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After arriving at the side hall, Emperor Deqing observed secretly and found that the man crying with a headache was an old man in his fifties. The old man was in ragged clothes and looked vicissitudes of life. He was kneeling in front of the golden statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. He kept sobbing in a low voice, his cry was miserable, and his expression was pitiful.
Behind the old man, there were more than ten people following. They all appeared to be from poor families, and their expressions were extremely sad. After hearing the old man's low sobs, they also started crying one by one.
After Emperor Deqing came to the side hall, he looked a little hesitant when he saw this scene.
Throughout his life, Emperor Deqing had very little experience in dealing with ordinary poor people, and even less experience in comforting others. Now he saw a group of poor people gathering together and sobbing continuously. Although he wanted to ask the reason, he couldn't Don't know how to speak.
From a certain point of view, "looking for Zhao Junchen when in trouble" has been one of Emperor Deqing's thinking inertia, so after hesitating for a moment, Emperor Deqing turned his head and looked at Zhao Junchen and ordered: "Junchen, You go and ask them what's going on. I came here this time to understand the sentiments of the people. Now that I have encountered the suffering of the people, I can't just sit back and ignore it."
Zhao Junchen agreed and walked quickly towards the leading old man.
Emperor Deqing also followed, intending to listen.
At this time, just outside the side hall, Hui Bao, the abbot of Nanchan Temple who had been hiding in secret to control the situation, also knew about the accident, but his face was full of anxiety, and he kept spying on the situation in the side hall, for fear of this accident It would cause Emperor Deqing's displeasure.
On the occasion of Emperor Deqing's visit to Nanchan Temple. In order to serve Emperor Deqing well and prevent any accidents from happening, Huibao took great pains and prepared everything. Although today's Canglang Pavilion is open to the public on the surface, in fact all believers who enter Canglang Pavilion to burn incense and worship Buddha have been strictly screened. They are all familiar believers who are neatly dressed, have clean family backgrounds, and are honest and responsible. However, those believers who are disheveled, have bad family backgrounds, have bad temperament, and have unknown origins are all turned away.
However, although Huibao tried his best, he still could not prevent "accidents" from happening.
At this time, a group of people were crying in front of the golden statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. They were disheveled, of unknown origin, and looked like they were going to cause trouble. Logically speaking, it was impossible for these people to enter the main hall of Canglang Pavilion. among.
However. I don’t know what went wrong, but these people actually avoided the obstruction of Nanchan Temple, arrived at the Main Hall without anyone noticing, and even attracted the attention of Emperor Deqing with their cries!
"What on earth is going on!?" After seeing the situation in the side hall, Hui Bao turned to the monks behind him and asked: "These people are all disheveled and have unknown origins. How on earth did they appear here? Didn’t I already give you instructions? People like this must not be allowed in, otherwise if it causes His Majesty’s displeasure, our Nanzen Temple will be in trouble!”
After hearing Hui Bao's question, several monks also looked at each other. After a long time, someone finally answered: "Host, we did follow your instructions. How did these people show up? I don't know, we don't know. Logically speaking, such a situation should never happen... "
Hui Bao's brows were twisted into knots, and there was a hint of worry in his expression.
He suddenly felt. The situation in front of me is really weird, as if it contains some conspiracy. Such a big omission, if no one deliberately arranged it. It’s impossible to give birth! In order to please Emperor Deqing, he invited Emperor Deqing to live in Canglang Pavilion this time. Perhaps it was a stupid decision, which caused Nanchan Temple to be involved in the whirlpool.
"Hurry up and check! What is going on!"
Following Hui Bao's instructions, several monks hurried away, leaving only Hui Bao still standing anxiously outside the side hall, continuing to spy on the situation in the side hall, praying to the Buddha in his heart, hoping that the accident in front of him would not happen. Will let Emperor Deqing move his anger to Nanchan Temple.
Speaking of which, this was the first time he had prayed to the Buddha so devoutly since he became the abbot of Nanzen Temple.
And in just a few words, the situation in the side hall has changed again!
At this time, Zhao Junchen had already asked clearly why the people were crying, and Emperor Deqing was also listening.
Hui Bao was too far away to hear the details clearly. He only saw that Emperor Deqing seemed to have an angry look on his face, Zhou Shangjing was silent, and Zhao Junchen had his head lowered, making his expression unclear.
Zhao Junchen was quite approachable. After a few words of comfort, he quickly gained the trust of several people and found out the reason for their crying.
It turns out that these common people are all fishermen in Suzhou. Just a year ago, Japanese pirates invaded Suzhou. After the Japanese pirates entered Suzhou by boat along the river, the fishermen living by the river became the first victims. Due to the burning, killing and looting by Japanese pirates, many fishermen suffered tragedy of losing their families and their lives!
The people who are crying in front of them all have relatives at home who were killed in the tragedy. Now is the anniversary, so we came to the Main Hall of Nanzen Temple today not only to pay homage to the deceased relatives, but also to pay homage to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. Pray for blessings and hope that under the protection of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, those deceased relatives can be reincarnated into a good family in the next life and will not suffer anymore.
However, during the memorial ceremony, when they thought of the tragedy last year, these people could not hold back the grief in their hearts, but they cried one after another, which finally attracted the attention of Emperor Deqing!
The descriptions of these common people are the reason why Emperor Deqing, Zhou Shangjing, Zhao Junchen and others have different expressions.
In fact, when Emperor Deqing heard the word "Japanese pirate", his expression changed. His originally gentle eyes suddenly became sharper, and he looked at Zhou Shangjing from time to time with a very serious expression.
On the other side, Zhou Shangjing seemed thoughtful and had a pained expression on his face, but he remained silent.
As for Zhao Junchen, he lowered his head, but did not intend to express any opinions.
The atmosphere between the three of them became dull.
After a moment, Emperor Deqing suddenly turned around, quickly left the Main Hall, and walked towards the back garden of Canglang Pavilion.
Zhao Junchen and Zhou Shangjing quickly followed.
After the three of them left the scope of the Main Hall, Emperor Deqing finally spoke.
"Zhou Aiqing, this is the second time I have heard about the Japanese pirates causing trouble in Suzhou! Last time, you promised me sternly that the so-called Japanese pirates in Suzhou were completely false. I believed you at the time, but How are you going to explain this situation now?!"
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...To be continued.
