Chapter 136: Xiangguo Temple
Taigu Mountain, located in the mountains of two hundred miles outside the capital Sheng'an, because the mountains are steep and precipitous, the middle of the mountains is a deep and narrow canyon, like a valley character, and named Taigu Mountain.
There is a group of bandits on Taigu Mountain, who specialize in robbing houses and houses, but they are also morally righteous, and the robbers are rich caravans and landlords and tycoons, even so, Taigu Mountain is still a den of bandits.
Deep in the dense forest of the main peak of Taigu Mountain, the steep and dangerous mountain road winds between the dense forests, like a white ribbon spreading on the top of the mountain, through the heavily guarded check, you can reach the bandits' den of Taigu Mountain-Fengyun Village.
A luxurious and exquisite black-purple carriage entered the heavily guarded Fengyun Village from the high gate of the village unimpeded, attracting the sideways eyes of the people, and stopped on the large open space between the houses.
On the open space, the bandits of Fengyun Village practiced martial arts, fought and wiped, and wiped their knives, each busy with their own lives, and when they saw the carriage that suddenly entered the village, they were not curious, but they only glanced at it and were busy.
"The big boss, a distinguished guest has arrived!"
A rough male voice resounded in Fengyun Village, and I saw a middle-aged man in a blue shirt leaping into the air and flying from the carriage into a two-story house.
"The big boss, a distinguished guest has arrived!"
The man roared and flew into the big room, landed in what looked like a living room, glanced at the empty room, and immediately turned and ran towards a small door in the room.
"The big boss, the third boss is back!"
"What a howl, Lao Tzu's ears are not deaf!"
An unhappy roar came from the back room, and then I saw a handsome man dressed in white like dust, walking out of the house with elegant steps, that calm appearance, and the vulgar roar like thunder, pulled a man like a fairy down to the dust.
This man is very familiar, isn't he the big boss who fought with Ling Shaofeng and Taigu Mountain at the beginning, who else can he be!
When the middle-aged man in blue heard the voice, the loud shouting immediately became a little smaller, and he looked anxiously at the big boss, "The big boss, the third boss is sick and was taken up the mountain by his brother, go and see it!" ”
When the big boss heard this, the wind suddenly became wind under his slow feet, and he flew out of the living room like the wind, and ran directly out of the house, and saw a familiar low-key and luxurious carriage parked outside the door.
The big boss jumped up in white clothes and immediately pushed the door in, passed Chu Xiaoyao, who was reading a book in the carriage, walked to Zhao Xuanchen, who was lying in a soft fur on one side and didn't know what the condition was, reached out and held Zhao Xuanchen's wrist, and asked in a low voice while checking the pulse, "Chu Xiaoyao, how could the third junior brother get sick?" ”
The third junior brother is Zhao Xuanchen, who is the same senior brother of the same master as him, and Chu Xiaoyao is the younger brother of the third junior brother, they are acquainted but not familiar with each other, and a little doubt inevitably rises in their hearts.
I wonder if Chu Xiaoyao secretly injured the third junior brother, and pretended to be a good person to send the third junior brother to heal, you must know that since ancient times, the royal family has been the most ruthless, that is, his own brother, and he will not hesitate to put the other party to death for the sake of a high position.
Zhao Xuanchen's eyes were as clear as spring water, a pair of sword eyebrows were wrinkled on his handsome face, his cute baby face was flushed, he shook his head unsteadily, and his sexy thin lips moved lightly, "Yiyi, Yiyi......"
The big boss who was kneeling in the carriage could hardly hear the murmuring, squinted and bent down to put his ear into Zhao Xuanchen's ear, and listened carefully, "Yiyi, Yiyi......"
The big boss frowned slightly, straightened up and looked at Chu Xiaoyao who was worried on the side, "Who is Yiyi?" ”
Chu Xiaoyao knelt on Zhao Xuanchen's side, gently put the teacup in his hand next to Zhao Xuanchen's mouth, and fed Zhao Xuanchen some water, "Miss Ling of the Auxiliary General's Mansion!" ”
The big boss was a little confused, when General Ling Feng was attacked in Taigu Mountain, there was a conflict with Taigu Mountain, the third junior brother rescued the mysterious boy, and General Ling Feng, it should be because of Miss Ling!
