Waguan Temple Daxiong Treasure Hall was built in Shengping four years, the main hall is five zhang high, sits in the north and faces south, faces wide and five wings, enters four deep rooms, the heavy eaves rest on the top of the mountain, the yellow, green glazed tiles cut the edges, the hall body is built around the corridor, the roof truss of the top of the hall is supported by the stone pillar of the trowel, it seems that the front porch and the inner hall are very spacious.

Mrs. Lu Zhang Wenjun and Lu Weirui followed Ran Sheng into the Daxiong Hall from the side corridor door with a short hoe and hairpins, and the weather was fine today, although the palace door was closed, but the hall did not look gloomy, the sun shone through the hollow long window, and the beams were intertwined, and thousands of floating dust were flying——

Entering the main hall, even the rugged Ran Sheng couldn't help but relax his steps, holding his breath and concentrating, this empty hall made people feel a grand solemnity.

In the middle of the main hall enshrines the statue of Shakyamuni Buddha who is eight feet high, sits on his knees, his left hand is placed horizontally on his left foot, and his right hand bends his fingers to make a circular knot "Dharma seal", which is the posture of the Buddha's teachings.

The east and west walls of the main hall are separated by a cyan cloth curtain, and the east wall curtain is half opened, but there is no one in sight, only the sound of "rustling and rustling" behind the curtain can be heard.

Mrs. Lu, Zhang Wenjun, signaled to Ran Shengbu. To alarm Chen Caozhi, who was painting, she and Lu Weirui first wanted to worship the Buddha and pray sincerely and silently-

Suddenly, someone on the west wall said: "Changkang, Emperor Shakti. The outline is just beginning, you can help me see, but what needs to be changed? ”

Lu Weirui's heart trembled, this clear voice. The sound sounds to her like Lunyin Buddhism, and the things she says have nothing to do with her, but she just feels unprovoked happiness.

Gu Kaizhi from the east wall responded: "Wait a minute, wait until I finish painting this piece of clothing." "Again. Said: "Zizhong drew really fast, and the emperor Shakti, who was more than a zhang high, sketched the outline, and my Vimala Bodhisattva statue only drew the upper body——"

Chen Caozhi said with a smile: "I want to draw eight of the Eight Divisions of the Heavenly Dragon, and you only have one. Hurry up! ”

Gu Kaizhi said: "Otherwise, I will still draw Luo next to Vimalaya Bodhisattva. Han and waiters, a total of eleven people, more than you. ”

Chen Caozhi said: "I am. I draw as I learn, and I have to help me with the final coloring and rendering. ”

Gu Kaizhi said with a smile: "Why don't you ask Little Lady Lu to help you, she is a female disciple of Mr. Zhang Andao, so she is naturally good at using color." ”

Chen Caozhi said: "In a few days, Mr. Zhang Andao's beloved daughter will also enter Beijing, and the Zhang girl is even more family-educated, so I will invite you to help Changkang, so you won't have to work too hard to paint." ”

Gu Kaizhi laughed and said, "Zizhong dares to invite Little Lady Lu to help you mural, and I dare to invite Zhang Tongyun to come." ”

Gu Kaizhi is an innocent and hearty person, and he is even more casual in front of his friend Chen Caozhi, calling his fiancée Zhang Tongyun by name.

Mrs. Lu had already stood up from the Buddha at this time, and after listening to Gu Kaizhi's words, she turned her head to look at Lu Weirui, with a smile on her lips, meaning teasing.

Zhang Tongyun is Zhang Wenjun's niece, Lu Weirui also knows each other, and she has a lot of friendship, knowing that April 15 is the wedding date of Gu Kaizhi and Zhang Tongyun, and now listening to Gu Kaizhi making fun of her like this, Lu Weirui's cheeks flushed, and she coughed lightly-

Gu Changkang immediately asked, "Who is here?" ”

Ran Sheng responded: "Xiao Langjun, Gu Langjun, it's Lu Xiaoniang here." ”

"Ahh Chen Caozhi was not surprised, Gu Kaizhi was so shocked that he almost fell off the ladder, he thought that there were only two people in the hall, he and Chen Caozhi, but he didn't expect the Lu girl to come quietly, Gu Kaizhi was very embarrassed.

