Baiyun Temple is located in the northwest of Mang Mountain, with lush trees and flowers. Although it is outside the main city of Luoyang, the lottery is very effective because of this place, so there are many pilgrims and the incense is strong.
Near noon, a canopy and emerald-curtained carriage slowly stopped outside the temple, the curtain was lifted, and a pair of Bi people came down hand in hand.
The woman wore a smoky pink embroidered dress with a slender waist and a graceful figure. Although she wore a veiled hat to cover her face, she could tell she looked good just by her figure and temperament.
And the man next to her, with black hair fixed by a simple jade hairpin, wearing a straight gown of black moiré tufted flower lake silk, tall and straight, with a clear and handsome appearance, and a dignified aura around her, which makes people dare not straighten. See.
Baiyun Temple is the most effective in seeking marriage, so most of the pilgrims are young men and women. At first sight of such outstanding men and women, everyone's eyes were attracted by coincidence.
The young gentlemen looked at the back of the little lady, trying to imagine her face under the hood.
Looking at the handsome man's side face, the young ladies all blushed, and even added a lot of money for sesame oil. I just hope that the Bodhisattva in the temple can work hard so that they can find such a handsome man. Jun—
Even if they weren't so handsome, they would be content with just half of him!
Tao Ti looked at the shy and timid eyes of those little girls, then looked at the man beside her, and couldn't help laughing, "Your Highness, I think you should be the one who should wear the veiled hat."
Pei Yan turned to look at her, and seriously corrected, "Ah Ti, you forgot to change your address again."
Tao Ti was slightly taken aback, but immediately realized that they were traveling in casual clothes today, and it was not appropriate to reveal their identities.
Just thinking of the address they had agreed upon before, her ears turned red all of a sudden, she lowered her head, and mumbled, "Well, I'll pay attention."
The corner of Pei Yan's mouth curled up, and he led her into the temple together.
Sandalwood is lingering in the temple, the smoke is heavy, the wooden fish is beating, and the birds on the branches of the big banyan tree are singing crisply.
Coming to the temple is nothing more than burning incense and praying to Buddha, asking for a sign and listening to scriptures. Tao Ti took a large handful of incense from Linglong and saw that the pilgrims at the side were all worshiping devoutly. The solemn Buddha statue worshiped.
As for making a wish, she closed her eyes quietly thinking about what wish to make—
"I hope, um, that Pei Yan can recover and live longer."
"If the last one is difficult to achieve, then I hope he can be safe and happy for the rest of his life."
"Then, I hope that I can also live in this great abyss in peace, die, and then go to the underworld to reincarnate smoothly and return to modern times!"
"But Buddha, you don't seem to belong to the same department as the underworld, and I don't know that you don't care about this matter..."
There are so many people burning incense and worshiping Buddha in the world, each wish is presented on the table of various gods, and the gods will randomly select lucky viewers to fulfill their wishes.
Tao Ti's luck in drawing cards has never been very good. Whether it's a Weibo lottery draw in her previous life or a game card draw, she has a black face and bad hands, and she is definitely not a chieftain.
"These wishes I mentioned, Buddha, you can bless if you can, and I can understand if you can't."
After finishing speaking, she bowed three times and inserted the incense into the stove.
After getting up, he found that Pei Yan had disappeared at some point.
Linglong stepped forward at the right time and pointed to the outside of the Buddhist hall, "Just now a great monk came to see His Highness, maybe there is something wrong."
Tao Ti looked out, under the clear sunlight, under a big tree tied with red strings, Pei Yan, who was wearing a black robe, was standing opposite to the great monk, who was wearing a gray robe and cassock, and they were talking happily. The long door of the Buddhist hall, like a picture frame, freezes this pleasing scene.
"This benefactor, do you want to sign? Our Baiyun Temple's signature is very effective." The little monk next to the incense case asked softly. He looked ten years old, with a cyan head and a pair of black pupils. With wit and vigor.
Tao Ti came back to her senses, looked at the little monk in front of her, resisted the urge to touch his little bald head, and said with a smile, "Well, okay."
