In the rainy weather, it was extremely quiet everywhere, and even the voice of the Shen family's bookstore was much colder, and the guys were either napping or chatting together, but they were leisurely. Xu Yan turned a corner and approached the courtyard wall of the Shen Mansion, and as soon as his mind moved, he flew up and quietly entered the Shen Mansion.

Shen Yu was sitting by the window copying books at this moment.

The sound of rain outside is dripping, the whole Linglong Mountain Pavilion is very quiet, Shi Nan and others are playing dice in the small room next door, there is a scripture book in front of her, the rabbit under her hand flows slowly, and the beautiful hairpin flower is neat and elegant.

Last night, Shen Ping overturned Zheng Xun's affairs in the middle of the night, and this morning he said that he would go to pay tribute to the future and let Mrs. Shen and Shen Yu work together to copy a scripture by hand. Shen Yu obediently agreed, so she didn't go to the academy, she started copying after breakfast, and now she has copied most of it.

The sound of the rain in her ears is full of rhythm, and the Buddhist scriptures in her heart are transparent.

The scent of sandalwood lingered on the tip of her nose, and she stopped writing after copying a small section, and the brush rested on the green mountain pen stand, turning her head out. The rain outside is in order, and there are eaves blocking it, so it will not blow obliquely into the window, so Shen Yan has been reassuring to open the entire window sash since the morning, so as to take advantage of the cool air of the rain to refresh her mind.

The window is a little red fox curled up idly, outside is scattered all over the ground osmanthus, the rain has been intermittent since yesterday afternoon, at this time the ground has been soaked, the eaves of the water murmuring, mixed with the sound of rain into the ears, endless.

She suddenly remembered the Jingzhao Pavilion that day, it was also like this rain, the tea was boiling on the small stove, and Xu Yan was sitting opposite......

Stop, stop, stop! Shen Yu hurriedly shook her head to stop her cranky thoughts.

Then he took the fox in his arms and looked up at the sky, and suddenly a strange ...... appeared in the rain curtain Figure?

In such a rainy weather, how can there be a figure?

Shen Yan squinted her eyes and looked carefully, and saw that there was no time when there was more person on the courtyard wall, and he hid under the thick osmanthus tree by the courtyard wall, wearing a dark blue shirt, without an umbrella, and his body was already soaked. He had a leisurely stroll, sitting there without moving, as if he was enjoying the rain, and as if he was ......

Shen Yan was stunned for a moment, but Xu Yan over there suddenly grinned at her.

The smile hit Shen Yan's heart through the rain curtain.

How did he end up here? How long has it been here? Have you been there watching her all along?

Shen Yan stared at Xu Yan in the rain in surprise, forgetting that he was a noble prince, forgetting to send an umbrella over, and forgetting ...... Xu Yan's behavior of trespassing on her daughter's residence is actually very bold.

The distance from the window to the courtyard wall was actually only three or four feet, and his face was slightly blurred in the rain curtain. Shen Yan looked at him for a long time before she came back to her senses, and realized that Xu Yan was spying on her ** just now, and her heart was a little shy, and then she turned into annoyance, reached out and took the bamboo pole, and wanted to close the window sash.

Xu Yan expected it first, and with a wave of his right hand, something flew through the rain curtain and broke through the window, and Shen Yan subconsciously followed, it turned out to be a red incense bead bracelet. She looked up in surprise and saw Xu Yan smiling at her again, then jumped up and quickly disappeared into the rain.

If it weren't for the incense bead bracelet still carrying the residual warmth of his palm, Shen Yan would almost suspect that it was a dream just now.

Shen Yu played with the fragrant bead bracelet for a long time, thought about it, and put it in the box on the bookshelf behind her. When I closed the lid of the box, I had a strange attachment, so I took it out again and looked at it, thinking that although Xu Yan's behavior was a little abrupt, it was also very cute.

It's like a little boy who is just starting to fall in love and trying to make the girl happy.

The first love? Thinking of Xu Yan's dignified and dignified posture in the day, and then thinking about the moment when he smiled gently just now, Shen Yan felt that the contrast was too great!

Just as I was in a trance, I heard the squeak of the courtyard door, but it was Mrs. Shen who came in the rain. Her demeanor has always been dignified and quiet, even in the rain, she is walking leisurely, and the maid behind her is holding a delicate bamboo umbrella for her, and Mrs. Shen's charm has not diminished.

Shen Yu hurriedly beckoned Shi Nan to greet her, and Mrs. Shen checked the progress of her scripture copying when she entered the house, and when she saw that she copied the scriptures carefully, she also felt comforted, and said, "Your father just came back from the government office, saying that Xue Wanrong's case has a result." ”

"How?" Shen Yu was urgent.

