Chapter 54: The White Lotus in the Well
When Cher was one and a half years old, it was summer again. It wasn't hot in the morning. The two little girls who took care of Xue'er took her to play on the grass next to the treasury in the back garden. These two little girls are twin sisters, who were selected by the prince from the family of the clothed slave on the Zhuangzi to play with Xue'er. The original name was the big girl and the second girl, but Fujin said that it was not good, so it was renamed Caixia and Rainbow. After training, he is very obedient, well-behaved, and very good at serving. Children get along well with children, they also like Cher very much, and Cher is willing to play with them.
Don't look at Xue'er as a girl, I feel more active than Xuan'er, I have been to the garden twice and always want to go, maybe it is spacious, I am very comfortable running and jumping, and there are many butterflies, small flowers, grasshoppers. Caixia and Rainbow took Xue'er's hand, ran and jumped all the way, and arrived at the grass in front of the Xingwu Mansion Gate in the garden, which was closer to the east of the gate of the treasury. The grass here is very short and clean, and it is relatively close to the accommodation, so go back when you are tired.
Fu Jin was not at ease, and ordered the two twelve or thirteen-year-old rough maids at the door to follow from afar.
The weather was fine, the sky was cloudless, the garden was full of flowers and trees, and the air was exceptionally fresh. In the distance, there are patrolling soldiers walking by, and occasionally from the depths of the garden there is a chirping bird, Caixia Rainbow is also a child, and is very willing to play with Gege here. The three of them caught grasshoppers, fluttered butterflies, and picked small flowers on the grass, shouting and having fun happily.
These days, Yun'er's mental state has been very good, and like normal people, she has picked up the things of painting and framing again. Because the paint and paper were almost used, he received twenty taels of silver from Ma Jiaming, the bookkeeper. Although she herself has a monthly case of 100 taels of silver every month, the prince said that he is responsible for the cost of painting, don't touch the monthly case, there is no material for painting, so she will go to the account office Ma Jiaming to get the silver.
It stands to reason that Yun'er is a side blessing, and she doesn't have to go to get the silver in person at all. But Yun'er insisted on going by herself, and Yu'er didn't dare to stop her. With several years of experience in caring for the mentally ill, Yu'er Shui'er knew that Master Yun was most afraid of getting angry, so he didn't dare to disobey her.
Halfway through, Yun'er found that he had forgotten the handkerchief on the bookkeeper's desk, so he hurriedly turned around and went back to get it. It's not that the veil is precious, it's that I'm afraid that someone will pick it up and do something with ulterior motives. When I returned to the bookkeeper, I saw that Shapa was thrown on the table, but Mr. Ma Jiaming was not there. If the account book is thrown on the table, it may be that the internal urgency has gone out.
Yun'er picked up a ledger and flipped through it, she wanted to see how Ma Jiaming's handwriting was doing. People who love calligraphy and painting are like this, and they want to learn to see whose handwriting is beautiful. She just flipped through it, it didn't matter if she flipped through it, and found a strange thing: she had just received twenty taels of silver in front of it, and a few pages full of similar expenditure accounts were recorded, and the contents were: Twenty taels of silver for calligraphy and painting on the side Fujin collar. Yun'er was very angry and ran to Yiran Tower to tell Fu Jin. also showed the twenty taels of silver he received to Fu Jin, and the fish and water who followed him testified that he only received twenty taels, but Ma Jiaming remembered forty taels. Yun'er has never been a person who likes to sue, but if she doesn't tell Fu Jin, she won't need twenty taels of silver a year for rice paper, paint, pen, ink, and silk, so what's the matter with an extra one?
Fu Jin had already found that Mr. Ledger's accounts were a little wrong, and took advantage of Ma Jiaming's brother-in-law, Na Feng, the head of the palace, to rest at home and check Ma Jiaming's accounts. It's really a note in the front and a note in the back. Fu Jin whispered to Yun'er: "Don't make a noise, resign him after thoroughly checking the accounts." You can't alarm him now, in case the dog jumps over the wall and burns Zhang's book, there is not even a single evidence. ”
Yun'er couldn't say anything, anyway, Fujin already knew, and he didn't receive more money.
Today, Yun'er wore a lotus-colored cheongsam that fitted very well, with a slender figure and exquisite curves, and such an elegant dress made her even more slim. He braided a large braid at the back of his head, the braid was black and shiny, and he wore a circle of lilac silk flowers at the base of the braid, and he didn't wear any other jewelry. Yun'er is this character, her dress has always been very elegant and plain, it's not that she can't afford to wear it, it's that she doesn't like red and green, and she doesn't like her head full of pearls, and her energy is spent on painting.
