Jiayu Village of Red Mansions

Be careful yourself. " Yucun laughed. He could feel that in the past three years, Shui Zhan's original sharp edge was restrained and calmed down a lot.

"Wait for me." Shui Zhan took one last look at Yucun, turned around and left the small building.

Yucun watched Shui Zhan leave the small building, lay on the bed and sighed heavily, closed his eyes, thinking that he might not be able to get a rest these days.

The next day was Yucun's birthday. The Holy One sent Li Dequan and Yinglian to Chongfu Temple to present Yucun's birthday gift. Because Yucun has become a monk, but it's not a secular birthday, so I just got a good coral by chance, and ordered the craftsman to polish it and give it to Yucun. In Yu Village, don't disturb the purity of the Buddhist sect. When the group arrives, the ceremony will be simple, and the abbot and the pilgrims in the temple will not be disturbed.

Li Dequan, Ying Lian and others went all the way to the foot of the mountain behind Chongfu Temple in a low-key way. Looking up, they saw dense bamboo leaves, a bluestone path extending to the depths of the bamboo forest, and it was very quiet. Seeing a small bamboo building on stilts among the bamboo bushes, the door is wide open, and the mountain is silent, only the sound of the wind blowing the bamboo leaves and the singing of birds, Li De wholeheartedly thought that it would be a place for pure cultivation.Instructing Yinglian to wait in front of the building, Li Dequan entered the bamboo building.

Going up the bamboo ladder, a monk in plain clothes and white robes sat cross-legged on a small couch by the window, in front of him stood a small red clay stove, a copper pot, a cattail fan, and a set of delicate Purple sand tea set, a gust of breeze blows, and the fragrance of bamboo and tea rushes towards you, which is really intoxicating.

"Good tea! It's the best Tieguanyin tea!" Li Dequan took a deep breath and said, intoxicated.

Hearing this, Yucun raised his head and saw Li Dequan coming, and his men didn't stop. He boiled the pot with fertile water, and the tea fragrance overflowed immediately, and he filled the teacup on the table, saying: "Since benefactor Li is here, sit down and drink a cup of tea." , to cleanse the common dust."

Hearing this, Li Dequan stepped forward and sat cross-legged on the couch, and said with a smile: "The tea brewed by Master Chunming is praised even by the Holy Majesty, the miscellaneous family is lucky today!"

Picking up the teacup, Li Dequan put the teacup under his nose and sniffed lightly. A scent of tea permeated his chest, and he took another sip of the tea. After two times of mixing, the taste was really wonderful, and he looked at the person who was smelling the tea Yucun shook his head in his heart. In the past, he only felt that Yucun had a dusty temperament and a beautiful appearance. After three years, Yucun had lost even the last trace of worldliness. He felt something in his heart:

"Master Chunming is getting more and more out of the dust!"

Yucun smiled when he heard the words, and said, "I've always been in front of the Buddha, and I just got a little bit of the Buddha's spirit."

Thinking to himself that it was not too long before he came in, Li Dequan thought of Yinglian who was still waiting outside, got up from the couch, waved to the little eunuch who was accompanying him, took a vermilion lacquer wooden box from the little eunuch, opened it, But it is a 108-piece red coral hanging beads and a string of 18-piece bracelets, saying:

"Master Chunming, the Holy Majesty asked Miscellaneous Family to bring you this."

Yucun just wanted to get up from the couch when he heard the words, but was held down by Li Dequan again, and said, "The sage said, 'Just tell Jia Hua that it's a birthday gift from my father, just like ordinary people, so there's no need to be too polite. .'"

Saying this, Li Dequan patted Yucun's hand meaningfully, and said, "Your Majesty really misses you! I often tell the miscellaneous family that there is no one in the court who can relieve his worries like an adult. Fortunately, the fourth prince can take care of him alone." , the old man can rest well!"

Yucun put the beads on the couch, and when he heard this, his bright eyes drooped slightly, he only smiled faintly, and didn't say much.

Seeing that Yucun didn't speak, Li Dequan knew that he didn't want to say more, so he smiled at Yucun: "The miscellaneous family not only brought this coral Buddha beads, but also brought a radiant pearl!"

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Saying this, Li Dequan moved away, only to see a girl in a goose-yellow skirt coming in from the door, seeing Yucun looking over, the corners of her eyes turned red, Fu*zi, choked up and called out, "Daddy!"

"Yinglian!" Yucun really didn't expect that Yinglian would come to celebrate his birthday with Li Dequan. Ever since he became a monk on behalf of the king, Yinglian was taken into the palace by the Holy Majesty to be educated, and she was named the princess of Yi. This is the default The father-daughter relationship between Yinglian and Yucun was established, and the princess was granted a jade certificate, so she was regarded as a member of the royal family.

"Master Chunming, Your Majesty is merciful. Seeing that the princess misses you, I specially ordered the miscellaneous family to bring the princess to see you." Li Dequan said with a smile.

"The Holy One has a heart." Yucun recovered from the excitement just now, and smiled lightly. Seeing that Li Dequan had no intention of avoiding it, he turned to Yinglian and said, "Have you been slack in the palace for the past three years? Have you continued to study?" ?”

Yinglian blessed Yucun, stood aside, and said, "Go to school with the princesses, and have finished reading the "Four Books."

After hearing this, Yucun asked Yinglian a few more questions from "Four Books", and Yinglian answered them one by one. Yucun nodded and said, "It's okay."

