The two little nuns in the nunnery brought dinner with food boxes, and one of the clever little nuns said, "The master said that the monks are miserable, so Mrs. Shen will suffer with them." ωωω.? ωχ?. σяg Are you still watching today? (pro, ())"

"It's me who bothered me, and told your master to take care of her." Shen Xuanzhen respects the old nun of Jingkong, she is nominally leading the practice, she does not use the rules and precepts of the monk to restrain herself, and she lives freely, which is also how she can behave.

As soon as the two little nuns left, "Sister, it's time for me to say goodbye, I've been messing with my sister for a long time." Wang Yuerong got up and went down to the ground, and was about to go back.

Shen Wanzhen sent it to the door, "Sister stay, doesn't my sister want to send me back to the house?" Wang Yuerong smiled heartlessly.

Shen Wanzhen stopped and watched her enter the door of the west room, "This grandmother seems to have known her master for many years, and she is not angry at all." Qiao Shan said.

Shen Xuanzhen likes such a woman who has no city, she is not tired of getting along, she is in a good mood when she comes here today, this place has beautiful mountains and rivers, fresh air, and meets Wang Yuerong who is good to live with, living together, I don't know if such a day can last, if you live like this, you will be satisfied.

Walking back to the house, Xiuju and Qiaoshan quickly cleaned up all the tea and food on the kang table, put the meal, Shen Wanzhen saw that a few dishes were vegetarian dishes, vegetarian fried bean sprouts, oil roasted gluten, cold tofu, the only dish was meat, it was fried chicken with shallots, and a bowl of radish soup, and the staple food was a few scallion oil rolls.

Shen Wanzhen led the practice, and the master of the pure space also knew that these women from big families had their own hardships, and they didn't really want to become a monk, and they didn't care about anything else, they sent three meals a day on time, and cooked a few more vegetarian dishes, which was already considered to take care of her, and the nuns in the nunnery ate the dishes that were boiled in a big pot without taste and no oil and water, just to fill their stomachs.

At night, the mountains are very quiet, the moonlight is good, Shen Wanzhen stood in the courtyard, looking at the deep night sky hanging a round of full moon, the moonlight is bright and bright, hugging the moon hermitage, this name is good.

The next day, the morning in the mountains, the insects chirped, Shen Wanzhen woke up, walked outside the house, looked into the distance, the distant mountains were verdant, there was a clear spring flowing from the mountains, there was a light rain last night, after the light rain, the air was fresh, full of transparency and purity, Shen Wanzhen took a big breath, since wearing to this place, the first time to breathe so freely.

"The young lady is up." Xiuju in the courtyard with a copper basin to receive water, the water is drawn down from the mountains with bamboo poles, and after a while, it will be full of cool mountain spring water.

At this time, Qiao Shan went out of the east wing, and saw Shen Wanzhen standing at the door of the main room, so she hurriedly went to the stove to sit on the copper kettle, boil hot water, and the master could not wash his face with cold water, which was the rule of the house.

Shen Wanzhen washed her face, rinsed her mouth with green salt, and sat on a hazelnut wooden stool to let Xiuju comb her hair, "The master's hair is just enough to be curled." "Xiuju is skillful, her hair is combed smoothly, Shen Wanzhen holds the bronze mirror in her hand and looks at the front and back, she can't see that her hair is cut short, she has room for her hand that day, and she estimates that the length can be pulled up, and her hand is quite accurate.

"It's a pity that the master has black hair." Xiuju saw that she combed her hair, and cherished her hair very much, and she was a little distressed when she cut it short.

She walked to the yard and saw Mrs. Qian playing with the vacant land in the yard, as soon as Mrs. Qian came, she fell in love with the not so small land in the yard, the yard was originally planted with only one plane tree, plantain under the window, and a few bamboo poles against the wall.

Shen Wanzhen said to Mrs. Qian: "What kind of vegetables does mom want to grow?" ”

Mrs. Qian was turning over the ground with a hoe, raised her head when she heard the words, and said loudly: "Plant cucumbers and lettuce, and wait for the dipping sauce to eat." ”

Shen Wanzhen remembered the dipping pickles she ate at home, which were green, watery, and appetizing.

