Since the beginning of spring this year, the first heavy rain in Shuzhou began on March 27, and it was actually three days in a row, during which it almost never stopped, only occasionally for a while, but it seemed that God was just taking a breath, and after resting, it was still pouring rain. It was not until the evening of March 29 that the rain gradually stopped, and on the second day, even if it stopped completely, the sky was still gloomy, so that people unconsciously held a breath in their chests, and they always felt uncomfortable.

Since the beginning of the 28th, there have been reports of disasters in various parts of Shuzhou, it is said that many places have been flooded, fortunately, the ditches and rivers in Shuzhou are vertical and horizontal, and the irrigation and drainage are very convenient, so although there are some disasters in some areas, it is not serious. However, in the next two days, the rain continued, and the disaster situation in various places gradually increased, the rivers swelled, and the ditches were full, almost as high as the water in the rice fields, but the stagnant water in the fields could no longer be drained. Even when the flood water in the river swells down, it washes away a lot of farmland and dams.

This heavy rain is already a disaster.

Early in the morning of the 30th, seeing that the rain had stopped, Zhou Qiong ordered many officials who had assassinated Shi Yamen to visit the fields one after another to investigate the disaster, and he himself also brought some officials down to the fields, until the afternoon of April 1 when the sky was dark, but since then he has been calm, but it is more ugly than the sky outside.

Although Zhou Qiong has not been there in the past few days, Li Xi still goes over every afternoon to practice words for an hour.

Even if Zhou Qiong and Liu Bo jointly recommended him to be the chief bookkeeper of Jinyuan County, even if he can be recognized by the Chang'an Ministry of Officials, it will take more than a month to go back and forth between official documents, and with his current identity, it is not convenient to follow Zhou Qiong to take a look, so he can only indirectly learn about some of the following disasters from Zhou Qiong and Liu Bo.

Speaking of Jinyuan County, the disaster situation is the most serious of the four counties below Shuzhou, if he can really take office as the head of Jinyuan County within a month, this disaster relief is also one of the beginning and end of his main book, grasp some situations in advance, and have some plans in mind, but it can be regarded as prepared.

On the afternoon of April 2, Li Xi had lunch and rested for a while, then went to the Zhou Mansion to meet Zhou Qiong, who had just been on duty from the Yamen of the Assassin History, and then, as usual, practiced calligraphy in Zhou Qiong's study with Zhou Man, the youngest son of the Zhou family.

Seeing that the sky outside seemed to be getting more and more gloomy, and it seemed that it might rain again at any time, Zhou Qiong's face naturally couldn't see anywhere, picked up a book to read, but felt upset, so he simply put aside the book and pushed open the door of the study and stood at the door, looking at the gloomy and dark sky, his brows furrowed tightly.

After walking for a while, he turned his head and said to Li Xi: "You two continue to practice calligraphy here, Zi said, you keep an eye on Aman, don't let him be lazy, I'll go to the old monk to play chess." ”

Hearing this, Li Xi put down the brush and Zhou Man got up respectfully at the same time, and saw Zhou Qiong beckoning the servant out of the courtyard, so he sat down again, but he just wrote a few words, but saw Zhou Man actually put down the pen and walked over.

Although the first time they met, Zhou Man expressed extreme displeasure to Li Xi, and in the following days, he also set up several tricks to try to clean up Li Xi, but Li Xi easily resolved it, and then bought it with a few gadgets, the relationship between the young brother and Li Xi was not as stiff as it was at the beginning.

Especially Zhou Man, don't look at this little guy in front of people, but he is also obedient in front of Li Xi, and in the past few days, he has even screamed as a senior brother.

Seeing that his father was going out, Zhou Man wanted to pull Li Xi to slip away, but after the previous few experiences, Li Xi was really not interested in the gadgets he was interested in, so he waved his hand immediately, "If you want to play, I won't stop you, but don't pull me, not today, I have to go to the East Market to see after I finish practicing, I promised to buy a box of rouge for your sister last time, I forgot to buy it yesterday, and when I came just now, I blocked her at the door and complained." ”

Zhou Man pursed his lips when he heard this, "Why do women like that thing so much, I really can't figure it out!" ”

And said: "You don't know, my aunt likes those rouge gouaches very much, obviously I can't use so much, I have to buy it back, I asked her, she said that she likes it even if she looks at it!" …… I don't know what it means to look at boxes and boxes of things! ”

Li Xi couldn't help laughing when he heard this, but hearing Zhou Man say this, it reminded him of Zhou Yu's words at that time.

