No matter how reluctant Song Qinwen is, he can't compete with Song Guansheng as his father after all. Half sluggish and half surprised, he stiffened and let Song Guansheng drag him into the carriage. After saying goodbye to Master Kukai again, the latter grabbed the wheel and sat down outside the carriage, waved his whip and turned around, and disappeared into the docks in a few moments.

"Amitabha."

Looking at Song Guansheng's shoulders that collapsed in an instant, Master Kukai recited the Buddha's name lightly and sighed in his heart.

The peach blossom obstacle has been completed, and he thought that this son would suffer from it for the rest of his life. However, the appearance of Father Song made him see a turning point in the dark.

Whoever says an inch of grass will repay Sanchunhui, not only has a loving mother's heart in this world, but also a towering father's heart is also moving the world. Therefore, he knew that Song Qinwen, who was lost and knew how to return, might become the fate of the little marquis, but he still told the truth. The monks are compassionate in their hearts, not to mention that it is just a little illusory and unattainable calamity.

Relief appeared in his wise eyes, and he withdrew his five fingers that were erected on his chest, and Master Kukai turned and walked back.

After waiting for so long, it's his turn to drink a cup of teacher tea, right?

Thinking of the hands held by the two apprentices before leaving, the wise and profound master instantly turned into a smiling old monk, and the hanging eyebrows were raised, and the wrinkles on his face smiled a lot.

Ah Yao, who was nagged by him, was not so happy. The little hand under the sleeve was grabbed by the young man, and he clenched it so tightly that she felt that her fingers were caught in an iron tong.

"Brother Jing!"

The pink little mouth pursed high, and her voice was a little higher in displeasure, and the long tail note was enough for Hu Jiuling on the other side to hear.

Lu Jingyuan, who successfully caught the infinite satisfaction of the little hand, was as nervous as Ah Yao. The girl looked thin and small, and when the wind blew, she seemed to be upside down, but after the little hand clenched her palm, she was not at all embarrassed. Tender and soft, soft as boneless, so that he couldn't put it down, forcibly ignoring the male and female defense just wanted to hold it for a while.

Under the excitement, he did not lose his vigilance, and when he noticed the strange gaze cast by Hu Jiuling, he let go of his hand regretfully, and his expression was still cold and condescending when he announced the recruitment of military salaries.

"The recruitment will be held in the Yunlai Tower in the city three days later, and after today's apprenticeship ceremony, this candidate will order someone to send you an invitation."

In the front row of the banquet, everyone in the silk satin was shocked when they heard this, and they ...... for three days It happened to be the time when each of them counted the approximate accounts, and the time when most of them went to check on the shop. After accounting the accounts in three days, before the families had time to discuss, they were already going to Yunlai Lou for a banquet.

Is Xiao Houye's move unintentional......

There are so many coincidences in the world, and people in business are instinctively sensitive to some things. Each has his own thoughts, but their faces are full of kind and approving colors.

Looking away from the table where the silk merchants were located, Lu Jingyuan looked at Shen Jinshan, who couldn't help scratching his head under the high platform, "Master Shen's beloved daughter did such a thing, and it was exposed in front of everyone's eyes, and it was inevitable that he was a little unhappy in his heart. ”

Shen Jinshan knew that he had fallen into Hu Jiuling's trap. At first glance, the position of the head of the meeting sounds very good, and he can directly reach the heavens, and he will also have confidence in his heart when facing local officials in the future, which is cheap that no amount of silver can buy. But the little marquis is now standing next to the old fox, and it is not obvious who this fragrant dumpling ends up in his mouth.

If possible, he wouldn't want to pay a penny!

But such a thing happened in front of everyone's eyes, because Ah Ci and the reputation of the Shen family were damaged. If he doesn't make a gesture in this matter, how will the Shen family gain a foothold in Qingcheng in the future. So this money must be drawn, and it can only be more than usual, and not just a little more. Only by throwing out a large sum of silver can the Shen family save face.

But the role of this silver is only to save face. When he donations more money, who is it that has a light on his face? It is the little marquis who is the Qincha and the new head of the Qingcheng Association, Hu Jiuling.

