Encounter with the Four Great Talents

What Xiaodu took Tang Shen to was a small house, a small room, surrounded by an open space, and I don't know why a small house was suddenly built in the middle of this empty place.Hua Dingwu looked left and right for a long time but couldn't see it, but Tang Shen remembered it immediately, and said to him with a smile: "This is a small Buddhist hall, come in, be careful where you step."

Hua Dingwu raised his eyebrows, and followed him as he said, noticing that Tang Shen and Xiaodu were stepping between the stone slabs with every step, squinting their eyes unobtrusively, and being careful about their steps.Walking to the door, Tang Shen stepped on the threshold inappropriately to let him and Xiaodu advance. Hua Dingwu saw that he was a little strange but still walked in. Tang Shen put his foot on the threshold and said: "I have a few small organs here. I step on the threshold once when I come in and once when I go out. If you step on too much, it will be troublesome."

Hua Dingwu was surprised, and looked around, but didn't see anything special.

This is a very ordinary small Buddhist hall. Generally, a large family will have a Buddhist hall for Buddhist believers to cultivate their hearts and worship. For example, the Hua family has a Buddhist hall in the backyard, but the Buddhist hall of the Tang family is smaller.However, the Buddhist hall of the Tang family is obviously too simple. Under the Changmin lamp, there is a Suzhou embroidered Avalokitesvara statue on the south wall, which is quite new, not old.There is a melon and fruit incense burner on the incense table under the Buddha statue, and several futons are placed on the ground.It's very simple, even the ancestral tablets are not enshrined.

Xiaodu ran to the Buddha statue, bowed first, then walked over to lift the Buddha statue, found the right position on the wall and pushed hard, and a square brick was pushed in.Then I reached into the wall for a while, and then I heard a click, and a quarter of the wall in the corner of the west wall suddenly protruded.

Xiaodu ran to the protruding part, took out a key hanging on a rope from his collar, inserted it through a hole on the side of the wall, twisted it, and then slid to the side with the help of the wall, revealing a Down the steps.

Tang Shen took the lamp and walked down, Hua Dingwu immediately followed, Xiaodu took the key and followed.

The steps were not very long, and soon reached the bottom. Tang Shen put the lamp on a lamp stand by the wall, clapped his hands and looked around, and said with a smile, "Not bad, Xiaodu has worked hard!"

Hua Dingwu was a little surprised looking at the long room.Compared with a warehouse, this place is more like a large room, with tables, chairs, beds, and even simple kitchen utensils. There are also air holes on the wall and it is not stuffy. It looks like a place for refuge.

"Shen'er, this is..."

"It's a warehouse that I made when I was idle and bored." Tang Shen went to the corner and looked through several boxes. There were a lot of rice noodles and rice in it, and a large tank was also full of water. "I made it before going to the capital." , didn’t think about what to use it for, just doing it for fun.”

Hua Dingwu looked around, and said with a smile: "I think it's pretty good, it's convenient to hide here if you have something to do."

"I just hope it won't be needed." Tang Shen put the box on, wiped off the dust from his hands, and patted Xiaodu on the head: "Xiaodu is so good, it's really done."

Xiaodu smiled shyly and proudly, with bright eyes, pulling Tang Shen to look around, and introduced all the decorations in a low voice.Several people were looking around, when they suddenly heard a sound from above, they turned their heads and saw a tall man looking inside vigilantly.Seeing Tang Shen stunned for a moment, he shouted loudly: "Second Master? Why are you here?" The person who came was Wang Laosan, one of the five thieves back then.

"Third brother, are you on duty today?" Tang Shen waved to him with a smile, and the third child ran over happily: "Yes, I was going to sleep in the afternoon, and when I woke up, Brother Fang said you were back, and I was still thinking about tomorrow morning." I'm going to greet you."

"You came here after seeing the lights go out?" Tang Shen was also very happy. No wonder he didn't see this big man today, so he went to sleep on night duty.

The third child nodded: "Well! There is a mechanism outside this house, especially at night, no one will approach it, I just came over and walked around, only to find that the light was out and the door of the kiln was open. I was afraid that someone would enter, so I went to the house. come and see."

Tang Shen took off the lamp and said, "I just came to see it, and now I've finished watching it, let's go out."

Back in the Buddhist hall, the third child stepped on the threshold to let everyone come in, then closed the door and sent them back to rest.