At this time, there was a sound in the west door, the sound of opening the door latch, the 'squeak' door was gently pushed open, Wang Yuerong came out with a sigh, and saw Shen Wanzhen said vaguely: "My sister got up early, is it impossible to sleep in another place?" ”

"I slept well, quiet in the mountains, and I slept soundly." Shen Wanzhen was full of energy, and she was full of sleep at first glance.

As he was talking, the door of the west wing room opened, and a little maid came out with a bucket to fetch water, this little maid was also eleven or twelve years old, timid, and did not talk to anyone, and went back after fetching water, the door was closed, and never came out, Shen Wanzhen looked at the west wing, the doors and windows were closed tightly, and she couldn't see the situation inside, and she never saw the Su lady come out.

Wang Yuerong's two little maids also came out of the west wing, busy fetching water and waiting for the master to wash, Wang Yuerong walked back to the house.

A little nun in the nunnery was sweeping the yard, and Shen Wanzhen chatted and asked, "Is there anyone around here?" ”

The little nun stopped her hand, straightened her waist, and said, "There are no residents for a few miles, but there is a Taoist temple not far from here, and the Taoist temple is very large, much more spacious than our Baoyue Nunnery house." ”

"Some of the houses of the Taoist temple are rented out of the house, and the rent is collected, which is much richer than our Baoyue Nunnery, and the group of Taoist priests eat and live better than us, and they don't have to grow their own vegetables. The little nun said enviously.

"How many Taoist priests are there in the Taoist temple, can you eat so much?" Shen Wanzhen thought about how many people in the Taoist temple could eat and use the car to pull vegetables.

"Many pilgrims live in the temple, and there are tourists, who also rest in the Taoist temple, and the Taoist temple is half secluded, specially for pilgrims and tourists to stay." The little nun saw that she was new and explained.

Shen Xuanzhen thought that this Taoist temple was good at management, and there must be a lot of money from pilgrims, and the little nun said with a little loss: "The topography and scenery of the Taoist temple are good, and people who come out to play in the capital are more willing to go there to enjoy the scenery and rest." ”

At this time, the door of the west wing squeaked open, and the two stopped talking, and the little girl who had just left her head came out to pour water.

"Is Su Niangzi feeling better?" The little nun asked the little girl who poured the water.

"Much better." The little girl didn't like to talk much, so she only replied, and after pouring the water, she went into the house and closed the door.

"A poor man, too." The little nun who was sweeping the yard sighed.

Shen Wanzhen was very curious about the owner of the West Wing, and she closed the door all day long, what was she doing in the house, "How old is Mrs. Su?" ”

"A few years older than Madame, there are double tens." The nun wasn't so sure.

Shen Wanzhen wanted to live like an old woman, and what kind of encounters she experienced, so that her heart was like dry well water.

Breakfast was porridge and steamed buns, side dishes, Shen Wanzhen was in a good mood and ate sweetly.

After breakfast, Shen Wanzhen leaned on the bamboo collapse under the window to read a book, and the window was ajar step by step, and the sun was shining on her body, warm.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps in the courtyard, a little miscellaneous, Shen Wanzhen's eyes were raised from the scroll, and she looked out of the window, and saw an elegantly dressed old woman walking towards the main house with several daughters-in-law.

After a long time, the old woman came out and hurried away with people.

Qiao Shan came in lightly, afraid of disturbing her reading, and saw that the master closed the book and sat down, approached and whispered: "The slave maid listened to the voice of Miss Wang in the West House, and seemed to be very excited, I don't know what happened?" This old woman seems to be from her mother's family, as if she was sent by her mother. ”

Shen Wanzhen looked at Qiaoshan, this girl has long ears, loves to listen to the corners, and when she goes to a new place, there is no one who doesn't know what to do in a few days.