"Beheading." Mrs. Shen gently spit out two words, but there was undisguised pleasure.

"You deserve it!" When Shen Yu thought of what happened to Zheng Xun and what Xuan Cheng looked like when he died, he felt that Xue Wanrong was self-inflicted. Then she thought of another question, "What about Xue Ning?" ”

"If the officials are sentenced to beheading, most of the family members will not be able to escape, and Xue Ning and the others will all be used as official slaves."

"Official...... Slave? Shen Yu was stunned.

Mrs. Shen sighed lightly, "In the past, it was noble and high-spirited, but in ten days, it will fall from the clouds into the dust." The court's right and wrong are overturned, nothing more than that. If Xue Wanrong survives, there may be a day when Dongshan will rise again and restore the glory of that day, but now that he is dead, I am afraid that those enemies who have formed in the old days will have to go to Xue Ning's mother and daughter for revenge. Iniquity. ”

"Then Xue Ning really became a slave?" Shen Yu was able to applaud Xue Wanrong's beheading, but she was somewhat unable to digest the news.

"It's also that kid's life is not good." Mrs. Shen's impression of Xue Ning is not too bad, she only thinks that such a delicate little girl has been reduced to slavery, and she is also an innocent person who has been implicated after all.

"And where are they going?"

"It stands to reason that Xue Wanrong's family members are all in our Luling, so they should stay here. However, I listened to their voices, saying that someone in the capital named the Xue family's mother and daughter to be naturalized in the teaching department of the capital, and I don't know who was behind it. ”

This is strange, Shen Yu is a little curious, "Then does this person want to protect them, or does he want to take revenge nearby?" ”

"How do I know that?" Mrs. Shen stroked the tips of her daughter's hair, "Fortunately, this case has been decided, and when we go to pay tribute to Mr. Zheng tomorrow, we can also have an explanation." ”

Shen Yu was silent when she heard this, and after sending Mrs. Shen away, she went to copy the scriptures again, and copied until midnight before falling asleep, but it took a whole day to copy most of the scriptures.

Early the next morning, before the rain stopped, the three members of the Shen family set off for the outside of the city.

The drizzle on Daoling Mountain is miserable, Zheng Xun didn't make many friends when he was alive, Shen Ping is counted as one, and Xuancheng Zhenren in Daoling Temple is also counted as one. In addition to collecting books during his lifetime, he was looking for the Tao and asking the Buddha in his spare time, and he had told Shen Ping that after returning for a hundred years, he would like to enter the Taoist Lingguan outside the Qing Dynasty to listen to the bell, and Mrs. Shen heard Shen Ping mention it, so he set up a tomb for him outside the Taoist Lingguan, but it was adjacent to Xuancheng Zhenren.

The mountain road is not easy to walk, Shen Yu is the time when her body is active, and she is supported by Shi Nan. It's just that Mrs. Shen is nearly forty years old after all, although she is supported by Shen Ping and a sturdy mother-in-law, she walks slowly in the end, and it is almost noon when she arrives in front of Zheng Xun's grave.

After the incense was burned, Shen Ping sighed for a while, drank a few cups at the tombstone, and saw that the rain suddenly became fierce, and the group went to rest in the Daoling Temple.

Since the Xuancheng real person soared and disappeared without a trace, there is only a hundred miles of small Taoist children who are like dementia left in this Taoist temple. Later, a Taoist friend of Xuancheng Zhenren, Qingxu Zhenren, heard the news, so he stayed here and took care of the Taoist hall with Baili and the two.

The incense in the temple is not prosperous, and it is even more populated when it rains for several days.

Qingxu real people are also happy, welcome a few people in, and call Baili to serve tea. This innocent real person is quite good at some Qihuang techniques, and is good at people's meridians, every day for the diagnosis and treatment of Baili Tuina, and gradually let him live, although he is still dumbfounded, his daily activities are unhindered.

Shen Pingben also likes to visit Taoist friends, this time he met Qingxu Zhenren for the first time, although he didn't talk very happily, the atmosphere was also quite harmonious.

There are also books in the view, and Shen Yan is not very interested in the mystical Taoism they talked about, so she complained and wanted to go to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion to take a look.

Shen Yu took Shi Nan to the Scripture Pavilion.

This Lingguan is not a big hall, although Xuancheng also loves books, there are actually seven or eight hundred books in the Scripture Pavilion. However, compared with ordinary book collections, Taoist book collections are much more elaborate on binding, letters, and scripture shelves.