Xiaodu stayed by Tang Shen's side all the time, as if he was afraid of Hua Dingwu who was full of cold and murderous aura, so he didn't dare to speak loudly.Hua Dingwu didn't care, he was listening to what the third child said about the temple and the institution just now, and he also listened with great interest.

Back in the room, Xingniang was still there, giving them a midnight snack.

Tang Shen has a lot of taboos about eating now, so he gave Xiaodu the supper, watching Xingniang raise his eyebrows: "What did you tell me, mother?"

Xingniang was also unambiguous, bowed and said: "Madam asked the servant to persuade you not to be with Mr. Hua. The servant saw that both the wife and the master were very opposed to this matter. The master even asked the wife to find you a daughter-in-law, saying that no matter what Everyone is nice, I want to marry you immediately, and I plan not to let you go back to the capital."

Tang Shen nodded, turned to look at Hua Dingwu who was frowning, smiled and leaned over to kiss him: "It's fine, just leave it to me."

Hua Dingwu was a little worried: "What are you going to do?"

"It's nothing special." Tang Shen waved his hands and didn't care at all. "This family is now decided by me and my elder brother. If they want me to marry, it depends on whether we are willing or not. Don't think about it. It's not that serious."

Hua Dingwu was not afraid that Tang Shen wanted to get married, but he was worried that he would be upset.The two elders of the Hua family knew that their son, who was born lonely, had someone who could accompany him for the rest of his life, so they were so happy that it didn't matter whether it was a man or a woman.So in the capital, it was only natural for the two of them to be together, and no one gave Tang Shen any favors.Now that the elders of the Tang family are so excited, it is estimated that Tang Shen will suffer some criticism.Hua Dingwu knew that he cared about his family very much, and was afraid that he would be hurt.

Xingniang went on to say: "Madam asked the servant to tell the second master that the two maids in your house, Dongyue and Ying'er, are both good, and both of them have children. I want you to accept one tonight." .”

Dongyue was originally standing on the side, but she turned pale with fright when she heard this.She has served his wife all these years, it's not that the wife doesn't know about the matter between herself and that boy Yonglu, and even the second master agrees, why is she suddenly thinking about it now?Dongyue just felt her heart go cold. Although she knew that the second master would not accept her, she couldn't help being sad when she thought that her master had pushed her out.The other girl, Ying'er, was stunned for a moment, and lowered her head with a blushing face, with a hint of joy on her face.

Xingniang took the two people's reactions into her eyes, and said to Tang Shen: "The wife also said that it is really against the rules and impolite for Mr. Hua to live in the same room with the second master. Mr. Hua is a distinguished guest, and my wife is already ready." The guest room, Mr. Hua, please go and live in it."

Tang Shen rested his chin and finished listening. Seeing that Xingniang stopped talking, he asked, "Is this the end?"

Xingniang smiled and nodded, Tang Shen said: "Okay, I know everything, you can take Xiaodu back first."

Xiaodu was a little bit reluctant to part with Tang Shen, Tang Shen patted him on the head: "Xiaodu, good boy, it's night, go to bed."

Xiaodu had no choice but to nod, and Xingniang led him back.Tang Shen rested his chin again, watching Hua Dingwu eating without a pause, as if he couldn't finish the bowl of shredded chicken wonton.Tang Shen watched helplessly as the slender and beautiful hands held the chopsticks, picked up a wonton, lifted it up, the wonton slid off the chopsticks, and then the chopsticks sent two drops of soup into his mouth.

After reading it several times, Tang Shen laughed, took the chopsticks away with his hand and put them down, met the eyes he was looking at, held his face up and down, and said with a smile: "Everyone in the capital is afraid of ghosts. The killer Shenhua-sama, there are times when he is at a loss."

Hua Dingwu didn't smile, but just looked at him fixedly, his dark eyes were full of worry.Tang Shen stared blankly at his eyes, thought for a while and said seriously: "Since I have decided to be with you, I have already prepared for these things. Don't worry, my parents have loved me the most since I was a child. No matter how angry they are, it's only temporary, and it's impossible not to let me go. As long as I live well with you, they will accept it slowly. I'm not afraid of them forcing me, I'm just afraid of you giving up. "

"Of course I won't." Hua Dingwu quickly held his hand and pressed a kiss on his lips, and said firmly: "No matter what happens, I will never give up on you, I only have you. "

Tang Shen blushed, leaned on his shoulders and let him circle him, the familiar temperature and smell made people feel at ease, even some unhappiness caused by his parents' inability to understand, gradually disappeared in this arms: "You have to trust me , I don't want someone else's."

