"The government is easy to deal with, and no one dares to touch Xitang without conclusive evidence. But Ruyiju is not easy to fool over there, they don't need evidence, as long as they believe that Wen Xitang did it, they will do whatever it takes! Mrs. Pei's worries eased slightly, but she was not completely relieved.

"I have been thinking about this for a long time. Ruyiju's counterattack is inevitable, but I don't know what means will be used. If it is a secret move, please also ask the lady to allow you to send more people under the order to strengthen the protection of the inner house and the king of the house; If it is a clear move, then Wen Xitang can only continue, and there is no room to dodge. Wang Peizhong has obviously been thinking about these questions for a long time.

"The manpower to protect Qi'er must be strengthened, and the more the better." When it comes to the personal safety of her own treasure, Mrs. Pei has always spared no effort: "Originally, I just wanted to suppress the limelight of Ruyiju and let it know that Wen Xitang is the leader of Tingzhou South City." Now that it is about to evolve into a direct confrontation between the two sides, it is really a bit of a surprise! ”

"Lady, if you have a little foolishness in your heart, you may be able to suspend Ruyiju's counterattack......"

When the carriage was about to arrive at the south gate of the inner city, the entire convoy had changed from the original four carriages to more than 50 carriages.

The wives of the bureaucrats at all levels of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate were notified that Mrs. Pei would go to the Saida Temple to offer incense and pray for the victims of the fire, so they naturally did not dare to slack off, and got up early in the morning to wait on the street connecting the inner south gate and the Metropolitan Protectorate Mansion, and joined the convoy of Mrs. Pei and her party in order one by one.

The entire convoy quickly turned into a huge team, with four or five hundred samurai and domestic servants guarding each carriage alone.

When the horse neighed, the conversation between Mrs. Pei and Wang Peizhong was gradually drowned in the dust brought up by the galloping convoy, and I vaguely heard Mrs. Pei say: "Since you have arranged it, then do it." ”

The knight rode his horse and the convoy traveled rapidly, and in a blink of an eye, the carriage passed through the inner south gate, and the smoke and dust brought up by it soon thinned out, but the strong aura of conspiracy did not dissipate for a long time, shrouding Xiao Langjun, who knew nothing about it......

After the long snake-like convoy exited the inner south gate, it turned right to the west and went up to the side street.

Pedestrians on the road were alarmed by the whereabouts of the convoy and stopped to watch.

The Wenxitang guys who were mixed in the crowd kept shouting: "Mrs. Pei is merciful, go to the Xida Temple to burn incense and pray for the dead and wounded!" All of a sudden, the words of praise for Mrs. Pei rose.

Mrs. Cui, who was sitting in the third carriage, listened to the praise on the side of the street through the noise of the carriages and horses, and smiled coldly on her face: "This Pei Niangzi really has a lot of scheming and means!" Don't miss any opportunity to sell your reputation and reputation, people who don't know the inside story really think that this tigress is a good person who eats fasting and recites Buddha! ”

The three ladies' entourage were in the fourth carriage, so she had no scruples in her words: "Fei'er's repeated dangers are really worrying, and I have to keep an eye on the tigress's every move, and be careful that she will assassinate Fei'er again." If Fei'er really has three longs and two shorts, how can I explain it to them......"

The convoy headed west, and soon arrived at the west gate of Tingzhou City. After leaving the West Gate and continuing to go straight, the convoy stopped after a mile of travel. Mrs. Cui took the hand of the personal maid Rong Xue, who came up from behind, and stepped out of the carriage.

Mrs. Cui looked up and saw a majestic and solemn temple sitting north and facing south. A plaque is hung on the mountain gate of the temple, and there are five big characters on the book, "Yingyun Daning Temple".

After Mrs. Cui came to Tingzhou, she also came to this temple to burn incense and pray for blessings, and she knew a little about Saida Temple.

This "Yingyun Daning Temple" was built in the 14th year of Zhenguan more than 100 years ago (640 years), and it is said that the general Hou Jun set up Gaochang, Dingtian Mountain, and Liting Prefecture after expanding on the basis of the original temple.

Because of its location in the west of Tingzhou City, the people of Tingzhou often call it "Xida Temple".

The west of the land of the east and west, this is the place where Buddhism flourishes, many Central Plains monks also often go west to worship the Buddha and seek scriptures, so the incense of this Xida Temple is very prosperous.

Up and down Tingzhou, whether it is a high-ranking official and a lady wearing gold and purple, or a peddler and pawn who leads a car and sells pulp, they will come to the pillar incense on the occasion of the New Year's Festival and when they are killed, begging for the blessing of the Buddha.