At that time, Zhou Yu complained to Li Xi, saying that A-Niang took her to visit the East Market and bought several boxes of good rouge, but she didn't give her a single box, the little girl was fourteen years old, and she had reached the age of Aimei.

Of course, Li Xi readily agreed, even if a box of rouge is expensive, it can be worth a few dollars, as long as it can coax the little junior sister to be happy, the teacher will naturally be happy, this money should be spent as a disciple, but he was also curious at the time, so he asked: "This rouge, it's not all the same thing, some of it is useless, why do you have to buy so much and put it away?" ”

Who knew that Zhou Yu, a little girl, immediately glanced at Li Xi, and almost didn't scare Li Xi on the spot when she spoke. She asked disdainfully: "Women are all two ** faces, why do you men still see one and love the other?" ”

If this word comes out of the mouth of a slut who has been memorized by heart for many years, it is nothing, it is a sturdy woman, who reprimands her man on the head of her own bed, and it is reasonable, but from the mouth of a lady who is just fourteen years old, this shock is really not ordinary, so that Li Xi remembered her words, as well as the disdainful expression on her face when she spoke, and couldn't help but feel cold under her crotch.

I really can't understand how Zhou Qiong's talent and knowledge, as well as Zhou Zhang's graceful lady's demeanor, cultivated such a fishy little witch.

Zhou Man saw that Li Xi was unwilling to go out with him, so he turned around to run, Li Xi suddenly remembered what Zhou Qiong said when he left just now to find the old monk to play chess, and couldn't help but think about it, and then remembered that it seemed that the time he apprenticed, his wife Zhou Zhang had mentioned a sentence, saying that the old monk named Mo Yan had just put up an order in the temple, obviously, the reason why Zhou Zhang was not at home at that time was to take the young brother and sister to visit the old monk.

So, what kind of character is this old monk, and he is worthy of a three-grade assassin like Zhou Qiong, who is both a family member and his own, so respectful and social?

Thinking about it, Li Xi opened his mouth and stopped Zhou Man.

But when Zhou Man turned around and looked at him suspiciously, he thought about it carefully, but he felt that there was no need to ask anything, after all, there was only one temple in Jinyuan County, since the monk came here to place an order, there must be only that place, if you want to know something, it is better to go and see it yourself, so find Zhou Man to ask questions, in case one of his children's family accidentally says it and reaches the teacher's ears, it will give him a feeling that he is playing carefully, so it is not beautiful.

So at that moment, he smiled and said to Zhou Man: "Tell your sister, just say that I will go to the East Market to buy rouge for her later, and when I come back tomorrow, I will let you bring it to her, and tell her not to block me at the door tomorrow afternoon, in case the teacher knows, don't say that her surname is big, but will blame me." ”

Zhou Man nodded nonchalantly and agreed, and then turned away.

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It wasn't until he finished writing ten big characters seriously that Li Xi packed up his things and left the Zhou Mansion in his own carriage.

I went to the East Market and found the Xu family shop that Zhou Yu's little girl never forgot, picked the most expensive rouge and bought a box, thought about it, and then went back to Wu Lan to buy a box, and then returned to the carriage and told the coachman to go directly to the Yuezhao Temple in Zetianfang in the south of the city.

It is said that this Zhao Temple was built in the time when the Emperor Zetian was in power, before that, the temples in Jinyuan County were outside the city, but when it came to Shuzhou Xinli, the first assassin was very popular with the female emperor at that time to use a minister, because the female emperor believed in Buddhism, so he came to Shuzhou Jinyuan, he ordered to build a temple in the city, and later even specially sent people from Luoyang to invite the monks to come to the abbot, for decades, the incense was extremely prosperous.

The temple is not for the Buddha, not for the Bodhisattva, not for the glass Buddha, only for a Buddha Zhao, it is said that even the statue in the main hall is modeled after the Buddha of Luoyang Longmen, and the Buddha of Longmen, it is said that it is chiseled according to the real person of the Emperor Zetian, therefore, this so-called Zhao Buddha, is naturally taken from the name of the female emperor herself to give herself the name of Wu Cong.

The one who is ignorant is said to be in the sky.

