Love Affairs in Chang'an - Chapter 316

Chapter 316 One Thousand Year Sighs
After Li Youyi, Concubine Yin De turned to Buddha and stayed in the Black Tortoise Palace near the Protector’s Heavenly Monastery from the Great Horn Monastery.

The furnishings in the Black Tortoise Palace were very simple, and there was a faint fragrance of Brahma wrapped around the corridor. Apart from a few eunuchs guarding the gate, there were only three old nuns and Yin De Fei who lived in the palace.

When Qin Mubai saw Imperial Concubine Yin De, she was sitting cross-legged on a piece of Pu Hei. Her hair was tied up high and tied into a ponytail. She wore a plain black cardigan and gray white robe. She twisted her Buddhist beads and knocked on the wooden fish. She closed her eyes and listened to Zen. An old nun who was at least sixty years old sat opposite her, chanting softly.

Princess Gaoyang whispered to Qin Mubai that it was her mother’s master, Master Shanqing. She had been a monk since childhood and had been cultivating Buddha for at least fifty years.

After the two of them entered, Shanqing stopped lecturing and smiled, “Your Highness, it’s fate to come.”

Imperial Concubine Yin De looked back and saw Princess Gaoyang running over. Her plain eyebrows curled into a trace of kindness and joy. The next time she saw Qin Mubai slowly walking over, she couldn’t help but raise her eyebrows slightly, and her expression slightly froze.

Qing Shan glanced at it and slowly closed his eyes. He said, “Amitabha … All living beings have been empty since the beginning, and their hearts have never started. They originally came from a pure and pure nature.”

Imperial Concubine Yin De actually revealed a panicked expression. She hurriedly turned around and bowed in unison, “Master, I can’t cut through all the dust in the end … Why don’t you ask Master to shave off three thousand threads of worry for my disciple and formally accept me into Buddhism?”

Qing Shan closed his eyes and smiled. He shook his head and said leisurely, “True Buddha nature, not mortal form. How can you wash away your body when you are troubled by dust and dirt that originally had no form?”

“Disciple is ashamed” Concubine Yin De bowed down her eyebrows and bowed respectfully, muttering softly, “Buddha’s day, at the beginning of life, there are feelings, worries, and sorrows in their hearts. If Ligan is brave enough to cultivate to the point where he doesn’t have a single thought, then that’s his true appearance … I don’t understand, Buddha’s thoughts are numerous, Buddha also has feelings, so how can he not have a single thought?”

Qing Shan smiled without saying a word.

Princess Gaoyang had already run closer and slowed down her pace. She sat down gently against Concubine Yin De and said in confusion, “Mother, what are you muttering to Master Qing Shan about? Why can’t I understand a single word of it?”

Imperial Concubine Yin De smiled faintly and stroked Princess Gaoyang’s black hair. “Ling’er, she’s getting married … Time is passing so quickly!”

“Hehe!” Princess Gao Yang laughed so hard that her heart was filled with innocence and innocence, “Mother, I specially called Mu Bai here today to accompany you for a meal at the vegetarian temple!”

“Is that so?” Imperial Concubine Yin De smiled faintly. A candlelight-stretched figure of a man appeared in front of her. When she heard Qin Mubai behind her, she said, “I, Qin Mubai, greet Your Highness.”

“Everyone here is ordinary. Only Master Qingshan is respected.” Imperial Concubine Yin De did not return her greetings, nor did she turn her head. She only spoke in such a soft voice.

Qin Mubai smiled and bowed to Qing Shan with his hands crossed. “Qin Mubai, a disciple of the secular sect, greets Master Qing Shan.”

“Benefactor is exempt.” At this moment, Qing Shan opened her eyes again. She looked at Qin Mubai with a gentle gaze, nodded slightly, and smiled meaningfully, “Pauper, it’s been many years since I’ve seen someone as heroic as Benefactor.”

“Grandmaster praises me. I know nothing about Buddhism. Please forgive me for disturbing the peace of this place.” Qin Mubai said.

Qing Shan raised his head slightly and looked at Qin Mubai. He nodded and smiled, “Everyone who has no heart and no residence is born in this world. If there is Buddha in his heart, then Buddha is everywhere. Why bother to stick to the ancient Buddhist temple? Benefactor Qin, your spiritual energy is the beginning of your great destiny with Buddha.”

“Ah, can it be?” Princess Gaoyang was confused, but she was frightened by Qing Shan’s second half. She panicked and said, “Mubai, you’re not going to become a monk, are you?”