This stirring, Shen Wanzhen's heart was ape, the book was a little unbearable, walked out of the door, stood under the eaves, snorted the sun, and faintly cried over, as if it came from the west, and listened to Wang Yuerong, and began to suppress, and then simply amplified the voice, Shen Wanzhen was startled, thinking that such a cheerful woman was sad and cried, something must have happened.

The crying lasted for a while, and then gradually stopped, and after a stick of incense, Wang Yuerong came out of the house, her face was newly powdered, covering her tears, and when she saw Shen Wanzhen smiling reluctantly, she came over and sat down next to Shen Wanzhen, and soaked the sun under the eaves.

"My sister heard me crying?" Seeing that Shen Wanzhen didn't ask, Wang Yuerong took the initiative to start talking.

Shen Wanzhen nodded, "Sister has something to worry about?" ”

"My mother is sick, since I lived in the nunnery, my mother's body is not good, because I am not angry, even her old man can't hold her head up in front of her father, my father won't let me go home to see my mother, saying that I have lost his face." Wang Yuerong said in a low voice, and the whole person exuded a deep sadness.

"My sister lives in the nunnery, Bodhisattva bless, your mother will be fine." Shen Wanzhen comforted her.

After sitting down for a while, the two of them went back to the house.

For a few days in a row, the days passed quietly, and this day and night, I slept until midnight, and suddenly there was a 'bang', Shen Wanzhen woke up in a fright, and Xiuju and Qiaoshan, who were sleeping outside, also woke up.

Xiuju hurriedly ran to the door, made sure that the door was bolted, then put a snack, and then went to check whether the window in the inner room was closed tightly, pushed it with her hand, saw that the window was closed, and put her mind at ease.

Qiao Shan was timid, ran to the inside, and Shen Wanzhen squeezed on a kang, Xiuju walked to the door of the outer room, lying on the crack of the door and listening carefully, as if there was a sound of talking on the side of the west courtyard wall, the sound was very small, very subtle, and it was gone after a while.

That night, the master and servant did not sleep well.

On the second day, Shen Xuanzhen went to the West Room to chat with Wang Yuerong, mentioning that when she heard a voice at night, Wang Yuerong's eyes flashed, and she shook her head, "I didn't hear the sound, is it a noise from outside the courtyard, there are wild beasts in the night black mountain." ”

"I misheard, probably the sound of a passing person outside the hospital." Shen Xuanzhen saw that she was obviously hiding something, and since she didn't want to say it, it was inconvenient to ask indirectly.

In the middle of summer, the weather is getting hotter and hotter day by day.

Shen Wanzhen got up early and saw the fine weather outside the window, so she called Xiuju to open the window and take out the futon to dry.

Xiuju went over to open the window, "Where are you going so early?" Xiuju stared at the courtyard outside the window, muttering to herself.

Shen Wanzhen looked at the window, Wang Yuerong took the two maids, dressed neatly, and walked out of the courtyard gate, it seemed that she was going out, Wang Yuerong was in a hurry, and her steps were a little messy.

"Last night, it was just dark, and the slave maid saw that someone from Wang Niangzi's house came, it was a mother-in-law, not the one who came last time, closed the door, and said for a while before leaving."

Shen Wanzhen thought that her mother's condition had changed, so she hurried home.

There was nothing to do all day, Shen Wanzhen was timid, she read a book in the house, and she didn't go out, after dinner, the sun went west, Xiuju put a small square table and a low stool in the courtyard, Shen Wanzhen came out, took a cool look under the eaves, and glanced at the west wing, the door was always closed, and the window was not open.

Qiao Shan brought tea, put it on the small table, saw her staring at the west wing, and whispered: "Su Niangzi who lives in the west wing, her husband's family is a rich family, she has been married for three years and has nothing to do, and she was married by her husband's family. ”

Coincidentally, as he was talking, the door of the west wing room opened, and a woman with a double ten flowers walked out, dressed in plain cloth, tall, fair-skinned, and with a good face.

