The rain became heavier and heavier, and a dilapidated ancient temple halfway up the mountain lit up a little bean-sized light, shining on the repaired windows, reflecting a small orange halo, and in the dim wind and rain swaying all over the mountain, there was a hazy silence.

Tan Wanqing sat on the shabby mat that couldn't see clearly, and quietly wiped her wet hair in the faint light, as if she heard something, her movements stopped, and she couldn't help but listen, but she couldn't hear anything else except the sound of a shower of rain hitting the leaves.

"Miss." Ruizhu stepped in, reflexively closed the broken door, held a comb with a few teeth in his hand, took off his shoes neatly and came up to her: "I asked the old nun in the temple for this, let Ruizhu comb the young lady's hair." ”

As soon as Ruizhu mentioned it, she thought that she didn't seem to have washed her hair for a long time, let alone combing, this time it was thanks to the blessing of the rain, Tan Wanqing nodded, and put down the coarse cloth that couldn't see the color in her hand.

Rui Zhu moved behind Tan Wanqing, carefully combing her hair, this way unkempt, the young lady's hair has not been taken care of properly, and now it is only more than a month, and it is actually a little knotted.

Thinking of the black forging of the waterfall raised by Miss when she was in Tanfu before, she couldn't hold it with one hand, Ruizhu's heart was slightly sour, and then she thought that the days would never be the same again, and she suddenly felt uncomfortable, she was like this, not to mention Miss? Her movements were even more slight.

"Rui Zhu will give Miss a flowing cloud sideburns."

Tan Wanqing listened to the sound of the wind and rain, her heart was uncertain, and she didn't care what she wanted, so she just said casually: "Just pull a bun, now our identity, how can we still pay attention to this." It should be the more depressed the better, thinking of something, and said: "Didn't you say, don't call me Miss in the future, why haven't you changed your mouth yet?" ”

Rui Zhu only responded in the back, obviously not taking it to heart, anyway, it was called in private, there are no outsiders, what does it matter, Miss is afraid that she will leak her mouth and be suspicious, she should pay attention in front of people.

Tan Wanqing sighed, knowing that she didn't understand what she meant, turned around and took the comb in her hand, and was about to speak, as if she heard something again, and her hand was stunned.

"Miss?" Rui Zhu didn't know why, and also looked at the window.

Tan Wanqing "shh ”

Rui Zhu kept combing her hair, didn't pay attention to the outside at all, and immediately shook her head, "No." ”

"Did you hear the neighing of horses before you came in?"

"Miss, you, don't scare the slaves, you can't hear anything outside except the sound of rain." Rui Zhu thought of something, and was also frightened, this ancient temple was already in the mountains, uninhabited, not to mention that there was only one nun in her fifties in the temple, and the sound of what must be peeled sounded really terrifying.

Tan Wanqing saw that Ruizhu's face turned pale, so she had to comfort: "Maybe I heard it wrong." ”

"Yes, miss." Ruizhu immediately said: "The rain is so heavy outside, and when it falls on those trees, grass, and stones, there will always be a lot of strange sounds that flutter and peel, or the cries of some wild beasts in the mountains may be like the sound of horses." Rui Zhu even blurted out the slave maid at this time, no wonder she was afraid, when it comes to horses, she can't help but wonder if those servants are chasing after her, although she and the young lady faked their deaths and escaped, but once they are caught again, they are fugitives from the court, and the crime will be added to one degree, and when the time comes, a hundred mouths will not be clear.

Since escaping, Tan Wanqing has been a little unsettled, people will always be suspicious in their uneasiness, and they are all soldiers, and it is not unreasonable to hear Ruizhu say this.

What's more, they are just two insignificant women in the Tan family, and if they die, they will die, so they won't let those officials brave the danger of heavy rain and bandits to return to look for them, right? I think I heard it wrong.

After thinking about this, she calmed down a little, shifted her gaze, looked at the door, and asked softly, "Have you ever mentioned the matter of the monk to the old master?" ”

Speaking of this, Rui Zhu immediately nodded and replied: "That old nun didn't say no, he just said to help us think of a way......

