After lunch, Lan Sheng left for Pingjiang. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info left with a cage containing winter clothes. The chrysanthemum tea I made, he packed a small box and put it in it.

I didn't go out again, and since the last time I met Liang Gongzi, he didn't let Xi An come to the Blue Mansion. I stayed quietly in the courtyard, took out the manuscript of the book that Liang Gongzi gave me in my spare time, and tried to continue writing.

There was no movement between my mother-in-law and Yunqing, and I think it was because my attitude had eased.

As soon as the winter moon came, Haining ushered in snow, I wrapped myself in a thick jacket, and the house was already burned with charcoal basins. During this period, Lan Sheng came back a few times, and once went to Pingjiang and brought winter shoes made for him by Yunqing. Later, I reluctantly knitted a scarf and asked Lan Sheng to take it.

On the thirteenth day of the winter month, I stood behind the table and sketched the plum blossoms on the paper with a brush dipped in the sand, and I drew many flowers in a row, but I always felt bad, so I stopped my pen and walked to the charcoal basin to bake the fire.

It was dark, and it looked like it was going to snow. Yueying pushed open the door, and a clammy cold air came in. I couldn't help but shudder.

She walked up to me, took a letter and handed it to me, and said, "Zhu Niang, the housekeeper sent it from Qiantang." ”

I took it, thinking it was a letter from home. When I opened it, it was Master's handwriting.

Since the last time I went back to Haining, I haven't heard anything from the master, and there is no news about the master on Liang Gongzi's side.

I wondered and read the letter. In the letter, Master said that he wanted me to go to him as soon as possible, and that he would discuss some important matters with me...... As for what the matter was, Master didn't mention it in his heart.

After reading the letter, I was very puzzled. First of all, Master had never sent me a letter before; Secondly, the tone of the speech in this letter is strange, not quite like the dignified master.

But Master said in the letter that I should go to his place, and I really can't say anything if I don't go. After thinking about it for a long time, I decided to go back to Qiantang the next day. After all, I kind of remember him.

I first wrote a text message to Lan Sheng, telling him about my return to Qiantang, and thinking that I might be able to reply when the letter arrived, so I pressed the letter paper on the dressing table so that he could see it when he returned. After writing the letter, I went to my mother-in-law's side and told her about my plans.

At this point, the mother-in-law was exceptionally accommodating and responded very simply.

So early the next morning, Yueying and I packed up our things and took a carriage to Qiantang. At this time, the carriage had been replaced with a thick curtain, but it still could not stop the cold. Before leaving, I hugged a hand stove, and it didn't take long for it to stop being hot.

Today's sky is still the same as yesterday, dark and dreary, but the snow has not fallen. It was already afternoon when we arrived at Qiantang, and the place where we were was very close to Guishan, so I asked the coachman to drive the carriage directly to the Holy Lotus Hall in Guishan.

The last time the coachman went there he got lost, but he has a better memory, but this time it will be much easier to go to Master's.

After all, it was colder on the mountain, and when I arrived outside the gate of the Holy Lotus Hall, I got out of the carriage and wrapped myself in a cloak. The sky was hazy, and a small pile of unmelted snow in the corner of the wall looked blue and gloomy.

I stepped forward to knock on the door, and it took a while for someone to answer the door, but it didn't sound like the senior brother's, nor did it look like the second senior brother's.

The door was opened, and in the blur of the night, I saw a strange face.

When he saw me, he was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Is it Zhu Erniang?" ”

I was also stunned and asked, "Who are you?" How do you recognize me? ”

He turned sideways and said, "I am a disciple of the White Lotus Society. Then he stretched out his hand again, and said, "Lady, please come in and speak." ”

As I walked inside, I said, "Why are you here?" My master ......" paused, and I changed my words: "What about Sect Master Bai?" And what about his two apprentices? ”

He ignored it, but stopped Yueying and the coachman and asked, "Who are they?" ”

I walked back and said, "This is my maid, and that is the coachman." ”

He paused, lowered his hand, and closed the door.

I remembered that Master and Sect Master Wu of the White Lotus Society had a very unpleasant quarrel before, so I was a little more wary of the person in front of me who claimed to be a disciple of the White Lotus Society, and asked him again, "What are you here for?" ”

He smiled a little, didn't answer my question, but said, "Lady, Sect Master Bai is in the room, and said that if the lady comes, let you go to the room to find him." ”

I didn't move, and I thought to myself, could it be that this person in front of me is a follower of Master, otherwise how could he be here with Master?

He didn't rush, just stood there and waited.

After a pause, I took a step and walked towards the courtyard where Master lived.

When he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, he stopped Yueying and the coachman again, saying that the master only let me go in alone, and he didn't want to see other idle people.

I had already arrived at the master's door, so I didn't have the heart to care about it, and it didn't matter if Yueying and the coachman stayed outside. So I went into the courtyard alone.

The blue-gray masonry on the ground is clean, and the unpaved ground on both sides looks dry and tight after being blown by the cold wind. The two jars of water in the courtyard that were originally used to raise lotus flowers have frozen, but the pine and cypress are still green.

I pushed open the door of Master's room and felt that the temperature inside the room was no different from the temperature outside, probably because there was no charcoal pot in the room.

It was dark, but there was no candle in the room. I called out softly, "Master."

There was a noise in a corner, and then a voice said, "Ah Zhu? What are you doing here? ”

I groped my way forward and asked, "Master, why don't you light a candle?" ”

A string of slightly tired footsteps leaned in, and in a blur, I could make out the figure of the master.

He asked, "Why did you come to me?" ”

I was stunned and wondered, "Didn't you write to me and let me come here?" I'll come over quickly. ”

"I didn't write a letter." The master denied it, and then asked, "How did you get in?" Who brought you in? ”

I paused for a moment and replied, "It's a person who claims to be a disciple of the White Lotus Society, and I'm still very strange......

Master's voice was low, and he said, "They actually tricked you...... What exactly do you want to do? ”

I couldn't help frowning and asked, "Master, who are the 'they' you are talking about?" ”

"Ah Zhu," the master said in a deep voice, "the master may be tired of you, and since they tricked you here, they will definitely not let you out now." ”

My heart tightened and I asked, "What's going on?" After a pause, he said, "Are the people of the White Lotus Society criticizing you?" Where are the senior brother and the second senior brother? ”

The master was silent for a long time, and slowly went to the candlestick, lit the candlestick, and said, "Not long ago, Grandmaster Wu brought someone over to imprison me in the courtyard, and your senior brother and second senior brother were locked up by them. (To be continued.) )