The two were riding in the same carriage. Chu Ningyan praised Ye Zhenzhen's makeup repeatedly. Ye Zhenzhen didn't hide anything and shared her makeup experience with her. They had a great time talking along the way. They soon arrived at Xiangguo Temple.
Xiangguo Temple has a high status and is not located in the city wall, but in Fo'an Square on West Fourth Street. As Cui Weizhen said, people are coming and going today and it is so lively that carriages can't even drive inside the square.
Chu Ningyan felt strange, "There are too many people today, what's going on?"
The two of them got off the carriage and walked in, only to find that today was the day of the Xiangguo Temple religious meeting. Almost most of the believers came to participate.
Can't squeeze in.
Chu Ningyan was annoyed for a moment, "I chose the wrong day, I should have avoided this day."
Ye Zhenzhen saw it strangely.
She rarely visits temples and has never encountered such a lively scene. In her opinion, it is more of a rare entertainment festival for the common people than a famous religious ceremony.
I saw that the room was filled with stalls of various sizes, delicacies, handicrafts, Buddhist scriptures, Buddhist incense... and so on. There were even hundreds of opera performances, and all kinds of babbling singing.
In addition to performances by folk artists, the great monks from Xiangguo Temple are also performing, or to put it another way, they are giving a folk talk.
Popular lectures are a kind of popular lectures and songs in temple lectures. The content is mainly based on stories from Buddhist scriptures, making difficult-to-understand words popular and easy to understand, and using rap-style expression techniques to achieve the purpose of promoting the general meaning of the scriptures. The speaker said
He is a "lay monk".
I saw a solemn lay monk sitting in the square at the gate of Xiangguo Temple. He was knocking wooden fish in his hand and speaking in several tones. He was obviously role-playing and not only speaking in vernacular.
, and also sang from time to time, which was lifelike and wonderful. I guess he had practiced his skills.
Ye Zhenzhen watched the show with gusto, and Chu Ningyan did not rush her. She watched the show with her. When it came to an end, she said in a nostalgic tone, "I remember when I was young, I loved watching the lectures of lay people and monks. Every time
There is a Dharma assembly in Xiangguo Temple, and my mother always likes to take me to see the lay lectures. The performances of the lay lecture monks are much more exciting than the Baixi opera."
Different from Baixi, which was popular among women in later generations, Baixi at this time was only in its initial development stage. There were no popular opera genres such as Yue Opera, Kun Opera, Peking Opera, etc. Their originators are still singing ditties on the streets.
It is integrated into the form of performance, so its appeal is much less than that of lay monks.
Ye Zhenzhen understood this. Compared with later generations, the entertainment life of ancient people was still very scarce. After being bombarded with various entertainment programs, she didn't think there was anything exciting about the vulgar lectures, it was just interesting and lively to watch.
The lay monk started a new round of performance. The two of them had no interest in watching anymore. Chu Ningyan took Ye Zhenzhen and walked to Xiangguo Temple through the side door, "I also made appointments with a few handkerchief friends. Their temperament
They are all good, Zhen Zhen, you will definitely be able to get along with them."
Ye Zhenzhen knew that there were others, and what she was interested in was why Chu Ningyan was able to go astray.
Pilgrims enter the Xiangguo Temple through the main gate, and are greeted by the monk Zhike at the gate. The monks who come and go through the side door are all monks from the temple. The monk guarding the gate not only does not block them, but also greets them very familiarly, which is really strange.
She couldn't help but ask, "Are you familiar with the monks from Xiangguo Temple?"
A strange look appeared on Chu Ningyan's face. She seemed to be planning her words, and finally said in a subtle tone, "Didn't your husband tell you that the mouth in my family belongs to Master Xuyun of Xiangguo Temple?"
A lay disciple?"
Ye Zhenzhen's eyes widened with a look of surprise.
Zhou Xunting is a lay disciple of Xiangguo Temple? No!
Chu Ningyan knew she would show such a look, and immediately said helplessly, "You don't know, Xun Ting also liked to read secular lectures when she was a child. Once, she and my mother-in-law came to Xiangguo Temple and were watched by him when they visited Master Xuyun.
I told my mother-in-law that Xunting had a connection with Buddhism, and she kept urging my mother-in-law to let him become a monk..."
When she said this, she couldn't help but laugh, "Master Xuyun's Dharma is profound. Your Majesty often calls him to the palace to lecture on Dharma. His status is very respected. If you become his disciple, you will almost be the next abbot of Xiangguo Temple. If you are an ordinary person,
I was afraid that I might not be able to resist the temptation. Fortunately, my mother-in-law was very tight-lipped about Xun Ting and refused to say anything. She finally took a step back and let him become a lay disciple. He also has an independent courtyard in Xiangguo Temple.
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After Ye Zhenzhen listened to Zhou Xunting's experience as if she were listening to a story, she couldn't help but sigh, "Fortunately, Mrs. Zhou persevered. If Mr. Zhou became a monk, wouldn't you be missing your husband-in-law?"
Chu Ningyan's fierce temper was also teased by Ye Zhenzhen until she blushed. He glared at her with his charming red phoenix eyes and feigned anger, "There are many good men in the capital. If he really became a monk, that would be okay."
Well, I can also marry two other people so that I don't have to hang on his crooked tree. You don't know, he is not a worry at all."
As he said that, he started to complain about where Zhou Xunting had gone to play recently and why he was not stable. There was a mixture of love and hate in his tone, and he was very helpless towards his husband.
Even so, Ye Zhenzhen also knew that the relationship between the couple was very good, and they were nothing more than enemies.
The Chu family and the Zhou family are family friends. It is said that Chu Ningyan treated Zhou Xunting differently when she was a child and threatened to marry him when she grew up. This is very strange. Generally speaking, when Cui Weizhen and Zhou Xunting are together, the little girl
They generally like Cui Weizhen instead of Zhou Xunting. Zhou Xunting has become immune to this situation. It is rare for a young girl to like her with unique discernment, so she treats Chu Ningyan very differently.
It's a pity that his temperament is too out-of-touch, and he has the greedy and fun-loving temperament of a rich kid. He has been playing around all over the capital, and he has never stopped, forcing Chu Ningyan, a delicate and soft little girl, to become like this.
A bit of a shrewd temperament.
When Cui Weizhen and Ye Zhenzhen talked about these two people, their tone was very subtle. It was obvious that he was very surprised by the change in Chu Ningyan's temperament. He also knew the reason and did not criticize them more - after all, they were his close friends.
What a sin.
Chu Ningyan's shrewdness was well-known throughout the capital, and her daily routine of chasing Zhou Xunting to chase people away had become a scene in the capital. The elders of the Zhou family also knew about it, and they all responded with a hands-off attitude and acquiesced in their daughter-in-law's discipline of their son.
If Chu Ningyan hadn't been watching from the side, with Zhou Xunting's temperament, he would have already imitated those playboys who only care about women and care for others instead of making progress. Although he has a lot of problems now, it's not too much, and he is still studying in the Imperial College.
Therefore, Zhou Xunting was disciplined to death by Chu Ningyan.
