However, in a few days, some things about what happened at the palace banquet slowly came out.

The reason why so many assassins poured into the palace at once was not that the palace guards were not responsible, nor was it that someone deliberately put people in there. Rather, those people went straight into the Imperial Garden through a long tunnel.

Emperor Jiayuan is about to explode, and it is really an ugly ground rat!

The exit of the tunnel is on a barren hill outside the city, and it is rumored that the barren mountain and the surrounding villages have been charged, but unfortunately, those remaining assassins have long since run away!

Unable to find anyone, Emperor Jiayuan could only focus on the few assassins who were caught, and now the palace banquet killed and injured hundreds of people, but he didn't even know who did it. Emperor Jiayuan would never allow this kind of thing to happen.

What made Emperor Jiayuan even more resentful was that this assassination, which had suffered heavy casualties, reminded him of the assassination he had just taken to the throne, when he lost his only brother, King Yong. Never being able to catch the person behind him to avenge his younger brother is a thorn in Emperor Jiayuan's heart, reminding him of his incompetence all the time. This time he lost another favored son, but he still couldn't catch the culprit. Is there a next time? He waited, waited to cut those people with a thousand knives, to avenge the dead! Raise the name of my great business!

……

Du Xiaoxi was pressed by Du Liuge and Du Starling for a few days, and then Du Xiaoxi wanted to go home, anyway, Master's birthday has already been attended, Kyoto is too dangerous, let's go home and find my mother.

Du Liuge and Du Baba thought deeply, where is this emperor going, where is someone going to kill him, let's stay away!

The three siblings packed up the things they bought during this time. When Mu He found out, he also sent an elderly grandmother over, and by the way, there were a lot of things for them to bring back.

Mu He knew about what happened on the day of the palace banquet, and later heard that Du Xiaoxi saved the county lord of Minglan, but I don't know how to save the people. Thinking that there would be a lot of things in the next few months, Du Xiaoxi didn't stop him when he went home.

After packing up his things, Du Xiaoxi was accompanied by his two elder brothers to Xile Temple to say goodbye to the master.

Master Xile glanced at Du Liu and Du Ba to know their purpose, and said without waiting for Du Xiaoxi to speak: "Next month, ten thousand Buddhas, will, Xi Yatou and Master Wei will go together." ”

Du Xiaoxi was stunned for a moment and hesitated: "Master." Is it okay not to go? ”

She had listened to the maids in the prince's mansion for a long time. The sudden abolition of the monk and official system by the Great Shang made the monarchs of several other countries jealous, and they effectively imitated it. At the same time, it also greatly annoyed the eminent monks of their country.

The name of this meeting is to discuss Buddhism and pray for the blessings of the common people. In fact, it is eminent monks from all over the world who come to discuss the Dharma for their fellow practitioners.

The monk was deposed. The rights of the monasteries are also becoming less and less than before. Due to the shrinking of power, many temples can no longer protect the people under their jurisdiction, and now many people no longer put their fertile land in the temples. Began to pay taxes to the imperial court. The grain tax and household tax in various parts of the Dashang region are obviously much more sufficient than before.

One-third of the official positions occupied by monks and officials were vacant, and hundreds of civil and military officials took advantage of the opportunity to occupy half of each, and the imperial court's control over various places was significantly strengthened. At the same time, the rights of the monasteries were restricted, and the measures that could be carried out to benefit the people were significantly reduced, and their influence among the common people was gradually inferior to that of the court officials.

The monks of other countries have witnessed the monks of the Dashang monasteries from being able to compete with the royal family to the situation where civil and military officials can bully and oppress them, although the monks still have a high prestige among the people, but if this goes on for a long time, the monasteries of the Dashang will inevitably decline.

The high-ranking monks could not allow themselves to follow the path of the Great Shang monks, so they decided to put pressure on the Great Shang court and restore the monk official system.

The emperor was almost stabbed into a hedgehog just now, and he was aggrieved enough, and these old monks were still angry with him, aren't they looking for death?

"No, you can stay here from today to eat fasting and chant Buddha to get rid of your resentment."

Du Xiaoxi looked frightened, "Resentment? ”

Master Joy continued to intimidate his apprentice, "Of course, you think you're really killing pigs? But don't worry, the assassin you killed is too bad, and you are doing a good deed by killing him. You only need to fast in the temple for a few days, and you don't have to hide it in your heart. ”

Du Xiaoxi once stabbed a person with a dagger, Du Xiaoxi has been comforting himself that the person has just fallen asleep, not really dead, but sometimes he can't help but think of that picture, and he has been avoiding this problem all these years. The death of the person in front of her on the day of the palace banquet made her no longer able to escape, and the scene of blood splattering in dreams often in the past few days and nights prompted Du Xiaoxi to want to leave this place.

Master Xile waved his hand to drive the apprentice out, "Okay, go down and follow your senior brother to recite the scriptures, don't be too persistent." ”

Seeing that Du Xiaoxi followed Huaiming to the Buddha Hall in a daze, Master Xile stroked his beard and smiled, "It's not over yet, how can you leave?" ”

So Du Xiaoxi's family did not return to Chengcheng, but lived in the monk's temple.