“Silly child, don’t talk nonsense!” Imperial Concubine Yin De laughed, “Master Qing Shan is just praising Mubai’s talent.”

“Oh, that’s more like it … Hehe!” Princess Gaoyang smiled at ease.

Qin Mubai shook his head with a smile. He was really speechless towards Princess Gaoyang. However, although he had never shown much interest in Buddhism and Taoism, there was always a trace of reverence in his heart. No matter what, this was the wisdom that countless people had accumulated over a thousand years ago. Wouldn’t it be brilliant and useful? At the very least, it was also the knowledge of human intelligence and the precipitation of history. There was always something unique about it.

“Benefactor, sit down for a moment. I will arrange for Su Zhai.” After saying that, Qing Shan stood up and sang Fu Nuo goodbye. A moment later, the other two old nuns came in and served tea. They silently retreated.

Qin Mubai sat down quietly on one side of the bed without saying anything. Imperial Concubine Yin De sat with Princess Gao Yang. Princess Gao Yang was still naughtily nest in her mother’s arms like a child, leaning on her thigh and chatting in a soft voice.

The dhyana room was very quiet, and the entire Black Warrior Hall was also very quiet. It was indeed a good place to cultivate in seclusion.

It seemed that Concubine Yin De had long since merged with this environment. Over the past twenty years, she had cultivated a pure, serene, and collected manner, which made her as calm as a lotus, and it was in harmony with the surrounding atmosphere, as if she was perfectly perfected by nature.

Ever since she entered the room, Imperial Concubine Yin De had never looked straight at Qin Mubai. However, Qin Mubai could clearly feel that her attention was always inadvertently directed towards him, and a trace of light would occasionally fall on him from the corner of her eyes.

“Under her pure and elegant appearance, is that heart really as calm as water?”

Soon, Su Zhai took it. In the food culture of the Tang people, meat is the mainstream, and all famous dishes are meat dishes or fried dishes. Therefore, although the current diet culture is dazzling, but in fact is not very healthy. Perhaps this was also an important inducement or form of expression for the Tang people to regard obesity as beauty.

Occasionally, eating a vegetarian house to clear his stomach felt pretty good. Moreover, a vegetarian house like the Heavenly Monarch Protector’s Temple was obviously not as simple as casually cooking vegetables and radishes. It was rather refined and elegant, and it was not an exaggeration to describe it as having all the colors, fragrances, and flavors.

Qin Mubai had eaten her fill. After the meal, he drank a mouthful of tea, and the fragrance of his lips and teeth was very comfortable.

It’s too early to finish the meal. Since he had come to the Buddhist temple, why not be a faithful man and a faithful woman? Qin Mubai immediately donated some sesame oil. Qing Shan did not refuse and accepted these brass worldly objects without the slightest trace of fireworks. She said, “Buddhist temples do not lack sesame oil. However, Buddhism never refuses to accept fate. This sesame oil was accepted by poor nuns. It can also be considered as Benefactor Qin’s kindness.”

Princess Gaoyang smiled and said, “Master Qingshan, you can’t finish talking to my mother about those Buddhist scriptures every day. Why don’t you tell us today as well? I want to know if it’s fun!”

“Ling’er, don’t make trouble without reason!” Concubine Yin De rebuked, “Great Master Qing Shan has profound Buddhism. It’s not like telling a story for fun.”

However, Qing Shan smiled indifferently and said, “Since Your Highness is interested, then it’s fine for me to tell the princess stories.”

“Hehe, good!” Princess Gaoyang nodded excitedly. “Did you hear that, Mother? The Buddha family also tells stories. What’s the point of that?”

Qin Mubai took a sip of the tea and didn’t say anything. He always felt that this old nun, who was in his sixties, had a pair of eyes that could see through people’s hearts. What would the story in her mouth look like?

Qin Mubai looked forward to it.

Qing Shan’s gaze naturally swept across the three people in the hall and said leisurely,

“Once upon a time, a scholar and his beloved woman were in love and agreed on a marriage date. But on that day, his wife married someone else. The scholar was so sad that he could never get sick again.”

“Wow!” Princess Gaoyang cried out in alarm, “That woman is too good!-Master Qing Shan, why are you telling such a story! Don’t you know that Mubai and I … are … about to get married?”

“I know. Your Highness, please calm down.” Qing Shan smiled calmly and continued, “The scholar’s family couldn’t cure the illness of the scholar even if they asked for all the famous doctors. They were very anxious. One day, a monk passed by his house and volunteered to treat the scholar. He didn’t apply any needles or medication, but just took out a mirror to show the scholar.”

