Chapter 1068: The Match (6)
Yang Ruxin and her party arrived at the foot of Qinglian Mountain without any trouble, where Qinglian Temple was located at the mountain’s base.
It was said that a long time ago, so early that it was beyond tracing, a Monk named Qing Lian settled here after his wanderings, and he often treated the illnesses of the local people. After his death, he was buried on the hillside, and his original thatched cottage came to be known as Qinglian House. Over time, it was renovated and eventually became Qinglian Temple, and the mountain itself came to be called Qinglian Mountain as well.
Qinglian Mountain was not very tall, but the scenery was very beautiful, surrounded by several natural villages.
Right at the foot of the mountain facing the main entrance, there was a rather large pond called Qinglian Pond, which was said to have been excavated by lovers from Qinglian Temple. Not only was it filled with lotus flowers, but also on its bank, there was a white marble sculpture over two meters tall of a Water-Dropping Guanyin standing on a lotus pedestal.
Nowadays, Qinglian Pond had become both a place for releasing captured animals and making wishes.
However, it was winter at this time, and no flowers could be seen, only the lifelike Guanyin statue.
Today was the third day of the lunar month, and there were quite a few people coming to offer incense. However, since Yuan Mengzhu had booked the monastery’s vegetarian meals in advance and was a County Magistrate’s madam, they did not disembark at the foot of the mountain. Instead, they took a side road upward for a while before finally stopping. As servants had come ahead to make arrangements, Little Monks were already waiting there.
"There are privileged classes everywhere," Yu Qingge sighed after disembarking from the carriage.
Yang Ruxin gave her a blank look, too lazy to bother with her, and then gathered her younger siblings, instructing everyone not to run off as getting lost would be troublesome. She also asked Du Man to accompany the younger ones and had Xiaolun and Xiaoyin each cling to Sini and Xiaofeng’s ankles.
Knowing that Yang Ruxin’s martial arts skills were no worse than hers, Du Man didn’t fuss and picked up Erya.
As for the others, with the guards brought by the godmother and the Shadow Guards around Gu Qingheng, there were no big issues.