Shen Yuntang was helpless, she squatted down, put her hands on Sister Xiang'er's slender shoulders, and said patiently: "Big brother is going to Guiyuan Temple today, why is Sister Xiang here." ”

For such a poor child, Shen Yuntang really didn't care.

Sister Xiang seemed very happy, the eldest brother in the past would not talk to her so patiently, and the child who lacked father's love now seems to regard the eldest brother as a loving father.

Her eyes were full of admiration, and although her chin was sharp and thin, her big eyes were shining, "Big brother, I'll go and be a virgin for you." ”

Virgins?

As soon as Shen Yuntang's mind turned, some deep memories came flooding up.

Cover your face, but you don't want to be a virgin!

When you go to the temple to worship the deceased elders in the family, you must be accompanied by a boy or a girl, and then the monks will complete the rebirth mantra three times, so that the relatives who have left will not be lonely in the other world.

Although it is not harmful to the child to be a boy and a girl, it is not a "clean" work after all, if it is not for the fact that the younger generations in the family are particularly filial to their deceased relatives, ordinary children and parents will not let them do this, which will damage yin morality.

If a large family went to the temple to worship the spiritual seat, they directly invited a boy or a virgin to spend money in the farmhouse near the temple, but Shen Yuntang didn't expect Sister Xiang to come by herself.

Shen Yuntang didn't know how to persuade, "Sister Xiang'er, virgins are not a fun thing, listen to the words of the eldest brother, stay in the house obediently, and follow your aunt." ”

Hearing her words, Sister Xiang'er's eyes revealed loss, she lowered her head, didn't dare to look at Shen Yuntang anymore, and her little shoulders shrugged down.

"Big brother, do you think Sister Xiang is ashamed to go out with her?"

Shen Yuntang was originally easy to be soft-hearted, the little girl's eyes were red, and her eyes revealed disappointment, and she couldn't refuse at this moment.

She was still struggling violently in her heart, and Uncle Nie next to her opened her mouth, "Lord Shizi, let the fifth miss go, the fifth miss is filial piety at a young age, and the old slave also sighs in his heart." ”

Sister Xiang obviously didn't expect the old housekeeper Uncle to help her speak, as if she was encouraged, she raised her head again and looked at Shen Yuntang, "Big brother, you take me there, I won't make trouble, Sister Xiang will be very well-behaved." ”

Shen Yuntang finally couldn't stand the pleading eyes of Little Lori, and nodded slightly.

She thought numbly, when she ran away, just get Sister Xiang away, a ten-year-old child.

The "brother" and sister got into the carriage, and Changshou drove out of the mansion from the side gate of the Yongxing Hou Mansion, drove along the spacious bluestone road to Andingmen, and then went out of the north gate of Yanjing and went to the Guiyuan Temple in the suburbs.

Guiyuan Temple is a royal temple, and the spiritual seats enshrined are all royal families and ministers with status, and there are also royal families who cultivate in the temple.

Therefore, even on the fifteenth day of the first day of the new year, there are very few people in Guiyuan Temple who come to incense.

Not far from Guiyuan Temple, there is a Guihai Temple, looking from the bottom of the mountain, the two temples are far away, are in two adjacent hills, but the mountain where the Guihai Temple is located occupies a small area and is also lower, I heard that the presiding officer of the two temples is still the relationship between the brothers and sisters, and I don't know whether it is true or false.

Guihai Temple receives ordinary people, although simple, the incense is more prosperous, because of the relationship between Guihai Temple, there is a market at the foot of the mountain every fifteenth day of the first month, and the nearby villagers will come to burn incense and worship the Buddha by the way to buy some household goods.

Unfortunately, today is the fifteenth.

From Yanjing City to the Guiyuan Temple on the outskirts of Beijing, there is a special official road, flat and spacious, the village is continuous, there are tea sheds and wine houses on the roadside, plus today's fifteenth, from time to time you can see ordinary flat-headed people carrying burdens to Guihai Temple to catch the market under the mountain, it is really a lively scene.