She took the lottery tube from the little monk, knelt down on the futon again, closed her eyes and asked for a lottery.
Shake and shake, a bamboo stick fell to the ground with a "click".
The little novice picked it up for her, and led her to the corner of the entrance of the Buddhist hall, where a thin old monk sat on a table.
He had just finished unscrambling the signature for a young lady, who seemed to have drawn a good lottery, thanked the old monk with a happy face, and then happily left with her servant.
Tao Ti took her seat slowly and greeted the old monk. The old monk clasped his hands together and recited Amitabha, and took the bamboo stick in her hand.
Seeing this, the old monk smiled kindly and said, "The ninety-eighth lottery, the upper lottery!"
Although Tao Ti was skeptical about this kind of thing, she was also happy when she heard that a good lottery was drawn, "It seems that I am lucky."
The old monk looked up at her, "I don't know what the benefactor wants to ask?"
Just as Tao Ti was about to say "marriage", she only pronounced the word "marriage". Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Pei Yan walking towards her. The consonant twitched on the tip of her tongue, and she said, "Future!"
The old monk, "???"
exquisite,"???"
Tao Ti collected her expression and said seriously, "Yes, I want to ask about the future. I will open a shop soon. I want to ask about the future of this shop. Can it make money?"
Linglong, "..."
Are you so ambitious, Crown Princess
The old monk also came back to his senses, and said with some surprise in his tone, "It's rare to see a female benefactor asking about future business..."
Tao Ti could feel Pei Yan standing behind her, she didn't turn her head, she just bit the bullet and looked at the old monk, "Please trouble Master to untangle the lottery for me."
Now that the pilgrims have said so, the old monk interpreted it according to the fortune of wealth, "It's good to sign or sign the document. If the female benefactor does business, she must have good luck and fortune."
Tao Ti smiled happily when she heard it, as if she saw a lot of gold ingots dancing in front of her eyes holding hands.
After thanking the old monk, she stood up, lifted the veil of the veiled hat, and showed a bright smiling face, "My... my husband, I'm going to get rich!"
When Pei Yan heard her asking about his fortune, he still felt a little inexplicable gloom, but now seeing her bright smile and hearing her softly calling him "husband", all the worries disappeared immediately.
His delicate eyebrows and eyes slowly stretched, and his thin lips slightly lifted, "Okay, congratulations in advance."
The two walked out talking and laughing, Pei Yan said, "Ah Ti, I have some things to tell Zhan Ping to do, you go to the temple first, at most a stick of incense, I will come to find you."
Hearing that he was busy with business, Tao Ti nodded obediently, "Okay, you go, I have Linglong to accompany you."
Pei Yan gave Linglong a few words of advice, and then left straight away.
The winding path leads to seclusion, and in the meditation room deep in the flowers and trees, the door of the room is closed.
Tea is being boiled on the small stove, the smoke is curling up, quiet and elegant.
Pei Yan was sitting upright, with a handsome side face with deep lines, not as gentle and soft as usual, but with a deep sense of sharpness.
After quickly reading the letter in his hand, he gracefully threw the letter paper into the stove, poured two cups of tea unhurriedly, held one cup by himself, and moved the other cup to one side, and said softly, "Uncle Feng, you It’s been a long trip back and forth, let’s have a cup of tea.”
A middle-aged man in a black robe, Gu Feng, bent over and cupped his hands, "Thank you, Your Highness."
He picked up the teacup, and drank it down in one gulp as if he wasn't afraid of being scalded, then put the cup down again, and continued to stand upright.
Pei Yan was also used to him like this, and asked, "How is everything going with Uncle?"
Gu Feng lowered his head and said, "Go back to Your Highness, the master's side is fine. If everything goes well, after the Dragon Boat Festival, we will depart from Hexi and return to Chang'an."
Pei Yan smiled and said, "That's good, I haven't seen my uncle for so many years, and this time I can finally meet."
