roccoschili Chapter 160 No Connection with Buddha
Chapter 160 No Connection with Buddha
The three of them traveled a long way through the mountains to reach Shuiyue Nunnery, where a young nun led them into the nunnery. The young nun pointed to Old Madam Ye, who was sweeping the floor.
“Benefactor, Madam Ye is there.”
"Thank you!"
The austere life in the nunnery for more than two months had made all the excess fat on Madam Ye's body disappear. Her loose gray clothes swayed on her body, making her look particularly empty.
Her once round face now has prominent cheekbones, and her eyes have lost their former sharpness and arrogance, appearing somewhat haggard.
Her fine clothes were gone, and her hair had lost its former luster. Her once meticulously styled hair was now messy and sparse, with a few strands of silver hair fluttering in the wind.
“My grandmother has never done these things at home. It seems she has been suffering a lot these days.”
Ye Chengzhu sighed, and Ye Yaoyao rolled her eyes, mocking him:
"To accompany the Buddha and sweep the floor is to suffer. Cousin Chengzu really doesn't understand human suffering. How will he be an honest official in the future?"
"Ye Yaoyao, you..."
“Little sister, Brother Chengzu has been carefully cared for by Aunt Xue since childhood. His hands have always been used to write articles and have never done any manual labor. How could he know that sweeping is nothing in the eyes of ordinary people?”
"Isn't that just being someone who never lifts a finger?"
Ye Chengzhu was so angry at their sarcasm that his face turned ashen. "Don't talk nonsense! When have I ever been such a pampered person!"
Ye Yaoyao seized the opportunity to launch into a tirade of mockery:
"Grandmother was supposed to be cultivating her character in the nunnery, but in my cousin's eyes, it was suffering. If this gets out, I don't know how people will laugh at you, a talented man."
Ye Chengzhu was about to retort when Ye Li'an shook his head and said:
"Buddhist temples are places of purity, so let's not say anything more."
Ye Chengzhu was unconvinced. They had said the most, and they were just trying to shut him up because they had one more mouth. He was about to speak when the little nun who was leading the way was watching him, so he had to give up.
[You little brat, saying that in a nunnery? You're lucky they didn't kick you out with a broom. You're brainless.]
Every time Madam Ye swept the floor a few times, she would lift her sleeve and wipe away her tears.
As expected, two months of hardship did not temper her temper or reform her ways; she only felt wronged, and her two siblings showed no sympathy for her.
When Old Madam Ye looked up and saw the three of them, she dropped her broom and ran towards Ye Chengzhu, crying and complaining:
"Chengzu, my grandson, have you come to take your grandmother back? Life in this nunnery is unbearable, please take me back!"
There were clearly three people, but the old woman only saw her eldest grandson, Ye Chengzhu.
"Grandmother, Father sent us to take you home."
“The Buddha’s teachings are boundless and enlighten all beings. Grandmother, what can the Buddha do to you with all this crying and wailing?”
“Amitabha, benefactors, our nunnery is a place of pure cultivation, and we cannot allow her to cleanse herself of her sins. The master says she has no affinity with Buddhism and still needs to bear karmic burdens. Please take her away!”
The young nun chanted a Buddhist prayer and walked away.
After hugging Ye Chengzhu enough, Old Madam Ye glared at the two siblings and asked, "Why are you two here too?"
Old Madam Ye was too excited to see anyone, and clearly hadn't heard Ye Chengzhu say he would take her back. Ye Yaoyao replied to her:
"If I take you back, are you still going down the mountain?"
Upon hearing this, Madam Ye's face immediately lit up with joy, and she pulled her beloved grandson aside and laughed:
“Great, Chengzu, Grandma has missed you so much. Let’s go quickly, I don’t want to stay in this awful place for another second.”
“Grandmother, please don’t say that.” This is a place for worshipping the gods, and Ye Chengzhu still holds it in reverence.
Ye Li'an looked at her coldly.
"Grandmother, don't worry. Father and we discussed this before bringing you back. We have something to say to you beforehand."
Madam Ye was taken aback, and a bad premonition welled up in her heart.
“If Grandmother treats Xiyao the same way as before after returning to the manor, or disrupts the peace of the manor, we will send her to a nunnery or back to her hometown.”
Madam Ye's eyes widened. How could that be? She couldn't even eat here, and without doing any work, she didn't even get to drink porridge. So, taking her back meant that she, an elder, would have to put up with the attitudes of the younger generation. How could that be?
Just as he was about to explode, he met Ye Lian'an's cold gaze and, remembering his current predicament, could only swallow his anger.
“Li An, Grandmother knows she was wrong. Grandmother was wrong before, and she will never do it again.”
"I hope you keep your word. Pack your things and let's go!"
"There's nothing else to take, let's go!"
Ye Li'an glanced at her and walked ahead with Ye Yaoyao.
On the way back, Ye Yaoyao and her brother rode in a carriage, and she would occasionally lift the curtain to look outside.
"We're still in the mountains, the assassin must be coming out soon, right?"
Ye Li'an's ears twitched. "They're here."
A large group of burly men wielding knives rushed out and surrounded them. The leader, a stout man, shouted fiercely:
"Don't move! Get down here and hand over your most valuable possessions. If you dare to resist, don't blame us for being merciless!"
"Are you bandits? When did a bandit hideout appear here?"
"This is my newly established hideout. Hehe, you're the first customers since the opening. Enough talk, hand over your valuables."
Ye Yaoyao and her brother got off the carriage without any resistance. Behind them, Old Madam Ye trembled and pulled Ye Chengzhu along, being forced down the carriage in a state of fear and trepidation.
"Sir, my brother and I came out this time to take our grandmother back. She is the most precious person to us, so please arrest her!"
Ye Yaoyao pointed at Old Madam Ye behind her, which provoked her to curse loudly.
"Ye Yaoyao, I am your grandmother, you unfilial witch."
The bandit leader glanced at the elderly woman and said, "What use is an old woman? Brothers, capture her and take her back to the stronghold."
"Hey! No, no, no! Sir, haven't you heard the saying 'An elder in the family is a treasure'? My father is a filial son, and you'll get your share of the benefits if you capture her. You have to believe me."
[Haha! This wanted murderer is playing the role of a bandit. I'll scare the old lady first.]
"Ye Yaoyao, you unfilial and disobedient wretched child, how dare you harm me!" Old Madam Ye was so frightened that she almost knelt down.
"Grandmother, don't worry, they won't harm us," Ye Chengzhu whispered in her ear.
"If you have no money, I'll kill you all."
"Instead of being wanted criminals by the imperial court, you're here pretending to be bandits? I want to see just how much power your backers have to let you leave here alive! Attack!"
As soon as Ye Li'an finished speaking, the guards drew their swords.
"Now that they recognize me, brothers, kill them quickly!"
The burly man at the head of the group charged ahead, but Ji Xiao appeared and stopped him.
The brother and sister were protected in the middle. Ye Yaoyao held a sword in her hand. Although she was only a novice and it was her first time killing an enemy, with Ye Li'an's secret help, she wielded the sword quite skillfully.