Early the next morning, the family of Pei's house moved to prepare the old lady to leave for Baihe Temple. Because it is out of the city, the road is a little far, so I leave the sedan and take the car. The old lady asked Jiafu and herself to sit in one car, with Yuzhu next to her, and Mrs. Xin and the second lady in a car, and the rest of the courtyards followed the maids and servants from each other. There were dozens of people in the group. They set off head to tail, and while the passersby were watching, a few miles away from the South Gate, a quiet and green place in the middle of the city moat was the White Crane View.
Pei Youan knew that the old lady was traveling today, and she was accompanied by many female relatives. Although Pei Xiuzhi had already gone there to check in and wait, there were still Pei Xiulo and the stewards escorting her on the way. escorted.
The Taoist aunt here is middle-aged, and the Taoist name is Xuchen. Yesterday, I knew that Mrs. Pei was going to bring a group of female relatives in the family to have a sacrificial ceremony. Pei Xiuzhi, who arrived early in the morning.
Pei You'an sent the old lady to the gate of the Taoist Temple, and was urged back several times by the old lady, saying: "You came out of Xiang Wansui's leave, although it was out of filial piety, but many pairs of eyes are staring at you, it is not good for you to take me away because of me. Bad luck. I'm here, and the rest is none of your business. Go back quickly, you don't need to come pick it up today, your second uncle will come to welcome us. "
Xu Chen smiled and said: "When the old lady came to the old Taoist nun, that is the god of heaven, how dare the old Taoist nun dare to slack off? Master Pei can rest assured."
Pei You'an said to Xu Chen that he was troubled, and told Pei Xiuzhi and Pei Xiuluo to take care of each other, asking the stewards to guard the gates and not letting outsiders come in at will. Gaff.
Jiafu had been looking at him just now, and seeing his gaze, she couldn't help but think of the scene when she went back to the study last night. After the incident, he personally wiped her body and treated her with all kinds of pity, which reminded her that she always felt like she was in a dream, not like the real thing, and her heart was sweet and satisfied, beyond words.
Jiafu knew that he liked to laugh at her own, but at this moment there was a large crowd, so naturally she didn't dare to laugh at him, she just pursed her lips slightly, and a small pear vortex appeared on her lips, which was really cute.
Pei You'an didn't show much expression, only glanced at her again, then closed his eyes, mounted his horse and left, his back gradually disappeared at the end of his sight.
The old lady asked Jiafu and Yuzhu to support her left and right, and she entered the gate with Xuchen. Behind her, Mrs. Xin, the second lady and a group of servants and maids also filed in. Although there were many people, there was no noise. Mrs. Pei arrived first. In the main hall, the three saints of Qingxu devoutly bowed to incense, and silently recited prayers. After the donation, they were led to look around.
The White Crane Temple is very large, with three courtyards in the front and back, and there are three gates in the gate, and there are many things to see. The old lady glanced at a few places, then stopped, Xu Chen thought she was tired, and wanted to lead her to sit down in her workshop, the old lady waved her hand: "Why don't you see Han Zhennu Dao?"
Xu Chen hurriedly said: "She is in the temple at the moment. It's just that the old lady doesn't know anything, because she is different from others. Although she is officially my apprentice, I don't dare to call myself a master. She has always been lofty and usually does not want to She was disturbed, so I set up a place for her to clean up at the back alone, and it was up to her to open or close the door on weekdays. Moreover, in the past few months, another seriously ill child came to her, saying it was her My brother, who used to hide from the public and fell ill, is now picked up by her and settled with her. I am afraid that if something goes wrong, it is even more difficult to go over at will, just to see what she lacks, I will give it to her. She sent it."
Xuchen's tone was vaguely dissatisfied, but Madam Pei heard it, but she couldn't bear it anymore, and sighed: "It was originally the daughter of an aristocratic family, Luo Qiwenxiu, I remember being a guest at my house when I was a child, although her temperament is a little weaker, unlike others. The girl is so clingy, but she is also very sensible. It's a pity that her life is not good, and now that she has fallen to this point, it is even more rare for an ordinary man to come before her.
