Ningyun Temple in Kangde Town is a famous temple in Huizhou, where incense is flourishing, there are many monks, and there are often masters who open the altar to explain Buddhism.

As soon as the town gate opened, the carriage of the ancient mansion left Kangxi Town for the first time and headed northwest. At that time, I arrived at Kant Town, and after inquiring with passers-by, it took two quarters of an hour to arrive at Ningyun Temple.

Qingshu was helped out of the carriage by Xiaojuan, glanced at the solemn temple gate, lowered his eyes, and waited for Gu Ye.

Gu Ye's family was supported by Guan Pozi in plain clothes, stepped on the horse stool and got out of the car, and ordered softly, "Lead the way." ”

Su's mother agreed and led the way in front.

Although it is not the first or fifteenth day of the new year, there are still many pilgrims in Ningyun Temple. Qing Shu was wearing a bright green summer dress, with only a chic silver hairpin on her head, and a goose-yellow veil on her face, quietly following behind Gu Ye's family. Surrounded by maids, housekeepers, and four brocade-clothed guards, the mother and daughter entered the open temple gate, when a young novice stepped forward to greet them.

Ding Jiabao said to the little novice, "Lead the way, and the lady wants to worship the Bodhisattva." ”

The little novice clasped his palms together, "Donor, please", and turned to lead the way for them.

Gu Ye's walk slowly, and Qingshu also follows slowly. She was just an accompaniment, not a person to worship the Buddha, so she indifferently looked at the good men and women walking around the temple, some of them were happy, some were sad, some were dazed, and some were religiously kowtowing.

After passing through several halls, the little novice clasped his palms together again, "This is the Bodhisattva Hall, donors, please." ”

The brocade-clothed guards wanted to enter the pilgrims in the Qing Bodhisattva Palace, and Gu Ye's tone was a little eager, "No, retreat." Seeing Qing Shu looking over, she explained, "The Bodhisattva is not a Bodhisattva of one person, but a Bodhisattva of the world, how can he disturb the pious pilgrims for his own selfishness." ”

Qing Shu whispered to the four brocade-clothed guards on standby: "There are all female guests inside, you stay here, if you are fine, don't go in and disturb it." ”

The guards responded, and the four of them stood outside the door of the main hall.

Gu Ye's family was relieved at this time, and was helped into the Bodhisattva Hall by Mother Su and Guan Pozi. Qing Shu took Xiaojuan and then went in.

In the Bodhisattva hall, the Bodhisattva who is three or four feet tall has a solemn appearance, looking down on the beings under his feet with compassion from a high place. In the shrines on the east and west sides of the Bodhisattva statue, there are Bodhisattvas with different postures and faces the size of palms.

On the futon on the left in front of the statue of the Bodhisattva is a well-dressed lady, and behind her stands a mother-in-law and two maids. The futon in the middle is empty. On the futon on the right is a gray-haired old lady, and behind the old lady stands a mother-in-law and two maids.

Gu Ye glanced at Guan Pozi, who immediately took out four silver ingots and handed them to Xiao Shami, saying that this was the incense silver offered by Mrs.

Xiao Shami took it and asked Guan Pozi to report the number to the government, saying that it was to be recorded in the merit book.

Qing Shu had been standing quietly, thinking that the Gu Ye clan had been generous, and donated twenty taels of incense money out at once.

At this time, after Gu Ye finished burning incense, he respectfully knelt on the futon in the middle, closed his eyes and muttered something in his mouth, and then kowtowed, muttered for a while, and kowtowed again......

Qing Shu felt that there was a gaze fixed on her, so she turned her face sideways to see that the old lady was still kowtowing to the Bodhisattva, and the mother-in-law and maid behind the old lady were all hanging their heads, and no one looked at her at all. She thought she was too careful, so she ignored it. Soon, she had that feeling again, and turned her face sideways again, just as she met a pair of curious eyes.

It was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old maid, very beautiful. Peeking at being bumped into, not only did she not look weak, but she also glared at Qing Shu.

Qing Shu was stared at inexplicably, turned his face, and ignored it.

At this time, Gu Ye's family was helped up by Su's mother and Guan Pozi, left and right. She turned around and saw Qing Shu standing, frowning, "You kid, why don't you kowtow to the Bodhisattva?" What if the Bodhisattva blames him? ”

Qing Shu replied indifferently: "Mother, sincerity is spiritual." Besides, the bodhisattva has a compassionate mind, and it is too late to purify sentient beings, so where can he blame sentient beings? ”

Gu Ye's words are poor, and his face is very ugly.

Qingshu said: "Those who kneel in front of the Buddha do not necessarily have a Buddha in their hearts, and those who do not kneel in front of the Buddha do not necessarily have no Buddha in their hearts. Mother, let's go back! ”

Gu Ye is not a person who can speak well, plus he has stayed at home in the past few years and has not talked much every day, so he can't find a decent word to talk to Qingshu.

Qing Shu swept Gu Ye's gloomy face, looked at Guan Pozi, and said in a light tone, "Don't help Madame out!" If you can't go back to the house before dark, you just ask. ”

Mrs. Guan helped Gu Ye and said in a low voice, "Madam, if you go back late, as soon as the town gate is closed, you can only sleep in the countryside, not only is it not good to rest, but it is also very dangerous." She said as she helped Gu Ye out semi-forcefully without a trace.

