Chapter Forty-Nine
The dining room of Yunju Temple is divided into two rooms, east and west, which are located at the end of the two places of the mountain temple, and are not close to the main hall. By the time the three of them arrived at the dining room, Nanzhu was already so hungry that her chest was pressed against her back, and she didn't even have the strength to be angry, only a panting wail.
"Bad-eyed balls, where the hell is your pumpkin pie? If only I knew that I would only eat some dry food that I brought, my sister and I would die of exhaustion and starvation······"
"Right now, that's it, little bead, you wait a little longer."
The little monk with a guilty face was hurriedly making pumpkin pie by the stove, looking at Nanzhu's pitiful appearance, he was also the first time that she complained and did not reply.
Yu Yu on the side took a sip of tea and squinted at Nan Zhu, making a disdainful expression. Although she is a young lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, because she has been exercising outside since she was a child, her physical strength is much better than Nanzhu, and she can't help but laugh at her when she looks soft. The two of them didn't deal with each other for a few words, and they made a fuss with each other again, and it wasn't until the little monk's pumpkin pie was served that the two quieted down.
Yu Yu's master took the lead in grabbing one to eat, and after chewing it carefully, he didn't forget to praise the little monk.
"Well, yes, yes. Although it is not as good as the small ** in the south of the Yangtze River, it also has the natural taste of the mountain temple. ”
The little monk thanked her happily and looked at Nanzhu expectantly, hoping that she would also like the food she had made, but she didn't get her wish.
Nanzhu, who was extremely hungry, first took a few bites of the cake and then chewed it slowly, but the more she chewed and swallowed slowly, the more unhappy her expression became, and she didn't comment inarticulate until she barely swallowed the last bite.
"Balls! It's really just pumpkin and flour! I thought you were talking about some kind of unusual mountain food, but it was just ordinary food for ordinary people! ”
"How can it be ordinary? This pumpkin is naturally grown in the mountains, and I picked the best ones to save, and although the noodles are thicker, the filling inside is exclusive to me. ”
The little monk demonstratively broke open half of the cake for Nanzhu to watch.
"This stuffing is made from the best time of the mountain locust petals and honey, a total of only half a barrel, usually buried in the cellar is not for anyone to eat. Let's take a closer look. ”
"Don't. Anyway, this one is not delicious, let's see if there are any other delicious things to exchange? ”
Nanzhu originally thought that the little monk should entertain her with some chic food, but she didn't want to be just an ordinary pumpkin pie, so she was dissatisfied and had to look for food in the kitchen by herself, and was finally pulled back to her seat by the little monk.
"Amitabha, my little bead benefactor, aunt and grandmother little beads, don't make trouble. We were originally here secretly, and you should be kicked out if someone else hears such a big movement. ”
Hearing that he had sneaked in, Nanzhu immediately quieted down, and even Yu Yu became nervous, and finally learned the truth after some questioning of the little monk.
It turned out that the meals in the temple were strictly managed by the senior brother who was in charge of the whole time, and the east dining room was usually responsible for the monks' diet, while the western dining room only provided pilgrims' meals, and they should have gone to the western dining room to wait at this moment. In addition, the food in the temple has been tight recently, and the dining room has already set up rules, and no one is allowed to open a small stove without permission, and the violators will be severely punished.
Although Nanzhu has a bad temper, he is very kind-hearted, and when he heard that the little monk had taken such a big risk and wanted to take pumpkin pie to comfort himself, and even very likely to be punished for it, he was immediately moved, and while admitting his mistake in embarrassment, he comforted him softly that he didn't need to be afraid.
Yu Yu on the side didn't mind that the pumpkin pie was ordinary, just with tea, and after a while, he had already wiped out the food on his plate. Thinking of the sad face of the little monk, he took the initiative to talk to him.
"Little monk, how can there be a famine in the huge Yunju Temple?"
"This donor doesn't know, my Yunju Temple has a history of thousands of years, and if you want to say that the history is longer than the history of this big departure from the country, when has there ever been such a thing. The main reason for this shortage of food is that the so-called envoys of the imperial court did not make a stumbling block for us, first deducting the food given by the emperor, and then trying to prevent the houses under the mountain from exchanging food with us, which caused the current situation of lack of income. Alas, it's a shame to say that as a man, he is powerless to help the temple solve the difficulties, and he is guilty of sin. ”
"Imperial envoy?"
"Yes, I heard that he is still a captain of everything, and he must be a big corrupt official who does all kinds of evil and fills his own pockets. If you bully our mountain monks like this, you will definitely go to hell in the future! Hum! ”
Hearing the word Duwei, Yu Yu was so shocked that a mouthful of tea squirted out, and he quickly covered it up after feeling out of shape, but the unnatural appearance attracted Nanzhu's attention. Nanzhu originally went along with the little monk to crusade against the immeasurable corrupt officials, but when he saw Yu Yu's reaction, he thought of something.
"Oh! Could it be?! ”
"No, no, no, there's nothing wrong with that!"
Yu Yu knew what Nam-joo wanted to guess, and forcibly covered her mouth before she could speak, and then explained without changing her face.
"Little beads, don't think about it, that bad guy who withholds food will definitely not be my brother. I know better than you about the affairs of the court, and this lieutenant is also divided into left and right, my brother is the left cavalry lieutenant who is only responsible for important military and political affairs, and the right cavalry lieutenant is responsible for the people's livelihood. For example, the food of this temple is not in the hands of my brother. ”
Then he looked at the little monk and comforted.
"But little monk, you don't have to worry too much, although my brother doesn't care about this, he still has a little face. This time, I will go down the mountain and beg him to say a few more kind words, so that the right rider captain will not embarrass you again. ”
Seeing that the little monk thanked herself gratefully, and Nanzhu didn't seem to understand whether she understood it anymore, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, but in her heart she had already complained about the brother named Zhang Shaoqing thousands of times.
There is indeed a right-mounted lieutenant in the court, but that lieutenant is already an empty shell who does not care about political affairs, and the only son is still a master who only likes to look for flowers and willows, and even once went to Jiangnan to find beauty and threatened to marry Zhang Xuanyi back to the mansion. So she knew very well in her heart that the court envoy who withheld food and embarrassed the monks of the temple would not be someone else, it must be her ruthless brother Zhang Shaoqing. If it weren't for her cleverness right now, she would have become the target of public criticism a long time ago, and Yin Suwen would definitely not forgive him if he knew the truth, so he could only improvise and get through the trick first.
Zhang Xuanyi is a half-chivalrous woman who is jealous and hateful, and when she was alone in Jiangnan, she did not do less "chivalrous things" such as helping the poor and helping the weak, but once all the things were put on Zhang Shaoqing, she completely lost the principle of right and wrong. Brother is the sun in her heart, since I can remember, the cold-faced and tough young master has taken care of his sister meticulously, even if she left home and went to the south, he would visit him many times a year, than the father who never came to see her, she loved this brother more. Therefore, even if Zhang Shaoqing really did something wrong, Zhang Xianqing would definitely stand by his side unconditionally.