With Ji Hong's current state, even though the major events such as Beidi breaking the Beiyan Pass have nothing to do with them, there are still some things that need to be taken care of in advance. Naturally, Min Xuefei dare not leave it to him to deal with it, and also asked his subordinates to deal with it. Don't bother him with this news, just let him rest for a few days.
Min Xuefei met a few spies in the side room, and they all rushed here day and night after running to death with two horses. Before they even had a sip of water, they rushed to talk about the business first.
The little prince of Beidi, He Luo'a, who escaped by chance, was ambitious. After entering Beiyan Pass, he went straight south. Although what he passed was not as good as when the old general Ji set fire to the city, he looted it all. The people in Beidi were miserable. unspeakable.
Now that the Great Xia Dynasty has not had a major war for many years, and Beiyan Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so the barracks are inevitably a little tired. Most importantly, no one thought that Dingbeihou would fall! What's more, inside and outside the capital city was in a state of desperation because of the scourge of heaven. At this time, Beidi suddenly raised troops, which really caught Da Xiazi by surprise.
According to the spies, that Heluo'a was very arrogant, and I don't know whose influence it was, he uttered nonsense and insulted repeatedly, saying that he would use the blood of Da Xiazi to worship his ancestors, and he would also tie up the imperial city of Tubei Di. Ji's family went back and kowtowed to apologize.
Min Xuefei said: "If they hadn't used indiscriminate means to tie up Mr. Ji's family first, and Mr. Ji was furious, otherwise how could they have done such a vicious thing."
The court has urgently ordered two generals to support Yancheng. Counting the distance, they should reach the front line in a few days. According to the current momentum of the two armies, it is estimated that there will be a battle in Shuodong County.
After hearing this, Min Xuefei felt that something was wrong: "A mob, why did you send so many soldiers?"
The spy who came to the court said: "The northern army reported that Beidi sent 200,000 troops, which is not a small number. Naturally, we have almost the same number of soldiers going over here. Master Lu of the Ministry of War also spoke with certainty, saying how serious the situation is. , the other ministers were so reprimanded that they couldn't refute half a word, and Beiyan's military situation was urgent, and there was no room for long-term discussions, so they had to send troops over first."
Min Xuefei felt strange: "This Lu Yongchuan wasn't the main war before? Why did he suddenly become the main war again?"
The spies didn't have any real evidence for this, so they only mentioned one point: "Lord Lu has been very close to Feng Jian at Sigongtai recently. We followed up a few times, and saw that Feng Jian had secret talks with Lord Lu many times, and there seemed to be others, But that person covered his face, and we didn't dare to get too close, so we don't know who he was or what he talked about."
Min Xuefei: "Forget it, I know about it, you can continue."
The spy said to himself: "Nowadays, the situation in the court is tense, and the rumors of divine punishment are rampant. The one above suppresses the rumors, and at the same time, he wants to appease these places that have been hit by the epidemic. Now there are still wars, which is a wave of future. It's just another wave. It's just... Now not only the former dynasty, but even the harem are talking about it in private."
Although they said they served Min Ji, in fact the second son of the Min family and the eldest son of the Ji family were of one mind, so they knew a lot about the affairs of both sides, and naturally they had heard about the miracle doctor in the capital. He turned his head to look at the young man sitting in the corner with his head down and fiddling with the medicine box, a little unsure whether to say or not.
Min Xuefei nodded, indicating that he needn't worry.
The spy had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue: "Many old officials in the court have signed a letter, asking the emperor to take care of the overall situation, say, say..."
Min Xuefei was also annoyed when he heard that he couldn't explain why for a long time: "What are you talking about? What are you doing in secret!"
The spy hurriedly said: "We didn't see what was said in the brochure, but it probably meant that Xiao Shizi wrote a few words, saying that he bullied others, and allowed the servants of the mansion to run amok in Beijing, bullying the weak and the young. Take bribes."
Hearing this stunned, Yu Jinnian couldn't help raising his head, interjected and asked, "When did I become domineering and bully the weak?"
The spy murmured: "It's not you, it's another one."
"How can there be another—" Yu Jinnian was wondering, and then suddenly remembered such a thing, and the other one mentioned, I am afraid that it did not refer to Yu Xu who lived in Jinyouting for a while. That little bastard had indeed been out there repeatedly, and offended many people. Even after he offended Yu Jinnian, he still wanted to fool Ji Hong with the cheapest means of crawling on the bed.