Gu Ye couldn't find a rebuttal, so he could only come out of the Bodhisattva Hall. However, her gaze wandered from side to side, as if she was looking for someone. Soon, she saw a young man who looked like a scholar standing on the steps in front of her left, and the corners of her lips raised slightly, "Shu'er, it's hard to come to Ningyun Temple once, draw lots and leave!" So saying, he turned around and walked in the direction where the young scholar stood.

Qing Shu saw that Gu Ye's clan had changed direction, "Mother, where are you going?" That Shu'er screamed like someone else, and she didn't react at all.

The Gu Ye clan was displeased, but still walked as he was. Guan Pozi saw that Qing Shu didn't stop her, so she just helped Gu Ye to go.

Qing Shu raised her eyebrows, and she said, Well, there must be a reason why the Gu Ye clan suddenly wanted to go to Kangde Town to worship the Bodhisattva. As for the reason, with Gu Ye's IQ, she estimated that the answer would soon be revealed. It's a shame that the general's father only married one of the Gu Ye family, and he didn't even have a concubine room or a room, otherwise, Gu Ye's wife, would have already asked the concubine or the room to report to the palace of the king of Hades.

When she was only a dozen steps away from the scholar, Gu Ye turned around, gave up Guan Pozi, and asked Qing Shu to help her.

Qing Shu stepped forward quietly and held Gu Ye's arm.

Gu Ye raised his hand to touch the hair in Qing Shu's ear with a loving face, "Mother's Shu'er has grown up." As she spoke, her fingers hooked the corner of the veil that Qing Shu had fixed behind her ear.

Qing Shu heard it clearly this time, and she was disgusted by the title of "Mother's Shu'er", and she subconsciously turned her face to the side, which could avoid Gu Ye's fingers.

If Gu Ye knew that a qiē bad would be bad in the sentence "Niang's Shu'er", I don't know if he would be angry.

Qing Shu immediately lost interest in exploring the purpose of Gu Ye's trip, and pushed Gu Ye's arm to Guan Pozi, "It's not too early, let's go home." With that, he turned around and took a step forward on his own.

When the group walked out of the temple, there happened to be a lady in her thirties who was surrounded by maids and mothers-in-law who wanted to enter the temple.

Gu Ye suddenly whispered excitedly, "Sister, is it Sister Zi?" ”

The woman stopped and saw that Gu Ye's face seemed a little stunned.

Seeing the woman's appearance clearly, Qing Shu's eyes narrowed, and he glanced at Gu Ye's appearance a few times, and said in his heart that their noses and mouths were similar, their faces were similar, and their eyebrows were also somewhat similar. Gu Ye called out to Sister Zi, and the lady turned around, indicating that Gu Ye did not recognize the wrong person.

Gu Ye seemed to be very excited, and his hand was slightly fighting, "Sister Zi, don't you remember your sister?" ”

The apprehension on the woman's face faded and changed to joy, "Sister, is it Sister Lan?" ”

The two sisters walked towards each other and were about to have a happy meeting, but when each other's hands were about to touch, they shrank back one after another, and their faces were not very good. The woman gave Gu Ye a disdainful glance and led the maid into the temple.

Gu Ye's face turned pale and he lost his temper at Guan Pozi, "What are you doing standing stupidly?" Don't go yet. ”

Looking at the fast Gu Ye clan who walked without being helped, Qing Shu glanced at Ding Jiabao and glanced in the direction of the lady who entered the temple.

Ding Jiabao understood and entered the temple.

On the way back from Kant Town, the Gu Ye clan had a sad face, occasionally with tears in their eyes, and occasionally with hatred in their eyes. Qing Shu couldn't look down on Gu Ye's bitter gourd face the most, so he leaned on Xiao Juan and closed his eyes to recuperate.

In a hurry, the group finally entered the town at the gate of Guanzhen and returned to the house. Qing Shu didn't go back to the inner courtyard directly, sat in the side hall, and asked Ding Jiabao to go over to ask.

"How's it going?" Qingshu asked.

Ding Jiabao told what he had heard.

The woman who made the Gu Ye clan abnormal was the second lady of the Wu family, the Ye family, a big family in Dexian County. Ye's name is Ye Zi, her mother's family is in the capital, and she has two sons and three daughters with her husband Wu Zhenjiang. Because Wu Zhenjiang is a fourth-grade official, she is the highest-ranking official in the Wu family for several generations, so her status in the Wu Mansion is transcendent, although her mother-in-law is still very healthy, she handed over the housekeeping to her early.

Wu Ye's family went from Dexian County to Ningyun Temple in Kangde Town today to burn incense and worship the Buddha, because the beloved son of the family was infected with a strange disease, and several doctors could not cure it, so he could only pray to God and worship the Buddha, and pinned his hope on the gods and Buddhas.

In such a short period of time, it is not easy for Ding Jiabao to inquire about this. Qingshu asked Ding Jiabao to go back to rest and took the maid back to the inner courtyard. Wu Yeshi, Ye Zi. Ancient leaves, leaf blue. The same name is the color, the same mother's family is in the capital, and it looks very similar, the answer is very clear, Wu Ye and Gu Ye are both born in the Ye family, a big family in the capital, and they are either cousins or sisters. However, looking at their appearance, it seems that the relationship is not very good.

Before going to bed at night, Xiaojuan unintentionally reminded Qingshu.

"Miss, when Madame worships the Bodhisattva, isn't there a lady and an old lady? Later, the slave went to the toilet and accidentally overheard the conversation between the two maids beside the old lady. They said that the old lady and the lady were very unhappy, and they clearly said that they had brought their daughter over to show the old lady and the lady, but the person brought it, but the veil was not removed, how to look at each other. ”