Shen Wanzhen saw that her face was as calm as water, and she saw through the detachment of the red dust, and wondered why this woman was so cold, and her heart was like ashes.

"I heard that her husband and wife are in love, that is, her mother-in-law treats her badly, dislikes her mother's family is poor, can not have children, is picky in every way, forces her son to divorce his wife, to remarry a house for his son, her husband is forced to write a letter of divorce, but there is still some affection, knowing that she has nothing to rely on, so she donated a sum of money to the nunnery, let her stay in the nunnery, I think I am disheartened, I have the idea of becoming a monk, and my mind is very resolute." Qiao Shan poured a cup of tea for Shen Wanzhen, but her eyes looked at the door and whispered.

Shen Wanzhen thought that this maid had inquired from nowhere, and she knew that she was quite detailed.

Qiao Shan glanced at the tightly closed door of the west room of the main house again, and said; "Wang Niangzi, who lives in the west room, her father is Guanglu Siqing, she harmed the children of her husband's concubine and ruined the appearance of the concubine, the two families want to save face, the house is ugly, and it can't be publicized, so she was sent here, Wang Niangzi is still the grandmother of the Song family in name, and her mother-in-law ignored her when she sent her here, and no one in her mother-in-law's family came to see her, but her mother's family came to send money and things every once in a while."

Wanzhen wants to rely on Wang Yuerong's personality, this thing can be done.

Wang Yuerong didn't come back until the night break.

The next day, Shen Wanzhen's small courtyard ushered in a rare guest, her sister Shen Wanzhu.

As soon as Shen Wanzhu stepped into the threshold, her eyes looked around, with arrogance and a lofty posture.

Shen Wanzhen was surprised when she saw her, since she came to see her, she couldn't be cold, and smiled: "Why is my sister here?" ”

"Sister, it's easy for me to find here, the place is good, the scenery is good, this small courtyard is quiet, it's a good place to practice." Shen Wanzhen thought about this sister, probably watching her end up now, her heart was happy, she raised her little face, and smiled unabashedly.

The weather was good, so Shen Wanzhen asked the maid to set up a small table under the plane tree in the yard, and the two chatted while drinking tea.

Shen Wanzhu stared at her, "My sister looks good." ”

Shen Wanzhen smiled faintly, "Life here is simple, which suits me very well." Shen Wanzhu pursed her lips secretly, and said in her heart, pretending, she couldn't tell how uncomfortable she was.

The weather was hot, Shen Wanzhu was thirsty, picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said: "I heard my aunt say that my father came back from the temple that day, and blamed his wife for a good meal, saying that when did the mother care about her daughter, and her daughter was such a big thing, she didn't know anything beforehand, so it can be seen that she usually doesn't care, and if she is her own daughter, she won't be slow." ”

Shen Wanzhu said, her face showed smugness, and her aunt also said that Feng'er said a word for his wife, and the master also gave her no face, and the master was really angry this time.

Shen Wanzhen didn't talk to her, and didn't want to continue the topic, so she changed her tone and asked, "How is my sister doing in the palace?" ”

With this question, the smugness on Shen Wanzhu's face disappeared, and she was a little uncomfortable, "Haven't you heard of it?" ”

"What did you hear?" Shen Wanzhen saw that she was twisting a handkerchief in her hand, and her mood was a little low, and she didn't know what happened to her.

"The capital is a household name, no wonder my sister doesn't know the way, my sister lives in the mountains, and she doesn't go out, the emperor decreed, the king of Anyang set up two concubines, and Ming'er entered the palace."

Shen Wanzhen realized that it was no wonder that Shen Wanzhu was unhappy and wanted to come to worship the Bodhisattva, and by the way, her fate was not as good as her sister.

"The side concubine is the girl in the capital?" Shen Wanzhen asked as if unintentionally, still caring about the person who gave her warmth in this world.

Shen Wanzhu was sullen and not in a high mood, "One is Sister Xue." ”

"My sister is not better than the sister of the Xue family, I just happen to have a companion." Shen Wanzhen secretly thought that this time Xue Jin and Shen Wanzhu were together, and the backyard of the palace probably couldn't stop.