He frowned, thinking that people in Beijing can really care about every detail. After several months, such a big deal can still be turned over to settle the old score. Yu Jinnian was angry at that time, because he was afraid that Yu Xu, that bastard, would run amok outside and pour dirty water on Ji Hong, so he didn't care how Ji Hong punished him. Later, when he heard that he was thrown out of the city with a broken leg, he didn't care. Ask again.
Just worried that something like this will happen today.
The spy swallowed, and said: "I also said that I should check the Jifu and the little prince. Is it because of the favor of the imperial concubine, so... I don't care about the Tianjia..."
"Okay, there's no need to talk about it." Min Xuefei waved his hand impatiently, "Those old things, when Ji's family gained power, they went up to head-to-head, and now they are rushing to make trouble when Concubine Ji is grounded. In recent years, Ji's family has really opposed the court. If you don't care much about things, it's not their turn to sow discord, and they don't care about your own weight!"
That is to say, he dared to make trouble while the Min family was not in Beijing. Otherwise, with Min Ji's three-inch tongue, few civil and military men in the Manchu Dynasty could be his opponents. In previous years, he had made the opponent so angry that he had a stroke record. This year the big deal is to get sick again.
The spies said yes, and asked Min Xuefei what to do.
Yu Jinnian got up, went to the kitchen, made a pot of tea with chrysanthemum, licorice, and Annanzi, and refilled it for them when he returned.
The young man in front of him is said to be a nobleman in Ji's mansion, and his daily life is only more luxurious than that of the young prince, and will never be worse than the young prince's. Sometimes the senior son of the Ji family will also listen to his errands instead. I heard that people in the other courtyard called him "little son", which is worthy of the name, and it was too late for him to thank such a person for pouring him tea.
In the past, he only heard about Yu Jinnian from other people, and he still felt that those old officials spread it so mysteriously, saying that the eldest son of the Ji family was instigated by others, and no one paid attention to it. I saw it with my own eyes today, this is actually just a handsome young man, how can he look like a provocative master? On the contrary, it is still possible for the senior son of the Ji family to instigate him.
Holding the small snow-white porcelain cup in both hands, the spy smelled a fresh and elegant fragrance wafting out. Before he drank it, he felt that the thirst of the traveler was quenched.
Min Xuefei also served tea, and said: "I will write a letter of apology for Shu Luan, and when we go back up, we will pass up the steps by ourselves first, so that the person will not be able to get up and down, and then get angry. Count the days, Concubine Ji Is he about to give birth? This little nephew, Shuluan, is really in a lot of trouble."
"Yes, counting the days, it's almost here. Although the imperial concubine is banned from Zhaoyang Palace, she still has what she should have as usual. There is not a single person who waits on her, and no one else can enter. It is a rare tranquility. I think this confinement is just a way for the emperor to protect her, and he doesn't want her to suffer this storm."
Min Xuefei nodded: "As long as you give birth to a phoenix son, everything will be fine. But..." He thought carefully for a moment, "This is such a big mess, there is no way there is no helper in the palace, but Feng Jian's old man Something chewing its tongue inside?"
The spy hurriedly took a sip of tea, and then said angrily: "That's not true! There is also the daughter of the Lu family who was sent to the palace. A few days ago, because of Concubine Ji, the emperor was grounded, and the emperor just sat at Concubine Lu's place to show off. The concubine parroted a lot of gossip about the harem, and the emperor turned blue."
"Concubine Lu?" Min Xuefei remembered something, "I remember, Concubine Lu and Princess Ruyu, the sister of Lord Twelfth, are handkerchiefs?"
The spy said: "I don't know if you still remember, Concubine Lu had a sister who was a direct relative, who was betrothed to the Twelfth Lord by the first emperor, but in the end she was not blessed, and died of illness before she got married. The Lord also mourned Miss Lu's family for a year. If you say that the Lu family and the Twelfth House can barely be regarded as an in-law family, although the marriage failed in the end, but the Twelfth Master has not remarried for so many years. Because of this, the Lu family thinks well of Master Twelfth."