This is the first time Sister Xiang has gone out so big.

Although the little girl looked well-behaved and sat in the carriage, her curious eyes had already revealed her thoughts.

came out, Shen Yuntang didn't like to detain children, leaned against the wall of the car and asked Sister Xiang with a smile, "Sister Xiang wanted to come today, or did your aunt ask you to come today?" ”

Sister Xiang suddenly heard her eldest brother ask, her face turned pale for a moment, and her big eyes were full of panic.

She cautiously raised her head and glanced at Shen Yuntang's calm and waveless eyes, then bit her lip vigorously and said ashamedly: "Big brother, Sister Xiang doesn't dare to hide it from you, it's my aunt." ”

The little girl was so guilty that she was about to cry.

Shen Yuntang was thoughtful, it seems that this Aunt Han, who followed the rules in the past, is not without a little means and scheming.

But after thinking about it a little, it is clear that if Aunt Han is really a little white flower, how can she let Sister Xiang grow up safely and soundly until she is ten years old?

The mother and daughter used to live so poorly in the Hou Mansion, I am afraid that it was secretly instructed by her cheap father......

Thinking of this, Shen Yuntang shook his head in his heart.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with Aunt Han's mother and daughter, she didn't want to become the concubine of Yongxing Hou and couldn't give birth to a son, she was the person chosen by the old lady herself, and Aunt Han, who was born as an orphan girl and sold herself as a maid since she was a child, had no choice at all.

However, the deceased Yongxing Hou regarded Aunt Han's mother and daughter as evidence of his betrayal of his wife, and his heart was depressed, treating them as a pimple and stain on his life.

It is precisely because Aunt Han's heart is like a mirror that she has been able to survive peacefully in the Yongxing Hou Mansion for so many years.

Shen Yuntang couldn't help but think that if Aunt Han was smart enough, it would be a good choice for her to be the head of the Hou Mansion.

Thinking of this unconsciously, Shen Yuntang suddenly came back to his senses.

Hurriedly drove away these unrealistic thoughts in her head, she was a person who was about to leave this "sea of swords and fire", and what did she want to do.

When she flies away, what kind of bullshit Yongxing Marquis Mansion has nothing to do with her at all.

When the time comes, the sea is wide and the fish leaps into the sky, and the birds can fly!

Shen Yuntang fell into his own thoughts, and he didn't pay attention to the changes in Sister Xiang on the other side.

Sister Xiang suddenly knelt in front of Shen Yuntang, grabbed her sleeve, and pleaded pitifully: "Big brother, it's all Sister Xiang'er's fault, it's Sister Xiang who wants to get close to the eldest brother, and the eldest brother doesn't blame the aunt." ”

As she spoke, tears rolled out of the little girl's big eyes like golden beans.

Shen Yuntang was pulled back to her senses and sighed, she pulled Sister Xiang up slightly and let her sit on the same side of the carriage with her.

wiped the tears of the little girl with wide cuffs, "What are you crying about, the eldest brother doesn't blame you or your aunt, everyone has the right to live better." It's just that Sister Xiang can't deceive her family in the future. ”

Shen Xiang saw that his brother's words were gentle, wiped away his tears with his little hands, and nodded vigorously.

After all, he was still young, and after a while, he was attracted by the lively sound outside the carriage.

The little girl had never seen such a scene before, and although she sat patiently, her big eyes revealed her thoughts.

Shen Yuntang smiled slightly, and lifted the curtain of the car a thin slit, "Just take a look." ”

Sister Xiang suddenly looked happy and leaned over.

It was just at this point that Shen Yuntang also observed the environment in the suburbs of Yanjing.

The "brother" and sister just looked all the way to the foot of the mountain of Guiyuan Temple, Sister Xiang had to ask her eldest brother questions from time to time, and Shen Yuntang looked for her memory and patiently answered her.

Little Sister Xiang feels that there has never been such a warm time, and she can't wait for this journey to be longer, so that she can accompany her brother like this forever.