Shen Wanzhu didn't see any joy, Xue Jin was the concubine of King An who was canonized by the emperor's decree, she was just a concubine, Xue Jin's position pressed her, and she felt uncomfortable.

Shen Wanzhu sat for a while, the two of them really didn't have anything to say, so they said goodbye and left, Shen Wanzhen didn't leave her for dinner, and she might not be able to eat the meal.

After dinner, Shen Wanzhen lay down on the bamboo collapse and took a nap, listening to someone talking at the door of the room in a daze, and asked without opening her eyes, "Xiuju, who are you talking to?" ”

"Sister, it's me." When Shen Wanzhen heard Wang Yuerong's voice, she opened her eyes and saw that Wang Yuerong had walked in, so she sat up hurriedly, "Sister is here, sister sit down." ”

As he spoke, he took Wang Yuerong's hand and sat down, and asked, "My sister has returned to her parents' house, is your mother better?" ”

Wang Yuerong smiled and held a handkerchief, "Seeing that I am much better, when I came, my subordinate fed me a bowl of porridge." ”

"I said sister, don't worry, Bodhisattva bless."

Wang Yuerong lowered her head, "Does my sister want to listen to me?" ”

Shen Wanzhen put her hand on her hand, "Sister has something to say, even if she tells her sister, her sister can't help, and she can still relieve her sister." ”

"My sister didn't laugh when she heard it." Wang Yuerong was a little embarrassed, not like her usual temperament.

Shen Wanzhen grabbed her hand and held it, "The women who come here are all the same, and no one laughs at anyone." "Shen Wanzhen told the truth, they are all hard-working people.

Wang Yuerong said, "My mother-in-law's family and my mother's family are friends in the world, often come and go, I and he have been playing together since childhood, one and two, the two adults naturally match me and the two as husband and wife, but I only knew that he had already someone in his heart, is a poor woman, the family did not agree with him to marry the woman, his parents were difficult to disobey, he had no choice but to marry me, but he has been thinking about the woman, and I have been married for less than a year, then he took the woman into the door, accepted as a concubine, although he respected me, but tightly respected, He was never happy with me, but since the woman came in, he always had a smile on his face, that kind of smile from the heart, I had never seen him smile like this, and the way he looked at me was different from the way he looked at the woman. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Yuerong's voice was very low, her head hung deeply, her whole person changed, she became sad, and Shen Wanzhen could feel her heartache.

"I'm just an ornament, the young grandmother of the Song family, I'm jealous, angry, I can't help but want to kill her when I see him smiling at the little concubine, one day, I saw the two together, he looked at her with affectionate eyes, this is the only look between lovers, and he is always polite to me, I can feel his alienation, I don't know why, the chest seems to be on fire, people become crazy, as soon as he leaves, I have a dispute with the little concubine, the little concubine usually treats me thoughtfully, but the obvious contempt in the eyes makes me unbearable, I hit her with my hands and cut her beautiful face with a hairpin. ”

Let's say, Wang Yuerong smiled and laughed heartily, "Let him face an ugly monster all day long, and see what kind of eyes he still has." ”

Laughing and laughing, she cried, cried very sadly, and cried wet two embroidered handkerchiefs in a row, her girl called Xiaohong, and also wiped her tears, crying and said to Shen Wanzhen: "The young lady persuaded my grandmother, crying broke her body, it was not worth it." ”

Shen Wanzhen gently stroked her back and said softly: "When you cry, your heart will be happy." ”

Wang Yuerong cried for a while, collected her tears, "He came, saw her face covered with blood, shocked, the way it was at the time, I still remember, the look was desperate, just like I was, I have never had a happy heart, but I don't know how to say, she was pregnant with a child, pregnant with his child, I fought with her, her fetus fell off, he wanted to kill me, if it wasn't for my marrying maid to stop him, he really killed me, later, my in-laws and my father and mother knew that the two families had a relationship, and they couldn't divorce their wives because of face, so they suppressed this matter, the Song family sent me here, since I came here, he has never come to see me once, probably because he hates me deeply. ”

"Later, the little concubine ......"

