk in the mountains."
"I'll go too!"
"ah?"
Liu Qinghan glanced at us, I thought about it, and looked back at Pei Yuanxiu.
He would immediately feel sorry for it and smiled and said, "Mr. Liu is such a good mood?"
"It's rare to come here and see the scenery here, and you'll have a lot of experience."
"Then, if you don't mind, I will walk with Lord Liu."
"This is the best."
Pei Yuanxiu smiled and looked down at Li'er: "Li'er, Dad, go with you, okay?"
"Of course it's OK!" Li'er couldn't wait, holding Liu Qinghan with one hand and catching Pei Yuanxiu with the other. After walking two steps, he remembered something again and looked back at me: "Don't you go?"
I sat there, smiling and shook my head: "Mom wants to take a rest."
"Oh, I saw that my mother didn't sleep well last night. That mother needs a good rest."
"knew."
After getting my promise, she jumped and held the hands of two big men out together.
Somehow, when I saw this scene, I felt a little moved.
No matter how caring or well-behaved my daughter is, she will never stay by my side forever.
Just when my thoughts were a little blurred and confused, a tall figure walked in outside the open door, blocking the sunshine. When I looked closely, it was a fearless monk. As soon as he saw me, he immediately walked over happily: "Miss!"
"Uncle Wuwei, it's early. You didn't even come for breakfast."
"Sajia went downstairs to see the people you brought. Don't worry, the rice and flour you sent were enough."
"Uncle Wuwei has trouble."
"Miss, are you polite to the Sa family?"
I smiled and said, "I'm not polite. I want to ask Uncle Wuwei to please tea. I didn't have time yesterday."
"That's OK, that's great!"
When he heard me say this, he immediately stood up, turned around and asked the two little novice monks to prepare immediately, and then took me to his Zen temple.
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Compared to Zhengjue's Zen Temple, his residence is not as deep as the secluded. This small courtyard is clean, but I don't think it's his own credit. There is an iron frame in the corner of the courtyard wall, with crescent shovels, iron rods and other blunt weapons placed on it. It can be seen that he is usually diligent in practicing martial arts.
A maple tree is planted in the other corner of the yard, and a stone table and several round stone benches are erected under the tree.
To be continued...