Chapter 20: Plum Temple

When our mother and son reunited, it was naturally indispensable to tell a story, often I said a paragraph and she said a paragraph, it doesn't matter if you can't catch each other, when you are tired, you will lie on the table with your arms on your pillow, my mother looks at me, and often says like a trance: "How can it be you?" There was a mixture of relief and concern in his tone.

I said, "I didn't expect it to be you, I was afraid that you, the general, would cut me down in a fit of rage." ”

My mother smiled: "As soon as you said 502, I didn't feel right, but I never thought that the person who led the riot was my son." ”

I said, "Tell you the truth, what are you going to do with those people on the mountain if it weren't for me?" ”

My mother said: "I said that I want to take them in, and I am sincere." ”

"Huh?" I was taken by surprise.

The old mother said: "You also know, what should have been done by men is now all on the shoulders of women, the burden of the daughter country is heavy, women have to maintain order in their own country, but also face foreign aggression, fortunately, there are no big countries around the daughter country, the queen has been using crowd tactics to make up for the lack of force, but the strength has long been overstretched, now more than half of the national defense force of the daughter country depends on the Feifeng Army, but the standing number of the Feifeng Army is only 200,000, I take the route of few and fine, these 200,000 people may be able to fight with men on the battlefield, Other units are far from that level. ”

Only then did I know that the daughter country was struggling under the prosperous surface, and it was not too much to say that the foreign power was strong and the middle was dry, and I said: "Even if it is so difficult, the empress has never thought of using men?" ”

My mother shook her head and smiled bitterly: "Maybe I'm an outsider who can see it better, I have tried to tell the empress about this issue several times, but you must know that the special regime of the daughter country determines its special situation, and the use of men under such a political system is really a taboo for all aristocratic classes, and once a man gains power, it will endanger the status of women, which is the last thing the powerful people in the DPRK want to see, but I know very well that as long as there is a war with the Hegis Empire, it is a matter of time before male soldiers are used, otherwise there will be a risk of destroying the country, and at this juncture the Shenfeng Mountain incident, I thought this might be a good opportunity, at least to experiment with it, but you were better than me and gave me a bit of fun. ”

I patted my leg and said, "If I knew you thought so, I wouldn't let them go, or should I chase them back?" ”

"No need, I want to see the quality of these people, if they can break out of the world, they will be used sooner or later in the future, if they are left to fend for themselves, it is not worth your chase."

I sighed, "Mom, you're so ruthless." ”

"Hehe, my daughter has been in the country for more than 1,000 years, how can it be so simple to let a man carry things, exercise is also a good thing for them, okay, you go to bed early, and you have to go to see Mrs. Kumei early tomorrow morning." You are my son and the identity of the sword god, don't talk about it to others, first I can't explain it for a while, mainly because I'm afraid that you are in danger. ”

I said, "Mom, have you ever thought of going back with me?" ”

My mother smiled bitterly: "What else can I do when I go back?" Fight with your stepmother? After so many years of mixing, your mother and I have forgotten even the ability to settle accounts. ”

I said, "I'll raise you." ”

My mother smiled and said: "You better take care of yourself first, I don't leave because the empress treats me well, she handed over the Feifeng Army to me and entrusted me with half of the country, how much trust is this?" Men pay attention to the death of a confidant, and a woman cannot be unsympathetic, she treats me like a sister, and I have to stay and help her at this moment. ”

"The idea of loyalty to the monarch is unacceptable!"

The old mother smiled, no longer discussed this issue, and said, "I'll ask someone to arrange a guest room for you." ”

I reluctantly picked up a vase on the table and looked at it, and said regretfully: "It's a pity, I can't take some antiques back to sell after a trip, this thing will be shown to Wang Gang, and he will have to smash it for me immediately." ”

Mom turned around and said, "Is the Wang Gang you are talking about the Wang Gang who hosted "Variety Show"? ”

I smiled and said, "Wang Gang has long stopped hosting "Variety Show". ”

…… After that, the female manager led me to a luxurious room, as the chief manager, she was naturally exquisite, and she knew that I had a special identity through the general's orders, and her expression was a little more complimentary, and she kept laughing and said: "The general is afraid that you will freeze and ask me to add a few more quilts, this has never happened, and the dragon prince must be a nobleman." ”

I ignored her temptation and smiled, "I should have given my stuff back, right?" ”

The housekeeper hurriedly said: "Of course, of course." ”

I took the cigarette and the lighter from the hands of my subordinates, lit one and just took a puff when I heard someone shouting in the dark: "Stinky boy, who told you to learn to smoke?" ”

It turned out that my mother was still not worried about me, so she quietly followed...... I begged for mercy behind the rockery: "I'm in my 20s." ”

The other end couldn't help but say, "Pinched!" ”

Yes, as soon as I recognized my mother, I was taken care of, so I had to throw away the cigarette and step on it, which was the last cigarette I brought to my daughter's country...... The next morning, someone prepared a horse outside, the male servants waited endlessly, I changed my clothes, drank a glass of milk, my mother still did not wear a military uniform, changed into a robe, simple and luxurious, in order to be neither ostentatious nor rude, accompanied by only five or six guards in civilian clothes, we set off from the general's mansion against the cold air in the morning, through the streets and alleys to be in front of a quiet hermitage, there are a few sparse green bamboos outside the door, the ancient wall is mottled, and the thin wooden door is inscribed with two words: plum hermitage.