The carriage came to the gate of Yuezhao Temple and stopped, after Li Xi got off the car, he pretended to be a tourist, walked into the temple, neither worshipping the Buddha nor looking for anyone, just mixed in the middle of the pilgrims who came and went, looking around.

When he came, he saw the Zhou family carriage at the gate of the temple carrying the thorn [official banner], so Li Xi always paid attention to the small doors in the temple, and waited until dusk, when he saw Zhou Qiong really walked out of a small courtyard, and got into the carriage at the door and went back to Zhou's mansion.

There is a side hall in the small cross door, and there are not a few pilgrims coming, there is a small door on the side of the side of the hall leading to the backyard, walk over and look at it at random, Li Xi knows that this should be the place where the monks usually work and rest, although the house here is simple, but the trees are full of Buddha incense, but there is a leisurely and distant meaning that cannot be said, so that people are unconsciously calmed down.

Li Xi pretended to be a tourist and was walking forward confidently, but suddenly someone walked over quickly and stopped in front of him.

And surprisingly, the other party was actually a little nun who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old!

In the monk's temple, where did the nuns come from?

And this little nun was born with a peachy nose and cherry lips, although she did not apply powder, and she wore a plain gray wide monk's robe, so she didn't even show a trace of her figure, but even if she was so pure, she still couldn't hide her kind of beauty that was just growing up as a girl, but it made her more and more clear and dusty, and it seemed that even the dark sky at this time gave her a bright light, and she was simply a little beauty billet that made people look at it at a glance.

Especially her eyes, it seems that no matter who she looks at, she first has three points of shyness, and even her voice is thin, delicate and timid, pure and dusty, and she is a cute female bodhisattva.

"Dare to ask the donor's surname Li?"

Speaking of which, Li Xike can be regarded as having seen a lot of peerless beauties, whether it is Liu Wan'er, Wu Lan, Pei Yang's, Jingnu, or even Ah Jin, Arthur, and even Xiao Zhouyu, who is just fourteen years old this year, can be said to be very beautiful, but when he saw this thin-faced and shy little nun, he still couldn't help but see God at a glance.

At this time, hearing the other party ask him, Li Xi came back to his senses, but he was taken aback again, "Donor...... Uh, no, female bodhisattva...... Uh, that's not right, what to call it, that ...... Little master, how do you know that my surname is Li? ”

When she stopped Li Xi from speaking just now, the little nun was already slightly dizzy from her cheeks, and she was as bright as peach blossom petals, and when she saw Li Xi's embarrassment, she couldn't help but smile again.

But seeing her lower her head and clasping her palms together, she smiled and said, "That's really you, Shui Ye has seen Uncle Shi, Grandpa Shi asked Shui Ye to wait for you here, saying that you will definitely come over this afternoon, Uncle Shi, please come with me." ”

Li Xi was a little stunned when she heard this, and hurriedly stretched out her hand to stop her, "Uh...... What do you mean? You call me...... Teacher? Who is your grandfather? ”

Hearing this, Shui Ye raised his head timidly and looked at him, as if he also felt that his uncle was a little younger, and it seemed that he was not a few years older than himself, but he looked similar to what his grandfather said.

Immediately said: "My grandfather's law name Mo Yan, we just came from Chang'an a few days ago, and now this temple is on the list, this morning my grandfather told me, asked me to come here at this time in the afternoon to wait, saying that there is a ten-year-old boy Lang will come to find him, and then call Shui Ye to call that person's uncle, and lead him over." ”

Li Xi was taken aback at first when he heard this, thinking to himself that it was not the master that he had already discovered him, so he designed to warn himself not to try to find out anything? Then it occurred to me that I had only thought about it after the master had left in the afternoon, and wanted to come over to see who the old monk who had a good relationship with the master was, and the master must have been in the temple at that time, but where did he know that he would come over this afternoon? If he saw himself when he left just now, but he obviously came over after watching him get into the carriage, where did he have time to lay out for himself?

After thinking about this, Li Xi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Maybe it's the indescribable loneliness in the heart of a traveler who is instigated, and he always tries to master a lot, as if only when everything around him is in his own understanding and mastery, then he will feel safe. In fact, it is simply impossible, and even more cautious, lest you make a mistake and never turn back.

At this time, he came back to his senses, and when he thought about the words of this little nun of Shui Ye, he couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Is it possible that your master grandfather can pinch it?" How did he know I was coming? ”

Hearing this, Shui Ye smiled and nodded, "My grandfather is amazing, as long as he wants to, he can know everything." ”

Li Xi was curious when he heard this, and couldn't help asking, "What do you say?" ”

Mizuha hesitated for a while, and unconsciously blushed slightly, but he was reluctant to say.