Xu Chen accompanied her with a smile and said, "The old lady came here, it's naturally different. I'll call someone, go and call her, and I've seen the old lady."
The old lady said, "She is no better than before. Now she is a monk. She jumped out of the world and is no longer in the world. How can she be called me as a layman? Let me go and see for myself." She took Jiafu's hand, Continue to move forward.
Xu Chen said: "Mrs. Tai has a heart of a bodhisattva, and she is most sympathetic to the weak. I have heard about it before, but now I have seen it with my own eyes. It is the rumor that is true." , the little apprentice understood and ran away quickly.
Jiafu supported Mrs. Pei, followed Mrs. Xin and Mrs. Er and others, all the way to the rear view direction pointed by Xuchen, and gradually entered the quiet, at the end of the road ahead, there was a green wall and two black doors. , several poles of green bamboo are exposed in the wall.
"Mrs. Tai, it's right in front of you." Xu Chen pointed.
Jiafu looked over and saw that the door was quiet, and the words "Taisu Pavilion" hung on the door plaque.
Jiafu's writing is also good, but it is more round and beautiful, but these three characters are very strong and powerful. Jiafu is ashamed of herself. If she has not practiced for many years, she will never be able to write such a good stroke. Character. But when he looked closely, the strokes between the twists and turns made Jiafu faintly familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while, and was thinking about it when he saw the two black doors open with a creak, and inside A pale-yellow figure came out, a beautiful woman with a crown, followed by two little Taoist nuns who were serving her, who hurriedly greeted her.
It is the female crown Zi Hanzhen.
Chi Hanzhen walked quickly to Mrs. Pei and saluted, "I just learned that Mrs. came here to see me in person. I'm a cheap man, how can I live?"
Her tone was extremely respectful, but there was no flattery between her brows and eyes, just like her attitude towards Queen Zhou in the palace that day, neither humble nor arrogant, very graceful.
Such a pure and clean person was mistaken by herself as someone with ulterior motives the day before yesterday, and Jiafu couldn't help but feel ashamed again.
The old lady smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. I also walked around at will and arrived at your place. It disturbed your tranquility."
Chi Hanzhen said: "The old lady broke me, if you don't think my tea here is rude, feel free to do so."
The old lady turned around and told all the maids and servants to stop outside. She continued to help Jiafu, and together with the two ladies, they entered the door of the house where the black paint was peeling off. When I entered the house, I saw a bookshelf against the wall, with yellow scrolls stacked on top of the wall, a desk by the window, the four treasures of the text room, the pen is the lake pen, the ink is the Huimo, the paper is the rice paper, the inkstone is the she inkstone, and the rest of the furnishings are all elegant. There was still a piece of paper half-written on the table, and the end of the pen on the pen holder was still full of ink. Mrs. Pei saw it and said, "I'm bothering you."
Chi Hanzhen smiled and said, "My brother's condition has stabilized in the past two days. I just wrote a few words at random, making the old lady laugh." After speaking, he ordered the little Taoist aunt to serve clear tea to Xin. Mrs., Mrs. 2 and Jaffe greeted each other briefly.
Mrs. Xin didn't like her arrogance, and her attitude was light, but the second lady had a smile on her face, walked to the table, glanced at the words on the paper, and praised: "Good words."
Gave glanced.
It was such a coincidence that the words on the paper were exactly what she had just read these days. Although she may not fully understand it, she also knew that it was about the good and bad of human beings. The font on the paper is exactly the same as the three characters "Tai Suguan" written on the door just now.
Jiafu finally remembered that when she first saw these three words, the reason why she felt familiar was because it was somewhat similar to Pei You'an's words.