“It’s a three-life mirror that can see people’s past and present lives. An image appeared in the mirror, revealing a beach. A naked female corpse was lying on the beach. At this moment, a person passed by, took a look, shook his head and left; Soon another person came and took off his clothes and covered the woman. Finally, someone came and dug a pit to bury the woman’s corpse.

“The scholar was very puzzled. At this moment, a scene appeared in the mirror. When the woman was in her bridal chamber at night, her husband lifted his lid …”

At this point, Qing Shan paused for a moment. Seeing this, Princess Gaoyang and Concubine Yin De looked at him in confusion. Qin Mubai took a cup of tea and drank it thoughtfully.

“Benefactor Qin, what did you think of?” Qing Shan asked.

Qin Mubai clasped his hands together for a moment and smiled, “Disciple is thinking that the female corpse and the female corpse are the same person in his previous life. That scholar is probably the person who covered the female corpse in his previous life, and that woman’s husband is the kind-hearted person who buried him in the pit.”

“Ah” Concubine Yin De and Princess Gaoyang exclaimed in surprise.

Qing Shan’s eyes flashed with an imperceptible divine light of admiration and admiration. He smiled and nodded, “Good luck, good luck … Good luck, good luck!”

“Master Qingshan … Then …” Princess Gaoyang hesitated for a moment and said, “Then, could Mubai be the person who buried me in my previous life?”

“I don’t know, I can’t say.” Qing Shan closed his eyes and smiled. He said leisurely, “In my previous life, fate is destined to come and go. Who can say it clearly? If you know the day, you know the night. If you know the beginning, you know the end. If you don’t understand the face of your past life, you will know where you will live and where you will live. Why would Your Highness be so persistent in your previous life?”

“I don’t understand” Princess Gaoyang shook her head in confusion.

Qing Shan smiled and nodded, “Then please listen to another story, Your Highness!”

“Alright!”

“Once upon a time, there was a temple that was filled with incense. It was passed down for a thousand years. Under the eaves of the temple, there was a spider. After listening to Buddhist scriptures for a thousand years, it gained intelligence and Buddhist enlightenment. One day, the Buddha came to this temple and asked the spider, ‘What is the most precious thing in the world?'”

At this point, Qing Shan stopped and asked with a smile, “The three of you might as well answer this question. Imperial Concubine De, please go first!”

Imperial Concubine Yin De clasped her hands together and bowed. She bit her lips and eyebrows lightly and pondered for a moment before saying, “There is no difference between a true heart and a thing. The most precious thing in the world is nothing but something that is not obtained or lost.”

Qing Shan nodded and smiled, “Where is Her Highness the Princess?”

Princess Gaoyang did not hesitate to say, “Emotion! The most noble thing in the world is emotion-kinship, love, friendship!”

Qing Shan still nodded and smiled, asking Qin Mubai, “Where is Benefactor Qin?”

Qin Mubai put down her teacup and put her hands together. She smiled and said, “This moment, including every moment of her life, is the most precious.”

Qing Shan raised his eyebrows, and the Buddha Pearl in his hand couldn’t help but pause for a moment.

“Master, who of us answered correctly?” Princess Gaoyang asked.

Qing Shan smiled but did not answer. Instead, he said, “After listening to this story, you will know that after the Buddha finished asking the spider, the spider’s answer was’ What is not obtained, and what is lost, is the most precious’.”

“Ah? The same answer as my mother?!” Princess Gaoyang cried out in shock.

Imperial Concubine Yin De was also stunned for a moment as she looked at Qing Shan in astonishment.

“Don’t worry.” Qing Shan only smiled and continued, “The Buddha received the spider’s reply and left without saying a word.” Another thousand years later, the Buddha came to this temple again and still saw the spider. After a thousand years of cultivation, the Spider Buddha’s nature and comprehension had greatly increased. The Buddha asked the same question again, and the spider also answered. The most precious thing in the world was what was lost and what was not obtained. “The Buddha still didn’t say anything. He nodded and smiled as he floated away.”

The three of them held their breaths and listened quietly to Qing Shan’s story.

Qing Shan closed his eyes and muttered, “Another thousand years passed. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew down a dewdrop and landed on the spider’s body.” The spider suddenly felt very comfortable and happy. It felt that this was its happiest day in three thousand years. However, the wind did not stop, and the drop of dew was quickly blown down, causing the spider to be very disappointed and sad. At this moment, the Buddha appeared and continued to ask the same question. The spider thought of the dew droplet and said sadly, the most precious thing in the world is not getting it, and losing it.