It's just that maybe she is a cardamom little girl but lives in Buddhism, and the whole price of the green lantern Buddha shrine is really lonely and tight, so in the end, she looked up at Li Xi, and seemed to think that this person looked very kind, and the grandfather called himself Uncle again, so he must be trustworthy, so he said twistedly: "When I was in Chang'an, Mrs. Zhou gave Shui Ye a box of rouge, Shui Ye liked it so much, so she didn't tell Grandpa, she hid it quietly, she didn't dare to wipe it at all, she just smelled it for a night, But Grandpa still knew, and the next day he asked Shui Ye to take the rouge and return it to Mrs. Zhou. ”

Li Xi couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, one was that the mind of this little nun of Shui Ye was simple and cute, and the other was that he didn't believe that there was really anything in this world that could be regarded as an omniscient immortal.

I thought to myself, maybe the old monk deliberately made some mystery, but unfortunately, he can bluff others, but don't try to fool himself, an atheist. However, this old monk can make the teacher Zhou Qiong pay so much attention, presumably there must still be some Taoism, since he has already shown his face in front of him, he must meet him today.

It's just that when he saw that this little nun was so cute and cute, Li Xi couldn't help but think of the two boxes of rouge he had just bought, so he took out one box from his sleeve and said with a smile: "This is a coincidence, your grandfather can pinch and calculate, but I am also a Taoist master, ah, I knew that Shui Ye liked rouge before I came, so I specially bought you a box of the best, take a look, do you like it?" ”

"Yikes! It's the rouge of osmanthus hall! ”

When the little nun Shui Ye saw the rouge in Li Xi's hand, she couldn't help but be full of surprise, and the joy in her eyes made Li Xi couldn't help but smile. But soon, she put away the joy again, pouted and lowered her head, shook her head slightly, and said, "Grandpa said that monks are not allowed to accept other people's things indiscriminately. Shui Ye is a female monk, she must be relieved, and she doesn't need rouge. ”

Having said that, but between the words, her lovely peach blossom eyes still kept looking at the rouge in Li Xi's hand, the little appearance of wanting but not daring to ask for it, not wanting to be itchy is simply cute, and Li Xi loves it more and more. Obviously, even this monk's robe can't stop the love of beauty of a young girl.

This rouge, she really loves it.

At that moment, Li Xi's eyebrows moved, and then he smiled: "Regardless of him, you forgot what I just said, not only your grandfather has Taoism, but I also have magical powers, since I already knew that Shui Ye likes rouge before I came, and I want to send rouge to Shui Ye, how can I know that your grandfather won't let you accept other people's things?" So, I've already cast a spell in advance, so don't worry about taking this box of rouge, I guarantee that your grandfather won't find it! ”

After a pause, he said again: "Besides, what did you call me just now, didn't you call me uncle?" Uncle Shi gave you something, how can it be compared to others? The son once said, the elder gave it, and he didn't dare to resign, how could you not accept something that Uncle Shi gave you? ”

Shui Ye couldn't help blinking when she heard this, and she didn't know if it was for Li Xi to go in, or if she really wanted this box of rouge too much, she hesitated for a long time, and then timidly took the box of rouge from Li Xi's hand, but she quickly held it in her arms, and her face showed a lovely blush that was intoxicating.

Raising her head to look at Li Xi again, she was slightly embarrassed, but said, "That's right, Uncle Shi is not an outsider!" And Uncle Shi also has magical powers! But, but...... Uncle Shi, do you really know how to spell? Can you teach Shui Ye, Shui Ye still wants a lot of things, but he is afraid that his grandfather will find out, so he doesn't dare to buy it! If Shui Ye also learned Uncle Shi's spell, then Grandpa Shi would not be able to find out! ”

"Uh......" Li Xi was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then waved his hand in high spirits, "Okay, in the future, find time for Uncle Shi to teach you spells, and I promise that your Master and Grandpa won't find out!" ”

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Well, why do I like this little nun so much? It seems that I like every girl in the book, and it seems that it is because I like them that I write about them.

After writing this chapter, I looked back and had to praise, I was young and fat, you wrote too well, too good! I've decided that all the recommended votes for today will be smashed to you!

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