After the death of Zong Zhengxiu and his wife, when Zong Zhengjin handed over the key to Mrs. Xiao's dowry warehouse to Mrs. Ren, he did not give it as specifically as the previous two times. This represents his great trust in Mrs. Ren, and he believes that he has not seen the wrong person, and he will not see the wrong person.

But this time, Mrs. Ren did not keep her hands, and she also lived up to Zong Zhengjin's trust for many years, and even used the dowry of her deceased daughter-in-law without telling him.

In this regard, Zong Zhengjin was very disappointed, and he didn't understand why his middle-aged wife when she was young and middle-aged was able to do something that was not hers, but she would make such a big mistake in her later years. After all, he is an old husband and wife for decades, and he still decided to give Mrs. Ren a chance to make amends.

Now that the matter has come out, it seems that Sister Ke also knows that her mother's dowry has been used. I don't care what method you use, no matter how much money you spend, put it back for me if it's still intact. If you have less damage, take out your own dowry and make up for it. I don't want you to pay for the exact same thing, just for the same price. Sister Ke'er, I'll go talk to her. I'll fill her in addition. ”

While saying these words, Zong Zhengjin casually played with an empty sweet white porcelain teacup with entwined branches. Suddenly, his hand stiffened, and he shook it twice, as if he was being burned, and he seemed to be in a hurry to put down the teacup, and his face became even more ugly.

Mrs. Ren knew why, this set of sweet white porcelain tea sets with obvious characteristics of the Jokhang Empire was also one of Mrs. Xiao's dowries, and it was just taken out. She laughed dryly, hurriedly put the teacup into the tray, and pulled it aside. Because the movement was too big, a teacup rolled to the ground and fell into four petals, and the sound was crisp and pleasant.

This sound completely stimulated the anger that Zong Zhengjin had suppressed for a long time. He slammed the table and roared, "What a laugh! Did you hear my words? ”

Mrs. Ren was so frightened that she crooked and fell directly on the bed. Her head slammed into the corner of the hard bed, and immediately a big bag was knocked out, and it hurt hotly.

These days, because of the incident in the Temple of Mercy and Grace, Mrs. Ren was shocked and scared, and she accumulated a lot of negative feelings in her heart. Fang Cai was angry because of Zong Zhengke's disrespect, and he also regretted a little bit of shame because of the bad thing. At this time, she was yelled at by Zong Zhengjin like this, fell again, and hit her headache, and she immediately wiped her tears and cried.

"You know I did something wrong, do you know why I did it?!" Old Lady Ren burst into tears, glared at Zong Zhengjin, and burst out of her dissatisfaction for so many years, "Since Brother Xiu'er and his wife went, you have been like dead, and you don't care about anything. You can't be an official anymore, and you just ask in the shop in Zhuangzi, you don't care about what happens at home! ”

Getting up, the old lady straightened her waist, stalked her neck, and said while crying: "The family's income is getting less and less year by year, but the expenses are getting bigger and bigger year by year." As for you, you only know how to study behind closed doors, and you are only doing errands in the yamen. I have worked hard to support this family for you, not only to save the face of the Zongzheng family's three rooms, not to make people look down on him, but also to manage the chewing of the family. Sister Sui'er marries, Brother Va'er marries, you, the father, just take a thousand taels of silver to use, where is enough, where is enough!? ”

Such an imposing old lady Ren has never been seen by Zong Zhengjin, she has always been docile and petty in front of her, and she has never disobeyed. Obviously, she was annoyed.

Zong Zhengjin calmly listened to her vent, raised his eyes and looked at her and said, "I admit that you have been neglecting your family all these years, and you have indeed contributed a lot. But no matter what the reason, you shouldn't touch the dowry of Brother Xiu's daughter-in-law. Besides, you just moved those things to make up for the shortfall in your family? ”

He sneered twice and said in a low voice: "Yes or no, you know it in your heart." While I'm still at home, you sue Brother Sùlun's daughter-in-law and hand over the keys and the pair of cards. With a mother-in-law like you, there will naturally be a daughter-in-law like her—not to mention that you are still relatives. ”

He brushed his sleeves away, walked to the door of the outer room, and suddenly heard the old lady Ren burst out and shouted: "I know that you have never looked down on me, my son, and even more on my daughter-in-law!" Otherwise, please give me an edict that year, why don't you give it to me!? ”

Zong Zheng paused for a moment, and then thought about the behavior of Mrs. Ling and his daughter-in-law Xiao, and couldn't help but feel depressed for a while, and the thought of planning to regain and work for the old and young in the family was extinguished by this torrential rain.

He strolled under the low eaves and let the rain soak his clothes. He didn't know how long he walked around, but he suddenly saw a strange and familiar old woman standing quietly at the entrance of the hall outside a row of low wings.

He looked intently, and it took a long time to distinguish that the gray-haired, haggard old woman was the concubine Chuntai Aunt he hadn't seen for a long time.

Aunt Chun Tai was Zong Zhengfa's biological mother, and she was also Mrs. Ling's favorite big girl back then. Before Mrs. Ling died of illness, she put her hand in his hand and told him to take good care of Zong Zhengxiu and treat Aunt Chun well.

However, he also lived up to Mrs. Ling's expectations. Aunt Chun is like an invisible person at home, eating fasting and chanting Buddha all day long. And he and Mrs. Ling's only son died tragically, and he and Mrs. Ling's only granddaughter suffered in the nunnery for ten years, and the dowry left by the biological mother was spent by the step-grandmother at will.

