The Buddha Temple is not pure

Snow comes from the branches, from the wind, and from the fragrance of red plum blossoms full of sleeves.

Xue Sui Lan stands under the long arch of dead wood on Yekui Slope, with a red cloak covering her body from head to toe, adding to her graceful posture.

Where the glazed lotus lantern illuminated, it was as if a fantasy had formed, and even the snow on the bottom of the feet was shining with stars.

It is extremely beautiful, and the literati can't describe it even if they have poor pen and ink.If it weren't for her weird fox face, Xu Nu would almost have thought that she had stumbled into a fairyland by mistake.

There were too many strange things this night.

She knelt down and kept begging for mercy: "Great Immortal, spare my life, Great Immortal, I don't know the severity and mistakenly entered the Great Compassion Altar today and bumped into you, but I didn't intend to offend you, so I ask the Great Immortal to let me live."

A flirtatious smile came from not far away, a frivolous and insolent smile, when she raised her head, there was no sign of a smile, the Fox Immortal's face seemed a little stiff, like a mask, the laughter came from behind the mask sent out.

"Don't panic, I stopped you here to repay my kindness, and I didn't intend to kill you."

The voice was ethereal, like the sound of heaven, and Xu Nu was trembling all over, wondering: "Repay your kindness? Xu Nu is ashamed, how did you ever show favor to Da Xian'er?"

"Could it be that you have forgotten the merit of adding fuel to the fire? If you hadn't broken into the Great Compassion Altar today, the incense in front of my seat would have been cut off."

Xu Nu thought about it carefully, and it seemed that there was such a thing, but she bought the lamp oil because she was afraid, but she didn't want to do something secretly, which caused the fox fairy to appear.

Evil, true evil, is worthy of being the god raised by the holy aunt's blood.

"It's a little effort, Daxian doesn't need to worry about it, and there is no need to repay the favor, just let me go home."

Xue Suilan paced the lotus steps, and said neither in a hurry nor in a hurry: "It's easy to go if you want to, just don't be afraid that I will pester you. There is always cause and effect in this world, and there is always retribution for kindness and hatred. Do you really want to leave like this?"

Xu Nu swallowed nervously, the world always said that it is easier to ask the gods than to send them away, so that is what it means.

"What does Daxian'er think?"

Xue Suilan walked in front of her, brushed her swollen face with her slender fingers, the cold fingertips made her tremble all over with fright.

"If my predictions are correct, benefactor, you will be married with the hostess's daughter in three days. As a dowry, you will not be able to appear on the stage!"

Xu Nu also touched his own face. Although there was no mirror to see for himself, he could feel that it should be swollen like a pig's face. Not only that, there were four fingerprints left by Ziko on it, and it was still difficult to reduce the swelling. Not to mention waiting for the wound to heal, even if there is a panacea, three days is definitely not enough.

She raised her eyes to look at the fox fairy, this fox fairy is really amazing, he knows the important events in Dongdu without leaving home, and even more knows her origin and identity, so he has no choice but to believe it.

"I beg the Great Immortal to help me." She said and bowed her head.

Xue Suilan smiled and said: "It's simple, I will give you something, wear it to heal your wounds, and when you marry with the girl, you will be decent."

"There is such a treasure?" Xu Nu couldn't believe it.

When she raised her head, there was no one in front of her eyes, she didn't know how the immortal disappeared, only a mask was left in front of her.

The mask looked very strange, she wanted to pick it up and examine it carefully, but before touching it with her fingertips, she heard the fox fairy's voice from nowhere.

"Tomorrow Haishi, please come to Mengjue Temple by yourself and return this thing."

After all, there was no more movement.

Xu Nu was extremely nervous, picked up the mask half-believingly, looked left and right, knocked it inside and out, but there was nothing special about it, she put it in front of her face and compared it, but still didn't find anything wrong, that's it, She went down the mountain wearing it.

I thought that today's turmoil would end, but otherwise, when I went back to Pei's house, I found that the light in the girl's room was still on.

It's getting late, could it be that you are still grieving over Dongzhu on the phoenix crown?

She paced to the door, and when she was about to knock on the door, she remembered the mask on her face, and then she took it off.

"Is Xu Nu back? Come in." The people in the room seemed to be aware of it, and they were waiting for her by boiling oil and lighting a lamp.

It was a girl's voice, with a bad tone, and she felt uneasy, wondering if the holy lady had come?With [-] points of energy, she pushed the door tremblingly and went in.

"Girl, it's so late, why haven't you slept yet?"

Pei Mengqiang was sitting in front of a round table laid out with embroidered brocades. She was wearing a thin blue shirt with flying willow catkins, but she didn't feel cold with a charcoal fire in hand.