Zhu Fatai's first disciple, Tan Yi, walked in from the side door, saluted Mrs. Lu, and went to open the temple door.

The short hoe said: "Hey, didn't the Taoist say that he couldn't open the door of the temple!" ”

Tan Yi was a little embarrassed, and said: "Open the door and let the hall be brighter, so that the two Tan Yue can paint." ”

After the door of the hall was opened, the short hoe standing beside Tan Yi saw two people standing under the corridor of the hall, these two people were obviously waiting to open the door and enter the hall, the left head was a woman about forty years old, medium in stature, a little fat, but her appearance was still beautiful, her eyes were clear, and she smiled, giving people a feeling of elegance and calmness, hearty and open-mindedness-

On the right side of the woman, a tall and slender girl in her twenties stood gracefully, combing her bun, wearing an elegant curved skirt, with a square collar and placket down to her armpits, twisted behind, Xiangqi was the lower skirt, Ziqi was the upper skirt, the waist was twisted, and the figure was more slender, the face was plain and elegant, no fat powder, the slightly raised eyebrows looked very bright, the eyes were slender, the bridge of the nose was straight, and the lip contours were very beautiful-

The short hoe said: "Whose girl is this, her body is really tall!" After thinking about it: "The dress is so luxurious, it must be a big family girl, and she must have given a lot of incense money to Waguan Temple, so this snobbish monk opened the door of the palace to let them in, and my wife and little lady asked Xiao Sheng to intercede before they could come in through the side door, which is really annoying!" ”

The short hoe glared at Tan Yi vigorously, and walked back to Lu Weirui's side, angry and uneven.

Xie Daoyun, who was outside the corridor, gently helped the third uncle Liu Tang to go to the palace, and when he saw Lu Weirui at a glance, he immediately hesitated, and suddenly his heart seemed to be stabbed by a sharp object, thinking: "The monk closed the door of the temple so that Chen Caozhi and Lu Weirui could meet, but I thought I was good at arguing, persuaded the monk to open the temple door, and broke in recklessly, what kind of person have I become!" ”

For a while, Xie Daoyun felt uncomfortable, embarrassed, ashamed, and self-harmed...... The center is sympathetic and full of mixed feelings, and suddenly there is a sense of the vastness of heaven and earth, and the tastelessness of life, she came to Waguan Temple with such great interest, shaking her lips and puffing up her tongue to persuade the monk to open the door, but what she saw was the first to arrive, the delicate Lu Weirui, this is really like a blow to the head, if it weren't for the arrogance and strength in her heart, the tears would really be shed-

Xie Daoyun is the first time to see Chen Caozhi with a hairpin and a curved skirt, and her thoughts are naturally a little different from when she was in men's clothes Zhu Yingtai, when she interacted with Chen Caozhi as Zhu Yingtai, she was in harmony with Chen Caozhi's bosom friend and sympathetic to each other, and the intention of being friends for life was also sincere, and she did not want to compete with Lu Weirui for Chen Caozhi's intentions, with Xie Daoyun's arrogance, she disdained to do such a thing-

But she came to the moth eyebrows and hairpin hairpin women's skirt today, and her mood was always a little strange, without the calmness and freedom of the men's Zhu Yingtai, the third uncle Liu Tang said that day, "Ayuan, you are too arrogant, in fact, women appreciate men, don't you just like it?" At that time, she denied that the third aunt said that she was hard-mouthed, in fact, she really felt that she didn't like Chen Caozhi, because if she liked something, she often wanted to keep it for herself, and she didn't have such thoughts about Chen Caozhi, but her association with Chen Caozhi made her heart happy, and she was very happy for Chen Caozhi when she saw Chen Caozhi leading the family to rise step by step through hard work, and she felt like a neighbor at the end of the world when she thought that there was such a person as Chen Caozhi in the world......

