The Buddha Temple is not pure

What will happen if you roll down the two hundred stone steps in front of the gate of Mengjue Temple?When he landed, his muscles and bones were broken, the sky was dark, Duan Shiqing shouted until his voice became hoarse, the bedding was soaked in cold sweat, and when he woke up, his face was pale and his whole body was sore.

The same nightmare has been repeated for more than ten years, but he still can't be numb to the nightmare. Every time he feels that he is on the verge of death and wakes up suddenly, but he has never experienced the scene in the dream until he went to Mengjue Temple and went to Qingshi Temple. Steps, the familiar and frightening feeling hit his face, and he suddenly realized: Does the Bodhisattva want to enlighten me?

Thinking of the prayer card under the pillow, he turned over and vomited again.

When the sun was high, the Changxiang Garden was full of people. Standing by the bed was a girl in a primrose-colored veil. The baby face, which was originally a little baby fat, was bright and playful, but it became stable because of the eye-catching touches of dark purple, and the obsidian-like eyeballs were not idle for a moment, and it seemed that it had an idea.

"Si Yao, why are you here?" Duan Shiqing was confused, but he also recognized Duan Siyao, the youngest daughter of the Duan family, who was only less than one year older than him, so she didn't call her sister very often. Call each other by name.Unlike boudoir girls of the same age who usually only like piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, female workers embroidery and so on, she has always been by Duan Fayang's side, saddling for her father, and Duan Shiqing knows that she is willing to serve by the bedside, probably at his father's order.

Duan Siyao handed him a cup of tea soup and rinsed his mouth: "Nightmare again? Since you were a child, you have never been able to get better from nightmares. No medicine will help. Why don't you invite someone to come and have a look? I'm afraid there is something evil. disease, contaminated with unclean things."

Duan Shiqing didn't pay attention to Meng Yan, but grabbed her sleeve instead: "Si Yao, is father angry?"

"Of course." Duan Siyao put down the tea soup properly, "Where did you go crazy last night, why did you clamor for resignation as soon as you got home? It doesn't matter if the marriage with you is a woman from an ordinary family, but It's Zhu Mengzhen, both young and old in Dongdu City should be respected as holy aunts, the parents and daughters of Zhu's family. Back then, my father went through a lot of trouble to marry the Zhu family. I never thought that you would retire today. I know that you are used to messing around on weekdays. What a big deal in marriage Don't you even care about it?"

Duan Shiqing was in distress, stumbled and said: "Si Yao, you must persuade father about this matter, I absolutely cannot marry Zhu Mengzhen, she, she, she..."

"What's wrong with her?" Duan Siyao winked, seeing that his expression was wrong, and immediately dismissed all the maids and women in the room, "Say it, I'll listen."

Even so, Duan Shiqing still couldn't tell.

Duan Siyao broke away from his hand, wiped the sweat off his forehead with a handkerchief, and asked tentatively: "You went to Mengjue Temple last night, right? I heard from your subordinates that the spirit behind Mengjue Temple Where did you meet Immortal Tiao again?"

The reason why I say "again" is because Duan Shiqing was plotted against by someone before, and it was four or five years ago. It stands to reason that there is nothing unusual about being a son of a rich family, but Duan Shiqing is different, he has always been famous He is not a womanizer, and there are very few maidservants around him, let alone Yuan Qingqing, the courtesan of a brothel who designed him. Everyone in Dongdu City knows that the young master of the Duan family hates prostitutes the most, so he never lingers in the place of fireworks. All my mind is on the dog chasing the rabbit.

At that time, the oiran was unable to seduce him, so he had to plan to invite Jun into the urn. During the banquet, he was fed with congenial friends, but for some reason, when they found Yuan Qingqing, she was already in a daze, and she sang some unknown lyrics with her hair disheveled. Duan Shiqing was the one to blame. He was lying on the bed with messy clothes. He was obviously drunk and dreamed of spring night and had fun all night. Later, he himself recalled that he couldn't resist the effect of the similar drug at that time, and it was indeed the same. The woman in front of him went to the cloud and rain together, and he even remembered clearly the details of undressing.

But the woman in front of him is not Yuan Qingqing, so who is it?

There was no answer for many years. After this incident, he hated prostitutes even more, and had Yuan Qingqing's clothes stripped off, even though she was laughing and laughing in the street madly and foolishly. Looks, I can't help but sigh the waste of things, but no matter how enchanting the skin is, to Duan Shiqing, it's like a shoe, the world is just filthy.