Yu'er Shui'er followed Yun'er's side to serve, helping her cut paper, lay paper, grind ink, and wash the pen and change water...... Yun'er doesn't have any purpose in painting, she paints whatever she wants, and she doesn't have painting theories or methods, she is taught by her father, and then she explores it in practice.
If Yun'er is more mentally normal, painting is very suitable for her to regulate her emotions. But her mental state is sometimes good and sometimes bad, and it doesn't play a role, just practicing pen and killing time.
At this time, Yun'er's mood seemed to be very stable, but deep down she was rolling in anger! The reason is that he obviously received twenty taels of silver, and the damn horse account office became forty taels, isn't this tantamount to planting? The brush in Yun'er's hand snapped and was broken. The fish and the water are not good, and they are going to get sick!
In the back garden, the prince and the eunuch Qin Gonggong, the guards Tian Liang, and Mang Ge were digging the ground and preparing to plant some cabbage. There is only one wall away from the place where Xue'er plays, which is the root of the west wall of Dongwaifu.
According to the imaginary age, Cher should be three years old because she has a young birthday. Usually there is her brother Xuan Shizi to play with her, but Xuan'er was sent to her grandfather and grandmother by the prince. The old couple missed their grandson very much. If it weren't for Yu'er's daughter Tian Rui being with Mr. Chen and Mrs. Chen. The old couple is even more lonely.
Yu'er came to Yun'er when she was ten years old, and because she was smart and well-behaved, she was very loved by Chen Dabin and Mrs. Chen. I wanted to recognize Yu'er as a righteous daughter, but Yu'er didn't agree, Master Chen saved her, and she must be a maid for the girl to repay their family. But Lord Chen and his wife still regard her as a daughter. Yu'er has no parents, Tian Liang is also an orphan, and their children have no grandparents, grandparents, and naturally uncles, uncles, aunts, uncles, and aunts. The fish's children don't even have anyone to help take care of them. After Rui'er was born, three or four months ago, she couldn't turn over and couldn't climb, so she was locked at home by her father, and she was not honest in five or six months, and she fell to the ground twice from the kang, but fortunately she didn't break it. Fu Jin thought about sending a grandmother to help Yu'er take care of the child, but he was afraid that Yun'er would have ideas, so he didn't dare to send it. Once Mrs. Chen came to the house to see her daughter, only to learn that Yu'er's child was locked at home all day, and she took it away without saying a word.
These days, Chen Dabin's appetite is becoming more and more uncomfortable, so he took a leave of absence and rested at home.
Xuan'er's personality and appearance are very similar to the prince, and she is kind and angry, and she has always let her sister. Xuan'er was not at the house, so Xue'er had to play with the two little girls. She was very active, jumping non-stop, it was hot again, and her head was sweating. Rainbow said, "Sister, I went to get a handkerchief for Gege to wipe his sweat, I forgot to bring it just now." ”
"Hurry up then." Caixia urged.
Rainbow trotted all the way back to Fu Jin's wings, Fu Jin asked her about Xue'er's situation, and at this moment, Yun'er, who had finished the complaint, said to go to the toilet, and left in a hurry, no one cared.
When Rainbow returned, her sister Caixia and Gege were gone. Just as he was wondering why his skills were gone, he saw a large group of people surrounding the well where the flowers were watering, and someone was shouting: "Hurry up! Who knows how to water, go down to the well and save Gege! ”
Rainbow fainted all at once. When she woke up, the people were still shouting at the well. Rainbow crawled to the edge of the well, and the flower foreman Lao He was holding a long bamboo pole hooked with leaves to the well, and shouted loudly: "Catch it, Gege!" ”
Rainbow rushed to the well, looked inside, fortunately, Gege did not sink, just stood on the surface of the water and looked up, still avoiding the bamboo pole and refusing to catch it. She looked at the crowd of people shouting and screaming at the mouth of the well, and thought it was funny, and "giggled" at the top.
Lao He was in a hurry, tied a rope to his feet, and said to everyone: "I will go down with my head down and pick up Gege, you will pull it, and you will pull it up if I shake my feet, quickly!" ”
By the well, there was chaos among those who stamped their feet, those who cried, those who looked for people everywhere, and those who dragged ropes. Lao He's body was just about to plunge into the well, but suddenly he didn't move. Rainbow cried: "Uncle He, hurry up!" ”
"Shhhh Look! Lao He pointed to Gege in the well. Everyone gathered around the well, followed his hand and looked, only to see the well water churning, straight up, in the middle of the churning well water stood a smiling Mimi Gege, Gege's feet was a blooming, snow-white lotus. Everyone was stunned, such a miracle would never have been seen for thousands of years!