Li Dequan saw that the father and daughter were asking and answering questions, which were purely about academic matters, and there were no common words that had not been seen for a long time, so he said, "Master Chunming, the princess is pure filial piety, every year you celebrate your birthday, the princess I personally prepared gifts for you, but I couldn’t personally come to celebrate your birthday, so I brought them all for you this time!”

He signaled to Yinglian and said, "Princess, hurry up and take it out!"

Yinglian understood, took a red lacquered wooden box from the maid, opened it and handed it to Yucun, knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Yucun, and said: "I wish my father a blessing like the East China Sea, and a long life like the South Mountain!"

Yucun accepted it with a smile, helped Yinglian up from the ground, and then looked at the birthday gift carefully, and saw inside it was a picture of a hundred years of life, a purse with five blessings holding longevity, and a hand-copied "Infinite Life Sutra", Yucun opened it and opened it. After reading it, he said with a smile: "This character has grown a lot, and I haven't been lazy in the past three years."

Yinglian heard the words proudly and said: "Yinglian's handwriting, even the Holy Majesty has praised it!"

"Oh?" Yucun was surprised, and said: "The Holy One is a master of calligraphy and painting, but he rarely praises people, I think he only encourages them!"

Li Dequan laughed and said, "Master Chunming's words are wrong. Master's calligraphy is unrivaled in the world. It's really good that the princess's lower script has been passed down by you!"

"Benefactor Li is absurd." Yucun said with a smile.

At this time the sun was almost noon, Li Dequan raised his eyes to see the shift of the sun, and said: "Master Chunming, it's getting late, the miscellaneous family has to go back to the palace to return to their orders, so we won't stay any longer."

When Yucun heard the words, he said with a smile: "Benefactor Li, wait a moment, please the Holy Majesty to think about it. There are freshly picked bamboo leaves here in Chunming. Donate Li, please take them back for the Holy Majesty to taste!"

Speaking, Yucun ordered the little novice who came to serve Li Dequan and others to fetch the things, saying: "Yinglian is in this palace, please take good care of her."

Li Dequan heard the words, and said to Yucun: "What did Master Chunming say? In this palace, the greatest care is to be taken care of by the Holy One!"

Yucun nodded slightly when he heard the words, Li Dequan was telling him that Yinglian was very favored in front of the Holy One, so don't worry.

At this time, the little novice brought the things, and Yucun took them and handed them to Li Dequan.

"So, the miscellaneous family will leave!" Li Dequan took the bag of bamboo leaves and said to Yucun.

"Daddy, you have to take care of yourself!" Yinglian said reluctantly.

"Go back and study hard, don't slack off." Yucun nodded and smiled, watched Li Dequan and Yinglian leave the small building, and performed a Buddhist ceremony silently.

Here Jia Yucun is celebrating his birthday, but the capital is not as peaceful as in the bamboo forest. The old emperor is about to abdicate, and the Forbidden City is busy preparing for the ceremony.

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For such a big event as the emperor's Zen seat, everyone inside and outside the palace was in a mess, but the master of this matter was sitting and chatting in Changchun Garden at this moment.

"Shui Zhan, my health has been getting worse and worse these past two days. Instead of sitting on this dragon chair until I die, it is better to pass on the throne to you first. With me pressing on this head, how many of you This brother can be more peaceful." Sheng Shanghan leaned on the dragon chair, and said to Shui Zhan on the side.

"My son is terrified, father and emperor will be blessed!" Shui Zhan heard what the Holy One said, and hurriedly said, the Holy One did this to suppress his brothers, but it was not just to guard against Shui Zhan's treatment of his brothers. Let's start, this can be regarded as a disguised protection!

"Don't talk about the prosperity of the heavens," the sage waved his hand, and said, "How many emperors in ancient times have said that the prosperity is the same as the heavens, but has any of them lived to be a hundred years old? I have lived for more than 60 years now. Enough is enough, it is rare for people to reach seventy!"

"I have an imperial decree here, take it and have a look first." Then, the Holy Master ordered Li Dequan to fetch a volume of imperial decree and sent it to Shui Zhan.

When Shui Zhan saw the bright yellow imperial edict, his heart pounded. It was obvious that it was not an imperial edict to pass on the throne. With doubts, Shui Zhan slowly unfolded the imperial edict, and his eyes lit up suddenly when he saw the contents inside.

"Don't be in a hurry to be happy. I called Jia Hua back because he is really a capable official. Without him, I really don't believe that you can easily deal with your group of brothers! As for the little thing between you, In ancient times, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing were not without it. (Since the "Historical Records of Ning Xing Biography", there are not many families of domestic favorite ministers and foreign relatives. Wei Qing and Huo Qubing are also lucky to have relatives, but they are quite capable of self-improvement.) I also It's not that you can't see it, since Jia Hua became a monk, your family has nothing, and others say that you are not good at women because of hard work, I don't believe it!" At this point, the holy majesty slapped the little girl next to him, The tea in the teacup splashed out, flowed down the table, and dripped down the table legs, making a "pop--" sound.

Seeing this, Li Dequan quickly took a cloth towel to wipe it off, but the Holy One brushed it away and said, "Let it flow!"

Shui Zhan was already kneeling on the ground at this time, without saying a word.

"That's right, Jia Hua is virtuous and talented, and it's because he's so capable that I have to take care of him."