Shen Yuntang didn't know that she was planning how to escape here, but someone was staring at her life in the dark.

The middle-aged man dressed as a pawn of the peddler lowered the brim of his straw hat, but his eyes followed the carriage of the Yongxing Marquis Mansion in the dark, and there was a cold light flashing in the wide hem of his waist.

Shen Yuntang looked at the eyes of the little girl next to him and stared straight at the farmer selling sugar gourds not far from the roadside, and he had an idea.

She said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Stop." ”

Changshou, who was driving, heard the voice, slowly stopped the carriage, lifted the curtain and asked, "What's the matter with the prince?" ”

Shen Yuntang held the package in one hand and suppressed his nervousness, "I'll go buy a string of sugar gourds for Sister Xiang'er, you guys are waiting here." ”

Sister Xiang'er's eyes widened in surprise when she heard this, and she looked at Shen Yuntang in disbelief.

Changshou frowned slightly, and wanted to open his mouth to say that he was going, but he closed his mouth again because he raised his head and came into contact with Shen Yuntang's resolute gaze.

Shen Yuntang jumped out of the carriage and walked towards the farmer who sold sugar gourds, the market was full of people, it was very lively, this was the time when the flow of people was the most, and one would be separated if he didn't pay attention.

Shen Yuntang used to go out even if he only took Changshou alone, he had never encountered danger, but with so many people, Changshou was still not at ease, so he turned around and had to follow.

Shen Yuntang stopped him with a twitch of his eyebrows, "What's the matter, do I need help from others to buy a bunch of sugar gourds?" ”

The original Shen Yuntang has been strong since he was a child, he always has to force himself to be perfect in everything, he is the least suspicious, he has been by her side for a long time, and he also understands the temper of his master.

Now the "Shizi Ye" is the only seedling of the Yongxing Hou Mansion and the eyes of the people of the Yifu Mansion.

Shen Yuntang saw that Changshou didn't come with again, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, her palms holding the package were sweating slightly, and in the noisy crowd, she could still clearly hear her fast heartbeat.

Getting closer and closer to the peasant man selling sugar gourds, the people who came and went in a hurry cut off the sight of longevity, and Shen Yuntang's slender figure loomed behind the crowd.

She walked to the stall selling sugar gourds and handed the peasant man two copper plates.

In the next second, Changshou's eyes jumped, and cold sweat soaked his back.

He stared at it for another two seconds without daring to blink, and there was still no master!

The vendor on the other side suddenly made a gesture, and then several people squeezed in the direction where Shen Yuntang disappeared.

Changshou broke out in a cold sweat, gave a cold command to the guards beside the carriage, and led people in the direction of the peasant man selling sugar gourds.

Changshou holds a sword in one hand and pushes away the crowd with the other.

But it just so happened that some peasants with burdens passed by and actually blocked them.

Changshou was so anxious that he exerted his strength in his hands, but found that he couldn't push these mud legs away at once.

Suddenly, he had a bad premonition in his heart.

Shen Yuntang took advantage of the crowd to suddenly squat down, hid behind the huge bamboo basket in the corner next to her, she held the package, and moved carefully to the side with her short body.

The bamboo basket rests against a large rock, and next to the big stone is a large locust tree with annual rings.

Shen Yuntang had already set his sights on these bamboo baskets with bamboo lids.

These bamboo baskets were originally picked up and sold by the farmer, and they contained some bamboo products, but now most of the things have been sold, and it is not a problem for her to hide in them at this height.

It's dark under the lights!

Now this place is dark under the lights of Changshou and others.

When they found out that she was gone, they would search everywhere, and they would never think at first that she was still hiding by the side of the sugar gourd seller and did not leave.

And Changshou would never have guessed that she fled on her own initiative.

This is simply a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the golden cicada to come out of its shell.

Shen Yuntang's heart beat faster and faster because of excitement and nervousness.

She flipped open the lid of the basket and moved swiftly and quickly into the basket with one leg.

She now feels like she has one foot in the door to success, and it makes people feel unreasonably excited.