It may be that the prince heard the noise from this side through the wall, and came over the wall, and Tian Liang also turned over and threw himself to the well. Just as Gege stepped on the lotus flower and rose to the mouth of the well, the prince stretched out his right arm and hugged Xue'er up, and everyone let out a long breath. The prince put Xue'er on the ground, and then went to see the lotus, which had fallen back to its original place with the well water, and slowly disappeared, and everything was calm. Xue'er also looked at the well platform, as if it was none of her business.
Everyone who saw this miracle looked at each other, not knowing whether it was real or in a dream.
The prince knelt down on the spot, pressed Xue'er to kneel, and said, "Quickly kowtow to the Bodhisattva!" He kowtowed three times and said, "Thank you Bodhisattva for saving your life!" ”
Cher will say two words: "Thank you!" Thank you! ”
Rainbow found her sister Caixia who had passed out in the latrine, and finally woke her up, and said very angrily, "Let you look at Gege, you are dead?" Running here to lie down and hide quietly, doesn't it stink? Gege has fallen into the well! ”
Caixia fainted again when she heard this.
Fu Jin already knew that Xue'er had fallen into the well, and when she fainted, everyone screamed and woke her up, and when she woke up, she began to cry and let out a lot of sorrow. At this moment, the prince carried Xue'er into the house, "Don't cry, your daughter is back!" ”
Fu Jin's crying stopped abruptly, and he burst into tears and laughed: "Baby! Eniang's heart! Come on, let Eniang take a look! "I hugged Cher.
The prince smiled and said, "Your daughter has nothing to do, but you are going to die and live!" Quickly change your child's wet clothes. ”
"Who rescued Cher? Reward! Fu Jin said as he changed his daughter's clothes.
"It's a bodhisattva."
"Huh? Bodhisattva! Kowtow to the Bodhisattva! Fu Jin kowtowed three times to the west, and then asked about Xue'er's rescue, the prince told her the general situation, Fu Jin said to Xue'er: "Baby, why are you not careful?" What about Caixia and rainbows? ”
Caixia and Rainbow have come back, listening to Fujin ask herself, she hurriedly knelt down, Caixia said: "Fujin, the slave's sister Rainbow came back to get Gege's handkerchief, and the slave and maid were waiting for her in the garden. The slave and maid also wanted to come out of Gong, and after holding it for a long time, they came to the toilet with Gege on their backs. Side Fujin was tying his trouser belt, and Gege was playing with flowers outside the latrine. As soon as the slave squatted down, she felt that her head was "buzzing" and she didn't know anything. When I woke up, I realized that Gege had fallen into the well, and everyone rescued him. ”
"What about Side Fujin? Isn't she also in the latrine? ”
"When the slave woke up, she didn't see Fang Fujin, she didn't think she was going back to Feiyun Tower, right?"
"What about the two girls of Ke'er and Xin'er? Didn't you let them follow them from a distance? ”
"The slave didn't see Sister Ke'er and Sister Xin'er."
Fu Jin thought of Rainbow coming back to take the handkerchief and Yun'er to the toilet, but still asked Xue'er, who was an eyewitness and victim of the incident: "Xue'er, did Xiao Eniang throw you into the well?" ”
Cher nodded earnestly. also imitated Yun'er's movements, picked up her small pillow, walked quickly to the "well", looked around, and then lifted the "manhole cover" and threw "Xue'er" in. Everything is simple and clear, Yun'er has made a mistake again. The prince's fists were clenched and gurgling, and his eyes were about to burst into flames.
"Lord Wang, calm down!" Fu Jin hugged the prince's arm: "You are calm!" Yun'er is a sick person, she definitely didn't mean it! Think about how much she likes Cher? She's involuntarily making the same mistake again, so let's think of a foolproof solution. "This time, Fu Jin is very sensible, and he is not as angry as the red bean incident. Yun'er's thinking was controlled by the black dragon, this is what she knows, at this time, blame Yun'er and resentful Yun'er is that even she is mentally abnormal.
The prince also knows that Yun'er can't be blamed, but what can he do? The black dragon is not using any discipline or school of kung fu in the human world, but the evil kung fu learned from the Taoist temple, which is mixed with the talisman kung fu she practiced in the holy world before, which is unusually weird and ruthless, and her actions are fast and powerful, if she really annoys her, she may raze the mansion to the ground at once. There are more than 400 people in the mansion in total, and Wang Ye Fujin is responsible for these more than 400 lives, and he can't compete with her head-to-head at all. The master said that the time to subdue the black dragon had not yet come, so he could only wait patiently.