The wind and rain were shaking, and the rain was splashed to the ground in a straight line, and the sky and the earth were white. The rain, though it did not rain as violently as it did on the first day, showed no signs of stopping.

Man Tang was soaking wet, hiding under the low eaves to avoid the rain. The door and corner door of the pure glass hermitage were not opened, and the sister-in-law who answered the door heard his intention and said to report for him, but she didn't come back for a while.

However, Mantang was not lonely, because there was a person behind him who was also waiting under the eaves. He couldn't help but glance at the other party again, and couldn't help but praise in his heart--what a beautiful young man! But why did you become a monk? Tut!

Xu is eyes are a little annoying, the young Taoist looked over, looked up and down, suddenly smiled, shook his head and said: "Poor Dao is innocent, I have seen the donor." ”

Man Tang was following Zong Zhengjin in Beijing for a few months, often haunting the streets and alleys, and knew the status of Taoist priests in Beijing very well. Even if this place is far away from the capital, he didn't dare to have the slightest disrespect to the Taoist masters, and hurriedly hugged his fists and returned the salute: "Don't dare, don't dare, the Taoist is above, and the villain is polite." ”

Wujizi's eyes flashed, his smile deepened, and he asked again: "Dare to ask the donor, but you came to see the third girl of the Zongzheng family?" ”

Man Tangzheng was startled, and there was a little vigilance in his eyes, and he didn't answer and asked, "I don't know why the master said that?" There was no engraved word Zongzheng on his face.

"Haha!" Wujian laughed twice and pointed to the closed door of the nunnery, "There is only one third girl from the lay family in this nunnery, you are not here to see her, but which master or little master are you looking for?" After that, he still squeezed his eyes at the full hall, and his expression was very ambiguous.

This young man looks beautiful, but his mouth is poisonous! Mantang Zheng didn't dare to ruin the reputation of the Pure Liuli Nunnery, so he had to reluctantly admit: "Dao Ye, you are really discerning. The villain is a descendant of the Zongzheng family, and he came to visit the three girls on the order of the old lady of the family. ”

"With the care of Venerable Hui of the East China Sea Buddha, the three girls of your family are very good!" As he spoke, unexpectedly, the beautiful eyes of the three girls of the Zongzheng family that night appeared in his mind with a little moonlight.

Man Tangzheng didn't dare to answer again, and he didn't quite understand whether the meaning of this innocent man's words was good or bad. At the critical moment when the old lady was planning an errand, he didn't dare to make a mistake and cause trouble to the old lady.

Seeing that Mantang was just smiling with his face, but he closed his mouth and never opened it again, and Wuzi also felt a little bored. Fortunately, it didn't take long for the corner door of the Pure Glass Nunnery to open, and Xu walked out with a light lotus step and an umbrella.

She looked at the two people who were hiding from the rain under the eaves, hesitated slightly, but first gave the innocent son a blessing salute, and said respectfully: "The immortal master of the innocent son is above, and the slave maid is the Xu family who serves the three girls of Zongzheng, this is polite." ”

Innocent Zizi was surprised, pointed to the tip of his nose and asked, "How do you recognize me?" ”

Xu Shi stood up straight and replied with a smile: "The slave doesn't recognize you, it's just that the little master who just passed the word said that there is an innocent immortal master who wants to find Su Hui Venerable, so the slave knows that you are you." ”

Ha ha! I didn't expect the third girl of Zongzheng to be an interesting person, and the slaves and maids around her spoke so interestingly. Wujian laughed twice, then smacked his mind and felt that something was wrong, and then asked: "Su Hui and the third girl don't live in the same courtyard, right?" How to go and pass a message to her, the little master will meet you? ”

Xu sighed and said, "His Holiness said a few words to the third girl last night and left, and the nunnery didn't know. The little master went to the Venerable Lady's place to look for it, but he didn't find it, so he thought that the Venerable was still talking about the Buddhist scriptures at the three girls, so he came to look for it. ”

"Gone? How did she go?! Innocent's face sank, and his mood suddenly became quite bad. He spent the night in the cave last night with his eyes open, and when it was dawn, he hurriedly went back to Sanqingguan to make a new mess, and hurriedly ran to find her in a hurry, but he didn't expect her to leave without even saying hello! Is...... Heartless woman!

"Not only did she leave, but she also left a message saying that she asked you for something yesterday, please pay attention. In the future, your own Abbot Zhiqing and Master Huiyi will obey your dispatch. She had another important business, so she left the place first. Xu Shi lowered his face, but the corner of his eyes did not let go of the instantaneous change on Wujizi's face, and added, "If you don't come today, someone will look for you in a while." ”

The innocent looked into the distance in despair, not knowing what he was looking at. Halfway through, he answered listlessly, waved his hand lazily, and staggered away.

The Xu clan breathed a sigh of relief, and was really afraid that this master would break in and find Venerable Su Hui regardless of it. Perhaps he would find that the man he was looking for was lying in bed unconscious from a high fever - not even having time to recover his true appearance.

"Sister Xu, who are you talking to that Daoist just now?" After waiting for a long time and listening to gossip for a long time, Mantangzheng finally had a chance to speak.