“The Buddha Lord smiled and said to it. Since you are so persistent, I will let you go to the mortal world and arrange a marriage for you. As a result, the spider was reincarnated into the human world and became a daughter of a famous family. She was beautiful, generous, and well-known. The people who came to beg for a marriage had broken through the threshold, but she had always insisted on not marrying, waiting for the Buddha to arrange a marriage for her. Finally, one day, she met a man named Ganlu. He was the top student in the new subject, talented and elegant, and she was sure at a glance that this was the fate of her life. Because she recognized that the number one scholar, ‘Ganlu’, was the drop of dew that she had encountered on the spider web a few years ago. So she found Ganlu and told him what she was thinking. However, Ganlu was very confused and thought that she was ridiculous. He rejected her favor. A few days later, the palace ordered Ganlu to marry a princess and betrothed her to another prince she did not know. When the spider heard the news, it was like a thunderbolt from the blue. She could not understand why the Buddha had played such a trick on her. As a result, she did not eat or drink and was about to die. When the prince heard the news, he hurriedly ran to see her. Seeing that she was on the verge of death, the prince said painfully that he had fallen in love with her at first sight, so he went to ask his father to grant him a marriage. If Spider couldn’t live, he wouldn’t have the desire to live anymore! So, he prepared to pull out his sword and commit suicide … ”

“Wow” Princess Gaoyang sighed softly. “This prince is so infatuated! But the spider only has Ganlu in its heart. If it was me, it would be really difficult!”

Qing Shan smiled and said, “Just as the prince was about to pull out his sword and commit suicide, Buddha appeared.” The spider immediately questioned the Buddha, why did he treat her like this? The Buddha replied with a smile. Spiders and nectar were brought and carried away by the wind. He only belonged to the wind. The princess who betrothed the number one scholar Ganlu was Feng. That drop of sweet dew is just a passer-by in your life. Although you are full of yearning for it, it does not belong to you after all. The prince was a grass under the spider web of the Buddhist temple back then. He looked up at you for three thousand years and admired you for three thousand years, but you never lowered your head to look at him. ”

“After the Buddha finished speaking, the spider and the prince recalled the three thousand years of time. The Buddha asked again,” Spider, let me ask you again, what is the most precious thing in the world? “The spider was moved to tears. She hugged the prince and said,” The most precious thing in the world is not the happiness that you have lost or obtained, but the happiness that you can grasp right now! ”

Qing Shan’s story was over. The room was quiet.

Princess Gaoyang’s eyes were red, but she did not cry or shed tears. She only held her mother’s hand tightly and bit her lips.

Qin Mubai frowned as she carried the cup of tea. Looking at the tiny tea powder floating on the tea surface, she thought to herself, “Although Buddhism and Taoism are somewhat illusory, there are many wise and famous quotes.” This story is wonderful. Indeed, the most cherished thing in the world is what you have right now. When you have it, you don’t feel it. After you lose it, you regret it. This is probably also a common human illness …

At this moment, Qin Mubai could vaguely feel a strange gaze gently and unintentionally landing on his face. Without thinking about it, he instinctively raised his eyelids and looked at the other side, just in time to meet Concubine Yin De’s eyes.

His four eyes met and quickly separated.

Qin Mubai couldn’t understand the meaning behind her gaze.

“Three thousand years of admiration and admiration, you never lowered your head to look at him …”

…

“All three of you are destined to be Buddhas.” Qing Shan’s voice broke the tranquility of the scene. She was still calm and relaxed as she said leisurely, “Mother and daughter are one-hearted, equally infatuated with love.” The most precious thing in the world was indeed emotion. Who could be ruthless if they weren’t vegetation? Buddha also has emotions and sympathizes with all living beings in the world. However, Imperial Concubine De, Your Highness, the most precious thing in the world is not that you can’t obtain it or have lost it, but that you can grasp the happiness at this moment. Just as Benefactor Qin said, this moment, every moment of life, is beautiful and worth cherishing. ”

“Thank you, Master.”

The three of them clasped their hands together and bowed.

Godly worship.

“Imperial Concubine De, I still have one last story to tell you. However, if Her Highness the Princess and Benefactor Qin are interested, you may as well listen.” Qing Shan said.

“Thank you, Master.” Qin Mubai and Princess Gaoyang did not intend to leave.