If you don't like it, what is it? Xie Daoyun himself doesn't know very well! Camaraderie? Well, there is, but it's not exactly like friendship, otherwise she wouldn't be so uncomfortable now!

Xie An's wife Liu Tang was about to step into the hall, but her niece Xie Daoyun next to her stood still, she couldn't help but be a little strange, and asked sideways: "A Yuan?" Seeing that Xie Daoyun's face was different, this kind of shy and embarrassed look Mrs. Xie Liu Tang saw it for the first time on the face of her niece Xie Daoyun, Daoyun was smart and witty, and handled things brightly, how could there ever be such a cramped and embarrassing time!

Mrs. Xie looked towards the main hall, and saw a pure and beautiful girl standing in front of the Buddha, and this girl's eyes were also looking at the two of them. ”

Xie Dao Yunshan was able to control his emotions, and at this time, he had recovered from the initial pain in his heart, and responded with a smile: "Yes." ”

When Mrs. Xie Liu Tang looked at Lu Weirui again, Lu Weirui had already smiled and saluted her, that kind of gentle and delicate attitude was really pitiful to me, Mrs. Xie nodded and said, "Is it Little Lady Lu?" I thought: "Yongxu Xie Daoyun, Lu Weirui, and called Jiangdong Ermei, this Lu Weirui is three points more beautiful than my A-Yuan in terms of appearance, my A-Yuan is too tall and too thin, but in terms of talent, it is said that it is a woman, and even a man can match my A-Yuan." ”

On that day, King Ji married his daughter, Lu Weirui saw Xie Daoyun once, and knew that this was Xie's girl, although she only had a glimpse, but she was very impressed, and that feeling of déjà vu made Lu Weirui very strange, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it before!

Lu Weirui walked to the threshold, nodded with a smile, and said, "Yes, junior Lu Weirui." He also saluted Xie Daoyun and said, "Sister Xie is fine." ”

Xie Daoyun returned the salute with a smile and said, "The day before yesterday, I helped marry the lord of Xin'an County, and I saw Sister Lu, this is Mrs. Lu, right?" This is my third aunt—" said to Mrs. Lu, Zhang Wenjun, and gave a blessing to her.

Mrs. Lu Zhang Wenjun and Mrs. Xie Liu Tang greeted each other, Mrs. Lu was a little embarrassed, Chen Caozhi and Lu Weirui's affair was spread, and the Lu family's strong opposition to this marriage was also well known, and now she took Wei Rui to the Buddhist Temple to have a private meeting with Chen Caozhi, and it was still closed the temple door, and now it was broken by Mrs. Xie An's Liu, I was really a little ashamed and worried, I went to Dong'an Temple a few days ago to meet Wang Xizhi's wife Xi Xuan, and this Waguan Temple met Mrs. Xie and her niece Xie Daoyun, so go on, Sooner or later, the meeting between Wei Rui and Chen Caozhi will be known by the second uncle Lu Shi, and at that time, I was afraid that the second uncle Lu Shi would really force her husband Lu Naxiu to take her-

Mrs. Xie Liu Tang said bluntly: "I heard that Waguan Temple made murals, and my niece Dao Yun loves calligraphy and painting, so she came to observe. ”

Mrs. Lu said: "Then please come into the hall to see, I also came to see the mural, there is a curtain to cover, I haven't seen it yet." ”

Mrs. Xie turned her head and asked Xie Daoyun, "Ah Yuan, do you have anything to say?" Otherwise, you won't be allowed to speak when you enter the temple. ”

Xie Daoyun shook his head and said, "I have nothing to say, I will leave after worshipping the Buddha and watching the paintings." ”

Mrs. Xie explained to Zhang Wenjun: "Mrs. Lu doesn't know, this person just now refused to open the door of the palace, so it was easy to ask him to open the door, but let us enter the hall and not speak——"

Tan Yihe said: "It's the little monk who is rude, but I still have to ask you to speak softly, so as not to disturb the two Tan Yue who painted." ”

When Chen Caozhi heard Ran Sheng say that Lu Weirui had arrived, he came down from the ladder and cleaned the ink stain in the copper basin in the corner of the hall, and then heard the door of the palace open, Lu Weirui and Xie Daoyun talked, Xie Daoyun did not hide his female voice, presumably not a man's dress, Wei Rui had seen that Zhu Yingtai in Wu County before, should he recognize Xie Daoyun as Zhu Yingtai, right?

