Ping'er walked listlessly behind Xiaoshun, looking a little absent-minded, she kept looking around as if she was looking for something.

It's a pity that Ping'er was disappointed along the way.

Now that the gate of the Temple of Heaven is getting closer and closer, Ping'er no longer has much hope.

Forget it, don't go! Ping'er thought to herself, her face was slightly lost, as if her beloved thing had been lost, and she had lost a little energy.

When Ping'er was depressed.

suddenly

Not far from Ping'er, a side courtyard that doesn't look grand, Ping'er was happy when she saw the words written on the courtyard door.

Above the gate of the side courtyard, there are three big characters written "Marriage Courtyard".

After that, Ping'er's eyes were no longer willing to take their eyes off those three words, and she thought in her heart, this is what Zhao Yuanyuan said, ask for a marriage signature!

When Ping'er didn't see the marriage home all the way, she was depressed, but now that the door of the marriage home has been opened to her, she didn't have the courage to go in, and hesitated for a while.

"Miss Ping'er, what are you looking at, let's go!"

Xiao Shun saw that Ping'er's steps were much slower, and said urgingly.

"Oh, yes."

Ping'er agreed uneasily, in the girl's curiosity about marriage, Ping'er wanted to run into the marriage home to ask for a marriage sign, but then thought that Xiaoshun was beside her, if she went to the marriage home, she would not be laughed at to death.

If a woman doesn't have too much courage, how can she dare to enter the marriage home in front of someone who knows her, and if this matter spreads to Brother Yue, what face will I have to see Brother Yue again in the future! If others don't laugh at themselves, they will laugh at themselves, and it is estimated that they will have no face to see others in the future.

A series of questions instantly appeared in Ping'er's mind, and she clearly knew that she didn't have the courage to go in, so she had to follow Xiaoshun out of the gate of the Heavenly Temple.

At this time, Ping'er's mood was the same as seeing a dress that she didn't like, and she was reluctant to buy that dress, and if she didn't buy it, others would buy it soon, and she was hesitant and anxious, not knowing what she should do, and she was simply confused.

After leaving the Temple of Heaven, Xiaoshun brought the carriage.

The horse's four hooves, ticking on the ground, a pair of horse-eyed people looked at Xiaoshun and Ping'er, as if waiting for the two to get on the car, they are also useful, with credit to go back to have delicious food, they seem to miss their manger quite a lot.

"Miss Ping'er, get in the car!"

Xiao Shun took out the ottoman from the carriage, walked to the other side of the carriage and lifted the curtain, and said to Ping'er.

Ping'er's eyes were blank, but she was thinking about something else.

"Oops"

Ping'er suddenly screamed, revealing an anxious look.

Xiao Shun hurriedly asked, "Miss Ping'er, what's wrong with you?" Hearing Ping'er's exclamation, Xiaoshun was nervous.

"Brother Xiaoshun, I lost my money bag, it seems to have been lost in the Heavenly God Temple."

As Ping'er spoke, she kept groping around her body, as if she had really lost something.

"The money bag is lost, is there any money in it?"

Xiao Shun hurriedly ran to Ping'er's side and asked with concern.

"Yes, all my savings are in it." Ping'er looked anxious to cry.

Xiaoshun hurriedly said: "Let's go, let's go back and find it quickly, I hope no one picks it up." "Where would Xiaoshun have thought that Ping'er lied to him, poor Xiaoshun! At this time, she was even more anxious than Ping'er, and hurriedly tied the horse to the big tree next to her.

Xiaoshun bent over, looked at the ground, and strode forward.

Ping'er saw Xiaoshun's nervous look, she couldn't help it, she felt that she shouldn't deceive Xiaoshun like this, Ping'er regretted it a little, but now it's useless to lie and think too much.