Tan Wanqing snorted, "We beg others, and we can't let people be busy in vain." After speaking, he took out a small yellow cylinder from his sleeve, in fact, this thing is not something else, it is gold, when Tan Fu, the general master will let people play a lot of gold and silver melon seeds and peanuts, or small mascots in the shape of animals, keep them to reward the next person, Tan Wanqing is to make people into a copper coin, and then knock on the auspicious word, wrapped in a dozen and a dozen papers, many people secretly call it a small silver cake and small money, the appearance is attractive and real, and the capital is popular for a while.

When the accident occurred in Tanfu, she only had time to stuff a piece of paper-wrapped round money into her bun, and her hair was always thick, and no one noticed it.

There were more than 40 small gold cakes in this gold cake pillar, which she used to make Ruizhu and used more than 20 pieces, and there was not much left, she checked it all and stuffed it all into Ruizhu's hand, so that she could send it to the master in the temple quickly.

Ruizhu was a little hesitant and reluctant to take it out, but seeing the appearance of the young lady, she had to put the small gold cake in her sleeve and turn over and go to the ground.

Tan Wanqing has thought about breaking away from the Tan family countless times, although she finally stopped due to difficulties, but some small details have also been thought about, for example, after she faked her death, she did not have the identity of the concubine of the Tan Mansion, what identity would she use to save zài?

It is precisely because I understand it that I understand how strict the number of household registrations was in ancient times.

Household registration is the standard for taxation, and the imperial court has always found out clearly, and the system has been complete to the point of exploding.

Although at that time, it was not difficult for her to get a household registration.

But with the current status, under such circumstances, it is difficult to get an identity certificate that can be passed here, and without this certificate, it is difficult to move an inch in ancient times.

Fortunately, there is no endless road, this is a nunnery, if you can hand over enough offerings, in exchange for two pairs of monk protection, you can also have an identity in the market in the future.

Tan Wanqing was thinking so, Ruizhu over there had already come in with a basin of hot water, and an old nun followed behind, probably living a difficult life, and her fifties looked like she was in her sixties.

When she saw Tan Wanqing, who was sitting quietly on the broken mat after the cleaning, with white skin and black hair and gentle hair, she felt that the dark and simple room in front of her was brightened up by people.

The little girl vaguely said that their sisters met bandits on the way to visit relatives and were separated from their relatives.

Just the beauty in this shabby room, when she sat there, she knew that she must be a noble person before she fell down, and then she thought of the gold money that the maid stuffed into her just now, and she was even more sure of this, three or four taels of gold, in exchange for silver, there were also thirty or forty taels.

Only those nobles are so generous, although they are down, dropping a bean is still enough for ordinary people to chew for a few years.

The old nun said goodbye to the benefactor, and then took out two pieces of paper from the white-washed monk's robe.

Tan Wanqing hurriedly asked Ruizhu to invite the old nun to come and sit.

“…… This nunnery was also at its peak, if it was at that time, the donor even out the offering money, it was difficult to get two monks, there were taboos in the temple, if the person holding the monk had a problem, the monks and nuns in the temple could not get rid of it, but in recent years, the world has become more and more uneven, the tile thorns at the border pass are more fierce than the tiger, there are more and more displaced people, everyone can not live, how can there be spare money to worship incense, some nuns who have a place to go left early. Now there is only one nun left in the nunnery, but there is no need to worry about these anymore. After saying that, she handed the two worn-out monk's slips to the two of them, and turned the rosary in her hand.

"Don't hide it from the donor, if you really want to run a monk, the old nun is really powerless, but if you just want to have an identity to escape the world, so many years, the people in the temple are sick and die, but there are some left, the old nun picked two of them, although they are infected and died, but they are also innocent, and the age of the two donors is compatible, if you don't dislike it, you can use it."

Tan Wanqing picked up the monk on the table, looking at the old, but it clearly contained the monk's and nuns' origin, common name, age, and the temple to which they belonged, the ordination master, etc., although this kind of impostor proof can not stand scrutiny at all, if someone really gets to the bottom of the matter, you can soon find the clues, but in this far away from the capital, there are homeless people, the yamen must not be so tight, if you are careful, do not show your head, do not attract attention, in the market to hide to be a small people, it is not difficult.

Tan Wanqing paused, got up and bowed, "Shitai's reinvention grace cannot be repaid. ”

With this set of talismans, she and Ruizhu are reborn, and they can barely walk in the world.

