Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was the sixth day of the first month of December, and Shen Yucheng, the old man of the Shen family, who had originally agreed to arrive in Beijing in these two days, and his party disappeared for a long time.

Shen was very anxious, and kept sending people to inquire about the news, for fear that his brother and nephew would have some accidents.

The next day is the seventh day of the twelfth month, the day before the Laba Festival, this day is the day when the two daughters of the Gu family make an appointment to go to Tantuo Temple to offer incense.

It just so happened that Mrs. Ge's Bodhi Buddha had been enshrined in Tantuo Temple for twenty-one days, and she needed to invite it back.

The second lady Fei Shi came because of the small day, she was not happy, and she was afraid of colliding with the Buddha, so she couldn't go.

The third lady, Gu Chongzhi, was weak and couldn't stand the wind, so she also sued for mercy. Only let the eldest lady Gu Chonghua offer the scriptures she copied to the Buddha.

The third master's wife died, there was no serious wife, only one aunt Xiao, one, the third master couldn't do without her, and second, her identity was not enough, so she couldn't go.

The fourth lady, Shen, did not go because she had to wait for her brother to come to Beijing.

Before going out, Gu Chongyang went to bid farewell to the fourth lady, and she trotted all the way to the fourth lady's side: "Mother, are you really not going with us?" ”

The fourth lady was making shoes for Gu Chongyang, and she was still holding a needle and thread in her hand, but when she pounced like this, she was so frightened that the fourth lady hurriedly raised her hands: "You kid, it's too reckless, if the needle pokes you, you will cry!" ”

"No, I know you won't want to poke me." Gu Chongyang suddenly approached the fourth lady's ear and said in a voice that only two people could hear: "Mother, I will go to Tantuo Temple to kowtow to the Buddha, and ask the Buddha to bless you to give birth to a younger brother as soon as possible." ”

When the fourth lady heard this, a gentle look appeared on her face: "Okay, don't forget to ask the Buddha to bless your father's officialdom, and then ask your father for a peace charm to come back." ”

The fourth lady touched Gu Chongyang's head and said softly: "The most important thing is to ask the Buddha to bless us to grow up safely and be healthy and smooth." ”

"Yes, yes." He nodded with a smile: "Mother has asked for too many things, so you should go and tell the Buddha in person." ”

"You little slippery head!" The fourth lady nodded her nose affectionately and said, "Although I can't go to Tantuo Temple, I can go to the small Buddha Hall." I went to the small Buddha hall today to worship the Buddha, and it was the same. ”

"Hmm." Gu Chongyang nodded and said, "Then I will also ask the Buddha in Tantuo Temple, so that the Buddha will definitely be able to hear it." He is an old man with compassion, and he will definitely make his mother's wish come true. ”

Gu Chongyang had already made up his mind, and after the New Year, he persuaded his mother to take her medicine to recuperate her body, and strive to let her mother conceive a child as soon as possible.

The fourth lady made a tiger face and said, "Don't be disrespectful to the Buddha!" ”

"Got it!" Gu Chongyang was not afraid, but made a grimace, and said as he ran: "Buddha, his old man will definitely not be angry, he is not young, I am not wrong to call him an old man." ”

When the fourth lady heard this, although she knew that she was disrespectful to the Buddha, she couldn't help laughing, she stood up and shouted to Gu Chongyang: "Listen to your aunt's words, don't be naughty." I'll make you your favorite pea york for you to eat in the evening. ”

"Got it." Gu Chongyang grinned and ran forward.

In addition to Mrs. Ge, Mrs. Ge, and the three sisters in the second room, Mrs. Cui in the long room, Mrs. Yingda, Grandma Rui, and Gu Chongfang also came.

It can be said that the incense on the seventh day of December is a big day for the Gu family's daughters to set out from the mansion.

Gu Chongyang smiled and sat in a car with Gu Chongfang, and the two of them chatted non-stop along the way.

Since the end of November, Tantuo Temple almost every day will have the female dependents of dignitaries and nobles come to incense, so the temple has been cleaned early, and the common people are not allowed to come, for fear of colliding with the nobles.

It is said that all living beings are equal in the eyes of the Buddha, but when they come to offer incense to the Buddha, they are still divided into three, six, nine and so on.

Master Zhike got the news and waited outside the mountain gate early.

The group got out of the car on the road in front of the mountain gate and slowly walked towards the temple under the guidance of Master Zhike.