For example, when making splints, the quality of the hard and light catalpa wood, Nanmu is expensive, take its effect of not giving birth to insects and not going sexually, and then it is pear and jujube wood, which is only considered to be no insects, not damp and rotten, and not to attract rats to eat. As for whether to make letters and how to make bookcases, it all depends on likes and dislikes.

The religious book is different, its binding contains respect for the scriptures, just as the decoration of the palace building has strict regulations, the binding of the scriptures, the scriptures, the cabinets, the shelves also have specifications, such as the wrapping with brocade, the scriptures with carved jade, pure gold, etc., the cabinet with treasure incense, the warp frame is much more exquisite than ordinary people.

Therefore, although there are not many books in the Scripture Pavilion, they are all exquisite and exquisite.

Although Shen Yu may not be able to understand the meaning of the scriptures, it is already a kind of enjoyment to be able to appreciate and appreciate its binding and storage.

The scripture pavilion is not too big, Shen Yu walked slowly into it, her ears were the sparse rhythm of the rain hitting the leaves outside, and her fingertips were beautifully bound scriptures, but she was stunned when she slowly walked to the corner—there was a scripture cabinet door open, and you could see bright yellow prayer bags and scattered scriptures.

Qingxu Zhenren and Baili are all Taoists, and they will definitely not throw down the scriptures so casually, could it be that someone has turned it over? Shen Yu walked over in two steps, and suddenly found that the window sash behind the warp cabinet was also open, swaying in the wind, and rain was drifting in obliquely.

Shen Yuden felt that something was wrong, and called "Shi Nan retreat", but when she wanted to retreat, she felt that a black shadow flashed in front of her, and a person with five fingers opened and attacked her at the door.

The man was fast, and Shen Yu had a warp frame behind him, and there was no way back, so he was stupid with fright.

Who knew that the palm of his hand had not yet reached the door in front of her, and the man suddenly screamed in pain, leaned sideways to dodge, and then threw down Shen Fei, opened another window sash, and flew out.

Shen Yu narrowly escaped, her face was slightly sluggish, and no one answered when she called "heather", and when she turned around, she had fallen to the ground softly, and her life and death were unknown. Shen Yu was startled and wanted to go over to have a look, but heard someone say: "The girl doesn't need to panic, she is just in a coma temporarily." ”

The voice appeared suddenly, and it floated out from behind, almost frightened Shen Yu to exclaim, and when she turned her head to look, she saw a young man standing in front of him, wearing a gray lean shirt, standing with his arms crossed.

This face is somewhat familiar...... When Shen Yan was thinking about it, the man spoke, "Miss Shen doesn't remember me?" ”

"Your Excellency, His Royal Highness King Duan's bodyguard?" Shen Yan vaguely remembered that at that time, she and Xu Yan rushed to Dao Lingguan for Xuancheng's real person, Xu Yan had asked someone to come close to order things, and his face was quite similar to this.

The man smiled and said, "The girl has a good memory. Dao Ling Guanzhong has not been □□ recently, girl, please come back as soon as possible. ”

Shen Yu was willing to go back lightly and asked, "That person was looking for something just now?" After waiting for a long time and not seeing the person on the other side answer, she was a little discouraged, and the man smiled again: "I was ordered to keep an eye here, if the girl has any questions, please ask Your Highness, there is nothing to comment here." ”

"Okay." Shen Yan was discouraged and turned her head to point at Shi Nan, "What should she do?" ”

"It's just a stumbling stumble after falling, the girl must not say much, so as not to cause a storm." As he spoke, he jumped out of the window and casually swung a projectile at the heather. The heather over there let out an "ouch", and when she opened her eyes, she saw Shen Yan smiling in front of her, "Stupid girl, you can fall down here, does it hurt to kowtow?" ”

Shi Nan touched the back of his head, it was really a little dull pain, and he looked back at the scripture frame, and there was no doubt about him, "It's raining for a few days, it's really damp here, the girl has to remind the real person, don't spoil these scriptures." ”

"Well, you have to keep it out of moisture." Shen Yu looked around, and then went out with heather. But in my heart, I was secretly pondering, what was hidden in the Scripture Pavilion was nothing more than Taoist classics, and someone had come here to grab the "Nanhua Sutra" before, this time...... Her mind was racing, could it be that the person was coming for the "Tongxuan Sutra"?

It doesn't matter if Ling Guan has hidden the "Tongxuan Sutra", but it is not a good thing to be stared at. When Zheng Xun was dying that day, he said, "Tong Xuan Jing, don't give it to him", so he should know the whereabouts of Tong Xuan Jing? Will it be in this temple?