The pearls and hairpins were all gone, she fell down like black black silk, she lost a bit of her usual dignified and luxurious, but at this moment, she looked like a girl from Xiaojiabiyu, arousing pity.

She closed her almond eyes slightly, glanced at Xu Nu from the corner of her eye, changed her expression sharply, and asked, "Can I go to Mengjue Temple to offer incense today?"

Trembling with fear, Xu Nu took a step back and said, "I went and asked for the girl's safety. Don't worry, girl, when you get married in three days, you will be safe and sound."

"Thank you." She waved her hand, and Zikou came out with her head down, her face and hands were covered with injuries.

"I knew you could do it alone, and you don't need to let Zikou follow, but I don't know how her injury came about, and why didn't you come back together?"

This is Xingshi's questioning, Xu Nu quibbled: "Miss don't know, after Zi Kou followed me up the mountain, she didn't listen to discipline everywhere. I only said a few words to her, and she bared her teeth and claws to fight back. I just wanted to protect myself." , I accidentally hurt her, but she didn't do it lightly or hard, and tore my face to pieces. Girl, you have to make the decision for me. I will go to Ji's house with you as a dowry in three days. What can I do if I lose face?"

Pei Mengqiang raised her eyebrows and looked at her: "You have been serving in the mansion for a long time. I know that you have always lied, but you should know the seriousness. When I wait for you to be ugly tonight, I don't just listen to your nonsense. "

"Nonsense? Girl, everything I said is true." Xu Nu was deeply surprised.

Pei Mengqiang didn't want to talk nonsense with her, so she ordered Zikou to get the bronze mirror from the dressing table and put it in front of her.

After looking in the mirror, Xu Nu himself was startled, the wounds on his face disappeared completely at some point, even the hundreds of slaps he slapped himself didn't seem to exist, and there was no bruise at all.

Could it be that mask?

She gasped, it seemed that the fox fairy hadn't lied to her.

"Can you see clearly? Where did the injury come from on your face? I know you have never liked Zi Kou, and you have made things difficult for her since she entered the mansion, but you are both in charge of the maid, and you will marry me in the future." The Ji family should be sympathetic to the sisters, if we continue to target them everywhere, outsiders will surely laugh at me and say that my Pei family is not on the same page."

Xu Nu knelt down again. Today, he apologized for offending him. He knelt down quite a lot.

"What the girl taught is that Xu Nu will remember it, and will never do it again in the future."

Even so, Pei Mengqiang still didn't mean to be merciless, recently she always turned a blind eye, Zi Kou was really bullied pitifully, she only reprimanded her, no matter how severe the punishment was.

She has always been lenient, but it's not without bottom line, she just waits until she has accumulated enough previous debts to plan together.

"Since you have a heart of repentance, I can't say anything more. After all, I am an old man in the mansion. I know my temper and the rules of the mansion. But you have to be clear about yourself. Just now you said that after going up the mountain, Zikou Disobeying discipline, I don’t know whose discipline I am disobeying.”

"Of course it's me."

"You are equal, there is no distinction between high and low, why does she obey your discipline, and what qualifications do you have to discipline? I don't remember giving you such power."

Xu Nu's face was ugly, and he bowed his head and said: "I know I'm wrong, but I feel that there are many things that Zi Kou doesn't understand when she just entered Pei's residence. I just want to remind you."

Pei Mengqiang sneered: "I know you are enthusiastic, but you care about your dignity anyway, even if you have the same status in the mansion, don't forget that Ziko's family is connected with my Pei family, and she and I are also cousins. If you really care about it, you can be regarded as half of your master, it is okay to remind her, but it would be presumptuous to teach her."

"Yes, what the girl taught me is that Xu Nu knew he was wrong."

"Since you know you are wrong, then accept the punishment and kneel in the wind. If you think about it, the heavy frost and dew at night will make you sober, knowing how much you are, so you can handle things properly in the future."

Xu Nu was stunned for a moment, she knew the girl's temperament, she was a master who hid needles in the cotton, but she didn't expect that this kind of energy would affect her, so she bowed her head and said: "The slave is punished, it's late, the girl can rest in peace earlier, I'm going to kneel outside."

Pei Mengqiang watched her go out, and was very dissatisfied with the dowry chosen by her father. She knew at a glance that it was not a fuel-efficient lamp. If she followed her into the door of Ji's house in the future, it would definitely not be worry-free.

She got up, went to the closet to pick out two thick clothes and put them on Zikou, knowing that Zikou's mind was damaged, her words and actions were not like ordinary people, and she didn't care about her reaction, she just confessed: "You, you know Forbearance."

After finishing speaking, he flicked his fingers on her forehead, "Don't be so stupid in the future, if someone bullies you, remember to tell me."