Immediately, he handed a sealed envelope to Min Xuefei. Min Xuefei opened it and glanced at it, and couldn't help but sneer: "This is interesting. Everyone inside and outside here must have something to do with Twelve. He is in Yuedi. Instructing a group of people in Beijing to worry about and work for him? It's really like what Shuluan said, Yantiesi is already one of his people."
Yu Jinnian thought of it and said: "I also remember that the salt in his place is very fine snowflake salt. His guards are still hiding it, lest I see it."
When it comes to the Yantie Division, Min Xuefei can't help thinking. After all, there is not only salt in the Yantie Division. Salt, mines, tea and ironware all over the country have to pass through the Yantie Division. As the king of the city, Yan Chang, Even if he wanted to avoid suspicion, he would not be able to get involved with a heavy company like Yantiesi. If he said it was just for greed, it would really be unreasonable.
Yu Jinnian saw that he was really redundant, so he picked a gap to come out, walked to Ji Hong's door, raised his hand several times, but still didn't have the courage to go in, afraid that when he opened the door, he would call him "Second Brother" again. So he stood in front of the door with his back on his back for a while, Duan Ming happened to come out with a basin, and was surprised to see him standing still at the door.
Yu Jinnian still couldn't hold back, peeked in and asked, "What is he doing?"
Duan Mingdao: "After staying at the table for a while, I lost my energy, and now I fell asleep again."
Yu Jinnian said to himself: "When he was in poor health, he couldn't sleep all night long. I didn't know how much sleeping soup I had to boil for him every day. Now it's better, and I can close my eyes in broad daylight."
"The son just asked, who is the person that Young Master Jiang mentioned, and whether he has received favors from others." Duan Ming was also in a depressed mood, thinking that he should have been begging for nothing to stay in the Duke's mansion all these years. Now, maybe Ji Hong won't be bullied too much in the past ten years, and he won't suffer from frequent illnesses when he was young, leaving behind such a disease that he doesn't know how to cure.
When the second son was still there, although Ji Hong didn't please the mistress, he didn't suffer too much because of Ji Yan's protection, it's just that the small courtyard was deserted. The eldest lady was closely watched by her mother, so she only dared to secretly give him some small things. Therefore, there was no one in the whole family who could accompany the third son. He was just at the age of fun and activity, and the only thing he looked forward to every day was the second son. When my brother comes back from discussing politics, he can talk to him.
Let’s talk about seeing the sweet-scented osmanthus. I don’t know which year it happened. Ji Yan was also busy on weekdays. It was only that year that he had a sudden whim and took him to ride a horse out of Beijing and enjoy the flowers. I have never played so much fun before, so I put it on the record. Because of his young age, he couldn't tell what was from last year or this year, so everyone said it was yesterday, and the servants in Kanghe's courtyard listened to it for several months.
It's so easy to hope that Ji Yan will be free again, and then take him to the flower forest, whoever thinks that something like that will happen.
Without Ji Yan, the eldest lady dare not make decisions, the life of the third son in the house can be imagined, it will not be very easy, not to mention that no one knows what happened on the snowy field, only heard that the scene was tragic , People who went there still vomited out. The third son suffered that kind of persecution at a young age, and when he came back, he was disgusted and hated everywhere, beaten and scolded at every turn. It's not unreasonable to think about it.
After all, if one can be happy in a dream, and have someone to rely on, someone to hurt, no one wants to wake up and face the desolate and bleak reality.
He glanced at Yu Jinnian, and said falteringly: "My son asked me to go to the warehouse to pay five hundred taels, and I want to give it to you, young master. He said that although he can't remember clearly, if he is really kind, he can't treat you badly." …”
Yu Jinnian was dumbfounded: "If you dare to love me, I'm worth five hundred taels?! Xin'an's top courtesans are all worth more than that. He thinks I'm easy to pass!"
Duan Ming hurriedly said: "No, how can you compare with the top card!"
Yu Jinnian was deeply convinced: "The number one is just waiting on the bed, and on weekdays it is enough to dress up and stand upstairs. But I still have to take care of his food and drink, and I have to treat his illnesses. I am not as good as the number one."
"..." Duan Ming couldn't say no to him, and wished he could slap himself.
Yu Jinnian was so angry that he didn't want to go in. He turned around and left the yard. He wanted to reconcile with Jiang Bingren, but when he walked to the gate of the next yard, he saw the arrogant young master hugging Shi Xing, and they leaned under the tree and whispered.