Suddenly, the big boss's deep gaze flashed with a sharp light, shooting straight at Chu Xiaoyao on one side.
"The third junior brother has a drug in his body, plus he is depressed in his heart, and his poor qi and blood induce a high fever, as long as the effect of the drug is over, just take a few more pairs of medicine!"
The third junior brother is strong in martial arts, and ordinary people can't tolerate him at all, so why did he get drugged lightly?
Chu Xiaoyao didn't fail to see the suspicious gaze of the big boss, he lowered his head and held the teacup tightly with some self-reproach, thought about it, held his head high and met the suspicious gaze of the big boss, his deep eyes were thick self-blame, and he didn't regret it, and sighed.
"You're right, I gave the drug to my brother, but I'm also doing it for his good!"
Then Chu Xiaoyao told Zhao Xuanchen and Ling Yiyi what happened in the Chen Mansion, such a decisive break, and probably told the big boss, and then shook his head helplessly and said in a low voice.
"I also have no choice, you know the situation of my family, my father ordered my brother to go home three times in a row, explaining that something serious must have happened to my family, and my brother must go back immediately! And my brother had something like that with Miss Ling the day before yesterday, I was afraid that my brother would not agree to go back for Miss Ling, so I had to drug him, who knows, my brother actually had a high fever on the road, I have no choice but to turn around and let you help him take a look! ”
Chu Xiaoyao felt the fierce momentum rushing towards him, sat firmly on one side with an ugly face, and explained loudly, "The drug was given this morning, and the amount of medicine is very small and will not be harmful, and my brother should wake up later!" ”
Look at the big boss's eyes, this is his brother, he is also afraid that his brother has three long and two short, if it is not a last resort, he will not be drugged, and he will not dare to drugged after finding that his brother has a fever.
The big boss stared at Chu Xiaoyao's eyes, put Zhao Xuanchen's hand down gently, and glared at Chu Xiaoyao, "No matter what, you shouldn't drug the third junior brother!" The third junior brother is both physically and mentally ill, so he will always have a high fever that will not go away, and you are not afraid of burning his brain! ”
The big boss lifted his white sleeves, stretched out his hands and rested under Zhao Xuanchen's body, and hugged the unconscious Zhao Xuanchen into his arms, glanced back at Chu Xiaoyao coldly, turned around and walked towards the outside of the carriage.
"I really didn't mean it, who knew that my brother was so interested in that Miss Ling!"
Chu Xiaoyao explained in a low voice, and also got out of the carriage with the big boss.
But he knew in his heart that even now he did not regret his decision to knock his brother unconscious, feed his brother with drugs, and take his brother out of Sheng'an.
Although the Northern Zhou and Dongzhao seem to have a peaceful relationship now, the Northern Zhou will never be allowed to be Miss Ling and pro-Dongzhao, and even any young lady from the General's Mansion will not be sent to Dongzhao and Qin.
What's more, Dong Zhao's current battle for the heir is about to begin, and any mistake will cost his brother and his own life, he will never allow it, and the stupid, arrogant and ignorant Miss Ling will marry his brother at this time.
The middle-aged man in blue who went in to report the news just now had been standing outside the carriage, watching the big boss holding the three masters, that is, Zhao Xuanchen, who was incognito, jumped off the carriage and walked into the house, and another young man in ink and gorgeous clothes, that is, the brother of the three masters, followed him and immediately followed.
Before entering, the middle-aged man looked around at the brothers of Fengyunzhai who were pretending to be busy, but in fact they were all looking over, and shouted with a wave of his big hand, "Look at the fart!" Go to Lao Tzu to patrol the mountains! ”
With that, the middle-aged man turned around and ran into the house.
The big boss carried Zhao Xuanchen directly into his room, put him lightly on the bed, helped him pull the quilt before turning around and leaving the house, glanced at Chu Xiaoyao who followed up, didn't want to pay attention to him, and went to help Zhao Xuanchen get the medicine decoction.
