38. The meaning of the law is sparse
After returning home, Su Xi sat on the rattan-faced Luohan bed and read a book after taking a bath, and listened to Yan Xun sitting in the back to wipe her hair.
After listening to the goose dry, she poured four or five drops of rose oil into the palm of her hand, rubbed it with both hands and applied it to the ends of her hair.
Su Xi was a little tired today, she closed her eyes when she looked at it, covered her lips and yawned, and was about to let the maid make the bed to sleep, when she heard the crane open the curtain and said with a strange expression: "Girl, the second lady and the second master are here." ”
When Su Xi heard this, she fell asleep for most of the time, put down the book and wondered, "What are they doing here?" ”
Tinghe shook his head, "The slave doesn't know, but the slave and the maid heard about it today......"
Su Xi went to the princess's mansion today, because she didn't know what happened in the mansion.
A few days ago, after the second master removed the fourth master Su Yi from the family tree, Su Yi has been living in the gourd alley two streets away from the general's mansion. The second lady Guo has often gone to see him these days, Rao is Su Yi has been punished so much, and he has not seen him much honest, and he still drinks flower wine and listens to tunes with his former friends all day long.
I don't know what's going on today, maybe it's a disagreement, Su Yi had a little dispute with those gentlemen, because Su Yi is no longer the fourth master of the General's Mansion, those people beat him up without scruples, and now Su Yi was beaten so that his nose and eyes were swollen, unconscious, and he heard that he couldn't even get out of bed. Guo cried miserably when she found out, she was such a son, she was kicked out of the house by the second master Su Yang for several days, if anything worse, she wouldn't be able to live.
After Su Xi heard these words, she probably guessed the intention of the second uncle and the second aunt, she didn't have time to change her clothes, so she asked Tinghe to take a green Su embroidered butterfly love pattern coat and put it on, and walked outside.
Sure enough, when Guo Shi saw her, he begged with tears in his eyes: "Sister Xi, Brother Yi is your fourth brother...... He was foolish enough to do that, and he's been taught a lesson, so forgive him this time...... If Brother Yi'er is gone, I won't live anymore, and now your sister-in-law Jin'er is pregnant again, and the child is about to be born, can you bear to watch your nephew be born without a father? Sister Xi'er, the second aunt knows that you are careful and kind, the second aunt begs you, tell the old lady, can you take Brother Yi home to recuperate? ”
Su Xi stood in front of the curtain, and it was the first time she saw her second aunt talking to her in such a low voice.
In the past, Guo's heart was high, and he couldn't see that the big room and the third room were better than their second room, and his speech was always sour, so the comparison seemed a little pitiful. But as soon as Su Xi thought that Su Yi and Su Lingrong conspired to destroy her innocence, she had to harden her heart, looked at the second uncle on the side, and said, "Is the second uncle also here to beg me?" ”
Su Yang probably felt shameless, he knew that his children were not doing things properly, but he couldn't stand Guo's crying, and Su Yi was his son after all, so he was also distressed. Su Yang wiped his face and said, "Youyou, you can forgive your fourth brother this time, and I will let him kneel in front of you another day to make amends to you." ”
Su Xi pursed her lips and didn't say anything.
Seeing that Su Xi didn't mean to let go, Guo Shi cried a little louder, and almost the whole person pounced on Su Xi, "Sister Xi, do you want the two of us to kneel down and beg you?" Let alone...... What's more, didn't something happen to you, you were so ruthless, watching your second uncle and second aunt be lonely and miserable when they got old, and no one sent them to the end? ”
Su Xi frowned and asked, "I didn't have an accident, is the fourth cousin and fourth sister right?" Do I deserve to be calculated? How could the second aunt say such a thing. ”
Guo Shi choked for a moment and denied: "Of course not, the second aunt didn't mean that......"
Su Xi looked away and hardened her heart: "I can't be the master of this matter, the second aunt asked the wrong person." It's getting late, I'm going to rest, and the second aunt and second uncle should go back early. ”
That's what it means to send off a guest. As she spoke, she asked Tinghe to send her second uncle and second aunt back, and she turned around and went into the inner room.
Guo Shi didn't believe that Su Xizhen was so hard-hearted, stared at her in astonishment, and when he saw that she really went to the house, he couldn't help but clench the handkerchief in his hand and gritted his teeth.
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The next day, the second lady Guo really begged to go to the old lady and the old lady, and took Dou Jin'er with her.