I'm even angrier now.
After a long circle, everyone was busy, but he was idle and had nowhere to go, Jing Zhong was still awake, and he didn't want to go to the building either. Sitting on the steps in front of the door and counting ants for a while, and watching a few children go up the tree to dig out bird eggs, it is really boring, and I feel panicked when I am idle.
Yu Jinnian lamented that he was so busy with his life that he couldn't stay idle, so he stood up and dusted himself off, went back to the yard and picked some herbs that were drying, and took them to the kitchen.
At this time, there was no food at all, and the cooks were all sitting and chatting. Seeing him coming in, they hurriedly took a moment to ask him what to eat. Just wait at the front, and it will be ready in a short time. Yu Jinnian smiled wryly, saying that he was just here to pass the time.
The cooks were puzzled, they really didn't understand why the official brothers came to the kitchen to pass the time.
Yu Jinnian picked and picked the medicines in his hand, and kept the good ones, which were some spleen-invigorating medicines such as Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, hawthorn, lotus seeds, and amomum. , and then use this medicinal soup, glutinous rice flour and yam puree, add honey, and knead it into a dough together.
This is called Baxian cake, which has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach. It was just because it was kneaded with medicinal juice, and the color was a bit heavy, so Yu Jinnian thought about making another Poria cocos millet cake to match the color together.
But the millet at home was used up, and someone had to go out to buy it. Yu Jinnian just didn't want to be bored at home, so he went with the basket by himself.
Despite such rumors, the streets are still very lively. For the common people, it doesn't matter what the name of the sky above is, it's not as important as the price of vegetables and the price of meat today. Because the epidemic has just passed, there are still many beggars and refugees gathered in the city, eagerly looking forward to some good people coming out to give porridge every day.
Yu Jinnian still had some spare money, so he bought a few steamed buns with miscellaneous grains, and secretly distributed them to a few hungry and emaciated children around the corner. Seeing them gobble up their food and get up to leave, the children wrapped him up. No matter what he wanted to eat, he just followed behind like a tail, singing the nursery rhymes that had been spread on the street before. Yu Jinnian got angry when he heard this nursery rhyme, and turned around and yelled "Don't sing this!"
The children were taken aback for a moment, probably because they saw that he was young, and they were not afraid of him. Before he had gone too far, they chased him up again, and began to sing some unpopular little songs. I know where I heard it.
The more Yu Jinnian listened to it, the more desolate he felt. He had a terrible incident, and he didn't know if he would be able to live a colorful life in the future, but here he was listening to a group of brats singing about color, and he immediately felt desolate. Gu Buddha's life is well thought out. He went to the front and bought two sticks of candied haws, and let these annoying children eat one by one, so as not to bother himself.
He was wandering aimlessly in the street, while Duan Ming was sighing and worried in the yard.
After noon, Yu Jinnian still didn't come back, and Ji Hong didn't wake up either. The food cooked by the cooks was far inferior to Yu Jinnian's craftsmanship. Although Min Xuefei and the others didn't have much obsession with the dishes, they were used to eating good food after all. I'm still a little unaccustomed to eating these. Min Xuefei casually asked where Yu Jinnian had gone, but no one knew, but the cook mentioned that it was for grocery shopping, but who didn't come back after buying vegetables for more than an hour
Two and a half hours after Yu Jinnian went out, Ji Hong woke up slowly.
He yelled twice, but no one answered, so he got out of bed to clean up, but he didn't want to kick a boot under the bed. He bent down to pick it up, and found a small box under the bed that wasn't too big, and it wasn't locked. He didn't remember that he had such an object, so he pulled it out to have a look.
The small jujube wood box is fastened with a golden lock, and it can be opened with a push. Inside are some bottles and cans, some coins and banknotes, and several kinds of ointments for which I don’t know what to do. It smells like some kind of sweet fruit, some have been used a lot, and some are still full. Although Ji Hong didn't remember these things, he somehow felt that these things looked familiar.
Turned it over, there was nothing there, just about to put it back, when my fingers accidentally touched some hidden buckle, there was a click, and a board was lifted—it turned out that there was another layer underneath.
It's just that the things on the lower floor terrified Ji Hong physically and mentally, almost like five thunders crashing on the top, shaking the Lingtai numb.