"I met Ji Luoyu at Lingquan last night."

"What did you say?" Duan Siyao's face was full of disbelief, "Ji Luoyu, the only daughter of the Ji family? She is Uncle Ji's favorite jewel, and she is never easy to see."

"No mistake, she went up the mountain to find someone."

"Who are you looking for?"

Duan Shiqing was extremely impatient: "I also met a maid named Fei Jin earlier. My cousin came back from captivity. But seeing Ji Luoyu's temperament, last night he played in the Lingquan, blatantly undressed and seduced, so he wanted to have a good time. What kind of innocent servants can such a master bring out? Feijin was suspicious when she was alone, and she happened to meet her cousin, which was clearly arranged, and in my opinion, the cousin was the one who was designed. But after all, the Ji family is Famous families, if there is a real disturbance, no one will look good, and my father will definitely feel embarrassed, so I'd better persuade my cousin to give that girl a concubine."

Duan Siyao was stunned: "You...really don't know?"

"what do you know?"

"The Hibiscus is already dead, right in front of your gate in Qianxiangting."

"What!" Duan Shiqing raised his eyebrows in surprise, and was about to get up to look, but was persuaded by Duan Siyao: "Don't go, father is talking with the eldest son of the Ji family in the main hall, and he specially asked me to come and watch over you, don't let me go!" You are no longer reckless."

"Ji Yuanjin is here, even for a girl, who else is Ji Luoyu?"

"Don't worry, Miss Ji didn't come."

Hearing that he met Ji Luoyu in Lingquan, behind the temple, Duan Siyao originally thought that he had worked so hard to cancel the marriage with Zhu's family that it must be because of Miss Ji's family. The two have a lot of predestined relationship, after all, they were born in the same year, the same month, and the same day, but Duan Shiqing's description of Ji Luoyu later seemed not to mean that.

Strip seduce?After all, Ji Luoyu was favored by thousands of people and admired by thousands of people. Everyone still has a tutor who is a lady, so it shouldn't be so.

Duan Fayang sent Ji Yuanjin out and paid 300 taels of silver. In his eyes, the life of a girl is of course not so valuable, but for Ji Yuanjin's face, he will pay what is due.

But Ji Yuanjin didn't accept it, bowed politely and said: "I'll take him back first, Duan Shibo may consider the late student's suggestion, this matter is not urgent, we can discuss it in the long run." His body was loaded onto the carriage.

Ji Yuanjin is Ji Boqian's eldest son, he also has the demeanor of a son of aristocratic family, modest and elegant, gentle as jade, there is nothing special about him alone, but if you compare the four brothers together, you will know his advantages.

The second master Ji Dingqiao is good at scheming, decisive and ruthless in life, seven points of iron fist externally, three points of tenderness internally, most of the transportation and transaction accounts of the Ji family's medicinal materials are held in his hands; the third master Ji Yunzhuo is full of fairy wind Dao Gu, a man who admires the fairy trail very much, often travels around the world with others, and does not care about business affairs; not to mention the fourth master Ji Xuanzhen, who has always been a master who does not follow the routine, has a wild and unscrupulous personality, and behaves in the world. She is thoughtful and tactful, and has friends all over the world.

From this point of view, Ji Yuanjin is quite normal. Sending him over proves that Mr. Ji doesn't want to make a big fuss, but no matter how different Ji Yuanjin's personality is from the other three brothers, there is one thing in common. He loves his younger sister very much, after all, there is only this younger sister.

So Ji Yuanjin had already asked Ji Luoyu what he meant before he came here. It was not a matter of money at all. She wanted the tablet of Hibiscus to enter the ancestral hall of his Xie family!

Are you kidding, Xie Chengxiu is the blood of King Runing, even if he is a concubine who cannot inherit the king's title in the future, he is still a real son, his status is self-evident, and Xu Feijin, a woman from a poor family in the countryside, how can she enter Xie Chengxiu? The ancestral hall of the family?Only the main family can enter the ancestral hall. Isn't this forcing Xie Chengxiu to marry Xu Feijin as his wife? Let's not talk about the wrong family. There is still a yin and yang between the two. Marrying a deceased daughter as a wife is a wedding or a funeral Do it?

