40. The fortieth round

The old lady looked at the signature in her hand, and felt ominous in her heart. Seeing Jia Min's signing, I don't know whether to be happy or worried.

"Old lady, it's better to ask the temple to unsign, maybe it's not a bad thing. When Mama Gu saw the old lady take a sign, she also knew that she was worried, so she was relieved.

Si Zhu first took Jia Min's signature, and was shocked when he read the signature, he also stayed in the old temple for thirty or forty years, and he knew all the signatures in the sign, but he had never seen this sign.

Si Zhu was suspicious in his heart, and looked at Jia Min quietly. Although this girl was born in a noble family, she has a thin life, although she has a noble son-in-law, her heirs are difficult, and her life span is not long. But this gratuitous signature also shows that he is a blessed person, and Sizhu doesn't know the reason for a while.

The old lady saw that the temple was looking back and forth between Jia Min and the sign, and was silent for a long time. Ke Min'er's signature has seen her, every sentence is a good omen, but although the expression of the temple blessing has changed, but this, the old lady couldn't help asking: "Temple Zhu, but what's wrong?"

"Amitayus, I just thought of something else, so the old lady waited for a long time. Si Zhu suppressed the doubts in his heart and replied, and then smiled: "This sign is a hexagram, poor Dao in the old temple for so many years to draw this lot, it can be seen that the girl is a person with five blessings, but also a prosperous son." It's just"

The old lady was very happy to hear the first few sentences, but the last sentence of Sizhu seemed to be a little difficult to speak, and she hurriedly asked: "Taoist, if there is anything wrong, please speak up." โ€

"Actually, it's nothing, the poor road sees that the girl's face is slightly wrong, and now this signature can be seen that she is protected by God, so it is also a good thing. Sizhu said with relief.

"That's good, Daoist, please help me take a look at this lottery again. The old lady was relieved when she heard this, and handed the sign in her hand to Sizhu, "I asked for this for my young grandson, and I hope that the Taoist will solve my doubts." โ€

"Old lady, this son's marriage has been decided, as long as you wait, don't force others, otherwise it will be a storm. Sizhu replied.

"Dare to ask the questioner, I don't know where this fateful person is now, and who is it?" Although Zheng'er's marriage is a little eyebrow-raising, the Hou family has not yet agreed, I don't know if this fateful person is a girl from the Hou family, and the old lady also wants to know so she asked again.

"Far away, close at hand. Sizhu replied.

"Far away in the sky, close in front of you" The old lady muttered in her heart, thinking about the recent events, the people who were close to the Jia family had not arrived at anything, and went to see Mama Gu again, only to see that she also shook her head. He only asked again: "I hope that the Taoist will make it clear." โ€

"A drop of dew on the jade lotus falls into the sky in the early night. In the future, on the jade plate, it is uncertain to know the circle. Si Zhu replied, "Poor Dao can only say so much, and the rest needs to be referred to by the old lady." There are other steps to take in advance, and the old man please take care of himself. โ€

After Sizhu finished speaking, he turned around and walked to the woman on the other side, looking like a first-class mother-in-law of a large family, and she didn't wait there.

The old lady and her entourage were stumped by the poems left by Sizhu, and they didn't know what secrets were hidden in them and what they had to do with Jia Zheng's marriage.

Zhang Qiong's willow eyebrows moved, and she stood out: "Ah, grandmother, this is [Yong Dewdrop] written by Wei Yingwu, but one word has been changed, the original poem is autumn lotus, and the Taoist said jade lotus." โ€

"Qiu He, Yu He, is this the key to this jade character?"

"Old lady, the second master hasn't come back yet, this matter is not in a hurry, you see that something has changed this day, let's go back first and think about it." Mama Gu looked at a few dark clouds in the sky, afraid that it would be difficult to hurry when it rained, so she said.

The old lady saw that the sky had changed a little, so she ordered her to go home.

I didn't expect it to rain on the way back, first a little rain, but the more it rained, the heavier it became. However, the house leak happened to rain overnight, but unfortunate things came together.

The old lady and Jia Min and Zhang Qiong were in a carriage, and the three of them were still thinking about the poem of the temple blessing, but suddenly the carriage shook, and the people in the car almost fell due to the force.

"Grandmother, are you okay?" Zhang Qiong hurriedly stepped forward to help the old lady and asked, seeing that the old lady was fine, she turned her head to look at Jia Min on the other side and said, "Sister, are you okay." โ€

"Sister-in-law, I'm fine, grandmother is okay?" Jia Min said worriedly when she saw that the old lady was silent.