Whether he is there or not, such important books are not something that Shen Yu can ask about, and she can only tell Shen Ping about the matter.

Fortunately, His Royal Highness King Duan has already sent someone to Dao Lingguan, but it is thoughtful.

Thinking like this, when they returned to the house, the rain had already subsided, and the family said goodbye and returned.

After returning to Shen's mansion for dinner, Shen Ping ordered someone to move the books that Shen Fei's mother and daughter had counted out a few days ago to the study, and the father and daughter checked them one by one, and Shen Yu couldn't help mentioning the matter of "Tongxuan Jing".

"Old Mr. Zheng was already crazy when he died," she turned her head to look at Shen Ping, "He said several times before he died, 'Tong Xuan Jing, don't give it to him', and I don't know if it refers to Xue Wanrong or Qin Xiong." However, Mr. Zheng disappeared for a while before he died, and when King Duan rescued him later, his spirit was not quite right, perhaps Xue Wanrong and they had forced him to ask about the "Tongxuan Sutra". Dad, do you know the "Tongxuan Sutra"? ”

"It's a book about the cycle of life and death." Shen Ping's statement was the same as Xu Yan's, but the first time he heard this hidden truth, he turned his head and looked at Shen Yan solemnly, "Mr. Zheng was in the fire when he died, and you were there at the time?" ”

Shen Yan couldn't lie, so she could only nod and say, "I wanted to save him, but unfortunately I couldn't do it in the end." ”

Shen Ping's face sank immediately, and he blamed: "You little girl, how can you rush into the fire!" There were so many people there at the time, couldn't you ask someone else to help? ”

"It's that I didn't think it through." Shen Yan shrank her head and confessed, and peeked at Shen Ping again, seeing that Shen Ping's face was a little softer, she said coquettishly: "In the end, there is no danger, in the future, my daughter will no longer be reckless, don't be angry." ”

"You!" Shen Ping couldn't help her.

Shen Yu then said: "Today in the Scripture Pavilion of Dao Lingguan, I see someone looking through the scriptures hidden inside. There is Xuancheng Zhenren's matter first, I think Xue Wanrong has already subdued the Fa, thinking that it is Qin Xiong's people, they may be looking for the "Tongxuan Sutra""

"Oh?" Shen Ping's complexion sank, and her torch-like gaze shot at Shen Yan again, and she had to honestly admit, "His Royal Highness King Duan has already sent someone to keep an eye on it, so it's okay." ”

Shen Ping nodded, and looked at the candle flame again. After a while, he said: "This book is very important, and it is not allowed to be mentioned to outsiders, and I will go back to visit His Royal Highness King Duan." ”

His face was a rare stern, and Shen Yu couldn't help but put away her coquettish attitude and obediently responded.

Two days later, the verdict on Xue Wanrong spread all over the streets and alleys of Luling City, and the daughters of the Xue family naturally did not escape their fate. On the way home from the academy that day, Shen Yu happened to see the car holding Mrs. Xue passing by, and when she thought of Xue Ning who was far away in Chiayi, she couldn't help but sigh.

However, the Xue family was copied, but there was something that aroused Shen Yan's interest - Xue Wanrong had collected nearly 20,000 books over the years, and all of them were confiscated this time.

Shen Yu was a little greedy for the 20,000 books, not because she wanted to fill her pockets, but because she wanted to take this opportunity to try the idea of a library.

It stands to reason that after the confiscation of the book collection, it will generally become a government collection, or a change of method to become the collection of the academy, or even fall into the private collection. However, the government collection of books is only available to a limited number of people, and the collection of books in the academy is only for students to borrow, but outsiders do not even have the opportunity to take a look.

Xue Wanrong, as a scholar and politician, often helped King Wei collect Taoist classics, but most of his personal collection of books was mainly based on scriptures and histories. If these books could be opened to the people of Luling to borrow, what kind of good thing would it be?

Shen Yu thought about this idea, tossing and turning at night, one moment excited and expectant, and the other time worried, after all, she had only vaguely mentioned the idea of this library to Shen Ping before, and Shen Ping felt that it would not work, and the government would be willing to give up this piece of fat?

Looking for his father Shen Ping? What is the use of others speaking softly?

Looking for your uncle Jiang Wenying? Shen Yu knows this uncle very well, is cautious as an official, and focuses on politics, so she will inevitably feel that the little girl's family is whimsical. He may not be willing to entangle with the local officials who are staring at this piece of fat for this "unrealistic" library idea.

Well, the ...... who has the ability to preside over this matter Maybe you can try Xu Yan?