In the afternoon of the next day, Lu Yuansi came to Gufu in a sedan chair, although she had known the Gu family since she was a child, but it was the first time she came to Gufu in person, and she was really surprised to see the current situation of Gufu's poverty. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Knowing that she was coming, Gu Qingning went to the front yard to greet her, a silk and satin colorful god flying, a cloth cloth and a skirt with a dark yellow face, which is noble and cheap, and she is arrogant.

"Sister Gu, long time no see. Lu Yuansi straightened his waist and stood in front of Gu Qingning, with a slightly smug smile, "It's been more than half a year, I didn't expect that Sister Gu, who was radiant in the past, has become so depressed now, as if she is ten years old, fortunately, I haven't been seen by my eldest brother......"

She was used to competing with Gu Qingning in the past, so she wanted to ridicule her, thinking that Gu Qingning would quarrel with her, who wanted Gu Qingning to lower her eyebrows and look angry, only said: "Miss Lu is right." Qingning has been sick for a year, and he doesn't feel haggard so far."

"You...... Sick?" she seemed to remember something, looked at Gu Qingning carefully, and her tone softened: "That...... So now...... Okay?"

Gu Qingning replied: "Miss Lao Lu is worried, I am fine. Saying that, she couldn't stop coughing a few times, her body was weak and weak, and she was supported by Fusu before she could stand: "I don't know why Miss Lu is coming to the cold house today?"

At this time, Lu Yuansi gradually lost his arrogance, and seemed to have a weak heart, but he didn't dare to be negligent when he remembered his father's entrustment, so he said with a straight face: "Let's wait until I see Uncle Gu, and ask my sister to introduce me." ”

"Okay, my father knows that Miss Lu is visiting, and he has set up tea in the main hall to entertain guests, please. ”

Lu Yuansi followed Gu Qingning to the main hall, and saw the Gu family's hardships all the way, the Gu family treated her with great courtesy, she gradually felt pity, and it was not easy to make things difficult in front of Gu Qingxuan, and the etiquette should be thoughtful.

She handed Lu Yuanzhi's letter and invitation to Gu Qingxuan, and asked if the Gu family would attend the wedding banquet.

It was Gu Qingning who sent Lu Yuansi out of the mansion again, and when it was over, she couldn't hide her sad expression, and said softly to Lu Yuansi: "Your mansion is kind, Qingning shouldn't have refused, but Qingning is weak, I really don't know if Lu Gongzi can attend on the day of his wedding, your mansion forgive me, please Miss Lu to convey her apologies on her behalf, Qingning is grateful." ”

As soon as Lu Yuansi heard it, he knew that she was refusing under an excuse, and he also understood her difficulties, so he didn't say anything, but said: "Only with a wide heart can you be healthy, and the world is helpless, Sister Gu can only accept it and take care of herself." ”

After Miss Lu left, the three Gu gathered in the study to read the invitation, and Gu Qinghuan asked, "Father, what is written on the letter?"

Gu Qingxuan turned around and handed them the letter in his hand, and there were only four words written on the paper, "Do it yourself."

Gu Qinghuan said with a smile: "The Lu family has already taken the bait, they want to use us to pretend to be frank and clarify the rumors, how can it be so easy?"

Gu Qingning bowed his head: "He is invited, and then we will control the scene, father, this dangerous move we took has begun to work......

"Nope. Gu Qingxuan frowned slightly, shook his head and said: "Our step is indeed dangerous enough, now the dominant power is in our hands, but this can only be guaranteed for a while, at present, Lu Yuanzhi has scruples and does not dare to attack us, but after the matter subsides, he will definitely be ruthless to us to cut the grass and eradicate the roots." ”

Gu Qinghuan asked, "Then what should we do?"

He said: "We should be like the Lu family, with the aim of ending the rumors, and try to make them believe that the secrets of the Gu and Lu families are no longer a threat to them, so that they will believe that we are harmless, and we will avoid murderous intentions, otherwise we will suffer accidents." ”

Gu Qingning knew that his father was right, and all this was indeed because he was too risky, and he didn't think of a way out for the future, so he began to think of getting out of the predicament.

Later, Gu Qingning walked to the backyard and saw that the door of a small room next to his workshop was wide open at this time, this room had not been opened for a long time, Fusu had not set foot in the Gu Mansion for so long, he was inevitably surprised when he saw this, and looked at Gu Qingning with an inquiring gaze.