This is, this is, mother's machete? ! How come here
He clearly remembered that the knife was in...
It seemed that something flashed through his mind, but it was immediately suppressed by his subconscious mind, as if once he caught this flashing thought, something else would collapse in an instant, and his current days would be gone forever. Returning will make him face an unknown horror.
But he really couldn't control himself, and couldn't help but think—in whose hands is this knife... in
…
Duan Ming had eaten outside, and took advantage of the problem to train his subordinates, before returning to the yard, he heard a "bang bang", as if something had been knocked over, he raised his heart suddenly, and was about to rush He went in, but saw the door suddenly opened, behind the door stood a slightly trembling man, the blood on his face had faded, he looked very anxious.
Duan Ming couldn't help but took two steps back, looking at him cautiously, not knowing what illness he was going to have again.
Ji Hong opened his mouth and tried several times, but his voice was still trembling: "Five hundred taels... gave it to him?"
Duan Ming thought he said it casually, why did he really take it to heart? Could it be that he still wants to forcefully give the young master five hundred taels to send him away? If he never wakes up again in this life, it's fine, but if he thinks about it later and knows that he drove the person away himself, why don't he go crazy over it? Duan Ming licked his lips, glanced aside, and thought that the master was doing this for your own good, so he evasively said: "Give it, give it, he took the money and left."
Ji Hong's feet swayed, his face became even paler, he hurried out two steps, and pushed Duan Ming who was rushing to help him aside.
When he reached the gate of the yard, he turned his head again: "Where are you going?"
Duan Ming was stunned: "Ah? What, where is it going?"
Ji Hong was furious: "I ask you where he went!"
What was Duan Ming thinking, did he think five hundred taels was too much? But he didn't know where the little genius doctor had gone. Looking at his master's expression, he really didn't dare to say "I don't know", so he could only bite the bullet and point in a random direction, staring straight at the sky, and said uncertainly: " Maybe it's going to... that way?"
Without saying a word, Ji Hong walked in the direction he pointed.
When Duan Ming reacted, he had disappeared into the crowd in an instant. Duan Ming was so frightened that he hurriedly gathered a few men and scattered to chase after him. Not to mention that he is not sober now, even if he is sober, He Luo'a threatened to use the blood of Ji's family to sacrifice the ancestors at this time, who knows if the kidnapping will happen again! Don't go out alone without taking it!
Ji Hong went out of the alley and headed north all the way, whenever he came across a horse-drawn carriage, he would catch up and have a look, and anyone with a mule would also stop to have a look, thinking that if he left, he would have to buy some dry food besides the horses, Even the dim sum and pancake shops along the street were turned around, and no one was seen until the North City Gate.
Seeing him floating all the way with disheveled hair, the soldiers guarding the city were stunned for a while, until Master Ji grabbed him by the collar and asked them if they had seen a young man leaving the city. Come to yourself. A few people tried their best to recall a few times, and said embarrassedly: "Today, several Nianlang went out of the city. I don't know which one my lord is talking about? What crime did that person commit? Should we send someone to arrest him?"
A peasant woman passed by with a basket on her shoulders, and when she saw Ji Hong, she leaned over and said, "Is this Mr. Ji? You are talking about that little genius doctor with a good hand and kind heart? When the old woman entered the city an hour ago, she saw him in the hospital. It's near the gate of the city! It looks like you're not in a good mood, at about this time, you should have left the city long ago, right?"
"..." Ji Hong was stunned, as if he lost his soul in an instant, and the last bit of hope was taken away. He lingered for a long time, staring at the open city gate speechless, the soldier asked him if he wanted to go out of the city I went to find him and asked him what happened, but he didn't have time to answer.
Not in a good mood
Naturally, he was in a bad mood. What kind of bastard was he talking to people in a daze? What kind of bastard is sending people away for five hundred taels? ! How did he find people, and what did he say when he found them? Justify yourself as unintentional? Whether it was unintentional or intentional, the young man accepted the five hundred taels silently and left, so he was disappointed in him.
He also thought that he could let go of his second brother's death long ago, but in the end he fell ill because of this incident and broke the boy's heart. Where would he go, I'm afraid he won't go to the capital, will he reply to Xin'an, or go to Tucheng to pick up the children, and start over in another place that no one knows
The soldier saw him walking back in a daze, with red ticks dripping from his cuffs, and hurriedly chased after him and asked, "My lord, are you all right? My lord?"