Xu smiled with a lowered face, took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it over with both hands: "Brother Man has been waiting for a long time, this is the handwritten letter that the girl asked you to hand over to the old lady." What happened, the old lady knew at first sight. You are the most useful person in front of the old lady, and the old lady will not hide anything from you, and you will know when you go back. ”

Mantang was praised by Xu's face with a red face, and he took the letter with a smile and carefully put it in his breast pocket. He pointed to a large bag of things at his feet, and said with a smile: "Obviously, the girl will return home in a few days, but the old lady still can't rest assured of the girl, so he specially ordered me to bring some edible products to the girl." I also asked Sister Xu to bring the old lady to the girl, and asked the girl to pack up her things, and the house would choose a good day to send a car to pick it up. ”

Xu gave Man Tangzheng a blessing on his knees, and said with a smile: "The slave and maid thank the old lady for her care on behalf of the girl." Please give the old lady to the eldest brother, and the girl is always concerned about the old lady's body, and she has to pray to the Buddha for the old lady every day. The slave will help the girl pack her luggage, and will never delay the girl's return home. ”

"Good, good!" Mantang nodded again and again, helped Xu carry the big bag of things to the corner door, and then watched Xu leave with the burden with the help of the two sisters-in-law, his eyes were full of reluctance.

His mother-in-law has been dead for several years, and since one year he helped the old lady deliver something to the girl and came to see Xu, he can no longer tolerate other women in his heart. Just that baggage, there is also a small bag with some cloth fat powder for women, which is a piece of his heart for the Xu family. It's a pity that every time Xu sees him, his expression is respectful and polite, and he really can't guess what she is thinking.

Mantang was stunned at the gate of the nunnery for a while, and then he saw that the rain had become heavier by three points, and he went back. Halfway down the road, he thought that he would soon be able to see Xu often, and his heart became happy again, and he beat a yellow horse to the point that he called out and galloped down the mountain with long legs.

Back to the Zong government, Man Tang went to his room in the outer courtyard to change into clean and fresh clothes, and then asked the little maid to report to the inner courtyard to see if the old lady had time to see him. When he hurriedly ate a few pieces of rice cakes to cushion his hunger, the little man came back to tell him, and the old lady had been waiting for him in the study with lunch, and asked him to hurry up and eat again to see the old lady.

Mantang was upright, but he didn't dare to take it seriously and go before eating, so he held up an umbrella and went straight to the study of the outer courtyard of Zong Zhengjin. The master and servant didn't have to be too polite to see each other, so he presented Zong Zhengke's handwritten letter to Zong Zhengjin with both hands.

Zong Zheng had mixed feelings, and was not in a hurry to read the letter, but rubbed the plain white envelope, staring at the two lines of handwriting with beautiful and elegant handwriting.

At that time, Zong Zhengke was just over three years old and less than four years old when he left home to go to the Qingjing Liuli Nunnery, and she only brought a box of various books with her mother-in-law Xiao's dowry, including many stickers that Xiao had copied since childhood. Xiao's words, Zong Zhengjin read it back then, and now look at the upright and harmonious words in his granddaughter's hand, and it is not much different from her mother's pen power.

To say that the eldest son of the third room of the Zongzheng family married the eldest daughter of the fourth room of the Su Hang Xiao family, it is an out-and-out high climb. The Zongzheng family is just a family of cultivators and heirlooms born and raised in the land of Tianxing, and the Yunhang Xiao family, the home of the Suzhou and Hangzhou Xiao clans, has a very good origin -- the Xiao family, the royal family of the Jokhang Empire, which is one of the five powerful countries today, is its clan.

This Jokhang Empire has been passed down for thousands of years, and it has risen and fallen several times, but it is still standing tall in the eyes of the other four major powers, which is really admirable. The reason why the descendants of his clan will be exiled is only because the throne of the Jokhang Empire can be inherited by a woman, and it is the only country in the world that has a female emperor.

The Yunhang Xiao clan of Tianxing Kingdom, whose ancestor who opened the door is a princess who fled from Jokhang after failing to compete for the throne. It is precisely because she is a princess that she can leave a life, and she was not wiped out by the Jokhang Empire. But this one in the fortunate country is the only princess Jokhang who can still spread her branches and leaves after failing to compete for the throne.

On the way to the capital, Zong Zhengjin happened to meet a group of envoys from the Jokhang Empire. When he arrived in the capital, he heard that the Jokhang specially sent envoys to inform the Tianxing Dynasty that the old emperor of the Jokhang Empire had died, and now the new emperor had ascended the throne, and it was a female emperor who had not appeared for three generations.

One day, Zong Zhengjin followed his eldest brother to a banquet in a famous restaurant in the capital, and it happened that the envoy of the Jokhang also had dinner in this restaurant. He inadvertently saw that the envoy was being entertained by the two patriarchs of the Yunhang Xiao clan and the Suhang Xiao clan. Among them, the patriarch of the Xiao clan in Suzhou and Hangzhou is the brother of his hard-working daughter-in-law Xiao and the uncle of Sister Ke.

Thinking of this, Zong Zheng sighed sadly, slowly unfolded the letter in his hand, and slowly read it word by word. He is also an old official of the old city government, even if Nanshan collapses in front of him, he can still be silent, but when he saw the content of Zong Zhengke's letter, his face slowly changed.

The hall hung his head solemnly, and only glanced at Zong Zhengzhen's expression from the corner of his eye. He wondered in his heart, what could be that shocked the old lady so much?

After reading the letter three times in a row, Zong Zhengjin slowly let out a long breath, sat in the circle chair and closed his eyes and pondered for a while before opening his eyes and smiling bitterly at Man Tangzheng: "Sister Ke...... This is a gift for me! It's hard for this kid! ”

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Bow and thank Taoyuan for the reward from the two relatives of Muyouqingyi in my heart!