Thinking of this, Ping'er hurriedly caught up with Xiao Shun, who was seriously looking for it, and said, "Brother Xiao Shun, you are here to watch the carriage!" I went in looking for it and came back soon. ”

When Xiaoshun heard that Ping'er wanted to go in alone, he said directly: "No, my uncle asked me to watch you, I can't let you go in alone, let's go in together!" ”

Ping'er saw that Xiaoshun insisted on accompanying her, and she was anxious, so she said: "Brother Xiaoshun, my money bag is lost, and there is not much silver in it, if we all go in to look for it, what if the carriage is taken away?" The carriage was full of the teaching plan that Brother Yue had worked so hard to write, and it would be troublesome if he lost it. ”

Xiao Shun came to his senses, yes! Now the carriage is not stored, if no one looks at the carriage and is taken away, this year is so messy, this is really a headache, "That's it!" Miss Ping'er, you wait for me here, I have deposited the carriage, and when I come back, we will look for it together. "Xiaoshun doesn't worry about Ping'er going to find the money bag alone, Yue Kang let him not leave Ping'er for a single step, if he lets Ping'er go in by himself, then he is not derelict in his duty, no, absolutely not.

"No! You see so many people here, by the time the carriage money bag is stored, it has already been picked up. Ping'er looked anxious.

Ping'er saw what Xiaoshun was going to say, and said directly: "Brother Xiaoshun, it's decided, you wait for me here, I'll go back to find it, I'll be back soon, soon." ”

After Ping'er finished speaking, she was afraid that Xiaoshun would not let her leave, and before Xiaoshun could answer, Ping'er had already run away.

"Hey, hey, hey"

Xiao Shun, who came back to his senses, saw that Ping'er had run away, and hurriedly shouted a few times, Ping'er was probably in a hurry because she "lost her money bag", and ran directly into the Temple of Heaven without looking back.

Xiao Shun slapped his thigh in a hurry, he wanted to chase but saw the carriage again, he was really afraid that the carriage would be stolen, so he stopped and comforted himself, Miss Ping'er is wearing men's clothes today, there should be no accident, there are so many people here who would pay attention to a weak man!

Xiaoshun thought about it and was shocked, no, there are really people who know that Miss Ping'er is a daughter, Zheng Haijia

No, no, what if that guy is still in the Temple of Heaven and I'm not there to be a disadvantage for Miss Ping'er, I have to go in.

Xiao Shun thought of this, and untied the horse tied to the tree, he wanted to store the carriage before he could rush over.

But as soon as the carriage took two steps, Xiaoshun hesitated again, in case Miss Ping'er didn't meet that Zheng Haijia, and she couldn't find me when she came back after a while, wouldn't it be very troublesome.

Ping'er ran and turned around, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she saw that Xiaoshun didn't follow.

The footsteps did not stop, and ran directly to the marriage cleaning house, and when she ran to the gate of the marriage cleaning house, Ping'er was already tired and sweating.

Standing at the door of the marriage house, Ping'er was slightly embarrassed in her heart, she didn't know whether she wanted to go in or not, she was really curious about the marriage sign.

The main reason for this is that what Bai Miaoxi said to her that night, Bai Miaoxi's words made it obvious that she could accept herself as a sister and serve Yue Kang together, but Ping'er was afraid that after she inserted it, she would not disturb the happy life that originally belonged to the two.

Although Sister Miaoxi is generous enough to accept herself, the more she does this, the more Ping'er blames herself, and she can't destroy the happiness of others for her own selfishness.

How can a woman say that she accepts another woman to share her beloved man with her, Sister Miaoxi will not feel good in her heart if she does this, Ping'er knows it clearly in her heart.

Besides, Ping'er still doesn't know if Yue Kang has that kind of affection for her, maybe she is just wishful thinking.

Then again, Ping'er is not the kind of girl who is indecisive and unassertive, no matter what she wanted to do before, she would move forward decisively, even if she did something wrong, she never regretted it, but this matter is different, and the matter of happiness between the three people involved in this matter is not hasty.

I'd rather suffer myself than let there be a gap between Yue Kang and Bai Miaoxi, that is definitely the result that Ping'er doesn't want to see.

Ping'er has been in a state of confusion for the past few days, not knowing what to do and what is right.

So when Ping'er heard Zhao Yuanyuan talk about the marriage sign, she had a good vision for the marriage sign, so she secretly kept this matter in her heart that day.

Today, in addition to burning incense, she also wants to ask for a marriage lot, which is also the purpose of Ping'er's visit.

Ping'er stood at the door of the Heavenly Temple, not knowing whether she should go in or not.