As soon as he thought of the large amount of snowflake silver that had been cheaper for many years, his heart couldn't help but feel sullen, and a fishy sweetness surged up his blood and rushed to his throat. Suddenly, he had an idea and said he couldn't get sick. As long as he doesn't go, who can do it? Even if someone was arranging him at that time, everyone's eyes would definitely be focused on Hu Jiuling, who was in the limelight, and no one would think about him.

That's it!

As soon as this thought arose, the voice of the little marquis on the high platform came.

In an instant, he forcibly swallowed back the blood in his throat, smiled and said respectfully: "Master Hou's words are serious, whoever is a father, he is full of hope for his daughter Chengfeng, but he finds that his daughter is so bold and reckless, and his heart will not be completely calm." However, businessmen have seen a lot of winds and waves, and this little thing is nothing. Hou Ye rest assured that Shen will definitely arrive on time for the recruitment banquet three days later. ”

"Ben Hou is still afraid that Master Shen will be depressed and bedridden, since there is Master Shen's words, Ben Hou will be relieved."

On the high platform, Lu Jingyuan still did not change his arrogance, and he didn't seem to have the slightest remorse for his "misunderstanding of people".

In Qingcheng, these silk merchants also know each other, how can they not know Shen Jinshan's temperament - that is, an iron rooster who can't afford to make a profit. Tell the little marquis that kind of situation, there is no possibility of putting Hu Jiuling on his body, take 10,000 steps back and say that even if Hu Jiuling is really sick, he will send his personal butler Hu Gui to stand and listen, ensuring that the money and effort are not less than everyone; can be exchanged for Shen Jinshan, seeing that it is unprofitable, even if he is not sick, he has to pretend to be sick.

It's not that he hasn't done this before, not to mention far away, a few years ago, the 123 river was dredged, and the 123 originally flowed in front of everyone's house, and the silt cleared the river unimpeded, and larger ships could come in, which was a great thing for the entire Qingcheng's commerce. The imperial court did not allocate funds, and they, the relatively large silk merchants, contracted Yunlailou and sat down to discuss it.

The total amount of silver taels is roughly needed, and whichever business uses more rivers will have more, so that it will be evenly distributed on everyone's head. was originally fair and reasonable, Hu Jiuling even stated in public that there are many shops in the Hu family, no matter how much it should be. But it was Shen Jinshan's turn, waiting left and right, just waiting for a person who didn't know how many layers of powder he had put on, and his face was so white that people felt that they had seen a ghost, if it weren't for the shiny bald head, these people might not be able to recognize it. Before he could speak, he was forced to sit down by two subordinates, and before he could speak, he was already coughing earth-shatteringly.

That's all it, don't talk about donating money, don't talk about letting him stay today.

The crowd could only stand up and persuade him to go back. However, their group of traders are not vegetarians, and the Shen family does not pay for it, and when the river clears to the door of Shen's house, the craftsmen directly skip over and row the canopy boat to the next section. In this way, he finally couldn't hold it back, and finally found someone by himself, and got up in the middle of the night to clear it with a lantern.

Recalling the past, many of the silk merchants sitting in the front row couldn't help but laugh. There are even businessmen who don't deal with Shen Jinshan, who will tease: "Master Shen can no longer apply grease and powder when he arrives, and his face will be pale." ”

"When did Shen behave like that kind of woman."

His heart has become bitter, but Shen Jinshan is righteous and awe-inspiring.

It's okay for him to deceive ordinary people who don't know about it, but in the eyes of those businessmen who know, it becomes extremely funny. Immediately, someone leaned forward and closed his back with laughter, and this laughter reached Shen Jinshan's ears, which was tantamount to piercing his eardrums with a steel needle.

The two silvers will be ridiculed, but he can't show the slightest displeasure. You nine-tailed old fox, don't get complacent too soon.