Dou Jin'er is pregnant with Liujia, and now she has been six or seven months, with a big belly, and she looks really pitiful. Her husband is not around, she has lost weight in the past two days, although Su Yi is a family careless, but there is also a man by her side, and now that Su Yi has been kicked out, she has no backbone.
The two interceded for Su Yi together. When Yin learned about it, he dropped the cup, and rushed to the room to say to the old lady and the old lady: "If you ask Su Yi to come back, my daughter-in-law will die here." ”
Yin's attitude was resolute, and the old lady and the old lady were not easy to relax. What's more, since Mrs. Su had a stroke, her health has not been as good as before, and she couldn't hear someone arguing in front of her, so she waved her hand and said, "It's all gone, it's all gone." Someone went to take a good look at Brother Yi'er's injury, and this matter is over, and the two of you don't have to mention this matter again. The last sentence was addressed to Guo Shi and Dou Jin'er.
Guo couldn't believe that the old lady could really watch Su Yi get injured, ignore him, and said, "Daddy......"
The old lady had already returned to the house, and the old lady also stood up on crutches and glanced at Guo, "Don't say anything, you can't live in the big house in this matter." Brother Yi is suffering outside, let him learn a long lesson, and temper his heart, he can't go on like this. ”
Guo had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.
This Su Xi heard about the upper room, and he didn't have a big reaction, and continued to let Tingyan prepare the carriage.
The border pass was not peaceful for a while, and there were often foreign rogues who invaded, disturbing the people at the border pass, so Emperor Zhaoyuan assigned the Su family to go to the border pass to quell the chaos. Old lady Su is not in good health, and the people who went on this expedition were replaced by the eldest master Su Zhen and the second brother Su Zhi, who will set off at the end of this month.
It may take about half a year to go, and Su Xi wants to go to Mingjue Temple to ask for a peace charm for his father and second brother to bless them to come back safely.
It just so happened that Tang Wan's second brother Tang Wei took the imperial examination this year, and Tang Wan also went to Mingjue Temple to worship the Buddha in order for her brother to be admitted to the palace examination. So the two decided to go out together today, Tang Wan had already arrived and was waiting for her outside.
Su Xi had just come out of the second gate, and saw her second aunt Guo Shi and Dou Jin'er walking towards this side together from a distance, she thought about it, bent her knees and said hello, and then led Tingyan and Tinghe to leave.
Guo Shi looked at Su Xi's back, his eyes were red, and he was annoyed by Su Xi, if it weren't for her, how could Brother Yi end up where he is now.
At this time, Su Xi and Tang Wan took a carriage to the foot of Mingjue Temple Mountain. In order to show their sincerity, the two abandoned the car and walked all the way to the top of the mountain.
Su Xi has been running and dancing for the past two years, and her body is quite good, and it is not difficult to climb this mountain road at all, so I saw that her pace was relaxed, all the way was easy, with a shallow smile on her little face, and her body was as light as a little swallow.
Tang Wan was out of breath, and she rested four or five times all the way, and in the middle, Su Xi dragged her for a long time, and finally climbed to the top of the mountain, she was so tired that she couldn't speak. The maids brought by the two of them were not much better, only Su Xi's face was as usual, and he followed the monk at the door into the temple, walked into the Daxiong Treasure Hall to offer incense, worship the Buddha, and asked for a lot.
Seventy-seventh.
The monk at the door said that it was signed, and Su Xi was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked Tingyan to add a hundred taels of sesame oil money.
After Tang Wan also wore incense, the two went to the backyard together to find the abbot of Mingkong and draw a peace charm.
Su Xi often came to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion of Mingjue Temple to borrow books in the past two years, and the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion of Mingjue Temple not only hid scriptures, but also many unique books from the previous dynasty, and she almost became a frequent visitor to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion. After drawing the peace charm, Su Xi asked Abbot Mingkong as usual: "Master, can you let me go to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion of your temple to have a look?" ”
Abbot Mingkong nodded, but there was one condition, she could still only enter alone.
Su Xi thanked Abbot Mingkong, walked to the Scripture Pavilion at the back, and asked Tang Wan and the two maids to wait outside.
