Chapter 757: Wu Meiniang carries water in the middle of the night

Looking at the sky outside, Wang Ping'an thought: "It's just getting dark, I'll go to Ganye Temple, meet Wu Meiniang, it's best to see it, if you can't see it, I will have something to say in the future, it's not that I didn't go to see her, but I didn't see it, the rules in the temple are too strict, so it's no wonder I'm not surprised!" ”

He came out of the house, called Ouyang Li, and said, "Last time you sent Wu Meiniang into Ganye Temple, she was doing well, did she have any contact during this time?" ”

Ouyang Li heard Wang Ping'an mention Wu Meiniang, his face immediately became bitter, and said: "That Aunt Chunhua, if you want to say that she is good at serving, then she is much better than ordinary people to serve, and she doesn't pick anything, but her subordinates really don't want to see her again in this life, as long as everything involves her, things are very difficult to do!" ”

Wang Ping'an waved his hand and said: "Don't complain, it's useless to complain, and no problem can be solved by complaining." I ask you, has there been any news of her during this time, have you kept in touch? I was so busy that I forgot to pay attention to her business. ”

Ouyang Li shook his head and said: "There is no connection, my subordinates sent her to Ganye Temple, and then returned to Gyeongju, and followed the master on an expedition, how can I have the time to contact her." Master, according to the meaning of the subordinates, let's just turn a blind eye and forget it, don't contact her again in the future, let her be a nun for the rest of her life, why bother to provoke! ”

Wang Ping'an snorted and said: "Send the Buddha to the west, send someone to be a nun, don't you have to take care of it to the end, and then the little Taiping will be raised in our family, if the child is older, ask where the mother is, how to answer?" If she has to go to see her mother-in-law, then what should we do? This is not something that can be stopped, it is better to solve it late than to solve it early, even for the sake of Xiao Taiping, I have to help Aunt Chunhua! Speaking of the words Aunt Chunhua, he couldn't help laughing.

Ouyang Li also smiled and said, "Since the master is not afraid of trouble, then the subordinates should follow." Master, do you want to go and see Aunt Chunhua, go tonight? He followed Wang Ping'an for a long time, and since the master asked so, it meant that he had to go and see it now.

Wang Ping'an nodded and said: "Of course, when I go to Menxia Province to get the seal, if I want to go out in the future, it will definitely attract the attention of others. ”

Ouyang Li hummed, and wanted to turn around and go out of the house, saying, "The subordinates will bring some food for the master, and go back when you are full, the master has not eaten for a day." ”

Wang Ping'an hurriedly said: "No need, I don't eat at home." You bring more delicious meat, and then bring a bottle of good wine, I will go to Ganye Temple to see Wu Meiniang, and eat with her, so that you can show a deep friendship. ”

Ouyang Li agreed and went to the kitchen to prepare, but he thought in his heart: "Wu Meiniang, although she has been favored by the emperor, but now she is a nun, do you still expect her to enter the palace again to be favored, do you have a friendship with her, and whether she is thick or not, why is it necessary?" ”

Preparing the wine and food, the Ouyang brothers all came, accompanied Wang Ping'an out of the Guogong Mansion through the back door, and rushed out of the city.

At this time, it was dark, and according to the usual rules of Chang'an, the city gate had already been closed, but because it was necessary to celebrate Wang Ping'an's surrender of Goguryeo, the imperial court specially decreed that the city gate would not be closed in the morning and evening within three days, and the people could enter and exit, and the whole country would celebrate.

Wang Ping'an was wearing civilian clothes, walking on the street with his sleeves covering his face, although the street was brightly lit and people came and went, but fortunately he was not recognized and went out of the city gate smoothly.

Ouyang Li smiled: "Master, we came out so smoothly, thanks to you!" In fact, our Tang Dynasty is peaceful all over the world, Fanbang surrenders, and there is no war, this city gate is not closed is not of much effect, it is better to open it like this, with the night market, it is more prosperous and lively, and the people can have more livelihoods. ”

Wang Ping'an nodded and said, "Not bad." If I don't close the city gate in the capital of Datang, first, I can show the world that my Datang country is strong, second, it also has the meaning of embracing all rivers, and third, it can make the market prosperous, and the people will have more livelihoods and live a richer life. Your suggestion is good, and when I go to Menxia Province to take office, I will mention this to the emperor, which can be regarded as my first government affairs! ”

Ouyang Li was overjoyed, he was able to give advice to his master, it seems that he has other skills besides fighting and killing! When the heart is happy, the spirit is full. He said: "Master, you and your brothers go slowly, and your subordinates will go to Ganye Temple to explore first, and see where Wu Meiniang lives, if you can call her out in advance, it will save you from waiting!" ”

Wang Ping'an naturally agreed, and Ouyang Li galloped on his horse and rushed to Ganye Temple first.

Ganye Temple is not far from Chang'an City, but the place is remote, and there are many woods around, so after walking for a few miles, there are no pedestrians on the road, except for the moonlight, there is no other light.