The presiding officer of Xida Temple got the news that Mrs. Pei and other noblewomen from the north court had come to offer incense early in the morning, and hurriedly summoned the monks of the temple to clean and clean, rejected irrelevant pilgrims in advance, and stayed in front of the mountain gate early, waiting for Mrs. Pei and her party.

Although Mrs. Cui is not a believer in the devout Buddha, but because of some worries in her heart, she also has an ever-bright lamp in the Xida Temple, and comes to worship the Buddha every three or five times, and is also familiar with the Xida Temple.

She bowed to the presiding officer absentmindedly, and walked with the crowd across the mountain gate to the temple, while carefully pondering the intention of Mrs. Pei's move.

Mrs. Cui knew that Mrs. Pei was scheming, but there were many deep meanings in the moves, and it would not be so simple.

She had been thinking all the way in the carriage, Mrs. Pei called on the noblewomen of the city to come to Xida Temple to pray for blessings, and selling her reputation was naturally the meaning of the topic, but whether there were other intentions, Mrs. Cui thought about it for a long time, and still had no clue.

When she was confused, Mrs. Cui suddenly felt someone gently tugging at the half arm on her shoulder from behind.

She looked back and found that it was Mrs. Ashde, the side room of Ashina's protector. Because Wang Zhengjian and Ashina Yang have a close relationship, Mrs. Cui has also met Mrs. Ashdead several times before.

But in the previous impression, this Mrs. Asid, who came from a Turkic aristocratic family, was very withdrawn and rarely spoke in front of people. I don't know if it's because of my nature, or because of my slurred speech.

However, after seeing Ashina Wenxia, Mrs. Cui wanted to have her mother and her daughter, and Ashina Wenxia was so gloomy, thinking that it was due to the influence of Mrs. Ashid.

Ashinayang's main room, Mrs. Li, is an indescribably expensive Tang clan, and her identity is naturally not comparable to Mrs. Ashde. Therefore, Mrs. Ashid and Ashina Wenxia have a very low sense of presence at home. The limelight of Ashina's family seems to have been taken up by the bright Ashina Xiaoyun.

Mrs. Choi and Mrs. Asid are not close confidants, and the two have not spoken a few words in full for so many years.

However, after Wang Fei rushed into the fire last night to rescue Ashina Wenxia and was injured and fell into a coma, Mrs. Ashid expressed her special affection to Mrs. Cui, thinking that it was because of gratitude.

"What's the matter with my sister?" Mrs. Cui asked in a low voice for fear of attracting the attention of others.

"I wonder if Fei Langjun is better?" Before Mrs. Asrid could finish her sentence, her face turned red.

"I've woken up, and the doctor said it's okay, just rest for a few days."

"That's good! It's all to blame Wenxia for being too naughty......" Mrs. Asrid muttered a few words, and then she didn't know what to say.

At this time, the host began to lead Mrs. Pei and her party to visit the shrine and rescued Mrs. Asid from the embarrassment. She once again expressed her gratitude to Mrs. Cui with her eyes, and then separated from Mrs. Cui.

Although Mrs. Cui is the family member of the Beiting Protector Wang Zhengjian, because she is not the main room, she did not walk at the forefront of the team, but followed the wives of the high-ranking officials in the Beiting in front of her and walked in the middle of the team.

Mrs. Cui also likes such an inconspicuous position, and she never cares about these vain things.

The maids in the inner house of the Duhu Mansion all know that unlike Mrs. Pei, who has a gloomy face all day long, Mrs. Cui is kind and kind to her subordinates, and she is easily not angry.

But Mrs. Cui herself knew in her heart that she was full of kindness, but she didn't really care about many things.

And on the issues she really cares about, she will unequivocally insist on her own opinions.

Under the guidance of the presiding abbot, Mrs. Pei and her entourage visited the halls one by one to pray for the dead and injured in the fire.

The ladies also knew Mrs. Pei's intentions, whether they were sincere or had to do it, they all generously donated money and promised a lot of incense money.

The presiding officer of Saidaiji Temple said that all the money from the incense would be used to save the lives and help the wounded and calm the calamity caused by the fire.

In the blink of an eye, the sun had risen, and the group also came to the main hall of Saidaiji Temple.

The location where Saidaiji Temple was built happened to be a small hill. The whole temple is built on the mountain, the north is high and the south is low, and the majestic main hall is just at the highest point of the mountain.