At this time, the sky has been bright and the number of people who come to the Temple of Heaven to burn incense has increased one after another, and there are many people in and out of the temple, they see Ping'er standing outside the door frowning, all cast strange eyes, the more this is the more Ping'er beat the drum in her heart, and she raised her feet several times without taking a step.

"Look at that man, he's more shy than a woman, isn't he just going into a marriage home, what's there to hesitate about, he's really not a man."

"Yes! At first glance, it's the sissy kind. ”

Ping'er overheard the conversation of those people passing by her, and all of a sudden, as if she had been reminded of something, yes! What is there to be afraid of now that he is a man, Ping'er thought.

If he doesn't go in again, it is estimated that Brother Xiaoshun will die in a hurry, and if he finds it, he will not be able to go in.

So Ping'er gritted her teeth and stepped into the marriage house, pretending to be indifferent on her face, but she was very nervous in her heart, feeling that the eyes of passers-by were full of ridicule when they looked at her.

Ping'er lowered her head, no longer looked around, and had no intention of looking at the environment of the marriage house, and soon came to the main hall.

There were many people inside, most of them were men, and there were a few bold women, Ping'er didn't speak, and went directly to the idol enshrined in the center of the main hall, and then walked to the big red table in the main hall.

There are more than a dozen wooden barrels on the table, and the barrels are full of sticks, and each stick is tied with a red string.

More than a dozen barrels are divided into two columns, one with the word "male" written and the other with the word "female".

There are countless people who come to the Hangzhou temple fair to shake lots, and it is impossible to prepare only two wooden barrels, so you have to line up for more than ten miles, so more than a dozen wooden barrels can be used at will, and the signatures contained in them are the same.

Of course, the drawing of the marriage lot is not in vain, it is necessary to incense the "Moon Ze God" enshrined in the marriage house.

You can't bring your own incense when entering the Heavenly Temple, this is a rule that has not changed since the ages.

There are also incense sellers in the Marriage Cleaning Temple, and these incense sellers are all insiders of the Tianshen Temple, that is, the so-called monks.

Those nominally belong to the high monks and Buddhist priests, obviously there is no so-called profound morality, ordinary incense can buy a lot of silver for one or two silver outside, and in the marriage temple, it takes ten taels of silver to buy three incense sticks, it is really not ordinary black!

In their words, these incense sticks are the incense of the abbot master of our hospital, chanting for 7749 days, and worshipping the gods and Buddhas with such incense will be effective, so it takes ten taels of silver to buy three incense sticks.

That is to say, it costs ten taels of silver to draw a marriage lot, and it seems that these monks did not directly ask for ten taels of silver, and it is enough to give you three sticks of incense.

Ping'er was very reluctant to take out ten taels of silver, and after exchanging three sticks of incense, she worshiped the idol of the worshiped god.

After that, Ping'er was ruthless, and boldly picked up the wooden barrel, closed her eyes slightly, moved her lips lightly, and shook the wooden barrel with both hands.

"Snap"

A bamboo stick jumped out of the barrel, Ping'er was overjoyed, hurriedly grabbed the bamboo stick in her hand, kowtowed to the idol again, and then stood up, holding the bamboo stick in both hands, as if holding a beloved object.

Unsigning, there is also a saying, Tianshen Temple will not help people unsign, because they are all monks, can not participate in the affairs of Hongchen, if you want to unsign, they will give you a few designated addresses, you can take a bamboo stick to go there to unsign.

If Yue Kang was there, he would definitely guess that it was another way for them to make money, needless to say, it would take a lot of money to unlock the sign.

Don't get involved in the red dust? Joke, then what do you do in setting up a marriage house, aren't the two contradictory? No one seems to be thinking about it.

"You kid, a big man, what do you do by drawing lots?"

Next to a man next to Ping'er, he noticed that Ping'er was drawing a women's lot, and said loudly.

Many people who heard the words couldn't help but look at Ping'er, as if they were looking at ghosts.

Ping'er's face turned red, she ran away, and ran out of the marriage yard directly, and after going out, Ping'er was able to breathe a heavy sigh, feeling her heart, bang

Ping'er carefully put the marriage sign into her arms, thinking in her heart that she would wait for a chance to untie the sign, and now that the marriage sign has been obtained, Ping'er feels a lot more relaxed all of a sudden, there is a feeling of sunshine pulling out the dark clouds, and the whole body is relaxed.