“Once upon a time, there was a peerlessly beautiful woman who was arrogant and arrogant, ignoring ordinary suitors and only pursuing her ideal husband. One day, she accidentally saw a man in the vast sea of people. Her heart thumped and she decided that the man was the marriage of her life. However, the man disappeared in a flash, and she could no longer find him. Thus, she went to beg for Buddha. She touched the Buddha with her devotion and persistence, so the Buddha appeared and asked her, Do you want to see that man again? The woman replied yes. Buddha said, you have to cultivate for five hundred years and be exposed to the sun for five hundred years before you can see him again. Are you willing? The woman replied, “I am willing.”

“Thus, the Buddha made her transform into a stone and lay in the wilderness. She was exposed to the wind and sunshine for 499 years and did not see a single person. In the 500th year, a few stonemasons came to cut her into stone strips from the mountains and used them to build bridges. Finally, she waited for the man to cross the bridge. However, the man did not know that he had turned into a stone and left with a quick glance. The woman was unwilling and said to the Buddha, I am willing to be exposed to another 500 years of wind and 500 years of sunlight, just so that I can touch his skin. Buddha agreed. The Buddha made her transform into a tree, growing for five hundred years alone. It was a cool day. The man came under the tree, sleepy and tired. He lay under the shade of the tree and rested for a moment. The woman sobbed with joy, pulling the tree branches into the shade and shielding him from the blazing sun. The man slept under the tree and woke up. He touched the tree trunk gratefully and left.

Princess Gaoyang’s eyes were red as she whispered, “That man is so heartless …”

Qing Shan only smiled and continued, “When the man disappeared, the Buddha appeared. He asked the woman if you still wanted to be a husband and wife with him for the rest of your life, then you should continue cultivating. The woman smiled relieved and shook her head. She said that although I really wanted to, I didn’t need to. In this way, I am already very satisfied, love him, do not have to have him as his wife. Fo Xin Ran nodded and smiled. He and his current wife had been exposed to the sun for three thousand years in order to be able to form a husband and wife for a lifetime, “said Fo Xin Ran.

Princess Gaoyang immediately burst into tears. She got up and walked to Qin Mubai’s side. She crouched down and hugged him tightly, “Mubai, we’ve only been cultivating together for 3,000 years!”

“Amitabha … there is no life or death, and it keeps coming and going. It’s just like yesterday’s dream. I really have to accept it.” Qing Shan closed his eyes and put his hands together as he smiled. “The true end of this story is that Buddha said that in order to see him, you should touch him once and be exposed to the wind for five hundred years and the sun for five hundred years.” Actually, another person has been cultivating hard for two thousand years in order to see you touch you once and become a husband and wife with you once in a lifetime. Now … he can probably suffer less for a thousand years. ”

Imperial Concubine Yin De’s eyes were tightly shut and her lips trembled slightly. She bent her hands together and bowed to the ground with her head nodded, “Master, this disciple knows his mistake. This disciple knows what to do …”

“Amitabha” Qing Shan let out a long sigh and nodded with a smile. “Where can I find a mountain and a river? Every word and every silence is always by Yi; It was all about touching one’s back, and one only knew how cold and warm one was. Imperial Concubine De, you have no choice but to flee from the depths of your mortal roots, so why are you so far-fetched? Optimistic knowing fate, no joy, no worry, wonderful nature, its happiness is difficult to describe. Old Ni will pass on the words he said to Benefactor Qin to you. If there is a Buddha in your heart, then Buddha is everywhere, so why bother to stick to the Buddhist temple? –You, go! ”

Princess Gaoyang was shocked, “Master, where did you send my mother?”

“Where did you come from? Where did you go?” Qing Shan closed his eyes and smiled. He let out a long cry, “Amitabha …”

Imperial Concubine Yin De nodded her head and kowtowed a few times. She leisurely stood up and looked at the lofty Buddha statue above her head. She leisurely said, “Gaoyang, accompany Mother to see you … Father Emperor!”

Qin Mubai drank his last sip of tea, put down his teacup, and stood up.

Right now, he could only see Concubine Yin De’s back. However, it was as if she had seen a sigh that had passed through a thousand years … She had to return after all to protect the man that she hadn’t been able to see for three thousand years in order to have a life-long relationship with him. She had cultivated hard for two thousand years but was unable to see him … As for me, I might have draped a garment over her corpse in my previous life and transformed it into something that would reveal itself to her. She was destined to be a passer-by in her life.

Passers-by …