After the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, a string of firecrackers was set off at the entrance of Baicaotang to welcome the first patient of the new year. As soon as the boss Zhou Wang Zhu Lu arrived at the store, he was dragged to the warehouse by Xu Miaoyi, the doctor sitting in the hall, to inquire about the news.

Zhu Hu nodded sadly, "Since Ma Sanbao told you the truth, I won't hide it from you, it's all true, the fourth brother dragged his injury to work in Fengyang's hometown." ”

Xu Miaoyi was distressed, "You are his own brother, why didn't you tell me earlier?" Why don't you go and see how he's doing? ”

Zhu Hu said: "My father did not allow me to go, nor did he listen to other people's pleas, saying that he wanted the fourth brother to have a long memory, not to forget his roots, if he knew that someone in the royal family secretly helped him, he immediately issued an order to take away his title and completely abolish him as a commoner." So I have been doing my filial piety with my father and queen mother these days, hoping to move them and call the fourth brother back as soon as possible. ”

Xu Miaoyi said, "I'm not from your royal family, I'm going to see him, he is injured and penniless, how can he resist the spring cold." ”

Zhu Hu asked: "You go to the countryside of Fengyang to help the fourth brother, what about your own investigation?" ”

A trace of struggle flashed in Xu Miaoyi's eyes, when the investigation was repeatedly frustrated in the past, she felt that she and Zhu Di could not continue to walk, and wanted to end this kind of relationship, but Zhu Di unexpectedly dispelled her concerns again and again, and took her hand again and again, held it tightly, and never let go.

For the unknown future, no one can say what will happen, but Xu Miaoyi no longer dares to imagine that there will be no Zhu Di in her life in the future.

Xu Miaoyi's tangled gaze gradually calmed down, and there was a softness in her eyes that Zhu Hu had never seen, Xu Miaoyi said: "The meaning of life is not just revenge. I used to take revenge for revenge, walking alone on icy roads for too long. Now I feel that revenge is a means, not an end in itself. Revenge is about loving and protecting the people and feelings you cherish, and not letting those who are sinister hurt them. ”

Zhu Hu was so moved that he almost called the fourth sister-in-law on the spot, held back the touch in his heart, and asked: "But my father is not allowed to help the fourth brother, in case he gets angry with you......"

Xu Miaoyi recovered the spirit of her second bastard in the market, and said indifferently: "Your father is not tired of me for a day or two, there are many lice and debts, he will not kill me." ”

glanced at Zhu Hu again, and said, "Quick, take off everything from the headscarf to the clothes, shoes and socks and hand them over to me." ”

Zhu Huan was so frightened that his hair stood on end, and he shrunk his neck and hugged his chest with his hands, "You...... What are you doing? ”

Xu Miaoyi said: "You and Zhu Di are about the same size, I will send him your clothes, your father's stinky and hard temper will definitely not allow him to take away even a change of clothes." ”

Xu Miaoyi hastily packed up some things, immediately left the city, and went in the direction of Fengyang.

Zhu Hu "finished" and returned to the palace to return to his father and mother.

Emperor Hongwu was silent, and Queen Ma said: "I actually said I would leave, this girl's hot-blooded personality is very similar to her father when he was young." ”

Emperor Hongwu said disdainfully: "Where is it like? Xu Miaoyi is clearly brave and unscrupulous! Ma Sanbao and Gorou played a serial plan together, so they coaxed her into believing it. Her father is a hundred times stronger than her, if Wei Guogong is so gullible as her, how can he become the first hero of the Ming Dynasty! ”

Zhu Huan was still obedient on his face, but he secretly said in his heart: Miaoyi is right, my father is a stinky and hard temper. It's almost enough, I have to toss the fourth brother to death.

Queen Ma said gently: "If you care, it's chaotic, you can't think too much for a while, it's rare for a little girl to have this heart, it can be seen that she is a person who values love and righteousness." Your Royal Highness, you have to empty Xuan Wei Guogong into the palace to play chess, and talk to him commonly. ”

Emperor Hongwu said: "The Xu family is still in the filial piety period, and it is not good to mention marriage. ”

Queen Ma said: "I didn't say that I was in a hurry to get married, His Royal Highness was a little transparent with Wei Guogong, and I tried it, Wei Guogong is a smart person, and he will definitely be able to understand His Majesty's meaning, and he has a bottom in his heart, so he will not continue to choose a son-in-law for his daughter Zhang Luo." ”

Emperor Hongwu shook his head, "No, we can't let them succeed easily." Going to Fengyang is only the first level, I want Shiro to experience in Fengyang's hometown, but it's not just talking. When he was born, I had already made a fortune, I never starved him, wronged him, I was born to be served, I don't know the suffering of the people, I don't know how hard it is to get a stitch and a thread, a bean and a soup, hmph, is this wealth falling from the sky? I also want to let him taste the hardships I have suffered before, and suppress his arrogance. ”

On the side, Zhu Hu was suddenly dumbfounded: Could it be that the father really wants the fourth brother to farm in the countryside?