Du Liuge and Du Starling felt that the atmosphere in the city was not good, and they either grabbed and grabbed or killed, so they also followed the girl and shrank in the temple.

A few days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Du Xiaoxi changed the robe of the little monk in the temple, knelt in front of the Buddha and read the scriptures seriously.

After all, the crossing has come true, and who can say it clearly, in line with the mentality of preferring to believe in what it is and not believing in it, Du Xiaoxi is extremely serious about doing his homework every day.

"Senior Sister Du, someone in Senior Brother Ningning's mansion is looking for you, waiting in the Guanyin Palace." The little monk recited the Buddha, waited for Du Xiaoxi to return the salute, and then went back to guard the door.

Du Xiaoxi tilted her head and thought about it, but she didn't think of who would come to her, and planned to go and see it first.

When Du Xiaoxi arrived, he saw that Mama Qing was kneeling in front of the statue of Guanyin and kowtowing reverently, waiting for Mama Qing to finish kowtowing ninety-nine long kowtows, and then she helped Mama Qing up with the maid standing next to her.

"The old slave made Du Niangzi wait for a long time." Mama Qing gave a salute, and Du Xiaoxi shook her hand and stood aside.

"What's the matter with Mama?"

Mama Qing said with a smile: "Du Niangzi saved the county lord of Minglan in the palace, and the queen mother and the county lord are very grateful and rewarded you with a lot of things." Thinking that the yellow and white things should not be contaminated with the holy land of Buddhism, the reward was left in the house. ”

Reward things, this can be had!

Mama Qing continued: "The county lord of Minglan sent a post to invite Du Niangzi to go to King An's mansion for a small gathering. Here's the invitation. Did Du Niangzi ask the house to pick up people that day, or go back to the house early? ”

Du Xiaoxi took the post of the hot stamping print, thought for a while and said, "Come and pick me up then!" After hesitating for a while, he asked in a low voice: "Wouldn't it be bad to hold a small banquet at this time?" ”

After all, the city is fighting and killing.

"Du Niangzi, the county lord invited you to go alone, rest assured that there will be no problems."

"Okay then."

The day of the gathering was set for three days later, and it was just around the corner.

On this day, Du Xiaoxi was still wearing a monk's robe, pulled up his hair in a bun, and went to King An's Mansion with a jade shirt.

Originally, Du Xiaoxi thought that the jade sleeves were good, but on the day of the palace banquet, he directly left Du Xiaoxi and ran away. After returning to the prince's mansion, Du Xiaoxi did not let the jade sleeves get close. Let the honest and loyal jade shirt serve in front of him. Even if these people are only served by her for a few days, she can't wronged herself.

When a master and a servant entered the courtyard of the county lord of Minglan, they saw Shang Minglan and Shang Mingrui sitting at the table talking, and when they saw Du Xiaoxi coming in, Shang Minglan greeted with a smile: "Senior sister, come and sit!" ”

Du Xiaoxi obediently sat next to Shang Minglan.

"Why are you dressed like this, it looks so boring." Shang Mingrui's impression of Du Xiaoxi has always been good. This is not bad because Du Xiaoxi is his sister's senior sister. But Du Xiaoxi saved her sister's life twice. Just this can make King An cover her and treat her as a friend.

Shang Minglan saw that her younger brother took the initiative to talk to Du Xiaoxi, and a glimmer flashed in her eyes, and then she took Du Xiaoxi's hand and said, "I haven't seriously thanked Senior Sister for the events of that day." Ming Lan is here to thank her sister for saving her life. Saying that, Shang Minglan sat in a wheelchair and gave a solemn salute.

Shang Mingrui immediately continued: "Our brother and sister owe you two lives, if you need it, just come to us, as long as you can do your best to help." ”

Du Xiaoxi responded, thought about it and didn't shirk it, it would be good for the imperial society to have more protection.

The three of them talked for a while, and Shang Minglan suddenly said: "I remember that my sister's fiancé is a scholar and a very handsome young man, I don't know what happened now." ”

Speaking of Liu Yao, Du Xiaoxi had a little sweetness on his face, after all, someone writes every day that you are still very happy to go back.

"Liu Yao is already a showman, and he will take the government exam next month, I wanted to watch him enter the examination room, but now the master won't let him go, and he won't see it."

Seeing that Du Xiaoxi was depressed, Shang Minglan comforted: "Senior sister, don't worry, there must be a reason why Master asked you to do this, and wait and see, if he can pass the government exam, he will come to Kyoto, so that Senior Sister doesn't have to run again." ”

Du Xiaoxi shook his head, "Brother Xiaotu is still young, and the master said that he still has to hone and hone, and it would be good to wait for more experience in the future." ”

Shang Minglan and Shang Mingrui nodded in unison and stopped talking about Liu Yao.

Then the three of them said some miscellaneous things, Shang Minglan suddenly took Shang Mingrui's hand with her left hand, held Du Xiaoxi's hand with her right hand, covered Shang Mingrui's hand on Du Xiaoxi's hand and said with a smile: "Xiaorui, every time you say that my hands are cold, I must be sick, you touch my sister's hands are not the same as me, that is, your boys' hands are hotter than ours, and my hands are not cold at all." ”

The hands of the three of them were stacked together, and Du Xiaoxi and Shang Mingrui immediately separated in shock.