The old lady was a little frightened, but now she came back to her senses and said, "I'm fine, don't worry about it, it's just a little scared." โ€

"Old lady, the wheel is broken, and I am afraid that I will have to let someone go back and drive a carriage. The driver said outside the door.

"No, there are still a few carriages, everyone is crowded, let's go home early. When he saw that the rain was getting heavier, he replied.

"Old lady, now the rain is heavy, the road is not easy to walk, if there are so many people, the two carriages are afraid that it will be even more difficult to go, there is a gazebo in front, go in first to avoid the rain, just when the boy goes back to the house to drive a car. "The little guy said.

The old lady saw that what the little girl said was reasonable, and that the weather was safer, so she said, "Okay, you go and go back quickly, and bring some more clothes." โ€

A group of people rushed into the pavilion, and when they got closer, the old lady waited until they walked in to find that there were already people in this pavilion who were hiding from the rain, but there was only this pavilion here, and they couldn't care about being rude, so they entered the pavilion immediately.

On the stone bench in the pavilion sat a woman of about forty years of age, with kind eyebrows and eyes, and a slightly pale face, which showed that she was in good health, and her dress showed that she was of extraordinary origin. Then stood two serving girls, one was a little older, the other was a little immature, maybe it was a little unexpected for their group, the older woman stood sideways in front of the woman, looking at them and the others with some vigilance, and after seeing clearly that it was just a group of women and children, she put her mind down and stood behind the woman again.

"Madame, I'm really sorry, I'll wait for a few people to disturb, borrow Madame's pavilion to temporarily shelter from the rain, disturb Madame's purity, and hope that Madame Haihan." Zhang Qiong's face was full of apologies.

Jia Min noticed that the three masters and servants did not seem to have come in to hide from the rain like them, their clothes were not soaked at all, and there were some snacks and tea on the stone table in the pavilion, presumably the three of them had originally planned to wait in the pavilion.

"You're gracious," the woman smiled, "and this pavilion was built for the convenience of all." I take the liberty to ask if you are the family members of Rong Guogong, old lady, do you still remember me? The woman saw that the old lady was a little familiar, and after a little thought, she remembered that it was Rong Guogong's mother, but she was walking around outside in her old age.

The old lady looked at the woman, and for a moment she didn't think of which family she belonged to, so she said, "I'm really old, old woman, I can't remember my wife for a while, and I hope to forgive me." โ€

"Old lady, you are too polite, I am just a junior, how can I deserve your apology. I am the eldest daughter-in-law of the Zhang family of Cheng'en Gong, and I have seen you with my mother-in-law before. The woman smiled and said, "If you don't dislike it, old lady, why don't you sit down and drink a cup of hot tea to drive away the cold on your body?" As soon as she finished speaking, the older girl beside her took a cushion and placed it on the stone bench on the other side, and the young one poured a cup of hot tea.

"It turned out to be the eldest lady of the Chengen family, you are too polite. The old lady sat down and said. At the beginning of the dynasty, the โ–กโ–ก stipulated that relatives could only be given titles, not actual positions, in case the dictatorship of relatives in the previous dynasty happened again, and although the Zhang family had a queen, it was also supported by the noble lady in the end, and the people were supported by the concubine room, but in front of the queen's tablet, or in the royal sacrifice, Queen Zhang still had to perform the ceremony of the successor, and sometimes even gave the prince a family ceremony.

Mrs. Zhang looked at Zhang Qiong and Jia Min behind the old lady again, and saw that one of them was combing the woman's hair ornament, and the other was still young and knew who it was, and said with a smile: "The old lady is still blessed, look at this granddaughter-in-law and granddaughter, all of them are good-looking, today is also a chance meeting, I failed to prepare a meeting gift, this thing I dowry is not a valuable thing, you take it to play." As he spoke, he took down the bracelet he was wearing and gave it to Zhang Qiong and Jia Min.

Zhang Qiong and Jia Min didn't know whether to take it or not, they looked at the old lady, saw that she smiled slightly, and took it, and bowed and thanked her.

"Such a good thing, you should keep it for yourself, isn't it a waste to give it to them. The old lady laughed.