"Well, I believe you."

Hua Dingwu naturally didn't go to the guest room, let alone he didn't want to go, Tang Shen wouldn't let him go either.The two elders of the Tang family who got the news didn't sleep well that night, wishing they could rush over and kick out the man who slept with their son on the same bed, but they didn't dare, so they could only decide to have a good time with their son the next day. talk about it!

It happened that the next morning was sunny, Tang Shen and Tang Yin brothers went out with a few guests early in the morning, and didn't come back until evening, because they had eaten outside and went to bed right away , I didn't even see my parents.

After walking around like this for two days in a row, I went to see all the scenery that can be seen around. The Hua brothers had a good time and were in a good mood.Tang Guangde and Qiu's husband and wife were anxious to get angry, their mouths were full of blisters, Hua Dingwen was a little worried.

It finally rained again on the third day. Although the rain was not heavy, Tang Shen didn't go out, and finally came to sit down and talk with his parents.

Tang Guangde leaned on the bed, Qiu Shi sat beside him, and they both looked at Tang Shen who was sitting by the window.Tang Shen has grown up in the past two years, his appearance has become more and more handsome and elegant, his temperament is lazy and full of infinite style, he is wearing a robe of excellent material and wide, elegant and dusty, just sitting by the window, It's as beautiful as a painting.Looking at her outstanding son, Qiu became more and more sad.What the hell is wrong with this kid who wants to get involved with a man?He is smart, capable, and good-looking, and he will definitely have nothing to worry about in the future.Marry another virtuous wife and have a few smart children. How good would this life be?They knew that he was not in good health, so they didn't have any other demands on him, they only wanted him to live a peaceful and happy life till old age.But now he is getting involved with a man, and there is no future, let alone talk about it, how can he do this thing of cutting off children and grandchildren?

Tang Guangde glared at Tang Shen fiercely with a gloomy face. Seeing that his face was calm and he didn't react at all, he was finally so angry that he couldn't bear it any longer, and asked directly, "What's going on between you and that Hua Dingwu?"

Tang Shen turned his head, looked at the two of them indifferently, changed his posture and leaned on the back of the chair, and said after a while: "You can understand that he and I have made a private decision for life."

The husband and wife stared at him dumbfounded. Tang Shen tilted his head and said mischievously, "If you don't agree to drive me out of the house, it will become an elopement."

Tang Guangde was so angry that his hands trembled, and he pointed at Tang Shen's angry face: "You bastard! You are ashamed to say these words!"

Tang Shen looked at Tang Guangde's blue face with anger and sighed secretly. The expression of his father, who had never said anything harsh to him, proved that this matter could not be good.But he knew that since he identified Hua Dingwu and decided to be with him, he would not compromise unless the relationship between the two disappeared.After living for so many years, Tang Shen has long taken some things lightly. For him, he is happier than anything else to have someone to care about and accompany him for the rest of his life.

Tang Guangde propped himself up and cursed fiercely, saying such things as unlawful, violating human relations, outrageous, shameless, etc., without any money.Tang Shen lowered his head and listened, but he didn't take it seriously.He knows how to live his life.Parents can't get angry, just let them talk, he doesn't like to contradict, but he won't listen either.Of course, it's not that he's not sad, but he knows what he wants, so he will hear these obstacles and these ugly words as soon as possible.

Tang Guangde was out of breath when he spoke, but when he looked up, he saw his son sitting on the chair without changing his posture, with his head lowered, playing with the webbing around his waist with his fingers. "Kneel down!"

Tang Shen frowned, he was not afraid of kneeling, but with his body, kneeling on this kind of icy ground would definitely cause a great injury to his body. He didn't want to die early, so he was always very careful.He knew it would make his father angry, but in order not to get sick, he had no choice but to contradict him: "Father, I'm not strong enough to take cold."

Tang Guangde was stunned for a moment, he was so angry that he slapped the bed board and shouted angrily: "Are you not paying attention to me?"

Tang Shen frowned: "You mean, I knelt down, got cold, and walked around the gate of hell, just to put you in my eyes?"

Tang Guangde pointed at him and was so angry that he couldn't speak. He was naturally reluctant to hurt his youngest son, but his upright appearance still made him angry. Suddenly, he reached out and grabbed something randomly from his hand and threw it at him. .

Amidst Qiu's exclamation, a carved black horn flew straight towards Tang Shen's forehead.