Gu Qingning's eyebrows moved, thoughtfully, and while answering Fusu's doubts, he walked towards the hut again: "This room was originally a Buddhist hall set up by my mother to worship the Buddha...... It's no wonder that Fusu was surprised, didn't you realize that my mother was a believer in worshipping the Buddha? I only remembered that my mother was very pious in eating fasting and reciting Buddha in her life, and she was still a lay disciple of Master Yuanchou...... However, she hadn't set foot in this temple since four months before her death, and I didn't know why for that moment, but when I think about it, it was when she was diagnosed with a terminal illness...... The Buddha she believed in didn't save her......"

Fu Su listened, but shook her head, she didn't have time to ask the reason, she had already arrived outside the door of the Buddha Hall, there was no one else inside, only Gu Qingxuan, he lit the lamp and candle that had been extinguished for a long time, rolled up the cuffs, and carefully wiped every utensils in the Buddha Hall with a wrung out silk scarf, and the original dusty golden Buddha statue was completely new.

Since Shen Lanxi died, they were afraid that Gu Qingxuan would hurt their spirits when they saw things, so they never opened the door of this Buddhist hall again, but today Gu Qingxuan opened this door by himself. Gu Qingning stood silently at the door for a while, watching Gu Qingxuan arrange all the utensils in the room as if Shen Lanxi was there, his nose was sour, he walked in, and called softly: "Father......"

When Gu Qingxuan heard this, he stopped his slow movements and looked at Gu Qingning: "Qingning, I wrote a letter to Mrs. Yuanchou for my father, asking her to come back to Chang'an, do you know what my father wants?"

Gu Qingning looked around at the small Buddha hall, "Well, my daughter understands, or my father thinks about it thoroughly, and this method is indeed the best." ”

"Are you really willing?" asked Gu Qingxuan.

She lit a stick of incense, knelt down in front of the Buddha urn, and kowtowed, "Don't worry about the father, the daughter is willing." ”

After the three consultations, Gu Qinghuan saw that there was no further ado, so he wanted to take Gu Qingxuan's letter to personally visit Mrs. Yuanchou, but before he could set off, he got a letter from Mrs. Yuanchou, she was already on the way back to Chang'an, and she would arrive in a few days.

The place of practice of Yuan Chou Shitai was originally in the Lingyuan Temple in the north of Chang'an City, this is not an ordinary temple, but a royal temple, the royal priest Empress Dowager Zen and so on are all to this temple, although there is no proper name, in the hearts of Chang'an people, Lingyuan Temple is the first national temple of the imperial city. There is the world's largest monk and nun dojo in Lingyuan Temple, among which the number of yuan sorrow is the highest seniority, Chang'an City up to the queen mother's concubines down to the rich women all believe in her and respect her, believe in Buddhism women do not want to worship her lay disciples, but she only accepted one lay disciple in this life, that is, Shen Lanxi.

Three years ago, she left Chang'an to teach the world in order to spread Buddhism, and never returned to the imperial city, until today, she has finally returned.

Before arriving in Chang'an, Mrs. Yuan Chou sent a letter to the Gu family, informing Gu Qingxuan that Shen Lanxi wrote a letter to her after learning that her time was short, asking her to help the Gu family after her death, so after she heard the rumors about the Gu family, she began to return, and she knew that the time for Shen Lanxi to say had come.

After returning to Chang'an, Mrs. Yuan Chou did not meet with any of the Gu family, she went straight back to Lingyuan Temple, and Gu Qingxuan secretly communicated with each other, and then the news of her return to the city spread throughout Chang'an, those officials who were still busy spreading rumors a few days ago, went to Lingyuan Temple to meet Mrs. Shi, listened to the scriptures, ate fasting and discussed Buddhism, and even the queen mother in the palace sent a message of condolences.

What are the intentions of the Gu family and Mrs. Yuanchou for the time being, but after Lu Yuansi went to the Gu family that day, he was stopped by the eldest brother as soon as he returned to the house, Lu Yuanze asked her how she was, and she said that Gu Qingning still had a knot in her heart, and she seemed to have an old love for Lu Yuanze, I am afraid that on the day of the wedding, she would not appear at the wedding banquet.

She went back to her father what she had seen in the Gu family, saying how the Gu family was defeated, the door was deserted, and she didn't interact with outsiders at all, and it didn't look like they were deliberately spreading rumors. Lu Yuanzhi would let Lu Yuansi go on such a trip, because he knew that Lu Yuansi had the shallowest friendship with the Gu family, especially with Gu Qingning, so he would not be deceived by their hypocrisy, so he felt that his daughter's words were credible.

After Lu Yuanze listened to Lu Yuansi's words, he was always uneasy, and thought that Gu Qingning would be even more tongue-in-cheek if he didn't attend the wedding banquet, so he decided to go and see Gu Qingning himself.

And Gu Qingning knew that he would come after Lu Yuansi went back, so he was not surprised to receive his letter inviting him to meet the next night, and after discussing it with his father and brother, he went to the appointment.