Rushing in the dark, it didn't take long for Wang Ping'an to also arrive outside the Ganye Temple, he turned over and dismounted, and let the two Ouyang brothers watch the horses outside the forest, and he took the rest of the Ouyang brothers, carrying the food box, went around the back mountain gate, hid by the stream, and waited for Ouyang Li.

Ouyang Li arrived at Ganye Temple in advance, he naturally couldn't go to the front door, like Wang Ping'an, he also put the horse outside the forest and turned in from the back mountain gate. At this time, it was not too late, and the nuns and nuns in the Ganye Temple did not fall asleep, and the monks and nuns of the Heji Temple were all doing evening classes in the front hall.

Ouyang Li came to the front hall from the roof, lifted the tiles and looked down, and saw the bald head of the first hall under the light. Now the weather is very warm, the nuns do not wear monk's hats in the temple, they are all bareheaded, looking down from above, they can't tell who is who, they can only see their heads!

Ouyang Li couldn't, so he had to put back the tiles, jumped from the top of the hall, hid in the dark, and looked into the hall, but he could only see the back, but he couldn't see the face, he and Wu Meiniang were not very familiar, so they naturally couldn't tell from the back, so they had to wait hard, waiting for the nuns to finish the evening class.

After waiting for a long time, the nuns recited one sutra, and then recited the second sutra, and continued to recite it for more than an hour, and then they were finished.

Ouyang Li waited outside until his feet were numb, and he admired in his heart, those nuns' sitting skills were really good, my feet were numb, I don't know if their buttocks were numb, it seems that being a nun is really hard work, and I have to practice iron butt skills every day!

With great difficulty, the nuns got up and left the temple. Ouyang Li looked at it with wide eyes, and sure enough, he saw that Wu Meiniang was in the crowd!

Wu Meiniang stood up, a little staggering, it seemed that her legs and feet were numb, and the same was true for other nuns. But the nuns only stood up and took a breath, and then hurriedly walked out together, and Wu Meiniang was not slow.

Ouyang Li wondered in his heart, what are these nuns going to do, how can they all go in one direction, could it be that the nuns in their entire temple live together, and they live in Datongpu? That's terrible, if you want to call Wu Meiniang out, the difficulty has increased exponentially!

He didn't dare to come out immediately, so he had to continue to hide in the dark, and when the nuns were all out of the main hall, he dared to sneak by the wall, followed, and followed until he reached the courtyard behind, and he saw that the nuns of the temple were lined up in two lines, all of them lowered their heads and did not know what they were doing!

Ouyang Li stiffened his head, risked being discovered, and leaned forward again, and saw Wu Meiniang also standing in the team, her eyes closed, her body trembling slightly, I don't know what she was thinking!

Ouyang Li sighed softly, didn't make a sound, and thought, "These nuns are really weird, they all came here to line up after the evening class...... Ah, it turned out to be a thatched house! He sighed in one breath, and when he inhaled again, he suddenly smelled a foul smell, this is the location of the thatched house of the Ganye Temple, the nuns have been doing evening classes for a long time, not only their legs and feet are numb, but also they are anxious, so everyone is running to line up to go to the thatched house!

Ouyang Li couldn't cry or laugh, he waited for a long time, but he was waiting for the nuns to go to the thatched house, what is this called! He had no choice but to wait, of course, even if he had no choice, he could only wait here.

After a while, it was Wu Meiniang's turn to go to the thatched house, and after she went in, she walked out with a sigh of relief, still bowed her head, and walked to a side courtyard at the back.

Suddenly, a middle-aged nun said, "It's empty, you go to the back mountain to fetch water first, fill the water tank, and cook well tomorrow morning!" ”

Wu Meiniang paused, turned around, raised her head, her lips moved, and she wanted to resist with a look on her expression, but she didn't say anything she didn't want to go, she clasped her palms together and said, "Yes, senior sister!" He turned around and went to another yard.

Ouyang Li tiptoed behind her, entered the courtyard together, and saw that there was a kitchen in the courtyard, which was the place where Ganye Temple made food. Wu Meiniang picked up a pole, picked up two wooden barrels, and walked out of the yard and walked to the back door.

Ouyang Li was overjoyed, it seems that it is not difficult to find Wu Meiniang, she wants to go out of the temple to fetch water, isn't this just a good opportunity to meet. followed from behind and followed Wu Meiniang out the back door.

The back door is naturally the back mountain gate, and the outside of the back mountain gate is the woods and the stream, when Wang Ping'an first came to this time, he saw the stream, and he also saw the nun come out to carry water, but now the work of carrying water is assigned to Wu Meiniang!

Wu Meiniang went out of the back door, because she was still coming back, so she didn't close the door, but just after walking a few steps, she heard a creak, and the back mountain door closed. Wu Meiniang thought to herself: "There is no wind tonight, why is this door closed by itself, it is not like this in the past!" ”

As soon as she turned around, Wu Meiniang was taken aback and screamed. I saw that next to the back mountain gate, there was a big man standing in the shape of a man, with his back to the moonlight, and he couldn't see his face clearly!