Although the people of Dashang are open, and there are many young men and women walking hand in hand, Du Xiaoxi has been married for many years, how can she let other men touch her hand, and she is very embarrassed for a while.

"Well, I'll leave before I finish copying the scriptures." After speaking, Du Xiaoxi's face was not very good, and he ran out.

Seeing that Du Xiaoxi's figure disappeared as if she was being chased by a dog, Shang Minglan chuckled and looked at her younger brother and asked, "What does Xiao Rui think of Xiaoxi's girl?" ”

Shang Mingrui thought that Du Xiaoxi had saved her sister's life, so she said, "It's good." ”

Shang Minglan nodded with satisfaction, she also felt good.

Shang Minglan knew that dragging a pair of waste legs was hopeless in her life, and she didn't object when her grandmother helped her get married, and later that person was willing to give up a qiē for the sake of Qingmei, and she would not forcibly occupy such a person.

After that, she divorced and never got married again for various reasons, and slowly Shang Minglan also stopped thinking about getting married, and it was good to keep her younger brother for the rest of her life.

Now that his younger brother has already reached the age of marriage, but because of his straightforward temperament and some blessings, no little lady from any family took the initiative to talk to him, and even secretly slandered his younger brother for being ugly and fat.

The younger brother is also very disgusted with those little ladies, and gradually except for his sister, he rarely talks to women of the same age, and even the last time his grandmother asked him to see the portrait of the little lady, he refused directly with a disgusted face.

She can not get married, but her brother can't!

Shang Minglan has been looking for a wife for her younger brother, and after Du Xiaoxi saved her, she felt that Du Xiaoxi was very suitable.

Although he was born in the countryside, Du Xiaoxi has the senior brother of the Nine Emperor Princes as a backer, and he will wait for the crown prince to ascend the throne in the future, and the status of the Nine Emperor Princes will naturally rise. Even if my grandmother and uncle are gone, I don't have to worry about someone bullying my younger brother. What's more, today's younger brother actually took the initiative to talk to Du Xiaoxi, is it in the eyes of his younger brother that Du Xiaoxi is different.

Shang Minglan gently glanced at her younger brother who was obediently eating snacks, and her heart was firm, she must turn Du Xiaoxi into her brother's wife.

……

Du Xiaoxi was confused and embarrassed and ran back to Xile Temple directly.

Du Xiaoxi had a bad feeling, and after thinking about it, he still went to the Buddhist hall to find the master.

"Master, Liu Yao is about to take the exam, and I want to accompany the exam." Afraid that Master Xile would still not let her go, Du Xiaoxi continued: "Master, have you forgotten what you said before? Feelings need to take advantage of the void, now is such a good opportunity to encourage Brother Xiaotu, and witness Brother Xiaotu to be admitted to the examination and step on the show, can I be absent from this kind of good opportunity? Master, will you let me go? I don't want to go to a party with a group of old monks. ”

Master Xile nodded understandingly, "You're right, witnessing a man's achievements will give him an unparalleled sense of accomplishment, Master won't keep you, just leave right away." ”

The style of painting has changed too fast.,Obviously a few days ago, you still won't let you go? Start driving people today. Could it be that something happened that I don't know about?

Du Xiaoxi was driven out of the temple by the big man Huai Weak Senior Brother with a confused face, and returned to the Nine Emperor Prince's Mansion, Du Liuge and Du Baba said a word, and then decided to go to Qingzhou Mansion with the merchant ship of the Prince's Mansion, and happened to meet Liu Yao, who was taking the exam there.

Master Xile sat in the courtyard and watched the dense fog drift through the stars with a glimmer of light, and sighed in his heart, the broken army star began to change.

The queen mother is very generous, the prince and the princess are very generous, the senior brother and the princess are also very generous, and even the master gave a few large boxes of things to Du Xiaoxi.

As a result, the three people who came empty-handed, and when they went back, they couldn't put down a boat with too much luggage.

Du Liu and Du Ba are happy to show their big teeth, their sister is really the best, and they have harvested some good things without doing anything. There are so many things to give my sister as a dowry, see who dares to say that our old Du family and Liu family are not in the right household!

After packing their luggage, a group of people saw them off outside the city gates.

There are always a few days a month when the Master of Joy is not happy and does not come to see off his apprentice. The senior brother went to the court, but Mu He had not yet come out of confinement, so he sent Mama Qing over. Uncle Liu's family came to the house with two cousins of Liu Yao, and at the same time specially arranged for two small servants to follow, so that it would be easier to find Liu Yao and his party when they arrived in Qingzhou. The lord of Minglan County also sent a grandmother to say goodbye.

Du Xiaoxi looked at the few people who saw off on the official road, and his heart was congested.

So few people saw them off for Mao?

However, the people who saw off the people in the moat over there were so lively, if it weren't for a few carriages loaded with boxes, Du Xiaoxi wasn't sure if they were saying goodbye or playing.

(To be continued.) )