If his granddaughter has no rich dowry, how can she find a good in-law in the future, and how can she be valued by her in-laws?

Zong Zhengjin felt uncomfortable for a while, stepped directly into the rain, and unconsciously walked towards the wing room over there. Halfway through, Aunt Chun held up a plain oil paper umbrella and hurriedly took it out. The two of them were silent all the way, silently supporting each other and staggering into a more dark and cramped small room.

On the way, I don't know if it was rain or tears, and Zongzheng's face was full of water.

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Zong Zhengke took Xu back to the small Buddha hall where she lived, and as soon as she entered the door, Mingyue and Mingxin, who were laying on the ground outside, hurriedly hugged her and let her into the inner room.

Mingyue held a steaming handkerchief for her to clean her face and wipe her hands, and Mingxin took out the clothes that had been warmed by the soup woman a long time ago and waited for her to change into them. As for Xu, he was sent to the table to eat. The Xu family is not idle, a pair of eyes are only staring at Mingyue Mingxin, lest these two people do not do the work they are used to serving people, what will happen.

When Zong Zhengke changed into a warm and clean home-style skirt, put on a half-old gown embroidered bamboo branches in the moon, and took a book on the big pillow to read, it was already half an hour later.

Mingyue crouched beside Zong Zhengke, staring at her with a wrong eyeball. Zong Zhengke stroked the top of her hair and asked her, "What do you do with me like this?" ”

"Girl, you're so good-looking." Mingyue's face was full of coquettishness, her eyes were full of admiration, and she pursed her mouth and said, "But girl, if you are sick, you won't look good." So you have to take care of yourself and don't get caught in the rain anymore, you know? ”

This is talking about the last time I was sick for three or four days, Zong Zhengke smiled, pulled the pigtail tied up at the back of Mingyue's head, and said with a smile: "Okay, listen to Mingyue, if you don't get wet in the rain in the future, you will take good care of your body." ”

Mingyue smiled and narrowed her eyes, nodded and said, "The girl is so well-behaved." ”

Over there, Mingxin was registering the rewards that Zong Zhengke had received from seeing the elders today, remembering a large burden of gold and silver bills and nearly 800,000 taels of gold and silver tickets that suddenly appeared that day, and asked Zong Zhengke: "Girl, on such a humid day, should those tickets be placed in a more appropriate place?" ”

Zong Zhengke nodded and said: "I also want to talk about this, you take a look, follow the purchaser to Yuchuan Mansion, store those tickets in the secret vault of Qiluo Pavilion, and tell Mei Niang to slowly take out the tickets and exchange them for the silver tickets of the 'Tianxia Huitong' money bank." ”

The day after she braved the rain to go to Sanqing to see the innocent child, Changshou'er came to find her. It carried a big bulging burden, and poured out a lot of gold and silver bills on the ground and stacked them at random, which frightened Zong Zhengke, and thought that this naughty little monkey had robbed a bank.

Changshou'er squeaked and chirped, Zong Zhengke understood it, and happily helped the little monkey son accept this ill-gotten gain. At the time, no one was present. Afterwards, Zong Zhengke didn't say where the money came from, and the three Xu didn't ask much.

Xu sat at the table, sipping a cup of hot tea, smiling at the three masters and servants. Suddenly, Xu raised his forehead and whispered, "Why is it so fragrant?" As soon as the words were still in her ears, she couldn't help but yawn, and slowly fell down on the table, falling into a deep sleep.

There is indeed a strange fragrance that comes from nowhere, magically ignoring the washing of the torrential rain, and slowly spreads throughout the pure glass hermitage. The dark fragrance floats, and it is extremely tempting.

Wherever this strange fragrance went, he was sleeping with Aunt Chuntai's Zong Zhengjin and his concubine, who were holding hands to recall the past; The old lady Ren, who was still crying, closed her eyes, and the slaves and maids who kept persuading her, fell asleep in a mess and fell asleep; Zong Zhenglun and his wife, who were restless in the room, both fell on the bed and fell asleep as well.

Anyway, it was only a moment and a half, and even in Zong Zhengke's room, Mingyue and Mingxin, who had martial arts cultivation as their side, fell asleep without any resistance.

Zong Zhengke didn't feel sleepy, and he didn't panic at all. This fragrance is all too familiar to her. She just smiled wryly. I thought he would rest assured that she would travel alone, but I didn't expect him to come anyway. She had mixed feelings in her heart, and put Xu Shi and Mingyue Mingxin on her bed and lay down, and then walked outside.

In front of the silent Buddha statue stood a monk dressed in black, with his back to the Buddha and his eyes facing the slightly trembling curtain. She lifted the curtain and came out, and when the man saw her, he laughed and called her softly: "Ah Ke." ”

This is like the world's best mutton fat white jade carved from handsome monks, standing with their hands down, wide monk's robe with long sleeves to the ground. He stood there, his demeanor was leisurely and elegant, as if a bright but not dazzling light had illuminated the dim and gloomy Buddha hall with a brilliant meaning.

He is the third disciple of the Pudu Monk of the East China Sea Buddha Kingdom, and the future host of the Great Puji Temple recognized by the Buddha Kingdom and the world. He is the little brother of Zong Zhengke, and he is the closest and most feared person to Zong Zhengke.

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