Chen Caozhi pulled the cyan curtain open and said, "Senior Brother Tan Yi, don't stop the believers from rejoicing, I, the outline of the Emperor Shakti, have just begun to form, and I am about to ask someone to see what improvements there are." He walked over and saluted Mrs. Lu Zhang Wenjun and said, "Mrs. Lu is good at painting, please give me some advice." He saluted Mrs. Xie An's wife Liu Tang: "I've seen Mrs. Xie." After a moment's hesitation, he said: "I have heard Xie Youdu say that the Xie lady learned to paint in Mr. Dai Andao in Yanxi, and I also asked the Xie lady to give advice." ”

Xie Daoyun was uncomfortable, and said politely: "How dare you, I came here to observe and learn." She spoke in a faintly nasal voice, almost forgetting that she was not Zhu Yingtai now.

Mrs. Xie Liu Tang watched coldly, and noticed that Chen Caozhi and A Yuan both looked a little strange, it seems that Ah Yuan did not tell her the truth, Ah Yuan said that Chen Caozhi did not know that she was a woman, and now it seems that Chen Caozhi knew that Ah Yuan was dressed as a man, and Ah Yuan also understood in his heart that the two pretended not to know each other-

Chen Caozhi felt that such a scene made him a little uncomfortable, this Mrs. Xie An's eyes were blazing, as if she was aware of everything, but Gu Kaizhi was still hiding behind the green cloth curtain and did not come out, so he said to Ran Sheng: "Xiao Sheng, go and ask Gu Langjun to come out and help me look at the painting." ”

Ran Sheng went to the east wall to take a look, Gu Kaizhi was still washing his hands vigorously, so he lowered his voice and said: "Gu Langjun, my little Langjun invited Little Lady Lu to come, when will Gu Langjun invite Little Lady Zhang here?" ”

Gu Kaizhi smiled, shook his head and walked out, saluted Mrs. Lu Zhang Wenjun, and saw Mrs. Xie again, seeing Xie Daoyun, Gu Kaizhi also felt a little familiar, but he didn't dare to look at it more, and stood beside Mrs. Lu.

Wu County's four surnames Gu, Lu, Zhu, Zhang, two hundred years of staggered marriage, intertwined, Lu and Gu in the past 30 years, do not get along, but often Lu's in-laws are also Gu's in-laws, it can really be said that you don't look up and don't look down, now Gu Kaizhi married Zhang Wenjun's niece, Zhang Wenjun also discussed with Lu Na a few days ago whether to go to congratulate, Lu Na is quite difficult, this is a grievance of his father, and he has to ask the second brother Lu Shi to take the idea.

Chen Caozhi said: "Mrs. Xie, Mrs. Lu, Changkang, come and point out my portrait of Emperor Shakti." "On the one hand, he ordered Ran Sheng to move the ladder frame, revealing a portrait of Emperor Shakti who was more than one zhang high with a good outline on the west wall, this Emperor Shakti was like a boy, decorated with a crown of jewels, dressed in heavenly clothes, holding a vajra, and his momentum was extraordinary-

Chen Caozhi's pure ink line sketching, dense as a spider web, gestures like spring silkworms spinning silk, at first glance is easy, close to look at the six methods, very powerful.

Chen Caozhi unfolded the paper "Eight Heavenly Dragon Statues" again, this painting Mrs. Lu had already seen it, Mrs. Xie Liu Tang, Xie Daoyun and Lu Weirui were all seen for the first time, so they came over to appreciate it together.

Mrs. Xie asked about the names and origins of the eight departments, and Chen Cao answered one by one, looking at Xie and Lu Er, looking at the paintings side by side, and whispering, which seemed to be quite compatible.