"I'm old, how can I be like they are the age of flowers, and this bracelet is the best use for them to wear?" Mrs. Zhang also smiled. "You girls, you really don't have eyesight, you haven't seen the Jia family's grandmother, the girl is still standing, and she hasn't laid the mat yet. โ€

"Madam, it's good that we're juniors. Jia Min stepped forward and saluted.

Mrs. Zhang just took a look at it, and now Jia Min approached and found that her face was exquisite, although it has not yet opened, but it has already revealed a little fragrance, and Mrs. Zhang has seen a lot of girls, but there are really few who can compare to Jia Min.

"At a young age, he acted calmly and generously, without a little timidity, he was really a good child, and the old lady taught him well. Mrs. Zhang praised.

"Madame is wrong, she is still a child. The old lady said modestly.

"Speaking of which, I also have a girl, but it is not common to marry far away for many years, and now I can't see these little girls and like them. Mrs. Zhang took a sip of tea, and saw that the basket in the hand of the girl behind them was filled with incense. He said, "The old lady is from the Yuelao Temple, I wonder if you saw a woman in a blue gown there?"

"Yes, today I am asking for marriage for my grandson who is away. It's just that I didn't notice that woman. The old lady didn't want to say much about this, so she said, "Could it be that Madame is also from the Yuelao Temple?"

"I will go to Tanzhe Temple on the fifteenth day of every month to offer incense and pray for blessings. Mrs. Zhang smiled.

"Madame is really pious, the Buddha will do what you wish. The old lady glanced at the rain that was falling down the pavilion outside the pavilion, "We originally came out in a carriage, but the carriage had some malfunctions, so I ordered the little servant to go back to the house to change the carriage, and it was estimated that it would be there in a while." The rain is getting heavier and heavier, I don't know how Madame will go back to the house in a while? If you don't dislike it, wait for the carriage from our house to come and give Madame a ride. โ€

"I understand the kindness of the old lady, but we also came in a carriage, and when we came here to see the scenery was good, we stopped to rest, but I didn't know that this day was not beautiful, it rained, but it was also fate that allowed me to see the old lady. Mrs. Zhang smiled and politely rejected the old lady's kindness.

As soon as the words fell, a man wearing a lily robe walked in and said to Mrs. Zhang: "It just rained heavily, and it was delayed for a while." โ€

"It just so happens that I'm sheltering from the rain here, and it's nothing. Mrs. Zhang replied, turned to the old lady and said, "The old lady, our mother-in-law is back, and the rain is light." We're going back, why don't you go back in a carriage with us?"

"Thank you Madame for your kindness, it's just that the little guy in our house has already gone back to the house to drive, it should be there in a while, let's wait a little longer, it's not in the way." The old lady politely refused, if it was someone else's family riding together, it was okay, but the Zhang family's identity was sensitive, and it would not be good if outsiders felt that Rongguo Mansion and Chengengong Zhang's family were too close.

Mrs. Zhang is also an understanding person, and she also understands the old lady's concerns. Then he nodded and smiled: "Then let's go first, the old lady has time to let the husband of Rongguo take the girl to the house to sit, Miss Jia I like it very much." โ€

"Okay, we'll visit you when we get a chance. The old lady said politely.

The Zhang family and his entourage walked out of the pavilion, but the later mother-in-law turned her head from time to time and looked at Jia Min indifferently.

In the carriage, there were only Mrs. Zhang and the mother-in-law, "What's wrong with you just now, you always look at Miss Jia, what's wrong?"

"Madam, the old slave just listened to the temple in the Yuelao Temple and said that Miss Jia was blessed," the good woman told Mrs. Zhang what she had heard.

"Mama Qiu, what you said is true. When Mrs. Zhang saw it, she knew that Jia Min had an extraordinary bearing, and she didn't expect her life to be so good, so she confirmed in surprise.

The old slave didn't dare to say nonsense, after Mrs. Jia and the others left, the temple blessed Miss Jia to draw the lot in the tube, and took it out again, and still read something rare in a hundred years. Mama Qiu reassured.

"If this is the case, if this Jia girl enters our Zhang family, or if she can't marry, she understands that she will send a post to the palace, and this matter must be discussed with the queen's mother. Mrs. Zhang said excitedly.

"Madam, since this girl Jia is so good, isn't it just right to ration the third master, why do you want to be with the mother" Mama Qiu finished speaking.

"Mama thinks too simply, is the title of our Zhang family still because of the mother, if there is no mother, the Zhang family will be lonely. If there is really a good mother and a prince, our Zhang family will always enjoy wealth. Mrs. Zhang smiled.