With a secret hatred in his heart and no way to get rid of it, he sprinkled all his anger on Shen Moci's head.

keenly aware of Daddy's affection, Shen Moci shuddered. No matter how unwilling she is, she has been less aggrieved over the years? Originally, according to her plan, after worshipping Mo Daru as a teacher, she would not be afraid of the Shen family. Obviously, everything was calculated, but in the end, nothing was accomplished. Not only that, but even her reputation for many years has been put into it, and she will be sent to the ancestral home of the Shen family in the poor countryside.

She hates!

What about hate, now she has nothing, she can't do anything.

"It's all about this, and the next thing is the apprenticeship ceremony of this sister."

The voice of the little marquis on the high platform came, and Shen Moci's mind moved.

Nothing? No, how could it be, she is still an apprentice of Mo Daru, and she is far from the point of exhaustion.

Raising her swollen face, she walked up to Shen Jinshan. In the latter's gloomy and disgusted gaze, she said faintly: "Daddy, don't forget, my daughter is still an apprentice of Mo Daru. ”

"I'm embarrassed to say this, if it weren't for you making waves everywhere with the name of Mo Daru, how could there be today's thing. In my opinion, Mo Daru can't wait to have you as an apprentice. Shen Jinshan reprimanded in a low voice, with undisguised contempt and contempt in his voice.

This is her daddy! Shen Moci thought of the scene in front of Hu's mansion a few days ago, when the people in the middle of the city followed the Yang family mother and daughter to see the excitement, Hu Jiuling didn't even think about standing up. Gao stood on the front steps of the mansion, holding a bamboo horn, and he did not hesitate to gamble on the reputation of the entire Hu Mansion to protect Hu Yao.

But what about her?

Today, it's her, and it's the opposite. When the Shen family's reputation was threatened, Daddy did not hesitate to throw her out as an outcast. What makes her even more unwilling is that because of Daddy's various actions, the Shen family's reputation is not very good, and she can maintain today's reputation thanks to her hard work in the past few years. Not only did she not enjoy her hard-earned money, but after the value was squeezed dry, she was ruthlessly discarded like garbage in the end.

How willingly she was!

But no matter how unwilling she is, she has no way, and now she is fledgling, so she can only rely on the eaves of the Shen family. clenched her fists and almost crushed a mouthful of silver teeth, but when she looked up again, she was full of filial piety and daughterhood.

"My daughter knows that what she did today has dragged down Daddy, and she is very remorseful in her heart, so at this moment her daughter wants to make up for it."

"Oh?" Thinking of her resourcefulness, Shen Jinshan finally turned his head.

"The little marquis called Senior Sister A-Yao ......"

Shen Jinshan finally reacted, "You are Senior Sister A Yao, and the little Hou Ye is Senior Brother A Yao, so you are also a senior brother and sister relationship." It's just that now he is obviously ...... towards the Hu family."

"My daughter naturally knows that with this relationship, Daddy can also talk to the little marquis. As long as you have the opportunity, with your ability, can't you convince him? After becoming the head of the meeting, aren't some things just handy? ”

In front of so many people, Daddy said that he would send her back to her ancestral hometown, and it was definitely impossible to take it back. Now Shen Moci has no other hope, she just wants to take revenge on Hu Yao. If she hadn't interfered with the apprenticeship, she would have been the one who held the apprenticeship ceremony today.

Daddy becomes the head of the meeting, and there will be more opportunities for the Hu family, and one day she will trample Hu Yao under her feet, so that she can also taste the hard life she lived back then.

Shen Jinshan was already desperate, this time it was not the dredging meeting, the imperial court was sending a messenger, it was not that he could fool the past by applying some powder and pretending to be sick. I thought that I was going to make a wedding dress for the old fox with my white money, but I didn't expect the peak to turn around.

It's not a good chance, but it's much better than the hopeless one before.

"You go to the back and wash up, come back and sit down. Since I came, I have to finish this apprenticeship ceremony. ”

When the father and daughter were talking, their voices were deliberately lowered, and the people who were paying attention to the movements on the stage basically did not pay attention. Even if someone notices, they can't hear it clearly from afar. Listening to Shen Moci come up with a countermeasure, Shen Jinshan's face finally looked better. Personally sent her to the place where she was washed, and he turned back. The Hu family also posted to the Shen family, and the position that belongs to him is still vacant. Ignoring the disdainful gazes around him, he sat down like no one.