Tantuo Temple has beautiful scenery, and the temple is strict. Although the scenery in winter is not as good as in summer, the overwhelming white is still very pleasing to the eye.

Gu Chongyang followed everyone to kneel on the futon of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, kneeling three times and bowing to the Buddha, since the rebirth, she has been worried about her mother's longevity, and now her mother is finally healthy and safe, and a big stone in her heart has also fallen to the ground.

She looked at the tall and majestic golden statue of the Buddha, very religious.

She feels that she is the luckiest thing to be born again. If this qiē is the same as what happened to Lu Sheng in "The World Speaks New Language", it is just a sweet dream, she would rather never wake up.

Gu Chongyang's pious and serious posture was not at all like a teenage girl, more compassionate than an older person who had experienced life and death, and the monks in the Daxiong Treasure Hall couldn't help but look at Gu Chongyang deeply.

The second young lady Gu Chongzhu pursed her lips disdainfully, and muttered in a low voice: "Pretend!" ”

Although the voice was not loud, everyone heard it. Old Madam Cui glanced at Gu Chongzhu, and her face was not worried.

The second lady Fei was not there, but the eldest lady, as the eldest aunt, could not do nothing, she glared at the second lady unhappily: "Chongzhu, you must not be rude in front of the Buddha." Look at your sister-in-law, who is only a few years older than you, not only is the etiquette not bad at all, but she has also copied so many "Diamond Sutras", she is a model of the famous ladies of the family. You look like this, going out will only make people laugh at the people of our Qingyang Hou Mansion for having no rules. ”

Gu Chongzhu's face fell, she glanced at the young grandmother, snorted disappreciatively, and was about to speak, when she saw the warning eyes of the old lady Cui of the long room. She was so frightened that she forgot to say anything, so she quickly sat down and knelt on the ground.

Up and down the Qingyang Hou Mansion, Gu Chongzhu is not the only one who is afraid of Old Madam Cui, even Old Madam Ge has to let Old Madam Cui score three points.

Mrs. Cui is not only the oldest and highest person in the Gu family, she is also the lady of the first grade, and the imperial chastity archway on Dongzhimen Street in front of the Qingyang Marquis Mansion is a special award awarded to her by the current emperor.

Not to mention the Gu family in the Qingyang Hou Mansion, but in the entire circle of celebrities and ladies in the capital, no one can help but give a thumbs up when it comes to Old Madam Cui.

Even some eunuch families will take Mrs. Cui as a positive example when they teach girls.

After everyone took turns to offer incense, Mrs. Cui and Mrs. Ge followed Mrs. Hao and Mrs. Ying to the lecture hall to listen to the master's lecture, and Grandma Rui followed Gu Chongyang and a few of them were accompanied by Xiao Shami to walk around the temple casually.

Except for Grandma Rui, who is a married woman, the other five girls in the Gu family are all cardamom Fanghua. The five girls are like spring flowers and autumn moons, and their looks are different, but they are all very beautiful. The little novice who led the way was so red that he didn't dare to raise his head, let alone look at them.

Even Gu Chonghua, who had always been steady, couldn't help but smile.

When I came to Tantuo Temple, I naturally wanted to see the hundred-year-old pine in the backyard of the temple, which is said to have been planted by Emperor Tai/Zu himself.

There are not many hundred-year-old pines, and because they were planted by Tai/Zu himself, they are even more legendary.

Since the beginning of the dynasty, the literati who wrote poems and lyrics for the century-old pine of Tantuo Temple do not know how many.

Not to mention a few little girls from the Gu family, even Gu Chongyang, who is already mentally mature, can't help but want to see the demeanor of the century-old pine.

Although the weather was very cold, the little girls in the house finally had the opportunity to come out to play, and they were all full of interest and did not know the cold.

In the middle of winter, the flowers are withered, the branches of ten thousand trees are withered, but the hundred-year-old pine is still lush and luxuriant, the vigorous and majestic trunk is enough to be as thick as two or three people hugging each other, and the verdant cyan is particularly conspicuous in a white temple, which makes people can't help but be breathtaking.