For some reason, Ziko was stunned, and tears rolled down her eyes in the blink of an eye, she seemed to remember that the girl in the past was also like this, knocking her on the head and laughing at her stupidity.

"What's wrong?" Seeing her sad, Pei Mengqiang asked a few more questions.

But she didn't speak, she hugged the clothes carefully, saluted respectfully, and exited the door.

Pei Mengqiang sighed softly, seeming pitiful and regretful, this girl was treated like a sibling by Miss Yu when she was in Ji's house, after all Miss Yu cared so much about Hibiscus, she would not be bad to her Where to go, it's a pity that good people don't live long. Unexpectedly, Miss Yu died in Xiangou at a young age. Speaking of which, she was her future sister-in-law.

When Ziko passed in front of Xu Nu holding thick and warm clothes, Xu Nu's eyes were reddened.

She hated her teeth so much, as the girl said, she was considered an old man in the house, why did she fall into this situation when Zikou came!

"Sure enough, she is a sister of the same family. She is very close to each other. She rewarded her with clothes but sent me here to blow the cold wind. She treats me like a cat or a dog, but I am not a human being alone. The people in your Pei family are precious, and you can't touch them. You can't mess with other people's bodies. It is not the body, and the life of others is not life!"

The shadow of the moon is getting longer and longer, and the lonely night is hard to bear.

At Haishi the next day, she finally waited until the lights of thousands of households were turned off, and then she found a random reason, left her work and went up the mountain.

The mountain was blocked by heavy snow, and it was very difficult to walk, but she still couldn't stop her thoughts of "praying to God and worshiping Buddha" and went straight to Mengjue Temple.

Mengjue Temple had already closed the door, so she had no choice but to crawl in and out of the dog's hole just like last night, and sneaked into the Great Compassion Altar.

When Yawangjun heard the movement, he gave Xue Suilan a compliment.

Xue Sui smiled confidently, pulled it away, and wrapped it in red silk.

"You are addicted to pretending to be a ghost, why play with a maid like this, this style is not high."

"You have seen how she treats Zikou. If it wasn't for Zikou, I wouldn't have plotted against her like this. Originally, my target was her master."

Lord Yawang was surprised: "Pei Mengqiang? She is your future sister-in-law, are you still planning to enter Ji's house?"

"I know that she is my future sister-in-law. In terms of virtue, she is not at fault, but there are some things that have to be done." After she finished speaking, she took out a silk handkerchief from her bosom.

"what?"

After she opened it, it turned out to be a dazzling oriental pearl.

Lord Yawang's eyes widened: "What kind of medicine are you selling in your gourd? Do you know that your sister-in-law has gone crazy looking for this thing in recent days, and you hid it."

"This thing is not important to me. I hide it because you can use it."

"Me?" Jun Yawang pointed to his nose, "I don't like this, it's better than anything if you bring some wine and meat."

Xue Suilan sneered: "Take this thing and lead my sister-in-law out on the eve of my eldest brother's wedding. I want to invite her to Mengjue Temple..."

"what?"

"Drink tea."

...?

The treacherous smile on the corner of her mouth made Yawang-jun confused for a moment, so he had to take Dongzhu casually.

Wrapped in red silk, Xue Suilan climbed onto the altar, sat on the previous lotus throne, and kicked the fox fairy statue behind the curtain.

With a sound of "squeak", when Xu Nu opened the door and came in, the place was still as quiet as last night, the lamp oil in front of the seat was burning, and there was no sign of dying.

She kowtowed to the ground and said reverently to the fox fairy: "Thank you, Great Immortal, for helping me. This mask is really amazing. The distance from the mountain to the mansion is only a thousand steps, and all the wounds on my face have healed."

The fox fairy didn't respond, but showed a slightly complacent smile.

Holding the mask, Xu Nu couldn't wait to respond. When she looked up, she vaguely noticed the smile of the fox fairy, and she was extremely excited.

"Daxian, you can hear that, right?" So, she just went on talking, "But Daxian, this mask is also strange. Although the injury is completely healed, the pain has not been reduced by half. I knelt in the courtyard last night, and the cold wind First, it still hurts to blow on the face."

When it got to the point, Xue Suilan finally spoke.

"Cure and heal wounds are not what soup and medicine can't do, but this thing is just a way to blind your eyes, and it may help you relieve your urgent needs."

Xu Nu frowned, looked at the mask in his hand, and his face turned gray: "I thought that with the help of divine power, all problems could be solved easily, but I didn't think there was only a way to block the eyes, which is useless to say, but thank you Daxianer for helping , I take my leave." After finishing speaking, he respectfully placed the mask on the altar, turned and left.