This will be done, and the high platform that was destroyed by the big girl has been cleaned up again.

After arranging the hem of her skirt, Ah Yao lowered her eyebrows and looked at the hand she was holding in front of her, to be precise, at the suspicious color on her hand.

Taking advantage of the unpreparedness, she approached the young man and muttered in a low voice, "Brother Jing, what did you just do......"

"What are you doing?"

Obviously, he was the first thin person, but now what does this four, five, or six look mean? In anger, A-Yao stomped her foot and stretched out her hand directly, you still can't remember it?

"Oh, it turned out to be ......"

"You—don't say it."

Daddy, Auntie and many people in the audience are there, let them know that he held her hand in front of the public just now, and it won't be a shame.

"I wasn't going to talk about it."

The young man looked helpless, and for some reason Ah Yao saw a smile in his eyes.

"But since you asked."

"Don't." In a hurry, A-Yao stretched out her hand to cover her mouth, although she faintly felt that something was wrong in her heart, but for a while she couldn't figure out what was wrong.

But the young man was so tall, the two were already an arm's width apart, and she couldn't reach his mouth when she stretched out her hand. Just as she was about to move that way, the boy suddenly reached out and touched the back of her hand.

"There's a tea foam here."

What the...... Ah Yao stared at her hands, clean. Today's Shangsi Festival, she just took a careful bath in the morning, and her whole body was clean, how could there be dirty things.

Just as she wondered, the boy held out his hand. The big hand that held her just now, on the slightly rough cocoon in the palm of the hand, there was a small piece of tea leaves. And if you look closely, there seems to be some traces of tea on her hands. Could it be that the tea was turned over?

"That's it." Lu Jingyuan nodded, he wouldn't tell her, the tea foam was originally in the palm of his hand.

Didn't you just hold your hand and see that the girl was nervous, and she didn't dare to move the whole time because her body was stiff. Have you never been led before? Thinking of this, his mood suddenly became very good.

He didn't take any other girl, so she didn't suffer a loss. But he's a man, so he should always let the woman order, and since she's so nervous, then find some reason.

"It's dirty, I wasn't going to say it."

It turned out that he was helping her wipe the tea foam off her hands, and she didn't even notice that something so obvious was on her hands.

"It's that dirty."

"Huh?"

In his disdainful eyes, A-Yao finally couldn't hold on, lowered her head and turned around and ran away. Let Qingshuang help clean up the skirt, and she washed it raw in the basin next to her to clean her hands, and even hit the fragrant pancreas.

Washed again, Ah Yao stood in front of Master Kukai, kneeling down and raising the tea cup above his head, "Master is above, please accept the apprentice Ah Yao." ”

Master Kukai looked at the white and pure little girl in front of him, although she was not as good-looking as the girl of the Shen family, she was better than her appearance. And...... I can take a closer look, compared to when I was in the academy half a month ago, there was a lot less kindness around this girl's whole body and encroaching on her blessings, which would surround her with good fortune and match that innocent little face, which made people can't help but feel pain in their hearts.

The big apprentice is so blessed. Looking at the little marquis not far away, he was squinting at the moment, and his face was different from the rare comfort that had been strict or cold for eighteen years, and the expression seemed to be very enjoyable.

For the first time in many years, the eldest apprentice who depended on each other showed such an expression, and Master Kukai was even more relieved in surprise, and the words that had been prepared were even more solemn now.

"There are two auspicious times for today's Shangsi Festival, the first is in the morning, and the second is now. And according to the monk's view, this later auspicious time is better than the earlier auspicious time, and the apprenticeship at this hour will inevitably be a master-apprentice. Therefore, although there were some small changes in the apprenticeship ceremony, it can be regarded as turning evil into good fortune. ”

Pulling out such Buddhist principles in a mysterious and distant tone, Master Kukai took the tea cup held high in front of him, drank it all, and got up to help Ah Yao up himself.