"That little concubine has been looking for death several times and has been rescued, what else can he do, he will think of me when he looks at that face, even if it is hate, I just want him to think of me......." Her expression was gloomy, "Let my sister smile." ”

Shen Xuanzhen thought that she was very arrogant on the outside, but she was very affectionate, she loved that man, the bitterness in her heart could be imagined, and she didn't know what to say, this kind of thing can only be diluted by time, so she said: "It will pass." "The day you let go, you will be truly happy.

Juan Zhen ordered two embroidered chrysanthemums to fetch water, Wang Yuerong's two little girls served to wash their faces, reapply makeup, embroidered chrysanthemums combed her hair, and sat opposite Shen Wanzhen, her face was a lot calmer.

"My sister hasn't been here since she arrived, and my sister is accompanying me to go for a walk?" Shen Wanzhen proposed to go for a walk around the Baoyue Nunnery to see the scenery, so as not to make her sad and unhappy.

"Okay!" Wang Yuerong jumped off the kang, pulled the embroidered shoes, shook her head, and the two little girls saw that the master was not sad, and she was also happy to squat down to lift her shoes, and went back to the house to get the cloak.

There is a corner gate leading to the outside of the courtyard, so there is no need to go around the nunnery, so the two of them took four girls out of the corner gate.

In the area of the stream in front of the hermitage, the water quality is very clear, you can see the sand and gravel at the bottom of the water, a few people walk upstream along the stream, in early summer, the mountains are full of colorful wildflowers, several people each picked a large handful of wildflowers, held them in their arms, and stepped on the stones in the stream, after a slightly wider stream, up to the opposite mountain, "Sister, go to the pavilion over there to rest." ”

Wang Yuerong pointed to a pavilion halfway up the mountain, a few people climbed the steps, sitting in the pavilion, Shen Wanzhen looked into the distance, and saw a very spectacular building in the east, as if it was a Taoist temple, very close to the place where they stayed, she could see that a small Taoist priest was carrying water next to the stream, carrying the water step by step and entering the Taoist temple.

Taoist temple incense is prosperous, the pilgrims who come here to incense are endless, there is no lack of sons and grandsons, go to the incense to play and watch the scenery of the mountains, and rest here.

"Look at that, an old man, kowtowing all the way from the bottom of the mountain to the Taoist temple." Xiaohong pointed not far away.

"That little Taoist priest, he didn't even dare to look at us when he saw us, and he ran away when he looked at the view." A few maids chattered and laughed non-stop.

There is a two-storey pavilion behind the Taoist temple, the layout is exquisite, the carved beams and painted buildings, there is a person sitting by the window, holding a scroll in his hand, but he can't read a word at all.

"Third brother, it's good, go for a walk."

King Cheng saw that the king of Anyang was in a low mood in the past few days, and pulled him to the Xishan Taoist Temple to play, so as to relax.

Zhao Shijiao looked at the green mountains and green waters outside the window, and thought, "Just take a look nearby." ”

King Cheng and Lin Ergongzi were very interested in playing, but Zhao Shijiao was uninteresting, gradually falling behind, bowing his head and walking, thinking about his thoughts, but he didn't feel it.

As he was walking, the sound of unintentional speech drifted to his ears, "These two beautiful little ladies live in the nunnery at the foot of the mountain over there, and we go at dusk, and the bald girls are chanting in the nunnery." ”

Zhao Shijiao looked up and saw that there were a few young men, street gangsters, looking like children of rich families, one of them was talking while gesturing towards a pavilion on the mountain,

Zhao Shijiao glanced halfway up the mountain on the left, and at this glance, his body suddenly froze.

On the high pavilion, next to the vermilion pillar leaned on a woman in a green shirt, the slight mountain breeze blew, raising broken hair, the woman said with a smile, under the sun, Suo Suo's face was bright and vivid, clear and shining.