Standing in front of the main hall, you can overlook the middle of the river in the west and Tingzhou City in the east, which is a good place to view the scenery.

In the main hall, it is the meditation statue of the Buddha Shakyamuni, only to see the Buddha sitting on the lotus seat with the stem, high flesh bun, ears drooping to the shoulders, wearing a double-collared drooping robe, with a monk's branch inside, the straps in the robe are knotted on the chest, Shi fearless seal, and the eyes are full of the compassion of all beings.

When Mrs. Pei and the presiding abbot took the lead in entering the main hall, Mrs. Cui was looking east at Tingzhou City.

The sun rises and the moon sets, and Tingzhou City has an unobstructed view. And the scorch marks near Nanshi still seem to be clearly visible.

Mrs. Cui thought about the fire last night, and couldn't help but feel frightened again, and secretly thought in her heart: "After returning from Broken Leaves, Fei'er has become more and more sensible, but she has also become more and more bold. When the fire was raging last night, he dared to ride a horse into the fire to save people, and really rescued the little lady of Ashina's family. I really don't know whether to praise him or punish him. ”

Although she was very worried about Wang Fei's safety, thinking of the fire outside the fire last night and Mrs. Asid's thousand thanks, Mrs. Cui still felt very proud for a moment.

Just as she was in her trance, Mrs. Cui suddenly heard some noise in the west of the temple, so she curiously came to the west railing to take a look, and was surprised to find that a few miles west of the Saida Temple, there was a small forest. To the north of the grove, there is a manor faintly, and I don't know whose property it is.

To the south of the grove, there is a fairly regular polo field, and dozens of young men who don't know their worries are riding horses to hit the ball.

The noise that I heard just now was made by these teenagers when they hit the ball into the hole.

Mrs. Cui is delicate, although she has also played a few times the "donkey ball" that Ashina Xiaoyun disdains, but she is not good at it, and she does not like such a dangerous sport, so she has never noticed that there is a simple polo field here.

The enthusiastic teenagers chased the foals on the polo field, shouting excitedly, and the fire in Tingzhou last night seemed to have no effect on them.

Mrs. Cui looked at these cheering teenagers, her mood was infected, and she didn't feel much brighter. "Fei'er should like this place!" She thought to herself, and then turned and walked into the main hall.

In the main hall, in front of the Buddha Hall, Mrs. Pei and other noble ladies of the North Court knelt on the futon and bowed to the Buddha.

The incense on the hall is curling, the lights on both sides are like the moon, and the whole hall is filled with a pious atmosphere.

While saluting, Mrs. Cui secretly prayed in her heart: "Pray that the Buddha will bless Fei'er with good health, bless Langjun with all things going well, and bless my hard-working sister from the sea of suffering!" ”

Everyone in the hall prayed in their hearts, and these hundreds of wishes were either bright, selfish, or dark, and some of them were contradictory and conflicting with each other.

Sandalwood wafted, clouds and smoke dispersed, in the main hall, under the light or dark lights and candles, Mrs. Cui after making a wish looked at the Buddha's compassionate eyes and fell into contemplation; Lady Asster, huddled in a corner, looked nervous, closed her eyes and muttered, not knowing what she was saying; And Mrs. Pei, who was at the forefront, flashed with hideous killing intent on her face.

At the same time, in Chengnan City, Tingzhou, the Wenxitang guys who had worked all night opened the door of the store and prepared to open, but they didn't wait for the shopkeeper Zhou for a long time.

A few impatient guys ran to Shopkeeper Zhou's house to look for him, and after knocking for a long time, no one came to open the door.

A bold fellow, with the help of his companions, jumped over the wall into the house and opened the door.

Everyone rushed in and shouted for Shopkeeper Zhou. Suddenly, a frizzy young man slipped and fell to the ground, and he struggled to his feet under the ridicule of his companions, and when he raised his hand to wipe his sweat, he suddenly found that his hands were covered with purple-black blood.

He was in astonishment, when suddenly the exclamation of his companion came from in front of him, and he squeezed to the front to take a look, and was also frightened to lose his soul, and fell again in a pool of slippery blood.

"Destroy the door...... Kill the door......" The frizzy young man was so nervous that his teeth chattered, and he shuddered and squeezed these two words out of his throat.

The courtyard of the house was full of corpses. Shopkeeper Zhou himself has already died of anger. Judging from the wounds, they should have been slashed or stabbed to death by a sharp sword. And on the bloodstained courtyard wall, there are four beautiful blood characters written "for the heavens"!