How dare the old nun accept the gift of the nobleman, and quickly help up Tan Wanqing and Ruizhu, even the two can't, "Don't worry, although the old nun plans to invest in another temple, but the incense money given by the donor will still be handed over to the temple, with these incense money, the old nun does not need to be alone here, speaking of which the donor is the noble person of the old nun." ”

Tan Wanqing didn't care whether she donated the money or kept it for herself, and now that she got her wish, she finally breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and her gratitude was naturally overflowing, and after chatting carefully for a while, she didn't send the old nun away until it was late.

Ruizhu closed the door, picked up the dirty paper on the table, pouted and said with some disgust: "Miss, this is a dead man's thing, we still have to bear the name of a dead man, how unlucky." ”

Tan Wanqing didn't care, how could a maid who grew up in a house and never lived outside know the difficulties of the world? Putting the things away, she said casually: "Didn't the two of us die once, we are both people who have died once, who dislikes whom?" He added: "I have already agreed with Mrs. Shi just now, and we will leave with her tomorrow, after all, we are not familiar with life here, and Mrs. Shi can take us all the way." After saying that, she looked at the door and signaled Ruizhu to close the door.

Ruizhu immediately jumped off the ground, looked around at the door, and then closed the door, the two returned to the narrow table, Tan Wanqing hurriedly wiped herself with hot water, and took out the belly pocket that had been replaced and fitted.

The color of the belly pocket is dull and inconspicuous, although the entire pocket is embroidered with lotus leaves, but there is no beauty at all, and it is also a little thick.

Tan Wanqing took out the scissors that Ruizhu borrowed, and then cut it carefully along the double-layer pocket, and behind the unaesthetic lotus interlayer under the light, there was a faint gold.

Rui Zhu's face couldn't hide her excitement, she stared at her young lady with wide eyes, and said straightly: "Little, miss, when the slave embroidered, she never thought that it would be useful one day, this is obviously our life-saving money!" Fortunately, Miss has the habit of hiding gold, God bless! She also secretly complained about her own young lady's eccentricity that was different from ordinary people, but at this time, she was extremely grateful for the eccentricity of young lady.

How can Ruizhu understand Tan Wanqing's difficulty in fidgeting?

The two of them didn't say a word, and quickly took down those gold leaves, a total of thirty-six, but unfortunately, the belly pocket is too small, thirty-six is the limit, and if there are more, it will be too heavy, Tan Wanqing didn't think about sewing some silver tickets and other things that are easy to carry.

However, although the silver ticket is light, it has all kinds of inconveniences, and it is far less real than gold, and it can be used at any time.

Rui Zhu carefully put the thirty-six thin gold leaves into his hand and weighed them: "It's a little heavier than the gold coins for the old nun, about five or six taels." ”

"Yes, in the future, exchange it for silver and use it carefully, enough for us to use it for a while."

In the past, Miss He had cared about this little money, but now she wanted to exchange it for silver to save it, Rui Zhu was still happy, but became sad again, she didn't dare to show her demeanor in front of Miss, so she had to take out the needle and thread borrowed from the old nun, bow her head and pick up the good place in the belly pocket to cut it off, and quickly sewed a purse for Miss and put the gold leaf into the purse.

Tan Wanqing looked at the window that was wet by the cold rain, only to feel the cold to the bones, this futon had a musty smell, a strange room without a trace of heat, hands and feet were like ice cubes, except for the heart, the flesh and bones were bitterly cold. But compared to the circumstances of the previous days, she would rather live in this situation.

Thinking that it will get better and better in the future, the mood slowly relaxed, coupled with the fatigue of many days, the sleepiness soon came up, I thought it would be a sleepless night, but as soon as I closed my eyes, I fell asleep.

Tan Wanqing, who fell asleep, never expected it.

The dilapidated thatched hut ancient temple he was in had long been surrounded by more than a dozen black cavalry, waiting for an order to rush in and arrest people, until the man in armor rode his horse back and forth in front of the orange halo window, and raised his hand to stop a few people as if he had suddenly changed his mind.

The horse in the rain hissed a few times in discomfort.

He rode on a horse, stared at the window silently in the cold rain for a long time, and then turned around and pointed at the two spies under him who were unconscious, pointed to the window and said coldly: "Keep an eye on the person inside, I want to know all her whereabouts, where she went, and what she did." ”