Tang Wan was a little dissatisfied, and complained: "Youyou, why is the abbot only willing to let you in?" I don't like to read, but I don't waste his books. ”
Su Xi couldn't help laughing, and begged: "Sister Tang, just wait for me outside for a while, I'll come out soon." The Tibetan Scripture Pavilion is an important place for Buddhism, and the abbot is willing to let me in, and I am already very grateful. ”
Tang Wan said: "Okay, I'll wait for you outside." ”
Su Xi walked into the pavilion, and she had almost flipped through the books on the first floor, but she had never set foot on the second and third floors. Su Xi decided to go upstairs today to have a look, she stepped on the wooden ladder and walked step by step to the second floor of the Scripture Pavilion.
The second floor was darker than the first, not even a single window, except for an oil lamp hanging every few steps on the wall.
It is a series of bookshelves. Su Xi looked at the first few rows, and they were all scriptures similar to the Heart Sutra and the Myoho-renge-kyo Sutra. She had to walk backwards, and the deeper she went, the darker it became, and she could barely see what was written on the spine if it weren't for the lamp hanging on the wall.
Finally found the book he wanted, Su Xi looked at the "Fa Yan Yi Shu" above his head, and was about to reach for it, when he suddenly heard a low cough from behind.
Su Xi was startled and froze.
…… Why is there anyone else in this scripture pavilion?
After a while, the sound did not continue, as if it had never been there. But Su Xi really heard it, and couldn't hold back the curiosity in her heart, she hesitated for a moment, then walked out of the beech bookshelf and looked behind the bookshelf.
I saw a long couch under the lotus oil lamp on the wall, and there was a person lying on the couch, wearing an ink-colored straight jacket, with a long posture, bending a long leg, and a scripture book covering his face, and was lying on the couch to sleep. Su Xi looked at it in a daze, the scriptures covered most of his face, revealing only a perfectly curved chin and a thin lip, in the dim light, there was not only a kind of warm elegance like jade, but also a kind of calm and leisurely.
Su Xi saw that it was a man, and he raised his feet and was about to leave. The other party moved first, raised his hand to take the book on his face, and sat up slowly, Xu just woke up, he lowered his eyes and paused for a while, and then looked at Su Xi with dark black pupils, "Young? ”
Although it was a question, there was not much surprise in his tone.
Su Xi saw his face clearly now, it was Wei Feng.
Su Xi came back to his senses from surprise and said, "Why is Cousin Tingzhou ......sleeping here?"
Counting this time, they have already met three times in the Scripture Pavilion, could this Scripture Pavilion be Wei Feng's?
"I have old acquaintances with Abbot Mingkong, so I often come here to read." Wei Feng sat up from the couch, his voice with a hint of laziness that he had just woken up. He raised his hand and pinched his eyebrows, and asked Su Xi, "What books are you borrowing here?" ”
Su Xi pointed to the top layer, "This book "Fa Yan Yi Shu." ”
The corners of Wei Feng's lips curled slightly: "It's rare to see a girl reading this kind of book." ”
Fa Yan Yi Shu is a philosophical work, the content of which is obscure and difficult, and most girls do not like to read this kind of book.
Su Xi touched his cheek with his fingers and said, "I just flip it once in a while." ”
As she spoke, Wei Feng had already walked up to her and stretched out his hand to help her get the book. Su Xi stepped back, his back against the heavy bookshelf, and when he looked up, he saw Wei Feng's tall and slender body in front of him.
Wei Feng didn't even avoid her when he took the book, he leaned forward slightly, and his chest was in front of him.
Su Xi stared at the persimmon pattern on the placket of Wei Feng's body, and intuitively felt that this was a little inappropriate, so he moved his steps slightly, wanting to avoid it.
At this moment, Wei Feng raised his other arm and placed it on the beech bookshelf next to her shoulder, which was able to block her path.
Now it's okay, Su Xi's whole person is trapped between the bookshelf and Wei Feng.
Su Xi raised her head, she could only see Wei Feng's chin, she couldn't see his expression clearly, she didn't know if he did it intentionally or unintentionally, she said, "Cousin Tingzhou, I'll take it myself......"
Wei Feng took down "Fa Yan Yi Shu", but did not give it to her.
He lowered his eyes to look at the little girl in front of him, and saw that her little face was a little at a loss, and she looked at himself with watery eyes. The petal-like lips closed one by one, as if something else was being said, and he didn't hear clearly. Suddenly I felt a little noisy. Wei Feng lowered his head, found her slugging little mouth, and kissed Su Xi in shocked.