Ji Luoyu didn't think about it at all. Ji Yuanjin didn't cry when he found her, and sat quietly on the swing under the jujube tree, but his eyes were swollen badly, and his voice was hoarse when he raised his head and spoke: " Being a human being, there is no distinction between high and low, why can't Xie Chengxiu marry Fei Jin as his wife? People are ruined, shouldn't they be given a title."

Ji Yuanjin was very distressed, knowing that his sister's request was impossible to fulfill, but he couldn't bear to dismiss it: "I'll discuss it with Duan Shibo Haosheng, he is not unreasonable."

But in the end, Duan Fayang is only willing to pay money, let alone 300 taels, he is willing to take 3000 taels, but if a girl is allowed to enter the Xie family's ancestral hall, let alone King Runing will not agree, his Duan family Don't want your face either.

Duan Cunxi, as the side concubine of King Runing, did not gain much power in the palace. Xie Chengxiu was not well-behaved before, and his health was not good when he was young. How could he stand up to the concubine's deliberate murder three times and four times in secret? Duan Cunxi was worried that he would not be able to keep his son Because of his life, he moved back to the Eastern Capital City and lived in the Duan Mansion under the pretext of recovering from illness.

But I didn't expect this incompetent son to provoke the Ji family again. When Xie Chengxiu knelt in front of his mother's door, Duan Cunxi was so angry that he was about to have a migraine: "Don't come and confess to me, I can't stand it, go find your uncle, If he settles it for you, our mother and son can still live in the Duan Mansion. If he stands idly by, I have no choice but to take you back to the Runing Palace. At that time, let your father and king come forward to settle the matter. I am not afraid that this matter will not be suppressed, but you can think about it Think about it, your father and king have never looked down on you, and if something like this happens, you don't even want to win a place in the palace!"

"Father looks down on me. It's not because of my mother's disobedience, she always tolerated my auntie, so we came to this dilapidated place as if we were fleeing, but we were just playing maidservants, and we were chased by others to give us a memorial tablet. Go to our Xie Family Ancestral Hall!"

"It's the opposite, it's the opposite of you! Get out of here, get out!" Duan Cunxi stood up abruptly, stumbling around in front of his eyes, Xie Chengwan who was beside him hurried over to support his mother, her plain clothes were stained with the scent of medicine, making her more calm He has a calm and calm demeanor, and he is indescribably comfortable with him: "Brother, you know what kind of health your mother is in, and she's been taking medicine for days, so how can you bear to make her angry? You might as well discuss this with your uncle first, Presumably he already has an idea, although we have to look at the face of others, but uncle is not ruthless, not to mention that this matter has a bearing on the face of the Duan family."

The last sentence is the key point, Xie Chengxiu understands: "Then take care of mother, I'll go there right away."

Xie Chengwan was also born in the palace since she was a child. Unlike her mother Duan Cunxi, she knows how to measure, understands etiquette, and does not compete with others in everything, but her eyes are very clear. She can see clearly whether other people's thoughts are good or bad. Although she is a lady of the palace, she doesn't like luxury, and the cost of food and clothing is not much different from that of a maidservant. Naturally, the aunts of each room did not pay attention to this ordinary little girl.

But what I didn't expect was that after Duan Cunxi brought his children back to his hometown, the lord sometimes recalled that what he missed most was this daughter. Every spring and autumn, he would send three or five family letters, and he was always concerned about Xie Chengwan, and he didn't hear about her useless brother. Do not ask.

It is exactly the same as the saying: If you don't fight, you will have a big fight. If you don't fight, the people in the world will not fight with it.

Duan Fayang was sitting in the main hall, seemingly closing his eyes and resting his mind, but in fact his mind was in a mess. Xie Chengxiu sneaked in, knelt in front of the hall and said, "Uncle, Xiu'er got into trouble again."

"The Ji family doesn't want the money I gave away." Duan Fayang felt extremely troubled by this nephew, "Get up, your own people don't need to kneel."

"What does uncle mean, the Ji family won't let it go?"

"That's right, it's impossible to send a memorial tablet into the Xie family's ancestral hall, but I don't know how Mrs. Ji will get rid of her favorite jewel. I will prepare a generous gift tomorrow. If you come with me to visit his old man, it will be an apology. After all We made mistakes first."

"Didn't I say, Uncle, I'm just playing with a maidservant. Is this really a big deal?" Xie Chengxiu still couldn't realize his fault until now, and winked in disapproval.