I have to go back quickly, otherwise Brother Xiaoshun will be in a hurry, Ping'er thought to herself, she has nothing to worry about, and her steps are much lighter when she runs.

Xiaoshun walked around the carriage, clapping his hands together anxiously, regretting me, regretting me, why hasn't Miss Ping'er come out yet, will something really happen, I'm really anxious, you must know that you can't let her go in alone! Now, even if you go in by yourself, you may not be able to find her.

At this time, Xiaoshun was so anxious, he kept stomping his feet on the ground, and he looked like a man standing outside the room, waiting for his daughter-in-law to give birth to him, how anxious and worried.

Suddenly, Xiaoshun's eyes lit up, and he saw Ping'er's figure and ran over from the opposite side.

Xiao Shun's heart is really thankful for the Bodhisattva! Even those who asked for food on the street thanked them again, excited and happy.

Xiaoshun couldn't wait to run to Ping'er, crying and saying with a sad face: "My aunt, why did you come back!" But I was dying. ”

Ping'er said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, Brother Xiaoshun, I'm worried about you." Then Ping'er lowered her head guiltily.

Xiaoshun saw Ping'er's guilty look and said, "Miss Ping'er, you have to know that I don't blame you!" I'm just worried about your comfort. ”

Ping'er nodded in understanding.

"Miss Ping'er, I haven't asked you yet, have you found your money bag?" Xiaoshun asked again.

Ping'er nodded slightly and said, "It's been found, but fortunately, no one has picked it up." As she spoke, Ping'er took out her money bag embroidered with lotus flowers and let Xiaoshun look at it.

"Oh! I found the best, let's go back quickly! After this delay, it is estimated that when we go back, my uncle will already go to the academy. Although Xiao Shun had doubts in his heart, there were so many people coming and going in the Heavenly Temple, and no one would see such a conspicuous money bag, and then Xiao Shun thought that it might have fallen into a hidden place! When I think about it, I feel relieved.

"Well, okay, let's go back!" Ping'er finished speaking and stepped into the carriage.

After Ping'er sat in the carriage, she couldn't help but take out the marriage sign she begged for, the words on the marriage sign were covered, only the person who unsigned it could open it, if you opened it rashly, it wouldn't work, Ping'er smiled sweetly, as if she had a beloved baby!

"Driving"

Xiaoshun raised his whip and whipped it in the air, making a snapping sound, and the two horses heard the urging command, neighed, raised their hooves and ran forward, and the carriage started with a squeak.

Because Xiao Shun was afraid of missing Yue Kang, he wanted to rush back as soon as possible, so that the carriage ran faster than usual.

The morning breeze blew Xiao Shun's hair, Xiao Shun held the horse bolt with one hand, and whipped in the air with the other hand, constantly urging the horse to gallop, and after a while, he ran away, and the Temple of Heaven had been thrown away by him.

Ping'er held the peace charm she asked for Yue Kang in one hand and the marriage sign in the other, feeling warm in her heart.

Ping'er kept thinking in her mind, I don't know whether this marriage lottery is signed up or down, and when she drew the marriage lottery for the first time, what she couldn't avoid in her heart was expectation.

"Phew"

"Phew"

Just as Ping'er was thinking wildly, she suddenly heard two urgent shouts outside the carriage.

Then Ping'er felt the carriage lean back suddenly, Ping'er couldn't help but exclaim, and suddenly she was frightened, and she only felt that the carriage was about to fall down.

Fortunately, Xiao Shun outside the carriage warmed the balance of the carriage in time, so that Ping'er would not lie on her back.

Just now, Xiaoshun was in a hurry to go back, and the carriage inevitably ran much faster, more than twice as fast as usual.

Xiao Shun whipped and hurried to a crossroads, suddenly a carriage galloped around the corner, the speed of that car was also quite fast, because of the opposite side, a blink of an eye, the two carriages were about to collide together, Xiao Shun was shocked, hurriedly reined in the reins, the mouth of the wild carriage was painful, neighing, the front hooves jumped up, the hind hooves supported the ground, causing the carriage to almost lie flat, fortunately Xiao Shun released the reins in time, the carriage did not turn over, even so Xiao Shun, but also felt that the back was wet with cold sweat.

(To be continued)