Chapter 65: What a big show
After making a wish, I asked for a few talismans according to the original plan and lit an everlasting lamp for Qianrou, and then I saw Sun Shengnan ask for a marriage sign, and the signature was "Keep the clouds open and see the moon", according to the novice who unsigned the sign said that it belongs to the middle and upper lottery, although there are twists and turns, it can eventually be repaired to the right result. She jumped up for joy and asked me to ask for one, and I shook my head and said, "I still need to ask for the marriage of Shilaozi, do I have any other way to get married?" ”
The novice who was in charge of unsigning looked at me meaningfully: "How does the donor know that it will not be clear?" ”
"What do you mean?"
Na Shami clasped his hands together and said, "The secret of heaven must not be revealed. ”
I felt a burst of ecstasy in my heart, so I hope that my marriage contract with An Chengyan will be dissolved? Is it just around the corner when I leave the Imperial Palace?
Thinking of this, I was busy asking for a signature, but I was pulled by Fuxiang to get the Wufu zongzi, and Sun Shengnan took a red silk to make a wish and went to the Lianli tree in the back mountain to make a wish.
On the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival, each temple in the imperial capital will wrap zongzi to give alms to pilgrims, Wufu zongzi is made of red dates, peanuts, dried longan, lotus seeds, red beans as raw materials to wrap a zongzi each, five for one piece, each person can only receive one, the number is limited, usually a temple only a few hundred copies, and Panlong Temple incense is vigorous, pilgrims are numerous, there are two thousand copies.
This is not enough to rob, in the early years, because of the robbery of Wufu zongzi, when there were people to guard the temple, there was bloodshed, which alarmed the government. The government sent special personnel to maintain order.
The monks of Panlong Temple set up two sheds behind the Daxiong Treasure Palace, the dining room was wrapped and cooked and sent, there were already many people in the queue, the air was wafting with the smell of incense and the fragrance of zongzi leaves, there was a child who received the Wufu zongzi and was clamoring to eat, his mother complained that he couldn't wait while peeling off the zongzi, the child snatched the zongzi and broke it, swallowed the glutinous rice but refused to eat the big honey dates inside, and provoked his mother to scold.
I wondered: "Can this zongzi be delicious without meat?" "What red dates longan...... How can the rice dumplings wrapped in these things be as delicious as the meat dumplings?
The eighth prince rode on Fuxiang's neck, extremely envious of the child who ate dates, and said with a saliva flow: "Sweet, fragrant, delicious." ”
I was even more surprised: "Sweet zongzi? I haven't tasted it, Biluo City is all salty dumplings and meat, which is extremely delicious. "Song Xian sometimes wraps zongzi with red dates, but it is not sweet.
Fuxiang hurriedly made a silent action: "Shhh ”
"What ...... Heard"
Before I could finish my words, the crowd in line began to make an uproar:
"That's it! The zongzi are still salty and delicious! The man who spoke sounded like a southern accent, with a soft and glutinous taste.
"Nonsense!" A middle-aged woman with an imperial accent retorted, "Of course the sugar dumplings are delicious!" ”
"Sweet and greasy dead man," said someone behind me, "why not wrap a salted egg yolk, fragrant and delicious!" ”
"Then you can just eat salted duck eggs, what kind of zongzi do you eat?!"
"Then you just hold a sugar jar, what kind of zongzi to eat?!"
"Of course, the sweet rice dumplings are delicious!"
"Salted zongzi are delicious!"
"Sweet rice dumplings!"
"Salty rice dumplings!"
……
The original good line of a long line became two teams, and the people behind heard that they were arguing about the delicious taste, and they also joined their own teams, and for a while the temple quarreled because of this topic, and the official came when he heard it, knocked a gong, and shouted: "What are you arguing about?!" Don't know the rules?! It is forbidden to talk about the taste of zongzi! It is auspicious to eat Wufu zongzi, don't get it anymore! ”
The quarrel of the crowd became quieter, and they lined up again, and Fu Xiang ignored the little mouth of the Eighth Emperor who was raised to the sky, and dragged me away.
Seeing that I was dumbfounded, Fuxiang explained: "The princess doesn't know, the original emperor ate a lot of sweet dumplings, and later many scholars in the south were admitted to the Guozijian, and the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River came to the emperor to do business, and they all ate salty dumplings. ”
…… The life of the people of Dijing is really colorful, but I think it's a good dumpling as long as there is meat in it, no matter whether it is sweet or salty.
The eighth prince who didn't eat Wufu zongzi was very unhappy, so I had to comfort him and said, "Let's go back and let Aunt Rongchan wrap it for you later, okay?" "Aunt Rongchan makes zongzi! She's so ingenious, she'll definitely be?!
Only then did the Eighth Prince raise his eyebrows and smile: "I want it now!" ”
I found out that Xu Rongchan and my sister-in-law were gone.
Fuxiang said: "Young Lady You wants to invite the Bodhisattva, Rong Chan went with her, why don't we go to them?" ”
This Panlong Temple is not big at first glance, but it is not small in it, so I said, "Take me there." ”
Before we could look for it, Xu Rongchan came out of a Zen monastery to the east, followed by a monk about the same age as Master Ruozhi, bowing with his palms together and smiling brightly.