Queen Ma was also noncommittal, and said: "It's okay, by the way, I will also test Xu Miaoyi, for a while, there will always be a time when the cold comes." The days of the long stream of water are the most abrasive, how many lovers of the mountain alliance and the sea have withstood the opposition of their parents, but they have lost in the life of chickens and dogs, and they blame each other for who cooks and who washes the dishes, and the good couple becomes a resentful couple. ”

As soon as this was mentioned, Emperor Hongwu immediately nodded and said: "You're right, then Xu Miaoyi heard that she can't be a woman, she hasn't even touched a needle and thread, and she can't go to the kitchen, I think she can't last more than half a month in the countryside of Fengyang, and she will cry and return to the capital." ”

Zhu Hu said secretly: She still knows a little bit of needlework, and embroidered Tangtang flowers for the fourth brother, but the flowers are like white lotus and roses, so they don't look like Tangtang......

and Xu Miaoyi's cooking skills...... Zhu Huan tried hard to recall, but he couldn't remember when he saw Xu Miaoyi cooking in the kitchen, and Song Xiuer used to take care of the housework.

For this reason, Zhu Hu also began to worry about the Fengyang experience of the fourth brother and Xu Miaoyi.

Fengyang Longxing Temple.

Longxing Temple is a small temple where Zhu Yuanzhang used to be a monk in the past, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Longxing Temple became a royal temple, recast the golden body, invited monks from all over the world to come here, the temple is surrounded by temple fields and woodlands that specialize in feeding monks, the temple property does not need to pay taxes, so there are many farmers who rent the temple field and cultivate it, and become the tenant farmers of Longxing Temple.

Every year in the spring, the monks of Longxing Temple will give porridge to the hungry.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, a hungry person lined up, did not even have a serious bowl, split the bamboo tube to make a bowl, the bamboo slice was chopsticks, when it was his turn, he suddenly fainted, the monk carried him into the temple, found that his back was full of whiplashes, and the high fever did not stop.

Buddhist disciples, can not see death without saving, the monks will take him in Longxing Temple.

However, this person was young and in good health, and after taking a few doses of medicine, the fever subsided, and the whiplash began to scab over. When the monk saw that he was able to get up and walk around, he asked him where he came from, where his household registration was, and if he had any papers.

The young man shook his head, "I encountered bandits on the road, I was beaten and robbed of all my belongings and household registration papers, and I have become a homeless person. ”

The monk said, "We don't keep idlers in our temple, and you are so young that you can't fill your stomach by drinking that little porridge." In this way, we will rent you a few acres of temple fields and a thatched house, and you can find a way to cultivate them yourself, and the rent of the fields and houses in the temple will be handed over during the autumn harvest, and the rest will be used to support yourself. ”

The young man nodded and said, "Thank you." ”

The monk also gave him a load of sorghum and rice, and said, "Your thatched house is in the fruit forest, and the fruit trees there are the property of the temple. But don't eat them all, this is your ration, and it is also the seed you need for spring ploughing. ”

The young man was reticent, and still said, "Thank you." ”

The young man picked up the food, and suddenly with force, the wound on his back that had just healed was torn open again, and the pain in his heart was piercing, and his body shook violently a few times, and the monk was shocked to see it, and thought that he was about to fall to the ground again.

However, the young man gritted his teeth, persevered, and walked out of Longxing Temple with the burden of food.

The monk watched the figure of the young man disappear into the morning mist, and went back to the abbot's meditation room in the temple to resume his life, "Zhiji Abbot, this person has been sent out according to the abbot's wishes." Master Abbot, the little monk feels that this person's body has not yet recovered, should he stay for a few more days, or send more food? The little monk was worried that his old injuries would recur and he would die in a grass hut on the mountain. ”

Zhihe abbot is the first monk in the south of the Ming Dynasty, was named the abbot of Longxing Temple by Emperor Hongwu, and the disciples are everywhere, and the Daoyan Zen Master is one of the disciples of the Zhiji master.

The abbot is already old, his loose and shriveled skin is covered with age spots, and he is over eighty years old, and it seems that he will sit on the spot and become a Buddha at any time.

Zhiji Abbot remembered Emperor Hongwu's secret order, and said: "Don't give more food, just watch carefully, don't let him really die, if you find him running away, or if there are suspicious people around, tell me immediately." ”

Receiving this hot potato, Zhihe and the abbot also had a headache, a prince, what mistake did he make to be punished by the emperor to farm in the countryside? If you want him to suffer a lot, you can't let him die, and you have to prevent Beiyuan and other spies from assassinating him, alas, it's annoying.

The monk said, "Yes, Abbot, what is the origin of this man?" The little monk saw that he was extraordinary in appearance and bearing, not a thing in the pool, how could he become a homeless person. ”

At this time, a monk came in and said: "Back to the abbot, a new group of monks from Longxing Temple have arranged a residence, there are too many of them, and the Zen room in the temple cannot be opened, so they have to be stuffed into the Datong shop to live." Abbot, the little monk found that they actually hid weapons, and there was a murderous aura, these people except for shaving their heads, the degree documents in their hands are real, and they don't look like monks at all. ”

These disguised monks are all masters of Jinyiwei, murderous like hemp, and incompatible with the quiet place of Buddhism.

Zhihe Zen Master folded his hands and said, "Amitabha, there are six words that cannot be said about the birth and non-birth of the Dharma, that is, you cannot say that you are born or not, you cannot say if you are born or not, you cannot say if you are not born, you cannot say if you are not born, you cannot say if you are not born, you cannot say if you are not born, you cannot say if you are not born, you cannot say if you are not born, you cannot say if you are not born, you cannot say if you are not born. Don't ask, don't say, just let it be. 166 Reading Network