After I got into the drama, I led the plot astray

After Gongsun Wen finished speaking, he left without looking back.

I shouted, "Is there a reward for doing good deeds? How about giving me a few taels of silver for tea, cousin?"

After hearing this, Gongsun Wen almost bumped his head against the wooden pillar. He turned around, glared at me, and left in anger.

Seeing Gongsun Wen’s frustrated look, I laughed like a hen.

Jinping saw that I had offended Gongsun Wen without knowing the consequences, so he pulled my arm and said angrily, "We've already told you not to get involved in Lord Gongsun's affairs, but you insist on getting involved. What will we do if Lord Gongsun blames us later?"

I said disapprovingly: "He is not such a petty person. Besides, I am just helping him out."

"Rescue?" Jinping looked at me puzzled.

I took Jinping's hand and said, "Let's go. You don't understand."

Jinping was a little stiff with my arm around him. He instinctively resisted my intimate gesture, but because I was his sister, he was too embarrassed to push me away. After a pause, he asked curiously, "I'll understand if you tell me."

I walked out holding Jinping's hand and said, "There's someone living in his heart, and it's not so easy to let go. Forcing someone around him will only make him more disgusted. He doesn't dare to offend His Majesty, so I have to be the only one who can do this ugly job. Hey, eating his food and using his things here, there must be some use for it, right?"

Jinping scratched his head and asked blankly, "What does it mean to have someone living in your heart?"

I rolled my eyes at him and said, "I've already told you, but you don't understand. Why are you still asking? Hurry up and leave. I'll buy you some calligraphy books later so you can practice your calligraphy. Your handwriting is so awful that you can't even get into the lowest-level academy, let alone the Royal Academy."

Jinping said unconvincedly, "The ugly handwriting can't be changed in a short time. Lord Gongsun said to give us three days. Let me recover first."

I was so angry that I kicked him and said, "Slow down, slow down. These three days are for me. You must go back to your room and read and learn to read for me right now. If you can't memorize the ten required essays for the entrance exam in these three days, you don't have to worship Gongsun Wen as your teacher. You can just go back to Yongcheng and sell tofu."

Jinping's eyes widened as he said, "Ten essays required for admission. Do you know how difficult it is to memorize them? I'll be thankful to the Buddha if I can memorize one."

"Okay, you'd better make up your mind to go back to Nancheng to sell tofu." After I said that, I shook off Jinping's hand and left angrily.

Jinping saw that I was angry, and hurriedly chased after me, shouting, "A-Man, don't walk so fast. Can two articles be done? Three at most. If you want more, I really can't memorize them all."

"Get lost!" I ignored him and walked faster and faster.

We walked away, and Gongsun Wen walked out from the inner room, pacing.

He looked at our backs, smiled bitterly, and said, "There's someone living in your heart? You can see clearly, girl."

After saying that, he sighed heavily, turned around and walked towards the study.

That thin figure looks desolate and lonely. If I saw it, I would definitely feel sad.

Not long after Jinping and I returned to the yard, Huangjue Temple actually sent someone to deliver a Buddha statue to me!

This Buddha statue is very ordinary, so ordinary that I thought it was just picked up from the roadside to get by.

This clay statue, which is not much taller than an ordinary chopstick, is made of yellow mud and is crudely made. The surface is full of pits and potholes, and apart from the round head and round body, I really can't see how this clay statue has anything to do with the Buddha statue.

If it weren't for the fact that several officials escorted the high monks from Huangjue Temple and made such a grand ceremony, I would have really thought it was a prank.

Before leaving, the monk solemnly told me that this is a Buddha statue with great Buddhist nature, and must be enshrined in a sunny place. I must wash my hands and burn incense every day. After offering incense, I must chant scriptures in front of the Buddha statue for at least half an hour. When the Buddha feels my piety, he will accept my incense and offerings. Over time, the clay Buddha body will naturally turn into a golden body, and from then on, I will be safe and sound in my life.

After the monk said so much, I finally got the point. I looked at the clay Buddha statue in my hand in disbelief and said with some stammering: "You, you mean, if I offer sacrifices to it every day, this clay statue will eventually turn into a golden body? What does this golden body refer to?"

The monk smiled and said, "If the donor is sincere, he will know it naturally."

After the monk finished speaking, he left under the escort of the officials.

Yiping and Jinping also looked at the clay Buddha statue with curiosity. Not only was the workmanship rough, but even the mouth, ears, eyes and nose were blurred. It was really hard to believe that this was a Buddha statue with great Buddhist nature.

Jinping couldn't help but say, "To be honest, I can make it look better than this with mud."

Yi Ping rolled his eyes at Jinping and said, "Can you turn yourself into a golden body in the future?"

Jinping choked and said with his neck stiff, "Can you believe what a monk says?"

Yi Ping snorted and said, "If I don't believe him, how can I believe you? He is a senior monk from Huangjue Temple! Do you know where Huangjue Temple is? It is a royal Buddhist holy place. Senior monks who have cultivated Buddha nature are said to be able to know the past and the future and travel through time and space. It's amazing."

Jinping looked at Yiping in disbelief and asked, "How did you know this?"

I also looked at Yiping curiously, not understanding how he could know all this at such a young age.

Yi Ping sighed and said, "Second sister doesn't have the memory of the past, so it's fine if she doesn't remember, but how could you forget it, eldest brother?"

Jinping's eyes widened and he asked, "What did I forget?"

Yi Ping said: "In previous years, when my grandmother was in good health, she would come to Wangjing City every year. First, she would visit my second sister. Although my second sister didn't like us before, my grandmother would still bring her some fruits and vegetables grown at home; second, she would go to Huangjue Temple to burn incense and pray for blessings. Every year, I followed my grandmother to burn incense. I went there so often that I naturally heard a lot of rumors about Huangjue Temple. It's just that my grandmother's health has not been good in recent years, so we don't go there anymore."

Jinping seemed to suddenly realize something and said, "No wonder I don't remember it. I went to Huangjue Temple once, but I found it too boring. When my grandmother called me to go again, I either pretended to be sick or pretended to be busy. Then my grandmother never called me again."

Yi Ping rolled her eyes at Jinping and said, "You were too unmotivated before. You were lazy whenever you could, and you pretended to be sick whenever you could. You never paid attention to family matters, and you made your grandmother very angry."

Jinping touched the back of his head awkwardly and said, "Now you know, don't you?"

Yiping wanted to say something, but I quickly pulled her aside and said, "Okay, it's getting late, and we still have to go out. Let's pack up and go out."

"Go to the streets?" Jinping and Yiping looked at me in surprise, not understanding why I suddenly wanted to go to the streets.

I said, "I'm going to go buy Jinping some calligraphy practice books and some entrance exam guides. I'm going to have him cram for the next few months, and hopefully he can pass the spring entrance exam."