Fortunately, he has always been a doctor, and fortunately, Fengyun Village has always had all kinds of medicinal materials in order to facilitate the treatment of his brothers, otherwise, he would have to go to Sheng'an to catch good medicine.
Zhao Xuanchen, who was unconscious, was lying on the bed with a red face, the name "Yiyi, Yiyi......" came out of his mouth from time to time, his voice was sad and sentimental, and there was a kind of indescribable despair.
Located on the Yellow Mountain fifty miles east of the suburbs of Sheng'an, the majestic Xiangguo Temple has a rigorous layout, the incense is boiling, people come and go, and it is a large temple with outstanding status and wide influence in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Especially on the special day of the fifteenth day of the new year, it is the day when the ladies and ladies of various provinces compete to enter the temple to pray for Buddha, and Xiangguo Temple is more lively than in the past.
In the quiet backyard of Xiangguo Temple, in a remote courtyard, in a clean and quiet courtyard, four girls about fourteen or fifteen years old sat or stood beside the stone tables and chairs in the courtyard.
The girl in a pink butterfly skirt was lying on the stone table with a soft body, holding her forehead with one hand and staring intently at the notebook in her hand, and the corners of her mouth raised an inconspicuous smile.
"Tielan, why are you so bored with these words? It is written that either the young lady and the poor scholar fall in love and kill each other, or the noble son and the young lady hate each other! Tsk, tsk,......。 ”
The long black hair of the girl in the pink butterfly skirt was pulled up with a golden hairpin, and the other black hair was draped behind her casually, and her bright eyes were shining with crystal light, it was Ling Yiyi who should have been sent back to the ancestral house in Jiangnan, but was secretly sent to Xiangguo Temple.
Tie Lan is still the habitual cyan maid skirt, standing behind Ling Yiyi with a sword hanging from her waist, there are no extra accessories on her body, Mu Ne's little face looks in the direction of Ling Yiyi without words, but she secretly whispers in her heart.
Since the script is so boring, why doesn't the young lady put down the script and go out for a walk?
On that day, after the young lady took them out of the general's mansion, she wanted to go back to the ancestral house in Jiangnan directly, who knows, those twenty guards sent by the old general Ling, but secretly sent them to the grandest Xiangguo Temple, saying that it was the order of the old general, so that the young lady could cultivate herself in the Xiangguo Temple for a period of time, and when the wind passed, the old general would personally come to pick up the young lady and return home.
It seems that the old general still likes the young lady the most, otherwise, he would not ignore the old lady's order and secretly send the young lady to Xiangguo Temple.
Huilan, who was sitting on the side of the stone table and bowing her head to embroider, holding an unfinished handkerchief in her hand, half sat down at the stone table, raised her head and asked softly, "Miss, why don't you go to the back mountain with the slaves!" The slave maid heard that there is a wishing pond in the back mountain, which is very effective! ”
They have been coming to this Xiangguo Temple for more than ten days, and the injuries on her and Mo Lan's bodies are almost better, looking at the sun today is okay, and she is uncomfortable after lying down for more than ten days, so she will accompany the young lady in the courtyard to read.
Ling Yiyi put the notebook in her hand on the stone table, casually opened another page and continued to look at it, sighing boredly.
"Miss Ben remembers that today seems to be the first day of the new year! The people from the General's Mansion will come to offer incense, and Miss Ben doesn't want to go out and meet her grandmother! ”
She knew very well in her heart that her grandmother had always disliked her, and besides, because of the damage to her reputation, her grandmother disliked her even more, so she didn't even see her, and directly asked Mama Zhou to send her back to the ancestral house.
This halfway to be sent to Xiangguo Temple, I am afraid that my grandfather did it secretly, grandmother must be very angry when she knows it, and her disgust with her cannot be resolved, even if the grandmother knows about her grandfather's secret actions in the end, on the surface, grandmother will only think that she does not know, and why should she go to meet her grandmother by chance and slap her grandmother's face?