Jiafu was slightly lost, while the old lady and Chi Hanzhen were still talking. The old lady asked about Chi Hanzhen's younger brother's condition, mentioned his younger brother, and said a few words, Chi Hanzhen gradually lost his usual coldness, with tears in his eyes, and said: "The mother called me into the palace a few days ago to ask about returning to the secular world. , I was worried about Adi, so naturally I didn't want to. When I came out, I happened to meet Master Pei. I remembered that Taiyi Hu once said that Master Pei's medical skills are unique, and even he sighed that he was inferior, so he rashly asked for help. Fortunately, Master Pei The wonderful hand and kind heart came to see my brother on the same day, and then he had a dialogue with the imperial doctor. When people come, please accept my worship, and the right should give thanks on behalf of Adi." After speaking, he bowed solemnly.
Mrs. Pei hurriedly asked the second lady to help her up and comforted: "Why do you need to do this. You'an was considered your grandfather's protégé back then. Now that he can manage it, he should do his best."
Chi Hanzhen thanks again. Mrs. Pei got up and went to visit the child, just as she fell asleep, she didn't enter, just looked at the door. Jiafu took a look and saw that the child was lying on the bed with a yellow face and thin skin. He just heard Chi Hanzhen's words. He was already ten years old, but he looked like seven or eight years old, and was abnormally thin.
Mrs. Pei probably thought of the situation of her eldest grandson when she was young, and felt even more pity. After she came out, she sat down for a while, got up and left, and after being sent away by Chi Hanzhen, she said to Xuchen: "She is arrogant, if I give her something else, She might be drawn to self-pity for her life, and she might not be willing to ask for it, so when she came, she only asked someone to prepare some precious medicinal materials, and you could send it to her later."
Xu Chen complied, full of flattery, and sent them all the way back to the front hall, where a ceremonial platform had already been set up, and he personally put on the robes, and did the first half of the game. By noon, Mrs. Pei Jiafu and others had lunch and rested for a while. The second half continued, and when it was over, she brought a lottery bucket over, the old lady saved one, Xu Chen picked it up, glanced at it, and said with a smile: "The sixty-fourth lottery, it's all about Bao's gold, you can enter or leave. Everything is satisfactory, and there is no disadvantage to good luck, so it is a sign!" Said and presented both hands to the old lady.
Mrs. Pei was naturally happy, and it was another tribute, and it was finally over. Near the evening, the whole group also looked tired and were sent out. Pei Quan had already arrived and was waiting in the outer hall with Pei Xiuzhi and Pei Xiuluo. When he saw someone coming out, he was busy instructing the stewards to arrange the return journey. After a short period of hustle and bustle, the group went back to the carriage one by one as they had come in the morning, and Chu Chu moved towards the city. go.
On the way back, Jia Fu was a little worried, the old lady was a little tired, closed her eyes and rested, Yuzhu also seemed to be worried, and she didn't take the initiative to speak. Gradually approaching a fork in the city gate, a group of more than a dozen people, with colorful jade saddles, suddenly came to the side, and the horses were very fast. In a blink of an eye, they came to the front. He jumped the horse suddenly, because it was too hasty, not only was the two car doors opened, but the old lady in the car also swayed forward. Fortunately, Jiafu and Yuzhu both supported them, so they didn't fall forward. But Jiafu and Yuzhu themselves had hit the wall of the carriage. Although they didn't fall, their shoulders hurt a little. They subconsciously raised their faces and looked forward.
The car door had just been opened, and she had already closed it again, but in such a short time, Jiafu had already seen that the fork in the road ahead caused the driver of the Pei family to make mistakes. It was Xiao Yintang and the back of him. 's entourage.
His eyes also looked over, impartial, and just fell on her face, his lips moved slightly, and his eyes instantly became strange.
The carriage door bounced back on its own, instantly blocking the person in the car again.
Madam Pei opened her eyes.