"Get out." Ji Hong reprimanded him coldly, and moved away a little distractedly, thinking that there are still many things to do, and the road ahead has to be leveled, but on second thought, without Yu Jinnian, he has leveled the road What's the point? Why would he bother to live such a life of chasing fame and gain and running around like dogs.
It's better to go with the second brother a few years ago and get clean.
Duan Ming and the others finally saw him in the crowd, and they were also dismissed by him. They didn't dare to get closer, they just followed at a distance, keeping an eye on their surroundings.
There are still many people in Chunan City who know Ji Hong. He has indeed benefited the people in Chunan during this period of time, and because of his handsome appearance, he has won the admiration of many people. Either it is a strong outfit that is easy to move, and there will be a little bit of coldness, making people afraid to step forward. But at the moment he is only wearing a soft white shirt with wide sleeves, with drooping eyebrows and eyes, and cloud-like black hair hanging down his shoulders, as if recovering from a serious illness, weak and erratic, he is indeed a rare beauty.
He walked all the way absent-mindedly like this, and the onlookers watched along the way, seeing him neither angry nor annoyed, and some girls were so bold that they even threw flower branches at him.
When Yu Jinnian paid the bill, the basket was already full, so he could only hold the newly purchased things in his arms, settled the money, and when he walked out of the store, he saw people crowding in the street, those who didn't know thought it was a troupe parading the street.
He casually grabbed a sister who was rushing to see the fun, and asked, "What's going on ahead? It's so lively?"
The girl was dressed sharply, seeing which Chu Pavilion came out to watch the excitement, and when she saw him asking this, she laughed at him as a stranger who had never seen the world: "The front is a beautiful and beautiful woman." Biren! That good looks is like a banished fairy coming to the world, I guarantee you will dream of it once you see it, if you can get his favor, it will be worth ten thousand taels of gold!"
Is this a bit exaggerated? Who is willing to buy a person with ten thousand taels of gold to look back
Yu Jinnian wanted to leave with a basket on his shoulders, but he felt dissatisfied, and said to himself: I don't believe it, there is anyone more haunting than the one in my family? I'd like to see who is so brazen! Dare to call yourself a banished immortal? !
As he spoke, he walked into the crowd.
He sharpened his head and squeezed it in, but no one would let him, probably in the matter of star chasing. Everyone has been the same throughout the ages. No one would let go of the opportunity to observe the beauty at close range, but at the same time no one dared to Being too close to a beauty, it seems that this person has an aura that can be seen from a distance but not played with.
Yu Jinnian was looking at the things in his arms, and his sleeve was almost torn off by someone. Although he grabbed him, the sleeve was still half torn by someone's hanging ornament.
Not to mention who was pushing and shoving behind him, kicking him into the circle, stumbling for several steps before he managed to stand still.
"Who kicked me?!" Yu Jinnian stared and wanted to curse, "Isn't she just a beauty, everyone seems to have never seen the world."
Ji Hong: "..."
Yu Jinnian turned around, thinking that he had already been squeezed in anyway, so he might as well look at that person a few more times, but he was stunned as soon as he turned around—the next life in front of him was a sloppy black hair, a beautiful figure, and a lazy appearance Isn't the exiled immortal the one that haunts me the most?
Yu Jinnian: "..."
What street did he run out to swim
Ji Hong's eyes light up slightly after being silent all the way, it turns out that he hasn't left yet! He was about to go up and pull his sleeves, but he noticed that the thing in his arms was a golden Buddha statue, sitting in his arms without sorrow or joy, staring at all the suffering beings, and looking at his basket, it was actually a wooden fish.
Yu Jinnian wanted to take him home, but both hands were occupied. He wanted to free up one hand, but a cloud suddenly fell in front of him. He was startled, and looked up, and saw Ji Hong's eyes were bloodshot, his lips were as pale as paper, half of his face was covered by fallen hair, and he was staring at himself, a little mad and helpless. shape meaning.
Shouldn't they have developed a new way of falling ill
He was thinking about how to coax people back.
Hearing Ji Hong's hoarse voice, he asked him under the agitation of emotion: "Are you going to become a monk?"