Chapter 368: Worship the Buddha with peace of mind
Chapter 368: Worship the Buddha with peace of mind
A quarter of an hour later, everyone in the No. 7 dormitory where they lived suddenly became nervous and anxious.
Master Yan personally went to the front yard to find the presiding abbot, saying that the little girl at home had a convulsion and fell into a coma, which caused high fever, and that the wife was feeling unwell and collapsed.
The abbot sent a doctor from the monastery to check on her, who came out and said that she was fine. It was just anxiety that caused her illness, and she would be fine with her.
But the doctor only prescribed two doses of medicine. Seeing that the young lady's fever persisted, he suggested that they find a better doctor in Shaocheng.
After Master Yan returned to his dormitory, he immediately sent someone to drive a carriage out. The carriage's door was tightly covered with curtains. One carriage was said to be going to Shaocheng to find the best doctor, and the other carriage was said to be going more than ten miles according to the abbot's instructions. I found an extremely powerful country doctor in a small town outside.
The two carriages came back one after another within an hour. After the two doctors went in for consultation, they were placed in the guard's hospital. They said that the young lady was seriously ill and could not go back for the time being.
Soon there were guards riding out to buy medicine. Then the maids were busy in the dormitory, decoction and serving medicine. Occasionally, there were people shouting "bringing porridge" and "heating hot water". It must be that women and children were all sick. It must be done lightly, otherwise there would not be such a big battle.
Throughout the day, you could occasionally hear Mr. Yan's angry and angry curses, and saw a maid kneeling down in front of him from a distance, not knowing what mistake she had made.
Two women dressed as pilgrims stood under the peach blossom forest that had not yet bloomed but still stretched out its bare branches, watching everything from a distance.
There were other pilgrims watching together, but the others just took one look and left. Only these two were relatively good-looking, and looked like they lived in the temple permanently.
"I'm afraid that because of the child's illness, this large group of people will have to spend a lot of time in Zhaojue Temple. They will definitely not be able to return within seven or eight days."
"How can a child withstand this journey? This time he will have to shed his skin even if he doesn't die. I don't think it's possible to celebrate the New Year here."
"I just heard from the young monk who was sweeping the floor in the front yard that the ceremony was originally scheduled for two days after tomorrow, but now it is scheduled for three days later. It's hard to say whether it will work after three days."
"Let's go back to sleep. I haven't slept well since last night. I just laid down this morning and was woken up by that scream again."
"Later, you go out and tell the people outside to send a message to the capital. We will just guard the people inside. Go and do what you need to do. The affairs of the capital are not our responsibility."
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In fact, when Master Yan and the others found Master Lin and told him that they had to rush back because of urgent matters, Master Lin told them that there was indeed a fast passage and they could rush to the capital in twelve days.
But Mr. Lin asked them too much: "Do I need to write a letter and have the carrier pigeon send it back in advance? This can save half the time."
This completely eased their worries, and Zimo was confused. He and Master Jue could use carrier pigeons between Taohua Village and the capital. There was no reason that Prince Chun didn't have such channels with his brother on the border.
I'm afraid Master Jue's carrier pigeon was given to him by Prince Chun?
I am so busy that I feel so stupid.
It is much faster to send messages by carrier pigeon. As long as the news is passed to Prince Chun, the defense work can be started in advance, and it will not be delayed if Master Yan returns a few days later.
Master Yan thought that maybe the thief would have been caught if he hadn't returned to the capital, and the person behind the scenes would have surfaced.
Once the route was determined, it was time to figure out how to get back to Beijing without letting the thieves notice.
So it wasn't long before the horse-drawn carriage went out to invite the doctor.
Those two tightly surrounded carriages were actually occupied by Lord Yan and his ten personal guards. Also going out was Lord Lin. The carriages were fully loaded, and only Lord Lin was the one returning, and he did take them back. The doctor.
As for the other manpower, it is natural to borrow Master Lin's, and the soldiers are more familiar with the return journey.
As for the safety issues along the way, it was only after Yan Guogong left that he discussed the arrangements with Mr. Lin.
Zimo was kept by Master Yan. Zimo was as tall as Mr. Yan, and his figure looked similar even if he wore a cotton-padded jacket. As long as people were not close, no one could tell the difference.
For the rest of the trip, if the higher-ups found out that it was just a trap set up by them, and they would be furious, it would be hard to say what they would do to his wife and daughter.
He didn't believe that a black-hearted person who could even think of things to taint a woman's innocence would have mercy on women and children.
So even though Zimo was there, he was still a little worried, and he gave Master Lin a lot of instructions, all to ask him to protect his wife and daughter.
In fact, Zimo would have stayed had Master Yan not arranged this. Although he was very loyal to Duke Shun, he still listened to Master Jue at critical moments. He knew his mission and would be wherever the young lady was.
For the rest of the trip, without Master Yan's joint discussion, Zimo knew that the responsibility on his shoulders would be even greater.
He had to guard against thieves and also play two roles. He was so busy that he had to sleep with one eye open at night.
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Three days later, Li Yan, still sick and pale, was supported by two maids and came to the front hall of Zhaojue Temple to begin her journey of worshiping the Buddha.
After kowtowing to the Buddha in the main hall, burning incense, and offering ten thousand taels of sesame oil money, I meditated and listened to lectures in the main hall for two hours every morning and afternoon, and ate vegetarian meals from the temple.
His face was haggard and his expression was pious.
Mr. Yan did not enter the main hall, but he was invited in twice by the abbot. That was a courtesy that ordinary people could not get.
It is said that those who can receive personal teachings from the abbot will surely achieve great enlightenment.
In addition, Mr. Yan rarely goes out. He will only practice sword practice on the edge of the cliff for half an hour at dusk when the sky starts to get dark. After practicing the sword, he will sit on the cold stone and clasp his hands. , chanting words devoutly and meditating for a quarter of an hour, until the sky completely darkened.
"This prince of the country can sit still. I'm afraid he won't be able to laugh anymore when he returns to the capital, and he will be exiled by his whole family, right?"
"I heard that that one is still an infatuated person. When the time comes, he can go to the barbarian land to fall in love, haha."
For several days, I saw their family taking their time, and there was still one doctor left, so the peeping people had long lost their interest.
"Who knows, I heard that we will set off tomorrow. We will be considered successful and we will definitely be rewarded then."
"Don't you care about it later?"
"It's none of our business!"
What the two men in black said was clearly understood by the guards arranged by Zimo.
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