An attendant was about to come forward and knock on the door, but my mother hurriedly stopped me and said, "I'm coming." She dismounted, and instructed me, "Don't say anything when you go in, and don't look around." ”

"Oh." I answered, it was strange that my mother, as a general, did not dare to slack off in front of this ruined nunnery.

When the old mother came to the door, she bent her index finger and knocked lightly on the door three times, and after a while, a little nun opened the door halfway, and said with a blank face: "Does the donor want to burn incense?" The main nunnery does not accept visitors. ”

The old mother hurriedly said: "The little master is polite, please respect the teacher, just say that Zhao Fanghua wants to see him." ”

The little nun lowered her eyebrows and stared: "It turns out that the general has arrived, and the small nunnery is really full of brilliance." When she said this, there was no hint of brilliance in her expression, and an ordinary little nun in this Mei Nunnery was actually not shocked. She saw that there was still a man in our group, and she frowned suddenly, but after all, it was the general who asked to see her, and folded her hands and said, "Everyone wait here." ”

My mother smiled and said, "I'm tired." ”

The little nun covered the door of the nunnery, and the footsteps were far away.

Ma Jing was also among the entourage, and when she saw the little nun go back, she couldn't help but say indignantly: "The little nun is too rude, the general came to the door, didn't say a word of invitation, and didn't even let go!" ”

"Silence!" Mom reprimanded her in a low voice, "Don't go in for a while." ”

Ma Jing didn't dare to make a sound, but she had already flown her white eyes into the plum hermitage.

I couldn't help but say: "Why don't you send a message first, and it's not in vain to have a reply between seeing and not seeing." ”

My mother whispered: "What do you know, this Kumei Shitai is Su Jing's teacher, and all countries dare not fight the idea of the daughter country, half because of the Feifeng Army and half because of Su Jing, there are many disciples of Kumei in the Feifeng Army, it can be said that without Kumei, there would be no daughter country today, she even dares to refute the emperor's face, what are we waiting for?" ”

I sat down on the steps and said, "Then wait." ”

After another half a day, the little nun Shi Shiran came back, still looking like she was going to die, and said: "Master, her old man is meditating and participating in meditation, and the disciple does not dare to disturb, the general still invites me back for the time being, and I will report back when the master finishes participating in meditation." ”

The old mother said politely: "Thank you, little master, we were in a bad time." ”

The little nun nodded, and went back in.

Ma Jing couldn't hold back anymore this time, gritted her teeth and said, "Why do you meditate and participate in Zen, does it take so long to take a look?" It must be that Kumei doesn't want to see us, and deliberately hangs us for a long time. ”

My mother said helplessly: "Then let's go, go to the side and wait for a while." ”

I wondered, "Why don't you wait at the door if you have to wait?" ”

My mother said: "I have a special identity, so it's not good to stay at the door and not leave, so that Kumei thinks that I use my identity to oppress people." ”

I was full of resentment and had nowhere to vent, staring at the door of the nunnery and muttering: "Living in such a good location, and deliberately decorating the home in tatters, looking like I was born, what kind of thing?" ”

Ma Jing clapped her hands and said, "That's good! "When she saw that I was going to go with the general in the morning, her face was full of curiosity but she didn't dare to ask more, and then she immediately stood on the same front with me.

My mother glared at me and said, "Do you still want to go back?" ”

I had to pat the dirt on my ass and stand up, and my mother and I moved to the open space not far from the plum nunnery to continue to wait, it will be about nine o'clock, the sun makes us sweat layer by layer, the dignified daughter General Guoda stood under the sun, and was helpless against a small broken nunnery.

At noon, we knocked on the door again, this time because Kumei couldn't disturb the apprentices when she was doing lunch, and Ma Jing complained again: "I just heard that nuns do morning and evening classes, how can there be any lunch classes?" ”

In the afternoon, when we went to knock on the door for the third time, the little nun went for a longer time, and it took more than forty minutes before she came back, and she reluctantly said as if she had been infected by someone: "Master, I have please, but the plum nunnery is a pure land of Buddhism, and the male benefactor should stay." ”

Mom hurriedly said, "This ...... The little master still has to bother you to make a trip, so he said that this time the matter is very important, and this male benefactor must ask the master to meet with him, and he will explain it after I meet the family teacher. ”

This time the little nun didn't say a word, just walked away with a straight face, I wanted to scold a few words and didn't dare to make a sound when I saw my mother's face, and I couldn't help but think indignantly: "This old nun is so hateful!" Why didn't the monk and the old Taoist snatch her away? ”

Fortunately, it didn't take long for the little nun to step back as it was, and said on the side of her hand, "Please." ”

My mother left Ma Jing and them at the door to wait, and took me to follow the little nun into it slowly, and after a small courtyard bypassing a shadow wall, the eyes suddenly opened up, several houses were hidden in the green trees and flowers, and a lot of shelves were set up in the northeast corner of the house, planting all kinds of vegetables, but at first glance it was decorative, and no one picked the vegetables when they were cooked.

The little nun led us to a stone table and said, "General, please have tea here, Master, she will come later." ”

The monthly ticket is defeated after all, but the situation of everyone's strength Xiaohua is unforgettable, I will live up to expectations and strive for more sooner, ask for a monthly ticket, let's fight the rivers and lakes again this month, as the head of the speed flow, Xiaohua feels a lot of pressure......

(To be continued)