Sixteen-year-old Huiminghe was originally a nun next to the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha. When she stepped out of the mountain gate and collected herbs on the way, she met a nine-year-old Miao boy Aluo who was covered with injuries.
The skirt of his clothes was soaked with strange blue medicinal stains, and the bamboo tube around his waist made a rustling sound, which turned out to be the legendary Miao Jiang magic technique that could control insects and beasts.
Huiminghe broke the precepts to rescue him, and returned to the temple with the child who was wary but clutched the bag tightly.
Seeing his helpless appearance, she suddenly had a delusional thought: If she lured him into the world to gain fame, would she be able to change her destiny?
So he disobeyed the teacher's instructions and secretly taught him how to read and write in person. He accompanied him to read the Analects of Confucius from the "Three Character Classic" and watched his thin body stand upright in the academy.
The road to the imperial examination was full of thorns. People were afraid of his status as a "gu boy", his classmates ridiculed him coldly, and he was full of doubts about his life experience.
However, Aluo uses poison to relieve the danger of epidemic diseases in his hometown, and uses the strategies he has learned to criticize current problems, gradually tearing off the label of prejudice.
He couldn't help but fall in love with the master who rescued him and accompanied him to encourage him to grow. He wore the same clothes as her and used the same items as her. Carefully showing his little thoughts.
And Huiminghe also wavered in his faith in getting along day and night. From the initial lack of understanding and disapproval, to when he picked up the scattered beads for her, and when her fingertips touched the thick calluses of his palms, the sound of wooden fish in the green smoke in the Zen room gradually turned into the rhythm of her heartbeat.
From the evening drums and morning bells to the front of the Jinluan Palace, from the Miao Gu King to the pillars of the imperial court, what they have transcended is not just the shackles of worldly vision and etiquette.
When the champion man in red robe knelt down to worship the emperor's favor, he tapped his ink pen towards the plain white monk figure outside the mountain gate:
"This disciple's career and fame are all because he wants to marry my master."