"Ah Yao, for the sake of the teacher, you are deeply blessed, this is the life of great wealth and nobility, but you are kind by nature, and you are trapped by the word 'good' all your life. Today's apprenticeship, for the teacher only a little instructed. There is good and evil in all things in the world, and blindly tolerance is not true good. The cycle of cause and effect, so that good will be rewarded with good and evil will be rewarded, which is the right way in the world. ”

Master, is this saying that her two slaps against Shen Moci were too light?

It seems to be too light, but in front of so many people, if she hits too hard, others may sympathize with Shen Moci. It's really not that she is worrying about the sky, just after Shen Jinshan finished fighting, isn't there a lot of people who speak for Shen Moci?

The master must also understand this truth, does he want her to secretly take revenge back?

That's how it should be.

But Master, as a "compassionate monk", is it really good for you to teach your disciples like this?

There was a big question mark in her heart, and Ah Yao smiled and showed two little tiger teeth: "Ah Yao is teachable." ”

This girl...... Where did you want to go. Master Kukai shook his head helplessly, after all, he was his own apprentice, how could there be a master who didn't protect his shortcomings. Anyway, it won't be a big deal, so let her go.

Master Kukai completely forgot that his little apprentice couldn't make a big deal of tossing, but the big apprentice wouldn't be small if he tossed it. When Shen Moci set off to return to his old house two days later, he woke up in a daze at the post station, and found that he was lying naked next to King Ping, who was as fat as a pig, and his legs hurt so much that he could barely close them, and he really wanted to die.

What made her even more desperate was that when she questioned the subordinates who came with her, those subordinates who stepped on the low and praised the high only told her coldly: This is what the master meant.

Her father sent her out at random like a thing, and at this moment, Shen Moci's hatred for the Shen family rose in his heart, which was on par with the hatred for Ayao that he had accumulated since childhood.

Of course, this is a later story, at this moment, Master Kukai said something, and opened the bow left and right like two slaps and slapped it on the faces of the Shen family's father and daughter.

The father and daughter were embarrassed, and the rest felt that Kukai was right. was framed many times, the girl of the Hu family only slapped her twice, and the thin girl had a lot of strength, and it was not like tickling when she patted it. What's more, when Lord Zhizhou wanted to throw Shen Moci off the nine-foot platform just now, it was the girl of the Hu family who pleaded. No matter how "straightforward" her reasons for interceding are, it is not difficult to hide her kindness.

Surrounded by all kinds of disdainful eyes again, the Shen family's father and daughter had hope in their hearts. This will Shen Jinshan has already begun to think about how to persuade those silk merchants who are attached to the Shen family, how much effect these people can have together.

After calculating it, he finally calculated that he had a trace of certainty of defeating Hu Jiuling. Unlike Hu Jiuling, he still has King Ping and Wu Tongzhi in his hands, find an appropriate time to throw the two out, and with this bargaining chip, he can definitely overwhelm the Hu family. Then he can send Ah Ci over, although his daughter's reputation is ruined, her appearance is there, not much better than the girl of the Hu family. At that time, he can not only get the position of the head of the meeting, but even take the line of the little marquis.

The abacus in his heart crackled, and Shen Jinshan regained his composure.

At this time, the second cup of tea had also been handed over, and Ah Yao moved two steps to the right and knelt in front of Mo Daru in the same posture.

"Good!"

Unlike Master Kukai's calmness, Mo Daru looked excited. Busy taking the tea, he didn't drink it, but pulled Ah Yao up and walked to the high platform, standing high and spilling a cup of tea into the sky.

What's going on? Before everyone was surprised, Mo Daru had already spoken.

"The emperor and queen of heaven are on the top, and the old man accepted this only apprentice on behalf of his deceased wife today. Ah Shu, although you are no longer alive, you will do your best to teach Ah Yao what you have studied for many years. ”

Pan Tongzhi walked over with emotion, "My mother has been dead for many years, and today I finally found a successor." Ah Yao, although you and I are not brothers and sisters in name, I regard you as a junior sister. ”

It turned out that this was the case, and everyone suddenly realized. Then they thought again, what is the senior sister that the girl of the Shen family kept shouting just now?