Xu Rongchan also saw us, walked over and said, "Have you ever received zongzi?" ”
Fuxiang said: "There are too many people, and the princess said to go back and let you pack it." ”
Xu Rongchan was in trouble: "Miss, the slave is the only one who can't make zongzi." ”
The Eighth Emperor's mouth was deflated, and he was about to cry when he saw it, Xu Rongchan hurriedly said: "Your Royal Highness don't cry, wait for the slave for a while." Then she turned back and spoke for a while to the monk standing at the door of the monastery, who seemed to be flattered and nodded frequently.
Xu Rongchan came back and said to the Eighth Prince: "The slave maid asked the temple to keep a few copies, and when she turned around, she sent them to the carriage." ”
Only then did the Eighth Prince smile.
The monk who was talking to Xu Rongchan had been standing at the door, as if he was observing us.
I asked, "Who is that?" ”
Xu Rongchan replied: "Panlong Temple abbot Huiyi Zen Master, the Queen Mother once invited him to Jinshou Palace to give a lecture, a few days ago the slave maid went to the palace to ask An to talk about today's events, Niangniang ordered the slave maid to donate some incense money. ”
"He spoke well? How about Master Ruozhi? ”
"This ...... Buddhism is boundless," Xu Rongchan said ambiguously, "The two masters are both good, each has its own practice, it cannot be compared, and it is difficult for slaves and maids to say." ”
She added, "Why does the young lady ask this?" ”
"It's nothing, I'm curious." I smiled at her, "Let's go find my sister-in-law!" ”
Although the name of Master Ruozhi is not very good, it gives people the feeling of comfort and gentleness, and he looks like an extremely wise Buddhist disciple, and this Huiyi Zen Master, how does he feel...... Weird?
I didn't care about it so much, so I followed Xu Rongchan into another small courtyard called Enze Hall.
Before entering the door, I saw several gorgeous sedan chairs parked at the door, the first two are the most luxurious, mahogany material, one is carved on four sides of the Antarctic fairy Weng riding a crane to travel map, a carved spring Fangyan returns to wear the willow map, the two sedan curtains are hung with round pearls of general size, the curtains embroidered with auspicious cloud patterns swing with the wind, a sedan chair is larger than the normal two, it is really not magnificent!
I couldn't help but sigh: "It's still the people of Dijing who are rich, you see that the sedan curtain hangs on the natural pearls from the mussels of the East China Sea for more than ten years, and this sedan chair doesn't know how many pearls to waste!" "This is going to make my second brother see it, and he will definitely scold this family for being a loser!
Fuxiang counted the sedan chair and muttered, "Twelve people? Except for my Royal Highness, there is no prince in Beijing, isn't it that His Royal Highness the Sixth has also come to offer incense? ”
I said, "Your Royal Highness has to travel with such a big pomp, and you need twelve people to carry it?" Does he have the money to hire someone? ”
Sure enough, Fu Xiang said sourly: "My Royal Highness is not without legs, he can walk." ”
Then we saw a person who looked like a housekeeper and said to us, "What are you looking at?!" Haven't you ever seen a sedan chair? Yokel! ”
I smiled and said, "Yes, big brother, the slave family has never seen such a magnificent sedan chair!" Who is this? ”
The housekeeper said arrogantly: "Uncle Guo's family, does the Ding family know?" ”
"Oh, it turned out to be Uncle Guo's house, and Uncle Guo also came to offer incense?"
"Uncle Guo has so much spare time, it is Mrs. and Miss who came," the housekeeper was impatient, "Why do you ask so much, Uncle Guo can't look down on you when he comes, look at your ugly appearance!" Let's go! ”
"Yes, yes, the slave family will go ......" I complimented as I walked, "Uncle Guo's family is really a big show!" ”
Hehe...... Concubine Shu has been dead for so many years, and the Ding family is still so arrogant, I really don't know if I think I didn't die fast enough or if I really have a big backer.
Xu Rongchan frowned, and her face was as cold as ice: "It's really a big show." ”
"Qin Shuangwan, Ding Qi! Don't deceive too much! "Sun Shengnan suddenly heard a coquettish cry from Sun Shengnan in the courtyard, and there was a faint cry of my sister-in-law, so I immediately rushed in!
I saw Sun Shengnan and his sister-in-law standing in the courtyard with a maid, the sister-in-law was wiping her tears, and Sun Shengnan was angry at the women opposite.
On the opposite side were Qin Shuangwan and Ding Qi, and several young women and women were watching the excitement on the side, and there was an older one sitting on a Taishi chair, full of white hair, although his face was wrinkled, he could vaguely see that he was somewhat similar to Ding Qi, probably her grandmother.
I saw that her eyes were closed, her cheekbones were raised high, as if she was angry, and the flesh on her cheeks was trembling.
"What's going on?" What kind of moth did Qin Shuangwan come out of?
Qin Shuangwan said with a humble heart: "You, what are you doing staring at the slave family?!" This matter has nothing to do with the slave family. ”
I glanced at Ding Qi again, she protected Qin Shuangwan behind her, and raised her head at me confidently and said, "Don't you stare at the slave family, it was your sister-in-law who was rude first!" ”
"My sister-in-law is rude?" I sneered, "Then no one in the entire imperial capital knows how to write the word 'etiquette'!" "Her father is a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, and he has read poetry and books since he was a child, and he is not much stronger than these so-called celebrities!
"I have long heard that the daughter of the Marquis of Dingyuan is extremely arrogant, and today the old body can be regarded as having seen it." Na Ding Qi's grandmother slowly spoke, her eyes suddenly opened, and two cold lights burst out!