Jiafu calmed down and listened carefully. Outside, Pei Quan quickly dismounted from the horse, led Pei Xiuzhi, Pei Xiulo and a group of servants, and saluted Xiao Yintang, who had just come from the side road and was about to return to the city. The sound of footsteps came, and the footsteps quickly stopped in front of the carriage, and then Xiao Yintang's voice came in, listening very respectfully: "I don't know that Mrs. Pei is driving by, it's just that I'm reckless here. , If there is a collision, I hope the old lady will not be surprised."
The imperial court has a system, and the first- and second-rank officials and the first- and second-rank officials ordered women to be exempted from kneeling and bowing when they met the prince. Mrs. Pei separated from the door and said loudly, "How dare you be the prince so polite? Returning to the city blocked the prince's way. It was us who collided. I'll ask people to make way, and ask the prince to enter the city first."
Xiao Yintang said: "The old lady is highly respected, and even the father and the emperor also respect it, how much more like me? Be sure to ask the old lady to pass first, it's okay for me to wait." The tone sounded extremely sincere, and along with the words, there was a while There was a noise, and the group of people all avoided the roadside with a clatter.
Mrs. Pei said: "If the prince is humble, and the old man is grateful, then he can only be rude."
Seeing Xiao Yintang's eyes on the two carriage doors, Pei Quan smiled, as if he really wanted to give way, so he had to lead the people up and urge the convoy to pass.
Xiao Yintang stopped on the side of the road and watched the carriage carrying her gradually disappear.
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At night, Xiao Yintang returned from the farewell banquet set up by the emperor for his uncle Zhou Jin. He was half drunk and his footsteps were floating. He entered the bedroom of the East Palace and remembered the woman in the carriage that he met on the road during the day. Jiao Yan, but it became more and more etched into her brain, and she couldn't get rid of it. She felt dry, and before she went to bed, she casually dragged a concubine surnamed Cao, who had just been promoted to concubine, onto an Arhat couch, venting her drunken eyes. Blurred, staring at the woman under him, with a dazed peach cheek and jade face, gritted his teeth: "Zhenshi! Do you think that you can avoid me forever when you marry Pei You'an? Dreaming!"
Cao Shi was out of breath after being caught by him, but when he suddenly heard him say this, he stared at himself, his eyes were blood red, as if drunk and awake, his heart was frightened, and he hurriedly said: "Prince, you are mistaken, concubine is Mrs Cao, not the Mrs Zhen!"
Xiao Yintang's breath disappeared, and he stopped slowly. He stared at the woman under him, his eyes gradually turned cold, and he stretched out a hand and gently caressed her fair and smooth neck with his fingertips.
Cao shi thought that he was continuing, closed his eyes slightly, and let out a coquettish voice. Suddenly, his throat tightened, and he was tightly clamped by one hand. The tighter he tightened, his face flushed red, and he struggled desperately, but how could he break free? , only kicked it hard at the end, kicked a screen at the end of the couch to the ground, made a "crashing" sound, gurgled a few more times in his throat, his eyes turned white, and his body gradually softened.
Zhang Fengtong just heard the movement inside, knowing that the prince was pampering Cao, he secretly endured the bitterness, and drove the palace servants away, guarding himself outside. His eyes rolled, and there were five deep fingerprints on his neck, and he was strangled to death.
Zhang Fengtong was taken aback and stared at Mrs Cao on the couch.
Although Cao's family background is a little lower, his father used to be a small official in Wuding, but he has a good appearance and figure, and he is well versed in seduction. The second time, Cao's hidden pride, Zhang Fengtong originally endured it, but did not expect that he would be strangled to death by him.
It doesn't matter if he dies, but Cao Shi has just been registered as a side concubine and entered the royal disc, and his father has also been promoted to a fourth-rank official. Such a violent death, there must be an explanation.
She looked at Xiao Yintang, saw him turn over, sat up on the couch, and said coldly, "Don't you have a reputation for being virtuous and capable? I'll leave it to you here." After that, she turned around and walked in.
Zhang Fengtong watched Xiao Yintang's back disappear, turned to the dead Cao family, stared at him for a long time, and said slowly, "Don't blame me, blame the woman who killed you."