Gu Chongyang sighed: "The year is cold, and then I know the pine and cypress!" Such a majestic pine tree cannot be maintained in the inner house, and only a place like Tantuoji Temple can grow such a big tree. ”

Gu Chonghua was full of poetry and writing, and also said: "On a snowy day in the twilight of the year, the branches are covered with jade. is not called the loose master, and he is always ashamed. ”

Gu Chongzhu didn't want to fall behind, and immediately answered: "The frost is miserable, and it is always upright all year round." Isn't it cold and cold, pines and cypresses have nature. ”

Gu Chongfang also smiled and said, "Ling Feng knows the strength festival." Negative snow sees chastity. ”

Only Rui's grandmother, Zheng, did not speak.

Gu Chongzhu provoked: "Sister-in-law, they all say that your Zheng family is a scholarly family, and girls have been studying since childhood like men, why do others chant a word, but you don't say it?" I know, because you are a talented girl who graduated from Ruizhu Academy, you don't look down on us and disdain to be with us, right? ”

Rui Da Young Grandmother Zheng glanced at everyone, and then said softly: "You must know that Ao Xue Ling is frosty, not in the prosperous team. ”

As soon as these words came out, Gu Chongzhu pouted: "Hmph! Ruizhu Academy, that's it. It seems that Ruizhu Academy is not as difficult as everyone says. In two years, Ruizhu Academy will recruit students, and I will go too. ”

Gu Chongzhu was not willing to lag behind, and chanted a few more words, little girl, you come and go, and you refuse to admit defeat.

Gu Chongyang's eyes couldn't help but turn to the courtyard behind the hundred-year-old pine, and she couldn't help but pause: "Little Master, what is that courtyard?" ”

"That's the Ring House." The little novice said, "It is for monks who have broken the precepts to repent of their mistakes." But now that there's no one inside, does Tan Yue want to go and see it? ”

It turned out to be for repentance.

In the previous life, Wang Jiulang became a monk, named Chuyan, and lived in this courtyard.

However, when Master Chu Yan lived, the name was not called the Ring Building, but the emperor personally changed the name and called the Young Master's Quiet Room. After the death of Master Chu Yan, the young master's ashram was renamed Jiafu Pagoda to enshrine the relics left behind by him when he sat down.

But now this qiē has not happened, and Master Chu Yan is still Wang Jiulang, who has made the entire capital look sideways.

Calculated carefully, Master Chu Yan still has the grace of life for his uncle's family. If it weren't for Master Chu Yan's persuasion of the emperor, I am afraid that my uncle would have been sentenced to behead two years before her rebirth.

In this life, she must avoid tragedy and must not repeat the mistakes of the past.

"I don't have to look at it, I'm just asking." Gu Chongyang took a deep look at the plaque hanging in the courtyard, and the word "ring building" came into his heart.

After reading the hundred-year-old pine, Mrs. Cui and Mrs. Ge also listened to the master's lecture, and when it was time to eat at noon, the group ate vegetarian food in the temple. The food of Tantuo Temple is very famous, especially the meal of entertaining dignitaries, which is specially invited to cook by the master of vegetarian fasting.

was eating, and suddenly Master Zhike walked in and invited the eldest lady out.

After about a cup of tea, the eldest lady walked in with a solemn face.

At this moment, everyone had finished their meal and wanted to go back to their respective houses to rest.

"What's wrong?" Old Madam Ge asked.

The eldest lady helped Mrs. Ge and said, "It's nothing." ”

The eldest lady glanced at the others and said with a slight smile: "It was the second brother and sister who asked her to help her put on the pillar incense and light an everlasting lamp." ”

Her gaze swept over everyone, but Gu Chongyang felt that her eyes paused slightly when they looked at her.

Everyone nodded in unison, but they all knew in their hearts that this was just a cover-up.

Gu Chongyang's heart also jumped, what happened to make the eldest lady not even eat.

Out of the fasting room, Gu Chongyang saw two mothers-in-law standing outside. The two mothers-in-law Gu Chongyang all recognized, one was Grandma Sun beside the second lady. In addition, Mama Jin next to the eldest lady.

The two of them looked very ugly and trembling.

A hint of surprise flashed in Gu Chongyang's heart, how could these two people come together? The eldest lady and the mother-in-law around the second lady are here, why didn't the mother let Mama Wu come?

And the words that the eldest lady wanted to cover up just now were like a dark cloud, shrouding Gu Chongyang's heart.

Since the eldest lady has the intention to hide it from everyone, she will definitely not be able to find out.

In the house, Gu Chongyang really couldn't sit still, her heart was pounding, and she always felt that something bad had happened.