Duan Fayang supported his temples: "If you knew Madam Ji's background, you wouldn't have such doubts. She was originally the daughter of a farmer, and she was not a lady of the family. But after she married into Ji's family, Ji Boqian never took the second wife. The husband and wife have always been harmonious, and they are pregnant with four sons and one daughter. They have made great achievements, so the Ji family has always paid no attention to their birth. In addition, most of the land farming of the Ji family depends on the labor of the farmers. Naturally, it is necessary to win people's hearts. If this girl If you don't handle the funeral properly, I'm afraid it will chill the hearts of the people below. Ji Boqian is definitely in a dilemma, and it will not be easy. You are still young, and you are not a family man, so you don't know the pros and cons of it."

"It was my recklessness." Only then did Xie Chengxiu realize what a stupid thing he had done. Fortunately, his uncle didn't blame him, otherwise he would really pack up with his mother and go back to the palace.

Duan Fayang has five daughters and one son, and he has always been more important to his sons. No matter how hard Duan Shiqing is, he has never spoken a lesson, and it is the same with Xie Chengxiu.

Ji Yuanjin told Ji Luoyu what Duan Fayang meant, and Ji Luoyu sighed with red eyes: "It's expected."

Ji Boqian also felt sorry for his daughter. In the evening, he ordered the kitchen to cook her favorite dishes, and sent orders to all the mansions to hold a family banquet for no reason. Even the second master Qiao and the third master Zhuo who were not present for the Qingming ancestor worship , this time because my sister was unhappy, all rushed over.

"Yu'er, these are all your favorite dishes. You should eat some of them. How can you not feel sorry for your mother who hasn't had a grain of rice in the past two days." Mrs. Ji wanted to hide her emotions, but she couldn't see her daughter being unhappy. Ji Boqian was even more helpless, secretly looked at the four sons, raised his foot and stomped on Ji Xuanzhen: "I have a lot of ideas on weekdays, so I would like to say a few words."

Fourth Master Xing didn't swallow a mouthful of mutton soup and almost choked it out. After coughing a few times, he had to apologize: "Yu'er, don't worry about it, eat vegetables. My heart aches when I'm starving." The three ginseng and venison meat were all given to her Caught in the bowl, she refused to move her chopsticks, so fourth master Xing had no choice but to put down the dishes and said, "I know what you are worried about, how about this, fourth brother will accompany you to Duanfu tomorrow, if you don't want to go, I can go alone , how about we settle this matter in front of Xie Chengxiu?"

The old man was unwilling: "Look at your ability, you can't go by yourself, but you want to drag your sister to show your face. You don't have to be polite when you go there tomorrow, you can do whatever you want, I will take care of it when the sky falls!" Jin's going to the peace talks was already the biggest concession he could make, but Duan Fayang tried to settle the matter with 300 taels in vain, and he was begging for food from Ji's family. Are they short of the 300 taels?What they want to see is the attitude of the Duan family.

For all the rituals before the soldiers, since it doesn't work for the eldest son to go, it's better to let the fourth son make trouble.

Third Master Zhuo has a quiet temperament and doesn't like to argue. He has always been annoyed by such occasions, but because his younger sister came today, he even asked the attendant to bring two jugs of wine. Knowing that you like Jiang Liqiu, Zuijinglou is not available this season, so I made a special trip to Nanmo, Wancheng, and bought you two pots, so I can give you some face, let's do it."

"It's my fault to make the third brother bother." Ji Luoyu shook the wine glass, and the wine he was thinking about had lost its flavor at this moment.

Third Master Zhuo said with a smile: "Tomorrow, I will leave all these troublesome things to your fourth brother. How about third brother accompanying you to the temple fair? I remember that you liked the excitement when you were young." What a sacrifice it must be to offer to go to a temple fair.

But Ji Luoyu shook his head: "Third brother, I'm already this old, I don't like going to temple fairs anymore."

Second Master Qiao didn't say a word, just sat on the side coldly, seemingly calm, but his eyes were overwhelmed.He has always been unsmiling, and when he is a powerful outsider, others will look at his face, but as soon as he returns to this house, he will always look at his sister's face unconsciously. If her sister is unhappy, he is naturally also unhappy. He is thinking about the accounts with the Duan family. With so many thoughts, the frost on the eyebrows became more dignified.

"Yu'er, you know the temper of the second brother, and I, I don't know how to comfort him... In the worst case, let's not do business with the Duan family in the future!"

Hearing this, the old man shook his chopsticks and almost dropped them. These kids are having a great time playing, so they don't know how to use their brains to think of a way to achieve both ends!