Mo Lan was wearing the same cyan maid skirt as Tielan, holding a needle like Hui Lan, but she was embroidering a purse, and the calm Mo Lan looked up and glanced at the guards of the General's Mansion who were guarding outside the courtyard, and turned around and spoke.
"Miss is very right, Miss is in an embarrassing situation now, it's better not to go out! The three slaves and maids are the eldest maids of the young lady, and they should also be careful with their words and deeds, and do not go out of the yard if there is no need, so as not to be looked at by others! ”
The latter words, of course, were addressed to Whelan and Tielan.
Miss was sent by the old general to Xiangguo Temple for self-cultivation, but she didn't come to play, plus Miss's reputation was damaged, and when she went out, she was afraid that she could only be ridiculed, so it was better to stay in the courtyard and be quiet.
The movements in Huilan's hand stopped, and he wanted to say something, but he couldn't speak, he bit his lip and looked at Ling Yiyi, and then at Mo Lan, and finally he couldn't help it, leaned forward and approached Ling Yiyi, and said quietly.
"Miss, when the slave maid went to get lunch earlier, I heard from the maids in other houses that the old general was afraid that he would have to return to the border in the near future, and Miss would ...... in the future."
What can I do in the future? Without the protection of the old general, the young lady is afraid that she will be forcibly sent back to the ancestral house in Jiangnan, and if she wants to return to Sheng'an in the future, she is afraid that it will be easy, or she will have to stay in that small place in Jiangnan for the rest of her life.
Ling Yiyi raised her eyebrows slightly, glanced at Huilan, who was full of worries, lowered her eyes and flipped the pages of the book, "Don't worry, if Miss Ben is not mistaken, grandfather will definitely come to see Miss Ben later, and when the time comes, Miss Ben will beg grandfather to let him agree to let me go to the border with him." Miss Ben hasn't seen her father and big brother in a few days, and she really misses it! ”
"Miss wants to go to the border gate?" Whelan and Mo Lan were stunned, and then asked uncertainly.
Tie Lan had been standing firmly behind Ling Yiyi, and when she heard that she was going to the border, her eyes were blazing.
Ling Yiyi put down the notebook in her hand, stretched her hands up and outward, stretching her waist, "Yes!" Miss Ben doesn't want to go back to Sheng'an, so she might as well go to Daddy! ”
It doesn't matter if she is evading, or if she is willful, Ling Yiyi, who didn't know that Zhao Xuanchen had left Sheng'an, really didn't want to go back to Sheng'an, thinking of Zhao Xuanchen from time to time, and didn't want to face those rumors, although those rumors were not all misunderstandings!
Thinking of Zhao Xuanchen, Ling Yiyi felt another pain in her heart, although it was not as painful as Zhou Haoxuan, who came to her senses after falling into the water and knew that she was still the second prince at that time, deceived her, but it was also another pain of friendship betrayal.
"Miss Ben go to sleep!"
After that, Ling Yiyi threw the notebook in her hand to Tie Lan, turned around and walked towards the wing room in the small courtyard, Hui Lan and Mo Lan also packed up their things and followed Tie Lan into the wing room.
Hui Lan put the embroidery in the outhouse, went in to help Ling Yiyi untie her clothes, and Mo Lan took out the incense from her bag and lit it.
Since the young lady was sent to Xiangguo Temple, the young lady's sleep is particularly bad, often wake up in the middle of the night several times, and they are guarding the outhouse, and they later discussed, and they lit the incense to help the young lady sleep.
In the simple and clean room, Ling Yiyi lay on the sturdy bed obediently, closed her eyes and pretended to sleep, "You all go down!" ”
She was really not used to being guarded in the room where she slept, and as usual, she drove the girls to the outhouse.
Tielan habitually retreated with Huilan and Mo Lan, and Tielan stayed in the outhouse.
As soon as Huilan came out of the house, she looked at Tielan who was guarding the outhouse, and Mo Lan, who was going back to the house, and whispered, "I'll prepare some snacks!" It can be eaten when the lady wakes up. ”
Mo Lan heard that it was feasible, now in Xiangguo Temple, everything is prepared, here, what kind of snacks they want to eat, they have to borrow the small kitchen of Xiangguo Temple to make their own.