When she pushed the door, Xue Suilan added in that unhurried tone again: "Sometimes, the method of blinding the eyes is enough."

She turned around, not knowing why.

The fox fairy said with a smile: "All spirits in the world judge people and things, use their eyes more than their hearts, but they don't know that their hair and skin can change easily, their appearance can change, and they come and go slowly. Luo Yi is just a skin. Born with this nose and eyes, you will be above ten thousand people. If you get out of the high court and enter the noble family, if you change your appearance, you will be a slave of the lower ranks. You can beat and scold them as you like, and you can't do what you want, but this principle ?”

Every word and every sentence pierced Xu Nu's heart. Do princes and generals care about each other?Why is it that girls from the Pei family are precious, and other girls are lowly? Zi Kou is nothing, because the surname is Pei, and this is why the girl praises her.

"What Daxian'er said is that I only hate that my surname is not Pei."

Xue Suilan smiled, with uncertainty in his eyes, he just mentioned: "The surname cannot be changed, and the bloodline cannot be changed. If this is the case, why bother with it, it is better to destroy it and replace it."

The last eight words awakened Xu Nu, her eyes lit up, and she looked at the evil god on the seat in disbelief, so that was the meaning.

Although that mask can't change her surname, flesh and blood, or her person, it can change her body shape and appearance.

Suddenly, a terrible idea flashed into her mind, what would happen if she married into Ji's family instead of the girl?From then on, the glory and wealth belong to her alone, and no one can tell her what to do, even the holy aunt, she can even ignore her. After all, in terms of seniority and inferiority, she is the eldest and youngest mistress of the Ji family.

It just so happened that the Ji family was not very familiar with Pei Mengqiang. Master Jin had never even seen his new wife's face. If she was really a fake, who would recognize her!

But there is another question, what should the real Pei Mengqiang do?If you really want to listen to Da Xian'er's words, can you destroy it?

Knocking the vermilion doors and windows, her knuckles turned white, and she couldn't hide the hostility in her chest. Although she didn't say a word, it could be seen that she had secretly made up her mind.

Xue Suilan was sitting upright, squinting her eyes, knowing what she was thinking, and also understood that this person was hopeless, and since the intention of harming others had already started, it would not be wrong to send her to the palace of the King of Hades.

Xu Nu turned around, took back the mask in front of the seat, bowed his head and knelt down and said, "Thank you, Da Xian'er, for your guidance, I can't return this fetish to you, so I will lend it to you for now. Gold and silver honor you."

The Fox Immortal sat high on the lotus platform, keeping calm, only nodded slightly.

Xu Nu was ecstatic, and after paying three respects, he closed the door and left with his mask on.

After she walked away, Lord Yawang opened the door and came in.

"Is it wrong to commit crimes? You actually instigated and lured her to kill someone!"

Xue Suilan smiled and said: "If she has a pure heart, she will not fall into my trap. Since the evil thoughts have arisen, it is only natural for me to kill her. At that time, don't be soft-hearted."

"If she really has the intention of harming others, I will naturally not keep her in trouble, but I'm afraid, you misjudged her."

"How to say?"

Lord Yawang was very naive, and said: "Do you still remember how she beat and scolded Zikou outside the gate of the temple?"

"It's just that Zikou doesn't know how to check, and she climbs the dragon and attaches the phoenix, so what?"

"Since she is beating and scolding Zikou like this, she must not despise such behavior herself, she may not be able to see wealth and wealth, so how could she listen to your instigation and kill someone just to marry into a wealthy family? "

After hearing this, Xue Suilan laughed, full of belly laughs, the kind that was almost out of breath.

He was a little indignant, and asked: "What are you laughing at, is what I said unreasonable?"

"Isn't it because of jealousy that you speak harsh words at each other? Otherwise, where do you think all the rumors in the world come from?"

She patted Yawangjun on the shoulder and added, "But I don't blame you. After staying with her for a long time, it is inevitable that I am stupid. I don't understand what the faces of the world are like. After all, she is a person who has no emotions. people."

"You mean Yang Yang?"

Xue Suilan didn't return, she just straightened her expression and said: "Two days later, when we get married, don't forget to save my sister-in-law, and don't forget to take away the magical powers of that mask."

"You're already planning to go back to Ji's house, aren't you?"

She turned her head and said helplessly, "It's my fate, I can't hide it."

What she couldn't hide was Ji's family, it must be Duan's family, Mr. Yawang always felt that what she said meant something else, but he didn't dare to think about it.

Zhu Mengzhen's ending has already been determined by Yangyang's Zhubi. Even if she is uneasy, she will not be involved in the chaos after Nirvana. No one can guess what she is planning.