"The master has always been thinking about His Highness." Gu Feng said.
Pei Yan nodded, the two exchanged simple greetings, and then got down to business.
Pei Yan told Gu Feng about his layout in Luoyang, and at the end, he added solemnly, "Uncle Feng, you are the most critical link in this situation, and I need your help alone."
Gu Feng was terrified when he heard his layout, and said in surprise, "Your Highness, this situation is really dangerous, you have to be careful."
"If you can't let go of a child, you can't hold a wolf. Only in this way can King Mu's influence in Luoyang be removed, and Luoyang Mu's position will be vacated for our people."
Pei Yan's deep black eyes stared straight at the man in front of him, and his tone was calm and gentle, "Uncle Feng, I don't feel at ease to whomever I entrust this matter to, only you, I believe in you..."
Gu Feng met Pei Yan's calm and firm gaze, and his breathing became heavy.
In the end, he still couldn't refuse, so he could only cup his fists in response, "His Highness trusts his subordinate so much, and his subordinate will definitely cooperate with all his strength."
Seeing that he agreed, Pei Yan smiled lightly.
The two discussed the details, and when the stick of incense was about to burn out, it was time to separate.
Before leaving, Gu Feng hesitated for a moment.
Pei Yan looked at him, "Uncle Feng, is there anything else?"
Gu Feng pursed his thick lips, frowned his thick eyebrows, and said, "Yes, according to our spies' feedback, there is something strange about Princess Mu..."
Pei Yan narrowed his black eyes slightly, "Princess Mu?"
"The subordinates don't know whether it is related to His Highness's trip. The spies said that Princess Mu has been in contact with some water bandits privately in the past two days, and she booked a painting boat this morning. She is mysterious and does not know what she is going to do. .”
Painted boats, water bandits...
Pei Yan's knuckles bent slightly, and he frowned a little.
After pondering for a long time, he said in a deep voice, "We should not take this kind of action lightly at this time. Check it out, check it out."
Gu Feng, "Yes."
After speaking, he jumped out of the window like a gust of wind, and disappeared in an instant.
Pei Yan gently rubbed the cup wall with his fingertips, a guess suddenly popped up in his mind, and his eyes suddenly became sharp, with a dangerous glint.
Not long after, he drank the tea in his cup and left the meditation room.
When he walked to the big banyan tree in front of the Buddhist hall, he looked at the red ropes tied on it, and stopped in his footsteps.
"This male benefactor, do you want to buy a marriage rope? The marriage rope in our Baiyun Temple is working!" A little novice appeared from nowhere, holding a lot of red rope in his hand, recommending it warmly and sincerely .
Pei Yan glanced at the rough and not finely crafted red rope, his face was cold and he didn't care.
Seeing that he was about to leave, the little novice hurriedly said, "Male benefactor, are you with the female benefactor who asked for a fortune sign at the beginning? Is she your wife?"
Pei Yan stopped.
The little novice immediately stepped forward, seized the business opportunity, and said sharply, "Your accent doesn't seem to be from our Luoyang, little monk. Don't you really want to buy a marriage rope? Our marriage rope has been opened and bought before. My lord and lady agree! If you miss this village, you won’t have this shop!”
Pei Yan thought it was funny, and asked, "Is it really so clever?"
The little novice said firmly, "Spirit, absolute spirit! Have you seen the red string hanging on this tree? These are all lovers who have become good marriages, and they hang them when they come to fulfill their vows!"
He said while pulling out two red ropes to show, "When I bought it, it was two single ropes. If we reciprocate our hearts and get married, we can twist the two ropes into one and tie it to this marriage tree. We will be united forever, and we will be together for a hundred years! You can see that there are so many red strings hanging on our tree, and you will know that it will definitely work!"
After the little novice had said such a great deal, when he met the handsome male benefactor in front of him, his face was still calm, and he couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.
He was about to leave to solicit other business when he saw a piece of broken silver fall into his arms.
The little novice was stunned, when he heard a golden and jade-like voice above his head——
"Two red strings."