Ling Yiyi slept directly until dinner time, the night had begun to fall quietly, her hazy eyes opened gently, and what came into her eyes was that the simple room was empty, a faint candlelight swayed gently, and it sounded that there was a familiar breathing sound in the outhouse, it should be Tielan's good girl guarding the door.
"Tielan!"
Ling Yiyi sat up, crossed her legs on the ancient bed, supported her knees with her palms and tilted her head and called softly.
"Miss!" As soon as Tie Lan heard Ling Yiyi's breathing, she immediately walked in from outside the door, strode in front of Ling Yiyi, and picked up the pale pink butterfly skirt that Ling Yiyi threw at the foot of the bed to help Ling Yiyi drape it on her body.
Mo Lan had been doing embroidery work in the courtyard outside the wing room, and as soon as she heard Ling Yiyi's soft voice, she immediately put down the work in her hand and went to fetch water to wash Ling Yiyi.
After Ling Yiyi finished washing, she saw Hui Lan walking in from the outhouse with a tray and putting the plate butterfly in her hand on the small wooden table in the room.
"Miss woke up at the right time, and the slave maid made Miss's favorite dish in the kitchen! As soon as I brought the young lady, I woke up! ”
Ling Yiyi let Tie Lan bend down to help tie the beautiful belt, sniffed deeply, smelled the fragrant aroma of vegetables, reached out and touched her stomach, feeling as if she was really hungry.
"You guys are so sweet, it just so happens that Miss Ben is hungry too!"
As she spoke, Ling Yiyi strode forward and sat down at the wooden table, picked up the dishes and chopsticks and ate them unceremoniously, turned her head, saw the three dutiful girls standing behind her, and waved her hand.
"You don't have to wait here, you can go out to eat!"
Tie Lan was a little worried about Ling Yiyi alone, and said loudly, "Huilan and Mo Lan will use it first!" Let's change slaves and maids again when they are used! ”
When Mo Lan heard this, she felt that it was better to stay by herself, and immediately saluted respectfully, "It's still the slave and maid who are serving here, Tie Lan and Mo Lan will go to eat first!" ”
Ling Yiyi really didn't want to bother with the meal, so she ordered loudly, "You all go to the dining place!" That's an order! ”
After speaking, he ignored a few people and continued to eat.
She also wanted them to dine together, but Whelan insisted on being respectful and prepared her own dinner.
As soon as the three of them saw Ling Yiyi's eyebrows and angry eyes, they immediately saluted and retreated, "No! ”
Thinking that there were still a few guards sent by the old general in the courtyard, Tie Lan was no longer worried, and followed Hui Lan and Mo Lan back to the room to eat.
The small courtyard not far from the courtyard where Ling Yiyi lives is obviously much better than the courtyard where Ling Yiyi lives, and the flowers and plants in the courtyard are elegant.
The eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Meng Rutian, stood in front of the open window with an elegant posture, glanced at the maids who kept walking outside the wing, and finally stared at the direction of Ling Yiyi's courtyard with fierce eyes.
"Yichun, are you all ready?"
Yichun respectfully lowered her head and stood behind Meng Ru, and said in a low voice, "Miss Hui, everything is ready, but I don't know if that person is really helping each other, their relationship is not ordinary!" ”
In Yichun's words, she was suspicious and worried about that person, and she was afraid that the plan would fail, and the young lady would be angry with them.
"Humph!" Meng Rutian's pretty little face raised a sarcastic smile, and the corners of her mouth hooked an inexplicable arc, "What if their relationship is not ordinary?" Those who become big things are not informal, and Miss Ben believes that she will not let Miss Ben down! Because, she has what she wants! ”
Yichun didn't dare to reply, and stood quietly in place.
After a while, Meng Ruting's eyes flashed with pride, his hands were gently placed in front of him, and he turned around and walked out elegantly, "Let's go, let's watch the play!" ”