However, Wu Meiniang only sighed, and her surprise immediately turned into surprise, and she asked softly, "Is it Brother Ouyang?" ”

Ouyang Li sighed and whispered, "How do you recognize me, your eyes are so good!" ”

With two knocks, the flat pole fell off Wu Meiniang's shoulder, and the barrel fell to the ground. Wu Meiniang stepped forward, grabbed Ouyang Li's sleeve, choked up, and said, "*** I have been looking forward to Brother Ouyang day and night, and I finally look forward to it tonight!" ”

Ouyang Li looked at the flat pole and wooden barrel on the ground, and thought, "It seems that her life in the temple is not very easy!" He said: "The master knows that you are anxious to wait, so I don't dare to delay, I returned to Chang'an yesterday, and I talked to the prince at night, and I couldn't come during the day today. I've been waiting for you in the temple for more than an hour, and then I have the opportunity to see you! ”

Wu Meiniang sighed, raised her sleeve and wiped the corners of her eyes, and said, "Uncle is here too?" ”

"Yes, of course the master is here!" Ouyang Li looked around, the master should be around here, but where exactly he was waiting, but he didn't know, maybe it was on the edge of the stream, the stream had a sound flowing, which could cover the master's voice.

There was a slight sound in the grass, and a black shadow flashed in the distance, it was Ouyang Yi. Ouyang Yi smiled: "Aunt Chunhua, are you out?" But let's wait, why did you come out so late? ”

Ouyang Li hurriedly asked, "What about the master, but on the side of the stream?" ”

Ouyang Yi said: "Isn't it exactly, that place is the best place to hide, that is, there are more mosquitoes." The mosquitoes outside this nunnery listen to Buddhist scriptures a lot, but they are not influenced and still eat meat! ”

Wu Meiniang said anxiously: "I, I'm going to see my uncle, where is he?" He lifted up his robe and ran to the stream.

Ouyang Li and Ouyang Yi looked at each other and smiled, Ouyang Yi immediately followed, and whispered, "Slow down, don't fall." Ouyang Li picked up the pole and the bucket, and followed towards the stream.

Before Wu Meiniang ran to the stream, she saw Wang Ping'an striding up to meet her. Wu Meiniang cried out, ran a few steps, rushed to Wang Ping'an, hugged Wang Ping'an's thigh, and cried.

Wang Ping'an hurriedly comforted, and the Ouyang brothers looked at the back mountain gate together, and in the middle of the night, Wu Meiniang cried so loudly, but she didn't want to alarm the nuns in the temple.

Wang Ping'an gently patted Wu Meiniang's back and said, "Be quiet, be quiet, don't alarm the host, if she comes out, things won't be easy!" ”

Wu Meiniang raised her head, wiped her tears, and said: "They won't come out at this time, no one comes to the back door at this time, they all go to eat after finishing the evening class!" ”

Wang Ping'an sighed and asked, "Then when you came out, didn't they ask?" As he spoke, he glanced at Ouyang Li who came over, and when he saw Ouyang Li carrying a flat burden, he couldn't help but be furious, and said angrily: "What, you came out to carry water?" In the middle of the night, how can you come out to pick up water, why not pick it during the day, and why only let you pick it alone? ”

He helped Wu Meiniang up and walked to the edge of the stream, and the Ouyang brothers immediately sent Ma Zha and asked the two to sit down.

Wu Meiniang is now emotional, stable for a long time, this can speak well, she said: "At the beginning, when Meiniang first entered the temple, they were kind to me, asking long and short questions, and taking good care of me, but after a long time, after the host took the property given by his uncle, he saw that no one came to visit me, and his attitude changed. said that Mei Niang was a newcomer to the temple and had the lowest rank, so she should practice hard, and all the hard work was assigned to me! ”

Wang Ping'an frowned and said, "Then why do you have to go out at night to fetch water, not during the day?" If there are bad people in the woods when you go out of the temple this night, aren't you in danger? ”

Wu Meiniang said: "There is no oil and water in the food in the temple, so I have to eat three meals a day, two meals during the day, and one meal after the evening class. ”

In the early Tang Dynasty, ordinary people ate two meals, only the eunuchs only ate three meals a day, like Wang Ping'an ate breakfast, and sometimes ate supper. Although most of the nuns who were ordained in the Ganye Temple were once women from official eunuchs, they naturally didn't pay so much attention to becoming nuns, so they ate two meals. But just a vegetarian, it is easy to get hungry, go to bed early at night, if you wake up hungry, the taste is not pleasant, then you have to eat at night, pad your stomach, in fact, it is a supper.

Wang Ping'an was shocked and angry, and said: "She, they dare to starve you, it's really unreasonable!" ”